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A engine lubrication of prominent passenger

rents are specified below. ‘

lThe grades of Gargoyle Mobiloil, indicated be-'

low. are Mobiloil “E," Mobiloil Arctic (“Arc"),

Mobiloil “A," Mobiloil “BB," and Mobiloil“3."‘

Follow winter recommendations when tempera—

tures from 32' F (freezing) to 0' F (zero) prevail.

Below zero use Gargoyle Mobiloil Arctic (except

Ford Cars, use Gargoyle Mobiloil "E").



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says a prominent farm paper discussing the substitution





of rye for Wheat as an ingredient in mixed poultry feed.

”It looks so much like Wheat that it is oftena tempts:

tion to try it on poultry. Hens do not like rye until

starved into eating it, and as plenty of feed is required





1 by hens that lay many eggs Min '2': ”'0 crummy infecting





them to eat a grain they dislike." ~





like Mobiloil— but





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like Mobiloil. They accept ”just oil" and forget that .





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than Mobiloil lubrication they get less than Mobiloil

protection against wean—repairs, over-heating, and car-

bon troubles. The correct grade of Mobiloil often. cuts

oil consumption from 10% to 50%—eproving the‘chcap—

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Mobiloil is the favorite oil in Canada, Norway, and

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historic dash to the North Pole—the outstanding cold-

We‘ather‘lubricating job of all time.





The 41 Mobiloil‘ Engineers have studied the cold-

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and other farm engines. Their—Winter recommendations

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VERYB'ODY in his .community

knows him as Floyd, not because

he was born and raised. on the

farm he is now operating, but because

he is the kind you would call Floyd





instead of Mr. Barden.‘





Floyd, who is working the Barden

homestead, nine miles north of South

Haven, and about'a mile east of old

Lake Michigan, is an unassuming and

conServatively aggressive type of

young man. He first showed the stuff

he was niade of when he went to Mich-

igan State College against his father’s

wishes, for at that time his father was

not won over to what one calls scien-

tific agriculture. He not only went to

college, but was“ one of its honor stu-

dents and became one of the college’s

outstanding orators. After Floyd’s

graduation in 1908, his father express-

ed his-pride in his son, and his own

conversion to modern farming.



Floyd’s heritage -is an agricultural

one, or rather, a horticultural one.

Back in 1854, his grandfather brought

his family during the winter from New

York state to a shack not over a half

mile, from the present Barden farm.

”His shack was surrounded by a wheat





, field “and in spring the owner of the





wheat field would not let grandfather

and histamily move out because it

would Spoil his wheat. -- « .

In due time grandfather acquired

considerable acreage, of which Floyd’s

father got a 120-acre farm, with one

of the finest locations for' growing

peaches in Michigan. This farm sets

on a fine elevation which gives it full

advantage of the lake winds, and the

land slopes from it in all directions,

thus giving it ideal air drainage. It is

the peak farm of its community from

an agricultural as well as topograph-

ical standpoint. Its gravelly loam soil

is ideal for peach growing, and the

peach crOp is as certain on the Bar-

den farm as apples are elsewhere.



After making such a good showing

at college, Floyd” did contrary to what

most boys would do; he went back to

the farm, perhaps because he knew

the home“ farm offered opportunities





, 0R months the air has been

charged with discussion of the

present problems facing American



.farmers. Solutions have'been legion.

Very few~have thought the problem

through to its ultimate .solution, still

fewer have had the courage to set out

frankly, what seems to be th-evmost

sensible remedies and an almost neg-

ligiblej'few have envisioned the future





hold in” store, and how that trend ap-





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akes Success. in Fruit Growing





Master Farmer Returns to Farm After Completing C 0





By Frank A. Wilken





that were “worth coming back to.





The farm, which has been in the





family for over seventy years now,

consists of 162 acres. Twenty are oc-

cupied by a fine woodlot,.and seventy

in.orchard.’ The orchard is mainly of

peaches,’ but there is also a fine block

of apples, which is interplanted with

peaches. The apple varieties are set

forty feet apart, and will be in good





 





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ing the growing season to eliminate

the black spots on the peaches to

which the cannersobject so seriously.

The apple orchards are sprayed with

the standard lime-sulphur and arsenate

of lead at the regular time advocated

in the college spray bulletin. ‘Each

year for seven years, part of the apple

orchard has been dusted and just as

good results have been obtained as





 





 





A Fine Lot of Elbertas in





hearing when the peach orchards are

past their prime.



The orchards are handled in a mod—

ern way.in every respect. They are

disked in spring, cultivated until the

latter part of July, and then seeded to

a cover crop of oats and clover. Am-

monium sulphate is used each year as

a nitrogenous fertilizer. About two

pounds is put around each tree early

in spring. This not only proves bene—

ficial to the trees, but helps in getting

a good stand of cover crop. The rea-

son the Barden trees have “passed

through so many hard winters is that

they are allowed to harden up thor-

oughly. This is ,done by quitting cul-

tivation late in July and then sowing

a cover crop. _



The trees are thoroughly dusted dur-





the Barden Packing House.

with the liquid spray. Thinning is con-

sidered as essential as the other or-

chard practices and help to make Bar-

den fruit so large and attractive.

There have been very few years that

Barden has not had a profitable crop

of peaches. This past season has prob-

ably been as near unprofitable as any

because of the slump in the peach

market. Usually the Bardens do not

have to seek a market for their fruit.

They are generally the first to con-

tract their crop, and at very good pric-

es.

ship by boat from Glen, which is just

a few miles from the farm. But lately

the canners at Holland and other near-

by places have contracted for a large

part of the fruit. The past season no

contract was made, but much of the





By I. J. Mathews





farm problems. Fully 99.44 per cent

of the audible discussion has been

from those who have had little oppor-

tunity to know whereof they speak. It

is impossible for anyone to realize the

conditions like the feIIOW'who bucks

right up into them. It is one thing to

pity the poor farmer and his family,

that has to go without the conven-

iences WhiCh life in town affords, but





or that family that must do without

the jereature comforts they once en-

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' ~ The basic .‘trehble tat- agriculture





M has ramshtereaasmoe 1.9191920. has

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income. The income would not stretch

to cover taxes, interest, insurance,

family running expenses, and educate

the children and leave anything with

which _to add occasional conveniences

to the home. To be blunt, the things

which the farmer had to, buy were

higher priced in proportion than the

products that he_had to sell. That is

the whole story in a hickory nut 'shell

and it has been a very mulish thing

to explain, much less endure.





This condi’tipn seems to ‘me to be

aggraVated by several factors, each

small in ,Vitself, but all together, of

great importance. ‘ . .



Failure of tax and interest charges





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fruit was taken by truckers. In fact.

the trucker is getting to be quite a

t‘aCtor in the disposal of the fruit

around South Haven.



A peculiar condition existed in the

peach market last season. The fruit

of the main crop ripened suddenly—-

almost over night, and no one seemed

to want peaches. But after a great

part of the crop was disposed of at

ruinous prices, people were seeking

peaches and were willing to pay fair

prices for them.



Since Floyd has left college, he has

written two bulletins on peach grow-

ing which the experiment station dis—

tributed. The Barden farm also al-

ways has been open to the college for

experimental work. Fertilizer and cov-

er crop tests have frequently been

tried there, and recently a polleniza—

tion test of varieties of peaches have

given results of great value to peach

growers. This test was mainly with

reference to the J. H. Hale peach.



This very good variety had the habit

in Michigan of not bearing very well,

although it blossomed fully. The pol-

lenization test, directed by Professor

Gardner, of Michigan State College,

revealed that the Hale was self-sterile

and needed either the South Haven or

Elberta peach for pollenizer. As the

result of this discovery, the standard

recommendation for a commercial or-~

chard is a block containing the three

varieties: Elberta, J. H. Hale and

South ’Haven, all of which are fine

market varieties.



Besides the orchard, the Barden

farm has a herd of seven pure-bred

and high-grade Jersey cows, and sev-

eral head of young stock. The cows,

the hogs, and the three horses use up

the feed grown on sixty acres of farm

land. Some very fine alfalfa occupies

part of the acreage.



This, like most of the successful

farms in the state, is a power farm.

Besides the three horses, there is a

tractor, and three gasoline engines to

help in the work. There are also three

autos and a truck on the farm 'which



(Continued on page 97).





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+ Some " Agricultural. Problems





T ée Sign P0513 of What’s 14 head in American Agriculture





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to adjust themselves to the reduced

farm income bulks large at the base

of the trouble. For instance," where

we live, it took 12.4 per cent of the

net rent to pay taxes, in 1920, it took

23.9 per cent; in 1921, 41.5 per cent; .





 

   

   

   

   

 





 





in 1922, 47.1 per cent, and in 1923,

39.6 per cent of the net rent had to

go for taxes. There has been some

falling off since 1923.



State and local governments scrimp-

ed, if they can ever be said to scrimp,

during the years of" the'war. When

the conflict was over, and it seemed

that high incomes and good prices. 1

were permanently high, goverhment’ ‘-

units of all denominations set out to. “

make belated improvements. Much,

this occurred, in 1919 and 1920. T‘



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VOLUME CLXVIII NUMBER FOUR





DETROIT, JAN;_22, 1927





CUR RENT COMMENT





T the recent an-

nual session of the

citizens’ committee

for law observance

and enforcement held

a t Washington, a

statement waS‘submitted to President

Coolidge in which was expressed the

conviction that the continued well-be-

ing of the United States is vitally re-

lated to the spirit of loyalty to the or-

derly and constitutional processes of

government.



President Coolidge replied to the

committee in the following character-

istic language: “It is scarcely too

much to say that all our rights, our

liberty and life itself are dependent

for protection on public law. If it fails

to be enforced, government itself fails.

If it fails: to be observed, the very

foundation on which selfegovernment

rests is weakened and destroyed. Ev-

ery first-class government makes an



' honest and intelligent effort to enforce

the law, and the standards of citizen-

ship are very much lowered when

there is any general failure to observe

the law.”



No one will question the position of

the President on this vital matter. In

a government like ours, every citizen

has a responsibility in promoting un-

selfish laws that the public will re-

spect, and in selecting men who will

enforce those laws. The citizen also

needs moral courage to discounte-

nance the loose and disloyal talk of

the thoughtless and the law violator.





Urges

Law En-





F orcement





LREADY a few

farmers have laid

out, a definite field

program for the com-

ing crop season. The

, majority, however,

, hm scarcely given the matter any

, thought. liming the next few weeks

ge’very Michigan farmer should careful-





Field

. Plans

~ For 1927





aims should he in mind, He should

for instance, not expand the acreage

of staple crops of which America.

grows a surpluas. A readjustment of





crops to America’ s wants is the great





agricultural need of the hour. The

more closely our production is suited

to our consumption, the larger will he

the agricultural income and the better

will consumers be served. -Michigan

farmers can aid in the solution of this

national problem.



Fariners should also give attention

to their home markets. This means,

first of all, the feeding of the home

family and the production, where eco

nomical to do so, of crops needed in

the immediate community. The wants

of the nearby cities also furnish the

farmer- opportunities, especially with

our better roads. The city dealers will

go elsewhere unless nearby farmers

produce What is wanted. So, the man

on the soil must take the initiative.





Gradually these city markets can be-





captured by careful planning and co-

operation



Again, farmers should everlastingly

seek to cut production costs. The big

source of crop expense is cultivating

large areas for small harvests. Suc-

cessful farmers reduce the acreage

and improve the soil. They grow their

required volume of better quality with

less plowing and harrowing, less seed

and cultivation, less harvesting, and

other work. This reduced labor great-

ly increases profits.





HE growing of let-

An Adver-

tising Op-

portanity





has been quite a

thriving business in

this state, especially

in the territory

around Grand Rapids. But lately the

western outdoor growers have been

cutting in. on the market with their

head

seems to prefer.



The agricultural college took the

matter in hand, and Dr. John Crist, in

charge of greenhouse work, conducted

a feeding test which may help the hot-

house growers considerably. Some

rats were fed the greenhouse leaf let-

tuce, and others with the ordinary

head lettuce. The rats eating leaf let-

tuce in conjunction with a diet lacking

vitamin A did very well, while those

being fed head lettuce with the same

kind of diet failed considerably. This

demonstrated that the green leaf let—

tuce was much richer in vitamin A

than head lettuce, and therefore more

desirable.



If this fact is advertised, it may go

a. long way toward restoring the green-

house business to its former status,

because people nowadays are much

more anxious to eat things that are

good for them than useless foods. This

is because .. education in food values

has convinced people that health can

be maintained or restored ’best

through the selection of a. proper diet.



There is a real opportunity for our

agriculture in these studies of food

value if the results are made known

to the consumers.





EARLY everyone



has had the expe-

rience of being disap-

pointed in textile pur-

chases. In spite of

the simple tests for

determining when Iine‘n is all linen,

woolens are all ‘wool and‘ a. yard

wide," and the appearance of cotton

and silk, too many times we are dis-

appointed with the wearability of the

material we purchase.

* Recently textile and clothingmpecial-

ists interested themselves in this con-

sumers’ problem and have instigated,

valuable research work along this line.





Know

What You

Buy





They chose sheeting as a basis or; their





experiments. It is the consensus of;





opinion that mam acidity and m





*1: check the needs of every crop somewhat are as were most desired chase

, acteristios in this material Severn L;





to the end that the wisest crop-





tuce in hothouses '





lettuce, which the consumer,





cents per yard, rated first by? consume ego

ers, received fourth place- in laboratory .





tests. Another piece costing thirty-six

cents per yard was rated first in- the

laboratory and fourth by consumers.

Still another piece at forty-four cents

per yard was rated third by consum-

ers, but seventh in laboratory tests.

All of which goes to prove that the

consumer has no definite knowledge of

grades or qualities of material at the

time of purchase.



The results of these experiments

have been placed before the chief of

the division of simplified practice at

Washington, D. C., with the hope that

some plan may be worked out with

the producers by which sheeting and

other materials can be graded in such

a. way that the consumer will have a

definite knowledge of their qualities.





But to put the movement across

needs the impetus of a large group of

interested people. All women, and

particularly rural women, ‘want to

know what they are buying. _ In this

matter they have the opportunity to

do their hit to help solve their own

problem by urging their congressmen

to support the Truth-in-Fabric bill and,

also, by pressing the matter before

their farm organization or clothing

club.





T is a common hu-



man trait to ideal-

ize and idolize. This

has been taken advan-

tage of from a com-

mercial standpoint

through the use of efi‘icient press agent

work. Thus certain individuals of un-

usual accomplishments along their re-

spective lines have become the idols

of the people. These idols exist most

frequently in those lines of activities

in which gate receipts or box office

receipts are a great factor. Conse-

quently, we have a. large number of

movie and base ball stars.





The past few months have been very

prolific in the falling of some of these

idols. The betting scandal in baseball

seriously involved some of the best

known players in the professional

game, and just lately the world’s most

famous comedian and his domestic

troubles have made real first— page

stuff for the newspapers.





These idols lack perfection, as we

ordinary individuals do, and have their

share of troubles. They are what they

are because of the fickleness of the

human make-up. Because a man can

hat a ball better than others, or be-

cause he can act ridiculous, adds noth-

ing to the well-being of the world.





Those who toil should not begrudge

the “stars” their place, fGr content-

ment is more often found in the ordi-

nary walks of life. Perhaps when the»

millennium comes those who do

worthy things will gain greater recog-

nition, and those who neither spin nor

toil will receive less. But in the final

analysis, public applause is an empty

thing as compared to the inward cone

tentment which comes from having

done well the duties which life has

brought.





The

Fallen

Idols





HERE is, appar-

ently, a definite

trend toward the

farm on the part of

country people who

left the farm during





Trend

TowarH

Farm





the depression.

real estate survey conducted by the

National Association of Real Estate

Boa1 ds which based its findings on re-

p0rts from 12? rural sections.



This survey indicates that the prin-

ciple reason for the increase in farm

real estate activity is that wab gen-



be! '





This is shown by, a...

age again





6119 good indication is that the side





or farms on the’bash basis has morons . 6





ed considerably in‘ many cemmuniitiés.

Quite a few sections report that the

movement toward town which has pre-

veiled during the past few years has

reached its climax, and in some Sec-

tions the back-tO-land migration is al-

ready equal to that towand urban com-

munities.



This nationwide ’survey, which men-

tions the north central section as be-

ing one of the most active in farm land

sales, brings further _ substantiation

that the. tide has turned toward the

betth for agriculture. The fact that

farm land inquiries are increasing, will

lead many farmers who have been try—

ing to sell during the past few years,

to let go of their farms. From an in-

vestment standpoint that is not consid-

ered wise, as indications are that val-

ues will increase, and to sell now will!





'mean that the faim was diSposed of at:





a. near-bottom price. The man who

buys will be thegainer in’ the increase

in land values, not the seller who has

stood the stress and strain of the re- -

cent depression.





Oéremation





HY has been so busy “getting start-



ed” during the past few weeks

that he is all tiied out. He is snooz-

ing by the fire now, when he ought to

be out in the work shop repairing har-

nesses, especially as he thinks of get-

ting a tractor.



Well, I think he will need to repair

harnesses, as I need a coat this spring

more than he needs a tractor. I have

been looking at the style books lately

and there’s a coat in one of them 1"

like very much. At least, it certainly

looks good on the young lady in the

picture. But'whether it will look good



on me is anothm

question.



They always

make illustrations

look so nice, and

the descriptions

read so well. In

fact, the. descrip-

tions are such

that it is hard to

tell' which coat



you want. A twenty dolla‘r coat reads

as good as a fifty dollar one but, of

course, it isn’t. Still, some folks say

that there are some people that do not

think a thing is any good unless they

pay a good price for it——the price is

the only way in which they can do- .

termine the quality. And I understand

the merchants know this, so for that

class of folks, they at least make the

price attractive. . .



Of course, farmers’ wives do not

have such“ ideas. If they ever had

them, they lose them in trying to make

the egg money buy everything for the

family. I know that, for myself, I will

have to give more consideration to the

twenty dollar coat than the fifty dollar

one. There is one in the catalog for.

$27. 50 that looks nice, and I just won.

der if it will look good on me.



All these catalogs show the young,

beautiful unmarried woman, as if“ she

was the ideal of womanhood. There

may be more truth than poetry in that

as,_ after you get married you lose

some of your ideals and get some .

ideas. Undoubtedly there are many

married women who wish that they

were back at the unmarried stage and.

How different we would

do if we could only do it all over. It ‘

might be different, but perhaps not

any better. We would marry one of

our ideals, and soon after find again -





thathealsowaslostanorfinary man.';'





My observations lead me so We:

31:606th recession
' of the natives.

‘ clover and alfalfa in Our county down





 





’V'E driven all over this sclroalledwj~ ~





“Cfeverland” of the Upper Penin-

» s-ula of Michigan, :but the only in-

dications of clever I have seen are the

green painted road signs carrying the

clover leaf emblem.”



The “Berry Picker” from south of

the Straits, touring the Upper Penin-

sula was unburdening himself to one

“We raise as much





below as they do in this whole Upper

Peninsula. Cloverland, Humph! These

folks up here are nearly all one hun-

dred percenters—one hundred per cent

timothy.



“But then, I can’t say as I blame





them ‘a lot, Considering the prices they





tell me they have been getting for

their timothy hay when they sell it to

the lumber camps and mining loca-

tions.



“What I can’t see though, is how

they are going to develo-p/ this dairy

business they, are shouting about now.

They talk about being the largest ter-

ritory in the country that has had an,





larea tuberculin test of their cattle;





they‘ boast of the big results from

their two pure-bred bull campaigns,

“and end up by claiming a larger pro

portion of their cows in cow testing

associations than any other similar

area.” ~

“Fine,” he went on, “you folks sure-

ly have absorbed a lot of dairy gospel,

and best of all, acted on it, but how

in blazes are you going to make those

cows pay' a profit when their only

roughage is timothy hay? All the suc~

cessful dairy regions I ever heard of

had some kind of legume hay as the

foundation of their winter feeding ra—

tion. This timothy hay—we call it

“suicide hay” down our .waye—it’s good

horse feed, but little better than straw

when fed to dairy cows. Seems to me





these folks had better change their.





slogan or else change the grass seed

in their drills. Better plant more 010-

ver or else soft pedal this Cloverland





. stuff.”





 





_And those who were listemng to the

old “Apple Knocker” from down south

of Grand Rapids had to agree there

was a lot of truth to what he was say-

ing. Of course, he exaggerated a lit-

tle, but for thatmatter, all of us do





'When we get emphatic.





The justice of’ the accusation, and

the real necessity of doing something

to provide legume hay for the growing

herds of dairy cows finally ended. with

avconference of a number of the local





How Legumes Are Rep/dang Timothy 172 Northern Micflzgmz

By W N .< Clark





to sow at least one field to clover or

alfalfa. /In the winter, meetings were

held in community centers throughout

the county, at which dairy specialists

from the Agricultural College told of

the value of legume hay ~asua dairy

feed, and farm crops specialists ex-

plained the steps necessary in order to

insure a good stand and large produc-

tion of clever or alfalfa.



Real cooperation was given the cam—

paign when the cooperative stores and





 





 





 





A Typical Upper Peninsula Clover Field.





leaders in Ontonagon county, and it

was decided to launch a county clover

and alfalfa campaign. The purpose

was to encourage, in every possible

way, the growing of more clover and

alfalfa and less timothy. Special stress

was made of the importance of prop-

erly fitting the soil, liming where the

land was sour, planting adapted seed,

and other factors, so as to secure a

heavy stand of the crop, and thus be

in‘ a position to harvest more and bet-

ter hay from fewer acres.



Every farmer in the county was urg-

ed to sign an agreement indicating his

interest in the campaign, and pledging





the seEd‘ dealers of the county agreed

to handle at cost prices clover and

alfalfa seed recommended by the col-

lege authorities. Only native, northern

grown clover seed was carried in

stock, while with alfalfa the choice

was about equally divided between cer-

tified Grimm and Ontario variegated.

The Ontonagon Bankers’ Association

recognized the importance of the pro-

ject, for they realized the financial

drain on the dairy industry represent~

ed in the annual purchase and impor-

tation into the county of high protein

feeds like linseed oil meal and cotton-

seed meal to make up for the shortage





 





of protein in the timothy bay. The";

bankers wanted to help in a definite”

way, and so decided to offer cash prizk

es to the‘farmers who secured the?“

best new seedings of clover and al_—-

falfa



The county was divided into four

districts, with separate prizes for the

best fields of clover and alfalfa in

each district. There were also sweep-

stake prizes for the best clover field

and best alfalfa field in the county.



For alfalfa it was found necessary

on many farms to apply lime before

the .seed was planted. In the village

of Ontonagon.a new $2,000,000 paper

mill had just started operations, and

the refuse lime from this factory was

found a nearly ideal material for treat-

ing soil acidity. The officials of the

plant offered to supply the refuse lime

to the farmers free of charge.





Not to be outdone by the paper mill,

the large sawmills located at Berg-

land, Ewen, Trout Creek, and Calder-

wood, offered to supply wood ashes to

the farmers on the same basis~they

had only to come and get it. These

wood» ashes carry a considerable

amount of potash as well as lime, so

their fertilizing value proved an extra

inducement to the farmers.





But I suppose you are wondering

what was accomplished in the cam-

paign. Did the farmers still plant tim-

othy seed because it was cheaper than

clever or alfalfa seed—~and also be-

cause it would produce crops of hay,

on this heavy clay soil, for eight to

fifteen years without replowing and

reseeding?



Yes, some of them did. But 100

farmers tried out alfalfa, and at least

seventy-five of them never grew it be-

fore. More clover was sown than in

any previous year in the history of

the county. Over 500 tons of waste

lime were hauled from the pulp mill at

Ontonagon, and nearly as many tons

of wood ashes were obtained from the

local saw mills.



(Continued on page 94).





Metal Roofs Reduce Fire Hazards

Afford Protebfl'on From Fire From Varz'ou 5 Cause:





'1‘ is generally accepted that of the ble, a distinction shared by no other





fire hazards to which farm build-



ings are exposed, and which may

be classified as external in nature,

lightning is the most important, with

wind-borne burning brands occupying

second place. Of less importance are

”the hazards of fire communication by

radiation from adjacent fires, and com-

munication with other fires by con-

necting" links of combustible materials.

Causes of fire which may be classified

as internal in origin will ‘not be con-

sidered here, as they are seldom, if

ever, influenced by the materials and

construction of roofs.





When a building is roofed with met-

al sheets in electriCaI communication

with one another, and the roof as a





equate in carrying capacity, and with





' whole is connected by a conductor. ad— ’





,jOints' of permanently low resistance " ’

‘ to a good earth contact, such a roof





“‘2'





constitutes an effective electrostatic





shield over the entire top of a build-

ing, and there is reason to believe that

it constitutes the most effective light-





hing protectiongiow available and eco '





ordinary construction.





nominally practicable tor buiidings of --





roofing material of comparable cost.

It may be pointed out further that a

sheet metal roof properly applied has

no cracks or crevices through which

sparks may be driven by the wind.





As regards the capacity of sheet





metal reoflng in protecting underlying

wood from ignition by heat radiated

from adjacent fires, it would be easy

to get into a theoretical discussion of

the relative parts played by reflection,

convection, conduction, and reradiation





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from both inner and outer surfaces.

Recent tests of the United States Bu-

reau of Standards of sheet metal clad

buildings of the garage type indicate

that sheet metal gives unusual protec-

tion. In one case a sheet steel wall

was placed *two feet from the garage

being tested.. Oil-soaked waste hung

on the inside of this sheet steel wall

did not even smoulder. This would in-

dicate that sheet metal has a relative—

ly high value in protecting underlying

wood from ignition temperatures.





 





 





 

 





 

 

 





 





Another element entering into the

sum total of the influence of-roofing

on farmstead fire hazards is the ex-

tent, if any, to which a roof can con-

fine a fire, regardless of its origin, to

the building in which it starts and re

duce the hazard to adjacent buildings. .

In this respect sheet steel and iron.

are in a. class by themselves. Not

only are they completely incombustilp

ble, but they are infusible, non-fragile,

and capable of retaining to a consider-

able degree their mechanical strength

at the highest temperatures encounter-

ed in an ordinary building fire. 'As

contrasted with the shower of sparks

and embers, and the increased inten-

sity of burning which commonly occur

when a combustible roof collapses, a

sheet metal roof,‘particularly if of the"

locked seam type, tends to hold to-

gether and act as a blanket, both be-‘

fore and after it falls, a characteristic

shared in a similar degree by no other

practicable building material.



In conclusion, it may be said that

the combination of lightning "protec-

tion, spark or ember resistance, resist-

ance to radiant heat, and a relatively

high ability to resist the spread of use?

within should be given due weight,
State cpmw





By Our Laming Correspéndén't





" IGHWAY finance, that knotty

‘ problem which has furrowed the

brows and whitened the hair of

members of recent Michigan legisla-

, tures, forced itself upon the attention

of the 1927 lawmakers during the past

week. ‘



The two most troublesome question's

seem to be howto raise the money for

highway construction and mainte»

nance, and how to divide it between

the state and the counties.





Representative Fred R. Ming, of Che-

boygan, has introduced two companion

bills embodying his ideas as to how

our present laws on this subject might

be revised. One bill would raise the

gas tax from two cents to three cents

per gallon; the other measure would

amend the present automobile license

law. The weight tax on passenger

vehicles would be reduced from fifty-

five cents per hundred pounds, to

forty-five cents, and on trucks up to

2,500 pounds, from sixty-five cents to

fifty-five cents. On trucks in the heav-

ier classes the rates would be some—

what higher than at present.



Another important provision of this

bill would give the counties half of the

weight tax revenue, instead of an even

$6,000,000 as at present. It is estimat-

ed by Representative Ming that fifty

per cent of the weight tax revenues

would amount to $9,000,000, an in-

crease of $3,000,000 over what they

now receive. It is estimated that by

taxing gas one cent more than at pres-

ent, $5,000,000 01' $6,000,000 additional

funds would be raised.





A good many representatives were

elected on platforms favoring an in-

creased gas tax with no annual Iicenso

tax. However, such veteran legislat-

ors as Representative Ming are show-

ing these men, by the use of cold fig-

ures, that such an arrangement would

require either a gas tax of seven or

eight cents per gallon, or would mean

heavier taxes on general property for

highway purposes.





Representative Ming points out that

twelve states not only have a gas, tax

and a license tax, but place automo-

biles on the tax rolls and assess them

the same as other forms of personal

property. Mr. Ming declares that to

lower the taxes on motorists means

that farmers would have to bear a big-

ger burden than at present.



=ll * *





There is considerable interest

around the Capitol as to what will be

uncovered by the thorough audit of

the books of the state, which was be-

gun last week by auditors of the firm

of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Com-

pany, of Detroit, in compliance with

the request of Governor Green and the

order of "the state administrative board.

It will be the aim of this audit to de—

termine the actual amount of cash on

hand in the several funds, the state’s

total assets and its obligations.



* :i: *





Echoes of the McNary-Haugen bat-

tle now raging at Washington were

heard in the state Senate last Thurs-

day when Senator Peter Lennon, of

Genesee county, introduced a resolu-

tion calling attention to the distressed

condition of agriculture and urging fav-

orable action on the McNary-Haugen

bill. The resolution was referred to

the Senate Agricultural Committee

' and it will be interesting to see what

'_ action will be taken along this line.



It III =I=





A resolution recommending to Con-





gress the passage of an act to prohibit»

"-fthbtshipnent of pistols and ammuni-

in “United States mails was offer.-

as, us that House by Representative

W=E,Mmer, of Detroit The res-

“ , Miami that “The unlawful





ems ,





W and small firearins,and “ ._





 





tent that it has become the foremost

menace to the life and safety of our





citizens.”





all I)! 1!





Representative Palmer also proposed

an amendment to the constitution of '

the state which would make the term

of governor and lieutenant-governor

four years instead of two years, as at

present. A person would not be eligi-

ble for either office after more than

two consecutive terms. If this reso-

lution is passed by the Legislature, it

will be submitted to the voters of the

state in the fall of 1928, and if ratified

by them it will take effect beginning

with the officers chosen at the 1930





November election.

it: 1|:





The mythical fifth normal school

which has been givensuch wide pub-

licity, and regarding the location of

which some nineteen northern Michi-

gan cities have been rivals, bobbed up

again in the House when Representa-

tive Dennis G. Clancy, of Hillsdale,





3:





introduced a bill to repeal the law.





passed two years ago which provided

for the establishment of this institu-

tion and appropriated $300,000 for that

purpose. It was alleged that two years

ago this normal school was used as a

means to win votes of many up—state

members for administration measures.

It seemed impossible to satisfy all the

cities that wanted it, so the school

was never locatedfand now it is said

that there is no real need for it.

* alt il- '





Representative Ate Dykstra, Grand

Rapids, is sponsoring a constitutibnal

amendment to limit the legislative ses-

sion to ninety days, unless extension

is agreed to by two-thirds of the mem-

bers elect of each House. '





 





 





News of the week





 





 





It is rumored that a merger of Dodge

Brothers, Studebaker, and several oth-

er automobile manufacturers is being

formed to manufacture a cheap Ameri-

can automobile to flood the British

markets.





The churches of fifty-one nations, in-





cluding the United States, observed.





prayer week from January 2 to 9, due





‘ enty—flve‘





In recent rebellions in

four federal 'soldlers‘were killed. The.

government \says that the Catholics

have been incited to rebellion in six

different sections. _ , ‘



Secretary of State Kellogg said that

Latin America ‘and Mexico are bases

of red or communist activities against

the United States, While the Liberal

president of Nicaragua, John B. Sac-

asa, said that President Coolidge’s re-





"cent address was tantamount to a doc-





laration of war against their country

by the United‘States.



Commissioner of Base Ball, Land-is,

cleared/ all the Detroit and Chicago

base ball players of the charge that

they “fixed” a ball game in 1917. No

decision has been reached as to the

charges against Ty Cobb and Tris-

Speaker, the latter of the Cleveland

team. , .



The thirty million dollar tax suit

against forme stockholders of the

Ford Motor Company by the United

States government for back taxes on

the sale of their stock to Henry Ford,

is being held in Detroit at the Statler

Hotel.



The South Dakota legislature has in-

vited President Coolidge to spend his

1927 vacation in the Black Hills of

South Dakota.



Lieutenant George T. Cuddihy, of

our navy, flew over the Andes Moun-

tains in Argentine. This is the world’s

highest and most perilous mountain

range, and Mr. Cuddihy is the second,

to accomplish the feat. -



A big fire at Manila, Philippine Is-

lands, caused the destruction of 1,000

homes and- made 5,000 homeless.



Gus Comstock, of Fergus Falls,

Minnesota, won the cofiee drinking

championship of America by drinking

eighty-five cups in seven hours and

thirty minutes. He won back the cham—

pionship from H. A. Streety, of Texas,

who recently drank seventy-one cups.





The Mexican Foreign Minister, in a

statement replying to President Cool-

idge-’s message, said that Mexico had

no interest in plots against the gov-

ernment in Nicaragua.



The board of aldermen in New York

passed an ordinance prohibiting the

use of shingle roots in future building

construction.



The National Broadcasting Company,

of New York, which operates programs

in conjunction with radio stations

throughout the country, will spend $3,-

800,000 during the coming year on its

radio service, which will cost listeners-

in nothing. ‘





SHOULD GET PERMIT 'ro HUNT

ON FARMERS’ LAND.





 





Y farm is on the Shiawassee river

and there is good hunting. We

use woven wire fence with a. couple

of barb wires on top. The hunters





 





 





 





Radio Fan Learns of a New Broadcashhg Station





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

   

 

 





 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 

   





various fields,





‘ wwsmre. Meantime m ~





. 'Mexico, sev~ ‘_ _.

msumiflmfitfi and twenty? ., .





 

 





 





 

 





 





‘ res? sensed mfr" [stain ”





Season. 9..





‘ watching 2th pentagram" that 'the'sotck

does not " ”get through these holes onto ’1





the. neighbor’sland. .



,One morning after the tenant had

heard the report 9an gun in the corn-

field, he went toiniresugate ‘md. found

feathers and blood where "one of. our

turkeys had been shot, but the turkey

was gone. ' ' 3 . ‘



[A short while ago, a large elm tree

was fallen across a new wire fence

about mid-way of a ninety-rod stretch

and we were obliged to restate]: the

entire ninety rods. I never learned





I

!





'who did the hard work, or whether





they got the coon they were after. It

seems to me, that, a law should he





passed making it a misdemeanor to .





trespass on another person’s farm

without his consent—B. E. Cummins-

key, Livingston County.



at





WHY CALL 'lT CLQVERLAND?





 





(Continued from page 93).



The contest and cash prizes, spon-

sored by the County B'ankers’ Ascocia-

tion, brought out some keen competi~

tion. The new seedings were judged

by a committee made up of a local

banker and two farm crops specialists

from the College of Agriculture. While

the contest acted as an incentive to

the planting of legumes in place of

timothy, the biggest benefit came as a

by-product in the form of education as

to the factors necessary in order to

obtain a good stand of alfalfa or do

ver. When the judges examined. the

they invariably were

able to point out defects, and to ex~

plain their causes. On one farm, it

would be too little seed, On another,

insufficient, lime, lack of inoculation,

too heavy seeding of the nurse crop,

etc. Having these matters pointed out

to the farmers on their own fiel‘dscah-

not help having a beneficial- influenée

on: next season’s operations. -'



There is still a long way to go be-

fore enough clover and alfalfa hay are

raised in the county, so that it is un-

necessary to feed the cows timothy.

But the‘campaign has served a real

need by calling the attention of the '

farmers to the importance-of raising

the kind of hay that supplies DIZQtein,

and that will at the same time yield

a larger tonnage than 'timothy. Next

season a considerably increased acre-

age of clover and alfalfa hay ~will be

harvested, and already the men om

farms are talking of soWing still more





' clover and‘ alfalfa in the spring.





Those days are gone forever when





‘ the lumber camps will. absorb at big





prices, all the hay the settlers can





‘raise. Another market will have'to be





found, and a careful search fails to

locate a market anywhere near as good

as the old dairy cow right at home on

the farm. Old Bossy deesn’t ask to

have her hay baled, and instead of ’

hauling it to the market a heayy, bulky ‘





‘ productlike hay, the cream can car-





ries it in a. concentrated. form, is al—’

ways in demand, and usually brings a



satisfactory price. And finally, 5 the



cow leaves a large share of the hay



on the farm in the form of fertilizer. '

The dairy' business builds, up , the"

farms of the territOry, while the old



type of bay farming, as generalry prac—



ticed, was just plain soil robbing.



So if the fold gentleman from below

the Straits comes up north on a; trip.

next season he will see acme clovérin

Ontonagon county, hundreds of acres

of it, and a. lot of fields or alfaffa, just

as. thrifty and Just as lp’i‘oductiyie as’ ,
I .





 





 

 





 

 

   

 

 

 





 

 





of as t The receipt or

arse numbers of letters; jwhich told

of the display of the cominunity spirit

vh‘en some in the community were in

listress, is what has made me feel

:ertain about this ‘ ' >



I enjoyed reading all of these letters.

i‘his made it hard fer me to pick the

vinners, but with the aid of others I

lnally selected the following in the

)rder they appear. The prizes have

men sent them. —The Contest Man.





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Neighbors Rebuild H’ome.

' One cold Winter day two years. ago,

ire was discovered over the kitchen





. )f a comfortable farm residence two





and one-half miles from the nearest

village. In an unbelievably short time,

and in spite of a quick response of the

fire department and of willing neigh-





- bors, the home and the biggest share





of its contents lay a smoking ruin.





A dear old lady of eighty—four, and

three younger members of the home

faced desolation and—I was about to

say despair, but that word could never

be used concerning one with the cour-

age and faith of that little mother.





And did you say “community spirit?”

If ever that was truly exemplified, it

was then and there Shelter was

promptly offered by seve1al close

neighbors, and the nearest home about

a quarter of a mile distant was imme-

diately arranged for an extra and un-

expected family, some of the best

rooms in the house being cheerfully

offered, in fact, the whole house seem-

ed at their disposal. Provisions, bed-

ding, clothing, furniture, and cash be-

gan pburing in, almost ‘before the

stricken family could sense their great

loss, and the “community” extended

fer miles around—in fact, friends from

across the continent, from the north

and south and east and west, sent lov-

ing sympathy and~ material aid, just





, when such sympathy. and assistance





were so sorely needed.

, Church and Sunday School, Kings’

Daughters’ Organizations, separate in-





dividuals, all proved friends indeed,





and exemplified the spirit of the





' Master.





But the home was burned, the insur-

ance very meager, the family funds ex-

tremely low. Then one day came the

pastor and his wife, and revealed the

fact that they had quietly entered into

communication with Henry Ford con-

cerning somh of his property in their

little village, a certain “mill house”

which they thought to purchase and

move out to the farm for the stricken

family.



To make a long story short, even}

Henry Ford responded to the “com-

munity spirit” and was giving the

house free for the purpose asked.



It was afterward found more 'prac-

tlcable to tear it down and use the

available material, with some new for

thebuilding, but'the pastor and other

willing helpers .soon had it om the

ground. One of the most competent

contractors in- the community took the





' job, and just one month from the day





his gang began Work, (being followed

by quick work in interior decorating),

the family sang "Home Sweet Heme”

together” in the cozy little bungalow

0n the old foundation.



_ “Community, spirit?”‘ Yes, the spirit

of Him who~had said in years gone by,





.‘fit is more blessed to give than to





receive.”

I am writing ith‘is in the little bun-





‘t galow, and themes” little mother is

' , dill: with as in the house—the com-

by





i j: . day gh just tobring us a Christmas

‘ - libs. . h





2 than‘_"mbilt .soii died of consumption. Then in b





May, Mr. Haynes got ill with consump-

tion. He was taken to the sanitarium

at Ontonagon, where he had to stay

for six months. Then he died and

was buried by the county. '-





Now there was left only Mrs.

Haynes and two little boys of six and

eight years. They have a forty-acre

farm. But on the farm they had a

$2, 000 mortgage and about $1, 000

worth of other bills.



Well, first of all, the school teacher

and forty-six pupils gathered up a sum

of $24, which they gave for the benefit

of the family. The Cooperative‘Store

of, Mass gave $50 worth of groceries

for the family. Then Mr. Frank





-Uotila, of Mass, and Mr. Edward Hen-





rickson, of East Branch, and. Mr. John

Welsh, of Wainola, collected the sum

of $312 for the family.





Then, as it was spring, the, land

should have been plowed and planted,

but the family could not afford to do

it. So Mr. J. Kashi, of East Branch,

bought $50 worth of seeds..Then twen-

ty—five farmers set one nice day in

May to. go and help Mrs. Haynes.- It

was May 28 when all the farmers had

done their own planting, so now they

went to work on the Haynes’ farm.

There were twenty-five farmers and

ten teams of horses. They plowed,

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cut the wood and all.





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even during the winter, each farmer

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with her toils and troubles. ——-Mrs. Otto

Wesanen, Ontonagon County.





 





Christmas After All.





Just seven weeks ago .myself and

four little children took sick with the

dreadful disease of scarlet fever. Of

course, there .was no one left but my

husband to care for all five all down

at once. Of course, we were quaran-

tined in, as is everyone else who has

a contagious disease. We weren’t al-

lowed anything but broths from wild

game, and milk. The' neighbors would

go hunting and give us game to make

the broth from. After about four

weeks, when we all began to be able





‘ to be up again, our dear baby took a





relapse and in the course of four days

passed away. We felt very sad and

lonely, as the quarantine was still on

and no one dared. come in. We had

to lay baby away the next morning,

and when the undertaker came he

brought with. him a large bunch of

flowers for baby, of which all the

neighbors around here paid a portion

for, and two other bunches from an-

other couple of our friends. Of course,

the doctor’s bill was not a small mat-

ter, and the funeral expenses yet, too,

put us in a pretty hard row, and

we didn’t have any meney left for.

Christmas.





Wednesday before Christmas ladies





of the town had a Christmas entertain-





ment at the church, and they gave

each of our three children three gifts

apiece and a sack of pop corn and

candy“ Another friend sent them a.





picture book apiece, and a. treat still

another sent ' a drum, handkerchief,»

. and set of dishes. Another friend had





heard of our illness and death, and he

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I had a valuable dog. He was a reg-

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Some time ago, in answer to my in-

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weeds, you stated that Act 83 of 1919

repeals the former statute requiring

owners to cut their weeds. Did Act 83

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I have not been able to find any men-

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sor, or occupier of land to cut down

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other noxious weeds at least once in

each year before the first of July in

towns south of Range 16, and before

July 15 in towns north of Range 16.—

Rood. ‘ I





RAISE IN ASSE‘SSM ENTS.





May the Gleaners lawfully raise the

rate of assessment on Class A from

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for my wife and myself on $1,000 each,

quarterly? We have been Gleaners

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in the circular has been a common

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A small creek, the outlet of a lake,

flows along the side of the public high«

way. The township has kept this ditch

clean for forty years at least. The

present highway commissioner refuses

to clean this, and it overflows on my

crops and has done a great deal of

damage to my fields. The highway

commissioner had ditched mud holes

into this creek. A wagon load of sand

and gravel has been emptied into it.

A sluice has been put into it, and two

or three tile drains empty into it, but

do not work well. What may I do

about this ?—-I. N. B. _



There is no method known to us of

compelling the highway commissioner

to clean out the drain. A petition

should be circulated and delivered to

the county drain commissioner, peti-

tioning for the deepening and exten-

sion of. the drain; and if sufi‘lcient sup

port can be obtained for it, action

should be obtained.





 





WIDTH OF ROAD.





 





‘ Does the township highway commis-

s10ner have a right to remove a fence

from along the road, the fence having

stood there for thirty years? The road

is not a main road and there is a. ditch

from two to four feet deep between

the road and fence. The highway com-

missioner does not know whether this

is a three-rod or a four-rod road. If

it is a three—rod road, then the fence-

is in the right place. Who has a. rec~

0rd of the township roads? How may

I find out where this is a. three-rod 01'

a. four-rod road? How long a time

does a. person have to remove a fence

after receiving the notice?—Reader.





Title to land cannot be obtained

from the public by adverse possession.

The highway commissioner has the





right to\ remove» anything in the road ‘





which obstructs public travel. Roads

are laid .out by dedication, deed, and

condemnation. If by deed it should

be found in the register .of deed’s of-

fice. If by condemnation it would be

found in the records in the county

clerk’s offce.» If by dedication there is

no public record of it. No definite

time can be stated as the limit of time

in which to remove the fence—Rood.





— U'NDUE INFLUENCE.





 





My father owned eighty acres.’ He

is an old man and is not well.

he was at his son-i’n-law’s home, he

took/sick and while he‘was sick the

son-in-law got him to give them a war—

ranty deed on a forty. We children

feel that this is unfair, especially as

some of us have done much) more for

our father .than this son-in-law or his

wife, our sister. What~can be done

about this ?—M. H; S. ‘





If the father is of mental capacity

and voluntarily made the deed, neith-

erhe or any other person can avaid

it. If it is desired to avoid it for

fraud or undue influence,- Suit by the

father for doing so should bebronsht





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. conditions are not favorable for pick: '





‘Even' though this is known as a fruit





farm. it has its own silo filling ma.

chinery and corn husker. The silo-

filling equipment is handy to use when





ing fruit. Then the crew is kept in-

tact, busying itself at silo-filling work.



The Bardéns are firm believers in

keeping things in. shape. Fences and

everything are kept in good repair. A

good tool shed houses the equipment

When not in use. The manure from

the stables is put into a cement pit

and then hauled to .the fields. The ce-

ment pit holds the liquid manure as

well as the solid, which the Barden’s

believe essential, because the liquid

manure has as much value as the

solid.



‘Though this is a very busy farm,

Sunday rest is strictly enforced on it,

as the spiritual factors 'of life have

always been considered Superior to

the material ones. This fall an old

college friend of Floyd’s asked some-

one the directions to the farm, and





' was told that he would recognize the

place by the sign in front, “N-o Sunday"





Business.” This policy is particularly

significant as the farm is located right‘

in the resort region and could do a

good business on Sunday.



The home stands in a. very sightly

place. It is on high land which affords

a fine view of the country to the east

and south. The house is modern in

every respect, with a farm lighting

system, furnace heat, and a tile sew-

age system. The home is well supplied





‘with books and magazines, as both





Mr. and Mrs. Barden are much\inter-

ested in reading. The home also has

a radio, piano and phonograph.



While Mr. Barden was at college, his

studies did not take his entire time,

unless his studies of the co-ed depart-

ment may be included. As a result of





- his interest in that department, a cer-





tain young lady, Myrta Severance, by

name, and hevagreed that she should

become Mrs. Barden. Now they have

a fine family of foulr children, three

boys and a girl. Two of the boys,

aged thirteen and fifteen, are attend-

ing high school in South Haven. While

the bright and industrious young lady,

aged~ eleven, is ~ attending the local

school. It is apparent that the Bar-

den farm will remain in the family

for some time to come.



One of the things which Floyd

thinks very. essential in making a suc-

cess of farming, is and accurate keep-

ing of accounts. The accounts are

kept as recommended by the Michigan

State College” Extension Department

and show that the farm has had an

enviable record for being on a profit-

able basis.





Floyd is active in local affairs and

is at present Sunday School superin-

tendent and treasurer of the school

district. He is also president of the

county farm bureau and a member of

the grange and State Horticultural So—

ciety. Floyd served two and one-half

years as supervisor, and is now a mem-

ber of the board of review.





Floyd gives 'full credit to others for I





his success. In response at the Mas-

ter Farmer banquet, which was at the

same time one of the moét concise and

most complete given, he said,

ever success I have, made is due to

being the possessor of a good father,

to'a four-year course at Michigan State

College, to an interest in a certain

one in its 00- educational department,

and to the reading of the Michigan

Farmer ”





MontCalm county will try, a county





agricultural asent for thme months.





WQ. Cribbs will act as the temporary





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This “Red Str

- there is more copper in it, more zinc

over it—that you’ll get more years out of it





 

 

 





 





 





 





“Square Deal” always has had the reputation of

being a real good fence. Dealers were proud to sell

it.- Fence buyers were proud to own it. All knew

it as a long lasting, farm fence that was sure to give

many extra years of service.



Then, in 1923, we discovered and patented “Gal-

vannealing”——as big an improvement over galvaniz-

ing as the binder was over the cradle.





“Red Strand” Fence





is our old reliable “Square Deal”——but made of

copper-bearing steel and “galvanneale " instead of

“galvanized.”



In “Red Strand” wire we put more copper, mak-

ing the steel extra rust resisting. On “Red Strand”

we weld more zinc that keeps the rust out longer.



This double protection—more copper and more

zinc—makes “Red Strand" the longest lasting fence

we ever built. ,



Ask your dealer for “Red Strand” prices. You pay

nothing extra for the extra years of wear woven into





every roll. ,

Fence for Profit





Lam how. “Cost 05 Fencin Farms,” “17,000 Farm

Folks Say,” and “Hogs_ and_ ence"are’booldets writ-

ten by farmers. You Willengoy them. Writeior these

aniothersonhow totestiencewn'e andtheKeyItone

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ONE FARM ER’S BUTCHERING

. EQUIPMENT. -



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E illustrations accompanying this

article show the somewhat unique

butchering outfit of one Michigan ~farm-

er. The first figure shows the scald-

ing tank with rope in place ready to

receive (the water and the hogs to be‘

scolded. This tank is filled about half





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full of water at the proper tempera-

ture. The hog is then placed in the

tank, with the ropes passing beneath

it. One of these ropes should come

just forward of the hind quarters and

the other just back of the shoulders.

The ends of the rope are then pulled

across the hog and are operated by

two men standing on the side of the

tank containing the hooks. By slowly

pulling and releasing these rope ends,

the hog is alternately immersed and

aired, which gives a full and effective

scald. -



The second piece of equipment is

the scraping bench. This can be made





i of any dimensions to suit the fancy of





the builder. This one was built of

oak 2x4’s. The illustration indicates

the type of construction followed. The





 





 





 





 





extended handles simplifies carrying

the bench with a hog lying upon it.

The third piece of equipment is the

tripod of tamarac poles. These poles

are about ten feet in length and about

four inches in diameter: A hole large

enough to receive a one-half-inch bolt

was bored at the small end of each.

A belt was then inserted to make a

tripod. On two of these poles about

three feet from the top end were at-

tached two books upon which the hog

is hung.



By drawing out the center leg this

tripod device can be loWered until the

hooks are easily inserted beneath the

tendons on the hog’s hind legs, as the

carcass lies on the scraping table. it

is possible for one man to lift a. heavy

hog by shoving up on the single pole

until the proper height is 'obtajned.





, This equipment takes a. great deal of 3





the heavy labor out of butchering.——A

Farmer. '





 





HOLDING WORK WlTHOUT A VISE.





 





HEN out on the road one some-

' ‘times finds it necessary to use

a visejor other clamping fixture to

hold‘a smallflpiece whilework is, being

done. on it. In some cases a. pair-Jot

pliers will answer, though this leaves

only one hand frgevtp ,‘do: the. ”Work.

.. A ‘ clever method. is to set, the jaws. of

, a monkey, wrench squid ' “ '





 





 





bolt oraconvenii ‘t‘





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turning the nut'lvnnti-lit tightens, aha-m





 





gripds secured on the piece. ' The

wrench may be held on the running

board with the foot, thus leaving both

hands free to operate satisfactorily.





CLUTCH IROUBLES.





 





HOUGH Fuller’s earth is generally



used to» stop cone clutch slippage,

ordinary talcum powder will answer

quite as well. If the facing appears

dry and shiny, an overnight application

of neatsfoot .oil, or castor oil, will

soften it. .



A dragging clutch may be caused

by too, close an adjustment, or by lack

of lubrication of the thrust hearing.

The thrust hearing at the rear of the

clutch shaft, and the throwout Collar

bearing should be kept well lubricated.

If these bearings become worn appre-

ciably, the clutch Will not operate sat,

isfactorilyi , ,



If the clutch collar does not seem

to be worn excessively and the clutch

still fails to free itself properly, it may ,

be that the full throw of the pedal

does net allow a complete release of

all the plates. A washer inserted on





each driving stud will usually over-

the trouble.





come The pedal should





 





not be permitted to touch the floor-

board, or slippage, due to the clutch

not engaging fully, may occur.



Slippage of a clutch which runs in

oil may be overcome by adding kero-

sene t9 the oil. This, of course, does

not apply to clutches which run in the

engine oil. To test a clutch for slip-

page, proceed as follows: With the

brakes set and the engine running at

moderate speed, allow the clutch to

engage quickly. The engine should

stall immediately.





 





RADIO BRIEFS.





 





A Chicago radio engineer reports

that this inexpensive wave trap is

bound to work. Obtain a twenty-three-

plate variable condenser and a radio

frequency transformer. Connect the

large coil or secondary of the trans-’

former across the twenty-three-plate

condenser and then hook one end of

the small coil or primary to the an-

tenna binding post of the “receiver.

The other end of \ the small coil is

hooked to the antenna lead-in.





 





An old truth of radio receiving has

come to be “no radio receiver is any

better than its ground connection.” ‘





 





Something brand new in radio ac-

cessories is a radio control clock

which starts and steps a receiving set

automatically. It works similar toan

alarm clock, consumes no electric cur-

rent, and costs nothing to operate.





 





‘The grape growers of Van Buren

county who sold grapes to the Armour

Company, , have held an indignation

meeting in Which they demanded We, 1‘

dollars .a ton fortheir lest yearfs chop.

Their camper reedwthey *3
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" out 9+ ‘t’du‘fié °‘.' :gfiug; figgfi‘g . , .H . . .- » __ ,. ——-lt wouldn’t be necessary ., to brand and seal

_ ff: 0;, like “,8: hickory or white oali - i ‘ ‘ ~- ‘ " “PlneTree”farm seeds for yotlrprotectlon. Wilt, .

that grows Emmy. lives a long time, . ,. unfortunately,rthe human eye c’annot accurat 1y.-





and'lnahes fibers that are strong and . , .. _ ., estimate seed quality, .and the testitag cannot

durab e. . - . ~ . _ . , . .



Men of long-lived families can en- ‘ t. ~ tell the Whole story, .



dure more, have greater resistance to .



disease, are more steadfast and pa- The circle 1 .. ,



talent, take a more, cheerful view 02 showsamioro- * . G612 ThlS V aluable New Bock

life, and are more easily managed than “09° PhOtogl’aDh





on short-lived time You can also gamma: . The new “Hip-Pocket” FARM GUIDE fills





exrlect from them a much 1011.8“ term “raw" state- This is the way most ' ' the need for a complete, practical guide to the»





of service after you have taken the of it looks as it comes from the .

trouble to train them. field—too'dirty .to sow but it can growmg of hay, pasture and forage crops of all





The reason for this is, evident. If be cleaned. Its yolqe dOpends on J kinds. Contains more useful farm information

they were not such men as I have de the “”4 ”f °'°°'““g 't 3"“ , ' ' than has ever before been assembled into one

scribed! they WW” 3]“ 13"" 1°25, ' ,. - ' 6' book. Substantially bound in pocket size for

53:2 11:35:23; 5311;31:ng ,3; egg” ' . _ constant reference. F ullyillustrated. Contains.



‘ ed through generations of hard work . _ ofl'lcial planting table for your State checked by

and careful adaptation .to the condi— H . " ‘ . your Experiment Station. Would cost $1.00 or





$111232?ighéigtfi‘esififgnagnd 18:? . , H. . . more it sold in the usual way. Ask your “Pine





unfair to take such men at a premi— , - _ _ ‘5 Tree” dealer fora copy or send 10 cents to The

uni? I think not. They certainly de- ' " ' Albert Dickinson Company, Chicago, and book





serve «it—and your'business demands If 1‘ H. . ,‘ Will be sent by return mail.

it.—Dr. W. A. Murrill. ‘ .. a . .,





_. H . , ' . THE ALBERT DICKINSON COMPANY* CHICAGO

MICI-lIGAN FARM NEWS. H , , Minneapolis Buffalo New York Pittsburgh Boston





Leonard,'Crossett and Riley, one of

the largest potato-buyinchoncerns in

the country, and well-known in the . . ;,

Michigan potato-growing regions, has This is the same ' ,, .- .. I. \ . 1‘ Special “Pine

reincorporated under the name of Cor: seed 0“" It was ; ' T r e e n r b





. . _ “cleaned” by ordinary ‘ - .. , 5: _ . ' . 3 ,. - h

poratlon Trust Company, With a lizaipi machinery. Much _ _ ,. . 727?" feignesgdfiggterzfi:

talizatlon 0f $1,500,000 The pol 0 es Alsike comes on the market and is sown in this -' " weeds and worth-





and the Personnel 0f the company Will condition. Not good enough yetfor“PineTrec.”- less trash, which

remain unchanged. / ordinary cleaning

will not remove.

Floyd M. Barden, of South Haven,

Allegan county, became county agricul-

tural agent for that county on Janu-

ary 3. He succeeded O. I. Gregg, who

assumed the duties of landscape“

garden extension specialist at the be-

ginning of the year. Mr. Barden is a. . - - .

prominent. peach grower and was , ' 4 The circle to the left sllOWs





elected one- of the Marster F me "16“!!!“ result “Pine

last year; i a rs Tree” Alsike. The circie to the





right shows what was taken out

_ . . . H in the special “Pine Tree" re-

Michigan farmers are not taking ad- . y .. ' cleaning process. The micro-





. vantage of the government’s offer of ‘ , _ scope reveals CanadaThistleand

pyrotol, the explosive left from the . I, . ‘ - other Weeds- 00710045 0‘ such

world war so the Michigan allotment . -. ‘~~\ " -~ 39%.“? defined ”tend burned

may be dispensed with. Pyrotol costs ,3“! » y “3 "33°“ every yea"

about nine dollars a ton, depending «on





location, and is ideal for land clearing. . "PINE TREE” FARM SEEDS I é a , é





 





‘ The development of the chain stores





 





in this country brought a demand for ~ .- '

potatoes put up in smaller sacks. The





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use of twenty-pound sacks for take, Estate, Seeds and Nursery Stock and Miscellaneous Pt:-

home PackageS- Articles. See Rates on Page 121. '. '. aggggmg 3553““;





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Farmers in Leelanau county who at - -

. satisfiedcusto . -

own lake front property are threaten- '— sonable. Extrxgerzcllzggecssifge





ing litigation because of 200 to 500 per ‘41. .1 »- 'th 11 d .



cent increases in their tax assess- Easy to SHAW GARDEN H, 2%)? 300231 getsratio Iggg‘tfglgg‘:

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2153:2533 5::7iase, taxes increased Own a TRACTOR .‘\h H todae; {1361383325011 0111:.





R. ll. SHUMWAY. Rockford, Ill.





 





Plans are already being made for maven saves Tlme, Money, Labor. Free: New Garden Book





the annual convention of the Interna-





tional Baby ChiCk Association at Farm JOIN Buy Direct from Factory! Hardy fruit and shade trees, berries, roses.





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Grand Reads. July 19-23» The Mica an an... am. . I, MWSHAW, 2.:3.1.K:“§2n essayist; :5... Kisses:

igan Poultry Improvement Association my. wfivpteg.. Nowyoncanownnrealpowersardenm 9x SHAW oldest and largest departmental nursery. 73-





film ' ' From-Factory Price. The new .

. . . w... . It's easy With our LOW Direct- tool trol. Does away with years of square dealings. 1200 acres.

is COODBratlng Wlth the Grand Rapids hauls; runl belt wmwtgxflujwthgfazfigmwt ing?armn tasks. Outworks Send for free new catalog.





, Chamber of Commerce, the Michigan . machinery. fl . j i; th outfit for small - farms. truck gardens- es-

Tourist and Resort Association, the . 1 “Va men- ‘18 P?“ tases. suburban places. etc. ngleg & HARPRISOVE 22.

\Grand Rapids Convention Bureau, and - ”1:st Awhlnw he! Sing}: \\ Patented Tool OX 0. nine; e, o.

the Pantlind Hotel. ' - Pays forimltinoneseasonin Hy. "5 “and

, 7 1- time. money‘ond» labor _ ”A .

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The farchi-ops department of Mich-' ' ' maltgmdmry / gigggfigfifim T ERRACES

1gan state College will run a potato . ,~ ’ " " ii“ r 3'}; The” “'5‘“ I” ' u m r "'Sii‘ttt'fi‘m m"

. train in conjunction with the Michigan 1: 77 K . 4/ “13'?” 3’34"“ "'"°:"nT‘:;':: "or" v #81821]

Central in southern Michigan from -. ,.1 . i ‘ ., "x. I 9 ‘mlmmkgfghpmt “a? i . 3 yfiifflmfi' dim: 15,33, °'

March 7 to19. store will be made at - . ‘ ' o “ “#37:“ "w'dm” 7?" 5" firwamémfir ' m

~ Jackson, Concerd, Centerville, Three . ' 3 , C i. f i . Tm- + ‘ 3015‘ “ moo-high. Trial

. _,3478lf8. Casscpolie. . "Buchanan. H Elm , 3 ' . . ‘=; ‘ . . mummtgfif toholv‘e'therm‘ - ‘ i ' ‘l

Wife, Lawtion,Decaaut;egGoblesiuKal , .7 H . . ;- ,, . misread” Lamina, _ . Wm? xi) 275 ENVELOPES AND

*‘W W... as? », «an ,. , mommy, r, w” my:

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Darling’s Better ‘Fertilizers



, will increase thewiéld and im— ,

‘ 5 . provethe qu lityfiofyourcrops. _-v

1- ‘ ,Forthirty—sbtyearswehavebeenstudy-

‘ ing crops and _;making fertilizers. We

‘ . ,. know the plant ffi‘od requirements of



‘ every crpmandwt e fertilizer that fits '

that read merit. ,



In Darling’s Animal Base Fertilizers



part1 of the‘nitrogen is available at



once and feeds the plant during early



growth. The remainder of the nitro-



gen is supplied gradually and feeds the



plant throughout the season. Thisj



gives the plant a quick start and steady,"



sturdy growth. . '





Our Acid Phosphate and the Phosphate in our mixed fertilizers are

better because they are ma e by a special process. Acid Phosphate inade

by this process contain less free acid and less moisture. Consequently

they do not clog in the drill. Our new million dollar plant in East

St. Louis is the only plant in the middle west using this special process.

Write today for literature on Darling’s Fertilizers and information

about our Agency proposition-





Darling and Company

Dept. 20 _ Chicago. Ill.





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.. THE FEDERAL LAND BANK.





 





I bet a neighbor a dose of, strych-

nine against three fingers. of aquapura

that you would not publish anything

instructive to farmers, or anything

which might offend crooks or thieves.



The terms of the wager are that I

am to write a few words which every

poor farmer ought to know. If you

conceal the information, We Win. It

you publish the facts, I lose, and or-

ganized crooks will look on you with

suspicion.



Of course, the most sinister and dan-

gerous cut-throats have, for their own

protection, passed laws of intimida-

tion that tend to frighten the common-

wealth into silence and employ profes-

sional assassins to hound and gag

squealers. But there is a gang of-

swindlers operating under the wings

of the government—and, here I pause

—to reflect that your Uncle Samuel

always stands ready to shelter and

comfort, and even cooperate. with





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or barn. th you can't bring in the fence. I“ nce must stand the



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tion. ‘



That's why we recommend to you Leadclad fence. Its ductile



1 coating of pure lead contracts and expands with every freeze and





 





thaw without cracking or peeling.

It stands the weather many years longer than





 





th r ire fence made. Costs no more to 5" '. \\

Speztflhin"; shortlife fence. ‘ if: %‘\\

, Write for sample ,of Leadclad Wire. ' Cu 0,. ” ‘1‘

LEADCLAD WIRE COMPANY (5,3, 3 NEW ,’

1211 Plainfield St. Moundaville. W. Va. \e 0 I9 ? I 41/,



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Salesmen Wanted mpg?“





Experience In Farm Machine Selling Preferred.



Large wholesaler of motor driven washing machine

for" farm and country home use wants men in each

county to take charge of sales. call on dealers and





 





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prospects, This is an opportunity for the right men mzh‘mfl Itatlme- Show

to make a permanent connection with a handsome GINO “Mm

income. All or part time or sideline. Must have





Replies will be treated confidentially.

the largest consents of its kind.

HYDRO MOTOR & MANUFAC-



IBth St. at Grand River Avenue.





sales ability.

This is one of

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White Blossom—Northern Grown.

99.50% purity. Write for





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E have specialized in growing cherry trees, both one and two year for



over forty years, and those we have for this Spring are the finest ever,

all budded on best grade whole branch root imported seedlings; grown in our

400-acre nurseries on ground that has proven to be ideal cherry soil, and

dug by steam to insure keeping their long, beautiful fibrous roots intact.

Cherry Trees are in big demand for spring planting and as the supply is con-

siderably below normal you will make no mistake in ordering soon.





All Maloney Hardy Upland Grown Nursery Stock

Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Vines and Berries





are guaranteed true to name, free from disease, and to a‘rrivein first-class

. condition. For over 40 years we have been selling direct to the planter at

q - ‘ reasonable prices. , ' ,



We select our scions for budding from trees that are bearing the choicest

fruit so we can positively guarantee our stock to fruit true‘ to name





Send Today for Our Free Descriptive Catalog





It contains valuable information on nursery stock and tells the things you should

f know about our business. Every order, large or email. will receive our carefui.,pains-



taking attention. and remember. you can have your money bach if you ar‘e not per-

, fectly satisfied. . ' - , .





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THRILLING EXPERIENCE CON-

TEST.





 





NE subscriber wrote us, telling of



being chased by a panther; anoth-

er had an experience With a bear, and

several have written of hair-raising ex-

periences with automobiles. I like to

read of these experiences, and I be-

lieve our readers do, too. I also be-

lieve that some of our. readers have

had experiences that might parallel

those given in “wild west” fiction, and,

.as-truth is stranger than fiction, these

experiences may even excel fiction

thrillers in interest.



We would like to print some of

these experiences during the next

month, so are offering five dollars as

first prize for the best authentic story

of a thrilling experience. Three dol-

lars will be given for the second best

paper, and two dollars for the third.

Any other experiences we may use,

will be paid for at the rate of one

dollar. Please send your experiences





. to the Contest Man, Michigan Farmer,





Detroit, Michigan, by February 7, as

the contest closes at‘vthat time.





 





 





crooks and assassins. By styling

themselves the Federal Land Bank of

St. Paul, they prey on needy, run-down

at the heel, farmers.



Suppose a farmer wishes to borrow

-—say, $1,000. He is told that he must

deposit $19 with his application as

good faith. He complies and is then

told to sit down and wait (one man

near Keleva told me he waited a. year.)

He waits patiently until .one hundred

suckers have put in 'their application,





I” 'each depositing his $10, which makes





up the thousand, and is now ready to

loan—not to the one needing it most

—but to the one needing it least, and

when the rest ask for the return of

their deposit they are brutally told

that their money was used to defray

the expenses ‘of the company.



Now, Mr. Editor, what are you go-

ing to do with this information—con-

ceal it, or give it publicity?——William

Brown, Manistee County.



For your information, we submit the

following, which covers the charges

in'applying for a loan from the Fed-

eral Land Bank and the reasons

therefor. , '



When the bank was firstwstarted no

preliminary fee was charged. This

policy resulted in such a wholesale

abuse of our appraisal facilities that

a change became imperative. To illus-

trate: The permission to file applica-

tion without a fee. brought a perfect

deluge of applications, all of which

were entered, appraised and, passed

upon by the executive committee of

the bank. In a great many instances

after all of this expense and vast

amount of work had been expended,

the applicant would notify us that he

didn’t care for a loan at all, his only

object in making the application was

to get a federal appraisal of his farm,

In order to eliminate this kind of





applications,_ the policy or charging a .

- nominal preliminary, 7!er asevidenee,





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tions, $5.00 of ‘which is sent Twith the





application to the Federal Land Bank, ‘ L





the balance beingretainedby‘ the as-

sociation. If the application is not

appraised by the federal appraiser, the

$5.00 is returned to the applicant. If

it is appraised the $5.00 is retained,

whether the loan is allowed I or not.

This fee, by the way, does not come

anywhere near covering most cf ap-'

praisal._ In case of rejection of appli«

cation, for any reason, before or'after

appraisal, the association is required

to return to the applicant whatever

portion of this fee collected for its ac:

count that has not been absorbed in

actual expense. » , ' .



It is the earnest .desire of the Fed-

eral Land Bank to serve every honest

and worthy farmer in Michigan need-

ing its service. Loans from the Land

Bank should be made more carefully

than from elsewhere, as the Land





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02 $15” mm éhal'e’ed in most associa-y 9. .‘





 

 





Bank makes its loans on an actual .





cost basis and does not, like other com-

panies, add one or two per cent to

cover the losses.



The Land Bank management makes

no claim to infallibility. It is possible

someone who was really entitled to a.

federal loan has been refused. On the

other hand, some who were not en-

titled to a loan got it, as is evidenced

by the fact that we have been'com-

pelled to resort to foreclosure proceed

ings in quite a number of cases in

Michigan.



The fact that a farmer, for any rea-

son, is badly in need does not argue

that the Land Bank, or any other in-

stitution, should make him a loan, but

if, in his need, it is found he lras a.

farm with good soil, reasonany well

equipped with buildings, and personal

property to carry on, backed up with

a good reputation in every way in his

community, and his needs are not too

great as to amount of loan he should

have, he is served promptly.



The Seventh Federal Land Bank dis-





trict consists of the states of North





Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and

Michigan, and the bank is located in

the city of St. Paul, Minnesota. There

are 649 national farm loan‘ associa-

tions in the four states, and 33,971





farm loans have been made, aggregat-'

In the state of Mich<,





ing $123,247,628.

igan 8,861 loans have been made, ag<

gregating $22,562,582. During the year

1926, ending November 1, 1,374 loan

applications have been received from

Michigan, aggregating $4,760,800. Of

this number, 1,186 loans have been

allowed, amounting to $2,805,800. Dur—

ing this period 889 loans have been

closed, amounting to $2,876,800.



The capital stock of the Federal

Land Bank is $6,521,050, every dollar

of which is owned by the farmer bor-

rowers of the four states.



The bank is operated by a board of

directors consisting of seven-members,

four of whom are elected by the farm-

ers, and three appointed by the Fed-

eral Farm Loan Board at Washing-

ton, D. C.——Federa1 Land Bank of St.

Paul. . /





Approximately two‘ million farmers

have joined farmers’ business organi-

zations during the past ten years, ac-

cordingio figures issued by the United

States Department of Agriculture.





 





According to the department of ag.

riculture the decline in farm values

from the high point in 1920 has slack-

ened and the trend is toward stability.

Prices for farm land average thirty

per cent less than in 1920. jInthat

year they averaged $107.89, while. this

year they averaged $76.46. '





 





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. ,«it' may, also add much, to the

profits derived from a farm by cutting

the high cost of living in half or more.



In. order to have a'good garden, the

sell must be rich. Sowe add a liberal

coating of manure every year. one

can not always take off big crops un-

‘less something is put back into the

soil. Another thing besides manure





"""that is available in many places in





Michigan is the muck soil from our

marshes, also marl: These will add

greatly to the fertility of a garden.



The garden on this place was re-

ported to us when we moved here he

being no good, but ”an application of

manure and some muck soil and marl

mixed, put it in condition to produce

a wonderful crop of vegetables even

the first season.





Garden Plowed Deep.



After the application of manure, the

garden is plowed deep and thoroughly

harrowed. This puts it in fine condi-

tion and it is the chief taskeof, the

gardener to keep it in good condition.

For this task I think there istno bet-

ter tool than the garden rake. When

I plant my rows, I mark their location

with pieces of sticks. Then I can

safely rake between the revvs and so

keep the crust broken while the seeds

are germinating. When the little plants

begin to appear, the soil may be raked

closer to the rows. , ‘



I always try to give the unplanted

portions of my garden frequent rak-

ings. This destrdys many tiny weeds,

prevents the formation of a crust,

preserves the moisture, and keeps the

soil in good condition for planting

whenever the season may become

warm enough. We do not think there

is anything gained by putting seed in

the ground while it is cold.



Keep Weeds Down.



. When my plants are larger, I use

'the hoe in the rows and a handplow

with the surface cultivator attachment,

between the rows. But at first, you

can accomplish more with a garden

rake in a half hour than you'can with

a hoe in an hour if it is done at .the

right time. ‘



Another thing I find helpful is the

used sunflowers for bean poles. When

I plant lima beans or other pole beans,



‘ If both

come up, one is removed. When they

get a oeuple of. feet high, I begin to

remove the lower leaves, to keep them

from shading the beans too much.

Once get the beans started upthe sun-

flowers and they do, the rest them-



selves, and the sunflower seed is great-

ly relished by the chickens in the fall.



I, like to raise my own tomato, cauli-

flowers, pepper, cabbage and celery

plants. .One can have much hardier,

stronger plants ready to’ set out when

the weather gets right for them, and

you can go out and set the plants at

just the right time, which you can

not always do if you must go for them

first. ‘





Grows Early Plants.





I plant my seed in boxes and moist-





‘en them thoroughly. Then lay a. news

. paper over the surface and Stack them

up near the kitchen range where they

keep warm. Every morning, I look at

them, add, more moisture as needed

and turn the boxes around. As soon

as the plants beginto appear, I move





., them toethe window; Just as scenes





it is, safe... I'”putp_ them in a cold frame





5, which .1 have in .a sheltered. spot oh-





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aucther. place where" muck soiIAis u'se- .





ful.‘ Plants in this kind ;of soil grow

such a network of rootlets that they

can be lifted and not lose their scil.

If one must use a soil that crumbles

easily, it would be well to use plant





‘ bands or rings of tough paper for each





plant. Our plants are kept growing in

this, cold frame until all danger of

frost‘is over. Before moving them to

the garden, the soil in the cold frames

is thoroughly soaked which keeps the

soil from crumbling off.



After the freeze the twenty-fourth of

last May, I moved large tomato plants

to the garden and they showed no





signs of being moved except to/begin





to grow faster.



I always water the cold frame in the

evening after the plants are put in it.

The moisture does more good if put

on in the evening than at any other

time; if applied while the sun is shin—

ing, the soil bakes. We try new kinds

of Vegetables that sound good to us.

How many families do not use kohl

"rabi and celery cabbage. Yet more

salad can be made from a short row

of celery cabbage than from a long

one of lettuce. Celery cabbage is in-

clined to run to seed so I only plant

a little at a time and make several

plantings for a succession.





GUARD AGAINST roo MUCH

PRUNING.





 





ORTICULTURISTS at the Experi-



. ment Station at Geneva, N. Y.,

assert that many orchardists prune too

much, without regard to the real need.

of the tree, and that there is more

danger of injuring the tree with too

much pruning than with too little.

Trees which are carefully selected

when the orchard is set out, require

only the removal of an occasional

branch which may start out in the

wrong place, and the cutting out of

dead, injured, and crossed limbs, say

the station specialists. ‘





If the trees are producing under-

sized fruits, if the tops contain many

dead branches, or if the seasonal

growth is short and scant, 'judicious

pruning is recommended as a means

of rejuvenation. “This usually con-

sists in cutting back many branches,

and in entirely removing others,” say

the station authorities, who lay down

the following general rules applicable

under such conditions: “Prune weak-

growing varieties heavily; strong-

growing kinds lightly. Varieties which

branch freely need little pruning;

those with many unbranched limbs,

much pruning. Prune trees in rich,

deep soils lightly; those with many

unbranched « limbs, much pruning.

Prune trees in rich, deep soils lightly;

in poor, shallow soils heavily.”



The cutting back of all branches of

a tree is practiced regularly only with

peaches and plums, it is said. “This

is attributed to’ the fact that, with

these fruits, the wood of the past sea—

sound therefore the crop, is borne

progressively further away from the

trunk, so that it is necessary to head—

in these fruits by cutting back the

branches in order to keep the bearing

wood near the trunk. On the other

hand, apples, pears, cherries, and most

plugs are borne on spurs from wood

two or more years old, and with these

heading-in is not so desirable. Experi-

mental evidence- obtained in tests on

the. station grounds indicates that win-

ter pruning has no special advantage

over summer pruning. except that the

pressure .of other work-is less during.

the winter months."





 





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' No. Acre

Name Address. Acres. Yield.

J. C. Redpath............\U Kalamazoo ......... 2 423

William Slough .............Ellsworth 6 422

Julius Grindsteun ........... Maple City 3 421

‘Du Hnlet-oooonlluooltlootlCharle“oix ...a...... 6.5 412

F. M. Shepard dole-IOOQOOUI acoooo-o-anoooooo 7.5 407

R 0. Bennett oooooooololtooAIba cocoa-yooooulot -2 402

Harry Reiley ..............Bellaire ..........‘.. 7 ' 401

Wm Greenman 'oIOOUIOOUI-O Bellaire .00.:IDCIIOO‘ 6 401

Wm. Hansen .....u.oo.n..LakeVleW coo-"colon. 2 ‘ 400

M. E. Parmelee ...'...-...o- Hilliards O'IIIIOIIOI 15 l 400‘

Fred Crandall .............. Bellaire ............ 6 388

Howard Stephens Boyne City 4 362

Henry Vanderslik .......... Central Lake 5 360

'rony Shocks OOOOIUQODUOI'II Central Lake IDIOIOO 3 857

JOhn Eitzen .....coIIoJOlovoMaple City cocci-ole 4 355

F. H. Glidden’l COOOIIIIIOOOOI a! I...I.....'..C. 5 350

Fred Schmalz‘ried .. Levering 2 350

A. HI Evers I....'OC.....IOOPetOSkey UDIIIOODIII 3.5 350

F. F. Rotter IIDUIIOCICOUOIOAlanSon 1.3.0.000... 3 349

H- So Peebles IIOOOIDOIaooOoCha’rlevoix JIOIIOI.I 7 346

Vet Shocks ................. Central Lake 5 345

C. S. Dearborn 'IOIIOOIOCIOOBella/ire CIIOIOOOI.IOI 2 340

John Doctor ................Charlevoix ....... 3.75 338.5

Peter Wieland ............. Ellsworth ........... 6 337

Irvin Cole .................Alanson ............ 2 331.5

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E. W. Lincoln& Son .......Greenville .......... 14 325

George Teetert.............Gaylord 3 323

W. H. White Co............Boyne City 8 317

Percy King.................Waterford.......... 3 315

Thomas Buell ..............Elmira 3 312

George Harrison............ Manton 3 308

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Some Agricultural Problems





(Continued from page 91).





tax levies were decided upon when

prices were high, but’when it came

time to collect them, farm prices had

experienced such an abrupt decline as

has never before been recorded. High

er taxes to pay out of a very much

contracted income was the result with

what hardship, no one farming at that

time can easily forget.



., When a land owner has a limited in:

come, what are the expenses that he

generally deems “necessary?” He pays

his taxes first because they are inex‘

orable and sure as death itself. Some

buy food after they have paid their

taxes, and let their interest go delin-

quent; others do just the opposite.

During the last five or six years, many

a farm family has gone without what

was needed to eat and wea1—-— —-—wea1

mostly, because it seemed more im-

portant to satisfy the taxes and inter-

est than the food and clothing needs

of the family. As I see it, roads and

chools constitute the main items of

public expense, hence there is little

chance to chisel the levies down by

any very substantial figure, since we

are not going back to one-room schools

or mud roads.



The farmer always pays the freight.

The higher the value of the product,

the less the proportionate cost of get-

ting it onto the market. Obviously, if

the price of the product declines and

the freight rate persists, transporta-

tion costs eat a much larger hole into

the final selling price. Freight rates

must eventually adjust themselves to

the lowered price of farm products.

else they will strangle the goose that

lays the golden egg. Already freight

rates have practically remade the ag-

riculture of certain communities. The

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway





‘ should be speedily completed to pro





vide a thoroughfare to the sea for the

great wealth belt of the middle West.



Great improvement in the farmer’s

financial status has been promised

through legislation. This could no

doubt become a very stabilizing fac-

tor. While I‘ should like to see farm

prices stay up to somewhere near the

same-level as those at which so many

debts were, incurred, long range econ-

omists predict, almost to a. man, that

the next ten or fifteen years will be





prices. Our plans should certainly

recognize this trend.





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save the farmer himself, working on





a period of gradually declining farm,





 





A beam of hope lies in the ram That"





his own farm, can accomplish. The

economist’s paradise is a place where

every man does only that which he

can «do better and more advantageous-

ly than anyonevelse, where farmers

raise only those crops that thrive best

on their farms and, which they can.

raise most economically. During the

holocaust, the economists’s paradise

came more nearly into being in this

country than ever before.





Previous to the war, a farmer lost

caste in his community if he didn’t

have a good garden; his neighbors

thought there was something wrong

with him if he sold his hogs to ship-

pers and bought his pork at the local

meat market. But during the war.

specialization became very much the

thing on American farms. True, there

was a lot of gardening and canning,

but I was close enough to it to notice

that this. was- largely a backldt and

urban urge. Farmers made more mon-

ey raising wheat and hogs just then,

hence, that is what they did. No

blame attaches to these facts. On the

farm, good gardens became rarer and

the farmer who butchered his own

hogs and a steer for the year ahead,

was thought to be not quite so saving

of fats and meats as he should be.

Fewer barrels of sauerkraut were

tramped and these seldom mentioned

in polite company.’ Getting back to

pre-war thrift has seemed slow and





irksome, inasmuch as it has not been





forced upon other classes as well.

Frankly, specialization on American





farms is an idle dream; viewed from‘





a swivel chair or in front of a fire-

place, with a smoking jacket on, it

should work beautifully, but viewed

from the standpoint of pocketbook and

overalls, ..it just will not work out.

Every man who has made any exten—

sive first-hand study of the practices

of successful and outstanding Ameri-

can farmers has found that the suc‘

cessful farmer, like the successful bus-

iness man, makes his by- products spell

the velvet of his operations, while the

main products Carry the overhead and

fixed costs that cannot be shifted. I

see many farms that have little except

the merest sign of a garden; I can.

name farmers, who do not butcher a‘

pig, although the family likes pork. I

know seeds of them who never think:

of starting home from town Without





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Twenty years ago this auto was doing valiant service down in Sa-

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Mr. Amas Asfew, eighty-siX-year-

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An ingenious German inventor has devised this collapsible life boat

which, when deflated, can be carried about as an ordinary piece

of luggage.





 





 





 





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Bonzo and Tony are not much alike as far as





thing, friendship. French beauty.





Mlle. Josianne, beautiful Parisian

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This dog bestows maternal affection on an odd

pair by mothering a guinea pig and a white

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Michigan kiddies should be thankful that we do not have to im-

snow term as is done for these California kiddies In

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Another’of Florida’s large frame hotels, the Magnolia, at St. A118-

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L
3 ARBARA LOAR 11M overheard

B tuition spoke within horas

identity of these two. She‘s 'had

known all along

come. In her heart she had expected

him, and who shall blame her if per-

,haps she had even prayed for him?

Who was to save her this night if not





wher brother and father, and besides“





, had she not known the brother first as

a lover? A maid does not easily

change from betrothed to sister in her

own thoughts.



. And that older man. He could be no

other than Dennis, come here with

Shane to search for the daughter he

had never seen. They were discover-

ed now, and she knew all too well

what their fate would be. There rose

up in her mind a vision of that scaf-

fold behind St. James, on which the

six efligies still swung. The Mormons

had not forgotten their oaths of ven-

geance.



In that instant the door of the tem-

ple burst open before a blast of wind

and d1iving gusts of rain swept the

CIOWd that huddled in the doorway.



There was a momentary milling of

drenched bodies, a swift discord, a

blue flash of lightning acmss the for-

est outside, and even while the sturdy

timbers of the temple trembled to the

rolling crash of thunder, a second

breath of the gale swept the room

through the open door, lamps hung

upon the walls guttered smo-kily, and

in an instant darkness fell, confusing

and swift.



In that brief instant of babel, while

women shrieked and men fumbled hur-

riedly for matches, a white shape sped

out the open door of the tabernacle,

paused a moment on the threshold,

buffeted and baffled by wind and rain,

then like a storm wraith crossed the

clearing and was gone into the mael-

strom of the gale-tossed forest, run-

ning w estwa1d across the ridge of the

island.



When the lamps were relighted they

missed her, and a whisper spread

through the big room that the bride

was gone.



Staggering down the beach along

the Narrows, Barbara was almost upon

the Mackinaw boat before she saw its

shadowy bulk looming through the

murk of the storm. Softly, from a lit-

tle distance, she called Shane’s name,

fearful that there might yet be some

mistake.



He came running to her, and she

panted out her warning in swift breath—

less words.



“They know you are here,” she

cried. “They are coming for you. You

must leave. Take to the lake. Do

something! Anything! Only don’t let

them trap you here!”



“There’s no chance,” Shane told her.

“W‘e’re trapped and we’ll be stayin’

and fightin’ it out ”



“You’ll not, ” the girl eiied. f‘They’ll

kill you both.” He1 eyes buined sud-

denly up at him, pleading, beseeching,

like stars in the darkness. “Shane,"

she whispered, “I didn’t marry Blair

Carter tonight after all. If you’ll leave

none-make a man’s fight of it out

there where you’ve some chance-I

promise you I never will. If you stay

here and let them shoot you down

from the woods, I’ll go back and marry

him before morning. Please—” she.

was begging him now, but she saw

Dennis dragging toward them, his body

bowed against the strength of the

gale. This was the father she had

never seen, and she turned and fled

swiftly into the darkness of the forest,

again.



So they found her finally, the search-

ing party headed by the freckle-faced

man who had reared her as his daugh-

ter, and who would have himself have

saved hei £10m Carter had he known

a way. She was wandering slowly

back toward the village, dripping and

chilled and weary. “I had to ” she

told them simply. “I couldn't marry

him after all. Ihad to 1un away.





young man and an old. Swiftly’ 1g . Th





that Shane would





 

 





 





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Meanwhile another searching party,

headed by the king and his sheriff,

patrolled the beach along the Narrows

in vain, while the irate leaders heaped

blame and abuse on the man who had

reported the presence of the Gentiles’

boat on this shore. A dismal, wretched

task, that of the night searching party,

and while they were at it, out on the





them and wasted no time mi words

‘He had lived on the frontier long

enough to see men fall stupefied from

exhaustion or exposure before, and he

knew the frontier remedy. He crossed

to the table and took down the jug

and two tin cups- »



A June moon rode high above Lake

Michigan like a silver shield that





 





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The Good Old Days





By Their Mother





We often hear our friends bewall,

The pace at which~we’re living;



They always tell a mournful tale

As wise advice they're giving, ,



About the way folks ought to do,

And how to raise our girls,



So they’ll be coy and modest, too,



' As those with frills and curls.





They’d have our boys each wear white

lace,



And velvet jackets, too,



Just read or sit still in their place,

And think as grown-ups do;



Of course, he must not think alone,

Nor ever question why,



Nor wonder if his father’s right;

He should sooner hope to fly.





But I don’t want those days returned;

I'd rather be son’s pal,

And find out something



learned,

Or what he thinks of Sal.

I like my daughter as she stands;

She’s helpful as can be;

She does so much with those two

hands,

None healthier than she.

She thinks her own thots all day long,

Then comes to me at night;

And when I sing a different song





new he’s





She gladly says, “You're right,

I think, I’ll take your good advice,

You help me lots of times;

I always love your council,

And dear old Daddy’s dimes.”





She swims, and skates, and motors,



And hikes with wholesome girls,

Who learn to be wise voters,



Her thumbs she never twirls.

She tries to beat her brother,



And he must study hard;



And often comes to mother



To learn of poet Or hard.





He often helps me with the meals,

Although his time is short,



And then I must pick up my heels-'

To beat him to the tennis court.



No, I don’t want the old days;

I like things as they are;



Dad says, “Sis has her mother’s ways,”

But she’s improved them far.





But sonny boy’s just like his Dad,

They have such jolly times;



He hasn’t space for any bad,

Nor‘ room for petty crimes.



I’ll take my family as it is,

And.think l’m mighty lucky



To have their Daddy’s sympathy,

And kids so brave and plucky.



—Mi|lie Reiley Powell.





 





 





angry waters of the Nariows. tossed

and whirled and d1enched by the

roug seas, De is and Shane McCrag-

gen ung hope essly upon their oars

and prayed for the storm to abate.



Dawn came finally, a pallid ghostly

suffusion of light above the bows of

the stricken Mackinaw boat, and with

that first light the wind died away,

and the waves settled to the heavy

sullen running of dead seas. Against

these the two men pulled, struggling

wearily towaid the foot of Garden _Is-

land. As the sun raised his red rim

above the restless water, turning to

rose the contorted mass of broken

cloud that marked the ending of the

storm, the Bellarion, water-logged and

rolling soddenly to each passing sea,

grated her nose on the beach and the

two exhausted men crawled out.. An

hour later Shane, carrying the older

man astride his shoulders, staggered

up to the door of Aleck MacCray’s

cabin and knocked. Bobbie Burns op-

ened'the door and Shane pitched

through, reeling like a drunken man.

Denny was already asleep upon his

back.



Aleck took one glance at the pair of





night, and by her light an hour before

midnight a Mackinaw boat cleared

Garden Island point on the north

course, and headed toward Pine River.

It was the Bellarion, outfitted with

batched sails ~ on which Aleck and

Shane and Denny had worked all after-

noon in the seclusion of Aleck’s cabin,

while Bobbie Burns kept watch across

the harbor for the approach of Mor-

mon boats.



As the boat stood out in the open

lake, she came abreast of the light-

house in the harbor of St. James. Den-

ny tu1ned slowly toward the yellow

winking beacon and watched it for a.

long time, held speechless by his own

emotions. Finally, he spoke in avoice

husky with rage and hatred.



“We’ll be comin’ back,” he promised.

“An’ next time no storm will be comin’

to turn us from our purpose. You had

as well be makin’ ready, Neal Carter

Harris, for we'll be comin' back some

day soon.”



Yet another man in St. James warm-

ed his heart that night by the sullen

flames of hatred, lying on his straw-

pallet and doting on vengeance.



Above him the log walls of the pris-





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a fit plane to,

This prisoner ma. white-"pain. and

gro’aned throu’ h tightlylocked lips as .

he moved on rude d. Across his

11:11:11,111 a diagonal pa tern, lay a con—

flislo-n of welts and uts. Dark stains .

still oozed fit‘omth wounds and the

straw benea birth: was discolored with

the same substance.



This was Thom Bedford, on whom

the King had that vented his

wrath over his futile Chase of the

night before. Not that Redford had

been his misinformant. A fortnight

before the wife of this man had re-

fused to wear the calico bloomers pre-

scribed by royal- edict and sanctioned

by divine revelation. And Bedford,

already quietly numbered among those

who chafed secretly under the tyranny

of their priest and king, who awaited

only suitable opportunity to desert the

ranks or overthrow t e rule, had sup«

ported her in her stand, saying that

the dress was indecent and that his

wife was a free woman and would

Wear what she pleased.



This morning, trussed to the gray.

trunk of the ancient beech tree, just

beyond the prison walls, in the same

gray dawn light that saw Shane and

Denny crawling ashore at the foot of

galrl'iien Island, he had paid for his re-



s on.





Twenty lashes upon his naked back,

each drawing blood, had been his pay—

ment. Strang had been'in savage mood _

that morning, from his fruitless search?

of the night before, wherefore, when

ten of the lashes had been delivered

he had ordered the man .who delivered

the punishment to be replaced with

another who could wield the lash left~

handed so that the stripes might fall

quartering across each other on the

man’s shoulders. 'And now this pris-

oner lay and plotted his revenge, not

in the .mad anger that is stirred by a

momentary wrong, but with the cool

deliberation of a man whose die is

cast, who believes his decision for

vengeance is just, and who knows no

turning aside. Rage, born in a minute,

can die as quickly. Hatred, slow aborn-

ing while the naked flesh writhes un-

der the lash, lives forever and accepts

but one sating!





 





 

   





 





CHAPTER XI.

The Price of Dreams.





T was four days before the Bellarl

ion sailed out of the harbor of Pine

River again, her new Canvas gleam-



ing whitelyin the sunshine of the June

morning. She took the north course

around Hat and Hog Islands, which

would let her out down between Hog

and Garden unseen from St. James,

unless a chance fisherman should be

out to spy upon her. Shane’s plan this

time was a bold one. Hidden in small

coves along the shore of Sturgeon Bay

lay eight boats of the Pine River fleet,

well laden with heavily armed crews.

If the Mormons chanced. to spot the

Bellarion and ave chase, she could

show them a cean pair of heels for

long 'enough to lure them within reach

of this fleet, that Would dart out from

its hiding place and swoop down, like

a band of hawks.



If, on‘ the other hand, the Bellarion

made Garden Island harbor unobserv~

ed, and lay undisturbed until nightfall,

Denny’s errand at St. James would be

done with swift dispatch, and before

word could go abroad the Bellarion

would be clear of the islands and well

on her way back to Sturgeon Bay

again.



gHowever this affair might go, the

conflict between those waiting Macki-

naw boats and the Mormon fleet could

(Continued on page 107).





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2 ‘ H Island, Shane saw a column of

. , 11:1: smoke ascendmg from the harbor

of St. James. That could mean but

- '- one thing. A steamer lay at anchor

‘2‘ . . in the harbor. Steamers were not too

.2 common in that port. Navigation of

'i all sorts went around the island king-

. dom of the Mormons when it could do

so. Word of the unfriendllness of St.

James to Gentile ships had gone the

- length of the lakes, and masters did

not seek out the land—locked harbor

unless by chance their shipping took

them there.





Rumors had spread along the coasts





 





 





guns trained casually on the dwellings

of the Mormons. Along her decks a

squad of riflemen mounted guard.



Shane spoke to Denny while he held

the Bellarion’s head into the wind,

drifting with bare headWay while they

studied the steamer. ‘



“They’ll be makin’ no move against

us under her guns, Denny,” he said.

“Let’s be‘ sailin’ boldly in and drop

anchor beneath her stern. We may

be learnin’ somethin’ we have nade to

know.”



Denny nodded and they turned the





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paddier, and came swiftly out in the

direction of the Mackinaw boat



It was Aleck MacCray, voyaging for

once Without his faithful Bobbie Burns,





and tor once seemingly entirely sober.

He came aboard and shook hands-





soberly. “You’ re takin’ sair chances,





Denny,” he chided his old friend with, ' ‘





.a sigiiflcant nod toward the villageI‘.

“Their blood is up, an’ for mysel’l

wouldna come here an’ drop anchor as

soon as I’d travel amang a pack 0’

wolves, if my clearln’ port was Pine

River.”

Dennis shook his head. "They’ll be

.strikin’ Iii) blogvs lg? téaylligleit1 whilo’st

on boat ays y," ec ar

y “Then ye'll sail before nightfall?”

Aleck queried, and at Denny’s nod he





spent alone in the wilderness with

none but their own thoughts for com-

panions, was not a silence to be brok—

en lightly in upon



Dennis spoke thoughtfully. “I’ll be

wonderin’ what the charge may be,"

he said. “There’s plenty 0' things it

could be namin’.”



(Continued next week).





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the affairs of the Mormon colony, He smoked a few4n1nutes in spec- ‘ ”i I;

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tyrannic rule of King Strang. noting the display she made of armed .. ‘ roger Y :1

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KIPPER, the squirrel, was hurry-



ing along through the Timberland



~ on his way to the hollow hickory

stump. .



“Good afternoon, Cottontail, ” he

greeted, as that furry inhabitant of

Timberland hopped across his path.



“Good afternoon, Skipper, and have

you seen Frisky today?” greeted Cot-

tontail.



“Not a wink have I had of him to-

day ” replied Skipper.



“If you meet him, tell him to peep

into my den” said Cottontail as he

hopped on his way.



Skipper soon came to the hollow

hickory stump. VV‘hen no one was

looking, he disappeared into a little





 





 





Frisky Grasped‘ the Vine Eagerly.





.hole in one side, and in a wink he

was sitting on top of. the stump, nib-





. bling at a nut Th e hickory stump

- was one of Skippers winter store-

houses.





 





- But as he contentedly nibbled at the

nutédh‘ a heard squeez- noiso that scene





   





 

   

 





 





 





hurry over that way and see ” said

Skipper to himself.



As Skipper scampered along, the

sound grew louder and loude1. Soon

he spied a hole in the ground that was

nearly covered with branches. Creep-

ing over a. little closer, he peeked in.

The hole was very deep and dark.





“Help, help,” called Frisky f10m the _





bottom of it.



“Hello ” answered Skipper to his

friend, ”what are you doing down

there?”



“Foolish question!” answered Fris-

ky. “As if there was anything to do

down in the bottom of this pitfall.

Help me out, help me out,” he called

louder and louder, "before the hunters

come.”



Skipper scratched his head. How

could he, a little squirrel, help Frisky

out of this big hole, and right away?

He scampered up a big oak tree near-

by to think. Frisky had saved his life

just the day before. Of course, Frisky

was bigger than he. But wasn’t there

something he could do to help his

friend?





Suddenly Skipper began to chew at

a grape vine that Itwined its way up





, . into the oak tree.





“Help me out, help me out,” called

Frisky, louder and louder.



Skipper did not answer, but kept on

chewing, first here and then there.

Eye and bye 3. long rope of the vine



dangled down into the pitfall .withm

relach of Frisky. He grasped it eag-





9



“Oh, if it will only hold!” thought

Skipper. It did. Frisky climbed up it

and then with one loan was on safe,

ground. And so the tables were turn-





ed—this time Skipper had saved his '





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NE of the most rewarding studies

that one can make is to take the

Bible, and read carefully the pas-

sages that tell of Christ’s praying. He

taught others to pray, .but not until

He Himself practiced the art of pray-

er; “A great while before day, He

arose and went out and departed into

a. desert place, and there prayed.”

Alone and in the silence of the wilder-

ness He could hear the voice of His

Father. He spent an " entire night in

prayer, and, no doubt, more than one.

He rose and prayed many times, we

only a few such occasions. We may

the time in talking to God, but in list-

ening to God. That is one of the great—

est methods of prayer—listening.

Silence—“Be still and know that I am

God.” Humility, bowing before the

divine Will—“A broken and a. contrite

heart, 0 God, thou

wilt not despise;”

“Search me, O

God, and know my

h e a r t ; try me,

and know my

thoughts: and see

if there be any

wicked way in me,

and lead me in

the way everlast-

ing.” The need of strength—~“They

that wait upon the Lord shall renew

their strength.” “Trust ye in the Lord

forever; for in the Lord Jehovah is

everlasting strength.” The calming

and steadying result of prayer: “Thou

wilt keep him in perfect peace whose

mind is stayed on Thee, because he

trusteth in Thee.” “Casting all your

care upon Him, for He careth for you.”





These are but a few of the moods

that lead to prayer, and the responses

to these moods, which speak out to

us, from the pages of the Great Book.

The habit of prayer is the most valu-

able single habit any person can have,

because it will lead to many other

good habits. To give up prayer is a

tragedy in any life. Of course, there

are difficulties and perplexities in pray-

er, but these will gradually be over-

come with anyone who will keep {011.

To become petulant because God does

not grant every request we make, is

childish. Hooking back, one can see

many a request that would have

brought harm to the life, had it been

granted.





Was Christ’s prayer in Gethsemane

answered? It does not look that way,

but read Hebrews 5—7: “For Jesus in

His life on earth offered prayers and

entreaties, crying aloud with tears, to

Him who was able to save Him from

death, and because of His piety His

prayer was heard,” (Goodspeed trans-

lation). “His prayer was heard! “God

did answer, after all, but not in the

way perhaps, that the Son asked. That

is true of many a sincere prayer. God

does not answer the prayer, but He

answers the pray—er, the one who

prays. A child with a bad cough

comes and asks his mother if he may

go out and play in the snow, and she

says, no. She has not answered the

prayer of the child, but she has an-

swered the child. ’ -



Why did Jesus ask the three men

to‘stay near by, as He prayed in Geth-

semane? No doubt it was in part a





 





precaution to prevent being surprised





by His enemies. But also, He wanted

sympathy and support, in His sorrow. _

He craved the presence of tried and

trusted friends. I wonder whether that

is true now. Does the Master of men

crave intelligent and sympathetic com-f

raTdeship? He said, “I have called you

friends," and that, I take it, means us

all, who claim to hem! followers. .





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begins to] circulate in your. veins, and

we‘feel that, it is of nonseto pray,

let‘ us remember this, that He calls

-us friends. " '- 7 .





Habits of prayer help much- We, A

many of us, look back to homes where»





family prayer was the Custom. Why

has it been given up, ,‘inso many





homes? Perhaps because we imagine

that it has to be done just- as it was





then, when life was more leisurely.

But there are a dozen ways to con-

duct family worship. It is not neces-

sary to do it precisely as grandfather

did. Many small handbooks of family





prayers are on the market, in which.





there is a page .to be read for-the day

and a prayer to be read, after which





_. the family may join in the Lord’s pray-





er. Or, some one may read a passage





from the Bible, and the Lord’s prayer





may follow. Other books contain a

scripture verse for the day, a brief

quotation of poetry or prose, and a

brief prayer, which may be read in a

few minutes. Such a brief form may

be used at such time as the family’is

all together, in the morning, or at

night, after the evening meal. Because

of changed conditions the family need

not give up this most helpful and beau-

tiful bit of household religion.





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Christian, and left many statements

about the habit 0f; prayer. “To be sure

that no day pass without calling upon

God in a solemn, fervent‘prayer, seven

times within the ' compass théreoi‘.

That is, in themorning and at night,

and five , times between.” “To pray

and at night, when»! cannot sleep, and

when .the .four o’clock bell awakens

me.” ~ “To pray in all places where

privacy inviteth; in any house, high-

way or street, and to know no-street

or passage in this city which may not

witness that I have not forgot God and

my Savior in it.” And many more like

passages. As said above, this man





was a doctor, and a hard worked one. ‘





SCH—SofLsssou FOR

JANUARY ~_23.





SUBJECT:—-Prayer in the Christian

Life. Mark 1:35 and 14:32-36. Mat-

thew 6:9 to 13.



GOLDEN TEXT:—-Ask, and it shall be

given you, seek and ye shall find,

knock, and it shalt be opened unto

you. Matthew 7-7.





SUNDAY





The Romance of a Land” Title





By John





R. Rood





0f the Detroit Bar





(In the prior installments of'this

story, Samuel Peck had proposed mar-

riage to Mary Slocum, been accepted

on condition that the house be built

where the proposal was made, and af-

ter much. search Peck had found and

purchaéed title of the apparent title

holder, only to be ousted by one claim-

ing title by adverse possession, whom

he also bought out. The house is

now completed and the day for the:

wedding is near, when JerdySanford,

Jr., an heir of the original title holder

appears). ‘





T appears that Charley Sanford,

father of Jerdy Sanford, Jr., was

shot and fell in the first assault by





the Confederate troops in the battle of '





Shiloh, April _7, 1862; was run over by

the advancing army and left in the

rear; but that night gathered strength

enough to get away, hid in the coun-

try, was secretly nursed in the house

of a northern sympathizer, fell in love

with the daughter who nursed him,-

married her, soon contracted a fever

of which he died, and Jerdy Sanford

2d was the only child of the marriage.

He had long thought of going north

and looking up his father’s people, and

had finally put that dream into execu-

tion.



He soon learned of Peck’s new

house and it looked good to him. He

thought if his Aunt Deborah had been

paid for her inheritance he should be'

paid for his; but Peck met his claim

by producing Hanson’s deed, saying





Jerdy’s aunt. ' .



J erdy took counsel of the young man

who had procured the settlement for

Hanson; and was tdld that vHansoii's

adverse possession 'di‘d' notbar him,

because he was an-infantfat the time-

of that possession, and adverse posses-

sion does not operate against infants;

and Peclt’s Connse'l were compelled to

admit that to be so.“ ‘ -. ‘ g '



Peck had. already lest faith in the

public records, and approved abstract;

and title! insurance, 5‘as’vx’afijsafe‘ guaranty

of land titles”; and, saw“ his smith even.

in the statutegoftlimitation. assa,pro-‘





tection wasfading, - butthe'vonly‘way 'y .. ,

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Sanford, who concluded that Old‘Jerdy

Sanford was none other than his fath—

er, who had deserted his wife when

George was a baby; and if, as George

suspected, and investigation proved to

be thefact, he had merely posed as a

single man ,‘and married again without

getting a diVorce, Deborah ahd Char—

ley were illegitimate, and George was

the sole heir. And he came on and

claimed the property; but against him

Hanson’s deed proved unanswerable,

and he went back empty handed.





Another fruit cf newspaper-publicity

did not end so fortunately. The ac-

count of Jerdy’s visit was also seen by

the secretary of the American Metho

dist Missionary Society, who had re

cently seen J erdy Sanford’s will among

some old papersin his vault, marked

across the back: ~“Wprthless, died

Bankrupt.” He ‘soon‘ found the paper,

again submitted itttogthe society’s at-

torney, andwas inforrtied that it cou1d

still be probated, there being no limit

to the time for probating a will ; and

that, inasmuch as the will gave what-

ever the testator had, to his daughter,

Deborah, for life, and at her death to

the society, no adverse possession dur-

ing her life operated to bar the so

ciety. Naturally the society gave Peck

the opportunity of his life to do some-

thing handsome for the cause of for-





eignmissions, and he did it.

his real title was from Hanson, not '





yThe purchase of the property, the

second purchase from Hanson, and

the buildingof the house, had consid-





erably depleted Peck’s available funds, 7'

as well as shaking his confidence in





title insurance and the, ordinary, land

titles. Fortunately for him, he still

held'the’; other piece cf property upon





. which he had obtained a. Torrens title;





and which (was, therefore not subject

to the, vicissitudes and uncertainties

to which oonyeyances' by d'eed,’ are sub-





"ject. He, went to' his'safety deposit

‘ out his nus “permeate. »





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~ 39.113119 servantsmen

and Women, comexwhen they‘- heah‘th'o ',





_ __ft'vgyi;i;srsor English

prose “was ammonium-owns, an-

English physiclam‘ Harms a devout"
31mm "society demanded“ and was

' informed. by: the banker that he was

" quite W with the property in

question know its value, and by rea-

son of the murky and his acquaint-

, ance with Peck, would be glad to lend

him the amount desired. Peck stated





that he had 'no abstract of title covers '





ing the property, but would obtain one

if desired. His banker replied that no

abstract of title was necessary in. such

ll. case. That the certificate is itself

the title, the first and last word upon

the subject, and ,incontestable.



' This was something Of a revelation

to‘ Peck, »who,. though quite familiar

with his own line of business, was not

much acquainted with land titles; and

in fact, he was~rather skeptical at the

time of the transfer of the property to

him when title to him was made by

this new-tangled procedure instead of

by the old-fashioned deed of convey-

ance.



Finally, Peck recovered himself suf-

\ficient to reply: “Well, if it is not

necessary to have any abstract nor

opinion upon the title, will you have

the mortgage, prepared ready for sig-

nature?" » 1

“No mortgage is necessary,” replied



the banker. “All that is necessary is

to,endorse.the certificate on the bank

the same as you would endorse a cer-

tificate of stock, and deposit the cer-

tificate with us until the loan is re-

‘ paid. We are entirely secure in the

loan, because upon the back, above

your signature, is the direction to is-

sue a new certificate to us upon sur-

render of this one; and. we know that

you cannot get any new certificate of

‘ title without surrendering the old one;

and we are therefore absolutely secure

without any mortgage at all. Your

title has an additional advantage not

possessed‘hy‘the old form of convey-

ance. By the. old form of procedure,

the mortgage is recorded and made

known to the public, or any members

of it. who have sufficient interest in

youraflairs to make the inquiry. But

with this'method‘ of handling the tran-

saction it is: a matter between you and

' the bank; and no. one else need know

» anything about it unless you tell them.

. When you have paid off the loan we

surrender your certificate, and you will

then stand right where you stood be-

fore the loanwasmade. The fact that

you have borrowed upon the title can

be discovered only incase you desire

. to make .it known. Any person» desir-

ing to purchase the propetry might: go

. to the record and ascertain that the

certificate of tithe has been issued to

you; and would naturally go to you

if he desired to purchase it; but, on

the other hand; you could not give

him the title without producing the

certificate, and you could not obtain





the certificate withOut the consent of '





the bank which holds it ‘as security for

the lean to you.”



Peck endorsed and deposited the

certificate, executed a note to the bank

for the amount of the loan, and had it

credited to his checking account.



(Confirmed next week).





some AGRICULTURAL PROBLEMS.





(Continued. from page 102).

mines thus made possible, but farm-

grown sauce in the tin can would

serve the purpose just ,as well.



On general principles, everything

that I buy contains the element of

profit, together. with interest and de-

precia‘tion on the equipment of some-

one else. What I produce myself con-

tains no element of prefit, except to

me, and the charge for interest and





depreciation has already been taken





care of by being charged to some field

grog) or .





m ‘I‘ive stock enterprise ,

‘ ‘ " the Lincoln consolidated schools to ,



1 make arrangements for farmers' insti- ;

totes which will be held in February ,. 2' j





.-;_ ' ’ ' ‘ ‘ as man, cf Whom there J

are thousands, who think that all or '

the present. troubles of the farmer can





be laid at the door of his automobile,

and the money spent for gasoline and

tires. There is no other business man

with whom the auto is such a time-

saver, hence such a true economy, as

the farmer. The automobile has prov;

en one of the most profitable of farm

tools. It,is easy for a group of men

in a luncheon club to gnaw at robust

cigars and figure the auto the tap

root of agriculture’s plight, but occa-

sionally I am fortunate enough to be

invited to speak before Rotary and





Kiwanis clubs as a “dirt” farmer, and.





I have little trouble dispelling this fal-

lacy so commonlyheld among business

and professional men.





Many states are now' laboring under

an absolutely archaic and antiquated

system of taxation. Time was, when

most of —the state constitutions were.

adopted, that general property was a

fair indication of income. But during

the last few years, owing to the growth

of corporations, there has developed

a new kind of property that cannot be

found without a search warrant, and

not always then. In the meantime the





constitutions then adopted are unyield- -





ing to current needs, and to amend

them is next ,to impossible.



At the close of the war I felt that

unless strenuous measures were adopt-

ed then, tangible property which at-

taches to farming more than any other

single business, would pay the costs

of the war because, in the long run,

taxation, either direct or indirect, is

the only way there is to pay the cost





of any governmental activity, of which <





war is one. So here we are today,

face to face with. a situation in which





income and taxation bear little rela- .





tion to each other, but taxes are pro-

portioned to the amount of property

that can be found to‘ which you hold

title, and I emphasize hold title ad~

visedly.





Sifted through all the screens that

logic has to offer, net income is the

orfly positively infallible measure of

any person’s ability to pay, and at the

same time the measure of the value

and protection which government af-

fords him.





Agriculture is before Armageddon.

Yet, I am neither discouraged nor

downhearted. I am not threatening to

leave the farm. On the playground, we

used to repeat the old saw, “What

goes up must come down, on your

head or on the ground.” Conditions

are nearing earth rapidly. More than

nine hundred thousand families left

American farms last year. This will

increase consumptive demand for food

and clothing and decrease the supply.



Fundamentally, the trouble is that

we have been producing more than

consumers will take at a price we can

afford to raise it for. We must adjust

our farming to changing conditions.

Corn belt farmers have become so ac-

customed to planting oats after corn

that they just rush into the stalk fields

in the spring with seed oats, appar-

ently forgetting that trucks, tractors,

and gasoline engines do not eat oats.

The horse is the cats market. They

ought to grow soybeans or some other

crop, instead of cats.





My personal opinion is that the

farmer whose ear is close to the

ground will, at no far diStant date,

seed a goodly acreage back into the

legumes, alfalfa and the clovers.





We must get back to true diversifiv





cation and cleaner farming. We must

look after the home market first, and

by this I mean the market that arises





out or the desires of our own families.





county Agent H. S. Osler is cooper ,





ating with people from the Milan and





"and,





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take a beating every Winter? ‘-





Aside from Winter’s discomfort and

strain—do you realize that farmers in

localities where winter is extremely

mild, are giving you a beating? They

.get the big profit in the same markets

that perhaps you are trying for.





Consider the: advantages of the {av

mous “Eastern Shore”—the great Pen—

insula between Chesapeake Bay and the

Atlantic. Big crops to market earlier

even than in many localities much fur—

ther South. Snows light—disappear in a

few hours. In parts of Peninsula, winter

is simply a season of preparing land

for February crops.





6.0 0 0 square miles -—— remarkable

profits in trucking, orchards, nurseries,





dairies, poultry. One of the longest

growing seasons in the U. S. Low

farming costs. Splendid marketing—co-

operative associations—quick delivery

to biggest cities of the East nearby:





Land available by splitting up of fine '

large farms—prices remarkably low.

Every assistance for reliable farmers.

Your family will be delighted with living

conditions. Costs you nothing to learn

more about your opportunity here.





Send for the big, interesting, illus-

trated Folder. No room in this space

for whole report.



Our association has nothing to sell.





Our farmer members believe all farmers

should know this locality’s advantages.





D E l: MAR-VA





DELAWARE, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA PENINSULAR COUNTIES





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Vegetable and
HERE are still people left in the



world who keep a certain pic-



ture on the wall just because

Aunt Jennie painted that picture when

she was a young lady—“it’s an origi-

na”—is their plea. But these same

people hesitate to step out in a bonnet

that Aunt Jennie trimmed all herself

back in 1880.



And, too, there are still homes in

which the pictures are hung so high

you need an old—fashioned step ladder

to help you look at them—away up

there, apropos of nothing else in the

room. But we are happy that such

homes are passing farther and farther

into the minority.





But still we have rooms situated in

the midst of wallpaper panels which

cry out for something living, like a

good picture, to be placed on them.

There are walls that are only w-a-l—l-s.



A more restful and artistic effect,

and a'greater impression of space, will

be assured if the number of pictures

displayed is kept down to a minimum.

There need be no danger of a bare





 





 





 





 





 





Gloria Swanson Ushers in a Breath of

Spring with this Chic Straw Hat.





and empty look about the walls if the

ground color has been chosen with

care.





A patterned wall does to some ex-

tent relieve the bareness due to lack

of pictures. The number of available

pictures should, therefore, be taken into

account when the treatment to be car.

ried out on the walls is being decided

upon.



Pros and Cons of Hanging.





The best pictures can be spoiled (or

nearly spoiled) in the hanging. No

longer are pictures hunt atilt, and the

Old fault of skying them is also gone.

A safe rule for landscapes and such is

to have the horizon line about level

with the eyes; small sketches and'

prints may be even lower. Portraits

often have to occupy exalted positions

—over the mantel, for instance—-

Where the eye-to—eye rule cannot be

observed. In the small house large

frames are to be avoided; one large

picture to a room is ample.



If Without being strictly formal in ar-



. out, each picture ought to co-



My its allotted wall-space as if it



‘, Weed there and nowhere else.



t” Small pistaires, hung in a high-ceil-

' room in order to mitigate a



"1: wall. genr1aliy fail in their pur-





' and serve but to accentuate:

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let the top edge of the frames give the

exact horizontal; this produces an ef-

fect of uniformity.



Give Attention to Fastenings.



Fastenings should be invisible or in-

conspicuous, or (in certain surround-

ings), they may be “featured” and

turned to a decorative purpose. There

are many inexpensive types of picture-

holders which hide the cord altogether,

one of the neatest of which is a patent

hook which is fastened to the wall by

a thin steel pin, this steel pin being

driven into the wall at an angle. Often

a good-looking cord from either side

of the frame suspended from the

frieze is used. Cords now come in var-

ious tints and tones to match, or to

go quietly with the paper or paint. The

oblique lines of an inverted must

be shunned; they distract the eye and

look insecure.



Frames it goes without saying,

should be in keeping with what they

surround, in proportion, style, and

tone. “Gold frames” are seldom seen

now. Of course, oil paintings demand

a heavy gilt frame, which is better if

perfectly plain. ‘



Substitutes for paintings. are not

hard to find these days. A few well-





‘chosen prints go a long ways toward





 





giving that just-right look to .your

room. Mirrors, too, have a place on

the walls. A long, narrow one hung

over the mantel will enhance. the» ap-

pearance of a living room.





SOME CREAM COOKIES.





 





HERE is an excellent creamvcooky.

‘If the cream is very rich, you can

omit the lard. My cream was the very

richest 'Obtainable from the top of

whole milk testing about 3.6 per cent.

This cream averaged about eighteen

per cent butter-fat, and fully this

amount of lard was needed for a good

cocky.



One cup sugar, one cup sour cream,

one teaspoon soda, half teaspoon each

of vanilla and lemon extract, one tea-

spoon Of baking powder, two table-

spoons lard, half teaspoon salt.



Melt lard, add sifted sugar, mix, add

the cream, which is quite sour, and





flavoring. Let sugar dissolve thor-'





oughly, with occasional stirring while

you sift together two and onehalf cups





flour, the soda, salt and baking pow— '





der. Add two cups of flour to liquid to

make soft dough. The other half cup

of flour is put on the board, but while

plenty is needed on the board, very





Women and the Movies

By Iméel Kim/2





URING the home and community

D conference held in- Chicago in



December, the women gathered

to hear Stanley Green discuss the mov-

ie question. The interest evidenced

by ‘them clearly indicated that the

women considered this a big question

and one in which they wished to as—

sume the responsibility which was

theirs. Someone aptly said of women,

“The passing'of the suffrage amend-

ment and the granting of the ballot

merely legalized and granted a formal

power, but the real sovereignty has

always been hers.”



The entire human race always has

been under her influence to mould and

form as she chose. What power‘can

a ballot confer that is comparable to

the training of the minds of boy and

girl-children, who are destined to be

the future citizens and proprietors of

the world?





Looking at these representative

women assembled from many states,

and watching their eager faces, I knew

they wanted to contribute their bit to

this worth while cause of better mov-

ies. Those mothers realized that the

chance for the success of future civ-

ilization lies with the boys and girls;

not men and women. Children in oth-

er words, are the plastic embryo of

that future civilization. Mr. Green

stated that one hundred -thii'ty ‘ mil-

lion admissions were sold to the mov;

ies every week, .this made it a question

too, big to ignore. it in the hands of

right persons, there would be no trou-

ble. A movie can‘be no betterthan

the maker, ”and many makers of mov-





ies have ideals and live up to them. . ,

Occasionally a higher salary, or desire , ,_

to get in a stronger limelight, tempts





     





of the present movies sold fur coats

to girls ill able to buy them, sold many

forms of extravagance, took the sac-

redness from love-making and the

kiss, aroused sex instinct, made folk

who were regular movie fans lose their

initiative of thought, and furnished

too much emotional food. On the oth~

or hand, he said they are, and can be,

of the greatest educational value, a

field just beginning to yield harvests,

and we can make that harvest what

we will. All progress starts with a.

minority—the abolishing of slavery.

Columbus discovering the Newr World,

the Master and the disciples giving

Christianity to‘the world, the suffrage

and prohibition questions, etc. Strange

as it may seem, tenper cent of the

people decide all questions. The other

ninety per cent follow where they are

led.



Mr. Green devotes much time and

effort to the study of this question.

He gave up a lucrative position to do

this, and is very sincere in his opin-

ions. He hopes to be able some day

to pull out a plug and see a. movie in

his own home.



Being a farmer’s wife, I thought of

how it might be used to further organ-

ization of farm folk. We—you and I

—-must write the story of agriculture,

that our children will read it ‘with

pride, and ,the fabrics can be made a

means to that end. 9 T





Placing PictUre‘s Properly -

By Arrangement, Pictures Can Elmer “Make or B rm 1%,, a Room





little or it is absorbed by the dongbag;





5





“Therefore when we build let us.





think that we build, foreVer. Let it

not be for the present delight nor for

present use alone.





torI and let us ;th-lnk





one of them to forget their ideal and»?





Work much'thavqo :WEhe , minds of





'Let it be such.

work as our descendants will thank





which is handled carefully after chil-

ling.



R011 to a quarter—inch thickness, cut

and bake ten minutes in a hot Oven.

If these became soft in. damp weather, ._

they can be crisped again in the oren,

and will taste as’ if, freshly‘bakedr—

Mrs. D. W. M





THE SAIL BOAT.





 





HE Sail Boat” is'what‘Mrs. F. K.,

of Shiawassee county has christ-

ened this unusual quilt pattern. The

whole block measures ten inches

square. Made in red, with a white





background, it is very striking. The,

strip forming the boat is three inches

wide and cut as the diagonal of- the

The large triangle





ten-inch square.





 





 





 





 





at the base is six inches on the sides.

One two-inch red square, two tWo-inch‘

white squares, and three two-inch tri-

angles form the' boat. The two re

maining blocks are ten inches on one

edge, six inches on the other, with

bias ends. |

FARM WOMAN-GETS BEAUTY,

FROM SPRING.





 





 





N magazines, papers and on bill-

boards, We read of the thousand.

and one things that will make a wom-

an beautiful. But I do not need this

drug stoie variety of beauty, since my

husband brought spring water into the

house, for it saves me heaps of work

and worry and thus keeps the wrink-

les away. '

By means of a hydraulic ram we

have an abundant supply of spring Wad

ter always on hand. The water is lift- -

ed forty feet in a distance of ten rods.





   





A storage tank in the attic holds. a. "I





reserve of several barrels. 'Inmyg

kitchenis a range boiler which sup?

plies hot water to the bathroom and.



sink. The system is practically free ,

from mechanical trouble and costs ,

nothing for upkeep.



For sixty years previous to installing

the ram, Water for the house was car-

ried up the hill. A ram can be in- '

stalled in any stream having a flow ‘

of tWO gallons or more per minute,and





Mrs.F.-E." .





a fall or eighteen or more inches-'-— 1.. g;





,_.______.____.__.

A HANpFUL OF SALT TURNS THE]

CK: _ _, ,,
No. 586-Jabot Dress. Cut in sizes

16 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and '44 inches

bust measure The 36-inch size re-

quires 27/8 yards of 40 inch material

with '64; yard of 40- inch contrasting.



No. 573—Bol‘ero Frock. Cut in sizes

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

measure. The 36-inch size requires

31,4 yards of 40- inch material with %

yaid of 40- inch contrasting and 31/;

yards of binding.



No. 657—Sport Model. Cut in sizes

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

bust measure. The 36-inch size 1e-

quires 3% yards of 401nch ,material

with % ya-r of 27-inch contrasting.



No. 488-— elightfully Feminine. Cut

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

bust measure. The 361nch size re-

quires 3% yards of 40-inch material

with 1% yards of 40-inch contrasting.



No. 615—0ne-piece Dress Cut in

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

bust measure. The 361nch size re-

quires 3% yards of 40-inch mate1ial.



The price of each pattern is 13 cents.

Just enclose 13 cents ext1a when you

order your pattern. and a copy of our

large Pattern Catalogue will be sent

to you. Address your orders to Pattern

Department, Michigan Farmer, Detroit,

Michigan.





WOMEN FILL COMMUNITY PURSE.





E find that if we plan some



Kl» “doi’n’s” that will keep people

guessing, it is most always a

success. I have in mind a Conundrum

Social, our Christian Endeavor gave a





few weeks ago which was a success;

both _ financially and socially.





There were only three of us who

knew what such a social was. First

we planned our menu, the members

donating the‘ food. We arranged a

program of group games before re-

5treshments were served. Atter the

. program each one was given a slip of

’ mar and a pencil: on was: to write



5 W to set- follows

QM printed on





 





 





 





 





The waiters prepared their plates ac-

cording to the slips:

The menu was as follows:





Biazillian beans, (baked beans) .. 3c

Cell Life, (meat loaf) .............. 3c

Farmer’s Pride, (cream) ........... Zc

Appetizer, (sugar) ................. 2c

Cucumis Sativis, (pickle) 1c

Minced Tubors, (scalloped potatoes) 5c

Solid Co aTtort, (fruit salad) ....... 5c

Medicin Slabs, (bread and but-

te1)





2c

Elixir of Life, (water) ............. 1c

Miniature Rails, (toothpicks)\ 1c

Advent Theme and Dis Friend, (tea

or coffee) 3

Fairies’ Delight, (cake) ........... 30





. Only the ones serving knew how to

interpret the menu, so the guests did

not know what they had ordered until

their plates were served.





Another stunt that proved entertain-

ing was a birthday supper. Twelve

tables were decorated to represent

each month in the year, January for

New Years, February for St. Valen-

tine, March for St. Patrick, April for

April showers, May for May Day with

a May pole, June for the June bride,

July for the Fourth, August for a pic-

nic, September for Autumn, October

for Hallowe’en, November for Thanks-

giving, and December for Christmas.

We seated each guest at the table that

represented their birthday, which help-

ed to make the stunt more sociable——

Mrs. E. R., of Allegan County.





‘CARE OF ELUBS AFTER BLOOM-

ING.





‘HEN bulbs bloom in winter in



7...... the window, some are valuablé

for blooming another year inside, some

for planting outside, and others have

no further value. Freesias, bxalis, cal-

1311'. and some other tender bloomers





,grow into strong bulbs in pots and





ere. so good or better;- than the orig-

mll: We planted, if heel}!!! and





, garden, making nice beds

rwh'ite narcissus, Chinese Sacred my,





I not worth while trying in the bongo





again, but will grow 1.1111111061111411“;

The paper





and other polyantha narcissus will do

no good, either in the house or garden





‘ The old Harrisi Easter lily will be of





no value, but the Giganteum, which





has been used for Easter lilies of late





years, will grow in the garden, but will

take a year or two to get strength

enough to bloOm again. All the bulbs

worth keeping should be kept growing

until they ripen up well after the

blooms fade, and then they may be

set away in the pots until next fall.—

A. H.





‘





COLD WEATHER TEMPTEIRS.





Stuffed Onions.





USE large white onions. Parb-oil be-

fore scooping out the center. A

variety of filling might be used. Bread

crumbs, raisins and nuts, or bread

crumbs, nuts and tomato pulp. Place

in a pan, cover the bottom. of the pan

with water or stock and bake thirty

to forty-five minutes. Baste several

times. Grate with cheese if the re-

mainder of the meal is not too rich.





Apple Fritters.





2 tb. sugar

lé tsp. salt





6 311111125



M cup sugar



4 tb. lemon juice 2 eggs



1 cup flour 1A, cup milk



Core and pare apples, then cut in

thin, round slices. Mix quarter cup of

sugar and lemon juice and let apples

stand in this mixture one-half hour.

Mix and sift dry ingredients twice.

Beat egg yolks and add the milk.

Combine dry ingredients with wet and

blend together quickly yet thoroughly.

Cut and fold in stiffly beaten egg

whites. Dip apples in batter and fry

in deep hot fat. Drain on paper and

serve with syrup while hot.



Cream of Pea Soup.





1 pt. peas 1 tb. butter





(‘old water

1 slice onion,

I tb. flour 2 cups milk





Drain liquid from peas and add

enough cold water to make one pint

of liquid. Return liquid to peas, add

onion, sugar and salt and simmer for

five minutes. Sift. There should be

two and one-half cups of pulp and

liquid. Make a white sauce of the

butter, flour and milk. Combine pea

mixture and white sauce. Serve while

hot.





1% tsp sugar

1 tsp. salt





 





 





Household Service





 





 





PINE NEEDLES FOR PILLOWS.





OULD like to say to Miss O. K.

that I believe most of the so—call-

ed “pine pillows” are made from bal-

sam and spruce. Balsam branch tips

are flat and soft. Use a good piece of

ticking, otherwise, the needles will

work through when they become dry.

You must gather a large amount for

one pillow. I make my tick for pillow

and pick enough of the soft little new

needles to fill the pillow as full as I

can pack it. They will soon dry down

and the pillowfull will scarcely be half

full of needles. Then you must fill

again, and so on. ' .

You will find that the tips of new

growth of the balsam make the most

satisfactory pillows, and the fragrance

more pleasing than any of the other

evergreen needles.——Mrs. C. R.





HOW TO PAINT CHINA.





Would you please tell me, as nearly

as possible, how to paint china and

fancy furniture? What is meant by

firing? Also, where can I get the

thhia used for this purpose ?—Mrs.. C.





The directions for painting china

and. furniture are much too long tobe

printed here. But if those interested

in this sort of handicraft will, Send a

stamped enVelope, I will tell ' them





“where the directions may he obtained

and where the china and unpainted





furniture can be purchased





 





 





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haul) to ”MI. in 5



daily use. Sold-all . ,

overthe

to honest Amerl- . 7

can fatners of. Whole- m

sale, 111m: Price. 5

Easy 'l’enul III lo not

Th. Stan“ Fm POW“.





BIIZZ SAW





One of the 11





Plants. Saws '

m6 ' h wood. Popular Muse- .,

if? %thermlfog and Tree Saw Outfits. ‘





PUMPERS A“ .12...





for every

need. Have water all the time

for stock, home, irrigation, etc.





Direct gear or belt driven.





Lifetime Guarantee. ' '

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ustout—sh own _ ,-



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Per 100 Pounds—Frozen Round Honing ”.00:

Dressed, 86. (lo—Round Pickerel. $7. 50; Dressed Pick-

crel $9.;50 Round Perch $7. 50: Skinned. ready-11'!

$13.50:Rm1nd Pike $12; Dressed Pike $14. 50: 11th

$20; Salmon :13. 50. Remit with order. PM! has

(barge 30c per hundred pounds. We charge “our



lb more in lees than 100- lb. lots. Send. for com-

plete List Frozen Smoked Salted Fish.





CONSUMERS FISH 00.5.

Green Bay, Wis.





 





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if?! “j:

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F- 1" S- WH

100 lbs. —Lar¢e Herring or Bluefins $5. 00:

Round $8. 00; Picker-e1 Headless. Dressed 810.00:Ye1-

low Pike $l300; Flounder-s $9.00;t1ns $6.50:

Large Mullets $6. 00: Steak Cod 311; Market Cod

or Haddock $9. 00; Salmon $13. 50. Package chemo

35c extra net 100 lbs. or less. Less than 100- lb. Iota

‘Ac per lb. higher Write for complete price

Johnson Fish Co ., Green Bay, Wis

Choice latest catches. Silver round

Herring per 100 pounds 84. 60:

dressed Herring $5.150:th 500d

1112085.:00 Suckers 3am Pick-

erel 38. 00: Pike :14. 00: Whitefish $14.50; Salmon

“$13 50; Salted flat lake Hen-inc Der 100 pounds”.

Smoked fat Bluefins: ten- -pound box 31.00: mm

32. 20; Salmon $2. 20: Whitefish $1. 80. Order! M leu

than 100 lbs. fined at same prices. Pacino charge

35c pair 100 lbs.

NDEPENDENT FISH 00.,DOpl1J.

fimn Bay. Wis.

$22.00 Specnl Sale. Price $34.75

Made from hides Delivered to you.

supplied by you. from our stock.

No better protection from cold winter bliz-

zards. Lona years of wear—fully teed.

Ship us your cattle and horse hides and

other raw furs; we will convert them into

(111-11,!111' coats and robes at considerably

less than the usual prices.

We also make and have in stock a full

line of ladies’ fine fur coats. Buy nun ul

. and save money. Cataloguin- old other .

’ prices gladly sent upon '

HILL DALE ROBE O. TANNING 00.. “Realm Blah.

Oldest Galloway Fur Dressers in U- S.)





 





KINKADE GARDEN TRACT"

and Power Lawnmower



A Practical Proven Power Cultivator for ‘1‘



Gardeners.Subu1-banites. Truckers.



Florists. N umerymen. Fruit Growers. 3}



American Farm Machine Co. \' . ,



[003- 33rd Av. S. E. ,Mlnneopolllinn. ’ '





Gfiase‘Paianivay

witli .Musterole





When winds blow raw and

chill and rheumatism tingles

in your joints and muscles,



rub on good old Musterole.



As Musterole penetrates the skin '

and goes down to the seat of trofile,

you feel agenda, healingwarinthgthen

comes cooling, welcome relief. ,



Better than the old-fashioned muo-

tard plaster Grandma knew.



Fororoupy colds, sore throat, rheu-

matism and congestion of all kinds, rub

on Musterole. Don’ t waitfor trouble;

keep a jar or tube handy.



To Mothers: Musterol’elo alsomode





in milder form lorbabiesand emflchilé

dren. Ask for Children’ s Muscerole.





The Musterole Co., Cleveland,Oh1o ’
- ...' i. 1 riflbéwfiih





Feeding the Baby Chicks

NATURE provides sufficient food for the

' first three days, for the chick absorbs the

yolk of the egg just before it is hatched. This

food is rich in fats and carbohydrates. From

the third day to the sixth week, Michigan Chick

Starter assists nature by giving the chicks a

similar feed that is easily seen, easily digested

and nutritious. Michigan Chick Starter is rich

in vitamine content, balanced with the necessary

cereal and animal proteins to give the highest

feeding efficiency. Michigan Chick Starter is not

waste material from the mill. It is based on

the latest scientific formula for baby chick

feeding. Ark for a pamphlet of—our poultry

feed: containing oaIua'h/e feeding suggestions.





- 7 Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service ,

Lansing, Michigan . " '





 





 





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INSPECTED AND ACCREDITED-Our breeders. our hatchery. our business



methods. by State Inspectors supervised by Michigan State College. Our'Leshorns





 





 





days, where lightsare not used,





Again, during the‘short days, plenty of

hopper space is important. The soon-

er the hens can breakfast‘ after com-

Ing off the roost in the morning, the

better; and the chance for the last

hungry bird to be satisfiefi upon going

to roost at night, is equally necessary.

Something to drink, and plenty of it,

is equally important. Duringvthe very

cold weather it requires extra effort

to provide warm drink, but it will pay.

If either the water or the milk be too

cold, the birds will not drink enough

of it, and what they do drink will tend

to chill them.

Ration Needs Egg-producing Factors.

The average farm flock lays but few

eggs during the winter, usually for two





 





are the result of 14 years' careful breeding on our loo—acre farm. Foundation 0! Tan-

cred, Hollywood & Barron—Big discount now. Get our New Free Catalog. ,



. BUY OUR MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS—The strongest proof of the

quality of our chicks is that we have doubled our-hatching capacity over last year. Ac-





 

 





credited Wh. or Br. Leghoms. Anconas. Bd. Rocks. 100% live delivery guaranteed.

Prices reasonable. Member I. B . .

l. H. GERLINGS, Mar. R. F. D. I. Box M-777, Iceland. Mich.





 





   

 





 





   

 

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

 

   

 

   

   





THEY COST NO MORE AND YOU CAN FEEL SAFE. Our chicks arefrom

leg-banded stock selected by expert trained and educated by Poultry De- .

partment, Ohio State University. You can feel safe, for you know every

chick Is up to highest standard for egg production and breed type. Get our

special wholesale price on broodcr stove when bought with chicks. SEND

FOR DUB BIG CATALOGUE. It tells all about our pedigreed males and spe-

cial pen matings. Also givcs details about our high producing utility birds.

Prices reasonable. Valuable book free with each order. Wnto today.

WOLF HATCHING 8:. BREEDING 00.. Box 42,





 





Superior Leghorns are those Mich. Accredited Leshorns that have dem-‘

onstrated their "superiority" under practical farm conditions. $5.00

worth of eggs per hen per year secured by one of our customers.

Big Discount Now. .

GET OUR NEW CATALOGk—IT'S FREE.

Our big illustrated 32—page catalog shows our modern breeding and

trapnesting plant. (300 pullets are entered in R. 0. P. work. Every

breeder banded. inspected, and passed by authorized state inspectors.

supervised by Mich. State College. Hanson, Tailored and Barron Strams.

SUPERIOR POULTRY FARMS. INC.. Box 359. ZEELAND. MICH.





——Tested Chix. 109 up. Can

Our Pu re Bloo this. can 5.1:: a:





Barred and White Rocks, Reds, BI. Minor-cos. 15c each. White and Silver Wysndottes.

Orpingtons, 16c. White and Black Langshans, Light Brahmas, 20c. White, Brown. Bufl

Leghoms, Heavy Broilers. 12c. Sheppard‘s Anconas, 13c. Light Broilers, 10c. Feb. 15

to Mar. 17th chicks. 2c per chick extra. Add 36c extra if less than 100 wanted. Hatch-

ing eggs. Bank reference. Send for Free catalog of 20 varieties.



LAWRENCE HATCHERY. R. 7. Phone 7676!, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.





B b' h k t ' Ch' k

$l50 Ha! Ha! Look! sass. rahmsgszzttma. as





breeding the world has known. Generations of 250 to 312 egg, Morgan





4 Blood Tested White Leghorns.

5 EGGS





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Tancred Type, Pedigreed.





ALSO I5 OTHER PURE-BRED VARIETIES, some won lst and 2nd prize in pro-,-

duction and exhibition classes. 12c and up. Every breeder tested and

culled by experts. Big profits in early b Qilers. Get free circular and dis-

count before buying elsewhere. BEOKM II HATCHERY, Grand RapIds, Mich.





DUN DEEii‘éi‘ifiiinCHICKS





Every breeder approved by State Inspectors under super-

vision of Michigan State College. vBlood tested for White Diar-

rhea for the past three years. Three leading breeds, B. P. Rocks,

R. I. Reds and English and American Leghoms. 100% live de-

livery. Write for free catalog and price list.



HE DUNDEE HATCHERY





DUNDEE. MICHIGAN





 





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It will pay you to Investigate one of Michigan’s oldest and best hatchefles. Nineteen

years' experience. Every chick hatched from rugged. free range breeders omcilev ac-

credited by inspectors supervised by Mich. State College. Large percentage-of business

to satisfied old customers. White Leghorn: (English and American). Barred Rocker

Anson”. Your Mich. Accredited Chicks bought of this old reliable concern with

an established reputation for square dealing are sure to please. 100% live de-

livery, prepaid. Get our new FREE catalog before placing your order. ‘* ‘

VAN APPLEDORN BROS., HOLLAND HATCHERY a. POULTRY FARM-

R. 7-.0. HOLLAND, MIOI-I. /





Downs Strain Leghorns are bred for high flock average ass productiom They are

wonderful winter layers. Frequent reports from customers Elva 0 to 70% egg

yield, in winter months from hundreds of bullets. 16% of our business Is with

old customers. Many of Michigan‘s largest egg farms buy their chicks from us

year. Our entire flocks. hatchery and chicks are Michigan Accredited by the

Michigan Poultry Improvement Association and the Michigan State College. You

will want these better egg producers. Write quick for catalog and prices.

W. A. DOWNS POULTRY FARM. Route 2, ROMEO. MICH.





 





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* $650 figg Revenue From 680Unculled Pallets





   





matched Grade A Chicks durum. November. ,

, .150 mam nine

. and arm-Io measured tonne metro tutti:



ml centralize by m . ' rm. imam



and neuronal” pays-thy m%?agmgngn. j , 1 2 1;»;

com: It j xv ‘ g ~snauo.nsmns.=meurfim§





reasons: First, it contains a: small

percentage of pullets, and it is hard

during December and January to se-

cure high production from old hens

that have laid well during the year.



Second, ,the ration fed the average

farm flock in winter will not produce

eggs in paying quantities. This is true

because it is not a balanced ration; in

some cases corn is fed almost exclus-

ively. Here and there is one who feeds

nothing but- wheat. I have in mind

one man who told me last spring that

his hens had eaten nearly half a bush-

el of wheat a day. They get wheat to

eat and water to drink, and March 1,

they were not producing a dozen eggs

a day.



Animal Protein Needed.



There is a very general lack of ani-

mal protein in the ration fed the farm

flock. This lack can be very easily

supplied, by feeding a dry mash con-

taining the necessary proportion of

meat scrap. There are several kinds

of prepared poultry mash on the mar-

ket. Many of the-local dealers are

mixing and selling very good poultry

smash at reasonable prices. If farmers,

generally, would buy this feed and use

it, the production of these small flocks

would be greatly increased. If one

desires to mix the mash at home, the

formula put out from our college

should. be consulted. Equal parts of

bran, cornmeal, middlings and ground

oats, with anywhere from ten to twen-





to the amount of milk the hens are

getting. This is the formula, audit is

hard to improve on. .Usuall'y one per-

cent of salt is added, and from one to

two per cent of ground limestone (cal-

cium carbonate).





A Practical Mash.



The writer has one bunch of Leg-

horns in which he is getting interest-

ed. In this floCk are 170 pullets. They

were hatched June 8. We bOught this

bunch, cockerels and all, when they

were seven weeks old. To begin with,

there were 400 of them, but we fed the

weasels pretty well on two occasions,

and the number was reduced. "The

birds never ate a kernel of scratch

feed after we got them, until they were





 





Ifour months old. We fed a mash made“.





{practically as follows:

9 0 O ‘ pounds of yellow cornmeal, 300 pounds

Down 3 Strain White Leghornslof good middlings, sixty pounds meat

Bred 20 Years for Higher Egg Production scrap, ten Pounds of salt. and twelve

[pounds of calcium carbonate.





 





Seven hundred -





We had

it mixed at the mill, which salted some

time and labor. ’ ‘ ~ . .



As the hours of daylight shortened

and the nights grew lung, we gave the

pullets a. feedef corn just before they





went on the roost, .They' began laying

shortly before they; were llvegmonths "





old. They were five‘kmon‘ths andnlne-





ms teen day's.old ,yesterday,‘ and we gath-

mm m. 1.aoé,ered seventy-lire eggs (from, gee-170‘s





 





.. swears severflsmd





ewes: w





Some Pryce of. .»

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HE. system of feeding should be. “flit? Migraine. In facts-.11 thegraint i. ..

uniform, and during the short cemmojnly known Oil. the. E heme“ .





all possible daylight should be utilized,





ty per cent of meat scrap, according ,





 





or h.





rye, can be fed with profit. There are

many ways in which a good poultry.

mash can be made, but the prlnolplh

of the balanced ration must beakept

ever in mind, and 'for growing Chicks





yellow corn is preferable to the white L





variety.





 





A WOMAN POULTRY ,FARMEISR. ..





E ran across another instance of





just what a woman can do, 'on'





the ordinary, farm, in the way ofmak-

ing money out of poultry. '



This woman had only an ordinary

hen house but everything was in A4

shape. The Orchard was fenced in

with fine mesh fence, and scattered





all through it were several colony‘





houses and outdoor brooders. Most

people'on the farm are not aware of

the money there is in poultry, or one

would see more poultry on the aver-

age farm. ‘ ' '



The farmer has several advantages

over anyone else, and one is lower feed

cost. The extra room for run we do

not count much on, as poultry will do

better when confined to fairly close

quarters. An orchard of half an acre,

or so, closely fenced in, will give them

all the room they need and will serve

to keep them from damaging the gar-

den, and protect them from hawks and

skunks.





Too Much Corn. -

The woman-owner of this farm 531

she was going to get rid of White Leg-.

horns as they “set” too much. We

did not take this assertion very kindly-

as we did not relish hearing our pet.

breed defiled 'in this manner. We said

there must be something wrong with

the feed. She let the cat out of the

bag when she said she fed lots of

corn.

We told her to cut out the corn and

feed wheat and oats. She promised





to do this, and we found out after that. '





her White Leghorns had ceased to-

“set.f’ And right here we might add

that more hens go to the butcher’s.

block from anv'overdeSe of corn than.

from any other cause. i



A short time ago a. neighbor showed

us, a hen she had bought on the mar-

ket that contained hundreds of eggs

in the making, from the size of buck:

shot to "pin head Size, and inside that

hen were two layers of'fat bigger than

the average hand. That lien had been

killed because she didn’t lay, and it

wasn’t the hen’s fault; it was a case.

of too much corn.





Wheat and oats are the best egg "





producers on the market, but in win-

ter it is necessary to add about twen-

ty—five per cent com. This, together

with a good dry mash and lots of green

stuff, such as sugar beets, will fill the

egg basket. ,





PuIIets Happy and Busy,



Getting back to the question of one

woman poultry farms, we might say

that this woman was making a decid-

ed success out of her poultry. She

has as fine a flock of young pellets as

anyone would wish for. Combs red,

fully developed,'and as busy as a spid-

er on a hot stove lid.





The pullets had been in their winter"





quarters since the end of September

and the)"r sure showed the result of

good care. At the time we visited

her, they showed a production’ of over

fifty per cent. 1“ \ ‘ '



The hens were in a. poll by them-

selves and :the‘six best cockerels were





with them. The hens. were’heisbackif

as t°‘:ér2ss¢9,_,sbod W‘fase ter- ‘
" : Calhoun, Was ’ htenaw,

' ‘Lenawee counties met at Hillsdale on



“January 7 and organized the Wolver-

. inc Egg and Poultry Exchange.





   

   





‘ Branch.





This





cooperative sales agency will have of-





fices at Adrian as soon as arrange-

ments‘ can be completed. The repre-

sentatives who attended the Hillsdale

meeting were elected at meetings for

poultrymen held in the individual coun-

ties previous to the Hillsdale meeting.



The Wolverine Exchange will be a

non-profit stock company. Each mem-

ber of the company is required to pay

a $3. 00 membership fee, to sign a’

three-year contract to sell all of his

poultry products through the exchange,

and to purchase stock in the company.

The members are required to buy $20

worth of stock for each 100 hens which

the member owns. One-fourth of the





'stock subscription is paid When the





Exchange begins business, and the oth'

er three- fourths are deducted from the

money due the member for products

sold through the Exchange.



The Wauseon, Ohio, Exchange will

be used by the Michigan company un-

til ‘the volume of business done by

The Wolverine Exchange Warrants the

employment of a separate sales force.

The Wauseon cooperative organization

has been selling poultry products for





the past two years, and in 1926 this





,company sold $902, 000 worth of eggs





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and poultry.



Officials of the Ohio company who

attended the Hillsdale meeting said

that their Exchange obtained a price

premium on the New York and Bos-

ton markets for graded eggs. Only

choice eggs are marketed at distant

points. The Wauseon'company is also

able to obtain a higher price for poul-

try than the individual flock owner

can sell his own birds for. Poultry

products sold through the Wolverine

Exchange will be trucked to Wauseon.



The officers of the Wolverine Egg

and Poultry Exchange are: A. W. Tor-





rant, of Parma, chairman of the board,





of directors; A. E. Betteridge, of Sen-

eca, secretary—treasurer; H. S. Osler,

of Ann Arbor, vice-president; and S.

S. Teeters, of Tekonsha; K. A. Zim-

merman, of Mason; Mrs. Mary Rey-

nolds, Of Quincy; and Leo‘ V. Card, of-

Hillsdale, members of the board of di-

rectors. The‘ ‘poultrymen in these

southern Michigan counties were aided

in the organization work by Professor

C. C. Card, J. A. Hannah, poultry’spe-

cialist, and Gifford Patch, Jr., special-

ist in agricultural economics.





 





WANT ANOTH ER POULTRY

- SCHOOL.





 





POULTRY school in St. Clair



county at which methods of dry-

picking fowls and dressing them for

the t1ble,.were taught, was so popular

that another school is scheduled for

later in the month. Local poultrymen

were in charge of the meeting, and

J. M. Moore, poultry specialist, dem-

onstrated methods of dressing fowls.‘





ENLARGED LIVER.





 





The other day we killeda rooster,

(last May hatCh), that had a liver

about four times the usual size, and

of alight ‘color. That dark red “spleen,"

or whatever it, is, was enlarged also.

The liver seemed solid, and no spots

in it. I have heard of geese being fed

in a way seas to grow large livers on

purpose. What I want to know is, is

the liver fit for food, and is the meat

of the fowl fit for food, and what

would cause such a liver? There was

no sign of. anything being the matter

with the fowl when alive, and the

meat looks all right. -—-Mrs. R. D. G.





Fat may accumulate in the liver of

a feud until it interferes with the nor-

mal function of the cells. Inflamma-

tion of the liver, caused when poison-

‘s reducts are abeed train the

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sad as that are over»





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condition, the meat, aside from the

liver, is probably fit for food. But in

such cases only an inspection by a

veterinarian can accurately determine!





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TURKEYS Wl-TH DIARRH EA.





 





Could you tell me how cholera acts;

in fowl, especially turkeys. Also, whati

is good for them?-——Mrs. E. K. I





Turkeys are sometimes bothered,





Elf-- the rooSter seemed in fine physical ‘

and =





with diarrhea in the fall, due to eating 1'





an abundance of soft corn. Young tur- i





keys, with bowel .trouble can some-il

times be cured by feeding boiledrice. l

Old turkeys can be given two or three;





teaspoonfuls of castor oil to improvei





'the condition of the digestive tract. 1





Bowel trouble is also one of thei

symptoms of blackhead. Over-feeding,

musty feed, sloppy mashes, too much

fruit, or anything that will cause di-

gestiVe disturbances soon produces

signs of diarrhea. It is not possible to

suggest a cure for all cases as the

cause may vary greatly. Many of the

cases of so-called cholera in poultry

of all kinds are only due to digestive

disorders which can be prevented or

cured by proper rations.





 





 





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Please let me know if there is a:

cure for a disease that attacks tun;

keys. It’s symptoms are: The turkey

becomes lame in one leg. They grad-

ually grow weaker, and finally die?

They do not lose their appetite, but

will eat as usual, but the food does,

not benefit them They die a lingering,

death, living sometimes nearly a year. i

There are a few hens and loosters-

that have the same disease ——J. M. B.





The lameness and loss of weight,

might be due to tuberculosis. Many

of the turkey losses are due to black-.

head, and the head may or may not

turn dark when the birds have that}

disease. Perform a postmortem on the

birds that die, and note the condition

of the liver. If it is covered with dis-

eased tissue the trouble is apt to be

blaCIthead. ,



This disease cannot be treated with

medicine, but can often be prevented

by keeping the turkeys on clean soil

and away from the chickens. Turkeys !

are subject to the diseases of other}

poultry, and if they range around the;

buildings with the chickens, it greatlyI

increases the chances of losses from

blackhead.



Lameness, rapid emaciation and the

greyish‘ spots on the liver are symp-

toms of tuberculosis, but a laboratory

examination is considered necessary

to accurately determine that disease.

It usually pays to have a veterinarian

inspect the flock and make recom-

mendations if the presence of tubercu-

losis is suspected.





 





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We plan on keeping ten hen tur-

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many tom turkeys it will be necessary

to keep? Also, please state at what

age a tom turkey begins to lose his

breeding qualities. Is an old tom three

or four years old as good as a yearling

or two- -year- -old?-—A. T. V.





One vigorous young tom is all that

is necessary in a flock of ten turkey

hens. Oi‘ten good results are obtained

when as many as twelve or fifteen

hens are allowed to range with one

tom. Old turkey toms may become

too fat and heavy for the best results

in obtaining fertile eggs. It is a. com-

mon custom to mate turkey pullets

with year-old or two-year—old toms, and

turkey hens that are a year or more of

age with turkey cockerels. Late hatch—

edflturkey toms are not,desirable for

breeding purposes the first year, but

may be first-class the second year.



An old tom three or four years old

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780MB] time ago, in December, I an-

nounced a Parents’ Week, which

was to be our annual repetition of the

one which was so successful last year.

Very seldom have we had anything in

this department which created inter-

est" as the parents’ event did last year.

But this year, it is a different story.

I received just two letters, but good

ones.



However, I believe the fault is all

mine. I timed the thing so that it





 





 





 





2| Wonder if Pearl Beebe’s Dog Enjoys

' the Dress Affair.





necessitated the writing of these let-

ters near the holiday time. When one

comes to think of it, it is unreason—

able to expect any response at a time

when people are busy with holiday ac—

tivities. So I did not deserve any more

replies than I received, because of my

lack of judgment in timing this event.

The two letters are printed below.



- I hope that their publication will stim-

ulate others to write a message to the

Merry Circlers, or to make comments

upon this department. The department

is for your young folks, therefore your

comments on it, especially if you want

to criticize, will be appreciated. Please

send your letters immediately, so that

I can use them during February. I





" hope nothing this time will prevent a





 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 





good response—Uncle Frank.





 





Your page is just right as it is. I

hope it will be the same when Beth is

old enough to take part.



When going over my list of sub—

scriptions the other day to see what

could be left out, I decided we must

have the Michigan Farmer, because

the boys’ and girls’ page in that is

better than in the other papers we

take. The others must go. We have

more than we can read.



We used to have a little M. C. girl,

but I am afraid she could not have

won her card had the contests all been

merit contests, as Menno Martin sug-

gested. The younger children like to

take part, but cannot expect to do as

good work as the older ones. As it is

now they all have a chance.



To me, “Our Page” is always inter-





, esting.——One of the Mothers.





 





I’m tickled pink to be invited to

“broadcast” as it were; if the Frank

man doesn’t say, “The line is busy

.’,maam” or, “you’re too late, madam.”

YVe eagerly read “Our Page” and like

to ai1 our ideas occasionally, although





spur wits are over-worked trying to .





a. half dozen kids behave, and

set and clothing them. 1, too, used

' over being homely, but so





 





many others are in the same predica.





1m Ebeauty isn’t. indispensible

hen police—~30 girls stop your





. they go to the country.





My j.





girls are ill with colds and won’t wear,





warm clothes—a result of “just breez-

ing along with [the hail, sleet, and

north wind.” Pollyanna would say,

“It’s ‘kistomary’ for M. C’s to cuss—~

no, discuss always of bobbed hair and

knickers.” City ladies wear them when

I saw them

on a fleshy old lady—she looked like

a. barrel on skids and her hair looked

like a greyhound with long ears. When

I go to church my mind wanders, try—

ing to discover who’s who, as I can’t

see a lock of hair under the poke bon-

nets, or any of the faces.



You know, Peter had a vision one

time when he was hungry, and saw

just such strange looking critters let

down from heaven in a blanket. These

don’t travel like that, but will event-

ually.



That poem about the “Outcast”—

some girls do that way—leave a record

of shame and sorrow for their parents

and innocent children to be twitted of.

Others have bravely “lived it down,”

protected and reared the child, and

compelled the respect of everyone by





doing right, having reali2ed their er:

rors. There’s always the best -or the

worse that one can do whatever be-

falls. - _ , . _ 2





Speaking of home brew, many {or-.0

eigners and U. S. natives bring their

children up to think” .it’s a'luxury and





a. blessing. Few of them will ever





believe, or admit, that father, and

maybe mother, too, Were wrong there

and have set a bad example. It’s no

sign that the children won’t ever give

up to drink because father knew

“when to take it, and when to leave it

alone.” Our_ boys and girls never tast-

ed anything intoxicating the second

time, even when they are guests and

have to seem rude in refusing. We’ve

never had it in the.home, is the Tea-

'son, and have always told them it is

unfit'to drink.





The radios given by M. C.’s, I think.





was wonderful and lovely. I heard a

prayer over the radio. He said:

“There’s not much romance in life,

just a struggle against evil and the

wolf at the door.” I hardly have time

to pray, or listen while the broadcast-

er does it for me, but we can be glad,

as Pollyanna would say, that God has

unlimited time in which to hear and

know our needs.——Auntie Drudge.





 





 





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Dear Cousins:



I am an interested member, and a

reader of your page I have had one

letter printed, but under my real name.



I certainly like your discussions,

even of the bobbed hair and knicker

question, for we all know something

about that. I’m a user of the much

condemned p1esent day cosmetics, but

not to extreme.





My chief sport is h01 seback riding,

and I enjoy all kinds of sports, both

indoor and outdoor. ,





As for the prohibition question, I’m

all “dry,” although I like a drink of

wine now and then, but as far as using

it to extreme, I think it is absolutely

w1ong. One thing, I surely disagree

with Herbert’s idea. that the Eight-

eenth Amendment is not a law, for it

certainly is nothing else but. Anyway,

Herbert, "Old Glory” will never again

wave over a saloon.



I envy “White Amaranth,” and glad

to see Guilford Rothfuss so successful

in his contest work, for I like to see

a boy interested in such work.





I have bobbed hair and am modern

intevery way, even to knickers and

rolled socks; in other words, I’m a

flapper and proud of it, for the modern

girl has ideals and plans for a career

more lofty than any of our prime old

ancestors. My greatest ambition is to

be an artist, and I’m dreaming and

planning for the day when my pictures

will hang with those of other masters.



I think we can be modern in. every

way, and yet fulfill the mission for



which we were sent to earth, don’t

you, Uncle Frank ?——-A “Flapper of ’26.”





I agree that it is not necessary to





 





be old-fashioned to be useful in this

world. One can even be modern and





be good. I hope you will realize your,





ambition.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I want to talk about over-working.

There are many ‘cases of over-working.

I know many girls that are very small

because they over-work. I work a lot

in the fields myself, but I am in sound

health.



I really don’t like boys that use

liquor and chew tobacco, and smoke.

My brother Frank doesn’t use any of

the articles I mentioned, and he

doesn’t use bad language either. I sup—

pose many of the M. C.’s wislrthe-y had

a brother like I have.





Good- bye, and thanks for the buggy

ride. ——Mary A. Hu‘tek, Rhodes, Mich.





I think young folks should be care-

ful about over-working, as it will likely

affect them the rest of their. lives. A

brother such asyours is worth having.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have been reading the Michigan

Farmer for about five years. I have

been reading the Merry Circle ever

since we got the magazine. I would

like to know if I could join the Merry





‘Circlers. Ihope that Mr. W. B. doesn’t





get my letter.





I am enclosing five cents for the

radio fund, if you haven’t got the radio

yet, if not you can keep it. The way

I got it was to sew a button on my

brother’s shirt. I don’t like. to send





money of my mother’s or father’s.





 





   

   

   

   

   

 

 

   





 

 





 

 

 

 





I think I will; close





with love I

to you and all lit the erry‘Circ

Mary Guard Mason , h‘.





 

 





We have the radio. and ' ~

still aliVe and will bé used for some

other purpose. You are to be comm.

mented for earning the money you

sent.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:

So many of us want you to print

your picture, why don’t.- you? I have





a picture of you~that was printed some _

time ago in the Michigan Farmer. I.





believe Miss Robb, R. A. Turner and

you were in the picture. You probably

look different now. Perhaps you have

ti achin beard and gray hair by this

me.

I agree with “Minnie” about going





 





 





John BorkOWskl Has Been Interested

in the M. 0..





to church on Sunday instead of going

to shows and dances. I very seldom

miss church on Sunday. —Ida C. Thane,

Caro, Mich.





I have not changed that much. In.





fact, the Merry CirCle keeps me young.





Your Church sentiments are 0. K.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



How many cousins can tell what a

clause is? I am sure most of you can,

but I know a nice boy that said a

clause was a part of a sentence that

contained a part of speech.



My dad tells me that when a girl



gets to be five or six years old all she

thinks of is boys and powder. Now,

boys, aren’t you proud that girls think

of you so much and so long? But I‘

am afraid that the girls who can’t see

any good in boys must spend all their

time thinking of evil things bays do,

mega?” of thinking how nicet they are..



N e.”





Mike, you make a pretty g00d boy

for a girl. Sure, we boys know there

are some nice boys. It really is a

compliment to have girls think of boys

so long, but boys‘return the compile

ment by thinking of girls quite a bit.

Dear Uncle Frank.



Ithank you ever so much for the?

poIcket knife which I received a few

days ago. I, too, wish to congratulate

the boys for doing so well on the.

Christmas essay contest. Surely it will





 





give them a little hope, when their

papers Were all better than the girls. .'





I also would wish them the bestof





._ luck to keep on doing so if it weald





be of any use, but that’s th

the world. e way or





I agree with Clara Cole, that boys





are all right in their places; (listen, I .





said “in their places”) I mean that

In this way. I don’t like to hear the

31%th about them all the time. It’s

resume, and if the boys knew it they

wOuld be so disgusted.

cause I have three brothers. and I an!





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HEARTS OF STONE.

— “1 ~ ‘ s,

LITTLE boy ”enters the kitchen,



. carrying a little dog: “Oh, me,

look what 1 found out in the alley.

Ain’the a cute little feller, ma, huh?

Can’t I keep him, ma? If you’ll let

me keep him I won’t. miss no mere

spellin’ words this month, honest I

won’t ma, I promise ya. You know I

ain’t got no pet now, ma. Look,,he’s

nearly starved and he’s got a_ sore eye.

Please, me, can’t I keep him, huh?"



Mother:—No, you can’t keep that

dirty dog. I guess we have mouths

enough to feed without picking up all

the stray dogs and cats in the alley to

lug'home.”



Big Sister—“Where did you- get

that dirty dog? Take him out of the

house at once.”



Boy: ———Aw, gee, youse won’t let a

feller have nuthin’. ”



Sister:——-“No, sir, you can’t have

him. It’s bad enough to have to pick

up after the family, without getting

anything more. And such language.

Oh, dear!”—Alice Root, M. C.





 





LEADING CLUB GIRL.





LADYS EGGEB,‘ who lives near



Topaz, in Ontonagon county, was

selected this year by state leaders of

boys’ and girls’ club work as the

state’s most successful girls’ club

member. In recognition of the work

done by Gladys, She was awarded a.

trip to the National Boys’ and Girls’

Club Congress in Chicago.



Gladys has completed three years of

the garment project, has been a. mem-

ber of a canning club for three years,

and is at the present time enrolled in

a home management project. This

summer, when the girls who lived





Inner. To az wants to h ve food

wcwsmue sarcasm c rem. : p d a a.

It“. P. Wienms. Owner. lssluul. Dish. ~





BABY CHICKS





When there is

better stock to be had we will produce it for our

customers. We are now ready to supply chicks from





study club organized in their commu-





1‘ nity, it was found difficult to secure





an older person to act as local leader

for the club. Miss Egger was chosen

to act as local leader, and she success-

fully filled this position of responsi-

bility. Gladys has been successfully

completing a high school course at the

same time that she has been engaged

in the club activities.



Miss Emma DuBord, assistant state

leader of boys’ and girls’ club work,

reports that in addition to school work

and club membership activities, Gladys

Egger does the family sewing, and

each year puts up over 100 cans of

fruit and vegetables. Last winter when

Mr. Egger was ill for six weeks with

pneumonia. his daughter did most of

the work of caring for a dairy herd.

This summe1 the owner of a pure-bred

calf wanted to find some person who

could be trusted to take excellent 03.19

of the animal. Gladys was chosen to

do this work, and was so successful

that she was paid $25 for the skill

Which she displayed in caring for the

calf.



Leaders of club work in this state,

state that club work is planned to de-

velop those qualities which will enable

boys and girls to aid themselves, their

families, and their neighbors. While

Gladys Egger is an outstanding club

member, the records kept of club work

Show many examples where have and

girls have made remarkable achieve-

ments in club projects. These achieve-

ments have shown both the ability to

earn money for themselves, and the

development of mental traits which on

able them to overcome difficulties.





 





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1 PICTURE CONTEST wmnens.





HAD 3. regular floodof’pictures as

the result of this contest, but only

ten of all the good pictunes received

611,11.me I wanttousemmy





 





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xcflts 91111119 or them 911. , ’2

‘ After considerable consideration. abs





‘11 space.





consultation the following were award-

ed prizes. for their pictures: . c '



., Pencil 3033.1 '

Elwood Hawkins, 504 North Chose

nut Street, Lansing, Mich.



Audrey Brendberg, Big Rapids, Mich.

Flashlights.

Alena Bosch. R. 1, Keeland, Mich.

Angie Slide, White Cloud. Mich.

James Chetfield, R.1,.$outh Haven,

Mich. .



uPocket Knives.



Frances Mbrse, Marcellus, Mich.



Edward Hagadorn, Johannesburg,

Mich.



Howald Swanson, Ludington, Mich.



Dorothea Robot’ham. Beulah, Mich.



Claire Bent, Marcellus, Mich. .





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I'TS a long time since we have had

a cross-word puzzle. The other day

I came across a cross-word puzzle sent

in by one of our Merry Circlers which

looked pretty good ,to me. As it’s a.





long time since we have had one, I‘





believe we 'should use this one.



The descriptive list below will give

you ideas of what the words are.

Please remember, just one letter to

I doubt if there are any who

do not know how to work cross-word





puzzles, but if there are, I give as an'





example the first horizontal word as

“buyer" and the first vertical word as

“boots.”



Please write your name and address

on the lines below the puzzle diagram.





Also put M. C. after your name if you'





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and the next three handy clutch pen-

cils. All the neat and correctly solv-‘

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the ten prize winners picked out. _



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Michigan, before January 21, as the

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6. Aged.

8. A point.

10. A boy’s nickname.

11. An instrument. for rowing boats.

13. A wild animal. .

14. To refuse.

17. A preposition.

18. Virginia (Abbr.)

20. Feeling your way.

24. A meadow.

25. Past tense of run.

26. Sick.

27. Affirmative.

29. A weapon.

31. A girl’s name.

33. A kind of nut.

Vertical.

1. A covering for the feet.-

2. A species of fish.

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Fascinagnnn briefings THE

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HE first and most important.thing

-_ to do iii/"setting and, operating a.





firm base, and then see that the ma.-

chine is set level. No separator will

do good, clean work unless” it is on a.

level'and set solid. Be sure that no

grit or dirt has found its way into the

gearing, _by cleaning all parts~ thor-

oughly when putting together. All

parts that cbme in contact with the

milk should also be carefully cleaned

and scalded before ever using. This

care may save a tainted batch of

cream. Only the best separator oil

should be used, and once a month, for

the first six months or so, remove all

gearing guards andexamine the parts

to see if all are wbrking properly.



If at this time it seems advisable

to thoroughly clean all bearings and

gear parts, kerosene applied, wiped off

and replaced by oil will materially

lengthen the life of the machine. If,





 

 





that the Flap-per Uses to Keep





by accident, some milk should get into

any part of the separator, clean it out,

or it may clog the gearing and give

an offensive odor to the room. Use a

level occasionally to be sure that the

machine is properly balanced as a sep-

arator set on a. new foundation will

sometimes work out of place. A cream

separator properly set up and taken

care of, is one of the easiest pieces of

machinery on the farm to operate,

and none will work more perfectly.

Be sure to follow the directions giv-

en by the manufacturer of the sep-

arator. In warm weather the machine

should be cleaned thoroughly after

each run, morning and evening, but in

cool weather, cleaning once a day will

answer, if ‘water is run through the

bowl. In washing take it apart and

rinse with slightly warm water, then

place all in the sink, using wam_.Warv

ter and. brushes that comswith the

machine to clean it. Never use a. dish.

cloth or soap of any kind, butrather

small'quantities of , salsoda ‘ or washing

powder free from grease." “After all

parts are thoroughly washed, rinse in

boilingwater and 'pldce‘ln the sun.

Even the ‘brushes;»_used' should be

scalded and placed inthe'sun. -





All separators do the “best‘work with

milk at a temperature of eighty-five to

ninety-five degrees,‘ andvithe fresher it

is from the cow,- .the‘better. ‘ The ms,-

chine shouidpe Operated at full speed

and at miisrassswapamty. * It is im-





;form. This is ’ one reason any ”We





 

 





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cream separator is to have a‘solid and _





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To Maintain a Herd of High-producing Cows Requires 'the Same, Diligence,





 

 





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as standstm” or its cm W" um...



there ’ls‘a brakes}. _, - , egg. Wt” .

that is properwmfane .. . .- 1

care of, will Instances; mefifie,_;s'_

V. M. Couch. , gr. ' '





 





THE 'SHEEP SITUATION.

OLKS in;this section's! Michigan"

are suing sheep crazypto use the .'



phrase of cautious ones. This. has last.



ed for about three years, and it stands

good to last for some time longer.



Ordinary native sheep are selling for-

from $15 to $17 for breeding ewes, and . '

some of the sheep men are Selling

them" on almost any .kind or terms,

sheep and wool contracts and long-

time notés. ,



Many are taking sheep to double- in.

three‘ years, Wool prices are fair and '

lambs are not too high. It is not a

get-rich—quick scheme, but the people

are just waking up to'the fact that

Michigan is a good sheep grazing state.

The writer calls to mind a. Section in

Osceola county, that “is not being





 





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farmed, not because the land is no

good, but because the owners have

grown old and have retired and moved

to town. The sons have been lured by

the “big money” to be earned in the

‘city, or by profeSsions. With the ex-

ception of two small farms of forty

acres on ther east, side of this section

it all lies idle- and under fence. It is

ideal sheep-grazing‘land and has nat-

ural water streams and rolling hills.





'These farms are all improved and





have buildings?



Improved roads have made it possi-

ble for the town man with money to

buy up and stock some of these farms

with sheep and young stock, 'while he





.sits behind a. desk Or stands behind a.





counter in town, his sheep are making

him money on the farms. It is a. slight

thing to run out With the car every

day and look after them: it gives him

the exercise he needs. _. ' ‘



So the situation is this: Our town

business men are becoming sheep

farmers as well; They have the head

to make money in business and they

have the head'to foresee and shockup

with sheep; ,' ,_ -. . . . ’1‘



The writer knows of one family liv-

ing. in ‘ WeSt ”Osceola, County; ”who have

stuck to the 'old homestead left by

their father. It- is partly rather pool"

land, but makes good sheep“ grazing.

‘They’hav-e seven eighties anatheyuss





ital! 'rtar absent ”Last as? the): said

spur $3.000 worth otlmbwomsb»

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dos therefwepe esheepfiBdfiOiZI to ’
I are Iots 'of

'- .1 lug sheep ——-11‘ Berry Osceola C61111ty





Useventeen others

forty and fifty pounds of fat.





 





 





GOOD DAMS HELP MAKE GOOD

HEIFERS.





 





HID December report for the Mis-

saukee County No.1 Cow Testing

Association showed that of the 268

cows on test, ten of them produced

over 1,250 pounds of mi,lk fifteen pro-

duced over fifty pounds of fat, and

produced between

Three

herds averaged over forty pounds of

fat per cow for the month. The own-

ers are Duddles Brothers, Lloyd Huns-

berger and R. W. _ McGee.

A new record for high cow for one

month was alsoestablished by the De-





. cember testing. A two-year-old pure-





bred Holstein heifer owned by Lloyd

Hunsberger, of Merritt produced 83.1

pounds of fat on twice a day milking.

Milk production was 1, 678 6 pounds. In

writing to County Agent H. L. Barnum

about this record, Mr. Hunsberger

said: “It may also be of interest to

note that the profit over feed costs for

the first thirty-six days of this heif-

er’s lactation period was $42.40.





“Anything more that might be said

about this heifer would not be any

different than the story of any good

cow.” said Mr. Hunsberger, “except

“perhaps one ought to point out the in-

fluence that a good dam has had in

,her case.’ This side of the breeding

question seems- to be less frequently

emphasized than the influence of a

good sire. The granddam of this heif-

er, and all of her descendants in the

herd, seem to possess the ability to

transmit high production,

of the sire I attribute it largely to

line breeding that has intensified

characteristic until it cannot be easily

changedk’ -—.H L. -.B





 





I EXPOSTULATE 0N FACTORS AF-

; FECTING MILK Pmcs‘s.





EMBERS of the milk locals in St.

Clair county will hold a series of

,meetings at u hich the factors affect-

ing the price of milk will be discussed.

B. F. ,Beach, of the Michigan Milk

Producers’ Association, “and Gifford





 





' Patch, economics specialist from Mich-





igan State College, will lead the dis-

cussions at these meetings.





I DRAMATIOS FEATURE TESTING





WORK.





 





EMBERS who attended the annu-





al meeting of the Ypsilanti-Milan





Cow Testing Association were enter-

tained by'a. play put on by local peo-

ple. The play itself was aranged by

Mrs. Henry Champion, 'of Ypsilanti.

Local members had leading parts in

the play and the dialogue brought out

many of the features of testing work.





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' OPINIONS ON STOCKYARD ACT

DIFFER.





 





HE opinions cf producers are some-

what divided on the Capper

amendment to the Packers’ and

Stockyards’ Act, prohibiting the oper-

ating of private yards by the packers

near the public terminal yards. A

1a1ge number of farm organization reps

resentatives have appeared in favor of

the amendment.

IChester Gray, Washington repre-

sentative of the American Farm Bu-

reau Federation, said that the opera-





,tion of private yards by the packers





would impair the’ facilities of the pub-





";,.Iic markets and result in fixing the





in the central competitive mar-





regardless 4





ser ”melt,” mmwrthé new

so that the American Live Stock





j Assdciation, with its fifty amliated or-

? ganihations,





had gone on record

against the Capper amendment. John

B. Gage, attorney of the National

Farmers’ Union, declared that their





cooperative associations would be do- .,





stroyed if obngress failed to pass this

act.





 





WASHTENAW HOGS NOW COM-

.MAND PREMIUM.





 





THE agricultural committee of the

Washtenaw county board of super-

visors completed arrangements so that

sellers of hogs in that county can ob-

tain the ten cents per hundred weight

premium which is offered for hogs

from tuberculin-free areas.





 





WANT ONLY CLEAN MlLK FROM

CANADA.





 





HE bill H. R. 11768 to regulate the



importance of milk and cream into

the United States, is making slow pro-

gress in the Senate, being held up by

one or two eastern senators, who ap-

pear to have more care for the wel-

fare of the Canadian dairyman than

they have for the American dairyman

and consumer. «, ’



The purpose of the bill, according to

Senator Gillett, of Massachusetts, is

mainly to insure the purity of milk

which is imported from Canada. We

have found in this country that the

best method of safeguarding the milk

supply from the standpoint of sanita-

tion is by inspection of the herds and

of the dairies, and thiswbill provides

indirectly for such inspection in Can-

ada.





The hearings showed that in Canada

the dairies and the stock were not

maintained in a sanitary condition;

that pigs and chickens were constantly

bringing their refuse into contact with

dairy products. To change that con-

dition would not add greatly t0‘the

expense; sanitary conditions do not

ultimately cost ,much more. “But I

suppose to prohibit the sale of tubercu-

lar milk might increase the cost of

milk,” said Senator Gillett. “After all,

however, no diseased milk is cheap at

any price, and to eliminate tubercular

or infected milk is what we want to

effect.”





WIFE DISCOVERS WAY ~TO LOAD

‘ HOGS.





 





E have been farming for nearly

thirty years, and loading hogs

twice a year. There was a time when

we had lots 'of trouble to get them to

go up the chute, and whenever the

hogs were large we had great diflicul-

ty. We used gates to push the hogs

in close and then would have to carry

them up the chute one at a time, with

the help of a neighbor, or two.

One morning we. were going to load

a lot of them. It was late and, being

in a hurry, I asked my wife if she

would bed the wagon bottom with

straw while I put the harness on the

horses. In carrying the straw from

the stacks through the barn and up

the chute, she dropped lots of it. I

was always very Careful not to string

the straw. We then crowded the hogs

in with the gates, and 10! they started

up and all went up that chute in a'

hurry.

_ The good wife looked"at me and I

at her.» Why was it? And seeing the

straw, we concluded. that was it. Now,





we always have lots of it and no more-





trouble loading hoin.

Farmer.





Just try it.——A





 





A new-wheat which is claimed to be

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Dip your measure into a sack of

Unicorn and it comes out full

more times than it will with any

other 100-lb. sack of feed.





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1, v Brief facts about Unicorn Dairy Ratio

' By CHAPIN‘ 8- COMPANY





 





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Unicorn is the “old-reliable” of'

mixed feeds. Made for the past

21 years by a company estab-

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Unicorn is light and bulky.- Can

be fed straight without harm to

the cow. Prevents impaction.





Keeps cows in good condition.

No stomach trouble at any

time. N o udder trouble when

freshening.





 





One qt. (dry measure) of Uni-

corn, weighs 13. 5 ozs.; 1 bushel

iweighs 27 lbs. Each lOO—lb.

sack contains 3/ bu.





No glass, nails or other refuse 1_n

Unicorn. Before sacking, it is

run over a magnetic roll and

given a final screening.





 





Unicorn is made of cottonseed

meal, corn gluten meal, linseed

meal, corn gluten feed, dried

brewers grains, corn oil meal,

wheat bran, hominy meal, bone

charcoal, calcium carbonate, salt.





Enicorn is always the same.

0 change ever made in analy-

sis or ingredients. This means

that fed straight, or mixed with

your own grain, you always get

the same results.



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The analysis of Unicorn is: 24%

Protein, 5% Fat, 50% Carbo-

hydrates and 10% Fiber.





Cows take to Unicorn quickly;

they like it’s taste. Every bit of

every feeding lS eaten up clean.





 





Unicorn can be 'fed with your





corn—and-cob meal. No need to

us:d any other protein or wheat

fe .





Unicorn contains the right

amount of lime to insure against

shortage of lime in poor

roughage.





own grains—corn, oats, barley,"





 





With Unicorn, you can count on

cutting your present grain cost‘

20c to 50c on each 100 lbs. of

milk your cows produce. ,





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Ask your feed store man for . ,?

Unicorn. If he can’t supply '

you, write us at Chicago for

name of nearest Unicorn store.





 





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r DAY this week the writer passed

two rented‘ farms on which ma-

nure was-being spread. In one field

the ribbons of manure on the snow

were a maze of tangledloups that de-

fied even a. suggestion, of system or

plan. The othgr Was a bold spur zig-

zagging diagonally across the field,

quite plainly missing the higher

ground that needed the manure most

in that case.



I heard a farmer giving advice to a

landlord who had a. tenant that was

short on stock.- “What your tenant

needs is funds, then he could stock

the farm and feed out the crops now

sold on the market!” This is very

good advice, but listen to the airtight

reply of our landlord in the case: “No,

my tenant does not need more live

stock so long as he neglects to haul





 





out the manure from what live stock

he has.”



One of my farmer friends has a ten-

ant who last summer offered to apply





4a car of lime if the owner would buy





the carload; but at that very minute

none of the winter’s accumulation of

manure was out, and a large area of

two-year-old manure was rotting and

leaching to the point of worthlessness.

Another dairy tenant over a year ago

had carefully scanned over his land-

lord’s barn, with a view to asking a

new silo; yet at that time both barns

and yards were cluttered up with rot-

ten manure that is largely still right

where it was made.



Tenants who look upon manure as

a nuisance, should change their atti-

tude and use the manure as a means

of getting what they want—William

Payne.





BELIEVES IN PACKING SILAGE.





OWN a 12-25 tractor and a nineteen-

inch fly-wheel type silo filler, and

have been filling silos for the last five

years, seventeen to twenty-two in num-

ber every fall. With this machine I





eight hours, depending on the condi-

tion of the corn, and the pep of the

crew.



I have watched results on the dif-

ferent silos closely and find that it

certainly needs packing while filling.

Three or foul good working men are

none too many when filling, at that

rate. I have seen considerable silage

spoiled, besides suffering a large

amount ofsettling after filling of about

nine or ten feet, Where a silo that was

well packed rarely settled more than

five feet, and in some instances only

three feet. I agree that giving it a.

good tramping every day for about

two weeks after filling, will ,help a.

good deal to make good silage.



I always cut the silage a half inch

and keep the knives good and sharp

and well adjusted to the cutting bar.

I change knives regularly twice a day,

and if we happen to get a rain on the





1 com lying doWn in the field, so as to

get it full of sand and dirt, I change;

them four times, which I find pays me will

. big in the saving of poer and strum





 





any big run every 12.11 I get Corn





fill a 14x30 silo in about from six to,





   

 





the way from 111111: stage to dead ripg A





and frozen.





I never advise anyOne to put Water, ,





in. his silage as long as I can twist a.

reasonable amount of juice out of the





stalk, no matter how dry it appears *





to be otherwise, but I put it in when-

ever wanted, as’ I have a notary force

pumpmounted on my filler and can.

pump it in over the top into the dis-

tributing pipe at any amount wanted,

which is regulated by a. gate valve,

located near the pump in the suction

pipe. —D.





O-N TRAMPING SILAGE.





N your January 1 issue, I noticed

J. D.’s suggestion on not trampi’ng

silage. I can answer that question





 





Now is the Time to Construct those Hog Colony Houses.





very easily and quickly. Three years

ago I was fooled out of some help and

was left alone to do the tramping. I

have a 10x35 cement stave’silq. Hav—

ing no intention of filling it, I had

plenty of room. I filled it within two

doors of the top, and did not do much

‘tramping.



The secret is in handling the distrib-

uting pipe; I have on a leather mitten

on my right hand and I hold it slant-

ing on the bottom of the pipe. That

spreads the silage thin over the whole

silo. I use blue clay to putty the doors

in, so I never lose any silage in front

of the doors. I also us‘e"300 pounds

of salt to my silo. I set my cutter to

a quarter of an inch. There is where

so many get dry or green mold, by

cutting too long. It also packs better.



In the last three years, I have not

lost an ounce by mold, and I don’t

‘care to have only one man to help me

inside to salt the silage, fasten the





doors, and mud the cracks around the -





doors.





This year I did it all alone, and will-





say that my silo only settled two and

one-half doors. I am positive that salt





helps to keep the silage better, also 0





it prevents the silage from freezing—-

hard—Martin Lampe.





 





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PRACTICAL hitch demonstration,



new to Michigan farmers, will be



given at the Michigan State Col-

lege of Agriculture, East Lansing,

Michigan, on February 1-2, during

Farmers’ Week, by the extension de-

partment of the college, and the Horse

Association :of America.



It will show in ope‘ratitin nthe bigger

hitches, with a simple ying—in" and

“bucking-back” system which makes

possible the handling of large teams

of horses or mules by one man with

a single pair of lines.





L. Young, or the Horse Associa- .





tion of America, will be in charge of

the demonstration, . assisted by H. ‘J.

Gallagher, of the Agricultural Engineer-

ing Department; and R. S. Hudson,

farm- superintendent, of the colle e.

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,BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY





ELM ROW GUERNSEY

FARM SOLD





Must sell my 10 Reg. females before March 1st. ‘

Eight are bred to son of Lsngwater Afncander. ’ \

Among them Elm Row Fairy.fl1‘st prize yearling. ,4

1926. at. Jackson. Adrian and Hillsdale: now has A.

B. Record 4606 lbs. butter- {at Class G. o dams

and one granddaughter of a 510-111. Class A.A. cow.

Two prize winning bred yesrlinss. Two 3- -.yr -olds to

freshen in Janum, one has an 11.11. record of 311

lbs. in 305 days G. G. G. «119.511.0118 line 6 mos.

old show heifer from Africander. A11 3 nowm old or

under except 1 old A. R. cowl Rowalso odors»

4 choice bull calves from A. Edema. two of them

over 500- lb. records. All records made on twice- per

day milking. Come and make me an otter.





O. W..RAV, Albion, "loll.





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A Son of “Fobes 6111"





is senior sire in the heavy pmducim Traverse

City State Hospital herd where am av— "

erased over 18, 000 lbs. milk the past '

ye” . .

His sire has two daudlters with 30 and 37.8

lbs. and two above 1.000 lbs

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the best specimens of the 1min 9 . 5

Marathon Bees Burke 32d combines the

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send for pedigrees or his sons.

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with large white meaty grains weighing 44-46 lbs. per

measured bushel of the highest quality, Seed furnished

as low as 650 per bushel in quantities. You should by

all means try these oats. Send for sample and circular.





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86 FIRST PREMIUMS .



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At Six Leading Southern

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xégisrexed Holstein Bull Calves 6

weglrs to 12 months old at prices the

owner of- a small herd can afford to

pay. The sire of many of these calves

in a Son of the highest record (BO-lb.)

' two-year-old daughter of Creator.

“His sire is King Seals Arum

Prilly, an undefeatedKShow-bu with





70_ A, 2. daughters.





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IN preparing, tor a ten litter,

time to startle -when you breed



the sow. Iialways try to have my



sows in the best’ possible condition at





breeding time. I feed them a. little





ter the sow is bred, I slow up on the

feed and feed a- ration that is bulky

and not so fattening. I nearly always

use clover leaves mixed with a little

grain, and skim-milk; also, some min-

erals. I keep the sows: in a place

where they can run “out and get; some

exercise. Sows that are shut up too





dead pigs at farrowmg time.



Just before farrowing the sow is put

in a box stall .which has been thor-

oughly cleaned and has guard rails

placed around to keep the sow from

lying on the pigs.



After the pigs are born I feed the

sow sparingly for a faw days, and

gradually increase until she is on full

feed. At that time I generally have

plenty of skim-milk and use such feeds

as middlings, ground oats, and barley

fed in a slop. When the pigs are about

five weeks old they begin to eat with

the sow and are given some milk

separately. .



About this time the sow and pigs

are out on pasture. I wean the pigs

at eight weeks and keep them on clo-

ver pasture .all summer. I don’t al—

ways feed the same ration, because I

don’t always have the same grains on

hand. When buying feed I always

consider the cost and try and get the

feeds that will bring the most profits.

In the four ton litters I have raised

I used very little corn, not having

much corn at this time of the year. I

buy other grains, as I think they are

cheaper to buy than corn. The ratio-n

I used for my 1926 ton litter consisted

of mostly barley, a little oats, some

wheat, and about forty baskets of ear

corn the first thirty days. After wean-

ing the pigs, I used one-third ground

oats, two-thirds ground barley, mixed

with skim-milk, and fed me slop. The

next sixty days I used all ground bar-

ley. Not getting much milk at this

time, I used some dried butter-milk

and a little oil meal with water. The

last thirty days I fed two-thirds, ground

barley, one-third ground wheat, some

oil meal, a little milk, and enough wa—

ter to make a heavy slop. The forty

baskets of corn were fed on the ear,

a. little every day during the middle

part 'of the feeding period, in addition

to the above ration. The hogs had a.

mineral mixture, plenty of drinking

water, and run on a good clayer pas-

ture, making 2,750 pounds for eleven

hogs—Harry Ward, Missaukee County.





 





VETERINARY.





Itching Skim—I have had 'a. horse

for three or four years, which is con-

tinually biting and rubbing himself

against any available object. She ap

pears to be itchy all over, but does

not break out in sores, nor does the

hair come out; neither does she have

any Sign of lice. E. W'.——You do not

mention how much or what you are

feeding. If in good flesh, reduce the

amount of grating-particularly if feed-

ing corn. The horse should be well

groomed once daily. Add one table-

spoonful of granular hyposulphite of

soda to the feed, twice daily. Also

give a tablespoonful of Fowler’s solu~

tion twice daily.





Ailing Calf.—-—Our seven-months-old

Guernsey calf fails to grow; hair is

long; has no appetite for hay, but eats

bedding and all kinds of dirt; also

chews on wood. G. B.——Your calf has

probably not been getting the right

kind of feed. First give the calf Six

ounces of castor oil. Give one table-





spoonful of cod liver oil, either alone





or in milk, twice daily. Try the fol-

Ground

on s, 30 lbs; cornmeal or hominy, 30

lbs; Wheat bran, 30 lbs; oil meal, 10,

lbs. Take equal parts of steamed bone

meal, 'finely ground limestone and

common salt, and add two teaspoonfuls

to the feed, twice daily. For roughage,

alfalfa or cloVer hay isthe best.





 





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Manure Carrier takes the drudgery out of ham cleaning.





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1909 Court Street [Est. 1867] Fairfield, Iowa

Albany, N. Y.,' Toledo, 0.: St. Paul, Mimi; Loa Angeles, Calif.





 





Bred and open heifers





HOLSTEINS out of tested dams, and





sired by Champion bulls. Herd fully accred-

ited. ‘





LAKEFIELD FARMS, Glarksion, Michigan





HEREFORD STEERS





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

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

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

Good quality. dark reds. dehorned. well marked

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 gtoers. yrls or 2 yr old.





Van D. Baldwin, EIdon,WapeIIo Co., Iowa.





 





- V ervl ,

Chorce Jersey Bulls E‘ifi‘fflfifie; .3: :23





from B. of M. dune accredited hard. SMITH &.

PARKER. Howell. Mlsh.





BUTTER BRED JE§3§YSAI§§LLS





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County, Michixan





 





FOR SALE. my entire herd of Jersey cattle. ‘30

COWS including seven 2-yr.—old heifers, 5 yearling

heifers and 7 heifer calves. Also 2—yr.-old herd bull

COLON C. LILLIE, Coopersville. Mich.





FINANCIAL KING JERSEY BULLS for sale. from

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

WATER JERSEY FARM. Goldwater. Mich.





THE STANLEY J. GARDNER HERD. Croawell. Mich.





“MILKING SHORTHORNS”





Why‘ bu without milk records? We don’t keep our

cows, thyey 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 us. Also

females. Circulars and photos on request.





Regislered Red Pulled Callle m” 5“” “1‘“ W1





sex, one young bull,

year old. and two heifers. My herd bull for sale

next spring. Pricesweasonable. GEO. L. HEIM-

BECKER. R. 3, Morley. Mich.



, Best of quality and breeding. Bulls

Shorthorns cows and heifers for sale. BIOWELL

STOCK FARM. Box 0, Tecumseh, Mich.



Dual purpose Shorthoms,





FOR SAL bulls 4 mos. old. sired by





Laddie Boy. by Roan Archer. DICK L. DeKLEINE,

Iceland, Mich.. R 3.





 





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Gilts bred for March





DUROC JERSEY and April fax-row.





NORRIS STOCK FARMS, Casnovla, Mich.





PRICES—big Duroc bred Hilts.

boars...'€1crh sari/ice. SHAFLEY

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A T FA R M ERS’

also Super (101.

STOCK FARM. St. Johns,





- b ‘d sows and fall D188.



CheSter Whites cilanty of the best. Reg.

free. F. W. ALEXANDER. Vassar, Mich.



Write for





o.I.c. HOGS on time no.3...





Originators and most extensive breeders.

THE L. B. SILVER 60., Box I96, Salem, Ohio





LARGE IIPE P. C. bred gilts, good ones. bred to



best your”., boar in Michigan. Also

fall pigs. pairs and tries. not akin, the big easy feed—

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

Model.” (‘cmo and see them and be convinced. Ex—

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





STON, Parma. Mich.



Poland China boars of March

F O R S A L E and April furrow. Also some

choice bred gilts, due to fax-row in March and April.

Every onehimmuned for cholera. WESLEY HILE.

lonia. Mic .





 





 





 





 





L. T. P. C. SWINE FOR SALE

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

Also Brown Swiss bulls. A. A. FELDKAMP. Man-





chester. Mich.

size and large





IIRGE TYPE POLAND CHINIS 1m... 0,, m-





cialty. JAS. G. TAYLOR. Balding, Mich.





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. 700 Choice Ewes





5er sale in car lots. 1 to 4 years old. all in good con-

idition. Bred to strictly choice Shrop. rams to lamb

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

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

125 miles south of Detroit, Mich. Telegraph address:

Rockwood. Mich.





 





MILKING SHORTHORNs—either sex at farmers’

prices. Central Michigan Shorthom Breeders' _As-'

soc. Write for list to Oscar Skinner. Secy.. Gowen. Mich.





HOGS .





DUROCS BRED SOWS





 





AND GILTS .



SERVICE BOARS

Cholera immune, popular blood lines, etypy.

LAKersLo raaus, Illarksion, Mich_





' Duroc Jersey Gilt: bred for April

~FOI’ $818 Farrow: Colonel and rignfoxifix





 





breeding. IGood type and size. Wil send .

on normal. ‘W. E. BARTLEY. AIfiIQIMIolI.





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Registered Shropshires

We are offering 40 head bred ewes. 1 to 3 yam.

sired by noted rams. and due to lamb in March, by

champion rams. E. F. GOODFELLOW. Ovid. Midi.





 





. Shropshire grades. also Line

Breeding EWBSFOFSEIO ccln Rambouillet cross breeds.

in lots of 50 or more. Bred to lamb in

May. V. B. FURNISS. Nashville. Midi.





 





Registered Delaine Ewes ',





, ' ‘ will u aliin‘ltod um...

HIMPSIIII‘CS ’best l“breeding ewes ‘i

Aprlliand May. 3 aged'ewea in _





 





 





able. G. W. NEEDHAM, Saline. Mich.



A Few good Hampshire spring bears an.

‘ bargain. Place your order for bred



gills. JOHN W. SNYDER. St. Johns. Mich" R. 4.



HAMPSHIRE GILTS. bred for March and April



. farrow. Also boars, fall pigs. J. P. SPITLER '

& SON. R. I. Henderson. Mich. _‘



SHEEP





April and , .





fine ones. bred. F. H. BusssLL. Wannsnnomn





 

   

 





 

 

 

   





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   





r
months. Prices are'fdeclining,—‘bnt are

holding above the same time last Sea-

son. ‘The market during the next two





which make up most of. the receipts

and. most of the stocks at terminals,‘





sound. cracks primal .nc'imena’. f -»: 4

are moving slowly, with only a. mod- ’





foreign markets are fie ' mama it. "

difficult to replenish hbilxdfngs pygm-





GRAIN QUOTATIONS.

Tuesday, January 18. '





Wheat. crate demand. The visible supply has months is dominated to a‘large extent chases of ' ' - . . . » - . .

Detroit—No. 2 red .at $1.41; No. 2 diminished less than 4,000,000 bushels by the weather. The producing capac~ mand for” 31:11»? iswgygi’ve‘m gnotlilgehdg ' s ,

white $1.42; No. 2 mixed $1.40. from the peak of the season and is ity of flocks throughout the country is suggest a healthymanufacmrillg‘situ- ‘4





still 45,000,000 bushels. Higher prices

for oats are probable toward spring

or early summer when more rapidde-

creases in‘ stocks may be expected.- ‘





SEEDS.



Offerings of red clover seed of good

quality were small last week, so, that,

"although buying orders were few, the

market moved a little higher. Remain-

ing stocks are small, and the market

is generally expected to work consid-

erably higher before the planting sea-

son is over. Active buying of white

blossom sweet clover has developed re

cently and prices are 50c a hundred

pounds higher than a week ago.





FEEDS. -



The feed market is quiet, with trade

continuing of small preportions. Cot-

tonseed meal has advanced again and

dealers are curtailing purchases at the

higher level. Offerings of wheat feeds

are somewhat larger than the dull de-

maltld can absorb, particularly in the

eas .





Chicago—May $1.40%; - July $1.31%;

September $1.28.



Toledo.-—~Wheat, No. 2 red 31.40%

@1.41‘1,§. .





believed to exceed a' year~ ago, and

assuming normal Weather. conditions,

supplies of eggs will be larger than

last year. . / -

Chicago,——Eggs, fresh firsts ~»41@42c;’

ordinary firsts 37@40c; miscellaneous

41c; dirties-.27@300; checks 26@28c.

Live poultry, hens 21@22c; springers

231,50; roosters 19c; ducks 25@31c;

geese 120; turkeys 30c.

' Detroit—Eggs, fresh, firm at 41176.6)

43c; storage 29@3lc. Live poultry,

heavy springers 27c; light springers

21c; heavy hens 280; light hens 21c;

roosters 18@19c; geese 25c; ducks 30'

@33c; turkeys, No. 1, 8 lbs. up, 40c;





.No. 2, 30c.

BUTTER.





The butter market has steadiedhfol-

lowing the sharp decline of a wee

ago which was precipitated by freer

offerings of domestic butter. Reports

of production in the large cehtralizer

and Creamery sections are irregular,

but all increase of twenty per cent in

receipts at leading markets over the





ationn Boston report's the sale? olivine .

terrltory combing . wool . at . $1.08 1.10

scoured basis, with weal in-

bags at: $1.03@1.05. Some: Ohio do-

laines sold ‘at 45c, grease basiSjblit

most dealers are asking 460 for the

choicestofferings. , =1 '





POTATO£$°Y





Liberal supplies of potatoesill- all .

distributing markets, and reports ‘of " ,

large shipments en route,. forced the " " ‘

market down a notch from the level “ '

reached in the recent advance; De- ' _f \

mand for seed potatoesfrom the south 5‘

this season has been active, and sup- ;

plies of certified Triumphs and Cob- . "‘

blers are closely cleaned up. Pros- ":

pects indicate a large early potato » 'x

crop which might force prices on old - ‘ -

stock to low levels during the late ‘

spring. Northern round whites, U. S. -.

No. 1, are lower at $2325@2.40 per"100

9°33? sacked, inrthe Chicago carlot .

m r e . 7 ..





APPLEs» ‘





Corn.

Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 81c; No. 3

yellow 77c; No. 4 yellow 74c.

Chicago.——May at 80%0; July 85%c;

September 871/40.

Oats.





Detroit—No. 2 Michigan 51%c; N0.

3, 48%0.



Chicago—May 49140; July 4836c;

September 46140.



Rye.



Detroit—No. 2, $1.02.



Chicago—May $1.03%; July 951/50;

September 97%c.



Toledo-Rye, $1.02.





Beans.





Detroit—Immediate and prompt

shipment $4.70@4.80 f. o. b. shipping

points.



Chicago—Spot Navy Michigan fancy

hand-picked, in sacks $5.10; dark red





kidneys 996- ' . BEANS- previous week indicates that the make A 1 '

Nf3W Y01jk~—‘Pea (10129“? at $5@ The bean market is little changed is gaining and prices will probably Pacygcecgggfssggclgh:hlgvivivdesgemlififig

5-75, red kidneys $8-25Q8-7 - from a'week ago, with C. H. P. Michi- weaken again. The price of an aver— stronger tone last week although the

Barley. gan whltes quoted around $4.80_per age dairy ration is comparatively trade is sun of very limited propmg

Malting 820' feeding 68c. hundred pounds, sacked, f. o. b. Mlchl- cheap, and cows will be fed generous- tions. Geod quality apples are not ' -

’ Seeds gan shipping points. Dealers are buY- ly so long as butter prices continue plentiful, however, and should continue ,

. - ing only in small lots to satisfy actual attractive. Statistically, the market is firmly priced_ Michigan and NewYork I

DetrOlt.—Ca_sh red clover $23; cash needs so that, although offerings of in a sufficiently strong position to keep A-Zlé-inchJonathans are unchanged at

alSIRe $22; tlmothy, 01d $2150; 119W high-grade beans are smaller than us- prices from crumbling. Lower prices $5@5,50 a barrel at Chicago

at $2.80. \ ual, they are more than sufficient to have averted any curtailment of con- ' ‘2

Hay. fill the demand. sumptive demand and checked impor- GRAND RAPIDS..-





tations of foreign butter, at least tem-

porarily, and the increase in produc-

tion is not coming. as rapidly as was

generally expected. .



Prices on 92-score creamery were:





Detroit No. 1 timothy at $19@20;

standard $18.50@19.50; No. 1 light clo—

ver mixed $18.50@19.50; No. 2 timothy

$17@18; N0. 1 clover $106920; wheat

and cat straw at $13@14; rye straw

$14@15.





Prices in Grand Rapids this week

were: Potatoes $1.20@1.25 bu; onions

90c@$1.25 bu; parsnips $1 bu; carrots,

turnips 750 bu; hothouse radishes 600

doze-n bunches; leaf lettuce 10@llc

lb; cabbage, white $1 bu; red $1.75;

apples, Spys $2@3 bu; other varieties

75c@$1.25 bu; ,beans $3.40 cwt; wheat

$1.20 bu; buckwheat $1.50 cwt; poul-

try, chickens 22@28c; light hens 20@

24c; heavy hens ; 26®280; eggs 37@

40c; butter—fat 520.





_ ~DETROIT CITY MARKET. ,

. - Apples 500@$2.50 bu; bagas 75c@$1,_ ” .

e bu; beets 75c@$1 bu; cabbage 65c@$1 ‘

1V6 toc at 61: eerce ,bu; red cabbage $1.25@1.50 bu; Savoy 2 , -

‘ ‘ cabbage 750@$1 bu; local celery 25@ ' ,r

_ ‘ 60c dozen; carrots 90c®$1.25 bu; hot: ' .





house lettuce ~90c@$1 per 6-113. basket;

hothouse rhubarb 90c@$1.25 per 5-lb.





EGGS.





Mild weather throughout the large

producing areas of the middle west

has had a favorable effect upon egg

production, and the increase in re- Chicago 481/4c;\New York 490; Detroit

ceipts normally expected at this sea fresh creamery in tubs 45@47c.

son of the year is even larger than v WOOL

usual. Receipts at the leading distrib- ‘

uting markets continue to exceed those »

in the corresponding period of previ-

ous years and are expected to show a

progressive gain during the next few





Feeds.

Detroit—Winter wheat bran at $36;

spring wheat bran at $36; .standard

middlings at $37; fancy middlings at

$41; cracked corn at $34; coarse corn

meal $32; chop $35 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT.





\Vheat prices are at practically the -

same level as a week ago. The mar-

ket has been moving sidewise within

a relatively narrow range for two

months, suggesting the possibility of

a good move whenever it gets out of





Wool prices' are steady at recent lev-

els. Demand is rather slow, but deal-

ers are’ inclined to hold firm. inthe

belief that fundamental conditions are





 





 





 





Tuesday, January 18. ,

6.25





this rut. The domestic visible supply . Packers . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . 5.50@ . ,

of wheat is gradually being reduced as CHE-$32260 Milkers and 8p ngers. . .$55.00@ 90.00 box,1drybgniofisn$gs@s1i%1bgld blllqtaitlm

a 1‘95““- 0‘7 light receipts and commu' Receipts 36,000. Market slow; light. Calves. bar 'squasl’l $1.25@1.75 bu; pec’rs 75c"





ation of fairly broad milling and ex-

port demand. Importing countries have

bought in a more active way recently,

as their stocks are small, and liberal

arrivals from the southern hemisphere

are still a month or six weeks away.





@175 bu; leiliszgmggglbdozen bufich. -

.. 16.00@16.50‘es§ Darsmps - . 11; Dump ins ‘

Others . ........ . ......... $ 3.50@15.50 75c@$1 bu; r00 (:68 $2@2-50 bu:

Shee and Lambs eggs, retaiT’50@60c; hens, 'wholesale

, P - - 28@3lc; retail at 32@33c; springers,

Receipts 2.278. Market steady. whole-sale 28@31c; :retall 32@33c;





hogs in big demand; tops 100 lower at Recs-i S 3.

$12.25; bulk 140-200 lbs. $12.10@12.20; Best pt 52

most 210-300-113. butchers $12@12.15;

average weights up to 250 lbs. at out

side price; packing sows are scarce,

steady; bulk $10.75@11.25; demand for





Market steady.





 





       





 





000,000 bushels. This is much more





 





     





of an accumulation than usual in that Handy weight butchers .. 7,50@ 8. o tops $16.50; culls gm‘ostly $10@12. oughly proven by old tests.

eriod, although last year 20,000,000 - r and heifers 5.00 7,50“ Shoe and Lambs. ‘ * - ~ --

“She‘s were added to stockS- Higher £33 fitgehftsbutchers 5.50% 6.75 Receipts, 3,5 0.; Market is steady; WfltoforSenarator W“

~ prices are probable, but the rise may Light butchers 5,00@ 5.00 fat lambs $13@13.25; culls and com- , . SeetheNew‘Averymnatm'alcolox-s. ~-.

' not become noticeable until spring or Best cows ..... 5.50@ 6.25 man $10.50@11.25: fat ewes mostly at Also et-literatureon A Mum :

. - new? summer ‘ Prices at country Butcher cows 4.50@ 5.50 8:, 7 . ,v . , and, ' Walk“ 5 .2..,

. "own“ are likely to strengthen before Common cows'............ 3.75@‘4.5,0~ : - ,7 _ , r 5.;

We! markets begin to respond. Canners 3.00@ 4.00, ‘ Mrs. Morel/iceCarlson sc umbohln‘ ”4gp

~ 1 ' 1 >21 . ' OATS v Choice light bulls 6.00@ 6.69 ,hademlnor operation ate, .,& Yer ‘

- . ,. , ' Cutter bulls ............. .5360@ 7.00_hfl3Pit§L-MEV , undying wan “

Oats‘_.prlces have made little head- Bologna bulls .. .1...«.‘,..... 3.0 all 4.00.-c,hange_,the=»pfllcw§:en .

".Mentlé.., although the undertone Stockbulls .. . . .»:...,.._,.»..._._7 ”5.; , g.- 100 Uixdielperstq a 9; .

, n5. gghoicelgfiades are, quicklyrceders .-...-_.;..,;.....u.,,,.'...‘..46.06 .7? , Tid'pou, ' ill





; discolored oats;





dry-fed ...............

Best .heavy steers, dry-fed 8‘50@ 9.g0





 

 





 





 





 

 

 





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' Receipts 500. Market active, steady; L





 





 





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When the southern hemisphere move ~ -- Best ades 12.75 13.00 , , « . .-.

m... .. maxmum m a. .............. more Len@a°;... ears -

supply importers’ needs fully, so that c m Light to ommon lambs.) 6.00@10.00 dressed hens, 350- dressed gpfingerg. ‘ ,

there will still be an outlet for some . a e- k t Best lam s ............. 12_75 .350 pound ~ , 1 ’-~-, .

North American wheat. Recelpts 10,000. Mar. et 0!). S Eer Fair to good Sheep . . . - 5.00@ 6.50 ' , ' .,' _ »._ ‘

trade steady to strong, better grade Cull nd com on .. 250@ 400 .

RYE. weighty steers in actidve demandt; sup- 5 a mHogs ' - ..

.- ply very scarce; ee ers are s rang; 2 . ,2

highyeestplgfi $12: Sgtghlrfisdwltgl Elli: meaty 900-1000 1105- “@3503 1mm 0f Receipts 2.070. Market active and WOW/you

Chicago May delivery showing a rise better grade 0110113931 fati) steergzfiead; steady. 13(11th 7

, of nearly ten cents from'the low point 120 Strong: heiwli" g S atogleriéfllf; vea- Mixed ..... .. . ... . ..............$12.40 . ‘ ‘.

of the Season. Foreign buying was ers mOStly $ lg er a ' goughs ... ..... ocooooloooooucul ig.ig 11:1 AVERY .

more prominent than at any time in . Shoe and Lambs. Pi” ers ------------- 2-50 .‘ . . _

many weeks. Apparently, the point Receipts 2.2, 00. Market slow; few gs and lights ........ 1 . , m 5'] EEL . ,

has been reached where it iS becoming early sales} tat lambs are. weak to 250 Sitagsi .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.3% . .fi _ _ .. 3.11

necessary to supplement the small E‘u— lower; 0110198 lambs 1:0 SthDeI'S $13-10, 63" 95 ----- , --------- . - - - - .. 1- , . .- ., * l

ropean crop with supplies from else- best held higher; early bulk $12.50@ Extreme heaVIes 11.00,

where and the United State-s has the 13; 90-1b. lambs around $12.75; heavy BUFFALO

only surplus of consequence. lambs $12.50 down; extreme weights . . .,‘.

$11.50; clipped lambs $11@11.25; wool ‘ Hogs. - » . ,_ ___ 1--.. .. . . ,_ . '

CORN. ~ culls $9.50@10.50;. sheep steady; fat Receipts 2,000. Market'on lighter ; " ' ' ,.

Corn' prices have been moving in ewes $6@7-25, actlve around $7-50 for weights active-vamd st y; medium A wonderful new Avery Thresher. . x

uncertain fashion in the last week, but best handy weights; feeding 19.12111); and heavy .10@150 lo er; 200 lbs. _ builtinsteel. Fewer working partake—- I .,

with a slight upward tendency. Spec- strong, about $12@12-75. best are e down, lncludlng pigs, $12.75@12.85; no separator crankshaft More Roller .,

ulative buying has been fairly active, hlgher. few at $12.90;, 220-270. lbs. mostly at B ,' Onl T ‘ 'th ,

but in spite of small receipts, demand DETROIT $12.50@12.60; packing sows at $10.75 ma 1113?. Y, 111851181” W1 racks , _

at terminals is so slow that stocks ' @11. , . an gram pandnvenfromroller bear- .

continue to accumulate, adding to the , Cattle. ‘ Cattle. lugs. Threshes faster and pullshghter.

hedggng lload 1to bet 1carried. Since No- Receipts 389. Market steady. 11550303382350 Market steady; few Better/100mg and lowerprioed. Learn 4;;

vem er , Wlen 8 new COl'n year choice earlin S . . ’ , 0 ‘ :‘h.

started, the visible has increased 14,- G°°d to y g $10.50@11.00 Calves. ab°utth359read198 Comb Beaten .
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during~Farmers Wgek January ‘ " 3

February 4 Date and place of sees





‘ ing is” also giwe'i: . .





, MoMay, January 31.

COW testers, Room 402., Agricultmsl





nildi

B Gueggsey breeders, Room 1, Dairy





’ Buil‘dln





Chungry life, Lecture Room, Engin-



eering Building.

‘ Tuesday, February 1.



Guernsey breeders, Room 1, Dairy

Building.



Holstein-Friesian, Room 402, Agri-

cultural Building.

. Poultry improvement, Room 206, Ag-

ricultural Building.



Shorthorn breeders, Room 109, Ag-

ricultural Building



Cow testers, RoOm 316, Agricultural





Bufldi

11g Room 101, Ag-





Fine/ wool breeders,

ricultural Building



Aberdeen Angus breeders, Room 103,

Agricultural Building



Hereford breeders? Room 110, Agri-

cultural Building.



Horse breeders, Room 111, Agricul-

tural Building:



Red Polledg Cattle Club, Room 112,

Agricultural Building.



Brown Swiss breeders,

Dairy Building.



Jersey Cattle Club, Auditorium, Hort-

icultural Building



Amateur hortiigeultural, Room 208,

Horticultural Building.



Homemakers, Room 301 Home Eco-

nomics Building



Country life, Lecture Room, Engin-

eering Building.



Wednesday, February 2.



Country life, Lecture Room, Engin-

eering Building.



Poultry improvement, Room 206, Ag-

ricultural Building.



Amateur horticultural, Room 208,

Horticultural Building.



Home-makers, Room 301, Home Ec-

onomics Building.

- Sheep breeders, Room 109, Agricul-

tural Building.



Crop improvement, Room 316, Agri-

cultural Building.



Chester White, Room 207, Agricul-

tural Building.





Room 3,





ricfltural B111 1 '

Jersey genders,

Agricultural Building





oPland Chins, Room 110, Agricultur-





al Building.

Press Association, Roam 310,

cultural Building.





Thursday, February 3.





Pmrljtry improvement, Room 206, Ag-

Room 208,





rieultura-l Building

Amateur Horticultural,





”Horticultural Building.

Home-makers, Room 301, Home Eco-





nomics Budding.

Crop improvement,

cultural Building.





Room 316.





Soils, Room 101, Agricultural Build-





ing.





Muck farmers, Room 100, Agricultur-





al Building.





Farm Bureau, Room 402, Agricultur-





al Building

Pre ssAssociation, Room I09,

cultural Building.





Farmers’ Clubs, Room 111, Agricul-





tural’ Building.

Woman’s Press,

Economics Building.





Master Farmers, Room 101, Memor-





ial Building.

Friday, February 4.





Farm bureau, Room 402, Agricultur-





al Building

Press Association, Room 109,

tultural Building





Farmers’ Club, Room 111, Agricultur-

Room 101, Home





al Building.

Women ’5 Press,

Economics Building.





Muck farmers, Room 206, Agricul-





tural Building.





Homemakers, Room 301, Home Eco- 5m





nomics Building.





 





comma. LIVE swoon antes. SPEcIAL





Holsteins.





Feb. 10——W. H. Rossman, Oxford,

persal), Guy E. Dodge, Mgr.





Feb. 24—Tompkins & Powers,

‘Mich., (Dispersal). Guy E. Dodge,

manager



March 2— Frank Renshaw, Pontiac,

Mich. (Dispersal). Guy E. Dodge,

manager.





Room 101, Home





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Muck farmers, Room 100, Agricul- March 31—Walter T. Hill, Davison, "“'"""‘°‘“" 1

tural Building. Dispersal, Cruz? E. Dodge, Mgr. mmmsmm

aluminum.“





 





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roman PUPPIES“ ftpm impel-ted stock $15.



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Lower Peninsula in exchange for good ca

Detroit real estate.

Bank Bldgu Detroit Mich.





uities in

W. Sismsn. 1623 First: National





low Dent. Fire— dried 1011 Ewksfletaar testhd and ggggd



FOR SALE—Improved 110-11.ch form in good loca- ”mm"? guaranteed. AS" erti Wort,y oats.

tlon. Would consider small place in country or vll- Eeffimils golffie' figfibmyoggs gearlfi'ichilgg’gl (‘I'ggmi’lrfi'

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REACH TREES $5.00 PER 100 AND UP. Apple

WANTED FARMS trees $7.50 per 100 and up. In large or smell lots,

gixrert to planters by freight. parcel post. exprms.

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

WANTED—A one 01‘ two acre tract with a 80011 vines. Omsmentsl trees. vines and shrubs. Free cut-

house on it. free and clear, in or near a. town in the slog in colors. TenneSsec Nursery Co.. Box 125.





Cleveland. Tenn.





 





rsbsr rnoor CABBAGE and Bermuda. Onion





 





land for sale. 0. Hawley, Baldwin. Mich.





Plants. Varieties: Copenhagen Market, Early Jersey





WANTED—to hear from owner of farm or unimproved and Charleston Wakefield. Flat Dutch and Succes-





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

1.000. $2.50; express collect, $1.50 per thousand.





 





A MISCELLANEOUS





ADlNOL—A non— explosive cleaning





icul & Mfg. Co. . Adrian. Mich.





Nothing too small shipped. We guarantee to ship

size to please you. Agents wanted. Tifton Plant

00.. Tifton, Gs.





 





solution. Rd-

imoves‘;0 grease and other 5011 from all fabrics without WINTEILHARDY SWEET CLOVER—crop smaller

b13111? to)ma.terial or color. 50 tents per six ounce than normal. order early before prices go up. Certi-

tte Iostmid. Agents wanted. Hostetler (‘html— fled Grimm alfalfa. seed from state registered fields.





higher quality, lower prices. Write for free samples





 





 





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. lay. Vesu-

tsbles of some kind grown every month in the was.

No cold or excessive heat to interfere with the growth



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 contenlences. Part in

malts, fruits,’ etc. .. balance for double crop cultiva-

tlon. 40 acres at s sacrifice—money— maker from

um 011 terms tint you can handle if you can land

(I touch with $3. 000. Address Herman Janss. 219

H. W. Hellman Bldz” Los Anseles, Calif.





bmsln.

Maine





Samples free. A. Bartlett.





ALL WOOL YARN (or sale from manufacturer at Dakota Grimm Alfalfa Association.

H Harmony.





and delivered prices on Winter»Ha.rdy seeds. North

State College

Station, Fargo. North Dakota. Co-operative organiza-

tion of ovcr 500 growers.





 





paid. Homer Buzzard, Fenton. Mich.

WANTED—meteorite or





 





 





WANTED~Dalry hay. clover, clover mixed and al-

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





CHOICE EXTRACTED HONEY-5 lbs. 81. 06 post-





specimen of metallic iron -. 1

found in Michigan Stuart Perry, Adrian. Mi 25 Montmorenty (.hol'ry trees.





FREE OFFER—Fifty Bermuda Onion Plants or

Fmtproof Cabbage Plants for few minutes your time.

Write for proposition. Bell Plant Company. Cotulla,

Tens.





 





25 MASTODON Evcrbesring Strawberry. $1. 00:

$5. 00. both Dostpaid

011 2nd Zone on January cash orders Fcb’ y higher:





not, postpaid. Gobles Nurseries. Gobles, Michigan.





 





EDUCATIONAL





 





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





 





COME TO CALIFORNIA—settlem ' Stanislaus County

—sn Empire of Natural Wealth. where the land owns

the water and power. Abumdsnce of water far lrrl-

cation and cheap electricity right on your foam-all

you crops, diversified farming: close to good mur-

ksts: wonderful climate: paved roads: good schools:

lam priced low. Write for Free Booklet. Dept. B.

Btsn'lslsus Countr Development Board. (County Cham-

ber of Commerce). Modesto. Calif.





 





FARM:- FOR..SALE——,—Eighty-me dairy farm. 5 miles

from “Milan. 5 miles from Saline. Dark clay loam

soil. level. no waste..fs1r buildings. silo, interest in

silo filler. well watered. Includes mills route aveng-





ius $150 per month. Price $8,000.13: that one-hut

cash. balance fi‘per cent. mortgage E. 0. Lovelsnd.

Miler}. Mich





ALL MEN~WOMEN

Write. Mr. Ozmmt,167.flt. Louis.





1855. wmtlnstoquslify for! . H Fl,R. .

Government positions. $30-$65 week home instruction. tee en” 0 8y 5





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

Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





 





CERTIFIED VVOLVERINE OATS. one dollar per

bushel Improved Robust Beans, choice stock, abso-





 





PATENT ATTORNEYS





lutaly pure. seven dollars per hundred. Bags are

free. Freight prepaid on orders of twenty dollars or





 





seeking, largest





deserved profits. Lacey

F St. Washington. D; 0.. Established 186 9.





MATTRESSES





PATENT SENSE—valuable book (free) for invmtors

& Lacey. 694 FOR SALE-Hardy Presque Isle County Michigan





 





 





over in Michigan. A. B. Cook. Owosso. Mich.





 





Alfalfa seed.





Grimm’s certified seed. $26

per bushel.





grown from.

John Inglis, Millersburg. Mich.

gARDEN SEEDS—grown from select stock, none bet—





 





mmnssnsr inside my size.





low factory

C‘slos free.





Boosts. sesame ompm





 





W copNTr MICHIGAN—Improved farms





’35: “Sifters“,





 





PET STOCK





We sell at wholesale prices. Write for price





mm list. Fowler Seed Co.. Waynetown. Ind.





 





W MASTODON EVERBEARING~1333 than 23 ml],





Champion Or! an‘ator. Catalogue





Why more?

free. B. Libke. New Malibu





 





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for prices on Other grades and cheers. 7..

guaranteed. Pipe free.- Pay postmaster. Farms? -

Union. Paducah. Ky.





 





LEAF TOBACCO~Selected chewing. 5 pounds 81. 50; .

32.50 . Best smoking. 5 pounds 31. 25: ten 82.



Satisfy-mm guaranteed. Pipe free. my on arrival.



Clears 50 for $1. 80. Cooperative Growem. Elva. Ky.





HOMESPUN TOBACCO GUARANTEED—Chafing; ,

five pounds. $1.50: too. 3250. Smoking. ten, 1.50.

Pipe free. pay when received. United Farmers. ' -

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OMESPUN TOBACCO—Smoking or Chewing. 4 lbs.



13‘. $2. 2.5 Send no money. Pay postmaster on



grins-t. Pipe free for ten names of tobacco users.

Unwed Farmers of Kentucky. Paducsh. Ky.





WOW Old Red Chm or Smoking. 5 lbs. 91 00,

eleven K332. ..00 Pipe free. Tobacco Growers. Sc.





 





 





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





POULTRY





PMTRY~D£rb White Cornish. Bufl Cochins. Par-

tridge Rocks, Speckled Sussex. Also other variation

Arthur Jarvis. Wave-





 





Dunks. geese. turkeys

[and Indiana.





"WORLD’S WONDER" ANCONAS. greatest layers.

Single comb cuekerels. $5. 00: pullets. $2. 50. Beauti-



{intense tom turkeys, :12. H. Cecil Smith. Rspid

City. Mich.





BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK Eggs and Chicks. 225-

eggsversse Michigan egg 11111111100111.1151:an

Plymouth Rock section. Present contest prices on



muses. Fouls; Okemos. Mich.





guineas.





 





 





 





“TANCBED” WHITE LEGEORNS-«Bssrmgm Rooks.

toc

Ray. Indians.





merging'tons. Rhoda Island Reds

right. Write. Fenner Bailey





 

 





WEI'PI‘AKER' S RED COCKERELS padlsned hon

hieh-produrlng hens. Both Combs. White for mu;

Intu‘kkes Farm. Box 9. Lawrence. Mich.





WHITE WYANDOTTES—some nice Cockel‘els for sin

reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. m

Berlin. Allen. Mich.





 





 

 





 





"RINGLET" Barred Rook breeding ch-kerels. 6 to 8

11’s.. nicely barred. Satisfaction guaranteed. Eat!

Murphy, Britton. Mich





 





 





S. C. BUFF LEGHORN CHICKS—Michigan Stab

Accredited. Send for circular. J. W. Webster &

Son. Bath, Mich





 





 





EAWLEY'S RED COCKERE‘LS—extclhnt strain Sin»

3118 Comb Rhode Island Reds. $3 to $5 each. Wes-

ley S. Hawley. R. 3, Ludington. Mich.





 





TANCRED WHITE LEGHORN (‘OCKFRELS from

Michigan certified 110111.250 to 280 record hens. $3

to 35. V. Shocks, Central Lake, Bilch.





 





CO0KERELS~~H0110Vman's Strain of Barred Ply-

mouth Rocks. strong, hcalthy birds. $4. Mrs. Glenn

Arnold, Saranap. Mich.





 





SUPERIOR RINGLET Barred Rock Cookercls. extra

line large fellowa L. Wyndham. Til‘fln. Ohio.





 





CHOICE WHITE





ROCK COCKERELS from prize

winning stock.





R. C. Smith. Oxford. Mich.





 





PURE- BRDD TOULOUSE GANDERS. "$5. geese 8!.

Dan McAvoy, Lsingsburg. Mich.





 





JERSFY BLACK GIANTSMSDIcndld Cookerels. 88 to

88‘ each Elmvalc Farm. Tumor. Mich.





PEAFOWIl—Phcasants. Bantams. Pigetms, free cir-

cular John Hess. Bettendorf. Iowa.





 





 





 





TURKEYS





PURE-BRED MAMMOTH BRONZE

,Champion Strain.

Mich. R. 7





TURKEYQ—

Earl & Merle Phelps. Danette.





 





EDGEWOOD GIANT BRONZE—large, hardy nonhem

iurkleys. Best strains. Mrs. Edgar Case. Bmzoula,

IC- .





 





PURE— BRED WHITE HOLLAND TOMS 310—»st

‘I‘t’litttd $0 00 and $7. 50 Eggs in season. C. Gal-

breath, Hurtford, Mic.h





 





TURKEYS—~All breeds. strictly pure-bred. Specie!

prices. Eastern Ohio Poultry Farm, Benilsvillo. Ohio.





 





MALIMOTH BRONZE TURKEY'S—Gold Bank Strain.

Unrelated stock. Mrs. Perry Stebbins. Sumac, Mich.





 





NARIIAGANSE’I‘T TURKI‘IYSRlal‘ge hardy birdsttom





 





 





choice stock. Ernest Clement. 1011111.. Mich.

TURKEYSw-Bourbon Rods. hens $8. toms 313. l‘.

J. Chapman. Northvillc. Mich.





 





BOURBON III‘II) TOMS ANI) Elms—rigorous. 1m.





 





 





 





-boned. Archie chs. Rockford. Mich.



BABY CHICKS

WHITE LEGHORN (‘IIH‘KS sired by MW

‘males. records 200 to 203 cggs. Low prepaid prices.





Shipped anywhere 1‘. O. I).

lug eggs, cockcrels, pullcts. hens. egg—bred 27 years.

Winners at 17 cup: contests. Write for free catalog

and special price bulletin. Geo. Ferris, 4

Union. Grand Rapids. Michigan.





and guaranteed. Hatch-





 





BABY CHICKS—Insured for 30 days,

livery guaranteed. Barred and White Rocks. R. I.

Reds. Wyandottcs, Amonas, Blark Minorcas. White

I.eghoms——separa.tc breeding—«from both Tancred and.

Hollywood foundation stock Hatches every week

Write for free catalog. State Farms Association. K111—

amazoo. Mich.





100% live de—





 





LARGE TYPE. Eng. W. Leghorn Chix from our

M. A. C. Demonstration Farm flock. Muted to extra.

large type, pm pcdimee males. Low pr'lc c.es only

$107.50 per 1000. Circular flee Model Poultry Farm,

Zeeland, Mich. R. 4.





 





BLOOD TESTED. bred to lay, Barred Rocks and.

Ascltinedlnnson Strain. \Vhite Leghorns, pedigreed

males used. Satisfaction guaranteed. You’re the

judge. Catalogue free. Ascltine Poultry Farm, Bur—

lingame Station. Grand Rapids, Mich.





 





BFJI‘TER CHICKS«I’11rc— bred stork of high produc



‘tion quality. Eleven breeds rigidly tuned. Write for



(fitatlloguc and prices. Litrhfleld Hatchery. Litchfl'eld.

1c .





 





BE QUICK—Amazingly low chick and on prices.



Rooks. Reds. Leghorns. pure-bred. Prompt delivery.



fixipIIIanatlon free. quick. Merrill Hatchery, Merrill.

0 .





 





 





SITUATIONS WANTED





MARRIED MAN wants position at mm. B: n. "

Kent. Tastin. Mich.





 





 





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AGENTW We“

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113m Brush
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Gas Engine,

Electric or

. Hand Power





A!“ Last! ,





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-- the milking machine problem has been "~



solved—yes, solped!—. and we’ll rove it to



your entire satisfaction on YO R OWN



cows, in your own barn, beforeyou pay us



one cent. And, if you are not more than sat-



' isfied. you just send the milker back at our



~ I, expense. But we know you. like other dairy-



- men using this great milker, will _be D_E-



' LIGHTED and we back this machine With

our 10 YEAR GUARANTEE.





‘No Installation





, Just wheel any mod el—gas, electric or hand

flower—into our barn and start milking.

OTHING 0 _INSTALL. No pipelines

no tanks. It's all in one handy, com act unit

—on wheels. Comes complete—tea y to use.





'And It’s So Simple





No pipe lines to freeze up or bother with.

No pulsators or vacuum tanks, No compli-

ested teat cups. (Our FREE booklet ex-

plains all these improvements and man

. others.) No extra pails. No valves. N

MORE MILKING MACHINE WORRIES.

. sy to take apart. VlSlble milk flow.

otor or gas engine models can be pumped by handif

power is off. It's so simple. A child can operate or move it.





So Easy to Clean





No pipe lines to clean. No rubber lined teat cups

: to wash. No extra parts to bother with. No pails

‘to wash—you milk right into YOUR OWN ship-

ping can. It is a boon to housewives. So few

parts—and it almost cleans itself by pumping

a little water through it. Absolutely SANITARY.





The Cows Like It





Our positive break in vacuum is better for the

teats and udder. Many dairymen write us their

cows take to this milker immediately. Others

say they actually get more milk.





gag Enginez Electric 2r Y_o_u

.932 Operate by. Hand





And here is THE power milker fixed so you can pump by

’ hand if power ives out. A wonderful improvement. Our

_ illustrated boo sent FREE describes our milkers fully

and explains our low payment offer on any model—gas

engine, electnc or hand operated.





Price Low— Upkeep Very Small





few rts of this perfected Simple milker allow a

gungigiginglngw price and 8 months to Day. find too the

upkeep is exceptional] small—almost negligible. We’ll



- - make your milker pay or itself while you are using it.



1 Just mail the coupon—we want to tell you more about this



‘ truly marvelous maker—and we Will send you an mug.



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0





5 UR COMPLIMENTS—and without any obligation what-





i never to you.





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milker will mean to you until you’ve u





problem is solved. DON’T ‘

trial while this Qfi‘er lasts.





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“The PAGE Milker is a Godsend. So

sample—so sure and easy to use. It can

be cleaned so quickly."



--W. F. Wolf. Milford, Michigan.





W hatOtherDairymen Say!





Thousands of dairymen write us like this:

"My 13 year old boy milks 16 cows. It has saved me hirin an extra

man. Less trouble to care for than our se arator. The mi is clean

which is impossible by hand."-—Chas. T. ranham. R. 4, Tuscola, Ill.

"I have never had one minute’s trouble with my Fags milker. . Does

the work. Never frmzes up in cold weather like pipe line machines."

Edward R. Hayes. Woodson. Ill. .

“Your Page electric milker worked so well AT ONCE that I didn't

need to get used to it first. The cows likejt and don't kick or move

around. The second day it was 100 in the shade, yet the machine

didn't make them slack off any. It saves me 2 hours a day now and

IS working quicker every day.“ 11 D. Parsons. 24 Gee Ave.

Gloucester, Mass. ’ _

“The Page has taken all the drudgery out of milking and that makes

us want more cows."—-Louis Harts. Eudora. Kans.

“The Page saves me an hour or more a day on 7 cows."-—Chas. F.

Merriman, Martinsville, Ind.

"Faster milking and easier work.”-John Timmer, West Bend..Wis.

"I don’t know that I've got ‘any cows to milk any more. l’m going to

buy 4 more cows now because with the Page, I can milk

coins to my 1. by hand." has. G. Mettler. Mankato, Minn.





Let us send you this tree illustrated

book explainifithe‘lamt discoveries '



in machine 111' era. It shows Why no . , _'

do afford tube without a er





No Installation-4N0 Pipelines—No Pulsators

No Vacuum Tanks—No Complex Teat Cups

No Valves—No Separate Pails





You can’t imagine what

Ml" ”airman ’ this sim le, easin cleaned

‘ _ it on your cows.

The free trial Will convince you. And that awful milking

MISS THIS chance for a free





' cows—mot mg tomstal

' yea. MORE than DELIG





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