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C ONGRESS is facing an unusually,

busy short session of three months.





Congressional Record will be padded

with “leave-toprint” political speeches.

for a. presidential campaign is in the

offing. ,



It is now felt certain that the rec

0rd of Arthur~R. Gould, newly elected

senator from Maine, will be given a.

critical. investigation before his cre‘

dentials are accepted by the Senate.

This will consume some of the Sen-

ate’s valuable time. The rivers and

harbors bill is slated for consideraiton

beginning December 14.- Little more

is expected of the Senate until after

the holidays. The House passed the

rivers and harbors bill last session.



Chairman Snell, of the House com-

mittee on rules, predicts that two or

three appropriation bills will get

through the House by Christmas. The





next matter to be taken up by the





House will be legislation for increas-

ing the number and the salaries of

federal judges. Evidently this salary

increase for judges is considered of

greater importance than farm relief.

Chairman Snell says it is very im<

portant that radio regulation legisla-

tion be enacted. He considers the alien

property legislation very important,

but does not give much hope of any

farm relief legislation, or for the set-

tlement of the Muscle Shoals dispute.





An effort will be made to put

through the administration plan for a

fifteen per cent refund on this year’s

income taxes, but it will fail in Con-

gress, according to Senator James E.

Watson, of Indiana, who says that the

majority of the Senate members seem

to favor applying the $350,000,000 in

the treasury to outstanding obligations

and reducing the public debt.



One proposed measure on which the

farm organization representatives will

need to keep their watchful eye, is a

bill to be introduced in Congress,

changing the federal farm loan act. It

is backed by Secretary of the Treas-

ury Mellon, who says that certain

phases of the law needs clarification,

But back of it is believed to be a

scheme to scrap the Federal Farm

Loan Board, as now constituted, and

transfer its functions over to a divis-

ion in the treasury department under

the supervision of the secretary of the

treasury.





If this can be accomplished it is

thought that the present effectiveness

of the present farm loan system in

giving the farmers long time credit at

low rates of interest, will be largely

Curtailed.





It is well known that for years the

interests that formerly made large

profits on farm mortgages at high in-

terest rates, have been trying to wreck

the federal farm loan system. They

have failed in their attempt to secure

legislation taxing farm loan board se-

curities. This treasury department

scheme is said to be their next move.



Leaders of the group demanding

farm relief legislation are hopeful, but

not optimistic. Representative Dick-

inson, of Iowa, says that farm relief

legislation will again ask its day in

court, but will not ask for any special

favors in regard to its place on the,

calendar. He says that the farm bloc

leaders have decided first, to agree on

a bill, then work for its favorable con-

sideration by Senate and House com-

mittees. ‘ ,“Appropriation measures

should have the right-of—way, but farm

leaders will resist efforts to bring up

inconsequential bills so that farm re-

lief is side-tracked."





in indorsing the export debenture

plan, which is known in Congress as

the McKinley-Adkins bill, was a sur-g

prise to the promoters of the McNai'yy-

Haugen bill. This action binds‘.t~he

grange to the support of the airport

debenture plan for" one year, ‘ordmtil





 





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Grow





Strawflowers in Michigan





Florin; Prefer Tflem to M6 California Prat/mt





ICHIGAN is noted as being a



i M state of unusually diversified ag-

riculture. Not only do her farm-



ers grow all the northern staple crops,

such as corn, wheat, oats, barley and

hay, and special crops, such as pota-

toes, beans and sugar beets, which add

to the diversity of large areas, but

. there are also many unusual crops and

_' unusual farms scattered throughout

the state. There are state-owned

game farms and fish hatcheries, pri-

vately owned carp farms, muskrat

farms, skunk farms and fox farms, all

of which, I suppoSe, might be called a

part of the live stock industry. Then,

in crops, we have our’flax industry,

celery industry and mint "business,

hardly known except in one or two

. other states. It has remained for A.

1V. Jewett, Jr., of Mason, to go into

competition with the state of Califor-

nia for the strawflower business of the

country, and add a new one to Mich-

igan’s long list of crops extraordinary.

Art Jewett, Jr., is hardly a stranger



to readers of The Michigan Farmer.

i For five or six years, they have heard

and read of him in connection with re-

peated crops winnings at the State

Fair and the International Grain and

Hay Show. They know him particu-

larly as the man who, more than any

other, seems to know how to cure and



_ fix up alfalfa hay to the satisfaction of

International judges, so that he has

i in making





in making home runs; sort of a Sultan

of the Swath or Rajah of the Rake, if

you please.



. Art started in his new industry, the

strawflower business, about three years

ago. He had developed a rather prom-

ising floral business, but was growing

only a few of the strawflowers in the





By H. A.





garden when'he noticed that plants

bore unusually well on his soil, some

ashigh as fifty flowers per season.

Florist magazines told him they were

worth a cent apiece, which looked like





Rather





pretty good returns from one plant, so

he tried an acre of them.



The first year wasn’t so good. He

grew 3 good crop, but strawflowers

need careful attention during the first





 





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This Fifteen-Acre Field Grew Nearly





 





 





a Million of Strawflower Blossoms.





 





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The Greenhouse was an Ideal





Place to Sort and Pack the Flowers.





month to six weeks after they are har—

vested. For most of the crop, the blos-

soms are picked off and stuck on small

wire stems, the moisture from the

blossoms rusting the end of the wire

so the flower does about as good a job

of hanging to the wire as though it

grew there in the firét place. If the

flowers are picked too soon, they won’t

open up, and if they are not picked

soon enough too much of the center

shows and they become unattractive.



Part of the trade likes the blossoms

on their natural stems rather than

wires. but in both instances they must

be picked at just the right tune and

very carefully dried. \Vhen that has

been safely done, strawflowers will

last a long time and they are used in

great quantities all fall and winter.



\l'ith all the things that had to be

done, and done just right, it wasn’t

much wonder that waett’s first crop

wasn’t all that might be hoped for, and

about all it brought him was experi—

ence. But experit-nce. enabled him to

grow five acres successfully in 1925,

and our first heavy frosts of this fall

wound up his harvest of a fifteen-acre

field of these flo in the season

just past.



If you go out to Jewett’s farm now,

you will see what is left of his crop,

much'of it still on the drying racks.

Here is a greenhouse still nearly filled

with the drying plants. In another

place, an abandoned, well—ventilated

hog stable furniehvd a convenient dry-

ing place; an old tenant house an—

swered the same purpose. Almost ev—

ery outbuilding on the farm had its

ceiling hung full of strawflowers, and

shipments were going out every day.



Apparently, .lewett had learned his

picking and drying job well, for whole—



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were:





Make the Buildings . Comfortable





. Same Precautz’on Téat M/l D0 T523" and 4/50 Save Fuel

By I. W. DickersOn





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ANY home owners suffer more



discomfort in winter than is nec-



essary if they would take a little

time and trouble to cut off some of

the easily remedied heat wastes. In

many cases no money at all will be

required, or if a small outlay is nec-

essary, it Will be more than repaid in

the fuel saved and in the greater com-

fortlsecured. Most of this Work can be

done by the farmer himself at odd

times.



Keeping the Floors Warm.



One would think that any house

owner would know enough to keep the

cold winter wind from howling up un-

der his floors, and yet many homes

suffer under just such a handicap. No



amount of fuel can keep such floors

warm, and it is diflicult to keep the

lower rooms even comfortable. Venti-

lation under the floor is all right. in

—summer, but neither necessary nor

desirable in winter. ,



: _ With open foundations a good layer





A. - of some kind of insulation, put on the





 





under side of the floor joists, and all

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ence in the warmth of the floors, and

will be well worth while. However, if

the foundation is closed, grills and

ventilators are closed up, heavy tarred

paper, or half-ply roofing fastened with

laths onfthe foundation and lower part

of wall, and then banked up with earth,

straw, fodder, or something of this

sort, there will be little chance for the

cold to get in, and insulation under

the floors will hardly be needed. My

experience has been that piling snow

against the basement walls does very

little good, because the Snow melts

back from the wall a little, and this

open space seems to let the cold in

almost as though the snow was not

there.

Doors and Windows.



Windows, by all means should" have

good storm sash, a comfort which is

almost universal in city homes, but





for some reason is not nearly so com-





mon with farm homes as it should be. '

Storm sash has the advantage, not

only of keeping out Cold and saving .





i iffiél, *but of preventing the windows;





doors is one of





from frosting over. A strip of felt,

such as can be bought at any hard-

ware or ten-cent store, tacked around

the outside edgs of the inner face of

the storm sash where they set against

the frames, will double. their effective-





ness. The door openings need protec-

tion even worse than the windows,

since they are larger and must be





opened and closed frequently. Good

storm doors are well worth while, es-

pecially if they have the additional.

felt protection. If a storm door is not

available, covering the screen door

with half-ply roofing will help a lot in

keeping out cold.



Weather stripping the windows and

the most effective

methods of keeping out the cold and

smoke and dust. The best of these

are of metal and require a carpenter’s

services for retrieving the windows and

cutting the necessary grooves.

also have the advantages of prevent-

ing the windows from rattling, and yet

of allowing them to fit loosely enough

so that they will always slide up and





These ,





down easily. Cheaper types are avail—

able in the form of insulation rolls

which are tacked on the inside of the

windows, just as they are, and these

also keep out dust and dirt well.

Insulation Over Ceiling.





There is one simple remedy for cold

and uncomfortable _ homes which

should always receive very careful

consideration. This is the matter of

insulation at the ceilings, where by

far the greatest loss of heat occurs.

Most of the present homes were built

with nothing overhead but lath and

plaster, which allows the heat to leak

through almost as well as though it

were sheet iron, One way of remedy—

ing such a condition is to put insulat—

ing material between the joists, then

put on half—ply roofing and tight floor- ,

ing on top of them, thus making the

attic usable for Storage or for sleep-

ing rooms if desired. If it is not de—

sired to use the attic, one can put a.

layer of insulating lumber, plaster

board, or something of this kind, on

top of the ceiling joists, and then later

put the floor on top of that, if a floor

is desired.
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THE} MICHIGAN FARMER





Incme We! 1'33 am I'm ’3'“ prove the most ecOnomlcal way of do- financing, a long step would be taken tifled with thiswork, we are depressed.





 





 





ficult task to carry through to a' suc— looting and reading good bee-ks. \ will become a regular part of our re-

cessful conclusion. And, at best, it‘ " quired school training. But in the

will be an expensive undertaking. HERE is a note of meantime, what?

But the Whole business is going to Not So optimism in the" ‘ '

Published Weekly Established 1843 copyright 1926 succeed or fail through the .part play— _ annual reports of the WENTY years or

The Lawrence PublishlngCo. ed by farmers, themselveS- Congress Bad, They various departments Those Re- so ago, thinking

Editors and Proprietors can provide the funds from the na— Say 0f the federal govern— . men were fostering

[632 Lafayette Boulevard Detrolt. Mlchlgm tional exchequer. Men can be secured . ment. The secretary Clamatlan the back to the farm

Telephon” mum“ 153° .n to manage the work. But the little of commerce says in his report that, - Projects movement, with the

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VOLUM E CLXVII NUMBER TV‘V EN'I‘Y-l“()l.‘ R





1‘]DETROIT, DEC. 11, 1926





CURRENT COMMENT

THOROT’GH and

Adopt intensh e c a m-





C B paign f01 cleaning up

or" orer the whole European





Program 0 o r n borer infested





 





 





area reaching into tel-est to Michigan farmers will be pub- what is called for. In fact, to be able





five states, was adopted by the execu-

tive committee of the corn borer or-

ganization, which was organized at De-

troit. last full, following a recent con—

ference in \Vashington with President

Coolidge and Secretary of Agriculture

Jardine. At the conclusion of this

conference, the committee agreed to

ask the government for ten million

dollars, and adopted the following rm»

olution:



“In the proposed corn borer clean—up

and control work, the state and federal





ing the job. But it will be a most dif‘ toward encouraging the habit of se- Ultimately, no doubt, this type of work





and half-hearted support 013 farmers and the lower range of values .for supply of the country would thus be

Will be sufficient to turn success into many farm products, the economic kept up with its growth. But many

failure. To be successful, this program conditions show greater prosperity and changes have come since, and now,

must function one hundred per cent. we are going on a firmer foundation with fewer farmers, one of the big

Any deviation Will defeat the whole than ever before in the history of the problems is the matter of crop sun,

purpose of the plans for which this Country. pluses.

committee will ask the government for This optimism is based, it appears, Perhaps it takes some time for some

$10,000,000. The man on the land is on the finding of improved buying people to become aware 0f changes

the key to the solution of this corn power, both in urban and rural dis- 01. it may be that they want t6 Sée'

borer problem. tricts. Bank clearings and debits to their departments busy At least Sec-

individual accounts each for the first tary of Interior “701.1; and Chrhmig-

HE twenty—sev- time exceed a half trillion dollars, he sioner of Reclamation Ellwood Mead

The lnter- enth Internation reports, and the fiscal year establish— are urging Congress to appropriate

. I al Live Stock EXposi- ed new heights in virtually all finan— money for large reclamation projects

nahona tion was held in Chi- cial activities. Never before have we in the west. Their contention is that

Show cago last week. The surpassed the volume of production these reclaimed projects do not pro—

exhibits were of a and consumption, the total of exports duce e'nough to make any difference in

character to maintain the high stand- and imports, and the high rate 0f wag— the total production of the country_ If

ard of this show as America’s premier es obtaining during the twelve months that be so, says one agricultural lead-

live stock event. Quality is every- ending with the first half of 1926. We er, why ask Congress to appropriate

where evident in the exhibits made at h0pe that the secretary is not kid‘ hundreds of millions in money for pro.





the International, and it is the mecca ding us. jects which will produce so little?



of thousands of breeders and farmers There are other agricultural matters



from all sections of. the country who HIS country today of more pressing 'need that require



want to study the Ideal m‘type and On Estab- is facing agricul- attention.



utlllty 1n eithel breeding 01 fat clas- , , tural issues ‘of the



ses. 1n the latter classes the cham— 113,1an first magnitude. These ,



plans go to the block, which is the Precedents issues are not likely Diet



final test of utility. to receive the support HIS time I’m goin’ ta give what

AS 1151131, a great deal Of interest of some leaders and statesmen, for the you call a scientific discusshun 0'





centered about the selection of the simple reason that they are fearful of fuel, ’cause this is the time we give

grand champion steer of the show. establishing, what they deem, a dan— lots 01 aliensllun ta fuel.



Baby beef was again popularized by gorous precedent. They contend that VVe’l'e poking wood or coal into

the selection of a fine Hereford call." one precedent simply creates another stoves for in keep warm. We kick

weighing Just under a thousand and another, and when these accumu— when the fire don’t burn well and

pounds. This year’s champion brought late they constitute a law for future figure in get better fuel next time.





a record price in the auction ring when guidance W'ell, the situashun is, we give more

he 801d 1'01‘ $3.60 per DOtllld- Establishing new piecedents means attenshun ta what we poke into the



Michigan was well represented at lalgely the breaking of old ones. It stove than we do ta what we poke

the show, especially in the breeding is simply "the blazing of new roads— inta our mouths. Our stomach is'our





classes and made an excellent show- pioneering—yenturing into virgin ter- stove, ’cause it burns up, or tries ta.

ing. Michigan State College won the ritory—seeking new and often shorter burn ,up, what we

grand championship on the Percheron and safer ways. It is, in other WOI‘dS, put inta it. That’s

mare that carried off this honor last an effort toward progress. the way we get

year. To avoid establishing precedents can Olll‘ heat and en-



A “St 0f the awards Of special in- be no valid reason for failure to do ergy.



But we folkses

is careless about

what we give our

stomachs to burn





lished next week. to break away from precedents is one

of the very reasons why our forefath—

N 1876 elementary ers adopted a popular form of govern-





 





.Christmas schools enrolled but ment. They wished to place them- uD- Some tl‘)’ ta

For the elght out of the thlr- selves in a position to see that prece- burn alcohol, but



. teen million children dents were not wrongly applied. the human stomach ain’t no alcohol

Community then of school age, So, if the merits of these agriculture stove, and the 31001101 soonburns up





leaving millions to al measures justify legislation that is the firebox and etc.

swell the army of illiterates. Today, designed to aid farmers ill escaping And there’s others what try la burn

the public libraries provide local ser— from some of their economic ills, then 111) mycet stuff, and other things what

vice for but fifty-five per cent of the there can be very little righteousness the stomach can’t burn well. And the;

total population, and for only seven— ill the argument that such measures stove gets all clogged 11D and don’t,

teen per cent of the rural population. should not be adopted because they throw off no heat, or too much.





authorities shall have complete author- For the past century there has been would set in motionlhc wrong type of I know one nice girl What is careless





ity to inaugurate and enforce all nec- a movement 011 foot for mass scllool« .Dl'eccdents. and 110w she’s over-het and they got;

essary regulatory and control meas- ing and universal literacy, but for the ta Dllt ice bags and etc. around her.

ul'es. coming century, national educators tell HE work of farm NOW, if she’d'study the fuel DI‘ODO“



“In such work the former shall not us, the forces will be directed toward E l‘ d ‘ boys’ and girls’ sishun she’d find you can’t expect a

be compensated for any of the essen- culture and universal education. x e? club enterprises has coal StOVO ta burn wood, or a wood

tial work of good farming in the ordi- The advent of winter brings more This impressed therhole stove ta burn coal and etc. I don’t

nary processes of operating his farm, leisure to the rural homes, more time Work country. Still, there know what kind stoves she’s got, but

but in cases where regulatory meas- for reading and study. Every good is much to be done to I know she ain’t using the right kinda.





ures are enforced, involving expenses book accessible will be read from “kiv- bring the benefits of the farm projects





fuel.





for public safety and contributing to 91‘ t0 kiver.” The reward Of 0118 good undertaken by these boys and girls to I kHOW some folkses what say they’d

the general program of control, the b00k W611 read SllOllld be more good all parts of the country, While there sooner die than diet. Well, them’s

farmer shall be compensated on an b00kS to read. But, according to the are 11,000,000 young peOple on the just the kinda folkses what the pill





equitable and fair basis for such ad-





survey previously mentioned, only sev— farms of the country, but 565 000 are maker and coffin makers get rich 011..





ditional expense involved. The state enteen people out of every one hun— enrolled in club wo1k in 41, (100 sep- Why buy fuel what don’t burn right?





and federal authorities shall have the dred who live in rural communities. arate clubs





If we give as much attenshun in our





power to fix such compensation under have the service Of a public library The outstanding characteristic of stomachs as 0111‘ stoves, we’d be 0. K.

a‘ uniform policy in all states, subject where they may satisfy their desire the work of these club boys is that SO I say, study human fuel fer fun





to existing conditions in the various 101‘ good bOORS.





localities.”





The committee estimates that meth- ing. It would be a fine thing if Old strate better farm practices, or some

ods of control, such as burning stalks,

plowing them under, and other prac- the community’s stocking on Christ- program 3180 requires that the mem-

tices which must be followed, will cost mas morning, or mayhaps a few new her make a record of the work and its

about $6.00 an acre. Complete cooper- books, if there is already a community results, and that he explain it t0

ation of all farmers in the infested library established. ‘It would be a others.





each member conducts some substan- and you’ll find there’s lots‘o’ fun in.

The Christmas season is approach- tial piece of work designed to demon- “191- HY SYCKLE.





 





Queen Fontana, a White Leghorn;

hen which made the world’s record

total production of 1,174 eggs, died re—

cently at its home near Fontana, Cal.

She was valued at $10,000 and has





Santa could slip a new library into home or community effort. The club





area, business men, and ofhdlials, will Christmas gift that the whole commu- The bulk of the local club leadership paid twelve per cent interest 0“ that





be necessary to carry out the program nity could enjoy throughout the year. is carried ,on by unpaid volunteer





of eradication.





Knowing something of the nature of tion, farm organizations, and commu- ures given above are most encourag- 01d resident 0f Logansport, India-nan.





valuation.

With the parent-teachers’ associa— workers. Because of this fact, the fig— . James R- Cree, a seventy-two-year—





the pest to be contended with, we are nity clubs behind such a gift, aChrist- ing. Still, when we Calculate what the Claims the record for long-time thresh-

in accord with this move. Without mas program or two, and a bit of help other millions of boys and girls are _ing.- He has Operated a thresher ev-





doubt, this, thorough-going plan wil,





 





 





1 from the town board to aid in the losing through their failure to be idell- err Season for fiftthwo years“ ;-’ a,





 





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. . .Swme Feeder 3 Day .

' Again Iowa. Experimenterr Report on Swifie Invertégatz'om

‘ ' By C. G. Turner ’ ‘





l - HOO-O-O-EY! WhOO-o-O-ey!” No,

‘ this is not a hog calling contest.



Neither is it a farmer calling

his swine to their-evening meal. It is





the echo of the findings of Professors

‘John M. 'Evvard, C. C) Culbertson, and

'W. E. Hammond, of the Iowa Experi-

'mental Station on swine feeding. The

weatherfor feeders’ day which was

held recently, proved to be ideal,.in.

fact, the best that had prevailed in

"-Ames for nearly a week. .

That these men might have some in-

formation to justify the "faith that





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I

required more of the grain to produce

100 pounds of gain. It naturally fol-

lows, then, that the margin over pro-

duction cost would be less in the case

of the soaked feeds.



5. Alfalfa excels rape pasture for

growing and fattening pigs. The real

superiority of alfalfa comes from the

fact that an acre of the good legume

crop will carry a much larger number

of animals than Will the rape pasture.

The results of these trials, however,

would indicate that rape is an excel-

lent pasture crop when alfalfa is not





stockmen have in them, they placed in available.

31’ series of test lots some 500 pigs, 6. Dry-lot feeding proves profitable





 





 





 





 





 





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Last fall two groups of pigs averaging fifty-six pounds in weight were

fed the‘same ration of shelled corn self-fed, plus tankage SBlf-fed. D1118 min-

erals self-fed. One group was watered twice daily in the open trough, the

other had water (kerosene lamp heated) kept before them in a round, me-

tallic hog waterer. _



. The “trough-watered” pigs took 111 days to reach the 225-pound aver—

age weight, required 423 pounds of feed for 100 pounds of grain, and showed

a margin over feed costs of $5.98.



The pigs that drank from the automatic waterer reached the 225-p0und

market weight in five days less time, and showed a margin over feed costs

of $7.13, which was $1.15 more per pig than the “trough-watered.”



One could have afforded to pay $1.37 the pig more for the automatic

watering method as applied, than for the open trough scheme of watering

in order for both groups, to make the gain at the same cost. Inasmuch as

the automatically watered pigs made the greater gain, the automatic waterer

was worth even more when the margin per pig over feed costs was con-





sidered, or $1.70 the pig.





Do your fall pigs have continuously before them clean, wholesome and





open water, easily accessible and in a





ed attention to the watering may bring home more of the golden Shekels.





protected place? A little well direct-





 





 





each lot to be treated with-some phase

of the experimental work. As a result

of the tests made, the following con-

clusions were reached:



1. The addition of oats, ground or





. whole at the current prices, advances





the margin when added to the full-fed

ration’s, consisting of corn, limited

tankagefi and mineral mixture on rape

pasture. Both whole and ground oats

increased the appetites, thus causing

greater gains and enhancing the mar-

gin between feed cost per 100 pounds

and the market value of theindividu—

als thus fed. Pigs seem to relish the

whole oats more than they did the

ground, and ate nearly twice as much.

From this trial it would seem that it





. does not pay to grind oats for pig feed-





ing. It is entirely possible that the

digestibility of the grain may be bet-

tered by grinding, but this added qual-

ity is not sufficient to pay for the ad-





‘ ded cost. '





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2. Dehulled oats enhanced the

gains, but they also enhance the cost

per 100 pounds of gain. Consequently,

the margin between cost and selling

price was smaller. As these data show,

it is not a profitable process to use.



3. Oat residues—the by-products of

dehulling proved rather ineflicient. Due

to the feed value being removed by





. the dehulling process, relatively little





nutritive value is left. Consequently,

while'gains can be made on this feed,





. from the financial standpoint, it is bet-





ter to feed 'the hull with the “meats”

instead of spending good money to re-

move 7them and feed them separate.



4. Oats fe'd Whole appear more eco-

nomical than ground oats, ground soak-

ed oats, orlwhole soaked oats. It was

j und‘ thatfibyl- soak! g, it waspossible .1



s ’ ‘ ' ' to ogsume more ;

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when properly supplemented. _The four

groups fed in dry-lot all did quite well

and returned satisfactory margins over

feed costs. These groups also com-

(Continued on page 620).





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HOW DO THEY GET BACK?





 





OW does an animal, when



taken to a distance from its

home, find its way back through

a district with which it is en-

tirely unfamiliar? This is a

problem which has never been

solved, and is one which, if solv—

ed, might throw light on some

other puzzling questions. This

problem is being studied by a

naturalist who desires to se-

cure accounts of animals which

have returned to their homes

from distant places. He will'

highly appreciate it if anyone

having personal knowledge of

such instances will give full par—

ticulars of just what occurred.

No account should be sent un-

less the animal was taken to the

district by a means that would

not permit it to see the interven-

ing territory; that is, was car-

ried in a container or enclosed

vehicle. ‘





Mail,story to the Editor, Mich-

igan Farmer, Detroit. The de-

scription should include approx-

imate dates, places, distances,

time required to return, condi-

tion on return, etc. \





It 'will be assumed that there .





will be no objection to the pub- ‘

lication of .any'facts given.





 

 





 





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Roup Epidemic

Killing Poultry





Birds sneeze, wheeze and choke. Throat:

rattles. Nose runs. Spreads rapidly,

Act at once!





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Readers who find colds or roup start-

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a letter written by C. S. Byers, Hazelv

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eyes were swollen almost shut, and a profuse

mucous discharge was apparent in both nostrils.

I administered Roup—Over, and this bird was

completely well the next morning. Every case

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within 8 hours."



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FOREIGN BUTTER STILL MEN-

ACES.





 





HE stability of this year’s butter



market has been quite seriously

menaced during the past few weeks

by the unusual situation of the foreign

markets going to levels so low that

even the twelve cent a pound tariff

was hardly sufficient to keep foreign,

butter from the eastern seaboard, says

A. M. LoOmis, ‘secretary American

Dairy Federation. This has

some uncertainty in the market during

the past month, but in spite of this, a





is a sharp demand for all the butter

that is being produced, keeping the

prices on a steady upgrade, and at the,

same time the storage stocks which

were seemingly quite large September

1, have been reduced to nearly the,

level of a year ago, while the flow out

of storage for the last half of Novem-

ber was at the rate of nearly 600,000.

pounds per day, compared with about?

350,000 pounds per day last year.





GET REPORT ON ST. LAWRENCE

PROJECT. '





 





HE joint board of engineers on the



St. Lawrence waterway project

have reported and recommended two

plans for the'development of power

and navigation to the joint commis-

sion of which Secretary of Commerce

Herbert Hoover is chairman of the

American section. One of the plans





other by the Americans. The total

cost of the development for power and

navigation is estimated at $620,000,000

to $650,000,000.





THEY WILL NOT DOWN.





 





HE bureau of reclamation has an-



nounced a program for submission

to Congress, calling for an annual ex-

penditure for the next ten years, of

l$1,000,000 in excess of the average con-

struction income for the past five

years. No allowance is made in this

estimate for new reclamation projects.

The bureau experts say that costly

projects recently undertaken should be

pushed to completion so that waiting

settlers may have water to irrigate

their farms. It will require all the

income of the reclamation bureau for

the next ten years to complete exist-

ing projects.





INTRODUCE CORRESPONDENCE

COURSES AT M. S. C.





 





HE details concerning the corres-



pondence courses which the Mich-

igan State College department of con-

tinuing education will make available

for Michigan farmers January 1,1927,

will be announced soon. This word

comes from John D. Willard, head of

this newly created branch of the ex-

tension department at Michigan State

College, who gives assurance that cor-

respondence courses will be available

in three main subjects, economics,

sociology, and home economics. As

the material covered in each course

will/approximate that studied by the

regular college students in a four hour

a week course during one term of the

college year, parents may soon be go-

ing to college, in mind at least, With

their student sons and daughters. It

is understood that a nominal enroll-

ment fee will, be charged to cover the

costs of presenting the courses.—

Cook.: ‘





WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.





 





(Continued from page 602).

apparent that itseffect will be to di-

vide the forces supporting farm relief

legislation. ‘ ,



There is quite general agreement





 





among the farm leaders in and out. of





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Musician-ma





caused ,





survey of the market shows that there ,





is favored by the Canadians and the,





, members.

Munson, treasurer, and H. DfHoot- g

glean. Secretary , wereiunmnimou’sly ¥-'i-'e""'





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Congress, that the Muscle Shoals ques-

tion should be settled this winter. Un-

der the present arrangement, accord-

ing to the most reliable information

obtainable, the southern power trust

is getting the‘ hydro-electric power

from the government at a price which

yields the power companies an enor-

mous profit. The farm organization

representatives are unanimous in the

contention that Muscle Shoals plants

should be leased toa private corpora

ation for the production of nitrates.

C. E. Bradfute, former president of the





 





’ , "1 " sacs-11,1923. .





AmeriCan Farm Bureau Federation, in





a conference with President Coolidge





on the Muscle Shoals matter, took the

position that unless definite action is

taken within a reasonable time in ef-

fecting a lease of the propertyfor fer‘

tilizer production, it will bring a. re-

action from the country that will de-

mand government operation.





Investigation shows that the death

rate of cooperative societies is about

the same as that of other businesses.-

Last year only three—tenths of one per

cent failed. ‘



In six months time the R. G. Elliot

Farm, near Paw Paw, raised a. ton lit-

ter which sold for $304.72. ‘





" Fruit Growers Meet





State and National Socz'ez‘z'e: Hold Joint Meeting





HE joint meeting of the Michi-



gan State Horticultural Society



and the American Pomological

Society, which was held in the Ball

Room of the Pantlind Hotel, at Grand

Rapids, November 30-December 4, was

an unusually successful event. The

close attention to the four-day pro-

gram exceeded anything in the past,

and the mingling of fruit specialists

of national repute with our progres-

sive Michigan men, was profitable to

all present.



Over a carload of fruit on exhibit in

the Fine Arts Building, across the

street, was evidence that Michigan can

grow fruit equal in appearance to that

of other fruit growing. sections of the

country. There was also an unusually

good exhibit of orchard machinery and

equipment.



There was real competition in all

clasSes for the $3,000 prize money, and

there were spirited contests among

the students on the judging teams and

some very interesting talks by the

students in the annual horticultural

speaking contests.



There were special sessions for

cherry growers and peach producers.

Also one session was devoted to a dis-

cussion of .the marketing phase of fruit

growing.



V‘Vednesday evening the fruit grow-

ers met at the festive board, where

Paul Stark, president of the American

Pomological Society, presided as toast-

master. At this banquet, C. C. Taylor

spoke in behalf of the accessory man—

ufacturers, saying that the successes





,of fruit grower and manufacturer was





closely allied. Mark Hutchins, presi-

dent of the Michigan Canners’ Associ-

ation, told of the development of the

canning industry in Michigan and its

dependence upon the fruit grower for

quality products. He said that a, can-

ner could not make good quality out

of poor fruit, therefore was willing to

pay full market price for good stuff.





H. E. Hastings responded in behalf

of the Michigan Tourists’ ASSOCiation,

with some interesting figures showing

the importance of the tourist to Mich-

igan. These will be given in a later

issue.



Charles Garfield, nationally famous

and beloved by all Michigan fruit

growers, told of the old days in horti-

culture, and spoke of the inspirational

side of horticulture. He said it was a

coincidence that he and the American

Pomological Society were born the

same year, 1848. Professor Willard,

of M. S. 0., spoke on the fight between

disaster and education. Each of us

took part'in this' contest, willingly or

unwillingly, and for the fight to come

out on the right side we should never

discontinue our wholesome education.



At the election of oflicers of the

Michigan State Horticultural Society,

Mr. H. S. Newton, of Hart, Michigan,

was elected president. R. J. Coryell





-was re-elected to succeed himself on

' the executive committee, and M. E. Far-





ley, of Albion-and H. ‘J. Lurkins, of

Benton Harbor, were elected as ‘neW'

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elected. A resolution was passed urg-Z

ing the members of the society to in-

dividually support _ the “Apples for

Health” movement, which will attempt

to put the apple on the map as adver- .

tising has the orange and other fruit!

South Haven was selected as the place}

for the next mid—winter meeting. 1



The business meeting of the Ameri-J





can Pomological Society was featured}

by a spirited contest for the office of;





president. Prof. J. C. Blair, of Illinois,”

and Ralph Rees, of New York, were

the contestants. Mr. Rees Won the

office. He is horticulturist of the New

York Central lines. The only changes

on the executive committee were to

put Luke Powell, of Yakima, Wash-

ington, and Paul Stark, ex—president,

on ‘in place of F. Cranefield, of Wis-

consin, and W. L. Howard, of Califor-

nia. The plan is to have the next an—.

nual meeting in the northwest.





News of the Week





'There are rumors in the financial

district of New York that the Ford

Motor‘Oompany will soon announce a.

hne of SIX and eight-cylinder cars.



A commission of thirteen countries

recommends a progressive surrender

of treaties with China as soon as she

can show that she can establish a.

modern and efficient government.

Grave abuses of territorial rights by

foreign nations have been some of the

cause.of_ the chaotic political condi-

tions in China.





Premier Ferguson, of Ontario, was

elected by a large majority, and he

Will command eighty out of the 112

members of their legislature. His suc-

cess assures the. repeal of the dry law

which was enacted ten years ago,





George Herbert Jones, president of

the Inland Steel Company, gave $415,-

000 to the University of Chicago, for

the construction of a chemical labor-

atory.



_ Governor—elect Green will give a big

anaugural ball at Lansing, on New

ears.





_Only 4,622,211 persons paid admis-

sion to the Sesqui-Centennial Exposi-

tion. It closed officially December 1.





. It is reported that the “poor Indian”

is the richest race in the world, be-

cause of the oil findings 011 their res-

ervations. The “vanishing race" is

also rapidly increasing in numbers.





All records were broken in Detroit

when over twenty thousand people

paid their state and county taxes on

the first day.





One of theworld’s greatest dia-

monds,_ca11ed the “Golden Dawn,” sold

at auction in London for only $24,750.

It weighs sixty—one and a half carats.



A twenty-year search for a. lost

brother, which covered the entire Unit-

ed States and parts of Holland, was

ended when Mrs. Lena Schwendy, of

Carthage, N. Y., got a letter from her

brother, a resident of Marshfield, Wis—

consm. The brother was found through

a radio announcement.





King Ferdinand of Rumania, is pro—

gressing nicely, though there is doubt

of his recovery. Queen Mariehas

conferred with Prince Carol, who re-

nounced the throne, but the general

sentiment seems tube that his infant

son, Michael would succeed to the

throne should the king die.





Secretary of State’ Kellogg has pno

posed that Chile and Peru sell the .proVr





 





 





 





 





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Five thousand acres were seeded to

alfalfa in Kalamazoo county this year.





Five demonstration poultry farms

have been established in Van Buren

county.





 





/ Three first prizes, three seconds,

three thirds, two fourths and two fifths

were won at the State Fair by entries

from the Rhode Island Red flocks of

John Goodwine, James Palmer, Chas.

Kirkpatrick, and Thomas Whitfield, all

from Sanilac county. ,





One thousand people attended meet-

ings in Ottawa county, where moving

pictures of the useof dynamite in

ditching work, economical uses of the

tractors, and features of boys’ and

girls’ club work were shoWn. '





 





, The dairy-alfalfa campaign in Mid-

f land county will be held the first week

in December.





The State Conservation Department

has given permission for the opening

of a marl bed located on state land

near Moorestown, Missaukee county.





Congressman Earl C. Michener, of

Michigan, is endeavoring to get the

government to increase the appropria-

tion for thecontrol of the corn borer.

He says that his constituency in this

state is alarmed over the situation.





The Van Buren County Fair was

successful in closing its season with

$2,000 in profits. This is specially sig-

nificant, as the wet weather has caus-

ed most of the fairs to have big def-

icits this season.





I



An additional field demonstration;l

has been placed on the farm of Mr. H. l

P. Gilkey, of Richland township, Kal-

amazoo county. This demonstration1

will show the-relative value of nitro-i

gen, acid phosphate, potash, and limei '

on wheat and clover. l ‘

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The use of other inferior yellow

sweet corns in place of Golden Ban-

tam by canners, and labeling the cans

“Golden Bantam,” has hurt the busi-

ness, said \V. P. Hartman, secretary

of Michigan Canners’ Association. Peo-

ple hesitate to buy “Golden Bantam"

canned corn because they are uncer-

tain that they will actually get Ban-

tam corn.





Ten thousand dollars was appropri-

ated by the board of supervisors of

Saginaw county for carrying on the

work of testing for tuberculosis ‘in cat-

tle during 1927. This money was vot-

F ed unanimously and the Saginaw peo-





 





ple expect to provide funds necessary

for the two additional years of testing,

in bovine tuberculosis eradication;

work. " '





 





 





 





The quality of radio reception

dependr as much on the opeakel’

an on the receiving oer. They

work together. One must be no

good as the other. Be lune

yours in an Atwater Kent Radio

Speaker. it is the orandard of

tone, everywhere. Model I.

illuotrated; price 316.00.





A cooperative company has been‘

formed in Barry county to open up a

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W Izaz‘ the T rend: of the Bmz‘mrr Show

By Gilbert Gusler





TATISTICS on the production of



S poultry for table use prior to 1920,

at least,,are meager. The high

point was reached in 1924, if market

receipts can be used as a measuring

stick, when the four markets, New

York, Chicago, Boston and Philadel-

phia, received 357,000,000 pounds, com-

pared with only 214,000,000 pounds five

years earlier.

Flocks were reduced during 1924,

due to the disease epidemic in many

of the middlewestern states, lower

prices paid for‘ eggs, and the persist-

ent warnings of “over-production,” so

that at the beginning of 1925, the num-

ber of chickens on hand was only 427,-

000,000, compared with more than 470,-

000,000 a year previous.



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four large markets so far this year

have borne out the general indications

of larger flocks. Since March 1, re-

ceipts have been larger every month

than in the corresponding month of

1925. During 'the five months from

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pounds, and the samermonths in 1924,

when marketings for the year exceed—

ed all previous records by 15,000,000

pounds



Consumptive demand has been ex-

cellent, so that most of this large sup-

ply has been distributed at higher

prices than prevailed last year. Re-

tail prices for hens have averaged sev-

en per cent higher than last year. This

increase has been given back to the

producer, as farm prices for chickens

since January 1 have averaged prac-

tically ten per cent higher than in the

corresponding period of 1935, and high-

er than in any year since 1921.



Demand has not been quite active

enough at these prices, however, to

take care of all the increase in supply,

so that more frozen poultry is now

held in storage than ever before at this

season.



Although producers are less inclined

to held back their poultry for ‘the hol-

iday market than a few . and

in spite of the heav marketing '

poultry to date, it is b lieved that the

supply still on farms '0 be marketed

during the next few months is large.

Receipts continue to run ahead of cor-

responding weeks in other years. The

spring hatch was later than usual as

a result of the cold weather, which

lasted well into May, so that springers

were not ready for market at the usual

time. The increase in the crop for

the country as a whole, has been esti-

mated at five per cent, and the move-

ment to market so far has reflected

this increase.



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during the next few months, when the

remainder of the chickens raised this

year will be marketed, holds no threat





 

 





   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 





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come. Prices have shown some ten-

dency to ease off toward lower levels





- recently, but not to the degree one





might expect on account of the gener-





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sumers so far have shown no apparent

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try, and dealers also will continue Wil-

ling to, buy freely for storage, unless

market supplies should be above their

expectations. .



The longer time outlook is no less

promising. Returns to producers for

eggs during the year have not aver:

aged as high as in 1925, and flocks

may not be increased again next

spring, unless they are increased more

that seems probable, hence there is

no danger of any surplus next year to

keep prices low.



Table pohltry production has under-

gone a great change for the better.

Definite improvement in quality can

be seen when compared with even five

years ago. Better methods of handling

poultry in storage were a big factor.



The bulk of the poultry crop is mar-

keted in the late fall and early winter,

when spring chickens are of market-

able size. Since much more poultry

is marketed at this time than the pub-

lic is ready to consume immediately,

large amounts are accumulated in stor-

age. Such accumulation usually be-

gins in September and is most rapid

in November, December and January,

but by the end of that month, the

trend turns, as consumptive demand

then requires more poultry than is fur-

nished by the decreasing fresh re—

ceipts.





Formerly, when dealers stored sur-

plus poultry, it was the custom to sell

the best stock while fresh, and store

the rest. As a result, storage holdings

consisted of a nondescript collection

of barrels, boxes and baskets of poul-

try of very irregular quality which, as

a rule, was inferior to the fresh prod-

uct. Then came the standardization

of grade, of quality and of package.

Today, the majority of dressed poultry

has been held in refrigerators at some

stage on the way from producer to

consumer, and dealers store their fin-

est poultry and sell the poorer grades,

while the housewife now goes shop-

ping for chicken in March with exact—

ly the same confidence as in the fall,

when fresh-killed poultry is so plenti-

ful, with the result that poultry is no

longer a seasonal food. This has tend-

ed to increase per capita consumption

of poultry.



More dealers are buying on a qual-

ity basis than a few years ago, paying

a. premium comparable with the final

market prices on poultry of excellent

quality. Producers have been given

the incentive to produce fine, well

fleshed birds, and the general improve

ment' in average quality of market re-

ceipts has resulted. .





PRODUCING CLEAN EGGS.





 





LEAN graded eggs bring consider-

able more on the market than

soiled eggs. So it behooves us to take

every precaution to keep our eggs

ean, so as to obtain the highest price





until



. Clean-

ing the dro

help ,so muc

these screens.



An added advantage is the fact that

a hen on the floor is encouraged to

activity. The hens that spend any

great portion of their time on the

roosts are fit. subjects for colds and

roup.



Gathering eggs twice daily is also

a help in producing cleaner eggs. By

all means supply plenty of nests. Eggs

laid on the floor are invariably soiled.

A nest may have ten or twelve. clean

eggs in it, and the entire number may





be soiled by the hen laying “16,118,112 / ;





egg.—.—“Mrs: L. H. .Funk.





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RT LONSDORF, county agricul-

tural agent-of, Dickinson county,

claims as this year’s agricultural

achievements in his county, the larg—

. est calf club enrollment of any county

in the Upper Peninsula, the largest

calf club exhibit ever held at any coun-

ty fair in the peninsula; the largest

number of registered bulls on exhibi-

tion at any county fair in-the state,

the greatest number of newly regis-

tered bulls in any county of the Upper

Peninsula, the largest annual farmers’

. picnic in the peninsula, the largest

, number of dairy cows with records in

,/ » the peninsula, the largest number of

l ' . poultry houses under construction in

the peninsula.





‘SET 1927 FAIR DATES.





 





OUNTY fair dates for the Upper

Peninsula were decided on at Mar-

quette recently when the Cloverland

’ Fair Association met for the purpose

of arranging the schedule for the 1927

season. The dates follow: Chippewa,

. August 23-26; Luce, August 30 to Sep-

- tember 2; Dickinson, September 1-5;

Gogebic, August 30 to September 2;

, Iron, September 1-5; Marquette, Sep-

tember- 6-10; Delta, September 13—16;

~ Schoolcraft, September 20-23; Menom-

inee, September 20-23; Alger, Septem-

‘ ber 20-23; Baraga, September 22-24;

,Houghton, September 27-30. Other

\fair dates will be announced later.





JEWS TURN TO FARMINP





 





 





HE Jews are turning to farming

as a means of livelihood in ever

increasing numbers, said Mrs. Elmer

Eckhouse, in charge of the depart-

‘ ment of farm and rural work of the

National Oouncil of Jewish Women,

at their annual convention in Wash-

ington. There are now 20,000 Jewish

farmers in the United States, and they

till more than 1,000,000 acres of land.

With the members of their families

they comprise a population of 75,000.

Most of these farmers are congregated

near the large cities.





POULTRY AND EGG CROPS.





 





BOUT seventy farmers’ associa-

tions in the United States, with

50,000 members, are engaged exclus-

ively in the cooperative marketing of

eggs and poultry, the division of co-

~ operative marketing has learned in a

recent survey. The egg and poultry

associations are located in eighteen

states, practically all of them having

developed since 1913, and most of

them since 1921. Forty-eight associa—

tions handled 2,566,515 cases of eggs

last year at $26,529,218. Live poultry

handled by thirty-four associations

amounted to more than 12,000,000

pounds, and brought $3,000,000. It is

expected that the reports for 1926 will

show a large increase in marketing

poultry products cooperatively, and a

number of associations are increasing

their facilities for feeding, fattening

and dressing poultry.





 





WOMEN CONTINUE CLOTHING

PROJECT.





 





 





HIRTYfTHREE groups of women



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clothing project this year under the



instruction of leaders trained by spe-



cialists from the home economics de-



partment of Michigan State College.



This is the second year that these



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"communities in the county ’wish to



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, Reports on yields of alfalfa seed in

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Worth money to all farmers

BY A MASTER FARMER





I thought I was as smart as any farmer. But I wasn’t on

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I put into my twine can an 8 lb. ball of Plymouth twine

(the grade that’s tagged 500 feet to the lb.) and made a

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of another make I had been using. Igot only 1,481 bundles.





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In December I received 81.96 - - - Profit .96

In January 3 received 82.23 - - - Profit 1.23

In February I received 82.53 - — Profit 1.53





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Patchwork plastering must be given

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SOFTENING WATER FOR BATH.





 





Could you tell me what could be

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from forming where hard water is

used? Also anything to use for soft-

ening water for the bath and to wash

face and hands, that will not irritate

the skin? We do not feel able at the

present time to have a cistern, or wa-

ter softener, as you know what the

expense of building is at the present

time. Any suggestions will be appre-

ciated—R. S.





It is a. comparatively simple matter

to soften hard water by chemicals for

laundry and boiler use, but quite a

different proposition to do so‘,”so that

the water can be used for cooking,

bathing, and washing the face and

hair. Aside from a water softener, I

know of no way of doing this. The

only things I can suggest until you

can put in a softener or a cistern, is

to catch rain water in a closely screen-

ed barrel, or to use water from the

melting of artificial ice. If you are

close to town, it would not be difficult

to haul ice water occasionally when

your rain water failed you. _



On the other hand, it probably would

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in a cistern or a water softener, and

be securing the use of it until you get

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WATER PIPE QU ESTIONS.





Is “a ten or twelve-foot fall on a

twenty-rod distance enough for suffi-

cient pressure? Have half the distance

now laid with three-quarter-inch pipe.

Can I add a reducer coupler and use

inch pipe for the other half, or is this

not practical? It will all be straight

pipe except the hydrants. What depth

should pipes be laid to be perfectly

safe against frost?—~E. J.’



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be better if your whole string could be ’





one and one—quarter-inch pipe, how-

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pipes in very cold climates where wa-

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fore bitter cold weather, with stable. ,





manure, straw, hay, corn fodder, or

something similar which will keep out

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BUYS FARM OF PARENTS.





 





My sister bought a farm from our

parents and she was to pay $150 a.

year until paid. At the death of the

parents, the payments stopped and the

property became hers. She did not

live up to the contract. My sister has

no receipts to show that she made her





payments. She also borrowed money

from the bank and mortgaged the

farm. Can this contract be broken by





the heirs? Can the foreclosure be

stopped? How and When should we

proceed? What legal right has the

banker?——Subscriber.



We assume that the parents deeded

the property to the daughter. If there

was any record evidence of liability to

the parents, or the bank was informed

of it, the mortgage to the bank would

be subject to it, otherwise not. It is

not apparent how the heirs can avoid

the conveyance—Rood.





PROBATING QUESTION.





I am a direct heir to an estate con-

sisting of personal property and real

estate of which there is no deed. This

estate is“ located in the northern part

of this state. Can I make out my

claim and have it “notated” and sent

in, or must I appear in person? Would

I have to send my claim to the ad-

ministrator or to the probate judge?—

J. S.



The estate should be probated at

the county where the deceased resided

at the time of his death; and the pro-

bate court, upon closing the adminis-

tration, should and will determine who

are the heirs to the estate. V‘Vhatevcr

property was owned by the deceased

in the state, should be listed in the

inventory filed by the administrator.—

Rood.





RIGHT TO WHEAT ON PURCHASED

FARM.





I bought a farm in April from a.

party in Detroit, by dealing through

real estate agents. I bought the farm

for cash, with the proposition that I

would pay them the cost of the seed,

wheat, and fertilizer, and take the

wheat crop. I sent them the check for

same. They would not accept it, but

returned it, saying they were going to

reserve the wheat. There is no men-

tion made of the wheat on the war-

ranty deed. This crop was sown by a

third party on the fifty-fifty proposi-

tion. Can I hold my half of the crOp?

What can they do if I take my share

of the crops out of the shock and

place it on my farm ?——~R. H. S.





Warranty deed without reservations

passed to the purchaser all rights of

grantor making the deed in any crops

growing on the land. Reservation of

growing crops could not be shown by

oral evidence. . Rights of third parties

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sale florists iii-Detroit. and other large

cities have pronounced his flowers

larger and better colored than the Cal-

ifornia supplies, from which nearly all

the strawflowers have been coming in

a commercial way. The quality and

color of his flowers, and some effec-

tive advertising soon attracted the bus-

iness of mid-west'florists and gradu-

ally the demand has spread all over

the country". The last day I was over

to Mason, Art had just received a $400

order, and they range from $5.00 on

up. He has sold strawflowers this



. year to forty-six of the forty-eight

states. He grew about two-thirds of

a million of them on his fifteen acres,

and they bring a cent apiece. It keeps

five or six girls busy throughout a

rather prolonged picking season, and

the drying, sorting, packing and ship-

ping cost considerable, but apparently

there is also considerable left over, as

one might gather from noting the ad-

ditions being made to the Jewett farm

and greenhouse facilities.



The strawflower business, large as

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and interest. Art annually feeds a.

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crop shows and this year expects to

have several hundred bushels of high-

class seed corn available.



A greenhouse which he has just com

pleted is turning out to be an excel-

lent seed corn house for this season,

with plenty of ventilation and plenty

of heat. “Of course,” as Jewett says,

“You can’t afford to build greenhouses

to dry seed corn in them, but this one

would have been empty ’til February,

so I turned it to good purpose ’til then.

Next year, I can fix up a permanent

seed corn house.”



Jewett happened to have widely sep-

arated corn fields this year, so he grew

three varieties, Duncan, Duncan’s

Frost Resistant Selection, which is

proving to be a week or so earlier in





maturity, and five acres of an eight- ‘





row yellow corn which is just about

the nicest looking corn in the way of

a flint variety you will find in the

state. It apparently is, a good yielder,

-too, and, with the corn borer empha-

sizing the need for late planting of

early corn, it may easily bring Flint

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neers that stormy spring morning



as the Kathleen Briggs tied up at

the St. James dock and their long and

tedious lake journey came to an end.



For, though this island empire of

the Mormons was being made to blos-

som like a rose in the desert, still it



.lay at the edge of the wilderness. This

was the border. Border of the north,

little less wild and savage than its

contemporary, border of the west, in

that year of 1856. It was at a time

when men were crossing the (border-

lands, crowding back the frontiers,

building an empire, making America.



The California gold rush of ’49 was

history now. The Mormon colony in

Utah was established and thriving

these eight years gone by. Already

in the southland were heard rumblings

of the coming conflict that was to

shake the newly laid empire to its

very foundation stones.



Yet here, on the edge of the north-

ern forest, the wilderness yet kept

tenacious hold, was loath to relinquish

its domain. ,



A string of houses, some log, some

frame, rimming the curving beach,

made up the village of promise. Back

from the shore on a slight elevation

stood the Mormon tabernacle, largest

and most imposing structure on the

island. Behind it, half hidden in the

timber, the corrals for the cattle.



At the northern end of these corrals

there stood, and still stands, a gnarled

and ancient beech tree, past which the

more timid oi" the colony dreaded even

to walk by night. It was the public

whipping post of the King, Priest and

Prophet of eastern Mormonism, James

Jesse Strang, in whose active brain

had been conceived and executed the

plan for this religious empire, and who

ruled his creation undisputed now,

with a tyrant’s rod of iron.



South of the tabernacle, and nearer

the beach, was the palace of the King,

a two-story house of no poor construc-

tion. It was built of lumber sawed in

the Mormon mills, its walls finished

with plaster, for which the lime was

quarried on the island and burned in

the Mormon kilns.



Builders, those Mormons, of houses

that stood for permanence, for homes.

Undisturbed and under the guidance

of a ruler less despotic, theirs was‘a

dream of empire that would have lived,

flowered and borne fruit. They had

come singing into this wilderness,

bringing church and school along, in-

spired by religious faith, the greatest

colonized of all the history of man’s

wanderings, and theirs was the brand

of hardihood that keeps its grip in the

face of adversity, undaunted and smil-

ing. -



As the barren deserts of Utah have

turned green and fruitful under Mor-

mon toil and Mormon genius, so would

the Wilderness islands of the Beaver

chain inupper Lake Michigan have

turned to smiling farmlands and neat

villages by now, had St. James been

possessed of a leader less harsh, more

sincere, could she have weeded out the

imposters, the criminals from her

ranks.



A few Indian canoes were drawn up

on the beach that April morning. A

small fleet of Mackinaw boats lay

alongside the docks. The fleet was

not large. These Mormons were farm-

ers and lumbermen. They had scant

need of boats.



()f the crowd on the dock when the

schooner had tied up, more than half

were women. Of these all were attired

in calico bloomers, blousing at the

knees, and all wore their hair in long

braids down their shoulders. Such

were the orders of the king. Divine

revelation had prompted him, he said.

There were those in the colony who

stared slyly at the shapely legs below

the short bloomers, and commented

secretly that the king was a great lov-

er of beauty. Especially feminine

beauty, they said, and let it go at that.



The ropes of the Briggs were made





 





 





 





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fast, the gang plank lowered. ' Then

.here came a new arrival on the dock,

a man who elbowed his way roughly

and arrogantly through the crowd to

the schooner’s side. Brand Carter this,

favorite of the kin’s corp of oflicers,

masking under the title of a duly elect-

ed sheriff, a henchman always ready

0 do the royal bidding.



A short burly man, swarthy and full

bearded. who swaggered with the \con—

sciousness of his power, even when

he hurried. ‘ ,



He caught sight of the lean, freckled





ed. “I kick any dog that gets in my

way. And I’m going to club her brains

out, Barbara Loar, and you might as

well get out of the way and turn your

head if you don’t want to watch.”



“Try kicking me, if ‘I’m in your

way,” Barbara flung at him.



White with fury the sheriff wheeled

on Sam. Loar. “Keep her out of this





Sam,” he roared. “It’s no place for

her Make her mind her own busi-

ness.”





It was over in an instant. Saman-





tha Loar’s shriek of hysteric fear, Bar-'





 





The Story





THE spring of 1856,





thousand strong.





a small Mackinaw boat manned





den and unobserved.”





wharfing of the schooner.





 





saw the two-masted schooner, Kathleen

Briggs, nearing the harbor of St. James on Beaver Island. Her

cargo of twelve pilgrims were soon to become a part of the

Mormon colony organized by James Strang, that was already two





Soon after the schooner had cleared the shelter of the Straits,





course by half the craft’s length ahead of them.

the only one of the pilgrims who had not yet accepted the Mor-

mon faith, looked in the eyes of the young helmsman of the smaller

boat, and it was as if “their hands had brushed together, all hid-





At the dock, Aleck McCray, an old Scotchman, with his squaw, .

Bobbie Burns, and Orphan Danny, were among those awaiting the ‘





Thus Far I





crossed her

Barbara Loar,





by two fishermen,





 





 





nan on the ship’s deck and hailed him

oistrously.



“Ahoy there, Sam Loar! And Sa-

manthy and Barbara, too. Come ashore

the lot of you. Come ashore!”



In the confusion of unloading pas-

sengers and possessions, Aleck Mac«

Cray saw Danny Dawson slip away

from him, edging unnoticed through

the crowd, with Black Bonnie trailing

at his heels.



Then from the little knot about the

gang plank there came a sudden shout.

a surprised snarl, half of pain, half of

«rage, and then a man’s shrill yell, fol-

lowed by an excited babel of voices.



For the first time since the schooner

had come in sight of the lighthouse

that morning, Aleck replaced the bat-

tered hat on his bald head. He stalk-

ed swiftly down the dock and crowded

through the little tight ring of spec-

tators that had formed.



There on the dock Danny Dawson

was sprawled in a shapeless heap, his

body thrown over the body of Black

Bonnie where she crouched snarling

on the planks, his arms about the

dog’s neck. He looked up at Aleck as

the old man loomed over him and his

weak eyes pleaded more eloquently

than ever.





“Don’t let him, Aleck,” he begged.

‘Don’t let him do it!”



Advancing on the pair of them was

Brand Carter, threatening with a short

heavy club.



“I’ll brain her I tell you,” he shout-

ed at the frightened boy. “And if you

don’t get out of the way I’ll brain you

too, you fool!”



The ,girl with the red curls stepped

out of the circle of onlookers.



“You’ll do nothing of the kind, Brand

Carter,” she blazed at him. Her dark

eyes were black with fury. “You’ll

brain nobody!” .



“But she bit me, I tell you,” the

sheriff cried.



“He kicked her,” Danny told the

girl, his thin, frightened voice in

strange contrast to the angry tones of

the others. “I seen him do it.”



“Sure I kicked her,” Carter bluster—





bara dragged back, fighting silently

gainst her father’s hands, the sheriff

urning to spring toward the prone

dog, and then the dead silence that

fell on the crowd.



Carter was facing the long barrel

of Aleck MacCray’s frontier rifle, held

unwavering as rock, and above the

Sights the old man’s blue eyes were

agleam with strange fire.



“Stay, Carter,” he said, in a slow

even vome. “Hold. I gie the lad the

dog, four years back. Naebody’ll be

brainin’ her, whilst I’m standin’ by.

Do ye ken?”



“You’ll pay for this, MacCray,” the

sherlff promised him.



“Ye’ll find me at hame and willin’

to.settle,” the old Scotchman said

quietly, still holding‘him with the

steady rifle barrel. “I never refused

a debt yet, when my debtor wanted

tae collect. An’ I’ll gie ye anither

word or two, Brand Carter, since ye’re

sheriff an’ we’re talkin’ togither sae

friendly like. The next mon that

comes sneakin’ to Garden Island to

sell liquor tae the Indians wi’ tobacco

in it will hae a debt 0’ his own to pay,

and I’ll collect it!”



Carter’s courage was coming back

now.



“You’re right, I am sheriff, Mac-

Cray,” he said. “If there’s any law

enforcing to be done I’ll do it.”



The old man lowered his rifle, step-

ped suddenly so close to the sheriff

that he towered over him.



“Sheriff,” the old Scotchman said,

“I hae lived mony a year in the wil-

derness, an’ I hae seen mony a law

enforced. I ken nothin’ that beats

this for ,the job.” He patted the slen-

der brown barrel of his rifle, turned

and nodded to Danny, still crouching,

frightened, over his dog.



“Come awa lac,” he said, and with

the pair at his side he stalked away

across the dock without so much as

a glance over his shoulder, to his old

place near Bobbie Burns, who had not

even arisen during the affair. As

Aleck halted near her though, leaning

against a dock timber, she favored





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as it was intended,.all unseen.

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pointed toward the girl, following her ~





parents and the sheriff up the street

toward the village. “Do you see,

Aleck?” he demanded shrilly, and for

once his voice was almost eager, “She

did come! I knew my folks was .on

that boat!”



And he would have trailed away af-

ter the girl had not his old friend de-

tained him. .



Then the sun broke suddenly

through the snow .clouds, beaming on

the blue harbor and the crude village

of St. James, for in that instant Bar-

bara Loar had flashed over her shoul-

der a radiant smile at man and boy

and squaw and dog, alone now on the

nearly deserted ‘dock.



In the moment of her landing, Bar-

bara had won for herslef two slaves.

With that smile she bound them to

her in a glad and unbreakable bondage

of worship.



CHAPTER III.

The Lamanite.





OME two hours later, the storm



having cleared, Samantha Loar



came wandering down to the wa-

terfront to look over her new sur-

roundings and to make friends, or at

east acquaintances.



She found Aleck still sitting on the

end of the dock, his feet dangling over

he water, his shoulders hunched, ut-

terly indigerent to the chill wind that

continued to blow off the lake. He

was sunk for a time in that melan-

cholia which sometimes descended up-

on the old men of the frontier. The

coming of the pilgrims had done it.





‘People from the outside world, the





strata of life he had willingly quitted

years ago. Men with families, women,

That was it! They had

come to this wilderness to build hous‘

es for themselves, to clear farms, to

rear families, to stay. And their com-

ing had depressed this strange old

wanderer who would never have a

home of his own, who indeed, did not

even want one. He sat now, moody

and silent, his frontier rifle across his

knees. From time to time he drank

from a flat dark brown bottle that he

dkil'evz' from the pocket of his buckskin

8 1r.





He was not drunk. ,True, he had

consumed a quart of the fiery frontier

liquor since daybreak, and was per-

hapsas near drunk as he would ever

get to be, which was not near at all.

A man may become inured to almost

anything, if he keep up a contact suf-

ficiently intimate-over a long period of

years, and the old man had come to

feel for the strong liquor of his day

a certain friendly contempt.



“It’s nae like the Scotch whuskey,”

he would say. “An Indian noo can

get drunk on it, but a. white mon

canna.”.





Still a dozen feet behind him Bobbie

Burns squatted on her heels, resting

against a post, bearing stoically the

cold Wind, enduring silently the wait

until her white lord should choose to

leave his own people. She was rely-

ing steadily on the clay pipe to' ease

her discomfort, and apparently was

Eneet'mg with much conSolation there-

rom.





Samantha studied the tableu silently

for a scant minute. That was a long

time, and about the limit of endurance

for Samantha’s silence. Then she ad-

dressed the old man.



“Won’t you take your death of cold,

sitting out here in this storm and

cold air?”



Aleck studied her a minute soberly.



“Nae ma’am,” he stated gravely, and

the conversation lapsed.



After a brief interval

tried a new tack.



“Who’s he?” she inquired, nodding

in the direction of the immobile Indian

behind Aleck.



“He’s Robert Burns, ma’am,” he said.



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outraged and righteous indignation.



“Why, you old liar,” she blazed. No

response. After a minute, intuitiOn

smote her. “I believe you’re drunk.”



She sniffed suspiciously. “I know

you are!”



Still no answer. Then finally Aleck

rolled his blue eyes mildly up at her.

“He’s' mywife,” he stated calmly.



Samantha stared, not crediting her

ears.



“Who is?” she demanded.



“Bobbie Burns.” .



“Why, you old pagan,” Samantha

stormed. “You’re so drunk you don’t

know what you’re telling me. You

couldn’t be married to that old Indian

man, and you know it!”



Aleck nodded moodily. “Ay, ma’am,”

he agreed soberly. “Ye ken, though,

Bobbie’s a woman.”



This staggered Samantha to com-

plete silence, while she studied the

subject under discussion. Bobbie Burns

drew indifferently at her pipe, paying

no heed whatsoever to the white

squaw. Samantha was constrained fin-

ally to admit the possibility of an error.



“You old savage,” she addressed

Aleck again. “A squaw for a wife!

You should be ashamed of yourself.

And getting drunk, too. Why, the

Lord will never forgive you!” A sud-

den curiosity possessed her. “You’re

not a Mormon, are you?”



Aleck made no answer. He had fal-

len silent again, was staring gloomily

off across the harbor of St. James.



“I know you’re not,” Samantha went

on, undiscouraged. “The king would

never stand for you drinking that

way. They tell me he doesn’t even

allow tea or coffee on the island.

Does he?”



Aleck shook his head,



“Nayther tea nor coffee, ma’am.”



“I knew it,” Samantha said delight-

edly. “Nor tobacco?”



“Ay, he does, tobaccy,” the old man

said gravely. “But the Mormons dinna

use it. They save it an’ put it in

Indians’ whuskey, and it makes the

Indians crazy. Raises h‘—~1, ma’am!”



Samantha drew herself up and

sniffed. “Why, you’re not even a fit

person to talk to,” she stormed, and

waited for Aleck to take up the argu—

ment in his own defense.



“Ma’am,” he said irrelevantly, after

a thoughtful silence, ‘.‘It gets sair lone-

some here. I ken ye’ll discover it for

yoursel. It’s nae sae bad in summer,

but the winter’s is awfu. Maistly

there’s only twa things a mon can do.

He can fish an’ get drunk. The king

will nae let the Mormons do mair than

just the fishin’. In winter the fishin’

is nae gude at all, an’ it gets sair

lonely. Lonely as h—l.” ,



Samantha recoiled again in stiff dis-

approval.



“Noo, as for an Indian wife, they’re

nae sae bad if ye ken 1100 to handle

’em,” Aleck went on. “They’re a mite

easier to get than a white ain, unless

ye’re a king an’ can hae your choice.”



Samantha stared at him indignantly

and started to speak, but the old man

had grown garrulous at last from the

liquor and from lack of company dur-

ing the preceding weeks, and he con-

tinued, paying no heed to her inter-

ruptions.





“Noo, there’s Bobbie yon. She’s a-





gude wife. Gude as the maist. I have

to beat h-l out of her aince in a time,

when she’s sae drunk she canna build

my fire or cook my porridge, but

maistly she does right wee]. An’ as

for her color, she canna help that.”



He leaned over, resting on an elbow,

becoming confidential.





“I dinna ken hoo deep ye’ve gan'g

into this religion ye’ve embraced,

ma’am,” he went on, “but ye see Bob-

ble there is only a Lamanite. She is

that. Ye ken, ma’am, she was a Jew

once. That is to say, her grandpap

was. Then they did somethin’ the

Lord dinna like, an’ He turned them

into Indians. Is it nae wonderful the

miracles the Lord can perform,

ma’am?”



Samantha was all attentiOn now.

This was new to her. Elder Page had

not had a great deal of time for ex—

pounding his creed, beyond the bare

necessities of faith and baptism. He

had not considered the complete his-

tory of Joseph Smith’s teachings nec-

essary to the conversion of the peni-

tents.



So Aleck, sensing that he had an

appreciative audience, and for once

enjoying his own garrulity, went on.



“Aweel ma’am, it’s this way. A lang

time gang, by some Jews got lost frae

hame. They had a chance “to come

to this country, only this country had-

na been discovered yet. But anyway,

on they came an’ discovered the place

for themsels. Aweel, 'they hadna mair

than landed here, and the Lord put a

curse on half of them.”



The old man halted and pulled forth

the brown bottle. Out of curiosity

Samantha smothered her desire to up-

.braid him, and stood waiting for him

to resume the tale. But Aleck seemed

to, have forgotten all about it in his

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when mothers Were bringing their bab-

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. And my heart did ache.



For, a guilty feeling came,

And it seemed to cry:



“You could milk, too, if you would-—

Take the pails and try!’





So, one night I took a pail—

Started for the barn-,



“Guess I’ll go and learn to milk,



‘ . It will do no harm.”



» And that winter when the folks



' Came down with the flu,



I was glad I’d learned to milk,

'Cause it helped us through!



—-—Pearl Weaver.





ded to warm water will clean greasy

kitchen woodwork quickly.



Boil a tablespoon of baking-soda in

a pan that has been burned, for about

ten minutes and you will find that it

can be easily cleaned.



To remove fresh shellac from a

brush, rub a small quantity of borax

well into the bristles. Then wash in

soap and water. The same treatment

will remove shellac from the hands.



To clean rusty knives, drop them

into thick sour milk and let remain

overnight. In the morning they can

be cleaned very easily.



A teaspoon of snowflakes may make

a better suds more economically than

the bar of soap that you have been

using.



When a water-pitcher has become

brown inside from hard water, let milk

stay in the pitcher until sour. Then

your pitcher will be-as clear and bright

as when new.»—Mrs. M. C.





FRESH ENING ENGLISH WALNUTS.





 





O freshen English walnuts that



have become slightly rancid, wrap

them in a clean cloth and dip in boil-

ing water for a moment. Immerse in

cold water and spread out to dry. No

rancid taste will be noticed. To crisp,

place in a warm oven until dry.—

Mrs. S.





' CHAMPION’S WARDROBE COST

$102.27 A YEAR.





 





ABEL BUSHNELL, sixteen-year-



old Green county farm girl was

selected from nearly 8,000 girls as

IVisconsin’s champion home economics

club girl to represent the state in the

International Club Congress at Chi-

cago.



Among Mabel’s feats was the prep-

aration of fifty meals for her family,

and 140 school lunches. In'addition

she did much of the family’s baking

and prepared many dishes that added

to the variety of the menu. In her

canning project, Mabel put up a total





Good Things





Tomato Mincemeat Fruit Cake.





1 cup brown sugar 1,5 cup chopped nuts

2 eggs. beaten 3 cups flour

lé cup butter . 2 heaping teaspoons bak-

% (-up molasses ing powder

1 cup sweet milk 1 tsp. cinnamon

2 cups green tomato 3% tsp. cloves

mincemeat 1 tsp. salt





Cream butter, add sugar and eggs.

Add molasses and sweet milk, stir

thoroughly and add mincemeat and

nuts. Sift dry ingredients and add

half of the dry mixture to the liquid.

Flavor with one teaspoon of lemon,

half teaspoon vanilla, and juice of one

orange. Add remaining flour and bake

in a loaf for one hour in a moderate

oven.





Cranberry Conserve.





1 qt. cranberries 2 tart apples

IA lb. (in-rants 1 can pineapple

1,5 lb. seeded raisins % lb. nuts





U oranges



Dice oranges, apples, and pineapples

and chop the nuts. Weigh the mixture

and add equal weight of sugar, to-

gether with one cup of boiling water.

Cook slowly until thick and‘ pour into

sterilized jars and seal while hot.





, Hassenpeffer.



Clean the rabbits thoroughly and

cut up into a brine with one cup of

vinegar added. Allow to remain three

or four days. Then putin. a stewapan





of 1,200 pints of fruit, vegetables and

meats for family use.



By doing most of her sewing and

dressmaking, she“ clothed herself in

style for only $102.27 during the entire

year. Enrolled also in the poultry, gar-

den and thrift clubs, Mabel remarked,

“It seemed that every little thing

which I did about the home counted

for club work."





MAKING THE GERANIUMS BLOOM.





 





NE of the questions that I have

been asked more than others, is

how to make geraniums bloom in win-

ter.





 





 





 





Joe Mitchell is Anxious that His Pet

Lamb Grow as Big as Daddy’s.





and window conditions have an influ—

ence that makes our best rules fail

us. Geraniums like a sunny window.

They are not naturally winter bloom-

ers, but can be made to bloom well

under favorable conditions and some

under most conditions, if potted right.



Keep transplanting geraniums into





larger pots and feed well while small,





for December





with pepper, salt, and a little nutmeg

and cook twenty minutes, then add a

half pint of stock with an equal

amount of cider. Tie a bouquet of sev-

eral sprigs of parsley, some thyme, a

clove, and a few peppercorns. Boil

forty-five minutes, add half dozen of

small onions that have been browned

in butter, and simmer ten minutes

longer.

' Carrot Hoof.



Cut carrots as for shoestring po-

tatoes and boil with finely cut onion,

celery and salt until tender. Drain

and mix- with one cup of bread crumbs,

two eggs and a. tablespoon of butter.

Mold the mixture into a loaf, cover

with dabs of butter or a slice of bacon

and bake one-half hour.



Maple Walnut Pudding.



1% cups light brown 1,5 cup cornstarch



sugar Salt: '



2 cups water

- Cook these ingredients twenty min—

utes in a double boiler, then add three

egg whites beaten stifl’, one cupof

chopped walnuts, and maple flavoring.

Serve this with a sauce made by cook-

ing the following ingredients until

thick.





 





 

   





There is no set rule, for weather





,tity of this Crystallized rind last sum-

to her friends E





but when you are ready to have them‘ ,

bloom keep them in the pot until it is 1

Do not water too much. i





full of roots.

Geraniums need but little water. After

buds show, they may be fed some, and

this kept up when blooming well, but

do not repot. If you are taking up

plants or buying small plants, pot them

in pots as small as you can crowd the‘

roots into if you want them to fill the

pots quickly and begin to bloom. Give

them rich soil and plenty of room,

and you will have richfoliage and few

flowers—A. H.





IF YOU SEW.‘





 





0 keep the shoulder straps on my



undies from slipping out of place,

I sew the end of a piece of baby rib.

bon, one and onehalf inches long, to

the shoulder seam of my dresses. A

snap at the. end of the ribbon has its

mate sewed to the same shoulder 'seam

of my dress at just the right point

so that it sets smoothly—Miss C. J.



When -making petticoats for my

growing girls, I do not sew up the

shoulder seams. I face the shaped

shoulder straps back about two inches

and join them with three sets of snaps.

In this way the shirts can be easily

adjusted to suit the length of their

dresses—Mrs. F. R. .



One of the most convenient little

gifts that I received last Christmas

was a small pin cushion about two

inches in diameter. To it was fasten-

ed a narrow elastic band to he slipped

on over the wrist. I wear this when

I am sewing and pins are always

handy—Mrs. V. U.





When hemstitching, wrap a. piece of»





colored paper around your index fin-

ger. The fine threads will be much

easier to see. ———Miss F. P.





CH ERRY PIES MAKE‘DOL‘LARS.





 





FIFTEEN hundred cherry pies were



sold in five weeks last summer at

“Cherry Hut,” a small roadside mar-

ket operated by Mrs. James L. Krak-

er, wife of a local fruit grower.



Mrs. Kraker purchased a ton of

cherries from her husband’s fruit farm

and baked the pies in'the hut by the

roadside, where the- escaping amma

from the ovens caused tourists to

make purchases. The pies Were sold

at twenty cents each.



The demand for the pies was so

great at times that Mrs. Kraker was

unable to bake them fast enough. On

rush days she employed two assist-

ants, one to wait on the public and

the other to pit cherries.





A SUBSTITUTE FOR CITRoN.





 





IN making fruit cakes, mincemeats



and so on, crystallized watermelon

rind is a perfect substitute for that

expensive article called citron. The

preparation of the rind is simple. Peel

the green portion from it, place in a

vessel and cover well with sugar. Let





it stand over night, or for several .





hours, until the juice has formed, then

place over a. slow fire and simmer un-

til nearly dry. Place on plattef's and

allow to stand in the hot sun for sev-

eral hours Seal in jars.



A thrifty housewife made up a quan-





 

 





mer and during the mat





 





 

 





 





 





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Use this department to help solve

your household problems. Address

your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan





 





'Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





ROLL JELLY CAKE.



Several recipes for roll jelly cake

were sent.in_ answer to Mrs. H.’s re-

quest. All...said they used granulated

sugar, and the- majority used pastry

flour, to obtain‘the best results. Mrs.

B. C. saysshe makes her cake-after

this formula:





3 eggs 1 cup pastry flour

1 cup granulated sugar 1 tsp. baking powder

4 tb. cold water Pinch of salt





Mrs. H. T. makes hers with only two

eggs, using this recipe.

2 eggs beaten light





1 cup granulated sugar 1 (-up pastry flour

1—3 cup milk 2 level tsp. baking pow-





Gratcd rind of one lemon der





Add hot milk last and bake in a slow

oven. ‘





DESTROYlNG CLOTHING PESTS.





 





Is there any way of destroying the

little wireworms that are so destruc-

tive among woolens and flannels‘?—

Mrs. M. B.



Moths lay eggs that turn into tiny

worms. Perhaps these are what you

mean by wireworms. Carbon disul—

phid, which is dangerous near fire, is

a very good safeguard against them.

It may be purchased at any drug store.

It evaporates rapidly when exposed to

the air, and forms a heavy gas through





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the clothing. The carbon disulphid is

poured over a sponge in a saucer plac-

ed in the top of the trunk or chest.

The trunk or chest is then sealed air-

tight for twenty-four to forty-eight

hours. Seal the openings with paperl

glue strips. This liquid is most inflam-

mable, so careful attention should be

given to fire.





 





WHAT ABOUT ENAMELED

RANGES?





 





I am wondering if any of the House-

hold Service readers have had any

experience with the enameled kitchen

ranges. ' \Vould like to know if the

enamel cracks or peels off—Mrs. F. T.



Can any one pass on their experience

with enameled ranges to Mrs. F. T.?

—Martha Cole.





CARROT JAM.





 





I would like to make some of our

winter carrots into jam. Can you send

me a recipe?—-Mrs. A. J. T.



To make carrot jam, use three

pounds of carrots cooked and chopped

fine, pulp, juice and grated rind of six

lemons, and four pounds of sugar.

Cook slowly on back of stove for two

hours, stirring often. Just before put-

ting into the jars, add one pound of

chopped nut meats. The nut meats

may be omitted and raisins substituted

if so desired.





 





   

 

 





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By Alice





ALESTINE, or the country in

which Jesus lived, is only about

the ‘size of Vermont or New Jer-

sey, but it is something like Cal-



ifornia in that it has the same varie-

ties of climate and landscape. It has

snow-capped mountains, fruitful val-

leys, high plains, deep rocky forests,

all spread along the great sea coast.

It has long months of rain, and long

months of drought. There are many

hot days when you want thin loose

clothing, and cool nights when you

want heavy blankets.



The northern part is pleasanter than

the southern part, for it has green





hills and valleys and streams that





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Joseph’s Shop Was Open Like a Shed.





come rushing down from the moun—

tains. It was in this highland part, or

Galilee, that Mary lived and it was

where Jesus spent his boyhood. The

little town of Nazareth is still there.

much as .it. was nineteen hundred

years ago.



It is a tiny place, only a cluster of

white houses in a hollow of the hills.





It can not even be seen from the





plain below, but if you climb the hills

above it on a clear day you Can see

the curving shore and sparkling wa-

ters of the Mediterranean Sea, and

perhaps the white sails of fishing

boats. . «



It is said that the word “Nazareth”

means “flowery” because of the wild

flowers that bloom around it. The

colors of these-wildflowers are bright-

e‘r'than ours, and in many places the

grass is. almost.. hidden with the bril-





, liwt.blossomsulijlowers like the hol-_

buoys assessmentthe mm which





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The Story of Jesus





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we cultivate carefully in gardens or

pots, grow wild there. The houses are

still the same kind as they were when

Jesus was a boy—built on both sides

of the narrow street, little square stone

cottages, with tiny doors and windows,

and broad flat roofs having an outside

stair to go up by; for in the evenings

during the hot season they all go up

on the housetop to get the cool breeze.



Nazareth is not on a main traveled

road and the villagers lived then as

now, a very peaceful life. Some of the

men are shepherds or goatherds, who

lead out their sheep in the mornings

to the hills. Some are farmers who

raise small crops of wheat or barley.

A curved iron blade dragged along the

ground by a yoke of oxen still serves

as a plow. Some have orange or olive

groves, or grape vines on the sunny

slopes.



In season they are busy making the

wine or olive oil, or drying the grapes

for raisins. Certain days are market

days and the villagers start off early





 





 





with baskets of grapes, olives, figs,

grain, bags of wool, bottles of wine or

oil, to trade or sell them in the larger

towns nearby in order to get the few

simple things they need.



But there was one man we know of

who lived in this town who was neith-

er afarmer nor a shepherd. His name

was Joseph and he was a carpenter.

Although he lived in Nazareth, his

father and mother came from Bethle-

hem at the other end of the country.

His shop was open like a shed, so he

could be cool while working. A long

wooden bench ran down the middle

on which lay his chisel and hammer

and other tools.



The lumber that he used was not

brought ready for use into his shop.

He Went out int-o the forests, cut down

the trees, split them into logs, then

sawed them into boards. We imagine

him tall and broad shouldered, his

kindly face tanned‘with the sun. His

clothing in cut and material would be

much like Mary’s, a long close-fitting

tunic, with girdle at the waist, and the

colored kerchief bound around the

head and falling over the shoulders to

protectpthe neck from the burning sun.

For. cooler weather he hada loose

cloak of coarse cloth.



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the most important are those

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from physical drudgery.





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search and experi-

ments which are

speeding the progress

of rural electrification

the General Electric

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the full support of its

great resources. Write

to your local power

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" ,
' ; Some Contest Comments

A Dz'rcurxz'on of An M. C’r Suggestion:





T the time of our contest contest



I received some interesting sug-



gestions, but chief among the

contest papers received was that of

Menno Martin, which expressed

thoughts upon which I wish to com-

ment. ‘



Here is what Menno says:





Well, well, Uncle Frank is at a loss

to know which of his contests are

most dear to us, and asks us to ex-

plain. Seems like we ought to know,

doesn’t it? Well, I racked my brains

for results and found them, to wit:



Our uncle seems to trust to our luck

rather than our brains, to bring us





 





Dorothy Scott Won the Essay Contest

at Top 0’ Michigan Potato Show.





prizes. A large percentage of our con-

tests require only a fulfillment of cer-

tain conditions, after which the cor-

rect ones are all put into a sack and

the ten lucky ones drawn out. Thus

the winners were only drafted. '



A few, however, were trials of merit,

and really deserved the name, con—

test. This kind of contest, such as

stories, poetry, essays, wit, etc., are

the kind of which I approve, and the

only kind I would waste a two-cent

stamp on.



Essays cover a large scope and con—

sequently deserve a larger space in

Our Page than they have hitherto been

getting. They are the only type of

contest through which an M. C. can

vent his opinions, which are numerous.



Those “Why I Like” contests are

popular, why not have another, for

instance, “Why I Like Fall?”



Here’s hoping our future contests

may call for merit, where the best pa—

pers win.



I am glad to say “Amen” to all Men-

no says, but the theory does not work

out in practice. For instance, when

we first started these contests, we

gave the prizes to those who sent in

the neatest correct papers, but soon

found that some had a natural ability

to write neatly, while others had none.

So, those who could easily write neat,

correct papers were getting all the

prizes, while the others were getting

discouraged. We, therefore, put the

element of chance into those contests





‘in which we usually received many-





correct answers. That at least gave

those who tried, and did get correct

answers, but naturally were not neat,

[a fair chance with those to whom

I neatness is easy.





I personally like the contests in

’which merit wins, but such as essay





' and story contests never get as large





?responses as the other kind.





For in-





Money,” and other similar subjects.



Really, it is much easier to win a.

prize in an essay contest, if one has

any ability at all, than in the other

kind. It is also better for the contest-

ant to take part in the merit contests,

for it is good practice to express one’s-

self on paper. I wish that more would

try these merit contests, as Menno

calls them, because it is in the trying

that one develops ability.





Menno says that the essay contests

are the only type through which an

M. C. can vent his opinions. The real

medium through which one can give

publicity to his opinions is through the

better Box, although contests in which

opinions are necessary are sometimes

desirable, especially on subjects which

are not usually discussed in the Let-

ter Box.





I believe it would pay us to discuss

further this subject of/contests. I also

think it right for M. C.’s and others

to ask questions regarding anything

they do not understand with reference

to’this department.—Uncie Frank.





 





 





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Hello, everybody! I just had to

write and say three cheers for George.

For many boys would not have the

courage to admit they have never tak-

en a drink. For my part, I don’t think

it right for anybody to drink. This

drinking of the younger folks will be

the ruination of Americawand no may-

be about it. Of course, I can’t say so

much about'smoking as long as my

best friend smokes. A lot of girls I

suppose wouldn’t go with a boy if he

smokes, but the way I feel about it is,

if a girl powders and paints, is there

much difference in a boy smoking? I

say no, because it’s equally silly. If

a girl asks a boy to give up smoking,

Wouldn’t he have as much right to

ask her to give up powder and such?



I don’t want you to think that I am

preaching, because I am not. I am

just airing my views. It sure is lovely

of John Roberts to help his folks the

way he does. He’s' a boy after me

own heart.——Adios, dear unk and cous-

ins, Just Jo.



There is some difference between





smoking and powdering. Smoking in-





 





PARENTS.





 





E will be more than pleas-



ed if you will take part in

our annual Parents’ Week. Give

us your criticisms, and sugges-

tions, or any message you want

to give to young people in gen-

eral. We would like to have

these letters by December 27.—-

Uncle Frank.





 





 





 





jures the health, while powdering does

not. Of course, some girls make them—

selves ridiculous with what they put

on their faces, and some boys do the

same with what. they stick in their

mouths.





Dear Uncle Frank:





I have never before tried to become

a member of your circle, but I thought

I would wait no longer. We receive

the Michigan Farmer. When the day

arrives that it should come, my sis-

ter and I impatiently wait for the mail

and then it’s a scramble to see who

gets it first—Your want-to-be—nephew,

Walter Plaga.





I am glad you have decided to take

part in our activities. I bet your sis-

ter has been a member for some time.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Do you like to hear history of our

Merry Circle Page? I’ hope you do,

for I am going to tell you some. The

other day I Was looking through an

old music stand and I found a Mich-

igan Farmer dated September 1, 1923,

and in it I found a picture entitled,





@DUR LETTER BDX





 





hope you consider it has something in

it. Please, Mr. Waste Basket, have

your mouth full so Uncle Frank will

answer my question. Uncle Frank, I

am just like you, I haven’t any name,

only one a M. C. gave me, so I will

use it.——Sincerely yours, “Carbolic

Acid.



I am sorry that it took you as long

as fifteen minutes to dip up that an-

cient history about me. Is your name

descriptive of you? It sounds like a

dose of poison.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I just finished washing those blamed

dishes, and I thought I’d drop in on

“Our Page” for a few seconds. I am

going to ask you a few questions,

Uncle Frank, and I trust that you’ll

answer them. Does one need to take

part in a contest in order to become

an M. C.? What is your last name,

and have you any childnen? How old

are they and what are their names?

Are they Merry Circlers? Gosh, I

guess it is about time to stop asking

questions or you’ll think I’m very in-

quisitive, what say? I insist that “Dot”

should read “Brown Eyes” letter in an

August issue, as I agree with her. I

felt the same way when I saw 518' do-

ing the Charleston, but now I feel

different.



Well, this letter must come to a

conclusion or there won’t be any room

left for others. May I come again?—

Just a friend, “Boots.” >



Yes, you have to correctly answer a

contest to get an M. C. button. I have

twoboys, aged fifteen (twins) and big-

ger than their dad. Their last name

is the same as mine. Arthur and Frank

are their first names. They are not

M. C.’s, as it would be unfair to have

them work puzzles their dad gets up.





 





Dear Uncle and Cousins:



Say, Uncle Frank, did you ever have

all your brothers laugh at you? Well,

I did. Of course, now I am over fif-

teen years I thought I was old

enough to use powder on my face. We





were invited to a wedding supper and

I wanted to look nice, so I put some

powder on, too. My, but you should

have seen them laugh at me. I rubbed

it off then, and went without powder,

but I had as good a time as all the

rest did. Now I am not going to praise

myself, but I’ll say my complexion 13

rather nice without powder, so there!

—-Your niece, \Emma Blahnik. '



I’m glad your brothers laughed at

you. Why spoil a good complexion

with powder? .And the fact that you

had a good time without powder indi-

cates that one can have a good time





without it.





CHRISTMAS SCRAMBLE.





 





I BELIEVE that some of the Merry

Circlers will want to send greet-

ings to other M. C.’s. So this week

we/will have a scramble to help fulfill

their wishes in this respect. It Will

probably be best towrite your greet-

ings as a letter. But if you wish to

send a card greeting, send one that

will fit in an ordinary envelope.

Please remember to put your name





 





Ray Warner Had Best Potatoes, Except

Russet Rurals, at Gaylord Show.





and address on ‘an envelope which has

a stamp on it. Place this envelope

and your greeting in another envelope

addressed to Uncle Frank, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan. If you are

over twelve years of age, put the let-

ter “A” in the lower left-hand corner

of the outside envelope; if under

twelve years of age use the letter “B."

Your greeting will then be sent to

someone near your own age. This

scramble closes December 18.





 





Two Michigan girls were among the

winners in the national contest be-

tween local leaders of boys’ and girls’



(Continued on page 621).





“Difficulties Cannot Last”

Say; L. H. Bailey, Agricultural Leader





IN times of difficulty and depression we are in special need of sturdy and





forward-lookingmen and women.





The boys and girls of today will be the





leaders of tomorrow. To these boys and girls on the‘farms I send greet-

ings.





It is yours to overcome.

cannot last.





The outlook is good, 'for present difficulties





You need good preparation in education; learn to be

persistent, to stick to it; try to fine satisfaction beyond

the money profit—in the. love of' plants and animals,

appreciation of the landscape, the freedom and inde-

pendence of country life, in the realization that you are

greatly contributing to the world’s needs by growmg the

foods and fibers and other supplies, and'that you are





 





 





 





keeping the earth fit and fertile for those who are to

come after you.——L. H. BAILEY. ' ‘ .. . ‘5 J ‘

‘ Born in Michigan nearly "seventy. years ago, and a, H '- V_ . ,



national figure since he went to Cornell in 1888, Dr Liberty H. Baileyfgis‘ . -

one of the, most distinguished agricultural leaders America, . .929 . du » It

Probably no other American {has written so‘many term ' ‘ » ‘

higher agricultural honors. - . ;- = ~ ».



gingham. rm 1* ' Emma ; ~





stance, it seems as though some would

I prefer to spend several hours in‘ hunt-

ing answers to the Read~and-Win con-

tests, than to spend a half hour writ-

ing some little essay on “Why I Like

the Farm,” “How I Earned My First





“A Rose Between Two Thorns,” and

you were one of the thorns. That is

the first time I ever saw a picture of

you. You are good-looking, and you

are not bald; I had an‘idea you were.



This letter has got'about fifteen min:

utes of time andflthought melt, and I,





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Dairy Farming '





 





KEEPING UP TESTING WORK.





 





' ALAMAZOO county has for years



- supported one cow testing associa-

tiOn. The work started by Mr. S. P.

Secton, one of the first Kalamazoo

county testers, has gradually ‘spread

to all townships of the county. In

1924 two associations were formed and

J. E. Fleming and Orrin E. Reeder

took ove'rthe testing duties after they

had completed .the short course at

Michigan State College. Both of these

testers report'progress and a success-

ful testing .year in- their annual sum-

maries. -: . .. . .



A few of the herd-s under test aver;

aged far below the association average

in milk and butter-fat production. One

herd with eight cows under test, aver-

aged only 213 pounds of butter—fat.





GOING STRONG IN“ GRATIOT.





 





’i‘HE Gratiot County Cow Testing





Association closed its second year

of testing work in 1926. Improved

production is noted by the tester in

this year’s results. The 245 cows un-

der test averaged 325 pounds butter-

fat and 7,682 pounds of milk. The

high herd in butter-fat production was

owned by' Earl Bayes. This herd av-

eraged 517 pounds of fat and 9,686

pounds of milk, with seven pure-bred

and grade Jerseys under test. The

Bayes herd has been in the testing

work for two years.



Delbert Conley had the high herd

in milk production, averaging 13,830

pounds of milk and 504 pounds of but-

ter-fat. His seven pure-bred and grade

Holstein cows showed remarkable pro-

duction throughout the year. The high

cow for the association belongs to the

Conley herd. -



There has been an increase in the

acreage of both alfalfa and sweet clo-

ver seedings in this association. Pure-

bred sires are in use extensively and

much of the improvement made during

the past association year is traceable

to the better dairy herd managementi

conditions used by the association

members. This association has con-

tinued to test for another year.





HERD IMPROVES SIXTY-SEVEN

PER CENT IN FOUR YEARS.





 





LARENCE PRENT‘ICE has con-



‘cluded two years’ testing work for

the South Newaygo C-ow Testing As-

sociation. Much has been accomplish-

ed toward better dairying in this part

of Newaygo county through the testing

work. For example, the efficiency of

production per cow has been improved

to the extent of thirty-six pounds each

over the previous year’s production.

This improvement is the result of cull-

ing out the unprofitable cows and im-

proving the feeding of the good cows.

The net profit per cow has increased

approximately $16 each. The cost of

feed was higher this year than the

feed costs in the previous year.





Another item explained by the cow

tester, Who believes it to "be due to

improved feeding, is the average but-

ter-fat test which increased 0.2 per

cent over the previous year for all

cows in the association.



Improvement in production occur-

ring in many of these herds has also

brought improved returns to the herd

owner. . One herd owner improved the





cows from 260 pounds of fat in 1923,

to 307 pounds in 1924; 362 pounds of

fat in 1925, and this year brought the

figure up to 435 pounds of butter-fat.

This is a gain of sixty-seven per cent





 





 





. THE anion, I GA ‘N’ . F AR M E R.





 





19—619





 





A—Te Official Record .





 





 





1925 1926

Apr. l—Oct. 1 Apr. l—Oct. 1

without Corn wit/2 Corn





, Gluten Feed Glulen Feed





     





Increase





   

 

   





 





     





Milk 86,185 lbs. 91,387 lbs. 5,202 lbs.





 

 





 





 





   





 

 





 





Butter Fat ' 2,841.4 lbs. 3,254 lbs. 412.6 lbs.





 





 





   





Feed Cost $805.55





 





$766.04





$39.51





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





     





Profit $995.63 $1,211.93





 





 





 





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If Gustav A. Kletzsch, owner of Nutricia Farms,

Thiensville, Wis, had been satisfied with an average

production his herd of pure/bred Holsteins might never

have'proved the productive capacity they revealed

in these figures of a six months‘ test that ended on

October I:





An increase of 371 pounds of milk and 29 pounds

of butter fat for every cow in the herd over the same

period last year! An increase in profit of 21.7%! High

cow in the Thiensville’Lakefield Cow Testing Asso'

ciation for six months! High herd, among the twenty’

six members, in September!





But Dr. Kletzsch, a retired physician, had been

doing some thinking about feeds. He believed Science

couldhelp him on his problem —if applied by the come

mon sense method of “test under your own conr

ditions.” And his problem was the problem of dairy!

men everywhere—how to produce

milk at the lowest cost and maintain

his herd in good condition.



Home grown feeds plus small

amounts of mill feeds and concenr

trates weren‘t giving the results he

believed possible. He had the record

of fourteen mature cows from his





 





in four years.





The cow is no respecter of persons.

Shea gives ‘to all—high'and low, rich





 





 





rtiop "it fun, 0.? 118,111.13! and happiness.





(Figures from Thiensville-Lakefield Cow Testing Ass’n.)





 





 





Taking the same cows, April I, last, he fed a new

grain mixture during the same six months of 1926.

Here is the ration:





Two hundred pounds of Corn Gluten Feed, 300

pounds of ground oats, 200 pounds of bran, 200 pounds

of corn and cob meal and 100 pounds of oil meal. The

cows received the same care, the same roughage, and

were fed in the barn both years.





“Corn Gluten Feed deserves a large share of the credit

for this success,” says Dr. Kletzsch. “Aside from the

increased returns, which have paid the cost of the added

feed several tirnesover,l am confident Corn Gluten Feed

has improved the quality of our milk. That is important,

for we are producing a high grade raw milk,

N utricia Holstein Milk, that must sell at a pre'

mium in a very competitive market.”





Are you giving your herd the chance to produce

at its full capacity? In the great:

dairy sections of the United States,

where results are a feed's real test,

Corn Gluten Feed has become estab’

lished as the high protein feed on

thousands of farms. All 26 members

of Thiensville’Lakefield association

now use Corn Gluten Feed. Test it,





herd of 85 head which ate that ration And “C4 5“, of Nashua, was high cow of for results,in your herd. Your deale—r

from AD“! I to OCtOber 1’ 1925'- the association, producing 10,264 pounds of can supply you-

milkand 366.8 pounds of butter fat in 170 days





CORN GLUTEN FEED





ASSOCIATED CORN PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS

208 S. La Salle St., Chicago, Ill.





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at N utricia Farms





>-
8,000,000 Cows '

not earning their feed





THE. U. S. Department of Agriculture estimates that there are

8.000.000 cows in the U. S. that are not paying for their feed,

and that there are 8,000,000 more that are not earning a profit.





Only those dairymen and farmers who are giving the same

’attention to the good health of their herd that they do to the

feed, are making milking pay.





In other words, it's the dairymen who realize that good

health, good appetite, good digestion and proper elimination

are the essentials of a good millccr that are taking home a.

mill: check with profit in it.





In a recent verified test made, January. l926, on a herd of

high«grade dairy cowa—cows that were being fed a well-known

prepared dairy feed. together with clover and soy bean hay—





' Dr. Hess lmproved Stool: Tonic was added to this ration.-

and;—

There was a gain on an average of just 9 gallons of mill:

per cow in 30 days. and an increase.in the butter fat of 4/"),

of one per cent.





Here is what this test proves: By investing only 5c in Dr.

Hess Improved Stock Tonic to the dollar's worth of feed. you.

can increase your profit $20.00 per cow per year.



Dr. Hess Improved Stock Tonic improves the appetite. Cows‘

(eat with a relish. That's a sure sign of better digestion.



lt helpi your cow to throw of? the Waste material, no

blogging of the system under the stress of heavy feeding,



It supplies the minerals, calcium carbonate, calcium phos-,

phate and potassium iodide, recently proven to be essential to

a cow in milk, and during the period of pregnancy.





Here’s our offer to the man with cows: Get of your dealer!

sufficient Dr. Hess Improved Stock Tonic to last your cows





30 days.

Get 25 pounds for every 5 cows. Feed as directed.





Then if you have not seen a satisfactory increase in thd

milk flow, better appetite and better condition of your cows,

just return the empty containers to your dealer. He will

(refund the money or cancel the charge.





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





Dr. Hess Stock Tonic





Improved





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

   

 





Losing Their Calves





You Can Stop Them Yourself



AT SMALL COST

Ask for FREE copy of “The Cattle ‘ '

Specialist," our cattle paper. Answers all

questions asked during the past thirty years

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

Home Veterinarian”, a Live Stock Doctor Book, Without cost.Veterinary

advice FREE. Write tonight. A, postal will do.





 





 

 





 

   





 





   

   

 





 

 





     





or. David Roberts Veterinary (3 Grand Ave., Wakesha, Wis. f

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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY





Wallinwood Guernseys

Sons of BROOKMEAD’S SECRET KINGfor sale.

F. W. WALLIN. JENISON. MICH





FOR practically pure-bred GUERNSEY or HOL-

8TEIN calves. from heavy. rich million.

write EDOEWOOD DAIRY FARMS, Whitewater. WII.





AT THE TOP





A Colnntha cow from our herd was high butter-fat

cow in Cow Testing Association work in Michigan in

1925. This herd of cows averaged 11,988 lbs. milk

and 688 lbs. butter in 1925. _



Typey Colantha. Bulls from cows standing high

in Official and Cow Testing work insure unusual

production. Ask us about them.





McPHERS ON FARM 00.,





 





 





 





 





Dairy Heifer other. vrscuoeuy - i



Guernsey pure bred $25.00 each. We ship "WW"! MW" 93“



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



F0, Sale 10 Registered Gumfisey 13313.) £31,3-; For Sale, .Holstem Bull

ready or service. sy a r . _



Cheap. Write JOHN EBELS, n. 2. Holland. Mich. We “9 03mm; ‘0‘ “1° ”- Rammed 3013““ 3““





about. ready for service. which has 30—1b. record be-

hind both sire and dam. He is also a. high class in—

dividual. Very level on top line. Price ‘very rea-

sonable. WHITNEY BROS., Onondaga, Much.





HEREFORD STEERS





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

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

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

Good quality. dark reds. dehorned, well marked

Heretord Steers. Good grass flesh. The best type





 





 





 





1056 Lbs. of Butter





A young bull ready for light service from a

dam with a. record of 1056 lbs. butter in a

year. Born February 5. 1926, and 90% whips.

Sire: Echo Sylvia. King Model, leading sire



of Honor List daughters for past. year.





Dam: A cow with a record of 1056 lbs. but-





ter and 23.4583 lbs. milk in 365 on om ed W gall

. . , are usually market toppers wh sh . ill



(1335' “1d '3' 515‘" 0f the Worlds your choice of one our lead from any bunch. Can

szkrg- Cow. Traverse (3°1me also show you ‘Shorthorn green. yrls or 3 yr old.





§end for pedigree of Tag No. 640.

"MICHIGAN STATE HERDS.” ~





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(Continued from page 605i. ‘

pared quite favorably with those out

the pasture crops. '

But we must, to be fair, compare the

best rations on pasture with the best?





ration on .dry-lot. On this basis the





'dry lot has been excelled. The pasture





fed pigs have the big adVantage of

cleaner ground, and also that their

owner wins, in? that the manure is dis-

tributed without extra cost.



In addition to the feeding trials run

in these experiments, another interest-

ing problem of hog breeding was stud-

ied. As yet the question is not defi-

nitely settled in the minds'of the in—

vestigators._ That problem is the one,

does swine cross-breeding pay? In the

past there has been much speculation

and some little experimental evidence

on this question. Due to the variation

caused by «individuality of different

sows used, no definite knowledge could

be secured. To avoid this possible er-

ror, these men from the station, to-





 





 





 





 





 





 





, s we 1' twin certaiii'co'un-

nlneteen to .‘twenty-one per cent of.

all-swine being marketed were ’infect-

ed with avian tuberculosis. .



In order to stimulate the testing of

cattle for tuberculosis, certain packers -

agreed to. pay ten cents per hundred

on all hogsreceived from modified acl

credited areas. They now‘ feel that in

order to fully justify the payment of

this extra. ten cents per one hundred

pounds premium, and also to place the

poultry industry on a more profitable

basis, that avian ‘tuberculosis should

be reduced or controlled as rapidly as

possible. j -



Dr. T. S. Rich, of Lansing, in charge

of tuberculosis control Work in ”Mich—

igan, came to Hillsdale county during

the past spring and presented a plan

of testing all poultry and swine‘ on

twenty-five or thirty representative

farms as an experiment as to what

could be done.~ These tests were ac-

cordingly made by ‘Dr. Beck and the

writer, and some interesting facts





 





 





 





 





The pig on the left is one of nine purebreds that required 359 pounds

of feed for each 100 pounds gain made from the time of weaning, as con-

trasted With 352 pounds of feed required by the cr‘ossbreds, of which the





spotted pig to the left is representative.





At 160 days 'of age the pure-br’eds





weighed 197 pounds each and the cross-breds 237 pounds. But do not forget





that pure-breds are required on both

the market. .





gether with Prof. P. S. Shearer, of the

animal husbandry staff, have been dou-

ble—mating the sows used in the cross-

bred work. By doublelmating is meant

that the sow is mated with both a

pure-bred boar of her own breed, and

a pure-bred‘boar of the breed with

which it is desired to make the cross.

As a result of this practice it is pos-

sible to get both pure-bred and cross-

bred pigs in the same litter. The re-

sults of this trial would indicate that

there is an advantage in cross-breed-

ing. Just what the future possibilities

of this practice are still remains a

matter of interest.



“Never in the history of swine breed-

ing has there been a time when hogs

have returned a greater profit to their

owners than they are returning at the

present,” said Dean C. F. Curtiss, as

he addressed this group of farmers..

“And with our newer knowledge of

breeding and feeding, the outlook for

the future is exceedingly bright.”





AVIAN TUBERCULOSIS i’RESENTS

A PROBLEM.





 





OR some time it has been known



that avian tuberculosis was becom-

ing increasingly prevalent in the north-

ern half of the United States, but it

has only..been within the last year or

two that the seriousness of the situa-

tion has received serious considera-

tion.



When several of our Michigan coun-

ties completed their first tests on cat-

tle for bovine tuberculosis, and they

became known as modified accredited

areas, it was thought that in such

counties tuberculosis infection of

swine, and much of‘it: in poultry,

would be greatly decreased. However,

due to the work done by Dr. T. S.

Rich; L. Van Ess,’ of Nebraska Uni-

versity; Howard R. Smith, Commis-

sioner of the NationaliLive Stock Ex-

change, and others, it was definitely

established that practically all of the

tuberculosis in swine was of the avian

type, and that the swine, were con-





tracting this from the poultry and not





 





from the cattle. It‘ was 'foundtthati-in.





 





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ides,‘ to produce cross-bred hogs for





were brought to light. The avian test

for tuberculosis was found to be right

around ninety—nine per cent accurate

in our tests. Eight farms out of the

twenty-five were found to be free? of

tuberculosis in the poultry and swine,

according to the test. These farms

were representative farms. Thus, on

sixty—eight per cent of these farms tu.

berculosis was found in the swine or

poultry. ' '



The board of supervisors'of Hills-

dale county, realizing the seriousness

of the situation, arranged with Dr. _

Rich to make a test on one entire‘

town. The state and federal depart-

ments plan on furnishing the veter-

inarians to do the,work,-while‘the

county will meet the necessary.travel-

ing expenses in the county. All poul-

try and swine retained as breeders are

to be tested. The township of 0am

den was selected by the tuberculosis

committee in charge .of the work, and

the work of testing started early in No

vember. Some important results are

expected from this work—J. V. Sheap.





ELEVEN MORE COUNTIES T0

TEST.





 





OARDS of supervisors in eleven

counties appropriated funds for

bovine tuberculosis eradicationin co-

operation with the State Department

of Agriculture and the Federal Bureau

of Animal Industry during October,

1926. The law provides that appropri-

ations shall be made during the month

of October, and the sessions just clos-

ed added eleven countieslito the wait-

ing list and brOught the‘total. number

of counties which have approved the

plan and appropriated funds for car-

rying on the work, up to seventy-one,

leaving only twelve counties in Michi-

gan which have not yet passed favor--

ablyon this program.“ .~ _ _ ~

The eleven new counties include





Saginaw, Lapeer,‘~0ak_land and Jack-j





son in the southern part of 'the state,



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udder or teats no investment

for the dairy pays such sure

returns as your package of

Bag Balm. . '



This wonderful healing

ointment, so clean and pleas- » :

ant to use, performs wonders

with the delicate injured

tissues. For Caked Bag,

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annoyance to cow and milker.

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Guernsey Bull For Service E23310???“





0. Stock. J. M. WILLIAMS. No. Adamc, Mich.





BUTTER BRED JEEBSE‘QAEELLS





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County, Michigan





 





 





FINANCIAL KING JERSEY BULLS for sale. from

ll. of M. cows. Type and production. COLD-

WATER JERSEY FARM. Goldwater. Mich.





 





Rosewood Farm Dispersion Sale

Shorthorn Cattle





at the Sale Pavilion, 'Hvowell. Mich.. Thursday. Dec.

”5th. l926. Herd bull, Maxwalton Clausman 2nd by

Imp. Rodney. All females well bred, a number with

calves at foot, others Well advanced in calf. Write

for cataloglms.



ROSEWOOD FARM. R. 5. Howell. Mich.





SHORTHORNS For ..1... ml



good cows with

calves at foot. and bred again. Also bulls and heif-

ers sired by Maxwalton Mock or Edglink Victor, two

of the good bulls of the breed. Will make very

attractive prices on all of these cattle. GOTFRED-

SON FARMS, Ypsilanti. Mich.





Registered Shorthorns For Sale





offered separately or together. 4-yr. white cow and

ml? 41-min callf 2 lino; 3-yr. red cow and roan male

ca mo. rivet to sell. I. F. MA . -

BurdlckySt" Kalamazoo. Mich. HER 337 S





 





 





Best of quality and breeding. Bulls.

Shorthorns cows and heifers for sale. BIDWELL.

STOCK FARM. an- D. Tocumuh. Mich.





RED POLLS for butter. beef and beauty.

3 young bulls from 6 to 7

months, and some nice yearling heifers for sale.

Write or call on

JOHN DEYARMOND. Mio. Mich.





HOGS





Duroc‘ Spring Boars





Col. breeding. April farmw. Write for description

and prices.





Norrie Stock Farms, Casnovia, Mich





 





 





 





Duroc Jersey Gllts and Bears of

F9" sale March and April fartow. Colonel and

Orion King breeding. Good type and size. Will

lend C. 0,-D. on approval. W. E. Bartlay.. Alma, Mich.





DUROCS





Bears and Gilts





Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.

FOR i SALE , Ten m... Du... 1...... no...





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tween days. uweélOngIIEaSgoi: the finest condition.t

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KEEPING SILAGE FROM FREEZ-

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ANY farmers who have trouble



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trouble on the type of silo, but careful

observers believe that there is no no

ticeable difference among silos as to

freezing, and that the trouble is due

largely to the way the silo and silage

is managed. How can freezing be pre-

vented?



First of all, the silo must be kept

tight, so that the air above the silage

will act as a sort of insulation. The

silo roof must be tight, the windows

kept closed, the silo doors put back

in place as the silage is fed down, only

one or two doors being left open at

the top of the silage, and this opening

must be closed with a heavy blanket

or rug, or a sack of straw which can

be pulled into place when leaving the

silo. A cover over the bottom of the

chute will also help.



Then the silage must be handled

properly. It should be kept higher in

the center, and should be broken loose

from the wall down two or three inch—

es at the close of each feeding period.

Two or three heavy rugs or blankets

spread over the ‘silage. especially

around the walls, will help a great

deal in preventing freezing from one

period to the next. Any small amount

of frozen silage pulled loose from the

wall should be put at the center of the

silo and overed with a rug or carpet

or tarpaulin, and the natural heat from

the silage will usually thaw it out be-





l:fore the next feeding period. It should





8be remembered that the large body of

silage has quite a lot of heat, and

that freezing from the walls is not

very deep or very severe so long as

this heat is kept from escaping up-

ward.



If, before cold weather, poles are

set up three or four feet away. galvan-

ized fencing tacked to these, and then

the space between packed with hay

or straw or corn fodder, very little

trouble will be experienced with freez-

ing. If these are twelve or fifteen feet

high, they will cover the part which is

usually fed out in- bitter cold weather.

——I. W. Dickerson.





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Tuesday, December 7.

Wheat.





Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.43; No. 2

white $1.44; No. 2 mixed $1.42. ,

Chicago—December at $1.40%; May

$14064; July $132176.

Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red $1.41%

@1.42%.

Corn.





Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 810; No. 3

yellow 860.

ChicagO.——December 75%c; May at

83730; July 861/20.

Oats. -





3 ligtroitr—No. 2 Michigan 52c; No.

, c.

Chicago—December at 4396c;

480; July 471/20.

Rye.

Detroit—No. 2. 940.

Chicago.-—~December at 91%,c;

971/20; July 971/80.

Toledo—Rye 97c.

Beans.





Detroit.—-Immediate

shipment $4@5.

New York—Pea domestic at $5.75@

6.25; red kidney $8.25@9.

Chicago—Spot Navy Michigan fancy

hand-picked $5.65@5.70 per cwt; dark

red kidneys $8@8.15.

Barley.

Malting 73c; feeding 62c.

Seeds.





Detroit—Cash red clover at $22.50;

cash alsike $19.75; timothy, old $2.55.

Hay.



Detroit—NO. 1 timothy at $19.50@

20.50; standard $18.50@19.50; No.1

light clover mixed $18.50@19.50; N0.

2 timothy $16.50@17.50; No. 1 clover

$17@18; wheat and cat straw $14@



15; rye straw $15@16.

Feeds.





Detroit.——-W’inter wheat bran at $34;

spring wheat bran at $33; standard

middlings at $35; fancy middlings at

$40; cracked corn $34; coarse corn

meal $32; chop $33 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT.





W'heat prices have had a fair rally

in the last few days. Congestion in

the December delivery at Chicago be-

cause of the moderate stocks available

for filling contracts, coupled with an

oversold speculative situation, seems

to be the main factor at the moment.

It is buttressed by firmness in domes-

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Primary receipts in the last three

weeks have been considerably below

normal at this season of the year. De-

mand from the mills is persistent,

although the total quantities taken are

not particularly large. Clearances of

domestic wheat are heavicr than they

were expected to be by this time, ap-

parently representing shipments on

sales’made last June and July. About

125,000,000 bushels out of the theoret-

ical surplus Of 200,000,000 bushels

have already been shipped abroad,

leaving only a moderate balance to be

disposed of in the remaining seven

months of the crop year.





RYE.





The rye market shows no special

strength. Deliveries on December con-

tracts were fairly large, and foreign

demand is not active enough to offset

the pressure from the large stocks at

terminals. Export sales have tended

to increase in the last two or three

weeks, however, and the market may

be getting on better footing.





CORN. -

Corn prices rallied briskly in the

last few days and are the highest in

a month. Small deliveries on Decem-

ber contracts, in spite of the large

stocks at terminals, seem to have dis-

closed an oversold speculative market,

the same as in wheat. NO important

change has occurred in the immediate

cash corn situation. Demand is rather

slow. Primary receipts are light, ,but

the movement of new corn is due to

get under way in the next month or

six weeks, and stocks already on hand

are burdensome for speculative shoul-

ders. Prices seem likely to work

somewhat higher on the advance

which started a few days ago, but nu-

merous setbacks must be expected

from time to time, as a result of pres-

sure from actual grain.





OATS.





After showing considerable weak-

ness in late November, the oats mar-

ket has stiffened up to some extent,

along with corn. Primary receipts

have been extremely light. Demand

also is quite limited, however, so that

no progress has been made in mer-

chandising the liberal stocks at term-





inals.

SEEDS.

The seed market is steady, with

higher prices generally expected on

most varieties as soon as the demand





opens up. Average prices paid to the

growers for alfalfa seed advanced to

$15 per 100 pounds on No'vember 16.

compared with $14.35 a month previ-

ous, and producers are marketing more

rapidly than in either of the past two

years. At the middle of November,

only 25 per cent of the crop remained

in growers’ hands, compared with 55

per cent at the same time last season.





FEEDS.





The advancing tre d which got un-

der way during Nov mber, continues

in the wheat feed market. Colder

weather has improved the demand, and

offerings are moved into consumptive

channels without difficulty.





HAY.





Cold weather and snows throughout

the country have stimualted the de-

mand for hay for winter feeding, and

the market is firm. ‘Southern markets

are buying as a result of the declining

supply of forage available. Dairy hays,

particularly, are in good demand. Top

grades are moved more easily than

low-grade or damaged hay, country

loadings of hay are reported to be

small, and a firm market is to be ex-





pected.

EGGS.





The market on strictly fresh eggs

has advanced to the highest prices for

the season, and is now above the cor-

responding time last year, when val—

ues were rapidly falling. Prices are

approaching their peak, although the

change in the trend is coming later

than a year ago Receipts at the lead-

ing markets are the smallest this sea-

son, but some increase is to be ex-

pected during December. In Decem-

ber, 1925, receipts were approximately

50 per cent larger than in November.

Once the supply of fancy stock is less

limited, prices will ease off.



Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts 47@5lc;

ordinary firsts 420L460; miscellaneous

490; dirties 30@3_4c; checks 28@320.

Live poultry, liens 22c; springers 220;

roosters 17c; ducks 23c; geese 18@

190; turkeys 300.



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candied and

graded 52@55c; storage 30@36c. LiVe

poultry, heavy springers at 24c; light

springers 210; heavy hens 240; light

hens 16c; geese 2 c; ducks 27c; tur-

keys 35@360. '





BUTTER.

Butter prices were marked three

cents a. pound higher in the Chicago

wholesale market last week when the





 





 





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CHICAGO.

Hogs.



Receipts 36,000. Market around 10c

lower than Monday’s best price. NOW

slow; pig packers inactive; early bulk

good 150-250-1b. average $11.65@11.90;

few loads 250-280-lb. average $11.95@

12; tops $12; market slow; pigs $11.60

@11.75; selected kind up to $11.90;

most packing sows $10.65@11.10; light

weight up to $12.25.



Cattle.



Receipts 16,000. Two-way market

on feeding steers; strictly choice

lights, strong and higher; plain fat

weighty steers weak to 25c lower;

yearlings, no trade; decline on weighty

feeding steers, of value to sell at $9.60

down; beef run she stock 10@15c low-

er; packers and feeders scarce 15@

250 up; vealers steady to 25c lower;

mostly $10@11..



Sheep and Lambs. ‘



Receipts 15,000. Market, praCtically

no early trade; quality is plain; fat

lambs steady; nothing offered to test

top; sheep generally steady; feeding

lambs fairly active to 250 higher.





DETROIT.

Cattle. _

Receipts 373. Market steady.

Good to choice yearlings

dry-fed ..... . . . . . . . .$10.50@11.75

Best heavy steers, dry fed 850601000

Handy weight butchers... 8.00@ 8.75





 





Mixed steers and heifers 6 00@ 7 75

Handy light butchers . . 5 50@ 6 25

Light butchers . ..... . . 4 50@ 5.75

Best cows 5.00 @650

Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . 4.25@ 5.50

Cutters ....... . . . . . 3.75@ 4.25

Canners . . _. .Bufi. . . . .. . . . 283% fig?)

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Stock bulls . . . . . ........ 400(5) 4.50

Feeders 6.0067) 7.00

Stockers ................ 5.50@ 6.50

Milkers and springers. . .$55.00@ 90.00

Calves.

Receipts 591. Market steady.

Best .................... $15.00@15.50

Others .................. 3.00@~13.50





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 4,435. Market steady.





Best grades ............. $13.00@13.25



Fair lambs ............... 11.00@11.50



Light to common lambs. . 5.50@ 9.25



Best lambs . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00@12.00



Fair to good sheep ...... 5.00@ 6.25



Culls and common ...... 2.00@ 3.00

Hogs.





Receipts 2,627. Market steady and

250 lower on mixed.





Mixed ............... see-ccoeoo$12.00

Roughs ........... 10.75

Yorkers .............. . . . . . . . . . 12.25

Pigs cccccccccc o oooooo coon-oooooe 12.25

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

BUFFALO.

Hogs.





Receipts 1,500. Mostly 100 higher;

all interests buying; few packers at

$13; bulk 150—180 lbs. $12.75; 200-230,

mostly $12.60; packing sows mostly at

$10.50@11.



Cattle.





Receipts .200. Market steady, steers

and reactors $2.75@3.75. ,

Calves. ,

Receipts 200. Market steady: good

and best vealers $15; culls and com-

mon $11 down. ‘ '

2 Sheep and Lambs. ._ -

Receipts 2,300. H 16 overs 250. Man

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supply of fancy butter again fell short

of.the demand. Storage reserves are

being drawn upon freely to supple"-





ment the receipts of fresh, which are

more than 10Vper cent smaller than a;

year ago. Expectations of a heavier

early_winter make have failed to ma.-

teiialize so far, but some increase is

certain.“ before the end of the year.

Some swing to butter substitutes has

been noted foliowing the recent ad-

vances in retail prices. Foreign but-

er‘is already' arriving in larger quan-

tities, offsetting to some extent, the

mailer receipts of domesitc. Such

onsiderations lead to the conclusion

hat prices probably are close to the

Winter peak. At this time last season.

prices had already started down, and

for the month averaged two cents a

pound less than in November.



Prices on 92-score creamery weref

Chicago 54c; New York 540; Detroit,

421/2@46%c per pound in tubs. '





WOOL.





. While trade in wool is not large, it

is broad enough when compared with

the light stocks, to keep prices at

Enough of the new clip

has been moved to lighten the hold-

ings of dealers, and imports are still

small, although they are expected to

increase after the first of the year.

Cloth business is fairly good, and mills

do not have large reserves, so that

they must buy raw material as orders

for goods are booked. The London

sale is proceeding with the opening

level fully maintained. Consumption

if wool by domestic mills in OctOber

cached 49,000,000 pounds, grease

equivalent weight, the largest for any

month since January, 1925. Consump-

tion for ten months in 1926 totaled

414,000,000 pounds, as compared with

438,000,000 pounds in the same period





of 1925.

POTATOES. ..





The potato market is largely un-

changed from a week ago. Markets

are welhsupplied and dealers have

been buying only on a hand-to-mouth

scale, so that demand was slow. The

quality of the crop is low and the re-

duction following sorting for shipment

probably will be above the average.

A firmer undertone is gradually devel-

oping and stronger prices are expect-

ed. Northern round whites, U. S. NO. .

1, are quoted at $2.25 to $2.50 per hun-

dred pounds, sacked, in the Chicago

carlot market.





BEANS.





.The demand for beans is good at

slightly increased. prices. , .





APPLES.





Apple markets are still dominated.

by larger supplies than the demand

can absorb. _ The outlook for some im-

provement in the market for good

quality, long-keeping stock, is strength-

ened by extensive damage from cold

weather and the moderate supplies

held in storage.





CHEESE.





The cheese market is quiet, with

prices steady in spite of a very slow

trade. The high prices for butter are

influencing factories equipped for the

manufacture of both butter and cheese

to turn their milk into the former, so

thatcheese production has been cut.



Prices for No. 1 American cheese:



Chicago—Twins 2334@24c; single

daisies 24@24140;7double daisies 23%,

@24c; longhorns 24%@24%c. , >



New York—Single daisies at 24%





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Philadelphia—Flats 251/ @260; sin-‘

gle daisies 2562251760; longhorns 25%

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DETROIT CITY MARKET.





Apples 60c@$3 bu; bagas 75c 1

bu; beets 75c@$1 bu; caulifloweigaggl

@2 bu; cabbage 50@900 bu; red $1@.

1.25 bu; cabbage sprouts‘70@'750 bu;

local celery 20163650 dozen; carrots at

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

endive $1@2 bu'; root. parsley 75@90c

bu; curly parsley 40@60c per dozen

bunches; potatoes $1 @160 bu; sweet

peppers, green $1.50@2 bu; spinach

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Hubbard squash 75?@90c bu; pears at

75c@$1.50 bu; parsnips $1.25@1.75 bu;

pumpkins 50@75c bu; root celery at -

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(continued from page 613).

the bottle away, and lapsed again into

his gloomy silence:

. “What did He

prompted him.



“Who, ma’am?”



“Why, the Lord, when He cursed

those people.” .



“Ay,” Aleck resumed. “He turned

them red, ma’am. Only He dinna call

them Indians, because He dinna ken

yet they was Indians. He called ’em

Lamanites. That’s hoo Bobbie yon is

a Lamanite, ma’am.”



Samantha, puzzled over the patch-

work ‘tale, would have asked ques-

tions concerning the other half of the

lost band,‘ but the Old Scotchman

changed the conversation abruptly to

a topic of greater concern. . . . ’



“Will ye gang to the baptizm to-

horrow, ma—am?” “ _



“Oooh,” .Samantha gurgled, W111

there be baptizing tomorrow? I must

plan to be'baptized. I’ve never had it

done that 'I. felt was right and proper.

It’s been done twice, once by a Baptist

minister, and again by Elder Page, but,

I never felt fully satisfied either time.



“Aweel, ma’am,” Aleck said, “I ken

ye’ll be weel satisfied tomorrow.” The

semblance of a grin wreathed his

leather old face.



Thenyas Samantha departed up the

dock he arose and motioned Bobbie

Burns toward their canoe that lay

drawn up on the shore a short dis-

tance away; _



“Bobbie Burns,” he said gravely, as

she scrambled up and Waddled off

ahead of him, “Ye’re nae but a Lam-

anite, but ye ken, Iprefer ye to .a

Mormon. The d——-—-d Mormons rgie

me a pain!” .



The squaw removed her clay pipe

and grinned at him over her shoulder;



“She too mooch wah-wah, E-leck,’

she said, pointing back with the pipe

stem in the direction of the retreating



amantlia. .

S Old Aleck-chuckled, climbed steadily

into the stern of the canoe, and With

Bobbie in the bow, paddled out toward

the harbor entrance, roaring to a tune

of his own improvising a favorite

of the Mormon hymns.



“The Nephites destroyed, the Laman-

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For ages in sorrow unknown;

Generations have passed, ’till the Gen-



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do ?” Samantha





as their





 





Have divided their lands





own.



By which Bobbie knew that he was

as drunk as he ever could get, and 1t

behooved her to paddle silently and

industriously if she would continue to

merit the preference he had just ex-

pressed. They were fickle in their af-

fection for their dusky wives, those

old men of the border.



' (Continued next week).





LAMB FEEDING SITUATION.





 





 





AVAILABLE information indicates

that the number of sheep and

lambs fed for market this winter

will be somewhat larger than last Win-

ter, and as .large as in any winter

since 1920-21. Feeder shipments into

the corn belt states from markets from

July to October, inclusive, have been

the largest since 1920 and 450,000 more

than in the same period last year.

Shipments direct from ranges to feed-

ers have also been larger, and it is

estimated that the corn belt states will

feed upwards of 500,000 more lambs

and sheep this winter than last, ac-

cording to a statement issued by L.

Whitney Watkins, Commissioner of

Agriculture, and Verne H. Church, U.

S. Agricultural Statistician for Michi-

gan. On the other hand, Colorado is

expected to feed 700,000 less than last

year, and western Nebraska will prob-

ably feed a less number.



These changes will alter the market-

ing period to some extent. Heavy

shipments are anticipated for Decem-

ber. A considerable movement from

the west is indicated for December and

January, which is the time of the pork

movement from the corn belt. As Col-

orado usually markets late, the falling

off in feeding there is expected to give

a light movement in the spring.





 





HOG MARKET SHOWS STABILITY.





The/ stability which appeared in the

hog market two weeks ago is still in

evidencmand the market seems to be

preparing for a fair advance. The re-

ceipts continue moderate. They are

about 10 per cent .heavier than a

month ago, whereas an increase of 40

to 50 per- cent frequently occurs in the

correSponding period. The decline in

prices of hog products has carried

them down to a point where demand

has improved.‘ Trade sentiment has

changed, also: as the continued small

.receipts suggest that the. crop is small

and thatthe average level of prices

[for-thewinter packingseason will be

higher that expected diew webks ago.

Th1 ~13 s l ‘vproblematical; however.





. e 4,





 





 





 





" :If receipts continue light through ‘De-





cember, it is probable that opinion will

crystallize on this point, but in the

meantime, some further dips in prices

to new lows for the season are likely

at any time.



Besides the losses from cholera, it

is probable that receipts are being cur-

tailed by holding back brood sows and

heavy gilts in order to increase breed-

ing herds. Winter supplies might be

reduced ten per cent from this latter

cause alone.





 





Bitter Milk—Have a Guernsey cow

ten years old which is in good health.

I am feeding bran, ground oats, corn,

cob meal and milk-maker. Her rough~

age consists of good bright alfalfa hay,

all she will eat up clean. She is due

to freshen June 26, her last calf being

20 months old now. For the last week

her milk, after standing for two days,

takes on a strong odor and a bitter

taste. The last three milkings there

seems to be a curd on the strain cloth

when. milk is strained. All utensils

used for milking and storing milk are

thoroughly sterilized. ~When should I

dry this cow up? J. G. J.-—'It would

be advisable to commence now and

dry her up. The bitter milk is no

doubt due to her having been fresh so

long.





SHEEP





Shropshires ——Oxfords





Yearling and ram lambs. Also a few Mc-

Kerrow bred Oxford ewes for sale.





Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.





ghropshire grades. also Lin»

coln Rambouillet cross brews.

Bred to lamb in April and

Nashville. Mich.





Breeding EwesForSaIe

in lots of 50 or more.

May. V. B. FURNISS.



15 choice cwcs,





SHROPSHIRES ltenk's 1799.





THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich.





bred to

C .





-





of the wooly type. ewes and

ram lambs. call on DAN

Mich.





For Shropshires





BOOHER. R. 4, Evart.





 





10 Registered Shropshire Yearling Ewes





also ram lambs. C. LEMEN 8. SONS. Dexter, Mich.





 

 

 





"MI (3 H Iei‘A‘N FA RM E112

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‘ Culfirale w‘fl

0V





Some farmers go broke while others

succeed, and here's a secret for many

of the successful ones. They GET

THE GREATEST POSSIBLE PRO-

DUCTION OUT OF EVERY ACRE

THEY CULTIVATE. It costs just





as much in time, labor and seed to get

poor crops as it does to get good ones.

It’s_entirely a matter of proper culti-

vation. ‘





 





Study KOIIAII Construction





Look at the high arched tooth which the

center hitch buries into the ground at exactly

the right pitch. The polished teeth permit

easy draft.





Note the insert showing the fiexibilty of the

frame. This causes a hinging action on the

teeth protecting them against breaking and

prevents rubbish from accumulating.





You. too. can become one of the successful

LOVAR farmers and get the reward of your

laboa's by growmg profitable crops instead of

wee s.





Get full information and illustrated booklet

With name of your nearest dealer. These

DIGGERS have been manufactured for 15

years and are fully guaranteed.





JOSJ-ICOVar co. Watonna ,





Minn—





       





HORSES





 





buys a black Rog, Percheron





slso-Oo stud colt, nine months old. Dam‘s





weight 1.700 lbs. Sire of colt wt. 2.000 lbs. Colt





 





is a real stud now.

E A. ROHLFS, Akron, Mich., R. No. 3.





 





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ,





This "classified advertising department is established for tho conveni n or

best results under classified headings, ° 0° Mlcmfln tar-men.





Small advertisements bring

using, miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





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

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





consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. Count u





display type or illustrations admitted. Remittances must accompany order.

Live flock advortlllng has I Ion-rats Ionlrtmont and in not accepted an clauifled.





charge to words.





Try it for want ads and for adver-

Poultry advertising will be run in this department





a word each abbreviations. Initial or number. No





 





 





One Four One F0

10........80.80 08.40 20........82.08 86.24

11........ .88 2.04 81....... 2.16 6.48



.96 2.88 28........ 2.24 6.12

18........ 1.04 8.18 .88 0.00

14........ 1.12 8.80 0...... .40 7.20

10........ 1.80 8.00 81........ 2.48 1.44

10........ 1.28 8.84 82........ 2.00 1.68

11........ 1.86 4.08 . 2.64 1.92

1 144 4.82 84 .. 2.12 8.16

18........ 1.82 4.80 80........ 2.80 8.40

2 160 4.80 80........ 2.88 8.64



0.04 81........ 2.06 8.88

8.28 88........ 3.04 9.12

8.02 80........ 3.12 0.86

8.76 4 8.20 9.60

6.00 41........ 8.28 9.84





 





 





REAL ESTATE





3125 SECURES GOOD FARM in the best section of

("antral Georgia. 50 acres at $25 per acre. balance

in ten years. Best type sandy loam soil. clay sub-

soil. All general crops do well. Small fruit and

truck crops pay big returns. Dairying profitable.

Nearby creamery pays his: prices. Onc farmer cleared

$52 in nine months on four cows. One truck grower

cleared $2,000 first year on 40 acrcs. Good roads.

schools and churches. Mild. healthful climate. Near

progressive town. This is the best chance to start

farming on a. small investment. Full information and





Southern Ficld Magazine .free. Write W. R; Price,

General Immigration Agcnt, Room 003, Southern

Railway System, Washington, D. L





 





FARM LAND—We own 830 acres of cxccllcnt farm

land surrounding an Agricultural High School in

Northwcst Florida. thirty miles from bcautiful I‘cnsa-

cola. This land will produce several hundred dollars

not per acre on one crop. and three crops per your

are possible. Finc weather summer and wintcr, ac—

cessible to ‘good markets, an ideal place to live, raise

chickens, fruit, pecans and garden truck. “’0 are

selling this land in five-acre tracts. 20% cash. bal—

ance payable monthly. We will cultivate it for the

purchaser for three years. and divide the profits 50—50

with him. Write for our special contract and infor—

mation. Allentown Gardens Company, 902 Hoffman

Building, Detroit, Mich.





DAIRYING IN THE OZARK REGION of Southern

Missouri and Northern Arkansas means 9 or





ATTRACTIVE FARM PROPERTY FOR SALE~500

acres in heart of rich and beautiful farm area, near

Hartford. Wisconsin. Washington County. Thirteen

substantial buildings in cxccllcnt condition.

grain elevator, cow hams equipped with eighty James

stanchions, calf and bull pens, largo hay barn. ice

house, sheep and hog barns. Four concrcrc silos.

Buildings wired for clot-trio lights. (‘omplcic water

sysierii. For particulars and price. address I]. l..

I’liilipp Estate, Station “(‘.” Milwaukee. Wisconsin.





 





FOR SALE OR RICNT—Z-acre poultry farm within





limits. of t‘oopersvillc on 11.10. Bungalow with cloc-

tric lights, city water. furnace, 100-ft. poultry house.

Inquire John T. Brccn, R. 2, Coopersvillc, Mich.





 





llfY. FAR.\I FOR SALE—7140 acres.

flowmir wcll. best or

drained, 10 acres timbcr.





‘ ‘ fair buildings,

soil for pcppcrmint, thoroughly

1.. 0. Paul. Galicn, Mich.





 





2000 MIDDLE WEST FARMERS mmcd to

in last two years. after thorough investigation. They

like our mild wintcrs, cool summers, with no severe

storms to ruin a season's work and destroy property.

Fine roads and schools, productive soil, good mar-

kets for your products. Write for official bulictins

and illustrator! booklet of facts. Free. Land Settle-

ment Department, Portland (‘hamhcr of Commerce,

227 Oregon Building. Portland, Oregon.





Oregon





 





 





TO Ll‘IASIGw—300-ucro farm. grind soil. well fenced.

excellent. pasture with water. large burns. good house,

two miles to station, good roads, 14 miles northeast

of :KLIIEIIIHIZOO. Good proposition to rcliable party

Nlllll‘iicd to handle the plncc. Addrcss owncr. l‘)‘. .I.

Woodhams. 857 W. Pliiladclpliia Aria, Detroit. Mich.

“'ONDRRFDI. FARMS AT $50 AN AFRII—Almost





ovgrytliingz that grows in Amcrica growx most profit-

ably lierc. (‘oncrcte roads have opcncd great Penin-

sula. between (‘hmapcakc Bay and Occan to intensive

cultivation. Fine large farms being split, up because

new scale of farming pays bcttcr. Address Room 144,

Del~Mar—Va Building. Salisbury. Md.





 





FOR SALIFSO acres. cxrra good land. well fenced.

fair buildings. good wcll. Priccd for quick sale,

$2,500. $1,000 down, balance easy payments. Leon.—





ard Prim-hard, Evart, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





DITIONS—where winter never comes. where life is

worth living. with fruits. sunshine and rumors 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 the growth

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 sacrifice—money—maker from

start. 0n terms that you can handle if you can land

on ranch with $3.000. Address Herman Janss. 219

H. W. Hellman Bldg. Los Angeles. Calif.





FOR SALE—Splendid productive sheep farm. Well

stocked with over 200 good grade breeding ewes. and

registered rama Equippe with full line tools; Run-

ning spring, Waterrsupply, ”all year round. . Price and

terms attractive. ‘Inquire P. O. Box 'No. 317, Sag-

inaw; Mich. . , ~.





 





 





   

 





months opcn grazing—pure mountain spring water“ LOVVl-IR mo GRANDI-J VALLEY CITRUS FRUIT.

wonderful grass—mild and healthful climate. Prox- Winter vccciublm. (‘orrespond with owncrs who will

unity of the great markets of St Louis. Kansas f‘ltv soil. ow. 3415 So. Flores. San Antonio, Texas.

and Memphis makes quick dclimry and good lil‘lt'Olii



Prosperous growing communities, good 50110018 an WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES. Southern Gcor is.

“110 hard surfaced roads. _Land can b0 bought .01' farm lands. Write for complete information. Chai‘n-

farms rented at prices that insure good profits. Write ber Commerce, Quitman, Georgia.



for full information about this land of great oppor-



tunity. Frisco Railway, 832 Frisco Bldg, St. Louis. ‘



Missouri. WANTED FARMS



FARMING UNDER THE MOST FAVORABLE (‘ON- WANTED TO RENT—chicken farm with mom





 





 





houses. Must be near market. J. Der-memes. 2252

24th St.. Detroit, Mich.

MISCELLANEOUS





 





125 RNVELOPES and 125 Letter Heads neatly print:-

ed With name, address and business. all for One Dol-

lar. Suitable for Farmer. Business Man. or anyone.

Money brick if not satisfied.

port, Mich.





PATENT SENSFl—“VALUABLE BOOK—(free) for in-





 





ventors seeking largest deserved profits. Write Lacey

41% SLacey, 694 F-st.. Washington, D. C. Established

6 .





A FEW “SUCCESSFTIL” DEMONSTRATOR INCU-

BATORS for quick sale at great reduction. 60 to

300 eggs capacity. Good as new. Des Moines In<

cubator Co, Box 734. Des Moines. Iowa.





 





including 3





Freeport Herald, Free-





 

 





1h

ORANGES—chy Box Containing 30 Sweet Juicy”

Oranges. 4 Grapefruit, 12 Tangerines, 30 Kumquats.

Jar Preserves. $3.00, Express Prepaid. Taylor’s Pack-

ing Co..‘ Tampa. Florida.





 





TABLE CHRISTMAS TREES~2 ft. 50 cents: 2% ft.

75 cents: 3 ft. $1.00; 3% ft. $1.25. Postpaid. John

Karslake, Vanderbilt, Mich. ‘





 





EXTENSION LADDERS—201.0 32 ft. 25c ft: 34 to

40 ft.. 27c ft.. freight prepaid. A. 1.. Ferris, Intel'-

lakon. N. Y '





 





ALL WOOL YARN for sale from manufacturer at;

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

1 sine.





 





STRAW. State kind.

Ohio.





WANTED (‘ARLOADS HAY

price-at Madison. Borling. Madison.





 





WANTED~Dairy hay, clover, clover mixed and n1-

falfa. Write Harry D. Gates Company, Jackson. Mich.’





 





 





PET STOCK





FERRETHver thirty years' experience.

females, the mother ferret special rut catcher, $5.00

each. Young: stock for Doc. chalcs $5.00, males

$4.75. one pair $0.50, rim-o pair $2l. Will ship C.

0. D. Instruction book frcc. Levi Famsworth, New

London. Ohio.





 





Yea rling





4



FOR SALE—~I‘Hlirrccd Gci'man Police Puppies, sire

Voulindor No. 53mm". silrci- gray. Dam. Delores No.

537400, black with cream markings. $20 up. John

Mason, Nashville. l\lich., R. .





 





COON. SKITNK, fox, wolf and halihit hounds. Trainer]

dogs scnt on 10 days trial. Rabbit hounds cheap.

"Oco" Kennels, 0concc, Ill.





 





A FEW EXTRA FINE prxligrccd

from 14 to lI-lb. resistor-ed parents.

ity gusrantccd. Sa. Nomi, Butternut,





01 cuts

Qual-





Flemish

for sa lo.

Mich.





 





Illustrated lists 100.

Penn. Ill.





RAT

Pete Slater,





SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK





PEACH TREES $5.00 PER 100 AND UP. Apple

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

direct to planters by freight, parcel post, express.

Plums, pears. cherries, grapes, nuts. hern‘cs. pecans.

Vines. Ornamental trees. vincs and shrubs. Free cat-

alog in colors. Tennessee Nursery (.‘o., Box 125.

Cleveland, Toxin. ~





TERRIERS, fox terriers.

Box L C





)

~





 





 





 





SAVE MONEY ON FARM SEEDS—Those who know

conditions are buying Farm Sccds right now—it pays

big. ovcn if you ham to borrow the money. Best

of all. you know quality and hardincss are miaranteed

when “Fanncr Brand" seeds are ofl’crcd. Therefore,

Send for pro-season price list right now. Farmer

Seed & Nursery (‘0., 100 First Avc.. Faribault, Minn.





FREE-~New Catalog hardy fruit

bulbs. sci-(ls.





. lrccs. shrubs. roses.

America’s Iargcst departmental nursery.





 





 





 





Established 72 yum-s. SIOOI'S & Harrison (30., Box

103, Painesville. Ohio. to

FOR SATISFACTION INSURANCE buy Seed oats.

beans. of A. B. Cook, Owosso, Mich.



TOBACCO

HOMRSPUN TOBACCO: Smoking or chewing. 4

lbs.. $1: 12, $2.25. Send no mom-y. Pay postmaster

on arrnal. Pipe frcc. United Farmers of Kentucky,

I‘aducah, Ky





 





GUARANTEED lIOMlCSPUN

smoking. 5 lbs.' $1.25; ton.

Pipe trrc. pay when rcccivcd.

Maxon Mills, Kentucky.





TOB;\I‘('O#(‘IH’IWIDR or

9' cigars $2 per 50.





Farmers’ Association.





 





IIO.\II-1SI‘I'N TORA(‘(‘O GUARANTEED Chewing.

Iirc DUIIIIIIA. $1.50: tcu. $2.50. Smoking, ten, $1.50.

I’ihu firm, pay when rcccircd. Unitwl Farmers, Bard—

Wcll. [(cutucky.





 





 





 





POULTRY





 





WHITE

count if ordered now for spring shipment.

200 to 2£i3<egg males. l‘igg—brcd 20 ycars. Winners

1|; egg contests. Shipped (‘. O. l). ('at.al()g. special

price bulletin, i‘rcc. Thousands of pullcts. hens cock«

crels at low pricc. George B. Ferris, 934 Union.

Grand Rapids. Michigan.





LI'IGHORN EGGS AND CHICKS—big dis-

Sircd by





 





WHITTAKRR'S RED (‘0(‘l(ERRLS.

liigli~producing hens. Both (‘ombs

lntcrlzikcs Farm. Box 9, Lawn-rice,





pedigreed from

Write for prices.

Mich.





 





GOLDEN “TANDOTTES Specialty. (‘ockerels select-





 





ed for beauty, color, type. $3 and 5 each. Earl

\Vai'ncr, R. 1, Otsogo, Mich.

IF YOU WANT choice Hanson (‘or-kcrels, write





Kloiidyko Poultry Yards, Millington, Mich.





 





 





TURKEYS





PURE-BRIGD BRONZE TURKEY'S» Rird Bros.’ fam-

our strain of “Gold Banks." I‘lxccilcnt whitc edging





 





 





 





and coloring, plcnty of size. \Vcslcy Ililo, Ionla.

Mich.



PITRI‘I-BRICD “'Ill'l‘li HOLLAND 'I‘URKRYSAsirr-d

by 30 and 31—11). toms. lions $4}, toms $8. Also rab-

bits, Fll'llllsIl Giant bucks, price $2 up. Leonard

Norton, Three Rivers, Mich, R. 3.



PURI‘I‘RRI'JI) MAMMOTH BRONZE TIYRlx'I-IYS, \iiz-

orous strain, lions $8; toms 12. M. Loyc, Bangor.





M ich.





 





T’ITRI‘I—BIIICI) MAMMOTH BRONZE 'I‘IHIKEYSmflE





 





fall prices. Unrclatcd strain. Mrs. G. (‘lcvoland R.

3, Albion, Mich.

TDRKEYSeeAll brccds. strictly pure-bred. Special





prices. Eustcm Ohio Poultry Farm, Bcallsvillc. Ohio.





 





TURKEYS~ Bourbon Rods, hens $9. toms $12, until

Christmas. F. .I. (‘hapniain Northrillc, Mich. '





 





IIIAM'MO'I‘H BRONZE TITRKICYSV~Gold Bank Strain.

Unrclatcd sim-k. Mrs. Pcri-y Stcbbins, Sax-antic. Mich.





 





 





I’URli-BRIID Giant Mammoth Bronze Gobblcrs. $9.00

each Ida Davy. Ellsworth, Mich.



PURE—BREI) BOURBON RED TOMS $0.50. Good

color. Freed Fausnaugh, t‘hosaning, Mich.





 





MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY TOMS, price reason—

able at $9.00 ear-h. Ralph Alkire. Bear Lake. Mich.





 





MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYSHVei-y good ones.

Mrs. Eugene Ramsdell, Hanover. Michigan.





 





 





HELP WANTED





MAN WANTED—To sell Nurscry Stock for old reli-

able flrm. Pleasant work. Liberal commission. pay-

able weekly. The Clyde Nursery. Clyde. Ohio.





 





 





DRIVER SALESMAN—23 to 35 years age. Puma-

nent employment; good future. Write us if int-'-

ested. Belle Isle Creamery. 3600 Forest 15‘... Detroit.





Mich.





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AGENTS WANTED

AGENTS‘OIIF New Household Cleaning Device wash—





 





es and dries windows. sweeps, cleans walls. scrubs.

mops. Costs less than brooms. Over half profit.

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

ovva.
Gluten Feed

Gluten Meal





Protein is the most powerful milk

producing material. The gluten feeds

are the protein of the corn. These

feeds are universally known as good

milk producers. They are highly

digestible by the cow and she likes

them.





 





 





Hominy

Hominy is used in Amco 24% Dairy

to keep the cow in good condition

' while producing to capacity. Hominy

is the economical source of fat-form-

ing material both in milk and in the

cow’s body.





Ground Oats





Farmers know there is no better

grain for cows than oats. They are

palatable and bulky.





 





Molasses





Molasses is the prime appetizer. It

holds the feed together and makes it

really palatable. A cow cannot pro-

duce unless she has an appetite and

eats well. Molasses increases her ca-

pacity to eat and to produce.





Salt





Salt whets the appetite and helps.





keep a cow’s digestive apparatus in

good working order.





 





 





 





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’1 A“ \\:‘; .





 

 





 





 





 





480 lbs.





200

340

120

60

220

260

100

160

20

20

20





Amco Feed ‘Mixing Service can pick and

choose ingredients because it buys in

. Sellers of ingredients

respect this volume and send only

their best. Every ingredient is the

finest Of its kind. Every ingredien

has a particular purpose.





great volume.





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7’





7,





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. . Gluten Feed

. . Gluten Meal

. . Cottonseed Meal

. . Linseed Meal





St. Wheat Middlings





O





. St. Wheat Bran I V





. . . . Hominy

. . Ground Oats

. . . Molasses





Steam Bone Meal

Ground Limestone

. . . . . . Salt





1476 lbs. 'Digestible





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





FEED MIXING SERVICE





American MillingCompany, Peoria, Ill.





 





, 'St. Wheat Bran

St.— Wheat Midds





No feeds exist more palatable to a cow

than the wheat feeds. In Amco 24%'

Dairy they are used in correct

amounts to make it sufficiently laxa-

tive and bulky. The wheat feeds have‘

phosphorus, a mineral cows need for





’ long-continued production. (i





 





Cottonseed Meal





Cottonseed meal is today the most,

economical source of protein. It is also

rich in fat. Cottonseed meal has the

punch to stimulate milk production,

when properly combined with other .

feeds as in Amco 24% Dairy.





. Linseed Meal





Linseed-meal, though high priced, is

used in limited amount because it is‘





laxative and a good conditioner," I





keeps cows vigorous, their hides

mellow, and their hair smooth.





 





 





‘ bone meal.





Steam Bone, 'Meal





Steam Bone Meal supplements the

calcium of the roughage and the »

phosphorus of the grain, two minerals». :

absolutely essential to milk product.

tion and cow sustenance. '





Ground Limestone





More calcium than phosphorus is ‘

needed in the cow’s ration. Hence j

ground limestone is used to furnish ‘

part of the calcium because it is a

cheaper source of this mineral than





 





 





   

   

   

 

   

 

 





 





 





 

   





 





 





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