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Whole Number 4735
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’31 short—horn baby b\eeves,’ averaging 706 pounds,



were recently shipped by 3 farmers of Cole County, .

. Missouri. The beeves topped the market at the '



National Stockyards, Chicago. These farmers have



used only the best pure-bred bulls for years. In



that way they have developed gooa’ uniform hecy’ type



stock that top: the market every year.





 





Scrub bulls are low profit makers.





How this points to MOb—iloil ecOnom'e?





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Pure-bred cattle cost more than scrub cattle:

”But they return bigger profits. Mobiloil resembles

pure-breds. Its extra cost is returned many times,

1in a year’s running. It is the cheapest oilyou can use.





Mobiloil users frequently note these two imme-

diate savings: (1) a marked reduction in oil

consumption; (2) reduced carbon troubles and

expenses. ‘ And still other savings follow: Less

wear on moving parts; less time lost during repairs;





It takes pure-bred bulls to produce fewer 1’ ePair bills.

market-topping beeves.





Kinds of saws and grades of Mob1101l





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iyou need different grades of Mobiloil for different

jobs. Your car needs one grade of Mdbiloil, your

1, tractor another; possibly entirely different grades

l; for your truck, stationary and farm—lighting

’ engines.

; The Mobiloil Chart at your dealer’ s tells you,‘

with scientific accuracy, just what grades to use.

This Chart has the approval of 609 makers of

automobiles and other automotive equipment.

This dealer has Mobiloil 1n 9. new farm packages

--the handy 5-gallon Tipper Box, and the new





HE correct grades of GargOylc Mobiloil for

. engine lubrication of prominent passenger

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--If M Com Read and Interpret T flew C arrect/y

By ,I. R. Waterbury





IME softens the tragedies of life



in retrospect. Harking back



over the years that have elaps-

ed since I started farming on my own

account, many of the mistakes and

" failures which stand out strongly in

my recollection would seem funny, if

they were not pathetic. To me they

are the more pathetic as,‘in my jour-

neys through the state, I see many of

them being repeated by other farmers,

with whose thoughts and feelings I.





can sympathize so acutely by recalling ~





. past experiences. It is in the hope

that a review of some of these early

mistakes and failures may prove help-

ful to others, similarly situated, in

solving their present problems, that I

have decided to here confess some of

them. ‘



My father was a good farmer of the

old school. He came to Michigan with

other pioneers from “York State,”

cleared his farm and" built a good

home in a community of good homes.

He was a lover of good horses, and

met an untimely death as the result of

a kick from one of his pets.



This occurred when I was a. lad just

come into my “teens.” It devolved

on me to help mother run the farm,

and to later assume its management

‘ when I should have been in school.

Had I had the advantage of better

training, this story might have been

very difierent, though perhaps less

typical and of less interest to the

reader.



The old farm was typical Michigan

' oak opening soil of the lighter class,

of which there is a large area in this

state. It was fairly fertile as “new

land.” It was run on a conservation

basis, of necessity. This was in the

eighties, when agriculture was pros-

perous, and we managed to make a.

good living without accumulating any

visible surplus. We grew a little grain,

kept a few cows and a small flock of

sheep, planted a small acreage to cash

crops, dust as my father had done and—

as thexneighbors did, and with a fair

degree of the same success, consider-





ing ’the diminishing returns from a

soil which .became less fertile with

the passing years.



But I Was a born farmer, and had

no other thought for the future. So

when I became “of age” I bought out

my brother, who had in the meantime,

gone to college and prepared himself

for a profession, and. started out on

my own account with high. hopes for

the future.



This was in the early nineties, and

I little realized what was ahead for

me. But I knew that to realize my

ambitions, I must have a larger in-





come, and in my ignorance I thought,





this a simple problem which could be

simply solved.



The old farm had produced good

crops of wheat when it was new land.

Thirty bushels per acre was not un-

common. I believed the diminished

yields to be due to poorer methods,





and—looked ahead to more thirty-bush-

el crops. I rented an adjacent farm

so as to work out these ideas on a

larger scale, and went at it. .That

year, I summer-fallowed forty acres on

the home farm, bought a big pile of

manure from a commercial feeder and

hauled it a mile and a half to top-

dress the wheat. I managed to sell

enough from the farm to pay the hired

man, the taxes, which were then low,

and the interest on my indebtedness.

This was as planned. I was going

to “cash in” next year—a perennial

hope with many farmers, as it .was to

be with me for many years.





The next year I planted an increas-

ed acreage of cash crops and worked

as I had never worked before to give

them the best of care. But the fates,

I felt, were against me. It was a hard

winterand the wheat winter-killed. I

harvested 200 bushels from the forty





 





 





 





In Those Days We Had Not Learned the Benefits to be Derived from Plow-

ing Under a Heavy Crop of Some Legume.





Then the panic came and pric- .

es went to smash. I sold the wheat

for fifty cents per bushel. Beans were

a like price, and potatoes were prac-

tically unsalable. I kept mine until

spring and sold them for ten cents per

bushel.



Gone were the visions of a growing

bank account. I had to sell my flock

of sheep to pay the hired man, and

find a side line of employment to eke

out the interest. Gone were the ‘de—

lusions that good culture alone would

insure good crops on a depleted sandy

soil. But there still remained the

courage to carry on and try again.



A Prophet in the Wilderness.



The hope that springs eternal in the

human breast is the greatest gift of

Providence. All we need in the face

of the greatest discouragement is a

new star to hitch our wagon to, and

all is again well with us in perspec-

tive. Right then, I needed a new star,

and one of the first magnitude rose in

my little sky.



There was an enterprising farmer

and stock drover in the community





acres.





‘ who had a vision of its needs and the





public spirit to act accordingly. He

saw that what we all needed was more

live stock on our farms to maintain

and increase the fertility of our soil,

and at the same time bring in an in—

come to pay operating expenses. His

business had taken him farther afield

than any other man in the community.

He had noted the prosperity of dairy

communities in other states and

thought that the establishment of the

business on a commercial scale in our

community would do for us what it

had done for the farmers of the dis-

tant communities which he had visited.



He was a good missionary worker

and soon had us all converted. So

did the promoter of an enterprising

creamery supply company. The result

was that fifty farmers of the commu-

nity took stock in the new enterprise,

$100 each, for which we got an up-to-

date creamery and cheese factory,



(Continued on page 382).





Autumn Pou1try Heusc Cleaning





Thorougé C/emzmg and Dz'smfictmg Mceysary to Keep Fowl: Had/My





NOE more the time has arrived

when one must think about

cleaning up and disinfecting his

poultry houses. 'It makes no differ-

ence whether one has only a small

back-yard flock, a good-sized .farm

flock,~or is a commercial poultryman,





one has to clean up in the fall before ..

putting his pullets into their 'winter‘





quarters—or even if he is keeping

. hens over in the same quarters, they

.should be cleaned up very well, for

in the poultry business, “an ounce of

prevention is worth a pound of cure"

r18 true, and one should remember it



1' when working around poultry.

In cleaning up, the first thing to do





 





is»! to clean: the dropping boards-



- is cleaned once a week ,

"(providing we have any sunshine this

,fall) '~



if one has muslin curtains these»



mild,





come damp and ill-smelling. Some

folks that keep poultry (one couldn’t

call them poultrymen—and usually

they keep the poultry, for the poultry

do not keep them) do not have any

dropping boards whatsoever. In this

case the manure is dropped directly

on to the floor where it is scratched

over and worked over by the birds. If

there are any diseased ‘ birds the

germs will be. spread very rapidly, so

in case one hasn't dropping boards,

one" should install them first of all.

The next operation is to remove all

"movable fixtures, wash them, and

place them in the sunshine to dry,





eaten and cleaned in good





 





By J. P. Hoekzema





One should also remove all litter

from the floor, and it is a good idea to

spray the floor with disinfectant be-

fore putting in fresh litter. In this

day and age, with the price of straw

way out of sight, it is a good plan to

use clover or alfalfa hay for litter.

The birds can eat the leaves and leave

the stems for litter so they will have

some scratch material. Whenever the

litter on the floor becomes damp or

filled with droppings it should be

changed.



Besides the roosts, floor, and cur-

tains, one should also remove all nest-

ing material. , -



After all fixtures have been remov-

ed, the house, if dusty,

swept out. Then one should spray the

house thoroughly with whitewash and





”disinfectant. A very good mixture is





 





should be .





five quarts of cream of lime, one pint

of disinfectant, one quart of kerosene

—diluted with an equal amount of wa-

ter, and applied thoroughly with a

force pump. This should kill mites

and disease germs and clean up the

house in fine shape.



Then one should also treat the birds



for lice, as spraying or cleaning the

coop does not affect the lice which re-

main on the body. One of the best

remedies for poultry lice is sodium

fluoride. At this time of the year,

dusting is best, though in the spring

dipping is excellent. Blue ointment

rubbed around the vent is another

very good remedy for lice.

Be sure everything is cleaned .up,

then spray or whitewash and elimi-

nate lice, and if the house is not too

damp, or bird! diseased now, one

should expect to carry his birds over;

winter with little trouble from d18-

ease, mites, or lic8. . . » 4-
; g or , ._ _

"This is a Question for each

him:eli and one that defies carom





 





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VOLUME CLXVII NUMBER SIXTEEN





DETROIT, OCT. 16, 1926





CURRENT COMMENT

NOWLEDGE is





 





 





' DO We . power only when

D ,t it has some medium

or on for application. The

We? mighty electric plant





beside the AuSable is

in itself of little value to our state.

But when a slender copper wire is

run from this plant to towns and vil-

lages some two or three hundred

miles away, there will be energy to

wash the clothes, sweep the floors,

toast the bread, and at nightfall en-

ergy‘to light the streets and homes

, with the brightness of day. This slen-

' der copper wire forms the connecting

‘ link between human needs at one end

and nature’s storehouse of energy at

the other. Without some such cable,

the energy of this river would be use-

less and many of our human needs

would not be served so adequately.





How similar is our problem of

spreading information and propaganda

for better health. Bit by bit our nutri-

tion specialists, laboratory experts,

and members of the medical profession

have accumulated a. great fund of



' scientific knowledge concerning the





proper feeding and care of this human-





machine of ours. Bulletins and books

innumerable, that record these find-

ings, act as a. medium of conveying

this information to us as individuals.

.. These books and bulletins act the

same “part as does the small copper

wires that generate out over our state

from the large electrical power plants.





But when the small copper wire

comes to our door, carrying electrical

units in the proper form for our use,



. invariably we use them. They save us

work, giving us more time for play





‘1 and recreation.





How is it with our health books and

bulletins, many of them that are even

re'e for the asking? Do we use them

to, the best advantage; do we study





hem and practice the things the!





$336.10 better .,hea.l,th and greater





consideration.





   





N this and ' sheeeed-





ing issues will apj



07"..e .-, pear reports of the

airy .. Twentieth A n n u a1

Show Session of the Nation—





al Dairy Show held at

Detroit, October 6-13. It was an agri-

cultural event of outstanding import-

ance. The Big Show emphasized all

the important things needed on farms

where cows are kept. '

Above all, the Show impressed the

need of good cows. The very best type

of producers of every breed were here





 





CORN BORER MEETING.





 





ARMERS from every section



of Michigan are urged to be

at the corn borer experiment

station west of Monroe on

Thursday, October 21, both fore-

noon and afternoon, to witness

the corn borer at work, to see a

demonstration of machihery de-

signed to aid in the campaign

against this pest, and to listen

to the latest information gath~

ered by our scientists on the

habits of the insect and meth-

ods of control.





Since Michigan is now a

trench-line state in the interna-

tional battle to check this pest,

it is of the highest importance

that ourngarmers become famil-

iar with the corn borer. This

affair has been arranged by the

Michigan State College, the

State Department of Agricul-

ture, county agents, and others.





 





 





 





for the visitor to observe and com-

pare. 'To an unusual degree; all of

those excellent qualities of cowdom

that make for efficiency in.mi1k and

butter-fat production were demonstrate

ed. It was a master display of dairy

cow type.



The other major subject was that

of feed. The

how the basic feeds could be econom-

ically provided at low cost, and com—

pounded with needed concentrates to

make efficient production possible. He

also observed a hundred short cuts in

providing comforts for the cow, and in

caring for her and her products.



Many other matters related more or

less closely to the dairy business,

made this twentieth annual gathering

of dairy-minded people from every

section of the country, an» event of

lifetime importance to the thousands

of Michigan farmers who were fortu-

nate to attend. And it is our hope

that this, the last session of the Na-

tional Dairy Show to be held away

from its permanent home in Chicago,

will give t6 farmers throughout Mich-

igan a new desire to carry on in the

dairy business until the maximum of

satisfying results from this industry

may be attained.





W0 recent news





The items have defi-

Fire nite relation to ‘each

other regarding the



Hazard damage done by fire.





One tells of fifteen

thousand lives being lost annually by

fire in this country, and the other

give the infprmation that seven hun-

dred billion matches are used daily in

the United States, or five hundred

thousand a minute.



Matches have made fire easy to

start. In the old days it took real





skill to start a fire,.but nowadays just,





a snap of the finger gives a “coffin

nail” smoker a light. Thus the match





often puts the starting of fires into,





careless and incompetent hands.



Of the fifteen thousand lives sacri-

heed to fire, half of them are lost in

fires in the home, and thirty-live; bun





 





visiting farmers saw





museums 1.

tion is not lost in the rural





Lamps, woOd and coal stoves, defect





tive chimneys, and the large amount

of inflammable materials around the

rural home are all—factors favorable to

fire getting beyond control. They make

caution much more necessary than in

the city, where fire departments, elec~

tric lights and modern heating sys-

tems prevail. 1



Because of this, one of the prepara-





tions for winter which farmers should '*





make, is to make certain that the

chimney fine is in good order and that

the stoves are clean for another sea-

son’s duty, and that inflammable ma.-

terial is safe from fire and free from

the possibilities of spontaneous com-

bustion. The use of precaution is one

of the most effective means of keep-

ing man’s greatest servant, fire, under

his control.





HIS country, since





Our ,its birth, has been

I d. .d known as the land of

n 'f" " the -..free. Here we

uallsm truly have a form of





government which ap-

proaches the ideal, despite thefact

that some may think that the work-

ings of the government have not al-

ways been ideal. We have prided our-

selves on our individual liberty. - Es-

pecially has the farmer had the

thought and feeling of being inde-

pendent.





We may work, or we need not work,

as we please. But while we are not

by compulsion under the dictates of

another, we are under the iron rule of

our own needs. If the laborer desires

not to work, this desire is counteract-





ed by the thought that no pay will be'





received for idle time, and pay means

food and clothing and enjoyment for

himself and his family. The farmer

who neglectshis farm also is punish-

ed by small returns. Even quality is

a paymaster: if we do our work poor-

ly, our recompense is cut, but work

of good quality' brings full reward.

Quality ought to be such a severe pay-~

master that every farmer wéuld have

to be a good farmer.





\It is our rural individualism—that

thought of the farmer being the mon-

arch of his own acres—that has been

a handicap to farming. We are just

beginning to realize that our relations

with other people are gr’eat factors in

our welLbeing. We are” coming to the

realization that, like the Volga boat-

man, we must pull together with. step

in unison and with song in our throats

and hope in our hearts to bring agri-

culture to its rightful place in this

country’s activities. The hope of farm-

ing is, that we are gradually replacing

our feelings of individual independ-

ence with the desire to work with

others.





OMIL‘ time ago, in



a discussion of the

prohibition question,

we referred to the

statement by Ex-Pres-

ident Taft, in which

he said that matters regarding the

enforcement of the Volstead act would

get worse before they would get

better. .



The other night we read the follow-

ing by O. O. McIntyre, in his “New

York Day by Day” column: “Some-

thing is happening to New York’s ser-

ious drinkers. Even BroadWay is tap-

ering off. * * * The supply is on

hand, but takers are skittish. Dinner

parties with no liquor are becoming

common. A night club proprietor re-

ports he has not seen a. drunk there

in three weeks * * * At any rate,





Are the

Wets Get-

ting Dry?





it is certain that all around town there





is less drinking. ”

Mr. McIntyre any”: further that these





can have a good time wi‘thhut drink}





   

 





night carousers are findingthat they,





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his friends. . ' " "

- We also have the statement ode'

'irving Fisher, world famed economist

or Yale University, in his recent book I





on the liquor problem, written after a.





thorough investigation, that there as 1





less than ten per cent of the liquor

consumed now, and possibly less than





five per cent, than before the Volstead '





Act went intmeflect.





Perhaps. after all, the Volstead Act,





is more eflective than a few people

are trying to make us believe.





I 570775





ONCE more I have the Opportunity



of- exposing to the public some of

my personal opinidns. I have chosen

the subject of work because my darl-

ing husband said that he did not feel

like working tonight.



It has always been a. problem to me

why it is so hard to get some men to

work. The problem did not solve itself

until I perused the pages of history.

I found there that man was born of

hunting and protecting tendencies.

Women did the work. They prepared

the meals, made

clothing, ground

the flour, put up

t h e home a n d

t o o I: it d o w 11

when necessary.

Well, in b ri e f,

they did all the

work w h il e the

men hunted and

fought.





Men still are hunting—chickens and

not the prairie kind either—and they

still are fighting. As they have no

real enemies, they pick fights with

their wives.





Things have changed some since

Eve showed her superiority to Adam,

except that women are still showing

their superiority to men. If you will

just look at the papers, .you will see

even girls in their teens are making

suppbsedly wise old men act like fools.

Men, with their egotism, think they

are what they are not, and women,

with their shrewdness, let them

think it.





The decline of man is shown in the

fact that they have ceased in the man-

ly arts of pursuing wild game and pro-

tecting the weaker sex. (?) Now

they are pursuing the weaker sex and

protecting wild game, besides are do-

ing the baking, making of clothing.

washing, and even milking cows,

which were once entirely woman’s

cupations.





Practically all of our present great





 





 





 





 





industry has been evolved from wom-' .





an’s work. Man’s primal duties are

gone, s-o he is getting more and more

to spend much of his time attending





all the neighboring auction sales, and”





calling it the time of his life. Even.

after man took on woman’s work, he

got tired of it, and put machines to

work at it.



Now, there are some men who have

not adjusted themselves to this change

for they still like to hunt and “pro-

tect,” and have the same eflinity for

work that the Indian and the abori-

gine had. And Hy is one of them. His

greatest consideration is to protect

himself from over-doing, and to hunt

for a. place to sleep. -



SOPHIA ABIGAIL SYCKLE.





 





The big thing at the bureau of

standards these days is the perfecting

of radio beams to guide airplanes. To

ascertain how they will work, an au-

tomobile has been equipped with re;

dio, just as an airplane will be, and





{will be guided with beacons experi-

mentally, just as it is intended to

guide an airplane. . .





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and that doctors’. orders and the loss . H
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~ ES; indeed, the corn borer is

steadily advancing» and invading

new territory, according to the

’ forecasted schedule announced several

" years ago. It has taken advantage of

a ported during which the night winds

blew from the east, and which hap—

pened to do so during the flight of the

winged moths, so that the borer gain-

ed ground in a westerly direction dur-

ing the summer just a little ”faster

than during the summer of 1925. Fur-

thermore, the oldest infested areas are

show1ng the effects "of the attack .in

crop losses so that the most confirm-

' ed skeptic needs no more than a

glance at some‘of our Michigan fields

to convince himself that his hope of

relief from some mysterious source is

not well founded nor likely to be

realized. ,,

4 I Parasites May Help.

Parasites? Yes, parasites are worth

trying out, to be sure. We, in America

are hoping that the parasites which

are being introduced as fast as they

can be imported and bred, will help.

Perhaps they will. We hope so. We

need help. In Hungary, parasites are

credited with the destruction of not

more than twenty per cent of the bor-

,. ers annually, and in Hungary the corn

borer has not been present a, long

time, and the parasites probably for

centuries, so that they are well estab-

lished and steadily at work. Let us

hope that during the next ’twenty

years, the same, or other parasites,

may succeed in annually killing off ten

per cent of the borers in our fields.

Perhaps that is too much to hope. We

cannot reasonably __ expect more, and

no other possible agency for the nat-

ural destruction of the borer seems to

be in sight.





'The whole matter rests with us

right here. We all know now, as some

of us have known all along, that our

only hope lies in getting very busy





HERE has come to my notice a



method of handling and caring



for mature field beans, which I

wish to place before the public. The

method is to be called “The McNaugh-

ton System.” This name is attached

to, .the method to give the man full

credit for having developed the idea

and set it working.





Mr. 0. J. McNaughton, of Mulliken,

some twelve years ago put in seven-

teen acres of field beans. The beans

did well all season and went into the

fall an excellent crop. Fall rains

came on, thedbeans were turned and

did not cure well. It was with this

seventeen acres of beans on his hands





 





”that gave Mr. McNaughton his idea. ‘

He had :‘seen' beans strewn over



: fence posts, and he always noticed

,' _ that vines exposed to the air dried

\: very rapidly. This gave him a hunch

——-it happened one morning after a



four-day rain—he took four fence



posts and went to the field. These



posts were set in onecorner and the



. beans piled around them, forming four

, . » I, . small stacks. The day was nice and

g ,_ ' the beans rapidly dried into the pile.

5 _ I This rapid drying looked very prom-

, ising That night it rained again and



the next day it was rather damp ahd





 

 

 

 





   

 





and a possible loss of all his work,,





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BuI Annual CIean- (/10: I0 Cflecé Ifie Com Borer ”Vi/l 56 an Aha/ute Mcesszty





By R. H. Pettit, Entomologzrt, M. S. C _ :





and simply killing the pest by main

strength. To be sure, it will probably

be found that certain practices and

dates of performing our planting, har-

vesting and other operations will

prove favorable or otherwise, to‘ the

borer, but after all, outside of the

adoption of practices unfavorable to

the borer, and insistence on early cut-

ting, low cutting, shredding or ensilo-

ing, or the cutting of the stalks into

sections half an inch or less in size,

the control of the pest is going to be

accomplished by the “clean-up.” By





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harrow must be allowed to drag-up

any of the stalks after they are once

turned under. If the stubble is to be

pulverized by one of the stubble-beat-

ers, to which we are now looking for

aid, it is hoped and believed that the

destruction of larvae will be almost

complete.

Clean-up Must be Thorough.



All this cleaning up must be carried

on universally so that there remain-

no spots where the borers can breed

from which they can fly and redistrib-

ute themselves over the really and





 





A Battery of Com Pickers at Work in the Corn Belt.





A Field Like this will





be Heaven to the Corn Borer when he Arrives.





this I mean a real clean-up of all crop

remnants, stubble, weeds, rubbish and

trash, and a clean-up that shall effec-

tively and truly destroy the {larvae or

pupae before the moths fly, in early

summer.



Follow Directions.



In other words, follow out literally

the program promulgated by\the Unit-

ed States Bureau of Entomology and

the State Department of Agriculture,

whose directions are identical. If the

borers in the stubble are to be plowed

under, the plowing must be done in

the fall. It must be cleanly and deep-

ly done, and furthermore, no toothed





until in November, when they were

threshed with only an eight-pound

pick.



The same year a neighbor lost three

acres entirely, having gotten four

acres into the barn in fine shape. Such

a loss is the same as having the en-

tire crop of beans pick about forty-

five pounds per hundred, except for

the picking charge.



I have become fully convinced, along

with many others in this state, that





truly properly cleared farms. It is

hoped that every farmer in Michigan

will accept this as a fact and help to

accomplish a genuine job. Failure to

clean up will surely and swiftly show

up in heavy losses, too heavy to even

consider calmly. One can easily see

the possibilities of loss by visiting the

corn borer field station near Monroe,

where all visitors will be shown

enough to convince them of the grav-

ity of the situation and the serious-

ness of the outlook. Get your county

agent to go with you to the field sta-

tion and examine some of the fields in

southeastern Michigan where the pest





“McNaughton” Bean Curing Method





A Prachca/ and Successful MeIfloa’ of Hand/mg Beam Durmg Iée Rainy Seam”





(there is a tremendous risk in growing





beans in Michigan some seasons. Prob-

ably the good years more than offset"

the poor years.



I have also become more fully con-

vinced that “The McNaughton Sys-

tem” is a” method that will make bean

growing less risky in Michigan. . It is

a system which will place more con-

fidence into bean harvest and make

the crop more secure.



The system is as follows: The beans





 





 





agarde,‘ as Mr. McNaughton Has Done with Beans, the

farmer is Batter Ah! to P evldfe Good Homes Through Increased Profits.





 





 





' drawn in.





 





first gained entrance to our state, and

if you still doubt, go over into Canada

where, in many cases, the loss is com— .

plete. However, a glimpse at the

Michigan fields will be more than ..

enough to,dispel any tendency to view , .

the situation lightly. If you can do M

so, arrange to join the crowd which

will meet at the field station near

Monroe on October 21, at which time

and place, special facilities will be pro-

vided for all interested, tovactually. 3

see the borer at work. An opportu- ‘

nity will also be provided at this time

to see new, specially designed machin-

ery in operation. _



All this sounds bad, but there is also

a brighter side which offers some

cheer. We are going to grow corn.

anyway, and in order to grow corn we

are going to clean up regularly each

year because we shall have to. Dur-

ing this operation we are going to de-

stroy many pests besides the corn

borer. The “common stalk borer” is

going to find it hard to survive such

a_clean-up, for much ragweed will be

destroyed. The “Tarnished plant

bug” will be without its winter home

when the thickets of brambles and

scrub growth along the fences and

roadsides are burned, and many cur-

culios, squash-bugs, chinch—bugs, and

all sorts of noxious pests will Show a.

marked decrease in their depredations '

as soon as regular clean-up becomes

the rule. Mosaic in various plants, and

several bad plant diseases will become

of less and less importance as their

insect carriers are forced to get along

without their customary winter shel- '

ters of fallen leaves and trash. So

that, after a new balance is establish-

ed, some of the effort and money now

regularly expended in fighting these

old—time pests can be dedicated to de-

fense against the corn borer. We

must grow corn in spite of the borer. .

——(This address was broadcasted over

WKAR on October 5).





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





are pulled up by the bean puller and

thrown together into windrows by. the

side—delivery rake. Eight bean rows

or four puller rows, are thrown into

one large windrow. This gives a good

space between windrows. With a lit-

tle arranging, time and distance can

be saved for stacking by rolling the

four rows toward the center as much

as possible.





With the beans in the windrow, the

stack is the next thought. At present

the steel fence posts are the most con-

venient to use. They are rigid and

will hold the stacks upright. A num-

ber of these posts are placed'on a

hay rack,,with the ends, sticking out.

Then load up a good load of wheat

straw on the wago‘h. The wagon is

driven down the center of the four

windrows of beans and a post driven

into the ground at intervals so as to

get about ten per acre. Around each

post a good-sized fork full of straw is

then placed and arranged so as to L

form a good bottom. The straw should ‘

extend beyond the bottom formed by

the beans in the stack.



The beans are carried in and piled'

on the straw about the steell post".

Great care must be exercised so ‘as

not to get the bottom of the bean“

stack too large. A diameter of three

or four feet should, be maintained an

til it is about two feet in height.”



}I‘rom this place on, the . 8

should . be bulged' a little and "

.The stack must be},
percentage of questionnaires filled out

and returned will insure accuracy in'

the figure determined upon to repre- T

sent the ratio between the earning,





“an up about the steel p'ost ~ so as to

(velva good-sized cap, the better the

.Vcapw—the better the stack.

This method also has merits because

"many farmers put in beans, contem-





   





hat‘government regulation such ~

' as proposed by the department of ag-





Mailing of the question forms was

started on October 1.





   





 





" _ tempts to





 

 





 





plating'the seeding of wheat, if they

get the beans harvested early enough.

Even though the weather is not such





as to cure the beans for threshing, by.





putting the beans in stacks, gets them

out of the way for seeding wheat and

so they will keep and cure out.



When the beans are pulled and in

windrows, prepaie the area where the

stacks will go for wheat, and drill it

in, then set the stacks on this seeded

area. This makes the drilled area

complete, and if the stacks are remov-

ed in time all of the wheat will grow.



I saw one twenty acres, having 160

‘of these bean shocks, all drilled to

wheat, and the wheat was up about

four inches. Other farmers in the

same community were turning their

beans and wishing they were dry and

in, so they could drill Wheat. Many

of these fields will never see any

wheat seeded within their boundaries

this fall.





When a bad year comes along—

which no one can forecast with any

degree of certainty~—this “McNaugh-

ton System” will not only assure the

seeding of wheat, but it will secure

the bean crop at a very low pick.

Beans coming out of these stacks

have ranged, in the past, from two to

four pounds pick, when others were

obtained with much labor and then

picked from ten to many pounds——

still worse--——some fields were entirely

lost.



This system may seem like a lot of

extra work, time, and trouble. From

many estimates, one man can handily

put up from three to five acres in one

day. These estimates consider all the

hand-labor time spent on the job.





Mr. ‘rlenn Randall, of Mulliken, put

some sixteen acres of beans up this

way. When asked what he thought of

it, he said: “My beans are all up and

no more worry, I know they are se-

cure. I have time to get in wheat and,

since the frost has come, harvest my

corn while it is still in good condi-

tion.” He was then riding the corn

binder. He again smiled and said,

“if it were not for this system I would

be doing as my neighbor is—turning

my beans instead of having my wheat

on and taking care of my corn.”





There are undoubtedly many per-

sons who will recall having seen such

a method used in curing various

plants, such as peanuts, cowpeas, clo-

vers, oats and peas, grasses and prob-

ably beans. There has, however, been

no unified effort to get such a system

into a common practice as a means

of handling field beans until Mr. Mc-

Naughton, of Mulliken, started it, and

since that time has enthusiastically

pushed it.



I have already begun experimenting

with this system, and have plans for

a complete test next year. There are

some specific questions to be answer-

ed and these experiments are for that

purpose.





RURAL TAX INVESTIGATION.





An inventory“ of Michigan farms

which, when completed, will show the

ratio between their assessed valuation

and earning capacity for the last sev-

en years, is now being sought by the

department of agricultural economics

at the Michigan State College. The

survey is being made primarily to

throw light on the problem of farm

taxation in Michigan, and provide a

basis on which legislators and farm

organizations may work in their at—

_ investigate the problem.

j-;_:,The results of the survey will be

thered by 30, 000 questionnaires now

tug mailed to Michigan farm owners.





The survey is summed up by' R.

Wylie Newton, research associate in





land taxation duestien as a high





charge of the project, as “an opportu— ,.

.hity fur farmers to submit their side ,1





 





 





 





 





THESE cnobs ARE SMALLER.





 





HE United States corn crop as

now forecast is seven per cent be-

low 1925, and oats sixteen per cent

below. The barley crop in Canada

which produces more than the United

States, is reported to be ten per cent





below 1925, While ours is about equal ..





to that of last year. The feed grain

crop in Europe is reported to be five

per cent greater than for the same

countries last year.





PRICE CHANGES 0N FARM cn'ops;





 





POTATO prices have dropped, not-

withstanding prospects of another

short crop. Nevertheless, they are the

only major crop showing an index of

purchasing power high enough to stim»

ulate production. Wholesale prices of

butter and cheese are still a few cents

lower than in 1925. Prices to produc-

ers supplying condensories are lower

than a fear ago, but for city market

milk they are slightly higher. There

was a steady advance in prices of

eggs, but prices of fresh eggs are be-

low those of last year.





WATER TRAFFIC INCREASES.





 





ATER-BORNE commerce on the



Mississippi river duringothe past

year was greater than it ever has been

before. This interesting information

was made public by Secretary of War

Davis, who says that during 1925 these

were 13,141,000 tons carried by water

between St. Louis and New Orleans,

compared with 4,206,745 tons in 1889,

and an annual maximum of 2,000,000

tons during the golden age of river

traffic before the Civil War. Secre-





"tary Davis says that carefully worked-

river 1111-»





out plans for Mississippi

provement, adopted by congress some

years ago, are evidently showing re-

sults. The situation as regards water

transportation is hopeful. Mississippi

river traffic is growing satisfactorily.

The Ohio river canalization project is





,well under way. With a maintained





project depth of nine feet in the lower

Mississippi river,

Gulf deep waterWay, water trafi'ic is

expected to increase largely.





BUSINESS IN EUROPE IS ENCOUR-

. AGING»





 





~HE people of Europe are‘busy at



' work and are: not excited ‘over

cancellation of debts owed the United

States, according to Thomas 0. Mar-

vin, chairman of the United States

Tariff Commission, upon his return

from a tour of European countries. He

says he saw no prospect of an invas-

ion of American markets by foreign-

ers, but he believes that competition

will be keen between American and

foreign producers. The people of Eu-

rope prefer to be left alone to work

out their own salvation. General bus-

iness conditions in Europe seem en-

couraging,

lines. I





FRUIT HANDLERS OPPOSE GOV-

ERNMENT CONTROL.





 





HE fight of the Cincinnati, Ohio,



fruit handlers to prevent federal

cooperation with the fresh fruits and

vegetable trade, as proposed by Secre-

tary J ardine, is of nation-wide interest,

as in case the dealers win it will be a

decided setback to all efforts of the

department of agriculture to ecoperate

with the handlers of farm products in

adjusting their differences with pro-

ducers and consumers, and otherwise

regulating their business.





Up to the present time the fruit





handlers have the best of the case,





Justice Bailey, of the District Supreme

Court having reversed his.opinion of

recent date, now holding that the deal-

ers bringing the suit have sufiicient

interest in the matter of putting into

effect the proposed plan as to entitle

them to maintain their petition for an

injunction against the secretary of ag-

riculture, who will have to file an an-





 





 





“iVest‘wdra' H0!”





 





THE

. CORN BELT





 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

 

   

 

   





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





and the Lakes-to-'





especially in agricultural





riculture, will hurt their business.





 





To erases MICHIGAN ‘PO’TATO

GRADEa





 





SPECIAL emphasis on Michigan po-



tato grades will feature the Thumb

Potato Show at Mayviile, November

9-11. Nine prizes totaling $100 are

offered in this ’class. On the afternoon

of the last day of the show, a grading

contest will be. held. Grading demon-





‘strations by state inspectors will fur-





ther aid in spreading the gespel of

better grading—a work that is rapidly

bringing Michigan potatoes back into

public favor.





 





 





News of the week





 





 





Toivns in Illinois along the Missis-

sippi are still in flood condition. At

Beardstown a four-foot flood covers

the city.





Miss Lydia Koebbe, of Grass Lake.

Michigan, a missionary in China, has

been captured by Chinese bandits and

is held for ransom.





Prof. W. L. Hussey, of the Univer—

sity of Michigan, will leave for South

Africa, where he will observe the stars

from a lonely hill in Orange Free

State.



Oscar Wells, president of the Amer-

ican Bankers’ Association,

nual address, warned bankers to be

cautious America, he said, is in a.

great expansion program, with its at-

tending prosperity, but expansion must

cease some time, and therefore cam

is needed.





Queen Marie, of Rumania, was of<

fered $25, 000 for one day’ s appearance

in filming Leo Tolstoi’s book, “Resur-

rection.” This is the highest amount

ever offered for a single film appear-

ance.





There is trouble brewing between

General Primo de Rivera, the Spanish

premier, and the army officers. A state

of war was proclaimed in the Madrid

and Barcelona section.





Mrs. George Lyddon, a farmer’s wife





.of Pearl River, New York, won the





first prize in the cooking contest at

the Arts-in-Industries Exposition in

New York. , She prepared a full meal

in twenty minutes and sixteen sec«

onds, and she has only one arm.





_ New York\and Michigan arebring—

mg 'suit against Illinois and the sani-

tary district of Chicago to get en-

forcement of the water diversion

agreement regarding the drainage can-

211 at Chicago. .~



Dr. Charles W. Eliot, for many years

president of Harvard University, and

creator of the five-foot shelf of books,

left an estate of $304, 325.





Penned up for more than a month

by the Red Cantonese armies besieg-

ing the city, a half million people in

guchang, China, are facing starva<



on.





The Mexican government has placed

a. ban on the holding of masses in

private homes,





The city of Detroit ranks third in

the number of auto deaths.



The French Chamber of Deputies is

becoming favorable to the Mellon—Ber»

enger agreement for the settlement of

the French debt to this country.





The Michigan cadet quota for West

Point is short. Senator Couzens will

have the right to make the appoint-

ment to fill the vacancy.





The SeSqui—Centennial is a financial

failure. It is in debt more than 33,—

000,000 and has had» an attendance of

only 5,000,000, whereas the expecta-

tions were for 25, 000, 000 people.





The government has extended to

the cotton cooperation associations a.

$30, 000, 000 credit to finance the order»

1y marketing of the crop.





Drunks in Dover, Ohio, are being

sentenced to jail by Mayor P. J. Groh,

and in addition have to drink agallon

of water per day. One day is added

to their jail sentence for each day they

do tnot drink the required amount of

we. er ‘





The foreign governments are taver-





able to the flotation of the German.





railroad and reparation bonds in the

United States. .





,7 Judge





in his 2111- '





. Henry Ferd has rmaneutly ”air 1 ’ I

gshed the ave—11a m ' , _





, «“1“ «a...





V" "0 ‘\._ -
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' gunned by Dr. N L artridge, of the





 





 





‘FRESH RHUBAn's ALL WINTER.





 





T is both" possible and’rpractical for



._ the home gardener to have fresh

rhubarb any time'he 'wants it during

the winter. ,All that is needed is a

few clumps ofihuharb, roots and a

frost-proof cellar.



Before the ground freezes solid, lift‘

as many clumps as will be wanted, and

allow them to remain outdoors on top

of the ground where they will freeze

thoroughly. It is absolutely necessary,

that the frost get ,in its work on the

clumps before attempting to force the

growth, otherwise failure is bound to

result, It is this factor-that restricts

rhubarb to the temperature zones- Af-

ter the clumps have been frozen, they





.may be removed to a dark cellar and





placed in moist soil. where growth will

soon start. Repeated cuttings may be

made from the same clump just the

same as that grown outdoors in the

spring. After a clump has been ex-

hausted, bring in another one.



Forcing the roots renders the clumps

practically worthless, so they should

be thrown away. But this should not

deter anyone from enjoying fresh rhu-

barb during the winter, as new plants

are easily raised from seed. A five-

cent packet of seed should supply

plants enough for many years’ opera-

tion.





Plant the seed in a row in the gar-





den where they may 1emain for a num-‘





ber of years. Thin the plants to‘ stand

about twenty inches apart in the row

and they will be all right until ready

for forcing. It is practically no work

and the results are fine.-—-C. W. Wood.





BUYING APPLES 470R HOME use.





 





LTHOUGH it may be early to



think of buying apples for Winter,

at the same time a little forethought

about the kind one puts in the cellar

may mean a big difference in satis-

faction during the winter months.



If you desire a fancy eating apple

for use in November and December,

ask for McIntosh. This is perhaps the

finest dessert apple grown," being

juicy, crisp, white-fleshed, and of

pleasing aroma. Then, the Rhode Is-

land Greening is about the best-apple

both fen eating and cooking during De-

cember, January, and part of Febru-

ary, while the ever-popular Baldwin is

in season from January to March. The

Northern Spy, although often more ex-

pensive than other varieties, is usu-

ally in a strong demand and is rated

as perfect for eating or for cooking.



Other good varieties for winter use

are Delicious, Jonathan, Yellow New—

towh, and for extremely late in the

season, Rome Beauty.





Using the variety best suited for a

given purpose, such as eating out of

hand or for pie or other «cooking pur-

poses, is much more satisfactory than

buying “J'ust-appl_es.” Also, it is well

worthwhile to keep in mind the sea»

son of the year when the apples will

he wanted, for varieties vary so wide-

ly in their season—N. Y. Exp. Station.





 





PRUNING HELPS CAMPBELL’S

EARLY. ‘





 





N interesting exhibit at the Van

Buren County “Fair was the twen~





I ty-two ounce bunch of Campbell’s





Early grapes, pro’duced on a vine in

Jim Richard’s clay loam vineyard,

just east of Eta; Claire, on one of the

plots of a pruning-- experiment con-





 





:Harbor, the growers requested regu-





, makes a ready place for brown rot to





pruning the Campbell’s Early. How-

ever, there is no question that the

Campbell’s Early responds to good

pruning as well as does the Concord.

This year, we find the best, largest

and most compact bunches on those

vines receiving severe or ., moderate

pruning. We also find earlier and

more uniform "maturity—higher sugar

content—on these same vines. Tests

have been run and the fruit from the

severely and moderately pruned vines

showed over three per cent more sug-

ar than did the fruit from the lightly

pruned vines.



This work is to be continued for at

least two years more, at which time

it is expected that rather definite in-

formation will be had as to the prun-

ing of this variety—Johnston.





PEACH SURVEY IN STATE UNDER

1 7:: ~ R WAY. >‘ l





z':





N orchard to orchard survey of

the “yellows” ‘and “little peach”

situation in southwestern Michigan,

now is being made cooperatively by

Michigan State College and the de-

partment of agriculture, under the

supervision of Prof. F. W. Bennett,

plant pathologist at Michigan State

College. He is being assisted by a

conference of growers and specialists,

to discuss plans for the control of

these two virus diseases which men-

ace peach growing in this state.

Both yellows and little peach reap-

peared in many orchards last year,

and the infection is said to be quite

widespread in some parts of the state.

Professor Bennett has not indicated

how serious the situation is, but con-

ditions in some orchards are causing

no little alarm among the commercial

growers who recall how their industry

was almost wiped out a few years ago

by these diseases.





If the situation is as threatening as

many growers are inclined to believe,

efforts probably will be made to have

the state legislature amend a present

law covering eradication of diseased

trees. Township horticultural boards

now are supposed to supervise the or-

chard cleanups, but this system has

never proved entirely satlsfactm y, ow-

ing to the inexperienCe of the board

in identifying diseased trees.



At the last meeting of the Michigan

State Horticultural Society in Benton





latory assistance from the state de-

partment of agriculture, but the state

is unable under the present law to

render much help in combating the

diseases. In the last epidemic, old

King Winter proved to be the state’s

most effective yellows and little peach

eradicator, but was no respector of

healthy orchards. He killed both .dis—

eased and healthy trees in the winter

of 1917-18, and for a time eradicated

the diseases from Michigan’s fruit

belt. - \

Scientists believe the infection is

spread to healthy trees by aphids,

much the same as mosaic and other

diseases of raspberries. are carried

from one plant to another. It is ex—

pected that the Thompson research

laboratories at Yonkers, New York,

soon will announce its discovery for

eradication of these diseases—J. C. M.





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The Alabama moth has

considerable trouble to the peach

growers of this state. This moth at-.

“tacks the ripening fruit, puncturing it

and drawing its juice. The puncture





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j_ rescaled that more than half of the ,

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find satisfaction when they buy at The

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of years. Production, income

and expenses have been care.

fully checked and new feed-

ing methods adopted only

when they showed profitable

returns.





The letter above shows

what has been accomplished,

but results like these are the

common experience of poul-

trymen, large and small, who

follow Globe methods and

feed Globe Feeds.





If you are interested in in-

creasing your poultry profits

this winter write for free

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USING BachgANo ROCK N WALL.





 





At the present time I am repairing

an old house, raising the same off the

old rotten stone wall and putting in a

new concrete foundation wall. For

this new wall can I use a good mix-

ture of cement and gravel, and the

rocks out of the old -wall and the

bricks out of the old chimney? If so,

how thick should this wall be, as the

building is just of average size? As

I wish to stucco this as soo as‘I get

the foundation done and the ouse set-

tled on it, would be glad to have di-

rections for doing this part of the

work also.—A.. F. ~



. If the rocks from the old wall are

hard and clean, they can be used very





well as fillers for your concrete wall,





as can also the old bricks if they are





hard and solid. If there is any doubt

as to their quality, better use them

for filling in low places in the lots,

which would likely become muddy in

bad weather, than to take a chance on

using them in the wall. The rocks

and bricks should be washed down

thoroughly with a hose a short while

before using, not only so they will be

clean, but so they will be thoroughly

wet and not absorb water from the

concrete. Use a concrete mixture of

one bag of cement to two and one—half

cubic feet of sand, and four cubic feet

of coarse pebbles or broken stone, and

just enough water to make rather a

stiff mixture. Put in a layer of mor-

tar, then a layer of stones, working

a thin lath down along the forms to

keep the stones away from the boards

and to make a smooth surface, then





.put in another layer of concrete, an—





other layer of stones, and so on. Ev-

ery so often the wall should be “rod-

ded” by.pushing a rod down into the

concrete. While not usually consid-

ered necessary, it is a good plan to

lay some old rods or twisted wire, or

some sort of reinforcing in the wall,

especially around the corners, over

windows, under doors, and so on.

These may prevent cracks if there

happens to be a little difference in the

settling of the ground.



As regards your stucco work, I sug-

gest you write to The Portland Ce-

ment Association, Chicago, 111., for

their free booklet giving complete di-

rections for doing this scrt of work.

——1. W. D.





GRAIN DRIER DEVELOPED TO USE

WITH COMBINE.





 





ANY crop experts and agricultur-



al engineers believe the harvest-

er combine, a machine which cuts and

threshes the grain at one ‘operation,

will within the next five or six years

become quite common all over the

small grain sections of the United

States and Canada.) The large sizes .

have been used for many years in the

semi—arid wheat sections, and here

have largely driven out the binder, be—

cause of the much less cost of produc-

tion. With the introduction of grain

tanks on the combines, and bulk hand-

ling of grain by means of trucks in-

stead of by bags, the labor. and cost

is still more reduced. .



In the harvest of. 1924 a smaller

type of combined harvester-thresher

was tried out at Stonington, Illinois,

for harvesting soy beans and proved

very satisfactory. Last year a number

of combines were sold, largely for soy

beans, but as the machines seemed

rather too expensive to be used only

on one crop, many of them were tried

out on wheat and other crops. In "all

cases, the combines did the work sat-

isfactorily and it has been computed

through a large number of experiment-

al cases that a considerable saving

can be made in the cost of the threshr

ed grain. , ' . ‘



One of the problems which, at once





 





 





can be at once put in the granaxyz and

it was at once realized that in most

harvest seasons some method of re-

ducing the moisture would be requir-

ed. This now seems prettvaell solv-

ed, since in July, 1925; there was dem-

onstrated on the Meharry farm, near

Tolono, Illinois, a portable grain drier

which dries the combined soy beans.

wheat, and other grain whenthe sea-

son is wet and conditions'it ready for

the market, at a very small cost and

in such a way as not to injure the ap-

pearance or germinating qualities.

The same machine .can also be used

for conditioning soft corn, such as

was quite common in 1925. The big

placefor such a machine will be the

country elevators; so they can dry and

condition the wheat, soy beans, and

so on during 3. Wet harvest.





TREATMENT FOR CEMENT FLOOR.





 





What could be done to improve the

surface of a cement floor in the base-

ment, which is very rough? Could a

thin coat of cement be put on so it

would stay? If so, how? F. G. L.





If the floor is fairly smooth, prob-

ably the best treatment would be to

cover it with two or three coats of

waterglass. This will keep down dust

and make the floor less trouble to

keep clean. There are also several

commercial floor paints which give

satisfactory results.



If the floor is rough‘ and uneven,

probably an overcoating of cement

would be the best solution, but this

should be made from one and one-half

to two inches thick if it is to stand

up properly. As the floor is rather

rough and porous, probably the only

thing necessary will be to wet the

floor thbroughly and then coat it with

a grouting of cement mixed with wa-

ter to the consistency of thick cream

just before the fresh concrete is

spread. A mixture of one bag of ce-

ment to one and one-half cubic feet

of sand will be about right.———D.





 





GIVE GISTERN PLENTY OF AIR.





 





Could you tellme what is wrong

with our cistern? We have had it

cleaned twice this year, but after a.

short time the water smells, and when

boiled a brown scum comes to the

surface. The last time we scrubbed

down the sides and wiped it as near

dry as we could. Any suggestions will

be appreciated—H. H.





I think the best remedy for the bad

smell is to aerate the water in the

cistern thoroughly.

to put in an old-fashioned chain buck-

et pump, which can be secured from

almost any pump supply house. Each

small bucket, as it goes down into

the water, carries with it a small

amount of air; and by pumping for

several minutes with such a pump and

letting the water pour back, the whole

cistern will soon be pretty well aerat-

ed and you will find the bad smell

gone. Dipping up water and pouring

back for several minutes will also

help greatly. ‘



The brown scum probably comes

from organic material, either carried

in off the roof, or coming from bacte-

rial growth in the filter. Be sure the

roof and filter are clean, especially of

leaf and vine particles, and take the

filter apart and wash the. sand and

charcoal and dry in the hot sun or in

an oven before "putting it back. You

will get many practical suggestions on

cisterns and water supply from Farm-

ers’ Bulletin ‘No. 1,448—Farmstead

.Water Supply—~which can be obtained

from the U. S. Department of Agricul-





ture, ‘Washington, D. C. ‘ «





 





A marsailles'bed spread has never





the proper drying of the grain so it





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, radio magazine’s”; may result in’ better-

‘» Trig summer reception through the use

of an underground aerial. , 4 . '

The. experiments. being 'made by per-

sons throughout the United States



. will attord'.valuable, information 'that





will Cover 5011, climate, and all other





factors which may haVe a bearing on

the subject. There are" hundreds of

variations‘that‘ maybe made in the

installation lot-an underground anten-

na and the results at these experi-

ments will throw‘conside'rable light on

the subject. , .



’ One experimenter had the following

to say: . “The volume is splendid. ‘ I

obtain clear, distant resonant and

.fluidic receptions, entierely free from

the gaseous atmosph ric conditions

-led into the set through the usual

aerial antenna or loop, but not entirely

free from other disturbances.”



In this particular set-up, two lengths

of No. 14, seven-strand, insulated cop-

per’ wire, ‘each fifty feet long were

used, and coiled about four feet apart

and approximately four feet" under-

ground. The wires were laid in cir-

cular form and spaced each turn one

above the other, with half inch sep-

arations. The spacing of the turns

was accomplished by filling in with

’soil as each layer was placed. The

ground was thoroughly soaked after-

wards to get a good moisture content.



\Vho knows but that these experi-

ments may lead to the elimination of

static, which becomes somewhat an-

noying, during the warm weather.





‘ THE TALES LITTLE THINGS TELL.





 





LTHOUGH I went from an office



' to the farm, it was always a mat-

ter of pride with me to do my farm

work the very best I could; and the

time came when myneighbors came

to look upon me as’ a “neat'farmer,”

and I discovered. that some of them

were taking pattern after me. ‘



I took it into my head one time to

make an experiment and see what re-

ports, if any, I would get from. those

living near me. It was in haying time

and I was cutting grass on a field by

the side of the road. One of the sec-

tions in my cutting bar broke after

I had gone round a few times. Ordi-

narily such an» event would be the sig-

nal to me to stop and put in a new

knife, because every farmer knows

that it is not easy for a team to pull a

machine in that condition; and then,

it makes a field of grass look bad to

see a ridge of uncut timothy or clover

'left behind in every swath. It is es-

pecially noticeable after the grass has

been raked. There stands that grass

that has not been cut, and it makes

the field look like a man’s face when

shaved with a dull razor, only more so.



No sooner was the grass raked in

my field than folks passing along the.

road began to look over at the mow-

ing I had done. ThoSe ridgesof uncut

grass were something new on my

farm. One or two pulled up and asked

if I didn’t know I had a broken

knife in my machine. I was tearing

down my reputation as a neat farmer

much faster than I could build it up.



And I believe that is always true.

A man is knoWn by the swath he cuts.

Work of any kind done in a. slipshod

way brings us into disrepute with our

fellow farmers. When we see a lot

of cows that are poor and ill-kept, we

do not have a very good-opinion of

the owner of the herd. The fact is,

life» is builded upon little things, like

keeping the sections in a cutting bar

in good condition—V. L. " _.





 





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This wonderful result is due to vital engine

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Quiet and smoothness prevail at every point on

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WHEN you buy fence, consider not only

its original cost, but the dollar and cents





value you will receive in length of service.

Ask yourself how long will it last, is it of uni-





formly good quality throughout, will it resist

rust and corrosion, and is it easily erected over





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GARNISHEEMENT.





 





If Mr. A. gives a note to Mr. B. with-

out Mrs. A.’s signature on said note,

can Mr.‘ B.’ garnishee Mr. and. Mrs.

A.’s wages for the note given by Mr.

A.? If so, how much percentage can

Mr. B. collect?—-——W. J. E.





The note of a married woman given

for her husband’s debt is void. The

husband's wages are liable to gar-

nisheement on the debt to the extent

of forty per cent of the wages of the

husband, and all the wages in‘excess

of $30.—Rood.





LENGTH OF TIME TO FORECLOSE.





 





'I am in poor health and about to

lose my home as I have ’not been able

to earn enough to keep my family and

keep up payments. I have a deed and





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it" unlawful for any person except so

licensed/ to go armed with any dan-

gerous weapon concealed upon his per-

son—Rood.





COST OF{ SCHOOLING. ,





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The district that we live in is all

Catholic, outside of two or three fam-

ilies, and no protestant or public

school is maintained as the district

pays the tuition to outside schools

rather than hire a teacher. We have

a daughter of schoot age, an dthe





 





‘school board informs us that we have





not lived in the district 3. sufficient

length of time to warrant them pay-

ing her tuition. Are they right? What

is the law concerning this, and what

can be done about it?——G. D. ’





Write ot the Superintendent of Pub-





 





lic Instruction at Lansing, MichigaE’

and it is believed satisfactory arrange-

ment will be made—Rood. -





eating literature de-

scribing'in detail why

Page Fence is the most

economical and per-

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can purchase.





Thousands of farmers have found a satisfac-

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to resist corrosion. Elasticity is provided for

to withstand the impact of animals and to keep





gave the bank a mortgage. How long

can we stay here after they begin to

foreclose the mortgage?——H. C. W.





Whether the mortgage is foreclosed

by advertisement or proceedings in

Chancery, the mortgagee or the pur-





FBUIT OF ROADSIDE TREES.





 





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dealer to show you—you’ll find he carries the





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chaser at the mortgage foreclosure

sale will not be able to disturb the

possession of the mortgagor for about

fifteen months from the time the fore-

closure is commenced—Rood.





TREES UNTRUE TO NAME.





 





Several years ago I purchased 100

peach trees of a reliable nursery. This

.year is the first year that they have

borne fruit. The trees are not the

kind I gave the agent the order for.

About one—fourth of the fruit is very

little and hard, and the rest are half-

clings. What can I do in this case?

—C. M. H.



The company from which the trees

were purchased is liable for the dif-

ference in the value between the trees

as they now stand and what their val-

ue Would have been had they been

true to name—Rood.





THE WIFE’S SHARE.





 





A husband and wife have a joint

deed for a farm. If the husband signs

a five-year contract with an exchange,

can the Company claim the 'wife’s

share of the potatoes ?—W. J. L.





The husband has the right to man-

age the entirety property while hus-

band and wife are living together, and

it is believed that his contract for

sale of the crops would pass title.—

Rood.





REMOVING OVERHANGING LIMBS.





 





On the other side of the line fence

from mine are some large apple trees.

The limbs are so low that I cannot

use machinery under them. Have I

any right to cut them off as they hin-

der my work?-——N. B.





It is necessary first to notify the

owner of the trees to remove them.

If this is not done after reasonable

notice, the person over whose land

they extend may cut off all branches

that over-hang his property, doing no

further damage than is necessary ‘to

remove them.—Rood.





RIGHT TO CARRY REVOLVER.





We have pi{ow1ers at night that steal

tires, milk, etc., and I would like to

have my revolver with me when I go

to garage or barn, or going to town

with a large sum of money. Must I

get a permit to carry a gun in these

ciifiuiéistgnces? How can I get one?





Compiled Laws 1915. Section 15,238

provides, that the prosecuting attor-

ney and sheriff in counties in which

no regularly ordained police force ex-

ists, and in counties where more than

one regularly organized police force

,exist .the chief of police, the prosecut-

ing attorney, and sheriff of the county

in which the license is sought shall

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‘Has the public a right to take or

pick up nuts and fruit from the side

of the road, when my deed calls for to

center of road ?——Reader.





The trees grpwing on the highway,

and the nuts and fruit produced by

them, belong absolutely to the owner

of the land, and any person taking

them without his consent, is liable in

the‘ same manner as if he'had taken

them from any other part of the prem~

ises.——Rood.





GET FENCE VIEWERSJN DISCUS-

SIONS.





 





My neighbor has thirty acres of land

adjoining my place. He has forty

rods of line fence made out of wire

that is down, and my cows go over

and injure themselves. My neighbor

keeps no stock, but he crops the land.

What can I do to have a fence that

is lawful? Who are the fence review-

ers?——O. M. F. ‘



Make complaint to the fenceviewers.

who are the township highway com-

missioner, and two justices of the

peace of the township, and their de-

termination upon the sufflciency of the

fence is final—Rood.





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THE CHILDREN'S SHARE.





 





Could children hold mother’s share





of property, mother being dead and _





father about to marry again? Prop-

erty consists of an eighty-acre farm,

with mortgage of $2,100 on, it.‘ If they

could hold it how should they proceed

to do so?——V. W.





It is not apparent how the mother

had a share of the farm. If the father

and mother held the farm by title in

entirety, by which is meant convey-

ance to them both, the entire title sur—

vived to the father, and the heirs have

nothing by inheritance. If the mother

had a part interest in the farm in any

other way, it would descend to her

children free from any claim by her

husband—Rood.





STOLEN CAR.





 





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About three weeks ago some parties

drove an automobile into our yard and

asked if they might leave it for ten

days. On being told that they might,

they left on foot, and have not been

back. Which authorities shall we no-

tify? Who has jurisdiction over it?

In event of the owner not being found,

wliathisposition can we make of it?





It is believed that the car is a stolen

car. Notify the police of the city, the

state police, and the secretary of

state; giving the make, model, engine

number and license. There is no way

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Over a thousand cows were there, and

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to‘get ideas and information, as well

as inspiration.





And they got inspiration. At least,

it is impossible to see how any person

approaching normalcy could attend a

show of this size and quality without

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possible today, but was natural enough

in pioneering a new enterprise. And

I have always been proud of the fact

that I stuck to the finish and met my

share of the final obligation.



As often happens, this failure later

p contributed to the establishment of a.

prosperous dairy industry in the same

community. Compensation is a great

law of nature.





l Other Live Stock' Enterprises.





, The failure of this enterprise served

to strengthen, rather than diminish

my resolution to solve the vexed prom-

lem of diminishing soil fertility by the

live stock route. This time I took up

sheep, and by dint of perseverance

built up a. good flock of pure-bred Ox-

fords. This venture was moderately

successful from a financial» point of

view, but it did not solve the fertility

problem. Bad seasons were ‘the rule

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were taken to collect the -animals,

more meney spent to get them to the

show than on any other occasion. The

awards, particularly those to Michi-

gan exhibitors, will be published next

week. ,



How different were the crowds at

the judging ring at this exposition

than those usually attending a big

fair. They filled the' seats. available

to the judging, and crowded the ring-





side in the large coliseum. The big-





thing of the show to these people, was

the quality of‘ the dairy animals, and

they wanted to know which cow or

which bull topped the class. For the

thousands of dairy farmers who at-,

tended, the judging proded one of the

best schools in the study of dairy type

it had been their opportunity to at-

tend. -



But that was not all. The set-up of

the dairy machinery was worth much

to any man interested in cows. The

production equipment reflected some-

thing of the nervous energy and

thoughtput into the designing of the

best dairy barns, the floors, walls,

roofs, stanchions, stalls, windows, ven-

tilation system; the production of per-

fect working milking machines, separ-

ators, coolers, feed mills, mixers, ma-

nure handling equipment, Spreaders;

the building of good milk pails, cans,



(Continued on page 48').





Failures Teach Lessons





(Continued from page 373).





were almost perennial failures. Too

close grazing of our over-stocked farm

contributed to the result of further

soil depletion rather than the desired

increase of soil fertility.



Something else had to be done, and

in desperation I turned to the expedi-

ent of commercial stock feeding, pur-

chasing both hay and concentrates to

carry it on. For some years I was

fortunate in making this enterprise

pay its way, with only one year of

actual loss. The results were satis-

factory, too, from the standpoint of

materially increased yields of cultivat-

ed crops. But the clover stands were

still uncertain. The problem had not

been solved. It was .not solved until

the combination of lime and alfalfa

had been successfully worked out.





That is nOW‘an old story in Michi-'





gan agriculture. Then it was new

and the failures were many, as well as

the source of amusement to many who

observed them. But perseverance

won, as it usually does, and today the

old farm is producing twice the aver-

age crops it did in the strenuous years

of old, and with live stock an almost

negligible factor in the program.

Looking back on a long record of

experiences, of which these examples

are typical, I am convinced that the

problem of maintaining and improving

soil fertility is the greatest problem

confronting the farmers of Michigan,





and its solution the greatest factor of‘





success in the business of farming. It

costs but little more to ”grow good

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item of harvesting, and even this in-

creased cost is not large. Broadly

speaking, the . crop which does not

yield above the average is a crop ‘fail-

ure, from an economic standpoint.





If this be true, then failures for the

average farmer are more numerous

than successes. It should be, and eas-

ily could be, just the other way.



How?



This is a fair question, and I shall

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experiences than those here recorded,





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OF interest to farmers are the res

oliitions recently approved by the

Northern Michigan Sportsmen’ s Asso-

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g game refuges, forest reservations

and public shooting grounds. Contin-

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ridge for two years was approved, and





. likewise a reduction of the duck limit

“from fifteen to five.





The association

approved opening and closing the rab-

bit season twenty-five days earlier, be-

ginning with October 1. Reduction in

the rabbit bag from seven to five in

a day was approved.



'There has been a noticeable ten-

dency for outside associations of pleas-

ure-seekers to acquire large areas of

Upper Peninsula lands for private rec-

reational purposes and the Northern

Michigan Sportsman’s Association

wants the state to. enlarge its own

holdings for public use until at least

five million acres of our cut-over lands

are thus in state possession. It was





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of a rod license tax. To bring its views

to the attention of the forthcoming

Michigan legislature, a committee of

three' on legislation was appointed by

the’president of .the association. The

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TO AID ADULT EDUCATION.





 





DEAN JOHN D. WILLARD, re-

cently appointed director of con-

tinuing education by the Michigan

State College, has been in the Upper

Peninsula on a reconnaisance tour

preliminary to laying out his work.



He began his tour at the 800 and

proceeded westwardly through Luce

county and on to Marquette, where a

conference of extensionists was held.

He was in the Copper Country, On-

tonagon county, and the Menominee

Range district. His work is a new un-

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not a few difficult problems, especial-

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OR the first time the Copper Coun-



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should be protected from fire, and to

indicate what uses are made of forest

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ADVISES HAY FARMERS T9





 





badly from the wet.





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a standstill. Hay was nearly a normal

crop, although late-cut hay suffered

County Agricul-

tural Agent D. L. MacMillan is advis-

ing his discouraged farmers to rely on

cows for the, coming winter. Feed is

obtainable at reasonable prices, he

says. Good prospective prices for live

stock are the one gleam on the farm-

er’s horizon, says the agent. The

agent claims _that Chippewa’s experi-

ence this year is a further demonstra-

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MUCH FOREST LAND.





 





E IGHTY-FIVE per cent of the land

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land, said Col. W. B. Greeley, chief of

the United States Forest Service, in

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of this will continue to be nothing but

forest land, he thought. Colonel

Greeley, with a party of forest experts

from the United States Forest ‘Ser-

vice of the Department of Agriculture,

was in the peninsula inspecting the

newly established Forest Experiment

Station at Dukes, between Marquette

and Munising, and the proposed na-

tional forest in the same locality. It

is the purpose of the federal govern—

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estry, forest protection and reforesta-

tion. The United States only under-

takes such work in any state when

requested to do so by its state legis-

lature. Such a request had come from

Michigan, he said. It is not the pur-

pose of the federal government to sup-

ersede state forestry agencies, he stat-

ed. It is hoped that the state will

even more than it has, extend its state

forests until they include much of the

delinquent tax lands that are other-

wise worthless. The first national for-

ests in Michigan date from the year

1909, when two were established in

the eastern Upper Peninsula and the

northeastern Lower Peninsula. These

were built up out of the unsold United

States lands in the district, and by

exchanges with the state. At present

the National Forest at East Tawas

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is-proposed to create a new forest in

this peninsula. Farmers, miners and

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this work of reforestation. For every

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a cubic foot of timber is required.

When the minerals are gone the for-

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as in parts of Europe.



Colonel Greeley made a strong plea

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Europe and in the eastern United

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where the inhabitants, instead of pay-

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from the distribution of the surplus

returns of the town forest. Each Up-

per Peninsula community ought to

haveits own forest to help supply the

local timber requirements.





There are 825 trees, representing

ninety-three varieties, in the grounds

of the National Capitol, at Washing-

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HE requisites of good citizenship

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Next door to the markets of the big

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Know why we use more copper in our

steel and cover the wire with a heav1er

zinc coating to make Red Strand “Gal-

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NEW SPRAY RULlNGSa





 





RATHER peculiar letter, issued

from the Bureau of Chemistry,

United States Department of Ag

riculture, has been distributed, pre-

sumably quite generally among apple

growers and distributors, by county

agents. The purpose of the letter is

given as follows:

“The purpose of this letter is to an-

nounce that the department of agri-





" culture will seize interstate shipments





of fruits bearing excessive amounts

of poison spray reisdues. Fruit which

shows any visible residues, whether it

be on the surface or in the calyx, or

stem ends, should be cleaned before

marketing. In the case of fruit which

has been sprayed late in the season,

the absence of visible restaue cannot

be regarded as sufficient. Samples of

such fruit should be subjected to a.

chemical analysis as a means of as-

certaining their freedom from objec-

tionable amounts of residue: This

statement is made in order that there

may be no doubt whateverl in the

minds of fruit growers and others as

to what the department must do to

meet its obligations to the public.”

In or,der no do,ubt to further assist

fruit growers to meet the new require-

ments, 3. schedule of spray applica-

tions has been arranged which will

cut out all the later sprayings and the

program which has been established

by long experience as necessary for

the control of the codling moth is to

be superceded, for the letter further





‘ states:





“There has beer a very general

adoption on the pait of state authori-

ties and trade organizations of a. pro-

gram of thorough early spraying and

the establishment of a. date for the ap-

plication of the last spray at a time

sufficiently in advance of harvest to

insure a safe product. In many states,

state authorities have arranged for

patrol of the orchards for the purpose

of giving particular supervision to the

movement of fruit from orchards

where the last sprays were applied

after the prescribed date. Fruit; from

such orchards, if found to contain ex-

cessive amounts of objectionable spray

residues will be embargoed, or in the

event that it is shipped, prompt steps

will be taken to effect its seizure.”



This letter is not to'be published in

any paper, as this might result in lim-

iting consumption. Whether or not

this might follow is uncertain, but

fruit growers who are seriously af-

fected by such a course are doubtless

justified in discussing its merits. That

anything has been done in the way of

enforcing such a measure in Michigan,

I have not heard. But to put it into

effect will be a serious thing for both

the apple growers and consumers of

apples.





Fluit growers, above all‘ others, are

vitally interested in having their prod-

uct, like Caesar’s wife, above suspi-

cion, and orchard products, as all

foods, should be put on the market in

a. wholesome condition and free from

poisons or anything that will endan-

ger the health or well-being of any1





body, and in such shape as will com-’





mand the confidence of everybody.

And full cooperation should be given

ofiicials in all necessary undertakings

to secure this end.



But in all matters of this kind a

certain amount of common sense is

required. This, it will be observed, is

not a statutory requirement, but is a

regulation set up by a bureau of the

department of agriculture, somebody

possibly more theoretical than prac-

tical... For- more than a. third of a eeri-

tury, apples. have been sprayed with

an arsenlcal, and this practice has





specialists in colleges and





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amulet

walks of his, men no doubt as capable

as those who are at this late day set-

ting up this new, spraying program

without reference to the life cycle of

the codling moth. Moreover, the men

in quite large ‘number who have de-

veloped the schedule of meeting the

enemies of the apple are sufficiently

informed-regarding the effect of the

materials used so that they would not

prescribe poisons that would endanger

the lives or health of users of fruit.

And if anybody anywhere hasat any

time been injured in the slightest by

sprayed fruit during all the time spray-

ing has been practiced, it has not ap-

peared in public print. And nobody

willv contend that newspaper reporters





have been subsidized in the interest'





of farmers. I have repeatedly fed

cull apples that were well covered

with spray “residue,” to cows, as

much as half a bushel a day for' days

at a time, and never saw the slightest

ill effect from them so far as the pol-

son was concerned. But the larger

part of apples used have the skins

removed before being prepared, so

that the poison “residue” is all cut-

away, and in eating out of hand the

fruits are wiped off first, as a rule.



The letter states they are trying to

build up a. foreign trade, and England

particularly is carrying on an inspec-

tion service regarding fruit residues.

But the entire fruit trade \with Eng-

land might better go, both in the in

terest of growers and consumers, than

to cut out; the later sprayings, as this

letter indicates is intended. It is the

worms that enter the apples the latter

part of the season that do the damage,

and usually two sprayings are applied

to control this infestation. It is the

purpose to put on materials that will

stick and be a protection as the young

Worms hatch out and attack the fruit.

On practically all the apples this

spray residue is plainly and plentifully

apparent at harvest time. Unless

these sprays are put on at precisely

the right time, they are ineffective. I

have seen a spray put on only a few

days from the right time, and twenty-

flve per cent of the apples were

wormy. Without doubt, if the summer

applications should be omitted, from

twenty-five to fifty per cent of all the

apples would be wormy. Yet this

would inevitably be the result ‘if no

spray is put on late enough so that

the residue would be apparent.



If the people of the United States

want the trade supply cut down one

third to one-half, and especially if

those trade organizations which the

letter states are butting into the af-





fairs of the farmers—by virtue of i





What authority .is not apparent—let;

them join in support of this new regu-

lation. It might be a. good thing for

the growers, for it would be a large

saving in time and expense in spray—

ing, and might result in greatly in-

creased prices. But after the experi-

ence of all these years, is it wise or

necessary to be sensible?—-—E. H.





 





CONSUMERS’ PRICES.





 





HAVE worked in Chicago, Kansas

City, New York, and many of the/

other big cities. My attention has al-

ways been attracted to the buying

power of the poor, and working class

of people.

knocked out, these people could buy

three times as much produce with

their buying power as they now do,

and Iyam positively sure that they

could consume this with a. relish.

When 4 was in Chicago last, I bad

word from some of my friends here in-

MiJchigan that they were getting tWen-

ty-five cents a bushel for their pota-





 





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CHOOL boards in Gogebic county

rewarded the educational work





done by boys” and girls’ clubs by pro-





’viding .mOney to pay transportatmn





expenses of fifty-"litre club members to





the club camp at Chatham. Ironwood

township sent thirty-one youngsters,





twelve made the trip from Bessemer

township.





 





The gathering of 868 boys and girls

at .thepclub camp‘s held at Chatham,‘

Gaylord; and East Lansing, enabled





the leaders in club work to give in-





struction equalw to that which would

have taken 4,000 days if individual in-

struction had been given. Excellent

training in the adaptation of individ-

ual characteristics to the necessities

of group welfare, is an additional ben-

efit derived from group training.





 





A cleaning plant for vetch seed will

be installed at Elmira, Michigan. The

seed department of the State Farm

Bureau is cooperating with the El-





mira growers to enable them to mar- .





ket the volume ‘of vetch seed raised

in the vidinity.





 





Two thousand one hundred pounds‘





of pyrotol have been distributed re-

cently by .Carl H.’ Knopf, county ag-

ricultural agent in Mu’skegon, county.

The explosive is being used to blast

ditches and to blow stray stumps and

boulders from cleared fields.





 





Seven groups of. Muskegon women

will take the second year’s project

work. These women were enthusiastic

over tlle work which they accomplish-

ed last year, and the Achievement Day

held in Muskegon last spring was one

of the most successful of such 'meet-

ings held in the state.





 





Tests of fertilizer values are being

carried out on the farms of Mr. Gil-

key, of Richland township, and Mr.

Gerry, at Climax, both farms being in

Kalamazoo county.’ The fertilizers are

applied to Wheat ground which is to

be seeded to alfalfa and red clover

next year. It is anticipated that the

benefit done the seedings will pay for

the fertilizer, and that the increased

yield of wheat will be clear gain.





 





Only seventy-seven reactors have

been found out of 14,000 animals test~

ed for tuberculosis in Missaukee

county, ’





 





A forty rod job of ditch blasting

was completed in Grand Traverse

county at a cost of only half what it

would have been for hand or team 1a-

bor on the same job.





 





A survey of the relation between





' the earning capacity of farm lands,





and their assessed valuation, will be

conducted by the Economics Depart-

ment of Michigan State College. Ques-

tionnaires will be mailed to 30, 000

farm owners in the state and these

owners Will be asked to give informa-

tion on their income from the farm,

and the taxes which they have paid

on real estate during the past few

years. This will be a chance for farm-

ers to present their case on land tax.-

ation. The figures will be compiled

by R. Wayne Newton, and published

in bulletin form. A high percentage

of the return of the filled out ques-

tionnaires Will' add to the value of the

work done '





 





The soils improvement program of

Saginaw county, as developed by A.

B. Love, countyagricultural agent, has





 

 





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~ . hot-house tomatoes.

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obtained may be in soil drainage, con-

trol of soil erosion, use of fertilizers

alone, or in combination with legumes,

or successful work done in correcting

soil acidity. .





 





The Western Michigan Potato Show

will be held at Greenville, October 28-

30. E. W. Lincoln, president of the





Show Association, reports a large list ,





of entries. Kenyon L. Butterfield,

president of Michigan State College,

will deliver an address at an evening

session of the show.





 





At a series of alfalfa meetings held -.





in Oakland county, thirty-five soil sam-

ples were tested. G. T. Greene, of

Oxford, has eighty acres of alfalfa on

his farm. .





 





The college radio school, over

WKAR, will be started October 16, ac-

cording to James Hassleman, radio,

director.





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The co-ops own the entire business

of Herman, Mich. The one store was

started in 1918 with only $700 paid in,

and now is on a paying basis. The

co-op store and'the post office are in

the same building, and there are no

private business places in Herman.





 





Recent efforts of extension workers

to get fertilizer dealers to stock fer-

tilizers which have a prOper analysis

for use on the soils and crops in the

neighborhood of the sales agency, have

been meeting with considerable sac-

cess. The dealers appear to be more

than willing to stock these analyses

which will be most profitable for their

patrons to use. A large amount of

money has been saved by farmers us-

ing high»grade fertilizers in the past

two years. . The farmers have decided

that it is poor ecOnomy to buy a fer-

tilizer that contains a low percentage

of fertilizing elements and a lot of

filler.





 





O. I. Gregg, county agricultural

agent of Allegan county, will become

extension landscape specialist for M.

S. C., starting January 1. This is a

new position and was created as part

of the continuing education program

the college has recently started.





 





On Saturday, September 25, the

Fennville Fruit Exchange received

6,068 bushels of fruit, the largest

amount it ever took iii in a day. Most





rof the fruit was peaches.





 





.James Eardley, manager of the

Rockford Farmers’ Cooperative Elevat-

or Company, was elected president of

the newly organized Western Michi-

gan Bean Association. The new asso-

ciation is affiliated with the Michigan

Bean Jobbers’ Association. The pur-

pose of the association is to seek clos-

er cooperation between the bean in—

terests of western Michigan.





 





The Michigan Potato Growers’ Ex-

change will have a new field service

division, with C. E. Atwater, former

Traverse county agricultural agent, in

charge. Mt. Atwater will supervise

grading and loading of potatoes, and

will periodically inspect pr toes in

warehouse to observe their condition.





 





C. O. Smith, of. Chicago, has bought

4,000 acres of land near Walhalla, in

Mason county, on which he expects to

raise milch goats extensively. He ex-

pects to furnish goats’ milk to large

cities and to fox farms, which use

goats’ milk for feeding to fox puppies.





 





In a greenhouse test Dr. J. W. Grist,

of M. S. C., has found that artificial

lights will double the production of





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by the mesenger. "many Par-

5 sons peeped from the door arid

watched. The sheriff did not go in





”You skeered him, Topango,” cack-

. edold Daddy Parsons. But Topango

“didnot answer. Upon the floor at his

feet; tucked closely beneath the edge

the desk and half covered by bits

30f crumpled paper and the other litter

7‘ following the sheriff’s search, lay an

object that interested him profoundly.



With elaborately assumed indiffer-

en‘ce, Topango stooped and picked the

object from the floor. When he was

out on the street, he examined it care-

fully.



It was a worn rabbit’s foot. To the

link still clung some bits of the thread

which had held it together precarious-

,ly the night before when it had tick-

led the old man’s nose.



But now there was a red-brown

stain on it.



Topango looked across at the hotel.

The sheriff was just entering the door,

followed by the faithful Price & Over-

ton messenger.



“Well, sheriff,” he mused, “Mesa

Caliente’s wrong in one way. It thinks

the robber went away on the midnight

passenger. But this little rabbit’s foot

tells me he didn’t. The passenger

train went through at midnight. Ten

minutes later this durned rabbit’s foot

was ticklin’ my nose in Ike Naylor’s

place. There ain’t been a train since.



“No, sir, Mesa Caliente’s wrong. The

robber’s still right here in town!”



Topango Jake went back to Ike Nay-

lor’s place and sat down by a window

'in an inconspicuous corner. He want-



‘ed to think. -But the more he thonght



the farther away he found himself

from a solution of the problem. Along

toward the middle of the afternoon,

the citizens of Mesa Caliente congre-

gated in the big room and the regular

Sunday celebration began. Topango

still occupied his chair by the win-

dow, and-now his temper was growing

to be the temper of a grouchy rattle-

snake. He listened sneeringly to the

conversation all about him. Mesa Ca-

liente to a man believed the robber

had left on the midnight passenger

train.





“Sure,” he heard Jeff Plummer say,

“whoever he was, he slipped onto the

blind baggage, or maybe onto the rods,

and now he’s down in Los Angeles,

spendin’ that six thousand like wa-

ter!”



But Topango knew better. That mo-

ment was vividly before his mental

vision—the moment. when he awoke

with this rabbit’s foot tickling his

nose. It belonged to the robber, of

course. And again he heard, above

the roar of the storm:



“What time is it, Ike?”



“Twelve-ten, Jeff. The midnight

passenger has just gone through.”



Topango looked through the win-

dow. The sterm had gone by and the

sun was shining. Far to the east the

Panamints lay against the sky, and

all in between was freshly drifted sand

waves. Old Topango sighed.



"‘Yellow dogs!” he said bitterly.





 





 





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“That’s what they are. Yellow dogs

that sneak around, living off the. la-

bors of decent creatures." He looked

out again upon the drifted sand. Not

a track had been left by the gale. An'

idea came to the old man.



“Now what would a yellow dog do?”

he wondered, “if he had a bone that

he was afraid to try to get away’with?

Bury it? Shorely. But where?

Suppose he stole it out of Ben Camp’s

store. He wouldn’t dare to hide it

any place in town. He’d carry it out

into the desert a ways and bury it.

He’d figure the storm would cover his

tracks; that is, if he was a cunning

yellow dog.



“And after the yellow 'dog got his

bone buried good and the storm had

covered up his tracks and the marks

of his diggin’, wouldn’t he sneak off

and wait till all the other dogs had





 





mind. Superstitions! The‘ yellow dog

was superstitious!’ Else why had he

worn a rabbit’s foot? He contemplat-

ed the greasy card with increasing

interest. '



“Does your card mean that yen can

locate "hidden treasure?” he asked.

“Money and things?”



Again the wide, gold-filled smile.

The stranger removed the high silk

hat from his head and carefully

smoothed the worn nap with his

sleeve. “That’s my specialty, friend,”

he said.



Topango thought rapidly, and and

denly the whole beautiful idea burst

full-orbed across his mental sky.



“Professor,” he said, “is it on the

level that you can do it?”



The professor straightened haugh-

tily and glared. “My dear sir—” he





began, but Topango interrupted.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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forgotten about him, then slip back

some dark night, dig up his bone and

carry it away? Shorely. If he was a

wise yellow dog. Yes, sir; if he’s bur-

ied it anywhere round here, it’s gone

——and Ben and Carlin me in a heap of

trouble. Because he won’t go near it;

no, sir, he’ll just look innocent and

let us hunt till we’re black in the

face.”



A man sitting next to him reached

over and tapped the old prospector

gently upon the. shoulder. Topango

turned and saw a long, narrow gentle-

man with piercing black eyes, feroc-

ious black mustache, and wearing a

long-tailed, shiny Prince Albert coat.

The stranger’s eyes and mustache

were indeed Mephistophelian, but the

smile was engaging, and it displayed

a remarkable collection of gold teeth.



“You live here, friend?” he inquired.



“Not now,” Topango told him.



“Lonesome thing, bein’ a stranger in

a big crowd like this,” said the long,

narrow man. He got out a greasy

card and handed it to Topango polite-

ly. The old prospector took it and

read:



PROFESSOR TREVOR MONTAGUE

Physchic Explorer. Clairvoyant

Lectures Consultations

Lost Articles Found



The professor cleared his throat.

“Friend,” he said, “I’ve been observ-

ing you for some minutes, and it has

come to my psychic perception that

you are perplexed. If I can assist

you—”



The gleam of another idea shot up

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“I know—I know-” said the old

desert man. “But this is on the level,

I mean. Man to man, you know. Hey?”



He waited, grinning. The professor

glared some more, then scratched his

bony chin. Plainly the glare was be;

ginning to grow hard to hold. Pre's-

ently‘the professor’s face relaxed, and

he grinned too.



“Brother,” he said, “don’t whisper it

abroad! On paper I’m a he wolf and

I’ve got all the old-timers skinned a

mile for prophesyin’ stuff. But just

between you and me, brother, I’m a

horse doctor early in life; then I joins

up with a circus and graduates into

a medicine show. Right now I’m bust-

ed like a bladder, and for two whole

days I have been far away from a

square meal. There, you got it. Hon-

est confession, they say, is good for

the soul—but I never heard tell of it

buyin’ any beans. Still, this time I

reckon it’ll buy me a meal and

a shakedown at yonder, hotel; hey,

friend?”



Topango gravely took a five-dollar

bill from his pocket and handed it

over. The overcome stranger burst

into thanks, but Topango restrained

him. He leaned across and put a hard

forefinger against the professor’s dag.

ger-like knee.



“Profe5sor,” he whispered, “could

you make Mesa Caliente believe you’re

Could

you throw a front that would convince

every soul in town that you’re a he

wolf like you said? Can you scare

’em?”



“For how much?” inquired the pro-





“For how much, brother?”





 

 

   





“For one thousand dollars," whis-

pered Topango, and the professor

nearly tainted. He opened his lank

jaws three times before he could

speak.



“Brother ” he said tremulously, “for,

one thousand dollars I can throw a

front that would scare the, devil him

self into a fit of nervous prostration!”



Topango Jake Shinn, hitched his

chair closer. “Brother,” he whisper-

ed, “listen here. Listen good."~



For five minutes they whispered to-

gether earnestly. No one noticed the

animated colloquy, far back at the

rear of the room. Their conference

ended, Topango Jake and the profes-

sor drew apart and were utter strang-

ers again.



The evening meal was over and Ike

Naylor’s place was crowded again. In

his accustomed chair, far back in an

obscure part of the room, old Topango

Jake Shinn sat and crooned.





I said I was ahowlin’ wolf from old

Missouri State,



I found I was mistaken, but I found it

out too late,



I could chaw up any man—so my con-

versation ran—





When I rolled my prairie schooner,





into old Shy~anne.



As he crooned Topango watched the

street door from the corner 61’ a sun-

faded eye. Presently he was reward-

ed; a tall, narnow man wearing a

shiny Prince Albert coat and a high

silk hat entered and paused dramat-

iCally just inside the door.



“Gentlemen!” he intoned.

the voice and the attitude of the an-

cient prophet, announcing to the friv-

olous citizens of Nineveh that moving

day was impending. The crowd stilled

instantly and looked toward the door,

where the professor stood glaring ter-

ribly, his black mustache waxed until

the points stuck put like daggers.



“Gentlemen,” said the stranger

again and waved a large bony hand

toward the bar. At the same time

one sensed a gracious unbending of

that proud spirit.



Nearly everyone present recalled

the old days when an invitation to the

bar might not be ignored. In those

ancient days, when a stranger entered

a saloon and invited the house to the

bar, a refusal to participate was ah

solutely unthinkable. It simply was

not done. In fact, to have refused

would have been tantamount to pull—

ing your host’s nose at a church din-

ner. Old memories came strongly up«





‘on the men of Mesa Caliente, and they





lined the bar, six deep. When every





glass was full of the near-drink, the _





crowd stood silé‘t, waiting expectant-

ly upon its host. That gentleman was

regarding them glavely, and there was

something in those black eyes that

made the flesh creep.



“Before we drilik to our auspicious

meeting,” said the professor, “I wish

to announce that tomorrow night I

shall give a reading on the Hidden

Mysteries.

I am a clairvoyant. I find lost and

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THEY WEAR NAND WEAR ~AND WEAR)
¥' you look intgo the future. Gentlemen,”

""he finished With an awesOme lowering

of his voice, “here’s how!”



‘ He drank expertly, but with the dig-

nity of a potentate drinking with a

swineherd. Hardly had the glasses

been returned to the bar when some

one asked a respectful question.



"Do you. mean that you can find

things that have been stolen and hid-

den, professor?" he asked.“ “01' taken

away, say to Los Angeles?”



Down at the end of the crowd a wiz-

ened. old prospector looked at the min-

r012 book of Ike Naylor’s hurry form

and met the professor’s eyes. But

(neither made any sign. The long, nar-

row man showed all‘his gold teeth in

a tolerant smile.



' “Why, who found the treasure of

the Calico mine?” he asked, amused.

"Me, friends. Ten thousand dollars in

specimen ere which the high graders

had hidden in the. sand. Buried, gen~

tlemen, out in the trackless wilder-

ness! Who found—”



“Ben gamp’s store was robbed last

night,” burst out an excited individ-

ual, “and six thousand dollars was

taken! You reckon you could tell

where she is, professor?”



Again Topango’s eyes met the pro-

fessor’s eyes in the mirror with a

fishy stare. The professor turned to

his new questioner with a smile that

was benevolent and patient.



"My friend,” he said kindly, “should

I gain by telling you a. lie? And should

this thing be hard for one" who, three

years ago located the La Jolla trees-

ure—fifteen thousand dollars in mint-

ed gold which fleeing smugglers had

secreted in the sand dunes beside the

rolling Pacific? You recall that not-

able case, do you not, friends?”



No one did. But no one doubted that

such a noble thing had been done.

Yes, the professor had impressed Mesa

Caliente to the last man.



“It is my business to discover bur-

ied treasure,” he went on. "Tomorrow

night at the town hall, I shall point

out the exact spot where you may find





_ take longer.





minutes of concentration. If it is far

away, why, then, it will, of course,

Moreover, in, such a case

I might perhaps fail. But should it

be within a mile of Mesa Caliente, I

shall tell you where it is without

doubt. In five minutes! ,Remember

that, gentlemen—in five minutes!”





The long, narrow man left the place

and his going was as the going of

Mephistopheles. Behind him the crowd

talked in hoarse whispers, their games

forgotten. The professor undoubted-

ly had made tremendous impression.



Topango Jake Shinn watched for a

few moments, then slipped unostenta-

tiously out into the gathering night.

He was crooning again:





Oh, listen to my song, and .take ad-

vice from me!



And when you leave Missouri, this

wicked world to see,

Dress up if you can, like a. trOuble-



huntin’ man—x

But don’t you hunt no trouble down in

old Shy-anne!



The moon was high now, and. it

flooded the desert until it was almost

as light as day. A long, dark figure

was just disappearing round the cor-

ner of the station house. From the

baggage truck on the other side of the

station a hidden watcher could see all

the way up and down the western

side of the town. Topango grinned in

the moonlight; then he slid into the

alleyway and made for the rear of

Ben Camp’s store, where he stood

close against the wall and settled him-

self for an all-night wait if necessary.

He was crooning again beneath his

breath, so that he would not have

been heard three feet away:



Now the victim I selected weighed

about a hundred pound;



Fifty inches up and down and half a

span around;



Oh, my troubles they began with this

sickly little man,



For be ruined me completely, down in

old Shy-anne!



It was nearly midnight. Topango’s





old legs were quivering with the strain

of standing still so long, but he stuck

doggedly to his post. Before the old

man lay the open space that encircled

(Continued on page 393).





The Death of Moses





Oar Week/y Sermon—By IV. A. M 6 Cum





HE death of the great man



whose fortunes we have been



following for several weeks was

strange and lonely and sad. For al-

most halt a century he had devoted

his life to the bringing of his country-

men into the land of Canaan. _Of the

original hundreds of thousands, but

two remain, besides himself. And now

he, the originator of the idea of the

great migration, and its sole human

commander, is not permitted to. enter

. the land of Heart’s Desire, but is bur-

’ ied on a lonely mountain.



Why he was not allowed to enter

Canaan is hard to say. It used to be

said that it was because he lost his

temper on one oc-

casion! But about

the best answer

we can make is,

we do not know.



Can you imag-

ine the scene?

T h e mountain,

3,600 feet high,

bleak, brown, and

bare. Across the

hills, as far as the eye can travel, one

looks into the land on which our hero

had thought so much. About him is

the stunted vegetation of high alti-

tudes. A raven wings its black way

“overhead. The place is. grand, ma-

jestic; rugged-but it is lenely. I was

on such mountain heights this sum-

mer. :1 love them, but I would dislike

to be buried there alone. And yet,

when the last heur comes, one does



not care particularly about the cir-



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., Tthis than the life of the late President





indomitable scholar had died at his

books, and his loving pupils carried

the body to the top of a mountain for

burial. They said it was the only fit

place for such an heroic spirit.





“Here—here’s his place, where mete

ors shoot, clouds form,

Lightnings are loosened,

Clouds come and go! Let joy break

with the storm

Peace let the dew send!”





And there we leave him, the great-

est figure in the Old Testament.





OTHER great souls have been bur-



ied alone. The sea seems a lone-

lier place than a mountain summit.

Thomas ‘Coke, first Methodist Bishop

of the United States, was buried in

the Indian ocean. Adoniram Judson,

perhaps the greatest missionary the

American chu1ch has produced, was

likewise buried at sea. But what mat-

ters that? It is the undying part of

Neither Coke nor

Judson, as a matter of fact, was bur-

ied at sea, but only their tired and

worn bodies. Not even. the vast ocean

could command their spirits.





Our knightly leader had words of





parting counsel for his countrymen,

which are also good for us. He re-

minds them that the commandments

of God are “no vain thing." By them

shall the people increase their very

longevity. “Ye shall prolong your

days in the. land. ” Are the command-

ments of the Bible scientific? That is,

do they rest on immutable facts? Are

they good for the body, as well as for

the soul? Do they promote- temporal

welfare, as well in spiritual? .

There is no better confirmation of





- . ' Elie (emeritus) of Harvard Untrer—

Mm .eucreteéhearherelcandoitinfive

lift the veil and lot





sity; He lived a long and hard work‘

ing life, dying at ninety-two. For forty

years he was president of Harvard.





After he retired, at seventy-five, he»





kept on lecturing and writing books.

He says he never used stimulants, and

always maintained a serene outlook

on life, full of faith in God and man.

As he expressed it, he had “a calm

temperament, expectant of good.” He

lived in the future. He was as full of

thoughts of what lies ahead in the

last years of his life, as he had been

.forty years before. The command-

ment of God are commandments that

lead to life here, and hereafter. “What

man is he that desireth life, and lov-

eth many days, that he may see good?

Keep thy tongue from evil and thy

lips from speaking guile. Depart from

evil, and do good; seek peace, and

pursue it.”



Moses exemplified what he taught.

It‘has been said of him that he was

the first great democrat, legislating

for the poor against the oppressions

of the rich. Heine, the German poet,

said of him: “He built human pyra-

mids, carved human obelisks; he took

a poor shepherd family and created a

nation from it; a great people, des-

tined to outlive centuries, and to serve

as a pattern to all other nations; he

created Israel.”





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

OCTOBER 17.





SUBJECT:—Moses Honored in His

Death. Deut. 32:45-52 and 34:5-8.

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EGG MARKETING.





N his address after the banquet of

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watching the progress, of the college

poultry department since 1892. He

favors further development of the





poultry department and believes that.





a poultry building and laboratory are

needed.



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will bring the most money. Coopera-

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gether and they teach each other the

best means of economical production.



C. L. Brody, secretary-manager of

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can be duplicated by private capital

and management. So the cooperative

organization must handle a large vol-

ume of standardized products.



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largely on express shipments. This

results in more Shrinkage, as carlot





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crates promptly under the present sys-

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cars to certain points, like Lansing,

Grand Rapids or Kalamazoo, and then

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try by express, and a. large amount of

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outside Of a big city enables shipment

to a city where the market is best.

It is expensive to reship such products

from a large city.





.. George Caball, of Hudsonville, ad-

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tract eggs the year around and then

pool the eggs and ship together. He

strongly favors more poultry equip-

ment for the college—K.





THE YELLOW DOG'S BONE.





(Continued from page 391).



the village. Beyond the open space

was the low brush, silent and unreal

in the night, shot with the silver ar-

rows Of the moon and full of mystery.



Across the open space, furtive and

stealthy as a moving cougar, stole the

figure Of a man and entered the brush.

A hundred yards he traveled, and then

he stopped, knelt, and began pawing

the sand at the foot of a scraggy Yuc-

ca tree. -It was exactly like a yellow

dog digging up a bone. Only a short

while and he laid hold of some Object

and pulled it from the sand. As he

did so, something that resembled an

ancient catamount fell upon his back,

twisting a. skinny arm about his neck.

At the same moment his assailant ut-

tered a raucous screech which was

answered immediately from behind the

station on the other side of town, two

hundred yards away. Then both men

went to the ground together. The yel-

low dog struggled to reach the gun at

his belt, but a calloused old hand met

his wrist and he cduld not break that

grip. He relaxed just as a second

figure, wearing a long Prince Albert

coat and carrying a rope, loped up

through the brush.





"Who is he?” wheezed the profes-

sor, and sat on the victim’s legs.



“I don’t know,” gasped Topango,

working scientifically with the rope.

“I been too busy to notice.”





They turned the bOund man over,

and the moonlight fell full upon his

face as he opened his eyes and strug-

gled for breath. It was the Price &

Overton messenger.





“He-he!” snickered old Topango.

“Lost your rabbit’s foot, didn’t you?

Thought you’d sneak out and dig up

your bone and leave on the midnight

passenger before the professor start-

ed clairvoyantin’ round here, didn’t

you? That’s what comes of bein’ sup-

erstitious. He-he-he!” .



“But how did you do it, Uncle

Jake?” Little Carlln’s face was radi-

ant and the happy tears were rolling

down her cheeks, for it had been a

breaking strain. Old Topango grinned

.and his glance shifted to the face of

the sick boy on the bed.



“I figured he was superstitio'us,”

said the Old man. “So I got the pro-

fessor to spread the news that tomor-

row night he would start clairvoyant-

in’ after that money! Tomorrow night;

see? Naturally the messenger got it

into his head that he’d better beat the

professor to it and get Out of here.

Tonight, Professor and me—we figur-





ed he’d do just*that—~we laid for him.’





That’s all.”

Topango began to croon again—ex-

actly like a contented cat:

Oh, they took my scalp oif tenderly

and hung it on my ear;

They took me all apart and scattered

Th pieces fgfiiamli fear;

ere.was no :1 e t to scan. of a

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The Michigan Farmer,
WAS sewing on the porch one hot

1 summer day, wondering how other



women managed to keep their

homes in apple-pie order, and yet

could finish their work promptly and

still have time to read and attend

social gatherings What troubled me

most was how ,to keep my kitchen

floor clean, as scrubbing seemed to

be my bug-bear. Just as I was mus-

ing about this, a truck passed along

the road and the driver asked me if

I wanted to buy some linoleum. He

had only small pieces, none large

enough for my kitchen, and therefore

I did not purchase any. However, the





linoleum idea stayed in my mind so





I decided to make inquiries in regard

to floor coverings, and will relate

some discoveries I made, while study-

ing this problem.



Kitchen floors can be covered with

either wood; linoleum or allied prod-

ucts; mastic flooring; or' rubber, tile

or cork tiling.





Oak shows water stains and there- ’





 





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Floor Coverings For Farm

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be varnished at regular intervals. Var-

nishing keeps the floor in perfect con-

dition, and it always looks neat. Print-

ed linoleum can be bought in all-over

patterns and also in the form of a

rug. A rug can be easily moved and

placed in another position To prevent

the same spot from receiving all the

wear. An all-over pattern generally

covers the entire floor, which makes

it difficult to move, especially if such

heavy furniture as stoves, cupboards,

etc., are on it.





A more expensive grade is an in-

laid linoleum, one in which the colored

pattern goes through to the burlap

base.

show the wear, and the pattern is seen

until the linoleum is threadbare. Be-

cause of the difference in manufactur-

ing, an inlaid linoleum often has a

less complicated pattern than a print-

ed one. Some are imitation tile. One

manufacturer indents the color joints

and copies a real tile design, produc-

ing a very interesting floor covering.





 





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Floor-coverings that Are Properly Laid Are Easily Cleaned and Wear Evenly.





fore is impractical for a kitchen. The

best wood for kitchens in our section

of the country is maple or quarter-

sawed pine or fir; Straight-sawed

wood is more apt to wear and sliver

than quarter-sawed.

Elbow Grease Need for Wooden

Floors.





It is difficult to keep a wooden floor

clean, because dirt and grease pene-

trate into the surface. If the floor is

washed, the soiled water causes the

wood to become gray when not prop-

erly rinsed, similarly as clothes be-

come gray for the same reason. To

make them more nearly stain proof,

wooden floors are often oiled, but this

is seldom sufficient protection. They

should be shellaced and varnished sev-

eral coats, or only varnished. The ad-

vantage of shellacing is partly be-

cause shellac dries in an hour or two

and the floor can be finished more

quickly when varnished over shellac.



Linoleum is a product made princi-

pally from cork, with a strong burlap

back. The plain surfaced, or battle-

ship linoleum, is generally manufac-

tured in a dark brown or gray, one-

eighth to one-quarter inch thick. This



' material is very economical and ser-

viceable, and unless it receives a large

amount of wear will last almost a life

time. It is one of the least expensive

grades; however, every footprint is

immediately detected and consequent-

ly it requires constant washing.



Varnish to Hold Design.



This same material is manufactured

with a design printed, on the surface

,—and glazed. Such linoleum can be



-. readily cleaned and presents a very

attractive appearance. However, the

sign has a tendency to wear off.



. this WW 1}: smut





Because the surface is uneven, it

might not be as practical in a kitchen

as a smooth one. Inlaid linoleum can

also be bought in the form of a rug.





Besides tiles and inlaid mottled pat-





Naturally such a one will never _





terns, a jaspe design is manufactured.

This latter kind resembles a woolen

carpet in color and looks very pretty

if laid with a dark border. Inlaid ma.-

terial should not be varnished, but

waxed, which prevents grease from

penetrating, and helps to make it soil

proof.

Linoleum in Rug Pattern.



Besides linoleum, there are floor cov:

erings sold under; trade names by var-

ious manufacturers, most of them con-

taining part of the letters used in the

word “linoleum.” Such coverings are

very serviceable and can be secured

in many pleasing patterns. The fact

that reliable concerns sell theseunder

their name, and guarantee them, is

proof that they comply with their

promises. Such coverings are generr

ally sold in the form of rugs, as their

smooth surface facilitates cleaning.





Other rugs are sold with a felt base.

These are very inexpensive and useful

in rooms requiring little traffic, but do

not wear as well as the better grade.



The best method of attaching good

quality linoleum, or similar products,

to the floor is to lay down a felt base

and then to cement the linoleum to it

with cement made especially for this

purpose. Such a method prevents the

linoleum from bulging or buckling and

stays on the floor permanently.



‘ , In a new house, linoleum can be laid

upon a cheap grade of wood floor, and

even upon concrete. The quarter-

round at the edges should not be tack-

ed down until later. In this way, a

neat finish is secured. Where only

part of the floor is covered, or there

is no threshold between two rooms,

the raw edge should have brass strip

binding to prevent its breaking at the

edges.



Look to the Seams.



Linoleum should be laid with few



seams. As it is sold in two and four-





Studies in 'Motherhoo‘d





By Mary E. Willison





OTHERS of daughters, are you

M looking for weeds or flowers in



your garden of girlhood?

saucy, impertinent weeds grow s1) fast

and are ,so annoying while the deli-

cate flowers are so small you can

scarcely see them at times.





Rather late last spring I planted

poppy seed in the front end of the

vegetable garden. A hard rain came

and washed out some seeds and pack-

ed the rest down solid. While I wait-

ed anxiously for the tiny plants to get

big enough to see the row, the weeds

got busy and my garden soon looked

like a wilderness. My husband hoed

his garden and, thinking to do me a

favor, also hoed mine. Just two little

clumps of the tiny plants remained.

A few days later the girls, in-a sudden

frenzy of gardening, hoed up the rest.





They didn’t see anything there worth.





while.





I wonder if, in these little gardens

of " ours—our growing daughters—we

sometimes try too hard to pull up all

the disagreeable we‘eds—slangy talk,

knoW—it-all—ness and lack of ecurtesy—

you mothers know these w

and, in Our haste, overlook

plants of kindness. ._





 





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well— .





ed and the weeds killed, but not so

vigorously that we destroy ‘the tiny

plants.



In spite of our training, our young

folks speak their minds all too freely,





‘and mother gets her full share of crit-





icism. But to make up for this, in a.

measure, let us notice the fine points

of appreciation and love.



A short time ago a surprise was

carefully guarded from me the whole

afternoon. At supper time they

brought it to me, a lovely spray of

ferns, wild roses and here bells gath-

ered on their “hike” around a swamp.

It almost brought the tears. The girls

called it a corsage—it seemed to me a

beautiful tribute, the box of precious

ointment, and its memory will remain

for a long time.





Another treasure came to me on

Mother’s Day several years ago from

my little daughter, then about eleven

years old It was a carefully written,

but rather crude little poem, contain-

ing the Words,





“Without my mother what would I do?

The world to me would be very blue.”





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yard widths, many rooms require only .





one piece. It should be laid parallel

with the main traffic even though this

might be along the width of the room

instead of the length.





A mastic floor is one in which the





material is mixed at the building and





laid directlyonkthe under floor. This





Nunder floor can be either. an old floor





or a mugh new one; Mastic floors





ordinarily are either magnesia or ce-





ment products. Both come in pow—

‘dered form and are mixed with water

or other liquid, formed into a paste

and spread on the floor one-half inch.

thick. They dry in axiay ortwo and





make a smooth, hard surface. A care- ’





ful workman can also construct a base

along the wall a few inches high.

This forms a cove at the connection

with the floor and base and eliminates

any cracks where dirt or vermin

might hide. Such a floor comes in

various colors, tan, red, or gray, and

can be varnished, painted or left un-

finished. If properly constructed and

the material obtained from a reliable

manufacturer, it is very enduring.

Rubber and cork tile also make an

ideal floor, as they can be laid over

wood and are very resilient, but their





price and thefact that grease is in-. ‘





jurious to the materials,‘almost makes

them prohibitive in a kitchen.





Give Attention” to Color and Pattern.



In selecting a. covering, not only ma

terial but design and color must be in

harmony with the surroundings. A

good rule to follow is “the smaller the

room, the smaller the pattern." How‘

ever,

hold true, and if you are in doubt at

any time, it is advisable to choose the)

smaller pattern.





Col-or plays an important factor and

should ’be selected with the same care

as wall paper.

exposure, or is dreary, should have

cheerful colors which reflect light,

such as cream, light orange, etc. Very,

bright rooms may have blue, brown.

etc. If the soil is sandy, a sand- col-

ored floor does not show dirt tracked

into the kitchen. Dark or red soil

should have kitchen floors colored ac-

cordingly—E. A. Martin.





CHRISTMAS SHOPPING I DO AT

HOME.





 





1TH the first cool, rainy autumn

days my thoughts turn to the





Christmas gifts that I can prepare at





home.’ First I go through all my draw-





ers ahd~closets»and remove all the





outgroWn clothing, and the clothing

that has been replaced by new ap-

parel.



Then I mend, press and lay these





away in my Christmas 1101.. At Christ-





mas time I always find' a war-to disn

tribute these things to people who,

need them badly right in my own

town.



It helps me also. to do this, for I

find that I never have any of the chit-v

dren’ s outgrown clothing filling space

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cu} of desserts? In‘ other Words,

.you have baked the pies, cakes





‘ and puddings that .you are familiar





with, until you hate to look one of

them in the—well, in the “crust” I

suppose I shall have to say.





Some day when you feel like this,

dig around in your refrigerator, bread

MI: and kitchen cabinet “for a few

minutes and unearth these foods that



'are always on hand:

ggiigiiulgref; 13:3me 5:318:36. rind 1 lemon





, t 3 tb. lemon juice

1": gt.” xiii“ 1 tb. melted butter





d there you have your pudding.

Merely pour the scalded milk over the

fine, dry bread crumbs; add salt and

sugar, egg well beaten, grated lemon



_rind, .lemon juice, and melted butter.

Pour into a buttered pudding dish and

bake in a slow oven forty minutes.



A11 excellent sauce to serve with

this—and where is the man who will

not insist on sauce with his pudding—

may be whipped together from one-

quarter cup of butter, one-half cup

of powdered sugar, grated rind of half

a lemon, and tablespoon of lemon juice.



Cream .the butter; add sugar, grad-

ually,~while beating censtantly; then

add grated lemon rind, and lemon

juice, drop by drop. If desired, this

sauce may be warmed over hot water,

beaten thoroughly, and used as a liq-

uid sauce.





When the larder is bare, and the

children insist on having a nice des-

sert, then is the time to fall back upon

that old standby known as “caromel

pudding.” Children love it, and as it

contains both milk and eggs, it is very

healthful. '





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Mix one cup of brown sugar and

one and a half cups of milk. Scald

in double boiler until sugar is dis-

solved. Mix one-quarter cup of flour

with two beaten egg y01ks and another

half cup of milk, and add this to the

hot milk, stirring constantly} until it

boils. You will notice that two cups

of milk are needed altogether. Fold





in stiffly beaten egg-whites from your '





two eggs. Serve cold with whipped

cream—or with plain milk if no cream

is available.



- Coffee Gelatin.





Perhaps a coffee jelly will be the

cheapest of all desserts. One ounce

(two tablespoons) of granulated gela-

tin, one—half cup cold water, one-half

cup hot‘water (boiling), one cup sugar

and three cups strong coffee are re-

quired. Coffee jelly is particularly

cream—or with plain milk.



To get the best results out of gela-

tin it should be soaked in cold water

until soft. Then add to boiling water

and stir over hot water until thor-

oughly dissolved. The object of heat-

ing so little of the water is to hasten

the cooling ands-olidifying of the gel-

atin mixture. Next add sugar and stir

until dissolved. Then remove from

heat and add remaining liquids ‘er

fruit pulp, cold, and mix thoroughly.



Here, then, are three desserts that

may be made very economically. Per-

sonally, I like the first best. Perhaps

it is because of its flavor. Possibly

because it requires a little more fuss-

ing before it is ready to serve. Again,

it may be because of its nutritive val-

ue. Or it may be because of all three.

Anyway, I like it—honestly, because it

tastes good to me.





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Use this department to help solve

your household problems. Address

your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan. ,





REMOVE CALCIMINE FIRST.





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Would like to know whether or not

one can paper over a calcimined wall.

I haven’t time to wash off the calci-

mine. Also, when runners appear on

a fern, is it best to cut them off or

leave them on?——Mrs. L. B.



You cannot paper, over calcimined

“walls without first removing the cal-

cimine. The paper will not stick sat-

isfactorily. You will save time in the





 





- end by thoroughly removing the calci-





mine. You may cut the runners from

your fern without harm. Sometimes

though, these little runners will root,

forming another plant.





TO MAKE SULPHURIED APPLES.





 





In reply to request of Mrs: F. F. for

sulphured apple recipe I have one I

used. . >



For one gallon of sliced apples take

one tablespoonful of sulphur, burn for

half-hour only. ' V





' Pare apples and quarter, place in

something. airtight, burn sulphur in

with thegapples for One-half hour only.

Place in jar, tie cloth over jar and

they will keep indefinitely.» Place a

plate on the apples so the liquid will

cover apples. They form their own

juice. Wash good before using—C. D.

. ._—.——I——__~ .

CAN YOU HELP?





 





. I-have a number 56: strong, healthy

boys ranging in age: from eleven to





warren





young chaps, not afraid of work, and

could be of great assistance to any

farmer, both in winter and summer.

Any one of these boys can drive a

team, and some of them are quite

handy with machinery. We also have

one or two girls who desire homes im—

Amediatéaly, ages eleven and twelve.—





This appeal has come to my desk.

If any reader is interested, just write

me a letter and I shall be glad to put

you in communication with A. L. C.—

Martha Cole.





TOOTH SOM E VIOTUALS.





 





Sausage Stuffed Apples.



Select large rosy red apples and

scoop out the pulp, leaving a thick

shell. Chop or grind the apple pulp

which was removed, add a half tea-

spoonful of salt and mix thoroughly

with cooked sausage. Fill the apples

with this mixture and bake in a me-

dium oven until the apples are tender.

Serve with baked or browned pota-

toes.





Apples en Casserole.





4 cupfuls sliced apples ‘5 cupful water

2 cupfuls bread crumbs 1% rupfuls brown sugar

$4 cupful butter 1% tsp. cinnamon





Melt the butter and stir the bread

crumbs into it. Arrange a layer of

this in the bottom of a greased baking

dish or casserole. Add a thick layer

of apples, sprinkle with sugar and cin-

namon, cover with a thin layer of the

crumb mixture and continue this proc-

ess until the material is used up, hav-

ing the top layer of crumbs. Add the

water and bake thirty-five minutes.



Grape Bavarian.

2 cupfuls grape juice 1 cupful sugar

2 th. gelatin 1% cupi'uls cream

35 cupful cold water ‘

Soak the gelatin in the cold water





 

 

 





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Sprinkle a pinch of Old Hickory Smoked

Salt on a fresh pork chop before you cook

it. Then you’ll know why Mrs. Lessard’s

home cured meat had such a wonderful

flavor and was so appetizing. More digesb

ible too. And what a delicious smell! Fairly

makes your mouth water. That’s the genu-

ine hickory wood smoke. It’s on the salt —

put there by the Edwards process. When

the meat comes out of the pickle it is

smoked as well as cured. And the smoke

goes all the way through the meat instead

of getting into your eyes and hair and





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“The meat we cured with Old Hickory Smoked

Salt is unequaled. It is very appetizing and has a

wonderful flavor. It saved much work because we

did not have to use that troublesome smoke-house.

We will always use this salt now and we will be

glad to buy it right in our own“ town.” —- Mrs.

Louis Lessard, Grafton, North Dakota.





clothing, as with that troublesome smoke

house.





Think of it —— better meat, less work, no

smoke-house, no fire risk ~—— and all for the

price of a ten pound drum of Old Hickory

Smoked Salt. The saving in smoke-house

shrinkage alone more than pays for the

salt. Try it yourself. Then you too will al-

ways use it.





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inches bust measure. The 36-inch size

requires 2 yards of 40-inch material

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measure. Size 36 requires 4 yards of

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Sty/er For Morning and dflerfioon





sizes 36, 40 and 44 inches bust meas-

ure.

32-inch material, "or 2% yards of 36-

inch material.





through the Michigan Farmer Pattern

Department, Detroit, Michigan, for 13c

each. Enclose 13c extra when you or- .

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large Pattern Catalogue will ‘ '

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' .HE program of home economics



extension work for the 1926-27

, season has been outlined by the

Department of Home Economics of

Michigan State College. This work is

becoming increasingly popular with

the farm women of the state. 'EXten-

sion courses are given in home. man-

agement, clothing, nutrition, and home

furnishing. The training in home fur-





nishing is given for the first time this _





year. . .

Michigan State College specialists

give training in these subjects to

groups of local leaders. The local

leaders then supervise the work in

their communities. Several lessons

are included in each course, and at

the end of the year the results of the

year’s work are shown at a gathering

of all the groups in a county. Thirty-

five counties are organized now to do

project work this year. '



Ottawa, Genesee, Isabella, Oakland,

Wayne, Hillsdale, and Washtenaw

counties will have the project in home

management.



Mecosta, Sanilac, Huron, Berrien,

Calhoun, Oceana, and Mason counties

have the first year’s work in clothing;

Wayne, Tuscola, Ottawa, Barry, Mus-

kegon, Newaygo, Clinton, and St. Clair

counties have second year clothing

work; and Van Buren, Lenawee, Mon-

roe, and Oakland counties are having

their third year of clothing project

work.



Chippewa, Ionia, VVexford, and Ma’-

comb counties will have groups study-

ing the first year’s work in nutrition;

while the second year’s work in the

same project will occupy the time of

similar groups in Chippewa, Ionia,

Wexford, Branch, Jackson, Livingston,

and Macomb county groups for the

coming year.



The popularity of home economics

extension work is shown by the fact

that in several counties both first and

second year work in some of the pro-

jects is given.



Montcalm, Cass, St. Joseph, Kent,

and Saginaw counties are enrolled for

the home furnishing project.



Last year there were over 8,000

Michigan women enrolled in these

courses, and at the Achievement Days

held throughout the state, attendance

ran as high as 500 at a single meeting.

Mrs. Louise H. Campbell, state leader

in home demonstration work, is re

‘ sponsible for the successful develop-

ment of this work in Michigan





DOUBLE DUTY MOULDING BOARD.





 





Y new kitchen cabinet had only



one moulding board. I marked

one side of it with a large “V” in the

corner, made by burning two slanting

lines with a hot wire. This side I

use for dozens of things which would

ruin the pastry side. I pound tough

meats; I slice vegetables for soups or

dice them for salads—in fact, I use

this “V” side for things that would

harm the smooth surface of the other

side. (As “V” stands for vegetables,

‘ I never forget which side is which).

And it also holds juices that might

otherwise run over the edge. The

smooth side I use for moulding bread,

cookies and pies—Mrs. M. B.





The young‘student was thirsty for

knowledge, and interesting fact made

a deep impression. “I just read here,”

he said to his fellow roommate, “of

the wonderful progress made in avia-

tion. Men can do anything—~absolute-

ly anythingmthat a bird can do.”





His roommate was tired of won-





ders, and was of more matter—of—fact‘

. . ,“Is that so?” he answered.-

~“Well, when you see an aviator fast





g nature.





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No. 272—Afternoon Frock. Cut in

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

bust measure. Size 36 requires 414

yards of 40—inch material with 34 yard

of 36-inch contrasting.



No. 311—One-piece Dress. Cut in

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

inches bust measure. Size 36 requires

314 yards of 40-inch material with 1,5

yard of 40-inch contrasting.



No. 358-Sport Dress. Cut in sizes

16 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust

measure. Size 36 requires 3%, yards

of 36-inch material with 1% yard of

36-inch contrasting.



No. 403—Two—piece Model. Cut in

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

bust measure. Size 36 requires 3%

yards of 40-inch material with 14 yard

of 36,-inch contrasting, and % yard of

32-inch material for separate camisole.



No. 446—Straightline Coat. Cut in

sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches

bust measure. Size 36 requires 3%

yards of 40-inch material with % yard

of 40-inch contrasting.



These patterns can be obtained

through the Michigan Farmer Pattern

Department, Detroit, Michigan, for 130

each. Enclose 13c extra when you or-

der your pattern, and a copy of our

new Fall and Winter Fashion Cata-

logue that is brimful of'new ideas for

fall frocks, will be sentito you.





 





 





CLIPPED FROM LETTERS.



WHEN I have long and short stitch-



ing or cries-cross stitching to do,

1 always lengthen the stitcher on my

sewing machine and stitch where the

hem will come, without having a

thread in the needle. The needle per-

forations make it easy to get my

stitches even—Miss F. O.



The, other day I wanted a fancy

shaped gelatin fruit salad, but had no

forms so hit upon this idea. I had

two granite pans, one about four or

five inches smaller in diameter than.

the other.

‘other and poured the gelatin





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I sat one panjinsidei the

'ixtur'e. 1

into, the larger pan. . When s t',__; my) .





salad was in a. circular rim form. To

remove the salad. from the forms, I

poured a cupful of hot water into the

smaller panand in a moment it slip—

ped out easily.

around the outside pan and then in-

verted it over the salad plate. It slip—

ped out easily and I filled the inside





of the circle with dried fruit and dot-'





ted the whole with whipped cream.——

Miss D. B. ‘ "



I have made my tape measure more

serviceable by opening one end and

inserting a. corset stay thesame width

as the tape. This stiffened end of my.

tape measure is most convenient in

measuring the length of a skirt from

the floor and in making the hems.—

Mrs. E. L.





At our house we have found that

small green pumpkins go well if

steamed and mashed or crumbed and

fried as green tomatoes sometimes

are—Mrs. F. H.



My kiddies would not eat fruit for

breakfast until I served them with

sliced apples sprinkled with sugar and

cinnamon—Mrs. D. C.



I have sewed two safety pins to the

fur neckpiece that I wear with my

suit. These I’pin to my collar, and

now I have the comfort of knowing

that my furis always in place, and

have no fear of losing it.~Mrs. F. 'Y.



Fasten a strip of cloth around the



'drop leaf of your sewing'machine. It

will keep silk material from slipping,

heavy,“ goods from pulling on the

needle, and is convenient when cut-





ting, basting, or gathering—Mrs. H. U. /





The next time you are cooking a





chicken by "boiling, or a ' ‘frica'ssee, 1'





skim off part, at least, .of the fatjand





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M that horrid nut shell because I

forgot,” explained» Brownie to





Tilly and Billy and thei’r little "play-





mates.» 4

“What did you forget?” asked Billy.

“Well, it was this wa ,” said Brown-



. rownie must (1



some kind deed every day.” . '

“Every day?” asked Bruce. T 5

“Every day before the ‘sunlgde



down,” answered Brewnie. "But.- One

day; just a week ago, I went out bright

and- early in the morning to play



among the grasses and flowers. I



played all the morning and at noon a



morning glory gave me a drink from g



her flower cup, a honey-suckle gave



me some honey, and a little squirrel



cracked a hazel nut for me. So I did



not go home for lunch.





“In \ the "afternoon when the sun

shone brightly, I curled up in the shel-

ter of a toad stool and went to sleep.

When I woke up, the sun was/going

down behind the hill and the birds

were singing their good-night songs up

in the trees. I hurried home as fast

as I could, for, you know, every Brown-

ie must be home before dark. 0n the

way home I met Mother Fairy. -



“ ‘What kind deed did you: do to-

day?’ she asked. ‘



“ 'Why, why, let me see,’ I answer-

ed, ‘I forgot to do. any for I have been

playing all day. Besides,» I did'nt have

an opportunity.’



“ ‘Didn’t a little squirrel crack a nut

for your lunch today?’ Mother Fairy

asked, me. ~



“ ‘Yes,’ I agreed.





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«phage, Ma’am, May I'Help You with

Your Basket?"





. Garnhj ”, 1, sh With parsley, and am, ' [with -. .

. a little paprika. The dish will beiboth

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“ ‘Then why didn’t you help him col—





lect some of his winter nuts?’ she

asked. I just hung my‘head. ‘The

morning glory, also, gave you a drink

from her flower cup, but a big black

worm, which you could have driven

away, was eating one of her gree



leaves.’ 0 ‘





“ ‘You have been a naughty, forgetr

ful Brownie today, and I shall lock

you up in a big, brown nut,’ saidMoth—

er Fairy.



“And that’s how it came about that

you found me in the nut shell. I am

very thankful to you for letting me

out,<and never, never shall I forget to

do a kind (Led again,”.said Brewnie.

‘ With this e made a big bow and

was gone, and not one of them could

tell which way ,he went.



“We'must .hurry home, now," said

Tilly. So they gathered up their bas-

kets of nuts and started off. On the

way they met an old lady, carrying a

basket. All were so busy playing that

they did not see her—~all except Billy





and immediately he rememberEtl the .





Brownie’s. story. - ~



“Please, ma’am,,ma'y I help you with

Your basket?” asked Billy, dofling his

cap. ' « _



“I shall be very glad,” answered the

old lady, for‘she liked little “boys very





much, but when she looked fer her .





basket, it was gone. ‘

(Next week we , _. , _

happeged to'the-lvoid lady’s basket). .3
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These Startling Figures were Given Out at a Meeting of





the American Road Builders’ Association, October 2nd.





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The Michigan Tanner,

1632 rareyette Blah.

Detroit, Michigan.





In re: John A. Thurman.

Box 96, Route 6,

lit. Clemene, Michigan.

Policy lo. ms-r-maie

Claim No. 72130





dentienen:





that he sustained on July 1§th, 1926.

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ease to Mr. ‘llhurman.





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Ir are pleaeed to enclose herewith our check in

the amount or $78.57. which ie in full and final settlement

of the claim presented by the above aeeured for injuries





‘rhie check covere a period of total disability from

July 17th to September 10th, and we would thank yOu to forward





Thanking you in advance for this favor. we are





past with, accuracy,

but no one can tell

what will happen in

the future. There is

no assurance against

accident.





The Michigan

Farmer





does however offer

you Insurance Pro-

tection against the

loss of life or limb as

the result of Travel

Accidents.





$1 Per Year





is the total Cost





This policy carries five

clauses, paying for

loss of , life sustained

under clause No. 1,

$7,500; clause No. 2,

$3,000; clause No. 3,

$2,000; clause No. 4.

$1,000; clause No. 5,

$10 weekly indemnity

for fifteen weeks for

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~ John A. Thurman of Mt. Clemens, Michigan, R. 6, Receives

Check for $78.57 for Injuries Sustained on July 16, 1926





This Policy Covers You Whether on Busi-f

ness or Pleasure





You can be engaged in hauling or trucking, as was



. Thurman, or you may be on a pleasure trip with

the family—Our Travel Accident Insurance Service

Protects You at a Cost of Less than 2c Per Week for

Yourself or Each Member of Your Family who are

over 10 and under 70 'yearsof age, provided each in-

dividual carries a policy. .





‘ Our Family Offer





This .protection is available to each member of the

Michlgan Farmer Famlly, who is a paid-in-advance

reader of Your Own. Home Farm Weekly fer the pe-

riod of t1me the pohcy is in force. ‘





$1.00 Per Year is the Total Cost





If you are not a paid-in—advance reader, $3.00 will give

you Michigan Farmer three years,vor 156 issues, and

cover the cost of your Insurance policy, giving you

protectlon for one Tyear. Michi an Farmer is regularly

one year $1.00.". hree annua subscri tions would

cost'$3.00. Remember, this Family 0 er gives you

Michigan Farmer 3 years and one year insurance pro-

tection. Note the saving.





' Ygu can renew your policy each year that you are a





aid-inadvance. reader for 1.00 renewal premium, as

”fit-79“ {desire to, keep the Insurance in force.





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in the policy.





Fill out application and mail today

(Send Along Your Address Label on This Paper)





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for $7,500 Travel Accident Policy issued by the Federal Life Insur-

ance Company as a service by The Michigan Farmer.





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

Farmer, more than 10 years, and not over 70 years of age.

that I am neither deaf nor blind, and that I am not crippled to the

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for the $7,500 Travel-Accident Policy in the Federal Life Insurance

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Two Discussablc Subjects





W /zzk‘/2 Oug/zt to Bring Some Comment:





The Wet Side of Prohibition.



The subject I am discussing is pro—

hibition; Prohibition is supposed to

be a law. Is it? No! It is not a law,

because it is not constitutional. If it

really were a law, the people would

, obey it, and not make moonshine and

other stuff and .drink it. Just take

into consideration yourself, and think

how many accidents have occurred

since the state of Michigan is dry.

Just think how many a man had to

yield his last moment on account of

careless driving. Now, if the people

could get their stuff to drink all the

time, they would not be so crazy and

get drunk, because they know they

can get it any time. But this way,

when they do get it, they drink and

drink and drink till they are drunk.

Now, don’t you think yourself, Uncle

Frank, that I am right? ’



I dare to bet any money that there

is not one person in our states that

does not take a little glass of home-

brew. You like it i360, don’t you, Uncle

Frank? A little bit doesn’t hurt no

man. Just read the paper nowadays,

and you’ll find out what prohibition

does. Well, Uncle Frank, anyway the

state police will be kept busy, that’s

one sure thing, and they will be kept





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Looks as if I Had a Fancy Office





busy more and more till our great

state changes—Herbert Houck, Birch

Run.

It looks as if Herbert is “all wet”

on this subject, in several senses of

the expression. My answer to the

question you asked me is that home—

brew, or any kind of beer, tastes worse

than medicine to me, and -I don’t like

medicine. From the standpoint of

taste alone, I can’t see how anyone can

like any alcoholic drink. Judging by

. what you say, we have no laws at all,

as all of them are violated. Just be-

cause people do not obey a law does

not make it constitutional. Answers

can be made to the rest of your letter,

but I will leave that to other M. C.’s

to take care of.





 





City vs. Farm.



I am writing this so as to give an

answer to Herbert Estes. For once,

Herbert, I cannot agree with you. In

the first place, you said a farmer was

his own boss. Say! don’t make me

laugh, please. A city fellow is not a.

paid servant. Oh, yes, he gets paid.

But he is not a slave, and let me tell

you, we’re living in 1926, not 18—.

Most factory places aresanitary now,

and have many conveniences for the

employes, and the offices aren’t very

stuffy either, for they are well venti-

lated.



A fellow from the city has a day off

during the week. A boss in an office

isn’t a slave driver. He’s human and

thinks not only of himself, but of the

~ other fellow also. I have lived in both

1,; the city and the country, and I like

“*che city best. 'A fellow in the city





 





has more time for pleasure and rest.

Also a fellow in town works eight

hours a day, then has the rest of the

day to himself.



I know a great many fellows who

were born and raised’on the farm, but

who have gone to the city. Why?

Because they pay good wages in the

city, and money is what counts. A

fellow in town makes a lot more mon-

ey and has an easier time doing it.

While his country brother can work

from morning till night and get noth-

ing for it. No, a person can’t make

money farming nowadays.





A farmer goes on a day’s outing

once in a while, but he has to be home

early. The cows have to be milked,

the chickens, fed, etc. You can’t tell

me a farmer is his own boss. No, sir!

A farmer is bossed by his work and

chores. The farmer is always in a

hurry. It’s a hurry to get the hay in.

Then wheat, then oats, and it’s hurry





all the time. When has a farmer time '

to go to the quiet and peaceful woods

to rest? Not very often.





I could write dozens of other city

advantages, but this is long enough.

I’ll say the city is the best place, and

the city-for mine. As for high school

education, I think everybody should;

if possible, go to high school. A per-

son can’t be any too well educated.

I’ve gone to high school. and this last

year I spent at Business College. I

agree with George N... on this subject. '





Say, Uncle Frank, I hope you make

up your‘mind to have a club for those

eighteen and over.

be lots of fun. If you want any help

about getting it started, call on me.



Those letters on choosing a partner

were good, but I’ll not say anything

about it now.—-Au revoir, Kiddo.



Kiddo, you are looking at this sub

ject with only one eye, the city eye.

How about the time the farmer has

during the winter months? How about

the farmers we find camping and tour-

ing in the summer? How about the

farmer taking a day off during the

week when the roads are not crowd-

ed? One can make money on the farm

because I know some that have.





 





 





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank and Cousins:



Thank you, Uncle_Frank, for the

pretty heads. I like them. I like

beads and bracelets better than any

other kind of jewelry. I hope my sis-

ter gets a button. Won’t that seem

funny, a sister and cousin in one?



My sister and I have lots of fun.

We imagine a story in our minds and

keep it going. It never ends. At

night, in bed, we tell each other all

we imagined during the day. Some-

times we draw pictures to illustrate

it. We keep them in scrap books. It’s

great fun. Do any of you other cous-

ins do that? I don’t suppose so, as

few girls are lucky enough to have

such a sister as Jean.



Our cat had a kitten in the house

and it was two or three days old be-

fore anyone found it. Yesterday it

was away all day and the kitten had

it’s meal through a medicine dropper.

The cat came back this morning. Well,

thanks for the pretty blue necklace.—

Myrtle Lehman. '





It is fine that you and your sister

have such nice times together. Your

story stunt is an interesting one. Who

was foster mother to the kitten when

the cat was gone? She must be neg-

lectful of her children.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Sh, sh, don’t wake Mr. W. B. Well,

Uncle Frank, I got over my afraid

spell. I’m going to scribble a bit. You

ask the opinions of other girls on cer-

tain subjects. Bobbed hair is all right.

Boyish bobs, etc., are not all right.

Girls shouldn’t paint; boys shouldn’t

smoke. Some flappers think they

should smoke. I could Slap them in

the face—both of them.



I am sending in my bit with the

contest. I think all the boys and girls

should send in a little—Just a_Farm-

erette, “Jim.” '



In a. few words you have stated

much. I am glad you are over your

afraid feeling. There is no reason for





being,afraid. Come again.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Ju t decided to write to you con-

cerni g some of our high school activ-

ities. First and foremost of them all,

I would class the Agricultural Associ-

ation or, as we call it, the Ag Club.

This is mostly made up [of country

boys and girls, or rather girls and

boys, as the girls always outnumber

their friends. 'Its- purpose is to pro-

mote greater interest ‘in the agricul-





 





tural department of the high school,,





and to give aid to the farmers of the

community.





 





 





 

 

 

 





Many live parties are held, and ev-





It is





ery Aggie is kept interested.

one of the live wires of our high





school. It has judging teams which

it sends out to various schools to

judge corn, potatoes and apples.

These teams are. not always composed

of boys, as anyone would imagine, for

the girls make just as active an Aggie

as the boys do. It also started and

publishes our high school paper—the

Agesian.



Running close to this club in popu-

larity is the N. T. Club, 0 Tobacco

Club. In" this the boys p dge them-

selves to abstain from the use of any

form of tobaccountil they reach the

age of twenty-one. Membership num-

bered 125 the first year.



It is the only club of its sort in the

state. Then there are many other or-

ganizations, all of which we are proud.

The P. E. P. Club, composed of senior

girls, to arouse more pep in the Sen-

ior Class. .They started out by wear-

ing purple ribbons around their necks.

This aroused curiosity, and also the

desired pep.



Then there’s the Eco Club, standing

for Home Economics, which helps to

form a. connecting link between the

home and the school. It would take

me a long time to tell you about our

other clubs. The Latin, French and

Commercial, all of which deserve

much praise. There are many points.

of interest about these, too, but I

haven’t the time for them today.—

Just an Aggie. -



Yours must be a live high school.

The school clubs you have are useful

ones, as well as affording many good

times, it seems to me.

other schools which can show better





organizations than this one? If so,





I think it would '





we would like to hear about them.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:





‘I bet you whuld be tempted to give .





me a good ,thrashing‘if you knew I

haven’t written to you in a year, but

I really was getting disgusted with

the whole affair. You see, I worked

out contests for three years before I

became an M. C. , I think that would

make anyone disgusted. ’ '



I am sending in one more contest in





 





Elton Hawkins is an Enthusiastic

Club Member.





hopes of winning, but it may go where

the rest went, right in the hands of

W. B. Well, cousins, I have begun to

think the reason W. B. never gets full

is because our Unk is so sleepy in the

morning when he comes to the office,

that he accidently kicks over W. 13.

Then it is empty for another day. I

pity the poor janitor that has the

sweeping to do. Butone thing, I bet

he has enough paper to start a fire

with in the morning.



I believethere must be something

wrongwith Christine Zeck’s cocoanut

tree, to say tobacco is fit to chew. I

would like to put a. little tobacco juice

in some of her bean soup, and see how

she likes it. _I prefer chewing gum.



I appreciated Wilma Fry's poem

very much. I thought .of a new sub-

ject to discuss. Why don’t you try

to get on the air for a children’s hour

through WWJ? We, who have radios

would enjoy it, and I am sure the

crippled children would also.



I think it best not to split our club.

We are getting along just fine as it is.

Thanks for the M. C. card and button.

I am leaving it to the cousins to de-

cide if I am a boy. or girl.———Love from

an M. C., “Hayseed.”





My guess is that you are a girl, for

very few boys would work contests

for three years without success. I

admire you for your persistency. I

think I’d go up in the air if I ever

got on the air.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: -





I disagree With End about evolution.

It seems to me. that every time any-

one mentions that word, they instant-

ly think of monkeys, but it isn’t con-

nected. with monkeys any more than

it is with anything else. Scientists

are sure that a. horse developed from

a small animal about the size of a cat,

for they have the bones of the legs

of allthe different stages of the de-

velopment of the horse. I have seen

ministers that could not prove their

side of the question, try to "laugh it





Are there any mil?” with some such saying as, “I have





seen men make monkeys of them-

selves, but I have never seen a mon-

key make a man of himself.”





“Grays‘on’s” Secret of Success

Ray Stannard Baker Give: It in Condensed Form





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”grog? Instead. .94] debate be-

. n the Boy SGOiits " and the Lone

outs, I Would suggest ,a, debate be-

tween the. Be “Scouts and the Girl

scouts, or~it m ht be better if-it were





 





 





"be ween the boys and girls.





ell, I will close lip-and give some

body else a shame—Your nephew,





Andy. .



Well, anyhow, Andy, the ministers

tell the truth when they say that they

never have seen a monkey make a

man of himself, but still, men do a

lot of things monkeys would not do.





 





Scouting is great work, isn’t it? My



boys are scouts. too.



Hello, Everybody: I ,

I’ve deserted you terribly. I haven’t





written for ages; why, I haven’t even





w thanked you for the pencil that I re-





ceived ages ago. This is the official

“Thank you.” I think that the pencil

is just dandy. .



Let’s lay off of the bobbed hair,

rouge, lipstick, knickers, etc., ques-

tions. We each have our individual

opinion and it seems to me that is

just creating hard feelings between

the boys and girls. _



I am just past sixteen and am a son-



ior (dl nifled) now. I wonder if any

of the . C.'s were at the State Chris-

tian Endeavor, Convention at Grand

Rapids this year. It certainly wag

wonderful, t1and Detroit had “some

dele ation ere. . _

- Agent time; I should judge, to end

my ramblings or this’ll serve as a

fifty-cent breakfast for Mr. W. B.—

Agnes Marie Spaulding, Buchanan,

Mich.



Better late than never, Agnes. I

am glad you think the pencil worth

an “official thank you.” 1 hope you

will get the habit of writing once in





a while. ’

....——§-——————-—--e—— .

CONTEST CONTEST.





E have had contests now almost

continuously for over four years.

They have generally taken well, but

I think that there may be, in the





 





them. So, in" order to get some of





these new thoughts on the way'these

contests should be run, we will make





this a contest contest.





, For the best suggestions as to the

kind of contests to run, as well as the





kind of prizes to give, and themethod

of giving them, we will give ten prizes.





The first two will be these modern





large-barreled fountain pens; the next

three, fully equipped pencil boxes, and

the next five, unique, collapsible pock-

et knives. . _



I would like some real peppy sug-

gestions regarding contests. Also some

criticism that will be helpful, so don’t

hesitate to write just what you think

regarding them. This contest closes

October 22. Please send your sugges-

tions to Uncle Frank, Michigan Farm-

er, Detroit, Michigan.





 





OUR ARTIST WINNERS.





UR pen and pencil workers got



busy in this contest and sent us

a nice lot of drawings. Every time we

have one of these~contests I come to

the realization that we have some

real artistic ability among the Merry

Circlers. The ones who had the best

drawings are as follows:



1 Fountain Pens.





Reuben Johnson, Hermansville,

Mich.

Russel Carter, Middleville, Mich.

Pencil Boxes.





Flora Tabberer, R. No. 2, Kingsley,

Mich.

iHorst Beyer, R. No. 3, Paw Paw,





M c .

Vera Kelch, R. No. 2, Suttons Bay,

Mich.





Clutch Pencils.

Adeline Storch, R. No. 4, Saginaw

. ., Mich.

Georgia Love, Fremont, Mich.

Myrtle Lehnen, Munising, Mich.

Sadie Luoma, Eben Junction, Mich.

Leon Gratz, Allen, Mich.





 





 





DON’T FORGET THE VITAMINS.





0U can’t live Without eating!”



Everyone accepts this dictum,



but not everyone realizes that

you can’t live, even if you do eat, un-

less you eat the right stuff in the»

right way. Doctor E. V. McCollum,

chemist and food expert of national

fame, thinks that Americans have

learned a little something about foods

in the last twenty years, but they

still have a long way to go. He lays

special stress on child feeding, for the

early years are when the foundation

is laid. ‘



All babies should have orange juice,

tomato juice, or something equally

rich in vitamins that drive away

scurvy, but especially is this impera-

tive,with bottle-fed babies. It. is com-

mon practice to give such juices now-

adays, but many a young mother

thinks the juice is given because it is

needed to promote bowel action. “My

baby doesn’t need anything of the

kind,” a young mother will say, “he

doesn’t have /a)1y constipation at all.”

She must learn that constipation is

not the issue. The fruit juices are

given to supply the vitamins that are

damaged in heating the baby’s milk.

Every baby brought up on , artificial

food must have suchjuices added to

the diet and there is no reason why

breast-fed infants should not have

some. too. A very young baby may

have. half a teaspoonful of orange

juice at a. dose, and 0116 six months

old may have a tab'lespoonful twice

daily. Strained, canned tomato juice

will answer the purpose homage juice





 

 





'pliShed. under a local anesthetic.





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a baby six or seven months old may

be given small portions of thoroughly

cooked and strained spinach or car~

rots. For the adult who would be in

normal health the diet list must daily

,include a good helping of some such

food as spinach, head lettuce, Swiss

chard, kale, carrots, beet-tops or tur-

nip. tops. These foods carry the vita-

mins that are the key to healthy

growth.





 





WHAT ARE “GROWING PAINS?”





Our little girl, five years old, is trou-

bled with pains in her limbs, which

usually come on in the evening or

during the night, and apparently are

what is sometimes called “growing

pains.” What is the cause of these

pains, and can they be cured? She

has very poor teeth, but otherwise is

in good health.—~G. E. P.



The term “growing pains” means

just exactly nothing. Look for three

things in such a case in a child: (1)

tuberculosis of joints; (2) arthritis,

due to infected teeth; (3) diseased

tonsils. Buildup her general nourish-

ment, dress her warmly, and see that

she has long hours in bed.





 





CAUSE OF NERVOUSNESS.





I have ‘a lump on the back of my

neck as large as a hen egg, on the

right side, close up to. where the neck

joins the head. Could this cause me

being so nervous? It has been there

several years—Mrs. BxR.





This may be a fatty tumor, an en-

larged gland, or' some other foreign

tissue. ‘1 think such a growth is suf-

ficient to cause a great deal of ner-

vousness and probably «is more of a-

drag on your health than you are in-

Glined tosuspect. Its removal is likely

a. simple matter that can be accom-





fierry‘dirclers, , me A

real unique ideas regarding the bum

tgbts that" might add alot of pop to





 





 





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AMERICANS rely u on quick

communication an prove it

by using the telephone seventy

million times every twenty—

four hours. In each case some

one person Of a hundred mil—

lion haS been called for by

some other erson and con—

nected with im by means of

telephone wires.



SO commonly used is the

telephone that it has come to

be taken for granted. Like

the air they breathe, people

do not think Ofit except when

in rare instances they feel the

lack of it.



Imagine the seventeen mil-

lion American telephones

dumb, and the wires dead.

Many of the every-day activ—

ities would be paralyzed.





Mails, telegraphs and every

means of communication and

transportation would be over—

burdened. The streets and

elevators would be crowded

with messengers. Newspaper

men, doctors, policemen, fire—

men and business men would

find themselves facing condi—

tions more diflicult than those

of fifty years ago, before the

telephone had been invented.



To prevent such a catastro-

phe is the daily work of three

undred thousand telephone

men and women. To main-

tain an uninterrupted and

dependable telc hone service

is the purpose 0 the Bell Sys-

tem,and to that purpose all its

energy and resources are

devoted.





 





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STATEMENT OF THE, OWNERSHIP. MANAGE-

MENT. CIRCULATION, ETC.. REQUIRED BY

THE ACT OF CONGRESS 0F AUGUST 24. l9l2.





0: THE MICHIGAN FARMER. published weekly at

Detroit. Michigan, for October 1. 1926.



State of Michigan.



County of Wayne. 53-



Before me. a Notary Public. in and for the State

and County aforesaid, personally appeared I. R.

Waterbury. who, having been duly sworn according to

law. deposea and says that he is the Managerr of

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. and that the followins

is. to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true

statement of the ownership. management (and if a

daily paper, the circulation), etc.. of the aforesaid

publication for the date shown in the above caption.

required by the Act of August 24. 1912. embodied in

section 411. Postal Laws and Regulations. printed on

the reverse of this form. to wit:



1. That the names and addresses of the publisher.

editor. managing editor. and business managers are:





’Publisher. the Lawrence Publishing Company. DQ-

trnlt, Michigan.



Editor. Burt Wo'rmuth. Detroit. Michinan.

Managing Editor. I. B. Waterbury. Detroit. Mich.

Business Manager. I. R. Waterbury. Detroit. M10!-

2. That the em on: (Gin names and adv

dresses of individual ownera‘or. it a corporation 3”





 





 





 





 





its name aad the um: and Addresses of the stub





 





holders owning or holding one per ccnt or more of

the total amount of SIOl’k).





The Lawrence Publishing Company, 1013 Oregon





Ave. Clexcland. Ohio.





Arthur Capper. Eighth and Jackson Streets. Topeka.

Kansas.

Paul '1‘. Lawrence. 2590 Fairmont Blvd..





Euclid

Heights. Ohio. -





Mrs. C. B. Rogers. 1351:) Lake Shore Blvd., Cleve-

land. Ohio.



Lillian ('ulrou, 9400 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Ohio.



Kate 1'}. MuuSL-ll. 150 East Grand Blvd” Detroit.

Mich.





F. H. Nance. 10727 (‘lli'ton Blvd... Lakewood. Ohio.



Neil Laing. 261 §uuth Third Street, Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania.



I. ll.

Michigan.



3. That the known bondholders. mortgagccs. and

other .security holders owning or holding one per cent

or more or total amount of bonds. mortgages, or

other securities are: (If there are none, so state).



Dime Savings Bank. Detroit, Mich.



4. That the two paragraphs neg, above. giving the

names of the owners. stookholders. and security hold-





Watcrbury. 1U32 Lafayette Blvd. Detroit.





«are. if any, contain not only the list of stockholders





and security holders as they appear upon the books of

the company but also. in cases where the stockholder

or security holder appears upon the books of the com-

pany as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation.

the name of the person or corporation for whom such

trustee is acting. is given: also that the said two par-

agraphs contain statements embracing afflant‘s full

knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and

conditions under which stockholders and security

holders who do not appear upon the books of the

company, as trustees. hold stock and securities in a

capacity Other than that of a boua tide owner: and

this amant has no reason to believe that any other

person. association, or corporation has any interest

direct or indirect in the said stock.

securities than as so stated by him.





5. That the average number of copies. of each

issue of fins publication sold or distributed. through

the mails, or otherwise. to paid subsoribers during the

Ill "months preceding ..the date shown show is

(fill: information is required from daily publications





I. B. Waterbury. Business Manager.





890!!! to and subscribed before me this Sixth Dav

of MP. 1926. '





bonds. or other





, unis Koch. Notary Public.

(My commission expires November .20. 1927).
hogs thrive.





Tonic.





would eat.

32. H) for Stock Tonic.





5 I/3c a pound.





Stock Tonic was $32.67.

Now, Mr.





every 20 shoats.





1000 lbs. at 9c.





 





Plain facts? about

2 pens of pigs





DR. ROPP, an Ohio veterinarian. wanted to find out

which was better—Dr. Hess Improved Stock Tonic or

"capsules"—— for getting rid of worms and making





He took a bunch of wormy, scrubby shoats and

'clivided them into two pens, equal 1n weight.



Pen No. l were given the popular capsule treatment.



Pen No. 2 were 'given Dr. Hess‘ ‘lmproved Stock





Pigs weighed every week

Ist week—Capsule pen had gained 29 lbs.

Tonic pen had gained 146 lbs.

5th week—Capsule pen had gained 37l lbs.

Tonic pen had gained 668 lbs.



Both pens were given the same care and all the feed they

At the end of the six weeks the Capsule pen had .

consumed $10.96 worth of feed including $3.00 for Capsules.

The Tonic pen had consumed $3’6. 06 worth of feed including





The Capsule pen had gained 37l pounds at a cost of 8 l/3c

a pound. The Tonic pen had gained 668 pounds at a cost of





Both pens of pigs were sold at ilc a pound. The gain for

the Capsule pigs Was $40.8l.

was $73.48—the difference in favor of Dr.





Hog Raiser—if you have a bunch of

wormy or unthrifty shoats, it will pay you to put them

on Dr. Hess Stock Tonic today.

Feed the worming dose for the first

l0 days, then the thriving dose.



Our guarantee covers the results unconditionally.





Prices.- 25 lbs. $3.00; 100 lbs. $10.00; 500 lbs. at Sléc;





Ton lots at 81,~éc a pound.

Except in the Far West and Canada





Dr. Hess & Clark, lnc., Ashland, Ohio





Dr. Hess Stock Tonic





Improved »





The gain for the Tonic pigs

Hess improved





Get 25 pounds for





 





 





 





 





 





 





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A wonderful healing ointment extracted from the

wool of sheep is the discovery of Mr. C. G. Phillig,

of Ohio. An amazing remedy for Burns, Seal

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Even stubborn cases of Eczema, Rash or Chillblains

yield toits soothing relief.

CORONA WOOL FAT is the name rOf this wonder salve

and to r ove its amazing healingr mfnies Mr. Phillip:

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KEEP THE PROMiSlNG EWE

LAMBS.





 





 





,HE flock owner who is desirous of





,iniproving the wool and mutton





producing qualities of his flock, or of

increasing the size of the flock, should

retain each year a few of the most

promising ewe lambs.



In the management of my flock I

aim to use the best type of pure-bred

males '1 can select to correct'weak.

qualities and intensify those most de-





sired in the production of high quality.





of wool and mutton. Through the





careful selection of males each year,

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will be favorable when, the sows far- "

row. '



.If the farmer has warm houses, the

conditions of the weather cuts a small 7

figure, and he pays little attention to

it. But if he' has not, and has not

kept the date of breeding, he '7...

smart under his losses and complain

of the weather, and To“. “luck.” Now,

to the. fariner who see suffered loss

in this way, and the breeding seaéon

does not find him any better prepared

than he was before, but still hoping

that he may be lucky in counting‘the

pigs in fair weather, we say, do not

breed early, for a pig farrowed a.‘

month later with warm sunshine to

help it out, will be worth more than





 





This Dairyman Has Arranged His Cow Stables so that the Calves Can be

Kept Near Their Mothers.





ewe lambs I am able to produce a





fleece of m01e weight and better qual-





ity of fibre, and a better grade of

mutton.



There are always a few ewe lambs

from the best matings. In the fall

such lambs should be sorted out and

given good care to develop their supe-

rior breeding qualities.



Many flock owners follow the‘prac-

tice of marketing early 'in' the fall, all

the large, well-grown lambs of both

sexes, and depending upon the late





;lambs for material to replenish the





trust to the weather (tend





flock. This is not good practice. Late

lambs are very likely to be undernour-

ished on account of the scant pasture

during the summer and fall season,

and fail. \ , ”’



It has been my practice to turn off

a. few aged ewes each year. Some of

these ewes are in good flesh and

would continue to breed fer a year or

so longer, but I find it more profitable

to dispose of them while in market-

able condition than to keep them long-

er. To keep my breeding flock up to

the standard, I retain about twelve

ewe lambs each season to take the

place of the old ewes that must be dis-

posed of. I do not breed my ewe

lambs the first year.



Using ordinary males and disposing

of the most promising ewe lambs, is

a short—sighted practice. The sheep

raising business is profitable, where

every opportunity to improve the flock

is exercised. Judicious use of pure-

bred rams, and careful selection of

the most promising ewe lambs of su-

perior individual excellence, is a. long

step toward achieving the desired

end—R. C. L.





BREEDING MANAGEMENT FOR

EARLY PIGS.





 





HE season for February and

March pigs commences in the

late fall. The early pig is all right

and a paying proposition, if the owner

is prepared to take care of it when

it arrives. Insufficient preparation is





the cause of a. large per cent of the -'





loss of early farrowed plgs. Too'm , I





 





the weather-stunted, early pig. It

stands to reason that it is to the pig

breeder’s interest to look ahead a lit-

tle, and breed his sows at a. time to

have them farrow when he can best

take care of the pigs.





The careful man will know before-

hand what boar he will use. If he

owns one he will have him on the

farm some time before the breeding

season. If he hires the use of one he

will know for certain that: he is in

prime condition, not over-worked. If

‘he purchases the use of the male, he

stands a better chance of getting a.

good one than if he depended on bor-

rowing. The lender of such stock is

generally in the same position at far-

lowing time as the borrower; both are '”

apt to be disappointed in the crop of

pigs.





In breeding for early pigs, first com-

mence with making a record of the

time the sows are bred. Next, if they

are thin put some flesh on their bones,

keep them warm and free from ver-

min, and do not feed all corn, over the

fence in a mud hole. Another point,

if the sows can be bred at nearly the

same time it is a great advantage;

then the pig crop is even, and as a.

result,’are more easily cared for and

the litters can Often be divided to an

advantage.





If the sows are not so tame that

they can be handled with ease at far-

rowing time, do not breed early. Too

many farmers overlook the important

point of having the brood sows gentle



-and easy to handle when they come

to farrow. During mild weather, and

with favorable surroundings, it is not

necessary to handle or disturb either

the pigs or mother very much at far:

roWing time, but in case. it becomes

necesSary to do so, having her tame

is a great advantage—F. M. Couch.





/' Some years ago losses of live stock ‘





   





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£00, ,000 mega d b



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and poisoning war ‘ condo

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25,000,000 to $30,-,, 2;

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one of Sanilac. county, last month.





. The average per cow is quite a. bit

' low er, there being more dry «cows and





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poorer pasture, making an average per

cow of 648 pounds of milk and 24.2

pounds of butter-fat. The demand for

grain by the cow at this season of

the year is plainly seen by the last

three reports. .

small herd class is owned by Ralph

Wood, of Melvin. This herd consists

of four pure-bred Holsteins, producing

1,139 pounds of milk and 38.1 pounds

'of butter-fat. The high herd in the

large herd class is owned by Carl

Sharrard, of Peck, and consists of a

mixed herd of sixteen cows \producing

930 pounds of milk and 34.88 pounds

of butter-fat. The second highest is

owned by ErnesthVoodruff, of Peck.

This mixed herd of seventeen cows

produced 995 pounds of milk and 31.92

pounds of butter-fat.



The high cow in butter-fat is owned

by Anson Dafoe, of Roseburg. This is

a grade Jersey and produced 1,290

pounds of milk and 67.0 pounds of but-

ter-fat. The high cow in milk is owned

by W. F. Martin, of Croswell. This

was a pure-bred Holstein and produc—

ed 1,947 pounds of milk and 58.4

pounds of butter-fat. Six cows were

sold off the assggiation this month,

two of them bei g unprofitable Six

new ones were bought, which are



owing up fine. There are four~new

silos being erected, one milk house

and three new coolers. There is also

a considerable amount of commercial

feeds being purchased by members of

the association this month—M. B.

Beebe, Tester.





WILL ESTABLISH MEAT GRADES.





 





HE Marketing live Stock, Meats



and Wool Division of the Bureau

of Agricultural EcOn-omics, will hold

a. selies of conferences at which the

tentative grades of vealers and veal,

calves and calf carcasses, live and

d1essed lambs and sheep will be ex-

plained and discussed. The confer-

ence at Chicago will be held Decem-

ber 3. Any one interested in standard

grades for live stock and live stock

products will be welcome.





PACKERS FIGHT CONSENT

DEGREE.





 





HE “Big Five” meat packers are



determined to carry their consent

decree to the highest court. The case

involving the validity of the consent

decree entered into by the packers

and government came before the court

of appeals of the District of Columbia

on October 4. By this decree the pack-

ers agreed to confine their activities

‘to the meat packing industry, and to

cease their alleged monopolistic ef-

forts to control the nation’s food





I supply.





A. statement issued by the depart-

ment of justice says that the litiga-

tion represents one of many efforts

made by the government, extending

over several years to compel observ-

ance of the federal anti-trust laws by

the meat packing industry. This court

fight started twenty-three years ago.





.The packers have submitted to de





crees from time to time, enjoining

them from trade practices countrary

to the government’s interpretations of

the law, only to evade them or secure

theirenullification. The government is

now fighting to compel the packers

to confine themselves to the packing

business and to abstain fromccreatifig

a monopoly in any line of trade.

Charles E. Hughes, former member





bf the. supreme \court, appearing for





7 ._- the packers, termed the. decree a “uni-





.”, and contended that the court





L‘L-‘HERE were Zfly’co’ws and ftwenty-I

‘ "nine herds tested-in testing group





The high herd in the





(1:.de “for the «16:11 13: agree to





regulate the lawful business of the

packers.”





THE ale DAIRY SHOW.»





 





--(Continued from page 382).

and a thousand and one things that

comes within range of the progressive

dairyman.





special merits of their brands.



Nor did it stop with the dairy barn,

since the profitable conduct of this

business ltquires a good home. So

every type of convenience for making

the home tractable was included in

the list of exhibits.



The health food show got an abund-

,ance of attention. Every sort of good

human fodder was given its rating of

usefulness for maintaining health and

bodily vigor. This show was under

the able direction or Dr. E. V. McCul-

lum, of Johns Hopkins University, and

on each class of foods was shown a

placard from the Doctor’s pen exhibit-

ing the nutritive values and their re-

lations in making up a balanced diet;

also, in plain language, the particular

information that every layman wants

about his eating habits. Trained nutri-

tion workers were also present to give

demonstrations and bring to the at-

tention of the show patrons the latest

findings along this line of investiga-

tion.



To Mrs. Wager is due credit for giv-

ing emphasis to the woman’s interest

in the show. This phase of the show

will be 1ep01ted in another issue of;

this journal.





To ieduce many of the generaliza-i





tions of dairymen to concrete facts

was the very successful effort of the

United States Department of Agricul-

ture, where splendid work has been

conducted for a number of years to

aid the dairymen with more definite

knowledge about practical phases of

his business. The hazards taken in

the mere purchasing of a dairy sire,

the need of heart girth in the dairy

nimal, the normal wastes in the con-

uct of the business of producing

m1 , the definite requirements for

producing a quality product, the sus-

ceptibility of the public to dairy prod-

uctsthat are prime, and many other

subjects in this exhibit, were present-

ed in a manner that impressed deeply

the thousands who made inspection.



The Michigan State College exhibit

was a high-wrought display. It de-

served the wonderful popularity given

it. The fact01s enteiing the success-

ful production of the basic daiiy crops

of corn and alfalfa were illustrated

and chaited. Then one saw the feed-

ing values of these and other products

and, finally, staring one in the face

were the definite rations that good

dairymen would make of these basic

feeds and others 'of secondary import-

ance, together with the probable re-

sults that could well be expected from

feeding these rations to good dairy

cows and the cows weie there, too,

contentedly chewing their cuds.



Michigan dairy leaders, under the

capable guidance of Professor Reed,

of the Michigan State College, who

was chaiimad of the local committee,

are to be congratulated upon the

splendid, persistent and effective work

done in getting out farm folks. Of

course, the state would have been

much richer had there been ten times

as many cow owners p1esent,but, as

compared with other similar sessions,

the event was a great success. Awards

will be published next week.



The boys and girls made up an in-

tegral part of the show. Their activi-

ties were everywhere evident. Housed

in barracks on the fair grounds, they

went. forth each day of the exposition

on their many duties—judging, demon-

strating, lecturing, listening, sight-

seeing—what a treat' for a. boy or girl'.

It was the fine privilege of the editors

181 staff of the Michigan Farmer to be

host to the boys and girls at a ban—





quet on Sunday afternoon; and we"

spam. '





The feed men here dis! 3

played their wares and repeated any _





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 

 





 

 





   

 





 

 

 





   





 





   

 





 





 

 





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FEEDING ‘“

. PRC FITS





Easy Pull





Linseed Meal acts like a block-and—tackle

on feeding profits.





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Its conditioning qualities allow animals to

make better use of other feeds.





Its high protein content and digestibility

speed up gains. Its manurial value is un-

usually high.





 





} Thus it acts like a leverage or gear ratio

in making rations more than maintenance





rations.





It makes the extra flesh, wool and milk

that mean real profits.





Feeders who have kept accurate record say

that it . . PAYS AS HIGH AS 100%.





. The books illustrated herewith show you

how. Written by successful feeders, ex-

periment station men and marketing Spe-

cialists. You’ll find them very valuable.

Write Dept. D—1o for any or all of them.





 





LIN SEED MEAL





EDUCATIONAL COMMITTE

1128 Union Trust Building

CHICAGO, ILL.





 

 

 

 

 





PAYS AS HIGH AS 100% PROFIT





 





 





 





TRY a Michigan Farmer Liner sell Your Poultry, Real

Estate, Seeds and Nursery Stock and Miscellaneous ,

Articles. SecHRates on Page 405. .





 





 

   

 





Losing Their Calve ‘





You Can Stop Them Yourself

. AT SMALL COST ‘7\

Ask for FREE copy of “The Cattle “

c g . Specialist," our cattle paper. Answers all

' qu uestions asked during the past thirty years

about abortion in cows. Also let us tell £311 how to get the “Practical

Home Veterinarian”. a Live Stock Doctor ok, without coahVeterinary

advice FREE. Write; tonight. A postal willd





 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 





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Dr. David Roberts Veterinary Cosine" 124 Grand Ave” Wanna-ham





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By Balancin Home

Grown Fee s With





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Your pastures are dry. Winter feed-

ing time is here. Buy your Corn Gluten

Feed now—to balance your home-grown



. feeds and increase the protein.





It is not what the animal EATS, but

what it DIGESTS that makes meat or

milk. You can make the ration more

digestible by feeding Corn Gluten Feed.





In each loo-pound bag of Corn, Gluten

Feed you get five to twenty-five pounds more

digestible material than you get in the other

protein concentrates commonly used.





So when you feed a ration containing Corn

Gluten Feed you make more money because

the cow digests more, therefore she does not

need as much feed to make a gallon of milk.





Dairy'cows winter better on a Corn Gluten

Feed ration. They maintain full production

and a fine condition.





.Order your winter supply of Com Gluten

Feed at once. If your dealer does not sell it,

any manufacturer will supply you.





Write at once for free copy of Bulletin

containing good rations for cattle. dairy cows.

hogs, sheep and poultry._ _,





 





 





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Ask for Bulletin 5 J





Associated Corn Products Manufacturers

Feed Research Department





208 South La Salle St., Chicago, III.





No.57





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Thirteenth Annual Public Sale





Howell Sales Company of Livingston County, Howell, Michigan





Thursday, October 21, 1926,

65 REGISTERED HOLSTEIN CATTLE 65





4 Young bulls from high record dams, also with large yearly records.

61 Females, only 3 over 6 yrs. old. 56 will either be fresh at sale time or soon





after.

Livingston County, 36. 84 bs





Several from hi h record dams, one from the highest record cow 1n ’





The Show Cow, Martha Segis Pontiac 686725 is included in the sale.





(Whole County an Accredited List)

For Catalogs, address





GUY WAKEFIELD, Secretary, Fowlerville, Michigan





 





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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY /





e of Cop o1- Cancellations must reach us

Chu'lrgwelve Desire before date of publication





Wallinwood Guernseys





May Rosc—Glenwood bred bull for sale.

I. W. WALLIN, JENISON, IMO“





 





R SALE—Two young Guernsey bulls one born

ngarch 25. 1925; has A. R. dam. One born Ochoa

FRANK E. ROBSON. Room 303. M.





b“ 26'1925 Detroit. Mich.





R. R. Depot Building,





 





Guernsey Bull, 11 mo. old.

F O R S A L E Also one heifer year old.

Out of dams with C. T. A. record. LEONARD





Mich.





 





HASSLER, Sandusky.

practically pure-bred GUERNSEY or HOL-





He Will Transmit Production





‘With May Echo Sylvia on both sides of his

'pedigree this young bull wlll surely transmit



any production. Evenly marked. Born

January 27,1926.





His sire a 3411» grandson of May Echo

Sylvia, has 6 daughters with records from

20 to 29 lbs. as 2- -year- -olds.





His dam is a 29. 88- lb. 3 -.yr old daughter 0!

a. 34- lb. cow with a year recordof 954 lbs.





Sand for pedigree 01' Tax No. 638.

"MICHIGAN STATE HERDfi."





Bureau of





Animal Industry

Dept. C





Lansing. Michigan





 





THREE hiskinson county farmers

have got ahead of the silo menu;





 





 





FORScalves.!1-0m





 





write EDBEWOOD DAIRY FARMhS. thllewatsr. WIT:





Dairy Heifer Calves. practically

Guernsey pure bred $25.00 each. We ship

C. 0. D. Write L. Terwillizer. Wauwatosa. Wis.





 





 





10 Registered Guernsey Bulls. almost

For sale ready for service. May Rose breed int.

Cheap. Write JOHN EBELS. R. 2. Holland, Mich.





 





For Sale by Templeton Farms fihum‘liioii‘iim"!





slim fourteen Dure— -bred Holstein heifers from one to





three years old. Very reasonable prices.

Registered Holstein cows. heifer!

ForSale young bulls, fully scored-.me





and

ited. N. J. PARENT. Holton. Mich.





Registered Hereford Heifers





and young bulls and cows with calves that tysine, yet rea-





 





finflsble prices,ml Also seem

no runs not

outed. L. wmruri'm various. §ssnolicmu "i“..fi?’





 





a public sale.

stwlll





lnChraooflPubflmW’





Clark’s Holstein Special





400 Registered Holsteins





October 26 {- 27- 28 - 29





Fond du Lac, Wis.





“This sale will poritively have the greatest number



really fine cattle ever assembled at one point for

Four hundred head of the breed's

willbo attractively displayed under one roof at





the- new sales pavilion at Fond du Lac and sold in





thebe‘st steam heated Dairy Cattle Sales Auditorium





in America.



“Clark's Holstein Classic last scrim demonstrates

o



0111er Holstein 8





quality of cattle you may expect to see

pedal.





For further psi-timing recording the sale. write to





 





 





 





lecturers, it is reported from Iron

Mountain, by making _a trench silo’.

These resemble those produced by.





farmers in the northwest. These silos





are dug in the ground—twenty-five

feet in length, ten inswidth and ten in

depth. Horses are used to pack the

ens'ilage and when completed a roof

is put on. Local farmers are watch-

ing this undertaking and if it proves

successful, it is expected that other

farmers will do likewise next season.





 





CONSIGNMENT SALE OF MICH-

IGAN GUERNSEYS.





 





THE Michigan Guernsey Breeders’

Association held its First Semi-

annual Consignment Sale at East Lan-

sing, in the State College Live Stock

Pavilion, on Thursday, September 30.

Although *the number of cattlelenter-

ed in the sale was much smaller than

usual, the quality was noticeably im'

proved. The twenty-seven head to go

under the hammer sold for a. total of

$6, 360. They were consigned by elev-

en breeders, and went to seventeen

purchasers.



The twenty-one females sold for a.

total of $5,725—an average of $260.25

per head—and the six bull calves

fetched $635—an average of $106 per

head. The twenty- -seven head aver-

aged $235.55, thus setting a. new high

average for a consignment sale held

by the association.



The continued inclement weather

kept a. large number of farmers away

from the sale. With almost a month

of continual rain, the farmers who





'Were late with silo filling and the





bean harvest, used the first fair day

catching up on their fall work.



Among the purchasers were the

names of five breeders who have been

heavy buyers in previous sales. The

top animal of the sale, Holbeck’s Nord-

land Paulena 127545, brought $475 and

was consigned by Fred C. Holbeck, of

Long Lake. Mr. Holbeck’s four en-

tries [fetched $1,735. George L. Bur-

rows, of Saginaw, was the heaviest

buyer, taking three head for $1,150.



Walter Andrews, of Beach City,

Ohio, cried the sale in his usual alert

manner. W. D. Burrington was in the

box.-





 





TOUR lMPROVED JERSEY

EXHIBITS.





 





THE display of nearly forty Jerseys



at the Kalamazoo County Fair was

the direct result of a tour of the coun-

ty on August 12, headed by the very

efficient field man from the American

Jersey Cattle Club, Mr. H. E. Denni-

son. We visited many herds and Mr.

Dennison recommended the showing

of many animals, and also urged-the

shambles for one sire.





 





EAR SUCKING AMONG CALVES.





 





ALVES sucking the ears of other

calves while confined in small

pens in the barn or on pasture, is not

only injurious to the healthy develop-





‘ment of the calves, but is likely to





cause chronic indigestion. The ear

sucking habit usually starts very soon

after the calf is weaned, and continues

as long as allowed to run with other

calves. Calves raised/0n the pail are

very likely to, contract this habit as

soon as they have learned to drink.

At’Forest Grove Farm I have tried





. several different methods of handling





calves during early life to overcome

the ear and udder sucking habit, with

more or less success. Where a num-

ber of calves are being raised each

season, it greatly facilitates labor and





ever, (when calves -;are all





fin!n them to small individual

withjtight partitions between on hey





can not get their heads together. -

When I have a half dozen or more ;





 





calves to raise on the nail, all about





the same age, I turn. them togetherf"





and allow them the rap of a small

pasture. At feeding time I employees



feeding rack with small stanchions far

enough apart So the calves can not

get their heads together.

calves come into their stanchion to

drink, I close the stanchion and keep

them tied up for one hour. As soon

as they are through drinking, I feed

a grain ration. This takes the taste

of milk from their mouths and helps

to overcome the ear sucking habit.—

Leo C. Reynolds.





 





BOY GETS PROFITS‘FROM GOOD

COW.





 





OSS ENGLE, 8. Dairy Calf Club



boy, paid $148. 65 for his pure-bred

Jersey heifer, and during her first lac-

tation period, sold $150. 77‘ worth of

butter-fat. When the male calf was

eight months old, he sold it for $50,

making total receipts $200. 77, less

$60. 76 spent for feed. His cow is now

.in her second lactation period, having

presented him with a. heifer calf, and

he is confident t t she will excell her

first year’ s recor by better feeding.





 





TIME TO CLEAN u-J’LIcE.





 





THE desirability of cleaning up lice



on farm animals before the cold

weather sets in, is pointed‘out by

specialists in the United States De-

partment of Agriculture. Lice on‘

horses, cattle, and other farm animals

are most troublesome in winter, but

at that time treatment is very diffi-

cult. -



In northern parts of the country

winter weather is usually too cold for

safe dipping or spraying, the two most

effective methods of treating animals

for lice. During cold weather, dusting

powders are of some value in helping

to hold parasites 'in check, but they

are not recommended as dependable

remedies. Consequently, the best time

for freeing live stock of lice is during

the mildrfall months.

lice, both the biting and sucking kinds,

is to annoy the animals, thus inter-

fering with their feeding, rest and

comfort, and there is also some loss

of blood from sucking lice. For horses

and cattle, arsenical dips, coal-tar cre-

osote dips, and nicotine solutions are

recommended. For dipping hogs, crude

petroleum and coal-tar-creosote dips

are effective remedies.



An important precaution to fake is

to be sure that all animals in a herd

are treated. If only part of'the herd

is treated, the parasites may spread,

by contact, from one animal to anoth-

er, and the entire herd almost cer-

tainly will become reinfested.



‘Farmers’ bulletins on the subject

give further dbtails, with directions for

pieparing and using the dips. The

following may be obtained on applica-

tion to the department. Farmers’ Bul-

letins, 1493 F,-‘ ‘Lice, Mange and Ticks

of Horses, and Methods of Cdntrol

and Eradication; ” 909-F, “Cattle Lice

and How to Eradicate Them,” and

1085-F,,“Hog Lice agd Hog Mange.”



The Idaho Wool Growers' Associar

tion has announced a national adver-

tising campaign in behalf of greater

consumption of products of the sheep





raising industry. The two ideas to be ,

featured will be "wool for warmth”.





and “lamb will keep you thin.”





 





A survey of the fox raising industry



time in caring for them, if they are shows that twenty-four stafes.‘ “hays;

allowed to run together in a large pen, , . ,

during the summer, on pasture, How-





JamesKGarver, Madison Wis.J





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USE discretion in buy- I

ingyour roof this



fall—just as you would !



3‘ in buying your stock. ‘





. . sound “”pretty cheap! '

1 l Usually that beauty tsn t '

' even skin deep. . ‘





I . You may safely buy

' Mule- Hide because of l!

* : ’ its pedigreed quality. In . ;

Mule- Hide roll roofing . ,

l or shingles you are as- : l

: sured a roof of long x

i ’ lasting, satisfying wear. ;



Expect just that and you



i. will not be disappointed.





 





. . So good that onbr the i

x but lumber dealers sell it.





., Find the dealer you '

H ought to patronize. ; .





’ IL

The Lehon

Company





44th St. to 45th St.

on Oakley Avenue





I. curcseo . rumors





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° rymen

3-7 OU can now get a Hinman

Milker In a PORTABLE GAS



, ENGINE UNIT. Power and

E milker complete In one com-

pact, simlSle little machine.



Uses the same Hinman System

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£0115 easily anywhere.



It’s a little beauty you want to

know! Hundreds already In use.

See one! Get facts about one of

the greatest time, hard-work, and

mone savers that ever worked

for a airyman. Write for folder.

Ask questions. Write today.





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Sixth St. Oneida, NtY.





INDIAN





PORTABLE PORTABLE

, OAS ENGINt'STANDARD' ELECTRIC





CATTLE





For Sale-Guernsey B “a “mmme “fie

you-“881'. .

HATT a. SON, Napoleon. Mich}m





 





freshen soon. One bull calf, six months old.

‘(5.. A. WI GENT. Watervliot, Mich.





Registered Holstein Milch Cows





Ifor sale. HATER LATSOI, Howell, Mlch. -._





Stocker and Feeders





50 Stacker heifers. mostly orthorn.

so 01m_m on. some Sgflnshls





 





 





Shel-thorn shocker on feeder steers welsh-

Wow orderto tonal them





l ‘ , " TIC MAKE.





 





WTTER ERlCES FAVOR DOMEs-





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HE market [specialists in the hu-



reau of agricultural economics re-

port no change in butter prices on

September 30,vin the principal foreign

butter markets, and the margin in fa-

vor of domestic markets continues of

considerable interest. Copenhagen at

the equivalent of 37.7 cents is still

nearly eight cents below ninety-two

score in New York, while in the Lon-

don market- New Zealand and Aus-

tralian butter is from nine to eleven

cents under New York, and eleven

to sixteen cents lower than last year

at this time.





WANT STOCK BUYERS PROPERLY

' BONDED.





N investigation of allegations of



violations of the packers’ and

stockyards’ act by E. E. Johnson, buy-

er of live stock at the Buffalo stock-

yards, and by the Middlesworth Com-

mission Company, live stock traders

at the stockyards at Indianapolis, has

been started by the department of ag-

riculture. The first case grows out of

transactions relating to trading on

hogs and pigs. In the case of the

Middlesworth Company, it is alleged

that it has not executed a reasonable

bond to secure performance of their

obligations as a marketing agency, as

required by the Packers’ and Stock-

yards' Administration. It is alleged





that E. E. Johnson has engaged in un-

fair practices by falsely representing

to his principals that he had paid

greater prices. for live stock purchased

by him than the prices he actually

paid.





 

   





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Advice through this column is given free to our subscrib-

on. Letten should state fully the history and symptoms of

each are and give. name and address of the writer. Initial.

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

service becomes private practice and 81 must be enclosed.





 





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Sheep Scab—What does scab in

sheep look like? Does it heal in win-

ter? Is there a cure for it? If one

sheep got it how long would it be be-

fore it spread to the entire flock?

Would it be necessary to keep sheep

which were infected with it, shut in

the barn? M. S.—After infection has

taken place, sheep begin to rub and

bite themselves, patches of wool will

fall out, leaving the skin covered with

dry scabs under which the mange

mites live. It does not heal without

treatment at any season of the year.

It would take several weeks to spread

through a flock. There would be no

advantage in keeping them shut up in

the barn. It is curable, the treatment

used is the official lime and sulphur

dip. It would be advisable to have

them examined by your veterinarian

to determine the exact nature of the

trouble.





Tetanus (Lockjaw) .—I have two

pigs two months old that were doing

fine I castrated them, and was sur

prised how nicely they got along Then

a. little 1ate1 I noticed one of them had

hard wmk to get up. Seemed to be

stiff all over.- He is so bad now that

he can’t get up. He lies on his side

with his feet out straight. If I stand

him up he stays up for some time. At

first I thought his teeth were bad, but

they are all fight. I had hard work

to get his mouth open. He just seems

to be stiff all over, even to his jaws.

I was feeding them separated milk,

oats, barley, middlings, bran, oil meal,

all ground, and clover hay. I separat—





this be the effects of castrating? -He

never swelled up or showed any sore-

ness. I gave him castor oil. I am

feeding a little milk, very little, bran,

and an egg. He eats a little, but it

seems to be hard work. F. C.——From

your description, I would say that your

pig was suffering from lockjaw. No

doubt it was the castration wound that

became infected. Tetanus germs are

quite prevalent in the soil, and par-

ticularly the barnyards. As to treat-

ment, best results are obtained where

anti-toxin is used. Where animals are

able to drink and eat a little food, they

frequently recover without any treat-





~ 'meut. It might be advisable to con-





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JERSEY FEMALES—Having bought the entire herd

H. B. Wattles. Rochester. Jerseys. have some

surplus cows and heifers to sell. Also closinso

$11ch cows and heifers. IRA W. JAYNE. "lien“;

on. .





Choice Jersey Bulls 35322115??? $

from B. of M. dams accredited herd. SMI TH (I.

PARKER. Howell. Mich.





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CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM

Silver Creek.A11egan County, Michigan





FOR SALE—81x Jersey cows. bred to Torono’s But-

ter Lad. first cousin to Champion two-year—old of

any breed. also yearling heifer sired by him. REN-

WICK. Rockford. Mich.





1 Gown. 4 Bulls from B. of M. Cows. Chance to

select from herd of 70. Home fresh. others bred

for ml froshenins. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersvillo. Mich.





' ' Three bred half to

Mllklng Shorlhorns For Sale mg...” in 39,53“,

and November. One Roan. eight months old bull calf.

one five year old, grandson of Glenside Dairy Kins.

kind and gentle. Inquiries solicited. Visitors wel-

come. Prices reasonable. BELAND 81 BELAND.

Tecumseh. Mich.





Some young cows with heifer

Shorthorns calves by side. Bates and Scotch





top breeding. T. B. tested. WM. 0. McMULLEN.

R. No 0. I. Adrian. Mich.





Best of quality and breeding. Bulls.

Shorthorns cows and heifers for sale. BIDWELL.

STOCK FARM. Box D. Tecumseh. Mleh.





5HORTHORNS for beef and milk. A few heifers

and cows for sale. Ilodney’ 5 Model in service.

E. MORRISH, R. 5, Flint, Mic-h.





 





 





 





 





 





SHORTHORN BULLS. milking strain. Shropshire

lamb and yearling rams. For partloulam and

photo, write JOE MORIARTY. Hudson, Mich.





Milking Shorlhorns bulls 6 to 14 months. also





few heifers. cows all hand.

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





HORTHORN CATTLE, young hulls ready for

service. T. B. tested. C. V. TRACY, Ithaca,



Mich., 4 miles south of Ithaca, near M-M.

of quality. cows and heifers.





Mllkmg Shorlhoms Mostly Glenside breeding.

Write your wants. Irvin Doan & Som, Croswell. Mich.





Brown Swiss Bulls mg“ ““‘%1w.ffsm°w§’co$





A. A. FELDKAMP, Manchester. Mich.

HOGS





DUROCS





"Boars and Gilts

Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.





D UROC JERSEYS, Fall and Spring Bears from

large prolific strains. Write or come and see

them. JESSE BLISS & SON. Henderson, Mich.





FOR SALE Duroc Pigs of July and August.



{arrow at $10 each. Sows or

boars. Pedigree with each. WISCONSIN LAND &.

LUMBER 00., Hermansville, Mich.





FOR SALE .Spring‘boars and gilts from Miclr





Igan pmncer herd of big type P.

C. hogs. Some of the best prospects among them I

ever bred, sired by “The Wolverine" and "The

Grand Model." the best two—year-old boar I ever





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





owned. A boar or sow from this herd adds prestige

to your own. W. E. LIVINGSTON, Parma, Mich.





Chester While Boars §,.f°2§.p"é’?6fnd ”’W‘mfi

BENTLEY. R. I, Lonox, Mich.





O.I.C. HOGS on time $52,353;

Originators and most extensive breeders.

THE l. B. SILVER 00., Box l96, Salem, Ohio





’ ‘ A few choice hours of April

0' I. C S. and May fanow. C. J.





THOMPSON Rockfmd. Mich.





B. T. P. C. BOAR PIGS





sired by Mich. State Fair Gland Champion. We raised

him last )1:1r.01n herd is highest winner in Michigan

this your Our pigs weigh pounds, not all legs. Also

fall pigs by the g1I~at“VVolverine” priced for No—

vembcr dilivcry. (‘all at the farm or write G. W.

NEEDHAM. Saline, Mich.





- . with quality. W h th .

BIgType Poland Ghmas w... u. .0... wind" ..“R.

CLARK. Breckenridge, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





- Poland (‘hina spring hours and gilts.

Big Type Loading bloodlines. 12th year. Prices

reasonable. F. L. MIARS, Berrion Center. Mich).





Large Type P. C.





G. TAYLOR. Belding, Mich.





FOR SALEb IIAMPSIIIRES. fall boars sming





boals, omn gilts and wmnling pi s.

.I. P. SPITLER &. SON. R. I, Henderson, Mich. g





HAoniivPTH'Rll boalratxtiligs of spring and summer far—

r or sac. year in business. JOHN .

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SHEEP





1000 CHOICE EWES





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

owes for less money. Write fox description and prices.

or telegraph when Inn (2111 come to inspect them.

Telegraph: Rmkwood, Post Office, So. Roekwood.

Mich. ALMOND B. CHAPMAN 8.. SON. So. Rook-

wood. Mich. ’





Shropshires ——-Oxfords





Yearling and ram lambs. Also a few Mc-

Kerrow bred Oxford ewes for sale.





Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.

Registered Hampshire Rams

W. W. CASLER. Ovid, Mich.

Registered Hampshire Yearling Rams. Call or

Post, Mun, West grrgiechcmfikchldaire Ranch, Charles





spring boars. 200 to

300 pounds each. .1.





 





 





SHEEP all recorded. sent on approval: Cotswolds.

Lelcesters, Tunis. Lincolns. Karakules and Hmo—

Eires. L. R. Kuney. 648 Madison st., Adrian. Mloh.

Delaine rams from the Premier



Twe n t y, Delaine flock of Michigan. Prlc~





as reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed Come and

see them. CALHOON BROS. Bronson, Mich.





' 125 Ohio ewes. part recorded.

Delame Ewes cupped up to 15 lbs 100 food—





lng lambs from the abo to from recorded Southdown

rams. H. H. CHILDS. Rockford. Mich.





ADDITIONAL STOCK ADS. ON PAGE 505
GRAIN QUOTATIONS





Monday, October 11.





Wheat.





Detroit—No. 2 white $1.37; No. 2

red $1.38; No. 2 mixed $1.36.



Chicago—December at $1.39;

$1.43%.



Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.37%

1.38%.





May





Corn.

Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 85c; No. 3

yellow 83c.

Chicago—December at 790; May at

86%0.

. Oats.

Detroit—No. 2 Michigan, new 50c;

No. 3, new 480.

Chicago—December 43%c; May at

8%0. .





Rye.

Detroit—No. 2, 97c.

Chicago—December at 951,50; May

$1.051/z.

Toledo—Rye 97c.

Beans.

Detroit—Immediate

shipment $5

New York—Pea domestic at $5.50@

6; red kidney $8.25@8.75.





Barley.

Malting 75c; feeding 61c.

Seeds.





Detroit.———Cash red clover at $22;

Cash alsike $18.25; timothy, old $2.70;

new $2.90.





Hay

Detroit—N0. 1 timothy at $19.50@

20.50; standard $18.50@19.50; No.1

light clover mixed $18.50@19.50; No.

2 timothy $16.50@17.50; No. 1 clover

$16.50@17.50; wheat and oat straw at

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





Feeds





Detroit—Winter wheat bran at $32;

spring wheat bran at $31; standard

middlings at $33; fancy middlings at

$38; cracked corn $35; coarse corn-

meal $34; chop $33 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT





The reaction in wheat prices in the

last week wiped out half of the 10-

cent gain in the previous month. More

favorable world crop news, Russian

offerings, and reduced speculative buy-

ing were the weakening factors. If

Canada should not have a long spell

of clear weather, and if Argentina

does not receive rain, the market may

be headed for a considerably higher

level. If these weather conditions are

reversed, then the market will do well

to maintain its present position, al-

though a decline to an extremely de-

pressed level is improbable. North

America still has much wheat for ex;

port, but it is equally true that im-

porting countries will be obliged to

make heavy drafts on these supplies

up to the end of February. It is note-

worthy that large clearances from





and prompt





North America have continued up to.





the present time in spite of complaints

about the difficulty of finding freight

space because of the fact that so many

vessels are hauling coal- to England.





CORN





The trend of corn prices was down

in the past week. Weather conditions

have been‘unfavorable for curing the

crop, and field losses will be substan-

tial. But, cash ,market conditions

have been listless, and speculative de-

mand is indifferent. The country has

been selling old corn rather freely,

consuming interests have bought spar-

ingly and stocks at terminals have not

been reduced in the last two weeks.

New corn is moving in the extreme

southwest, so that cotton belt demand

on northern markets is limited. The

cast and Pacific Coast sections have

been fair buyers.



Unofficial estimates point to a corn

crop about 200,000,000 bushels less

than last year, and a carry-over of old

corn about 140,000,000 bushels .more

than a year ago. The total available

supply would not be greatly changed,

although this year’s crop is of lower

feeding value. Moreover, if the carry-

over is not larger than the amount in-

dicated, it follows that the disappear-





ance of corn on farms since March 1 _





has been considerably above the aver-

age for this period in the past five





years.

OATS





Bad weather continues to reduce the

potential oats supply by preventing the

completion of threshing. Some of the

cats still in the field will be salvaged





 





 





. on " I 7 '5;





by feeding to live stock, but perma-

nent losses are substantial and the

total crop was about 15 per cent be-

low t e average consumption in the

past t 0 years. Primary receipts in

September were the smallest for the

month in more than 15 years. The vis~

ible supply has increased 15,000,000

bushels since new oats started to

move, compared with an accumulation

of 39,000,000 bushels in the same pe-

riod last year and 50,000,000 bushels

two years ago. Oats prices have ad-

vanced slightly in the past month, but

domestic prices are much cheaper

than Canadian. [Export business may

appear, but it is small at present.





EEEDS





reed markets have strengthened

but demand is slow and prices may

not be maintained. Cottonseed meal

is quiet, with the pressure of new

crop offerings weighing prices down.





EGGS





Strictly fresh eggs continue to make

additional gains. Consumption has be-

gun to show the effects of the higher

prices, but the shrinkage in demand

has been offset by the decline in pro-

duction. Receipts at the leading mar-

kets since the first of October have

not been as large as in the corres-‘

ponding period last season, and re-

ports from the country indicate a rap-

id decrease in the lay. Prices average

several cents lower than at this time

a year ago, and a strong market with

prices on fancy stock steadily working

higher is in prospect for the next

month or two.



Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts 38@390;

extras 39%@4lc; ordinary firsts 30@

35c; checks at 20@260. Live poultry,

hens $’19@25%c; roosters 190; ducks

230; geese 200; turkeys 34c.



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candied and

graded 38@4ch Live poultry, heavy

springers 26@27c; light springers 210;

heavy hens 29c; geese 18c; ducks .23





@240.

BUTTER





The butter market advanced again

when supplies failed to show the ex-

pected increases. Unseasonably cold

weather apparently has curtailed pro-

duction, as receipts at the leading dis-

tributing markets are running about

10 per cent lighter than at this time





a year ago, although during Septem-

ber, arrivals were in excess of last

season. Dealers are still inclined to





‘look for a heavy winter production of.





butter, storage Stocks are not being

depleted as rapidly as at this time last

season, and with consumption slewing

down as prices move into higher

ground, it will be more dificult to

keep the market advancing. No de-

clines of any size are to be expected.

however. ' " ' 7

Prices on 92-score creamery were:

Chicago 451;“; New York 46%c. '





POTATOES





Potato markets are irregular, with

good stock firmly held. Prices are low-

er than a year ago after averaging

higher' throughout September. Ship-

ments are increasing with the high

point- in the season's movement two

or three weeks ahead. Actual damage

to the crop in most late states from

the recent frosts is said to be small.

Northern round whites, U. S. No. 1,

are quoted at $2.25@2,40 per hundred

pounds, sacked, in the Chicago carlot





market.

APPLES





Apple markets continue a dull af-

fair. Supplies are in excess of de-

mand, and prices are difficult to main-

tain. Illinois A—2 1,é-inch Jonathans are

quoted at $4.25@4.50 per barrel at Chi-

cago, with Michigan A-21,é-inch North-

western Greenings at $4@4.25 per bar-

rel in the same market.





WOOL





Wool prices continue firm with

small advances recorded occasionally.

Buyers are not taking quite such a

large volume as a short time ago, be-

cause of higher prices, andbecause

they have supplied some of their near-

byneeds. Foreign markets continue

strong, on a level above an import

parity. Consumption of wool by do-

mestic mills in August totaled 40,859,-

000 pounds, grease equivalent weight,

which represents an increase of about

10 per cent over the low point last

May. September probably saw a fur-

ther increase in activity. Ohio delaine

wools, grease basis, are quoted in Boss

ton at 45@460. with fine *clothing at

40@41c. Fine strictly combing terri-

t@o;yi7scoured basis, is quoted at $1.15





 





 





 





Live StockvMarket Service





Tuesday, October 12.





CHICAGO





Hogs".



Receipts 19,000. Market generally

steady, few heavy sows weak, tending

lower; general market is less active;

most tops $13.90, paid for one load;

bulk 160-200 lbs $12.85@13.65; 210—250

lbs. at $13.—50@13.75; bulk 260—300—1b.

butchers $13@13.65; most packing

sows $10.25@11.25; most heavy kind

down to $9.75, and below; strong

weight slaughter pigs up to $12 and

slightly above.



Cattle.



Receipts 10,000. Best fat steers and

yearlings moderately active, uneven;

tops 250 higher; stale cattle strong;

packers and feeders 15@25c up; usual-

ly higher on first hands; top yearlings

$12.10; medium weight $11.25; fat she

stock steady; all cutters and bulls are





strong; vealers, shippers paid'up to

$15; early steady packers mostly at

$13.50, unevenly lower.





Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 22,000. No early trading;

good fat lambs steady to strong; no

westerners sold; early bulk natives at

$13.75@14; good held around $14.50;

culls and sheep steady at opening;

culls $9.60@10; bulk ewes $5.50@6.50;

feeding lambs unchanged at $12.75@





13.50.

DETROIT





Cattle.

Receipts 241. Market is steady, no

early trade.

Good to choice ye rlings

, dry-fed . . . . .$10.00@11.50





Best heavy steers, dry-fed 9.50@10.00

Handy weight butchers . . 8.0061), 8.75

Mixed steers and heifers 6.50, 7.25

Handy light. butchers . . . 6.00 7.00

Light butchers . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 5.7.5

Best‘cows 5.25@' 6:00





Butcher cows . . . .. . . . .





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4.50@ 45.00.





 





Cutters ...... . 3.50@ 4.25

Canners ....... 300@ 3.75

Choice light bulls . . . . . . . 600(0) 6.50

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 5.25@ 6.00

Stock bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 5.25

Feeders ........... . . . . . . 6.00@ 7.00

Stockers T. . . . . ‘ 5.50@ 6.75

Milkers and} springers. . .$55.00@ 90.00

Calves.



Receipts 342. Market steady.



Best ................... $15.00@17.00

Others .................. 5.50@16.00

_ Sheep and Lambs. -



Receipts 3,498. Market steady.



Best grades ............. $14.00@14.25



Fair lambs .............. 12.00((D_12.50



Light to common lambs. . 9.00@10.75



Best lambs 8.00@12.75



Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 6.00@ 6.75



Culls and common . . . . . . . 2 00@4.00

- Hogs.



Receipts 1,543. Market steady.

Mixed ........... . . . . . . 13.85

Roughs ..... 11.00

Light yorkers . . . . . . . . . . . 13.00

Pigs 12.50.

Heavies ........ . . . . . 12.50@13.50

Stags................... 8.50



BUFFALO

Hogs.





Receipts 2,560. Market is steady;

tops $14.25 for best 200 lbs; bulk 170-

200 lbs. $14@14.10; packing sows at

$11.50@12; pigs and light lights high-

er; pigs '$12.25@13; 7130 lbs. and up

$13@13.75;"'heavy weight scarce.





Cattle. .

Receipts 150. . Market steady.

7 Calves. . ;

Receipts 150. .Market steady ; tops





317; b

g Sheep-endlambs; ,_

Receipts 500. Best kind Escarce.

steady; fat lambs $14.50; _ _ “r; ’





 





k medium-grade $13@l3.50. _





' *BEANs





The bean market is

ing higher with fancy .* H. P. Whites

, quote

has been delayed by excessive rains,

crop damage has reduced the prospec-

tive yield by a third, and the move-

ment to market so far has been below

normal. As longvas the general move:

ment of the drop is delayed, the mar-

ket will remain ~strong._ Prices are

generally expected to average higher

than last year’s level. ,





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Apples 75c@$2.50 bu; crabapples $1

~bu; wax beans $1.75@4 bu; green

beans $3@3.50 bu; beets 75c@$1 bu;

cauliflower, fancy $1.75@4 bu; sweet





 





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AILY market reports and

weather forecasts may be

obtalned each week day from

the followlng Mlchlgan statlons:

WKAR—Mlchlgan Stats Col-

lege, 12:00 noon. '—

WCX—Detrolt Free- Press, at

4:00 P. M.

WWJ—Detrolt NeWs, 10:25 A.

M., 12:00 noon, 3:00 P. M.

WGHP—Geo. Harrison Phelps,

7:00 P. M.





 





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co'rn 200 dozen; cabbage 60@900 bu;

local celery 35@60c dozen; carrots at

75c@$1 bu; cucumbers, slicers $1.25@

2 bu; dills $2@3.50 bu; leaf lettuce

75c@$1 bu; dry onions $1.25@1.50 bu;

green onions 50@85c dozen bunches;

pickling onions $4@6 bu; root parsley

40@500 dozen bunches; curly parsley

40@500 dozen bunches; potatoes $1.25

$431.60 bu; hot peppers, green $1.25@

375 bu; red $2@3.50 bu; round rad-

ishes 60@80c doken bunches; long rad-

1shes-75c@$1 dozen bunches; spinach

$1.25@1.75 bu; turnips $1.25@2 a bu;

Hubbard squash 75c@$1 bu; tomatoes

65@750 per _12-qt. basket; cantaloupes

$1@1.50 bu; egg plant, round $1@1.25

bu; long $1.50@1.75 bu; peaches $1@

1.50 bu; pears $1.50@3.50 bu; water-

melons 75c@$1 bu; grapes $1.25@2

bu; plums $1.25@1.75 bu; lima beans

50@750 qt._; leeks 60@900 per dozen

bunches; dill 50@75c dozen bunches;





parsnips $1.25@2 bu; butter 65@70c_





pound; pumpkins 75c@$1 bu; horse-

radish $5@5..50 bu; quinces $2 bu;

eggs, retail 50@650; hens, wholesale

270; retail 30@32c; Springers, whole.

sale 270; retail at 30@32c,; Leghorn

springers, wholesale 22@24c; retail 27

2@8(330c& duclas, wholesale 25c; retail at



; resse pou ry, ens 400; 8 tin -

ers 40@45c; ducks 450. p g





GRAND RAPIDS





Peach prices were pointing upward

this week as the supply grew lighter.

Peaches $1@2 bu; apples, Snows 750

@125 bu; McIntosh $1631.50 bu; Jon-

athans $1@1.25;~ other fall ‘varieties,

mostly 50@75c bu; pears, various

varieties $1@1.50 bu; grapes, blue va-

rieties ;$1@.1.25 bu; tomatoes $1.50@2

bu; onions 65@75c bu; potatoes $1‘@

1.25 bu; celery 15@40c dozen; wheat

$1.15 bu; rye 78c bu; beans $4.50 per

cwt; pork 17c; beef 8@12c; veal 15@'

18c; chickens 17@24c; hens 17@22c;

ducks 20@22c; eggs 40@42c; butter-

fat 47c pound. ’





 





COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.





Poland China hogs 8hr shire

Hampshire and South’down ”sheep:

ragst agid egosazHgasteln bulls.



c 0 er -— : ’P. M. 'Barber

Stock Farm, Wllliamston, Ml’ch.

Oct 21 H 11’3“?" no L



. .——- owe . aes .,



.Mich. 4 2 o Howell,

Oct. 26-27-28-29.—Ciark Lac



Wisconsin. ’ Fen du ’

N... .. raw

e or .—-. ese Hi ,

Mich. - y le '





* Night Hawk,‘-grand chenipion ’P01-





and China junior yearlingboar of the





National .Smer' Show

not _--.. ‘ ‘ ’ ’





 





Ionia,‘





 





L
»- N order for cropstto growand pro-





duce profitably, it'is imperative that,





\ good seed be sod, and that itbe

planted in a ferti e soil and a well '





prgpagegesleed bed. tion is such a com

ee repara ' ‘ -

mon everydgy practice that its im-





- ‘ portance in crop production is often





under-emphasized. Seed bed prepara-

tion begins With ' the turning of the

sod with the plow, to the actual plant-

ing of the seed._ With poor plowing,

the remaining operations are often

poorly doneéi or at least they become

more ex ve.



The Annpmdal Thumb District Plowing

Contest held on the Archie Cowan

farm seven miles northwest of Port

Huron, on Tuesday, October 5, does a

greatdeal. to emphasize the im ort-

ance of good plowing. Beginning t ree



ears. ago with about a dozen entries

{n the contest, it had twenty last year

and twenty-nine this year.



There Jwereprizes offered for plow-

ing in six classes this year, besides

five-special prizes. These prizes were

awarded in ash class, ranging from

$15, $10 and $5.00.



In addition to the prizes in these

classes, specials were offered for the

best crown, the best finish, the sweep-

stak‘e for the best plowed land, the

best team and equipment, and the lad-

ies’ tractor special.



The judging was done on the fol-

lowing points: Crown, firmness.

straightness of furrow, evenness of

furrow, shape of land, and finish.



The plowing Was unusually good

this year, and the competition keen.

This contest is not a fad, nor is it

theoretical. The plowing 1s a practi-

cal demonstration of what can be done

in beginning a good seed bed.



The contest is fostered by the Port

Huron Chamber of Commerce and the

County Agricultural Extensmn Service

of St. Clair county. The prizes were

donated by the merchants of Port

Huron.





COU NTY CROP REPORTS.





 





 





Wexford Co.-——Farmers have been

busy the past week filling silos, and

some will begin digging potatoes next

week. The wheat and rye made very

good yields, but the oat crop was very

poor. The‘ meadows are looking fine.

Not much fall grains being sown; corn

made a great growth the latter part

of the season, but not much ripened.

Potatoes look well and the prospect is

for a good crop. Home-grown feeds,

being more plentiful this year, will

help the dairy business—G. A. E.





Isabella Co.—Too much rain for late

seeding and harvesting. Corn, beans

and potatoes were killed by a heavy

frost before maturity, causing damage

to corn and beans that is impossible

to estimate at this time. Corn fodder

is almost a total loss. Beans will give

an average yield of about ten bushels

per acre, of low quality. Pasture is

fair; new seeding is in good condition.

Hay $10 per ton; oats 33c; rye 73c per

bushel; potatoes $1.00 per bushel.





‘Missaukee Co.—Wheat was a good

crop here, yielding fifteen bushels and

up per acre—one field went sixty-two

bushels. Rye and barley were average

crops. There is a large acreage of

fall grain put in. Corn is not matured,

but most of it goes in the silo. Pota-

toes and buckwheat look good. Wet

weather is holding back fall work. The

dairy business is looking good. Hogs

are scarce. Live stock is in good con-

dition with plenty of pasture. Fall ap-

ples agre plentiful, but few winter ones.





Kent Co.——Not much grain soWn this

fall on account of wet weather. Lots

of beans to harvest on October 1. The

crop has been damaged by the wet

weather. Late potatoes will not yield

as good as usual. Clover seeding is

good. Pasture is poor. No corn has

been .harvested. Half of it will not

mature. Much goes in silos—W. M.





Mason Ce.——Seeding of” wheat and

rye completed.- The acreage is about

eighty-five per cent of normal. Mead-

ows are in good condition, both old

and new. Corn will be about a half

crop. Potatoes are fair, but are rot~

ting on account of wet weather. Beans

are suffering on account'of rain. Not

many hogs being fed. Dairying is the

chief money producer, and it is getting

better every year. Wool is worth 38c;

butter-fat 440; eggs 35c.——G. 'M. T.



Calhoun Co.-Farmers are sowing

the usual acreage of fall grains. ’All

of the seeding is not done at this date,

(October *6), wet weather having in-

terfered with work. Corn is also late

and the recent frost did. quite a little

damage to thecrop. . Pasture. is good,





 





 





consequently live stock is looking





well. Late potatoes give promise of a

0 Yield. Number; of hogs are at

east to per cent below the average.





 

 





 





 





Write now for catalog.

l

SHEEP





F OR SALE—21 choice young Delaine ewes. Also

young rams, stack ram shears 30 inches. Oldest

and best bred flock in Ohio. Write s. H. SANDERS.

. No. 2. Alhtahula, Ohio.





 





woo d

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

40. Wakeman. Ohio.





DELAINE-Merino Rams. both Polled and Horned.

for sale. Good ones. Come and make your own

selection. HOUSEMAN BROS.. Albion. Mich.





225 Young DelaineBreeding Ewes





for sale. CAL. B. STONER. Clinton. Mlohloan.





 





 





 





Mmmunmmnnm.





Roofing Products *





For lasting service and fire protection use metal





roofing—adapted to rural and city properties.





APOLm-Knrs'ron Galvanized Sheets are oarefnll manufactured and ’

are highest in quality. Uneqluaied for Roofing, Siding? Culverts, Slice. and

general sheet metal work. So



ulldings use Knmomn Corrnn STEEL Roofin Tin Plates. Look or the

Keystone included in brands. Bend for tree“ otter Buildings" booklet.





AMERICAN sneer 4151)qu PLATE COMPANY, Pittsburgh, Pa.





‘45" BIG TYPE mum: BHINAS 45





SELL

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1926





We will hold our eighth annual sale of pure-bred Polands on the above date at the farm. 8 miles due

north of Lake Odessa. and only 1% miles off M-lli. Best roads in the state right up to the farm.

Among the good ones selling is a litter by Masterpiece. the No. 1850 World's Junior Champion; 4 great

boars and 4 mat gills in this litter. We will sell 45 head of boars and gllts, all choice ones with

richest breeding. A golden opportunity to buy good l’olands and at your own price.





WESLEY HILE, Ionia, Michigan





d by leadingdealers. For residences and ublio





 





pure- bred Rambouiliet rams and

For sale ewes. E. M. Moore. Mason. Mich.





Farm IV; miles south of Okomos.





THE MAPLES SHROPSIIIRES





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 l3





SHROPSHIRESwOIfering choice yearling rams and

a few ewes. At right prices. Sired by Buttar,

Andrews and Green Rams. D. L. Chapman 6. Son.

80. Rockwood, Mich.





 





' Wardwell two-year ram. yearling

Shrapslures rams. ram lambs. and 10 year-

ling ewes. C. .l. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich.





 





DORSET SHEEP 23.. Bragg: egg;

Stobbs ram. H. H. CHILDS. Rockford. Mich.





' xf D n dal-



West Manon Slack Farm 9., if... 233$ 82.5%....

for sale. WM. VAN SICKLE. Dockcrville. Mich.



FOB SALE-Oxford Rams and Ewes. bred from



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





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



A few choice rams with the right

Oxfords type. quality and breeding. reasonable

price. OTTO WIRTH. Evert. Mich.





 





 





 





Registered Oxford Down Ram Lambs.

For sale and 18 good grade Oxford ewes.

JOE MURRAY. Brown City. Mich., R. 2.





' registered, large well-built

Rainbouluet Rams yearlings, vigorous and heal-





thy. from large, heavy shearing ram. priced right.

H. W. HART. R. 2. Gmnvllle. Mich.





 





 





FDR SALE—25 Registered Ra-mboulllet Rams. one

and two years old. Also 15 yearling ewes. A.

d. F. PARMENTER. R. No. l. Durand. Mich.





V





using, miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





conneutive insertions 6

display type or illustrations admitted.





charge l0 words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department ls established for the conversion of inn

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings. Try it fortant finial (0:313:





at clgsgifle: rates. or Ind display ingromum at commom etcmial rates.

a or con 3 a war one on on less than four insertions: f more

cénts .. word. Count as a word each abbreviations. manta :drmbg. No



Remittances must accompany order.

Live stock advortlalno has a cosmic department and is not accepted a: olaullled. Mlnlmu-





10 Registered Shropshire Yearling Ewes





also ram lambs. C. .LEMEN & SONS. Dexter. Mic. .





FAIR VIEW SHROPSHIRES FOR SALE—10 Field

Rams. Good Type and Breeding. 2 stock rams.

One 2-yr.—old Wardwell Ram. Also 15 bred ewes.

E. F. GOODFELLOW. Ovid. Mich.





35.?495’ ’





COONEOUNDS—tlver-bottgm trained. Redbones. black 9'“





and tans. Blueticks. Com lnation Hunters, Champion

rabbit hounds, reasonable prices. Trial. Catalogue.

photos free. Rivervlew Kennels, L. J. Adams.- .Mgr..

Ramsey.~I-IL V 1





 





FOR SALE--Pedigreed and Registered German (po-

lice) Shepherd puppies of champion stock. Write

for prices and particulars. Olivia'n Kennels. T. H.

Oliver. Prop.. Albion. Mich.





 





THOROUGHBRED Keller and Chopper Canaries.





Choice breeding stock. Guaranteed full note singers.‘

.1.





Frank Cadufl'. 31‘ 16th Ave. Newark, N





 





COON. SKUNK. RABBIT and Combination Hounds

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

Lakeland Fur Exchange. Salem. Michigan.





 





COON. SKUNK, MINK, Opossum, Fox and Rabbit:





hounds. Ten day trial. Moccasin Kennels. Moccasin. .





Illinois.





 





TRAINED COLLIES. Satisfaction guaranteed. Book

on Training of Collies, fifth edition, price $1.00.

Dundee Collie Kennels. Dundee. Mich.





 





RABBITS—~Pure—bred Flemish Giant. 'Prlce $2.00 up.

For full description write Leonard Norton, R. 3.

Three Rivers, Mich.





HUNTING HOUNDS CHEAP—Trial. 0. 0. D.

Ginger Kennels. Herrick, Ill.





REGISTERED COLLIE PUPS—natural heelers.

males $10. Silver-crest Kennels. Gladwin. Mich.





 





FOB SALE—White Collie Puppies. farm bred. at:

farmer’s pr es. Joe Hegner. Reed City. Mich.





 





SCOTCH COLLIES, 12 champions in pedigree. Also

photos. Cloverleaf Farms. Tliiin. Ohio.





 





 





 





‘ssn'bs AND NURSERY srocx





PEACH TREES $5.00 PER 100 AND UP. Apple

trees $7.50 per 100 and up. In large or small lots.

direct to planters by freight. parcel post, express.

Plums. pears, cherries. grapes. nuts. berries. pecans.

vines. Ornamental trees. vines and shrubs. Free cat-

alog in colors. Tennessee Nursery 00., Box 125.

Cleveland, Tenn.





 





 





FREE—New Catalog hardy fruit trees. shrubs. roses.

bulbs, seeds. America's largest departmental nursery.

Established 72 years. Stoors & Harrison 00., Box

103. Painesville. Ohio.





 





WHY PAY AGENTS EXTRA? “'ritc wants. Gob-

les Nurseries. Gobles. Mich. Save an ss.





 





FOR SATISFACTION INSURANCE buy seed oats.

beans. of» A. 13. Cook. Owosso. Mich.





TOBACCO





GUARANTEED HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chewing or

smoking. 5 lbs. $1.25: ten. $2; cigars $2 per 50.

Pipe free. pay when received. Farmers‘ Union. Max-

on Mills. Kentucky.





 





 





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.





HOMESPUN TOBACCO GUARANTEED—Chewing.

five pounds. $1.50: ten. $2 50. Smoking. ten. $1.50.

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

well, Kentucky.





 





F0 R S A L E Yearling Shropshire Ram.



Good show type. Full brother

to 1925 Grand Champion at Michigan State Fair.

RAY NOBAN. Bellevue. Mich.





SHROPSHIRE sheep for sale. few good year-

ling rams at $40. 0. V. TRACY. Ithaca. Mich.,

4 miles south of Ithaca. near M-l4.





' of the wooly type. ewes and

For SIII‘ODSIIII'ES ram lambs. call on DAN

BOOHER. R. 4. Evart, Mich. '





 





 





' for sale. 200 each month. Shrop-

Bmedlng Ewes shire. Hampshire grades and cross-

brods. All yesrlings. V. B. Furniu. Nashville. Mlcb.





choice breeding ewes. one to

Three Hundred three years old. Three hundred

chorce feeding lambs. E. S. EVERETT. Hale. Mich.





 





Poultry advertising will be run in this document





 





 





 





 





’ One Four One Four



10. . . . . . . $0.80 82.40 26. ....... 82.08 86.14

1........ .88 I.“ 81..."... 8.16 0.“

11......” 96 I.” 18...”... 2.1! 6.7!

1.04 8.1! I.” 0.“



1.12 3.80 . . 1.40 1.30



. I.“ . . 2.48 7.“



8.04 8!. . 1.50 7.08



4.0. II. . 3.64 1.02



I.” 34. . . . . 3." £16



4.“ 85......“ 2.80 8.40



4.00 ........ I.” 8.64



5.04 87......“ 2.06 8.88



5.20 . . .. .. . 8.04 0.1!



6.5! . . . . . 8.18 I.“



5.16 40........ 3.30 9.60



6.00 41........ 3.28 9.84





 





 





REAL ESTATE





FRUIT GROWERS in the Ozarks of Southern Mis-

souri and Northern Arkansas. have a big advantage

in having soil ideally adapted to fruit and berry

growing. A mild healthful climate, pure mountain

spring water, hard surfaced, roads, good schools and

prosperous growing communities make the Ozark Reg—

ion a fine place to live. The nearby cities of St.

Louis, Kansas City, and Memphis. provide great mar—

kets. Land can still be bought or rented at prices

that insure good profits on grapes. strawberries. av-

ples. small fruits and vegetables. Write Frisco Rail-

way. 830 Frisco Bldg. St. Louis. Missouri.





 





THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY after years of study of

the South will send free information and booklets to

those who. to know this country. There are ex-

cellent locations where good soil, mild climate. pure

water. paying markets. low priced land. good schools.

churches. and pleasant neighbors offer opportunities

where farming pays and living conditions are pleasant.

Learn about the South before you start. Write W. E.

PRICE. General Immigration Agent. Room 003 “South-

em Railway System. Washington. D. C.





 





FOR SALE BY OWNER—158 acres. one mile from

Jonesville. Hillsdale 00.. 89 mile off Detroit—Chicago

cement pike. soil. good buildings..largc frame

house. tenant, house. two large basement barns. silo.

ample outbuildings. apple orchard. gravel plt.‘ 46-

ocres wheat. Port cosh. balance 5%. Will consider

40 or (lo-acre farm part- payment. ould sell 186

with main buildings. Box to. Jonesville.





 





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FOR RENT—A HIGH CLASS FARM TO 8. high

class tenant. 240‘ acres. fine buildings. perfect con-

dition. Owner wrll provide his half on share rent.

:ggshashgep and hogs full limit. More particulars if

money. ossession an t' . .

Marshall. Mich. y mm M JMODS'





FOR SALE—210 acres 4% miles north of St. Johns,

1 mile from Ill-l4. Building basement barn, 36x70,

nearly completed. Large house, splendid pasture with

running water. Levi H. Sibley, Dertt. Mich.





FOR SALE—Good 120—acre form. located fifteen miles

from Port Huron, St. Clair Co. Write to Oliver

Stevenson, 1304 Howard St., Port Huron, Mich.





WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES. Southern Georgia

farm lands. Write for complete information. Cham-

ber Commerce. Quitman. Georgia.





 





WANTED FARMS





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

fall delivery. 0. Hawley, Baldwin, Wis.





 





 





MISCELLANEOUS





 





WOOLENS FOR SALE—Your annual opportunity.

For quick disposal. we offer sa’lesmen's samples of

woolen goods. underwear. hosiery, blankets. sheep-

lined coats. mackinaws. leather vests. etc.. at third

to half less than regular prices. Our catalog of sam-

ple goods now ready. Send for it today. Associated

Textiles. Inc.. (Cooperative) Successors to Minneapolis

Woolen Mills Co.. 612-0 1st Are, No.. Minneapolis.





 





ALL WOOL YARN for sale from manufacturer at

log-gin. Samples free. H. A. Bartlett. Harmony.





PET STOCK





FERRETB-——Over thirty years’ experience. Yearling

females. the mother ferret special rat catcher. $5.00

each. Young stock for Sept. Females $4.50. males

34 "13' 011mm] cantons r milieu r‘ Willruelhip a

. . n we on rec. amswo .



London. Ohio. ’ New





 





 





 





POULTRY





WHITE LEGHORN HENS AND MALES now half

price. Thousands of laying Pullets. Big discount on

spring Chicks and Eggs. Trapnested. pedigreed foun-

dation stack. egg bred 26 years. Winners at 16 egg

contests. Catalog and special price bulletin free. I

ship C. O. D. and guarantee satisfaction. George B.

Ferris, 934 Union: Grand Rapids, Michigan.





 





TURKEYS, GEESE, DUCKS—Large beautiful Bronze

Turkeys. White Embdcn Gccse. heavy long and deep

body White l’ekin ducks. White Rock Cockerels.

Exceptionally fine stack. and satisfaction guaranteed.

State Farms Association, Kalamazoo. Mich.





 





SILVER LACED WYANDO'I'I'ES—PCX'IKS. hens. cock<

erels. pullots. Good quality. Prices right. W. C.

Miller. 262 East Lincoln Ave. Ionia. Mich.





 





PARKS BRED TO LAY Barred Plymouth Rock Cock.

erels from pedigreed stock, $3.00 and $5.00 each.

Clinton Famam. Fremont. Michigan.





 





WHITE WYANDOTTES—Choice husky quality breed-

ing cockerels now ready for shipment. Fred. Berlin.

Allen. Mich. .





 





ANCONA COCKEl‘tELS—pure breed from heavy lay-

ing strain. George Neiman. R. No. 3. Wayne, Mich.





HELP WANTED





WANTED—Single man to work in modern dairy bam.

Must be sober. industrious. and over 25 years of age.

Prefer man with DcLaval milker experience. Will

be second man with large Holstein herd. Wages $70

per month and board. Write direct to Michigan

State College Sub-Station, Chatham, Michigan.





 





 





IllflleDlATELYL-Famlly (German preferred) to de-

velop chicken. duck. gccsc. turkey, rabbit and squab

business on shares: small investment; good opportu-

nity. Fidelity bond required. 81.9 Majestic Bldg.

Detroit. Mich.





 





DRIVER SALESMAN——~23 to 35 years age. Perms.-



nent employment; good future. Write us if inter—



;zteg. Belle Isle Creamery. 3000 Forest, 13.. Detroit.

c .





 





WANTED—2 Teamsters. 1 Dry Hand Milker. 1 Poul—

try man. Can use one married man. Must have

references. Sorradella Farm. Oscoda, Michigan.





 





WANTED—a good single man for general farming

iadhdadrying for the winter, W. L. Rundel, Saline.





 





AGENTS WANTED





SALESMEN ATTENTION—Many of our salemnen are

receiving weekly commission checks from $50.00 to

$125.00 selling our high grade Nursery Stock. We

still have room for a number of real salesmen in

Michigan territory. If you are a. hustler and inter-

ested in developing a paying business. write at once

for our liberal proposition. The Monroe Nursery.

Monroe. Mich., Sales Dept.





AGENTS—Our New Household Cleaning Device wash-

es and dries windows. SWeeps. cleans walls. scrubs.

mops. Costs less than brooms. Over half profit.

:Vrite Harper Brush Works. 173 3rd St., Fairfleld.

own. -





 





 





 





EARN 35" DAY gathering evergreens. roots. herbal





Booklet free. Botanical 12. New Haven. Conn.





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SITUATIONS WANTED





POSITION WANTED AS ‘EERDSMAN—mllk-hwse

route man. or farmer. Fully experienced. Married.

Age 25. References. , Lester Wright. B. N . 1.

4-A. Northvllla Mich.





 





WANTED. POSITION on form by month or fear.

thoroughly competent with machinery and live stock.

Single. AddressBox 254. Michigan Farmer. Detroit.
Frank Colucci’s





391m NOUVA FARM is one of the

show places of Lima, on account of' 1ts at-

tractive buildings. Howard Sterling and

his son Earl D, who work its 140 acres,

use a Fordson tractor and the very latest

farm equipment for raising the oats, Corn,

hay and whéat that support 50 head of

sheep, 60 hogs and 10 dairy cows. "Earl

and I learned long ago,’ ’says Mr. Howard

Sterling,"thar Mishko Shoes give as much





Villa Nouva Farm, Lima, Ohio fl





 





HOWARD s'rsa m; ‘M a g





s





for the money as Ball-Band rubber foot-

wear. I have worn the pair I have on for a

whole year without resoling, while I wear

out other kinds of shoes 1n six months.I

asked the Ball- Band dealer one day if he

,didn’ t have a work shoe that was as good

as Ball- Band rubbers. He brought out a

pair of Mishko Shoes and as soon as I saw

the Red Ball trade mark on the heels I

knew I had- found a long-life work shoe.”





They some money

071 work slooes





ORK SHOES with soles that last as

long as the uppers . . . Soles that out-

wear two or three pairs of ordinary

soles . . . that 15 the Mishko Shoe! And like all





Ball-Band footwear, the Mishko Shoe fits. It,





gives you foot comfort all the while. You can

keep your mind on your work instead of on

your feet. ’

Over a million men who are hard on shoes

have found the Mishko Shoe a true Ball-Band

roduct. It is worthy to stand

with that line of rubber and

woolen footwear which has

been known for two genera-

tions as the footwear that gives

more days wear.

Here is why the Mishko

Shoe gives more days wear:





{BOOTS . LIGHT RUBBERS ~ HEAVY RUBBERS ~ ARCTICS





 





Look for the

RED BALI.

trade mark





The uppers are full grain leather, sof't, pliable,

and very durable. They are made with high

tops as well as regular height.



The sole is an exclusive Ball-Band product.

It is tough, flexible and waterproof. Many

users say it outwears any leather sole they have

ever tried.



The counter is solid sole leather. The slip

sole runs from heel to toe. Theheel is of the

same materials as the sole. Fourteen rust-proof





JIM HIE‘TT

Carthage, Tenn.





“1 am a telephone lineman and

walk to work every morning

and back again at night and

will not average one ride in

two weeks. The road I walk

over to and from home' 1s one

of the roughest 1n this vicinity

and that’s going some. Fur-

thermore, the telephone lines

in this part of the country are

in the fields as much as they

are along the roads, so I haven’ t

a beaten path to follow. Yet I

have worn one pair of Mishko

Shoes for a whole year and

have never once had them re-

soled. They have carried my

2 10 pounds over a measurable

distance Of 1288 miles, not

including the distance I have





walked while at war .”

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Over one milliOn outdoor

workers have discovered that

in the Mishko Shoe they get

moredays wear, just as they do

in other Ball-Band footwear





BALL” BAN D





RUBBER, LEATHER 63 WOOLEN FOOTWEAR





- nails hold it on. All seams are double or triple-'





Stitched, with extra strong thread. Therongue

and toe cap are full grain leather and the full

vamps run to the toe. Sole leather 13 used for

the insole.



Shoe stores everywhere sell Ball-Band foot-

wear, including Mishko .Shoes. Ask for Ball—

Band and look for the Red Ball trade mark. If

you have any difiiculty getting what you want,

write us for the name of a nearby dealer who

can supply you. We will also

send you free a copy of our

booklet, “More Days Wear}?

But wherever you buy, look

for the Red Ball trade mark.

Mishawaka Rubber 8: Woolen

Mfg. (30., 328Water St., Mish-

awaka, Indiana. \





GA‘LOSMH‘BS . .SP'ORTVAND' WORK SHOES.