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MOdern Farming ,





depends upon tractors, to a large extent, for

power. On January 1, 1926, there were 258,608

tractors on the farms of ten Middle Western States.





A tremendous amount of money, over 245 million

dollars, has been invested for these tractors, by

the farmers of the Middle West.





Is it a paying investment? It is, if the farmer

keeps his tractor pr0perly lubricated with the

correct grade of Polarme. A tractor, lubricated

with Polarine, can be depended upon to run stead-

ily and provide the economical power'which

means greater profits for the farmer.





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experimenting in the laboratory and in the .field'.‘





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It is the finest product of modern lubricating sc1ence..





Polarine makes a tractor a paying investment, by enabling it

to run with steady power and tolast as long as it should last.





The cost of lubricating your tractor is small, but the im4





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I ractor Chart of

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Recommendations

Tractors

Motor Motor

Trade Name Oil Trade Name Oil

Advance-Rumely Keck Gonnerman. .S. H

1 Pull ......... LaCrosse ......... -

Allis Chalmers l5- Lauson ........... S H

25. 20-35 ....... Little Giant ...... S H

Allwork .......... . H. Lombard ......... H

Appleton ......... S. H. McCormick-

Aro .............. H. Deering: ....... H

Bates, Steel Mule Mead Morrison S H

and others ...... S. H. Minneapo s E H

Capital ........... E.H. Moline ........... S. H.

Case, 12-20, 15-27, Monarch ......... S. H.

18- ........... Nichols& Shepard .E.H

Case, 22-40, 40-72, Nilson ........... SH

25- .......... . . ' .......... E H

Caterpillar, 2 ton. .H. Rock Island Herder S H

Caterpillar, others.E.H. usse , _

Centaur. .— ........ H. (except Gian’t) . .S. .

Cletr'ac ........... S. H. wnee ......... H.

Cultor ........... F. Tioga........'....H

Eagle ............ EH. Topp-Stewart ..... S. H.

E. B ............. S. H. Toro ............. H.

Fitch Four Drive. .8. H. Townsend ........ E.H.

Flour City ......... E.H. Traylor .......... H.

Fordson .......... S. H. Twin City,

Frick ............ S. H. (except 40-65).. .S. H.

Gray ............. S. H Wallis ............ S. H.

Hart Parr ........ E.H. Waterloo Boy ..... S. H.

Huber ............ S. H. Wetmore ......... S. H.

. T .............. S. H. Wisconsin ........ S. H_

John Deere ....... 8. H. Yuba Ball Tread. .S.H,

Garden Tractors

. Moto Motor

Trade Name Oil Trade Name Oil

Acme ............ H Red ........... H

Aro .............. H. Shaw . . .~. ........ H.

Beernan .......... H. Spray-Mot ....... S. H.

Bolens ........... H Spry Wheel ....... H.

Bready . .-» ......... H Standard ......... H.

Centaur: ......... H Utihtor .......... H.

Clip Mor ......... S H .

Do-It~All ......... S H KEY

ngel'al .......... Ho H._.Polarine Heavy

Gilson ........... ‘ . .

Gro-Mor . . S.H.—Polanne Special

Gro-Mor Jr ....... S H. Heavy .

Gravely ,,,,,,,,,, H. Edi—:Polanne Extra

7' Ka ........ H. ‘ Heavy

N. B. ............ H. ch—Polarine F .

If, tractor is operated in «cold weather. use next

lighter grade. ,

N.B.+-Fo_r recommendations of grades of Palatine

to use m automobiles and trucks consult chart at

any Standard 011 Company (Indiana) Station.





 





 





 





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l‘ the Combine Invade the East?





_ Experzmmtr Indicate T flat the Small Farmer May S0072 Enjoy It! Efi‘zczmcy

By Gerald Jenny





HE harvester-thresher combine,

successful in the great plains

and in the prairie states, as well

as on the West coast, npw is invading

states outside the winter wheat area.



At least, it is being tried. Manufac-'

turers of threshing machinery, believ-

ing that the combine I‘jfiarrangement

might reduce costs and prove profit-

able on small grain fields as well, have

built a machine adapted to the small



- farm, and farmers in several states of

the great lakes have already seen it

operate to their advantage.



But a machine is not proved as to

its worth under all conditions until it

has been subjedted to the most ad-

.verse circumstances. And Wisconsin,

with its medium-sized farms and its

small, rolling grain fields, was sought

as a stage for experimenting and dem-

onstrating the new device under more

unfavorable conditions of humidity and

topography.



A representative firm of thresher

builders sent a combine to be tested

out under typical lake state farm con;-

ditions. On August 2, with cats and

barley full and ripe and ready for the





. knife, and with fair weather promised,





a tractor-driven combine with a nine-

foot header was swung into line for a





3 thirty-two—acre job.





. ‘ ls Simple Mach'rne. g



E The small combine at first glance



. seems a simple device, compared to

the complicated binder, to say noth-

ing of the thresher itself. And on sec-



,pnd view the new machine is even





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simpler. The header, or reel, tips the

grain, the sickle cuts it, and the draper

or apron, carries it directly into the

cylinder. A wheel near the cylinder,

manned by ‘the operator, governs the

dip of the sickle for cutting close to

the ground or near the head.



- There is no binding or shocking; no

pitching; no stacking; no repitching

into the threshing machine, as in the





wind-row as the machine moves for-

ward.



Inside the machine, the chaff is

blown off the kernels in a final separ-

ation, and an elevator carries the

grain either into a temporary bin, or

directly into the wagon.



Give it the Once-over.



For three days, farmers, machine



experts, and press men watched the





 





 





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old days. All these details are obviated

by one simple operation—from draper





to cylinder.

ated as in the old type. 'Heads and

straw part company, the heads falling

through sieves to the bottom pan,

while the teeth of the movable shoes

work the straw out to the rear, where





(it falls to the ground and makes a





 





Here the grain is separ— ,





 





 





HIS small type

combine is built

for use on smaller

farms of the: lake

states. Extensive

tests have already

been made, and en.

gineers feel certain

, that it will displace

our present har-

vesters.





 





 





 





experiment keenly. Would the outfit

work? Would it opearte to advantage

on small farms? Would it pick up

lodged grain? Would it take extra

costs to dry the grain in the bin with-

out the usual stack—sweat period? How

large a crew would it take to handle

theentire operation from cutting the

standing grain to filling the granary?





Would the system reduce labor costs?

\How many farmers would it take to

make a combine worth buying?

Authorities in the department of ag-

ricultural engineering of the Univer-

sity of Wisconsin, under whose direcu

tion the experiment was carried on,

found this first attempt successful

and they believe-that the harvester-

thresher combine is sound enough in





, principle to become adapted to the





medium-sized and gently—rolling farms

of the lake states. Those who wit-

nessed the maiden effort declared that

the indications are good, and promise

centinued success.



Advantages Are Many.



In the first place, they observed, the

grain can be allowed to stand until

more nearly ripe than under the old

method of stacking and sweating,

since it is cut and threshed Within the

same minute. In fact, the ripening

season for oats, wheat, and barley

can be prolonged two or three days.



In the second place, while ripe and

well-matured grain needs no additional

drying in the granary, grain which

must be‘ cut a few days before its

time can be “blown” while in the bin.

This process, it is felt, can make the

kernels quite safe from sweating in

storage. Even at that, the cost of

blowing, including the expenses of fan

equipment and maintenance and bin

construction, is so little—~amounting to

about a penny a bushel~that it can-

not overreach the saving in machinery



(Continued on page 230).





How the Dane Harvests Grain





Everyéody Tum; Out When we Reaper Starry





i HERE are nearly as many Danes

'» in America. as there are in Den-

,‘ mark, for nearly everyone you

I meet has some relative or acquaint-

? ance in America. As a consequence,

? the native Dane has had a good oppor-

% tunity to hear of America, but in many

' cases he has a badly twisted concep-

tion of it.



(It is not at all uncommon to hear a

gross exaggeration referred to as an

“American,” and at first it rather got

on my nerves for I have never found

the Americans any Worse than other

people when it Comes to telling stor-

ies. But the reason. for the native

Dane’ s skepticism of Americans is ob-

vious whenvone comes to know them.

To the native here, America is Amer—

ica, and he expects it to be the same

over the entire country, for he~~cannot





picture to himself the size of America. _





So, when he bears an American vis-

itor speak of America he takes itfor

granted that it is so over the entire

country.



Take then, for instance, that a Dan-





, ‘ish farmer has several American vis-





itors during the summer months. First





comes one from Iowa and says that

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crop , along comes





By Viggo J ustesen





while another comes from California

and talks of the weather and prunes.

Another from northern Michigan

and tells of the potato crop. With

‘such a conglomeration, what is ,the

poor native to think, but that all





Americans are liars. Now, when I

speak of home, I am always careful to

explain carefully that there is a

chance for a difference in the various

sections of the country, for if I don’t

the native willat once make a gener-





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





alization, and generalizations are dan-

gerous.



In order to avoid making the same

mistake when writing about Denmark,

I thought it best to take a trip through

the country to make sure, and I have

been surprised to see the large variety

of crops that is possible to grow, even

in such a small country. On the farms

small grain is, of course, the same

throughout the country and every

farmer has his field of beets, but the

methods of harvesting are vastly dif-

ferent.



If one takes a trip through Denmark

during the first week of August, he

will see the rye harvest in full swing ,

and he will see all the methods of

reaping known to mankind from the

cythe and cradle that we at home as-

sociate with the Revolutionary period,

to the most modern binder pulled by

an American- made tractor, and all

methods in between, including the

mower, and especially the old~fashion~

ed reaper which is associated with the

period after the Civil War. Which of

the three methods, cythe, reaper or.

binder, is most used in the country, I

hesitate to say. .



Where I am visiting at present, in‘ .

the eastern part of the peninsula, Jut—_

land, one sees a large number of reap-

ers, and on the farm Where I am vi f:-

ing at present, such a harvesterl

used... ' “:1 V



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VOLUME CLXVII NUMBER ELEVEN





DETROIT, SEPT. 11, 1926

« CURRENT COMMENT





T is very apparent



that most of the

efforts for govern-

ment price fixing and

falm relief have come

from the gr eat middle

west. The eastern farmers are not

saying much.



The reason for this is probably that

the eastern, or mixed-farming farmer

did not experience the war land boom

that the western fellows did. Land

went to $400, and even $800 per acre

in the cotton and wheat sections;

while in Vermont, for instance, land

values stayed around $38 for common

farm land, with some of the better

selling around $100.





Furthermore, the farther you get

from the great producing sections, the

higher the prices, so that the income

:per acre from corn in the New Eng-

land states, is in value nearly double

that of the middle west. With less in-

terest to pay on the investment, and

a greater return from the land, the

eastern farmers naturally are not so

concerned over relief measures.





Michigan is fortunate in being a. di-

versified state which is not subject to

booms. The relation of the invest-

ment in farm land, as compared to the

income, is much more-favorable than

in some other states. Having less ov-

erhead, and receiving premium prices

on staple crops, further improvement

of the farm situation here will come

from more efficient farming. Greater



‘ production per acre, and a lower cost

of production will help solve our prob-



' Isms in a business-like way, and will

‘ "put farming on a more favorable basis.





 





 





The

Land ,

Boom





‘ 'i _:~'_§In fact, many successful farmers .in





" , pithis state have said that they are well





, satisfied with their returns from their

" "Marts and investments in farming





during the past few years.‘

~ 1 It, seems that the greatest need of

m cgo-iculturallyis more of that





l L this Or any other nation ever before





HE present inimi-

‘ gration :19»? has

. been highly effective

“on Law in cutting down the

Works immigration from the

southern and eastern

countries of Europe. In 1914 a total

of 296,414 Italians wgre allowed toénr

ter the United States, while in the

fiscal year ending July 1, 1926, only

9,374 came across om; borders. The

Polish immigrants were 122,657 in

1914, and 3,175 in 1926. Russians com-

ing here dropped from 44,975 to 938.

The new law says that the annual

quota of immigrants from any nation

shall be two per cent of the number

of foreigners residing in the United

States in the year of 1890, but that in

no case will the minimum quota be

less than 100 persons. '

It is figured that under this arrange-

ment, Germany, Norway, Sweden and

Ireland will be reduced in their quotas,

while Great Britain will gain in num-

bers. This perhaps will not work a.

great hardship, since the Scandinav-

ian countries are now not filling their

quotas, while the thousands of work-

ers in England who are out of employ-

ment are desirous of coming hither.

In all probability it will be easier to

maintain American ideals and institu-

tions with our present law in force,

than it would, had the comparatively

unrestricted conditions of the old law

continued. Occasionally the agricul-

turist may think he is being deprived

of help by this law, and the big em-

ployer may condemn the provisions

because he is unable to have enough

cheap labor; but, there is a. general

feeling that the nation will, in the

long run, fare better and contribute

more toward the advancement of the

race under the law as it now stands.





T has now been

twenty years since

On the first libraries on

wheels were sent out

Wheels to rural people. Some

progress has been



made in those two decades in extend-

ing the privileges, but not in propor-

tion to the advantages offered by such

service. Now with better roads and

transportation into remote places, this

type of library service is being stimu:





Libraries





lated through local library associa-,





tions and through educational depart-

ments.



The plan is simple. Patrons borrow

books from the library truck and, when

lead, return them by parcel post or

at the time of the next visit of the

truck.



The reading habit of Americans has





enjoyed In fact, improvement has





been necessary to get many of our'





people to read at all.





But the kick folks get out of just

riding around in a car with no object

in mind, seems to be waning, so that

a. reaction toward good reading is due.

The emphasis now being given to the

library on wheels, where library books

are not otherwise available, appears

to have been well timed, and should

be commended. to all farm communi-

ties not now supplied with an abund-

ance of‘ good books.





IRE losses on the



farms of the Unit-

ed States now exceed

the tremendous total

of $150,000,000 annu-

ally. This approxi-

mates the total value of crops raised

in this state each year. To reduce

losses from this source will require

the attention “of individual farmers

throughout the country. However,

some general ideas can be worked out

that will aid in protecting farm build-

ings against loss from fire. To assist

in reducing these losses, we would be

pleased to publish, for the benefit of

our readers, letters from farmers who

have devised ways and means of fur-7

nishing such protection.





Fire

Losses

Heavy





HE signs of the

road enable one





Sign:

ofthe

Road





tainty thate he is go

ing right. They also

give him worth while

information regarding danger points,

and other facts that make motoring

more safe and pleasant.



Not only are the state trunk lines

well marked, but some counties are

marking their roads well. Way up in

the northern part of the state, in Lee-

lanau county, the county roads also

have numbers and they are as well

“signed” as any state read.



All these things a. traveler appreci-

ates, especially if he is a stranger in

the country. But there is one sign

quite often seen along the highways

which does not give one the right re-

action; it reads, “Don’t Kill a Child.”

This is usually found near schoOls and

is supposed to serve as a. word of

caution.





The psychology of that sign is not

right. It is one of the don’ts, and

don’ts, being negative, never have the

desired effect upon those to whom

they are directed that positive sugges-

tions do. '



On M-17, the little town of Lawrence





News of the Week





Floods in Illinois and Iowa Septem-

ber 1st, caused millions of dollars

damage. Four to eight inches of rain

fell. Typhoid and other diseases are

following ,the storm in the New Or-

leans area.





Lieut. Cyrus K. Bettis, one of the

army’s crack aviators, died September

1 from injuries caused by his plane

striking the side of a. mountain in

Pennsylvania. during a fog.



Thomas Taggart, democratic leader

in Indiana, and owner of the French

Lick Springs, threatens to sue Edna

Ferbe1,who wrote “So Big,” which

appeared in our columns, if she doés

not eliminate from her most recent

story, “Show Boat,” references to Tag-

gart as a. gambler.





One hundred and thirty persons at a





Christian Endeavor picnic near'Peoria.





were poisoned, from a picnic lunch.



Alberto Guglielmi, brother of Ru-

dolph Valentino, decided to have .Rudy

buried at Hollywood, California, where

he gained his fame.



Fifteen of the twenty-four convicts

who escaped from the Ionia. pri fion re-

coolly, have been apprehend-.ed



Robert Gabor, a nineteen yearold

Hungarian youth, traveled in this

cmmtry under the name of Baron





tamed by IIenry Ford, Harvey Fire»





stone and other prominent people. He

is now under arrest for passing worth-

less checks.





Ernest Vierkotter, the German who

beat Gertrude Ederle’s record swim

across the English Channel, will re.

ceive a welcome in his home town

that will outdo anything ever accord-

ed German emperors.





- A new altitude record has just been‘

made by Jean Callizo, of France, who.»





drove his plane away from the earth

12, 442 meters, or 40, 820 feet, nearly

eight miles. }



The patronage on the Detroit-Grand

Rapids airship line has doubled the

expectations of its operators. An av-





erage of four persons per trip have





been carried.





Recently there was laid another,





transatlantic cable which is wrapped





with permalloy, making it the fastest .





in transmitting messages. In 1866 the

first cable was laid, now there are

nineteen. ,



' The production of gasoline smashed

all racerds in July, 11 total of 24, 927, 000

barrels being pro duced.





The Liberal revolutionists in Nicar-‘

~a’gua have captured the port of Puerto‘

h b ThrietAzfiscrican ganboatsd,



are con 11 o a . ”'

Frederick von Krupp and was enur- tom Ana en- rpgua 0 pro» 1





Cabezas.

interests dining the





to travel with the cor





, But Please be Cams»,

of our Kiddies. ” Also, Marshall, on

M-17, ‘has a sign as you enter the





town from the south, which centains





something like this, “You 141179 Your

Childreh. And We Love Ours. Please

be Careful of Ours. ”





Such signs bring the thought of co»

operatiOn .and friendship. They sug»

gest kindness and humanity, while the

“Don’t Kill a Child” Sign causes a. feel»

ing of repulsion. It brings the thought

of brutality an-d- murder to the fore,

and has caused many motorists to feel

angry because it insinuates that one

would purposely kill a child. It is a.

repulsive mar on one’s autoing pleas-

ures. Why wouldn’t “Pleasle be Care-

ful of the Children” be more effective?





, Fmr v

WELL, here we are ta another

week. Seems like life is just

one week after another, but some is

weaker than others. This past week

has been just fair. You see, we’ve

been havin’ a fair out our way, so it’s

been nothin’ but fair with us all week.

I am what you call one 0’ these

public spiruted fellows, so they gave

me a job in charge of the hog ex.

hibits. Even if it's a kinda hoggish

undertakin’, it’s just a. fair job.

I don’t see why they call ’em fairs.

Ours wasn’t fair, it was good. The

peopul had lots 0’

fun spendin’-their

’money fer red

lemonade, and ta

see Fat Flora.

Flora. weighed

some less than a

ton, but I think

she was in the

wrong part 0’ the'

fair. She ought ta been in the exn

hibits I had charge of.





And the horse races. That’s where'

you get your sportin’ blood agoin’.

Seems like when I see some horses

runnin’ against each other I just can’t

help gettin’excited. Sofie says I’m

more wide awake then than any other

time. But I kin tell you, confidently,

I’m awake lots 0’ times when she don’t-

know it. I ain’t sleepin’ any when

there’s silk stockins’, etc., awalkin’

around. ,





Well, in my departmunt, the hogs‘





didn’t get a. bit excited about the fair.-

As long as they could sleep, they was

feelin’ happy, ’cept when they come

ta eatin' time. Then they worked But





.Sam Howard and Jim Hudson got real





excited over the doin’ s. You see, both)

had hogs in for exhibit and they was

a. pretty close match. Each one was

willin’ ta. bet his would win the blue

ribbon. Well, Jim lost out ’cause the

tail 0’ his hog didn’t Acurl as nice as

Sam’s, and losin’ almost took the curl

outta Jim. If Sam would a bet, Jim





’ woulda lost $25, so he oughta feel glad





he didn’t hot, but instead he thinks

the judge was prejudiced, and ‘he,

thinks I’m ta bl.ame Now,‘I hate ta; ’

have a. hog come between Jim’s and I

my friendship, even if it is Jim’ 8 hog. 5



Fairs is alright, ’cause they give

folkses a change, and that’s what most

0’ us need, even if we give the fair

most—0’ our change. A fair is a fine





place ta. spend for foolishnuss, all you





got, but ifyou feel kinda Scottish in .

spirut, you kin. see lots for nothin’,i

what’ll do you lots 0’ good. A fair is:

a educashunal institushun, as well as

a place fer foolishnuss. Sofie says she

kin see when I’m attendin’ fairs, that





my inclinashuns is toward the latter.‘





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Winner: of Our

OME buildings are sky scrapers,

while others which cling close

to the gmund are bungalows.- It

:7 is the seine with peepie, and those

.fi ' . who are the subjects of these com-

735“. 1: V fiments are of the bungalow type of

' ' ' people. j

‘ 1 There is wally no need of being

built like a giraite in these days of

' , conveniences. It is easy to reach any—

thing that comes in the ordinary

needs of the day, even if the soles of

one’s feet, and the top of his-head

are not so far apart.

' 4 ‘ There is a safety and efi‘lciency in





 

 

 

 

 





 





Arthur Charlick probably bought

the shortest overalls he could find and

then had to turn up considerably His

body was not built very high in the

air, so he didn’t need very long legs

to reach the ground.





 





 





compactness. All one needs is room'

in his body for his vital organs, and

there is no special need in having a

long esophagus through which the

food must pass to get to stomach. And

‘ then, when it comes to covering

ground, short legs moving fast get

there just as quickly as long legs mov-.

ing slowly.

‘ The first prize in this “short” can-

test goes to Arthur Charlick, of Oak-

land county, who stands up as high as

four feet two inches from the ground.

He tips the'scales at ninety pounds

and is in perfect health at that. Arth-

ur can do anything in the farming line"

except pitch hay, and that is where he ‘

. loses out. He can not load up a big

» load. But this year he cut seventy-five

'* acres of hay so that others could have

some loading to do, Arthur is twenty





 





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1 ~ . John Gerren, in size, is about half-

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It must be quite a job for him to curry

his horses. Probably he uses a steap

ladder to do it. .





 





 





 





 





;; years old, and we thinkie is remark.

mably' short for None so straight limbed.



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,Bay City through to Saginaw,

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Recent Contact —





says. that he finds. it very convenient





"to be, short, especially in picking up





potatoes and corn. We'd just as soon

let Vern pick up our potatoes. He says

that a short man is always more ac-

tive than a tall one, and perhaps he

is right. He has always lived On a





farm. 3 ~



Third -i our short farmer contest

is John Gerren, o‘f Isabella county.

The top of his head comes at the four

feet, flue and one-eighth—inch mark on

the tape line. He is thirty-nine years

old" and is working the farm on which

he was born. He tips the scales at

142 pounds and, judging from the pic-

ture, it should take everyone of the

142 poundsto handle those big horses.

Mr. Gerren thinks it better to have to

step on a ladder once in a while than

to take a chance of having his head

bumped.



Perhaps we have made these re—

marks long enough for such short sub-

jects.





FAT FARMER CONTEST.





 





E have given the tall farmers



and the short farmers a chance,



so we think it only right to do the



same for the heavy ones. In fact, we



are anxious to know what farmer in



Michigan can put the most pressure to

the square inch of ground.



Farmers are supposed to live on the



fat of the land, ,solwe ought to have





 





Vern Wagner’s coat reaches the

legs just about where some of the

short skirts do nowadays. He appar-

ently does not have to bend very far

to sit down.





 





 





some farmers who would,weigh well.





‘ Besides we do not think that the boy- _





ish figure so- sought for by wom-

en of today has gotten any of our

farmers to take anti-fat dope, rolling

or other reducing exercises, or fasting

to keep in style. There is a comfort-

able feeling to be well fed, and a feel-

ing of power to be big.



A prize of five dollars will be given

for the picture and a description of the

heaviest and largest farmer in the

Anything interesting regarding

his activities will help to win the

prize. Three d‘ollars will be given for

the second heaviest and largest man,

and two dollars, for the third biggest

one. The pictures submitted should

be of actual farmers.



The closing date of this contest is

September 27. Please send your con-

test pictures to the Contest Editor,

Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich.





Thehstate police will help in the ens





forcement of the corn borer quaran-

tine work. They will be stationed on

the roads at the edge of the infested





area to inspect vehicles going. out.





The quarantine section extends from

Byron.





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get up toward top prices. You

hear your market reports tonight

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top of the market tomorrow—if

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Thousands of farmers are equip-

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town Heavy Duty Cords for

winter hauling. It takes the

husky strength of, these big

Silvertowns to stand the gaff——

they can wallow through heavy

roads—pound their way through

rats—stand up against all the

wear and tear of farm duty.





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"CUTTING HIGHWAY WEEDS.





 





I telephoned our road commissioner

that there were quite a few Canada

thistles growing in our neighborhood,

and, asked him to see that,th~ey were

cut down. He said that the law only





' allows hint to pay $1.50 a day for men





to enter a peg-sows land and do this

work, and men could not be hired for

that price now. Also, is there 'any

law compelling property owners to cut

brush outside the highway limits,

which cause snow drifts that make the

road impassable, and is there a limit

to the rate a road commissioner can

pay for having such work done ?—'R. J.





There is no law requiring the owner

of land to cut brush or weeds outside

of the limits of the highway in this

state at the present time, so far as

we are aware." The former statute pro-

viding for this was repealed by Public

Acts (1919) No. 83. The second sec

tion of this act requires the highway

commissioner to cause weeds and

brush in the highway to be out prior

to July 1, in towns south of range 16,

and prior to July 15 in towns north of

range 16.—Rood.





SUPPORT OF POOR.





 





My son-in-law is serving a fifteen-

month term in Ionia. The members

of the town board tell me I am,com-

pelled to support my daughter and her

three children. I am unable to do this

as I have four little ones of my own

to feed and clothe, and have much

difficulty as it is to make ends meet.

I have heard that my daughter could

secure $3.00 for herself and $3.00 for

her children. Can this be done.?—-—C. L.





By Compiled Laws (1915) Section

5191, it is the duty of the parent pos-

sessing sufficient ability to support any

child who is blind, old, lame or de-

crepit so as to be unable to support

himself or herself, and upon failure of

the parent to do so, it is the duty of

the superintendent of the poor of the

county to apply to the circuit court

for an order to compel such relief. By

Compiled Laws (1915) Section 2017,

it is provided that in case the father

is confined in the state prison for

crime, leaving dependent children, and

upon report by the probation officer of

the county, that it is for the best in-

terest of the children that they remain

with their mother, the probate court

of the county may award out of the

fund for the Support of the poor, such

sum not exceeding $3.00 a week for

eadh child as the probate court may

deem after investigation, to be nec-

essary.





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SUSPICICN NOT SUFFICIENT.





 





I lost eight head of cattle which I

believe is due to poisoning) One of

the cow’s stomach was sent away and

showed it was poisoned with lead. The

person whom I hold responsible for

this catastrophe is the man who rent~

ed his farm to us last year. Before

we left he said we would not have as

much as we had then when he got

through with us. He has lost every-

thing by mortgage. Many other peo~

ple have complained about him be-

cause of the damage he causes to their

property. What can legally be done

concerning this man? Lawyer's refuse

to do anything for me. I have to pay

for these cattle, and find it hard, as

I have a large family and am in poor

circumstances—H. W.





It is not apparent from the claim

how there is any proof of the liability

of the suspected party. Mere suspicion





.is not sufficient—Rood. '





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LIABILITY OF ENDORSER.‘





 





A second party gave a first party a

note for $100. This note has been run-

ning for nine years, and still is $1.00.

The second party has paid the first

party over $100 in interest, and calls





the first party calls it one/per cent

interest. The first party._.dec1ares‘he.





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interest, and declares the note unlaw-

ful because he had paid unlawful in

terest. Is this true? Where cduld we

find a law to this eifect?—-A. S.





It would seem that the liability of

the endorser must be outlawed, unless

there has been some renewal binding

upon him. Usury- is a defense to the

payment of interest but is not usually

available to recover back money-paid

as interest. It is,not believed that

there is anything to the usury. claim.

—Rood.





 





CATTLE ~ 0N HIGHWAY.





 





We live on state highway and own;

land on both sides of the highway.

We have pasture for cows on opposite

side of road and have to drive the

cowson the highway. The traffic is

heavy. In case a car driver would run‘

into a cow and damage his car, prob-

ably hurting himself and my— cow,

would I be responsible for the acci-

dent? Could I collect the loss of the

cow?—P. P. D. '



The use of the highway to drive live

stock is one of the legitimate uses,

and if the cattle are accompanied by





a driver using reasonable care, it is

not seen how he can be respons1ble





for damage done to any car. As to

recovery for damage done to the cat-

tle, it would be a question as to wheth-

er their owner or his servant used

proper care in driving the animals to

protect them against possible injury.

——Rood.





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WILL THE COMBINE INVADE THE‘

EAST? ‘





 





(Continued frOm page 227).

and labor, declare the experts.



Then in the third place,,by cutting

down on the number of men needed

to do the combined work of cutting

and threshing, the new device reduces

the hours of labor considerably—as it

takes only two men to run the tractor,

to man the machine, and to watch

the header. Besides, 'running a ma-

chine or tractor is lighter work than

pitching bundles by the hour.





Mrs. Farmer Gains, Too.





This labor advantage is shared by

the farm housewife, too. No longer

does she have to prepare huge meals

for a large threshing crew. And this

is no mean factor in determining the

cost of harvesting and threshing.



Then there are other considerations.

It is easier to harvest lodged grain

with the combine. The grain, going

directly into the thresher, can be cut

close to the head, but with a binder

this would be impossible. And a hu-

mid climate, like Michigan’s 6r Wis-

consin’s, seems to be no drawback to.

the combine system, ‘since the grain,

once it is in the granary, generally

can be blown at a ve" moder te cost.



Verdict So Far '3 Satisfactory.



All told, the verdict of those who'

have seen the combine operate on.

gently-rolling acres of typical lake

‘state‘s’ farm land, is that. it offers a

distinct advantage over the old meth«

0d, the same as it does on the prairies.



For a mechanical device, its efl‘i- ‘



‘ ciency cannot be questioned. The ma-

chine seems well adapted to the medi-

um—sized farm; is not hindered by a

humid climate; and reduces harvest-

ing and threshing costs, all things con<

sidered, by fully one—third (and in‘

some states .has been proved to Enter

costs as much as twO-thirds). It saves

the housewife much care and work in

threshing time; and it saves much.

grain which usually is. lost in the

‘many-sided process [of binding, .ipitch-

ing, stacking, and unloading of theolfd



:SYIstem. The combinebijdsfairito Y” ._



olu'ffidnize the hm "t .





at.

in W d, ‘
gliarvest the crop a .. an expense for

vaer and equipment that averaged

$1.00 an acre. Today his elaborate

equippage of power units and machin-

cry stand him in" to the merry tune of

$10 an acre. \



,Truly primitive was the equipment

of 1872; Its power, either oxen or

horses. The tillage units consisted of

a plow and an A-dr’agr A home-made

affair constructed of a crotch from a

tree into which drag teeth had been

fitted. Some of the farmers had grain

“drills, but many of them” scattered the

grain broadcast, dragging it in with

their A—drag. Corn and beans were

planted with hand hoes in the corners

of squares made by,-carefully marking

the field with a marker. The harvest-

ing of grain and hay was accomplished

with an. outfit consisting of no more

units than a wagon and haivrack,

drawn by its team of hors’es or oxen,

a cradle or scythe. Some farmers had

dump rakes, but many depended alto-

gether upon hand rakes, a half dozen

pitchforks and a gallon demijohn filled

with cool, fresh water from the spring

or the northeast corner of the well.-

This meager equippage, as cOmpared

with the multitudinous assemblage of





 





Use for Old Tires. —In staking out live

stock, tie the rope to an old. tire

and throw tire over stake or post.

There is less chance for rope becom-

ing tangled.



implements, that the farmer of today

considers necessary to successfully

compete with his fellow agriculturists

is a striking exemplification of the

progress that has been made in agri-

cultural equipment.—-G. Everitt.





 





BOUNTY FOR WOODCHUCK.





 





D URING a period of some twenty

years in extent, Argentine to‘wn—

ship, located in the southwestern cor-

ner of Genesee county, Michigan, paid

a bounty for the scalps of the ground-

hog, or woodchuck. The amount of

bounty varied in the difierent years,

ranging from ten to twenty-dye cents

each. The practice was censured by a

few, owing to the fact that not one of

the adjoining townships paid any

bounty, and the smuggling across the

border of animals killed in neighbor-

ing townships was a bit of chioanery

that could not be easily controlled. Ar-

gentine’s treasury was never greatly

despoiled, however, through this arti-

fice, as the 'maximum yearly amount

ever paid in bounties did not exceed

3150. And thevgreater part of this was

paid upon the home-grown product.

The good results of the bounty sys-

tem were obvious on- every hand.

' Fields‘became'a beautiful expanse of

unbroken grain or meadow. Formerly

, ,‘fthese V'Same fields :had been plenti-

‘full'y besfr’rinkled- with‘ widespreading

mounds of freshly dug earth. These

mounds not only smothered a consid-

' erableT'amount of grain or grass, but.

they Were in themselves a constant .

meig'ace to the knives or? the moWing

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RYE AND VETCH.





 





How much rye and vetch should I

sow per acre for hay next year? Soil

Should

I soul:I land plaster, if so, how much?





The vetch and rye mixture is some-

times used as a hay crop and is fairly

satisfactory for this purpose, the vetch

being a leguminous plant and having

much the same feeding value as clo—

ver, while rye, cut at the proper stage,

makes a very satisfactory grain hay

crop.



In the southern part of the Lower

Peninsula, I would suggest sowing the





 





e‘r Peninsula, in the snow belt, seed-

ings may be made during the latter

half of September.



I would suggest” using a bushel of





' rye and~twenty-pounds of hairy vetch





, seed per acre.





The mixture should be cut when the

rye is in the late milk, or early dough

stage, and when the vetch is starting

to bud. An average yield is from one

and one-half to two tons per acre un-

der fairly favorable soil conditiOns.





Vetch is not nearly so sensitive to

acid soils as alfalfa, sweet clover, and

June clover, but makes its best growth

when the soil is fairly well supplied

with lime.



I would suggest that the seed .be

inoculated. Material for. inoculation





, out the middle of August“

. while in the northern part of the Lew-





, ing a tube.





 





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of Bacteriology, East Lansing, Micki-f. x ‘V





gan. The, price is twenty-five cents”

per bottle, and each bottle contains

sufficient material to inoculate a bush- >

e1 of seed. Directions for application;

accompany the material.—C. R. Megee.





TIRE CHALK.





 





EW motorists appreciate the im-

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“Who said the ground was

too hard to plow?”





The revolutionary downward line of

draft of the New Ferguson makes it poe-

eiblo to plow ground that, heretofore, has

been imposeibleto plow successfully with

a mouldboard plow.





The downward linoofdrafi tends to pull

the Ferguson plow into the ground in-

stead 0 out of the ground. The New

Ferguson is wheel- less and has the added

ndvantageofplowingll” back ofthedraw

bar cap and utilizes 1he weight of the

tractor as well as the downward line of

draft. These features, together with

others too numerous to mentianmnable‘

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instead of turning up unbreakable clods. *'





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_‘ eyed bird, or One » with overhanging

.. eyebrows, or having a comb with ex-



" tremely narrow serrations is not likely

= to be a good layer.





" late maturing bird. .

: taken not; to confuse b. bird that up- bent





HILE the general tendency of

the wheatindustry in Michigan ‘

.is to shift to the production (it

white wheat of varieties like the Amer-

ican Banner, there is still room for

the better varieties-of red wheat. One

of the leading millers of the state re-





» marked some time ago that with red





wheat being grown Oh the heavier

soils and white wheat on the lighter

103.1113 and uplands, about the right

balance between these two classes

would exist in Michigan.



For the farmer who has a heavy

soil high in nitrogen and organic mat:

ter, the new Berkeley Rock wheat has

many advantages. This variety is the

result of a cross made by'Michigan

State College plant breeders sixteen

years ago, between Red Rock and

Berkeley wheat. After twelve years

of a careful selection, weeding out and

testing program, the vmost desirable

strain resulting from this cross was

named Berkeley Rock and introduced

to the fields of Michigan wheat grow-

ers.



Berkeley Rock is really ’a hard

Wheat such as the varieties produced

in the winter wheat districts of the

west. Its quality is therefore well

suited to the milling of bread flour

and it seems to have been the first

hard Wheat variety to retain its qual-

ity under the humidity of Michigan’s

summers.



The variety is winter-hardy‘and an

excellent producer. Brown Brothers,

of Ithaca, Michigan, have frequently

secured forty to forty-five bushels per

acre, while, despite the adverse winter

which the last crop of Wheat had to





N order to lay well a bird must be

I vigorous and healthy. Further,



the bird must be free from physi-

cal defects, such as crooked beak, ex—

cessively long toe nails, eyelids that

over-hang so the bird cannot see well,

scaly leg or anything else that would

keep the bird from seeing or getting





an abundance of food.





In order to make a. record, a hen

must not only lay long, but heavily.

In order to lay heavily she must have

sufficient body capacity to‘digest large

amounts of food rapidly. Large capac-

ity in a laying hen is shown by a body

that is relatively deep. The under

line should be fairly straight and the

back should be comparatively hori-

zontal.



The back should be flat and Wide,

and its Width should be carried well

back to the tail. The back that tapers

decidedly, or slopes down, indicates

poor capacity. '



The breast should ‘be full, deep and

prominent: The neck should be fairly

short and well set. The legs should

be of moderate length. The long leg-

ged, round shanked, knock kneed,

scrawny, hump backed, long necked,

bony or crow headed individualis not

a good layer. .



The keel bone should be long and

generally curved. This frequently

means that the, abdomen. ,of a. good

*male will be small grather than large.



The head should be moderately fine,-

with large, bold eyes, set well out on

the head in an oval eye socket. IA

fat headed, small,_round eyed or cross





Long narrow feathers indicate a.

Care should be





 





 





New M. S. C. Var-wry T: Smut Rex:

By H. C. Rather





weather growers from Imus Blanke,

of Monroe, to George Daniels, in .On- '





tonagon county of the far north, use-

cured splendid results. The latter,





. farming hear ,‘Bruce Crossing. one of,~

; the'mos-t-northerly sections" of ”the Up— ‘

secured" thirfy-eight -





per Peninsula,

bushels per acre; ‘Mr. Blanke, near

Monroe, got thirty-one. The crop of

John Gidner, at Potterville, yielded

thirty-seven bushels per acre; that of

G. P. Phillips, of Bellevue, thirty, and

that of F‘. H. Knox & Co‘., of Portland,

thirty-five in a. seventeenQacre field.

”The average for all groWere in the

Michigan Crop Improvement Associa-

tion for 1926 was twenty-nine and one—

half bushels per acre.



One of the most appealing features

of Berkeley 'Rock wheat is its appar-





ent immunity, or at least very great -





resistance to wheat smut. 'Dr. G. H.

Coons, of the Botany Department of

Michigan State College, treated Berke-

ley Rock and several other yarieties

with stinking smut spores, thoroughly

infesting the seed with the disease.

But, While other varieties showed up

at harvest with seventy to eighty





per cent smutted heads, Berkeley Rock "





showed only about two per cent smut.



The variety is apparently resistant

to the loose smut as well. For four

years, inspectors for the ' Michigan

Crop Improvement Association, look-

ing over fields of Berkeley Rock with

a view to certifying them for seed pur-

poses, have never found loose smut in

the Berkeley Rock variety. Thus one

of the diseases so difficult to control is

apparently taken care of 'bythe nat-

ural health of this new variety. -





Judging For Egg PrOduCtion

You Can Read a Hen’: Egg Laying Capacity zf You Know How





'tual depth of bone and flesh in her





body.



Depth, and slabsidedness may be

measured by placing the thumbs on

the middle of the back, the little'fing—

ers on the front end of the keel bone,

and the middle fingers on the rear end

of the keel bone. Press in with the

palms of the hands and do not squeeze

the bird up with the fingers. The deep-

er an‘d more slabsidcd the bird feels,

the better. It is relative depth that is

desired, and not actual depth. A big

hen may be actually deep, and yet

relatively shallow, and hence be a

poor layer. Relative depth of front to

rear of body may, be measured by

spanning the body with the thumb and





middle fingers from back to breast, ,

and sliding the fingers and thumb





along the keel and back.





A laying hen has a large, moist vent

showing a wide dilated condition and

looseness as Compared with the ‘hard,

rouhd, puckered vent of a hen that is

not laying. If



The whole abdomen, as well as the

vent, is dilated so that“ the pelvic‘ arch

is Widespread and the keel is forced

down, away from the pelvic arch. The

more eggs a. bird is going tolay‘t-he





following week, the gre’ater will be _‘





the size of the abdomen. The actual

size of the abdomen is influenced by

the length of keel, size of eggs laid,

and by the sizeof the‘birdz‘

ging abdomen is undesirable; . ‘



Heavy production is shown by the

quality of the skin and the thickness





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and stiffness of the pelvic belies.- Fat





goes out from the skin and body with





not mdfileld by? slayer-s «of





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' ’ .QME gardeners do not understand

generally ' that many vegetable



seeds may be planted late this fall for



next year’s garden.- Of course, it is



abSolutely necessary that nothing but



hardy subjects be handled in this man-





ner and the planting must be delayed





until such time as there will be no

danger of the seeds germinating dur-

ing the warm weather of fall. The

best plan is to prepare the soil any

convenient time during the fall, and

then put the seeds in just before the

final freeze-up. - -



Spinach, lettuce, beets, carrots, pars—

nips, onions (seed), and peas may all

be handled this Way.



Of course, spinach may be planted

earlier in the fall and the plants win-

tered under mulch, but if the planting

is delayed until the seeds will lay dor-

mant until spring, mulching will not

be necessary except in those parts of

the country where warm periods dur-

ing the winter months are liable to

cause germination. In that case, a

mulch after the ground is frozen will

hold the frost in the ground and pre—

vent germination. A smooth-seeded

pea should always be chosen for fall

planting, and it maybe well to protect

them with a mulch, no‘ matter what

the location.



This idea should especially appeal to

the gardener who finds himself lost in

the rush of spring work every year.

—-—C. W.





OUR FRUITS ENJOY BETER FOR-

EIGN DEMAND.





 





OQFFSETTING the heavy decline in

exports of bread' grains, meats,

dairy ”products, animal fats and feed-

stuffs during the past fiscal year, the

department of commerce presents fig-

ures showing a large increase in for-

eign demand for American fruits, can-

‘ ned, dried and fresh. All the leading





foreign markets took larger quantities.





of eggs. The total exports amOunted

to 27,931,000 dozen, compared with 25,-

106,000 dozen for the‘ preceding year.

There is a growing demand in Euro-

pean markets for our canned peaches,





‘ years and pineapples. /





VEGETABLE GROWERS TO MEET.





 





. HE Vegetable Growers of America

will convene at Cleveland, Ohio,

during the week starting to September

13, in what promises to be the largest

and most interesting meeting this as-

sociation has ever had. ‘



At the general meetings various

phases of vegetable growing will.be

discussed, including such subjects as

fertilizers, manure substitutes, insect

and disease problems of vegetable

growing. There will also be inspec-

tion of the city markets, as well as

corn roasts and tours to some of the





. best, vegetable farms in the surround-





ing country.



A special program for the ladies,

and theater parties, dances, and a ban-

’quet are planned for the entertain-

ment of all. .



Those interested‘in vegetable grow-

ing should be’sure to-attend this, the

nineteenth annual meeting of this as-

sociation. ' , - .





;' WHITE anus "INJUREs 'STRAW-

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time feed on the mots of various

plants. Whenever strawberries are

planted on sod lands, or land that has

not been used for growing cultivated

crops for several years, the grubs are

apt to be numerous,'and many of the

strawberry plants may be injured. The

only remedy‘ foruthe white grub is to

plow the land which is to be used for

strawberries, a year or more previous

to setting the strawberry plants. Land

which has been used “for‘growing cul-

tivated crops, such as corn and pota-

toes, is usually free of the insect and

it is likely that there will be a very

little trouble. Fall plowing is also





beneficial in controlling this insect—'-





R. E. Loree.





“What wonders there are in a drop

of water!” exclaimed the youth.



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Gentlemen: I have used your poultry prescription and your pomtryremediel

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poultry breeders everywhere.





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ilr.LcGear’s Poultry





contains TONICS for the blood. nerves and eg organs4LAXA~

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MINERALS for the feathers, bone and bone tissues.





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to maximum production and fertility

-and that an easy, quick, dependable

method of feeding is to tnix Dr.

LeGear's Poultry Prescription in all

laying and feed mash.





 





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For 25 years W. D.

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For each 100 lbs. oflayu'ng and fesdmash use two,





pounds ofpr. Legsar's Poultry Prescription. Dur-

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time. and when disease is prosenlJ

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Kills lice like magic. Try a full can. If it does not rid





your flock of lice more quickly than any other method

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ear Remedy is guaranteed to give





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DEVICE FOR UNLOADING LIME-

STONE AT CAR._





asking for a device for unloading

limestone from a car, so that one

man can shovel the limestone into the

container while the truck is being un-

loaded, then dump it at once into the

truck. _



I am enclosingdiagram (D-604) of

a home-made device for this purpose

which I have found to work very well.

The main four-by-four crosspiece must

be long enough to extend across the

top of the open car and outside about

four feet on the unloading side. and





 





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about eight incheson the other side.

The floor of the device should be made

of tight-fitting, or matched lumber.

Two men can put this up in place, and

one man can take it off in a pinch. It

can also be used for unloading gravel,

sand, coal, or other material which

can be dumped. If the truck body is

less than eight feet long, a. sort of





 





 





Good Fences arePaying Propositions

from the Five Standpoints of ECON-

OMY, SERVICE, PROTECTION. APPEAR-

ANCE and GOOD CITIZENSHIP.





l. ECONOMY





A—A good fence is a permanent

fence; a permanent fence is a pay-

ing investment by: 1. Increasmg the

permanent and market value of the farm.

2. Helping to insure and increase credit

with the town’s business men. 3. Suhr

stantiating the idea that the owner is

progressive and successful.

B—A good fence expresses thrift on

the part of the owner by: 1: Making

more money for him. 2. Saving time,

labor and expense of replacmg poor

fences. 3. Lowering depreciation. 4. Sav-

ing the greater cost of delayed fencmg.

5. Standing up and looking better and—

remaining stockproof for many years.

6. Eliminating possibilities for lawsuits

caused by loose animals on highways

and neighbors’ premises.

C—A good fence is a time-saver be-

cause: 1. N 0 time is wasted hunting for

lost farm animals. 2. Or 'notifying a

neighbor that his cattle are in your field,

helping him chase them out, and repair-

ing fences. 3. Well-planned barnyard

fences keep the cows near home at night,

_ saving time in the morning.

2. SERVICE

i 'A—A “horse-high, bull-strong and

pig-tight” fence is the best “hired

man” a farmer can have because:

1. It saves time and effort caring for the

livestock. 2. It is possible to properly

rotate crops and pastures and distribute

fertilizer evenly over the farm. 3. Live-

~ stock can utilize what might otherWise

i be wasted feed in cornfields and mea-

’ dows in the winter and spring. 4. Little

pigs need fresh lots so they may not

pick up worms or paraSites; poultry

runs should also be alternated.





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“The Advantages





 





B—With good fences corn-

fields can be “bogged

down.” 1. Cost of husking, ‘

elevating and shelling corn

is saved. 2. No time and

effort spent each day slop-

ping the hogs.



C—A farm uniformly

fenced with distinctive

wire (such as the “RED

STRAND") and painted

posts will give it a “Trade-

mark” and business-like

appearance.





3. PROTECTION





A—Agood fence is afarm—

er's sentinel always “on

the job" and guards: 1.

Valuable females from being

bred to scrub males. 2. Live-

stock, by lessening danger

of contracting contagious

abortion, tuberculosis and

cholera. 3. Horses from wire

cuts and other injuries often

received while fighting over

old fences with other horses.

4. Livestock from wandering into open

ditches and wells. 5. Men and animals

from infectionsdue to wire cuts from

rusty wires. Good wire is rust-proof for

years. 6. Livestock, if wire is properly

grounded, against thunderbolts. 7. Poul-

try from weasels, skunks and other en—

emies. 8. Livestock from overfeeding in

green cornfields,‘ clover or other, places,

resulting in sickness or death. 9. Hogs

against getting the habit of eating poultry.





Steel &





lest.





. B—The well-kept fence protects the





windbreaks, orchards, gardens, berry

patches. flowers, lawn and shrubbery

from the farm animals.





4. APPEARANCE

A—A neat, well-built fence is part





RED STRAND “Galvannealed” Square Deal FENCE l





Red Strand Galvannealed Square Deal Fence will more than-

uirementsvfor a well fenced farm. Write .

for free “Ofl‘icial Free of Tests" book shoving how nationally





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N. Carlyle’Engen. farmer.

Westbrook. Minn, won

$500.00 in cash for this F £15!

Pn'ze story in the Keystone

Wire Company’s

$1500.00 Prize Essay Con-

Write for free

telling who the other .

winners were and reprints of

some of their stories.





 





 





21 Well Fenced Farm'lby N. Carlyle Engen





of the farmer's “Show

Window” advertising. 1.

‘It gives the farm an air 0

dignity, stability, beauty

and pride. 2. The fields and

livestock appear to better

advantage. 3. An ornamen-

tal lawn fence will “dress.

up" the farm home _and add

a Welcome to viSitors. 4.

Fences give an air of distinc-

tion and individuality. .5.

An all—steel fence permits

burning of weeds along fence

lines so snOw will not gather

and block the highways. 6.

A good fence is a credit to

both farm and highway. 7.

It keeps the yards cleaner as

straw, paper or cornstalks

cannot blow from place to

place. 8. Well-defined drive-

ways and paths or walks

will prevent unsightly‘ ‘short

cuts” across grassy lawns.





5. GOOD CITIZENSHIP





A—SAFETY FIRST. A

good fence: 1. Keeps the vicious bullfi'om

breaking out and injuring strangers and

children. 2. Prevents loose animals from

causing automobile accidents. 3. Keeps

loose animals off the railroad tracks. 4.

Around the lawn makes a safe play-

ground for little children.





B—HONESTY. 1. Afarmer is not honest

who deliberately allows his livestock to

feed on his neighbor’s haystacks and

grain fields. 2. Good fences do away With

disputes over ownership Of stray stock.





C—COURTESY. Good fences: 1. Foster ‘

respect for your property among the



neighbors and vice versa. 2. Prevents



quarrels and ill-feeling among neighbors.



3. Aided by “No Trespassing” signs,



keeps out the careless hunter.





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known laboratories try-fenceyire for rust—resisting. long-

wearin qualities and what .the found when they tested

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. mammal; expense





o . . ,_ _ ,

spout can’b‘e added to make the lime-

stone pour better. ‘ ' '



The great benefit of the device lies

in the fact that two men can, with

its help, keep a truck in operation an

the time without any wall: for being

loaded. .one man staying at the car

and shOveling on to the platform, while

the other keeps the truck going. With

a. dump body on the truck, a lot of ma—‘

terial can be mOved in a day.—I. W. D..



We are very glad indeed to get this

home-made device. If any other r’ead-

er has a better arrangement we should

be glad to have it also—Eds.





STOPPING LEAK IN CONCRETE

FLOOR.





 





Last spring I had a. concrete floor

laid in my dairy barn, and noticenow





that one of the gutters is not water-





proof, as there is a. small crack or

opening in one place where the bottom

and the side of the gutter meet, and

water soaks in. How can I most read

ily remedy this trouble? Will new

cement stick to the old if I fill in the

bottom of the gutter about two inches

all through where the leak is? Would





I have to leave the cattle outside while.





it dried? Any suggestions will be ap‘

predated—E. J. ‘





As there ispractically no pressure

on this leak to force the water in, I

believe you can easily stop this leak

by taking a. cold chisel and chipping

out the crack down a half inch or so,

then take q, piece Of oakum (such as

plumbers use), or ordinary flax tow,

dip it in tar, and force it down into

the crack as far as possible with a.

sharp screw driver, then fill in the

chipped-Out crack with fresh concrete

mortar and smooth it so as to make

a good sharp corner. If it were not

for the gutter cleaner striking it, you

could simply fill in the chipped place

with stiff roofing cemént after the oak«

um was driven into the crack.





COVER FOR POTATO PIT.





 





I am making a potato pit 14x50 feet,

cementing it on all sides and on the

floor. Expect to make the roof of

shiplap boards and tar paper, covered

with straw and earth. Would two lay-

ers of flax straw and two layers of

earth be enough? How thick should it

be to keep out the frost? Is there a.

better way of making the’roof?—-—F. N.





The roof if shiplap covered with tar

paper and then with alternate layers

of straw and earth, will give very good

results for several seasons. Tar pa-

per is rather light, and I believe that

half-ply roofing, or even, regular roll

roofing would last enough longer and

preserve the boards underneath to an

extent enough to justify the additiOnal

expense. The roof should have enough

slope, either from the middle or from

one side, so that any water coming

through the earth and straw would

drain off. Usually a layer of straw, a.

layer of earth, another layer of straw

and another of earth, are sufficient

protection for a pit ofgthis 'kind where





toes.’ The layers of earth should be

about eight inches thick and those of

straw about the same thickness after

being compacted. Ventilating shafts

must be proved, and these should have

dampers, or slides, so the temperature





’ can be kept as nearly thirty-four de-





degrees Fahrenheit, as possible, and

thermometers shouldfbe. provided to

check the temperatures. In the fall





. the pit should be kept open at night





and closed in the daytime, to keep the

temperature down, and the protecting





"layers ‘Only put on as. needed. Free.





bulletins onthe construction of potato

storage houses can-{be obtained- from

the U. S. D'spaartment of Agriculture.

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[ya inepara'te choir loft, young Mr. Bob-

;e‘rt‘Devlin rode from his massi‘Ve pi‘l-,

. 1313.!“ home with a frown.

handed black quickly “brought 'him

_"§down the avenue and along the curv-



:_,.ingr pasture road to the highway. The

. 7V¢patsent gate he opened and closedfrom



“thesaddle. As he went swingingjdown





The high-





the pike, the fresh breeze rubbed the

wrinkles from his forehead. Within

less than a mile he came upon a cot-





' ' tag’e well-nigh hidden by vines and





‘shi'ubber'y, and his frank face clouded

again as he read the name on the.

mail-box: “J. Warren.”

, Robert Devlin was a peaceable'man,

and he especially desired to live in

amicable relations with his neighbors,

but the neighbors must do their part.

He swung lithely to the ground, tied

his reins to a plank of the newly

whitewashed fence, and went in. The

cottage sat on a slight elevation, and

a rough flagstone walk led to the door.

As he drew nearer he saw that the

house was old. It was one story, with

gable windows, and the shingles were

green with moss. The open front'door

showed a clean, cool hall, quite bare

except for an old—fashioned hat-rack

and a quaint mahogany table.





. Robert knocked briskly on a panel

with the butt of his crop. Therewas

no response. As he prepared to repeat

the summons, he heard faintly the clat-

ter of tin pails immediately followed

by‘a rich-toned female voice singing

a portion of one of the light operas in

vogue several years ago.





The man’s hand fell to his side. He

looked about again; at the small yard,

the small house, the tiny stoop where

he stood. He noticed now the open

windows to his right, where snowy,

ruffled curtains quivered in the morn-

ing air.



Tin [pails and light opera! For a.

moment he was puzzled, then the ob-

ject of his call became paramount, and

he walked around the cottage with

firm lips. Here he saw a log cabin—

evidently negro quarters—a short dis-

tance away; some locust trees; many

chickens; a. spring-house quite near,

shaded by a cherry tree; a table and

a bench under the tree; a cat and a

girl. The order of his seeing really

was the reverse of the way here set

down. The girl wore a pink. frock

with a white apron pinned; over her

shoulders, and she' was busy with

earthen crooks, wooden covers for

same, and tin pails. She also was

singing snatches from light opera. Be-

fore she saw Robert, the truculent look

had faded, "and his hat dangled in his

hand. ‘~



“I knocked, but got no answer,” he

said, by way of explanation, as he





came forward, wondering all the time .





how a milk-maid ever heard of the

tune she had been singing.



The young woman was rinsing a

crock with clear water. This she threw





' out, and holding the crock on edge so





it might drain, replied with a straight-

forward look behind which a smile

lurked: , ,



“I’ve sent Minerva to the barn for

fresh eggs. The hens lay there now,

since the hen-house blew down."



Her caller was inclined to ask why

they didn’t rebuild, but refrained. The

house itself appeared as if an unusu-

ally hard wind might work it damage.



“I should like to see Mr. Warren,”

said Robert, trying vainly to reconc'le

'the girl’s pure speech and undoubted

lineage with her present occupation.



She turned her head sideways and

eyed him under lifted brows.



‘IWhO?J,



“Mr. Warren, the gentleman who

owns this—er—farm.”



He halted at the last word, because

he knew that the place embraced but

a. few acres.



“There isn’t any M'r. Warren,” she

replied, a touch of pathos in her voice.





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Auflzor qf "Tile Rdce 0/1723 Stwf/f, ‘_' “\lee'Man From Jeriéha‘,“étc.l. '

~ A Short Story Complete in This Issue





 





 





“Why! ” exclaimed Robert, a little

uncertain What to say, “my head man

told. me only this morning—but no, he

didn’t say there was a Mr. Warren.

He just said then‘Warrensfind told me

where you lived.” .



He came a step or two tOWard her

as he‘spoke.. ‘



The cat, tail waving, purred expect-

antly, and brushed restlessly against

its mistress’ skirts.



“This is the Warren place,” replied

the girl, quietly, and bent to pour the

foam left in the bucket upon a' big

flat rock.



The tortoise—shell squatted at the

edge of the snowy heap and became

occupied. .



“But the name on the mail-box?”

persisted Robert.



“Is mine. -I am Justine Warren.”



She placed a well-scoured cover ov-

er the crock of milk.



“I am your neighbor, Robert Devlin,

of Hill Crest.”



HOh!)’



Justine flashed her black eyes at

him, then dropped them as suddenly.



“Did you not know I had come?”

he asked, kindly.



“Yes, the papers told all about it.

Your uncle was a good man, and much

loved. It must be a queer experience

for you, who was born and reared in

a big city, to take charge of a farm.”



“I resented the legacy at first, be-

cause I had enough without it, then

I decided I would come down and see

how I got along. There must be plenty

to do, from What Jorkins tells me.”



“Oh, yes,” she returned brightly, be

ginning to dip water.from a cedar

bucket with a gourd.



He watched her cleanse the milk

vessel, puzzled and interested.



“Even a. small place, like this, re-

quires lots of work,” she resumed. “So

you may imagine the care one of the

largest estates in Kentucky demands

* * * Your uncle was a. perfectly

charming neighbor,” she added, a trifle

irrelevantly. .



Devlin winced.



“It is pleasant to hear you say so.”



His reply sounded'somehow trite and

futile. But, remembering his mission,

Mr. Devlin was becoming embarrassed.

Yet he must explain his call, and this

he could not put off longer without

rudeness.





“I-er—came over on a little matter of

'business,” began Robert, “but I ex-

pected to see Mr. Warren. It was

stupid of Jorkins not to be explicit.”



He switched his leather-covered calf

vexedly.



There was a vague shadow in her

big eyes as she raised them interro-

gatively. .



He flushed slightly.



“Of course I’m glad to meet you

Miss Warren; very glad, believe me.

But—would it be convenient for me to

interview your head man? It is some-

thing relating to the farm, you under-

stand, and I’m sure a word with your

overseer—”



“He’s plowing in the creek bottom

this morning,” replied Justine, demure-

ly, letting her eyes rest on the cat.

Naturally she could not know that this

threw into prominence her beautifully

curved lashes. “He’s getting the

ground ready for corn. The land is

low, and dries slowly'." '



“I beg pardon,” returned Devlin, ner-

vously drawing a big black pipe with

a curved stem from his pocket. “But

I asked to see your head man.” a





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“Yes, I understood. He’s plowing.”

The tortoise-“shell had consumed all

the. foam, and attergs. “few, ,entative

sniffs at the wet surface of t _e ro'clr;

sat dOWn and began, to, Wash its face.





The young master of Hill Crest slip-.





ped the thong ‘ of his fcrOp over his

little finger and ,fished cut a broWn





tobacco pouch. 'He was completely.





bewildered.



“You must forgive“ my greenness,

really, because unfortunately I 'am city

bred. My head man, doesn’t plow; the

hands do that." ‘



He thought he saw a‘smile flicker

about the sweet lips as she answered:





“The hands are plowing too, in the





creek bottom.”





He thrust the pipe between his.





teeth, and touched ma ch to bowl.

Miss Justine stoop‘e with a swift,

graceful movement, picked the cat up.





 

 





 





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charge here; “It looks a bit unfair Iil'o‘r.





,a his. . and, amen i0... come,.whixiing

ajcemf ain’t , 1?me led!“ ' '



first very ‘bs; fish‘s queried. .

, J‘. Simply this.” ,Hef‘assumeda light

tone, and fistrove to render his 5 charge

in almost‘la humbrous ’wa‘y. f “Jorkins

‘has been. to me the East three molrna

ings with a tale, of epredation. 'He

alleges that a. certain red ;cow With

long 1101118; has repeatedly. 'broken

through the fence bordering the swale

where our lands touch, and has trainp‘

led the young w-heatoutrageou’sly. He

says the cowbelongs to the Warrens.

I asked him‘why he didn’t fix the fence

so it couldn’t be ~fo ced, and, he replied

that it was the 7 arren’s fence, and

that he had. nothing to do with keep-

ing it» in condition. ‘T‘hat’s the story

of niy wrong, gnd a mighty sorry story

it appears techie." ' .



Justine. toying With the cat’s ears,

was silent a. few moments.



“Jorkins‘is right about it,” she! said,

then, in a low voice. "The c0wiis

mine, and he’s a rogue, but one of

my best mi kers. ,This. estate always





and placed it on the bench. Strokingr has cared for that line of fence, but





its back, she added, innocently: ,.





”They’re all the same, you "know,~





here.” .



Mr. Devlin regarded her quizzically

through the gray blue mist which

hung before his face.



“You mean that one man runs your

farm!”



“Yes; Gideon, consort of 'Minerva.

Quite a mixture of religion and myth-

ology, isn’t it?“



Her white teeth gleamed through

laughing lips, and\Mr. Devlin was con-

scious of an illuswe but very real

thrill. He shrugged his shoulders and

shifted his tracks, puffing inordinately

the while.



“I don’t see how you manage!” he

exclaimed, surprise routing conven-

tionality and causing him to say the

natural thing.



“It is rather difficult,” she assented,

“and without my two old negroes I

should have to sell."



Her eyes became dew‘y, and Mr.

Devlin cleared his throat and punched

the ashes in his pipe. Usually ready

of tongue, he found himself abashed,

uncertain, wondering what to say.



Miss Justine, eyes downcast, contin-

ued to stroke the cat, which arched its

back appreciativ’ely at each stroke.



“Er———well, I’ll be going, I guess,”

ventured Robert. “Fine morning,

isn’t it?” ’



He put his hat on and half turned.



_“lBut your business?” reminded the

gir.



“Oh, that can wait! It really doesn’t

amount,to much, after all. I’ll catch

1your man soon and adjust it with



im."



“The matter would have to be re-

ferred to me, even then,” she answer-

ed, in a businesslike tone. “I settle

all questions here.” .





“Truly, I’d rather say nothing about V





it!” burst out Robert. “You see, it's





a complaint.”

“Oh, I)





i “So we’ll let it alone, if you’re will-

11g.”



“By no means,” replied Justine, her

face grave. “It must be fairly weighty

since you took the trouble to call, so

let’s hear it, please * * * Won't

you sit down? There’s lots of room

here.” ~



She leaped to the long bench as she

spoke, drew the cat over in her lap,

crossed her slippered feet and began

to swing them gently.



Mr. Devlin was not at all suscepti-

ble. He had «been exposed to the full





range of feminine charms all his life,”

and so far had escaped matrimony. .





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it is old, like everything else about the

place, and scarce‘ly would stop a de-

termined rabbit. I’ll see what can be

done at once, Mr. Devlin.. I’ll talk to

Did about it.” _ , '



“Beg pardon. To whom?”



“Did, my pet and adviser." /



She grasped the dozing animal un-,

der the fore legs with both hands and

held it up in front of her face.



“You know, like all old maids, I

oWn a Cat. This cat is named Did.

Did is short for Didymus, whose oth-

er name was Thomas, who was an

apostle, or .disciple, or something.

When anything comes up. for consid~

eration I talk it over with Did, for

lack of a better. confidante. So the

question of the broken fence and the

rogue red cow shall be thrashed out

with Did, and I trust the result will

be that the young wheat may be al-

lowed to grow nntrampled.”



The cat blinked lazily, its ears flat





on its head in silent rebellion at the.





way it was being handled.



An old negro woman appeared, her

apron held up in the form of a pouch.



“How many, Aunt Minerva?” called

Justine, eagerlyr dropping Did and

leaning ~ ferward.



“Twelb an', fo’ mo,” reported the egg

hunter, eyeing with a frown-of dis-

trust the athletic young man 1n fash-

ionable riding clothes. .



“At twenty-five cents a dozen,

‘that’s—‘” she stopped with puckered

forehead and .flnger on lip, hen .m-

stinctively turned to Mr. Devlin. o



“Thirtylthree and a third c‘ents, isn’t

it?” he smiled. .



“How quick you are in figures! I

always need pencil and paper for frac-

tions, and even then they are very

contrary."





HE jumped from the bench, and



Robert, «realizing that perhaps. he



had tarried too long-under the cir-

cumstances, got to his feet quickly.



“‘Well, good-bye again!” he said,

heartily, and this time he held out

his hand. ,



She gave him hers; he pressedit

firmly and instantly released it, then

walked away. Near the corner of the

cottage, he turned.



“Don’t worry too much about that

fence!” he called. . ‘



She lifted her head with a smile, but

said nothing, so he went on. ,



The next day Jorkins, under orders,

had four men working on the section

of defective fence which hitherto had

been maintained by the Warrens.



Naturally Mr. Robert Devlin shun-



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_,,de'he.done-. , ,7‘ H .

tron to ‘himself,_’ and eve, ,

fused to. answer, he felt his cheeks

grow ‘warm. He had'g’tven the over-

seer instructions scarcely before he,

‘ knew what-he was abOut. He never;

had/met such 79. girl, truly. She must‘

have been in the early twenties. Sher

sang light opera, dabbled in milk and

calculated ,the valueof eggs, and ran

a farm! ZShe had a cat ”named Did,

with which she discussed her prob:

Isms. ’ . . ~

.. _It was ’much past his usual hour for

retiring When Mr. Devlin went to bed

the night following his call, and early

the next morning he summoned Jor-k-

ins and told him rather gruffly to take

men and fix that fence. J orkinswent.

If herknew the proceeding was out of

order, he doubtless knew further that

“ two and two-made four, and he cer-

tainly was aware of his .master’s visit

the previous day. . ,



'The road to town did not run by the

“(arren place, and Robert was glad of

this. 'He had pictured the look which

he would receive when she saw him;

the grave rebuke in her clear eyes.

It was‘a bold thing for him to do;





 





ix x one might read several m‘eanings from





it, ‘ and Robert shivered when he

thought of the meaning Justine would

tread—that ‘she Was too poor to have.

the necessary repairs made. He wish-

ed very much to see his/ little neigh-

bor again, but how could he face her

now! - ’



Returning one morning from a three

days' motor trip, he found among his

mail a plainwhite envelope without

stamp or postmark. The script was

round, and“ distinctly feminine. He did





not need to ring to find where it'





came from, how it came, and who sent

it. He opened it with an odd smile

and unfolded the enclosure.



“Miss Justine Warren, Dr.



To Robert Devlin, Esq.



May 2lst. To rods of fenc-

ing at, $ Kindly complete bill

and return, when I shall send check

in payment.”



That was what he read, and he

started as if a scorpion menaced him

from the paper holding the unfinished

statement. It was fully fifteen min-‘

utes before he folded it and put it in

his pocket.



.When the rest of his mail was dis-

posed of, he took out again that cold,

formal bill, with its brief, dignified

message. What did the girl mean?

Her place was mortgaged for its full

value.‘ His interest in her had been

'Sufficiently keen to send him to the

county clerk’s office to examine the

‘ records. .She had inherited the mort-



gage along with the farm; her father

had placed the debt on it. And he,

Robert Devlin, rolling in money for

which he had no use, had gone to this

poor lonely girl with a complaint

about a roguish cow breaking through

a fence and treading down fifteen or

twenty cents worth of growing wheat!

Further, by his stupid blunder, he had

robbed her of—he turned and rang

the, bell with squared chin' and glow-

ing eyes.



“Edwards,” he said, to the servant

who entered; “how leng were you with

my uncle ?”





 





“Forty years, sir, had he lived till i





the fifteenth 0’ June.” .

“Were you born hereabout?”

“AdJ’inin’ county, sir; two mile



south 0’ Polk’s Mill.”



“Know everybody in this county, I

suppose?" ,



f‘All wuth knowin’, sir, an’ many



more.” .



“How long have the Warrens been

our neighbors?”



“Twenty year, sir, come Jinnywary

fust. The young lady was born in

.June.”



i‘Where did they come from?”



“Virginny, sir.” .



Robert crossed his legs, and picked

up a pencil from the desk by which

he sat. '



“Were they-er—folks, Edwards?”



“Extry fine“ sir. Mizr Warren had

sinkin’ spells, sir, an’_died. Mr. War-

ren was a royal gentleman (the very

words I’ve heard your uncle use), but

no farmer. He was a—I forget What

you call ’em, sir—but he" had a room

fitted up for ’speriments, an’ there he.

stayed day an’ night an’ let the farm

look after itself. If it hadn’t been for

Gideon, he’d a’ been sold out * * *

He blowed up, sir, one night.”



“Thank you, Edwards. That’s all.”





NE magical spring afternoon,

when the bees were murmuring in

the blossoms, and mating birds

‘ were busy with sticks and straws and

strings, Mr. Robert 'Devlin’s handsome

motor ‘ car' glided ' down“ the avenue

along the curving pasture road'to the

highway. if «he. were frowning agdin,‘

it must: mothe- snpposed that his new

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The most in Quality, Style and

Service for the least in money.

Boys’ Suits with pair longies

and pair knickers; built like

dad’s; 6 to 16 years . . . $7.90





Girls’ Wool Dresses; superior

thruout; 7 to 14 years . . $4.98





Girls’ Gingham Dresses, 2 to





14 years ............ 98¢

Girls’ School Shoes for serv-

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Boys’All Leather Shoes . $2.79





Women’s 449 Full Fashioned

Silk Hose ....... . . . $1.49





Women’s House Frocks . 79¢

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Seek I reas‘flres From the

Mac: Year’ 5 Compmg Comforts, :mo’ IVz'm‘e'r Decoratzom May a Secured Now

By Felix Koch





0, reader friend, milady of the

Naccompanying photograph isn’t





the‘ good daughter of the mighty"





Pharoah, harkening to the cry from

the sedges of the river, and about to

find the infant Moses; but a’ modern,

up-to~the-moment American girl, about

to get a treasure from the cat-tails

just the same.



Pretty much of the English-speaking

furniture-world have been using what

is known as kapok for a long, long

time, particularly as a filling for mat-

tresses and pillows.



Much of this material comes from

India, more from Java, arriving as a

creamy white fluff, that reminds the

Anglo—Saxon of the puff..the children

pull from the wayside milkweed-pods.

There in the Far East, ’the substance

grows upon trees, and collecting and

packing it for world-shipment has be-

come quite an industry.



However, it is pointed out that ka-

pok is increasing in price. At the

same time the growing popularity of

touring and camping is creating a de-





 





Not Seeking Baby Moses But Other





Treasures in the Bull Rushes.





mand for rude pillows for the motor-





picnic, to be left behind, if one will,





and for a bed at the summer camp

that one need not portage home.

There is the moss, but that isn’t al-

ways available, and so cat-tails, though

and showing

more weight, may come squarely to





a bit harder handling,





their own!



In certain parts of the country farm-

er tourists, preparing for a camping

trip and having no kapok, prefer to

use their feathers to sell, and often

fill a tick with cat-tail fluff as bed.





They also make splendid filling for





porch and lawn pillows.



Nor is this the only reason why

farmers are looking with fresh inter-

est now to their cat~tai1 beds.

Richmond, Indiana, way a large floral

house has brought about another mon-

ey-value for the cat-tail. It has the

bullrushes gathered well before the

frost touches them, after which the

best of cat-tails will burst and fluff.

These full-grown cat-tails are then put

by and sold to florists, for decorative





.‘ ' ists, in turn, sell the cat-tails to their

*city clients, receiving as much as two

.dollars a dazen for them.

It is not too early to plan on next

year’s vacation. If you have any idea





you will be needing an extra matr‘





Down





purposes, all the rest of the year. Flor- "





 





tress or a few pillows next summer,

now is the ‘time to plan on collecting

the “stuflin””for them. Also, a bas-

ket full of cat-tails collected now, and

every other one touched up with gold

paint will make a. pretty centerpiece

for winter. 1 -





 





WOMEN TO HAVE PART IN DAIRY

- SHOW.





 





“HE twentieth" annual National



Dairy Exposition to be held at De-

troit, October 6-13, points to a better

home life on the farm, according to

Mrs. Edith M. Wagar, Carleton, Mich-

igan, in charge of the Farm Women’s»

Division of the exposition.



“The average farm home,” says Mrs.

Wagar, “can have, and should have,

as many comforts and conveniences

as the average town or city home“.

Some of the things we want our farm

women to have are modern cooking

and heating devices, electric irons,

light and water systems, refrigeration,

vacuum cleaners, washing machines,

musical instruments, and radios. The

dearth of these things on American

farms is appalling.”



The program of the Woman’s Divis-

ion is comprised of classes, demon-

strations, and lectures. A comple-

mentary adjunct will be the home ap-

pliance show conducted by trained

women.



An especial effort will be made to

acquaint farm women with the import—

ance of better cows, such as will be

on exhibit. Then they will be shown

how easily modern appliances and con-

veniences may be obtained from the

increased income from better cows.





The general aim of the division will

be to acquaint farm women‘ with the

best dairy practices.‘ For the city

WOmen, a program of equal interest

will be provided, shaped to bring the





two groups into a common understand--





ing of farm and city life.





“SAVE 'TIME WITH A LETTER

p, SCALE.





 





Y best time-saver on baking day



is a letter scale which will weigh

up to a pound and a. half by half ounc-

es. I purchased it to weigh letters and

small parcels, but now it does daily

duty in the kitchen, measuring spices

and shortening. An exact cupful of

butter or other shortening weighs but

eight ounces. Knowing this, it is much

easier to lay a sheet of paper on the

scale and weigh the bulk needed, than

to pack the shortening into a meas-

uring cup, scoop it out again, and then

have the cup to wash. The paper can

be kept to grease the baking pan, be-

fore dropping into the fire. Wlien

measuring the spices, turn up the

edges of the half sheet of paper, form-

ing a little tray to prevent scattering.

Mrs. A. M. S.





LABOR-SAVER FOR WASH DAY.





 





M OST of the water lifting on wash

day can be done away with if

the waterscan be run into the rinsing

tubs and siphoned out again through

a hose. Even if a housewife does not

have a water system and hose connec-

tions in the room where she washes,

she can still siphon the dirty water

out of her tubs with a piece of hose





The Silver Age





HEN the silver age sets in with



V» a plentiful sprinkling of gray



hairs, it is a mistake to fly to

inartistic and troublesome dyeing. In-

stead, spend the time and money this

would cost in keeping the complexion

as youthful and charming as possible.

For not even the fresh beauty of a girl

is more delightful than a smooth, soft-

ly tinted skin that is aureoled with

silver hair.



Many a woman who was never an

acknowledged beauty in her youth, but

has kept a good complexion into her

middle years, blossoms into handsome

distinction for the first time in her

life when the hair becomes gray.



White or grey hair looks its best

with a little color near it, and does

not show to advantage, combined with

a dead-line or sallow skin. Get a soft

pink into the cheeks by natural means,

if possible, but failing that, the grey-

haired woman should use a bit of

rouge discreetly. That word discreetly

is all-important, for the grey hair will

be quite spoiled in effect if patterned

with too vivid a complexion, and lips

that look like gashes of scarlet.



The same, rule—softness, delicacy

——applles to the célors that are‘worn

most successfully. in the silver age.

Very striking colors are rarely suc-

cessful, but white and black is almost





 





'thick and is. kept ve‘rgwell groomed-





 





the soft violets, silver greys, delicate

blues—might have been specially de-

vised for the grey-haired. Some of

the more subdued—though not dark-—

browns are most appropriate, too.



It is a great mistake to think that

once the hair is grey, it is past hoping

for and may be neglected. Silvery

heads are more dependent than those

of any other shades on scrupulous at-

tention. The lovely white shade soon

dulls or becomes tinged with a soiled

yellow, without constant care.



Should the scalp be very dry—as is

often the case in premature greyness

——a little olive‘oil should be massaged

'in regularly, and the hair kept very

well brushed to bringout the natural

oil.



Any tonic used should be colorless,

as a tinted one may rob white hair of

its beautiful silvery hue. Only the

very purest shampooss‘hould be used.

A little blueing added to the last rins-

ing water is most valuable in counter-

acting a jellowish tendency.



Grey, hair never lends itself to friv-

olous “coiffures. While shingling is

sometimes a success if {the hair-be





and waved, more can generally be





made of the thinnest tresses of the ,





' sugar arid water.





 





 





long enough to reach out of doors to ‘





a drain. .



She should put the hose under the,

water in thej,_tub besure that the air .

is all out Of the hose and it is" filled

with water, stop up one end act it with .

her thumb or finger, pull that end out

and then down until it isbelow the

bottom of the tub, and then let the

water run. It will run as long as the

other 'end is under water and 'the outer

end is below the tub.



If she needs a long hose to get the

water to the outdoors or to the drain,

she may have‘to practice the stunt a

few times to get the outer end of the

hose to the desired place while the

other end is still under water. The

last gallon or two that the hose will

not take out can be easily emptied in

the usual way. —-I. W. D.





CLIPPED FROM LETTEss.





 





HEN sprinkling clothes, I lay

* two garments flat, dip the third

in water, squeeze dry, but do not

wring, and place it on the pile. Then





two .dry ones and one wet one, and so.





on. Roll tightly. When it comes ,time\

to iron, the clothes will be all of even

dampness. —Mrs. J. L.



With a family of four it was a‘prob-

lem. to keep wash clothes in their

proper places, until I hit upon this so-

lution, I sew the little ivory rings

that can be purchased at any notion





counter, to the corner of the cloths‘_





and the children‘find them much eas-

ier to hang up than with the tape

loops—Mrs. F. P.



'When my little seven-year-old daugh

ter was recovering from a. rather se-

vere illness, it kept me busy thinking

of things to entertain her.

the thing she enjoyed most was when

I placed her chair in front of a win-





dow, gave her a pencil and paper, and .





told her to w—rite the names of every-

thing she could see. She was anxious

to play' her game while sitting by ev-

ery window in the house—Mrs. (3:. E.





A most satisfactory laundry bag can ‘





be made from a. yard of cretOnne.

Fold the material lengthwise, and cut

one end to fit over a clothes hanger.

0n the front side out a slit large

enough to push the soiled clothes

through. Bind this around, slip on a

hanger, and hang on a convenient

hook in the closet—Mrs. C. H.





My cretonne draperies in" the bed. ,





room looked faded when I laundered

them last week. I 'had to'make them

do for another season, so decided I

must do something that would bright-

en them up a bit. I laid them flat on

the kitchen table and, with school

crayon, I retraced the“ designs, apply-

ing the same colors as in the original.

Then I put a .white paper over the

draperies and pressed them with a hot

iron. They looked almost as good as

new .—-Miss C. O.





 





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Prepare the peach pulp, using peeled,

peaches. Make a 13pr by boiling-





 





silver age if they are kept Ions- and; ;

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horn‘lesitsadj inia dryzwestern coun-

try, where (in-abundance of‘fresh

fruit 'wasconsidered luxury, for. amid-

dle iwest state. where everybody had

all --the;,.fresh.f'mit they could, use. we

arrived in our new home too late to do

any canning before the following

spring, but that winter was spent an—

ticipating the well—stocked cellar

shelves that would be ours the follow-

ing 'year’. Then one afternoon'a friend-

ly neighbor woman called, and left us

a dozen cans of grape sauce. She ex-

plained that her family had become

so tired of plain grape sauce, butters

and preserves, that they simply refus-

ed tov'taste them. ’





It was almost inconceivable to us‘





how anyone could tire of real home-

canned grapes. The following year. our

vines bore abundantly, and with old

tried-and-true recipes from neighbors,

we canned many jars of sauce/but-

ters, preserves, ‘marmalades and jelly,

and by spring there was not a jar left.

The following year, however, these

dishes did not prove so popular, and

the third year we were wondering how

we could canpur grapes so the family

would really relish them. After much

experimenting we canned about half

in the old ways, and the remainder

made into entirely different dishes, to

give variety to the winter menu. The

following recipes are the' ones that

proved most popular:

Grape Mint Jelly.



Wash and remove the stems from

three pounds of green grapes; wash

and slice one pound of green skinned

apples or crabapples, without peeling.

Add a bunch of fresh mint and enough

water to cover. Cook until fruit is

soft and drain through a jelly bag. To

each pint of juice add a pound of hot

sugar. Boil until it jells when tested.

If both the grapes and the apples are





 

 





 





 

 





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t I have yet to gain my experience in

making jelly. Can‘ you tell me how

to tell when it has

enough?——Miss M. D.



If you have no thermometer, the

most reliable test for finished jelly is

the “sheeting” test. Cook the fruit

juice until it first runs from the spoon,

a. little later it will run off in two big

drops, and finally it will slip off in

sheets. The fruit juice should be cook-

ed rapidly if you wbuld have a. clear,

tender jelly when made. '



W

WHEN REKNITTING YARN.

I had a. good woOlen sweater that





was too loosely knitted, so raveled it

out, intending to reknit it. But the





 





. yarn is so crinkly that it doesn’t knit





up well. Whatcan I do with“ it?—





MiSS F. ‘P. /





It is necessary to wash the yarn

before reknitting it. To do this, wind

the yarn‘ in hanks and tie securely.

Dip the banks up and down several

times in lukewarm water. Then

squeeze the water. out, but do not 1

wring. Dry -'on a towelrin the open

air, 'shaking the banks often so that

the yarn Will dry evenly.





 





KEEPING-NICKEL BRIGHT AND ‘

SHINY~ _





 





How can'I keep: theunickel on my





bed ' d ’- shiny?—





 





 





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very {pretty green color.

Spiced Grapes. ,





These were particularly enjoyed





when served with meat. With a pair



of scissors cut firm, ripe grapes from?



the stems. Prepare a syrup, using' COLT

one-half pound of sugar to each pound



‘of grapes, and to each three pounds" LIGHT

of sugar use one pint of pure cider IS

vinegar and one cup of water. Add SUNLIGHT





one tablespoon each of cloves, allspice,

mace and whole cinnamon broken fine,





forthe above amount of syrup. While'





the spices are simmering in the vin-

egar and water,

minutes, prick each grape with a

needle. Add the sugar to the boiling

mixture, allow to boil until dissolved,

and then pour over the fruit. Let it

stand in stone jars for three days,





then drain off the syrup and pack the-





grape’s in sterilized jars. Boil the sy-

rup until quite thick, fill the jars and

seal. Store inga cool, dry place._





Grape-Orange Marmalade.





Stew four pounds of red or purple

grapes,‘-and the grated rind of an or-

ange until the grapes are soft. Then

pass through a sieve. Add the juice

and pulp from three oranges and one

lemon. To each pint of fruit pulp, add

a pound of sugar. ‘Cook to the con-

sistency of thick marmalade.





Grape-apple Butter.





Wash and cook the desired amount

of grapes. Rub through a colander to

remove skins and seeds. Add an equal

amount of cooked apples, mashed fine.

Put the fruit in a preserving kettle

and for each cup of fruit pulp add

three-fourths cup of sugar. It should

then be cooked for an hour, and I pre-

fer to cook it in the oven. Some peo-

ple may prefer a delicate flavoring

with spices, but we like it better with

no spices. Seal while hat—N. P. D.





 

   

   





b.—





When it needs polishing use a paste

made by mixing whiting with am-

monia. Make the paste about the con-

sistency of milk and apply with a

flannel cloth. After it is dry, rub off

the whiting and polish with a clean

flannel.‘ I





If the nickel is badly stained, it can

be cleaned by boiling the parts in a

vinegar and alum solution. To make

this solution, boil one quart of vinegar

and add two 'ounces of alum, stirring

until dissolv‘ed. If the parts are not

detachable, they may be rubbed with

this solution while it is hot. Then

polish. This mixture can be kept in

a tightly corked bottle.





 





COFFEE-APPLE-SAUCE CAKE.





I would like a recipe to make apple

sauce cake, using coffee for the liquid.

——Mrs. H. P.



This recipe has been tested and

found very good. .



Apple Sauce Cake.





1 cup apple sauce sauce 1 tsp. cinnamon



1 cup 00300 1 tsp. cloves



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)5, cup molasses ‘95 cup seedless raisins





.Cook chopped apples with a little

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sufficient, or one cup of sweetened ap—.

ple sauce. Mix in the‘ usual way and

bake one-half hour in moderate oven.

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and, during the afternoon the farmer,

whom I am visiting, and I toOk a walk





The rye was completely ripe

and I asked him if he wasn't going to

begin harvesting the next day. He

said he thought he could find plenty to

do around the farm for the next day,

fixing the reaperand so”on, and he

would rather wait until Tuesday he-

c‘ause he did not like to begin a new

project on Monday. An old tradition

here, says that to begin a new kind of

work on Monday brings bad luck, and

though the farmer isn’t the least sup-

erstitious, he thought it just as well

not to fake any unnecessary chances.

Because of the difference in the cli-

mate and soil, the grain does not be-

come over—ripe so rapidly here, and a

day more or less makes little differ-

ence. So we waited until Tuesday.





Before he could begin harvesting

with the reaper on Tuesday morning,

the hired man was sent out with a

cradle to cut a swath around the en-

tire field, for the Danish farmer will

not drive through the grain and have

the horse tramp it down. So the pre—

liminary preparation of the ten-acre

field of rye took until noon. After

dinner, or rather after the after din-

ner nap, the farmer hitched his team

to the reaper and I followed him to

the field.





When he had driven two rounds, I

saw a group of people coming toward

us, and I thought it must be a surprise

party; but I soon found that they had

come to work. There was the village

miller, his wife, and his grown daugh-

ter, the hired ~man and his wife. Each

was armed with a small wooden rake

with which the grain was gathered be-

fore binding it into sheaves. I thought

that five grown people to help harvest

a ten-acre lot was just about enough,

but I kept it to myself and merely

thought of what an American farmer

would say if he had to have such a

mob of help for a like area.





The binders worked slowly and care-





, fully raked in the stray wisps of straw





so that nothing should go to waste in

binding the sheaves. The sheaves

were exceedingly long, since the farm-

er had set the reaper to cut as close

to the ground as possible. The farmer

here harvests as much for the straw

as he does for the grain, for straw is

one of the chief sources of rough feed.





I tried my hand at binding sheaves

by taking a long wisp of straw in my

right hand and passing it around the

bundle, while I held the one end of





the others do. Then I gave the wisp

a twist to make the binding complete,

but for some reason or other, my bun—

dles didn’t look like those of the oth—

ers. They were either too shabby, or

else they came apart, and after a few

attempts one of the regular binders

suggested that I try shocking instead.



So‘I began shocking as I had shock-

ed at home, by setting the shocks where





 





 





: |opposite from that at home.





 





it was handiest to get at the bundles,

for I never did have much desire to go

Idragging bundles all over the field.

But I was soon corrected. flere, I was

informed, the shocks are set

straight rows in the same direction

that the reaper goes, which is just the

One of

the wheel tracks of the reaper is used

as a marker, for the rows must be

straight. It looks so much better from

the road, I was told, and what differ-

ence does it then make if one has to

carry bundles several yards, so long

as the scenery is kept orderly.





In fields where the binder is used,

the shocks are set in this same Way,

for no farmers here use bundle car-

riers on their binders I was they





 





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gContinué'd from page 227).

Last Sunday was the first of August, .





around the fields and looked at the‘

. grain.





the wisp in the left hand, as I saw ‘





in-





must think that it will make the work,-





wife visited 113 in the field with a his





hour we sat, around on the bundles,





telling stories and gosSi-ping‘ _jabout'





nothing in particular, before again be-

ginning the work. ; When six o’clock

came, the farmer had just finished cut:

ting, and with another half - hour the





binders cOuld have been done and the '





field shocked, but when quitting "time

came, they quit and it took the hired

man all the next forenoon to, finish





 

 





we are going to begin to hail] in and.

basket of lunch, and for about a half “thrash a little, and if they thresh ae , ‘5

.-we do at heme, I expect to see the;

wh6le town turn out to help with the





process. I have also been told that,

when all the grain is hauled i111, the





farmer is going to give a big “harvest , .

.party, ” for that is a custom here, that ' .

all those who help during the harvest 7~ x





is invited to a party. Since I “have

helped, some, I am looking forward to

it with pleasure.





 





 





 





 





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160 wide, is of the armory type, with no inside supports or columns.





The building, which is 240 feet long and





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Adventures of





Tilly and Billy





ftp ComeJIHome





HEN school was out Tilly. and

Billy hurried outside as fast as

they could, for a romp with

Jip, but no Jip was in sight.



“Here Jip, here Jip, ” called Tilly.



“Come Jip, come Jip,” called Billy,

but no Jip Game, even when Billy

whistled for him. All that day Jip did

not come back.



When at last school was out for the

day, Tilly and Billy decided they must

look for him.



“Perhaps he ran away and can’t find

the way back,” said Tilly.



“Maybe,” answered Billy, “but he

might have hurt himself and can’t get

back,” and Billy looked very sad.



Behind this bush and that, and away

out into.the woods, they searched.





 





Billy Went Tumbling Heels Over Head. ,,





When Jip had first spied Hopper the

rabbit, he ran after him as fast as he

could,- around this bush and that, pay-





ing no attention to which Way he went.





Hopper, the rabbit, could run faster

than Jip, and Jip had a hard time to

even keep him in sight, but finally Hop-

per grew tired, slowed down his pace,

and Jip was soon Close behind.



. “Ah, ha,l I’ll fool you this time,” said

Hopper to himself. When he felt sure

he was out of Jip’s sight again, he





hopped into a pile of leaves behind a,





little bush. Jip went running by just





.as Hopper thought he would. and was





soon lost in the bushes.





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At last Jip began to grew tired and" p,

didn’t want to chase rabbits any more





knew he had lost his way. He sat

down to think what he should do.

How he wished he had stayed on the

step at the schoolhouse as he had

promised Billy to do!



Then all of a sudden he heard a

whistle. “Bow-bow-bow,” answered

J ip when he heard it again, and bound-

ed off as fast as his puppy legs could

carry him in the direction of the

whistle.



He had not gone far when he found

Tilly and Billy. He was so glad to

see them that, with one bound, he was





upon them, and Billy went tumbling -





huels over head and Tilly did likewise.





- all were up in a. minute, and so





happy to see Jip that they forgot all

about scolding him, and soon they

were on their way home.





 





 





“By the Way”





 





 





 





 





A Scotchman‘was showing a friend

through the new home he had just

built. “But,” exclaimed his friend, “I

notice that you have not pasted the

paper on the wall, but nailed it. What

is the idea?”



“Oh, aye,” responded the Scotch-

man, “you see, we may not be living

here always”





 





“Please,csir,” said the charity work-

er, as she entered the store, “Wouldn’t

you like to help the Working Girls'

Home. ‘1” ' ‘-



“With pleasure,” replied the unmar-

ried clerk, “where are they?”





 





Betty had just returned from her





first visit to Sunday“ School, eating a. 7

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EALTH is popular today. There

was a time when strong men

scorned to better themselves,

and weak women were content to re-

main weak. But nowadays everyone

wants to be well and strong, and no

one knows this better ”than the people

in search of easy money. C. L. writes:





,“I am eighteen years old and am five

' “feet seven inches tall. I am somewhat





bow-legged and wonder if the appli-

ances sold by will’straig‘hten

permanently and ‘without injury my

legs. Can one increase his height

three or four inches by ‘stretching of

the spine?’ The company guar-

antees to do so. I have seen these

different advertisements in various

imagazines." ».,



I say very positively to C. L., that

none of these advertised appliances

will do him the least good. I hope he

will agree with me and save his mon-

ey. You may laugh at the boy, and

think to yourself, “After all, he is only

eighteen.” But I think C. L. is wise

for his years. You see, he asks for

advice, and therefore is much wiser

than many older persons who follow

certain alluring theories just because

they appeal to them.



One «of my friends who is a very





 





 





‘ brilliant editor, and as clever a man





as I know, recently used some of his

valuable space to propound his own





theories of health and medical treat-





ment. People think him a Wise man,

yet he ventured the statement that if





Gifts For the Tabernacle





Our Weekly Sermon—~By N. “.4. McCum’





VERYONE whose heart stirred



him‘ up” came and brought his



offering to the tabernacle.‘ It



was giving time, and everybody

was happy, as people always are, when

they have a part in the work of the

church. Money was not in use, I take

it, at that time, and hence jewelryflf

all sorts was a substitute—ear rings,

brooches, arm decorations, all of gold,

as well as fine clothes of every de-

scription.





Religion is free, as we say. But

there is expense connected with it.

Otherwise it would not amount to

much. We value that which we pay

for, and only that, whether the pay be

in money or personal effort. This is

a free country, also, but it costs to

run it. It looks that way, when we

note the appropriations of‘cOngress for

this and that—eighty-five millions, for

instance, for ex-

pansion in the na-

tional aviation

program.



“Religion

free,

said the colored

preacher. “So am

the water in dat

ribber free. But

if you has the wa-

ter piped to yo’

house, iticosts,

. ’se a p in’ de

gospel ,to you all, and youse Iall got

to pay.’



But these Hebrews did not seem to

count 1t as paying so much. They

gave, they did not pay. They wanted

to give. You could not hold them

back. It was fun. “Not grudgingly

or of.necgssity. for God loveth a cheer-

ful giver, was not written for centur-





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. ies after, but these enthusiastic out-





door folk illustrated it perfect] . 0-

body 'begrudgedv anything. Evierycliiie

was -cheerful,'aye, hilarious (the real

awning of the word translated cheer-

_ It was. a time in, which social bar-

riers were:bro'ken down. The poor as

.well as the rich gave. and nor-distinc—

This-'was because





 





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he were ill he would pick one treat-

ment for one ailment, a different form

for another, and for a third make yet

another selection. If he ever does get

ill (really ill) he will discover that the

proper treatment of sick people calls

for very much more than native intel-

ligence or wit. He will find that it de-

mands specialized knowledge. He will

be obliged to recognize the fact that-

he is not even qualified to diagnose

the diseases for which: he suggests

treatment. As he thinks deeper he;

will see that when one has to do with;

as sacred a matter as the preservation:

of human life, the logical person to‘

trust is one who has given his entire,





of health and disease, and has built

his search. upon a foundation compos-

ed of the knowledge and experience

of the ages. And for that reason he

will just go to the ’phone and call a

doctor!





NOT DUE TO ADENOIDS.





 





Our little girl, four years old, can-

not talk, except to say Mamma, and

no, and simple words. She slobbers

like a teething, baby. Could this be

adenoids ?—Anxious Mother.





No. This trouble is nothing like

adenoids. It would probably be classed

as hypothyroidism, meaning deficiency

in the functions of the thyroid gland.

The fact that she can use simple

words is in her favor. She should be

placed in the care of a physician who

will probably treat her by administer-

ing thyroid eictract. She may improve

a great deal.





turned their faces away in disdain

when the garbage wagon went by,

with its bespattered driver and its re-

pellant smells. One day something

happened to the garbage man. Maybe

he got too strong a dose of smells, or

just naturally got sick of his job and

thought he would try wearing fine

clothes for a while, or his ancient

steeds got a sudden burst of- energy

and ran away. At any rate, the gar-

bage man relieved no cans of their

contents for some days, and some lit-

tle children fell sick. Then older ones

fell sicker, and the old folks followed

their infectious example. The garbage

man was hastily recalled, his pay was

raised. The community could get on

beautifully without some of the high

fiyers, but they could not, positively

could not, get on without the man on

the garbage cart. 'Every man’s work

is‘important. They believed that, way

back there when they were fixing‘up

the Tabernacle, and we know it is so.



They were making the place of wor-





ship beautiful. -It did not detract from ,





the reality of their trust in Credit)

have a beautiful place to go, when

they turned their prayers heavenward.

Have we protestants been doing that?

Sometimes it seems as though we lie

awake nights devising ways and

means of making our churches ugly.

You can go into many a village and

rural church, and there is not a thing

in .the building that is graceful or wor-

shipful, except perhaps the fresh bou-

quet of flowers on the pulpit. And it

wouldnot'have cost a dollar more to

have introduced a bit of beauty into

the building. A reform is growing in

this direction, and it needs to grow

fast. There is no sanctity in ugliness.

One rural church is so attractive that

hurrying autoists slow up to look at

it. Some stop, to peep in the windows

and try the door. , .



We ought ‘to build our churches so

that people will feel worshipful when

they enter the building. It can be

done. ,We owe it, to our boys and



rls, who unconsciously appreciate



win, to our youth, to, ourselves.

would help wonderfully. ,.





 





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1 . i) A l V '
Some Exciting Times

Experience: of Merry Cz'rcler:





'An Amateur’s Auto Experience.



One day last summer I decided to

try and drive our car. I started back-

ing up, but did it too fast. To avoid

hitting the side of the garage, I turn-

ed the other way and the car backed

into the flower garden. I got the car

back into the track and by going slow-

er got to the street safely. When I

turned into the street I stalled the

engine. I started again, but turned

the wheels too suddenly, and just

missed hitting the truck.



I drove down the street safely until

coming to the corner. There I turned

too short and went over the curb. I



i got to the country road, continuing

along slowly. ’Seeing I could drive all

right I decide-d to go faster.





I was going down a steep hill when

suddenly there appeared around the





 





 





 





 





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Mary Stroud, and the Place She Goes



Swimming. .

curve at the foot, a large truck carry-

ing a large steel girder. I reduced

the gas, but it did not slow the speed

of the car any. As I was nearing the-

truck, I decided to run into the ditch

to avoid a collision. The ditch was

not very deep fortunately, but wide.

I missed the truck by a hair’s breadth,

but the ditch was full of ruts. I lost

control of the car and it crashed into

a. telephone pole.



The results of this ride were a bad-

ly damaged car, while I only had a

few cuts on my head; but I decided

not to drive a car alone again—Lu-

cile Beeining.





 





 





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A Fire.



When I think of the time I was most

excited, I think of the evening'of June

17, 1926, as I was planting some plants

outdoors. As supper was about ready,

father lighted our gasoline lamp and

hung it up on the ceiling. Bang! I

looked and saw the windows in a red

glare. Fire, Fire! I shouted. My uncle

and aunt sprang up from the table,

while I was coming in the house, and

someone Humped against me, thinking

the roof was on fire, or something.

One took a pail of water and the oth-

er two rushed up stairs and arrived

there just in time to see wet towels

used to put the fire out, dishes, etc.,

thrown out of doors, and the fire put

out. Say, what a lot had to be done



" to get things in order again—Albert

' Faber.





 





 





" y . , .Fire .Spreads.

~ ;:'We live in a little village that has

no fire department. As we were sit.





tips at the table one noon, the tele »





i»





phone rang. It was a call for help.

‘Th‘o house directly across the road





was on fire.

and went.





There were only a few people there,

but the crowd grew fast. The smoke

was coming out all over the roof. Ev-

eryone knew an old crippled man liv-

ed there, whose wife was away work-

ing. Strong men rushed into the

house to find the poor old man nearly

suffocated by the smoke. He was car-

ried outrand the doctor was immedi-

ately called.



By this time the flames were com-

ing through the roof, although people





Everybody jumped‘hp‘





had carried water from every direc-



tion. They saw it-was useless to try



to save the house for'it was in flames

"all over. _



There wits a. high east wind and the

nearby house on the west soon caught

from burning shingles. Everything

was carried out of this house for fear

it would go, too. While this was hap~

pening, five other roofs: began to burn.

The fire department from a“ nearby

town now arrived, and all the other

buildings were saved. \



There were some heroes and a‘ num-

ber of accidents, but no one was ser-

iously injured.



This experience taught me two

things: Every town needs some fire

protection; it is wise to use fire-proof

shingles—Hazel Walworth.





 





 





@DUR LETTER BOX





 





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I haven’t written for a long time, but

I have been. reading the letters from

the cousins.



I have been having a fine vacation,

haven’t done any work for five weeks.

I got in on an accident. I was driving

horses on the hay fork and they tum-

ed around on me and got me up

against the stone wall, and the rope

rubbed my neck, and a stone punched

.a hole in my neck. I have my neck

and head all bandaged up. I suppose

if you see me at the fair, I’ll look like

a wounded soldier. I am going to

start high school this fall. I am thir-

teen years old.—-Melvin Hartman, Ann

Arbor, Mich.



I don’t think I’d care for your vaca-

tion. I’d rather work than look or feel

like a wounded soldier. However, you

got your wounds while on duty. I





hope you get along nicely.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Gosh, everybody is hot in this circle

——everybody chewing each other’s ear

all the while. I think boys are just

about the best things on earth—at

times, and some boys—. So there,

well, I’ve been riding horseback and

I’m not exactly in tune with a certain

person’s motto. I’m feeling flat; sorta

sharp, too; and not at all natural.



Oh, yes, I might say that I’ve never

written into your column before, or

I’ll pretend I haven’t I wrote one

that Mr. W. B. must have liked quite

well. But he’s always “red eyes” for

newcomers, isn’t he?



I just wonder how old Herbert Estes

is? If he wrote letters to Uncle Frank

such a long time ago, and just now

passed the eighth grade exam, I wish





he’d tell us, or me, anyhow, how old

he is. Listen, Herbert, I think you’re

an awfully clever and .smart boy. I

sure do. And so do lots of other peo-

ple. But don’t tell anybody I said so;



I wish I could see you, and, oh, boy!

don’t you wish you could‘ see me? I’ll

give you a minute description of my-

self, Uncle Frank, if you’d care to

have it. I hate black, or dark, brown

hair, blue eyes, pug-nose (more turn

up), freckled, rather small and insig-

nificant. 'I’m also fourteen and a jun-

ior in high. Well, I must close, with

love and all the rest of it.—A.Farm

Kate.



I have not heard of any chewed ears

in our circle. M. C.’s just chew the





rag. Herbert, it’s your turn now.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Two or three years ago, I became a.

Merry Circler, but as we do not take

the Michigan Farmer, I had forgotten

all about it, until I came out here to

visit my grandparents, who take this

paper.



I have been watching with interest

the lively debating on bobbed hair,

knickers, powder and rouge,~. and so

on. As for me, I think it is all a mat-

ter of personal opinion, although I do

not think rouge and lipstick look very

well on young girls. -



I have always lived in the city, ex-

cept at vacation times, when we come

out here, and although I like the coun-

try, I don’t think I would like to live

there always.



Outside the house, in one of the big

pine trees that fill our yard, a little

bird has built its nest. I think it is

one of the most cheerful things there

is. It doesn’t take very hard imagin-





Happin‘css from Enthusiasm

Doug/a: Faz'récmfis Stream Hea/t/z, Actzivz‘gy, Ent/zmz'asm 4





ONE of the best things in this little old world is enthusiasm. All children

have it, but when they growup they often lose it, and that’s one of the





world’s tragedies.

must be enthusiastic;





healthy you must keep mind and body active.





To be Successful you must be happy; to be happy you

to be enthusiastic you must be healthy, and to be





Whatever you undertake,





whether it be grinding knives or building railroads, ,





of competition by

day’s mark better





motion.





 





ner. -—DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS.

To introduce Douglas Fairbanks to





there will be plenty of competition.





Learn the value

competing with yourself. Make.- to-

than yesterday’s whether it be in de-





portment or dialectics.



This system of ours—this universe—~is— founded on

motion. Everything in the world is motion—is made of

Motion reduced toelementals means activity,

and accelerated activity is justanother’name for pep.

All men 'walk, but the one who walks fast‘ is the one

most apt to be noticed. Keep active, be enthusiastic,





......





boys wh





we might as well explain who Calvin Coolidge is-

Douglas, and they will appreciate this Characteristic messag

it really has more wisdom in it than lots offiniessages





the so—called greatest and wisest men

(scum Faun Paper Editorial W





in th

was: 1w by,





ing. when one is listening to it, to

imagine that there are no dishes to





do, no dusting, and not anything‘to do. .





that is unpleaisant to most girls.





 





We have lovely flowers in our gar-





den this summer, and we go out in the'





early morning or evening, pick whole

armloads of them to decorate the

house. ——Y0ur long lest niece and cous-

in, Betty Woodhams, Litchfleld.

Wouldn’t it be paradise for girls if

there was no housework? Some hu-

mans live that Way still, but I don’t





think any of us would care to change: -





places with them, or even with the

birds.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:





The other day while I was cleaning





out the garden, this is what my brain

produced:

garden:



Take two ounces of good will and

mix well with a few ounces of cour-

age; one or two ounces of persever-

ance will also be needed; add about

five ounces of skill and you will be

surprised how nice your- garden will

turn out.



To make the work much easier, add

a few ounces of imagination. Then

imagine that the weeds are your faults.

Some weeds are hard to pull out, oth-

ers are easy; some faults are hard to

get rid of, others are easy. Then try





 





 





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Frances Haindl is Dressed for a Party

or- Swimming, ! Don’t Know Which.





as hard to get rid of all the weeds'





as you would try to get rid of all your

faults. “If a task is once begun, never

leave it till it’s done.” You will be

surprised and satisfied at the results.

Satisfaction guaranteed.





How do you like that, Uncle Frank!

Say, Uncle Frank, I think Harold Sny«

der’s hobbies are very interesting;

don’t you? I wish-more M. C.’s would

write about their hobbies. I have two

hobbies, too. They are collecting

,poems, clippings, etc., for my scrap

book, and reading. My favorite au-

thors are: Louisa M. Alcott and Edna.

Alice and Abbie F. Brown.

some names of books that I think M.

C. book lovers would enjoy: Uncle

David’s Boys, by Alice Brown; Eight

Cousins, by Alcott; Rose in Bloom, by»

Alcott; Secret of the Clan, by Alice

Brown; When Max Game, by Edna

Brown.



Well, I’ 11 have to stop my chatter.

Uncle Frank, and say good-bye to you,

and hello to W B. —Your faithful book-

worm, Fi9rence Litko'wski, Saginaw





Your garden recipe is good. I am





sure it will work. You Seem quite





strong on “Brown” authors. It must





I,‘ .too,‘ think the telling of hobbies





' . keep moving in mind and body. Activity is a Synonym {would make. interestmgtreading,

for health, and with health plus enthusiasm, wealth is Just around the cer~ '





 





Here are -





Recipe for cleaning your,





be that you are a brown bookworm.’ y





 





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Jan-AM...
nitr- - , . perusal“ as

rs.- -o an

‘ refused to-seeinig ' _ .

‘ I do not like) happers.-- 'I never

' one. . 0 you.

”film won looms yegy dong}: £11312?

' ' ou h the Correspon once ‘ , . .

‘ thilaa'igis another one—Mary A. Hutch,

hodes, Mich. . ' ,, .. _ .

I like to see anybody dressed up, but

not overdressed. When the “clothes are

so loud that they attract more atten~

tion "than the person, I think it's over-

. done. . » I





Wish





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MISSING wca‘o CONTEST.





ERE are a few sentences taken



‘ H from the readingfimatter of this

issue, in which some of the words are

missing. The best. way to find“ these

missing words is to glance through

the paper to find the sentences.



In order to do this contest, write

the sentences neatly with the proper

words supplied. Also give the page

on which you found the sentences.



, Please write your name and address in

the upper left-hand corner of your

paper and put M. C. after your name

if you are a Merry Circler. '



Twenty prizes will be given.- All

the correct papers will be mixed to-

gether and the twenty pulled out will

entitle their writers to prizes. The

girls will be given beads and the boys

will get base balls.



Here are the sentences:



1. A ——- satisfactory ——-—- bag can

be —-—- from a -'—-— of cretonne.



2. ——---is really =4— need of -—

built — a —— in these —--—- of con-

veniences. '



3. The --- combine at first —-—-

seems a -—— device, -—-— to the com-

plicated ' , to Say of

thresher.



This contest closes September 17.

Send your contest papers to Uncle

Frank, Michigan Farmer, Detroit,





STORYCONTEST WINNERS.





T HIS contest shows that girls are

natural story tellers. 4 I don’t want

you to think that by. “story tellers” I

mean tellers of lies. The girls take

time‘ to write stories, while the boys

prabably‘ do not have the patience.

Anyhow, in this contest only one boy

won a prize. The stories'will appear

in the columns of our department in

the 115?” future. Following are the

names of the winners:





Alice Chapman, St. Louis, Mich.



Eileen Tahtinen, R. 1, Box 34, On-

tonagon, Mich.



,Helen Mantta, Rudyard, Mich.



Wilma Sackett, Munith, Mich.



Martha Everest, Lake Odessa, Mich.



Ruth Ruhl, LeRoy, Mich.



June Nelson, Filion, Mich.



Delia Veldman, Hudsonville, Mich.



Mae F. Adamson, St..Clair, Mich.



Base Ball.

Guilford Rothfuss, Norvell, Mich.





JUDGING FOR‘EGG PRODUCTION.





(Continued from page 232).

the amount of hard fat in the abdo-

men, the less the production of the

longer the time since production.

The comb, wattl'es and earlobes en-

large or contract, depending on the

ovary. If the comb, wattles and ear— I

lobes are large, full plump and smooth

or hard and waxy, the bird is laying

heavily. If the comb is limp the bird

is only laying slightly, but is not lay-

ing at all when the comb 'is dried

down, especially at moulting time. If

the comb is warm, it is an indication

' that the bird is coming. into produc-

tion.~_ . ~ , . '

A laying fowl uses up the surplus

fat in. thebody, especially it removes

the fat from the skin. In yellow skin-

..ned' breeds this loss of fat and pig-

_ 5.1,,ment can readily be “seen'b the loss

' or the‘, yellow color: ' dimarent





a; ~





_ a 1. see fl

«in. warplanes,





indie ‘31-. -





elven-t ahas'ges Va; quickly with





egg-hr ' ‘atien so that ‘a’tfvhite or pink

”v'hiit '-' a yellow skinned bird gener-





ally means that the bird, is laying,





while a yellow vent“ means the bird is

not laying.

that all yellow color changes ‘are de-





pendent on the food, coarseness of the'





skin and sizeof a bird. A heavy bird

'fed on an abundance of green feed or

other material that will 'color the fat

'3. deep yellow, will not bleach out

nearly as quickly as a smaller or pal-

er colored bird. A bird with lustrous

shanks does not fade as quickly as a

dull shanked bird.



The eye ring, that is, the inner

edges of the eyelids, bleaches out a

trifle slower than the vent. The ear-

lobes on Leghorns and Anconas bleach

out a little slower than the eyering,

so that a bleached earlobe means a

little longer, or greater, production

than a bleached vent or eyelid.



The color goes out of the beak, be-

ginning at the base and gradually dis-

appears until it finally leaves the front

part of the, upper beak. The lower

beak bleaches faster than the upper,

but may be used where the upper is

obscured by horn or black.



When a bird stops laying in the sum-

mer she usually starts melting. The

later a hen lays in the summer, or the

longer the period over which she lays,

the greater will bepher production, so

that the high producer is the. late lay-

er, and hence the later molter. The

length of time that a hen has been

molting, or has stopped laying, can be

determined by the molting of the pri-

mary feathers. It takes about six

-weeks to ~completely renew the pri-

mary feathers next’ to the axial feath-

ers, and an additional two weeks for

each subsequent primary to be renew-

ed. One or more growing feathers of

the same length should be counted as

one feather. .



A good layer is more active, intelli-

gent and friendly and more ‘easily

‘handled than a poor layer. A low pro-

ducer is shy and flighty and stays on

the edge of the flock and will squawk

when caught.



6





BOW BOY OF THE BLUE GRASS.





(Continued from page 237) .





position as upon a former occasion,

when he rode a horse, the breeze had

cleared. hlS brow, so again it rubbed

the wrinkles from his forehead; that,

or a. new trend of thought. For he

was smiling when the car stopped

With muffled throbs 'in front of the

Warren home, and Robert saw Justine





, standing on the low porch step, a





green vine framing her like a picture.



He went quickly up the flagstone

walk and stood before her.



“Will you ride with me this after-

noon?” he said, abruptly.



“I_don’t know,” she halted, adding

hurriedly, “I thank you,

but—I—”



g “Come!” he broke in, all but per-

emptorily, sweeping herfrom head to

foot with a swift glance. “Come as

you are. You will need neither hat

nor wrap, for the day is warm.”



e gazed searchingly in his eyes

a. moment, then yielded.



She seemed to bring with her a sub-

tle sort of fragrance, and as she sank

UFO the cushioned seat by Robert’s

s do he felt his nerves tingling as they

had done one far off day when'he was

a child at school, and a girl child had

smiled back at him.



Neither spoke until

turned off \the pike onto a byroad

which led into the country, and which

skirted a wood for a long distance.

.“It’ has been months and months

Since I was here,” said Justine, sitting

primly, with folded hands. “Aren’t

the woods and the fields perfect ?”



He igndred the question. '



“Please don’t think I have brought

you here because I could not sit face

to face with you in your home and

tell you all I feel,” he began, slowing

the machine until it moved no faster

than a trotting horse. . -



He turned in time to see the color

leave her face, and. a momentary

alas-m spring to‘hereyés. ‘ . " ,



; “My purpose was not to place’ you

at a‘ disadvantage, believe me, and if ‘





presently he





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Advertising '

that Pays





RY- a Michigan Farmer





Classified Liner. It will



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estate or some miscellaneous

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\‘ .. ‘

> - I W

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the com husker industry.





 

 

 

 

 





 





A 'Few “Steel 4”

Features:

1. All-steelconstruction.





2. Capacity 500 to 700

bushels a



3. Power: Fordson or tractor

of equal power.



4. Clean husking guaranteed

with stalks wet, dry or

frozen.



‘ 5. Enclosed gears run in

grease.



6. Combination husking and

snapping rollers.



7 Natural Self-Feeder.





 

 

 

 





 





Remove the Menace

of the Corn Borcr

Now!





The menace of the Euro-

pean Corn Borer is

spreading rapidly' In this

country. ocheck this

dangerous crop destroy-

er, government and no»

versity agricultural au—

thorities recommend the

shredding of all corn.





1: was 37 years ago -- Back in 1889 —

that August Rosenthal, then a farmer

completed the first successful beam

husher. His first machine, shown above,

climaxed seven years of intensive study,

experimentation and development.

Rosenthal machines today reflect the

work of these very specialists who founded





Steel4 is More thanj

a Hus‘lter~ it’s an [deal /





 





 





 





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CORN HUSKERS and SHREDDERS





 





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ETHER you intend buying a bus-

ker or not, be sure and [see the

Rosenthal “Steel 4”. It marks a



real milestone in the improvement of

farm equipment, and for that reason

alone you will like to look it over. Any

Rosenthal agent will be glad to show it

to you, and if you are interested will tell

you how easy it is to try it on your own

farm with your own corn, under our

moneyvback guarantee. Or write us if

you do not know our local agent.





Throughout every part you will see the

hand of genius which has made the Rosen-

thal name stand for so much among farm-

ers who really know corn huskers. It

brings the advantages of allvsteel construe

tion to a machine ideally suited to the

most popular sized tractors. It 18 just what:

we say it is -— more than a corn husker.

It is the climax of the 37—year-old ideal

of the inventors of the corn husker.





Write for catalogs, describingfive sizes, 6 to 20H. P_ ,



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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY





 





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us c





Twelve sts before date of publication





.The Michigan Guernsey

Breeders Assoc1at10n

I» W Will Hold Its "





First Semi-Annual





Consignment Sale

EAt East Lansing, Michigan





 





"September 30, .1926

7 ' ,.The Fall Consi ment Includes

i ' 30 Regist ed Females '

10 uality Grades





   





5 oung Bulls

For catalog and other informatidn,

» address

BIKEEDERS ASS’N, W D. Burring-

. F 0! Secretary, Box 1018L East





MICHIGAN GUERNSEY.





 





FOR SALE—Two young Guernsey bulls, one born

March 25. 1925; has A. R. dam. One born Ocho-

ber 26, 1925. FRANK E. ROBSONHROOM 303, M.

. R. B. Depot Building, Detroit. Mich.





Two Registered Guernsey cows.

For Sale 10- -mo 01a heifer. o'eo. N. anw-

FORD, l03 Sullivan Avs.. Fremont, Mich.





FORS practically pure-bred GUERNSEY or HOL-

cal ves. from heavy. rich million

write EDOESWOOD DAIRY FARMS. \yVhitewater. VIII.





’Dsiry Heifer Calves. mum“!

Guernsey pure bred $25. 00 each. We ship

C. 0. D. Write L. Terwilliger. Wauwatoss. Wis.





P RACTICALLY pure-bred Guernsey heifer calves—-

Ihe heavy milking kind—eight weeks old. $20 each.

NORMAN B._>MEYER. 'Manle Plain, Mlnn.





10 Registered Gucrn Bulls. almost

For sale ready for service. say





 





 





 





 





 





Ma yMRossbrwdinz

Cheap. Write JOHN EBELS. n. 2. “Holland. Mlch.‘

no? sum—mum- ' Im-





Pun: Batu

Guernsey herdon‘ wold Will sell





sD-rins

very cheap. 0. STEINKDPfl‘ Bangor. Mich.





 





Vacuums, Young Bulls, Boilers“ '





Foundation cows with high records. FHerd





 





- CONTINUOUS TESTING PAYS.





 





THE Alto Kent County Cow Testing





Association has finished its third

year of testing- This association has,

a number of men who have been test-

ing for the full three years, and their

continuous testing is paying. When

the association finished its first year

in 1924 it had a. butter-fat average of

285.3 pounds of fat. The year 1925

saw an improvement to 345 pounds,

and an increase of sixty pounds large-

ly brought about by getting rid of poor

cows and by using the knowledge

gained in the Cow Testing Associa-

tion. This year saw an improvement,

not so much as the previous year, but

This year’E average pro-

duction was 365 pounds of fat, or an

increase of twenty pounds Over the

previous year.





ter—fat production just a little short

of eighty pounds per cow. And some

men say they can’t get anything out

of cow testing association work.



For the third year the herd of pure-

bred Jerseys formerly owned by Rob-

ert Farrell, and now owned by D. -J.

Dinsen,.were -high in fat production,

producing 471.8 pounds of fat. The

herd of grade Holsteins owned by

Glenn Loveland was high in milk pro-

duction for the third year, with 10,700

pounds of milk and 396.2 pounds of

fat. The high cow in fat production

was a grade Jersey owned by N. W.

Stuart, producing 560.5 pounds of fat



Of the twenty-four herds that fin-

ished the year, nine made over 300

pounds of fat, and of these, seven

made over 400 pounds. Twenty-four

two-year—olds, seven three-year-olds,

thirty-two five-year~olds, a total of sev-

enty-seven, or forty per cent of the

total number finishing, qualified for





' the Record of Performance. ,

socialion has reorganized for its‘ “

fourth year’s work With Hollis Parks

as tester.—,-—K. K. Vining. ‘ u "





Or, in the three years'

this association has increased its but-l





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years is predicted by the live stock-

market specialists in the department

of agriculture.» The number of breed:

1113 stock, "cattle on feed, and young

stock, is below normal, and the out-r

look is for a smaller supplyof market

cattle during the next year or so. A14





The use.”





       





’ A N upward trend of beef cattle prici y; . :

es during the next two or three/-





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though feed lots are far from empty},





the number of fed cattle yet tobe mar-

keted this fall appears to be some:





what less than in the fall of1925. Rel





ceipts..o‘f cattle and calves at all mar-r

kets during July this year were eight}

per cent less than a year previous.

and similar receipts at twelve markets

during the first two weeks of August?

show a decrease of twenty-two per‘

cent. Stocker and feeder cattle ships

ments in July fell ofi eighteen per cent-

as compared with last year, and such





‘movements from. twelve markets do





creased forty-two per cent during the

first half of August. ’

Prospects for fair supplies of corn,

only a slight increase in the number

of hogs to be fed, and a. decrease in

cattle available for feeding, will tend

to maintain the price of feeders on a.

level slightly higher than that which

prevailed in the fall of 1925. Lighter

weight cattle in feed lots will enable

feeders to distribute market supplies

over a. longer period and in accord-

once. with the movement of prices.-

This, with reduced supplies, may re-

sult in' higher fed cattle prices during

the coming winter and spring than last





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in this state.





scheme.





to battle for the prize of prizes.





try that they never had before.





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Keep Dairy Show m Mind

By Prof. O. E. Reed





M ICHIGAN will be honored this year by being host to the Na.-

tional Dairy Show, which will be held at the State Fair.

Grounds, Detroit, October 6 to 13.



The dairy interests of Michigan have for many years cherished

the hope that some time the National Dairy Show would be staged ,





Any one who has ever attended one of these shows during the

past twenty years has obtained a greater knowledge of, andro

spect for, their industry than they ever had previously.





The National is set up at a. tremendous expense to the indus-

try, its functiOn is purely educational and not a money making





- Breeders and dairymen Wilkhave an opportunity this fall to‘see

the best animals'of the.five leading breeds.

is commonly called the “court of last resort” because it is the

one show at which prize Winners of the State Fairs and sectional

shows all over the United States and Canada are brought together





It is true in any industry or profession that those, who would

succeed should keep up with their line of business or profession.





It is to be hoped that every dairyman in Michigan who can possi—

bly do so will spend at least one day at the show this fall.

(will get a visiOn of this two hundred and fifty billion dollar indus-

One cannot help but realize the

greatness of the industry and get information really worth While

by seeing this great cattle show where 1, 500 of the best cattle in

the country will be on exhibition.



Other educational exhibits include the farm dairy machinery,

forage crop exhibits, health food show, and the great educational

exhibit prepared by the U S. Department of Agriculture.

will also be the exhibits of the boys’ and girls? calf club animals

and several hundred boys and girls from all bver the country will

The Wonian’ 3 Division will hold a. great inter-

est for any woman who is interested in better household and health





. Begin n0w on your plans to attend. Elites, a little expense, and _

a receptive attitudo are all that will be required 9n the part of





This show for cattle





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The Leading Sire





Echo Sylvia King Model is the Leading Sire

of Honor List daughters for 1925- '26. He has

75 A. R. 0. daughters. including four above

30 lbs and nineteen others above 25 lbs. but-

tar in 7 days. His 75 tested daughters (only

four in mature form) average:





Butter, 7 days. 23.09 lbs.

Milk. 452.9

% Fat. 3.96





Sent-1.101- our Booklet—

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Animal Industry

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Lansing, Michigan





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HEREFORD STEERS





22 Wt. around 1100 lbs. 69 Wt. armmd 1000 lbs.

74 Wt. around 725 lbs. 81 Wt. around 625 lbs.

45 Wt. around 550 lbs 50 Wt. around 500 lbs.

Good quality, dark reds. dehomod well marked

Hereford Steers. Good grass flesh. The beef type

are usually market toppers when finished. Will sell

your choice of one car load from any bunch. Can

also show you Bhorthorn guises. yrls or 2 yr 0111.





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





 





 





 





 





 





 





Brennan,Fitzgerald and

Sinks Jersey Farm

Farmington, Mich.



Offer For Sale or lease:





Bull: Rulero Diplomat No.234283.Bo1-n Feb. 15

1924. Sire. Lady Togas Raleigh No.190912:Dam.

'Bnlero Golden NO. 29096 8. Reg. of Merit Record.

in 360 days at twice a day milking, 10, 436 lbs.

milk, 584 lbs. fat. average % lat 5.0.71





Bull: Lady Tooos Major No. 251927. Born Dec. 9.

1924. Sire. Lady T9808 Rel h. Dam. Ksrnaks

mby' 3 Bonnie Lass No. 3667-62. Reg. of Merit

Record in 301 days at twice a. day milking. 7.236

lbs. milk 391. 94 lbs. tat. norm tat5 42%.





Bull: Lady Tooos Foxy Lad No. 251928. Born April

“2519 Site Lady Tacos Raleigh. Dam. Rosin-

ettaa Gelden Beauty No. 888734. Record in 365

days at twice a day “milking. 7,348 lbs. milk, (13.74

lbs. of fat.’ average fat 5.63%.





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the Holstein breeders of the state.-—'“

J. G. Hayes. _ j





H ; urtlr Annual Field Day



the Michigan Holstein-Friesian

. Association, held Thursday, Aug-

list 19 was as big a success as antici-

pated Part Of the success was due

to the well-planned hospitality of the

host of the day, J. T. Berkheimer, who





~ turned over his Hilliberk Farms, near





Homer, to the Holsteiners. The crowd

sure cooperated with.the host in dis-

posing of 1,000 sandwiches, fifty-five

gallons of ice cream, a young barrel

of cofiee, and a half dozen cans of

good Holstein milk.





was expended by the \youngsters in

inflating balloons given them by Mr.

Berkheimer.



The attendance approximated 1,000.

The first man to enter the gate was

Glen Boyd, of St. Louis, Gratiot coun-

ty. Mr. Boyd came with a party of

his Holstein neighbors in time to help

Mr. Berkheimer with the morning

The visitors from the great-

est distance were Mr. and Mrs. J. W.

Richardson, of Caledonia, Ontario,

Canada. Frank Minner, of Nelsonville,

Ohio, also figured prominently as an

out-of-state caller, particularly since a

couple of his children made off with

prizes in the running races. The party

coming the farthest in Michigan was

decided to be R. Van Tel, of Tremont,

Newaygo county, and two neighbors—-

174 miles being recorded on the speed-

ometer of their hack.



Credit for fetching along the great-

est number of personal offspring was

tied for a long time between Mr. and

Mrs. A. M. Johnson, ‘of Battle Creek,

with five children, and Mr. and Mrs.

Wm. Hakes, of Eckford, with the same

number. A couple more Hakes strolled

in later, apparently having been lost

out: of the flivver en route, so the

prize went to their clan, with seven

children present. The Johnson con-

tingent, however, were solaced in that

one of their crew, Harold, proved to

be the youngest owner on the grounds

of a pure-bred Holstein, registered in

his own name. Harold is eleven years

old, a. member of the Battle Creek

calf club. Nine-weeks—old Richard

Dale Bower, of the Battle Creek H101-

stein folks, Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Bow-

er, was adjudged the most youthful

present. Arlene Ha’kes, of Eckford,

W0n the girls’ grand championship

prize, and Duane Earl, also of Eck-

ford, won the championship for boys.





The milk-scale, furnished by Mr.

Berkheimer as first prize for the high-

est herd on a butter-fat basis per cow

per year in cow testing association

work, went to Arthur Reed, of Imlay

City. The Reed herd averaged 577

pounds of fat—this is said to be the

highest .average ever attained by a

herd in the United States of America

in cow testing association work. Reu-

ben Bittle, of Columbiaville, took the

second price—a milk stool. Holstein

he1ds took seven places out of the

high ten.



The grand prize was a young Hilli-

berk bull of excellent breeding, he be-

ing sired by a 1,000-pound bull, and his

dam having over 800 pounds of butter

in a. year as a. three—year-old, and al-

most thirty pounds in a week. The

second dam had almost 950 pounds in

a year; the next dam, twenty-nine

pounds in a. week, etc. This calf, an

excellent individual, has a conserva-

tion market value of $300.





confined to members of bull clubs of

three or more members. Attendance

of the club counted part, and the

standing of one representative of the

club in a judging contest on a ring of

four mature cows Counted part. On

this basis, with four entries, the

Newaygo Bull Club, of Newaygo coun-

ty, won. R. Van Til, of Tremont, was

the member of this club who success-

fully represented his organization.



All day long the Holstein . fans

thronged through the barns, inspect—

ing the cattle. Professor J. E. Bur—

nett, of the Dairy Department, Michi-

gan State College, gave a demonstra-

tion of true Holstein types.



The only speaker of the day was

Professor 0. E. Reed, head of the

Dairy Department, Michigan State Col-

lege. Professor Reed, in his vigorous

style, stressed the advantages of cow

testing association work, and gave his

auditors something new to think about

in a plan under consideration to in-

spect bulls on a. basis of combined

type pedigree and of producing daugh-

ters with a view to certifying such





this topic were very well received, as

the matter of super-registration .or spe-

cial certification of desirable bulls is

talked :wherever thoughtful Holstein

folks gather.





plishing its object—to promote an-

and fraternity amongst





 





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that enough wind to start a. typhoon,





Competition for the bull Calf was;





bulls. Professor Reed’s remarks on '





A band helped to add to the general:

sociability.



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2..
GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Tuesday, September 7.





Wheat. ’





Detroit—No. 2 white $1.29; No. 2

red $1.29; No. 2 mixed $1.27.



Chicago.-——Sept. $1.31; Dec. $1.34%;

May $1.397A3.



Toledo.—Wheat, No. 2. red $13014

@1.311/é. '





Corn. '

Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 810; No. 3

yellow 78c.

Chicago.——Sept. 76%c; Dec. 8395c;

May 901,430.

Oats.





Detroit.—No. 2 Michigan, old, 45c;

new 39c; No. 3 old 44c; new 350.

Chicago.——Sept. at 360; Dec. 40%0;

May 45%0.

Rye.

Detroit.——No. 2, 92c.

Chicago—Sept. 92340;

May $1.03%.

Toledo.——Rye 920.

Beans.





Dec. 97%0;





Detroit—Immediate and prompt

shipment $4@4.02.

Chicago—Spot Navy, Mich. fancy





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

neys $8.75.

New York—Pea domestic at $4.50@

5; red kidney $850639.

Barley.

Malting 650; feeding 720.

Seeds.





Detroit—Cash red clover at $20.50;

September alsike $17.75; timothy $2.90.





Hay

Detroit—No. 1 timothy atl$21@22;

standard $20@21; No. 1 light clover,

mixed $29@31; No. 2 timothy $19@

20; No. 1 clover $18@19; wheat and

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

Feeds





Detroit—Spring wheat bran at $29;

standard middlings $30; fine middlings

$35; cracked corn $36; coarse corn-

meal $35; chop $32 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT





After touching the lowest prices yet

this season, the wheat market took a

new upward swing, helped by big ‘ex-

port sales, chiefly Canadian. The wet

weather in the northwest, as well as

the large purchasing for Europe, had

a good deal to, do with the fresh

strength which the market displayed.

Inasmuch as'at least 25 per cent of

the Canadian wheat crop is apparently

still uncut, continued rains are an ad-

verse factor, although the crop esti-

mates current have been raised to a

material extent. Meanwhile, unfavor-

able crop conditions in Europe are

also attracting notice.





CORN





The average of- four unofficial fore:

casts of the corn crop of September

1 was 2,693,000,000 bushels, as compar-

ed with the last official figure of 2,-

577,000,000 bushels. This is still a

small crop, however, as the average

of the past five years, including the

extremely small 1924 crop, is 2,849,000,-

000 bushels. The crop will not be

ready for frost until ten days or two

‘weeks later than normal, but, if the

fall should prove to be extremely late,

the yield might exceed these recent

estimates. The decline in corn prices

received another halt in the last few

days. Speculative liquidation finally

ran its course, and the indifferent cash

demand ceased to produce much effect.

Eventually, corn prices will pass the

high point reached early in August,

but they are not likely to retrieve

these recent losses quickly unless the

frost damage to the new crop 15 se—





' ' RYE,





The rye market has been weak

.along with wheat. Export business

still is lacking, and domestic milling

demand is not broad enough to absorb

the new crop movement, so that the

visible supply is steadily mounting.





OATS





, Oats prices have dropped to new

low levels on the crop. Slow demand

for the after-harvest movement, and

. declines in other grains were back of'

, the weakness. The visible supply is

"‘ _‘ increasing rapidly, and speculative

:‘b’uying is indifferent. Estimates as to,

Eirthe size of the new crop have been





 

   





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" about 219,000,000 - bushels . less than





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Light butchers





last year. The crop is not much un-

der the five-year average, however,

while the cats consuming population

will be smaller than the average ’of

the past five years because of the re-

ductions in horses and cattle. The

small hay crop should stimulate the

demand for oats to some extent. In

each of the last several crop years,

oats have sold some time or other at

prices considerably better than those

prevailing now, so that some improve-

ment can be looked for later on. _





SEEDS





The seed market is awaiting the

fall demand toopen up and little ac-

tivity is to be expected until then. Clo—

ver seed prices are strong, but further

advances are unlikely until there is a

more definite idea as to the size of

the crop. The movement of timothy

seed is slower than usual, as less than

a third of the crop had left growers’

hands by August 24, according to the

department of agriculture. Prices of-

fered to growers are the lowest since

1922. Values should be marked up,

however, at any increase in the fall

demand. ‘-





FEEDS





The feed market is dull, with offer-

and demand lagging.

Lower levels are generally predicted

unless demand picks up considerably,

as supplies in mill hands are large

and may be put on the market at any





time.

EGGS





The fresh egg market continues to

establish new high prices from day to

day as a result of light receipts which

are smaller than at the corresponding

time last season. The shortage of

extra fine stock and an oversupply of

short-held eggs of medium quality

have resulted in the widening out of

the range of values based on quality.

Reserve stocks are being drawn upon

faster than at this time last season,

and the shortage under the corres-

ponding, period in 1925 has been in-

creased during August. Withdrawals





   





-at the four large markets during the





month totalled more than 80,000 cases

compared with only 8,000 cases in

August, 1925. With the production of





 





 

 

 





fresh eggs steadily diminishing. and

reserve stocks being reduced,'the mar-_‘

ket is expected to continue on its’ad-





vancing trend." ._



hicago.—-Eggs, fresh firsts 33@34c;

extras 34W35‘Ac; ordinary firsts 27

@300; miscellaneous 38c; checks 20@

26c. ~L‘ive poultry, hens, 28c; spring-

ers 271/2c; roosters 18c; ducks 24@

26c; geese 16@18c; turkeys 34c.



Detroit.'——Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 33%@35c. Live poultry, heavy

springers at 320; light springers 26c;

broilers 210 ; ducks. 26c.



U'I'I'ER '



The butter‘ market has weakened

under the influence of freer offerings

and moderate demand. The trend of

production will govern the market dur-

ing the next month, but receipts are

the smallest for the corresponding pe-

riod in several years, and production

can scarcely make a sharp recovery

at this time of year, although the re-

cent improvement in pastures will

tend to lessen the shrink in the make.

Receipts at the leading markets dur-

ing August weremore than ten per

cent smaller than in..August, 1925.

Consumption is improving as is usual

following the summer slump, and less

butter has been put into storage dur-

ing the month than in the correspond-

ing period last year. The. surplus in

stocks for the entire country over a

year ago is believed to have been re-

duced from eight to ten million pounds

during August.



Prices on 92-score creamery were;

Chicago 41140; New York 4355c. In

Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells

for 38@40%c per pound.





APPLES





Supplies of apples continue in ex-

cess of demand, and prices declined

slightly again last week. Illinois

Wealthy and Maiden Blush apples, U.

S. No. 1, are quoted at $1@1.25 per

bushel basket at Chicago.





POTATOES





The potato market declined after

the recent sharp advance to new high

prices for the season, but prices still

average slightly higher than a year

ago. Main crop states are now the

leading sources of supply, and offer-

ings are- liberal. Producers are in-





 





 





 





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Tuesday, September 6.





CHICAGO





Cattle.





Receipts 4,000. Market on. light hogs

uneven, considerably improved from

early sales; mostly steady with last

week’s close; heavy hogs dull; packers

buying little; late sales holding better;

tops $14.25; light pigs 150-210-1b. aV'

erage at $13.75@14.15; few 260-300—lb.

butchers $12.30@12.90; early bulk of

better grade packing sows $10@11;

heavies down to $9.50 and below; sup—

ply of pigs increased, demand very

slow; early bid around 25c loWer.





‘ Cattle. ‘





Receipts 26,000. Market-fed steer

trade uneven, steady to 15c higher;

choice yearlings up; mostly slaughter

steers, packers and. feeders strong;

top yearlings $11.10; heavies $10.85;

she shock slow and mostly 10@250

lower; bulls 10@150 lower; vealers

mostly 500 lower at $14 down to the

packers. ‘ ‘-



Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 29,000. Market fat lambs

weak to 25c lower; no westerners

sold; top natives $13.50 for small kilf

lers; early bulk at $13.75@14; choice

held at $14.25 to packers; culls weak,

early sales around $9.50; sheep about

steady; fat'ewes $5@6.25; most in-

dications feeding lambs weak.





DETROIT '





Cattle- ' -1,





Receipts 232. Market steady.

Good “to Choice yearlings



dry-fed ..... . .......... $ 9.75@10.75

Best heavy steers,- dry-fed 9.00@10.00

Handy weight butchers . . 8. ..

Mixed steers and heifers _' .

Handy light butchers . . . . ’

Best cows . .

Butcher COWS o o s' e um I‘v s”. o' .7 1

Cutters FO‘OQQ'CUBO‘Ol‘Qi'II-O In. W 1:1, .

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

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

Stock bulls 5.00@ 5.50

Feeders 6.00@ 7.25





Stockers 5.25@- 6.25

Milkers and springers. . .$55.00@90.00





Hogs.





Receipts 763. Market slow w 15c

lower.



Mixed hogs .....

Pigs and lights ..

Yorkers

Roughs ......... . . .

Heavy ......... . . . .

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Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 760. Market steady.





Best grades ........... . .$16.50@17.00

Fair to good ......... . . . 13.2



Best lambs ..... . . . . . . . . . 14.00@ 14.25

Fair lambs .... . . . . . . 12.50@13.50

Light to common lambs. . 9.00@11.00

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





Bulls and common . . . . 2.00@.’4.00





Calves.

Receipts 765. Market steady.





BUFFALO





so... 1 ,



Receipts 1,271. -1 Market unevenand

mostly steadyto25c higher; pigs "and

lights full weak to lower; top light





’ weights $14.75; 200-250 lbs. $14@14.60;





260-300 lbs. $1§@14; 300 lbs. up $12.25

@1275; packing sows $9.75@10.50.

-‘ fi ‘ , Cattle. ,



Receipts 300. ‘ Market is' steady to

slow; best light weight steers at'fli‘;

heifers $10.50; very good kind $8.50.“



- .. Calves. *c . 1‘ -;.

. Receipts 300. ,Market‘ slew, weak to

500. lower. bulk.:-fed

head at $15; medipm.giiade lilting~ "‘





 





 





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at $14.50; grew .9





dinedflto hold jback whenever "prices”

liegin

ahlrwill' . old fairly steady wig”: ‘

tendency toward ahi her level.“ is- ‘ "

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“0th at $2.40@2.65 per 100 Minds,





sacked, in the Chicago .carlot market.-

‘ WOOL ’ ,





Wool prices have been strong in the





~1ast~ten days, and advances of one.





half to one cent per )grease pound

have been noted. Mills have bou ht

more actively, and have asked $or

prompt delivery, indicating thattheir

stocks of some grades are scanty. De-

mand for goods has improved. Deal-

ers have more-confidence than at any

time in a month or two. Initial sales

of new clip Australian wools were

made at practically the same level as

at the end of May, .showing no Weak-

ness in that quarter. Japanese bui-





 





MARKETS ,BY RADIO.





 





AILY market reports and

weather forecasts may be

obtained each week day from

the followlnu Mlchlgan stations:

WKAR—Mlehlgan State Col-

lege, 12:00 noon".

wcx—Detrolt Free Press. at

2:15 P. M. - '

WWJ—Detrolt News, 10:25 A.

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

_ WGHP—Geo. Harrison Phelps,

7:00 P. M.





 





 





 





ers predominated, with American in-

terests inactive. ‘



Boston reports sales of Ohio delaine

at 45c, grease basis, with 46c quotable

for choice lots: Half, three-eighths

and quarter-blood combing wools are

bringing 43@44c. Wools of clothing

length are at a discount of four to six

cents. Fine combing territory, scoured

basis, is quoted at $1.15@1.17.





DETROIT CITY‘ MARKET“





A sharp riseoin the price of toma- --

toes was the big feature of the mar--

kets. The cool weather of the last

few days has held up ripening and re-

duced the supply. ' Early sales ranged

from $1.25@2 a. bushel, but later on

most were $3 a bushel. There was a

fair supply of other produce’and trad-

ing was moderately active. Interest

in plums was more active though pric-

es were not affected. Only a few

peaches were wanted, while good ap-

ples moved off easily. A few early

grapes were on the markets and sold

fairly fast for 60@75c per peck bas-

ket. The supply of cantaloupes was

smaller and the cool weather seemed

to reduce the demand. A fewhuckle-

berries and elderberries were offered,





0 but the demand for them was light.





Good sweet corn moved off well, but.

the call for inferior stock was quite





5 slow. Fancy cauliflower was quickly





taken at $3.50@4 a bushel, and even





59; inferior stock did not last long. A





few beans were sold for '2 2,50

bushel, but the majority :aiged frag

$1.50@2 a bushel. Good cabbage was





5 comparatively scarce and sold for 900





@31 a. bushel. There was a fair trade

in green peppers and pickling onions.-

Spinach and most of thegreens were

slow sellers. Only a small amount of-

celery was wanted and the movement

of other bunched stuff was slow. The

demand for eggplant and squash was.

limited. The potato market shewed

no more life and most sales were at

¥a§0@ffl'75d a (bughell. More poultry

. o. ere an ea ers were bu

in larger quantities. ' ying

-- \

COMING LIVE STOCK SALE





 





 





,Holsteins. -





Oct. 26—29—Clark‘s Holsg‘arin Special,

. - e.





Fond du’ Lac, Wis. rite 0. ‘

.7. Clark, West“ Salem, Wis, forpcatalog:





 





 

 





 

 





 





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Tn: ott Schmidt 8: A





51:0 88. ,so'that thé market prob-- ’7 -
W the We. 4 ~an was an me;

has hurt the





normal crops. Meadows and new seed-





'and how it has brought me to this





2» kiss 101‘ BVW‘inch;_Ofi‘thosa rods, one

' ~ love-word for 'seyery 19m; figure it





 





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éCm'n looks good. Blight

early beans. Late beans.

look better. Sugar beets are good.

Plenty ofih‘ogs nearly ready for mar-

ket. Farmers -.getting "some plowing,

done—7A. A. R. - 1



losco Co..-~Farmers are unablelito

hire any help and *must get along the

best way they can. Oat cutting is in

progress; no threshing done as yet,

and yield will not be heavy. Meadows

are not "doing much, except alfalfa

stands; a ilot "of cats rusty, treated

oats also show some rust; hay crop is

light, except on low ground; corn has

made good growth since the rain and

hot weather came, but it will require

all 'of September to mature. Dairy

stock not doing well; cows are thin.

and pastures poor; hogs scarce. Wool.

is 360.





 





most apples are small. . Farmers. are

working hard to save the crop as it is.

—G. C. A.



Shiawaasee Co.——Farmers are pretty

well up with their work, although the

season is two weeks late. Extra help

is scarce. Harvesting is all done, and

threshing well advanced. Wheat yield-

ing twenty to twenty-five bushels per

acre, and quality is fine. Rye and oats





ings are in fine condition. Corn late

but coming line now. ,All kinds of

fruit plentiful. Pig and lamb crops

good; Clive stock in good condition.—'

C . -





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VETERINARY.





lndigcstion.—What causes sheep to

lie around and stop eating and die in

a few days? What is good for a heif-

er’s cracked bag? She has not come

in yet. What would be the correct

feed to build up a team that has been

working real hard. C. B. H.-—The

sheep are probably fed heavily, and

do not receive sufficient exercise. This

brings on constipation, and later in-

toxicati caused by absorption of the

poisons from the bowels. Reduce thelr

feed, and give them six to eight ounc—~

es of raw; linseed oil or epsom salts.

For cracked bag, apply zinc oxide oint-

ment. To build up team, discontinu-

ing the hard work would itself help

to build them up. Work them moder-

ately, and feed four to six quarts of.

cats, one quart of bran, with a few

ears of corn. Also water them about

nine, o’clock every night. This assists

greatly in the digestion of food.





BOW BOY OF THE BLUE GRASS.





(Continued fro page 243).

suffused softly, and s e looked straight

ahead. She was breathing faster.



“I never have had patience with

round-about methods,” he resumed, his

voice deepening all at once; “and now

I have this to say: I love you, Justine

Warren, and I want you to marry me.”



The silence was disturbed only by a.

droning purr under ‘the hood of the

car, and the love croon of a dove off

in the woods. -



“I don’t understand,” she said, pres—

ently, “just how you can feel this way

toward me—so soon. You see—”



“Don't try to understand!” he broke-

in. “I know I just have met you, and

tradition, with much good reason, is

against ghaste in such matters. But I

know myself, my mind, my heart, and

I have passed dozens of women to

come to’ yourfeet.”



He saw a tremor run over her at

his 'impetuous awards.



“Listen: Justine,” he continued. “I

want to tell you the story of my life,





moment." 7



In the balmysprifigtime afternoon

he talked to ‘her, laying bare his secret

aims, hopes and ideals. They were

not‘especmlly different from those of

an average clean man, but the man-

ner of his speech see d to weave a

garment of safety abon the girl who

had found life’s battle hard.



So at length, when the car had turn-

ed and started homeward, he saw that

light which‘never was on land or sea

except in a woman’s eyes when love

has touched them to mysterious

beauty.



“I got your bill,” hes/said, -later, .as

they-stood within the little stoop.



“Did you, complete it?” she asked,

with a sly smile. . . .



“Yes," he returned» soberly, taking

her two hands unflinching down. into

her'eyes.\, '“I repaired atweuty rods of

fenbe,“if'or .W‘hitch‘iyommust pa'Y. fine





2.‘,.





About enough ‘fruit for home ‘

consumption, about 25 per cent crap;





6

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and free from usual engine croublco. ct

Wl’l'li'E Engiocin use today.

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warehouses: Minneapolis, Minn.. At

Go..Trenton, N. 1.. Rich

New Orleans. La. Dallas, Tex.

Denver, 0010., 311i . Menu. N

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we“. | we‘l '0 ' imp e to operate





Low





Deliver-amulet in excess of rating on the cheapest

fuels. Bullctobum on fuel—no attachments per»

111: famous WICO Magneto

square protected rank, dieacast bearings. speed and

er lator and throttling govcmot.

5‘3.me on In I um. at lo

M .- til. now. ' nvestigate this cnginenow.

Book and details

of’OEct. No ob igation. Or, if interested, ask about





and Tree Saws. 3—in-1 Saw Riga or Pump Outfits.

ED. H. WITTE. Pres.





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canisupplfyou

write





ARCADY FARMS MILLING '

COMPANY

lZlZ-D Brooks Building





Chicago Illinois





Send for free dairy and

poultry books today





 





 





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Commission Merchants. Dressed Beef. Hogs.





Bank. Bradstreet.





‘llolmeaStuwe (30.2429 Riopelle St.





calves.





poultry, Live 8; Dressed. Provisions. etc. Correspond—

once Solicited. Ref. Wayne County & Home Savings

Detroit, Mich. Cherry 7654.





 





Shorthom Red a... Carrie





3" rave cows. a holler. and oneryotmxjsbull. Priced Mt:

. to close out. Come and see them.

,‘FMM. «one mile south of Fusion. Mich.





IRA W. “WEI





 





 





HOGS





DUROCS





~ Bred gilts, spring and fall boars.

Michigan’sPremier Du roc Herd.





Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.





D UROC JERSEYS. Fall and Spring Bears from

large prolific strains. Write or come and see





 





 





them. JESSE sues a son. Henderson. Mich.

"Will "PE CHESTER 'WHITES fffifkafi‘ddty‘fifi





pious. bredItlom Choleons. MAPLE HILL STOCK

FARM, Rt. '2. Con City. Mich.





Large Type Poland Chinas

Big ones. best strains. loo. 6. Taylor. Balding, Mich.

I l _ h m _

3|: live Poland chum chum... Iliad" a. “if.

CLARK, Breckenridge. Mich.





 





nygmm

tam delivery. 0. Hawley. Bald .





» mm sums





 





' hear from owns, r of





 





‘ MISCELLANEOUS

s'romon BATTERIES of the Edison Alkaline typo





 





- do not have the faults of lead acid type; Fortunatn





purchases from the Government. and other large us-

ers make possible a real buy. All voltages and am-





.rperages. For radio. motor boats and farm lighting





plants. Before buying batteries get my interesting lit-

erature stating voltage and amperage desired. Ad-

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

bury. Conn.





 





ALL WOOL YARN for sale from manufacturer of:

muffin. Samples free. H. A. Bartlett. Harmony.

one.





 





WHY CAN THE FERGUSON plow eleven inches

back of the Fordnon draw—bar cap? Ask your nearest

Ford dealer for the answer.





"OHIO MONARCH”

15-in. throat. Cheap.





 





SILO FILLER, 1915 model.

0. Steinkopff. Bangor. Mich.





 





PET STOCK





HUNDRED HUNTING HOUNDS CHEAPflG/ame get-

ters. Fur finders. Moncy makers. Big money raising

hunting hounds. Hunting horns. Feeds. Medicines.

Collars. etc. Hunters’ supply catalogue. Kaskaskla.

Kennels. FW 59. Herrick, Illinois.





 





 





COON. SKUNK, RABBIT and Combination Hounds

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

Lakeland Fur Exchange. Salem, Michigan.





 





AMPSHI'RE boar pigs of. spring and

H row for sale. 13th year in business.

SNYDER. R. 4. St. Johns, Mich.





SHEEP

BREEDING EWES





Always on Hand in Cor Loads or Train Loads.





Both Native and Range Yearling Ewes.

0.000 beautiful Delaine Ewes.

I ship all over the United States on mail orders.

guaranteeing as represented.

Feeding wethers and lambs.

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

iness." a Resume of Sheep Industry.

Please who before cording.





George M. Wilbor. OAKLANDS. Momvillo. Ohio





1000 CHOICE EWES





For sale in lots of 50 or more. We do sell better

ewes for less money. Write for description and pricw.

or telegraph when you can come to inspect them.

Telegraph: Rockwood. Post Office. So. Rockwood.

Mich. ALMOND B. CHAPMAN GI. SON. So. Rock-y





wood, Mich.





Shropshires —Oxfords





Yearling and ram lambs. Also a few Mc-

Kerrow bred Oxford ewes for sale.





Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.

TllE NAPLES SHROPSHIRES





For Sale: 25 yearling rams of right type and quality.



2 stock rams and a few ewes.



C. R. LELAND, R. 2. Ann Arbor. Michigan

Phone 734 F I3





S H R O P S H [R E S

Offering choice yearling rams and a few ewes. Also

1 our choice Delaine Ewes. Visit flock at State Fair.





.0. L. CHAPMAN &. SON. So. Rockwood, Mich.





far-

JOHN W.





HROPSHIRES—Choice yearling rams and Item

5 lambs. sire. Imported Buttar ram—Dams, Minion

Buttar & Bibby bred. Prices very reasonable. C.





E. VREELAND. R. F. D. 5, Ypsilanti, Mich.





' f r wool and mutton, 15 year-

Shropshires llbgs. 40 ram lambs. 10 was.

DAN BOOHER. Evart, Mich.. Route No. 4.





‘ . l 1: th f rm or write

For Shropshire Rams 8? v7. "20.33,“, San”,

Mich. Also a few breeding ewes.





' for sale. 200 each month. Shrop—

Breedlng Ewes shire, Hampshire grades and cross-

breds. All yearlings. V. B. Furniu, Nashville. Mich.



write or





For Shropshire Yearling Rams cm on

ARMSTRONG BROS-- R. No. 3. Fowlerville. Mich.

The wool and





D ELAI NE R-A M S mutton kind. As

good as grow. Photos free. F. H. RUSSELL. Box

40. Wakeman. Ohio.

SHEEP all recorded, sent on approval: Cotswolds,





Lelcesters. Tunis. Lincolns, Karakules and Hump.

L. R. Kuney, 648 Madison St. Adrian. Mich.





ELAINE—Merino Rams. both Polled and‘ Horned.

for sale. Good ones. Come and make your own

selection. HOUSEMAN BROS.. Albion, Mich,





F OR SALE—Oxford Rams and Ewes. bred from

the best rams we could buy. GEO. T. ABBOTT.

Palms. Mich. Tel. Deckerville. 78-3.





 





 





shires.





 





CATTLE





 





- -' , .b 115 0 t 14 th.

Milking Shnrihorns “it. Mel’s. .055me 1.33

milked. W. E. Thompson, R. No. 4. Ludinoton, Mich.





RAMBOUILLET RAMS~Registered. Large, well-

built yearlings from ram shearing thirty pounds.





' price.





 





COON. SKUNK. POSSUM, RABBIT IIOUNDS—fif~

teen days’ trial. Cheap. C. 0. D. Ginger Ken-

nels. Herrick. Ill.





 





PURE-BRED GERMAN POLICE PUPPIES from Im-





 





ported Sire. price $18 and $20 each. Pine Hill

Farm. Howard City, Mich.

FERRETS—Young and yearling stock. Get booklet





and price list. Thos. Sellers. New London. Ohio.





RAT TERRIEBS, fox terriers. Illustrated lists 10c.

Pete Slater Box L. P. C. Pana. Ill.





 





 





 





CORN HARVESTER





RICH MAN’S Corn Harvester. poor man’s price—



only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free eat:



io.{log.sl10wing pictures of harvester. Box 628. Selina.

ans.





 





 





 





SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK





 





CERTIFIED AMERICAN BANNER. Berkeley Bock

Seed Wheat and Rosen Rye from last year’s S. Man-

Itou Island Seed Stock for sale. Quick shipment.





Knox Farms, Portland, Mich.





 





PEDIGREED RED ROCK WHEAT—Three times win—

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

Clinton. Mich.





 





SEED WIIEAT—Fultz. Michigan Amber. Red Rudy,

testing above 60 pounds. Jean Farms. Crawi‘ordsvillo.

Indiana.





 





FOR SATISFACTION INSURANCE buy seed oats.

beans. of A. B. Cook. Owoavo. Mich.





 





TOBACCO





GUARANTEED HOM’ESPUN TOBACCO-«:IEWIDK or

smoking. 5 lbs.. $1.25: ten, $2.00. Cigars, $2.00 for

50. Pipe free. Pay when received. Farmers' Union.

Maxon Mills, Ky





 





 





SPECIAL SALE—Homespun tobacco, smoking or

chewing. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.

four lbs. $1; twelve $2.25., Pipe free. United Farm-

ers of Kentucky. Paducah. Ky.





 





HOMESI’UN TOBACCO GUARANTEED~ChewinIL

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

Pipe free. pay when received. United Farmers. Bard-

well, Kentucky.





POULTRY





0000 PULLETS now ready for shipment. nicely ma-

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

old. for $1.25. each. All our pullets are from 2 you-

'old State Accredited Hens. Big English Type. Please

order from this ad. No discount on large orders.

Knoll's Hatchery, Holland. Mich.





 





WHITE LEGHORN HENS AND MALES now half

Thousands of laying Pullets. Big discount. on

Trapnested. pedigreed foun-

dation stock. egg bred 20 years. Winners at 16 egg

contests. Catalog and special price bulletin free. I

ship C. 0. D. and guarantee satisfaction. George R.

Ferris. 9334* Union, Grand Rapids. Michigan.





spring Chicks and Eggs.





 





S. C. BROWN AND WHITE LEGHORNS—332-eu

pullcts, cockerels. Catalog. Earle-n Fulton, Gal.-

lipolis. Ohio.





 





BABY CHICKS





 





WE WILL HAVE BABY CHICKS for shipmmt

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

other breeds if ordered in advance. All from blood-

tested. State inspected stock. Will be profitable sold

as broilers. or as roaster-s. which reach height of price

in midwlnter. Have also White Leghorn pallets ready

for shipment. Write for particulars.

ery. Jerome, Mich.





 





 





Post, Mon. West Branch, Mich.





 





Small advertisements bring beat

at classified





charge In words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department in established for the convenience .of Michigan farmers.

results under classified headings.

fining. miscellaneous articles-for sale on exchange. Poultry advertising will be run in this department

rates. or in display columns at commercial rates.



Rates 8 cont. a word. each insartion,. on orders for less than four insertions; for four or more

consecutive insertions 8 cents a word. Court as a word each abbrenati

display type or illustrations admitted. Remittances must accmnpany 0 er.



Live clock novel-tiling has a lop-rate department and in not accepted on clamped.





Try it for want ads and for adver-





. inltial,or number. No





Priced right. H. W. HART, R. 2. Greenville. Mich.

- Hampshire Yearling Rams. Call or HELP WANTED

Reglstered write Clark Hairs Ranch, Charles ‘





 





WANTED—October lst or later. one or two single





sen. Brennan. Fitzgerald & Sinks

Farmington, Mich.





Jersey Farms.





 





MAN AND WIFE; woman must be good. clean cook,

also assist with housework. Man to do general and

gardening. Family of four. Good home. Position

pays $100. month. Couple must get along‘nlcoly.

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

ward and Montcalm. Detroit. Mich.





 





FOREMAN—for 500~acro stock farm near Detroit.

Must be familiar with modern farm- tools and capable

of handling men.

in family. Address Box 937, Michigan Farmer.





 





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Four 80 ACRES IN PREI'I‘Y VALLEY. High elevation. DRIVER SALESMAN—23 to 35 yell-l age.

86.14 overlooking beautiful river. 70 acres level dark soil, nent employment: good future: Write us .if mar: ,

6.48 nic‘e woodlot. flowing spring creek. Ideal fishing. ested. .elle Isle Creamery. 3600 Forat IL. Dmitri?

6.7! Fenced. Cottage house. Beautiful large barn. One Mich. . - .. .- .

1:: mile town over state mm Only $1,000. $500 down. _ _2

l“ Oatman. Muskegon. Mich. ‘ AGENTS WANTED . ’

{0g BNCK. CATTLE AND FARMS—Cattle in car load AGENTS—Our New Household Cleaning Device wash-

lac hits. 500 to 800 lbs. Herefords. Shorthorns and 68' and dries windows. sweeps. cleans walls, combo.

[.40 Angus. ,Write before ‘you buy. as to breed and mum. Costs less than brooms. Over half t.

:83“ size wanted. Get prlc on real bargains in .Iowa Write Harper Brush Works. 178 3rd St.. Fairlie“.

:2: land. Chas. R-Martln. Bloomfield. Iowa. Iowa.

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SF‘KaBW. Ms grammes“;- 5””‘“"°”5 “"3" .

:9 6 ounces * e a props y. . . -’

’; ' ,- ' . , POSITION. FOR MARRIED COUPLE—flags 40. 31w.

' “gum“: Gym“ Mich. lived on farm. cm Hanson. 2055 Lake Shore mayo. 1

' ' ' ' . Muskegon. Mich. . p. .

Georgi; FOB RENTe—March lot. 100 acres near Ann Arbor. ‘ ' ', '.

:cm— All (00¢. ’tfllablalevcl hadn’Good {Ilium-S. deem, POSITION WANTED eon .Poultry, Form, . Am

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experienced men for farm work and milking. Want ‘

to engage men willing to work by the year. Answer

by letter. stating experience and references. C. Nia-





State experience. age, and number .





 

 

 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





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HE Maytag Tub' is “machinery free”-’-all washing space—

holds four gallons more than other tubs, and, being heavy

cast-aluminum, it keeps the water hot for an entire washing. ,

It will not rust, split, shrink, swell nor corrode. It cleans itself' 1n

30 seconds and empties itself.

Because of the scientific shape of this Cast-Aluminum Tub, and

the marvelous Gyrafoam principle, the Maytag washestwice as

fast as other washers; and washes cleaner-ea big tubful in 3 to





Grimy work-clothes, and greasy overalls are washed





perfectly clean without hand-rubbing, yet the daintiest garments ‘





are washed with hand carefulness.





Runs With Gasoline or Electricity \





For farm homes without electricity, ' the Maytag is equipped

with in-built gasoline engine—the Maytag Multi-Motor.





This





compact, simple, powerful, smooth-running little gasoline engine

starts with a turn of the foot lever and does a big farm washing on

a few cents worth of gasoline.





FREE TRIAL for a Whole Week’s Wash





The Maytag is sold by washing, not talking. .It has won world





‘leadership by selling itself through trial demonstrations in the home.

PHONE OR WRITE any dealer listed below. Without obli-





gation, get a Maytag to try on your biggest washing. If it doesn’t

sell itself, don’t keep it.





THE MAYTAG COMPANY, Newton, Iowa





INDIANAPOLIS BRANCH; 923 North Capital Ave. lNDlANAPOLIS. IND.





Call one of the authorized Maytag dealers listed below:





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Town Michigan Dealer

Adrian ............ Wilcox Hdwe. Co.

Alabaster ................ D. E. Christensen

Albion ................... Albion Maytag 00.

Allan!) ................... Vos Electric Co.

Alma ....... . ........... Alma Maytag Co.

Almont ................ Pollard Hdwe. Co.

Alpens. ...... .. ............... J. A. Smith

Ann Arbor .......... Ann Arbor Maytag Go.

Bad Axe ...................... Slack Bros.

Bangor ................ J. G. Miller & Son

Battle Creek ...... Battle Crock Maytag Co.

Bay City ............. Bay City Maytag Co.

Beaverton ............... A. T. Brown, Jr.

Balding ................... Brown—Hall Co.

Belleville ...................... John E. Rice

Bellevue ..................... Will C. Dyer

Benton Harbor .......... Cutler & Downing

Bessemer ............... Maytag Sales Co.

Big Rapids .......... J. R. Bennett J: Son

Birmingham ........ Hawthorne Electric Co.

Blanchard ................... N. C. Mason

Brighton ............. Geo B. Ratz & Son

Britten .................. Almander Gibson

Bronson ..................... Werner Brothers

Brown City .................... Lom Koyl

Buchanan ........... Hamilton & Anderson

Burnips ............... John Hoeksema

Cadillac .............. Webber-Asllworth Co.

Caledonia .............. Wegnor 8r. Clemens

Calumet. Pearce Ildwe. & Furn. Co. Ltd.

Capao .................. Capac Maytag Co.

Carleton ........ E. W. Hartsig

Caro .............. .. ....... Fred J. Purdy

Carson City ........ Community Power Co.

Casevllle...‘ .............. . ..... L. R. Thomas

Cedar Springs John Buecus

Centerline ............... Rinks Hdwe Co

Centenille ...... . ...... Forbes Maytag. 00. '

Central Lake ...... ......J H. Smith 8: Sons

Charlotte ........ Mate Furniture Co.

Cheboygan ...... Michigan Public Service Co.

Chelsea » ............... Chelsea Hdwe. Co.

Clare ....... Clare Hdwe. & Implt. Co.

Coldwater .......... G. W. Harding & Son

Coloma . ............... Coloma Hdwe. Co.

Coopersvllle ............ Durham ~Hdwe. Go.

Croswell .......... . ........ C, W. Lindke

Crystal Falls ................. L.. A. Hairy

Dearborn .......... .. Neuendorf Hdwe. Co.

Deckervllle ......... . Stoutenburg 8: Wilson

Detroit ................ Detroit Maytag Co.

Dowaglac ....... .. Hamilton & Anderson

Dundee .. ............ . ..... Cauchie & Gray

Durand ....... Hub. Elec. Heat & Plbs. Co.

Eaton Rapids ...... Bromeling & Pettit

Edmore ...............Edmore H. a 1. Co.

.Elsle ...... . ....... M. E. Williams

‘ Escanaba .......... Escsnabs Maytag .

Eva:t............... .W. B. Orr

Falrchild ............ a Gen. Store





Town Michigan Dealer

Farmington .......... N. J. Eisenlord & Son

Fenton .......... . ......... E. A. Loelrwood

Flat Rock ..... ..... M. F. Keenan

Flint ................ The Flint Maytag Co.

Flushing . James B. French

Fonnvillo ................. Dickinson Bros.

Fowlerville ............ Will Sidell 8:. Son

Frankenmuth .............. A. Nuechteriein

Fraser ............... Arthur H. Schneider

Fremont .............. Henry Van'l‘atenhove

Gaylord ........ Michigan Public Service Co.

Gladstone ................... Buckeye Store

Grand Haven.... Grand Halon Maytag Co.

Grand Marais... ........... B. E. Schneider

Grand Rapids ...‘Grand Rapids Maytag Co.

Grayling .......... Grayllng Electric Company

Greenvilla ................. Brown—Hall Co.

Hale ................ . ....... Nunn's Hdwe.

Hamilton ................. Harry J. Lampen

Hancock Pearce Hdwe. & Furn Co. Ltd.

Hanover ..................... Butters Brothers

‘ Harbor Beach .............. Robert Allison

Hart ....................... R. J. Wietzke

Hartford .................... J. W. Walka'

\Hastings' ............. Miller Furniture Co.

Hemlock ..................... J. E. Fuller-

Hermansville .............. Wendt & Bartl

l-lillsdale .............. Hillsdale Maytag Co.

Holland .............. DeVries & Dornbos

Homer ........................ Maytag Store

Hopkins ................. Vern A. 'Washhurn

Houghton...l’earco Hdwe. 8r. Furh. Co. Ltd.

Howell ................... Charles H. Sutton

Hudson: ............... II. T. Dillon & Co.

Ids. .............. fl. A. Welpert and Sons

Ionia ...................... lonia Maytag Co.

Iron Mountain .......... Northern Sales Co.

Iron River ...... Iron Range LL. 8: Pr. Co.

Ironwood .......... . ..... Maytag Sales Co.

Ishpeming .............. William Léininger

Ithaca ............. ... ........ C. C. Ogle

Jackson .......... .‘t....: Jackson Maytag Co.

Kalamazoo ....... Kalamazoo Maytag Company

Lake Linden ........ Pearce H. a F. Co.





Town Michigan Denier

Lakeview.......... ............ G. E. Wood

L’Anse ....... Baraga County Hdwe. Co.

Lansing ....... Lansing Maytag Co.

Lancer ....... . ....... Lapeer Hdwe. Co.

Lawrence ...... . ..... J. Thompson and Son

Leland ......... ..... 0m Schwarz'

Linden ........ .. .. ...... M. W. Johnson

Linwood ........................ ’1‘. J. Wright

Ludington ...... . ..... Palm Furniture Co.

lManchester ......... . ......... Fred G. Houch

Manistee ........... Warren A. Graves

Marine City ............... . A. A. Bachler

Mariette .............. . . . . . . .A. R. Schliohter

Marquette ........ .. ...... Kelly Hd‘we. Co.

Marlfllall... ..... The Albion Maytag Comm

Maybee ................. C. & G. Hochradel

Merrill .................... Alex. McDonald

Midland L .................. H. c. Eastman

Midland ...... Maytag Multi-Motor fiales Co.

Milan ...... . ........... Geddis & Norcross

Milford .................. Reid Hdwe. Co.

Mlllington .......... Fred B. Wills 8; Co.

Minden City .............. Frank E. Mellon

Mic .................. . ....... Orvin Kurtz

Monroe ............ ,....Monroe Maytag Co.

Monroe ........ . ............. W. F. Schmidt

Monroe .......................... J. 'F. Myers

Mt. Clemens ........ ‘Mt. Clemens Maytag 00.

Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Pleasant H. & F. Co.

Munising ........ . . . . . ,Munlslng_ Hdwe. Co.’

,Mugkegon ................ N. G.‘ Vanderllnde

Nahma ................. Bay .Denoquet Co.

Nashville ................. 'Fred K.' Bullls

Niles ................. Hamilton .9; Anderson

North Branch ............ Dan'l Orr & Sons

Ousted ...................... Clancy Bros.

Ontonagon ....... Pearce Hdwe. &‘Furn. Co. '

Otisvllle ............... Parker Hdwe.’ Co‘.

Otsego ...... The Jones Hdwa;

0vld............. ._ ..... Marshall & Olson

0wosso.. .. ..... The Owosso Maytag Company

Parma............. ....... ....Geo. W. Hunn

Paw Paw ....... H. C. Waters 8: Co.





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 

 

 

 





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Petersburg..................A. 0. Gradolvh‘

Petoskey ..........A. Fochtman Dept. Store





Pigeon ..... W ..... E. Paul & San

Plainwell. .......... ' . . Plainwell Maytaa Co.

Plymouth ........... . . ..Conner Hardware Co.

Pontiac ...... . ...... . . . Pontiac Maytag Cb.





Port Hope..........‘..... ....Engle a Smith

Port Huron Port Huron Maytag 00.





Port Huron ........ W. P. Smith Hdwe. Co.

Potterville ........ . ..B. J. Fowler

Prairievllle ............ . ..... F. J. Hugh“

Redford ............. C. K. Kruslei' Co.

Reed City . ........... .. . Sam T. Johnson

‘Belnus ............... . ........ , E. A. Welsh

Richmond ...... W.......C. W. Baler

Biverdale ....... . ...... ..........B E. Moblo

Rachester ..... ......The Gem, Burr Hardware

Rogers City ................ .. L. R. Thomas

Romeo ........ . .............. W. Goo. Smith

Royal Oak.......La.wson Lumber & Coal Co.

St. Charles............Thorsby Furniture Co.

St. Johns ........ St. Johns Electric Shop

St. Louis....... ................ RayJ. Corey

Saginaw . Saginaw Maytag 00.

Sandusky ....... ........... Otis Hdwe. Co. '

Sault Sainte Marie Cowell 8: Burns





Bebewalng J. C. Liken a Ca.

Shelby .......... ..........a". A. J. Rankin

Shepherd L. H. Berna

Smiths Creek H. Neal A: Son





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8. Haven .Mersens Furn. a Music Store

8. Rockwood. ............. John BtronBCo.

Sparta .............. .. I. C. Ballard & Co.

fitanton . ....... ,.';-........... Glen Gardner

Sturgis .L... ...... Forbes Maytag Co.

Tawas City Fred Luedtke

Tecumseh.............Bs.ldw1n Hardware Co.

Temperance ............. ..... ..B. W. Brunt





Three'Rivers ...JM...‘.Forbes Maytag Co.

Traverse City ......”‘Wilson Furniture Co.

Trenton..............'l‘renton Hardware Co.

Tnlfant. " .A.. G. Miller.

Unionville ..............J. H? Kemp & 00.

..........E. W. Hahn

Wakefield Maytag sue- Co.

Waldenbllra William Ellen

Waldron ... E. J. Wilson

Walled Lake ...-....W. Frank 8.,Nook

Waltz.........'.........."......Krsy'szke Bloe-

Warren Fred Luna

Water-smut Iron Range Lt. a Pr. Ca

Wsmliet................-.H. Pierce 6: Son

Wm..................M. L. Looyensood

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