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lion, and seven firsts. The four Bel-

gian horses entered returned with sev-

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pion mare, one first, a second and two

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eron yearling stallion (Futurity) class,

and Delila, winner of the blue in the

one-year-old (Futurity) mare class of

the same breed, were both sired by

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the Percheron stud at Michigan State

College. An added honor was also

conferred on this stallion and these

two yearlings when the latter were

placed as reserve junior champions in

their respective classes.



The senior and grand champion

Percheron mare, Maple Grove Leila,

won similar recognition at last year’s.

International. To win the grand cham—

pionship twice in succession at such

a show is an honor that seldom comes

to any animal.



In the twoyear—old Belgian mare

class, Manitta de Rubis, winner of





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nor of fifth prize, are half-sisters of

Prevenche, the college mare that has

won so many grand champions at

Chicago and other leading shows. Man-

itta de Rubis was made junior cham~

pion mare. The sire of these mares

hereby proves himself a breeder of ex-

ceptional merit.



The fat lamb classes in which the

college entries captured two firsts,

three seconds and two thirds, were

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WHAT AGRICULTURE MAY GET.





 





HE appropriations bill for the de-



partment of agriculture, as report-

ed to the House from the appropria-

tions committee, carries an appropria-

tion of $128,362,385 for the fiscal year

beginning July 1, 1927. There is also

available for the year, $11,351,250 out

of a permanent appropriation, making

a total of $139,713,635, -that will be

available for the use of the depart-

ment of agriculture, providing the bill

passes without amendment. Of this

amount, $50,862,385 is for the depart—

ment proper in Washington and in the

field; $71,000,000 for highways, and

$6,500,000 for forest roads and trails.



WOULD SEPARATE RESEARCH

FROM REGULATORY WORK.





 





HE bill creates a consolidated bu—



reau of chemistry and soils to take

the place of the bureau of soils. To

this new bureau will be transferred

all the present bureau of soils; all of

the present bureau of chemistry ex-

cept those units having to do with en-

forcement of the foods and drugs act,

and the soil bacteriology and soil.fer<

tility of the bureau of plant industry.

In advocating this change, Secretary

of Agriculture Jardine told the ap-

propriations committee that “research

work and regulatory work do not mix

any more than water and oil. We have

just grown up that way, and we have

developed to a point now‘ where we

think regulatory work ought to be in

another department by itself, rather

than being in with research work.”





TAX REDUCTIONS TURNED DOWN.





 





LL tax reduction legislation, in-



cluding President Coolidge’s income

tax rebate scheme, have been turned

down by the House ways and means

committee. Chairman Green says the

majority of the committee members

felt that the surplus could best be used

to reduce the national debt. ‘ This is

the position taken by the National

Grange and other farm organizations.

It is claimed that the treasury surplus

will amount to between $383,000,000

and $500,000,000.





NATIONAL DEBT IS BEING CUT

DOWN.





 





HE budget bureau estimates the



cost of running the government

for the next fiscal year at $4,014,571,-

124, an increase of $16,543,728 over the

current year. An encouraging feature

is a reduction of $30,000,000 in interest

on the public debt. On August 31,

1919, when the war debt was at its

peak, the gross debt amounted to $26,-

596,701,648. On June 30, 1926, the

gross debt amounted to $19,643,216,315,

a reduction for the peak of $6,953,485,-

332. It is estimated that the interest

payments during the fiscal year 1928

will amount to $755,000,000, a reduc-

tion since 1919 of about $265,250,000

in annual interest. '





MUSCLE SHOALS FIGHT

RESUMED.





 





HE Muscle Shoals fight was re-

, sumed in Congress with the intro-_

duction in the Senate by Senator

Ernst, of Kentucky, of a bill providing

for the adoption of the Slemp pro-

posal, designated as the 'farmers’ bill.





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rig-ht of way and dig the ditch all in

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News of the Week





 





 





The Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.



and kindred organizations, are start-

mg a quiet drive against the “petting"

habit.

. Horseshoe pitching is very popular

in Chicago. One Chicago firm sold

52,000 sets of horseshoes in that city

alone, and the Lincoln Park Horse-

shoe Club has 1,000 members.





The United States Senate voted to

allow 35,000 wives and minor children

of immigrants who came here before

July 1, 1924, and who have taken out

their citizenship papers, to enter the

country.



An agreement between the union

and the manufacturers has been reach-

ed whereby 7,500 garment workers in

New York will return to work immedi-

ately, and 10,000 in the near future.





Walter Damrosch, who has been

conductor of the New York Symphony

Orchestra for forty-two years, has re-

signed, to be effective the first of the

year.



As the use of the fez has been dis-

continued in Turkey, the followers of

President Mustapha Kemal Pasha are

now endeavoring to abolish the cus—

tom of women wearing veils.





Because of the large number of hold-

ups and murders, the Detroit police

department is working extra shifts,

with the order to kill in an effort to

subdue the crime wave.





There is a great lobby of women at

Washington fighting for recognition of

the Sheppard-Towner maternity bill by

Congress.



The Northwestern University has re-

cently enrolled Mrs. N. O. Freeman, of

Batavia, Illinois, as a co-ed. She is

seventy-seven years old and is taking

a college course to maintain an active

interest in life.



Brigadier-General L. C. Andrews, in

charge of the prohibition enforcement

in this country, estimates that there

are 250,000 stills in the United States.





Navy experts told the House naval

committee at Washington that forty-

one of the 124 U. S. submarines are

not, in working order.



Miss Margaret Appleton, of Bayonne,

New Jersey, 101 years of age, the

world’s oldest maid, says that sticking

to her knitting has helped her to long-

evity. -



The Philippines believe that Presi-

dent Coolidge’s message makes chanc-

es for their freedom less probable, as

they see in the message a hint of forc-

ed rubber growing expansion in the

islands.



Ufa, the great German film trust,

which borrowed $4,000,000 from the‘

Famous Players—Lasky and MetroGol-

den corporations, is now in the hands

of the receivers.



“Pussy-foot” Johnson, the world-re-

nowned dry crusader, returned from

abroad toglearn that his farm harbored

a still. The farm was bought four

months ago and left in charge of a,

caretaker.



Chauncey Depew, former senator,

and famous after-dinner speaker, re-

cently celebrated his ninety-third

birthday. ‘



General Yang Sen, theSzechwansee

militarist responsible for the deaths

of seven British naval officers last Sep-

tember, seized three American cargo

boats but released them when‘the

guns of-the El Cano, the American



nboat, were trained on his troops,

near Hankow. .





Emperor Yoshihito, of Japan, is ser-





iously ill from bronchial pneumonia.





Thousands of school children through-

out’ Japan are kneeling at shrines





praying for his recovery, which is I





doubtful. ’ ' ‘

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MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM PRESS





 





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some business on my farm.





_ place and another.





. the orchards,





to investigate.

. at a very nice looking place.





seemed quite in order.





' Here, have a peach.”

industrious and prosperous





this was his philosophy.

proper care of it.





doors and deteriorate.”

I am a strong believer of the same





HE great International Hay and



Grain Show is over, and again



Michigan farmers came through

with flying colors—colors in which we

', all have reason to feel great pride, and

. ' records of achievement that will go

down in the history of Michigan agri-

culture.





, _- Ninety-four awards, ten first places,



.‘ two sweepstakes and one reserve



.' sweepstakes. is Michigan’s new record



‘ J ‘ 'j for, International awards, a record of

. ".j-progress in this great business of pro-



- . ~iflducing farm crops, a record which al-





 





‘ i of our soil, climate and combined ef-

’, n. , fort necessary to produce‘these crops.

> “In competition with four thousand

~ ‘ exhibitors» from the world at large, a

‘ creditable'showmg was made in every

class. 11 which we had entries, Com-

‘ti was keen, intact, keeniér than

previous international: Every-



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I talked the matter over with this

looking

farmer until I was full of peaches, and

“Buy farm



machinery when it pays you to pur-

, chase it, and after you buy it, take

Machinery is too

expensive to buy, and too expensive to

operate, to allow it to stand out'of





- ‘i- so serves as a measure of the worth.





By V.





ture.





ferent age today.





tific handling of crops,





of our farm machinery.





interesting for you to know that the

farm machinery of the United States

I have figured





is worth $3,594,800,000.





philosophy. 'Management and proper

care of machinery on the farm is a

very important factor in our agricul-

A few years ago, when most of

the farm machinery consisted of a

shovel, cradle, scythe, flail and pitch-

fork, very little thought was given to

the business methods and care of farm’

machinery, but we are living in a dif-

Now we use the

grain binders, tractors and combines.



We hear considerable about the man-

agement of soils, herds, and the scien-

and now I

think it is time we turn our attention

a trifle more to the scientific handling

It might be





~ A Leak in the F armer’s Ship





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to $2,333.





such as shovels, forks, etc.





interest on the investment





investment.





 





 





 





On the Whole, Farm Machinery Deteriorates Nearly as Much from Exposure

as from Use.





By Paul Miller





represented. Quality was the keynote

of the show and in every instance qual-

ity won.





The hay championship of the world

was won by L. H. Laylin, of Leslie, on

a high quality bale of mixed timothy

and red clover. Ingham county farm-

ers have won the hay title so many

times that this old world of ours has

awakened to the realization that Mich-

igan produces something aside from

fliVVers and, flying machines. .Out of

a total‘of‘twentyfive prizes offered in

the five hay classes, twenty-one went

to Michigan—4a record equalling that





. of 1924. Last year, only three exhibit-





ors from other states succeeded in





breaking intothe landslide of Michi-





gan winnings. 3 Thus the record of this





Lstate ~15 seen to be not, only enviable

_but;éons-istent, . ,, _





Second. only .to .our'winniilss in the





4 . haynlasses werethose insert red and

”in [white vfrinter~ wheat. J. E: LindSley, _





 





 





 





of Saline, sprung a surprise by coming

from twenty-second place in the soft

red winter wheat class last year, to

first place in the same class this year.

Mr. Lindsley won the blue with a beau-

tiful sample of Red Rock. Warren

Finkbeiner, the proud'son of C. D.,

with whom Michigan farmers associate

high quality Wolverine oats and Red

Rock wheat, won third place. The

Clinton-Saline section of Washtenaw

county has never failed to uphold its

reputation as consistent producers of

highayielding and high quality soft

red winter wheat. .



The state’s total winnings in this

class were twelve out of a possible

thirty places, and, considering the un-

fayorable weather conditions for wheat

the past spring and summer, such a-





. record is a remarkable one.





The-white winter wheat class was

a clean sweep, five out___of a possible

five prizes oflered ‘gOi‘ng to Michigan—‘-





the cost of the machinery on my 160.

acre farm, which follows a diversified

crop plan of corn, oats, wheat, clover

and alfalfa, and find that the value, if

purchased at this time, would amount

This figure includes a. trac-

tor, but does not include small tools,





This may seem quite a sum of mon-

ey tied up in farm machinery, as the

alone

amounts to $140 per year, to say noth-

ing of depreciation, storage, etc. HOW-

ever, I do not consider it too much,

and am planning on installing a milk-

ing machine, electric lights, and a wa-

ter system, and I believe they shall

all pay a good dividend on the capital

Good . farm machinery

should be looked upon as a sound,





, . ' g ,, One Place Wnere Better Man agement Will Save Dollars





DT long ago I made a journey

' through seme of the very good

agricultural territory of Michi-

I drove from Owosso to Cold-

‘ water, where I wished to look after

' I enjoy

riding through the open country. On.

‘ this particular trip, however, I noted

something which Was not pleasing.

Many farmers along the way had their

farm machinery. out of doors in one

I saw hay-loaders

and hay-rakes in the fields; binders,

mowing machines, plows and drags in

and other machinery,

. here and there about the barnyard;

all exposed to the elements of nature.

I began to conclude that there must

, be some very' careless farmers along

‘ this particular highway, and decided

I turned into a drive

The

buildings were well painted and things

The farmer, a.

good-natured, broad shouldered man,

~ was picking some peaches off a small

. tree near the house. He looked at me

A inquiringly, and I began, “I am just'

- after a little information; can you in-

. form me if these people along this

highway are having auctions and sell<

= ing their machinery? I note that they

- have the most of it displayed out of

doors ready for the auctioneer.” There

. was a twinkle in his eye, and a smile

on his face as he answered, “You don’t'

see any of mine out, do you brother?





legitimate investment, paying a good





sary expense. ‘ - ‘



Good farm machinery has paved vth

way to profitable agriculture. It has

greatly increased production and cut

down labor costs.

authorities tell us that sixty per cent

of the total production of the ordinary

crop is for labor and power costs.

Therefore, it is only common sense

and good business management if, by

wiser manipulation of farm machinery,

we can increase the productive work

per man and per horsepower unit, and

lower machinery costs per acre.



The American or Michigan farmer

must do this in order to compete with

foreign agriculture, where labor is

much cheaper. A few statistics will

prove that we are doing this very

thing. Only four per cent of the

world’s farmers are in the United

States. Yet, United States produces

seventy per cent of the world’s corn

crop, sixty per cent of the cotton, fifty

per cent of the tobacco, twenty-five

per cent of the hay, twenty-five per

cent of the cats, and twenty per cent

of the wheat. It can be seen that the

care and management of farm machin-

ery is a very great factor in our pres-

ent-day agriculture.



The size of the farm and the type

of farming practiced will depend upon

the amount of machinery a farmer

should own. Each farmer should de-

cide this for himself. If he thinks he

can produce his finished product more

economically with a machine, then he

should purchase the machine, other-

wise he should not.



There might be an exception to this

rule. Let us take a specific example.

A farmer raises ten acres of Wheat

which is all the grain he has on the

farm. A binder will cost him $225.

The interest, depreciation, insurance



(Continued on page 659).





* Still Lead With Grain and Hay





Moflt’gon Farmers PVin Honors in International Competition





another case of quality reigning su-

preme. A. W. Jewett, Jr., of Mason,

won first place and Fritz H. Mantey,

of Fairgrove, second place.



For the fourth time, George C. and

Lewis G. Hutzler have taken the rye

championship to their island home,

South Manitou. The world has come

to regard Lewis and George as the

“Rye Kings of the World,” not alone

for their ability to produce winning

show samples, but for, producing and

releasing to the world a strain of rye

that has become internationally fa-

mous. Hutzler’s‘ South Manitou Rosen

has stood the test of time and has

never failed to bring added bushels

and dollars to those who have used it

——-after all, the acid test for any crops

variety.



Lewis must have caught the “Cross-

the—Channel” fever, for he came to

Chicago to take in the show. Judging.

from the close study he gave his com-

petitors’ rye samples, ,the Hutzlers will

. " (Continued on page 6:54).





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N Michigan there





So the are now t h i r t y

F. ht G counties that have

'3 Des less than one-half of

On one per cent of tuber-





cular cattle. There

are twenty-five other counties in the

state now being tested, and sixteen

more on the waiting list. The increase

in the number of counties wanting tu-

bercular cattle eliminated, is due to a,

general change in public opinion re-

garding this work.



This change is the result of a num-

ber of causes. One is our growing

appreciation of health. We are more

cautious about the things that make

for physical inefficiency. Perhaps this

comes from a desire not to be sick,

and again, it is barely possible that

some wish to reduce expenses, since

caution is often less expensive than

calling the doctor or undertaker.



Outsiders have also aided in build-

ing up public sentiment favorable to

the eradication of cattle tuberculosis.

These men from other states are after

clean cows to replenish dairy herds.

They want such cows so badly that

they willingly pay a good premium to-

secure them. Thousands of farmers

in the thirty accredited countiescan

testify to this fact. So farmers living

in other counties want to take advan-

tage of this new source of income,

That is human.



Then again, farmers are discovering

that, unless their herds are badly dis-

eased, the losses from the slaughter of

tubercular animals are now relatively

small. For the first, eleven months of

1926, the appraised value of 6,768 re-

actors aggregated $505,960, or an av-

erage of] $74.76 per head. The total

amounts received for these animals

from the packers, the state and fed-





eral governments averaged 8.69.36;





orlias been introduced moths sedate





an average net loss to the farmer of Where hearings will, likely: be held;





$5.40 on each animal, as compared to





This new bill has eliminated refer-





-the values'iixed-‘by the appraisers. The once to the tariff; fixes ’ the ”domestic

advantage of a. healthy herd seems to price

overshadow this relatively small sum' tion plus a reasonable profit, provides





basis upon the cost of_produc-





in the minds of the average farmer, so for twelve members on a. federal farm

he is cooperating With the public in board, asks for no public funds except

the clean-up campaign, and the fight in the way of a loan on which interest

against tuberculosis goes merrily on. will be paid, and applies to wheat,





ERE is news to

Some

Good





_‘ Prospects ing is, and will con-





corn, rice, cotton and swine.

The promoters of this bill are going





cheer the hearts slow. They wish to make certain that

of those who think they have a workable plan before go-

that the way of farm- ing onto the floor of the House and





Senate. Last year it was necessary





tinue to be, a rough to constantlyi revise the bill, which





and weary one.





from the New England States where port.





it is said, at least by the railroad ex-

perts in





This news comes augured against confidence .and sup-





It is the hope of the agricul—

tural committees this year, first to set-





their arguments before the tle upon a. plan which a majority of





Interstate Commerce Commission, that the organized groups will support, and





farmers’





sons are the most eligible then to go before the House and Sen





bachelors in the land because of the ate with an united front.





prosperity of agricultural New Eng-

land. ;

In the testimony the counsel for one





Perhaps, also, the prudent course to

follow, where a new principle is being

introduced, would be to test the plan





of the railroads quoted from a bulletin on one or two crops, then, if proven

issued by an eastern state university sound, the plan could be extended to





which urged parents to advise their

sons to become farmers, and suggest-~

ed that girls should consider young

farmers as the best of matrimonial

prospects. ‘





This humanointerest side-light on

farming conditions in the east sub

stantiates statistics which show that

farming there is on a sound basis.

the general trend of the cycle of pros-

perity and depression continues to op-

erate, there is hope for Michigan. Us-





include other crops or farm products.





HE wets of this





The Wet: country say the

Are All liquor question would

“-- n be settled rightly if



Wet we had restricted leg-





alized liquor sales, as





If they have in several of the Canadian





provinces. However, an investigation

of that liquor traffic by an impartial

writer reveals that bootlegging is very





ually prosperity, or depression, starts much on the increase, and that the





in the east and gradually works west.





So this news of eastern agricultural much about here,

prosperity should be good news to across the





Michigan farmers. '





poisonous stuff, which we hear so

also is prevalent

border, even though good

stuff can be bought at the government





Perhaps in the coming years maid— liquor stores.





ens will be giving coy glances to our





' The Canadian licensed drinking pars





farm youth instead 0f going to the lors are sources of drunkenness among

city and marrying a bank clerk 01‘ the younger people, and are especially

some other white collar worker. Who great factors in increased drinking by





knows ?





women. Prostitutes also ply their

trade in these drinking parlors, and





NDORSEMENT of the social evil is becoming worse.





Going Slow

On Farm

Relief





Farm Bureau Fedora.

tion has

heart to the promoters of the McNary-

Haugen bill. A revised bill, carrying

the general ear—marks of the old bill,





the Lowden plan These are facts revealed by the law

of farm relief legisla- enforcements officers of British Colum-

tion by the American bia and Alberta.





Our ’wets say that there is more





given new drinking in this country now than ever





before. But what about Calgary, where

the wets’ ideal plan is in practice, and

where the police records ShOW a 170





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





 





The Stockings Were Hung By the: Chimney, With 'Care,‘

In 'Hopescfhet St’. Nicholas Soon W





 

 

 





Id ’be ,There.,--Moore‘. ‘





_ : (' number of





percent norms in ‘dfiink ‘ and"; disor;





. hotly” cases. in 1925.7 ‘as‘ compared to





1523, and disorderly cases alone have

increased "'17 3' ‘per cent"! " '



Another favorite discussion of the

wets is that this country will remain

dry, because, the bootleggers want 'it

dry. The facts are, that the bootleg-

gers constitute 'a. small number as

compared to their customers. The cus-

tomers certainly are not supporting

any supposed bootleggers’ dry” atti-

tude, because they want to buy their

booze as cheaply as possible. So the

few hundred thousand bootleggers in

this country would be a small factor

in helping the ministers, merchants,

manufacturers, railroads and others,

who know that a sober man is a better

citizen and a happier man than the

imbiber, in endeavoring to lessen as

much as possible, the evils of drink in

this country.





The liquor problem will always be

with us, but observation will con-

vince fair-minded people that it is, and

will be, less of an evil under the Vol—

stead Act than any dry-wet compro—

mise that can be fixed up.





Merry C flrzktmm





ELL, Christmus is here again,



flint it ain’t like it used J ta. be.

The sleigh bells don’t jingle no more,

but the auto horns honk. We don’t

sit with our feet in straw, pus‘hin’ on

the lines while the bells go jing-a—

ling, and sitting right out in the open, ’

takin’ the weather as it comes. No,





we set inside 0’ glass coops on wheels,‘ ‘





with our feet on the pedals or the

accelrator, steppin’ on the gas ta go

twenty miles somewhere fer Christmus

dinner. We don’t sit before the Yule-

tide fireplace no more, but we set

around the round-

oak stove or by

the furnace radi».

ator. We don’t; go

callin’ on our

friends and say

Merry Christmus,]

but we call ’em up ;





 





and say it. We

don’t sit around

the o r g a n and





sing Christmus songs, but we turn on

the radio and get Christmus music

from Canada, or if we don’t like it

from there, we get it from Florida. ‘





We'don’t string pop corn and ap-

pules, but we go ta. the five—and-ten—

cent store and buy sparkul stuff and

such like ta make a evergreen tree

look like it was havin’ a good time.



Nope, it ain’t the kind of Christmus

we used ta have. We used ta pay fer

the Christmus presunts when we got

them—now, we pay fer them all the

rest 0’ the year. I see a advertise—

munt in a newspaper, of “simple

Christmus gifts,” “Only $23.50,” “Only

$18,” etc. Seems like it costs lots

more ta show the Christmus spirut

now than it used ta. Seems ta me

somethin’ costin’ $2.35 would show it

just as well as it used ta in the old

days, and just as well as somethin’

costin’ ten times that.





We ain’t makin’ Christmus what we

used ta make it, but it’s the same old

day, and it’s always goin’ ta be the

same old day, fer it’s the annual cele-

brashun of the birth 0’ the spirut 0’

“Peace on Earth and Good-will Toward

Men." We need more ~o’ that spirut

and less 0’ the “keepin’ up with the

Joneses” spirut and the “world owes

me a living” spirut.



I hope you’ll have a. good Christmus,

full 0’ the real spirut 0’ Christmas, not

the spiruts. If you do, you’ll not be,





»glad, like so‘many folkses is, when





Christmus is over. HY SYQKLE.





 





. ’Michlganfjranks amass a cooper-

ative state; with 100,849, ‘members.





Kentucky with 19‘i979meinbersi leads .





all: states; (iyer half ”of, the .Micm‘gan! .





farmers are Scoop members, theiotal

farm --'h°1:93.‘192327 ' ” .
‘ tural agent:





; hold meetings.





HE woodwoflr eta window sash

is relatively perishable. Ten





yeaizs of weathering on the sash .-





and putty may leave both in very bad

condition. In fact, no sash should be

permitted to go tén years without ov-

erh‘a'ulin‘g. .





The writer has just finished going

over all the sash on a. farm, some of

which had received no attention for.

ten to fifteen years. In some cases





' the putty was entirely gone, and half





the panes were missing and the sash

'badly weathered, and in two sash

cross pieces had rotted or had been

.broken out. .





These sash from five different b'uild-

ings ,were put in excellent condition

at insignificant cost. The amount of

work done can be seen to be consider-

able from the fact that nearly ten

pounds of putty was used. , The fall

has been very wet, and all this work

was done on rainy days. Half a dozen

sash were taken out and dried in a





' light cellar—in fact, as many as ten





were handled at a time. When dry

these sash were given a. thorough coat

of linseed oil, then possibly the next

day they were scraped well to remove

weathered weed and crusts of putty.





The sash are now clean, filled with





oil and in good condition to receive





"the putty so that it will adhere firmly

and dry slowly. In applying putty the

writer prefers a wide plaster scraper,

using the entire width rather than





. stringing out the putty as usually done





from a narrow edged putty too}. The

“green hand” can work faster and soon

, be doing a serviceable and surprising-





tool. Keep the putty on glass to hold

all oil, and never try to work putty





 





It Can Be D6he N6w ‘ ' V i





in any atmosphere that is not warm-—

say seventy degrees or over.





After the putty job had been finish-

ed, the next wet day the sash and put-

ty Were given a coat of white lead and

‘oil, and later a second coat. In some

cases three or four coats of oil or

paint, or both, Were necessary to fill

and coat the sash in durable fashion.

This has put all sash in good shape

for Winter and for several years ahead.



Any farmer can put every sash on

his farm in first-class shape during



winter weather by taking them out a.



_few.. at a time and working them in



any dry place, such as a heated cellar,

shop, or on newspapers laid down in.

the farm kitchen. While the windows

were out, I covered the apertdres with

old doors, board covers, odds and ends

of sheet metal, etc. Keep the sash





 





{of their ethibit can be improved. The

giving of this informatiOn is of ”great

importance in promoting the use of

better seeds and culture, and careful

methods of harvesting and storing.

The entire community shares dinner

together. In the afternoon, the pro-

gram is opened at one-thirty with the

community chairman in charge. Local

leaders are in charge of the Commu-

nity singing, and each school presents

in ten minutes their part in a pageant

of progress. The pageant was divided

into four parts which depicted pro-

gress in the rural home, the rural





 





 





church, the. rural school, and the rural

community. ' _ .



First prize winners in the classes of

yellow' dent corn, white dent corn,

white wheat, red wheat, cats, pea

beans, potatoes, apples, ‘Canned fruit,

and canned vegetables at each one of

the fifteen festivals, were saved so that

they might be exhibited at a county-

wide agricultural and home economics

festival which is held in Hastings.

This county festival is sponsored by

the commercial and business men of

the county who provide $400 to be

used as p11‘ze money





Electricity On the Farm7 5





College and Power Line to Conduct Experiment; in I mgfihm Co.





N experiment in the use of electri-

cal energy on farms will be car-

ried out in the community between

Dansville and Mason. The engineering

experiment station of Michigan State





 





 





 





 





 





Repairing Windows is But One of the Many Winter Jobs on the Farm.

ly smooth job with this wide-edged inside in cold weather until the putty College, and the Consumers’ Powe1





is set well and the paint is dry. ——G. P.

Williams.





Community Festivals

I Haw T lzey Are Conducted in Barry County





'1 THE following report of community





festivals held in Barry county, is

made by Paul E. Rood, county agricul-

“The community festi—

vals were held on consecutive school

days in fifteen different neighborhoods.

Six or eight school districts make up

a unit, which organizes and gfies the

festival for that district. A grange

hall, schoolhouse,‘and a church are





'. usually located in one of these units.





Blank entry lists for exhibits are





. sent out well in advance of the date

Ir of the festival.





Teachers and commu-

nity leaders hold preliminary meet-

ings. At these preliminary meetings,

arrangements are made for securing a

place to display the exhibits, arrange-





‘ments are made for a place to serve





the dinner on the day of the festival,

and a building is obtained in which to

Each community em-

ploys its own leaders in making their





particular festival expressive of their





own community interest. The county





commissioner of schools, the county~





Y. M. C. A. secretary, the county agri-

cultural agent, and Mrs. Park, who is

the wife of the Hastings’ vocational

teacher of agriculture, act as a county

committee to cooperate with the local

community leaders.



George Starr, truck crop specialist;

Paul Miller, farm crops specialist;

Mrs. Parks, and the county agricultm-

a1 agent, judged the exhibits at the

festival Much interest was displayed

by the exhibitors in the reasons for

awarding certain exhibits the places

accorded them by the judges. The

judges took time to explain to the ex-

hibitors the various points which they

considered in deciding what ranking

an exhibit should receive. This is one

of the most valuable features of the

festival, since it gives the specialist

an opportunity to point out to the ex-

hibitors methods by which the quality





Company are cooperating 011 this pro-

ject. After a study of the use of elec-

tricity on farms had been made by H.

J. Gallagher, of the engineering ex-

periment station, the Consumers’ Pow-

er Company agreed to build an experi-

mental line and to establish a rate

which would encourage the farmers

on the line to use electricity for power.



Mr. Gallagher found that electrical

power was used very little by farmers

in the state, and that even the farmers

who used this energy for lights were

doubtful of the feasibility of electric-

ity as a power source. The power com-

panies Were not'much interested in

the farmer as a possible power con-

sumer. They felt that the amount of

power which would be used on indi-

vidual farms was too small to repay

them for the costs cf making their

power available for farmers.





The community at Dansville was

chosen for the experiment because it

was close to the college, 11 hich would

make it easy to carry on the 1equired

experimental and research Work, the

community was typical of Michigan

rural life, a consolidated school at

Dansville could be used'for meetings

and to aid in teaching the use of elec-

trical energy, and the farmers along





 





 





 





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the proposed line were very' much in-

terested in the project. The farmers

appointed Walter Craven, E. P. Haines,

and Loyd Hayhoe to represent them

in all matters pertaining to the line. '



Current will be available the latter

part of December. The college made

a study of all the farms on the line

and p1epared uniform wiring specifi-

cations for each place. The uniformity

of the wiring specifications, and the

fact that one cont1 actor was given the

job of wiring all the farms, made it

possible to get the work done much

more cheaply than would have been

possible if the farms had been wired

as individual units. _



Farmers on the line will pay a flat

rate of three dollars a month, an en-

ergy late of five cents per kilowatt

for the fi1st thi1ty kilowatts used, and

th1 ee cents per kilowatt for all energy

used above thirty kilowatts. This rate

is an experimental one and is to be

used on this line only. The national

committee on rural electrification will

loan the college various electrical pow-

er machines and these will be rotated

from faxm to farm to determine the

exact cost of operating each machine

under faxm conditions.



It is expected that the results ob—

tained on this line will enable the

farmers of the state to determine

whether they can use electricity to ad-

vantage on their farms. The power

companies are also interested in find-

ing out how much power the individual

farmer will use. The results of the

experiment are especially valuable in

this state, where such a wealth of

water power can be transformed into

electrical energy—P.





Albin Johnson, of Belding, was elect-

ed president of the Michigan Fox

Breeders’ Association at its annual

meeting in Grand Rapids. He will suc-

ceed B. J. McGee, of Grand Rapids.





 





During the recent dairy—alfalfa cam-

paign in Missaukee county, thirty-one

farmers expressed a desire to pur-

chase a pure-bred Guernsey bull calf, -

or a mature hull of the same breed.





 





The Zeeland Poultry Show will be

held from December 29 to. January 1

in the high school gymnasium. There

will be no charge foradmission.





 





 





,.‘l'TA1<E ONE-FOURTH F THIS SUM

FOR LOW on guano STACK; one

TH|RD FOR TALL ,ROUNDED STACK





15.1F STACK 15 NEWLY BU\LT DNlDE av

seo- , 11: TWO mamas om on none,

owner: BY 512





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HIS STACK WIN OI BUM-'ADD 913m:





 





 





IF HAY |S IN MOW-





D‘VIDE BY 580 \F JUST PUT IN ‘,

BYSV). lF REASONABLY WELL. »

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{S DEEP AND HAY WELLTWAMPED.





IF HAY IS IN de





C'MON BESSIE—

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our m TIN CANS.





 





 

 





 





 





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,ONE WINDMILL FOR TWO WELLS.





 





.wo wells about eighty-five

with a good windmill over

Can some arrangement



pump both of these with

.B.





I have

feet apart.

one of then.

be made 1

'one mill?— 2‘



If your \ 211s are comparatively shal-

low, with ghe water within fifteen or

twenty feet of the surface, and a suc—

tion-rather than a lift pump, is used,





with .the pump cylinder near the

ground, it will be possible to put two-

way valve between the cylinder and





your presr .l‘ suction pipe to the near





well, con~>ct another suction pipe

from this underground to the other

well, and :en down into the water of

the secon well. By the use of the

two-way 2 lve, you can shut off the

suction tr the near well and pump





 

 





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from the far one, and vice versa- But

this cannot be worked if the water in

either well is more than twenty-five or

twentysix feet from the surface.



If this arrangement cannot be work-

ed, you can put a pump in the second

well and pump it from your windmill

by using a quadrant arrangement of

levers and light wire cables, as shown

in the diagram. The upper part is the

arrangement where power is transmit-

ted from a gas engine; while the low-

er part shows the crossed cable meth-

od used with windmill, so that the up-

ward pull of the pump will come on

the upward stroke of the pump rod

and thus prevent the pump rod from

buckling. These quadrants can be pur-

chased very reasonably from any wind-

mill or water supply company—I. D.





HOW ABOUT THAT CRACKED

WATER TANK.





 





FTEN at this time of year con-



crete water tanks are badly dam-

aged by cracking, due either to water

freezing in them, or by the ground

freezing under them. How can they

best be repaired?





First is to stop the leak.

times this can be done by forcing a

clay mortar into the crack. A better

way is to let the tank dry out, so that

the crack is dry down part way, then

force hot asphalt or ordinary roofing

cement into it. In cold weather it

may be necessary to pour a few drops

of gasoline into the crack and then set

fire to it to dry-and warm the crack.

Then take the heavy roofing cement

and thin it a. little with gasoline and

work this down into the crack, finally

forcing the stiff cement in with the



1 point of a trowel or corner of a. putty

, knife. D2pping the trowel in gasoline

occasionally will make it .handle

better. -



Finally, to prevent the crack open«

ing further. If the tank is round, half-

.inch rods can be put around it similar

to hoops on a stave silo. and tightened

up until the crack is partly closed.





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Another way is to wrap galvanized

wire tightly round and round the tank,

and then apply about three coats of

rich cement mortar. If the tank is'rec-

tangular and the crack is in the sides,

heavy angle iron bars can be put

across the ends, half-inch iron rods

put through them just outside the tank,

and then drawn up by tightening the

nuts. If the break is the other way

the bars and rods should be put on the

other way. The corners of these bars

should be rounded or covered to pre—

vent stock being cut or injured—I. W.

Dickerson.





 





HAVE YOU PUT ON STORM SASH

' YET?





 





OW, when cold winds are search-



ing aroundthe buildings, is rath2

er late to be considering whether all

the possible things have been done to

make the family comfortable; but it

is better to do so, even late, than to

neglect such things entirely.



One of the greatest cold weather

comforts is a full set of storm sash

for windows and doors. These are

not very expensive, and will outlast

the house it put away properly and

kept painted, and certainly help a lot

in keeping out' cold Winds, preventing

the windows from frosting over so

bad, and in saving fuel.



Many homes using sterm sash are

getting only partial value from them

because they do not fit tight enough.

Whenever the frost gathers on the in-

side window, it is a sure sign that the





’ ‘- Storm sash does heist closely





the inside glass;

gathers ‘on the storm‘ sash glass, it _

_ means that the inside Windows are: too





 





1313011811

and is letting the 69111221122111 to chill

While, if the frost





10036 and are letting the hot, moist

air out to strike the cold outside glass.

The proper thing is to haVe both air-

tight, or nearly so. To make the storm

sash really effective, it is necessary

to tack felt strips, which can be pur-

chasedin any hardware or ten-cent

store, around the outer edge of the in-

side face of the storm sash, so that

when the sash is pushed and latched,

the: felt will be held closely against

the window stops all around, thus mak-

ing a tight joint.



If you do not have storm sash, in-

vest in some at once, as no investment

you can make will pay better divi-

dends on the small cost—D.





REPAIRING OLD PAPER ROOF.‘





 





Is there any way I can fix an old

paper roof with tar gravel, or in any

other way?——L. H.



There are three ways in which an

old composition roof can be handled.





If the roof is quite flat and is well sup-'





ported, it could be coated with tar

and' fine gravel, put on in rather a

heavy layer. If the roof has too much

slope, this is likely to run in: hot

weather. Another method is to put on

every year or so, a. coating of tar or

asphalt, applied hot. The third way is

to use one of the asphalt fiber roof re-

coating paints on the market. These

are usually applied cold, but have

enough asbestos or other fiber in them

to give them tenacity and body to al~

low of a fairly heavy coating without

running in hot weather. Your condi-

tions will have to determine which is

the best—I. W.





Still Lead With Hay and Grain





(Continued from page 651).





be even better prepared for comin'

through the rye with another sweep-

stakes honor next year.



Ten rye samples in all were entered

by Michigan farmers, and all but one

of them found a place despite keenest

competition. The unfavorable weather

likewise left its stamp in poor oolor,

small kernels, and light weight on a

number of the rye entries.



The fact that Michigan failed to win

first place in oats last year apparently

stirred up some fighting blood some—

where, judging from this year’s rec—

ord. Lynn Jewell, of Leslie, battling

against keen competition, emerged

with a reserve sweepstakes and a first

place in cats. These honors were won

with an excellent sample weighing ex-

actly 47.5 pounds to the bushel, re—

markably bright and uniform. It was

nip and tuck between Mr. Jewell’s

sample and one from Canada, for the

sweepstakes honors, but after_ careful

analysis the latter proved a trifle su-

perior in weight and uniformity, and

was awarded the grand prize.



Every one of the thirteen Michigan

oat entries placed in a very large oat

class largely made up of exhibitors

from Minnesota, Wisconsin and New

York.



In the barley class, competition was

so keen that only three exhibitors

from Michigan were able to place.

Most of the fifteen samples entered

were badly colored, the direct result

of rainy weather during harvest sea-

son. Fritz H. Mantey, of Fairgrove,

a member of the Michigan Crop Im-

provement Association, and a well-

known grower of high quality Wiscon-

sin Pedigree barley, placed eighth with

a very fine sample, the highest that

Michigan placed in the six—row barley

class. Being an open class, the bulk

of the awards went to exhibitors from

the irrigated districts of Montana, Col-

orado and Utah where the rain comes

as Ordered. A I



A goodly number of first class field





bean entries and our record of .win-_





 





nings indicated that Michigan ‘came

through the season with some high

quality beans, despite the disastrous

fall weather. Out of apossible five

places, two went to Mic igan growers.



John C. Wilk, of St. éuis, who has

been a consistent winn

ternationals, took the blue ribbon with

a very bright and uniform sample, and

George C. and Lewis G. Hutzler, South

Manitou, who, in addition to being

“rye k‘ings” apparently see hopes of

becoming “bean kings” as well, took

second place. Michigan beans in gen-

eral were somewhat discolored and

small, as compared to those' entered

from other states.



In the soy bean classes; Michigan

farmers fared well, winning twelve out

of a possible twenty prizes offered. In

the field pea class, Charles Konop, of

Ewen, an Upper Peninsula farmer, won

first place, with a nice sample of

Scotch Greens. Mr. Konop was the

only Upper Peninsula grower to ex-

hibit at the International this year.



Nor did Michigan farmers fail to

demonstrate their ability to produce

high quality flax, alsike and sweet clo~

ver seed—“a few of our minor“ cash

crops. A total of seven flax awards





out of a possible fifteen, Went to Mich-»





igan. In the alsike clover class, A. J.

Lutz, of Saline, in spite of keen com-

petition from Montana, Idaho, Kansas

and Utah, succeeded in winning fourth

place—~a new record for Michigan. 'Mr.

Lutz is likewise a member of the Mich-

igan Crop Improvement Association,

better known throughout the state as

a grower of high quality Red 'Rock

wheat, Duncan corn and ,alsiké clover

seed. Mr. Amos L. Wright, of Decker-

ville, likewise established another rec-

ord, by winning eighth place in a.

sweet clover class made up of exhibits

from Kansas, Idaho, Utah and Nebras-

ka—a‘fine showing. Mr. Wright, also

a member of the Michigan Croplm~





recently, sweet clover seed.





 

 





‘pean com‘borer in rations enmities or -





' at past In.





 





provement Association, is well known.

as a grower of Robust beans and, more 2





3E! safesence of Euro—V





the state, Michigan was not permitted

to exhibit corn at the show. However.

Michigan State college, in cooperation

with the United States Department of

Agriculture, and Ohio State University,

exhibited the arch enemy and assassin

of corn in the form of a large corn

borer exhibit covering some 150 feet

of wall. and fl’obr space. This exhibit,

by far the outstanding feature of the

show, graphically portrayed to the

World the seriousness Of this most

troublesome insect, which threatens

the wealth of the nation’s corn crop,

and the need for stringent measures

to curb its further spread into the

great corn belt, where, unfortunately,

it already exists.





 





 





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INHERITED PROPERTY.





 





Can inherited property be lawfully

willed to one who is no blood relation?

Could such a will be broken? The

property in question belonged to my

grandfather,'and passed to an uncle

who had no children. My uncle willed

it to one who is no blood relation.

What can we do in this case?—A. S





It is of no eonsequence how the

testator obtained title to the property.

He may dispose of it as he pleases,





.except as against the wife and cred-





itors. If it can be shown that the

testator was insane, unduly influenced

or defrauded, the will so produced

thereby may be voided.~—-Rood.





Renews NOTE.





 





Two years ago B. borrowed from A

$1,200 on a. note secured by valuable

chattel mortgage. One year later 8.

paid A. $600 on this note, in cash, and

gives A. a new note for the balance.

$600, with reai estate and a chattel

mortgage as security. This leaves the

first note paid in‘ full, but A. keeps

first note, No. 1650, and writes on the

face of second note, which is also num-

bered 1650. The second note is further

secured by first note and by its chat-

tel mortgagé is held as collateral. A.

holds two notes, a real estate mort-

gage and two chattels on one deal. Is

this a legal deal? Did A. kill his note

or the whole deal, when he did not

discharge chattels on first note and

put them on the second note?———W. J.



There is no presumption that a. note

taken from the original debtor in ex-

tension of the liability, is accepted as

payment. The presumption is rather,

that it was taken to extend the time.

The original debt continues and is still

secured by the mortgage. .The proper

procedure would have been to surrend-

er the original note, and state in writ-

ing that the new note was given in

extension of the time of payment, and

not in discharge of the original lia-

bility.—Rood.





BULL FRIGHTENS CHILDREN.





 





A farmer in this vicinity turns his

four-year—old bull in his pasture with

the herd. During the past year the

bull has been in the highway several

times and has gone to one or more

farm residences and frightened the

families. He pastures the bull daily

across the road from a family of small

children. Can the owner be forced to

tie him up? The sheriff notified him

twice to tie the bull up, but he con-

suited the prosecuting attorney, who

says no law is in force to prevent him

running in pasture. Can he be charged

as a public nuisance? Should the pros-

ecutor take the case as such, or should

we hire a private attorney?——R J.



We ' are not aware of any statute

preventing ,_ the owner pasturing his

bull on hisown premises; but if it

can be shown that the bull has repeat.

edly escaped from the pasture,~ and is

annoying, frightening and endangering

the lives and safety of the people in

the community, it would constitute a

public nuisance, which could be abated

at the suit of the prosecutor, and a

private nuisance to the persons partic- ,

ularly in danger, which would» enable





them to maintain private action in.





their owii name. » It satisfaction is not

obtained from the prosecutor, it Will

to employ a private aty
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”9m i I i“: S/zoijficzency inl‘Hom:

“ ' , ”‘By'th’e ContestvMan '





~ ' NE may feel a pride in a mate-

:l'rial' sucCess, but such success is

"often‘ due to man-made factors.

However, in the raising of a fine fam-

ily of children, one can feel proud of

having cooperated with nature in a

wholesome perpetuation of the species.

There is somuch behind a good fam-

ily of fine boys and girls that one can

be proud of. There is the heritage of

good blood—there is character and

good family management in the giving

of a good family to the world to carry





last summer.—Mrs. Joseph Bur, Che-

boygan County.





I am enclosing a picture of myself

and family, and I have no picture

without my husband, so will send this

one. My age is forty-three years, and

from left to right are myself and one

of the twins, next Loretta, 16: Viola,

15; Gertrude, 14; Anthony, 13; Mary,

11; Carl, 10; Paul, 8; Donald, 7; Eliz-

abeth, 5; Regina, 4; Clair, 3, and the

twins, which are, 23 months old. Mr.





 





Mrs. Joseph Bur, the First Prize Winner, is to be Complimented for the

Fine Family She Has Raised.





on in a wholesome way, the world’s

work. One leaves much more to pos-

terity who leaves children of character

and ability than he who leaves mil-

lions. The millions may go toward

corruption, but a well—raised family

can be counted on as. a positive factor

for good.



I feel proud of the results of this

contest, for it impresses one with the

wholesomeness of the families of rural

Michigan. The mothers successful in

this contest are to be congratulated

for their motherhood, and for their

efficiency as home managers.





I will let the prize winners tell their

own stories:





Twenty years ago last May we were

married and in that time we had four

teen children. The first were twins,

born the next March 17. Now nine-

teen years old. The youngest child is

; seven and one—half months old. They

are all at home, but the oldest boy,

who works in Detroit since last win-

; ter. Two go to high school, six go to

the district school. I do my house-

work, with the help of my children,

and sometimes a little help from my

husband.





We live on a farm, keeping usually

twenty or more cattle, four horses,

pigs, and chickens. I do not work out-

doors, but superintend the garden and

chickens. 1 do a part of my sewing

with the help of my oldest girl. I am

forty—five years old and feel quite well.

, Children'are aged as follows: Twins,

boy and girl, 19 years; boy, 18; boy,

17; boy, 15; boy,'13; boy, 12; girl, 11;





 





 





 





. flue. Trivett Bowditch, Winner of the

'7 Third Priz Has Eleven Fine Chil-

. d has Fol ows: Harold 19; Chas.

.. 1 ;-.Gertrude14; B. T." 13; Gladys



,t- as; Theodore and/Thelma 9; R0-

.- ports 8: Wiilalm-G; Russel 3.-

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Kreiner is holding one of them, and

I am holding the other. Seven of these

children are going to the Burnside

School, and two of them are going to

high school at Brown City, so I have

nine dinners to fix, as they all stay at

home. When they are gone I have

still four at home—Mrs. Wm. Kreimer,

Sanilac County.





In the management of my family of

eleven children, I have to keep ex-

penses down as much as possible, so





 





‘_ intone thing, I cut all their hair, ex-

‘cept that of the ninetee‘n-year-old‘ boy,





which saves quite a few dollars in a

year.. I also do all my sewing, and

buy nothing ready-made except the

boys’ overalls. I make lots of gar-

ments out of old material. My four

girls have never had new coats. In

buying new material, I try to buy the

best, for it takes as long to make a

garment that will wear a month, as

it does one that will wear a year.



I am trying to bring my children up

to work, so as soon as they are old

enough, each one has his tasks to do

to help keep things going. I don’t

think it hurts children to do light

work. I am forty—one years of age. If

I hadn’t been brought up to know how

to work, I don’t know how I would

get alOng now—Mrs. Trivett Bow-

ditch, Hillsdale County.





COMMUNITY CONTEST.





HE other day I read a news item



of the real community spirit

shown at Trufant when Frank Barnard

was in the hospital at potato harvest

time. The school superintendent and

thirty-two students, together with the

merchants, formed a regular old-time

Golden '% and not only harvest-

ed the po :, o , but husked’the corn

and cut the wood so that the family

might not suffer crop losses because

of Mr. Barnard’s illness.



I am sure that there are many other

instances where a real community

spirit has shown itself in somewhat

similar circumstances. I believe that

it will do all of us good to know of

them. Therefore, we will give a prize

of five dollars for the best authentic

story of a Golden Rule community

spirit. Three dollars will be given for

the next best story, and two dollars

for the one which ranks third.



Please submit these stories before

January 10, as the contest closes then:





Send them to the Contest Man, Michi-«





gan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





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Thirteen Answer the Roll Call in the Family of Mrs. William Kreiner, Who

Wins Second Prize.





Control of Chicken Pox





A Direare W/zz'c/z 23‘ Sometime; Seriou:





AST season, particularly in the

months of January, February

and March, chicken pox was

prevalent in many sections of the

state, causing a heavy loss of thou-





sands of birds and an untold loss in _





egg production. The affected areas

last season could easily be traced to

a few sources of infection, and due

to no precautionary measures the dis-

ease spFad rapidly over townships

and e‘en counties, affecting practically

every flock in these vicinities. Chick-

en pox is again reperted in several 10-

calities and precautionary measures

should be taken at once to curb the

spread of this dreaded disease. Chick-

en pox is a highly infectious disease,

affecting the head, nasal passages, and

throat and usually is first noticed with

the appearance of yellow wart-like

nodules or scabs on the comb and wat-

These spots change color rap-





brown' in color. Accompanying these





external lesions, the bird usually suf-

. ters from} cankers- in the throat and

cted birds . gasp for.





windpipe, the air





air for several hours, and die. Death

usually being the result of a canker in

the wind-pipe which completely shuts

off the bird’s supply of air, death re-

sulting from strangulation.



In severe out—breaks, the eyes be-

come swollen, cankers appearing in

them, and a condition similar to roupe,

develops. In many cases the birds

are not able to see, and death follows.

When unaccompanied by cankers and

eye lesions, the disease does not take

a heavy mortality, but usually it is

accompanied with these conditions,

and it is not uncommon for the mor-

tality in the adult flock to range from

ten to fifty. per cent.



Examine your flockcarefully today.

Catch and examine carefully all sus-

picious looking birds that seem to be

suffering from colds or roup, and look

them over closely for pox marks or

scabs. If chicken pox is found, take

immediate drastic steps to prevent its

spread to your neighbors’ flocks. Potas-

sium permanganate should be kept in

the drinking water, as it may help to



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MANY peeplé in southeastern Mich-

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orchards near Romeo. This orchard

was originally started as a real es-

tate propbsition, and just a few five-

acre plots were sold. It was then put

successfully under one management.





Several years ago the sale of the

fruit was put under the charge of Mr.

George Faulman, who owned one of

the fiveacre tracts. He had erected

quite a pretentious roadside stand. One

might not call it a roadside stand, as

it sets back from the road several hun~

dred feet, which gives room for road.

waysand parking space for autoes.





When the stand was built, Faulman

was criticised for building such a.

place forty miles from Detroit, with

the expectation of having people come

for their fruit. Preceding the first

Sunday that fruit was ripe, he insert-

ed ads in the Detroit papers inviting

people to drive out to the orchard and

bring their lunches and to help them-

selves to all the fruit they could eat.



The orchard is fenced, and five thou-

sand tickets were printed for admis-

sion to the orchard. By three o'clock

all the tickets were gone, even though

only one ticket was required for each

family. On that day 1,500 bushels of

peaches were sold, and that year 30,-

000 bushels were sold from the stand.



The company has also maintained

stores during peach time, in Detroit,

Pontiac. Saginaw and surrounding cit-

ies. And even though these stores

were advertised, people would come

to the orchard through the towns in

which the stores were located. And

they would be disappointed because

they would have to pay the same price

at the orchard as at the store. Mr.

Faulman would tell them that the ride

over, the visit to the orchard, etc.,

was something they would not enjoy

had they bought at the stores.





Sales at the stand have increased-

yearly, until this past season they

amounted to 60,000 bushels. Eleven

thousand dollars worth of peaches and

apples have been sold from this stand

in a day. The company stages special

days, such as J. H. Hale and Elberta

days, at which time these varieties

can be purchased. During the past

season $800 has been spent in news-

papers advertising this stand and its

fruit. It is needless to say that the

advertising has paid well.





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AMERICA.





 





NOTHER injurious insect from



from abroad is gaining a foothold

in several easterir states. It is the

satin moth, and its principal attack is

on willows and poplars. The depart-

ment of agriculture has announced an

extensi'on'of the area under quaran—

tine to prevent the spread of the satin

moth, to include territory in Connec-

ticut, as well as additional territory in

Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New

Hampshire and Maine.





PLANT-FEEDING IN WINTER.





 





HE‘Vhai-dy garden and the small



fruits can better be fed in the

winter than at any other time. Mulchs

ing with stable manure, preferably

from the cow barn leachings, will be

carried down into the soil and the

plant feed be retained about the roots





for use the following season. The ma-'





nure cannot be too rich for the aspar-

agus or rhubarb, but for the berries

or for grapes or dwarf tree fruits too

much may cause trouble. I saw a nice

lot of cherry trees killed by covering





the ground with nearly a foot of rich





stable manure. Had this beenlargely

bedding they might have escapedrbut

it was mostly manure. Keep in mind

that stable manure differs vastly in

the amount of animal manure it con-

tains, and it is this that furnishes the

nitrogen mostly, while the bedding fur-

nishes humus.





CLASSIFY APPLES BY PACKAGES.





 





HE need for a uniform practice in

the sale of apples was stressed

by George E. Prater, manager of the





He said that 'i ,‘rordbr to increase





to pick apples so that the buyer knows





:wb‘at he is getting He recommended .1»

that cocking, baking, and eatingappEs





be packed in different kinds of pack-

ages and that the names of the varie-

ties be stamped on the package.



.In the merChandizing cf food prod-

ucts,- standardizationhas played a' big

part, so that now we buy butter by

brand name, and cheese without tast-

ing it. The apple industry needs badly

such modern merchandizing practices

in ‘order that the apple may compete

with other food products.





The consumption of dairy products

has been doubled in the last twenty

years through merchandizing methods

alone, but people are still buying 0n-

tario apples forxSpies and. are often

confused between Grimes Golden and

Telman Sweet, unless they taste them.





Plan Agricultural Policy





Farm Bureau .Ho/dr-~ Annual Meeting





LANS for the establishment of a

national agricultural policy em1

bodying the principles of farm

relief advocated by the American Farm

Bureau Federation in the past year.

were the chief ‘conCern of the dele-

gates to the eighth annual convention

held in Chicago, when about fifteen

hundred farmer representatives were

in attendance. .

Never has the American Farm Bu-





reau Federation presented a more har—V





menious front than was apparent at

this convention. A spirit of agree-

ment, of loyalty and tolerance prevail-

ed throughout the entire session. No

election of a presiding officer being

held, the usual caucusing and back-

hall conferring was conspicuously ab~

sent.





President Thompson in his opening

address said: “The morale of the or-

ganization has never been better than

at the present day, and while the work

accomplished during the past year will

have lasting and beneficial effect, we

realize that no organization can per-

manently live on past performances.

We must have our eyes upon the fu-

ture; we must plan and we must ex-

ecute. There is a vast field ahead and

the demands of the present day are

pressing upon us and we must not fail

to meet them.”



Immediate legislation providing for

the establishment of a federal farm

board, administering an adequate re-

volving fund, with whose cooperation

surpluses can actually be handled by

cooperative agencies created by the!

farmer, and distributing the costs of

managing these surpluses just as

broadly as the resultant benefits are

distributed through an equalization

fee, was urged in one of the principal

resolutions adopted.





The plan favored by the convention

was first presented by the Honorable

Frank O. Lowden, former governor of

Illinois, in the principal address of the

convention. The penalty imposed on

farmers for the production of a sur-

plus in any one product which bene-

fits the Whole industrial world, but

bankrupts those who produced it, was

stressed by Mr. Lowden. * Neith—

er the government nor the farm board

would determine the price, according

to Mr. Lo‘wden’s plan, nor would the

coope1ative itself “fix” the price in



“any other sense than industry gener-

ally determines prices. It, like every

other industry, would study all the

conditions affecting the particular com-

modity and from time to time decide

upon a price which Conditions would

seem to warrant. It would simply on-

joy the advantages which cdme from

organized selling.”



For the first time, the south and

west presented a united front in the

demand for legislation dealing with

the surplus problem. The recent de-





cline in cotton prices, due to ,a large)





 





crop, has reversed the attitude of the

south to the equalization fee idea. The

eastern delegates to the convention

also endorsed this resolution, although

some of them declared that they would

have a hard time convincing the folks

back home.



Dissatisfaction with the operation of

the farm loan system, because of the

unsympathetic administration of the

law by the farm loan board, and in‘

terference by the treasury department

was expressed in a resolution which

recommended that steps be taken to

vest control of the system in the hands

of its farmer owners, rather than in

the treasury department.



A state tax program, recommended

to the state federations, which would

shift more of the tax burden from ag-

riculture to industry, brought forth

more discussion than any other re50<

lution. Its recommendations included

a state income tax, inheritance, co-r-

poratiOn, luxury and consumption tax-

es as sources of revenue, the taxing





' * . - die sale of apples 1t W111 be negate» . ' ” '

‘nioipal and state tax-free bonds ' '

Other resolutions pledged continued-1





support to cooperative marketing on—

terprises, urged the rapid completion

of the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes water‘

way project, endorsed the continua-

tion of the home and community de-

partment of the American Farm 1311—

reau Federation as a permanent de«

partment on an equality with other (ie-

partments, and demanded that sur-

pluses in the United States Treasury

be used for liquidation of the federal

debt, while prosperous times in indus—

try continue.



Features of this convention included

the first Farm" Bureau Agricultural Ex-

position, consisting of more than fifty

exhibits at farm Organizations and

manufacturers. The model farm home,

showing how the farm ‘home may be





fitted with the same conveniences and -





attractive furnishings found in the city

home, and to which the. farm buleau

feels the farmer is entitled was one

of the most popular exhibits. Others

included exhibits from the United

States Department of Agriculture, var-

ious commodity cooperatives and farm

organizations as well as exhibits from





manufacturers of products used on the ‘





farm.





The second -annual. cooperative

luncheon was held on the opening day

of the convention, for which every

item on the menu was supplied by

farmers’ cooperative marketing asse—

ciations Potatoes were supplied by

the Michigan Potato Groweis’, Ebb

change, and butter by the Land 50'

Lakes Creameries, Inc.



Fred Overton, well~known fruit grow.

or of Bangor, Michigan, died on De-

cember 9'at the‘Burgess Hospital, at

Kalamazoo. He was seventy-one years

old and was well knoWn as an adVO-

cate of the sod- mulch method of grow‘

ing apples.





 





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HE raccoon is one of the most



beautiful fur bearers we have in

Michigan, but he is also one of the

most abused of the fur bearing ani—

mals. In the past there were plenty

of hollow trees in which the raccoon

could seek protection, but during the

past thirty years, changes have come

about which make our forest trees less

numerous, and with modern forestry

hollow trees are not left, .so the rac-

coons have no place to go for protec-





. tion.





Nowadays raccoon is not only trap-

ped, but hunters make it a common

practice to go out with dogs. If the

coon happens to evade the dog, and

climbs a tree, he is immediately spot-

ted with a flash light and "brought

down with a gun.

three coons are found on the same

tree and are killed.





We cannot eat our pie and still have

it, so if Michigan wishes to keep this

valuable fur animal, a law should be

passed to stop coon hunting with or

without dogs, and to make trapping

the only legitimate means of getting

the raccoon.



These are the sentiments of one who

has been a hunter and a trapper in

Michigan for the past forty-four years.

——Arthur Kilts, Kent County.





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' ECEN'rLY chicken thieves brdke

through the barred windows of





Sometimes two or ,





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our new poultry house, which also was =. .





padlocked. We kept in there a flock





'Of pure-bred Rhode Island Reds and...





the thieves took forty-four of them,

which I could have sold as breeding

stock for $66. The robbery'happened

between midnight and 4:00 a. m., as

the family was up at the other hours.



I called the sheriff’s office as soon

as we knew of the robbery, and he

sent a deputy, but nothing has ”been

done. Now, why in the name of fair-

ness can’t Michigan have laws that

would protect our farm property? Why

can’t we have a state reward, offered

for the apprehension of chicken

thieves? The reward should be big

enough to be of some good so that our

deputies willnget busy when called

upon, when we give proof that our

property has been 'stolen. The pen‘

alty for .chicken stealing ought to be

five years of hard labor at Ionia.



Can’t our state legislature wake up

to the immediate need of some greater

protection to farmers against chicken

thieving?———Mrs. S. M. MacDougal,

Kent! County, Michigan.





Bathtubs in 'American farm-homes

average one tub for every five famil-

ies, according to Miss Irene Foley,

home econdmlcs expert of Kansas.

The tubs are being installed so fast

that it is hard for the statisticians to

keep figures upN-to-date Bath tube to

tal 1, 275,262, while 2,,040 404 ram

hornes have running water for house-

new purposes. This constitutes thirty-

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strung themselves intobusy spring



weeks before Barbara had a chance

to learn of Molly Tigue the things she

had need to know concerning the,

standing of a maid. in the strange col-

ony of the Mormons.



, Meanwhile, Blair Carter’did not push

his quest for her. He seemed satisfied

to wait, knowing that when he finally

set the date for their wedding, there

would be no course open for her save

to agree. Had she made open efforts

to escape, to definitely rid herself of

him, he would have been amused,

would have looked on as a cat watch—

es a mouse that seeks hopelessly to

gain its freedom again. So long as

Barbara did not resist him he did not

bother to pursue, however, content to





 





anger her with his studied insolence,“





to frighten her with his smug assur-

ance.



Barbara heard of Brand Carter’s

pending marriage to a young girl of

the colony without feeling and inter-

est, and thought of the girl, when she

thought at all, with disgust. She saw

her, came to know her finally. A tiny

slip of a girl, younger than Barbara

herself. Hair like a golden halo, and

wide eyes "of purest blue. But oh, so

spiritless! Cheeks as wan as though

the emotions of youth had burned out

to ashes there. No feeling mirrored

in the wide eyes. A droop to all her

young body, as though she had be-

come drunk with despair finally, had

passed them into a stupor of resist-

ance.



Gradually Barbara’s feeling of dis-

gust passed into one of pity, as she

saw more of the girl, but still she.

could feel no more than a passing in-

terest, saw no parallel between herself

and this Molly Tigue' whom the

prophet had promised in marriage to

his sheriff.



Then one night she came upon a

Molly Tigue so changed and vivified

that she would not have known her,

and in an instant her interest in the

affair between this girl and Brand

Carter became personal, of vital con-

cern to her. In it she saw suddenly

a likeness to the struggle that she

knew lay ahead between herself and

Brand Carter’s son.



Barbara had .slipped away that

night, down the path that led along

the shore beyond the Carter house.

Tall cedar trees grew there, and the

waves came in across the little harbor

to lap gently against the rocks, to fol-

,low one another in an endless gay

frolic up the gravel beach. A jumble

of gray rocks lay above the shore, and

among them on more than one night

Barbara had found sanctuary from

her own thoughts while she watched

the moon rise out of the lake to the

east, laying a broken, deckled path of

gold at her very feet.



Hidden away there in her favorite

niche between two age-seamed boul-

ders of granite, Barbara heard slow

footsteps come along the path, through

the cedars. She sat very stiil, hardly

breathing, and after an instant the low

murmur of voices reached her. The

trespassers upon her solitude, whoever

they might he, were talking in low

tones, scarcely above a whisper, and

before they came within sight, out in

a little glade among the trees and

rocks where the May moon fell in a

flecked pool of golden radiance, Bar-

bara knew that a man and a maid

strolled there together.



It is a tender moon, that full moon

of mid-May. The earth awakes be~

neath its gentle spell, with life and

love“ pulsing in her warm breast. The

wild geese that have fared northward

in staunch V’s across the March sky,

nest under that moon. The forest that

has lain dry and barren in the au-

tumn, sullen and dark in the winter,

is smiling and kindly now. It is a

lover’s moon, and something of its

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itself into the young heart of Molly

Tigue that spring night. '



Her face was upturned to the man

who walked beside her, and it was

radiant and warmly aglow. There were

limpid, tender lights in her wide eyes,

soft laughter in the slim white pillar

of her throat. The man who walked

beside her was, of course, not the

sheriff of St. James. His arm was

about her, his head bent down to catch

the low music of her voice.



Herself unseen, Barbara huddled in





stifled an impulse to cry out, and then

suddenly divining that it was Danny

Dawson with some message, she

sprang up and drew her curtain aside.



It was Molly Tigue who stood there

beneath the window, her white fright-

ened, face upraised, a finger on her

lips implorlng silence.



Softly Barbara swung the hinged

window open, reached down her two-

hands and half lifted, half dragged the

trembling Molly within the , room.

Still silent, the girl gestured to know





 





 





Let’s Make It "A Merry Christ I as”!





By James Edward Hungerford





My friend, will Christmas mean to you

A day of blessings rare,

Among good friends, whose hearts are

true,

Whose happiness you’ll share?

Will Christmas bring the. ones you

love,

The day with you to spend?

If so, then thank. the One above,

For you’re in “luck,” my friend!





To some it means a cheerless day,

With strangers all about,



And not a single sunshine ray

To wipe the shadows out;



And all about you they abound——

In hamlets, towns and mar-ts;



No loving friends will gather ’round

To cheer their lonely hearts!





My friend, will Christ as mean to you

A home that’s bright with cheer?



A wife, and laughing childnen, too,

And all that life holds dear?



Will Christmas bring you gifts of gold,

And blessings without end?



Or will you be “out in the cold,”

Without a single friend?





If you are blest with worldly wealth,

And friends whose hearts are true;



With wife and children; home and

health,

My friend, it’s up to you



To help your friendless feHOWmen,

Whose lives are drab and gray,



And bring God’s sunshine back again

To them—on Christmas day!





 





 





the tiny crevice of the gray rocks and

watched them cross the open glade.

They were nearly to the trees on the

far side when their voices fell away,

they paused as though startled, their

lips brushed together in a swift fare-

well, and they were gone, the girl slip-

ping away among the trees in the di-

rection of the village, her companion

turning quickly back along the shore,

the way they had come.





Barbara sat very still for a long

time after that staring off to the east,

puzzled by strange thoughts of this

little cluster of people of which she

was a part, imprisoned here on this

lonely island while nights and days

and months rolled so impassively by.

And who shall blame her if she

thought, too, of the young fisherman

on the distant mainland, for whose

coming even the May moon seemed to

be laying a highroad of golden rip~

ples?



Late that night, long after the last

light had gone out in St. James, and

all had grown quiet in the sleeping

village, a figure crossed the clearing

behind Brand Carter’s house, from the

direction of the timber, and halted in

the dark shadow of the log walls. A

furtive figure, wrapped in a long cloak,

that dashed across the open strip of

moonlighted clearing, and once within

the shelter of the friendly shadows,

fairly skulked against the logs.



A moment it paused as though lis—

tening. Then it crept along toward

the end of the building, stopped be-

neath the last of the small windows,

and tapped softly on the glass.



Barbara Loar, asleep within that

corner room, was startled into full

wakefulness by the low tapping. She





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if others were within earshot; Bar-

bara shook her head.



“They are in the loft,” she whis-.

pered. “Two rooms at the other end

of the house. They cannot hear.”



Molly turned to her timidly then, her

hands clutching at Barbara’s arms.



“We saw you,” she whispered.

“There by the big rock. We weren’t

sure it was you. Then I watched here,

and saw you come home, so I knew.

I watched your light till I found out

which room' was yours. It was you,

wasn’t it 2’”



Barbara nodded. “I didn’t mean to

spy,” she said, “I go there often in

the evening. It’s so quiet among the

rocks and trees. I’m sorry.”



Molly’s voice sunk to a hoarse,

strained whisper. “Have you told?"



Barbara shook her head.



“Anyone?" the girl persisted.



“No one,” Barbara assured her.



“Promise that you won’t,” Molly

begged.



“Of course, I promise.”



“Swear to me," the girl urged anx-

iously. “Swear by the Book of Moré

mon!”



Barbara shook her head. “I’m no

Mormon, Molly,” she said gently.



Molly stared at her and her whis-

pering was choked by dry sobs. “I

wish I wasn’t either,” she breathed

fervently.



Barbara touched her hand and saw

she was shaken as though with cold.



“But I will swear by my Bible never

to tell anyone I saw you tonight,” Bar-

bara promised her. “I hate Brand

Carter as much as you do, Molly. But

I don’t understand anyway. Who was

it you were with tonight?”



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Molly shook her head.



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.. “The king wouldhave him kilL-

ed, and besides Brand would make me .

marry him the next-day. This way I

keep putting him off.” , »



"Do you mean,” Barbara asked in-

credulously, “that the king gives you

to whomever he sees fit and you have

nothing to say about it?” ‘



Molly nodded. “Yes,” she said slow-

ly, “and no one in St. James dares to

help you against his wishes.”



“Then why don’t ..you leave St. ~

James?” .Barbara demanded. “Why

not run away with your Hugh Boyle?

You could 'go in a boat at night and

be safe on the mainland by morning.”



Molly’s eyes grew round with doubt.

“Oh, I couldn’t do that," she breathed.

“I couldn’t leave my home and my

mother. Leave her all alone, too. I’d

never do that, never! I——" she hesi-

tated—“I’d be afraid to leave the

church, too. Sometimes I wish I wasn't

a Mormon, like I just said, but after-

wards I’m scared and sorry I said it!

No, I’d never dare to run away from

St. James. Hugh will find some other

way, I know he will! He knows I

can’t run away. He’s begged me to,

but I can’t. I don’t dare!’



Poor little Molly Tigue, held in the

toils of‘that s rangest and most relent-

less warden at ever gripped and im-

prisoned human hearts—religion. Half

faith, half fear! Loyalty to her wid-

owed mother, love" of home, these

might detain her for a time, but in the

final testing it would be her religion

that would halt her flight, would bind

her to this spot- where its temple was

reared, even though she be laid on its

altar, a living sacrifice in the most

tragic fire the heart of a maid can

know! '



She turned swiftly toward the open

window again. “I don't dare stay any

longer,” she whispered. "I’m afraid

they'll find me here.”



Before Barbara could detain her, she

had stepped backward through the

open window, and again a fleeing

shadow crossed the clearing between

house and timber.



It was two days before Barbara saw

her again. Two days in which Bar-

bara, pondering over Molly's trouble,

could not help pausing now and then

to wonder about her own problem. If

the men of the colony chose the girls

they wanted, and hadthe king’s will

to aid them, how finally was she to

escape Blair Carter's hands? Would

the authority of this high priest of the

Mormons be extended over her, de-

spite the fact that she had openly de—

clared herself no member of the col-

ony? '



Then she met Molly on the street,

a radiant, eager little Molly. as happy

as on that night in the moonlight

along the old path. Wondering at the

swiftness of the transition from de-

spair to gayety, Barbara let herself be

led down away from the village to the

dock, where the two girls would be

alone. '



"We have found a way,” Molly whis-

pered to her. “I’m safe from Brand

Carter .now, for ever!”





CHAPTER VI.

The Wedding.

HANE McCRAGGEN turned from

the task of making fast the Bel-

larion at her dock, to watch his

father where he worked mending gill-

nets.



The old man had drawn his bench

to the western side of the fish shanty,

where the warmth of the late May

sunshine struck full. He sat now,

hunched over his work, his fleet gnarl-

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spring air stirred his thick black hair,

revealing the silver that flecked it as

an early autumn snow speckles a

rocky ‘headland. .



A deep wistfulness came in Shane’s

eyes as he watched the movements .of

his father’s twisted, rugged body,

slumped there on the bench. ‘



He remembered as though it were

yesterday, the raw November morning

they brought him home thus.‘ Remem-

bered, too, the unyielding strength of

him before that morning. That was

ten years ago. Fifteen he was then,

he recollected, with a smile, and he

had thought himself a man. Had made

regular trips on his father’s Donny-

brook for four years then. That morn-

ing he had not gone out.



He saw the Donnybrook again as

she limped into the harbor, sheathed

with ice, bare of canvas, like a crip-

pled gull homing before the pitiless

gale. Saw the four men who stepped

over her sides and made her fast. Saw

them lift their helpless burden and

trail slowly up to the house. Dennis

McCraggen’s face had been as leaden

gray with agony as the wind-lashed

waters of the lake. Yet he had con-

trived a tight-lipped smile at the

frightened lad, and had said through

locked teeth:



“It’ll be all right, Shane. It’ll be all

right. Sure it’s only a bit 0’ a wrench

to me old back. A slip on the pond

boat while I was haulin’.



So it had been only a slip on the

pond boat, whose floor was ice coat-

ed, but never again would Dennis Mc-

Craggen’s wrenched back straighten

upright, never again would he stand

as erect as the foremast in the Donny-

brook, as he had been wont to stand

before. Gradually his lean thighs had

begun to wither, his legs to grow more

and more helpless.



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temerity. in calling this stern sire by

But Dennis had

only smiled grimly“ through his. mask

of pain and said, “Ay lad, that's right.

Be callin' me, Denny. I ni-ver wanted

a son by the likes 0' her. Be callin’

me Denny!” ’



Never again had the appellation of

father or son passed between-them.



Shane watched now the curious

serenity that rested on the crippled

man’s face as he worked. Dennis was

like that. Taking what came to him,

calmly, unwhimperingly. He dragged

his poor body from the little cottage

up on the hill down to the fish house

as cheerfully as he had once sailed

the Donnybrook through calm summer

nights, as bravely as he had faced

autumn gales.



He too-k his place in the Bellarion

quietly, wasting no time on self pity,

and doing, as far as his withered legs

would let him, his fair and full share

of the heavy work of hand hauling the

long nets, of shifting the ballast and

reefing the sails in time of storm, of

cleaning and packing the catch.



And whereas the other Mackinaw

boats required a crew of three men,

this taciturn sailor and his stalwart

son sailed their ship alone, and when

the Bellarion came homing into port

from a run to he gillnets, she carried

no light load e ther. .



Shane walked slowly up toward hls

father.



The run is not what it should be,

Shane,” the older man greeted him.



“It is not,” Shane agreed. “The

Whitefish should still be comjn’ close

off shore. Still the haul is light each

day.” He paused a minute. ”I met

Michael Callagan’s boat off the point,”

he resumed. "He sailed out of Garden

Island harbor early this momin’. Aleck

sends word he has nade of us at his

place tonight an hour after dusk.”



Dennis eyed him a minute in specu-

lative silence. “We’ll not be failin’

Aleck,” he said slowly, “but I’m not

likin’ the look of it, I niver like sall-

in’ that close St. James in the dark.”



Shane shook his head. “No, Denny,”

he agreed, “We’ll not be failin’ Aleck.

Though I can’t say I’m likln’ the look

of it myself.”



(Continued next week).





Looking Back





Our Weekly Sermon—By N. /1. Mchme





EVIEW, review, evermore re-

view," is the axiom of teachers.

President Wilson, when he was

a college professor, said that the long-

er he lived the more he realized the





. infinite capacity of the human mind to





resist the introduction of knowledge.

Today we are following the method of

the pedagogue. We are reviewing.

Moses, commanding his vast and.

strange army of immigrants, leaves

Mount Sinai, and the long procession

starts for the land of Heart’s Desire,

Canaan. Do you suppose that their

anticipation was any stronger than the

anticipation of some immigrants who

come to America? Not all, but some.

The religious motive was stronger in

the Hebrews than it is in modern im-

migrants, and yet

some of these lat-

ter-day ones have

highly religious

, ideals locked up

'in their breasts.

W-ere the Hebe

rews disappoint-

ed when they got

to Canaan? Many

were, and many

moderns who have pilgrimed to Amer-





 





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er records how he walked ten miles

to secure the coveted citizenship pa-

pers. The government office was a

dingy, ill-smelling place, full of tobac-

co smoke and idlers, while an ignore

ant,‘ whiskey-smelling politician admin-





istered the sacred oath of American





citizenship.



_When the huge caravan gets to

Canaan, there is a pause. The great

commander urged that they: enter' at

once, but the people ask that a com-

mittee be appointed to investigate.





' These people wees pretty fairly mod-





ern. They- knew howto' kill a good





proposition: in committee. The-inscrip-





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ten report ill tidings, and the two re-

port good tidings, and that is the end

of it, for a long, long time. It takes

them forty years to recover. They

must wait until enough first-class fun-

erals have taken place to remove the

objectors. In fact, all the objectors

kindly died off. If that would take

place in some communities—-! Still,

it is not a good plan to wait for fun-

erals, because others of the same kind

may move in, or be born, in the mean-

time. Patience and education will us-

ually doit.





When Moses dies, the load of lead-

ership falls on Joshua, a most worthy

successor. He is not like Moses, for

that would be impossible. He must

exercise his leadership in his own

way. He issues his first general or-

ders to proceed, and into the land of

promise the people come. Now, it is

to be noted that, although the land

had been promised these peeple, still

they had to win it. The promise of

life is ours, but effort must be put

forth to attain it. God makes us prom-

ises of life, of strength of character.

But before these are ours they must

be won by the most painstaking effort.

Says a Scotch preacher, “You will not

stroll into Christlikeness with your

hands in your pockets, shoving the

"door open with a careless shoulder.”

“You will not yawn yourself into heav-

en with an idle wish,” said Richard

Cecil.



At this point the series of lessons

touches again on the temperance ques—

tion. One very vital mistake has been

made, with respect to national prohibi-

tion. When it became law, we gave

up education. We thought it was all

over. J. Barleycorn had been buried,

and the mourners might as well go

home and be as cheerful as they could.

But J.’ B. proved to be an exasperat-

.ing~_ly lively corpse, and the mourners

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cation; {The effects on» alcohol used to

be taught in the schools, and lectures

were given on the price that the drink-

er paid for his fun. We must go back

to that. Alcohol is as deadly now as

it was then—and varnish, liquid shoe

polish and hair dye are deadly, too.

We don’t want to back to “ginod old”

whiskey, “pure" whiskey, impure whis-

key, or any kind of whiskey. That

verse in the Bible still tells the truth,

and it is still there. “At last it biteth

like a serpent and stingeth like an

adder.” And we don’t want light wines,

heavy wines, feather-weight wines, or

any other kind of wines, or beer, eith-

Let us get rid of the whole liquid

mess. We will live longer, do more,

have more money and more happiness,

and we won’t curse our unborn chil-

dren.



They get to Jericho, these immi-

grants, and are put through a course

of strict discipline. They march around

the walls of the city and are not al«

lowed to make any noise, aside from

the buglers. After going through this

seemingly silly process the last grand

crash comes on the seventh day.

What is it Ecclesiastes says?

everything there. is a season, and a

time to every purpose under heaven;”

a time to be born and a time to die;

a time to plant and a time to pluck

up that which is planted. A time to

kill, and a time to heal, a time to

break down, and a time to build up.”

Much of the tragedy of life lies in the





fact that we do not do things in their





time. The Israelites had that lesson

well rubbed in, at Jericho. They did

as they were told at the time they

were told, and in the manner they

were told. Gideon and Samuel are

two strong characters. Big men in a.

little country. But big men often come

from little countries. Read the history

of Greece, of Holland, and of England.

After all, it is quality that counts. The

religion of the Bible creates men and

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SUBJECT:—Moses to Samuel.



GOLDEN TEXTz—Surely His salva-

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A LEAK IN THE FARMER’S SHIP.





 





(Continued from page 651).

and storage on the binder would be

about $35 per year. He could not af—

ford io cradle the wheat for this

amount of money, therefore, he de-

cides to buy the binder. If he purchas-

es the binder, his acre cost for ma-

chine cutting is $3.50, which is too

high for economical production. He

cannot compete with the western farm-

er, who can cut and thresh his wheat

with a combine for $1.00 per acre.





In an instance of this kind, it would

not be wise to follow either of the

above plans, but would be best to hire

or rent a binder to harvest his wheat.

The more acres of wheat he owned,

the less the acre cost of harvesting,

for the interest, insurance and storage

remains the same, no matter what the

acreage may be. The depreciation is

the only variable which changes with

a larger acreage of wheat. Therefore,

the problem of the farmer in this case

is to take his pencil and paper and

figure which is cheaper for his partic-

ular instance; to hire or to buy a

binder.





Thus, the buying of machinery is a

business enterprise which takes in a

number of variables and conditions.

The same management which affects

the binder costs is applicable to all

other machinery on the farm. I am

strong for machinery, but I also be-

lieve that a farmer can tie up too much

capital in machinery which he uses

very little, or be like the boy who

wanted every new machine manufac-

tured that had a seat on it. ,Each.

farmer must decide what and how





- much machinery he shall own, by care-.





fut figuring, and by balancing all fac-





“To V





tors which. are taken into considera—'

tion. . \ ,’



After we decide what machinery to

buy on the farm, let us take up the

next problem in machinery manage-

ment, and that is the proper care and

storage of it. This seems to be the

most wasteful factor in the farm ma-

chinery business.





Farm machinery, like automobiles,

or any other standard manufactured

product, is reaching a higher state of

perfection and efficiency each year.

The majority of our farm implements

on the average size farm, if given the

proper care and attention, will last a

natural lifetime. With the present high

cost of machinery, it is very poor bus-

iness to allow it to stand in the field,

exposed to the elements, or to use it

as a roosting place for the farm poul-

try. Rain will destroy the paint, de-

cay the parts constructed of wood, and

rust the parts made of iron. The wind

will strain and wreck the large farm

implements, and even the hot sun has

a deteriorating effect on machinery.

Authorities tell us that properly stored

and cared for machinery will depreci-





-ate about one-half as fast as machin-





ery which is left out of doors and not

cared for. Storage, therefore, is a ma-

jor economic problem, and one Well

worth attending to. Keep the tools

in the shed when not in use.





Storage of machinery is not Only an

important factor in machinery man-

agement on account of cutting down

the depreciative value, but it keeps the

machinery in better condition, thus

adding to its efficiency of service and

cutting down the operating cost per

acre. A few examples will illustrate.



When I was a lad on my father’s

farm, we had a neighbor who would

always store his implements wherever

he finished work. One spring we both

started plowing for oats on the same

day. His plow had been out of doors

all winter, and one of the handles had

decayed and broke off before he had

plowed half way across the field. The

accident cost him one-half day of man

and team power in a very busy time.

After a new handle was put on the

plow it took about another half day

to get the moldboard to scour in or-

der that he could do a good job of

plowing. The result was a poorly pre-

pared seed-bed, and more work for

the team. Our plow was put into the

tool shed in the fall, and the mold-

board given a coat of shellac. The

result was two acres of well prepared

land the first day of plowing.



Last spring on my own farm we

plowed twenty acres of oat ground in

twenty-six hours with a tractor, and I

know of a neighbor who plowed four

days on a twenty-acre field. The neigh-

bor was in the habit of allowing his

tractor to set out of doors. His plows

were rusty, and he had to spend some

extra time in cleaning spark plugs and

carrying extra water for the tractor.

By proper storage and care we not

only saved fourteen hours of valuable

time, but did a better job of plowing

and used less kerosene and cylinder

oil.



Every farmer knows of similar inci-

dents on the farm; where the hay rope

broke in busy haying time because it

wasn’t kept in the barn in a dry place,

or where the binder refused to tie bun-

dles because the knotter and needle

were rusty from being stored under

the apple tree. A great many times

these minor incidents, occurring at a.

strategic period, and holding up pro-

duction, amounts to a good many dol-

lars.



It can be seen that the up—to-date

farmer of today, has a problem in ma—

chinery management as well as a prob-

lem in soil, crop and live stock man—

agement. The safe rule for him to

follow is to get out his pencil and

note book and figure what kind and

how much» machinery he shall buy,

buying that which shall be an asset to

him. Then, after purchasing this ma-

chinery, it should be stored, repaired,

and cared for in an efficient and eco-

nomical manner. ~ A .
Christmas and the Day





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By Careful P/amzing Mother Ha: Time to Enjoy Cfinrrmé: T00





ITH Sunday following on the



heels of the greatest of all



homegathering holidays, Christ-

mas, it means a very busy day for

mother. There will be week-end guests,

undoubtedly, but mother can have

time to enjoy their company and the

true spirit of Christmas if she plans

her meals carefully beforehand.



With but a little preparation the

remains of the Christmas dinner can

be converted into appetizing dishes,

with no suggestion of left-overs. If

you serve roast chicken, turkey, or

game, the left-over portion will make

a meat pie for the Sunday dinner.



Cut all the meat from the carcass

and crack the bones and cook them

for several hours, reducing the stock

to one pint. Thicken with one table-

spoon of flour, add one cup of creamed

celery, carrots, or onions that may

have been left over from the Christ-

mas dinner, and add the minced meat

in the proportion of two cupfuls to

this amount of stock. Place this in a

baking dish and heat in the oven until

hot. Cover with English pastry, using:





2 cups of flour 15 cup hot water

2 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. lemon Juice

1 tsp salt 1 egg yolk





1 cup shortening



Sift dry ingredients, cutting in one-

half of the shortening. Dissolve the

rest of the shortening in hot water,





remainder of the butter and grated

cheese and serve.

Cranberry Salad.

If there was’a bit of cranberry jelly

left, it will turn the trick of making

a salad most attractive. Dice a ban-





‘ana and heap on a bed of lettuce.





Garnish with two or three cubes of

cranberry jelly, sprinkle with chopped

nuts and add a tablespoonful of

creamy mayonnaise.





If you did not include celery in‘your

meat pie, a celery salad which will

utilize left-over relishes is good.





1 cup diced celery 2 tb. chopped olives

2 tb. minced green pepper 2 tb. broken nuts





Blend these ingredients with mayonJ

naise and serve on a bed of lettuce.

An equal amount of any relish may be

substituted for the green pepper. Gar-

nish with sliced radishes or bits of

red apple.





SURPRISES FOR, THE KIDDIES AT

CHRISTMAS.





 





IN planning any festivity for the- chil-

dren, the main thing to remember

is their love of the spectacular and

their keen imagination. Anything made

to imitate something else is always

sure to make an appeal to their love

of make believe. Christmas time and

its joy and happiness is for them.





 





 





Yuletide Greetings





N Christmas day the fireside is the center of a thousand charms

——the home is clothed with its most beautiful garments.

so it is that I wish for you, gathered around the home hearth, the

joy of good health, the blessing of love for one another, and hap-

piness springing from the charity in your hearts. —Martha Cole.





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add lemon juice and egg yolk. Slowly



add the flour and knead three minutes.



R011 to about one-half inch thick. Cov-



er baking dish and bake one hour.

Change the Sauce.



If you have followed the Christmas

tradition and served old—fashioned

plum pudding for the holiday dinner,

the portion of the pudding that is left

will be a surprise for the family if it

is served with a different sauce and

garnish. Lemon sahce is very good





With a pudding that is rich.





1% cup butter 1-8 tsp. salt. '

1 cup sugar 3 tb. lemon Jmce '

2 eggs beaten 1 tsp. grated lemon rind





% cup boiling water

Cream the butter, add the sugar,

then the beaten. egg, and when well

mixed, the salt and boiling water.

Cook in a double boiler until the mix-

ture thickens, and add the lemon juice

and grated rindn Serve hot. This

sauce will also convert a piece of fruit

cake, that has been steamed, into an

appetizing dessert.

Peas with Rlce.





Peas with rice make a tasty accom-

paniment for chicken or game pie, pro-

vided peas have not been incorporated

in the pie. '





$6 cup butter 2 cups hot water



1 onion, minced . 3 tb. grated cheese



1 tb. minced parsley Salt



3 cups peas Pepper "

36, cup nee





Pantry. onions and parsley three min-

utes with half of butter. Add peas

and cook five minutes. Add rice (un-

cooked) and cook about three minutes.

. Add hot water and seasoning and cook

- slowly until the rice is soft. Add the





Every child loves a surprise, so why

not try something new this year in

the way of Christmas dainties for the

children?



Clown cookies will bring shouts of

joy. They may be made by sketching

faces and hair on plain sugar cookies.

Chocolate or colored icings may be

used. The features may be made by

using small raisins or small colored

candies. Faces may also be sketched

on cakes baked in muffin tins.



To make a baseball, stick the flat

sides of two small, round—shaped cup

cakes together, trim if necessary, and





 





coat with white icing. After it is dry,

mark off seams with chocolate, using

a toothpick.



Bake any good cake batter in small

baking powder cans. (If lined with

wax paper, cake will .come out per-

fectly). When cold, out into even sec-

tions the shape of a drum. Dip each 7

section into white icing, then decorate

with a toothpick dipped in red or green





wing or chocolate to imitate drums.

Drumsticks can be made from candied

orange peel or toothpicks, with cher-

ries stuck on the ends. Then place on

drum, .crossed.



Attractive animal cookies can be

made by frosting plain cookies with

colOred chocolate icing, and placing an

animal cracker in the center before

the icing dries.





Pulling Together Always





ELLKNOWN is the story of the



Wise Men of the East, who,



guided by the Star, found the

young child Jesus and offered Him

their gifts of “gold and frankincense

and myrrh.” Henry. Van Dyke, in

“The Other Wise Man,” tells a beau-

tiful story of a life of sacrifice in the

search to find the “Prince who is wor-

thy to be served.”





_ Artaban, selling all his possessions,

buys three jewels—a sapphire, a ruby,

and a pearl—to carry as gifts to the

Prince. On the way he stops “to min-

ister to a poor dying Hebrew,” and

misses the caravan. Having only a

spent horse, he is compelled to sell

his sapphire to buy a train of camels

to cross the desert.





He arrives in Bethlehem after the





_ flight of Joseph and Mary and the





Young Child Jesus into Egypt, at the

time when Herod has ordered the

slaughter of all the boy babies under

two years of age. Artaban gives his

ruby to save the life of a baby of low-

ly birth, but does not realize that in

his deed of love, he has found the

Prince in his heart. He seeks every-

where, but as he seeks he performs

acts of kindness. He feeds the. hun-

gry, clothes the naked, heals the sick,

and comforts the captive, carrying al-

ways the sunshine of love to all.





At last, after years of searching, he

returns to Jerusalem, where he finds

Jesus is to be crucified. As he fol

the multitude to Golgatha, hoping

offer his pearl for His ransom, a young

girl begs him to save her from a life

of slavery to pay for the debts of her

dead father. He ransoms her with his

pearl—the last of his treasures, “which

he has kept for the King.” Discour-

aged, hopeless, but peaceful in the

thought that had he to live his life

over again, he would do as he had





After Santa Had Gone the- Kiddies Could Hardly Wait Uhtil the Mysteries

Concealed in the Gally Wrapped Packages, were Rammed.





 





 





done, he is struck by a piece of tile

from the roof of the Praetorium. But

before he dies, his life in the service

of love is rewarded, and he sees the

King.





Today there are many others, many





Artabans, in all walks of life; there

are many organizations having “Ser-

vice” for their motto. Not the least

of these is the Parent-Teacher Associ-

ations. Their aim is Cooperation—4

Pulling Together Always~—for the good

of the child. No other organization of

any kind comes so close to the Amer-

ican home as the Parent-Teacher As-

sociation. It touches the homes of the

rich and poor alike, of the educated

and the illiterate. Nowhere else do

people meet on so common a ground

as at a Parent-Teacher meeting, be

cause the good of the child is of para-

mount interest, and what affects one

child, affects all.





The Christmas season finds the as-

sociations especially active. They give

baskets of food to the needy, and

brighten lives of the feeble and the

infirm, as well as the lives of the little

children, with gifts appropriate to

them.





Some associations are serving hot

lunches to thechildren; are providing

milk to the undernourished; are al-

leviating the distress of those chilv

dren having enlarged tonsils, adenoids,

poor eyes—in fact, are aiding in every

phase of health work, are providing

pl-ay ground equipment; are raising the

standard of the movies and other plac-

es of recreation; are acting as the big

brother and sister in chaperoning Our

children; are seeking only the best in

literature for the children; and are

selling the school and its work to the

public. Quietly but effectively, they are

finding the Prince every day in their

missions of love, thoiigh they them-

selves may not be cognizant of it.—-‘

Mrs. M. Vincent. .





 





TH ghslelT OF CHRISTMAS.





 





Brushs from the heart’s .own hearth-





The sdurllle dead ashes of care.

Breathe with the breath of the soul

new life

In the embers of love glowing there.





Kindle anew with f1iendship ~

The full, warm flame till the eye

Shinest with the spirit of Christmas

ime

On the strangers that you pass by.





Live to its utmost fullneSS

his day, bright star at its morn! .





. Christ with His infinite love lives on





And today His great love is re-born. .,

——C A. Brunais '





 





 





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MEN 020.

IN reply to Mrs. F. T.’s request, a



number of readers have told of

their experiences with enameled rang-

es. Mrs. L. B. says, “I have used an

enameled range for ,five years, and it





 





. is as good as when I bought it. It





does net crack or peel off.”



“Mine is a cast iron enameled

range,” says Mrs. 'W. R. B. “I clean

it when the stove is only warm. With

steel wool and a good cleaning pow-

der, I remove any stains and then

‘wash with warm water and soap. Next

I go over the entire stove With kero-

s'ene and a polishing cloth. I have

used a" blue enameled range for. two

years, and there isn't a chip or scratch

on it.” '



“Anyone who has an enameled range

has ante-saver,” is the opinion .of Mrs.

J. L "It is very easy to keep clean,

and does 'not scratch. If Mrs. F. T.

gets an enameled range, I hope she

will tell us how she likes it.”





 





TROUBLE WITH SAUERKRAUT.





 





Can you tell me what is the cause

of our sauerkraut being so soft?—-Mrs..





.H.F





Perhaps you allowed your kraut to





' “ripen" too long. After the kraut is





made, it'should be placed in a warm

place until it has “ripened” to the de-

sired st'age. Then it should be put in

a cold place where the ripening proc-

ess will be checked. If preferred, it

may be Canned in glass jars.





 





PINE NEEDLES ,FOR PILLOWS.



’ I

I would like to make some pine

Can you tell me how

to cure or treat the needles? Also, if

they should be white pine or jack pine

needles?—-Miss A. K.



Will some. reader who has been suc-

cessful in making the fragrant pine

pillows, please tell us how they did it?

—Martha Cole. *





 





 





 





RURAL HEALTH

By Dr. C. H. Lerrz'gr





 





 





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HOW THE CHILDREN GET WORMS.





 





 





‘Mrs. Brown. “And Laddie loves

him, too. You ought to see the

cute Way he kisses him.”



Since I had been calls-$49,- treat

Jimmy for “worms” I was very much

interested in the story. So was Mrs.

Brown When I told her that worms in

children are very often the result of

animal transmission. It is even thought

that the eggs of certain tiny worms

may be Spread'by rats and mice hold-

ing midnight revel over uncooked food

in closets and pantries. But the chief

animals to Offend are pigs, cattle and

fish, used as food, and not sufficiently

cooked to totally destroy the larvae of

the worms.



“Worms” is nothing like as common

an ailment as one might suppose by

listening‘to‘ the many mothers who

have observed that John, Jimmy or

Bill picks his nose, grits his teeth at

night, or gets blue around the eyes.

There are many common things that

will, and do, produce such symptoms.

My suspicions are aroused more read-

ily when the child, in spite of good

meals, is always hungry and refuses

to gain. in weight, or when 'he- is easily

tired, no “pep,"’ pale, perhaps dizzy,

and frequent headaches. In such cases

I advise parents to watch the stools

to see if there any signs of worms or





JIMMY just loves that dog,” said





, their eggs. As a usual thing, when





wormsi' infest the intestinal tract. a





'l'brisk finite 'with caster oil will dis-,

. 5, 1951-89 enough evidence to , make the





 





   

 

 





children“ -~It’-‘ is" .no' .easyijobu to Acure.’

.such‘a case, and I'am'-notran'advocate~





’ ;i_ "it ‘ swaths remembered ,.':that gram ..

ups- harbor-mm just as freonentir





 





answerer: do, Instant, 'sspewozgmas

much ,more common-.111 adults .thangin





of attempts at home treatment. The

remedies" mostly in use for round

worms are santonin and calomel, but

both are. poisonous drugs, and very

good. judgment is required in every in-

dividual case to decide what dosage is

necessary. For tapeworm the treat-'

ment is still more complicated. I know

of only one simple remedy that would

be at all safe for home use, and that

is pumpkin seed. The usual plan is

twenty-four hours without food, then

eat two to four tablespoonfuls of pump

kin seed kernels, and about two hours

later take a brisk cathartic.





Prevention is better. than cure for

worm trouble. This calls for thorough





 





scrubbing...“ —»hands- and» . finger nails -

whenever-one hasjbeen working with

animals. All members of .the family





7 should unfailinglywash hands 'before-

‘meals, and- ‘so must individuals before





handling: food; . No vermin of any kind

should be tolerated around the house.





“Cu: Little Folks.





DID you ever realize that nineteen





 





 





 





 





hundred and twenty-six years



ago no one had as yet celebrated



Christmas? For in the year one



(or about that time) occurred the



event which caused the authorities lat-



er on to start a. new numbering of the



years, for it Was the event that mark-

ed the first of all Christmases.



In the midst of the gay reminders

of the holiday season, the evergreen

and holly, the gifts and good cheer,.

let us think back to the very first‘

Christmas of all.





Styles For Stouts and Misses





 





 





Cut in

38, 40, 42 and 44

inches bust measure. The 36inch size

takes 2% yards of 40-inch material,

with, 1 yard of 40-inch contrasting.

No. 580——Shirring is New. Cut in

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





No. 646—One~piece Dress.

sizes 16 years, 36,





inches bustmeasure. The 36-inch size

takes 27/3 yards .of 40-inch material,

with 3,5 yardof 40-inch contrasting.

No. 355~Suitablo for Stout Figures.

Cut in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and

48 inches bust measure. The 36-inch

size takes 3% yards of 40-inch mate-





rial. .

No. mammal-noon Frock. Cut in

sizes 16 years, 86, 38, 40, 42 and 44





 





 





inches bust measure. The 36-inch size

takes 3% yards of 40-inch material,

with % yard of 32-inch contrasting.

No. 637—Playtime. Cut in sizes IA,

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years. The 4—year

size takes 2% yards of 40-inch mate

{iah with 13/3 yard of 32-inch contrast-





ng.



No. 638—Long-waisted Dress. Cut

in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. The

8-year size takes 21/4 yards of 36-1nch

material, with % yard of 36-inch con-

trasting. ‘



The price of each pattern is 130. Ad-

dress your orders to the Pattern De-

partment, Michigan Farmer, Detroit,

Michigan.





Some of you mil remember from.

preceding stories that the Romans

were the rulers at this time of the





little ‘country' - of Palestine. ‘Every

so often they took a census, as we do

now,~so--as to, have the name of; every ;,

man who should pay taxes. Instead

of giving in his name where he lived,

he was compelled to go to the .town

in which his family belonged." There

was no one, great or small, who dared

disobey the decree of the Emperor

Augustus, so we find Joseph, who

lived in Galilee, but .whose father

and mother were descendants of Da-

vid of Bethlehem, starting out on the

long journey from Nazareth to Beth-

lehem.



Joseph and Mary had been mar-

ried for some time and, although it

was cold weather, she decided to go

with him. There were many others,

descendants of David like them-

selves, who must go to Bethlehem on

this same errand. They took along

provisions on the donkey’s back, and

unless taken in at some friendly house

along the way, camped out at night.



Joseph took especial care of Mary

as she rode through the paths in the

fields and over the stony roads. They

no doubt took the easiest route, which

was on the east side of the Jordan ,

River, crossing the river at a ford.

They then passed through the beauti-

ful city of Jericho, with its rose gar-

dens and orchards. On the fourth day

they came to Jerusalem, the largest

city of Palestine. The sight of this

beautiful city among the hills must

have stirred the hearts of both of

them, but it was getting late and they

did not tarry. The road became more

and more uneven, winding along hill-

sides and ever getting higher.





At last they came to the gates of

Bethlehem and went slowly up the

steep and narrow streets into the

town. Mary was very tired and she

must rest. But every little village

home was crowded with strangers,

who had come also to be counted.

Joseph then led the way to the vil-

lage mm, but that was full, too. This

lllIl or kahn, as it was called, was not

a bit like a hotel as you think of one.





 





 





Joseph Saw Strange, Eager Faces at

the Entrance of the Stable-Cave.





It was made up of low-roofed build~

ings that were around an open square

and in the middle was a pool of water

where. the animals could. drink. On

this night the open square was crowd-

ed with camels, horses, donkeys, and

goats, with their pack loads and sad-

dles strewn about. .





Near the inn was a kind of cave cut

into the soft rock, where cattle and

horses were kept. A part of the cave

was empty, and Joseph decided it was

better to stay there than to be under

the open sky. He spread straw on the

ground and laid the sleeping mat upon

it. There they slept amid the sound

of men’s voices, jingling camel bells

and trampling feet. And there it was

that the Child was born who was to

be called the Son of God. Mary wrap—

ped him in a long band of cloth, which

they called swaddling clothes, and a

manger, or box out of which the

horses ate, served for his first cradle.



Later in the night when Mary and

the Baby Jesus were resting, Joseph

saw strange eager faces peering in at

the entrance to the stable-cave. He

was asked if a baby had been born

there. Then they told the strange and

beautiful story in which St. Luke in

his gospel has given us. They were

shepherds watching their flocks among

the hills around Bethlehem. Suddenly

a glorious angel stood right beside

them. They were afraid, but he said,

“Fear not, for I bring you good tid-

ings of great joy.”



Then he pointed toward Bethlehem

and said, “In that city of David is

born this day a Saviour who is Christ

the Lord. This is how you will know

Him, for He will be wrapped in swad-

dling clothes and lying in a manger."

As he ceased speaking, they heard the

sweetest music in the air, and looking

up they saw a host of angels with

shining wings, and it- was from them

that the music came. “Glory to God

in the Highest, and on earth, peace,

go'od will to men.”



Thus was kept the first Christmas,

with carols by the choir of heaven,

and God's own Son, the Saviour of

the world, coming as a Christmas gift

for all mankind."
WhatChriStmas Means to Me





’Some Wort/2y Sentiment: Expreued 5y Many Circ/er:





HRISTMAS, Christmas, everyone



speaks of Christmas. From baby



brother to grandfather, who

served in the Civil War. Christmas

to me is a time when rich and poor

celebrate. It’may be a day of feasting

and merry-making in town or country—

it may be a day of prayer and thanks-

giving~but it is still Christmas day.

All the world looks forward to Christ-





 





 





 





 





 





Esther May Clark and Her Brother

Enjoying Winter Weather.



‘mas, the French, the English and the



Spanish.



No king with his jewels can take

Christmas day from us.



Christmas day to me is a day of re-

union—



“Sisters and brothers

Uncle and aunts,

Speed away home

As Christmas calls.”



Our Heavenly Father was born on

this day. Why should not His chil-

dren gather for a day of prayer and

thanksgiving—to be happy and con-

tent?



Some folks say Christmas is a day

to give gifts. Let us forget this. Make

it a Christmas as in the year our

Father was born. He came to do good.

Let us also plan on this day to help

the poor and needy.



If on Christmas a gift you receive

—do not measure it as to cost and

size—~measure it with the love with

which it is given. member, it is

“Better to give than to receive.”



My idea of Christmas is here given.

Help give cheer, help the poor, make

Christmas a day of reunion, and for-

get your hard -feelings, make friends,

and ask the aid of God for all.——\Valter

Burns.



To me, Christmas is a day of peace

and quiet, a day of thankfulness, of

rest. The noise, the clatter, the bang

is out of place. For myself, I prefer

Christmas to include my immediate

family in our own country home, set

in a white landscape and the white

flakes floating in the air like soft

white feathers.





 





Christmas should be a time of joy,"





but I prefer mine in the quiet way.

We should not let our present joys

obliterate the memory of the Birth of

Christ, and all it symbolizes. Christ-

mas should inspire us each year to

lead more kindly and more righteous

lives. It should help us to forget our

failures and gain new courage with

which to climb the ladder of our am-

bitions and hope to lead us upward,

hand-in-liand.



Christ lived “that He might teach

how to live. Our society is "so con-





 





gested that it is necessary that we

live peaceably with our fellowmen.

Strength of character is needed, and-

a depth that reaches far beyond the

petty things of life. To build charac-

ter one must toil constantly and dili-

gently, and Christmas is the time

when the great ideal should be near-

est to us and give us help—Bernice

M. Ball.





 





A day of glad rejoicing is What Christ-

mas means to me,



Of which the world-wide symbol is the

gorgeous Christmas tree,



With gifts and boxes laden of all dif-

ferent sorts and kinds,



Which provide keen fascination for

both young and aged minds.





The happy children crowd around in

unrestrained delight



To see what has been left for them

by Santa in the night;



While the elders stand back smiling——

this eagerness to perceive,

Thinking: “Truly, ’tis more blessed

to. give than to receive.”





Then comes the grand feast headed by

a stuffed and roasted goose,



With the luscious cranberries floating

in their crimson juice;



That rich fruity Christmas cake and

those delicious raisin pies;

What a feast for empty stomachs and

a sight for hungry eyes!





But ’mid all our gay rejoicing we

should think of girls and boys,

\Vho, because of wretched poverty,

have not seen Christmas joys. ‘

Then let us try to keep the day as He,

the child Whose birth

We celebrate on Christmas day, would

do were He on earth.

—~June Nelson.





 





The time is here again when most

little girls and boys begin their an—

nual winter sport, namely, “being good

for Christmas,” even at Thanksgiving.



To find the origin of the “present”

idea, we must go back into history

about 1930 years, to the time of the

birth of Christ. Who does not know

the story of the Three Wise Men and

their long trek across the country to

lay their gifts at the feet of the Christ-

child





Christmas, to my mind, means a





ing of presents. The real meaning of

Christmas is embodied in the work of

the churches and charities, of the mis-

sions and community funds.



If it were not for Christmas and its

spirit of giving, there would be thou-

sands of homes that would go through

the bleak Winter, pinched by poverty,

with nothing to vary. the ceaseless

monotony of hunger and want. Cares





are lightened and cheer brought into





millions of homes by such organiza-

tions as the Detroit Community Fund,

the Salvation Army, and other chari-

ties. Even our little Merry Circle





fund portrays the spirit of Christmas,





with its happiness-spreading among

the crippled children.



To me, Christmas personifies the

true spirit of Christ. There seems to

be a spirit in the atmosphere that

brings out all that is good in us. Ev-

erybody has nothing but good-will for





 





MERRY CHRISTMAS.





 





DO not think that I can im-



prove upon what the M. C.’s

have said about Christmas, so all

I will say is, “Amen” to their

sentiments, especially as they

have referred to it as a charac-

ter-building and spiritually-up-

lifting holiday, rather than one

of selfish indulgence. I hope

that Christmas means to you. all

that it means to them.——Uncle

Frank. '





,1





 





 





 





everyone else. Quarrels and differ-

ences are laid aside or forgotten in

the galaxy of Christmas and New

Year’s resolutions. On every side we

hear glad shouts of “Merry Christ-





mas!” The ringing of sleigh—bells fills'





the air, and everybody’s happy. ‘



To sum it all up, then, Christmas

means liberal and unstinted charity to

those who are in need. It means the

spreading of good-will and happiness

all around us. It reminds us once

more that it is more blessed to give

than to receive. That, after all, is the

true spirit of Christmas.—~Guilford

Rothfuss.





 





 





@DUR LETTER BDX





 





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I can just imagine the punishment

1 should undergo for not thanking you

for the pencil I received as a prize.

Thank you ever so much. I have four

pencils, three of which I have received

from different places, but the one from

you, uncle, is best. - It has been car-

ried more than 500 miles, besides all

the other use it has received.



You have quite a. few Rossmans in

the Merry Circle Club, have you not,

Uncle Frank? All of them are my

cousms.





I, like other people, am careless at

times. I was very careless indeed, last

Saturday, because I poured boiling wa—

ter on the top not my foot. It appears

to be all healed, but I know differently.

——Lola Viola Rossman, Metamora,

Michigan. '





I am glad you like the pencil. You

are doing better than others in ac-

knowledging the pencil at a late time,

as some never acknoWledge the re-

ceipt of theirprizes. I like to know

if the prizes have been received and

if they are liked. ' "





 





Dear Uncle Frank: .





Say, Uncie Frank, you really Should.

be‘ here ‘now and hunt ‘SOme genuine





I





 





four-legged deer. Let me tell you, it’s

great sport, all right.



I was to the cave—in at the iron ore

mine at North Lake, . Thursday, No-

vember 4. It sure was ‘some dreary-

looking sight. Fifty—two men lost their

lives in it, and only one man escaped.



I see that the dispute is getting red-

hot over the rohibition problem. I

agree with George Nichols and believe

that it should be more strictly enforc-

ed. As my letter is getting long and

my pencil rather short, I will close.-—-—

So good—bye, Carl Peterson.



I am not strong at hunting deer, be-

cause they look too nice to shoot.

There have been some serious mine

accidents in the north this fall. I won-

der it“ any M. C.’s had ’relatives in





them. '





 





Dear Uncle Frank: . '



As I , was reading the Michigan

Farmer this week, I became especially

interested in the letterwritten by Wil-

ma Fry.

the “Skidmore'? schoolnear Vestaburg





and he‘- told'me his teacher’snamewas . fl

* Miss Fry. He does not know henfirst .1. ..

name, but I ,have'an idea itgis “111%; , ‘

. Fry, 'as-this school ij nearr'life ; g.—

-:My cousin sure thin “he! is, luckg‘to

haveherfor I ,





his teacher.n*





‘/





   





I have a cousin Who 8065 to





sgreat deal more than a mere exchang- Oh, this bobbed-hair “ami ‘ kn-ickerfi





question! Why is it any worse for a

girl to have her hair cut than a boy?

Well, I bet if boys had to. have long

hair hanging around their head, they’d

say, “hand ‘me those scissors,” and

they wouldn’t be long cutting it off





either. Knickers are perfectly all right,





if they are used with commOn sense.

Just ask the boys how they‘would like





 





to go hunting, work in the fields or »





climb fences,

wrapping around their ankles—Not

much! I’ll say they wouldn’t.—-—Your

niece and cousin, “Peggy.”





I am glad to get this boy’s comment

on Wilma’s teaching, for she must [be

the one to whom he is referring. I

am sure Wilma would be a fine teach-

er.’ You have a. sensible view of the

other subjects. ' '





 





Dear Uncle Frank: ‘



I received the gift, for which I thank

you very much. And I was greatly

surprised, for I have tried several

times, and at last won. I was at“ the

State Fair and saw a great many

things. What I liked very much was

the cattle. MiChiganhas quite a few

good cattle, that were brought to the

State Fair. “I enjoyed it very much.—

John Vlock, Carleton, Mich. '\



Glad you liked the prize and that





you have found it pays to be persist-





ent. You must have had a nice time

at the fair. Why didn't you come to

see me? ‘





 





SAY, KlDDO!





 





Farming ain’t fun, I’ll surely allow,



But I like it better than town—right

now!



I’ve lived in a town three years in a

POW, ‘



And so, begging your pardon; believe

me, I know! ,



Now, when 'I was livin’ in a little old

town,



There was nothing to do but loaf, the

year ’round. .



You had to stay idle; while out on the

farm,



You’d earn some money, and keep out

of harm.





You have to buy all your things at the‘





store,

And the bill will take all of your wages





. —~and more.



The forced town idleness makes you

as weak ,



As a wee little brook trout—out of the

creek.





But I’m living out in the country now,



Where there’s darn good milk from a

darn good cow.



An’ a plate full 0’ spuds, an’ an’ a

piece 0' fried pork.





- 4





 





 





Marion 'Pickup'! is~Good at Drawing





Girl-Heads. ,‘ .





 





 





and have long skirts





9





And last, 11:1.“ iotleashagreat deal‘or ,
There’s a lot, more. to itxth'an that} .,

» . ' ' ' ' .most palatable foods obtainable, ,the





 





‘ which you found the answer.

' write neatly, as careless papers will





- hand corner.





. close December 31.

. test papers to Uncle Frank, Michigan

, Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.

. have correct answers and are not M.

. C.’s, will receive buttons and member-





' Rhode





' the disease.

, affected, remove them, from the flock,

' {and treat them. individually, although





 





4... ,-





_ma





 





. Which you see. ' ,- . _ ,. .

Now, it you don’t mind,'1’ll tell you

the truth, , - , ,

Real hard-work! is good for the aver-

. 5 ~ out . , ,’

Just rods; the plow for a month an

you’ll see, ~

That you‘ve got quite a notion to al-

most agree. -





So, K- do, you mayahave the town if

ish





' But if you want to convince me, ped-





dl our fish. .

But to sissy out of mischief, and also

of harm. _ '

easier?———live on a farm.

What could lie —Menno G. Martin.





 





.IUMBLED QUESTION CONTEST.





 





HIS. time we will have a question

contest which is a. combination of





'the Read-and—VVin and our jumbled





sentence contests. First, you will

have to straighten out the question,

and then look _for the answer to it on

one of the pages of this paper. After

you find the answer write the straight-

ened—out" question, and also the an-





swer with the number of the page on

Please





not be considered, even though they

are right, and don’t forget to put your

name and address in the upper left-

Put M. C. after your

name if you are a Merry Circler. All

of the correct, neat papers will be





' mixed together, and ten pulled out for,





prizes. The prizes will be as follows:

The first two girls’ prizes, nice boxes





‘ of stationery; the next two girls’ priz-





es, beautiful brooch pins; and the next

one a handy pocketbook knife. The

boys’ prizes are as follows: The first

two, fountain pens; the next two,

handy clutch pencils; and the last, a

hand pocket knife. The contest will

Send your con—





All who

ship cards.





Here is the jumbled question:

Hawt neev hoguth tirgh lilw out be





, nosedicred





 





 





Poultry





 





 





LEVEL ROOSTS' BEST.





 





0UP and colds in poultry are com-



mon ailments during the winter

time on many farms. Much of this

trouble can often be avoided if the

poultryman will take a few precau-

tions. Level roosts will aid very ma-

terially in protecting the health of the

poultry.



When the roosts are on a slant the

birds always try to get on the top two

or three roosts. The lower roosts will

often be entirely vacant. This tends

to crowd the birds together so that

they become warm during the night.

In the morning as the birds get down

on the floor their bodies cool off very

rapidly. Colds and roup are much

more Common, in houses where the

birds are crowded together on the

roost. Level roosts will help inavoid-

ing this trouble.



The “roosts should be four feet above

the floor for the heavy breeds, such as

Island Reds and Plymouth

Rocks, and four and one~half feet from

the floor for the light breeds, such as

Leghorns. _





 





CHICKEN POX.

(Continued from page 655).

prevent a spread of the disease from

bird to bird, as the drinking water is

the usual source of dissemination of

If~only a few birds are





 





this .. isolation will probably not pre-





jyent‘ the ~,'sproading 0f; the disease

- through thfinmhihderof the-flock.





r





 





0. Birds affected, should "be fed the





pox or scabs should be».painted .- with

iodine, and if throat cankers are pres-

ent, these also should be treated with

tincture of iodine. When an individ-

ual bird is seen gasping for breath,

the mouth should be ,dpened, and the

thumb placed under the throat, throw-

ing the entrance to the windpipe up

into the mouth, and usuallya canker

will be seen just inside the windpipe.

With the aid of a‘hairpin, this canker

can usually be dislodged, and the re-

sulting injury should be painted with

tincture of iodine. Many birds can

thus be saved. When the eyes are af-

fected, a twenty per cent solution of

argyrol should be placed in the af-

fected eye, and this treatment will us-

ually clear up an eye infectionin a

few days. A drop of this argyrol so-

lution‘administered with an eye drop-

per daily, is very effective in clearing

up “bad eyes.”





There is no flock treatment that is

effective. Every effort should be made

to increase the feed consumption of

the flock, as the birds carrying consid-

erable weight seem to have more re-

sistance to the disease, and are not

so seriously affected as birds in heavy

production that are lacking in body

weight.



The disease usually goes through a

flock in six weeks, affecting practically

every bird in the flock, although many

birds have considerable disease resist-

ance, and will continue to lay without

interruption.





Care should be taken to prevent the

spread of the disease to neighboring

flocks. All visitors should be kept out

of the pens, and sparrows should be

screened out as they are often carriers

of this disease from flock to flock.



If you know of any pox being pres-

ent in your community, remember that

it will reach your flock only through

the introduction of new birds from

diseased sources, on the feet of visit-

ors walking through your houses or

yard, or by sparrows, and every pre-

caution should be taken to prevent

these possible sources of infection.





A POULTRY SCHEME.





 





NOTHER fraudulent scheme is be



ing worked on the poultrymen of

Wisconsin, according to reports from

that state. A salesman has been visit-

ing the poultry farms there and ex-

plaining to the owners that he is em-

ployed by the college to inspect farm

flocks for disease, and to give advice

on the treatment of such diseased

birds as he pretends to find. The

treatment which he recommends for

disease control is the use of a certain

tonic which he offers to sell. .



Due to the real assistance which has

been given poultrymen in the past few

years by the colleges, the farmer usu-

ally buys the tonic, as he is convinced

that its use is recommended by the in-

stitutions fraudulently represented.

The tonic is of little or no value, and

the college has no part in recommend-

ing its use.





 





RADIO BRIEFS.





 





“It may be possbile,” says Senatore

Marconi, famous radio inventor, “that

some day electric waves will be used

for the transmission of power over

moderate distances. That achieve-

ment will involve the perfection of

devices for projecting the waves in

parallel beams in such a manner as

to minimize the dispersion and diffu-

sion of energy into space.”





 





WCFL, owned and operated'by the -





Chicago Federation of Laban/and the

only station in the United States built,

owned and operated by its listeners,

who pay one dollar a year for the en-

tertainment,

official opening. '





 





' Less than six years ago there was





' - only one broadcasting station in the





 





leasfinlsmgni





recently celebrated its,





‘UnitedrStates organized for the ser-

vice of the public.

more than, six hundred.





 





A North Dakota farmer - recently”

found a new use for the radio, which

he says is proving profitable. He has

had a receiving set installed in the

cook car of his threshing outfit to pro-

vide entertainment for his





spent “in the fields.” This farmer

says this is the first season during

which he has had no trouble in keep—





ing his men in camp at night, and.





gives full credit to the radio.





 





Even in Argentine radio has taken

its place at live stock and farm imple-

ment shows. At the famed Palermo

Show, along with modern machinery

and farming implements, with dairy

equipment and electric lighting plants,

radio played a definite role in the ex-

hibits.





 





Never put oil or vaseline on the

switches of a set.





CANADIAN FARMING.





 





HE number of Americans migrat-

ing to Western Canada to engage

in farming was greater in 1926 than

during previous years, according to

the department of labor. These Amer-





icans have taken their families along





with them, and are purchasing small

wheat farms in the prairie provinces.

The increase in agricultural opera-





tions in Western Canada is indicated





by the large demand for American

farming implements in that part of

the dominion. Rollin R. Winslow, the

American consul at \Vinnipeg, reports

that during the fiscal year ended

March 31, 1926, Canada imported agri-

cultural implements from the United

States valued at more than $13,000,000.

The chief import items from the Unit-

ed States were farm traction engines

valued at more than $6,000,000, thresh-

ers valued at-$2.500,000, and plows

valued at more than $1,100,000.





All but fifteen counties in Michiganr





are cooperating with the state and fed-

eral governments in campaigns to

eradicate tuberculosis in cattle.





 





Experience in Farm Machine Selling Preferred.



Large wholesaler of motor drix'cn washing machine

{or farm and country home use wants men in. each

county to take charge of sales, call on dealers and

prospects. This is an opportunity for the right man

to make a permanent connection with a handsome

income. All or part. timc or sideline. Must have

sales ability. Replies will he trcatcd confidentially.

This is one of the largest c0m‘erlls of its kind.

Apply at once. HYDRO MOTOR 34, MANUFAC-

TURING 60.. 483! mm St..at Grand River Avenue.





 





 





Dressed, $5.50eltound l’I"1:(‘1‘¢*I,$H;Lll‘adl(\ss, Dressed.

510: Round Perch. $5.50; Skinned, Ready-fry, 311:

Round Him. 312; Halibut. $20: Salmon. $13; W’hite-

flsh. Sl-l; Tullbte Whitefish, 39. Sand for complete

price list. Remit with order. Package charge 300

per 100 lbs. We charge léo per lb. more in less

than loo-lb. lots.





CONSUMERS FISH CO., Green Bay, Wis.





Today there are .





men;

throughout the days and evenings





 

 

 

   





 





.4 Get More Money «—



For Muskrat, Coon,

Mink,



. Roz, ~Wcasel, etc.





Be sure of best prices.

Write for price list now.





BENJAMIN DORMAN





famous Among 77mm yrs for 20 Years





147Wcst 24’” St. NewYork





 





 

   

 





 

 





 

 





 





 





 





‘l'o MchllAI'FIIIl 8: WIN". (:0. '

umuenpous. mun. ‘ -‘

Old Reliable (47 yr.) and [arrest Dealers in tho Northwest.» ,

Pay High! Prices.t Quick liteéurnst.ed ‘Sagsfaolgfn. ‘

Free! $.'.°p“’p2.—': 8&%§°§.°ti.‘o§§"wno his"... 5:; ‘





 





 





GALLOWAY COATS





$22.00 Special Sale I’nce $34.75

Made from hides Delivered to you

supplied by you. from our stock.

No better protection from cold winter bliz-

'. zards. Long years of weawfully guaranteed.

Ship us your cattle and horse hides and

' other raw furs: we will comert them into

furs. fur coats and robes at considerably

less than the usual prices..

We also make and have in stock": full

‘ line of ladics' fine fur coats. Buy from us

I . and save money. Catalogues and other

9 prices gladly sent upon request. "

HILLSOALE ROBE &. TANNING 60., Hill-dale. Mich.

(Oldest Galloway Fur Dressers. in U. S.)





   

 





 





 





H I DES TANNED





All kinds of hides tanned and manufactured into

coats, robes, scarfs. chokers. rugs, etc. In any

style and exactly as ordered. Bcst linings and

furnishings. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.





Write for Free Catalog and Price List

READING ROBE 8: TANNING CO-





READING. MICHIGAN

CUSTOM TANNEB§ FOR OVER. FORTY YEARS.





 





 





 





 





 





CATALOG I’ll!

Low-coat one-gun out-

fit. for DWI“. dinin-



footing, wh towuhlng. .

Sturdyxlopood‘ble. Bond

for cats - o- -- .





 

 

 

   

 





 





 

 





 





 





' Delivers 5 go. 8. umln.

unsolbo. presentation!

workwithllgunonrodo.

With or without truck:

Boon Sgt-o; Pam; Co.

31 HO.M .3 ST“ .ET

LANSING. “ICE.





 





Salesmen Wanted ALLfifiE’ART;





Per 100 lbs—Frozen Large Round Hcrriug. 35f





 





LADIES' PONY

FUR COATS $30





You furnish the raw

horse hide. we tan.

dress and make up

coat. If you have ex-

tra fur for collar and

culls. no extra change.

made in latest styles.

W. W. WEAVER



Carton! Fur Tamra



N6.





NICE.





zymnmsmnts





i7uum Chain, fiafir cede.

D F F





Better work-- better service

direct to on at oxenu' prion.

Tangoningsjgrsghand 1:0" 23:10..

. to . ipw are on-

WR '1. E sand- of other: .u-o shipping

FORFREE ‘and save 255. Wrno for prices.

Badger Robe and Tanning 00.,

CATALOG Stevens Point, Win.

' I S H dressed Herring $5.50; Perch, good

size $5.00; Suckers $3.50; Pick-

oral $8.00: Pike $14.00; Vt’hitcflsh $14.50; Salmon

$13.50; Salted flat lake Herring per 100 pounds 80.00:

Smoked fat Blucfins. ten~pound box $1.00; Trout

$2.20: Salmon $2.20; Whitefish $1.80.

than 100 lbs. filled at same prices.

35c per 100 lbs.





INDEPENDENT FISH 00., Dept”).

Green Bay. Wis.





 





 





 





Choice latest catches. Silver round

Herring per 100 pounds $4.60;





Orders for less

Package charge





 





 





 





 





 

 





t0





 





Whites are the Limiting

Factor in Egg Production





ONE hundred pounds ordinary grain ration





 





produces 45% more yolks than whites. Hens





need protein to produce whites. Michigan Egg

_Mash .w1th Buttermilk supplies the protein

. ingredients for whites in the proper proportion





balance the yolks for max1mum egg produc-





tion. The public formula for Michigan Egg

2 Mash with Buttermilk is your assurance of con-

stant high quality feed and production records.





‘_Send for pamphlet of our Poultry Feeds con-

taining valuable feeding suggestions.





Distribution all over the State





Michigan Fm Bureau Supply Service

. ' W, Michigan
INTER holds no fear for you if

your horses are shod sharp-1f

they have on Giant Grip shoes



and callrs. Safe footing and sure trac-

tive power increase their capacity for

work. Calks can be changed easily

without remoging the shoes. Your

horses can always be shed sharp.

Giant Gri calks stay in—wear



and wear goat. They are your sure

protection on icy hills, and your guar-

antee that your horses will not be

working under strain.





Your blacksmith has Giant Grip shoes





and calks. Have him put on a set now

when sure footing is needed most.





. osnxosa. pWISOOESIN.

THE CALK IN THE YELLOW BOX





   

 





 





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach..us

Twelve Davs before date of publication.





 





, Wallinwood Guernseys

Sons 0! BROOKMEAD’S SECRET KINGfor sale.

F. W. WALLIN, JENISON, MIOH





' C T. A.



One Reg. Guernsey Cow $0,, 0.10000



lbs. milk. 520 lbs. B. F'. T. B. and abortion tested.

LEO LYLE, Decatur. Mich.





 





FORs practically pure- bred GUERNSEY or HOL-

ElN calves. from ch milk err.





write EDOEBWOOD DAIRY FARMhS. vallhlfewaier, VIII.





 





Dairy Heifer Calves. practically

Guernsey pure bred $25.00 each. We ship

C. 0. D. Write L. Terwiiliger, Wauwatosa, Wis.





 





Guernsey Bull For Service $5,231.35? "1"





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





 





Registered Guernsey Cows and Heifers

three fresh cows. Rollin J. Anderson. Holton. Mich.





 





lsCows.48ulhfromB.ofM.Cows.Chanccto

select from herd of 10. Some fresh, others bred

for fall freshening. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersvllic. Mich.





PVINANCIALco KING JERSEY BULLS for sale. from





 





 





M. Type production. COLD-

WATER JERSEYw flI-‘AliM. Goldwater, Mich.

Two Reg- Jersey cows and two heifers. all. '1‘.

B. tested. Priced for quick sale. LEO





LYLE, Decatur. Mich.





HORTHORN BU LL8.—milking strain. from heavy

milking dams. Roses and reds. serviceable age.





 





Write JOE MORIARTY. Hudson, Mich.

SHORTHORNS 5:5. "issues?





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

ers sired by Maxwalton Mock or Edglinlr Victor. two

of the good bulls of the breed. W' make very

attractive prices on all of these cattle. OOTFRED-

SON FARMS. Ypsilanti. Mich.





Registered Shorthorns For Sale

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

male roan call 2 mo.: 8-yr. cow and roan male

calf 4 mo. Priced to sell. I. F. MAHER. 337 S.

Burdick st.. Kalamazoo. Mich.





 





 





B t of uallty and breeding. Bulls,

Shorthorns coeulvs sndq heifers for sale. BIDWELL.

STOCK FARM. Box 0. Teen-ssh. Mich.





HOGS





 





Ready for Service





A nicely marked calf, born February 27, 1926,

and about half white.



His sire. a grandson of May Echo Sylvia. is

a show bull and a son of White Susie. 35-

lb show cow with 1.113 lbs. butter and

28. 301 lbs. milk in a year.

His dam is a 223 lb. Jr. 4- -year-old daugh-

ter of a 20.8-lb. 2-year-old with a 365—day

record of 862.48 lbs. butter and 21.441 lbs.

milk in a year.



Send for pedigree of Tag No. 220.

An excellent individual bred at Pontiac.





“MICHIGAN STATE mg." ..

Bureau of





Animal Industry

Dept. C





Lansing, Michigan





 





 





 





 





 





HOLSTEI N BULLS





. Sircd by a Grand Champion and out of tested





' dams.





Accredited herd. Also a few good





: bred heifers.

3 Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.





 





$ 1’ 0 00 buys ten Reg. Holstein heifers; five mi:

milking now: others are younger;

nicely, marked and sired by our 33. 58-1b. sire.

real buy at. that price. E. A. ROHLFS, Akron.

Mlch.. R. 3.





HEREFORD STEERS





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

'14 Wt. around 725 lbs. 81 Wt. armmd 626 lbs.

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

Good quality, dark reds. dehomed, well marked

Hereford Steers. Good grass flesh

are usually market toppers when finished.

your choice of one car load from any bunch. Can

also show you Shorthorn gteers, yrls or 2 yr old.





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





 





Choice Jersey Bulls afiflffiigm}? :23

ms accredited herd. SMI ITI'I ‘.





from R. of M. d

PARKER, Howell. Mich.





 





JERSEY BULLS ready for service. World record



ceding. From . dams making up to 665

lbs. fat. and by R. of 0M. Msire whose first dau ter

makes 54’! lbs. for. Age 2 yrs. 1. K. HATFIELD.

Remus. Migi.





 





BUTTER BRED .JEggfi‘éufiimm





 

 

 





. tisement.





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County, Michigan





 





FOR SALE—~Six Jersey cows. bred to Toropo's But-

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

of any breed. also yearling heifer sired by him. Will

freshen soon. RENWICK. Rockford. Mich.





 





-, S ELL 3 your poultry, baby





chicks, hatching eggs and

real estate through a ‘Mi‘ch-

igan Farmer classified adver-





 





Service Boars—--Bred Gilts





Fall Pigs ’





Everything immunized. We

to please you.





Lakefield Farms,. Clarkston, Mich.





Duroc Jersey Gilts and Bears of

For Sale March and April farrow. Colonel $1.13

Ori Kins breedinl- Good type

mdnC. 0. D. on approval. W. E. Bartloy.. Alma. Mich.





0. I 0 H065 on lime raises;





1 in tors and most extensive breeders

WET-g. $31ka co. .. Box I96, Salem, Ohio





7 A ril Gilts. fall pigs. either sex.

0- I- C 3- Slfed by "Jumbo's Bellboy" and

MILO H. PETERSON 8:. SON.

Elmhurst Farm.





Guarantee





“Model Monster.”

lonls, Mich.. R. 2,





LARGE TYPE P. C.





boars all sold. Some large stretchy Wolverine and

Grand Model giltslggg sale. {Fall lpi gee bgmtlhchsgax

Model and L's eemer. rem Ears



Come and see the real kind. W.E .LlViNGSTONE.





Parma. Mich.



Poland China boars of March

F0 R S A LE and April furrow. Also some

choice bred gilts, due to farrow in March and April.

Every one immuned for cholera. WESLEY HILE,





lonia. Mich.





 





..P c. SWINE FOR SALE

Spring pigs} either sex. good ones. Cholera immune.

Also Bronx: hSwiss bulls. A. A. FELDKAMP. Man-

I:





 





Chester.



A F good Hampshire spring boars at a

ew bargain. Place your order for bred



guts. JOHN W. SNYDER. St. Johns. Mlch.. R. 4.





Boar pigs all sold. Thanks to



Thank You all customers that have made



possible our enormous fall trade on boar pigs. Write



us about our gills litter mates to the boars. GEO.

W. NEEDHAM, Saline, Mich.



spring slits and boars.





L0 T0 P- C- sows Inspection solicited. J.

E. HUMPHREYS. Carnovls. Mich.





SHEEP





700 Choice Ewes





for sale in car lots. 1 to 4 years old. all in good con-

dition. Bred to strictly choice Shrop. rams to lamb

May 1st. Also 200 choice largo Delaine ewes. AL-

MOND .8. CHAPMAN (t SON. So. Rockweod, Mich.

25 miles south of Detroit. Mich. Telegraph address:

Rockweod. Mich.



abrop shire grades, also Lin-

Branding ENOSI‘IMSIII coin Rambouillet cross breeds,





in larger 50 or more Bredto lamb in April and

May. V. B. FURNISS. Nashville, Mich.





 





Registered Delaine Ewes





um 011$. bred. F. H. RUSSELL, WQKOMIII, OIIIO.j

'SHROPSHIRES 1'5 “33°30“ 1783”" béed if





 





THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich.





For Sluopshiies °’ ”#131317“ “3"“ “up?"

BODHER. R. 4. Evert.mu Ilch. ,





 





 





w; 1.. Manny ‘ 1 momma“.





WELGH. IonlmM





Bred Ewes





14111001“. L II. KII





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all worded. sent cornmeal.





mm A 023%





- 120-acre farm.





3 the stage ughere





AN UNEXPECTED EXPERIMENT IN

FEEDING HOGS.





 





E had been feeding hogs for sev-



eral years. These feeders were

from pure-bred brood sows kept on our

Corn was the chief

source of feed, although we used oats,

barley, cooked beans, and other feeds,

as they were available on the farm.-



During this period, there seemed to’

be somewhat better gains by the

spring pigs than from those raised in

the fall. The cause was not studied in

any special way, but a pair of stock

scales told us much about the gains

made by these litters. Invariably, the

spring litters would make a. better

growth of bone and weigh heavier at

the end of seven months, than would

the fall pigs. What was the reason?



We now know quite definitely that

it was due largely to the fact that the

spring litters were out in the pasture

where they received all the bone-mak-

ing material necessary to their normal

development. They had clover and al-

falfa pasture until it was time to be

turned into the corn field to bog down

the crop.



The fall pigs, on the other hand, did

not have much advantage of pasture.

They were put on a concentrated ra-

tion early and kept on this until they

were turned off in the spring. Then

we did not feed minerals, nor much

that provided mineral elements.



But one season we got a new hunch

on the hog feeding business. Our hog

house had to be rebuilt. The yards

were changed. In doing this, an ash

heap from the burning of several apple

tree stumps was included in one of

the yards. A bunch of fall pigs was

turned in pens connected with this

yard, while another bunch of the same

type of pigs was turned into other

pens. Some time afterwards it was

observed that the pigs from the pens

opening into this yard Were showing

better appetites and apparently mak-

ing better gains. When we began to

crowd them, those in the second yard

went off feed more easily than did the

others. We at that time, did not think

of the ash heap in this connection; but

had observed ' how these pigs would

root about and eat the ashes and coals.



We are inclined to believe that the

ashes were largely, if not Wholely, re-

sponsible for the first lot of pigs giv-

ing us‘average total gains amounting

to better than twenty pounds higher

than the other lot, according to the

weights on the home scales. This

might not work out on other farms,

but as for us, we have seen to it since

that our pigs have been provided with

all the ashes and salt that they want.

We are confident of being the gainers

for doing this—E. E. Hibbard.





HOG CHOLERA GETTING UNDER

CONTROL.





 





EPORTS from throughout the state



indicate that losses from hog

cholera have been unusually large this

fall. Serum is now available for vac-

cination and the outbreaks of cholera.

are being brought under control. The

feeding of garbage to unvaccinated

hogs has been responsible for a large

percentage of the cases of hog cholera.

in this state.





 





CAREFUL SELECTION OF Hoes.





 





N our farm we have found that it

The sows have been mated from a pro-'





of more pork with us. , . .g .

' Our herd of hegehas no resell





 





 





. seesaw mm.





this year,





pays to carefully select our" hogs."





liflc strain, and it has been the means”. ,





 





‘ters of pigs that are strong and select '





in every way. That is an importan‘l’

point. It goes without saying that:





when we feed, we get results from that .





feed. Hogs of good size will eat but

little more than the purity kind that

we used to keep, but, that was a good

lesson for- us. _ A good strain of hogs,

like anything else, cannot be built up

in a year. It takes‘patience and good

judgment, together with some. extra

effort, but it has paid. us. We mark

the pigs from the litters that seem

promising, and these are kept for

breeding purposes—E. 0. S:





 





CENTRAL SIRE VMAKING‘R-ECORD.





 





THE central sire owned'by the Liv-



ingston Bull Association, has dem—

onstrated ability to produce excellent

progeny. Every calf sired by this an-

imal shows promise of becoming an)

outstanding individual. One of the

daughters of this bull won second

place in her class at the Michigan

State Fair this year. One of the great

advantages in bull association work is

that an opportunity is given to inspect

numerous offspring of each sire before

the sire is disposed of. Many- LiVing-

ston county breeders are nowpl'anning

to secure a son of the central sire to

be used in building up their herd.





SHEEP CLUBS POPULAR IN .

BARRY.





 





HE success of the Barry: county

boys who have been enrolled this





summer as sheep club members, has ..





interested many more boys in the

work. Twelve excellent Shropshire





sheep were recently purchased for $31 -





a head, and distributed to boys who

wished to take up sheep club work.

This number of sheep wasenot ade-

quate to supply the demands of the

boys, so the sheep had to be distrib-

uted by lot. More animalswi'll be so-

cured later.





DAIRYMEN VS. REAL ESTATE

' MEN.





 





A LARGE acreage which was for-



, merly productive farm "land, in

Oakland-and McComb counties", is now

c0vered with neat rows of five-room

bungalows, or else the acres are the

scenery surrounding a. pretentious num-

mer home. The effect of this sub-di-





viding upon rural activities is shown _.

“The num-





by the following report:

her one cow testing association of Mc-

Comb county recently reorganized for

its fifth continuous year of werk. Near-

ly half of the original members are





still testing their cows, which is an _‘





especially good percentage cf old mem-'

bers retained, when you consider the

turnover of farms in this section caus-

ed by Detroit real, estate activities.”





More than 3,000 fox pelts have been





produced on Michigan fox farms dur»

.ing the past year.





Prices are about

thirty per cent higher than a. year ago.

There are 216 fox farms in Michigan,

as compared to 160 last

year. This state is considered the

leading forx farming state. in the

Unidn.





 





The county agricultural agent of,





 

 





Wexford county reports that eight?

farmers attended a dairy meeting held’





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





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WILDWOOD FARMS





‘ PRESENT





QUALITY MARSHALL 369886





’ 1926 Grand Champion Aberdeen Angus Bull





 





 





 





 





International Livestock Exposition-«Chicago ~

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair-«Toronto

Michigan State Fair---Detroit





 





 





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Quality Marshall Was Undefeated in Any Prize Ring

in the United States and Canada in the Year 1926





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‘_ , ORION,1MICHIGAN

W. E. scmrps, Prop. SIDNEY smru, Supt. »-
cams QUOTATIONS.





Tuesday, Decem ber 21.

Wheat.





Detroit—No. 2 red, at $1.42; No. 2

white $1.43; No. 2 mixed $1.41.

Chicago—December at $1.427/8; May

$1.42; July $1.34%.

Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red $142175

@1.43%.

Corn.

Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 82c; No. 3

yellow 81c. .

Chicago—December at 751/40; May

83%c; July 86%c.

Oats.

Patron—No. 2 Michigan at 560; No.

, c.

Chicago—December at 46940; May

5114c; July 49%c.

Rye.

Detroit—No. 2, 98c.

Chicago—December at 94%0; May

$1.01%; July $1.

Toledo—Rye 990.

Beans.





Detroit—Immediate

shipment $4.85@4.90.

New York—Pea domestic at- $5.50@

6; red kidney $8.25@9.

Barley.

Maltlng 78c; feeding 67c.

Seeds.





Detroit—Cash red clover at $22.75;

cash alsike $20.25; timothy, old $2.65.





Hay.





Detroit—No. 1 timothy at $19.50@

20.50; standard $18.50@19.50; No.1

light clover mixed $18.50@19.50; No.

2 timothy $16.50@17.50; No. 1 clover

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

15; rye straw $15@16. ,



Feeds.





Detroit—Winter wheat bran at $36;

spring wheat bran at $35; standard

middlings at $36; fancy middlings at

$40; cracked corn $34; coarse corn

meal $32; chop $31 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT.





Domestic wheat prices have shown

stout resistance to bearish pressure. in

the last month, and may be preparing

for an advance. Milling demand is

rather persistent, the United States

has only a modest surplus left for ex-

port, and stocks are decreasing. The

recent declines at Buenos Aires and

Winnipeg have placed them at a level

where they may stabilize, instead of

acting as a further drag on domestic

markets. The situation contains the

possibility of a good-sized bullish move

in wheat prices in next two months.

Much depends upon the speculative

attitude as the cash market conditions

alone are hardly strong enough to

cause much of an upturn.





RYE.





The rye market probably will fol-

low wheat, although, on a statistical

basis, it is in much the stronger po—

sition. Export buying shows some in-

crease. Receipts are small. Mill buy-

ing is rather slow.





CORN.





. The movement of corn from the new



crop increased noticeably in the last

ten days, and prices have made no

additional progress. The undertone re-

mains quite firm, however, and a. good

deal of bullish speculative actiVity is

at work in the market, based on talk

of dollar corn some time during the

crop year. In spite of the increase in

primary receipts, they are below sea-

sonal volume. Consuming demand is

rather slow, so that additions arebe-

ing made to the already large v1s1ble

supply. Feeders have been buying

more freely recently, and there is a

possibility of a strong situation devel-

oping at Omaha because of limited re-

ceipts and fairly large needs in nearby

territory. Argentine corn is available

on the Pacific Coast at less than a

parity with domestic grain shipped

from the middlewest. ’





OATS.



The bullish activity in the cats mar-

ket, which started two weeks ago, is

still in evidence. Primary receipts

have been exceptionally light, and the

scarcity of choice grades is already

acute, resulting in stiff premiums. The

visible supply was reduced 2,595,000

bushels in the past week, and is the

smallest since early in September. Al-

so, it is considerably smaller than at

this time last year or two years ago.





SEEDS.





The seed market, has been strong

during the past week, with advances





and prompt





 





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registered all along the line. Red clo-

ver seed was marked up 50c on the

hundred pounds; sweet clover, 50c;

timothy, 25c; and alfalfa, 50c. Alsike

seed has advanced $2.50 per hundred

pounds since the first of December.

The foreign clover seed markets are

steady and offerings are moderate.

Higher prices for timothy seed are ex-

pected eventually, but will not come

so long as offerings continue at the





present liberal proportions.





FEEDS.





‘ The feed market is steady under an

improved demand, following the ex-

tremely cold weather, and .only moder-

ate offerings. Cottonseed meal has

strengthened in the past fortnight. De-

mand for linseed meal has been some-

what curtailed following the recent ad-

vances, but prices worked a little high-

zr again last week.





HAY.





The hay market was irregular last

week, with timothy and prairie hays

showing advancing tendencies and al-

falfa hay ruling dull. The improve-

ment in the demand, due to colder

weather, continues, and since receipts

generally are moderate, a steady mar-

ket is probable. Shipments of alfalfa

hay from states such as Kansas, ‘Ne-

braska, Wyoming and Colorado to the

eastern markets are reported to be the

largest in recent years.





EGGS.





Prices for fresh eggs have rallied

following the recent break, and pro

gress into lower ground from present

levels will be more deliberate. Near-

zero weather is general throughout the

country and is expected to retard the

lay temporarily, but the normal sea-

sonal increase in production has al-

ready gotten well under way, and will

continue. Receipts of eggs at the lead-

ing markets are averaging about 40

per cent larger than a year ago. Most

of this increase is due to larger,ship-

ments from the Pacific Coast. and

southern states, as the production of

pullet eggs in the middlewest is not of

any large volume as yet.



Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts at 44@

48c; ordinary firsts 38@43c; miscel-

laneous 46c; dirties 28% @310; checks





26@28c.. Live poultry, hens 23%c;

springers 23 Vm; roosters 18 15c ; ducks

27c; geese 21c; turkeys 39c.

»Detroit.—Eggs, fresh candled and

graded-at 46@480; storage 30@361,§c.

Live poultry, heavy springers at 25c;

.light springers 210; heavy hens 26c;

light hens 18c; mesters 18@19c; geese

22c; ducks 300; turkeys 43@44c.





BUTTER.





The butter market has worked high»





er again at Chicago following a sharp





break of three cents a pound, and the





easternmarkets continue firm. at prac-

tically the high point forthe season.

Supp ies of finer grades are limited





and are easily cleaned up at higher.





prices. Storage butter ”is rapidly dis-

appearing into consumptive channels.

A shortage of 10,000,000 pounds, as

compared with a year ago, was report-

ed in the country’s holdings as of De-

cember 1, compared with a surplus of

6,000,000 pounds a month previous.

Foreign butter markets have strength-

ened in the past "fortnight, so that

there is less danger of any severe

competition from imports. A final turn

in the butter market is to be expected

at any time, however. Production of

fresh butter is increasing and it will

offset the smaller reserve stocks. The

higher prices of butter at retail, and

the lower costs of substitutes will

have an eflect on consumptive demand

eventually, when it will be necessary

tclr reduce prices in order to move sup-

p 1es.



Prices ‘on 92~score creamery were:

Chicago 54c; New York 56c; Detroit,

fresh creamery in tubs 45@49c pound.





POTATOES.





The potato market is quiet, with

dealers buying only for actual trade

needs. Shipments have been increas-

ing so far in December, as growers

have grown impatient waiting for pric-

es to advance. Some improvement in

demand “and prices after the first of

the year is not unlikely, however, par-

ticularly in view of the reports of

heavy losses of marketable potatoes

due .to rot. Northern round whites,

U. S. No. 1, are quoted at $2.15 to

$2.40 per 100 pounds, sacked, in the

Chicago carlot market.



Apple prices are holding fairly

steady in spite of liberal supplies and





 





 





 





Live Stock Market Service -





Tuesday, December 21.“





CHICAGO.





Hogs.



Receipts 35,000. Market mostly 25c

lower than Monday’s average; tops at

$11.70; 220-280-lb. butchers at $11.45@

11.60; 200-220-lb. average in big de-

mand; most 140-190-1b. .weights $11.25

@1150: light lights showing slow de-

cline; tops 600 up; packing sows at

$10.50@10.75; bidding 500 lower on

pigs, few sales $11@11.25.



,, Cattle.



Receipts 8,000. Market steady; fat

steers strong to 25c higher; yearlings

mostly steady; killing quality declined

comparatively late in run suitable for

eastern shipping; good butchers and

heifers and low-priced cows strong to

150 higher; vealers 506F75c higher;

fat yearlings $11.50; medium weight

$10.75, some selling at $13.45; big

packers at $10.50@12, according to

weight; few at $12.50@13.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 12,000. The market on fat

lambs opening fairly active, and strong

to 250 higher, holding choice medium

lambs above $13; bulk of fat lambs

early at $12@12.75; bulls strong at $9;

sheep steady; fat ewes $5@6.25; best

held around $6.75; yearling wethers up

to $10; feeding lambs are steady; big

come-back feeders at $11@11.75, hold-

ing few come-backs around $12.





DETROIT. .

. Cattle. .

Receipts 218. Market steady.





Good to choice yearlings



dry-fed ................ $10.50@11.50

Best heavy steers, dry fed . .

Handy weight butchers...

Mixed steers and heifers

Handy light butchers . . . .

Light butChers o o e o '0 I e o a

Best coWs,l.A.‘.............

Butcher cows 00.3.0.0...

ClittEI‘S‘ . . e n; I - it...“ "39!.

Owners.- 0 o o stooges-00b};

Bologna/ hulls p o I a a 0,. 0 old 9‘. h

StOCk bunfl‘....'n“.3u op .





 

 

 

 





 

 





 

 

 

 

   

 





 





 





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Feeders 6.00@ 7.50

Stockers ................ - .50@ .-

Milkers and springers. . .$55.00@ 90.00

Calves.



Receipts 546. Market 500 higher

on good.

Best ...... $12.00@16.50

Others ..... ------- 3.00@14.50





. Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 1,419. Market steady to

25c higher.

Best grades .............. . 12.75

Fair lambs ............. 10.00@11.00

Light to common lambs. . 6.00617 9.00

Best lambs ........... ‘. . . 5.00@ 6.25

Fair to good sheep ...... 5.00@ 6.40

Guile and common ...... 2.00@ 3.00





Hogs.

Receipts 1,857. Hogs 10@25c lower;





some sold early at $12; packers bid-'





ding $11.80 late, none sold.





Mixed ............... ..........$12.10

Roughs ....... 13.00

Yorkers .. ...... 12.00





12.00

8.50

11.00





Stags ............ ..............

Extreme heavies





BUFFALO.



Hogs. '

Receipts 1,200. Market slow, with

very little sold; few butchers 10@15c

lower; pigs and light lights 26c low-

$1.2 lfggllziggt andkimedium weights at



_ . . ; pac n sows stead

$10.50@11. g .ytat

' Ca'ttle.





Receipts 200. Market stea ° c ‘

mostly 50c higher. dy, ows





Calves. "'0





Receipts' 1.650. ~Culls “ '

$8@11. .. «; » . “éwm





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16,





   





' months.





50"parsnips $1.25 1.7





‘ 550 pound.





are not inclined to sell at present pric-





es in the' hone that markets will im-





prove later in the season. Idaho com-





bination, extra) fancy and fanchona-. ,; V





thans, 2%‘inch2’ are quoted * at 1.50 t6

$1.65 a bushel at Chicago. 8





WOOL.





Wool markets are showing a better





tone. Mills buyers are showing more

interest, but are trying'to. locate lots

available at concessions. Foreign mar-





kets continue firm, with. some South 2

American wools quoted‘a cent higher. . ‘ '





Boston reports sales of choice fine

scoured territory at“. $1.07, ;.with aver-

age quality at $1 to $1.05, and Oregon

fine, mostly French combing, in'th'e





original bags to $1, scoured; basis. ’Im- ' ‘,

ports are increasing and-supplies of





foreign wools probably will be; mate-

rially increased





from quarter-blood delaine are. quoted

at 450, although some holders ask 4

for choice delaine. .





BEANS. .



The bean market is irre larl ric-

ed, with C. H. gu y p

$4.85 to $5.25 per hundred pounds f. o.

b. Michigan shipping points, according

to quality. Dealers are demanding cen

tificates of quality in addition to the

samples. usually accepted, due to the

wide variance in the quality of offer-

ings. The bean crop in the entire





 





a dull demand. Owners of good stock“





l .





in the- next... two "

Strictly combing Ohio wools,





P. whites quoted at’





United States is now estimated at 17,-,





‘000,000 bushels, as compared with 20,-

000,000'bushels harvested last year. In’





Colorado, the crop of 1,086,000 bushels

is, less than_half as large as the crop

last season. Severe damage in. the





field forced Michigan growers to leave





24 per cent of the acreage planted un-

harvested this season. Of the crop

harvested, only 4,350,000 bushels are

available for food and seed, as com-





pared with 6,471,000 bushels in 1925. ,





Bean prices are expected to strength-

en after the first of the year. Canner

activity usually opens up late in Jan-

ary and with the supply so small, high-

er prices are not improbable.





DETROIT CITY MARKET.





Apples 60c@$3‘ bu; bagas 75c@$1

bu; cabbage 65c@$1 bu; red cabbage

$1.25@1.50 bu; savoy cabbage 75c(a)_$1

bu; local celery 25@65c dozen; carrots

900@$1.25 bu; mustard 75c@$1 bu;

hothouse lettuce 90c@$1 per 6-lb. bas-

ket; dry onions $1@1.25 bu; root pars~





, ley 75c@$1.25 bu; curly parsley 25@





500 per dozen bunches; potatoes $1@-

1.60 bu; turnips $1@1.50 bu; turnip

tops 65c@$1 bu; Hubbard squash $1@

1.50 bu; leeks 5 5c dozen bunches;

; pumpkins 50





 

 

 

   

 

 





e

les is 25613270; retail 28@

ghor springers, wholesale 20

@22 ’. ducks, wholesale 27@29c; re-

tail Oc; geese, wholesale 24@250; re-

tail 26@28c; veal at 18@20c; dressed

hogs 17@19c; dressed poultry, hens

32@35c; springers 32@350; .ducks at





38@42c. .

GRAND RAPIDS.





Christmas we’ek slight] im roved

the Grand Rapids markeltr ongmany

commodities. This was particularly

true of poultry and greenstuif. Prices

were: Hothouse leaf lettuce 8@10c a

lb; radishes 60c dozen bunches; cel-

ery $1.25 sqaure; parsnips $1.25 bu;

carrots $1 bu; cabbage,,white 75c@

$1 bu; red $1.50 bu; onions $1@1.25

bu; beans $4.35 cwt; wheat $1.20 bu;

rye 74c bu; buckwheat $1.35 cwt; po-

tatoes $1.25 bu; apples, Spys $1.50@

2.50 bu; Delicious $2@3 bu; various

other varieties 750@$1.50 bu; poultry,

turkeys 35@38c; hens 18@24c; chick-

ens~17e@25c;' ducks 24@250; case 20

@220; eggs 43@48c; butter-f Lat 53@





 





- coMme LlVE STOCK SALES.





Feb. 24—Tompkins & Powers, Flin V

Mlch., (Dispersal). t.





 





manager. . ~, ,

:March 2-.-Frank 'Re'nshaw, Pontiac,





Mich.,_ (Dispersal). . Guy «E.





   

 

 





 

 





Guy E. “Dodge, f
. of yearling heifers.





 





; mama... ma, 1......

_ earl-y infthe‘past week,.‘but' a sharp

, ; down turn occurred ’at thetciose.





"Receipts increased after having been





moderate “for; three weeks, and. prepar-





demand waned as a'market factor.

‘ Fatyearlings reached. anew high

of $14.35, but sales above $13 were

rare, and heaVy weights did » not get

above $10.85. Light and medium

weight short-fed cattleaat $8.25@9.50

"are numerous, and the average cost of

all steers sold for slaughter IS about

$9.50. The“ premium for yearlin s has

attracted a raft of half-finished inds,

and some readjustment to a basis

more nearly in line with mature steers

seems imminent. . .

At present, the steer market is in

about the same price notch as.a year

ago, after being at a substantial dis-

count'for most of the year. Last year,

the market declined from Nevember

‘On 'tht’he' ’end (if the year, while this

'year‘, a fair upturn has occurred. Beef

c0ws and heifer prices have been work-

ing higher along with steers and are

enowabout seventy-five cents over the

low point Of the season a month ago.

Further irregular advances are to be

expected, with the possible exception

Bull prices also

are' rising. Veal calves dropped to a

new lowufor the season during the past

week,‘ but are due to start a decided

upward trend within the next month.

The total movement of stocker and

feeder cattle into the corn belt since

July 1, was about the same as last

year, but considerably lighter than in

the same period of the three preceding

years. The cattle averaged lighter in

weight than last year, “suggesting de

creased feeding for the winter market

and increased feeding for the summer

and fall markets next year.” However,

some observers consider that the poor





. feeding .quality of the corn crop, and





the scanty supply of roughage, will re-

sult in an early return to market.

Feeder cattle priceshave held within

an extremely narrow range in the past

month, and probably will start a l‘lS-

ing trend around the first of the year.





 





HOG MARKET BREAKS AND





RALLIES. \





HOG prices dropped to a. new low

~ point for the season during the



past week, but rallied strongly

before the close. The belated seasonal





. increase in receipts has been showing





up, and the supply of hog meats and

lard is beginning to exceed current

consumptive demand.



The break in prices did not carry

far into new low ground, and it was

noticeable that demand broadened de—

cidedly on the break. Also, in spite

of the increase in receipts in the last

two or three weeks, they are not yet

up to seasonal proportions, as meas-

ured by the average run at the cor-

responding time in the-last ten years.

The severe weather in the last few

days held down shipments, and the

holidays also will tend to reduce the

weekly flow. But some increase in

the movement will be due in January





I . again, so that the market is not likely





to rise far above the present level for

six weeks. .





LAMB RECEIPTS CONTINUE

HEAVY.





‘ FTER decreasing about sixty—five

per cent in the two months prior

to Thanksgiving, receipts of lambs



have increased nearly a third in the

last three weeks. Also, they are about

a third heavier than usual at this sea-

son. Prices have weakened again in

the last few days, and are down to

the lowest level of the year, with best

offerings at $12.85 in Chicago. Not

until the runs become lighter will pric-

es be able to hold rallies. The holiday

- period may bring a more healthy situ-

ation ' temporarily, but the market

probably will encounter some good-

snzed runs again in January. After

that time, improvement in prices may

be more permanent.





 





Fail.to Breed.’—I have a herd of 12

Holstein cows and one pure-bred Hol-

stein bull. The cows have all been

fresh within the last five months. They

come in heat about every three weeks

and have failed to get with calf. Upon

examining them I have found the

wombto be closed .u’p. The opening

into the uterus is closed, to the ex-

tent that :you could not " detect the small





. opening with your finger. _They milk





fairly well and are in fair and healthy

condition.





this.-~.-Would liketto 4:110.wa it is con-





' anxious. “new: one chills han-

en.caulves,-.and~ won} these be any. dan— .'





 





.' .‘-,

U‘. ' '





me ed should

thing: W ‘





W“ “W Tff‘itTé .go‘gt foft‘en’ ‘du‘efto some abnormal

" 00ml ['0





Would it be the fault of WANTED—Jr

. - the sire? ..He. is. three years old and

2 has-always been a‘ sure getter before





 





i.





ay’élie'iiim fainter a... bull. yet





 





of the ,‘genital organs. Since





no‘he ofwthev cows have conceived. it-





w'ould be advisable to try another bull.

before doing' anything else. ‘ If‘ they

still fail to conceive after this, it would





- . . . , be advisable to have them examined

‘.aati0nr for the. prospective Christmas by your veterinarian,





to determine

what part of the genital organs is

causing the trouble.





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





Isabella Coun'ty.—The amount of live

stock on feed is a little above the av-

erage, with feeding conditions good.

Roughage will be about equal to the

requirements. The acreage of wheat

sown was below normal, and very lit-

tle fall plowing was done. Beans are

a very poor quality. They are quoted

here at $4.50 per cwt. Hay brings $10

@15; wheat $12.28; oats 34c; potatoes

$1.25.—W. H.



H Calhoun County.—-—On account~of the

rainyweather last fall, and the condi-

tion of corn, a considerable portion of

the crop is still in fields. However,

farmers in general have plenty of

feed; some are holding their wheat

and potatoes for higher prices. Some

hogs are being marketed at $11.50a3‘v12

per cwt. Butter-fat 490; eggs 56c;

milk five cents per quart. Very little

fall plowing was done. Wheat went

into the winter in excellent condition.

S .





Montmorenci County.—Live stock is

in good condition, having had plenty

of pasture before winter set in. There

is a fairly good supply of feed on hand.

Grain supplies are about 25 per cent

more than a year ago. About 25 per

cent of the potato crop is being held

on the farm. Peas are all marketed.

Other crops are fed to dairy cattle.

Butter-fat is bringing 47c; eggs 50c;

poultry is mostly shipped to Detroit.

Hay is quoted at $18 at the local mar-





 





ket. About 50 percent of the usual





amount of plowing was donejhis fall.





7"" o a “





Chippewa County.——-The fall was

very wet and not much fall plowing

was done. ‘ Oats and peas were a poor

crop. Quite an acreage of flax was

raised here the past, year. Most of

the cattle, hogs and lambs have been

sold. Cows are the chief source of in-

come now in this locality. Butter-fat

brings3 500; eggs 50c; potatoes $1.25.



Ogemaw County.—The amount of

fall plowing done is small in compar~

ison with other years. The condition

of live stock is good, but the supplies

of feed are a little short. Wheat is

bringing $1.15; oats at 500; rye 700;





beans $4.50 per cwt; hay $16; straw,





$9; cream 520; eggs 500; potatoes

$1.05. A storm on the seventh of De-

cember left us a foot of snow and

twelve below zero—H. G.



Macomb County.—Farmers Who had

woodlots are getting up their season’s

supply of fuel. Cows are bringing good

prices at sales, ranging from $90@

125 per head. Several are threshing

beans, which will average from 15 to

18 bushels per acre, but are going to

be heavy pickers. Five farms sold in

this vicinity the past few weeks at

prices ranging .from $100@200 per

acre. The rough lands seem to be in

greater demand than the level farms.

Wheat is worth $1.30; oats 450; com

700; potatoes $1.25; eggs 65c; milk

$3.00,Sless trucking charges to Detroit.





 





 





SAVE CALVES 122333:





by us' Abmo,¢he pioneer, guaranteed remedy for

Contalzfous Abortion. Write for free booklet today.





Aborno [‘55an 92 Jeff St. “neuter. Wis.

WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS





State Accredited. blood tested. from a high produc-

tion flock, chicks that will make good on your farm.

Prices on request. L. D. HASKELL, Avoca. Mich.





 





 





 





RAT TERRIERS, fox terriers. ‘ Illustrated lists 100.

Pete Slater. Box L. P. C. Pans. '





 





 





snaps AND NURSERY srocx





 





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

bulbs. seeds. America's largest departmental nursery.

Established 72 years. Stoors & Harrison 00.. Box

103, Painesville. Ohio.





 





STRAWBERRY PLANTS. $3.75 thousand. General

line nursery stock. Free catalog. South Michigan

Nursery. Box 14. New Buflalo, Mich.





 





CLOVER SEED FOR SALE—180 bu. white clove.

250 bu. Grimm's Alfalfa seed. bags free. Samples

ffrce. Henry Foley, R. 5. Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





 





 





[FOR SATISFACTION INSURANCE buy seed ‘oats.

Ibeans. or A. B. Cook. Owosso. Mich.





 





' TOBACCO





HOMES 1’ UN TOBACCO GUARANTEED—Chewing.

‘flre pounds, $1.50: ten, $2.50. Smoking. ten, 11.60.

ll’ipe rice, pay when received. United Farmers. Bard-

‘well. Kentucky.





 





 





HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Smoking or Chewing. 4 lbs.

‘31: 12. $2.25. Send no money. Pay postmaster on

:arrival. Pipe free for ten names of tobacco users.

:United Farmers of Kentucky, Paducah, Ky. '





 





.TOBACCOwt‘hl-wing or smoking. 6 pounds. 81.25:

ltcn. $2. Cigars, $1.80 for fifty: $3.25 for 100. Guar-

.anteed. l’ipe free. l’ay postmaster. Farmers Unim.

‘ Paducah. Ky.





 





 





POULTRY





lWHITE LEGHORN EGGS AND CHICKS—big dis-

‘count if ordered now for spring shipment. Sired by

1200 to 293-egg males. Egg—bred 26 years. Winners

'10 cm: contests. Shipped t‘. O. D. Catalog. special

[price bulletin. free. Thousands of pullets. hens cock~





 





crcls at low price. George B. Ferris. 934 Union.

.‘Grand Rapids. Michigan.





 





FOR SALE—“Willa Wyzmdottes of the pure-bred

Regal Dorcas strain. the host. and most popular strain

in the world. winncrs at Lansing, St. Paul. Aber—

deen. Watnrtown. Pontiac. Huron State Fair. Yank—

ton. Parkcr. ctc. We have many first and second

prize winncrs and also some champions. Eggs in sea.-

son. Geo. B. Haskell, Mason. Mich., 3.





 





GEESE, DUCKS-«Choice Toulouse. Embdcn. African.

White China. Brown (‘hina geese. $4.00 each. Rouen.

Aylsbnry. Giant l’ckins, Ruff. (‘ollnrll and White

Muscovics, \Vhite. Fawn and VVhltc English Pcncilcd.

Indian Runners. $2.50 each. l’carl Guineas $1.25

88:11. White $1.50. (‘cdar Lawn Farm, Wapakoneia,



no. '





 





400 BAlllllCD ROCK III‘INS"!IIIIII'IS and cm-kcrols

for sale. all from \Vhltc Diarrhca tcstcd stock. also

on Michigan accrcditcd and deunonstmtion farm list.

~1’riccd for quick sale. Lco Lyle. Decatur. Mich.





 





 





Rates 8 cents a word, each insertion. on ord





on arse 10 words.





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





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

small advertisements bring best results under classified headings.

thing, miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange. Poultry advertising will be run in this department

at. classified rates, or in display columns at comm 1 mes,





Count as a

diam” tvoo or illustration: admitted. Remittances

leo stool ndvorilrlnl In. a «amt. department and I: not accented .- olnulmd.





Try it for want ads and for adver-





lcss than four insertions: for four or more

each abbreviations. initial or number. No



st accompany order.



Mlnlnull





 





l1‘l’lllT'l‘Al\'I‘IR'S RED (‘OCKE‘RELS pedigreed from

‘high—prnducing hens. Both Combs. Write for prices.

llntcrlnkcs Farm. Box 9, Lawrence, Mich.





 





l



IllIIOlHC ISLAND REDS—R. C.. famous for quality.

ll‘ocks. cor-kerels. pullcts, $3.00 to $5.00 each. Burt

‘Sisson, lmlay City. Mich.





 





 





SILVER LACED Golden and White Wyandotte Cock~

‘crels. C. W. Browning, Portland, Mich.





 





 





1l’l‘IAFOVVlral'hcasanls. Bantams. Pigeons. free cir—

lcular. John Kass. Bottendorf. lows.





 





 





Four Ono Four

11.40 16. . . ..... 81.08 16.14

1.64 11...... 1.10 0.48

1.18 18........ 1.14 6.11

1.11 11........1.11 1.11

1.10 11........ 1.40 1.10

8.11 11........ 1.48 1.44

8.14 . . . . . . 1.00 1.08

4.01 1. 1.11

4.11 14 . . ..... 1.11 1.16

4.11 I . 1.10 1.40

4.10 1.11 1.14

1.04 1 . ..... . 1.16 8.88

1.18 18 . . . . 8.04 1.11

6.11 81. . . ..... 8.11 1.86

1.16 4 . ...... 8.1 1.60

0.00. 1 ........ 1.11 1.84





 





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REAL ESTATE





12 SECURES GOOD FARM in the best. section of

Constral Georgia. 50 acres at $25 per acre. balance

in ten years. Best type sandy loam 8011. clay sub»

soil. All general crops do Well. ‘Sma-ll fruit and

truck crops pay big returns. Dairying profitable.

Nearby creamery pays big prices. One farmer cleared

1052 in nine months on four cows. One truck grower

cleared $2.600 first year on 40 acres. 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 Field Magazine free. Write V2.10. Price,

General Immigration Agent. Room 00.), Southern

Railway System. Washington. D. C. ‘





FARMING UNDER THE MOST FAVORABLIC (ON- |

DITIONsi—where wintcr ncvcr comes, whore lite is

worth living. with fruits, sunshine and flowers only!

found in California. making every day anoy. Vege— t

tables of some kind glown evcly month in the year. .

No cold or excessive heat to intcrfere with thcgrowth ;

of your stolk in fattening season. Fair buxldings.

plenty of water for irrigation at all seasons; pure,

soft. domestic water, near good town With schools.l

churches and all modern comeniences. l'.irt_ in'

alfalfa. fruits. etc.,vbalanee for double crop cultlvs-'

tion. 40 acres at a sacrifice—moncy-maker fromi

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

on ranch with $3,000. Address Hcrman Janss, 2191

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





 





FARM WHERE BIGGEST PROFITS ARE. No such 3

opportunity again. Concrete roads have opened great I

Peninsula between Chesapeake Bay and Ocean to,

Finest growing climate. soil and ‘

marketing in America. Fine land available at low

prices. Every condition you would ask for. Address

Room 144. Del-Mar-Va Building. Salisbury. Md.





Intensive cultivation.





T0 LEASE~300-acre farm. good soil. well fenced.

excellent pasture with water. large barns. good house,

two miles to station. good roads. 14 miles northeast

of Kalamazoo. Good proposition to reliable party

equipped to handle the place. Address owner. E'. J.

Woodhams. 857 W. Philadelphia Ave.. Detroit, Mich.





FOR SALE—Splendid 'pmductive sheep farm. Well

stocked with over 200 good grade breeding ewes. and.

registered rams Equipped with full line tools.‘ Run-

ning spring water supply all year round. Price and

terms attractive. Inquire P. O. Box No. 311. Sag-

inaw. Mich. ‘





WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES. Southern Geora'a

(um, lands Write for complete information. Cham-

ber Commerce. ‘2th Georgia.



WANTED FARMS





o hear from owner of farm or unim-

O. Hawloy. Baldwin. Wis.





WANTED—to rent a first-class stock and grain

farm. Percy 3mm. Grand Junction. Mich.





proved land for sale.





 





125 ENVELOPES and 125 Lcttcr Heads neatly print-

ed With name. address and business. all for One Dol—

lar. Suitable for Farmer. Business Man. or anyone

Money back if not satisfied. .

port, Mich.





 





TABLE CHRISTMAS 'l‘IlEESr- 2 n 50 t" 1-

75 cents; 3 ft. $1.00; 3% a. $1.25: PM» M n.

Karslake. Vanderbilt. Mich.





 





EXTENSION LADDERS—20 to 32 t‘t., 25c ft; 34 to

40 ft.. 210 ft., freight prepaid. A. l..





 





 





laken, N. Y.



ALL _WOOL YARN for sale from manufacturer at

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

3. c.





 





WANTED—Dairy hay. clover. clover mixed and al-

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





Frccmrt Herald. Frec- j





Postpaid. John .





Ferris. Intclr— .





{SILVER LACED ‘VY'ANDO’I'I‘E COCKERELS. $3.00





leach. Roy Kortright. Chief, Mich.





 





 





 





TURKEYS





{I’UltE—BRED BRONZE TURKEYS—Bird Bros.’ fam-

our strain of "Gold Banks.” Excellent white edging

‘and coloring. plenty of size Wesley Hile. Ionia,

Mich.





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l





I

‘I'IIIII‘I—BRI‘ID MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS. Vig~

iorous strain. hens $8; toms 12. M. Love, Bangor,





 





3| Mich.

fI’URE-BRICD MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYSv—at

Tall prices. Unrclatcd strain. Mrs. G. Cleveland, R.

23, Albion, BIIch.





 





 





FOR SAIJ'JePurc Giant Mammoth Bronze turkeys.

vigorous. disease free. Mci'vyn Keamey. R. 2. Trav-

orse City. Mich.





 





 





MOTORCYCLES





MOTORCYCLE BARGAINS—Used rebuilt. Guaran-

iced. Shipped on approval. Terms. Write Clymer.

Denver, (1010.. free Catalog E.





 





BOURBON RED

Regal -1)orcas While

Beatty, Milford. Mich.





’I‘URKEYS—AXtelI-Evan's Strain. -

Wyandotte Cockei'els. Chas.





 





FOR SALEklul-gc While Holland turkeys. toms $10.

hens $8.00. D. 111. Dcan, Holly. Mic-11., R 3.





 





 





PATENT ATTORNEYS





PATENT SENSE~~VALUABLE BOOK-——(frec) for in-

ventors seeking largest deserved profits. Write Lacey

a; Lacey. 1504 F-si... Washington, D. C.

1 (it).





 





 





Foxes W





 





FOR SALE-"Three pair Itcgistcrcd Silver Black Fox.

All provcn breeders. The price is-about _what the

pelts are worth. Now is your chance. Ralph L.

Myers, Alonson, Mich.





 





 





FARM MACHINERY





FOR SALEm—22x32 grain thrcshur. beanor and trac—

tor. Showaltor lit-05., Onckamu, Mich.





 





 





VVIIY IIASN'T THE FERGUSON PLOW any wheels?

Ask your nearest Ford dealer for the answer.





 





PET STOCK





 





FERRETS—Over thirty years' experience. Yearling

females, the mother ferret special rat camber. $5.00

each. Young stock for Dec. Females $5.00. males

$4.75. one pair $9.50. three pair $24. Will ship C.

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

London. Ohio.





 





EDGEWOOD KENNELS offer Reg. White Collie pup-

mcs from good working stook. Easily trained. Ray

Harrold. Gladwin. Mich.





 





'COON. SKUNK. fox. wolf and habbit hounds. Trained

dogs sent on 10 days trial. Rabbit hounds cheap.

“0co” Kennels, Oconce, Ill.





 





A FEW EXTRA FINE pedigreed Flemish Giants

from 14 to 11-1b. registered parents. for sale. Qual-

ity guaranteed. sa. North. Butternut, Mich.





FOX WOLF COYOTE HOUNDS. trained. Also the

best.ick ifiilnk dog in the state. Trial. Box 4. Her-

r . .





 





PEDIGREED American Blue rabbits for sale. Ben

York. Portland. Mich. .





CHOICE mm Collie pups.





 





Ideal Christmas

Mich





 





 





 





Fulton. Mich.





MISCELLANEOUS , ,. {agents Silvercrest Kennels. Gladwin. . ‘.

enema EXTMCTED HONEY—#15113. $1.00 post- war THE manna FOR CHRISTMAS—White Col-

paid. Jim W . lip run. I. E. Euler. Reed City. Mich.





Established. .





MAMMOTH mmsz TURKEY TOMS—hens all

sold. Mrs. Eugcnc llamsdcll. Hanover, Mich.





 





TURKEYS —All In'ccds. strictly purebred. Special

prices. Icnstcrn Ohio Poultry Farm, Bcallsville. Ohio.





 





TURKEY'S~110urlxm Reds. lions $8. toms $12. until

Christmas. F. J. Chapman, Norlhvillc, Mich.





JMAMMO'I‘II BRONZE 'I‘URKEYS——Gold Bank Strain.

‘Unrclatcd stock. Mrs. l’crry Stcbbins, Saranac. Mich.





 





 





 





 





ironic-mum Giant Mammoth Bronze Gobblers, $9.00

each. Ida Davy. Ellsworth. Mich.





IllIAMMO'l‘H BRONZE TURKEY TOMS. price reason-

able at $0.00 caz-h. Ralph Alkire, Bear Lake. Mich.





 





 





BABY CHICKS





BABY (‘HJI‘KS ~Bar1'cd Rocks and Rhode Island

Reds. February Hatch each week. $19 a hundred.

30rdor direct from this ad or send for catalog. 100

.pcr cant. live delivery guaranteed. State Farms'

1Association, Kalamazoo. Michigan.





 





 





 





HELP WANTED





WORKING FARM FOREMAN for l'mlr-hundredvacro

farm near Ypsilanti, Mich. Man between thirty and

forty-five prcferrcd. Must. be good stock man and

familiar with all modern farm machinery. New mod—

crn house. one mile from city. and good schools.

State fully. experience. number in family. and ages.

Box 945, Michigan Farmer. Detroit. Mich.





 





 





DRIVER SALESMAN—28 to 35 years an. M1.-



nent employment: good future. Write us if Inm-



ifieg. Belle Isle Creamery. 3000 Forest 11.. Detroit.

C .





 





SITUATIONS WANTED





YOUNG MARRIED MAN desires steady position on

31mg; Address Box 51, Michigan Farmer. Detroit.

(3





 





 





 





AGENTS WANTED





AGENTS—Our New Household Cleaning Device wad».

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

mops. Costs less than brooms; Over half profit.

3:123 Harper Brush Works. 113 3rd St.. Fairflold.





 





 





MAN WANTED—To sell Norsery Stock for on Bali-

able arm. Pleasant M. moan M11101 pays





 





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EACH year you are called upon to decide that all important’

1 ‘Which newspaper, What magazines will we have

in our homes during the coming year?”





Helpful-—-clean-—-dependable--—these are the standards to apply, 1. ,

You are choosing for the home, and of _ , J 3,;





question.





in making your decision.





course, you will want the best.

The Michigan Farmer is accepted by these standards in more





than 85,000 Michigan farm homes.





 





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We trust it is so accepted in





yours, and that during the long winter, the reading season, its

weekly visits will be a source of profit as well as pleasure to you

and each member of your family.





Your Own Home Farm Weekly assures you 0 its appreciar

tion of your patronage, by inviting you to continue as a reader,





and extends to you and yours the season’s greeting——





A Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year





If you want other papers in combination with The Michigan Farmer,





we offer below a list of coml

at unheard of prices.





If you





ations with well known publications

0 not find the cl’ub of your choice listed,





send us your list and we will quote rock bottom prices.





OFFER A-2.

MICHIGAN FARMER, one year.

McCall’s Magazine, one year..

Household Magazine, one year.

SPECIAL TO YOU $1.25.





OFFER A-3.

MICHIGAN FARMER, one year.

Today’s Housewife, one year.

Household Magazine, one year.

Woman’s World, one year.





SPECIAL TO YOU $1.30.





OFFER A-4.

MICHIGAN FARMER, one year.

People’s Home Journal, one year.

Pathfinder, one year.

SPECIAL TO YOU $1.35.





OFFER A-5.

MICHIGAN FARMER, one year.

Christian Herald, one year.

McCall’s Magazine, one year.

Household Magazine, one year.

SPECIAL TO YOU $2.45.





OFFER A-6.

MICHIGAN FARME'R, one year.

American Needlewoman, one year.

Woman’s World, one year.

Household Magazine, one year.





SPECIAL TO you $1.15.





OFFER A-l





MICHIGAN FARMER, lyr.

American Poultry Advocate 1 yr.

Household Magazine, 1 yr.



Special Price to You $1.00





 





 





DAILY NEWSPAPER CLUBS

These Prices Include The Mich. Farmer

Adrian Telegram ............... $4.25





Ann Arbor Times ................ 3.25

Albion Evening Record .......... 3.25

Battle Creek Enquirer-News 4.25

Big Rapids Pioneer ............ 3.25

Coldwater Reporter ............ 4.25

Detroit Free Press .............. 4.25

Detroit News .................. 4.25

Flint Journal .................... 4.25

Grand Rapids Press ............ 4 25

Grand Rapids Herald . . .- ........ 4. 25

Jackson Citizens’ Patriot ........ 4. 25

Kalamazoo Gazette ............. 4. 25

Lansing State Journal .......... 4. 25

Lansing Capitol News ...... 4. 25

Monroe News ................... 3. 25

Manistee News Advocate ....... 5.00

Niles Daily Star ............... 4.25

Owosso Argus Press ............ 4.25

Port Huron Times-Herald ...... 4.25

Sault Ste. Marie Evening News .. 4. 25

’ Saginaw News-Courier .......... 4.25

Traverse City Record Eagle ..,.. 4.00-

Toledo Ohio Daily Blade ........ 2.75

Toledo Ohio News-Bee .......... 2.75

Toledo Times .................. 2.75

Chicago Herald-Examiner ....... 5.25

Chicago Daily Drovers’ Journal. . 5.50

Chicago Tribune ................. 5.25





 





 





OFFER A-7.

MICHIGAN FARMER. one year.

Modern Priscilla, one year.

Poultry Tribune, one year.





SPECIAL TO YOU $1.00.





OFFER A-8.





MICHIGAN FARMER, one year. '





American Magazine, one year.

Boy’s Life, one year. .





SPECIAL TO .YOU $3.00.





OFFER A-9.

MICHIGAN FARMER, one year.

Woman’s Home Companion,,0ne year.

Household Magazine, one year.





SPECIAL TO YOU $1.25.





OFFER A-10.

MICHIGAN FARMER, one year.

Youth’s Companion, one year.

People’s Popular Monthly, one year.





SPECIAL TO You $2.15._





. OFFER A- 11.

MICHIGAN FARMER, one year.

People’s Home Journal, one year.

McCall’s Magazine, one year.





SPECIAL To YOU $1.30.:





OFFER A-12.

MICHIGAN FARMER, one year.

Dear-born Independent, one year.

Woman’s World, one year.





SPECIAL' To YOU $1.80.





 





 





THE MICHIGAN F ARMER





Detroit, Michigan





 





 





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