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AND OLI FARM RELIEF v ,tiou' will-be made-to the PreSident' by

’BILLS ~ ,, a nominating committee chosenihy .4

_ . , ,- farm organizations, and provision is"? g '

: _ ._- ,. made for non-salaried commodity ad—”' "

HE’chief differences in the new vzsory councils for ‘eaCh basic com-

and old McNary-Haugen bills are modlty, to be appointed by the board

pointed out by Senator McNary. from lists submitted by representat- .

"The bill is essentially a surplus con~ tive producers’ organizations, which

trol bill, the sole aim being to stabil- will advise with the board with re—

ize prices through control of the sur— sheet to all matters under its jurisdic-

plus,” says Senator McNary. “For that tion, and especially to cooperate with

purpose a separate stabilization fund the board in advising producers in the s

is provided for each of the ﬁve basic adjustment of production in order to

commodities—cotton, wheat, corn, rice secure maximum beneﬁts under the

andd laogs.t1No pittiblic funds may be act. '

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tlcmatlon of the collection of the bill the equalization fee was imposed

equalization fees. The Federal Farm upon all producers of the‘ basic com.

Board will not itself buy or sell any— modities named in the bill. In the new

thing onits own account. No standard draft the fee is imposed upon each

of stabilization, andno price level, are marketed unit of such commodities

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mg the nf-arket ,for that commodity by will be collected at the most conven— ,

sound commerclal methods. ient point along the route of the com—’

“The old bill provided for a national modity to market. I

advisory council, selected by farmers’ A new provision authorizes the

organizations, which should make nom board to make loans from the revdlv—

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the purpose of assisting such coopera-

tive in controlling the surplus of such

commodity in excess of the require-

ment for orderly marketing. This pro-

vision will enable the board to accom-

plish all that can be accomplished in

the way of farm relief through loans

to cooperatives.”


News of the Week


Economic depression is gripping

France. The value of the franc is the

cause, as its increase in value has cut

export business. Consumers’ strikes

and anti-gift societies are being organ—

ized to conserve personal resources.

Germany’s birth rate is decreasing.

Fifty years ago it was 52.6 per thou—

sand, now it is 21.3. However, the

population is increasing because of the

decrease in the death rate. Germany

has more workers now than in 1914.

During the week of March 20 the

radio and the movies will honor Bee—

thoven, the world’s greatest composer,

by specializing on his music and de-

picting his life. It will be the one

hundredth anniversary of his death. .

Albert Fall, former secretary of the

interior, who, with Edward L. Doheny,

was freed of the charges of conspiracy

to defraud the government by means

of oil leases, became seriously ill with

pneumonia shortly after the trial.


Tyrus Cobb, former manager of the

Detroit Tigers, and Tris Speaker, for-

mer manager of the: Cleveland baSe

ball team, have been formally charged

with trying to ﬁx a base ball game be-

tween the two teams on September

25, 1919.


Recent ﬂoods in the south, mainly in

Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, an

Arkansas, have made ﬁve thousand

people homeless.


Thugs in Chicago have been using

Thompson one—man machine guns in.

their crime warfare. The Chicago po-

lice force is now equipped with these

guns in order to not, be handicapped in

their combats with the thugs.


Internal troubles in Nicaragua has

made it necessary to land the U. ‘S.

Marines to protect American citizens

and property interests. The United

States government has recognized

President Diaz, who was elected in ac-

cordance with that country’s constitu~

tion, but rebel forces are making it

uncomfortable for him and American

interests.


Thousands of pilgrims thronged into .

Bethlehem on Christmas day. The

modern pilgrim, with his auto, was .

there, as well aslowly folk dressed ,[g,

much as those at the time of the ﬁrst ._ "

Christmas. , .


Mexicois facing an oil row crisis l

as the date “of the oil laWs effect comes i

near, and many big companies refuse .

to comply with the law, which requires . ,

registration of the titles of foreign oil


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9" ‘ f 'i, , v a' . companies and acknowledgement of

‘5} g l». I i. compliance with the law. _ d

if» '4: g; I”: The state commission of labor an,

"iggbngg’ '. k" industry is investigating .the employ: ,3... ,,

L '6‘ ' ment agencies in Detroit, which ﬁxes,-


charged with sharp and dishnngst:

practices. ,_ .


t a meeting of 100 police; c ‘

sheriffs, .bii‘siness and professional ,

in Minnesota, resolutions we

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MICHIGAN


' VOLUME CLXVIII


V, place in which to live and rear

is attracted by the


0 NE who is seeking a satisfactory

l


f a family,


i': growing, alert, wide—awake community


where there is. real leadership and a

. well-balanced development program in

1' operation, and where there is a.united

interest in securing the best things in

life for themselves and their posterity.


The rural agricultural school serves

. as an agency through which groups of

7 all ages may mingle in their activities,

‘ and both give and receive the inspira-


tion, social helpfulness and education— _

' a1 beneﬁts that are needed. From the'


3-time the child enters school until he

completes his high school course, he

is constantly in association in his work

and his play, with a large number of

young people of approximately his own

age. Through the games, athletic con-


' tests, and play life, he learns to know

and respect his playmates.


. The various contacts, both in and

~ out of the class—room, tend to develop

. in the individual a proper respect and

, brotherly interest in the rest of the

group. He learns some life lessons

that help to equip him to cooperate

with his fellows in a variety of ways.


. Each learns to share in the responsi-


bilities and duties that confront them


. in the class organizations and other


school and community functions.

There is a real competitive interest


A- that tends to serve‘as a challenge to

_-young people of the teen age, and to


‘the grown-ups, which brings out and


develops the best and highest type of_,_


leadership and ideals.


In the primary grades it is possible

to have the ﬁrst grade alone, or in a.


‘ small unit, under the tutorage and di-


rection of a teacher who has natural


. talent‘and ability to work with pri-


mary children, and who has received

special training for this work. The


subject matter, methods used, equip-


LUCK—Cluck—Cluck,” called the

brown hen in lusty greeting to

the white hen from the next


was heard by the old Brindle Cow.


' Observed the white hen: “My, how

thin you are! Aren’t you getting

enough food? You certainly don’t


. look like it, and, of course, you’ re not

. «laying any eggs ”


The brown hen viewed her angular;

“Well, my


be. for food, and as you know, there

much now,” she replied.


PEBLIS


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A Practical Journ'anr the Rural Family

MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM runss


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ment, games played, and general at-

mosphere of the rooi‘n, are all of ana-

ture best adapted to the needs of the!

little folks. In each grade the age and

maturity of the group are taken into

consideration in the selection of the

teacher and in planning the course of

study, games, and other activities.

The great majority of these children

pass on together from one grade to the

next, until they enter high school.

When \they arrive at high school

age, the group becomes more cosmopol-

itan. They are seated in a common

assembly room. Usually the high

school includes the junior and senior

high school grades. The enrollment

rangesgfrom about forty. to 200 young

people. They are the most forceful

and alert group of the community.

Much 'of the entertainment, and the

majority of the community functions,

are centered at the school. In fact,


  _ A Community Builder


i 1 Tue Rurul Agricultural Scuool is Rapidly Guz'm'ug Sucu u Reputation


J. Ford


the community hall, or gymnasium, is

in use every school day, and almost

every evening during the week. Class

plays, basket ball games, lecture

courses, meetings of the parent—teach-

er organization, and farmers’ club, phy-

sical training classes, and practically

all types of educational school pro-

grams are the leading purposes for

which the combination gymnasium

community hall is utilized.


The vocational work in the high

school makes it possible for these

alert, wide—awake young people to use

their surplus energy in construction

and production exercises that afford

an opportunity for the combined train-

ing of the head and the hand. The

class projects develop qualities for

team work and cooperation, and the

individual projects for responsibility,

thoroughness, and stick-to—it-iveness.

This line of work tends to build into


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.day because of the ice over the wa-


ter. The strange thing is, that even

when they starve their chickens they

expect them to lay; yet they wouldn’t

expect their cows to produce milk if

they weren’t fed anything except sil—


._ age.”


“And the way he treats us! Why,

all we have to sleep in is an old shed

that leaks when it rains, and when

the ‘wind blows through the broken

Windows we are almost blown off the

roosts. ”


A speckled hen came up just in time

to hear the tale of woe. “Well, if you

don’t mind, I’ll tell my story,” she re-

marked sociably. ‘f I live in that coop

over there, and I’ll admit I’ve wander-

ed quite a ways from home. However,-

we are allowed to go outon nice days


and we have all we want of it for it is

spread all over the ﬂoor, and all we

have to do is gobble it up.”


The white hen, after gazing intently

at the speckled hen, ventured specu—

latively, “Well, you certainly are fatter

than I am, but I’ll bet I’ve laid more

eggs.”


“Eggs—me lay eggs? Well, hardly.

Don’t you know that it is only because

we don’t work that we get fat, and

when I am as fat as I am, I am in no

condition to do such work as laying

eggs, and besides, just corn doesn’t

make the right proportions forlaying

eggs. They make yolks, but not. enough

white, so the yolk goes back into my


_ body and, day by day, in every way,


I’m getting fatter and fatter. ”


‘ "Well,” replied themvhite hen, “I cer— '

- tam-1y [feel sorry for you poor chick-

' are. arrearstysmm‘tmted».


. QUALITY

RELIABILITY

SERVICE


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the individual, habits of thrift'and in-

dustry, and characteristics of the high-

est type. Manual arts work appeals

to the average boy, and if presented

in a thorough, methodical way, be—

comes a real character builder. The

boy draws a sketch of the project he

is to make, is trained in the various

processes involved, until he is pre-

pared to do his best work, and if he

does his best, the completed project

shows character attributes of which

he can be justly proud. The ﬁnished

product speaks for the boy.


At present thirty-ﬁve of the ﬁfty-two

rural agricultural agents have 569 pro-

jects, and Will be eligible to receive

Smitthughes aid this year. Eleven

more rural agricultural schools have

made application for federal aid, and

have started their project work.


Agricultural projects and laboratory

exercises combine the scientiﬁc and

the practical with the text book course

in agriculture. This type of work

tends to devlop power of observation,


initiative, judgment, organization of

knowledge, business ability, and a

keener interest in agriculture. Some


of these boys become actual commu-

nity leaders and establish a precedent

for a higher appreciation of quality

production, standardization, and more

scientiﬁc practices in agriculture.


The home economics courses are of

real economic and educational value.

The girls are trained in the art of

homemaking and the ﬁner things of

life. This should insure a happier

home life and a higher standard of

living. The rural agricultural school

thus brings about a closer relationship

between the school program and the

community activities. A greater em-

phasis is placed on the all»around de—

velopment of the individual and the

socializing inﬂuence of the various

school functions makes the community

inviting and worth while.


Talk


but I certainly am thankful for my

home and feed.”


“You know, last fall my ownerr put

all of us in a food coop. It has lots

of windows in it, and there is fresh air

coming in all the time. I don’t know

where it comes from, though I heard

him tell some visitor that he had in-

stalled ventilators so there were no

direct drafts, yet gave us plenty of

fresh air at all times.


“Well, we hadn’t been in our coop

long, when most of us began to lay

eggs. There were some lazy ones,

though, but they didn’t stay with us

long, for the owner soon came along

and looked us over, and picked out the

lazy pullets, and just left thme of us

who were laying. He remarked that


it paid him to sell someof the- cull


pullets as well as the cull hens.


“But I mustn’t tell so much about ix


the house now, for it is the feed that ‘.

we have that Mike so, well. You see. ’-

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VOLUME CLXVIII NUMBER TWO


DETROIT, JAN. 8, 1927 '

CURRENT COMMENT


HE ﬁrst of a series


Our B; of statements on

L . I ﬁg the tax situation in

cglsa ve Michigan has just

Problem been issued by the de-


partment of econom-

ics of the Michigan State College. This

report is based largely upon the ﬁnd-

ings of a tax research specialist em-

ployed by that institution to study the

Whole matter of taxes as applied in

this state. In commenting on the large

per cent of corporations of the state

that are suffering from too much de-

pendence upon a general property tax,

this specialist states: '


“Earnings are the measure of the

success of business enterprises and

taxes which disregard the amount of

earnings and consider only investment

values, are likely to eat up an import-

ant part of the capital of new enter-

prises, and of businesses that are in

temporary difﬁculties, thus hastening

bankruptcy and a loss to the state’s

economic resources.


“in addition, the property tax is be-

coming more and more a tax .on real

estate only. The ﬁgures show that

those classes of concerns which have

heavy investments in real property

paid the highest tax in relation to

their earnings.


“The property tax is the chief

source of state and local tax revenues

in Michigan, as in every other Ameri-

can state, and no workable substitute

has as yet been found that can re

place it as the major tax under pres-

ent conditions. However, the sugges-

tion frequently has been made that the

earning capacity of property should be

taken into consideration when assess-

ment values are being ﬁxed, and it

seems probable that such a plan would

offer some relief in the quarters where

it is most needed.”


From time immemorial taxing laws


have been worked out upo“ the basis

that the only “just tax” is the one

. that the other fellow pays. Has not

the day arrived when the subject can

be'approached with a broader attitude

or, mind? Of course, that would re-

Quire. much study by our legislators:


but possibly, if. during the present


_. session (at Lansing, the senators and


represmilhm~ wouldi- d6.- t6 the ~ ma-


' thief has come.


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ter. of equalizing the tax load, they

would better serve their constituents

and the state than by showering

with a “rain of law.” .


N' days gone by


Chicken “cullud gen’lemen”

Th. f were mostly referred

'9 to in connection with

Control chicken thieving, be-


cause they had chick-

en appetites and only hash—buying abil-

ity. These did not work together ex-

cept to create a desire to “apprehend

a chicken.” But things have changed

since then, and-now, with good roads

and automobiles, the' real chicken

’ Chicken thieving has

become such an organized business

that it furnishes an illicit means of

gaining a livelihood for quite a few

people. At the. same time it deprives

quite a few farmers of that chicken

money which was ﬁgured on to help

meet current expenses.


Modern chicken thieving is a prob-

lem because it is comparatively new,

and no good solution of it has as yet

been found. Rewards for the appre-

hension and conviction of chicken

thieves will make our law enforce

ment ofﬁcers more diligent in getting

after them. In this respect a protec-

tive association of farmers in Nebras-

It will pay one dollar a.

day to the one who catches the thief,

for each day the thief remains in jail.

This makes it of interest to the one

who takes the thief, to get just as

strong a sentence against him as pos-

sible.


\Vhile such plans may have some

effect, they will not solve the prob-

lem. The custom in —the country has

been to leave the doors unlocked;

while in the city, locks and barriers of

various kinds are used to make it dif-

ﬁcult for the marauder to gain en-

trance. Accessibility has made city

places susceptible to robbery. So, with

the increased accessibility brought by

good roads, the farm is placed more

on a level with the city in this respect

and it will be only a matter of time

'when the farmer will realize that he

also, will need locks and various burg-

lar devices, not only on his chicken

coop, but also on his other buildings

and other property of value, to protect

him against the one who has not

gumption enough to make an honest

living.


This, in conjunction with a commu-

nity protective association and good

watch dogs, ought to go a. long way

toward solving the problem.


F we believe the


Do” the statement of the

Kitchen' chairman of the home

. economics division of

Sink? the General Federa-


tion of Women’s

Clubs, we can state with certainty that

it does—in rural communities it

sinks into insigniﬁcance as compared

to the automobile, phonograph, radio

and other “essentials” of happiness.

In the report of her work this chair-

man says that in towns of 2,500 or

less, the washing machine and the

kitchen sink are often lacking, while

these other joy bringers abound.

This conditiOn does not indicate that

the rural and small town folks are dif—

ferent than those of the cities, for is

not everybody inﬂicted with the keep-

ing-up-with«the-Jones spirit? And be—

sides, does not the~ auto, the phono-

graph, the radio give pleasure to the

whole family and all the company,

while the convenient kitchen sink and

the washing machine give relief to

only one—to mother, the worker 0f the

house, who would prefer to sacriﬁce

her own comfort that all may have en-

joyment. ‘ .

Perhaps, if the advertisers of wash-

ing machines and sinks could adver-

tise that a refreshed and contented


mother added to the pleasure of the-


family, and that a tired one detracted

from it. theramighttbdmor ” ,


. L , , . p

jor portion of this session to, this that ‘


t


should come ﬁrst, especially as they

cost so. much less than the pleasure

givers. It is our hope that the kitchen

sink and the washing machine, as well

as the auto, modern musical instru-

ments may be enjoyed. by all. We feel

sure that if mother has the kitchen

sink she would enjoy auto riding more.

Perhaps the time will come when a.

sink will be given with each auto, or

an auto with each sink, who knows.


Christmas is past, but we hope that

some mothers who did not have kltch—‘

en sinks and washing machines. got

them for Christmas.


EOPLE are the


° m o s t inquisitive

infde things on earth. They


n Of- are constantly prying

matron into everything, in-


‘ cluding other animals’


business. For instance, just recently


we received notice that some of the

scientists of the Pennsylvania State

College were after some real inside

information.


These fellows have, by means of a

simple operation, put a trap door on a

cow’s stomach in order that they

might see what is going on with the

cow’s machinery. In other words, they

have sewed the walls of the rumen,

which is gne of the cow’s stomachs,

to the outside skin and the skin has

been arranged into a sort of trap door

that can be opened and‘ closed at will.


How many of us must have wished

that we had, at Christmas time, sev-

eral stomachs like the cow, or had a

trap door on our one little stomach

in order that; we might relieve. the

tension therein.


But these fellows have a more ser-

ious purpose. They want to ﬁnd out

more about vitamin B. They believe

that the cow will put vitamin B into

her milk, even though it is lacking in

her food.


Inside information is what we need

and, while these scientists are doing

what many of us may think foolish, we

may know more about the relation of

the commercial use of food to milk

production after they get through.


- HE test of a farm:


Winter er comes when he

Tests the is free to decide how


he will use the days

Farmer and hours not occu-


pied with pressing

duties. When corn is ready to cut,

beans to pull, grain to thresh, wheat

to sow, potatoes to dig, the farmer has

little choice but to work early and

late to get done these urgent tasks.

But in January work does not crowd

the farmer so strenuously. Many

things need attention, but they may be

left until next week or next summer.

The farmer can choose whether he

will work today, or loaf- Perhaps the

corner grocery, the garage, the woods,

may call him; or, he may have had

the foresight to ﬁx his hog troughs

today, make feeding racks tomorrow,

cut wood the following day, and so on.

It is true that good farmers change

their plans. Many things interrupt;

but those farmers who manage their

work, instead of permitting their work

to manage them, invariably dispose of

much useful farm work during the

slack season.


The other fellow simply puts off till

tomorrow all but the absolutely necs

essary duties. Then next spring, sum-

mer, and fall this fellow is found stag-

gering under an impossible load. He

plows too late, sows too late, reaps

too late—all because he must cut

wood, repair barns, and machinery,

and other work which should have

been done in the winter time. Crops

grown out of season are failures, and

he who depends upon such crops for

his income also fails. _ , _|


So winter, not summer, furnishes

the real testing season for the; farmer


. i:


,If he utilizes this winter" time ,,

WV“ 11.123 Ghanops-topm *-


co’nvenie'n’ces used; 5 At least, we bee.

lieve —4 that these, home labor-savers


“NW hi

less, and do things. 1i30119 nearly $13.19 .

time they should be done, , =


.‘ ARMERT’S week at

Farmer.’ C line Miclliligan Stage

\ o ege wi soon 9


CDg? / here, and f a r m e r s:

ommg should plan to attend.


The program, complet~


ed before the holidays, will appeal to ’


farmers from every section, as well as


'to those following any of the various


types of agriculture found in the state.

While the object of this program is

to provide information, the big contri—


'bution is the inspiration it brings to


those who 'attend. It all happens the

ﬁrst week of February. K


Gemﬁg Started


ELL, I’m beginning to commence


on another year. During - the

time I’m setting by the stove, I’ve»

been reading nursery catalogs, maili

order catalogs, and lots of other ex-

citing literature. I don’t like love stor~

ice, and I ain’t been able to ﬁnd a.

story without a woman in it, so I’m

taking to catalogs for my reading.


,It just goes to show that women is

the cause of complications. A thing

ain’t a story unless it’s got complica-

tions, and I don’t know of no compli-

cations without a woman in it some-


where. And I’ve


got enough com»


plications a. n (1,


women in .myi

' every-day life to,


suit me. 3


Now, I like nur-

sery catalogs best'

because you even

ﬁnd women in the

mail order catar'

logs. I don’t mean that they are selling

women by mail, because that ain’t

been a success. It don’t seem that;

the male, or even the female, like it]

that way. There ain’t never been “a,

success in having a middleman handle{

a proposition like that. 1


But nursery catalogs—ain’t theyl

ﬁne? The gods can’t grow better fruit

than you see in the catalogs, and if

Adam and Eve could have picked

strawberries like you see them print- 1.

ed, they never would have eaten the

apple and would have saved us all a.

lot of trouble. But I’m thinking we

would never have had any stories to

read then. Eve’s apple is what caused

complications for stories'


And vegetables—it makes me want'

vegetable soup fOr dinner, just to look

at the pictures. They all look so nice

I can’t decide which I’d like the best, '

so I’d take them all in soup.


You know, it’s nice to set and read

'them‘ catalogs and then go to sleep

and dream about making $500 9. acre

on fruit and vegetables. How easy' it

is, if you only use the seeds the cat-

alog says. But you wake up and ﬁnd

you’re in the same old world you’ve

been, in- But them nursery catalogs is

inspirational—they’re some of the ﬁn— ,

est inspirational reading you.kin ﬁnd.

But the trouble is, they tell you about

the inspiration but not the perspiration

that goes with it. '


It takes sweat and hard work to‘

make everything what comes to what

the professor calls “the ideal,” but if

you do you can make good deals in ‘

selling the ideals—vegetables, etc.


Well, I’ve begun, but I ain’t com-

menced to tell you what I was going

to tell you, but maybe I will next

week. This kind of weather, it’s easy


to put things off ’til next week, but - .


maybe I’ll get started then.


Anyhow, it was hard for me to write ’ '


this, because I’m tryin’ ta keep my


resolutions about writin’ English. I". ..


wonder if you like the way ,.-;!’ve

done it- - HY SYCKLE. ‘


The United States Departmen

y that


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~ of nitrogen,

. phosphorus and seventy-one pennds of


' ﬁx as'the dog who was fed on pieces

' ‘cut‘ from his own tail.

, less at the end of the year than when


are able to get into the ﬁrst group.


agement program, We should un-

derstand clearly that soils wear

out; by. this, we mean that soils tend

to produce smaller and smaller crops

with the passing years, unless they

are fertilized. Every farmer knows

that this is the case, but many seem

determined to ignore this great law of

, nature. Their reward is found in crops

of low yield and high cost per ton,

bushel or bale.


Soils wear out because crops are

.‘,‘not made of nothing.” The fact is,

all ,of our crops remove deﬁnite quan-

tities of plant food from the soil, and

thus constantly; reduce the store of

plant food,elements in the soil. For

example: A loo-bushel corn crop,

grain and stover, contains 148 pounds

twenty-three pounds of


_ potassium. Likéwise, a ﬁfty-bushel

wheat crop, grain and stover, contains


.. ninety-six pounds of nitrogen, sixteen


pounds of phosphorus and ﬁfty-eight

pounds of potassium. ,On this basis

We know that each year an enormous

amount of plant food is removed from

the soils of the country by crops. Sta-


‘ tistics worked out for Iowa show that

' the total value of the three principal

‘ * ' elements,


nitrogen, phosphorus and

potassium, removed in one year by the

nine leading crops is in excess of $136, -

000, 000. - In this case, the nitrogen,

constitutes about‘eighty per cent of

- the total value of the plant. food re-


‘ moved, while the phosphorus and po-


tassium make up about ten per cent

each. These are signiﬁcant'facts. They

mean that even if most of the nitrogen

is returned to the soil by the use of

leguminous green manures, commer-


‘ cial materials must be bought to sup-


ply deﬁciencies in phosphorus and po-


' _ tassium.


‘The plant food in the 'crops which

are fed to live stock .on the farm is at

least partially returned to. the, soil in

manure. But when dueallowance'is


' made for this return, from an econom-


ic standpoint, it is clear that the net


"loss of fertility from our soils‘is suﬂ‘i-

‘ ciently great to demand serious atten~


tion and to require deﬁnite applica-

tions of plant food in a well-ordered

, system of soil management.


A‘gain, soils wear out because they

constantly lose lime, and in time be-

come sour or acid. Crop production

is generally not as satisfactory on acid

soils as on soils that contain a goodly

supply of lime. Legumes often refuse

to grow where the soil is a'cid. Small

grain crops and corn are not so sensi-


‘By W. H.


Stevenson


without further delay, to deal with the

problem of soil acidity in a business-

like and energetic fashion. Any other

plan will result in smaller crop yields

and increased costs of production.

Soils wear out because they lose or-

ganic matter rapidly when they are

cultivated. The importance of organic

matter in soils is due to the fact that

it contains much plant food, provides

bacteria with conditions which are nec—


He Systematically Returns to the Soil as Much Plant Food as Has Been Lost.


tive to acidity, but they may be- in—

directly affected through a lessening

of the production of available plant

food.


The lime deﬁciency of soils brings

our farmers‘face to face with one of

the big soil problems of the times. It"

is a big problem because vast sums of

money will be required for the pur-

chase of the needed limestone and be-

cause huge amounts of heavy work

must be expended in transporting the

limestone and distributing it on the

land. But there is no practical way of

treating acid soils except by applica-

tions of lime materials; therefore,

farmers generally should resolve now,


essary to make the plant food constit-

uents available for use, and improves

the physical condition of the soil.


In order to make and keep soils

highly productive the organic matter

supply must be increased in light col-

ored, light textured soils and must be

maintained in darker colored types and

in the heavier types. All soils, what-

ever their color or texture, must re—

ceive regular and ample supplies of

organic matter if their productive ca-

pacity is to be kept on a high level.

Three natural fertilizing materials may

be used on the farm for this purpose.

They are manure, green manures and

crop residues.


ear 0


’ Aﬁd Wﬁdl‘ May ﬁg Done to Keep Tﬂem Productﬂg. Maximum Cropi


N our study of a practical soil man- ‘


Ht


Farmers ﬁnd the problem of provid-

ing an adequate supply of organic‘mat-


ter one that keeps them on the jump ‘

On many live stock farms the supply. =


of manure rarely meets. the demand;

then green manures are often used as

a supplement. This practice is sound

enough, but generally involves consid-

erable expense for seed, labor and

rent of the land. >


On the grain farm, crop residues and

green manures must be depended on

for the needed organic matter. Here,

again, the real problem is one of ex-

pense, labor and the difﬁculty, expe-

rienced by many farmers, of growing ,

suc'cessfully, the right green manure

crop.


Red clover grown in the rotation

often serves as a partial green manure

if the ﬁrst crop is harvested and the

second crop plowed under. Better

still is the practice of removing only

the clover seed, plowing under all the

rest of the crop. By this method con-

siderable nitrogen and much organic

matter may be added to the soil. When

clover is cut for hay and removed‘

from the land, there is no addition of

nitrogen to normal soils, and it has

no. green manuring effect, but when

well inoculated it does not remove any

nitrogen from the soil, and if used for

feed and the manure returned to the

land, beneﬁcial effects may be secured.

Biennial sweet clover is now used ex—

tensively as a green manure crop.


On the live stock farm, the straw,

stover and other residues are gener-

ally used for feed or bedding, and re-

turned to the soil in the manure. On

the grain farm the straw may be al-

lowed to decompose partially before

application, and the cornstalks and

stubble may be plowed under, but in

both systems of farming these resi-

dues should never be burned or other-

wise destroyed.


We have found that all soils natur-

ally tend to wear out under cropping.

It is the business of the farmer to put

into practice methods of soil manage—

ment that will return to the soil as '

much plant food, lime and organic

matter as has been lost.


Agricultural Outlook F Or 1927‘


4 Some of Me Dem/y Farmers" May Expect Tézs Coming Year


OME farmers Will make money in

1927. Some will merely break

even. ,‘Some will be in the same

They will have


it began. Both the accidents of Da-


‘tuire and variations in skill and man-


agement, contribute to this threefold

division of farmers which holds true

every year, whether times are hard or

easy. But, there are vast ﬂuctuations

in different years in the number who


It is probable that the gross income


:from farm production in the calendar

- year 1926 was less than in the preced: £01116 in 1927.

“ his year.


There is no doubt that the

decline in the value of the 1926 cotton

-* ogether with the shrinkage in


cent Edﬁr the average

anstitute


By Gilbert Gusler \


per cent greater than in the ﬁve pre—


.war years, 1909 to 1913.


Whether more farmers will get into

the money-making group in the year

just starting, than in the past year, is

a harder question to reach ﬁrm con-

victions upon than in any of the past

ﬁve years. It would be absurd to

claim to have accurate prevision of

what is coming. At best, the outlines


' of the controlling factors are hazy. In

general,


it seems probable that there

will be no marked change in farm in-

Certainly, the, ground-

work for a distinctly prosperous state

of agriculture can not be discerned. If

there is Ia shrinkage of income com-


Of course, there will be changes in

the degree of presperity of: different


Those for whom 1926 was an unproﬁt-

able year can gather a crumb of com-

fort from the thought that, “He who

is down need fear no fall.”


So, far as the physical volume of

farm production in 1927 is concerned,

a decline in crops, and a small in-

crease in live stock and animal prod?

ucts appear ,probhable. Taking the us-

ual values per pound as a basis for

combining such crops as hay, wheat,

tobacco and cotton, the total produc-

tion of all crops in 1926, according to

the preliminary estimates of the Unit-

ed States Department of Agriculture,

was [2.9 per cent greater than in 1925,

and 7.3 per cent greater than the av-

erage of the past ﬁve years. This

large out-turn was due to the accident

of a favorable season-especially for

most food ,crops and for cotton and

tobacco, which have relatively great

importance 'when such ﬁgures are


combined. The total crop area in 19.26


was practically the same as the aver-


age of the preceding ﬁve years. For

1927, the total acreage probably will


can be assumed, we have the prospect

of some decrease in crop production

in 1927. ’


Shifts of acreage are bound to oc—

cur, of course. Returns from food

crops, such as wheat and potatoes,

have been relatively favorable in the

last two years, and a tendency to go

into these, as far as weather and la-

bor conditions during the planting sea-

son will permit, is probable. A sub-

stantial cut in cotton acreage also can

be counted upon with a high degree of

certainty.


F01 the past year, and a half, live

stock and live stock products, have

been selling to better advantage than

feed grains and hay. The chances are

that when a tally is made at the end

of 1927, it will be found that live stock

production has increased, particularly

in hogs and sheep, and in dairying.

Beef cattle production and marketings,

on the other hand, arelikelypto be on ,

a smaller scale than in 1926. A -


On the demand side, the main- un-.

certainty is the prObable duration of .-

the present period of urban, prosperity 5 '

Industrial activity has been at big


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that low tide must follow eventually.

' Today, “the cities are full of pride)?

Employment has been provided, and

huge proﬁts have been made from the

tremendous building boom to make up

the shortage which resulted from the

war, and to attain the higher standard

of living which the urban population

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' T HE M :cn IGAN F


to. do the things which would be most,’


proﬁtable for the whole group, so that

we can anticipate that farm production

will be geared too high when thisde—

cline in urban prosperity arrives.’

The second idea growingviout of this

outline of prospective urban develop

ments‘ls that perhaps farmers should

'view their own status in a more fav-

orable light. . Rent, fuel and transpor‘

tation absorb such a large share of.

urban income that the difference avail-

able for maintaining a higher standard

of living than in the country, is no

where near as great as the average

size of urban income suggests. For


Vitus or FARM PRODUCTION 11110 ,FARM INCOME


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to sustain industrial activity. The cit-

ies [also have gone ahead with expan-

sive and expensive programs of public

improvements. ‘


Besides using the admittedly high

income, the urban classes have mort-

gaged an unusually large-part of the

income» for some time in the future.

Ultimately, the industries must slack-

en to give the purchasing power of

consumers a chance to catch up. The

process of slackening, by reducing em-

ployment, will actually curtail the

ability of consumers to discharge their

old obligations. Altogether, it is hard


vent some ﬁnancial difﬁculties in the

cities when this correcting process

starts. . 7

When the turning point in urban

prosperity ‘will arrive, no one knows,


that 1927. will ﬁnish with industries

less active than at present. The fact

that money is relatively easy, in spite

of ﬁnancing such extensive real estate

and instalment buying, suggests that

lthe situation has not yet gotten badly

iout of hand.


I If this summary of the urban situa-

tion is correct, it has a double mean-

ing to the farmer. It-suggests that

it would be wiser to contract, rather

.thau to expand, total agricultural pro-

duction. That is the best way to elim-

inate troublesome surpluses, and it is

the way to prepare for any shrinkage

in the home market. But, the mass

action of farmers does not lead them


to see how it will be possible ”to pre-I


. sale.


but there appears to be a good chance


that reason, hard times in the city

mean more suffering in the country.


Then, it should not be forgotten that-


a part of the population in the cities,

perhaps equal in number to the farm

population itself, has a standard of

living below that of the farmer./


Foreign demand for our farm prod-

ucts is contingent upon the extent of

purchasing power in importing coun-

tries, and the extent of production in

other surplus areas.


Whatever the developments, prove

to be in detail, .there is no hint of any

broad increase in total demand for

farm products in 1927.

probably will depend principally upon

volume which farmers produce for


best way to bring prosperity to agri-

culture. One phase of this readjust-

ment should consist of making the in-

dividual farm a more nearly self-sufﬁc-

ing unit, particularly as to food and

fuel. "


A ﬁnal word as to costs of farm

production. The downward trend in

wholesale prices of non-agricultural

commodities in the past year points to

some shrinkage in costs of machinery,

fertilizers, building materials and oth-

er supplies in 1927. Labor costs are

likely to be reduced through more ec-

onomical use of labor, rather than

through any decline in the wage scales

of farm hands. Taxes and interest

changes probably will remain about

the same as in 1926.


\ PROVIDES CLOSER FEDERAL

SUPERVISION OF LAND

BANKS.


,_ HE move to bring the federal farm

lean system more directly under


the control of the treasury department

has taken form in a bill, H. R. 15540,

introduced by Chairman McFadden of

the House banking and currency com-

mittee, amending the federalfarm loan

act. ' , - ‘

The'bill gives the secretary of the


system of accounts for the banks of


woe wound-m reuse; stem


treasury power to prescribe a uniform posed to eliminate the farm loan board

{ . entirely, turning the. system over .to,

the system; to direct the examination a, division’iﬁ the treasury With-an .unw


of the banksand national. term loan];


of conditions under oath;

and ﬁx salaries ofexaminers of banks

'and farm lban associations; to pre-

scribe regulatio’ns'ffor the determina-

tion of net earnings available for the

payment of dividends.


There is, however, fear that it is a.

move to inject politics into the farm

loan system, by giving the secretary

of the treasury authority to appoint

the inspectors. It is quite generally

understood that when this.\amendm’ent

was ﬁrst under discussion it was pro:


11er Secretary'_ ﬁt, the Q9!


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Price levels ‘


This again brings forward the.

thought that smaller production is the'


to appoint ,


cOunt ',

that it would not be wise to propose_

such a radical change at this time. .’


CONGRESS MAKES INVESTIGA-

_ TIONS. '


' ONGRE‘SS is becoming an in<


quisitorial body. At this time it is

conducting forty-eight investigations,

with many more‘in prospect. The Sém

ate has begun a series of hearings on

the alleged violations of the anti-trust

laws by the large bakery mergers.


The federal trade commission is charg‘


ing a combination in the baking in<

dustry in restraint of trade.


TRUTH-lN-FABRIC BILL NEEDS


‘HELP NOW.


ENATOR ARTHUR CAPPEfR is


making a determinedeffort to get)

his truth-in-fabric bill through the Sen<

ate. The American FarmgBureau Fed-

eration. and National Grange are

strongly backing this move. But all

the help that the farmers, sheep rais‘

ers and other friends of honesty in‘


' fabrics can give at this time may be


needed to put the bill across. Letters

addressed to senators urging enact<

ment of the bill will help.


PARCEL' POST CHANGES. .


/


HE House has passed a bill to pro‘


vide special parcel post handling

charges, graduated according to the

weights, of parcels, as follows: Net

over two pounds, ﬁfteen cents; for

more than two pounds but not more

than ten pounds; twenty—ﬁve cents:

for more than ten pounds, thirty-ﬁve

cents. It is stipulated that the special

handling postage attached to fourth

class mail matter shall entitle it to re-

ceive the same expeditious handling as

ﬁrst-class mail. ‘


OPPOSE I. C. C. CONTROL OF'


MOTOR SERRVICE.


HE National Grange has gone on


record in opposition to Interstate

Commerce Commission control of mot-

or bus and truck lines, and with other

farm organizations will make a. ﬁght

against any proposed legislation with

that Object in View. It is felt that

such regulation would eliminate coins

petition with the railroads.


WOULD BREAK DOWN IMMIGRA-

‘ TION LAW. _


OTWITHSTANDING , the beneﬁ‘

cent results of the immigration

law, according to the department of

labor reports, numerous attempts are

being made in'Congress to break down


and render ineffective the wall which ,


now shuts out the ﬂood of foreigners

anxiously waiting for the chance to

get into this country. Senator Hen-

rick Shipstead, of Minnesota, is urging

the enactment of his bill to repeal the

national origin clause of the immigra-


tion act.


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USING ALL ,T. B. FUNDS.


HE department of agriculture is


using all available funds to enable

the states to carry on the work of tu«

bérculosis- eradication in the dairy

herds. An emergency order giving the

states of Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin

$50,000 each to be made immediately

available for this work, has just been

issued. R. W. Dunlap, assistant secre-

tary of agriculture, says a Mlanc'e-OE

$224,359 remaining in the Iowa‘fund,

and of $213,539 in the Pennsylvania

fund,.together with $60,000 unallotted,


arebeing used to provide the gagged. '


money. These states will be ., With:

bursed after the passage qr ’ “


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URING the time our large family

" . contest was open, we received

many interesting letters from

‘ those whose families were not quite

. large encugh to qualify for one of the;

‘ . prizes. These letters contained many

thoughts on various phases of family

management, which we believe will be

. of interest and value to our readers.


f For that reason we are printing a few

; of the letters below, the mothers thus

telling their own stories:


Here is a picture of my family. Can

' anyone beat with girls? Mildred, the

oldest, '15, October 4; Marie, 13, March

‘ 10; Margaret, 12, August 26; Mae, 10,


Children Keep One) Happy, Says Mrs.

Glen B. Kiefer.


. 1 . ‘May 15; Myrtle, 9, September 3; Eliz-

abeth and Laura, (twins), 4, December


1 ' 13; Helen, 3,.April 1;” Robert, 2, May

' 16. I lost my baby girl, Jean, January

13. This picture was taken this sum-

mer in July. I am thirty-two years,

Was married at ﬁfteen. My husband

is a teamster. We live in the coun-


, try, so we can raise part of our living.

! On a school morning I have two of

the children do dishes, one to wash

and dress the little ones, and two to

sweep. They have two rooms apiece

to sweep, and on Saturdays we all

help. I do the chores in ‘a morning,

and usually when I get in from the

chores, they have their work ﬁnished.

‘ My work doesn’t seem any harder in

this Way, than if I. had just one. I

. do all my own baking and make all

our clothes. We are very seldom sick,

so all in all, we are a healthy crew.

I weigh over 200 pounds, so taking

care of a large family doesn’t make me

poor, even if it keeps us poor.——Mrs.

1 , Sam Graham, Van Buren County.


Am sending you a picture of my


seven children and myself. I am forty-

. six'years old, Vera is 17; Lyle is 14;

Ruie, 12; Ial, 11; Scott, 9; Vena, 6;

Bethel, 3.


,1 When any game is to be played, we

‘ have thenumber required to play it,

% , and when there is potatoes or corn .to

be crated, it doesn’t take long to do

it with this army of workers. It doesn’t

take long to milk the cows when Lyle,

Scott, Ruie and Ial take their pails and

go to the stable.


When mother and Vera get several

loaves of bread and two or three doz-

en light biscuit made, besides cakes


*and cookies, it isn’t long until that

same task has to- be repeated. Would

we'exchange places with any family

where just a husband and wife sit

down all alone three times a day to

eat their means? I should say not. My

husband says these little ones make

us laugh whether we feel like it or

not. ‘—-Mrs. Glen B. Keefer, Eaton Co.


life._ , - v‘ . ,


“believe I have one of the largest

iies of little ones to care for, be-

doing my 'own housework.


- ralngamilics‘


'ed for scab and black scurf before


growing season. 'The yield was 416


, potatoes this season are selling for

‘ 1 0"“ 011? dollar per bushel so Mr.


T lzezr Management


and now at the age of thirty-nine have

eight boys and three girls. Eleven

bright, healthy children,‘ of whom we

are very proud.


They all mind good, and are ever

willing to help with what little tasks

they can. They seldom quarrel, so our

home is a peaceful and happy one. We

live near a good church and school.

The moral standard of the neighbor-

hood is high, so that is a great help in

guarding them on the right path of

life.


The children’s names, and also their

ages are! Myron Kenneth, 14; How-

ard Everet, 13; Laurence LaVerne, 12;

Raymond Wilber, 10; Margaret Elea-

nor, 9; Dorothy Harriet, 7; Kenneth

Marvin, 6; Ernest Loraine, 4; Gladys

Marie, 3; Carrol Louis, 2; Frederic J.,

7 months—Mrs. Ellen Burgess, Kent

County.


THE COMMUNITY CONTEST.


LEASE don’t forget to send your


stories of that community spirit

which showed itself when some farmer

had been put in an unfortunate cir—

cumstance. Five dollars in prizes are

offered for the best write-ups of these

experiences. The contest closes Jan-

uary 10, and your letter telling of this

experience should be sent to the Con-

test Man at the Michigan Farmer, De-

troit, Michigan.


CALF CLUBS STRONG IN JACKSOIN.


BABY beef club was organized in


Jackson county, and twelve boys

agreed to take seventeen calves and

care for them. The manager of the

Jackson County Fair made a trip to

Chicago to secure calves for the club

members. Twenty-ﬁve calves sired by

a pure-bred Hereford bull were bought.

The calves averaged 456 pounds in

weight and cost ten cents a pound, de-

livered in Jackson. As soon as the

calves arrived, more youngsters be-

came interested in baby beef club

work and all twenty-ﬁve calves were

disposed of to eighteen boys and girls.

The club members will keep a strict

account of all feed and labor costs in-

curred in growing up their animal,

and the calves will be exhibited at the

Jackson County Fair. It is to be hop-

ed that one of these young beef grow-


According to Mrs. Graham, Large Fam-

ilies do Not Mean Hard Work.


ers will be as successful as the club

boy who recently won ﬁrst prize on his

calf and sold the animal at auction

for $3.75 a pound.


GREW BIG POTATO CROP. ,


ILLIAM KNOBLOCK, a farmer

of Allegan county, cooperated

with the county agricultural agent of

that county in a potato growing dem-

onstration this year. He‘ bought and

planted certiﬁed seed which was treat-


planting. The potatoes were fertil-

ized with commercial fertilizer and

were sprayed seven times during the


bushels per acre. Ordinary table stock


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a “US.” Blue Ribbon boot—it will

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without breaking! Under the roughest

treatment on the farm this rubber

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This “US.” Blue Ribbon boot is

right all through. The gray sole is as

tough as the tread of a tire. And at

every vital point from 4 to 11 separate

layers of tough fabric and reinforce-

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making waterproof footwear is back of

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BEFORE you start work on

your next potato crop, look

back a moment at your last

year’s results.


Were you satisﬁed with your yield

per acre? Was your production cost

per bushel low enough to give you

a good proﬁt? Did you get a lot of

ﬁrsts or were there too many culls? -

Did your crop suffer badly from

disease, insect attacks or frost injury?


If your crop was poor in any of

these respects, this is the time to

decide how to make your next crop

a better one. '


It will pay you to look into your

rotation, your seed, and preparation

of your seed bed, and also into feed-

ing your crop plenty of potash in the

form of a wellabalanced mixed fer-

tilizer. For potash helps to increase

yield, strengthens the vines, aids

starch to form in the tubers (a big

factor in quality) and assists the plant

to better ﬁght disease and insect

attacks, and to withstand frost.


It is important to check up on the.

actual number of pounds of potash

which your crop receives. Good

proﬁts have been made when 50 to

75 lbs. of actual potash was supplied

per acre. These amounts can be had

in 800 to 1,275 pounds per acre ofa

high analysis fertilizer containing

6% potash, such as 4—8-6 or 2-12-6; or

in 500 to 750 lbs. of a 10% potash

high analysis mixture. Many success

ful growers specify sulfate of potash

in their mixtures because of its favor-

able eﬁect on quality.


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INSURED FURNITURE BURNS.


I had my furniture insured in a mu-

tual ﬁre insurance company. I was

moving from one township to another.

The ﬁrst load of my furniture burned

with the house. There were people

living in the house who were to move

when I got there. Can I collect any

insurance? I notiﬁed the company the

very day of the ﬁre. Am I entitled to

my insurance? What steps should I

take? Who should I communicate

with?——M. E. G. '


The insurance policy limits the lia-

bility to destruction by ﬁre at the

place speciﬁed and therefore would

not include destruction by ﬁre at the

place to which the property is remov-

ed. The only remedy is such settle-

ment as the insurance company can be

induced to make, unless thére was a

permit to remove given before the re-

moval, and specifying the place to

which removal was to be made—Rood.


IN POOR COMPANY.


In 1917 we sold a farm on contract.

The buyers insured the buildings. In

1923 the house burned. The company

adjusted the loss promptly, telling the

buyers the money would be available

in sixty days and they could go ahead

with the building. They did this. The

company went bankrupt, and the state

took it over. Only a little of the in-

surance has been received. The lum~

her company demands their pay, and

the payments on the contract are past

due. How can we straighten this mat-

ter out?~Subscriber.


The facts present merely a case in

which the builder is relying upon a

fund to pay for the cost of the build-

ing and is unable to collect. He must

meet his obligations the best he can

with whatever funds he may obtain

for the purpose. His hope of recover-

ing from a defunct insurance company

is merely a consideration which may

be given to creditors to obtain con-

sent to an extension of time for pay-

ment of the liabilities—Rood.


INSURES


H EIRS TO PROPERTY.


I am a spinster lady and not very

well. Should I pass away without a

will who would be my heirs? I have

a brother living, and nephews and

nieces of brothers and sisters deceas-

ed.—A. R


The property would, in that case,

descent to the brothers and sisters in

equal shares, the children of deceased


brothers and sisters taking their

share by right of representation.—

Rood.


FATHER’S RIGHT TO SELL.


We are twelve brothers and sisters,

mother being dead, but father is still

with us. There -are 100 acres of good

land which was our home,_but since

mother’s death father sold the place

to one of our brothers without our

knowledge. As yet, none of the other

eleven have received any money from

the home. The brother who bought

the farm has it up for sale.“ Can he

secure a legal deed and sell the farm

without the rest of us signing off?

What can we do in this case?—A. S.


No reason is apparent why the fath—

er cannot make clear title to the prop-

erty to whom he please, whether one

of his sons, or any other, without the

consent of his children. His deed

could be voided only for incapacity or

undue inﬂuence.——Rood.


JOINT STOCK OWNERSHIP.


When a man and wife owns shares

of stockjointly, signed as Mr. and

Mrs., can just one of them sell a share

without the signature or consent of the

other?-—A. S.


If the holding of the stock is joint,

undoubtedly either can sell his inter-

est without the consent of- the other,

but if the court should— hold it to be


there maybe entirety interest in


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sonal property, but whether the same

doctrine would be applied to it, as has

been applied to real property, is an-

other question. It is believed that

there is no decision yet rendered


which closes this point in this state.—

Rood.


ADVERSE POSSESSION.


In 1884 A. bought 160 acres of land

and asked B. if he would come and

live with him on the land. B. did so.

In 1900 A. died. B. kept on living on

the land undisturbed. The land has

not been probated. B. has lived on

the land forty years. Last summer B.

sold a portion of the land to 0., who

paid cash for it. Is the deed good?

Has B. the right to sell? What must

B. do in order to get a clear title?

Would the judge of probate be com-

pelled to look after this if he were

asked to, or can he let it go if he

wants to? If B. sells to C. and gives

warranty deed, and B. buys the land

back from C., will B.’s deed be legal?

—0. M. 0.


Open, adverse, notorious, exclusive

continuous possession under claim of

right for ﬁfteen years, gives title by

adverse possession. This title does not

appear of record. No proceedings in

the probate court are necessary or ma-

terial. Title depends upon proof of

the facts in case the title is contested.

This may be easy or difﬁcult—Rood.


RIGHT TO TRAP IN STREAM.


What is the law regarding trapping

on a creek that is connected by two

public lakes? Has a person a right to

trap along a creek, using a boat, With—


.er?


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cilitt‘t'res casing 011 another man’sspropa,

_e Y-‘~

but‘ a swamp. s-Have I a right to keep“ i.


ome of this ~’creek'is nothing'v


anybody from trapping there?——-H. U;

Our supreme. court has held that the


owner of the adjoining land has ex« ' I


clusive right to set traps in 'the bed

of the stream, even though navigable

water. The owner of the land has

the right to pull any trap placed there

by others, and to take the game from

them.——Rood.


WIFE MUST SIGN.


Is’ it necessary for a wife to sign the

quit-claim deed in transferring heirship

real estate from one brother'to anoth.

Is it always necessary for the

gifsvtocsign a real estate mertgage ?——<


Upon the death of the parent the

property descends to his heirs; and


the wife of any heir immediately ac- , _


quires expectant dower rights in it. It.

is necessary to obtain conveyance from

her, as well as the husband, to make

clear title. A purchase money mort—


gage'is valid without the signature of I .


the wife. In other cases, the signa-'

ture of the mortgagor’s wife is neces-

sary to make clear title. If the mort'

gage is upon a homestead it is abso-

lutely void without the wife’s signa-

ture.-Rood. '


TAX EXEMPTION ON FOREST

LAND.


Is it possible to exempt land from

taxation by setting out trees on this

land under the supervision of the

state?——H. L.


There are several conservation acts

under which private forests may be

established and restricted taxation ob

tained. For blanks and directions, ad-

dress the State Adminstrative Board,

Department of Conservation, Lansing,

Michigan—Rood.


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RIPEN CHERRIES TO ORDER.


NE of the latest stunts is to ripen


cherries to order, according to H.

B. Tukey, horticultural investigator for

the Hudson River Valley district, who

spoke at the Michigan State Horticul-

tural meeting at Grand Rapids re-

cently.


Mr. Tukey has found that by dusting

orchards with sulphur lead arsenate

mixtures, and fertilizing with nitrogen—

ous fertilizers, the ripening of cherries

can be controlled.


The New York growers market their

ripe cherries in New York City, and

often the market is very weak. At

such times the growers will blow a

cloud of dust in their orchards, which

will retard the ripening until the mar-

ket recovers. Mr. Tukey believes that

this method would be valuable to the

Michigan growers, as the Early Rich-

mond often ripens to compete with

strawberries. The sulphur in the dust

prevents the fruit from rotting.


Experience shows that cherry har-

vest can be prolonged ﬁve to six weeks

by this dusting method. In the Hud-

son River district sometimes as many

as ten dustings have been made to

check ripening, at a cost of about one-

sixth to one-fourth cent a pound per

dusting. This is not prohibitive when

it prevents a slumpin prices.


HOW TO GROW FANCY GRAPES.


SERIES of experiments carried

out in Van Buren county under

the direction of Dr. N. L. Partridge

has shown that byproperly selecting

grape varieties and then giving ade—

duate care to the crop, at. commercial


pares , favorablyi‘Wifh“ grapes grown . in


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pack of grapes can hemadepthat com; » 7 p ,

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Agricultural Agent, Wm. F. Johnston,

reports thateven last year, when the

crop was not satisfactory that, in vine-

yards where proper care had been

taken, nearly ninety per cent ’of the

crop could be packed in four-quart bas~

kets as fancy grapes.


The ﬁrst requisite of producing

fancy grapes is a system of close prun<

ing. This system of pruning naturally

reduces the crop the ﬁrst year, but the

reduction in the crop is more than re<

paid by the better grade of grapes pro-

duced.

fancy grade of grapes from a vine—

yard where the crop is running only

ﬁfty per cent or less of fancy grade.

The task of packing is very much

simpliﬁed where a high percentage of

fancy grade grapes are being pro

.duced.


Cultivatign, spraying,

tion can not be neglected by the grow-

er of fancy grapes. Fertilization in-~


creases the yield, as wellas aiding in '


raising the grade of grapes raised.


The differential in price between the


care necessary to produce the fancy


grades and those of less quality, is


more than returned in the advanced


price received for fancy stock.——P.

OHIO STATE WINS JUDGI'NG


CONTEST.


HE team from the Ohio State Col-

lege won the apple judging conteSt


sponsored by the American Pomolog-r

ical Society at its recent Grand Rapids ; .

meeting. The Kansas AgriculturalCol- '

lege team came ’second; Universityol;

West Virginia, third; Michigan sate;

fourth; and Massachusetts


College,

Agricultural College, ﬁfth. g 1L

, H F. Wint'er,01' onioystam C ,


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est sc‘prew


It is very difﬁcult to pack a .


and fertiliza« ,
'Gg'ﬁrﬂéASH.“ _. :, .


., an agent of,“ st” Clair county.» and

:A. .C. Lytle, county agricultural agent

ﬁfotSego countyawere presented cups


"atmthe extension workers' conference


"in; :Michi State College. Mr. Nash

alj’yxiltl'e were judged to have"


and Mr.

been most successful in carrying out

their year’s program in agricultural ex-

tension work. Both agents have been


members of the college extension force


for several years.


' PROMOTES POULTRY IN GENESEE.


‘ IAMES R. CAMPBELL, county agri-


cultural agent in Genesee county,

reports that the poultrymen of that

county are obtaining excellent results

with their ﬂocks during this period of

high-priced eggs. Four poultry dem-

onstration farms have been establish-

ed in the county and two poultrymen

have their ﬂocks entered in registry


7 of productiou work. In this work the


\


hens are trapnested and the eggs are

weighed. The registry of production

is under the supervision of the Michi-

gan’Poultry Improvement Association.-


INTERESTED IN ST. CLAIR

COUNTY.


URING the dairy-alfalfa campaign


held in St. Clair county, twelve

meetings were held at farm homes.

The lowest attendance at any of these

meetings was twenty-four, and. the

highest was forty-ﬁve. St. Clair coun-

ty is rapidly becoming one of the fore-

most dairy sections of the state, and

the interest shown by the dairy farm-

ers in these meetings is another ex-

ample of their determination to obtain

the latest information available con-

cerning their business.


ATTENDANCE LARGE.


FARM school sponsored by a farm


implement manufacturing com-

pany was recently held at Capac. The

school ran for two days, and three

sessions were held each day. Attend-

ance at some of the sessions ran up to

600. The people in charge of this

school were optimistic of the future

for agriculture. It is apparent that

extension work in agriculture is of

deﬁnite economic value when compa-

nies whose continuance in business

depends upon the earning of dividends

spend money to hire specialists who

assist farmers in solving problems of

“agriculture.


SCHOOL CLUBS POPULAR IN

BRANCH.


ORTY-EIGHT schools in Branch


county have asked to have some

club project organized among; their

pupils. The number of requests was

so great that the state leaders assign-

ed to do this work were unable to com-

plete the organizations of the clubs

during the two days which they spent

in the county. The organizaiton work

will be taken care of, and local club

leaders will be selected seen.


FARMERS COOPERATE IN DIG-

GING MARL. ..


FARMERS near the village of Mes-

ick, in Wexford county, purchased

225 yards of marl dug from a bed in

that vicinity. In order to get this marl

dug, these farmers signed nOtes pay-


* able at the local bank, for the amount


' of mar] which each individual intend-


' ,ed to purchase. A marl digging outﬁt


' belonging to the Michigan State Col-


lege, was then secured and set up at

”the marl bed. Two hundred ﬁfty yards


of marl were dug at this set-up. An-

“ er _marl bed will be opened at


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POSTS.


As I have some landeith a lot of

small poplars on, would like to know

whether these will make good posts

when creosoted. Are there any bul-

letins on creosoting posts?—-C. B.


Yes, poplar makes very good creo-

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THIEVING RATS


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quickly, cheaply and surely, with-

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poison gas that reaches them where

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“It’s the gas that kills them.”


ust as eEective against ground-


ogs, woodchucks, rairie dogs,

ground squirrels an moles.

Ask your dealer for Cyanogas

A-Dust, or send us $2.00 for trial

outﬁt of l-lb. can and special duster

with hose for killing rats. Sent ex-

press collect. ‘


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AMERICAN CYANAMID

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511 Fifth Ave. ' New York, N.Y.


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of sheet masses as that from the


| How should I take care of the bat-

itery in my car through the winter

months, where there is no place for

storage and recharging?—VV. B. ‘

There are two ways a battery may

be put into storage; wet storage and

.dry storage, The method to be used

would depend upon the battery and

the length of time that it has been out

of service. A battery that has been

5out of service for loss than a year can

usually be put in wet storage, unless

it is in such condition that it would

soon require repairs necessitating dis-

‘mantling.

I To put a battery in wet storage it

gshould be given an equalizing charge,

that is, a long charge at a compara-

tively low rate to bring the speciﬁc

|gravity of all the cells up to the prop-

ler point, and then be put away for

storage. In order to keep a battery in

good condition, it should be given, at

‘least once in two months. a charge at

the normal rate until all cells are

gassing freely and uniformly. At. this

[time the welding plugs should be re-

;moved and water added if necessary.

I; Should the condition of the battery

ibe such that it seems Wise to dis-

,mantle it, the parts may be put away

gin dry storage in a dry location, as

ifree from dust as possible.

starting to dismantle the battery, it

should be about thirty per cent dis-

charged in order to prevent excessive

heating of the negative plates. It is

desirable to make a sketch showing

the relative locations of cells, termi-

lnals, connections, etc, to insure cor-

frect assembly. The positive and neg-

tativc plates should be soaked in cold

‘jwatcr for ﬁfteen or twenty minutes.

lThe positive plates can then be put

Iaway to dry. The negative plates may

heat when removed from the water,

and in this case should be soaked

again until they are cold. Care should

be taken that the positive and nega-

tive groups do not come in contact.

‘The battery box should be washed

with water to which baking soda has

been added, to counteract the action

of the acid which may be dried on.

The wood separator should be kept in

water made slightly acid by the addi-

tion of a small quantity of sulphuric

acid. This will keep them free from

s1in19.———Fogle.


TROUBLE WITH SOLDERING.


Would like your advice about sol-

dering tinware. Have soldering cop-

per, ordinary solder, muriatic acid,

rosin, and use salamoniac for tinning

the copper, but the solder doesn’t seem

to stick properly to the work. What

kind of ﬂux should I use? Can buy

solder with ﬂux in the center, but it

costs more. Would appreciate any

suggestions—Subscriber. _


For new clean tin. rosin or a mix-

ture of rosin and lard is the usual

ﬂux. For old tin, copper. brass, iron

and steel, and so on, cut acid or zinc

chloride is used, for galvanized iron,

the raw hydrochloric (sometimes call-

ed murietic) acid should be used. Zinc

chloride can be bought already pre-

pared, or can ‘be made by taking a

quantity of commercial hydrochloric

acid in a glass jar or wide-mouthed

bottle“ and cutting it into small pieces.


Before '


outside of a dry cell, until no further

action will take place. Then drain

off the liquid, which is now zinc chlorn

ide, mix with an equal quantity of wa-

ter, and it is ready for use. The im-

portant things in soldering are:


1. Have the work well cleaned.

Greasy dirt can be wiped off with a

rag moistened with gasoline. Then

the work, if rusty or dirty, must be

scraped with a ﬁle or knife until it is

bright and shiny where the soldering

is to be applied.


2. Apply the proper ﬂux and see

that it works into all crevices. Its

action is more effective when theob-

ject to be soldered is hot.


3. Have the soldering copper well

tinned, and just hot enough to make

a crystal of salamoniac and smoke

freely when the copper is rubbed on it.


4. Pick up a drop of solder with

the copper and hold the copper on the

work long enough so the work will be

hot encugh for the-solder to ﬂow

freely. ' '


5. When both pieces are tinned, lay

them together, hold the hot iron on

them until the solder between runs

freely, then remove iron and hold the

pieces together until the solder Chang-l

es color, showing that it has harden-

ed.——I. W.


RADIO BRIEFS.


A DEVICE has recently been perfect—

ed which will permit listeners to

tune in broadcastng stations using

low waves, which carry greater dis-

tances on lower power, and are more

free from static and daylight interfer- .

once. This short wave receiver utilizes

three tubes and operates without ad-

ditional “A” battery power, but re~

quires a ninety-volt “B” battery.


The rheostat should be shut down

entirely when turning off the receiver.


“Today we are confronted with a sit‘

nation in which we have nearly 600

broadcasting stations crowded into

eighty-eight channels in the radio

broadcasting range, separated by ten

kilo-cycles,” says P. Crosley, radio ex~

pert. “This over—crowding can be ov-

ercome through the creation of other

wave bands of lower range. This low-

er wave band should be made avail-‘

able to us immediately.”


It is said that the best results come

from an aerial carried over a vacant

lot.


When the sealing wax at one end of

the binding-post clips on a dry battery

does not afford full coverage, melt a.

little! off a stick of sealing wax to

make the whole battery airtight.


Out in California they have organ-

ized a Farm Radio Council, the pur-

pose of which is “to develop and pro-

mote the use of radio as an effective

aid to agriculture.”


It is not wise to attempt to solder

the ground wires of your radio’set to

the cold water pipes, unless the water


has been drained from the pipe, 30- f


cording to radio experts. The solder

will not stick to the cold pipes, and

poor reception will result. In connect-

ing to a cold water pipe, the connec-

tion should ﬁrst be soldered to a clamp

and the clamp then ﬁrmly fastened to

the pipe after it has, been thoroughly

cleaned. ‘ ~


Never use a small “B"'battery on a, :_

large set, nor an extra large battery”;

with a small set. , . ., * ‘


When they mean. less, Static, will

winds are even welcome to the radio

fan. . I, . ' -' ,
' last June.


soils department of Michigan

’7 State College is Conducting an ex-

periment of unusual interest on the

{Jam of Arthur Keesler, near Okemos.

In the past, some criticism of the re-

. " suits of fertilizer experiments has

"been made because the experiments


. ’ have been conducted only upon small


plots of ground. The Keesler farm

Was selected for experimental work


,' because it was very low in soil fer-

tility when the work was started.


The results which have been ob-

tained on the farm in the past two

years show that the building up pro-'

gram has proceeded satisfactorily. The


'_ lime requirements of the soil on the

farm was tested before any other work

’ was done. The testing showed that a

great deal of the soil was low in lime

content, but there were a few areas

‘ of soil which did not need lime. The

testing made it possible to place the

lime only upon such parts of the ﬁelds

as needed the material, thus making

it possible to save considerable money

which would have been Wasted if the


lime had been applied indiscriminateI-Ya falfa and sweet clover will be seeded


The wheat crop for two years has

been checked to ﬁnd the results ob-

tained by the use of different fertil-

izers. On unfertilized ground, the

wheat yielded 13.6 bushels per acre in

1925. ' Where acid phosphate was used,

the yield was 21.8 bushels, and when

acid phosphate was applied and a top-

dressing of ammonium sulphate given

in addition, the yield was 24.9 bush-

els. This year the unfertilized area

yielded 11.4 bushels an acre and, the

part receiving acid phosphate, and


- also an application of ammonium- sul-

phate in the spring yielded 30.1

bushels.


A check strip of unfertilized wheat

was left in the center of the ﬁeld.

This strip could be seen for a long

distance. The yield was not only less

in grain, but the straw growth was

much lighter on the soil which was

not fertilized.


Beans yielded thirteen bushels to the

acre on ground which had been treat-

ed with lime only. The rest of the

ﬁeld where acid phosphate had been

used in addition to the lime, produced

18.2 bushels to the acre.


The experiment will be continued.

Legumes will be planted to add to the

humus content of the soil and to per-

mit the carrying of live stock on the

farm. Professor 0. E. Millar has been

in charge of the experimental plans on

the farm. Mr. Keesler carries the

plans into execution and is well satis--

ﬁed that his farm is being built up in

ability to produce good crops, while


at the same time a proﬁt is being ob-


tained from the crops grown—P.


CLEAN OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DIS-

EASE. \


.HE United States is again entirely


free from foot-and-mouth disease,

which appeared in 1924 and again in

1925, according to Dr. J. R. Mo‘hler,

chief of the bureau of animal industry.

Though the outbreaks were conﬁned

within the two states of California

and Texas, the presence of the disease

in the country caused a great anxiety

and necessitated quarantine restric-

tions, of which the last was withdrawn


INSECTICIDE MANUFAC-


AFTER

' TU RERS.


,, HE department of agriculture is on

. , the trail of manufacturers who are

-. ‘ adulterating and ,misbranding insecti-

‘ : . cides. It has come to the attention of

the department that a considerable

”number of manufacturers are prepar-

1&5, labeling and selling insecticides

111 are not in accordance with the


era - are Warned that misbrand-


to prosecution and the goods to seiz-

ure.


WANTS SEED VERIFICATION.


SYSTEM of inspection of seed


stock records for seedsmen is sug-

gested by Lloyd S. Tenney, the new

chief of the bureau of agricultural eco-

nomics. This system of veriﬁcation of

origin refers especially to alfalfa and

clover seeds, but could be applied to

other farm and garden seeds as well.


GOING STRONG ON LEGUMES.


OUR thousand yards of marl have

been removed from three ﬁrst-class

marl deposits in Missaukee county

during the fall months. This amount


of marl, says H. L. Barnum, agricul— _


tural agent, is equivalent to sixty car-

loads of limestone, loaded ﬁfty tons to

the car. Farmers in the county have

also used eight carloads of Petoskey


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This New Spreader Gives You

the Four Features You Want


This new, narrow, tight-bottom John Deere Spreader with the

beater on the axle and the box-roll turn gives you a spreader that

is easier on you, easier on your horses, does better work and


lasts longer.


It combines in one machine the four essentials that


are really important to you in a manure spreader.


Its low, easy-loading box saves you


from 15 to 25 per cent of the work in:


loading. The energy required to load

100 loads of manure onto the ordinary

spreader will load from 115 to 125 loads

onto the New John Deere. This is a

tremendous advantage in itself.


Then consider the saving of your

horses. Hundreds of present owners of

the New John Deere who have always

used three and four horses on the or-

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this machine. Its higher drive wheels,

fewer moving parts and roller bearings

give you lighter draft in a spreader

than you have ever known before.


Another important point; notice

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manure is not thrown high in the air,

therefore, winds do not cause drifting


and uneven, unsatisfactory spreading.

The New John Deere spreads a wide,

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This new spreader is built to the

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Remember, that two exclusive fea-

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The easy milker is usually the

proﬁtable milker. Much of the

holding back of milk is due to

lack of care of the udder and

teats. It pays to go after the

extra quarts by giving constant

care to even the “little” hurts

that make the cow nervous and

restless.


Bag Balm has a permanent

place in thousands of cow barns,

because it keeps the delicate

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Big 10-ounce can, only 60c

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Ask for free booklet, “Dairy

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Make a note

now to put Bag

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of keeping your

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easily and liber-

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RIED beet pulp has long been a


favorite feed fer dairymen, eSpe~

cially for those who are ﬁtting and

feeding cows for show purposes or for

test work. To determine the value of

dried beet pulp in the ration, the Do-

minion Experimental Farms of Otta-

wa, Canada, have carried on some

very interesting and instructive experi-

ments.


Group one was an experiment with

dried beet pulp vs. a grain mixture of

wheat bran, ﬁve parts; brewers’

grains. ﬁve parts; hominy, three parts;

oil cake meal, three parts. One-half.

the usual grain ration was replaced

by dried beet pulp. The beet pulp,

when fed, wassoaked with cold water,

about three times its weight being

used. It was found that milkand but-

ter—fat was produced more cheaply by

replacing half of the usual grain ra-

tion with dried beet pulp; 322 pounds

of beet pulp was equal in feeding val-

ue to 370 pounds of the grain mixture,

twenty-ﬁve pounds of hay, and 176

pounds of silage.


Group two was dried beet pulp vs.

roots (mangels). A straight root ra—v

tion of ninety pounds was replaced,

one-half of it by forty—ﬁve pounds of

dried beet pulp; it was found that one

pound of dried beet pulp replaced ten

pounds of roots- The half-and-half ra-

tion produced the most milk and fat,

as well as doing it the more econom-

ically. This combination is very much

superior to a straight root ration. One

hundred twenty-six pounds of beet pulp

replaced thirty-ﬁve pounds of grain

feed, seventeen pounds of hay, and

1,512 pounds of roots. In this test,

the beet pulp showed a very high feed

value.


Group three, one-half the usual en-

silage ration, was replaced by dried

beet pulp. The results were that the

cost of producing both milk and but—


‘ter-fat was slightly higher than when


the entire silage ration was fed; also,

that slightly less of each was produc-

ed by replacing ensilage with dried

beet pulp. In this group, 308 pounds

6f beet pulp equalled in feeding value

forty-three pounds of grain mixture,

thirty-two pounds of hay, and 1,285.5

pounds of ensilage.


Group four was a dried beet pulp

ration vs. ensilage ration. With this

group, the ensilage fed produced more

milk and fat at less cost than did the

group in which the ensilage was re-

placed by dried beet pulp. Four hun-

dred twenty pounds of beet pulp was

equal in feeding value to“ forty-two

pounds of grain mixture, forty-eight

pounds of hay, and 2,149 pounds of

ensilage. .


The general conclusion for the en-

tire test was that dried beet pulp can

be used in the ordinary ration when

it is not too high in price. The ﬁgures

can be secured by taking the value of

the replacement feeds and comparing

the cost of each. That it gives the

best results when used in small

amounts, approximately four to ﬁve

pounds per day; that it should be

soaked with three times its weight of

cold water before being fed.


‘ In some sections of the United


- States and the Dominion of, Canada,


lthe sunﬂower can be grown very suc-

lcessfully, even though corn is not a

lsuccessful crop. Under such condi-

ltions, it is advisable to grow sunﬂow-

ers and convert them into ensilage for

the dairy herd. The Dominion Experi-

mental farms found that sunﬂower sil-

age was «almost as valuable for dairy

cows as corn ensilage; the main differ-

ence being that the sunﬂower ensilage

was not as palatable as the corn en-

silage. The cows never ate the sun-

ﬂower ensilage with as much relish

‘as they did the corn ensilage. There

is practically no difference in the an-

alysis of the two, and very little dif-

ference in. the cost ofrproducing them;


about the only differencewasin the‘

' evident unpalatibillty of: thesunﬂower


HUNTERS‘AND FISH'ERMEN 00

~ HAVE TROUBLE.


HILE hunters are Wont to lament

‘ the fact that many farmers are

posting theirfarms against hunting.

the farmer himself has ample cause‘

for complaint, according to a farm res—

ident of Fenton township.

This man owns a farm which ex-

tends to‘ the shore of Long Lake. For

several years he permitted hunting on

his property. After hunters had killed

a family of pet squirrels in 'a grove

near the house, and had also killed a.

calf in a woodlot at the back of the

farm, the exasperated owner ﬁnally

determined to post his farm, allowing

only his friends, and persons known

to‘him, to shoot over it.


Meanwhile, the Genesee Sportsmen’s

Club had secured a closed season on

ﬁshing at ‘the lake, and this farmen is

now deprived of the opportunity of

ﬁshing in 'the lake in front of his home,

according to his story. “And yet, peo-

ple refer to farmers as “chronic kick-

ers.”——R. A.


FLINT MARKET POPULAR.


AHUM W. LONG, city marketmas«


ter at Flint, is wondering where

he is going to put farmers who want

to sell their produce at the local mart

next summer, if their number contin.

ues toqincrease as it has this last year.

The common council has been very

cooperative in improving the facilities

at the market, placing a steel and glass

cover over it in order that the farmers

may be protected against the cold

breezes during the winter, and mak-

ing other improvements. Mr. Long has

also established a. comfortable loung-

ing room in the market building Where

farmers and their families may eat

their noon meals, which they bring

withi them. A stand has been estab-

lished in this apartment, where acces—

series for the noonday meal may be

procured—A.


WOULD SAVE MUCH.


T is predicted that an annual saving


of $1,000,000 will be effected in the

enforcement of prohibition, and that

$4,500,000 will be conserved in taxes

over a ﬁve-year period if the bill

passes that provides for the creation

of a privatecorporation for the manu-

facture and sale of medicinal whiskey,

under stringent government supervis«

ion. This plan appears to have the

support of wets and drys, the latter

believing that it will tend to improve

law enforcement.


COMPETITION H ELPS.


H OLSTEINS which have long. been

a standard breed of milk produc-

ers. in Genesee county are having to

step some these days to keep ahead

of the inroads made by Jerseys and

Guernseys. “Golden Guernsey milk”

is becoming -a familiar phrase here-

.bouts.—A.


NEW use FOR MARL.


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FINE deposit of mar] on the old,

Robert J. Whaley farm, in Rich‘

ﬁeld township, is attracting a. little at-

tention. from the surrounding district.

Use of the substance for sWeetem‘ng

sour soils is being seriously conSider-

ed, while Charles Parker, hardware

and auto‘dealer of Otisville, has found

it very efﬁcacious as a metal polish;

using it to shine his auto one day and

his gold watch the next—A. , G

,_ .


Invalid children in a Connecticut


town are visited several timesa’kweek

by a public school“ teachQi‘LQSWM

they can continue rtheiti"‘educ'a ,_
'3 TIOET’T'ING THE HABIT 0F LEADING-


OR the second successive month

'5 the. milk manufacturing Guernseys

owned by Sam Nault, of Iron county,

took high honors among all the herds

in the [cow testing associations of the

Upper Peninsula. They showed an av-

erage of. 843 pounds of milk and forty-

eight pounds of fat for the second

’month.


ENLARGE POULTRY PLANT.


l ‘0 get more inside information

T about Biddy, the poultry building

at the experiment station at Chatham

is being enlarged. Next year it is ex-

pected to have a ﬂock of 600 birds.

An incubator with 3,000-egg capacity

will be installed. To prOvide/a better

i, ' birds, feeds, and housing will be the

l: ' aim of the experimenters:


l .WILL LEAD AGAIN IN COPPER.


' SOME of the best posted men in the


country predict that Michigan will

again be the leading copper producing

state in the Union. The end of the

l; western supply is in sight, and capital

is now turning to Michigan supplies.


HOLD TURKEY SHOW.


HE farmers of Manitoulin Island

7 have inaugurated a turkey show

to be held annually, where nothing but

l turkeys are exhibited. The last year

,, these farmers shipped to eastern mar-

ll kets twO carloads Of turkeys, and this I

I year four double-decked loads were

sent to Buffalo and New York.


RENDERS DECISION 0N INSUR-

ANCE ASSESSMENTS.


' ECAUSE a Delta county farmer re- ‘

. fused to meet an assessment lev—

ied against him by the Patrons’ Mu-

tual Fire Insurance Company, on the

ground that such assessment was not

provided for in the policy, he held with

that company, the affair got into the

courts and eventually came before the

supreme court of Michigan for ﬁnal

disposition. The supreme court held

that, under‘ the existing statutes, such

.an assessment cannot be made unless

clearly provided for in the policy, so

that the policy holder may be fore

vwarned that he is liable to such an

;asses.sment. The Delta county case

was made altest case for a group of

l _ )farmers similarly assessed.


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] OVERS of the Upper Peninsula

"' out-of-doors will be glad to learn

that the Marquette county board of

:supervisors have voted an appropria-

tion of $5,000 to be put, along with a

_ similar amount coming from the state

: highway department for_the purchase

5101?, roadside ‘timber adjoining state

itrunk-line No. 35, between the Dead

and Yellow Dog rivers. This will pre-

‘serve the scenic beauty of this newly

,_ opened section, and is following the

v p . . jlexample setsome years ago by Iron


' . svc‘ounty.


‘ ,7} State conservation department oﬂi—

cials recently visited the“ Taquamenon

‘lll‘alls region of- Chippewa and Luce


. ,‘counties, and it is expected that these

" falls—understood. to be the most eon-


; siderable in Michigan, and associated


- with the Hiawatha legends recounted


and will bamade accessible to tourists

‘ ugh the "opening or a highway


to It. snow . was: and. mate

{a on. so. or bybbe't


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. . . , l ,

CHAPTER XIII. .

’5‘. , : The Battle;


' *";SHANE found a gray-faced, shaken


‘ Denny awaiting him when he clam-

: bered over the rail of the Bellarion

at her anchorage outside the mouth

. of Garden Island harbor. .


A Single lantern burned beneath the

forward deck. Its yellow light touched

the face of the older man -ﬁtfully,

showing ‘his features racked with sor-

row of the sort that reaches only out

of the past to clutch at a man’s heart.


“Shane,” he said slowly, “It’s me is

comin’ to spake ﬁrst of her after all!

It seems this night your mither -has

been near me.” .


He turned his face away, and tears

streamed suddenly down his weather-

roughened cheeks. ‘ .


Shane laid a hand gently on his

shoulder. “Belike it’s because of me

happiness, Denny,” he said slowly.

“‘I’ve thought of her, too, this night——

and wondered about her. I’ve‘found a

colleen that must be like you thought

she was, Denny. I’m bringing her home

some day, not so long ahead.”


The older man eyed him curiously

for a minute. “Is it her we spoke of,

Shane?” he asked ﬁnally.


Shane nodded. waiting for Denny’s

storm of objection. It did not come.

Instead Denny asked quietly, “Is she

a Mormon?”


Shane shook his head.


“I’m hopin’ she’s honest at heart,

Shane,” was all the old ﬁsherman said

ﬁnally, and then after a pause, “There


is a brisk nightwind makin’, Shane.

Shall we be sailin’?”

Canvas was already aloft. The an-


chor came in and presently the Bel-

larion heeled to the freshening breeze

and stole down the shore of Garden

Island like a silent white-winged bird.

While they sailed, Shane related to

Denny the events of the night.


The Bellarion came to harbor at

Pine River two hours past midnight.

In the pale graylight of dawn, a skiﬁ

crawled laboriously into the harbor on

the same course, touched the dock


alongside the Mackinaw boat, and

made fast.

From it clambered Elder Roberts,


and Hugh and Molly Boyle. Hugh lift-

er his bride in his arms as they start-

ed up from the dock.


They were a weary trio, standing

there in the uncertain dawn light when

Shane opened the door in answer to

their knock. Hugh and the little elder,

stiff from their labors at the oars,

Molly tired-eyed and wan from fright

and a sleepless night, a pitiable gro—

tesque little ﬁgure in the calico bloom-

ers her king had ordered her to wear.


“They found us out,” Hugh told

Shane. “The king had Molly brought

before him, and Danny Dawson brought

me word of it. She managed to slip

away and we got through the woods

to the skiff Danny had left on the

beach last night.”


Shane’s ﬁrst thought was of Barbara

and her share in the night’s affairs.


Molly raised her head sleepily in re-

sponse to his sharp query. “She’s all

right,” she said. “Only Blair Carter

wants to marry her like the sheriff

wanted me.” Then, child-like to her

husband, “Carry me in, Hugh. I’m

sleepy.”


Thus did little Molly Boyle put away

her religion after all, to seek sanctu-

ary with the man she loved, discard-

ing her place with the Mormons for

a home among the ﬁsherfolk that were

her husband’s friends.


At noon that day three ﬁshing boats

were sighted off the mouth of Pine

River, heading for the harbor. These

would be visitors or Mormons, for none

of the Pine River ﬂeet was out.

little knot of the Irish ﬁshermen gath-

ered to await their landing.


While the boats were yet some dis.

tance from the dock, the dress of the

crew revealed them as Mormons. It

was a frowning group that stood on

the dock to welcome them. The ﬁsh-

ermen muttered sullenly among them-


The ng


dam; ofSt James a


,man among them [by then that had not


By Ben East


Author of “Michigan Mystery”


selves, While the three boats made'


fast at the dock. The affair of the pre-

ceding night at St. James ‘was gener-

ally known among the ﬁshermen by

now, and in their minds they immedi-

ately connected the visit of the Mor-

mons with ,Hugh Boyle’s wedding and

ﬂight from the island.


A few among them, most outright in

their hatred for the neighboring col~

ony, had gone to their cabins and se-

cured their riﬂes. These stood now

in the foreranks of the crowd, leaning

on their long-barreled weapons in an

ominous silence.


The Mormons came up the dock in

a compact group, nearly a score of

them in all. They carried riﬂes, and

there was a quality about their move-

ments that matched the threatening

silence of the ﬁshermen. At their

head was Brand Carter, eyeing uncer-

tainly the determined knot of men

that awaited them. Beside him was

Blair Carter, his shifty eyes darting

over the group. noting the number

with riﬂes, weighing in his own mind,


The sheriff turned his head toward

his son as though he had not heard.

“Is it him you saw at the Scotehman’s

place last night?” he asked.


Blair nodded.


“Then it’s you,” Brand Carter pant-

ed, wheeling ﬁercely on Shane again.

“That she told us of last night! It’s

yéou is keeping her from marrying


a1r.”


He laughed suddenly, a short ugly

sound. “Yes, I’ve word for you,” he

cried, “and oh, what a word it is! But

I’ll not deliver it here. Ask Barbara

Loar when you see her again, what

word Brand Carter had for the man

she thought she was to marry!”


Shane sprang for him, discarding his

riﬂe as he leaped. He lashed out with

his ﬁst and the sheriff went spinning

drunkenly back upon his own men.

Then Blair Carter ﬂung up his riﬂe,

and its high thin crack split the still-

ness that had fallen on the two knots

of men. Upon the echo of it came‘a

scream, not from Shane but from' a

man standing farther along the dock.


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seemingly, the problem of whether it

were best to ﬁght or run.


“We are in search of a Mormon. by

the name of Roberts,” the sheriff said

as he came up to where the ﬁshermen

blocked his way along the dock. “We

believe we will ﬁnd him here among


ou.”


“VVhat’s his ofﬂnce?” one of the

armed men demanded.


“Nothing,” Carter said oilily. “We

have no warrant for him. Merely a

process. He is ordered to serve as a

juror on the king’s circuit court.”


From the rear rank of the cluster of


ﬁshermen a voice arose, high- pitched.


with fright. It was the little elder,


who, from his hiding place in the

crovgd, had overheard the sheriff’s

wor .


“That’s a lie,” he screamed. “Don’t

let them take me! That’s just an ex-

cuse. They’ve taken other men that

way, and they tie them to the whip-

plng post and ﬂog them." until they

can’t stand!”


Carter wheeled on his force. “There

he is men,” he cried. “Take him. You

are all sworn deputy sheriffs of this

county. Arrest any who resist you or

offer to aid him!” -


Before a Mormon could move there

was a brief confusion among the ﬁsh-

ermen, a swift swirling of men through

the crowd and half a dozen of them

stood forth, presenting a solid line of

leveled riﬂes to the sheriff’s force. In

the center of this line, facing the sher-

iff, was Shane.


“You’ll serve no processes here,

Brand Carter,” he said quietly. “I saw

you run last night from one riﬂe. You

will do well to run today from a score

of them.”


Carter made no answer. He took a

single step backward and stood staring

at Shane while his eyes widened and

his face grew very white.


He put up a hand and fumbled at

his throat as though he would tear

away something there that restrained

his labored breathing. About him

Mormons and Irish alike forgot for a

moment their-own hostility to watch

this strange drama played out. Then

the sheriff spoke in a hoarse, dry

vmce.


“Is your name——Shane McCraggen?”


“It is,” Shane said. “Have you word

for me?” .


Carter’s bullet had found an~unintend-

ed mark.


There was a roar of voices then, and

a crash of riﬂe ﬁre. The ﬁshermen

scattered like a ﬂurry of autumn

leaves for riﬂes and cover. From the

river bluff a scoreof feet above, a

little knot of four men who had waited

there, poured down slow broken vol-

leys upon the Mormons, unhurried and

deadly accurate; For only a minute

or two did the sheriff’s force hold its

ground, ﬁring in an aimless, scattered

fashion. Then they ﬂed, dragging the

wounded men with them, leaving trail-

ing red stains along the dock as they

rushed down to their boats.


The wind was offshore, and the

boats labored sullenly to clear the har-

bor’s mouth. Before they were well

out there veered from the dock behind

them six craft of the Pine River ﬂeet,

creeping down in relentless pursuit.


It was a grim running battle they

fought, while the Mormons raced

against an adverse wind for the shel-

ter of their colony, more than thirty

miles away. For long minutes the

riﬂes were silent as the ﬂeeing boats

hauled out of range. Then as they

tacked to new courses, the ﬁshermen

cut corners and drew closer. The riﬂes

crashed again, cries went up, wood

splintered to the impact of bullets, and

the red stains widened on the decks of

boats on both sides.


They were master sailors, those

Irish ﬁsherfolk, Who had learned to

sail with their fathers before them off

the rocky coasts of Galway. Superior

seamanship began to win out. Gradu-

ally, as the chase progressed, the ﬁsh-

ermen came up with the Mormons.

The intervals between ﬁring grew

shorter, less frequent. The riﬂes sext-

tled to a steady irregular crashing,

while the Mormons paid less and less

attention to their own weapons, gave

over all their energies to drawing the

last ounce of speed from straining

cordage and canvas. '


Of that score who set out that mom-

ing to take back to St. James the little

elder, that he might face the king’s

displeasure and punishment, not one

would have returned alive had not the

fates intervened with a friendly hand.


Less than a mile outside the harbor

a sail was sighted. Instantly the Mor‘

mon boats changed course so as to in—


Actmztze: of A] Array—Daddy Noa/z Says T but it it fur! Rig/1t.


s , some

boutiisaiied ’tﬁwa‘rd

, on board the‘spenj't‘

crews of the ﬂeeing boats. Scarce a' '


suffered at least Slight wounds.~

.The craft of the ﬁshermen lay by-


like a patient pack of ravenous wolves‘

untll the brig had resumed her journey


to St. James with the Mormon boats


in tow. Then they sailed slowly away


toward Pine River.


“The day’ll not be long delayed now,

Shane,” Denny said that night as they

sat smoking after supper. Denny had '

had no part in the battle, had not been

present at the scene ‘on the dock, had

dragged down to the beach too‘late to

go aboard the pursuing craft. Yet he

had watched it all, and his voice was

troubled. ' ,


“This affair will be adding fuel to

both sides,” he said slowly.


Shane nodded. “It will that, Den-

ny,” he agreed. He was not thinking

of the coming battle between Mormons

and Gentiles, however. Rather, his

mind was grappling confusedly’ with

the strange statement of the Mormon

sheriff on the dock that afternoom

with the problem of the word he had

(Il‘eclared he would carry to Barbara.


oar.


Had Carter been killed in the run-

ning ﬁght that afternoon, he wonder.

ed. If he had, did anyone else, his son"

Blair perhaps, have knowledge of that

mysterious 'message? \ And supposing

the sheriff still lived and carried the

word to Barbara, of what import would

it prove? That it was something di~

rectly and gravely affecting the two

of them, Shane could not doubt. He

could not rid his thoughts of the ugly

laugh that had accompanied the sher-

iff’s words.


And how had Carter known his

name? The recognition had been no

*casyal thing, based on chance mention

of him at some previous time. He;

turned to Denny.


“Denny,” he queried, “Have you iver

known a man by name 0’ Brand Cart-

er? Him that’s sheriff of the Mor—

mons?”


“Brand Carter,” the older man re-

peated slowly. “Nay Shane, I’ve not.”


After a minute of silence Denny

went on again. “The day’ll be strikin’

soon now. There’s hatred on both

sides, ready to break into ﬂame like

dry tinder! The boys has been waitin’

since that king’s day six years ago,

whin they wint out to Whiskey Point

to drive the Mormons back, an’ was

hild back by the king’s cannon. It’ll

not be delayed much longer now. But

I dread the day.” The old man shook

his head soberly. “The thaivin’ Mor-

mons has to lave, Shane, but I fear for

all that will happen!”


CHAPTER IX.

Denny’s Story.


W0 days and two nights, while


the ﬁshermen maintained a con-


stant vigil above the dock against

the return of an avenging force of

Mormons, Shane waited vainly for

word from St. James or from Bar-

bara.


To go openly to the island was, he: \

knew, courting almost certain death

at the hands of the infuriated Mor-

mons. Yet, at last, he could stand it

no longer, and he sailed late in the

afternoon of the third day, alone, hav-

ing persuaded Dennis, after long argu-

ment, that one man alone better suit-

ed the purpose of his trip than two.

He slipped into the Narrows behind

Beaver Island after nightfall, crept un-

observed dovvn to Garden Island har—

bor, lowered the sails of the Bellarion

and hid her in a small cove just with-

out the harbor entrance. '


It was Bobbie Burns who went

across to St. James to bring Barbara

for him. “Lad,” Aleck said, while they

waited her return, “There’s trouble

brewin’. The Mormons hae sworn


(Continued on page 43).


Frank R. Leet


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story.


impression by reading this story.


very much the more expensive.


question.——Eds.


HE accompanying article is the ﬁrst installment of a continued

It deals with the adventures of a man buying a piece


of land. Anyone who believes such transactions dry, not inter:

esting, and devoid of excitement, should disabuse himself of that


than the common share of misfortunes attending such transactions;

but every peril he encounters lies 1n the path of every purchaser

of land, and by noting his misfortune others may proﬁt by obser-

vation rather than by experience;


specialist on the law of land titles, who has had many years of ex-

perience in such matters, and can vouch for every mcrdent, and

cite decisions of the courts of last: resort .ln pomt upon each


i


No doubtthe hero suffers more


and of the two, experience is

These articles are written by a


' The Scene.——Pilot-knob Point, at the

horse-shoe bend in the river a mile


~ above the town.


he Time—At sunset the day of the

Mtgthodist Sunday School picnlc, at

Pilot-knob Point. S 1 P k

. amatis Personae.—-~ amue ec ,

sugcressful manufacturer, 'and Mary

Slocum, teacher of Latin in the hlgh

school, and incidentally, teacher of the-

boys’ class in the Sunday School, e-t al.


of Pilot-Knob in the glow of the


golden sunset that summer day,

they could see across the valley of

pastures, meadows, and waving gram,

to the hills on the other side; and the

eye could trace the river for miles

above and below, winding about


F ROM where they sat on the brow


' through the valley like a thread of


silver in a carpet of green. As long

as anyone could remember, Pilot—Knob

and the whole point at the horseshoe

bend had been unfenced commons, the

universal picnic grounds.


“Yes, I will marry you as soon as

the house is built, if you will build it

here.”


Peck accepted the condition.

else could he do?


The ﬁrst thing next morning Peck

called up George \Villiams, real estate

agent, and told him to ﬁnd out how

much the owner wanted. for the

grounds at Pilot-Knob Point, and let


What


‘ him know as soon as possible.


Williams well knew the grounds

were part of the old Sanford Addition;

but he did not know who was the own-

er. So he called up the Guaranty Title

and Trust Company to learn the name

of the last grantee, and was told there

was no conveyance of record from

Sanford, the original platter.


Foiled there, Williams went to the

county treasurer’s ofﬁce, thinking to

learn from the tax rolls the name and

possibly the address, of the man who

had been paying the taxes.


At the treasurer’s ofﬁce he discov-

ered that in some inexplicable way the

description had been dropped from the

assessment roll years before, and as

each tax roll is largely copied from

the preceding one, the error had been

repeated year after year, unnoticed.


The only recourse was .to loo-k up

old Jerdy Sanford, or rather his heirs,

for he must have died years ago. The


‘oldest inhabitant could only tell that


Jerdy’s bubble burst several years be-

fore the Civil War, and he left the

country and had never returned. Most

men would have quit the chase by this

time, but not Williams. He never went

hunting and returned without the

game.


He next set parties searching the

old directories, gazetteers, and other

lists of names, cf the Civil War pe—

riod, to be found in the various public

libraries, a rather uncommon proced-

ure in ﬁnding land owners. As usual,

diligence ﬁnally brought its reward. In

an old newspaper in the library ﬁles

he found a notice of the marriage of

Deborah, only daughter of Jerdy San-

ford. By this clue he traced and found

her, learned that she was indeed the

daughter. and only heir of Jerdy san-

ford, who died shortly after the col-

lapse of his fortunes in the panic of


v


p 71857; and she was surprised to learn"

that anything had escaped the search


of his creditors, who swept away ev-

erything they could ﬁnd belonging to

him.


Assured of the facts by this method

of investigation, Williams reported

to Peck, who soon .got to terms with

Deborah; and, armed with an abstract

of title madeby the Guardian Title and

Trust Company, guaranteed by their

best title insurance policy and approv-

ed after careful examination by law-

yers expert in land titles, Peck took,

paid for, and recorded Deborah’s deed,

and signed up with the! contractor,

who immediately started excavating

for the new house.


The starting of the house out there

on the commons naturally caused some

comment on that side of town, and the

following evening several persons were

talking about it at the grocery store

on that side, when Ole Hanson related

how he once thought he owned those

grounds.


When he was a green immigrant a

sharper named Terry Skinner took ad-

vantage of Ole’s ignorance of our laws

and customs to sell him the commons

for $50, and gave him a paper describ-

ing the premises and which Ole sup-

posed gave him title. Ole took pos-

session after a fashion, put up a little

shack, and lived there on the com~

mons for a good many years; and it

was not till an accidental ﬁre destroy-

ed the shack and he attempted to bor-

row some money to put up a better

one, that he discovered he had no

title.


The crowd had a good laugh at Han-


son’s expense, but among them was a‘ ;

young fellow just out of law school, .


who called Hanson aside for further


facts, stated that he had just entered -


the practice there, and was convinced

that Hanson’s showing of title was

not so empty as the bystanders had

supposed, and volunteered to see what

he could do toward getting back the

lost $50, and some interest with it.

(Continued next week).


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which was destroyed after sparks from


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gles on the roof. Mr. and Mrs. Yde

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dining room window. Investigating,

they found the grass burning under

the window, and glancing up they saw

the ﬂames on the roof.


Only a small patch of the roof was

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mounted the ladder upon it. When a

neighbor attempted to ascend the lad-

der, the ﬂoor of the buggy failed to

stand the strain and broke under the’

weight.

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The Yde’s had lived on the farm for

nearly sixty years and were burned

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For that is what the Sermon on the

Mountain meansﬂthe moral standards

of the world. Many of these seem ut-

terly impossible to accept. They are

so lofty as to be above the heads of

the average person, and acceptable

only to monastics and saints. They

are hard. No one will debate that.


difﬁcult


Exceedingly hard. But——are they more

than what follows from

accepting them? To follow the rules

of health is sometimes troublesome.

Why take pains not to eat everything

in sight, and take a bit of exercise?

Loving our enemies. This is about

as easy as making snow balls in July.

But when it has been practiced it has

brought astonishing results. The songs

of hate that have ﬁlled the world of

late years have left a trail of death


mies never has, since the world began.

Note how big this is. Christ is ask-

ling His followers to be big. He says

that God sends his rain on the good

and the bad, his sunshine on the just

and unjust. That is because he is a.

big God. Suppose it rained on certain

ﬁelds, stopping at the property line of

others, because those farmers had not

come up to the standard the week be

fore. No, nothing like that. God is

good, and He is big. He spills his

rain on the ﬁelds of the church mem-

bers and the non-church members,

those who swear and those who re-

spect His name, those who pray and

those who curse. And Jesus is asking

us to be big. “Don’t be small,” He

says. “Don’t be picayunlsh. Don’t be

peanut-minded. Don’t be so tiny you

can walk through a key-hole and car-

ry an umbrella. Be big. Forgive.

Help those who hate you. Do the un-

usual thing. Anybody can hate. But I

expect my followers to do the impos-

sible. I expect them to love their

enemies.”


EMEMBER What Booker T. Wash-


ington said? “I will not allow any

man to drag me down to the low level

where I will hate him.” Can we white

folks come 'up to that standard? How

did Christ’s attitude work out “Judas,

betrayest thou the Son of a Man with


a kiss?” He said, when the traitor '


came forward ’to betray Him. And

miserable Judas was so preyed on by

conscience for that act that he could

not rest until he found a. rope and the

limb of a tree.

done lying about Him and swearing,

“the Lord turned and looked at Peter,’


and that look broke Peter’s heart. He

did not tell theso men they would be


Our Weekly Sermon—~33! IN. IA


‘ When poor Peter had‘


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damned to, eternal hellhfor, What they

had done. Very likely that would

have hardened them. He forgave them.

-He let conscience, pricking, piercing,

suffbcating, stabbing conscience do it's

work. And it did.


Precepts that seem crazy. For in-


stance, there is the one about turning»


the cheek, when struck. This very ev-

idently is intended as paradoxical. It

is intended to drive home. a. great

truth by over-stating it. When Christ

was struck, at His trial, He did not

turn the other check, but rebuked the

ruﬂ‘ian. Then, there is the saying

about lending to everyone who asks.

This is to be taken literally and also

not, I should say. Perhaps I am wrong.

Some people are wonderful borrowers.

They will never buy anything if they

can borrow it, and they make it a par-

ticular point never to return borrowed

goods. To keep on lending to such

will teach them nothing. But, is this

not something to ’think on? How about

people who want to borrow some of

your time? Perhaps some of your

knowledge? It is easy to hand a. poor


fellow a V, if you have it. But perhaps


/


immediate capital out of it:


lending counts.


Are we merciful? some day we Will

One day; .

Gladstone, at that time prime minister,


of Great Britain, made statements


want mercy extended to us,


about the ﬁnances of the nation, in

which he used ﬁgures extensively.

These ﬁgures had been compiled for

him by one of his secretaries. No

sooner was the speech over than he

learned that his secretary had made

enormous blunders, had given Glad-


stone the ﬁgures on another matter. It ' ‘


was exceedingly humiliating, because

the statesman’s political enemies made

'But Glad-

stone was merciful, and he was big.-


He sent for the trembling employe,”

told him not to worry about his DOST."

It waS’all’


tion, or what he ‘ 'i done.

right, and“ they would make the best

9f it. The merciful will obtain mercy.


SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

JANUARY 9.


SUBJECT: —The standard of Christian .


living. Luke 6: 27- 38.

GOLDEN TEXT: —Ye therefore shall

be perfect, as your Heavenly Father

is perfect. Mt. 5148.


H EART TROUBLE.


outdo tuberculosis as the Captain

of the Men of Death, it is getting

a. lot of attention as the disease that

heads the death list year after year.


SINCE heart disease. managed to


. The American Heart Association and


various afﬁliated societies, are doing

very good work spreading the news

that heart disease is bad enough with-

out making a bogey out of it. It is

quite true that you will live no longer

after the heart stops beating, but there

are many “heart troubles” about which

people suffer agonies of fear without

any real reason. Irregular rhythm, the

occasional “miss” of a beat, even gen-

uine “leaks” do not necessarily mean

that the patient must be wrapped in

cotton and put away on a back shelf.

He is much better off if he goes along

in a. sane way, living his natural life,

but living it in as easy a. way as

possible.


Take care of the heart, by all

means, but don’t be afraid of it. If

you think it is below par, let an up-to—

date doctor examine you. The chances

are that you can go right along doing

your regular work so long as you avoid

strain, worry and excess. A heart that

is just called upon to do what it is

used to, gets along very well, even if

it does have a leaky valve. It is when

you puff and Strain and over-exert that

the heart suffers.

and you get along all right:


. Remember that the very best treat-

ment for heart strain is a few days

of absolute rest in bed‘that will give

the tired muscles 3. chance to “come

back;” and remember, that the person

with a weak heart needs regular 'ex-

ercise and regular rest. Don’t be afraid

of your heart.


\Aascess OF BREAST.“


Is it possible to get; an abscess of

the breast cured without having it

lyiced? ' ,

been running for more than ,8. month.

She is afraid to have it lanced, and I

wondﬁr if it ever will get well without?

--J


It should be lanced.


proper tneetment. and heave the work


Live on the level


Find out what it can

do, and govern your Work accordingly.


My sister. has one that has


In fact, if it is"

’; a month old, the best plan is to. go to

the hospital, Where it can be given the.


~exceed the proper load The


done very thoroughly, with the aid of

a general anesthetic. Old abacesses of

that nature may eat away a'large part

of the breast before they get a spon-

taneous cure.


‘DROPSY.


I had an attack of dropsy several

months ago, and am unable to do any-

thing yet. I am seventy-six years old.


Dropsy may be a symptom of many

diseases, the two most prominent be-

ing Bright’s disease and valvular heart

disease. Many persons have dropsy

and recover, but it depends entirely


upon what disease causes the edropsy'


and What treatment they get for it.


T. B. CONTAGION.


A little over a year ago my husband

died of tuberculosis. If I had taken

the disease would I have symptoms

of it by now?——L. D. J.


Quite likely, but as you are not an

expert you might not detect them. Bet-

ter go to a good doctor’and havea

careful examination. It is comforting

to know that the wife who waits on a.

husband with tuberculosis resists the

disease more often than not. Probably

she begins with a. ‘slight exposure

which acts as vaccination.


LEAKAGE OF THE HEART NOT

F.ATAL ‘


I was rejected for army service

three times on account of a. mitral

leak. In spite of this, I feel and Work

well How can this be reconciled with

gyTbﬁgng in a serious condition?—


I dislike to have you carry the idea .


that you are in a. serious condition.


Such a thought tends to depression."


Try to think of yourself instead, as, a.


‘ good man with certain. limitations. f


Many persons live long lives in an en-


joyable state of health in spite of 8' '-


mitral leak. You may work and play,


and do both thoroughly. You have

just to remember that your life should j .A 7

be even and regiﬂer, that you Should '


never overdo, that having estebl

a. standard for your “heart, You do . at


get along ﬁne. .. ,,

entrained ' ,


Is dripsy considered a. fatal disorder? p
was . ,4 ,


' .. (Continuédl‘from' page 46’), ,

they’ll burn therﬁshin’ village at Pine


,,R,iver tae the ground!” . .


“Ay, Aleck,” Shane said soberly,

"and the ﬁshermen have sworn the

same forSt. James.”


The old man 'e ed him a moment

shrerly. “An’ y ’re in love wi’ a lass,

lad, an’ ye dinna gie a d—n if they

all keep their oaths,” he said slowly.‘

"An’ I dinna‘bla’me ye. She’s well

worth it,” he added. Then after a min-

ute, f‘Will ye hae-a drink Shane?”


But Shane smiled and refused and

Aleck drank alone. ' .


“White squaw no coom,” B=obb1e

Burns reported brieﬂy on her return

an hour later. “She too mooch cry,

E—leck."


The old Scotchman sprang up.

“What,” he cried, “Wha’s wrang wi’

her?” '


‘ But Bobbie could not tell him, and

presently Shane was rowing across the

black stretch of the Narrows, along

the course over which he had passed

with Barbara those few nights before.


011 the crest of a low rise behind St.

James, a gaunt shadow ﬂung itself into

the sky. Shane was fairly under it

before he saw it looming there, and

then he‘crouched in sudden shock, for

the shape that towered up against the

sky was a gibbet, and from the long

transverse arm there dangled six men,

hung by the necks, grotesque forms

that swayed in the soft night wind.

Shane cowered back a brief instant in

unreasoning terror. Then his courage

returned, and curiosity as to the iden-

tity of the men who had been made

victims of the Mormons’ revenge im-

pelled him to creep slowly forward.

His relief was so sudden and complete


ithat he wanted to laugh aloud. The

six forms swinging there on the gal-

l ws were but ﬁgures of straw. A


card leaning against the foot of the

upright post bore the inscription, “The

Murderers of Pine River.” Shane read


'it by the faint radiance of the stars,

and turned to look down over the vil-

lage and harbor of St. James. The vil-

lage was not yet asleep.


Yellow lights winked cheerily out of

the windows of the houses, and even

from that distance he could see people

moving in the street along the beach.


“The day’ll not be long delayed,”

Denny had said, ,and from Aleck,

“There’s trouble brewin’.” Both had

been right. Shane looked up again at


' the ﬁgures that swayed against the

night sky over him. Efﬁgies they

might be, but at least they spoke elo-

quently of the hatred that seethed in

the breast of St. James, 'a hatred more

than matched among the ﬁsherfolk on

the mainland. Trouble was indeed

brewing. ..


Shane glanced dOWn toward the vil-

lage again. Somewhere down there-

among the houses or along the lighted

streets, was the woman he loved, and

whom he had come to ﬁnd. What of

her when. the blow fell? He must

have her safely away by,then. Must

ﬁnd her and take her with him yet

tonight! He turned down the slope


.toward the village, and then from the

shadows behind the scaffold a thin

laugh split the silence. Shane wheeled,

startled by the sound, ﬂinging up his

riﬂe. Then Danny Dawson came shuf-

ﬂing toward him, still laughing.


“You was watchin’ ’em, too,” the

boy .chuckled. “I'like' to set up here

and watch ’em. I like to see ’em

swing.” Then before Shane could

speak, he looked up shrewdly. “But I

know what you want. You want to

see her.” - .


Shane nodded. “Yes, Danny,” he

said, “I do want to see her. Can you

be ﬁndin’ herfor me?”


“You wait here. I’ll bring her,” Dan-

ny promised.


Barbara Loar did not come to that . .


strange tryst at the foot of the mock

gallows of the Mormons, as a maid is

supposed to 'come to a star-lighted

meeting alone with the man she loves.


She walked slowly, hesitantly, with

Orphan Danny babbling at her side,

and when Shane heard them coming

and arose and hurried down to meet

them, there was only sorrow in Bar-

bara’s white face.


She put up her arms, a pitiable frail

barrier to fend away the hungry em-

brace of the man, but he. would not be

[denied and drew her close, studying

anxiously her wan, tired face, her dark

eyes that were swollen from tears, re-

.vealing her wretchedness even in this

soft starlight.


”Barbara, Barbara,” he whispered.

“What is wrong?”


Gently the girl put. him away. “Olh,

Shane,” she Whispered, “Why did you

- have to, come? Why could you have

~nht just left me—alone? Why torture


J ‘ , usboth? You make it hard, oh, 'so


hard!” ,

' ,g‘Shane was staring at her in aston-

13111119111. , “Why, Barbara,”*he cried,

: What was you expectln’ meeto do but

("-hgreftheﬁmt chance I got? , I

and: understandyhat you’re mean-

‘tg’s “happen anyway?”


. .iiillllEd


, , . . lchigan ;

Have We Reached The Danger Line in Taxation 1' I l


hiERICAN railroad taxes are mounting to new Alpine heights this year,


the latest estimate for 1926, being that they will aggregate somewhere


between $400,000,000 and $420,000,000, which may be expressed in

Wrious ways, although meaning the same heavy load:


That they will average from $1,005,800 to $1,150,675 a day.

That they willinvolve a charge per hour between $45,659 and $47,945.


That from six cents to six cents and four and a half mills out of every

dollar taken in will go towards taxes.


That the railroads in 1926 will have to devote more than the net earm

ings of one mile out of every four for the payment of taxes.


The national government has cut down the national debt from January 1,

1920, ‘trr January 1, 1926,by about $4,250,000,000—four and a quarter billions.


In the same interval, the debts of state and local governments have

increased by about 6% billions—$6,750,000,000. ,


During this period of federal debt reduction, the state and local

governments have been incurring obligations 20 times as fast as they paid off

the old debt. During this same period, debts of state and local overnments

combined have been incurred 41/2 times as fast as they were be ore the war.


The total public debt of all forms of government in this country is

higher than at the peak of the war debt in 1919.


The national debt is being reduced at the rate of three quarters of a

billion dollars a year—$750,000,000. .


State and local debt is being increased at the rate of more than a billion

and a quarter dollars a yeat—$ 1,250,000,000.


From January 1st, 1920, to January lst, 1926, national government

expenditures were reduced about two billion dollars—$2,000,000,000.


During, the same period current expenditures by state and local governo

ments increased more than two billion dollars a year—$2,000,000,000—and

they are still increasing.


Rising ‘taxes are one of the initial moving forces of the vicious circle

of rising costs, Labor asks for higher wages, Producers and distributors pass

along the accumulating burden ‘to swell the family budget of the ultimate

consumer. This,.too, involves higher rents (or home ownership cost), higher

food, fuel and clothing costs, etc.


After all, railroads are like any other industry. The farmer does not

look forward to his tax bill with more anxiety than does the railroad.


Have we not reached the danger line?

Is it not time to retrench state, county and local expenditures!


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MONG older families in every

A neighborhood, there are few who


have not at least one specimen

of the beautiful lustre ware which

once comprised grandmother’s very

best tea set. It may be of the pink,

purple copper or silver variety. The

colors may be dim and worn, but each

piece is a treasure impossible to re-

produce at the present time.


It is not surprising that lustre is not

fully appreciated by the present gen-

eration. There are not many pieces

of it left anyway, and the demand for

the newer things has crowded it into

the background. Only recently has

it been brought out and displayed by

those fortunate ones who have it. We

are beginning to realize its value.


The body of some of this ware is

made of coarse brown clay. Partic-

ularly is this true of the silver vari—

ety which, it was found, took on a

greater brilliance than that made of

ﬁner material.


These old potters ﬁrst molded the


Blue Duveteen, with Red Fox, Makes

this an Exceptionally Pretty C-oat

For Wintry Days.


dish and ﬁred it. Then they brushed

it over with a solution of platinum.

A second ﬁring resulted in a fusion of

the solution which made the-surface

glisten like silver. Before the day of

silver plating, this gave families of

moderate means tableware with every

appearance of genuine metal at much

less cost. I believe this lustre was

made only in sets, creamer, sugar

bowl and tea pot, or in odd pieces that

were made in solid silver.


But the colored lustre is equally

charming. The pink is rarely in solid

hue, but in bands and sprigs on a

white ground. Frequently the body is

translucent. Let me tell you of a bit

fortune which came to me;

.pnly a short time since. I found a pink


' lustre cup to match the one lone sau-


5 oer left of my grandmother’s tea-set,

- «antlyvas able to secure it.


Now I have

a. pink lustre cup and saucer of which


I am very proud.


The copper lustre is more frequent-

nd in pitchers than in any other


Sometimes these are quite size-

” again they are tiny, but everyone

H ‘ ﬁlly adorable to the woman who

4” inha‘rmmg old ware. ’


mm wire is Sometimes known


'boy chums on the second ﬂoor.‘


as gold lustre from that fact that a

small proportion of gold was added to

the copper solution used in securing

the burnished effect. Often there will

be a wide band of the lustre, while

above or below it will be a pattern in

colors, ﬂowers, ruit, or occasionally

a tiny landscape.


The china enthusiast needs no urg-

ing to prize these choice bits. Lustre

is a favorite with collectors, and they

are eager to secure all they can ﬁnd.

When we remember that probably

more than 100 years has passed since

the last of it was made, we can under-

stand how valuable it is, and treasure

carefully every piece we possess.


SAUSAGE LIKE MOTHER. USED TO

MAKE.


GRANDMA’S old-time recipes for

pork sausages and “scrapple,” to

say nothing of lard rendering and soap

making, are a timely tip to the thrifty

farm woman of today. By following

these economical ways of using the

pork at butchering time, money is sav-

ed and a variety of delicious meat

dishes are added to the family menus.

Here are some tested recipes for us-

ing pork.


SearCh Out Old Lustre Ware


[2‘s Rarzty Mates 22‘ 4 Treasure m ﬂny Home " . _ ‘

By Ella M.


Rockwood


To every three pounds of fresh pork

allow one pound of fat. Grind the meat

and the fat through a meat chopper.

Weigh the meat and spread it out in

a thin layer and season with the fol-

lowing mixture, allowing to every ten

pounds of meat, two and one-half to

ﬁve ounces of ﬁne salt, one and one-

quarter ounces of black pepper, one

and one-quarter ounces of ground sage

(or leaf sage ground ﬁne).


The seasoning should be sprinkled

over the meat' and the two mixed ‘to-

gether and run through a meat chop-

per a second time. The larger amount

of salt is to be used if sausage is to

be dried and cold- smoked as for sum-

mer sausage.


Bulk sausage may be packed in a

stone or glass jar and the air kept out

by a thin coating of melted lard poured

over the top. - ’


Bulk sausage may be fried, packed

in a crock, covered with hot lard, and

stored away.


CARRIES THIRTY TONS OF

WATER.


HE greatest wife—saver that can be

installed in the farm home is run-

ning water. Surveys made by home


Cost of Remodeling a Home


OW much does it host to remodel

H a home? By that I mean new


ﬂoors, new plaster, new paint,

new woodwork, everything that goes

into the making of an old house new

again. A house not old in years but

in service. A house in which little

children have romped and sometimes

thrown rubber balls and eaten molas-

ses candy. A house in which larger

boys have had a work shop in the cel-

lar, and in-between girls have driven

nails, and hung pictures and ﬁxed

play houses in the attic. A house in

which teen age boys and girls have

entertained their friends and danced

on the hardwood ﬂoors and been hap-

pier than they could- be anywhere

else.”


The carpenter shook his head, peer-

ed into the face of his questioner to

see if he were really in earnest, and

then began putting down a long row

of ﬁgures on aismooth strip of board.


“Seven hundred dollars, sir,” he said

when his estimate was completed.

“And it will probably fall well under

that. If the ﬂoors were good at ﬁrst,

they can be reﬁnished instead of re

laying, and the same is true of the

woodwork. Seven hundred is the top

price, and unless your house is an un-

usually large one, I’d take the con-

tract at a hundred below that.”


“Thank you,” the questioner replied,

“and when I’m ready to have the work

done I’ll call on you. Meanwhile I

want a garage built, and I’m having it

two stories high so that my son can.

have a club house for himself and his

No

stairway, please, but a. ladder on the

back that can be taken down and put


up, and a big solid table with benchesa


on either side in the center of the

ﬂoor“?! '


penter sat down and considered ser-

iously the question of whether he was

working for a sane man or a dreamer.

The longer he pondered, the more he

came to think that the twostory gar-

age was a good investment, and the

heavier his heart grew, remembering

a little lad whose pleasure he had not

thus considered—a lad who was break—

ing his mother’s heart, and who had

already cost him—well,'more than the

price of remodeling a house, in ﬁnes

and costs and lawyers’ fees to save

the lad from the consequences of juv-

enile delinquency.


“You were right, Martha,” said the

man who'had just returned from the

carpenter’s, and he reached into his

pocket for a smooth piece of board on

which appeared a row of ﬁgures. “The

children shall. have no ‘Don’ts,’ ‘Be

Careful!’ ‘Look out for the walls!‘

‘You’ll mar the ﬂoors!’ ‘Run out and

play!’ ‘Don’t be bringing children in

here to spoil everything! ' changing

their pride and happiness in our new

home into fear and distaste. That’s

what it costs, the carpenter told me,

to remodel a house after a. family of

young people has grown up in it and

enjoyed themselves. After they have

brought their playmates and friends

home where mother can seexand sup-

ervise. After they have spent their

evening popping corn, making candy,

playing games, instead of in the street

and later, peihaps, in places you and,

I would not want to ﬁnd them Seven

hundred dollars to remodel a house;

and in his talk at the club last week,

the Judge ﬁgured the cost of reclaim-


thing ever a thousand dollars, and the

job, even at that, never mare than 1:11


. scheme.

ing, remodeling a boy or girl at some- ,


economics specialists in Various parts

of the country, show that farm Women

travel from fourteen to.125 miles' a.

year with a water. pail. At the end '01


the year they have tugged from thirty

to forty tons of water into and ‘out of


the house.


WHEN THE HENS GET LAZY

BAKE THESE.


HEN Bi’dd’y goes back on the


home cook and forgets to lay

her daily egg, the cook hunts out

some eggless recipes and .the fam-


Stanwood Fox Has Found a Way to

Reduce the Cost of Transportation.


ily has cake just the same; Here are


some of the eggless cake recipes that


reade1s like best. ,

Eggless Chocolate Cake.


1 cup sugar _ 1 tsp. soda


1 cup buttermilk 1% cups ﬂour

1 tb. moon. 1, tsp. cinnamon

1 tb. shortening 1 tsp. vanilla


Melt shortening, add cocoa and sug-

ar. Mix and add buttermilk in which

soda has been dissolved.

cinnamon and vanilla, and bake in lay-

ers. Frost with an icing made by

blending


2 cups powdered sugar


6 tb. melted butter


2 tb. cocoa


This cake is very good for an inex-

pensive one, says Mrs. J. G. M. of

Grand Traverse county.


Eggless, Butterless, Milkliess.


1 cuff brown sugar 1 tsp. cloves


1 cup seedless raisins 14; tsp. nutmeg

1 tb. lard 3!; tsp. salt


1 tsp. ,oinnamon 1 cup hot water


, 1 tsp. vanilla."

3 it). sweet. cream


Add ﬂour, .


\


Cook these ingredients in a sauce .


pan for three minutes, and when cool

add two cups ﬂour and two teaspoons

of baking powder. ..


Bake in a loaf for forty-ﬁve minutes.

For a fruit cake I add one cup of cur-

rants, one—half cup molasses, one-half

cup citron and a little more ﬂour and

bake one hour. —Mrs. W. 'G R.


Sour Milk, Eagless.


2 cups sugar , powder


1,4. cup lard - 1 clip raisins, washed

1% (runs sour milk It tsm'. cinnamon


3 runs sifted ﬂour lﬁ tsp. cloves


1 tsp. soda lg m5. Wit-,6


1 heaping tsp. baking '

I bake this in a dripping pan and it


is one of our favorites e—Mrs ,C E. H.I _


How I MAKE MY KITCHEN

, WABTEBAQKETS’ .


from paper.

in
4 I-IENEVER I wish my family to .

' be especially good natured, I


make honey or maple syrup dessert

‘ for dinner. These favorite sweets once


were-used in my home only as an ac-

companiment to hot breads. Their

ﬂavors were so pleasing that I began

using them in other foods.


I ”ﬁnd that all breads, cakes, and

cookies which Contain honey stay

moist for weeks. It has the splendid


ability" to retain moisture. Due to its and stir in the honey and well-beaten

acidity, I usually add a little soda with egg. Sift the ﬂour, soda and spices

it. One—fourth teaspoonful to one cup- together, and add this mixture alter-

ful of honey is the correct proportion. nately with the milk. Stir in the rais-

I substitute honey for sugar in any of ins, which have been mixed with a lit-

lny dessert recipes that I choose. An tle ﬂour. Bake as a loaf in a moder-

equal amount of it is added in the ate oven.


place of sugar but, since every cupful

of honey centains three tablespoons of

water, I reduce the amount of milk,

water or Other liquid called for in the

recipe?“


Here are some recipes that the fam-

ily like especially well:


Honey Mould.

1% cups milk 2 tb. gelatin

1/. cup water 3 bananas

3%; cup honey 1 lemon


1 cup whipped cream

Soak the gelatin in cold water until


Chill before serving.


honey. Sift the ﬂour, cinnamon, soda.

and salt together.


a. , masses seems-e

39 {an “ . Chntinue stirring until all the

gelatin is


ldisSol'veld; Add the honey,

the bananas, which have been mashed,

and the juice of the lemon. Set in a.

cool place. When the mixture begins

to thicken, fold in the whip ed cream.


Honey Spice Cake.

1A; cup shortening 1,5 tsp. nutmeg

35 cup brown sugar 1% tsp. ,cloves

My cup honey 1 tsp. cinnamon

1 egg 1 tsp. soda-

% cup milk ' 1 cup raisins -

2 cups pastry ﬂour 17$ tsp. salt

lé tsp. ginger


Mix the shortening and brown sugar


Honey Cookies.

1 cup shortening 2 (scant) tsp. soda.


1 cup honey 1 tsp. salt

1 cup brown sugar 4 cups pastry ﬂour

1 cup nutmeats 1 egg


Mix shorteninghsugar, and add the


Add this mixture,

and the well-beaten egg. Stir in the

nuts, which have been dredged lightly

in ﬂour. Drop by small spoonfuls onto

a greased pan and bake in a moderate

oven—Mrs. A. S.


‘Twenty Tales From Timberland


W/zy Orw/r Can’t See in #16 Day T z'me N0. 2


ago than that, there lived three


big owls. Their home was in


the shelter of a tall maple in a

big woods, where every tree pushed

his neighbor, to have space in which

to grow.


“Oh, hum, hum,” yawned one of the

owls as he woke up one bright sunny

morning.


“Hum, hum,” echoed the other two

owls as they ﬂapped their wings.


“I’m awfully sleepy,” booted the

ﬁrst owl.


“So am I,” echoed the second and

third. “Let’s go back to sleep.”


Soon their heads began to nod and

they were off to Slumberland again.

When they awoke again, it was dark,

so they just yawned again and went

back to sleep. The next morning when

they awoke, the second owl yawned

and mapped his wings.


“Oh hum, hum, I’m sleepy,” he said.


"ISO am I,” echoed the ﬁrst and third

ow .


“Let’s go to sleep,” said the second

owl. And so again the three owls nod-

ded their heads and were. offto Slum-


: LONG, long time ago, and longer


“0h, hum, hum,” Yawned the Third

Owl. “I'm Sleepy.”


berland while the sun was shining

brightly. W'hen they awoke it was

dark, so they just yawned and went

back to sleep again.


The sun was just peeping over the

hills when the owls awoke on the third

morning. ,


“Oh, hum, hum,” yawned the third

owl, “I’m sleepy.” -


“So am I,” echoed the ﬁrst and sec-

ond. owls. “Let’s go back to sleep

again. ’ ,,


Then for the third time, the owls

went off to sleep while the sun was

Shining brightly. ‘ ’


Each day the-Woodland Fairy ob-


,-served what sleepyheads the owls

were. On the third day she decided to

do something about it. It wouldn’t be

well to have all the. birds get this

habit, she thought. So she waved her.


- wand over them and -made a wish.


When the three owls woke up the next

moral , {they'couldnot seet‘The. bright

11mph y lopkedhazy to them. . Now


.1 " re, , ry worried. All day they


debated what was best to do. Some-

how they. must get their sight back,

for by this time they were very hun-

gry and must ﬁnd food.

When the sun went to bed behind

the hlllS, they had not yet been able

to agree on what was best to do. As

it grew dark the ﬁrst :owl hooted,

“Why, I can see.”

“So can I, so can I,” echoed the sec-

ond and third owls.

The Woodland Fairy had taken

away their daytime eyes and given

them nighttime eyes. So ever since

then, owls have slept in the daytime

and hunted their food at night, he

gautse that was when they could see

es .


SUNDAY AFTERNOON CHATS FOR

LITTLE FOLKS.


HIS Sunday afternoon perhaps you


would like a Bible geography les-


son. I hope your Bible has maps.

Turn to a map of Palestine in the

'time of the New Testament. There is

the coast line of the great Mediter-

ranean Sea. A little pear-shaped lake

toward the top of the map is connect-

ed by a long zig—zagging stream to a

larger, longer body of water, called

by a strange name, the “Dead Sea.”

The little lake is the Sea of Galilee,

and the river is the River Jordan. If

you have a school geography or atlas

with a big enough map of Asia, you

can ﬁnd Palestine, the River Jordan,

and the Dead Sea, for they have the

same names today.


This river valley is the most won-

derful valley on the earth’s surface.

The distance between the two seas is

only sixty miles as the crow ﬁles, that

is, in the air line, but the river is so

winding that its course measures two

hundred miles. The River Jordan has

been called “a sparkling serpent writh-

ing in a barren desert.


Its course is through deep gorges

wh1ch keep deepening and deepening

until by the time the river reaches the

Dead Sea, it is twelve hundred and sev-

enty feet below sea level! Nowhere

else is the earth’s surface much below

three hundred feet, so this little coun-

try of Palestine is noted for something

not found anywhere else.


In addition. the Dead Sea. has no

outlet. One would think it would get

ﬁlled up, but it never even‘overﬂows,

because the heat is so intense that the

water evaporates very rapidly. This

sea has also become the saltiest sea'

known._ If a man tries to swim in it,

he is lifted off his feet, and can not

touch bottom, no matter how hard he

tries. Neither ﬁsh nor vegetation can

live in it, so we all agree it is rightly

named.‘


The answer to last week’s chat will


i3 ,5 ,3 ,


Farming in the wrong locality is like

working a treadmill to no purpose—to

get ahead you must farm in what is

to-day the right locality for a man of

your ﬁnancial resources.


Marketing has changed forever—the

cities buy differently. A whole pop-

ulace of farmers has moved to localities

where Climate lets them reap the top

prices for the cities’ demand for early-

season products.


Probably the place where conditions

are best suited to make farming proﬁt-

able for you is the famous “Eastern

Shore”——-the great' Peninsula between

Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic—

6000 square miles with unusual advan-

tages.


l Farming I am


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Climate here gets big crops to market

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er South. Long growing season. Low

farming costs. Cooperative associa-

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of the East nearby. Land available by

cutting up of ﬁne large farms for inten-

sive Cultivation— prices low.


A wonderful place for the wife and

family—every advantage for happy liv-

ing. Good schools, towns, etc., ﬁnest

system of improved roads in America.


Sand for the big, interesting folder.

Space too small here to tell it all.


Our association has nothing to sell.

Our farmer members believe all farmers

should know this locality’s advantages.


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0D liver oil has proved its worth


ration. That is the opinion of poultry-

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annual international egg laying con-

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merous experiments have at different

times clearly shown the value of the

oil during the winter months, but it

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prove the proﬁtability of the oil in a

spectacular manner, and beyond the

shadow of a doubt. Here are the facts.

The winter production of the hens

in the last international contest was

fourteen eggs per bird greater than

for the corresponding period in the

previous contest. The only change in

the ration was the addition of cod

liver oil, and although other factors

may have contributed to the increase,

contest ofﬁcials point out that at least

a share of the gain must be ascribed


Helps Resistance to Disease.


In explaining the function of the

cod liver oil in the. poultry ration, spe-

cialists at Michigan State College de-

clare that it is the magic-working vita—

min D supplied by the oil which lends

the hen resistance to disease, gives

ﬁrmness to the egg shell, improves the

sureness of hatching, and as recent

experiments would lead us to believe,

prevents leg weakness. In the sunny

months when the birds have free out~

door range, the element which special-

ists have classiﬁed as vitamin D is ob-

tained freely from certain of the sun’s

rays which do not gain access to the

cooped-up hen. It may also be sup-

plied artiﬁcially by the use of me1cu1'y

iquartz lamps, but the use of cod liver

oil has p1oved most convenient and

economical at the college.


Substitute for Sunshine.


In a communication to the members

of the Michigan Poultry Improvement

Association, J. A. Hannah, poultry ex—

tension specialist at the college, says

that vitamin D is contained in cod

liver oil in a readily available form,


-—' ' and that it is advisable to feed all

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ﬂocks of poultry cod liver oil from

December 1 to March 1, or from De

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range in the spring. “Cod liver oil

should be fed,” says Mr. Hannah, “at

the rate of about one quart of oil per

hundred birds per week, or from one

to three per cent of the total grain

ration. One of the most convenient

ways of feeding the oil is to mix it

With semi—solid milk at the rate of

about‘one pound of cod liver oil to

sixteen pounds of condensed milk.

Feed the mixture at the rate of four

pounds to 100 birds per day. Cod liver


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oil with grain. It should be mixed

thoroughly with six to ten pounds of

scratch grain and the mixture fed on

alternate days. This method will be

found less laborious than mixing with

dry mash.”

Cures Leg Weakness.


J. M. Moorer, poultry extension spe-

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list of ills attributed to the lack of

vitamin D in the ration. He explains

that “growing pullets during the sum-

mer months absorb the ultraviolet

rays from the sunlight and lay up a.

store of this vitamin As they begin

to lay in the fall, the supply is slowly

used up in 'the , absence of other

sources of supply.- When the entire

store is depleted, some of the minerals


as a part of the winter poultry.


to the oil. .


have such hard work grinding the


are used that have been stored in the

bones. The bones become weak and

fail to function properly, and as a re-

sult the hen becomes affected with leg

weakness—J. C. C.


COOPERATIVE MARKETING.

DURING the past six weeks there


has been considerable activity in

South Central Michigan preparatory

to launching a cooperative poultry

marketing association. County-wide

meetings have. been held in Lenawee

county and Hillsdale county, and the

District Marketing Conference, made


up of representatives of~Eaton,~ Ing-

ham, Livingston, Washtenaw, Jackson,


Calhoun, Branch, Hillsdale, and Lena.- ,,


wee counties, was held in Jackson,

on December 10. At this meeting, Mr.

Howell, manager, and -Mr. Fackler,

president of the Ohio Cooperative Poul-

try Association, at VVauseon, Ohio, out-

lined the work that their organization

is doing, and as a result of the Jack-

son meeting the following committee

was appointed to perfect an organiza-

tion in Michigan similar to the one

operating at VVauseon. The committee

consists of county agents of Washte-

naW, Jackson, Branch, Hillsdale, and

Lenawee counties, and Mr. Albert G.

Bettevnridge, of Seneca; Alex. Lind-

say, of Blissﬁeld; C. F. Layher, of

Brooklyn; A. W“. Torrant, of Parma;

A. J. Ernst, of Saline; Leo V. Card, of

Hillsdale, and G. S. Coffman, of Cold-

water. This committee met in Hills-

dale on December 17, and made ar-

rangements for the holding of county-

wide meetings in the proposed mar-

keting district of Jackson, Washtenaw‘,

Lenawee, Hillsdale and Branch coun-

ties during the ﬁrst week of January.

Each county-Wide meeting will select

one incorporating director, these di-

rectors to meet in Hillsdale on Janu-

ary 8, to perfect the organization, in-

corporate, draw up a marketing agree-

ment, and make the necessary ar-

rangements with- the Wauseon Organi-

zation, to care for the marketing of

eggs, etc.


The Michigan State College, Michi-

gan State Farm Bureau, and our or-

ganization, are much in favor of such

an organization, and it should prove a

distinct help to the poultry industry of

the state.


FOOLED.


The farm’s asleep. The moon is bright.


Around the buildings is no light.


A single sparrow wings in fright

With funny, chucking noise.


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They stop. Ali’s silent while time ﬂies.

Some chicken thieves think to sur-

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The farmer and his boys.


They climb a fence; there is no sound.

They reach the coop; no one’ :3 around.

They lhear a bark and growl and

on

Then swiftly hasten hence.


A frantic curse; a backing growl.

The thieves escape without a fowl

But left behind with curse and howl-—

Cloth on the barbed-wire fence.

——Laura Blackmer.


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for I lay abOut two eggs every three

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The other two hens gazed enviously

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tive dwelling places: “We, too, could

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until we are attended to, and fed feeds

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we’ll remain on a strike until next

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gi'ubs and insects that will make the

whites.”


TREATING ROUP.


Could you please tell me what is

the matter with my chickens? They

swell under the left eye and keep

swelling until their mouths are swollen

so they cannot eat. Their eyes are

swollen shut and matter runs from

them. There seems to be quite an

odor from their heads—B. C. M.


The hens have coup in a bad form,

and it will probably be best to kill at

least the worst cases. Most poultry-

men advise the axe for the bad cases

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man might inﬂuence the decision. If

the hen is of good weight, and only

one eye is swollen, it might pay to

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the wound and pack the opening with

absorbent cotton so healing will start

from the inside. Several dressings of

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healing results.


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injecting commercial roup cure, or a.

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City VS. Country Again


Some Intererz‘mg Comment: 5}! M. C ’J‘.


HAVE read Quite a few letters on

“Our Page,” of boys and girls de-

claring their opinions on farm life;

; and it seems they are either reproach—

' ing or extolling it, for I do not recall

: one who was neutral. But probably

it’s all right, for they realize‘they

must make their letters as brief as

possible, and still have substance in

them.


Well, then, not meaning to ﬂing mud


~ at either “party,” we are perhaps a

little narrow-minded in our views on


. this subject. It probably is what we

make it—either discouraging or do

lightful, tedious or interesting. But on

the whole, (optimistically speaking),

I think it’s not so worse. We certainly

have a ﬁne chance to develop our-

selves physically, and mentally, too;

for we usually have milk and eggs,

vegetables and fruit, whenever we

want them, if the farm is fairly well

taken care of. Good literature should

not be denied either.


A boy has a chance to experiment

in many trades, and in this way can

decide which he likes best. He can

be an amateur dairyman or truck

farmer; study the trees, and learn

the value of forest preservation; build

things which afford him a pastime and

source of income. Under certain con—

ditions, he is able to ﬁsh and hunt.

He can usually ski and skate in win-

ter. In summer he can do many of

the things mentioned before.


Of course, he must work a good

deal, too, but how can we gain any—

thing if we don’t work for it? And

work is exercise that makes a ﬁne

body, too.


The farm isn’t known as a place to

get rich, for not all the rewards for

our labors come in the form of money.

But I believe our Master Farmers will

admit you can make a comfortable liv-

ing on it, at least—“Michigan Boy.”


| I most assuredly do not agree with

“Dimples” on her opinion of farm life.

Although I was born and lived in the

city until the last few years, I just

love the farm. “Dimples” sure must

'have had a craving for the city, that

she resented thawing out the only

pump on a cold January \morning

fwith a kettle of hot Water, and going

ito school in mud knee deep. At the

age of twelve, during my last year in

grammar school, I also had to go to

school in such a manner. I just bor—

rowed my brother’s hip—boots and went

anyway. In school, then, I could go

a where others dared not venture. I was

i then regarded as “great.” Try it once

iand see if it isn’t fun. Of course, if

i

i


j you look on the dreary side of things,

' you will hate to do anything. Always

{ look for the bright side of everything

i you do. ——“Babs.’


I see where George Nichols writes

in favor of country life. Well, as a

matter of fact, so do I. But in some

respects, the towns are better, for in-

stance, thé question of school. In

Michigan I used to live eight miles from

a. high school, and no way to get to

it except by walking. We have moved

recently to the state of Washington,


fiend I sure did get a surprise.


The school system certainly is ﬁne.

In Michigan, (at least, out where I

lived), there was not a consolidated

ephooI for miles, and there I sat, try-

ing to be contented. Did I succeed?

tell the world I didn't. But out


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here in this great and glorious west,

you should see the school. In this lit-

tle town we have a consolidated

“high” and grade school, with ﬁve bus-

es for transportation, and a dandy

“gym n


Also, Mr. Nichols speaks about city

children having their minds turned

more to foolishness, than country chil—

dren. That isn’t so, unless you are

thinking of the bums who will not do

anything, but sit around anyhow. With

reference to the others, what were the

camp ﬁre girls, boy 'scouts, community

clubs, etc, organized for? No boy or

girl has time to loaf who belongs to

one of these organizations.


Really, if the country is so nice, Why,


do the country “hicks” ﬂock to the

city? -‘ The city “dudes” ﬂock to the

country for the same reason that you

go to the city. The reason is, to have

a change of scenery.


“Dimples," about your wading knee

deep in mud to go to school, that’s

partly the farmer’s own fault. Yours

is probably like the community we liv-

ed in, in Michigan. A few old cranks

who have no children run the school

to suit themselves. They over-rule the

others, and get away with it. That’s


r marv-‘sfsc.’ -.

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rich and retiring, but as a general

thing, they do not. About bills, do the

farmers have any more bills than the

city men who have to buy everything

they eat, while the farmer grows most

of his things, such as potatoes, wheat

for bread, apples, meat, etc.?


Where did Dimples ever see any

farm enthusiasts on a cold January

morning trying to thaw out the only

pump with a teakettle of hot water?

As a matter of fact, the general farmer

nowadays does not have to pump, as

a windmill pumps the water up in a

large tank in the attic. Also, he-has

a method of draining the pipes so-

they cannot freeze. —


Whoever sees a boy or girl going to

school in mud that is knee deep? In

the ﬁrst place, mud never gets more

than three to four'inches deep, and

secondly, most boys and girls ride’to

school in autos on good hard roads or;

pavement.


Do the city men “play” any more

than the country men? No, they work

and have their time off, just as the

farmers do. If there were nothing else

to do but hay and chores, what would

the farmer do? He would have noth-

ing to keep him busy, and any normal

man needs more than just haying and

chores to keep him busy a decent part

of the day—Vesta Yoder, M. C.


Dear Uncle Frank:


It has been along time since I have

written, but as mother was in the hos-

pital nearly all summer, I was kept

busy in the house. I am in the elev-

enth grade. I am very ambitious to

become a nurse, so I am anxious to

complete the twelfth grade.


Well, Uncle Frank, you can’t guess

what I did the twenty-eighth of Octo-

ber. It, was done very quickly, but

can’t be overcome very quickly. I was

helping mother clean upstairs, and I

put my hand down on a broken lamp

chimney. I_cut my,,left hand to the

bone and cut” an artery. My father


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Doesn’t this Make You Think of Summer?


It’s a Picture of John


Conley’s Camp Last Summer.


why you wade knee deep in mud to

school.


Maybe “Pink Eyes” does think the

country is all “Honey and Cream,” but

you know there are some people who

will think such things, won’t they?

There is decidedly two sides to any

question. Of course, farm life has its

advantages, too. I never was happier

in my life than the last summer I

spent on the farm. But I am just as

happy and contented here in this town.

We have so many things to see and do.


Also, you know, “Dimples,” that

some'old farmers refuse to join in rec-


reation. They think it’s undigniﬁed to A


join in any sport. It’s too had some

people are like»that, when there is so

much fun to be bad. So long for this

time.——“Ex-Michigander.”


The December 18 Michigan Farmer


has just arrived, and I have read the

two side-s to the question of “City and

Farm.” 1 entirely agree with George

Nichols on his answer for farm life,

and disagree with everything Dimples

says against farm life.


First, the city fellow does not save

as much money because he has more

to go to, and more to spend it. Then,

is the farm boy as apt to go some

place, in pool rooms, etc., as the city

boy?


sees them done every day and doesn’t


. No, the city boy is tempted to ,

do things he ought not do, because he .»


took me to the doctor and he put four

stitches in my. hand. My hand has

been very sore and I have to carry

my arm in a sling.


As I Was eighteen the twenty-sev-

enth of November, this will be my last

letter. I’ll close, hoping Mr. Waste-

paper Basket is in bed. ——Your niece

and cousin, Edna Rickerd, McMillan,

Mich.


I am sorry to learn that you had

such a severe cut. I hope your hand

will heal up without much of a scar.

I am also sorry that you are now past

the age limit.


Dear Cousins:

Uncle Frank, Why don’t you ever tell

us your name? We’d rather have an


DUR LETTER :an


‘ to me.


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uncle with a whole name, not just a.

ﬁrst one. Is there an aunt in this

club? Does anyone know? I’m terri~

bly inquisitive today. Uncle Frank,-did

you ever come to Coopersville? No?

Well, I’m sorry, because you certainly

missed a great deal. Did you ever hear

about the wonderful football team'we

have? We haven’t been beaten this

year. ' '


Are there any sophomores in our cir-

cle? I’m one, and I’d like to have

someone explain the use of geometry

What will it help in later

years? It surely is a queer subject

as far as I can see.


I hope you’ re not tired of my chat-

ter. I’ll stop before you are. —Elsa

Vannatter.


I have a whole: name, but what dif-

ference does it make? There is no

aunt in the club. I have been in Coop-

ersville, but have not heard of your

football team. I am sure there are

more sophomores in the circle. Geom-

etry may not help in housekeeping and

a hundredother occupations, but the

object of most studies in school is to .

train one to think. School is a mental

gymnasium.


Dear Uncle Frank:


I tuned in on the ninth grade this

afternoon in school, and found a. new

subject for discussion. I’m not going

to meddle with powder, rouge and lip—

stick. I’m going to talk about this:

What are ﬂowers for? Of course, here

comes one, two, maybe four or ﬁve

reasons. ‘But, which is the most im-

portant reason?


Say, Uncle 'Frank,, why don’t you

have Home-coming Week, Homecom-

ing month? This has taken room in

our page for about a month already.


Well, I’m going to sign off, with

many thanks for the base ball. ———A.lbert

Faber, R. 3, Hudsonville, Mich.


You mentioned the ﬂower subject,

but you ‘did \not start the discussion.

Why did you not give some of the

reasons?


Dear Uncle Frank

Say, a Petoskey girl had a letter in


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I feel sorry for boys and girls who

are taught to smoke and drink. I hope

Herbert will reason the thing out and

decide for the good, for at last “it

biteth like a serpent and stingeth like

an adder.” Prov. 23-32. There is a lot

of moonshine all around here. Our

sheriff does what he can, but: they are

so sly about it. The boys and girls

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I hope I can become asesmart as Guil-

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Guilford, please have a heart and only

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Brutus, Mich. -

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IT will be strange if the efforts of

the dairy farmers of the New York

milk shed get together as a united

body of producers and distributors do

not soon bear valuable fruit. At the

present time several branches of dairy-

men are seeking, through conferences

and much careful study, to arrive at

the best method of disposing of milk

to an advantage, more satisfactory to

the producer.


Early in December a. committee of


so far known as the Non-Pool and In

dependent Producers, for the purpose

of perfecting plans for marketing milk.

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. sociation, and it plans to organize the


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milk business in three bodies, the

Pool, the Shefﬁeld Producers and the

United Dairy Cooperative Association

This body says it will afﬁliate with all

other associations in the territory for

the purpose of making stable milk

markets.


On December 15 another group of

dairymen met at Albany, New York.

These men announced themselves as

the Milk Pi‘oducers’ Program Commit-

tee on Uniﬁed Organization, and they

will have as their chairman, Peter G.

Ten E‘yck, of Albany. We are told

that this committee intends to make

the most searching investigation pos-

sible into the existing situation in the

milk business in this part of the coun-

try.


As at present planned, a meeting

will be held at Albany, lasting two

days, beginning January 3, 1927, to be

followed by another January 24—25, and

still another February 14-15. These

gatherings will take the form of heart

ings, and members of the New York

Milk Conference Board, the National

Dairy Products Company, and the Gen-

eral Ice Cream Company 'will be in-

vited to attend and take part, and

make recommendations as to- future

action in the dairy operations of the

New York milk shed, so-called.


Still further to throw light upon the

situation, the ofﬁcers of the Dairy—

men’s League Cooperative Association,

the Non—Pooling Association of’Dairy-

men, the Shefﬁeld Association, the

Eastern States Association, together

with non-aﬂ‘lliated farmers, bankers,

merchants and experts from the New

York College of Agriculture and rail-

road oﬂicials of the territory auected


. by the dairy industry of this milk shed


are announced as having been asked to

this far-reach-


Meanwhile, the Dairymen’s League

announcos a not pool price for No:

winner of $2. 72 per IWWL break?


tag all previeushet m prices we


ten was appointed by an organization.-.


the exceptionof'that .for,1922 in the

month of December. This organiza-

tion will hold its next annual meeting

in the city of Binghampton New York,

next June. -E. L. Vincent, . -


OBSERVATIONS OF AN oLn DAIRY.

MAN--


NO matterhow careful the salt is


worked into the butter, or how

much pains is taken to work out the

buttermilk, the proper ﬂavor in butter

cannot be secured if dirty milk is used


to commence with. Overworking c‘aus- o-


es more or less trouble, it tends to

mash the globules _of the butter, reduc-

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not keep so well if overWorked so as

to destroy the natural grain.


The process of milking a cow should

be hastened as much as poSsible with—


Twin Jersey Calves Owned by Brennan, Fitzgerald &. Sinks, Took Honors at

the Michigan State Fair and National Dairy Show.


out worrying her. Slow milking frets

a. cow, also does a milker with Whom

she is not acquainted. The milker has

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a cow, therefore, never put a._ﬂne-bred

and high-producing cow in the hands

of a poor milker.


The brush and currycomb are far

less used on cows than they-are on

horses yet they are quite necessary

to an animal’s health and comfort.

Cattle are often seen rubbing their

sides against a fence or tree, or their

backs under some overhanging limb. It

not only 'adds to. their comfort to

brush them over, but draws the blood

nearer the surfaceof the skin, makes

a better circulation, and the cow will

be warmer as a result. , With the same

feeding, a. well-groomed cow will keep

in good condition, when she would be

rough and scrawny if allowed to go

without brushing.


Mangel beets and carrots have been

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liable to occur When cows are fed lib-

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No corn shouldbe given a cow for six

weeks before calving. Linseed meal ~

may be allowed with the hay, which

should be cut ﬁne and the linseed

meal sprinkled over it. 1


The advantage of selling cream or

making butter on the farm, over that

of selling the whole-milkare that the


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THE general prevalence of hog chol-

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7—” but, on the other hand, is it altogether

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prwaya’d’h‘plnnympom unfortunate—but, on the other hand,

was anything much‘”done at the oppor-


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HOG CHOLERA “SCARES” NEEDED.


it—drove right Onto a farm- where a‘


dozen hogs had been buried right


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for the reason ”that demand forthe

serum lagged, because “scare” infor-

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Average precautions of average


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JAMES H. MURPHY, President

Murphy Products Co., Dept. 70 Burlington, Wis.


.................................... 0f hog 011019174» there seems to have

State R- F D- I been too little reporting and not suf-

ﬁcient statistics!


Widely scatteredioci of hog cholera

are sure evidence of coming trouble—

then why not report them with prompt-

ness and vigor? We hear much talk-

ing, and read plenty of writing about


“More Milk with More COW the corn borer and the boll weevil;

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I the following results by the use of Milkmaker, DGStS Of hog 01101913 before they Spill

viz: . out over whole counties and whole

1. Cows have kept up in better ﬂesh and states!

betterghysical condition.


even ﬂow ofmilk. cholera epidemic, when one Sunday,

3. Calves better developed and stronger at a couple of months ago, he dropped


birth. ' ' h h

4. Freedom from trouble with cows at right down In a nelg bor 00d full Of


ows have maintained a larger and more The writer had not even heard 0f 31‘


given farm, but throws an immunity

zone between the disease and the free

territory ahead——so the sooner infor-

mation attacks spread the sooner the

wary will apply for serum, and im-

mune gaps will be thrown here and

there ahead, of the disease.


The cautious farmer who applies for

serum as soon as he hears of a sick

hog on a’nearby farm, is like the man

who plows a. furrow across the path

of an oncoming grass ﬁre—he saves

himself, and possibly stops the pro—

gress of the disease in that whole gen-

eral direction—William Payne.


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JAMES H. MURPHY, President, I


Murphy Products Co., Dept. 70 Burlington, Wis. I


Please send me without charge Prof. Evvard's book, “Min- I


crals and Feeding." I feed ........ head of cows ........ head of hogs. I


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The champion barrow at the Inter-

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calving time; no retained afterbirth and no udder trouble.


The strongest advocates of course are those dairymen who have used Milkmaker con-


Buying a Better Herd _

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Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service

Lansing, Michigan


BREEDERS’ DIRECTGRY Guernsey BullFor Service 31033101511311.1131


_ 0. Stock. 1. M. WILLIAMS. No. Adams. Mich.

Wallmwood Guernseys ~


Sons of BROOKMEAD’S SECRET KlNGfor sale.

'- W. WALLIN, JENISON, MICH


.GUERNSEYS 1. “a“ Ready, for Service


neg. heifer cakes, seven months old. 2 splendid bulls


from A. R. Dams. nine months old. Don’t A grandson of Echo Sylvia. King Model. born

but come and see them. WM. S. ORMISTON Ct January 11th..19201 A dark c010red bull of

80M, St. Johns, Mich. . excellent qualiW- ’

Hls'sireisasonotEhoSl K Modal

FOR nnct'lccllyupure-pred GUERNSEY or II L- from a 24. 78 lb. Jr. 3- gm-oigiagrmiilgwmm

,. c was heavy ' f D Gun 1

write FDREWOOD DAIRY FARMS, Whltcwﬂlr. Wll. gutte‘il'ciﬁfvsv. Skylark sby the ﬁrst 1 500 lb.

, H111 dam is a 24411. cow ofaxcellent tyne

. ‘ Dairy Heifer calves. practically and quail A lame cow th sood

Guernsey , pure bred :25. 00 each. We 111111 udder 11ndWinlll<eins.'veins.WI “m


HOLSTEIN BULLS , «1.111111... 11.111 1.111111.»


B c of

Sircd by a Grand Champion and out of tested ll!" ‘u

ms. Accredited herd. Also a few good


Lukcﬁcld Farms, (21.11.1111, Mich.


1?

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so Sugar Company at Alicia. He sired the three ma" 3

1 The map won the senor—sire” at the Ohio and Michigan
_ ‘V FINISH as: e


THE .West ’K'ent CowTesting Asso-

ciation ﬁnished its fourth year of

Continuous testing on December 4. The .

average production W38'6,966.5 pounds

of milk and 320.6 pounds of fat. Lynn

Bradford’s herdipf ten grade and pure

bred Holsteins had high butter-fat and


our: . yarns. cask. " i


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remedy. Keep it handy.

Good for humans. too


M

CATTLE


FOR ”SALE at farmer's prices. Missaukee


Guernsey bull calves from A.

R ancestry. carrying blood lines of Norman's Mis-

saukee Red Rose, 900 lbs. butter-fat. and May Bose.

ARTHUR M. SMITH. Lake City. Mich.


HEREFORD STEERS


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

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

45 Wt, around 550 lbs. 60 Wt. around I500 lbs.

Good quality. dark reds. dehorned. well marked

Hereford Steers. Good grass ﬂesh. The beef type

are usually market toppers when finished. Will sell

your choice of one car load from any bunch. Can

also show you Shorthorn gm. yrls or a yr old.


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


Choice Jersey Bulls $3537.14??? 31‘:


from R. of M. dams accredited herd. SMITH ls

PARKER. Howell. Mich.

ERSEY BULLS ready for service. World record


J breeding. From R. of M. dams making up to 565

lbs. fat. and by R. of M. sire whose ﬁrst daughter

makes 547 lbs. ‘fat. Age 2 yrs. I. K. HATFIELD.


Remus. Mich.


BUTTER BRED ...... BULLS

FOR SALE


~ CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.


l Silver Creek. Allegan County, Michigan


15 Cows. 4 Bulls from ‘B. of M. Cows.


select from of 70.

for fall freohenlnc. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersville.


Some fresh. others bred

FINANfCIAL KING JERSEY BULLS for sale. from

B 0


Chance to


Mich.

. M. cows. Type and production. COLD-

WATER JERSEY FARM. Goldwater, Mich.


1927 Sale of Registerecr

Shorthorn Cattle '


By The '

Central Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’

Association

I: now on. Young hulls at $60 to $100 'cows $110 and up.

Write me what you want. De with owner.


Oscar Skinner, Secy., Gowen, Michigan


THE STANLEY J. GARDNER HERD. Crouwell. Mich.


“MILKING SHORTHORNS”


Why buy without milk records? We don’t keep our

cows. they keep us. If you want a, real bull calf

_ that will breed more milk into your herd and still


retain your .good ﬂeshing qualities, call on up. Also

females. Circulars and photos on request. '

For sale. several


SHORTHORNS good cows with


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

ers sued by Maxwalton Mook or Edglink Victor. two

oft th:1 good bulls :31 the kbreed. Will make very

a. rac ve prices on of t ese cattle. GOTFBED-

SON FARMS, Ypsilanti, Mich. ‘


Shorthorns 35% Zif‘i‘tiitgrsﬁ Eifiﬁibw'i'ilﬁ

STOCK I-‘ABM. Box 0. Tooumuh. Mob.

[-1065

Service Boars-‘-—Bred Gilts

Fall Pigs

Everything immunized. We Guarantee


milk production records.


These cattle '

averaged 12,140 pounds of milk and

418.5 pounds‘of: butter—fat. Korndyke,

a pure-bred Holstein in the same herd,

was high in fat- and milk, producing

14,154 pounds of milk and 546.8 pounds

of fat. 'Twenty-one out of the twenty-

seven herds that ﬁnished the year pro-

duced over 300 pounds of fat. In the

record of performance classes, twenty-

eight two-year-olds qualiﬁed, seven-

teen three—year-olds, four four-year—olds

and twenty-one mature cows, 3. total of

seventy animals.


The four high herds averaged 10,315

pounds of milk and 405 pounds of fat.

The four poor herds averaged 4,735

pounds of fat and 228 pounds of fat,

a. difference of 5,580 pounds of milk

and 177.3 pounds of fat. The good

herds returned $212.64 and the poor

herds $113.13, a difference of $99.51.

The good herds made a proﬁt over

feed cost of $111.73, and the poor

cows $60.76.


Some ﬁgures were obtained on the

ten high and ten poor cows. The high

cows averaged 414.4 pounds of fat. The

poor ones,246.3 pounds, a difference

of 167.8 pounds. The value of the

product of the ten high cows was

$183.62, and the ten poor ones $125.40,

a. difference of $58.22. But it cost

$83.11 to feed the ten high ones, and

$71.71 to feed the poor ones, a differ-

ence of $11.41. What kind. of cows

should you keep? The association is

starting its ﬁfth year with Lester Hill

as tester.——K. K. V.


HART BOY COUNTY CALF CLUB

CHAMPION.


MERLE HENRICKSON, of Hart,


has been selected as- county calf

club champion of Oceana. Merle was

one of the twelve members of the Jer-

sey Calf Club who completed all the

requirements. His work will be con-

sidered in selection of the state club

champion. Merle’s Jersey calf received

the highest honors at the county fair

and the county Jersey show. His rec-

ord and report were carefully com-

piled. Everyone of the twelve club

members completing turned in good

reports and deserve commendation for


his good work, according to the coun-

ty agricultural agent—H.


WEST OCEANA JERSEY SETS HIGH

PACE.


A RENE,” a pure-bred Jersey re»

cently purchased by Joseph Oco-

bock, of Henry Meyers, both of Oce-

ana county, not only presented her

new owner with a‘ heifer calf to en-

large his herd, but caused tester Lyle

Kitchen to give her a retest this

month. She averaged 44.2 pounds of

milk per day, testing 6.16 per cent,

making 84.4 pounds of fat for the

month. On the regular testing day

she averaged 6.1 per cent fat, while

on the retest” she averaged 6.2 per

cent fat. ‘

‘ Mr. L. D. Leisenring, former tester

for the West Oceana Association, is

herdsman for Mr. Ocobock, and the

record is being made under his care.

“La Rene” was fed silage and alfalfa


‘ to please you.

Lakeﬁeld Farms, Clarkston, Mich.


‘ Duroc Jersey Gilts bred for April

For Sale Farrow. Colonel .and Orion King

breeding. Good type and size. Will send C. 0.


"on approval. W. E. BARTLEY. Alma, Mich.

_ I 7 .

O-l-G- HOGS on ﬁne Plato‘s}:


Originator: and most extensive breeders.

TIIE 1.3. SILVER 00., Box I96, Salem, Ohio


April Guts, fall piss. either sex.

sired “J‘umbo’s Beuboy” and

MILO II.

Elmhuﬂt


PETERSON a. 80".

Farm. .r '


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. Smmou PAGE 55


D. of the West Oceana Testing Associa-


together, with about ﬁfteen pounds per

‘day of home-grown grains, supplement-

ed with commercial feed. Mr. Meyers

and Mr. Ocobock are both members


tion.—C. H. H.

A buyer from Ohio recently accom-


panied the county' agricultural agent

of Newaygo county on [a cattle-buying


trip. The Ohio man purchased twenty- '


ﬁve grade cows at an average price

» of $100.


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Tuesday, January 4.

Wheat.

Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.36; No. 2

white $1.37; No. 2 mixed $1.39.

Chicago—May $13614); July $1.29.

Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.37

@138. .

Corn.

Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 800; No. 3

yellow 78c; No. 4 yellow 72c.

Chicago—May 79%0; July 82%c.

Oats.

Detroit—No. 2 Michigan at '53c; No.

3 at 500. \

Chicago—May 49140; July 47%c.

Rye.

Detroit—No. 2, 960.

Chicago.~May 981/80; July at 97%c;

September 967/30.

Toled0.—_Rye 97c.

Beans.

Detroit—Immediate

shipment $4.70@4.80.

Chicago—Spot Navy Michigan fancy

hand-picked, in sacks $5.25; dark red

kidneys $7.50.

New York—Pea domestic at $5.25@

6; red kidneys $8.75@9.25-

Barley.

Malting 800; feeding 670.

Seeds.


Detroit—Cash red clover $23; cash

alséiglge $21; timothy, old $2.65; new

$2. .


and prompt


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 oat 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.


The wheat market had a sinking

spell during the past week. Dull de—

mand for cash Wheat, slow flour trade,

limited report sales, cheap offerings

from Argentina, and speculative liqui-

dation were the depressing factors. A

decline of a few cents served to im-

prove both domestic and foreign de-

mand, however. Domestic conditions

appear sound and, since the present

price level is not high, the extent of

declines is naturally limited. Flour

trade is likely to improve after the

holidays and the inventory period. PI'I-

mary receipts remain small and the

visible supply is decreasing. The

world situation may be termed mildly

bearish, based on the current esti-

mates of the surpluses available for

export and the estimated needs of im-

porting countries. Unofﬁcial estimates

of supplies from the new Argentine

and Australian crops have been re-

vised upward recently. On the other

hand, Canada may have less than pre-

viously expected. World prices are

not high, so that whatever bearishness

exists in the situation is partly dis-

counted already.


RYE.


After advancing to the highest point

in six weeks, the rye market has lost

some ground. Improvement in export

demand appeared on the break, how-

ever. Clearances for export have in-

creased and the visible supply is slow-

ly decreasing. Rye prices appear like-

ly to gain on wheat during the re-

mainder of the crop year.


CORN.


Corn prices turned decidedly weak

in the last few days. Consuming de-

mand at Chicago is extremely dull, al-

though fair activity is reported at MIS-


souri river markets, owing to the small


crop in parts of Nebraska. Primary

receipts are rather large, and the VIS-

ible supply is increasing, adding to the

hedging load to be carried on specu-

lative shoulders. The future deliver-

ies are at such. large premiums over

cash grain that they are unattractive

' to speculative buyers. Prices are again

...lfdown at the level where they have


Pigletabilized several times in the past


”eight months, and it is logical to ex

‘ ectthat they will turn steady again

his time. But, with two months of

heavy receipts still to be provided for,

yks’at terminals already so large

'ts‘torage facilities are cramped, and

narrow cash demand, there is not

itch encouragement tor belief in an


important advance in the market for


OATS.


a while.


Oats prices turned downward along

with other grains. Choice, heavy cats

are still commanding stiff premiums,

as most of the arrivals are discolored

and light in weight.


SEEDS.


Trading in the seed market is prac- .


tically at a standstill, awaiting the

opening of the spring demand. Prices

are fully steady, with higher quota-

tions generally expected. The bulk of

the surplus of foreign red clover seed

is believed to havebeen marketed and

prices have advanced. Imports re-

Cently have been small. Very little

prime alsike clover seed is left and a

moderate demand would be sufﬁcient

to clean up stocks.


FEEDS.


Demand for feeds slowed down last

week, so that, although offerings were

limited, prices encountered some difﬁ-

culty in holding steady. Demand

should improve following the holiday

dullness, as dealers' stocks are not

large, and once inventory is over, they

will begin to replenish supplies.


HAY.


The hay market was irregular last

week, with prairie hay lower and a1-

falfa and timothy unchanged to slight-

ly higher. Alfalfa hay suitable for

dairy purposes ﬁnds a ready sale at

substantial premiums. Top prices. for

the season were paid for this hay at

Kansas City last week when it sold

at $29 and $30 a ton. The southern


' strengthened last


- EGGS. . '

The prices on strictly fresh eggs

_ week, although sup-

plies were fairly liberal. Demand for

the holiday trade was active, and cold

weather was expected to have an ad-

verse eﬂect on current production.

Some increase in offerings from mid-

western and southern sections is to be

expected as soon as,the cold wave has

spent its force, and

states are still shipping in largequan-

titles, so that supplies should increase

from now on and the downward price

trend be resumed. /


Chicago, eggs, fresh ﬁrsts 41@43c;

ordinary ﬁrsts 38@40c; miscellaneous

42c; dirties 28017310; checks 27@29c;

Live poultry, hens 27c; springers 26c;

roosters 18c; ducks 300; geese 25c;

turkeys 41c. -


Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 43@45c; storage at 30@361,éc.

Live poultry, heavy springers at 29c;

light springers 220; ltieavy hens 290;

light hens 200; roos ers at 18@190;

geese ‘25c; ducks 35c; turkeys 44@45c.


BUTTER.


Receipts of butter failed to increase

as was generally expected, and prices

strengthened last week due to the

moderate offerings. Consumptive de-

mand has held up remarkably in the

face of higher retail prices, so that

the storage reserves are being reduced

much faster than a year ago. The re-

cent declines in our market, and

stronger foreign markets have curtail-

ed the purchases of foreign butter, and

arrivals during January will not be

large. Production is increasing so that

market supplies will be more liberal


yesw- v -


Live Stock Market Service _


Tuesday, January 4.


demand for hay is still slow.

CHICAGO.


Hogs.


Receipts 38,000. Market fairly ac-

tive, 25@5OC lower at best prices,

steady at low tide, best demand low;

bulk 140—.200-lb. weights $11.70@11.85;

early tops $11.85 paid for 130-170-1b.

average; bulk 210-290 lbs. at $11.60@

1175; most packing sows at $10.35@

10.75; bulk good slaughter pigs $11.60

@1175; pigs and light lights down to

$11.25 and below. '


Cattle.


Receipts 11,000. Better grade of

fed steers strong to 250 higher, oth-

ers steady to strong; packers and feed-

ers in late supply, steady, active at

$6.50@7.50, few up to $8, demand cen-

tering on thin kind; all weights she

stock 15@25c lower for. two days;

bulls 15@25c lower; top medium bulk

$6.75; vealers $1 lower today; top 160

lbs. up; packers and feeders at $11.50


a12

0 Sheep and Lambs.


Receipts 18,000. Market slow; fat

lambs opening steady to weak; early

bulk wool lambs $12@12.75, some held

around $13; best handy weight sheep

steady; fat ewes $5@6.50; tops $6.75;

early wethers scarce; feeding lambs

steady at $11@11.75, holding back

around $12.25.


DETROIT.

Cattle.


Receipts 284. Market slow.

Good to choice year ings


dry-fed ................ $10.50@11.00

Best heavy steers, dry-fed 8-50@ 9.50

Handy weight butchers . . 7.50@ 8.25

Mixed steers and heifers 7.50@ 8.25


Handy light butchers . . . . 6.00611 7.25

Light butchers .......... 5.50@ 6.50

Best cows ............... 5.00@ 6.00

Butcher cows ........... 5.50@ 6.50

Cutters ................. 450(5) 5.50

Canners .................. 3-75@ 4.00

Bologna bulls ............. 6.00@ 6.50

Stock bulls .............. 6.00@ 6.50

Feeders ..... . . . ........ . 5 50@ 7.25

Stockers ...... . . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 6.00

Milkers and springers. . .$55.00@ 90.00

Calves.


Recei ts 673. Market steady.


est ..p... ...... ........$16.00@16.50

Others 3.50@15.50


Sheep and Lambs.


Receipts 2,127. Market steady.

Best grades ....... .~. . .$ - 12.76

Fair lambs ....... . . . . . . 10.00@11.33

Light to comnion lambs. . 6.00@ .9... . .

Best lambs ' “ . 12.75


cats-Ito's...


Fair to good sheep 5.00@ 6.25

Culls and common ...... 2»00@ 3.50

- Hogs. '

Receipts 2,085. Market is 10@15c


lower.

Mixed ........ . . ...... $ 12.15

Roughs ................. 10.50

Yorkers ................. 10.35@10.50

Pigs and lights .......... 12.25

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

Heavies ......... , ........ 11.00


BUFFALO. ‘

Hogs.


'Receipts 600. Market active and 250

higher; 200 lbs. up $12.50; bulk 150-225

lbs. $12.75@13; pigs and light lights

$13@13.25; packing sows $10.50@11. -.


Cattle.


Receipts 250- Market active, steady

to strong; 500-lb. steers $10.10.


Calves.

Receipts’75. Market active, steady;

tops $16.50; under-grade $12.

Sheep and Lambs.


Receipts 200. Market holding over

600, slow; best fat lambs quoted at

$13 down; culls and common $10@11.


the Paciﬁc Coast '


from now on, however, dealers are


inclined to a hand-tomcat]:

basis, and the consumer . demand lmay

slacken, so that prices are

to hold long at the present level.


Prices on 92-score creamery werezl

Chicago 50 1,50; New York 54c; Detroit.

fresh creamery in tubs 47@50c.


POTATOES.


Higher prices were recorded in most

potato markets last weekJn spite of

the slow trade which is typical during

the holidays. Holdings of potatoes; in

storage are reported to show more dis-

ease and frost'damage than fer many

years, so that supplies of good stock

during the rest of the season should

be moderate. .Some improvement in

prices is expected during the next few

months Northern round whites, U.


. No. '1, are quoted at $2.35 to $2.50

per 100 pounds, sacked, in the Chicago

carlot market.


APPLES. ‘


Market supplies-43f apples continue

of liberal proportions, and the demand

is _not active enough to permit higher

prices. Dealers generally are conﬂ-

dent that prices will improve as the

season advances, however, due to the

moderate stocks of good quality ap-

ples. Michigan and New YOPk'A-ijﬁ'

inch Jonathans are quoted at $1.25 to

$1.50 a. bushel. ‘


GRAND RAPIDS.


There was a slightly stronger under-

tone 111 potatoes in Grand Rapids this

week. Produce prices were: Potatoes

$1.20 bu; onions $1 bu; parsnips $1

bu; beets $1.25 bu; carrots 75c bu:

leaf lettuce 12@13c lb; radishes 50@

600 dozen bunches; cabbage $1 bu;

celery $1.25 square; apples, Spys and

Delimous $1.50@2.50 bu; various other

varletles 75c@$1-25; beans $4.25@4.35

cwt; red kidney $5 cwt; wheat $1.20

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

chickens 18@25c; fowls 17@24c; eggs

41@45c; butter-fat 53c pound.


WOOL.


The market shows stability, with a.

fair movement and good demand. Bus-

mess at most all points is considered


satisfactory.

. BEANS.


Trading is exceedingly light, and the

tone easy on most all kinds, especially

pea beans, which are offered at an in-

s1de price. Red kidneys are somewhat

steadier.


COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.


Flint.

Dodge,


Feb. 24—Tompkins & Powers,

Mich., (Dispersal). Guy E.

manager.


March Z—Frank Renshaw,

Mich., (Dispersal). Guy E.

manager.


Pontiac.

Dodge,


The Indians on the Osage reserva-

tion, near Pawhuska, Oklahoma, who

have been made rich by oil ﬁndings on

their land, were allowed $2,300 each

with which to do their Christmas

shopping. Fur coats, diamonds, and

expensive autos were common Christ- .

mas purchases.


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the only cropvubeing held for higher

prices. They bring $4.25; wheat $1.24;-

rye 750;» oats 38c; corn 75c: potatoes

$1.20; butter-fat 520; eggs 50@52c;

hay $106912. The wheat acreage'was

much curtailed on account of weather

conditions in the fall. We have had

fairly steady winter weather since our

ﬁrst good snow storm a few weeks

back—D. M.


Kent Count .-—The farmers here did

, very little fal plowing on account of

‘the weather. Wheat and beans are

being held for better prices. There is

a‘ very noticeable shortage of rough-

age. Cornstalks are selling as high

as six centssper bundle. Clover hay

brings $14@16; alfalfa hay $16@17,

and farmers. are in no hurry to sell at

these ﬁgures. Hogs are scarce and

.bringing good prices at auction sales.

Our co-op association has had a ﬁne

season. Taking everything into con-

sideration, the farmers in this loce‘ty

seem to have had a pretty good year.


Mason County.——Farmers here have

their work all . done. Live stock is

looking good. - Very few beef cattle in

this locality. There is plenty of rough

feed for the cows. A few farmers will

need to buy grains. Cows are bring-


ing from $50@100. Not much being


marketed at this time. Wheat worth

$1.18; potatoes $1; beans $4@6.50 per

hundredweight; butter 47c; cream

510; eggs 48c.


MILK INSPECTION BILL MAY

PASS.


HE Lenroot~Taber bill to regulate


the importation of milk and cream


has been reported out favorably

by the Senate committee on agricul-

ture, and it is expected that it will

receive early. action in the Senate. It

passed the House last June.


MORE FOREIGN SERVICE WANTED.


THE department of commerce is

vigorously pushing its foreign ser-


vice bill, H. R. 3858, through Con-

gress. The bill passed the House last

spring and was favorably reported on

by the Senate committee on commerce.

It deﬁnes the duties of commercial

attaches and trade commissioners


abroad, and proposes to develop their .,


service into a permanent organization

comparable to the foreign service of

the state department. The bill is now

on the Senate calendar for considera-

tion early in January. Meanwhile, the

Ketchum-McNary bill expanding the

(foreign service of the department of

agriculture, which passed the House

last summer, is now awaiting consid-

eration by the Senate committee .on

agriculture.


MORE ELECTRICITY BEING USED.


\


N increase of more than ﬁfty per


cent in the use .of electricity in


the United States between 1921

and 1925 is shown in a report from the

interior department. Farmers are

\making use of electricity in quite a

number of localities, supplied from

transmission lines, while many farm-

ers have their own plants.


VETERINARY.


Cow Falls Off.—What is wrong with .n


my cow? She is nine years old and

a very large Holstein. She gives 16

quarts of milk to a milking, until about

two weeks ago; then she started to

fall off till now she only gives about

one pint. She will freshen in Febru-

ary. She eats good and seems in good

health and is gaining ﬂesh. I feed

bean and chop feed, about four quarts

twice daily, and hay night and morn-

ing. A. H.—This condition is usually

caused by a disturbance of the nerve

center that regulates nutrition. 'G've

the following; Pilocarpin hydrochl r-

ide, four grams; strychnine sulphate,

two and one-half grains, and water, one

pint. Mix and divide into three doses

and give one dese every three hours.


'Swollen Sheath—Some four weeks

ago my horse’s sheath began to swell,

then it swelled up back of the sheath

and broke, and still Continues to dis-

charge, and his sheath still is swelled

some. What is the cause, and what

can I do for it? I have been giving

him cond tion powders containing gin-

ger, sulp ite of iron, gentian, sulphur,

cream of tartan-salt petre, sulphate of

soda. and ammonia. J‘. F. K.—-A dirty

sheath often leads to swelling and in-

fection, particularly in old horses, and

when allowed to stand in the barn for

,a number of days withoutfexercise.

The sheath should be washed

warm water and soap. The cavity


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2'15 Letter Heads. neatly printed with name; busi-

ness and address, all for Two Dollars. Suitable for

Fanner. Business Man and all who write letters.

Money back if not satisﬁed. FREEPORT HERALD.

Freeport. Mich. '


Hocs


LARGE '"PE P. C. bred guts. good ones. bred to


best young boar in Michigan. Also

fall pigs, pairs and tries, not skin, the big easy feed-

ing kind, sired by "L’s Redeemer” and “The Grand

Model.” Come and see them and be convinced. Ex-

penses paid if not as represented. W. E. LIVING-


STON. Parma. Mlch.


Poland China boars of March

F0 R S A L E and April furrow. Also some

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

{avail-y 2:421? himmuned for cholera. WESLEY HILE.

on a, c .


L. 'l'. P. c. SWINE FOR SALE

either sex. good ones. Cholera immune.

FELDKAMP. Man-


Bprlns' piss.

A. A.


Also Brown Swiss bulls.


shelter, Mich.

size and large


lIBGE TYPE POLIIIIJ OIIIIIAS mm, our SW


cialty. MS. 6. TAYLOR, Balding, Mich.

good Hampshire spring boars at a


A Few bargain. Place your order for bred

guts. JOHN W. SNYDER, St. Johns, Mich.. R. 4.


bred for March and April

fall pigs. 1. P. SPITLER

Mich.


HAMPSHIRE GILTS.

furrow. Also boars.

& SON, R. I,


Big Type Poland Chinas

spring boar sired by the great CLORINDIAN.

Price reasonable. Mary's Eighty, Walled Lake, Mich.

Boar pigs all sold.


Thank You all customers that have made

possible our enormous fall trade on boar pigs. Write

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

W. NEEDHAM. Saline, Mich.


Henderson.


Thanks to


SHEEP


700 Choice Ewes


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

rams to lamb


dition. Bred to strictly choice Shrop.‘

May lst. Also 200 choice large Delame ewes. AL-

MOND B. CHAPMAN &. SON. So. Rockwood. Mich.


25 mile: south of Detroit. Mich. Telegraph address:


Rockweod. Mich.


ﬁhropshire grades. also Lin-

coln Ilambouillet cross breeds.

Bred to lamb in April and

Nashville. Mich.


Breeding EwesForSaIe

in lots of 50 or more.

May. V. B. FURNISS.


Registered Delaine Ewes


fine ones. bred. F. H. RUSSELL. Wakeman. Ohio.


all recorded. sent on approval.

Bred Ewes Karakulcs, Leicester's, Cotswolds.

Lincolns. L. R. KUNEY. Adrian. Mich.


than normal. coder early ,


fled rimm alfalfa seed from state registered ﬁelds,

higher quality. lower prices. Write for free assholes

and delivered prices on Winter-Hardy seeds. North

Dakota Grimm Alfalfa Association.


tion of over 500 growers;


CERTIFIED WOLVERINE OATS.

bushel. Improved Robust Beans. choice stock, seven

dollars per hundred. Bags are free. Freight prepaid

on over twenty dollar orders in chi


Cook, Owosso, Mich.


CLOVER SEED, FOR SALE—180 bu. white clover.

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

free. Henry Foley. R. 5. Mt. Pleasant. Mich.


STRAWBERRY PLANTS. $3.75 thousand. General

hne nursery stoek. Free catalog. South Michigan

Nursery, Box 14. New Buffalo. Mich.


TOBACCO


HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Smoking or Chewing. 4 lbs.

81:. 12, $2.25. Send no money. Pay postmaster on

arrival. Pipe free for ten namm of tobacco users.

United Farmers of Kentucky, Paduclh. KY.


TOBACCO—Chewing or smoking. 5 pounds, 81.25:

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

anteed. Pipe free. Pay postmaster. Farmers Union.

Paducah. Ky.


GUARANTEED HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chewing or

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

Pipe free. pay when received. Farmers' Association.

Maxon Mills. Kentucky.


MELLOW Old Red Chewing or Smoking. 5 lbs. $1.00.

22110122221 r$2.00. l’ipe free. Tobacco Growers. Se-

ll Ill, \y.


POULTRY


POULTRY—Dark. White Cornish, Buff Cochins. Par<

trudge Rocks, Speckled Sussex. Also other varieties.

Ducks. geese, turkeys, guineas. Arthur Jarvis. Wave-

land. Indiana.


“WORLD'S WONDER” ANCONAS. greatest layers:

Single comb cockcrels, $5.00; pullcts. $2.50. Beauti-

ful bronze tom turkeys, $12. II. (‘ecil Smith. Rapid

City. Mich.


“TAN(‘RI-1D" WHl'l‘l-I I.IiGIIORNS-~Barrcd Rocks.

Buff Orpmgtons. Rhode Island Reds. Stm-k. Prices

right. Write. Fcnncr Bailey. Ray, Indiana.


W'HITTAKER'S RED COCKERELS. pedigreed from

high—producing hens. Both Combs. Write for prices.

Interlakes Farm. Box 9. Lawrence. Mich.


RHODE ISLAND REDS —R. C., famous for quality.

Cocks, cockercls. pullcts. $3.00 to $5.00 each. Burt

Sisson, Imlay City. Mich.


WHITE “'YANDOT'I‘ES risomc nice (‘0cketrcls for sale

at rcasonablc prices. Satisfaction guaranteed Fred

Berhn. Allen. Mich.


SUPERIOR RING'LICT Bun-0d Rock Cookerels, extra

fine large fellows. L. Wyndham. Titlin, Ohio.


SILVER LAI‘ED Golden and White Wyandotte Cock-


Winning stock. II. C. Smith, Oxford, Mich.


This classified

Small advertisements

using, miscellaneous articles for sale on exchange.

at classiﬁed rates. or in display columns


Rates 8 cents a word.‘ each insert


consecutive insertions 8 cents a word. Count


CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING


advertising department is established for the convenience of Michigan formers.

bring best results under classified headings.


at commercial rates.


ion, on orders for less than four insertions; for four or more

as a word each abbreviations. initial or number. No

display type or illustrations admitted. Remitunces must accompany 0


Try it for want ads and for adver-

Poultry advertising will be run in this department


rdsr.

accepted as classiﬁed. Minimu-


Live stock slvsrtlslno has a “III‘IIO department and is not

shares to words.


One Four Four WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES. Southern Georgia

10........80.80 8%.“! 88.24 farm lands. Write for complete information. Cham-

11........ .88 .64 6.48 ber Commerce, Quitman, Georgia.


11......" .98 I.“ 0.12


18......” I.“ 8.18 :;3 WANTED FARMS


1:222”... 1210 1:: 12“ WANTED—t0 hear from owner of farm or unimproved


1622222222 123:: an 1.58 land for sale. 0. Hawlcy. Baldwin, Zlﬁcll.


11......” 1.88 I.“ if:


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202 2'.2.. 1.80 no 8.84 ‘


21. . 1.88 I.“ 8.88 CULL BlaANchlean, dry $17 ton, f. o. b. Port


31. 1.76 I.” 9.11 Huron. 400 lbs. will produce 100 lbs, livc pork. The


23........ 1.84 I.” 9.35 greatest feed for producing milk. Ono ion dry culls


24......” 1.91 5.18 9.60 makes three tons after cooking. You get three tons


g5 ________ .00 0,00 9.84 cooked feed for the cost of one which, if fed pound

for pound, will out-milk the high-priced commercial


REAL ESTATE


FARM LAND—«We own 830 acres of .excellent farm

land surrounding an Agricultural H1gh_Sch.ool in

Northwest Florida thirty miles from beautiful Pensa-

cola. This land will produce several hundred dollars

at per acre on. one crop. and three crops per year

Fine weather summer and Winter. ac—

cessible to good markets. an ideal place to live. raise

chickens, fruit, pecans and garden truck. We are

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

ance payable monthly. We will cultivate it for the

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

with him. Write for our special contract and micr-

mation. Allentown Gardens Company. 902 Hoffman

Building. Detroit, Mich.


FARMING UNDER THE MOST FAVORABLE CON-

DITIONS—where winter never comes, where life is

worth living. with fruits. sunshine and ﬂowers only

found in California. making every day a joy. Vege—

tables of some kind grown every month in the year.

No cold or excessive heat to interfere with the growth

of your stolk in fattening season. Fair buildings.

plenty of water for irrigation at. all seasons: pure,

soft. domestic water, near good town with schools.

churches and all modern conveniences. l'a‘rt. in

alfalfa, fruits, etc., balance for double crop cultiva-

tion. 40 acres at. a sacrifice—money-maker from

Start. On terms that you can handle if you can land

on ranch with $3,000. Address Herman Janss, 219

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


are possible.


THERE IS WEALTH for the truck farmer in the

rich sliver-soil of Southeast Missouri and Northeast

Arkansas. The wonderful fertility of the sell. early

growing season and nearneSs of the great markets of

St. Louis and Memphis make water-melons, canta-

loupes, radishes. spinach. asparagus and potatoes

bring top prices on an early market. Soil that 18

without. equal in depth and fertility. mild winters,

abundant rain fall, excellent schools. hard surfaced

roads and prosperous growing communities, provide

most pleasant living conditions. Write for facts

Frisco Railway. 833 Frisco Bldg. St. Louis. Missouri.


COME TO CALIFORNIA—settle in Stanislaus County

——an Empire of Natural Wealth. where the land .owns

the water and power. Abundance .of water for irri—

gation and cheap electricity riﬂit on your farm—all

year crops: diversiﬁed fuming; close to good mar-

kets: wonderful climate: paved -: good sdxools:

land priced .low. for Free Booklet. Dept. B.

Stanislaus. County Development. Board. (County Chum:

ber of Commerce). Modesto. Calif.


!


dairy feeds. A wonder feed for hogs.

Speclal prices carlots. Order today.

Storage .3: Bean Co. Port Huron, Mich.


cows. sheep.

Port Huron


MATTRIJSSICS made any

Catalog free.


prices.

I'coriu, Ill.


. size, low factory

Peoria Bedding Company,


CHOICE EXTRACTED HONICYW5 lbs. $1.00 Dost-


paid. Homer Buzzard, Fenton, Mich.


ALL .WOOI. YARN for sale from manufacturer at

bargain. Samples free. H. A. Bartlett. Harmony.

. amc.


WANTEDwDair-y hay. clover. clover mixed and al-

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


PATENT ATTORNEYS


irumcthp

. Dan McAvoy,


TOULOUSE GANDICRS, $5,

Laingsburg, Mich.


geese $4.


JERSEY BLACK GIAN'i‘S-—-»—splcndid (lockorels. $5 to

$8 each. Elmvalc Farm, Tumor, Mich. '


TURKEYS


‘


FOR SALE—Pure Giant Mammoth Bronze turkeys.

vigorous. disease free. Mervyn Kcnncy. R. 2. Trav-

erse City. Mich.


EDGI'IWOOD GIANT BRONZE—large, hardy northern

turkeys. Best strains. Mrs. Edgar Case, Benzonia,

L l(‘ 1. .‘


I’URE-deICD MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS~

(\JIhalmpioél 7Strain. Earl & Merle Phelps, Dowaglac.

. 101., . .


FOR SALE—large White Holland turkeys.


toms $10.

hens $8.00. D. E. Dean, Holly, Mich, R. 3.


MAMMOTH BRONZE

sold. Mrs. Eugene


TURKEY TOMS—hens all

llamsdcll, Hanover, Mich.


TUIIKEYSaAIl


. breeds, strictly pure-bred. Special

DI‘ICBS.


Eastern Ohio Poultry Farm, Beallsville. Ohio.


MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS—Gold Bank St sin.

Unrelated stack. Mrs. Perry Stebbins. Sarsnac. ll ich.


PUlll‘l—Iiltldl) BOURBON RED TOMS, $10 and. $12.


Mrs. John Miller, New Lothrop, Mich.


RIIIIIG—BIUSD BOURBON RED TURKEYS. priced

right. ilocsom Kipp..- Constantino, Mich. ,


TURKEYS ~Bourbon Rods. hcns $8, toms $12. F.


.I. Chapman. Northvillc, Mich.


BABY CHICKS


WHITE LEGHORN (‘HH‘KS

males. records 200 to 29:5 eggs.

:thppcd anywhere (‘. O.


sired by pedigreed

Low prepaid prices.

I). and guaranteed.‘ Hatch-


}illg eggs. cockcruls. pullcts. hcns, egg-bred 27 years.

{Winners at 17 egg contests. Write for free catalog

and special price bulletin Goo. B. Ferris. 934


{Union Grand Rapids. Michigan.


ILARGE TYPE, Eng. \V. Leghorn Chix from our


PATENT SI‘JNSI‘IWVALUABLE BO0K——(free) for in .M. A. (' D. .,.. -

ventors seeking largest deserved proﬁts. Write Lacey I large type, 212.22.3222.25.121233».2222.23.5220022'Lov2mﬁcg 9:321:

& ‘Laccy, (:94 lush, Washington. D. C. Established $107.50 per 1000. Circular free. Model Poultry 'Farm.

1809. ‘Zecland, Mich. ll. 4.

PET STOCK BABY (HICKS—«Barred ROCKS and Rhoda Island

Beds, February Hatch each week. 319 a hundred...

EDGEWOOD KENNELS offer Reg. White Collie pup- Order direct from this ad or send for catalog. 100

pins from good working stock. Easily trained. Ray per {I‘m-2' 1“” delivery guaranteed. SW Farms’

Harmld, Gladwin, Mich. Assoeration. Kalamazoo. Michigan.


I’EDIGREED American Blue rabbits for sale. Ben

York, Portland. Mich.


CHOICE Registered Collie pups. Ideal Christmas

presents, Silvercrcst Kennels. Gladwin, Mich.


HUNDRED FOX AND WOLF HOUNDS. cheap. Cat—


alogue. Kaskaskennels, Herrick, 111.

scans AND NURSERY STOCK

FROST PROOF CABBAGE and Bermuda. Onion


Plants. Varieties: Copenhagen Market, Early Jersey

and\(.‘harlest.on Wakeﬁeld, Flat Dutch and Sumter;-

sion. Prices. parcel post. paid. 250, $1.00: 500, $1.50:

1,000. $2.50: express collect. $2.50 per thousand.

Nothing too small shipped. We guarantee to ship

size to please you. Agents wanted. Tifhon Plant

00., Tifton. Ga.


amen ranns 35.00 m 100 AND or. Apple

trees 81.50 per 100 and up. In large or small lots,

direct to planters by freight. parcel post. express.


HELP WANTED


WAN’I‘EDﬁ—l’ractical farmer with grown family for

modern frmt and dairy farm near Detroit. Onbr man

With successful record and who can make a farm

leay. consldcl'cd. Address Box 10. Michigan Farmer.

Detrort, Mich.


SITUATIONS WANTED


MARRIED MAN wants position on farm. H."

Kent. Tustin, Mich. L2


AGENTS WANTED

WANTED—Farmer or farmer ,son to sell staple 11110

Experience


of household necessities to rural trade.

unnecessary. We furnish capital. You furnish '

Good profits. If interested in business of your , '

write for particulars. McConnon a. Common-Dept.

D. Winona. Minn. - ’ ‘,£.‘;X


AGENTS—Our New Household Cleaning Devi,


mums-many swnnr,'cwvn1i-cmp smaller",

I Wampum go up. . Gertie . .


_ sure Con "

Station. Fargo, North'Dakota. Co—operative 011mg?”


one dollar per '


erels. ('. W. Browning, Portland, Mich.

PEAFOWL—i’hcasants, Bantams. Pigeons, free cir-

cular. John Hass. Bettendort‘, Iowa.


CHOICE WHITE ROCK COCKIGRIHS from prize


by the obsesss. .

' . “edgout daily with aﬁve per, centi


(


Plums. poem. cherries. grapes. nuts. berries. pecans.

slog . mOrnamental"litmus. vinsivsnd shnclas. gm 3?


«4: ans. ennessee “new .

C around. Tenn. 2 ex _


es and dries windows. weeps. clsuu walls. " , ‘


mops. Costs less their rooms. 'Over 'h’alf "


mite. Harper Brush Works. 113 3rd St... 31' ’

.,‘. v 2 , I


I


F smonanN-_r—2oo- Imus-nan:

will; beet farm-faced b ms. Also house and

.lotiygllggll. 39526"! Mt. 12AM ., . Mich. ‘


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energetic orcresol. Your con-

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Balance Monthly


James M. Walsh, Pres.


’ nomical to buy. Write today for my

harness you would like to try.


Examine your old harness—see where

buckle tongues have torn straps, where

ring friction has worn straps. Then let

me send you without cost or obligation a

Walsh No-Buckle Harness—see with your

own eyes, by using it on your own team,

why Walsh is the world’s greatest harness


Three Times Stronger


Buckles weaken and tear straps. By actual test in

steel testing machine, a Walsh l%-inch breeching

strap holds over llOOlbs. The same strap Wltll

buckle will break at the buckle at about 360 lbs.

pull. Ordinary harness has 68

buckles. Walsh


D thirty days on your own team. Use it as if it were your own—give it every '


A ay fair test you can think of. If it doesn’t sell itself to you after 30 days’ good, AdJuStable

, 1 M Al L hard workout, don’t keep it—just slip it in the box and return it at my expense. Horse Collar

James M. Walsh ‘ i 4 i I A wonderful

mead...“ ’ -‘ - 1 C0 u P"n -$ After 30 Days’ FREE TRIAL no”? Celia;

WALSH HARNESS CO. - -1 ~ ‘. NOW ForMy Balance in easy monthly installments. Otherwise return it at my ex- hofszngghgﬁm-s:


435 Grand Ave., Dept. 432' ‘ .. i ‘ pense. Pay cash after trial if you wish. My guarantee protects you. Write to— loses or puts on


Milwaukee. Wisconsin


Send me free of charge, Walsh

Harness and Collar Book, Free trial

offer, and liberal terms on Walsh Harness.


or l’ost Card NOW! Iii ‘


0 After 5

9—FREZE TRIAYI.


big Free Book and select the style.


value. This. remarkable harness revo—

lutionized the harness industry. In ten

years it has won. recognized world leader—

ship. Thousand of farmers in every state,

in Canada, and even in foreign countries


use and praise the Walsh No—Buckle


Made in all Stylu-

Breochin Ion, Side

Backer, press, ole.


Manama/w


Why put up with

this when you can

geta Walsh, which

has no buckles-no

rings.


0 a 7 ..

W11! .5 I You i W... »

a Walsh harness for a 30 days’ free trial on your own farm, on

your own team. See for yourself that Walsh N o-Buckle Harness

is stronger, handsomer, better fitting, handier in every way than

any'other harness. Lasts so much longer that it is far more eco-


\


The wag-Lsrrﬁmi

oBuckles—' 1


\‘ ~NoRings


damn/2: ‘

' ind 05%

3 WI“ ' l


Harness.


Than Buckle Harness


Harness has no buckles—easy to see why Walsh

is three times stronger. Rings wear straps in two

causing early repairs. Ordinary harness has 275

places where there is ring friction. Walsh Har-

ness has no rings. Walsh leather is given the most

rigid inspection test known in the harnessindustry.

Only the back, the choicest part of the hide is used.


They Come Back for More


I am well pleased with my har-

ness and am ordering two pair

more exactly like the one I have.

Please ship these harnesses as

quickly as possible. Enclosed

you will ﬁnd check in payment

of my harness. Yours truly.


D. F. CONNORS.

Freda, North Dakota


I am sending my order for

another set of your harness. I

bought a set from you a year ago

and am well pleased with them.

I intend using nothing but

Walsh from now on.


C. H. STAMM, R. F. D. No. 2.

Millimont. Pa.


process, explained in my free book.


Costs Less-Lasts Twice


your neighbors.


htamﬁ


may-Vogue.“ like 'n-k h‘idur.

M . . houleda ﬁsh n t

hounds-Illa" ”sawmill-m


It is selected Northern Steer Hide, tanned by a special six months’


The Walsh saves costly repairs and breakdowns. No stubborn

buckles to bother with when winter cold bites the ﬁngers and straps

are stiff:- ~Walsh patented adjustable strap holders do away with


buckles and ringstand the harder the pull, the tighter they hold.


Easily Adjusted to Fit Any Horse


In ten minutes you can adjust a Walsh to ﬁt any horse or mule like

aglove. It’s a comfortable harness, a handy harness, a handsome

harness and it stays that way. Made in ten styles—Breechin less, l


Express, Side Backer, etc. All pictured and described in my free ook.


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day. F ill-out and mail the coupon. The free book explains eve thing including

my user-agent plan whereby you can earn money showrng \ alsh Harness to .


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. 435 GRAND AVENUE, DEPT. 432. MILWAUKEE, WIS.


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