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For 12. years -it has been giving the most reliable servrce to Auto-Oiled means that the gears run in oil and every part subject to friction is constantly flooded with oil. The gear case is filled with _oil and holds a supply sufficient to keep every bearing The im roved Auto-Oiled’Aermotor, is a wonderfully efficient windmil . If you buy an windmill which has not stood the test of 3 time you are taking a ong chance. But you do not have to ny. Seethebig experiment. There is nothing better than the Auto-Oiled Aermotor which has pgfi?’.$e§igigemm “y'e' °’ W demonstrated its merits wherever windmills are used. ‘ pm ’ r...om.23,192é. ASK FOR SEASONAL TARIFF. . I / a, seasonal tariff on American fruits and vegetables, to become ef- fective three weeks before Canadian produce comes on the market, and to continue for three weeks after the end of the Canadian shipping season. The Canadian products, such as strawber- ries, peaches, tomatoes and other 'fresh fruits and vegetables come in at the end of the American shipping season, nevertheless the 'Canadian fruit and vegetable interests claim that the effect in Canada has been that the . edge is taken off the consumers’ appe- tite for such products before the Can‘ adian growers’ crops become available. This is responsible for the Canadian demand for tariff protection that will curb the flood of American fruits and vegetables into the dominion. News of the Week Leon Trotsky is leading a new re- volt against the Russian Soviet hier- archy. Many of the reds are joining h1s ranks. The soviet executives have warned him that they will banish him to Siberia. Eleven Mexican churchmen were jailed for melting a revolt. One was an archbishop,and ten were priests. Russell Scott, who was sentenced four times to hang for the murder of a druggist in Chicago, received anoth- er stay of eXecution. He was tolhave been hanged Friday, October 15. Forty—one Chinese were arrested on one steamship by the Cuban govern- ment, for fraudently endeavoring to enter that country. The giant dirigible, “Los Angeles,” of the United States Navy, floated over Detroit, October 15, after an eleven hour visit at the Ford Airport. Carelessness is costing American in- vestors about $900,000 in interest by not redeeming government bonds on which interest has ceased. A triple marriage service is planned for Princess Astrid and Crown Prince Leopold, of, Belgium. The first will be a civil ceremony in Stockholm, on No- bember 4, then two religious services in Brussels, one Catholic and one Pro- testant, on November 10. There is a bitter legal fight over Rudolph Valentino’s will, because the aunt of the star’s second wife is giv- en a share in the estate. As the result of a challenge, Charles Smith, president of the American So- ciety for the Advancement of Atheism, will attend a service given by Rev. John Roach Stratton, with represent- atives of his society. Smith said that the pastor would be allowed fifteen minutes to address the atheists if the pastor would permit him an equal time to address his congregation. Two sandwiches bought at a confec— tionary store in Madison, Wisco‘nsin, are the cause of a suit for $7,000 be.- cause of sickness resulting from eat- ing the sandwiches. William Allen White, the famous Kansas editor, stirred a commotion among the clergy in Emporia, his home town, when his paper gave publicly the score of the World Series base ball game on Sunday, October 10, a half hour before church time. At the Michigan Conservation Con- gress, held at Saginaw, it was propos- ed that a five-million-acre forest pre— serve in this state he started. It is said that a one dollar fee for resident hunters and fishers would defray the cost of such a preserve. Jim Pontiac, descendant of the fa- mous Chief Pontiac. who attended the Campau Centennial celebration at Grand Rapids, complained that the beds in the hotels were too soft. Lord Asquith, who criticized the pol- icy adopted by Lloyd George during the labor strikes last May, has res1gn- ed the leadership of the Liberal party in Great Britain, and will probably he succeeded by his old enemy, Lloyd George. . , A memorial and greeting, signed by one-sixth of the people living in P0]- and, was tendered to'President Cool- idge upon the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of Three United States missibnaries including Miss Lydia Koebbe of Grass Lake, Hmmrmjm .4. ' GANADIAN growers are asking for the American Republic, on October 14. ' who were captured by Chinese bandits, A for sale, the owner having gone in the MICHIGAN VOLUME CLXVII L, flfif EEKLY. w PUBLISH ”5" roar 4:. ‘2. . A Practical Journal for the Rural Family MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM ranss , QUALITY RELIABILITY 'SERVICE NUMBER XVII Solving the Soil F cItllity Problem How Some Farmerr Have D0726 it By I. R.Watcrbury OON after I started farming on my own account, just thirty-four years ago next month to be exact; I visited a relative in Clinton county. ‘ In driving to his house from the sta- tion, I remarked on the fine appear- ance of a field of wheat, which we were passing. Imagine my surprise on being told that this was the sixteenth consecutive crop of wheat to be grown on the same field. Inquiry developed the fact that the yields had averaged with those on other farms in the same communityr despite the fact that the owner didn’t do as good a job of put- ting it in as ”his neighbors did, in the opinion of my relative. His method wasas follows: He cut the wheat as high as possible, threshed it at once ' and spread the straw back on the land. He let the weeds grow until the fall rains came, then plowed the field, rolledland harrowed it to get the best seed bed he could and sowed the wheat, using a moderate application of commercial fertilizer. By this apparently slipshod method, this farmer was growing as good wheat as his neighbors did in this crop, rotation. This seemed to me_to upset all the accepted dope on good farming methods, and I resolved to keep an eye on his future operations. The checkxup revealed that he contin- ued this practice until he had grown ‘ nineteen‘consecutive crops of wheat on the same field. Then he became convinced that there was more money in beans and tried to repeat his Wheat suCcess with this crop. Needless to say, the plan did not work out satis- factorily. In the light of later experience and observation, I became convinced that in returning all the straw to the land, and in utilizing such weed growth as occurred as green manure, this farmer was unconsciously meeting some of’ the requirements of soil fertility better than did his neighbors who were fol- lowing an apparently more sane and logical program. 'He was returning sufficient vegetable matter to the soil in this way to keep it in as good phy- sical condition as the soils on neigh- boring farms and, with the Supple- mentary fertilization given, it contin- ued to grow average crops for that lo— cation. That this could be done with just average clay loam soil is not an argument for such a system, but rath- er an indictment of the methods in more general use. If such results fol- lowed this apparent abuse of the soil, What might have been expected of the ‘ same land if all of nature’s require- ments had been met? Meeting Nature’s Requirements. The first example I can recall of a fairly good job of meeting nature’s requirements for crop yields occurred in an unexpected place in a commu- nity not far distant from my home. An industrious, but otherwise inconspicu- ous young man, purchased eighty acres of land adjoining his father’s farm. He had saved 'enough money from his earnings to make a down payment on this eighty, which had been rented for years with-the usual results. It had been a good farm, but was badly run- down when this lad purchased it. He put half of it into wheat the first year and got just a fair crop and, fortu- nately, a good seeding of clover. Prob~ ably his future success as a farmer was, in no small part, due to that good fortune and to the run-down con— dition of the farm. Hewas ambitious to grow good crops and the following year went about his preparations to that end in an entirely new manner —new, at least, to his neighbors. \Vhen the clover was just beginning to bloom, he cut it, but didn’t make any hay. Everybody thought he was going after a crop of clover seed, which was then grown on quite a g The Use of Lime Enables Farmers to Meet Nature’s Requirements. scale in that section, although they wondered why he had waited so long to clip the meadow. When he failed to harvest a seed crop, they thought that delayed clipping was the reason. But this young man had other ideas which he didn’t talk about. A good deal of this clover lived over and~ came on in the spring, when he plow- ed the whole business down and plant— ed the field to potatoes. That fall his big potato crop was the talk of the town, and his neighbors, forgetful of its recent history, remarked that this always was good land, and recalled some of the big crops a former owner had growu on it years ago. The young man said little, but kept right on “saw- ing wood,” literally in the winter and figuratively in the summer. His big yields of wheat and potatoes were soon taken as a matter of course by his neighbors. He cut a little hay ' each year to feed the. three cheap horses he bought at the outset, which. was the only stock he kept on the. farm, but most of the, clover went back on the land, and his “good luck" with succeeding crops was even more pronounced. Just a few years later this young man’s father decided to retire from active farming and offered his fine 160-acre farm for sale. The young man casually asked him how much he wanted for it. On reCeiving the answer he said: ”All right, I’ll buy it!” In surprise, his father asked, “How do you want to pay for it?” “Oh, I’ll pay cash,” the son replied. He continued to “cash in” on his farming operation, then conducted on a larger scale. He died a few years ago and is commonly reputed to have left an estate running well into “six figures,” all of which he had made in the business of farming by meeting nature’s requirements in the matter of maintaining soil fertility. (Continued on page 415). What is a Onc—ManPoultry F arm? Size Depend: Upon Effzwmcy 0f Eqmpmmt and Man By R. A. Hill HIS is a question that has been asked time and again, and while there are several answers, it all. depends on the one man. We have seen cases of'where a man has run a. one—man poultry farm and made a success of it, but the minute be over- stepped the limit and had to hire help, he went in the‘ hole. Every poultry man has his limit, just as though he were in any other business. Some businesses grow under the guidance of one man, others fail, and keeping poultry is just as much a bus- iness as any other enterprise. One of our Kings of Industry says, ' f‘we never allow dirt to accumulate, it’s too expensive,” and that very quo- tation fits the poultry business better . than any other. You never saw an abandoned poul- ~l try plant that wasn’t a dirty one. We saw an example of this last fall. We ran across a plant that was offered \1 longer it is left undone. : We have. said it? hetgrgnand we say . days, but could have been fixed up at a small outlay. It wasn’t the build- ings that put him out of business. It was dirt, and our definition of dirt is “something in its wrong place.” A slice of bread in the bread box or on the table is a food, but let it fall on the floor and it becomes dirt. Poultry droppings on the drop board is still droppings, or manure, but let them get on the floor mixed with the straw, and they become dirt. The drop boards of this plant hadn’t been cleaned off all winter, and the droppings were pil- ed up as high as the roosts. This man had not over-Stepped his limit as far as number of hens went, but his houses were laid out so that in order to clean out the pens ‘he-had to run the wheelbarrow through about, six doors, and you know that the more inconvenient it is to do a- thing, the it again, that the size of a one-man poultry plant depends on the man. The more hens he keeps, the more he must use his head and develop ideas that cut down the time for doing each job. Make it easy to do a job and it will be done on time. The party just mentioned placed the blame for his loss on the previous owner, who built the houses, for not making the place easier to clean out. Instead of crying over spilled milk, he could very easily have made trap “doors in the back of the house, level with the drop boards, and they could have been cleaned out very easily and in a short time. In order to feed the flock he had to carry the grain and water through the pens, and in-order to get to the last pen- he had to open and shut eight doors. This waste of time could have . been eliminated by cutting a door in the front of each pen“ Just these two ued-f" :xf‘filr . ’1' or lamb ., "' "by.“ ‘2? -1 f»........":.».. r’ ‘21,“ 31:3 __._'.3.. changes would have transformed this plant from a three—man plant to a one-man plant. \Vith this house re- arranged as suggested above, the own- er can feed the hens, water them, gather the eggs and clean off the drop boards without entering any of the pens. System is another thing that counts in running a poultry plant. Have a schedule for doing things; hens fed at regular periods lay better, and if you have six pens make it a. point to clean one out every day. Don’t wait and try to do them all at once. It upsets the hens and cuts down produc- tion. The best plan is to do this at night when the hens are on the roosts. Do one pen at a time, and it only takes a few minutes. Spend your spare time putting intime—saving stunts in your plant, and every time you save ten minutes you can add another pen. Your limit may be 500 or 2,000, but numbers don’t count—quality does. Know your stuff, .know your'breed,.,_and the balance is up to you. ‘ . ~-}. I . Published Weekly momma 1823*“. cop—mum‘s as The Lawrence Publishing Co. Editors and Proprietors - 163! Lafayette Boulevard Detroit. Michigan Telephone Randolph 1530 NEW YORK OFFICE. 120 W. 42nd St. CHICAGO OFFICE, 608 South Dearborn St. , CLEVELAND OFFICE. 1011-1013 Oregon Ave.. N. E. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE. 261-263 South Third St... ’ ARTHUR CAPPER ....................... President MARCO MORROW ................... Vice-Presldmt PAUL LAWRENCE .................. Vice—President I“. H. >NAN . ............................ Secretory ' l. R. WATERBURY ..... , .......... BURT WERMUTH ....... Associate FRANK A WILKEN .... Editors. ILA A. LEONARD .................... 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Member Audit Bureau of Clrculations. Free Service to Subscribers OENERAL:—-Aid in the adjustment of unsat- isfactory business transactions. VETERINARY:«~Prompt adxice from expert veterinarian. LEGALz—Opinions on all prominent lawyer. _ HEALTH.-«Practical personal advice from on (-xywl‘it’llct‘tl (lUt‘iOT. FARMz—Answers to all kinds of farm quee- tions, by competent specialists. HOME:-—Aid in the solution of all kinds of home problems. points. from o VOLUME CLXVII NUMBER SEVENTEEN DETROIT, OCT. 23, 1926 CURRENT COMMENT READER of this High journal reflects , that farm prices fluc- and. 0w tuate more than do Przc .3" the prices of other commodities, and goes on to state that it is due, in his opin- ion, to the lack of organization of the tillers of the soil. In all probability, this man is partly right with respect to the influence or- ganization might have upon the prices offered for the farmer’s products. Ev- idence could be gathered to support such a contention. There is another phase of the marketing of farm prod- ucts. however, which often is over- looked. This is the relatively uniform and urgent demand that exists for the farmer’s products, as compared with most other lines of goods. In many other lines, the demand is more or less optional. It is not neces- sary for every person, for instance, to take out life insurance. As a result there are millionsof people who do not have such insurance, and who, therefore, are possible. buyers: and many of these persons may be sold through a high-pressure sales cam- paign, or through some small advan- tage that one policy may have over another. But this is not true in the market» ing of wheat. You simply do not find people in any number in this country who do not eat wheat, and each one will consume about the same amount this year as he did last, whether the price be high or low. -The bulk of the things on the farm are for satisfying the simple desires for food, and our capacity for eating is quite definitely fixed. “It may vary a little, but not much. The increased demand for farm products used for food may come about through an in- crease in our populgtion, or by raising ~ ; our standard of living, or both. 1-, . .‘V ."'-> I‘ ’ . ow". This fact of uniform consumptive. demand for farm products, based upon necessity, and the further influence of -weather upon production, make for a. wide range of prices for such prod- ucts, which .range results from a con- tinuous readjusting of a fluctuating supply to a fixed and necessary de- mand. And, regretable as it may be, these uncontrollable factors are so fundamental that farmers undoubtedly will find it impossible, through organi- zation, to have the same control over their business relations with the buy- ing public that a few other classes enjoy. ‘ This, however, is no" argument against organization, but rather the setting forth of facts showing that farmers, more than other should be working together to reduce the price hazards of their business. WE have received Do Not several letters 3 I. . the past few days e leve In dealing with the corn Corn Borer borer situation. These letters, in every in- stance, came from sections not now infested with this. pest. Most of the letters expressed the opinion that the danger from this borer had been over- stated, and that propaganda was be- ing spread that a few men might have jobs at the expense of the public. These writers seemed to be in ear- nest, and undoubtedly felt keenly that they, as citizens and taxpayers, were being imposed upon. We sincerely wish that they were right in their con— tention. If the warnings put out by various government and private agen- cies were uncalled for, the whole mat- ter could be easily corrected. But, having made a number of visits to the badly infested fields of Ontario, Ohio, and Michigan, we feel urged to tell these writers and others, who may have like opinions, that' the warn- ings are not fiction, but are based up- on facts which are hard to realize until one has seen the extent of the damage possible by this borer. Readers who have visited badly in- fested fields will join us in urging farmers to prepare to fight this pest. “’9 hope those who have not had this privilege will accept our position on the matter in good faith, or take the first opportunity to visit corn fields where the pest has been established for the past four or five years. Such a visit, we feel confident, will convert the firmest unbeliever. MERICAN Educa- American tion Week will be Ed t. n observed in schools, "ca '0 from pulpits, and by Week the general public in Michigan, as well as throughout the country during the week of November 7-13. The purpose of the week is to acquaint the public with the work and needs of our schools. This week is annually set aside as one time in the year when the entire nation‘is called upon to dedicate itself ancw to the great task of universal education. It is an opportune time for parents to become more familiar with the schools to which they are sending their children. The real object of education, says Sidney Smith, is to give our children resources that will endure as long as life endures; habits that will amelior- ate, not destroy; occupation that will render sickness tolerable, solitude pleasant, age venerable, and life more dignified and useful. But there are two kinds of education, that which is given to us, and that which we give to ourselves. Of thetwo kinds, the latter is by far the most valuable. And so, while it is the duty of every parent, during Educational Week, to make a special effort to become better acquainted with the curriculum and activities of the local school, the week also affords an opportune time for par- ents to plan to get a bit more of that second kind of education, that which classes, we, can give to suicides?" 'Whileour" attention ‘is focused on education, we would select a list of good, boo and make arrangements for obtaining them now, they would make many of the coming long winter evenings much shorter and more profitable. N his recent re- Seeking turn to this chun- (I try from an extended} '9" . trip through Europe, Finding Edward P. Costigan, ‘ a member 'of the Unit- ed States Tariff Commission, is‘sued a statement in which he claims to have found in many European countries evi- dence of a rising tide of criticism of America, and of a growing hostility towards us. One of the chief counts in this indictment against the United States is the alleged one-sided, almost exclusively upward application of our flexible tariff policy. Weare charged by these European peoples, according to Mr. Costigan, not only with a complete disregard for the terms of our flexible tariff law as it is written, with its promise of equal- izing tariff rates, but we are accused with having used the plausible provis- ions of our statute, and its promise of equalizing adjustments of tariff rates, in order to extract intimate trade sec- rets from our European competitors and to employ this newly acquired in- formation unfairly to make our com— merce with foreign nations more, in- stead of less difficult, and, in some in- stances, to even prohibit commerce entirely: 'l‘his statement from Mr. Costigan is in direct contrast to the views of Chairman Marvin, of the United States Tariff Commission who, on his recent return from an official trip through Europe, stated there is little or no dis- satisfaction abroad with the tariff commission’s activities under the flex- iblé provision. All of this goes to show that when a congressman, a senator, or a mem- ber of the United States Tariff Com- mission goes abroad on an investigaé tion trip, he will never fail in his ef- fort to find just what he sets out to obtain when he starts. This will be observed when the reader understands that Mr. Costigan leans heavily toward free trade, while Chairman Marvin is a protectionist. ICHIGAN State A Farm College, through . its department of ag- B us'ness ricultural economics, Survey is going to make a thorough survey of the farm business situation by means of questionnaires, sent through the mails. The results of this investiga- tion will furnish some basis of 001111 parison between the earnings in farm- ing and in industry. It will also give information for legislators and farm organizations which will be valuable in getting legislation favorable to the farmer. And it will undoubtedly af- ford a real opportunity for the farm- ers to present their side of the land tax question. ' What we need to put farming on a basis parallel with industry, is definite information. The lack of knowledge of the details of farming as a business has been one of the real handicaps to agriculture. Such exact knowledge as has put industry on a formidable basis will greatly help to put farming in a somewhat similar position. ,WO banquets The were held in De- troit, during the Na- Youthful tional Dairy Show, at Modesty which boys and girls from all parts of the country were’ awarded medals fer win- ning the national championships in judging dairy cattle. p The outstanding thing, the' writer thinks, attending the awairding of these high honors and prizes of eco- nomic value, was the modesty with which thé . The ‘ r. as no evidence of pretense, no loations of egotism, but rather a. humble smile of pleasure at having won out in the contest. _, Also, when those who were tied for honors in the Four-H contests, had to draw to determine the winners, the. losers showed themselves good sports- men. In one case a girl and a boy were tied, and the boy immediately withdrew to leave the honor for the girl. It'seemed that these young folks were out for accomplishment, rather than the prizes that accomplishment brought. The thoughts they expreSsed also showed a soundness and unsel- fishness which we often fail to find in grown folks. Such occurrences as these two ban- quets, strengthen, in our minds, the thought that, as long as we have Four- H club work, Smith-Hughes vocational guidance, Scout, Campfire, and other similar activities, we'need not fear for the future of this country. »Despite the thought that this is a flapper and useless age, thousands of young folks are being properly grounded in those essentials which make for successful and useful lives. We can feel assured that the world is not going to the bow‘wows, as long as it is left in the hands of young people who have learn- ed to accomplish worth while things. Krona) F you’ll look at that word, you’ll notice it’s “work” backwards, and it’s also what Sofie was doin’ last week, she was crowin’ about work. You see, I had ta go down ta town that day ta get our mortgage extended and ta have the dentust fill my teeth. and then a bunch 0’ high school girls ast me ta take ’em nine miles north 0’ town. So, you see, I was pretty busy for that day. It ain’t no easy job ta. get your mortgage extended, and it’s worse ta have a dentust askin’ you all the time if it hurts, and I kin say a bunch 0’ high school girls kin keep /you busy. But I collected my fare, ’cause each 0’ ’em gave me a kiss fer my troubul. So, you see, no shape ta put my mind on the high-falutin’ mat- ter I got ta write fer this paper. But, you know, I kinda liked Sofie’s stuff last week. She says men used ta let womin do the work, but now they do womin’s work, and are weak and good fer nothin’. I’m just like the Indians and other old-timers was, which is the nicest complimunt I’ve got fer some time. I’m a regular He-man like they used ta have in them old days. I like ta hunt and fish, and I’m mighty good on protectin’. But I nev- er hunt' fer work, ’cause I ain’t inter- ested in that kinda sportsmanship. But I’ve got real, What you call pro- fichunt in protectin’ myself against Sofie. I gotta hide like a rinosorous, or a elefant, what Sofie’s speechus don’t get inta atall. But Sofie is alright. She’s just kinda. gotta keep after me ta work, ’cause all the rest 0’ the womin is got their men doin’ it nowadays. I know she’d hate ta admit ta the other womin that she ain’t got the ability they got ta. make husbund’s work. Work is one o’ the greatust evils 0’ this world. There wouldn't be half the troubul if it wasn’t fer work. Just look at the strikes and everythin’ what work’s caused. If there was no work, folkses wouldn’t complain over gettin’ nothin’ fer their work, while others is gettin’ somethin’ fer no work. Fer that reason I don’t have any more ta. do with work than I have t_’a.. I don’t like ta get into. complicashuns work causes. work? HY, axon-n x,“ g iolks '_ accepted them; . I wasn’t in' Then she ’says ‘ SO. Why :krow about ”x. ng the :Danes Farmer: Are M uc/z I ntererted 1'72 Gymnartz'cr ‘1‘ By Viggo Justesen AST Sunday ,fOrenoon I stood on - the streets of Stubbekobing, Fal- ster, and saw hundreds of young men and women swarm into town on their bicycles for the annual sectional gymnastic tournament. They came from miles around, some in small ‘ groups, some in pairs, and some alone, ' and I began to-- realize the great amount of individual freedom that a vehicle such as the bicycle affords. Be- fore these young peOple left home, they had been spared the disagreeabil- ity of having to argue about who was to have the car for the day. I followed the crowd to a small woods near the edge of town, where the festivities were to be held. In an" opening in the center of the woods, a platform had been erected and already people were beginning to gather around the railing, and the judges matter of fact, than the grace of these young women from the farm as they marched around with their heads alert, their eyes shining like northern stars. The young women, too, went through a series of exceedingly graceful exer- cises after having saluted the judges, and it was especially interesting to notice the seriousness with which they performed their acts. Their faces were curiously expressionless, all their emo- tions seemed to be expressed in the swaying of their bodies as they per- formed with quaint precision and ut- most ease the most difficult exercises. After the exercises the young ladies joined hands and danced a group of Danish folk-dances, their lithe bodies dipping and swaying in perfect har- mony to the music of their own young, fresh voices. As they finished their Group of Danish Farmers Representing their Community at a Tournament. were taking their seat in the judges’ stand opposite from where I stood. Suddenly through an entrance near the stand entered a white-clad young athlete carrying" the blazing scarlet and white emblem of Denmark. He was followed immediately by a group of twenty young men, all dressed in white from head to foot, and as they ehtered they sang a martial Dan- ish folk-song and marched in step to the music of their own voices. Twice they circled the floor in a firm, fast march and then at a command from \ the leader, they drew up before the judges’ stand, where they stood at at- tention with their heads held high, their shoulders back, while the flag- bearer saluted the judges with the flag. Another command from the leader and the youths, with machine-like pre-. cision, opened ranks and went through a series of calisthenic exercises in such perfect rythm that the entire group appeared as one. After ten minutes of this, they again lined up in the center of the floor and mats were brought out. In quick succession the young men went through a series of cart-wheels, hand-springs, head-springs and flips, their well-trained bodies making graceful white circles in the air. All was done with'solittle sense of effort, and every man on the team performed exactly the same as the man before him. To a foreign spec- tator, it would seem that the group was made up of professional perform- ers. Bilt not so. They were but the first of fifteen teams of young farmers rwho had‘ entered the competition for their home community. As the young men finished their drill and marched. on? the floor, a group of forty girls entered. ~ Dressed in sim- ple blue tunics that left arms and legs free, 'the girls marched around the floor singingf-While' their soft-soled -- shbes‘uinoved' in perfect rythm-- to the ’of. the} song. Nothing, it seem- athing more a "‘\'- dances and marched off the floor an- other team of young men entered. During the afternoon this performance was repeated with slight variations, until the fifteen teams of young men, and the fifteen teams of young ladies had demonstrated the result of their year’s practice, and the result as wit- nessed was well worth the effort ex- pended. Twice a week, during the entire year, these young people had gathered in the community meeting house and drilled under the leadership of the ablest gymnast in the community. But these gatherings were not all routine. The practice lasted only an. hour, and after drill there was always time for some play in the form of dancing, singing or playing games. These meet- ings, twice a week, form a great part of the social life of the young people on the farms, and the young people love their gymnastics. Although they get a lot of exercise daily on the farm, it is not of a type that is productive of grace and beauty and these young people consider it a treat to go to gymnastics after having spent the day in the beet—fields, the hay-fields or the harvest—fields, accord- ing to the season. For it is at these gatherings that they get their associa— tions with other young people, and at the same time, they have an opportu- nity to satisfy the natural instinct of youth to express through exercises, the beauty that lies dormant in every healthful body. ‘I am well aware that athletic coach- es at home do not favor gymnastics. They say that it teaches youth to goose-step and that Youth‘must have individual freedom. They also claim, that youth must have competition in his physical exercise in order to make it interesting. These young Danish farmers seem to disprove that theory, for they take their exercises entirely for; the pleasure‘that they get from having a. graceful, well-kept body. 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Dunlap, assistant secretary of agriculture, who condemns it as “spe- cial legislation of the most vicious type.” He says it is aimed at one of the most Vital and effective provisions of the foods and drugs act, the one prohibiting the substitution of one art. icle or ingredient for another, without a, full declaration on the label so that the consumer may exercise his in- alienable right to discriminate intelli- gently as to the product which he buys. LESS CREDIT REQUIRED. HE credit demands of farmers for marketing their crops is less than usual this fall. according to the Fed- eral Reserve Board. This is held to be due to the fact that in spite of es- timated smaller production for most crops excepting wheat, prices of lead- ing farm products are lower than a year ago. The board reports a de- cline of from ten to twenty per cent in the price of wheat, and more than twenty per cent in the price of cotton. WANT INCOME TAXES CUT STILL FURTHER. HE politicians are demanding an— other reduction in income taxes, to be made by congress the coming winter. Notwithstanding the stale- ment of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, that more than $200,000,000 of this year’s prospective surplus would be composed of receipts which would not recur next year; that the/National Grange and other farm organizations, are insisting that reduction of the na- tional debt while surplusses are ac- cumulating, is more to be desired than tax cuts on corporations and large in- comes, and that large issues of United States bonds will soon be ready for retirement, congressional aspirants are making reduction of federal taxes their campaign slogan. WANT ROADSIDE LODGINGS IN- ’ SPECTED. MOVEMENT is under way to Bio- vide inspection of houses along the highways that provide lodging and food for motor tourists. It is contend- ed that they should be not only in- spected, but licensed by state boards of health. The American Automobile Association says that many motorists complain to the organization that the food provided by many roadside hous- es is poor in quality, and that they are not equipped to provide a standard of service that safeguards health re- quirements. COMPANY WANTS TO MAKE FER- TILIZERS AT MUSCLE SHOALS. NEW plan for development of Muscle Shoals will be presented to congress early this winter. This is the announcement of C. Bascomb Slemp, former secretary to the Pres- ident, who says that a group of New York engineers and capitalists would make a bid for leasing the nitrate and hydro-electric power plants at Muscle Shoals. The proposed corporation Will be known as the Farmers’ Feder- ated Fertilizer Company. The offer involves a fifty-year lease of the prop- erty, with guarantees for using the power in producing nitrogen for fertil-' izer. The company proposes to organ- ize with $80,000,000 capital, and the public would have an opportunity to buy stock. ,It would devote. its activi- , . , , 2 a, 32.2,. ‘3 ' fr ‘5', : 5;!“ .2 :‘e: « llslllnuuun ties solely to the manufacture of nitro- gen for agricultural purposes in peace times, and for military purposes in time of war. All surplus power would be sold to power companies. Mr. Slemp claims his offer would net the government $221,226,000 in fifty years, while the other bid made by the allied power companies would net only $148,- 720,000. FARMING LOSSES DEDUCTED INCOME TAX STATEMENT. IN OSSES in farming may be deduct- ed from income in filing tax re- turns. This is what the Federal Board of Tax Appealstdecided in the case of a retired lawyer who was operating a farm for profit, not pleasure. The board found that the lawyer lived on his farm, giving his time and atten- tion to it, and his wife performed the duties of a. farmer’s wife, doing her own domestic work without outside as- sistance, and personally attending to the raising of chickens. Losses oc- curred in spite of frugality and close attention to the farm duties. This cannot be construed as a loop- hole through which the city man who operates a farm for pleasure, or as a hobby, can escape taxation. BIG GROWTH IN COOPERATION. N index of the growth of the co- operative marketing movement is afforded by the fact that the 10,800 farmers’ cooperative associations re- porting to the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture handled farm products to the value of $2.400,000,000 during 1925, while the 5,424 associa- tions reporting in 1915 (lid :1 business amounting to $636,000,000. The larg- est gains were made in the twelve north central states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minne- sota, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas. increase for the ten—year period amounted to more than a billion dol~ lars. The big increase in membership of associations marketing dairy prod- T he - 22222319 __.' ucts, especially'fluid milk, was one reason for the big gains in amount of business transacted in 1925, as com— pared withy1915. MOTOR BUSES UNDER. I. C. C. INAL hearings on the proposal to place motor buses and trucks un- der the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, will be held by the commission, beginning October 25. Representatives of farm organi- zations will present briefs, it is now indicated, in opposition to regulation- of trucks by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Won Five Dollars UILFORD RO’THFUSS, of Nor- vell, Michigan, was the winner in the Jingle Contest this week, and to him goes the five dollars. He finished the jingle thus: A lady oft may change her mind Without a reason well defined, And with oblivion to applause The reason given is just because. But 1n each case, if we but knew, At least exceptions would be few, For every action, “there’s a reason,” Don’t ask her why—’twould be dis- pleasin’. The quoted phrase in the last line was taken from the Maytag Company advertisement. ‘ Another Jingle Contest. Here’s another jingle for this week: The airship cleaves the air above, As light of wing as any dove; Though it may weigh a ton or more And leaves the ground with mighty roar. Just yesterday it was the thing That wonder to our minds did bring; But other things more wondrous still, Have come our ears and minds to fill. we know that wonders never cease, In time of war or time of peace, But “common sense” will guide us right, The quoted phrase, “common sense,” is taken from an advertisement in this issue. Give the name of the adver- tiser, complete the jingle and send it to the Contest Editor, 1632 Lafayette Blvd, Detroit, Michigan. The winner will be awarded $5.00 for the best line. The prize will be duplicated in case of a tie. Replies must be in by‘Oc- tober 29. 0722 Good Reason fir Doz’rzg Your Duty at 2/22 Pol/y < o c.‘ . m I Willi I HAVEN’T TIME TODAY! » ‘2 ‘ ”/2 . Kill?- : SQ W ' m HEY! wane YouR nosey? Hill HUN (MAM W I; "N I Will] a 222» \I \\\ mu- '4 mm 1 \ ,. SOME or oufi‘eeevcmzeue" THINK THEY HAVEN'T Tl ME TO VOTE-' .2 .. ( #2 ~Bur THIS FELLOW (‘5 READY *m VOTE A HALF oozzm TINEG!I‘ a.’ HE bee ‘keepers of the United States are considering the organ- ization of a national association for service and educational purposes. . There are close to 100,000 commercial producers of honey and other bee products, amounting to more than $100,000,000 in value. It is thought that 10,000 bee keepers are ready to launch a natiOnal organization. The board of directors of the American Farm Bureau Federation voted to in- vite representatives of this group to attend the next annual meeting of the Federationin Chicago on December 6-7-8, offering to give them the use of conference rooms, legal and ‘other in- struction in organization work. There will be no oflicial connection, however, between the bee keepers’ organization and the farm bureau. SENATOR FESS 0N COOPERA- TION. HAT the more uniform distribu- tion of the products of our farms through business-like cooperative or- ganizations would result in more sat- isfactory returns to our farmers, is the opinion of Senator Fess, of Ohio. 011 this subject he speaks as follows: Our 6,600,000 farmers today are too inclined to load the market with crops all at the same time, breaking prices, which later rise when the farmer can— not benefit from them. He should have warehouse facilities for storing his produce. And here I wish to haz- ard a suggestion which I know will not meet entirely with your approval. I suggest that a revolving fund of $100,000,000 to $150,000,000 to supply farm-owned cooperatives working cap- ital might do the trick, might turn a buyers’ market into a seller’s market. The farmer would not have to take what was offered, but could wait to get what he needs. If fifty per cent of the grain'of the country were hand- led through farm cooperatives, financ- ed from a revolving fund and subject to supervisory control of the govern- ment, that would suffice, perhaps, to narrow the spread between retail pric- es for farm produce and the prices the farmer is now getting. JAPANESE BEETLE IN CONNECTI- CUT AND NEW YORK. HE Japanese beetle quarantine, , which formerly included only New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, has been revised to apply also to New York and Connecticut, it was announc- ed recently by the Federal 'Horticul- tural Board of the United States ‘De- partment of Agriculture. Under the provisions therefor as stated in this, the fifth revision, it is expected that the restrictions will be limited to the infested areas in the quarantined states. The new measures became ef- fective October 11,1926, and super- sede the rules and regulations promul- gated April 26 1926 CLEAN THRESHING MACHINES. THE farmer who is growing small grain with‘a view of registering it for seed, is especially concerned that his threshing machine be thor- oughly cleaned before pure seed is run through it. At least fifteen bushels should be threshed for feed or mar— ket before any is saved for seed—— even though the machine has been carefully cleaned. A dirty separator will, first of all, cause varietal mixture when the same kind of small grain is threshed as that on the farm of the last neighbor visit- ed. The threshing machine is also re- sponsible for the introduction of the seeds ,of many noxious weeds. Wild oats are commonly scattered this way. > The noxious weed problem alone should be’auflicient argument for de‘ - ' sE-EK NATIONAL TORGANIZAT‘ION; /’ "fl ,ix // ’i\ \h// // I; is .4“ Red Top Fence Building Time RIGHT NOW! Quickly Driven Red Top Steel Fence Posts Make Fall Fencing Easy, Practical and Cheap HY steal valuable time from other urgent farm work next Spring when it is so easy to do your fence building and repair now? Red Top Steel Fence Posts have revolutionized fence building. Hard soil doesn’t make any difference when it comes to driving Red Tops. They drive easily even in hard, dry soil at the rate of 200 or more a day—and one man can do the job. And with the Handy Fasteners one man can attach fencing to Red Top Posts and do a perfect job. Save by Fencing Now At this season prices on fencing and on Red Top Steel Fence Posts are low. Prob- ably lower than they will be in the Spring. You will do a better job now be- cause you have less demands on your time and by doing your fencing at this time you will save time that can be used next Spring to an advantage. Fences built with “Red Top” Steel Fence Posts cost less to build and less to keep up. “Red Tops” Make Temporary Fencing Easy The rapidly growing custom of “hogging down” part of the corn crop requires tem- porary fencing that is economical and easily moyed. “Red Tops” are easy to drive, they hold the fencing securely— prevent it from being‘ ‘rooted” up or ridden down. Then, too, when you want to fence in a new area it is easy to pull Red Top Posts and give the fence a new location. “Hogging down” is a profitable method V'RED TOP STEEL POST COMPANY of “marketing corn on the hoof." You save all the trouble and expense of husking, cribbing, reloading and feeding and your hogs make better gains when allowed to forage for themselves. Huskers miss a few bushels to the acre, a hog misses none—you get all the possible profit from your corn. See the Red Top Dealer Ask him about the many farmers who have discovered the advantages of using Red Top Steel Posts. Let him show you why it is strong and durable; how easy it is to drive and align with the One-Man- Driver; how the fence attaches so firmly that it is the best post for carrying fence over rolling ground and how it is “alumi- numized”—a special baked-on, weather- resisting process that assures long, useful life to these posts. Let the Red Top dealer in your town explain the Red Top guarantee to you and give you a copy of our booklet “How to Build Fences of Long Life.” Gouge Strength Studded Tee Steel Fence Posts 38-L South Dearborn Street, Chicago .-..- .— r’ Reliable Reg. U. S. Pat. Ofl'. Brown’snmh Jacket and enjoy warmth and comfort on the‘ Made for rough—and-ready outdoor service of warm knit cloth that Three styles coldest days. will not rip, ravel or tear. ——coat with or without collar, and vest—- tall are cut to fit snugly without binding- Comfortable to work in. C Ask you 7' dealer ROWN’S BEACH JACKET COMPANY Worcester, Massachusetts v THE TURNBULL (BEST ON EARTH) WAGON Wagons for all purposes. Write for illustrated cir- cular and prices. TURNBULL MFG. CO., MONTPELIER, OHIO BURSALENLARGEMENTS , Absorbine reduces thickened, , swollen tissues, curbs, filled ten- dons, soreness from bruises or strains. Stops Spavin lameness. Does not blister, remove hair or lay up horse. $2.50 at druggists, or postpaid. Valuable horse book l-S free. Write for it today. Read this: "Horse had large swelling I just below knee. Now zone: has not re- ?" appeared. Horse good as ever. Have used Absorbineforyeatswithgreatsucceu" 350123 N TRADE MARK REO.U.S PATfiOF S. Please Mention The Mich— igan Farmer when wr1t1ng to advretisers. Spot-i211 Trial Offer! FILMS DEVELOPED! Roll developed and 6 brilliantineprints. 25v, or U prints from negative», 2m. Klinkner FIIm Serwce, Box 507 T,~Dyersvillc, Iowa. :uEw LAMP Bunus 94% AIR ’ Beats Electric or Gas A new oil lamp that gives an amaz- ingly brilliant, soft, white light, even better than gas or electricity, has been tested by the U. S. Government and 35 leading universities and found to be superior to 10 ordinary oil lamps. It burns without odor, smoke or noise—— no pumping up, is simple, clean, safe. Burns 94% air and 6% common kero- sene (coal oil). The inventor, J. 0. Johnson, 609 W. Lake St., Chicago, III., is offering to send a lamp on 10 days’ FREE trial, or even to give one FREE to the first user in each locality who will help him introduce it. Write him to-day for full particulars. Also ask him to explain how you can get the agency, and with- out experience or money make $250 to $500 per month. ”41!- "HIV-Le ’ ‘5 TH 2:“ 55f. E‘iricrrié? FAILURE TO PAY ALIMONY. In the event of a man who, in a divorce proceeding has been adjudged to pay weekly $4.00 alimony for care of a child, who later removes‘from the state and takes up his residence in one of the western states and refuses to pay any alimony that is now due over a period of one year, can he be brought back to this state under crim- inal proceedure and be compelled to pay the sum now due, or be impris- oned?~—G. E. , Failure to pay alimony is not a crime and the delinquent cannot be brought back to the state 'for punish- ment in failing to pay.—Rood. TAXES AND FENCES. A. owns land on which taxes have not been paid since 1920. B. bought taxes of 1921 'at annual tax sale in May, 1924. B. applied for and got tax deed of auditor-general, December 9, 1925. This deed is on record in coun- ty records. Can B. pay all taxes to date and immediately double on same? There is no mortgage on the land. A., B. and C own farms. C. does not use his land in any way. The line fence between B. and C. is all down. A. pastures C.’s land and his stock comes on B.’s land from C.’s. Must B. fence against A.’s stock?—R. M. All the purchaser of a tax title can recover is twice the amount paid at the sale, plus $5.00 for each descrip- tion, and the costs of serving the no— tice to redeem. The payment of other taxes by him before completing the foreclosure on his tax title is at his peril and no recovery can be had for the same. If there is no line fence between B. and C., B. has the right to take any stock coming upon his land from C.’s land, and shut it up and require the owner to pay the dam- ages and for its keep until redeemed, pursuing the statute provided in such matters, or he may bring an action for damage against the owner of the cat- tle and recover by execution in the usual way—Rood. FORCING PAYMENT AND FENCES. I built a summer house for a man for $650. One part of the contract EARLY all field crops suffered to some extent from adverse weath- er conditions during September. Rain occurred on about one-half of the days of the month and was consider- ably above normal in amount in most sections. The wet weather interfered with wheat seeding, and the harvest- ing of beans, buckwheat, clover seed and late hay. A killing frost on the twenty-sixth occurred in all except a few southwest counties, and a narrow strip along Lake Michigan. This stop- ped further development of corn, beans, potatoes and buckwheat, caus- ing extensive. injury to fields of corn and beans that had reached maturity at the time. Corn—Early fields in the southern districts reached a fair degree of ma- turity before the frost, but late fields and much of the acreage in the cen- tral and northern districts was frozen while in the early dough stage, so that much corn will be soft and of low feeding value. A special inquiry resulted in finding that about 45 per cent had reached maturity, 30 per cent was in the hard dough stage, and the remaining 25 per cent was below the hard dough stage. The condition is rated at 74 per cent, which is equival- ent to a production of 51,868,000 .bush- els. Last year’s crop amounted to 65,680,000. Because of the unusually early frost, more than usual is being put into silos. The forecast for the United States is 2,679,988,000 bushels, as compared with a production of 2,900,581,000 in 1925. The average condition is 72.4 per cent. Spring Wheat—The average yield of spring wheat is estimated to be 16.5 bushels per acre, making the total My.” Cu- ”and M1 Kan-n IVA-A gin-Just Sound Count ‘0 CI”. to Unequal lulu In" on n letter. M: reads as follows: $100 to be paid upon acceptance by owner as building be- 1ng completed according to terms of this contract. This man, upon com- pletion of building, paid me $75 (mak- ing $625 altogether), and still owes me $25. He refuses to pay me, saying the building is not weatherproof. Ev- ery time I try to collect he has some complaint to make, and I am obliged to fix one thing after another. How can I compel him to pay me my mon- ey? I am going to fence my ten-acre farm. Do I have to furnish all the fence? If not, what kind of a fence is a legal fence? How much of my front- age can I fence in, and do I have tb start fencing two rods from center of road in front of my house?—J. V. As to the first question, the only remedy is by suit for the $25, and the expense of the trial would be equal to the amount of the recovery. As to the second question, a legal fence is a fence fifty-four inches high, of any material that will turn stock ordinar- ily kept upon the farm. The owner has no right to fence in any part of the highway. He should be able to divide his fence with his neighbors and have them build their share. If they will not do so, an order upon them may be obtained by calling in the highway commissioner and two juistices of the peace as fenceviewers to determine upon the fence and its division—Rood. DRINKING WATER FOR SCHOOLS. Is there a state law in Michigan compelling school districts to furnish sanitary drinking water for rural schools? There is no well at the school which my children attend, and last term the water was taken in cream cans that were rusty, and some- times stood for three weeks before a fresh can was obtained. The children carried their water in pails rather than drink the water furnished them at the school. What steps can I leg- ally take in order to compel the school authorities to furnish fresh, sanitary waier?—R. F. It is believed that the management of the school is entirely in the hands of the school board, regarding the mat- ters mentioned, and that no legal rem- edy is available—Rood. , Crops Suffer from Weather M 7.6/1 zgmz C rap R€v€d/J‘ crop 82,000 bushels. The production last year amounted to 90,000 bushels. The quality is 80 per cent. The crop for the entire country is estimated to be 213,336,000 bushels, as against 270,879,000 in 1925. The qual- ity as reported is 87.1 per cent. All Wheat—It is estimated that 36 per cent of the Michigan crop, or 5,- 959,000 bushels, was marketed prior to‘ October 1. Oats—Many oats were damaged by rains while standing in the shock, and are more or less discolored. They are also light in weight. The yield aver- aged 33 bushels per acre, making a. total of 56,001,000 bushels produced in 1926, as compared with 53,248.00 in 1925. The quality is 79 per cent. The national crop amounts to 1,282,- 414,000 bushels, as against 1,501,909,- 000 last year. The quality is relative— ly low, being rated at 78.9 per cent. Barley.—The yield is estimated at 28.5 bushels per acre, or a total pro- duction of 3,505,000 bushels. There was some rust and rain damage result- ing in considerable discolored and light-weight grain. The quantity is reported at 86 per ce t, or three per cent below the av rag . The 1925 crop was 3,087,000 bush 5 The total crop of the United States is estimated at 196,762,000 bushels, or about 21,000,000 less than produced last year. The quality is 84.3 per cent. Buckwheat.—~Frost injured some late fields, and there has been diffi- culty infiliarvesting during the rainy period. As a. result, the condition has declined to 79 per cent which repre- sents a crop of 804,000 bushels as com— pared with 754,000 la t year. The combined pro ction of states to 22.100-tons. ,. ' I 000 bushels, which is 420,000 more than reported in 1925. Potatoes—The fro’st, of September 26 killed the vines in most sections and is bringing the late crop to ma- turity. In many counties this has been beneficial, but it has shortened the yield in late planted fields in other lo- calities. The northwestern counties of the Lower Peninsula are yielding heavier than last year. Montcalm and adjacent counties are reporting lighter yields. There is very little rot, and practically no blight. mostly of fine quality,-and digging of the late crop is under way. The con,- ditlon is reported at 80 per cent, as compared with a ten-year average of 69._ Last year it was 76 per cent. The estimated production is 27,888,000 bushels, as against 24,411,000 in 1925. The crop of the entire country is now estlmated at 350,824,000 bushels, slightly less than the previous month’s forecast, but 27,500,000 more than last year’s relatively small production. This figure is fully 30,000,000 below the nor- mal consumption needs. Beans—Much difficulty has been ex- perienced in harvesting the crop, due to frequent rains. There has also been much damage by rains, especially in the east-central counties, to the unhar- vested fields. Late fields had many green pods when the killing frost of September 26 occurred, and these will not mature properly. Considerable acreage in the eastern part of the state is too poor to harvest. As a re- sult of the adverse weather condi- tions, the average yield has been re- duced to an average of about ten bush- els per acre, or a total production of 6,140,000 bushels. There will also be a heavy pickage, the loss being great- er in the heaviest producing counties, so that the merchantable portion may fall as low as 5,000,000 bushels. Oc- tober weather conditions, will, of course, have considerable influence on the final results, which cannot be ac- curately determined until the harvest is completed. There is a reduction in the United States’ crop also, it now being esti- mated at 16,970,000 bushels, as com- pared with 19,100,000 in 1925. The. forecasts for other leading states are as follows: New York, 1,668,000: Montana, 391,000; Idaho, 1,320,000; Col- orado, 1,197,000; New Mexico, 783,000; and California, 4,941,000 bushels. Sugar Beets—The reported condi- tion of 85 per cent is two per cent above the average, and indicates a yield of around nine tons per acre from the acreage to be 'harvested, or a total production of 928,000 tons. The sugar content is much better than it was last year. The combined production of the sugar beet states is estimated at 6,- 797,000, tons. Colorado leads with a prospective crop of 2,642,000 tons. Michigan ranks second in production. Tame Hay—The average yield of all kinds is estimated at 1.25 tons per acre, making the total crop, 3,654,000 tons, as compared with a crop in 1925 of 2,971,000. The ten-year average yield for the state is 1.33 tons per acre. The quality is generally good, with the exception of the last cutting of alfalfa, which has been injured by fre- quent rains. The yield of clover is 1.30 tons; alfalfa, 2.25; millet and su- dan, 1.75; soy beans and cowpeas, 1.45; and other hay, 0.95. The country’s hay production is plac- ed at 83,158,000 tons, a little more than 3,000,000 less than last year. Pastures—Pastures have improved Potatoes are , growing this crop is. placed at 15,067,- and were reported at 88 per cent, or eight per cent above the average. Clover Seed—The crop is well filled in some sections, but failed to fill in others. The condition is rated at 63 per cent, as compared with 67 last year. The.acreage promises to be. light. ‘ ’ Apples—The apple crop is estimat- ed at 9,663,000 bushels. or 68 per cent of a crop. As a result of the large crop for the country as a whole, prices are low, closer grading will be prac- ticed, and there will be more loss and wastage than usual, thereby reducing the percentage that is considered as commercial. The commercial portion is estimated to be 1,591,000 barrels, of which 51 per cent, or 811,000 barrels is made up of winter varieties. The quality is excellent, especially in the southwestern heavy-producing section. There appears to be an abundant apple crop in nearly all states, as the national estimate is 234,252,000 bush- els. This since 1914. The 1925 crop was 164,- 616,000 bushels. Grapes—Grapes have been slow in ripening but, in the main commercial district, escaped the frosts that have occurred elsewhere in they state. There is the largest production . has been only slight damage from rot . and other diseases. The crop is esti~ mated at 78 per cent,lor 67,860 tons. Last year’s production Only amounted an: (DQHQWUJTCDFJT Fat/1‘79: U} Y‘OED v4 v 'n‘ U) HUI n I rom:R'per cent, ninety per cent and eighty per cent. At the end of eight weeks, the birds weighed in proportion to the amount of feed eaten—R. I FATTENED THE COCKERELS. T was formerly my practice to mar— ket my Plymouth Rock cockerels when they made an average weight of one and one-half pounds each. By getting the early market, I thought myself way ahead of the fel- low who sold later, but while selling a bunch in 1925, I noticed that instead of putting the chicks in a crate, this buyer confined them in a small en- closure in which was a trough of skim- milk, and a supply of grain. Upon in- vestigating, I learned that the buyer made it a rule to fatten his poultry a few days before shipping. I pondered over this on the way home, and concluded that if it paid this dealer to buy milk and grain to fatten the cockerels, it should pay me even better with a supply of rations available on the farm, so when the 1926 flock averaged a pound each, I penned eighty-six of them, and began the feeding job myself. During the first three days, Ifed corn and skim-milk; allowing only enough to be. cleaned up quickly by the fowls. From that time, I introduc- ed a mash of cornmeal, oatmeal, and middlings; mixing them in equal parts. This was fed dry, but plenty of sour skim-milk was kept before the birds at all times. Potatoes and carrots were given occasionally to stimulate their appetites. At the end of eight days, I brought the scales into service and found the total weight of the eighty~six cockerels to be 143 pounds, or a gain of fifty- seven pounds, made possible by the feeding process. During this time the market had dropped three cents, mak- ing the selling price thirty-cents per pound. The feeding ration was valued at $3.20; but after these items were deducted, I still had a profit of $11.92, whichpaid me well for my time and trouble. Since that date, I have also used the fattening process with summer chicks and old hens, and each time the re- sults have been in my favor. Poultry fattened in this way is always in de- mand in the big markets. The home buyer knows this, and by holding the fowls in his yards, he reaps an addi- tional profit at the farmer’s expense. ~~F. R. Cozzens. The “new star” which appeared in the constellation of Pictor, the Paint- er, last spring, is still visible to the unaided eye. The Rocky Mountain bluebird is blue all over, instead of having a red- orange breast like the eastern species. Some kinds of coal are made up al- most entirely of masses of the micro- 0i . N F AFMER ' 174423} ‘. ‘ PAN-A-CE-A' Helps your moulters moult MOULTING is a serious business with hens. New, plumage of a thousand or more feathers must be grown—once a year. That takes energy and strength—saps the vitality. Hens are droopy—— have no appetite. But they must eat. It takes just so much feed converted into energy to do that big job. The more you can get your flock to eat and assimilate each day, the quicker they will get back to laying. Pan—a-ce-a is a great help. It keeps your flock from getting into that run-down, unhungry stage. It contains the tonics that improve the appetite and promote digestion. Contains iron so essem tial to a moulting hen. It keeps the paleness away. Supplies the minerals, calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate (bone meal), so necessary for the rapid growth of feathers. Pan-a—ce—a your hens and see them begin to eat see/the returning strength and good feeling—- t e feathers begin to grow — see how quickly laying begins again. Sold on the make-good, plan For over 30 years we have been selling Pan—a-ce—a with the understanding that if the user does not find it profitable, the dealer is to refund his money. You owe it to yourself to try it on your flock. You have nothing to lose, much to gain. The dealer does not lose if you call for your money back. We reimburse him. Thpre is a. right-size package for every flock. Dr. Hess & Clark, Inc., Ashland, Ohio When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention i The Michigan Farmer scopic spores of fern-like plants. . ,' . i“ "-11 on not only got all the quack and other union- '0‘? ‘ .1 . fl 3 K“ K... of the field. but our soil is well worked tor pic-flu .~ F-(k, _~, _ mg, xoVAB worked and i. ideally united (or bum-ad boo“. Now is the time to propnro your soil to: wink! when and rye. Get free folder. w. ’0 HARDY. Dedcnillc. Mich-p Ram Jos-J-Kovar Co-owamm Minn- COA L $3.10 PER T.0N AT THE MINES Hand picked, shaker screened lump. Buy direct and REc.u,s.9AT.0FF- . save money. Write today for free illustrated drui- lar and delivered price. satisfaction guaranteed. NO Farmer agents wanted. - Theo. Burt &. Sons, Box 40, Melrose, 0. CALCIUM CYANIDE Salesman, Salesladies and Retail merchant. ground squirrels, moles and ants. My items fit all of you. Salesman aver- Afik Your dealer for Cyanogoas ages $1.00 profit for every dealer called A'DUSt, 01‘ send “5 $290 for trial on. Costs dealer $2.00, he sells for $3.50 Olltfit 0f l'lb- can and SPeCial duster makes $1.50 on $2.00 invested. Salesman With hose for killing rats. Sent ex' makes $1.00. If you are a Salesman or will: press COIIeCt- to become one. If you never sold any thing Wu.“ far Leaflet 21 in your life I will tell you how to nuke, ' better than $100.00 a week. (Address) AMERICAN CY ANAMID SALES COMPANY, INC. G E O. L. L A N E,’ p. 511 Fifth Ave. New York, N.Y. . .. Mansfield, Ohio " 1‘? Kill th RATS CYANOGAS A-Dust will do it. A puff or twd in the rat-hole with the Cyanogas Duster kills the rats al- most instantly. That’s all there is to it. Cyanogas gives off a poison gas that they can’t escape. "It’s the gas that kills them.” Just as quick and sure foriground- hogs, woodchucks, prairie dogs, " so terribly rough. Our Annual Ho Many ‘ ‘ Come Bane” ERE are a few of the letters of those) who have responded to .our home—coming announcement.» These writers are Merry Circlers past eighteen years of age, or those who have not written for a long, long time. Preparing to Teach. I have been silent for some time because I’ve been busy. and the con- tests have also been something that was not in my line of talents, if I have any. I spent my summer vacation at home. It proved to be a busy one at i Goldie Kleinhardt-Witmer and Her Pal. They Look Happy; Don’t They? that. I found myself driving horses on the fork for hay making, and a little later cooking meals for hungry threshers. I also served about ten days as nurse to an aged grandmother. This fall I am attending the Eaton County Normal where twenty-one of us are training tobecome rural school teachers. If I receive my certificate, I shall surely urge my pupils to join the Merry Circle. Competition always stimulates so much interest in pupils. You will see that my days as an M. C. are nearly over. I still have until February before I pass out. I have enjoyed my connection with you and my Merry Circle cousins immense- ly. I do delight in discussions and arguments, and I think the Merry Circle is giving us good training in this line. I hope it is keeping the young folks on the farm. Every little while I have someone saying to me, “I saw your name in the Michigan Farmer,” or maybe, “is it you who has so many things in The Farmer?” It is very surprising, the people that watch the Merry Circle so closely. But I think they often exag- gerate one’s ability, as friends are apt to do. I’ll write again before I leave for good—Bernice M. Ball, Charlotte, Michigan. I am glad you are going to be a school teacher, because I will then be sure of having some new Merry Circ- lers in the future. I believe quite a few “grown folks” do watch the M. C. activities. Has Found Life’s Work. Home—coming again. I do declare, how the years roll by. If I’m going , to get this in on time I have to do it ,this morning, and I’m writing on‘ the street car. Rather lucky this car isn’t Does my writing look so shaky, Uncle Frank? ; Seeing I always wrote from Hender- 1 son, you may be surprised to get this from Cleveland—another state, even. I Suppose you wonder what in the world I’m doing here. I’ll tell you .rlghtaway. . Going to school. I have ‘ at last, decided to take up the work gist I should have taken up before. ‘ on _ _ last year at.- this time,» I . boys’ and girls’. page . ‘, 3 had been to Kalamazoo to take up nursing—got homesick and went home, thinking some of entering training nearer home. I didn’t though, which I think was brought about only through God’s Hand upon me; I had so many times, even before going to Kalamazoo, felt called to definite Christian work, which Iexpressed in my first letter to Uncle Frank—shall I say “years ago?” Well, at least a ew. I guess I was wandering in the wil- derness all that time, wanting to ful- fill my own foolish desires when I knew there was a definite work for me to do. This last spring I was work- ing in revival meetings in a town near my home, and there, toward the close of the meeting, the Lord very definite- ly, and for the last time, called me to do the work of an evangelist and preach the word. It was just before Easter, and on Easter Day I said yes and began to plan for school. My prep- aration continued, till today finds me in Cleveland as a student of the Cleve— land Bible Institute on Cedar avenue. I am (nicely settled in my work and am so happy and contented. No home- sickness when we’re just where the Lord wants us. I should have been ders. It has helped me pass lonely hours, and has inspired me to work with an eager and willing heart. When I worked for a prize, I always kept in mind, “Better to deserve and not receive, than to receive and not deserve.” But if I had received a prize in the end, I had a full right to it, and could take it with an honest and out-right heart. How much better one feels. There is a bit of wisdom in the fol- lowing statement: “You are where you are, because of what you are.” If a person leads a pure, clean life, they will prosper and rise up to a higher standard. It seems I could write on for ages, as it is so long for another privilege. But, of course, it has to be, so dear Uncle, I must close in order to leave room for others. Remember, cousins—it’s the songs you sing, and the smiles you wear, that makes the brightness everywhere. ——Lovingly, your city niece, Goldie Kleinhart—Witmer, 3253 Meldrum Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Congratulations, Goldie. Because you call him “pal,” I know you are hap- py. May your happiness be everlast- ing. Your “deserving” motto is a wor- Our Home-Coming _ LIKE the coming. come back. old folks at home, I have been looking forward to this home- fOr this is when some of the children, who have gone away, I feel happy that so many have come back at this time, for it gives me a real thrill to read their letters. I am pleased to learn what each has been doing since they have ceased their Merry Circle activities. I hope that most of the Merry Circlers who have gone beyond the active Merry Circle age will make it a habit to “come back” each year at this time. But there is a cloud in the sky. Some are missing. Where are they and what are they doing? I hope that they are all right. ‘ \Vhere is Dorothy Shoemaker (White Amaranth), Alfred Ali‘redson, Helen Coffman, Ford Chap- man, Vera Cole, Edith Kingdon, Charlotte Stables, Rex Ellis, Ida Cryder— man, and many others who have not responded to this home-coming? I have had many more replies to this event than I can use in this issue, so I am going to use some in the succeeding issues. This will give those we have not heard from a chance to 1e us know how they are. Frank. I hope that all will enjoy this home—coming as much as I have—Uncle _ here last year, or even two years ago. But, forgetting the past, I’m here now and coming fine; as busy as bees, though, no time for much letter writ- ing, for I try to study as much as I can. My letters will come from here for two more years I expect. I have written home asking the folks to send me the Home—Coming edition of the Michigan Farmer when it comes. I hope we have a good big attend- ance this year. , teresting, and I’m sure" all the Merry Circlers do. I hope it grows every year. Best wishes for a happy home—com- ing—Most sincerely, Ferne A. Bishop, an old Merry Circle . . / I am glad that you have found your life’s work and are so contented in the preparation of it. I am sure that your unbounding faith will assure you a life of pleasant usefulness. Has Found Her Mate. - Has it been a year‘since our last gathering? It seems but a very short time, although much can happen in a year. I have now. joined‘the ranks of the married, as I decided I did not care to become a spinster. So now I again come to you, Uncle, bringing my pal along. Will you allow me to? I suppose even if he is to jom in the gladsome home-coming, I’m to do the writing, but never you mind, Unk, ls revenge orful? — Am enclosing a pic- ture of us two, and .won’t his face red- den when he sees it! Some trick, huh, I, with all ” my heart, believe the has works -.won-. I think this is so in-_ \ thy one for a Merry Circler to have in mind when unsuccessful in the con- tests. The other statement ydu give is worthy of serious consideration by all. \ A Grand-niece in the Family. I’m glad that t e Home-Coming is to be an annual a air because I want to attend by letter. Wouldn’t it be mC—‘COming to Our Year/y ,E 71672! fine if we were not so far away from each other—then We could have a “reg’lar family reunion?” Last year I wrote to you when I was over to my folks in Oshtemo, but this, year I am writing from “our" home near Mattawan. We are living on a. fruit farm. At present Mr. French is “‘bossing” from ten to fifteen grape pickers, while I stay in the house and am “bossed” by little Miss! Eleanor Ann French, who will be a year old . -....... m am”. My First Grandniece, Eleanor Ann French, Whose Mother IS Former Helen Moerdyke. November 9. Say, that makes you a great uncle, doesn’t it? _ _ Oh, I’m telling you she 1s some lit- tle mischief, and keeps me busy when she’s awake, which she is all day ex- cept for about two hours. About twen- ty minutes ago she discovered she could “run” the sewing machme by stepping on the treadle. From the sewing machine she went to the phon— ograph and began “patting” on its shiny surface, and then came to me and tried to pull a pretty button off my dress. (I—«made her quit the two former amusements). Next she no- ticed a dresser drawer I had left open in the next room and was just gomg to see what was in it, but believe me, I hurried ,to shut it, because I knew that in a minute she would have ev- erything in it on the floor. People who know, say that she is just like her “maw” was when a baby, so I shall have to be patient with her. Eleanor \Ann has light hair and (al— most black) blue eyes.- She is very good-natured and has a winning smile. She says “mama, daddy, kitty, Tippy (her puppy), and dood.” She waves her hand bye-bye, and does lots of other “cute tricks.” When I sat down to write this letter I didnft know what to write, and now I must close and leave room ‘for the Hon. John .W. Davis Says: -- I an glad. to learn of the fine record farm boys are making. My (have evidently learned early that success comes can by doing day by day to the best of one's ability the work, ' that comes to hand. Believe me. Yours very truly. John .W. he says is briefghut hits” ., j ‘ is r m Davis was the democratic candt my zWfi-Mr «tram-w w, .0. 3” re ‘ca SD w: w< co ye a fOCT. as, 1926. Irina m .Wsw.. «crew-w .0. n... ,. did when he was her age. ' .lM. C. in the future. others en Moerdyk. You really had ‘something to write about. Tell Eleanor Ann that she 'looks very much like her great uncle I am ,look- ing forward to hearing from another I am glad to know the the French family is doing so .nicely. GOOD-ROADS WI NN ERS. LOT of Merry Circlers appreciate the value of good roads, and gave .good reasons for favoring good roads. But Guilford took part in this contest, and, of course, won first prize. It seems to me that he will have to start a store to sell his excess prizes. I really would like to see some one go him one better, for it doesn’t look good to see one person Win prizes all the time. But what can I do, and be fair, but give him a prize, when he sends in prize winning material? Here are the prize winners: Pencil Boxes. Guilford Rothfuss, Norvell, Mich. June Nelson, Filion, Mich. Pencils. Ariel Denton, Saranac, Mich. Two Boys’ Banquets C/zampz'om flre dwam’m’ Przztr ster, children were supposed to be seen and not heard, and sometimes they had to wait for their “eats” until after the company had finished eating. But, now the boys and girls are banqueted, and men of wisdom tell the young folks what great boys and girls they are. This is perfectly all right, for the boys and girls of today are showing the older folks a few things in farm- ing as well as in other lines of activ- ity. So, it was fitting that the state champions of live stock judging, fnom the nation’s Smith-Hughes high schools, who gathered at the National Dairy Show to compete for national honors, should be honored by a ban- quet at the Detroit Y. M. C. A., Satur- day, October 9, given by the Michigan Farm Bureau, and the Four-H cham- pions likewise honored by a feed giv- en at the Majestic Building by the Michigan Farmer. At the Farm Bureau banquet there were gathered about 185 young folks. After a real sumptuous feed, and some illep songs, Mr. Clark Brody, general manager [of the Farm Bureau, started the proceedings by introducing Dr. C. H. Lane, chief of the agricultural divis- ion of the Federal Board of Vocational Education. Mr. Brody said that the future of agriculture was in the hands of those present, and the special train- ing they had received, and the accom- plishments they had already attained assured us that farming of the future would be in good hands. Dr. Lahe has probably been more responsible for the development of vo- 'cational education than any other man. He said that he had a real warm spot in his heart for the work, and was pleased that twenty—two states were represented at this gathering as compared with seventeen states last year. Mr. Hill, president of the National Dairy Association, spoke briefly of the importance of having an ideal and constantly working tOWard it, Mr. Clyde Marquis, well-known ag- ricultural writer, referred to the pro- gress of the last quarter century and brought forth the thought that the boys and girls had back of them alot WHEN the writer was a young- of valuable experience which shOuld, serve as a basis for further accom- plishment. He answered the state- ment that farming does not pay, by ‘saying that the failures ‘in farming were no greater than in other lines, ' and that plenty of successes eould be found. He was a. firm believer that Best wishes to you and the ’ cousins. —Mrs. Warde French nee Her- ,Of Webster, N. Y., perter’xce‘ could be obtained Violet Stables, Traverse City, Mich. Martha. Everest, Lake Odessa, Mich. Knives. Menno Martin, Brutus, Mich. Gladys Walker Newburg, Mich. Alice Offengenden, Bangor, Mich. Leon Grant, Owendale, Mich. Orville Pries, Saginaw, Mich. CORRESPONDENCE SCRAMBLE. T’S some time since we have had a scramble, so we’ll have one this week. Undoubtedly quite a few M. C.’s, and want-to-be M. C.’s would like to get in touch with some who would make good correspondents during the winter. Don’t forget/to write ankmteresting letter to somebody in general, and also put your name and address with a stamp on an envelope. Then put the letter and this addressed and stamped envelope in another, which should be addressed to Uncle Frank, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan. These letters will be scrambled Octo- ber 30, so be sure to get yours in on time. Remember, you get two chanc- es to get a correspondent, the letter you will get and the one to whom your letter goes. by reading, as the printed word was but a record of past experience. Mr. C. F. McIntosh, Agricultural Representative of the Federal Board. of Vocational Education, said that farming was a big game, full of inter— est. It took the exilemes of one’s wits to make it go. He said that one should not expect to climb the ladder of success without taking the first step, and he deplored the evidences of weaknesses in our national life. The country’s great need was great minds, and strong ones. The fun we get out of farming depends greatly upon our attitude toward it, he said. Then came the aWarding of the judging honors. The boy who got the highest honor of all, was John Glea- son, of Austin, Minn, who won first prize, which consisted of a $400 schol- arship, offered by the DeLaval Separ- ator Co., for being first in judging all breeds. Eric Moberg, of Northamp- ton, Mass., won second price, and Wal- ter Rittgers, of Johnston, Iowa, third. Seven. others won prizes in judging all breeds of dairy cattle. The first five teams in judging all dairy breeds, were California, New Jersey, Maryland, Georgia, and Illinois. In judging Holsteins, Eric Moberg got first place; Vernon Harris, of Al- bion, 111., second; and Alvin Helfiker, third. The first five teams in judging Holsteins were Tennessee, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Illinois, and New Jersey. Philip Colyer, of Albion, 11]., won first place in judging Guernseys; Wendell Young, of North Craftsburg, Vt., second; and \Valter Crawford, of Watson Chapel, Ark, third. The first five teams in judging Guernseys were: Illinois, Iowa, Califomia, and New Jer- sey, (tied for third place), Minnesota, and Vermont. .In judging Jerseys, Julian Collins, of Camilla, Ga.,'won first place; Leslie Lillich, of Modesto, Cal., second; Row- land Manning, of Lebanon, Conn, third. 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Dairy Heifer Calves. practically Guernsey pure bred $25.00 each. We shill C. 0. D. Write L. Terwilliger, Wauwatosa. Wis. 10 Registered Guernsey Bulls. almost For sale ready for service. May Rose breeding. Cheap. Write JOHN EBELS, R. 2, Holland, Mich. He Will Transmit Production g‘Vllll May Echo Sylvia. on both sides of his {pedigree this young bull will sun-1y transmit . ,heaiy production. Evenly marked. Born January 27, 1920. His sire. a 34—lb. grandson of May Echo Sylvia, has 1; daughters with records from 20 to 29 lbs. as 2~year~olds. His dam is a 20.88~1b. 3~yr.old daughter of a 34—lb. cow with a year record of 954 lbs. Send for pedigree of Tag No. (338. "MICHIGAN STATE HERDg." Bureau of Animal Industry Dept. C Lansing, Michigan Clark’s Holstein Special 400 Registered Holsteins October 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 Fond du Lac, Wis. Clark’s Holstein Special will have the largest number of richly bred good individuals ever assembled at one point for public auction. The sound values and universal satisfaction experi— enced through purchases at Clark's Holetein Classic has established Clark’l Holstein Special as the most desirable place to buy quality Holsteins that will prove out satisfactorily. For further information regarding the sale, write to James R. Carver, Madison, Wis. In Chm-co of Publicity aniSalu Correspondence A NEW TYPE OF MILK ORDI; NANCE. D URING the past few years the city milk ordinance most commonly in use has allowed two alternatives, either the milk must be pasteurized or the cows producing the milk must be tuberculin tested annually. Ordi- nances with these requirements are in force in most of the larger cities of the country. The milk ordinance re— cently adopted by the Chicago city council presents a very radical de- parture from the regularly accepted form, and has been watched with con- siderable interest throughout the country. The Chicago milk ordinance re- quiresthat all milk sold within the city come from healthy cows located in herds under federal and state sup‘ ervision. This means that all herds supplying milk for the Chicago trade must be regularly tuberculin tested under state and federal supervision whether the milk is sold raw or pas- teurized. The regular practice with herds under supervision is to test eve- ry six months as long as reactors are found. Under the old style ordinance when the herd was tested only once a year, if infection was found, the balance of the herd would naturally be exposed, and in twelve months’ time before the next test the disease might again be well established in the herd. Then, too, the old style ordinance required the testing of the milking herd only— fairly good protection to the consumer of the milk, but no way to clean up the herds and remove the infec- tion. The Chicago milk ordinance went into effect April 1, 1926, and is being rigidly enforced. As a result, some of the sections where the tuber- culin test had been opposed were shut Off from supplying market milk and have suffered serious losses. The dis- tributors were compelled to go into counties where the area work was un- der way, and we are advised that/all milk now sold within the city comes from herds under state and federal supervision. Since it has been demonstrated that so great a city as Chicago, with its 3,000,000 people, could enforce such an ordinance and still have an abundant milk supply for all, many other cities, including Cleveland, Toledo and De- troit in this section of the country, are considering similar action. Detroit could adopt and enforce such an ordinance, and would be able to find a. sufficient milk supply from among the twenty-nine modified ac— credited counties, and the ten other counties with one ‘zor more complete tests, as all herds in such areas would be eligible. Twenty—one of these coun- ties are in the southern half of the Lower Peninsula and could easily sup- ply the milk required for the city of Detroit, but it would be a severe hard- ship to the dairymen now shipping milk to Detroit from untested counties and such an ordinance would seem ill advised at this time. That this new type ordinance will be adopted by many cities in the near future can hardly be questioned. GRADUALLY WEED OUT THE POOR COWS. NE of the best years ever experi- enced by our association,” is the expression prevailing among the Branch County Cow Testing Associa- tion members regarding the past year’s testing association work. This fine sentimentvis due to the good work of W. B. Hendrickson, who has com- pleted the testing year and who re- ports that the Branch county cows have averaged 7,203 pounds milk and 294.99 pounds of fat. B. C. Warner is the owner of the high herd while Howard Olmstead owns the highest herd'in milk production. 0. W. Butcher, with fourteen cows under test, shows a remarkable production of 8,715 pounds milk and 387 pounds of fat. Several of the members have very small herds. They have taken advan- tage of the work of the association to cull out their poorest producers and keep only those that make the great- est profits. Many of the members are making excellent use of alfalfa, and much interest is evident in sweet clo- ver pasture. The E. E. Withington herd, which Stood fifth highest in the association, had access to sweet clover pasture. ‘ Poor cows are still to be found de- spite all of the culling work during the recent years. Several herds had cows producing around 150 pounds of butter-fat, and approximately 4,000 pounds of milk. This, as the reader may recall, is the average production of all Michigan cows. Such cows do not stay in the ranks of Cow Testing , ' they lose too much money. ‘ .1925, 25, 000 Michigan cows averaged in butter-fat production,» 292 pounds of butter-fat' There Were seven cows which quall- I; fled for the Michigan Record of Pet? . formance in the tWo—year—old age clans, a; . while four animals qualified in the three-year-old class; seven cows in the four-year class, and ten cows produced above 400 pounds of butter-fat, or the mature R. O. P. class. FIND VALUE IN CONTINUED TEST- iNG. ALPH ‘OXENDER, cow tester, in the Cass County Cow Testing As- sociation, reports at the close of the. present testing year, an average pro- duction of 11,135 pounds of milk and 321 pounds of butter-fat for 350 dairy cows. This production mark is one of the best ever realized by Case county . dairymen. The Cass ”County Cow Testing Association has been operat- ing for five years, and many of the members see the value of continued year after year testing. The produc- ' tion mark set this year is further proof of the accrued value of yearly testing. Howard Hutton, owner of pure-bred Jerseys, led the entire association in efficient herd butter-fat production. This herd averaged 440 pounds of but- ter-fat and 9,739 pounds of milk. Mr. Hutton was the owner of the high cow in both milk and butter-fat production. His cow, Jenett’a Doin, produced 696.6. -' pounds fat and 14,9928 pounds milk. Céampz’ofl 2’72 Calf (.7115 Want COW which he purchased five A years ago as a calf, started . Francis E. Farrell, a. nineteen- year—old farm boy living near Dexter, on the road to fame. Because of his outstanding achievements as a. mem- ber of a dairy calf club in Washtenaw county, Francis was declared by the Michigan State College of Agriculture the state’s champion boy in dairy calf club work this year, the Blue Valley Creamery Institute’s free trip to the 1926 National Dairy Exposition'which was recently held at Detroit. ' That Francis has earned the great- est honor which can come to a farm boy or girl in Michigan, is shown by the enviable record he has made dur- ing the past year as a. member of the Webster Dairy Calf Club, which was started under his leadership two years ago. By keeping a careful record of all milk and butter-fat produced and sold during the past five years, this cow has been in milk, and the sale of a. part of his cow’s progeny, he was provided with an. income ‘over feed cost of $621 after deducting her orig- inal purchase price. Francis is also an experienced showman and fitter. Two daughters of his cow both placed. second in the club classes at the .A Waehtenaw County Fair this your: and the winner of. :— son of this cow also made a good show record during the past season by plac- . ing fifth‘ in a strong open class of fourteen bull calves at this same fair, and second in the club’class at the Michigan State Fair. ’ The proper care and feeding of the calf is the most important essential in the development of a. money-making dairy cow, Francis declares. Unless they are fed well to make them grow rapidly, and unless they are of good type and breeding, dairy cows cannot be expected to produce milk econom- ically. Francis feeds his calves three times a day in order to make them grow well. A grain ration of eight pounds of ground oats and ground corn, equal parts, with two pounds of oil meal, together with all the alfalfa hay and dry beet pulp they will clean up thoroughly each day, has given Francis splendid results. He also pro- vides. them with liberal quantities of fresh water. "In order to "insure the development of a. strong digestive sys- tem in his calves, he does not permit his young animals to go on pasture until they are a gear'old, for the rea- son that they are likely to scour while on grass, and indi'v be given them Wh around the ham _. not in eddoeka all care cannot lr, aa- l1? .. showman ‘ Y0- ,\- ‘ Dairy Shw Judging Michigan Ex/zz'éz'z‘or: T aka Prize: .( sults of the various contests at the recent National Dairy Show, which will have spec1al interest to Michigan readers. All of the Judg- ing had not been reported when this compilation was made, and additional reports will be given later. _ In the Holstein show the senior and grand champion bull was exhlbited by Halbach-Baird-Swartz-Garvens, Wanke- sha, Wisconsin, while the jumor cham- pion bull went to Bilhwhack Stock Farm, of Oxnard, California. The sen- ior and grand champion cow went to Hollyhock Farms, Dousman, Wiscon- sin, and the junior champion cow to Hargrove & Arnold, of Norwalk, Iowa. Michigan winners in the Holstein show were Lakefield Farms, of Clarks- ton, who took 6th on bull calf, four months and under; 9th on bull, 18 months and under two years; 6th on bull, four years and over. J. F. Berk- heimer, of Homer, won 7th on bull calf, four months and under one year; 8th on bull, two years and under three; 6th and 8th on cows, three years and under four. A. H.. Buhl, of Oxford, was sixth on bull, one year and under 18 months. Kalamazoo was placed 10th on bull 18 months and un- der two years. E. M. Byne, of Romeo, was 4th on bull, two years and under three; 7th on bull, four years or over. James B. Jones, of Detr01t, was 5th on bull two years and under three; 8th on heifer, two years and under three; 4th on heifer 18 months. and under two years. ”Larrowe Milhng Company, of Detroit, 10th on bull, two years and under three. Benjamin Spencer, of Quinnesec, 7th on bull, two years and under three. M1ch1gan Reform'atory, of Ionia, 9th on bull, four years and over; 9th on cow, three years and under four. J. G. Hayes, 6th on heifer not in milk, one year and under ’18 months. Detr01t Cream- ery, of Mt. Clemens, 2nd and 5th on cow five years and over; 7th on cow four years and under five; 9th on heifer not in milk, one year and under 18 months; 4th on dairy‘herd of five cows. Pontiac State Hospital, of Pon- tiac, 7th on get of sire, four animals. Michigan state herd was placed 4th. Farmer Holstein Judging. Five states with 73 farmer repre- sentatives competed in Holstein judg- ing. All honors went to Mlchigan men as follows: Individual classes, 1st, C. S. Baldwin, of Bennington; 2nd, Arthur S. Rook, of Imlay City; 3rd, Raymond B. Laser, of Mason. Cow testing association teams won as fol- lows: Clinton—Shiawassee team, con- sisting of Burr A. Dolten, Jay F. Ball- by and R. C. Woodard were first; Shl- awassee county team, C. S. Baldwin, H. A. Knapp, and Fred E. Martin, sec- ond; Macomb No. 1, E. A. Hardy, Al- bert Luchtman, and John Harvey, third. FOLLOWING are some of the re« Jersey Awards. The senior and grand\champion Jer- sey hull was exhibited by Twin Oaks Farm, of Morristown, N. J.; junior champion bull and junior champion cow by Longview Farm, of Lee’s Sum- mit, Missouri; senior and grand cham- pion cow by John S. Ellsworth, of Simsbury, Conn. Two Michigan herds were in the money in this division. Alton Hoop- ingarner, of Hillsdale, won 7th on bull, 18 months and under two years. The Oaklands, of Ann Arbor, won 6th on bull, tWo years and under three; 3rd on cow, four years and under five; 3rd on bull, three years and under four; 3rd on heifer, two years and un- der three; 3rd and 9th on heifer not in milk: one year and under 18 months; 5th on heifer calf, four months and under one year; 5th on get of sire, four animals; 5th and 7th on produce of cow, two animals; 5th on young herd; 4th on dairy herd, five cows. . ~ Farmer Judging of Jerseys. In the individual classes, H. Delos Parrish, of Fairgrove, Mich., won 1st; E. N. Lamb, of Bowling Green, Ohio, 2nd; 0. G. VVauh, o‘f Owosso, Mich., ,3rd. In the team class, Gladwin Coun- ty COW Testing Team, consisting of Leland Van Dyke, E. G. VVitkowsky, Clarence Glidden, took 1st: Kent county team, consisting of F. E. Eard- ley, A. P. Edison, Ivy Smith, won 2nd; Washtenaw county team, consisting of Rolland Stein, Henry G. Latson, E. W. Martin, secured 3rd. In this con- test 60 individuals and "seven teams participated. Calf Club Show. One hundred and eight dairy ,calf club members from five states entered their calves in the junior exhibitors’ classes. 'New York and Indiana ex- hibitors copped first place in most_of the classes. The champion junior ' was John Crowley, of.NeW rk,“w‘1th Frederick Rathion, of Mich- .1 igan, 2nd; Mac Olds, of Michigan, 5th. The reserve Holstein champion was, Raymond Laser, of Michigan. Other Michigan winnings were, 3rd by Clarence Merchant, on placing of Hol- steins, and 2nd and 3rd in state groups; 4th by Cyril Spike, on plac— ings of Guernsey's, and 2nd by state group; 3rd ,by Warren Goss, on plac- ing Jerseys, and 5th and 6th by state groups. Dorw-ood Workman won on Ayrshire heifer over two years. Michigan Specials were awarded as follows: Jerseys, 1st, Hillsdale coun- ty, Vernon Shilling, Erwin Ramsey, Laurel Bailey, Sercy Simons, Trevor. Dryer, and Ruth Van Voorhis; 2nd, Washtenaw county, Frederick Rath- fon, Robert Grigg, Warren and Kelly Goss, Margaret Martin, John Krumrei, and Joe Nanry. Holsteins, lst, Hills- dale, Robert Clement, Raymond Laser, Curtis Smith, Dean Einens, Charles Monroe, Ellsworth Zimmerman, Yale Salsbury; 2nd, Tuscola county, John Kirk, Ford Howell, Harry Severence, Clause Mitchell. Ray Brown, and Clar- ence Merchant; 3rd. Eaton county, Jackson Bros., Elmer Twitchwell, El- mer Trout, Gerald Chaplin, Margaret Haugh, Duane Burton. Robert Hunt. Guernseys, 1st, Hillsdale county, Mar- ion Rice, Oliver Brott. Clark DuBois, Jack Stone, Orville Stone, Raymond Schaffer. In the college judging, representa- tives of the State College at East Lanv sing excelled in the judging of H01- steins, taking first place in this event with a team consisting of H. J. Foster, G. T. VVhitburn, and Theo W. Knopf. The first two men in the order named were also placed first and second in the individual judging of this breed: Awards for Holstein Grade Cattle. Cow with cow testing association production record of 300 pounds of butter—fat and over, 1st, The Larrowe Milling Co., of Detroit; 2nd, Louis Schoof, of Washington, Mich.; 3rd. Larrowe Milling Co.: 4th. Schoof; 5th. Larrowe Milling Co.; 6th, Larrowe Milling Co.; 7th, George Drake, of Kalamazoo, Mich.; 8th, Max Abbott, of Alamo, Mich.; 9th, Kalamazoo State Hospital, Kalamazoo. Mich.; 10th, Kal- amazoo State Hospital. In this class 28 cows were shown. The winner has a record of 481 pounds. Cow under four years old, with cow testing association production record of 250 pounds of butter-fat and over, 1st. Larrowe Milling 00.: 2nd. Larrowe Milling (30.: 3rd, Reuben Hazen, of Coloma. Mich.; 4th.,Larrowe Milling Co.; 5th. Kalamazoo StateHospital: 6th, Kalamazoo State Hospital: 7th, Frank Vl’ilcox. of Romeo. Mich.; 8th, Bert Collins, of Eau Claire, Mich. Group of five cows from a single cow testing association. 1st, Macomb No. 1 Cow Testing Association, VV‘ash- ington, Mich.; 2nd, Kalamazoo County Cow Testing Association; 3rd, Berrien County Cow Testing Association. Grade heifer, bred to pure—bred bull, 1st, Clifford Hopkins, Armada, Mich.; 2nd. William Rowley, of Richmond. Mich.; 3rd, Larrowe Milling Co. Group of four cows. sired by one registered bull, 1st, Kalamazoo State Hospital. ' Dairy herd, five, grade cows, 1st, Wayne“ county herdiNQnd, Kalamazoo State Hospital. ' . State herd, 10 grade cows, 1st, Mich- lgan. Champion grade cow, Larrowe Mil- ling Co., Detroit. Awards for Guernsey Grades. Cow with cow testing association production record of 300 pounds of butter-fat and over, 1st, George West— gate, of Fremont,—Mich.; 2nd, Warren Toney & Sons. of Niles, Mich.; 3rd, Sam Thompson, of Niles, Mich.; 4th, John Rottier, of Fremont, Mich.; 5th,- Ernest Mauer, of Allegan, Mich.; Bill, Nelson Omans, of Newaygo, Mich.; 7th. Thompson: 8th, Fred Knott, of Niles, Mich.; 9th, Vi'arren Toney & Sons. Cow under four years old, with cow testing association production record of 250 pounds of butter-fat and over, 1st, Fred Knott; 2nd, Matthews & Son, of Hesperia, Mich.; 3rd, Ben Ros- enberg, of Eau Claire, Mich. Group of five grade cows from a single cow testing association, won by Berrien County Cow Testing Associa- tion. Champion grade Guernsey cow, George \Vestgate, of Fremont, Mich. Grade Jersey Results. Cow with cow testing. association production record of 300 pounds of butter-fat and over, 1st, V. D. Sanders, of South Haven, Mich.; 2nd, F. . Mosier, of Fennville, Mich.; 3rd, Minor Tanis, of Fremont, Mich.; 4th, Minor Tanis; 5th, Wm. Krause, Jr., of Wash— ington, Mich.; 6th, M. ,Wilkinson, of Allegan, Mich.; 7th, L. J. Bradley, of Augusta, Mich.; 8th, J. Nichols, of (Continued on page 429). We will hold our eighth annual sale. of pure-bred north of Lake Odessa. and only 1% miles off lI-ll boars and 4 great gills in this litter. We will sell Write now for catalog. REGISTERED JERSEY CATTLE SALE 'Miller Jersey Farms Oct. 26, 1926 CATTLE AT THE TOP A Colantha cow from our herd was 'high butter—fat cow in (‘ow Testing Association work 1n hIlCthMll‘lli‘l llll ' 1925. This herd of cows averaged 11,988 lbs. and 588 lbs. butter in 1925. ' . Typvy (‘olantha Bulls from cows standing high in Official and (‘ow Testing work insure unusual‘ production. Ask us about them. McPHERSON FARM co., Howell, Michigan o serviceable age I" For Sale-Guernsey Bulls and younger. HATT &. SON, Napoleon. Mich. ONEY MAKERS—Two Guernsey females to six months old. FIFTH STATE SALE' Michigan HolstteitigFriesian Wednesday, November 10, 1926 To be Held at Michigan State College East Lansing, Mich. 55 Head Quality Cattle Females fresh shortly before sale or due soon after sale. Write for particulars to .l. G. Hays, Sale Mgr., East Lansing, Mich. . —— 45 Bill TYPE POLAND cHINAs 45 SELL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1926 Among the good ones selling is a litter by Masterpiece. Mfrcshcn soon. Onc bull calf, G. A. WIGENT. Watervliet. Mich. buys four Reg. Holstein Heifers, $400.00 all will freshen in Dcwember. Nicely marked and sired by our 3371b. sire. E. A ROHLFS, Akron. Mich. For Sale by Templeton Farms ship, fourteen pure-bred Holstein heifers from one to three years old. Very rcnsonublo prices. two miles East, of: Dexter. in Soil) Town- 1 Registered Holstein cows, heifers F O 1‘ S a 1 C and young bulls, fully accred- ited. N. I. PARENT, Holton. Mich. Registered Holstein Milch Cows for sale. HAZEN LATSON. Howell, Mich. Stacker and Feeders mostly Shorthorn. some springing. 50 Smoker heifers, 00 Guernsey heifers. 30 springer cows. ‘ 300 grade Shorthorn stol-ker and feeder steers weigh— ing from 500 to 800 lbs. Would prefer to sell them for October delivery. Gray’s Ranch, Merritt, Mich. 0n M-55, 8 Miles West of Houghton Lake. . ITEREFORD STEERS 22 Wt. around 1100 lbs. 09 Wt. around 1000 lbs. 74 Wt. around 725 lbs. 81 Wt. around 025 lbs. 45 Wt. around 550 lbs. 50 Wt. around 600 lbs. Good quality. dark reds. dehorned. well marked Hereford Steers. Good grass flesh. The beef type are usually market toppers when finished. W111 sell your choice of one our load from any bunch. Can also show you Shorthorn gteers. yrls or 2 yr old. Van D. Baldwin, Eldon,Wapello Co., Iowa. HEREFORDS 5 $3351.33“?ng éfifirhfli‘ll . Milking Shorlhorns ers. Repeaters and Woodford breeding at farmer‘s prices. ALLEN BROTHERS. us Burdick Arcade. Kalamazoo. Mich- JERSEY FEMALES—Having bought the entire herd H. B. Wattles. Rochester. Jerseys. have some surplus cows and heifers to sell. Also closing out 6 Shortfiorfi cows and heifers. IRA W. JAYNE. Fen- ton. ic . . _ 1 ‘. Chorce Jersey Bulls £351” $323.3: :3: from 'B. of M. dams accredited had. SHIT“ a PARKER. Howell. 'Mlch. , l'olands on the above date at the farm. 8 miles due 1. Best roads in the state right up to the farm. the No. 1850 World's Junior Champion; 4 great l5 head of hours and gills. all choice ones with richest breeding. A golden opportunity to buy good l'olunds and at your own price. WESLEY HILE, Ionia, Michigan Eaton County’s Greatest Herd. Over 70 head of Registered Cattle, 40 Cows, open and bred Heifers, Heifer Calves and Herd Bulls. Senior Sire Foxhall’s Dandy Boy 20086; Junior Sire Majesty’s College Raleigh 236999. Sale starts at noon. Lo— cated by going east from Charlotte, Mich., and west from Eaton Rapids and following KI'I‘OWS. 15 Cows. 4 Bulls from B. of M. Cows. Chance to select from hard of 70. Some fresh. others bred for fall freshening. Colon C. Lillie. Cooper-“Illa. Mich. SHORTHORNS is. “firsws‘tt‘l calves at foot. and brml again, Also bulls and lit-it‘- ors sired by .\luxw:|liou Block or lildglink Victor. two of the good bulls of the breed. “'ill make wry attractive print-s on all of those cattle. GOTFRED- SON FARMS, Ypsilanti. Mich. I a nu g'f Milking Shorlhorns For Sale $53,,,:.,, ”if? l‘sgpfzfnbffi,’ and November. Ono Bonn. eight months old bull calf, one five year old, grandson of Glenside Dairy King, kind and gentle. Inquiries solicited. Visitors wel- come. Prices reasonable. BELAND 8; BELAND, Tecumseh. Mich. Best of quality and breeding. Bulls, Shorthorns cows and heifers for sale. BIDWELL. STOCK FARM. Box I). Tuumloh. Mloh. HORTHORNS for beef and milk. “A few heifer! and cows for sale. Rodney’s Model in service. W. E. MORRISH. R. 5. Flint. Mic-h. sHORTHORN BULLS. milking strain. Shropshire lamb and yearlingr rams. For particulars and photo. write JOE MORIARTY, Hudson. Mich. bulls 0 to 14 months. also few heifers. vows all hand milked. W. E. Thompson. R. No. 4. Ludington. Mich. HORTHORN CATTLE. service, T. B. tested. . Mich.. 4 miles south of Ithaca. near M-H. for sale. Write or see Brown SWISS Bulls them. Visitors welcome. A. A. FELDKAMP. Manchester, Mlch. HOGS DUROCS Boars and Gilts bulls ready for young V T RACY. Ithaca, .Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich. D UROC JERSEYS. Fall and Spring Boars from large prolific strains. Write or come and sea JESSE BLISS 8L SON. Henderson. Mich. them. FOR SAL Duror Pigs of July and August furrow at $10 each. Sows Or boars. Pedigree with ear-h. WISCONSIN LAND 8:. LUMBER 00.. ‘Hermansvillo. Mich. Spring hours and gills from Mlch~ FOR SALE lgan pioneer 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 hour I ever owned. A hour or sow from this held adds prestige to your own. E. LIVINGSTON, Parma. Miohy Bears for fall breeding with DUI'OC Jerseys type and .quality. F. J. DRODT. R. No. I, Monroe, Mich. Chester While Boars BENTLEY. R. I. O.I.G. HOGS on time $53,353,: Originators and most extensive breeders. _ THE L. n. SILVER co., nox I96, .Salem, om ADDITIONAL STOCK ADS. ON PAGE 4‘29 of good type and breeding. Will ship C. O. D. W Lonox. Mich. of, the GRAIN QUOTATIONS Tuesday, October 19. Wheat. Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.44; No. 2 white $1.45; NO. 2 mixed $1.43. Chicago—December at’$1.43%; May at $14734. Toledo.—-—Wheat,.No. 2- red at $1.44 @145. . Corn. Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 840; No. 3 yellow 82c. Chicago—December at 77%,c; May at 850. ' Oats. 3 estrous—No. 2 Michigan 50c; No. , c. ‘ Chicago—December at 44350; May at 48340. R e. Detroit—No. 2, {1. %hicago.——December $1.02; May at 1. 8. Toledo—Rye $1. Beans. Detroit—Immediate shipment $4.85. New York—Pea domestic at $5.25@ 6; red kidney $8.25@8.75. Barley. Malting 760; feeding 620. Seeds. Detroit—Cash red clover at $22.75; Cash alsike $18.25; timothy, old $2.70; new $2 90. Hay Detroit.—No. 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 $31; spring wheat bran at $30; standard middlings at $32; fancy middlings at $39; cracked corn $35; coarse corn- meal $34; chop $32 per ton in carlots. WHEAT Wheat prices held in an extremely narrow range in the past few days, with a fair rally at the close. Weather conditions have been more favorable for the completion of threshing in the American northwest, and' rains in Ar- gentira have allayed apprehension due 10 drv weather. The closing bulge in prices, was partly due to reports Of frosts in Argentina, but the extent of damage is quite problematical. The southern hemisphere crops will have much to do with establishing the world price level during the balance of the crop year. Argentina had but little rain from the middle of August to the first week Of October, but heavy precipitation occurred in the week ending October 11. As yet, no clear statistical basis can be shown for a. big rise in prices, but, the world mar- ket would be quite sensitive to reports Of another short crop in Argentina. The Australian crop is making favor- able progress and promises to be 30,- 000,000 to 40,000,000 bushels more than last year. RYE Rye has been relatively weak, as export and milling demand has not been broad enough to absorb the re- ceipts and the visible supply has been increasing steadily in the past month. A little foreign inquiry for rye appears from time to time, and the situation still holds the possibility of enough foreign buying during the crop year to absorb the surplus. CORN Corn prices have been persistently weak, with the May delivery at Chl- cago selling at a new low-for the sea- son. Producers have contmuedto sell old corn rather freely, consummg de- mand has not been robust, speculative interests have not been willing to,buy in anticipation of shortage later on, weather has been more favorable for conditioning the new crop, and the October 1 crop forecast of 2,680,000,- 000 bushels showed no pronounced de- cline in the yield as a result of Sep- tember frosts. New crop Offerings from Texas and Oklahoma are caring for a. good deal of the southern demand, northern feeders are supplying their wants lo- cally from the new crop, industrial de- mand is not aggressive, and exports are small. On the contrary, a cargo of Argentine cor‘n has supplied some domestic demand along . the “Pacific Geast..;'1‘hese unfavorable con- and prompt Bologna bulls m...- ”a ditions are probably well discounted in current prices, however, so that further declines are likely to be mod- erate. OATS, The oats market has shown more strength ‘than other grains, because of reports of severe damage to un- threshed oats, light market receipts, and failure of stocks to accumulate at terminals as rapidly as usual at this season. The official forecast for October of 1,282,000,000 bushels was higher than anticipated, consuming de- mand is slow, and the stocks of old crop oats carried over in commercial channels are large enough to prevent any scarcity for several months to come. Oats prices will not rise far for a while unless other grains rally, or there is decided: improvement in current demand.“ EGGS The market for fresh eggs contin- ued its upward trend last week, estab- lishing new high prices for the season. Receipts are steadily declining and, at present, are the lightest at this time in any recent year. Country collec- tions are reported to be small, but with the crop of pullets on farms gen- erally believed to be larger than a year ago, egg production is likely to increase a little later when pullets e- gin laying. Production is not yet at he low point for the season, however, and prices are expected to advance fur- ther during the next six weeks. Con- sumption is switching to storage eggs as the fresh product becomes more scarce and higher priced. The short- age in reserve stocks throughout the country, as compared with the same time in 1925 was increased to 577,000 cases on October 1. Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts 391,561) 40%0; extras 41@420; ordinary firsts 33@360; miscellaneous 39c; dirties 26 @300; checks 26@3OC. Live poultry hens 241/20; springers 22%0; roosters 181/2c; ducks 210; geese 18@19c; tur- keys 34c. Detroit—~Eggs, fresh candled and graded 37@4lc; storage 321,5@36c. Live poultry, heavy springers at 270; light springers 22@23c; heavy hens 290; light hens 19c; roosters 18@19c; geese 20c; ducks 24@25c; turkeys at 36@39c. BUTTER Receipts of butter at the leading dis- tributing markets are the smallest for the season so far. Production declined following the cold spell late in Sep- tember, and is again running behind a year ago. Demand has slowed down, however, offsetting the decline in sup- plies, and prices held practically un- changed last week. The surplus in storage stocks of butter over a. year ago was increased during September, so that the October 1 holdings of 125,- 000,000 pounds were 11,000,000 pounds larger than on the corresponding date a year ago. Feed supplies are abund- ant, and concentrated feeds are cheap‘ er than a year ago, cows are in exCel- lent condition and prospects favor a. liberal winter make of butter. Brices on 92-score creamery were: Chicago 450; New York 47c; Detroit 39@41c in tubs. WOOL Wool buying is fairly well sustained and prices continue firm. Apparently, mills are receiving a rather large vol- ume of new orders, for goods, requir- ing them to buy additional amounts of raw material. Foreign markets remain firm. Stocks Of wool are being de- pleted by the expanding rate of mill operations and the fact that domestic prices are too low to permit sizeable imports. Stocks of wool in bond de- clined from 80,000,000 pounds on July 1, to 52,000,000 pounds on October 1. Boston dealers are asking 460 for all grades of Ohio combing wool, al- though the price has been paid only for delaines. POTATOES The potato crop is now estimated at 350,824,000 bushels, or 27,500,000 bush- els more than the relatively small crop harvested last year, but fully 30,000,~ 000 below the normal consumption needs. The shortage last year was around 60,000,000, or about double that for the current crop. Unless weather conditions do not permit the satisfac- § Live StocktMarket Service] Tuesday, October 19. CHICAGO Hogs. Receipts 24,000. Market fairly ac- tive, mostly steady to 100 lower; tops $13.90; choice heavy butchers, scarce; 150-200 lbs. $13.25@13.75; most 210- 300 lbs. $13.60@13.85; bulk Of good packing sows $10.50@11.50; most bet- ter grade slaughter pigs $12@12.75. , Cattle. Receipts 10,000. Market on fed steers slow to steady; most fat steers to sell at $8.75fn‘9; early yearlings at $11.50, some held higher; choice heav- ies $10.40; fat cows lower, dependable demand for good light yearlings, bet- ter, steady; bulk vealers to packers at $10@10.50. Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 16,000. Market on fat lambs 150 higher than Monday’s mar- ket; choice quality, scarce and show- ing full advance; tops $14.50; three double decks of steers, bulk at $13.25 $@1840; feeder westerners held around 14.75; culls steady at $9@10; sheep are un- changed; bulk of fat ewes $5.50@6.50; feeding lambs scarce; bulk $13@13.50; choice held about at $13.75; breeding - ewes around $8; feeding ewes $5.. DETROIT Cattle. Receipts 258. Market steady. Good to choice yearlings ' dry-fed . . . Best heavy steers, dry-fed 9:50@10.00 Handy weight butchers . . 8.00@ 8.50 Mixed steers and heifers 6.50@ 7.00‘ Handy light butchers . z . 6.00@ .75 Light butchers . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 5.75 Best cows 5.25@ 6.00 Butcher cows . . . . . ... . . . 4.50@ 5.00 Cutters CCIIOOOOIOOOOCOOO 3025@ 4.25 Canners ..... . ,. . . .... . . . . 3.’00@ 3.75 Choice light bulls . 3 . . . . . 6.00% 6.5 ' 5.50 6 ‘5 , bulk fat natives $14@14.25;‘ .s10.00@11.5o A culls $10.50@11" fat ewesnom u ‘1 t 36m ~ f ; . n Stool: bulls OOOOOOOOUOOIIO O Feeders ............... 6.00@ Stockers . . . . . . . .. . 5.50@ Milkers and springers . . .$55.00@ 9 Calves. Receipts 347. Market steady. Best ooooooooo ooooo o IIIII _. 17.00 Others 5.50@16.50 " Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 2,605. Market 250 higher. Best grades . Fair lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.25@13.00 Light to common lambs. . 10.25@11.00 Best lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.25@13.50 Fair to good sheep . . . . . 6.00@ 6.75 Culls and common . . . . . . . 2._00@4.00 Hogs. Receipts 1,334. Market steady. Mixed 6.25 7.00 6.75 0.00 non-o- .o-a.ooooooooooooo .00 Roughs o.-.-ooco-ooooooo 11-00 Heavy yorkers oooooooooo’ 14-00 Pigs .u...o-ooooooou060’oo 12-50 Light's oooooooooooolooeolo 18'25 HeaVIGS cocoon-OCMIOQ‘OOO'O i2.50@13.50 Stags ooooueeoooooooooooo 8-50 BUFFALO , Hogs. . Receipts 2,240. Market 10@25c high- er; tops $14.60; bulk of 100-220 lbs. $14.50; few 140-160 lbs. at $14@14.25; ggs $512.75@13.50; packing sows $11.50 Cattle. .1 Recei ts 100. M r ' cutter g’rade $2.75@%.5108.t steady, .Iow Calves: Receipts 100. Market is «steady. Tops $17; medium grade $13@13.60. Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 100. . Market 6n fat. lambs 25c higher; .culls slow; fat ewes are steady: top lambs $14.25; few, 14.50? .m; retail at 32@33c; IOIIOIOUIOII 14000@14o50 tory harvest Of the entire crop, so that: l the Yield falls short Of fulfilling the latest, estimate, prices are likely t0 trend higher from now on, butwith the spectacular advancessuch as . curred last season. Distributing mar- ‘ kets in the central west and east have strengthened in the past week with. Northern Round Whites, U. S. NO. I, quoted at $2.15 to $2.85 per 100 lbs. sacked, in the Chicago carlot mar- (a ket. DETROIT CITY MARKET} ‘ Apples 75c@$2.50 bu; crabapples $14 @1.5 bu; wax beans $1.25@4.50 bu;! beets 75c@$1 bu; cauliflower $1 110% sweet corn 15@30c dozen; cabbage a. 50@75c bu; red 90c@$1 bu; local cel- ery 25@65c dozen; carrots 75c@$1.25 MARKETS BY RADIO. AILY market reports and weather forecasts may be obtalned each week day from the followlng Mlehlgan statlono: _ WKAR—Mlehlgan State Col- lege, 12:00 noon. WCX—Detrolt Free Press, at 4:00 P. M. WWJ—Detrolt Newo, 10:25 A. M., 12:00 'noon, 3:00 P. M. WGHP—Geo. Harrison Phelpi, 7:00 P. M. bu; cucumbers, slicers at $1 a.2 b ;‘ dills $4 bu; leaf lettuce 90c $1 bu;I dry onions $1.25@2 bu; green onions 50@750 dozen bunches; root parsley 40@600 dozen bunches; curly parsley 40@50c dozen bunches; potatoes $1 @170 bu; sweet peppers~$1@2.50 bu; hot peppers, green $1.25@2.50 a bu; radishes 50@85c dozen bunches; spin- ach .$1@1.50 bu; turnips $1.25@2 bu; turnip tops at 40@60c bu; Hubbard squash 750@$1 bu; tomatoes $1.50@4 bu; egg plant, round $1@2 bu; pears $125,632.50 ‘bu; watermelons 75c@$1 bu; grapes $1.50@2 bu; plums $2@3 bu; lima beans 60@70c qt; leeks 60@’ 900 dozen bunches; parsnips 5150(1). 2.25 bu; butter 60@75c; pumpkins 75c bu; eggs, wholesale 50@55c; retail 60 @700; henshwholesale 27@28C; retail 30@33c; springers, wholesale 27@28c; Leghorn springers, wholesale 22@24c; ducks, wholesale 300; veal 220; dressed poultry, hens 40@45c; springers 40@45c; ducks 45c. DAIRY SHOW Juoemc RESULTS. (Continued from page 427). Fennville, Mich.; 9th, Raplee & Wight- man, of Fennville, Mich. ; 10th. Tanis. Cow under four years old, with cow testing association record of 250 pounds of butter-fat and over, 1st, Eva B. Trav1s, of Kalamazoo, Mich.; 2nd, 0. Morse, of Fennville, Mich.; 3rd, Morse; 4th, V. D. Sanders, of South Haven, Mich.; 5th, V. D. Sanders; 6th, Herman Beeskolp of Fremont, Mich.; 7th, Wm. Krause, Jr., of Wash- . ington, Mich.; '8th, E. E. Twin . Of White Cloud, Mich.; 9th, Twing; g10th Wilkinson. 4 Grade heifer, bred to won by Wm. Krause, Jr. Group of five grade cows from a sin- gle cow testing association, won by fillegan County Cow Testing Associa; on. . Qrsup dofbfcfiir lcgwsv siDred by one regis ere u , s, . . San ' 2mg, .L. Ch Miorge. — der-S’ aIry er , ve ade cows, Sanders ;. 2nd, Morsgr 18h Champion grade Jersey cow, V. D. Sanders, of South Haven, Mich. Champlon Grade Ayrshire Cow.‘ Brownie, owned by Ralph W. Cripps, .of Camden, Maine, was the only grade Ayrshire cow. She was also given senior grade cow prize. A very ex- ceptional cow. comma LIVE crock SALES. pure-bred bull, . ‘ " Holsteins. - Oct. 26-27-28-29weClark, Fen du Lac, NwisiBI—liigi m ‘ 0v. . , c gan HolsteinéFI-ies 'Assn., M.‘S 0., Lansing'MiCh. 1311 November '1°"‘%i°i"~'"“b ‘ Mich. 7 iii—77°” ”(3%; emu ' ,0: mm; _ .‘_ A.-_._.*_J._H ,-,w .. ., .Tvvoreovs'smcuar‘s. (Continued from' page 425)‘ -. Farmer gave them Sunday afternoon, October 10. At this banquet- Mr. Ray‘ Turner, well-known in" Michigan as our former club leader, acted as toastmaster. Mr. Kettenun, who introduced the toast- master, said that there were twenty- three states represented. Mr. Turner, in response, referred to the value of club work, and stated that the reason the Michigan Farmer gave this ban- quet Was not for the advertising it got out of it, for that would be very little, but because of that publication’s greater interest in boys' and girls’ club work, and what it was accomplishing. After a few typical Four-H songs and club yells, the toastmaster intro- duced Mr. Eloyd Nichols,_ managing editor of the Capper Farm Press, of Topeka, Kansas. 'Mr. Nichols told of the interest the Caliper organization has in club work. Before clubs were started in some of the states where there are Capper farm papers, these publications fostered club work and, in all, the organization has loaned $200,000 on unsecured notes to boys and girls for the purchase of stock for their projects. Only $300 have been lost in loaning this amount to thou- sands of boys and girls. Mr. Nichols referred to the great de- velopment during the past twenty-five years, and of the opportunities which prevail today. He said that the de- velopment of the individual was es- sential in bringing him above the com- mon level, and that club work did much to develop the individual fac- ulties. Mr. T. A. Erickson, State Club Lead- er of Minnesota, was asked to an- nounce the winners in the judging contests, but he felt that Mr. Nevels Pearson, Assistant Club Leader of Michigan, should have that honor, as he had most of the work to do in con- nection with the judging. Mr. Pear- son announced the winners as follows: For the second time in three years, the Iowa team won first honors in judging all breeds. They made a score of 3,789 out of a possible 4,000. Mary- land, which won first last year, got second place this year. Kansas won third place; North Dakota, fourth, and Missouri, fifth. ‘There was one girl on the winning Iowa team, and two out of three on the Missouri team were girls, which indicates that’ girls are good judges of cattle. Another evidence of girls being good judges was the fact that Ger- trude Kaiser, of _Iowa, won second place as an individual in judging all breeds. At the recent Waterloo Dairy Congress she took first place. ' The boys who won the highest hon- ors in this judging contest was E‘rwin Klusman, of North Dakota. He scored 1,317 points out of a possible 1,400 points. Gertrude’s score was 1,305. Next came Lloyd Kaiser, Gertrude’s cousin, with a score of 1,289. In judging Jerseys, Charles Gardner, of Oklahoma, won first position; Jer- ome Stowell, of North Dakota, second ; Lloyd Kaiser, third; and William Urehr, of Kansas, and Gertrude Kaiser tied for fourth. The Holstein winners were William Brehr, Kenneth Waugh, Erwin Klus- man, respectively. The first three in Guernsey judging were Irwin Tiflin, of Kansas; Kenneth Waugh, of Ne- braska; and Gertrude Kaiser. Two girls won the first places in judging Guern- seys. Gertrude Kaiser took first place, and Rose Datson, of Missouri, second. Three boys were tied for third place, Oliver Hulett, George Stutz; and Lloyd Kaiser. In‘ judging Jerseys, the Iowa team took first place; Maryland, second; and North Dakota, third. Maryland won first honors in judging Holsteins; Iowa, second; andKansas, third. Iowa again captured first place in Guernsey ' ' judging; " g'Kan'sas. . second; and Mis- so . third ‘; lowaalsocapturcd first in judging Ayrshires’; ' Missouri, sec- 6nd; and North Dakota, third. . After the awards; were given,_Mi1- dred Mariner, of West Virginia, spoke briefly in behalf of the girls for all the courtesies eittended to them. Raymond Lacer, of- Michigan, expressed the thankfulness of the boys, and suggest- ed that the inspiration the club mem- bers received on this trip should be taken back home and imparted to the young folks there. The banquet ended with a prayer of thanks. The “poison hemlock” used in the death-cup of Socrates was not the hemlock tree, but a relative of the parsnip. , CATTLE RICHLAND SHORTHORNS Priced for quick sale in order to make room. Several imported and home-bred cows. with calves at foot. sired by Collynie Golden Iling. All regular breeders and from fashionable families. Also tliree roan bulls of serviceable age and best of blood lines. . Priced to sell—write or phone us for particulars. Tawac City, Mich. C. H. PRESCOTT ‘4 SONS. Hard at Prescott. Mich. HOGS O. I. C’s. 5 Choice Young Boars CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe, Mich. A few choice boars of April 3 00 I. C S. and May furrow. C. . THOMPSON. Rockford, Mich. B. T. P. C. BOAR PIGS sired by Mich. State Fair Grand Champion. We_ raised him last year. Our herd is highest winner in Michigan this year. Our pigs weigh pounds, not all legs. Also I811 Digs by the great “Wolverine” priced for No- vember delivery. Call at the farm or write G. W. NEEDHAM. Saline, Mich. ' ' ' Champion Poland China Herd. Michlgan Pfemnr offering boars and gilts of spring farrow. also fall pigs at reasonable prices. DORUS HOVER. Akron, Mich. ' It. W 11 ill . llig Type Poland Chinas $2.02,: 3%... wind" nail. CLARK. Breckenridge. Mich. spring boars, 200 to 300 pounds each. 1. Large Type P. C. G. TAYLOR. Balding. Mich. HAMPSHIRES, f II b ' ' FOR SAL boars. open gilts aand wgghliiigsxlliltgg J. P. SPITLER a. SON. R. I. Henderson, Mich. HAMPSHIRE boar pigs of spring and summer far- row for sale. 13th year in business. JOHN W. SNYDER. R. 4. 8t. Johnc. Mich. SHEEP 1000 CHOICE EWES For sale in lots of 50 or more. We do sell better owes for less money. \Vrite for desoription and prices. or telegraph when you can come to inspect them. Telegraph: Rockwood. Post Office. So. llockwood. Mich. ALMOND B. CHAPMAN & SON. 80. Rock- 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. I. 23"“! . ~ 0 . UNUSUALLY ERTILE. low-pfrced Sumter County, Registered. mgpchlre Yearling Ram: Call or , F 1 . Clark "Hairs Ranch,‘CharIcc Post, Mon, Wort Branch. Mich. HEEP.all recorded, sent on approval: Cotswolds, Leicester-s, TunispLincolns. Karakules and Hump. shires. L. R. Kuney. 648 Madison St" Adrian. Mich. Delaine rams from the Premier T W e n t Y. Delaine fl0(‘k‘0f Michigan. Pric- es reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed. Come and see them. CALHOON BROS.. Bronson, Mich. Delaine Breeding Ewes shear 10 lbs. highest price wool in the world. Bred to mutton rams. produce highest price MUTTON LAMBS in America. 1000 choicc ewes to offer $8.50 to $10 hcad. Few extra scion-ted, some higher. Cars all yearlings, cars all 2-year-olds. Will much more than pay cost and keep with first crop wool and lambs. Wire collect date you will inspect. Geo. M. Wilber, OAKLANDS, Marysville, Ohio OR SALE—21 choice young Delaine ewes. Also Fyoung rams. stOck ram shears 30 inches. Oldest and best bred flock in Ohio. Write S. H. SANDERS. R. No. 2, Achtabula. Ohio. The wool and DELAINE RAMS mutton kind. As good as grew. Photos free. F. H. RUSSELL, Box 40. Wakeman. Ohio. Georgia. lands. 2 months‘ growing season. county operated trucks to every consolidated schoo . paved roads. friendly neighbors: railroad facilities put coun- ty within few hours expressage of six million people. Fine for general farming. especially trucking. dairy- ing, poultry raising. open grazing all year. Av temperature 65.5 degrees. annual rainfall 48.57 inches. Americus and Sumter County Chamber of Commence. 202 Chamber of Commerce Building. Americus. Georgia. FOR SALE—80 acres clay loam soil. No waste land. 20 acres beech and maple. N0. 1 buildings. Part cash, 5%. One mile from Rose _City. Ogemaw Co. Write me. Will explain. Geo. Campbell, Rose City, Mich. FOR SALE—210 acres 4% miles north of St. Johns. 1 mile. from ill—14. Building basement barn, 30x70, nearly completed. Large house. splendid pasture with rimming water. Levi II. Sibley. DeWitt, Mich. WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES. Southern Georgia farm lands. Write for complete information. Cham- ber Commerce, Quitman. Georgia. FOR SALE—168 acres extra good land. modern build- ings, gravel road. Terms and price right. Owner. Floyd Love. Howell. Mich. FURNISHED HOTEL FOR SALE—-Or will trade on flied) farm property. Wm. R. Stokes, Owendiile. ic . 120 ACRES NEAR MACKINAW CITY. Good build- ings. Write F. C. Hoar. 1401 Calvert Ava. Detroit. ELAINE-Merino Rams. both Polled and Horned. for sale. Good ones. Come and make your own selection. HOUSEMAN BROS.. Albion. Mich. ' Oxford Downs a special< WeslMarion Stock Farm .y, m, ,9. 8,... lamb, for sale. WM. VAN SICKLE. Deckerwlle, Mich. F OR SALE—Oxford Rams and Ewes. bred from the best rams We could buy. CEO. 1’. ABBOTT. Palms. Mich. Tel. Dcckerville. 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. largo well—built Rambomllet Rams ycarlings, vigorous and heal- thy, from large, heavy shearing ram. priced right. H. W. HART, R. 2, Greenvilie, Mich. Rambouilette and Lincoln Rams FOR SALE. 1. M. EAGER. Howell. Mich. 0R SALE—25 Registered Rambouillct Rams. one and two years old. Also 15 yearling ewes. A. 8; F. PARMENTER. R. No. I. Durand, Mich. WANTED FARMS WANTED—To hea from owner of land for sale. for fall delivery. 0. awley. Baldwin. Wis. MISCELLANEOUS WOOLENS FOR SALE—Your annual opportunity. For quick disposal, we offer salesmen’s samples of woolen goods. underwear. hosiery. blankets, sheer» 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 lst Aye” No.. Minneapolis. ll inn. HAVE YOU A CAMERA? Write for free sample of our big magazine, showing how to make better pic- tures and earn money. American Photography. 141 Camera House, Boston 17, Mass. ALL WOOL YARN for sale from manufacturer at: Ibargain. Samples free. H. A. Bartlett, Harmony. 8.1110. FARM MACHINERY 8 WHY do the rear Wheels of the Fordson spin when the Ferguson Plow hits a stump? Ask your nearest Ford dealer for the answer. THE MAPLES SHROPSHIRES For Sale: 25 yearling rams of right type and quality. 2 stock rams and a. few ewes. C. R' LELAND. R. 2, Ann Arbor. Michigan Phone 734 F I3 ' Wardwcll two-year ram, yearling ShI'OPShll'eS rams, l‘illn lambs, and 10 year- ling ewcs. C. J. THOMPSON, Rockford, Mich. 10 Registered Shropshire Yearling Ewes also ram lambs. C. LEMEN 8:. SONS, Dexter, Mich. FAIR VIEW SHROPSHIRES FOR SALE—~10 Field Rams. Good Type and Breeding. 2 stock rams. Ono 2—yr.-old Wardwcll Ram. Also 15 bred ewes. E. F. GOODFELLOW. Ovid. Mich. F0 R SAL E Yearling Shropshire Ram. Good show type. Full brother to 1925 Grand Champion at Michigan State Fair. RAY NCBAN, Bellevue, Mich. Shropshire Ram Lambs PET STOCK FERRETS—Over thirty years' experience. Yearling females, the mother ferret special rat catcher. $5.00 each. Young stock for Sept. Females $4.50, males $400, one pair $8.25. three pair $21. Will ship C. 0. 1). Instruction book free. Levi Ii‘arnsworth, New London. Ohio. COONIIOUNDS—river—bottom trained, Rcdbones. black and tans, Blucticks. Combination Hunters, Champion rabbit hounds. reasonable prices.- Trial. Catalogue. lfihOtOS froth Itivcrview Kennels. L. J. Adams. Mgr.. an cy, I . COON, SKUNK, RABBIT and Combination Hound. for sale. None better. Trial given. Sold on time. Lakoiand Fur Exchange, Salem, Michigan. COON, SKUNK. MINK, Opossum, Fox and Rabbit lliltiunds. Ten day trial. Moccasin Kennels. Moccasin. incis. RABBITS ~l’urc—bred Flemish Giant. Price $2.00 up. For full description write Leonard Norton. R. 3, Three Rivers. Mich. Write or call at the farm. NIXON &. RUSSELL. HUNTING IIOUNDS CHEAP—Trial. C. O. D. R. No. 7, Howell. Mich. Ginger Kennels. Herrick, Ill. HROPSHIRE sheep for sale, few good year- REGISTERED COLLIE POPS—natural healers. ling rams at $40. C. V. TRACY. Ithaca, Mich., males $10. Silvercrest Kennels, Gladwin. Mich. 4 mile: south of Ithaca, noar M-l4. ' of the wooiy type, ewes and For ShrOPShues ram lambs. call on DAN BOOHER. R. 4, Evart, Mich. - for sale. 200 each month. Shrop- Breeding EWQS shire. Hampshire grades and cross- breds. All yearlings. V. B. Furniu. Nashville, Mich. choice breeding ewes, one to Three Hundred three years old. Three hundred choice ~ding lambs. E. I. EVERETT, Hale. Mich. Small advertisan using. miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange. charge l0 wordl. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ‘ This classified advertising department is established for tho convenience of Michigan farmers. ants bring best results under classified headings. 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Poultry advertising will be run in this department : for four or more Ono Four Ono Four 10........80.80 88.40 86........88.08 86.84 . . .88 8.84 16 6.48 . .06 8.88 .24 6.18 1.04 8.18 8.88 8.80 1.18 8.86 8.40 8.20 1.80 8.80 8.48 1.44 1.88 8.84 8.88 1.68 1.88 4.08 8.84 [.0 1.44 4.88 8.18 8.16 1.88 4.86 2 80 8.40 . 1.80 4.80 8 88 8.64 1.68 5.04 I 96 8.88 1.76 5.88 8.04 8.18 . 1.84 6.82 8.12 9.86 . 1.92 5.16 .20 8.60 . 2.00 6.00 41 ........ 3 28 9.84 REAL ESTATE FARMING UNDER THE MOST FAVORABLE .CON- DITIONS—where winter never comes, where life is worth living, with fruits. sunshine and flowers only found in California, making every day a‘Joy. Vege- tables of some kind grown every month in the year. No cold or excessive heat to interfere with tliegrowth of Your stolk in fattening season. Fair buildings. plenty of water for irrigation at all seasons: pure, soft. domestic water, near good town With schools, churches and all modern conveniences. Part. in alfalfa. fruits. etc.. balance for double crop cultiva— tion. 40 acres at a. sat-riflceamoney-maker from start. n terms that you can handle if you can land on ranc with $3,000. Address Herman Janss. 219 H. W. Hellman Bldg, Los Angeles. Calif. THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY after years of study of the South will send free information and booklets to thoae who wish to know this country. There are ex- celle'nt locations where good soil. mild climate. pure 'water. paying markets, low priced land. good schools. churchet. and pleasant neighbors offer opportunities where farminiz pm and living conditions are pleasant. Learn about the South before you start. Write W. E. PRICE. General Immigration Agent. Room 603 South- ern Railway System. Washington. D. C. l -, i", BARGAIN FARMS IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA for winter homes. The country praised by Governor Os- born. No snow—no storms. 500 acres near Thomas- ville at $10 per acre. Dwelling with ham, outbuild- ings and 3 tenant houses. 300 acres in pine and hardwood. 15 acres in pecans of best varieties. Run- ning stream. Ideal for winter camp or all round arm. 700 ACRES near Thomasyille at $17.50 per acre. Dwelling, barn, outbuildings and tenant houses all need repairs. 350 acres in pine and hardwobd. Springs, stream and pond. Would make magnificent estate or live stock farm. 107 Ai‘ltEs 5 miles from Thomasville for $5.000. Good dwelling, large barn, good fence and pasture. On main highway but surrounded by pine forest of several thousand acres. Ideal country home for in‘ valid. Good for dairy, chicken or vegetable form. 100 ACRES 4 miles from Thomnsville for $8,500. Almost. new dwelling, new dairy barn and new ten- ant house. Buildings would cost. price mkcd. 30 acres in pecans, Moneymakers and Stuarts. Running stream and small pond. Corners two public roads. Ideal country home, chicken. dairy, or ‘vegetable farm. TIIOMASVILLE is world famous winter resort sur- rounded by magnificent estates of best known fam- 11188 in America. Best small game and duck shooting in south. Deer, turkey, quail and rabbits abound. Florida lakes in twenty miles. and Mexican Gulf fifty miles, provide good fishing. Louis S. Moore, Attorney-at—Law. Owner. Thomasville. Ga. ' FOR SALE BY 0WNER——158 acres. one mile from Joneevdle. Hillsdale Co.. % mile of! DetroitrChicago cement pike. Good soil. good buildings. large from house, tenant house. two large basement barns. silo, ample outbuildings. apple orchard. gravel pit, 46- acres wheat. Part cash. balance 5%. Will "‘ 40,0r (PO-acre farm part payment. Would sell 136 with main buildings. Box 10, Jonesville. Mich, FOB SALE—Indiana. farm, 154 acres near Warsaw. First class condition, good buildings. two miles from railroad and grain elevator. $125. easy terms. Par- _ tlculars. Mrs. A. Nafsiger. Benton Harbor. Mich. SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK PEACH TREES $5.00 PER 100 AND UP. Apple trees $7.50 per 100 and up. In large or.sma.ll 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 Co.. Box 125. (.‘Ievclaiid, Tenn. li‘REErrANew Catalog hardy fruit trees, shrubs. roses. bulbs, seeds. America‘s largest departmental nursery. Established 72 years. Stoors d: Harrison Co.. Box 103, l’ainesville, Ohio. FOR SATISFACTION INSURANCE buy seed oats. beans. of A. B Cook. Owosso, Mich. TOBACCO GUARANTEED IIOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chewing or smoking, 5 lbs., $1.25; ten, $2; cigars $2 per 60. Pipe free, pay when received. Farmers’ Union, Max- on Mills, Kentucky. HOMESI’UN TOBACCO GUARANTEED—Chewing. five pounds, $1.50: ten, 3250. Smoking, ton, $1.50. Pipo free, pay when received. United Farmers' Bard< well. Kentucky. HOMESPUN TOBACCO: Smoking or chewing. 4 lbs.. $1; 12. $2.25. Send no money. Pay postmaster on arrival. Pipe free. United Farmers of Kentuckv. Paducah. Ky. ' POULTRY WHITE LEGHORN HENS AND MALES now half price. ‘ Thousands of laying Pullets. Big discount on spring Chicks and Eggs. Trapnestcd. pedigreed foun- dation stock, egg bred 26 years. Winners at 10 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—Jame beautiful Bronze Turkeys. White Embdcn Geese, heavy long and deep body White I’ekin ducks. White Rock Cockerels. Exceptionally fine stock, and satisfaction guaranteed. State Farms Association, Kalamazoo, Mich. WHITE WYANDOTTE8——(‘hoice husky quality breed- ing cockerels now ready for shipment. Fred Berlin. Allen. Mich. ANCONA COCKERELS—pure bread from heavy lay- ing strain. George Neiman. R. No. 3. Wayne. Mich. nu.» WANTED DRIVER SALEIMAN—23 to 35 Years “9. Penn-w nent employment: good future. Write us if ink-i filial}. Belle Isle Creamery. 3600 Forest 15.. Dotty“. c . '. I =- AGEN'I'S WANTED AGENTS—Our New Household Cleaning Device wcch~ es and dries windows. sweeps. cleans walls. scrubs. mops. oats less than brooms. Over half profit. mite arper Brush worn. 113 8rd Btu. Foirflcld, use A navy plane, leaving deck of Helen Coyne says these “air This novel houseboat, replica of Charles M. Schwab, steel king, speeding carrier U. S. S. Langley SplltS 1s a good cure for rheu. an ancient Spanish galleon, was donned working attire to test in manoeuvres off West Coast. matism. built by girls in Vermont. machinery at Chicago show. 1 .n. Wmmmfaw m... a». # A German named Kurth has fashioned this j‘glide boat” from two Two male giraffes on the left, with the maidens of their choice lengths 0f stove plpe for pontoons, on “7.111011 he mounts a WOOd' on the right. The 200’s arrangement of the pens in close prox- » , on box. Wheels are attached to the box for transporting 1t.. imity permits an uninterrupted courtship. . i 1! i The director of games at the annual sports’ Gene Tunney is a pugilist 111011" Five Plymouth relatives 0f President Coolidge i day at Quebec, Canada, put unusual obstruc- arch who defeated Jack Demp- have signed .11!) for an old—time dance OI‘CheS- 3 tions in the path of Canadian runners. sey for the heavyweight title. tra. which Will tour the United States. I 3 -The worst hurricane since 1888 swept Vera Cruz recently, flood- * 1, California boasts one of the largest aquatic gardens in_ the world, . . _ that of J. A. Sherlok, which makes a specialty of ra1s1ng water . mg the city and causing one thousand lives to be lost, and much , .; g ' lilies, and covers ten acres. property damage. . , '- ,‘ , , 4 ‘ ‘ V I‘m; x ‘ I "j; I I p . ._ ,_ V 3 , . Commune um} Wm ran.