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Pennsylvania Railroad Will coop-

erate withthe Michigan State College

in the operation. of a special train

from Grand Rapids to Mackinaw City.

The train will be'known as the “Limo,

Legume and Live Stock Special,” and

will consist of a lecture car, a dairy”

car, a crops car, a car showing a com-

plete set-up of equipment for excavat-

ing marl, and an office car. The sched~

ule follows: '





25Raven'na, 8:00 a. m., Monday, April

25Rockford, 1:00 p. m., Tuesday, April





Howard City, 7:00 p. m., Monday,





April 25.

Big Rapids, 8:00 a. m., Tuesda ,

April 26. y

Reed City, 1:00 p. m., Tuesday,

April 26.





26Cadillac, 7:00 p. m., Tuesday, April





Lake City, 8:00 a. m., Wednesday,

April 27.





leaénton, 1:00 p. m., Wednesday, Ap-





Manton, 1:00 p. m., Wednesday, .1

April 27.





Kalkaska, 8:00 a. m., Thursday, Ap-

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Alba, 1:00 p. m., Thursday, April 28.‘

Boyne Falls, 8:00 a. m., Friday,

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News Of the Week





The Chinese government made fur«

ther inroads on foreign control of Chi-

nese institutions. It released Sir. Fran-

cis Agle‘n, inspector general of cus-

toms, and put that office in charge of

the collection of surtaxes.





The United States government ac-

quired 50,000 acres of land in Michi-

gan to increase its national forest

holdings in this state.





“Old Bill” Maxwell, the world’s old-

est convict, eighty-eight years old, died

at the Wisconsin State Prison, near

Waupun last week. He served over

fifty-five years at that prison.





Thomas Lipton, of the famous Lip-

ton Tea Company, of England, and

also famous yachtsman, has retired

from active control of his company.





The freedom of American women

puzzled the one hundred Japanese stu-

dents who recently made a tour of

this country.



An interstate commerce commission

report shows that there are 22,368

buses listed in the United States as

common carriers. They operate over

352,800 miles of road, While the total

mileage of the railroads is 250,000

miles. The Mid-West Motors Corpora-

tion will soon open a route between

Los Angeles and Dallas, 1,580 miles,

the longest continuous route in the

country.





More than 10,000 needle workers,

members of the union in New York,

pledged support to the American Fed-

eration of Labor, and scored the work

of the communists.





At the meeting of the American Den-

tal Association, Dr. S. L. Lewis, of the

Indiana University, said that humans

should eat alfalfa like horses do, as

alfalfa is one of the richest leafy veg-

etables in vitamins and iron.





Two Michigan men won the Car-

negie hero medals. They are.Walter

J. Brockmiller, of Owosso, and Red-

man Burr, of Ann Arbor. Brockmiller

saved a child from drowuing, and Burr

a man from being killed by a train.





Edward Payson Weston, the famous

pedestrian, eighty-eight years old, is

seeking a job as messenger to keep

from starvation. He is known as the

world’s most famous walker, but walk-

ing does not pay as well as swimming

or other sports, he says. ,



Thousands of Chinese in Detroit cel-

ebrated the Chinese New Year on Feb-

ruary 2. The custom is for each Chi-

gman to pay all of his debts on that



ay.



Experts at the Ford tax suit trial

estimate Ford’s wealth at about two

billion dollars. He was offered one





 





 





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over thirty days ago, and he laughed

at the offer.



Fire destroyed the old University of

Michigan general hospital last week.

The two hundred patients were saved.



The [repeal of the anti-cigarette act

of the state .of Kansas, is predicted.



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3,510 feet above sea level, is one



of the prettiest Swiss alpine re-



sorts we ever encountered. Happy and



carefree, it spreads itself on Wood—



fringed pasture-land directly in face



_of the beautifully formed Wildstrubel,

rising like a king among the noble as-



sembly of lesser peaks which‘ frame



thisenchanting spot. At Lenk, which





“I ENK, with a pleasant altitude of





_ in the year 1878 was practically wiped





'out by a fire, we found ourselves in

true chalet land. Every home, every

barn—and there are hundreds of the

latter dotted over the mountain side——





‘ as well as the hotels, with one or two





exceptions, are built in that pictur-

esque style of architecture, and this

feature adds much to the unusual

charm of the place.





Lenk is a summer and winter re-

sert, and figures in addition promi-

nently among Switzerland’s foremOst

While we ourselves just Wished

‘to Ienjoy‘the scenic’ and climatic ad-





. vantages of the place, we. quickly be-

, came acquainted with a number ofvis—





itors who stayed here principally to

take“the cure,” for the cold sulphur-





' springs. of Lenk are said to be partic-

. ularly beneficial in the treatment of

. nose, throat and bronchial complaints.





Although we had selected one of the

largest hotels of the place for‘our

abode, we found that a certain home-

like atmosphere made itself felt

throughout the village, and on the

first afternoon of our sojourn we made

a friendly acquaintance with the own-

er of a very delightful tea-shop, the





’ ‘ newsdealer, the pharmacist—nwho, like





in this country also sold films—the

schoolmaster and the village pastor.

While the former was enjoying the

school’ s mid- s-ummer vacation, the lat-

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as a very efficient preacher of a prac-

tical gospel, was busier than ever, for

it was his ambition to fill the pretty

village church on Sundays, not only

with members of his own flock, but

also with a contingent of the foreign

guests, and his carefully thought-out

sermons had the desired result.

Pfarrer Jorg, as the ruddy-faced,

bright-eyed gentleman is called, has

been shepherd of this flock for forty

years. In his younger days he was

one of the most experienced and ven-

turesome climbers of the Whole val-

ley, and as such be frequently acted

as a most interesting guide to tourists.

Lenk offers a variety of excursions

to suit good and indifferent walkers—

and those who wish to avoid all exer-

tion have a variety of delightful drives

to choose frgm. Our first brief walk-

ing venture was to the romantic Wall-

bach gorge, 4,691 feet above sea level,





an interesting and easy climb requir-

ing one hour. _At the end of the gorge

where the brook thunders forth from

a beautifully polished grotto of rocks,

with three remarkable glacier mills,

there is a little chalet-restaurant,

where we had the most delicious milk

at thirty-five centimes (seven cents) a

large glass, and the milk had to be

carried up there from Lenk! Another

somewhat longer and more arduous

outing took us to a spot known as

Siebenbrunnen (4644 feet above sea

level), where the infant Simme, the

river of the Simmen valley, bursts in

fountain fashion from seven openings

in the precipitous iocks of the Fluh—

horn.



As we were fortunate enough to

have Swiss friends at Lenk who, but

a few years ago happened to be resi-

dents of Maywood, New Jersey, we

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Fine Pasture in an Alpine Valley. The Cattle Occupy a Part of Dairyhut





Shown, while Other Portion

Cheesemaking Takes Place.





as Sleeping Quarters for the Help.





Has Large Room with Open Firepla‘ce where

There is Also a General Living and Sleeping

Room, and Storage Space for Cheese.





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which strangers to the place usually ’

do not make. We learned,”however”~

that the jovial schoolmaster, Mr.—

Marggi, heads at the same time the

Official Inquiry Office of Lenk, and in

this capacity he is ever ready to as:

sist visitors with information and sug-

gestions. ‘





One perfect day followed the other

and our excursions became longer and

longer, much of these achievements

being due to the sensible, spiked Swiss-

shoes with which we; had equipped

ourselves, in addition to strong alpine

sticks and regulation knapsacks. Our

knapsacks, which were always liber-

ally filled by our host, when we did

not wish to have luncheon at the ho—

tel, were indeed a precious possession

in this invigorating climate where ap-

petites are made by the tonic air.





Finally dawned the day of days,

when our good friends had arranged

to accompany us up to the Bettelberg,

where their herd of cattle was being

tended by a dairyman and his daugh—

ter. We started out at 6:15 a. m. and

faced right at the beginning some of

the steepest climbing of the entire

trip. Below the little village seemed

yet asleep, but the glistening snow

peaks in the distance were bathed in

golden sunshine. Haymakers were

busy on the pastures we had to trav-

erse and the sweet fragrance ofqthe

drying grass filled the delicious morn-

ing air. The flora grew more profuse

and interesting as we reached higher

altitudes and only reluctantly did we

resist the temptation to pick a great

bouquet of these wonderful blossoms.

However, all tourists are asked to

spare the alpine flowers as much as

possible, and we resolved therefore, to

gather a bunch later in the day,’ at



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Important Factors in Fire Prevention





Care/65572655 4224’ Ignorance Cflzef (7422565 0f Damage 5y Fzre





NE farm in every forty in the

United States had a more or less

disastrous experience with fire

during the period of 1918 to 1921, ac

cording to figures of the Actuarial Bu-

reau of the National Board of Fire Un-

derwriters received at Ann Arbor by

the public utility information bureau.

To put it another .way, the number

of loss claims for the whole country

was - about equal to the number" of

farms in the New England states.

Three-fourths of the afflicted farms

need not have had this experience, for





ricarelessness and lack of knowledge





of fire hazards were chiefly responsi-

ble for the fires.





Causes of fires, and ways to prevent

them, were studied at the experiment





‘ station. They are listed in the order





of their importance: .

Lightning. ——A building properly pro-





tested by lightning rods is virtually





immune, from damage by lightning.

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the outside walls, clotheslines, or met-

al construction should be grounded.





Defective Chimneys—Brick chim-

neys three and three-quarter inches

thick; single thickness concrete block;

stone chimneys eight inches thick; or

rubble twelve inches thick, should, in

all cases, have a fire clay flue lining.

For dwellings, flue lining may be omit-

ted if walls are of eight-inch brick

with inner refractory brick. The chim-

ney that is not solid to the ground is

always a menace. Chimneys should

never‘ rest upon, or be carried by,

wooden floors, beams, or brackets, or

be hung from wooden rafters.





Sparks on the Roof. ——Fire-resistant

roofs, such as metal, slate, or prepared

composition roofs which have the un-

derwriter’ s approval are recommended.



Stoves and Heating Equipment.—

Ranges and coal and wood stoves

should be installeds so/that a ventilated





'_space is beneath them. When within





re-twenty-four inches of a partition, the

partition should be protected for a





the range, plus six inches on each side,

and extending from the floor to the

ceiling where pipes occur, and not

less than four feet high elsewhere.

Stovepipes should enter the chimney

horizontally and pass through an in-

sulating thimble which fits snugly. The

pipes should not be closer than twen-

ty-four inches to any woodwork, or

closer than six inches to metal lath

,and plaster: They should not pass

through combustible floor, roof, or par—

tition unless a'Section is removed and

suitable insulation .of at least four

inches of non-combustible material

with ventilation provided. Smokepipes

should not be permitted in closets or

concealed places. A floor protection

of zinc plate extending at least eight-

een inches in front of stove and tWelve

inches beyond each side and back to

wall should be provided.



Matches .——This danger is greatly in-

creased when smoking is permitted‘

around farm b,.uildings but may be'

eliminated largely by the use of safety

matches and by keeping matches in"





earthenware jars. .7





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Spontaneous Combustion. —— Crops ~

which are stored in a partly cured con-

dition give a rise of temperature, due

to bacterial and chemical action. Fre-

quently this is sufficient to ignite the

material. Common salt scattered ,

through the mass will render it less

likely to overheat. Oily clothes and ’

waste are subject to similar action,

and rags used in painting have been

known to start fires. .



Gasolineh-Should always be kept

away from matches and open lights. ,

Blue flame kerosene stoves are as sat-’

isfactory, and

stoves. Gasoline should not be stored

in the farm buildings. A spedial out- 1'

side storage is desirable, preferably

underground. A separate garage is ,

not only safer, but probably cheaper; I“

in the end. "



Lighting-—All lanterns and lamps

around the barn bring in an clone“,

of danger. Electricity greatly resin as

this hazard. All wiring should be

fully installed according to the £135

al electric code.



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VOLUME CLXVIII NUMBER SEVEN





DETROIT, FEB. 12, 1927





CURRENT COMMENT

AST week Gover-





 





 





Governor nor Green an-

A . nounced the appoint-

ppomts ment of Herbert E.

Powell Powell, a successful





live stock farmer of

Ionia county, as commissioner of agri-

culture to succeed L. Whitney Wat-

kins of Jackson county.





No more popular selection could

have been made to this important po-

sition. Mr. Powell’s public service,

extending back over many years, jus-

tifies the confidence reposed‘in him

through this appointment. He is abund-

antly qualified by experience and nat-

ural ability to carry on and develop

the work of the agricultural depart-

ment. We can expect. under his’di-

rection, a safe, sane and progressive

administration of the affairs in this

branch of our state government. We

congratulate Mr. Powell on his ap-

pointment, and the state on gaining a

public servant with the high qualities

possessed by the appointee.





, ARMERS’ week has

Our 1927





become a real in-



. . - , Stitution. It appears

Farmers to be developing from

Week year to year along

sane and healthy



lines. Today, it takes account of Mich-





igan agriculture in a comprehensive

way. While we naturally expect it to

become even more useful in the fu-

ture, we must acknowledge that it is

now having a large influence upon the

direction agriculture is taking in this

state.



.The 1927 session was one of the





. 1 .‘most successful yet held at the Mich-





 

 





igan State College. The attendance

timed, if not exceeded, the attend-

y.oi’ any previous session. While

'ge' facilities were taxed to care





those 'who attended, the crowds





tiled very satisfactorily. .





_ eyesore». agricultural organize-I »

held sessions during the week: 1 1 .





e, i -'

ling “of groups representingf’the , '-

iOus types \of farming in the state

very naturally tends, to bring to the

surface . exact conditions in Michigan

agriculture. Gatherings where the

homemak‘ers, the live stock men, the

crops men, the fruit specialists, the

muck farmers, and all other classes





mingle together are Certain to crystal-





lize agricultural thinking as well as





to develop agricultural ideas. We are

firmly convinced that these very things

are happening and that Farmers’ Week

is doing much to promote them.



One would further conclude that our

agricultural college is occupying a

most favorable place in the minds of

the farmers of the state. In all the

above groups, college activities are

playing amore and more important

part each year. Rural people are more

fully sensing the fact that Michigan

State College is for the purpose of

helping them to solve their problems.





HE other day a



Source boy wrote that,

of besides farming, he



_ also wanted to study

Education chemistry and elec-





tricity. If he was liv-

ing in a city, he would not have asked

for information. as he would have a

well-equipped library and night school

available to him. «. ‘



But in many rural sections at pres-





only rocourse m1





once ocurse, ‘or perhaps“ 9:1 alf‘oo‘luntyf





library. But many advertised corres-‘





pondenc'e courses are of .qu'estionable

yalue, espeCially those which make

guarantees and promises they cannot

fulfill. ’ -,





The only conscientious recommenda-

tion we could make was to have this

young man get in touch with the di-

rector of the continuing education

work at the Michigan State College.

This department is developing home

study, correspondence, and reading

courses for rural folks which should

become the most far-reaching of the

college activities. It should be well

supported by the patronage of rural

folks, for that will make it a real

success.





It is interesting to note, in another

article in this issue on illiteracy, that

those countries which have the lowest

standards of education develop more

of those radical and communist type

than those in which education is prev-

alent, and even compulsory.



History shows that education is the

hope of the world, for it will bring un-

derstanding, and understanding brings

peace. Education will do. more than





laws or hangman’s noose to bring I





about the elimination of crime. It will

be a means of solving our economic

and business problems, for only

through ignorance can one class of





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Senators and representatives





good roads and





ator at Lansing, giving personal

viding the reader agrees with its





present session.





A Bill to Regulate Hunting,

Enclosed and Improved Lan





. Section 1. It shall be unlaw

fish or trap upon the enclosed or

or to go upon the same with any





Section 2.





a justice of the peace, police ma

tent jurisdiction‘in the county in





mitted.

Section 3.





outing attorney

Section 4.





A Bill on Farm Trespassl'ng





ELOW is the full text of a proposed -bill drafted to meet the

present farm trespassing problem here in Michigan.

drawn only after a careful survey of conditions in this state,

and a study of conditions and laws bearing upon this subject in

other states. All of the provisions incorporated in this draft have

been successfully used elsewhere.

reasonable, and offer needed protection.





many cases, fully appraised of the nuisance that a certain type of

irresponsible hunters and fishermen have made themselves since

automobiles haver become so common.

reason, it is important that every farmer and farm woman inter-

ested should communicate with his or her representative and sen-





Lenawee county, has been asked to introduce this bill during the

Fishing, Trapping and Camping, on





The People of the State of Michigan Enact:





game trap, or to camp, build fires or to do any other act onthing

thereon auxiliary to hunting, fishing, trapping or camplng, Wlthout

having in his possession on the said premises, the written consent

of the owner, or other person entitled to the possession of such

lands, or of the tenant or agent of such owner.



All prosecutions under this act shall be in the name

of the people of the state of Michigan, and shall be brought before





and within one year from the time the offense charged was com-





It shall be the duty of all prosecuting attorneys of

this state in their respective counties to see that the provisions

hereof are enforced and to prosecute all persons charged with

violating the provisions hereof; but prosecutions before a justice of

the peace on the complaint of any such owner, lessee or agent,

may be made without complaint,





'It shall be lawful for any owner, lessee or person





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The provisions are not un-

at Lansing do not seem to be, in

For this





indorsement of this measure, pro-p

provisions. Senator Horton, of





do in the State of Michigan.





ful for any person to shoot, hunt,

improved lands of another person,

kind of fire-arm, fishing. tackle or





gistrate, or other court of compe-

which the offense was committed,





permit or consent of the prose





of them high school girls that urged |





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entitled to the possession of such lands, or his agent, to arrest

without warrant any person found violating this statute and imme-

diately take him before a justice of the peace for trial; and in so

doing such owner, lessee or agent is hereby vested with all the

powers and rights of a game warden, constable, and deputy sheriff,

as to such matter; and it is hereby made the duty of all game

wardens, constables and sheriffs, upon the'request of such owner,

lessee or agent, to see that the law is enforced.



Section 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this

act shall be,deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction

thereof shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $50.00,

and may be committed to the county jail until such fine and costs

of the proceedings are paid, not exceeding thirty days; and upon





a second or later conviction he shall be committed to thecounty.





jail not less than three nor more than thirty days in addition to

any fine imposed.



Section 6. All fines collected under the provisions of this act

shall be paid by the court, one-half to the person filing such com-

plaint, and one-half to the treasurer of the county in which such

conviction is made, to be by him remitted to the state treasurer for

credit in the conservation fund of the state. ' _ ~



Section 7. It shall. be unlawful for any person to resist or

obstruct any ofiicer or person empowered to make arrests under the

provisions of this statute. ‘ ~ ‘





, , Section 8.: . All acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions ' ,

_‘ot,_th.is act are hereby repealed. 7 . ‘ y ' . . ' ,. -< .. .





 





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‘catl' all to ”ma





_ cially ‘i those ill-isolated septic





The i , riates milliOns of



. ' dollars to carry 'on the

MB“ fight against bugs;



enacg t h 'e manufacturers '





. , have sold $30,000,000

worth of screen material to keep; bugs

out; $200,000,000 are spent annually

by farmers and others in the fight

against the bugs. ' Does this indi-

cate that there is truth in Dr. L. O.

Howard’s statement that we will be

starving to death if radical measures

to control bugs are not used? :t



Bugs are little things, but like so'

many other little things, they are, im-

portant factors. As we will have to

give attention to bugs to assure our,

survival, so must we give attentiOn to ;

other little things to assure the suc-

cess of our farming. The world is full

of little things which grow big and]

often become uncontrollable.





I





Social Event





E and Sofie went to a Odd Fel-

lows’ dance the other night. MeI



and Sofie didn’t dance very much, be—l

cause Sofie didn’t think she could 2

dance, so me and Sofie set out most l

of our dances. i

But I had some dances with a few





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me to get up and try it, but for some 1

reason or other I couldn’t make my feet

and theirs syn-

chronize-—- I guess

that’s what you.

call it. I ain't

used to this what

you call syncopat—i

ed stepping.

after I worked up

, a couple of goodlE

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tentions with those of the modern fiap- ,

per, I decided to_cool off and Set out i

more dances with Sofie. I

When we was young we used to like i

to set out dances and go out and look i

at the moon, etc., but now we set on i

the side lines, like in a foot ball game, l

and watch the battle proceed. I

I see Jim Hoskins had his fightln'l

clothes on. He had his full dress suit 5

he got at the time of the Spanish-l

American war, and every time you got E

near him you could smell moth balls, 1





 

 

 

   





 





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And Zeb Greenman was right up in ;

the front row with the waiter’s suitl

be rented from Johnson & Smith’s. 5

Zeb, you know, clerks in Harmon’s}

grocery store, but he was some step-

per, even in front of Mr: Harmon.



Oscar Wilson was busy trying to be i

accommodatin’ to the ladies, and ité

lnade him sweat. He was steppin’ it

off pretty near every dance, but with i

a different one each time. I don’t 3

know whether he picked differunt ones i

each time, or the same ones wouldn’t i

let him pick them the second time. ;

But anyhow, the way he sweat, it was i

a good thing he wore a celluloid collar. E



And the ladies—4some of them was





"playing the skin game by exposin’ :





their epidermis to the public view. I

You could go right up and say to l

some, “I’m glad to see your back," he I

cause there was nothing to keep you I

from seeing it.





It’s nice to see a maiden, the flower

of youth, dressed nicely but,modestly .

——that’s a. feast for the eye, .but when ‘

you get in amongst a bunch of fat-and- l





h--«~





' forty dames with not cloth enough tov[





cover them, and in a hot' dance room,

it makes you think you are in a fat





 





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There’s one place [whore you kin.f

prove" that ' this "country is a demon:-

racy, and that is. at a “lodge dance. l





 





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« friendly advice:

’plating buying a farm in a new and

- _ ‘strange locality. do not close the deal

in the winter time when the ground.

' "5- is ooyered with snow. Make it a point

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IVE stock men have/a favorable.





‘ year in prospect for 1927, but

with an average season a contin-





‘ nation of relatively low returns from





most cash crops is probable unless

acreages are reduced, according to ag-





. ricultural economists at Washington.





Domestic demand for farm products

or the 1927-28 season is not likely to

be materially different from the p1es

ent, they say. Some improvement in

the purchasing power of foreign.- coun-

tries for agricultural products Of 1927





' may be expected, but it is probable





that larger foreign production of

breadstuffs, fruits and animal products

will reduce foreign demand for our ex-

portable surpluses of these products.

‘ A slightly larger supply of farm la-

bor will probably be available in reg-

ions adjacent to industrial centers, and

wages may be, lower. No material

changes in the price of farm machin-

ery and building materials may be ex-

pected. Wholesale prices of fertilizer

are lower than last year.



Hard spring and durum Wheat grow-

ers can scarcely expect to receive res

turn’s'for the 1927 crop similar to those

which have "prevailed for the 1926

crop, especially if production should

be materially increased. .



Flaxseed prices for the 1927 crop are

unlikely to be higher than at present.





’ Whére flax is profitable at present





some increase

made.



Reports indicate a reduction in the

rye area seeded throughout the world,





in acreage may be





' but with average, or better than aver-





age yields, the production in 1927 may

make the total world supply equal to,

or greater than, in the .past year, so

that rye prices are likely to show lit-





V tle change from the present.





The demand for the 1927 corn crop

is expected to be little, if any, greater

than for the 1926 crop. With probable

increases of corn acreage in the south,





‘ and ‘with no probability of increased





demand for corn in 1927, corn growers

are faced with the prospect of lower

prices, unless acreage is reduced.





That" Quack Grass Patch





A Little Friend/y Advice fléout cm Unflz'eha’ly P/cmt





HEN it comes to producing gray



hair and making it hard to go



to sleep, I place quack grass in



the same claSS with bank notices and

market reports when you have a car-

load of lambs out in the barn that you

have hopes of converting into a light-

in-g plant and the market acts as if it

were taking aride on a scenic railway.

We are getting quite a bit of quack

grass here in central Michigan. It





3 seems to be growing noticeably Worse

each year.





Nearly every place around

here has a patch or two on it. In one





' 'Or two cases that I know of the quack





has taken command of things in such

a way that I would even hate to have

the job of making a living on the





This place is no exception to the





V rule. I have been fighting and experi-





menting with the quack ever since I

came to: this county five years ago. .



And, by [the way, ”right here is as

good a place as I know“ of for a little

If you are contem-





 





. to take kindly to my attention.





Oats and barley ton feed are unlike-





‘ 1y to be in greater demand during the





coming year, as compared with 1926.

The market value will be determined

largely by the‘supply of these and oth—

er feed grains.



Hay reduirements are not likely, to

be increased because. the'numbcr of





hay-consuming" animals Continues to’





decrease.





Unless live stock production is held

down to the present level, allowing

for increase in population from year

to year, present prices cannot be main-

tained.



With beef cattle marketings in 1927

probably materially less than in 1926,

and the demand for beef maintained,

prices of slaughter and feeder cattle





 





only if farmers hold down hog produc-

tion to the level of the past two years.





Sheep production is expected to con-

tinue to increase moderately, and lamb

supplies this year may be slightly larg-

er than in 1926. Strong consumptive

demand for lamb is expected, but the

feeder demand may be less active than

last year in some sections. «The wool

market appears firm, with no marked

price changes in sight.





The dairy industry is on a stronger

basis than a year ago. Dairymen are

likely to have a moderately favorable

‘spread between the price of feed and

the price of dairy products.





Egg and poultry producers in most

sections of the country may expect a





fairly satisfactory year, although per-





 





 





 





These Farmers Are Studying the Results of the Use of Marl on an Alfalfa

Stand in Cloverland.





are expected to average somewhat

higher than in 1926. On the whole,

cattle prices are expected to continue

the upward price swing begun in 1922.



Hog producers have a favorable out-

look this year. The market supply of

hogs probably will be little, if any

larger than in 1926,- and domestic de-

mand is expected to continue strong.

Hog prices are likely to be maintained

near the 1926 level. Prices now pre-





vailing can be continued through 1928 .





By D.





covered with a blanket of snow, is a

great time to pass a white elephant

off onto some stranger.





The spring after I came here I found

four patches of quack on the place. I

started in right away to get 'rid of

them, and learned a few things.





One patch was in the second field

back of the barn. It was a new seed-

ing of June clover, with a sprinkling of

alfalfa. I wanted to let it stand on

account of getting the land well inoc-

ulated with the alfalfa, and I also

wanted to get rid of the quack. Well,

I made a strong brine, soaking the

salt up in a barrel. Every little while





‘ I would drag back a couple of milk





cans full on the stone boat and soak

that patch well. But say, that quack,

instead of turning up its toes, seemed

I nev-

er saw anything grow .so fast and.

thrifty in my life.



Well, right across the lane was an-

other field that had a. little patch in it.

I broke that held up and put it into

cern. ' I had two crops ,1 corn andthis-





ties. " I never did decide which was

. the best.

yamount to anything Well,





I know that the ”corn didn’t

I heed

thet patch of Quack, or. rather. planned





, , you booing it. The hoe is a good tool





 





haps not as profitable as 1926. A mod-

erate increase in egg production, and

no decrease in poultry marketings is

expected.





Horses and mules are in sufficient

supply to meet- farmers’ needs the com-

ing season, but the number of young

stock is only large enough to replace

about half the number of work stock

now on farms. Farmers cannot expect

to replace their work stock three to

ten years from now at the low level of





Morris





all right, but I am a. little inclined to

hold a grudge against the man who

invented it. I did hoe that patch,

though, five or six times. But it seem-

ed to consider such trifles as all in a

lifetime, and was right there on the

job next year.





By that time I had another idea for

that field. I planted it to barley and

seeded it to alfalfa. Alfalfa will kill

thistles the quickest of . anything I

know. Well, barley straw isn’t good

for much, so I threshed it right in the

field and blew the straw on that patch

of quack.



I felt pretty good about that. I

thought that I had it sure. But “pride

goeth before destruction, and a

haughty spirit before a fall.” The

next year a few spears began to show

around the edge of the stack. I pulled

them up and drew, mere straw. But





it was no go. The next year my straw





pile had rotted down and quack was

showing all around the edge of it.

Instead of killing the patch, I had

made it bigger!



{By that. time I began to get real in-

terested—and worried. I made up my





mind to fight it out right there if it





took ten summers I hauled a little

field has house back there. (It was





about sixty rods from the barn). Then





"plenty of time to work the suminei‘s”





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present-day horse and mule prieei;



Potato growers should guard against

the danger of overplanting and keep

close watch on acreages being planted

in competing states.





Any increase in cabbage acreage dy- . _

er 1926 is likely to result in increased g‘»

production with accompanying. lower-J 1:“:

prices. 7 ..



Onion acreage should be reduced. T712;

sharply to prevent an excessive man

ket supply. The outlook. for the Ber-

muda type appears fairly good. '



Bean acreage should be reduced un-

der lastyear’s area to prevent an ex-

cessive supply, varying with the type

of bean grown. ,



The trend of fruit production is up-

ward and expansion- of acreage would

not be justified except under unusually

favorable conditions. However, a crop

of fruit as large as that of last year,

which was due to the uniformly favor-

able weather, is not likely to occur

very often. ,



The apple industry is approaching

a mole stabilized condition, but With

an average crop, priceswill undoubt-

edly be higher next season. Common

cial plantings are hardly justified at

present, except where local production

or market conditions are unusually



favorable.



New commercial plantings of peach-_

es should not be undertaken in the

southern states sincea large number

of young trees have not yet come into

bearing and production is rapidly in-

creasing.



Grape production is expected to con-

tinue heavy, and new vineyards should

not be set out except where conditions

are extremely favorable.





Strawberry returns per acre, with

average yields, in 1927. probably will

be considerably less than the average

for the past two years. Acreage has

increased considerably and caution

should be exercised by growers who

contemplate increasing acreage this

spring.



Red and alsike clover seed produc-



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I got some rails and fenced that patch

in, giving it plenty of room to be sure

that I had it all. Then I cut the rings

out of all five of the brood sows and

drove them back there. Feed and wa-

ter I hauled back in barrels, twice a.

week on the stoneboat. It was a

dickens of a job! It seemed as though

every time I was in a hurry, I would

have to go back and feed those hogs.

ut they stayed there all summer long.-

With a little shelled corn to coax them

on they kept that ground moving.

That was two years ago and I haven’t

seen any quack grass there since, and

don’t believe that I will. I

Now, maybe you think that was ‘a

crazy stunt. Maybe it was; but I

learned something. Quack grass can .

be killed by summer-fallowing it if it s .

is worked hard enough. But. I have

found out that if the treatmentisto

be a success, cultivated crops have to

be cut down on so that you have.





fallow. A half-hearted job is a loss.

Last summer I tried a new t ‘

a patch. I used, the barley straw,

but instead of leaving it at _ i,

fire to it. I think that those: '

cooked everything under them,

rate, no (meek. showed up
1 "End ma

Damage ’





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FOR A HOME EMARKET FOR CORN.

A BILL has been introduced in the



Senate by Senator Stewart, of

Iowa, which is designed “to create an

American market for American corn."

It would increase the tarifi? on black-

strap molasses, except for" feeding pur—

poses, from one-sixth of a cent per

gallon, the present rate, to twenty





cents per gallon. It is explained that

blackstrap molasses is a. by-product of





in the manufacture of industrial alco

hol. Over ninety-five per cent of the

molasses used in the production of in-

dustrial alcohol is imported. Corn can

be used just as well, and almost as

cheaply as molasses in the manufac-

ture of industrial alcohol.





 





 





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FEDERAL FARM ‘ LOANS.





 





. HE total loans closed by the Fed-

l oral and Joint Stock Land Banks

‘to December 31,1926, was $2, 048, 329,-



200 to 520. 331 farmers. Of this amount,

$1 300, 674, 314 was loaned by the Fed-

eral Land Banks, and $747, 654, 886 by

Ithe Joint Stock Land Banks. The

twelve Federal Intermediate Credit





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Banks have made direct loans amount-

ing to $52,704,473, and rediscounts to-

taling $39,729,811.





 





 





‘ BORER BILL PASSES HOUSE.

THE bill appropriating $10,000,000



- for eradication of the European

corn borer, which recently passed the

House, Has been reported on favorably

by a unanimous vote of the Senate

committee on agriculture.



Dr. C. L Marlatt, chairman of the

federal horticultural board, says as-

surances have been received from

most of the states affected by the bor-

er, that legislation will be enacted to

furnish necessary cooperation in the

clean-up work in the corn fields, which

must be done before April to stop the

spread of the “corn borer during the

1927 crop year.





Today there is a total area :of 400,000

square miles affected by the corn bor-

er, or double the area of last year,

while the year before that only 30, 000

acres were affected, according to Dr.

Marlatt.





The army worm, chinchbug, grass-

hoppers and, of insect pests cost

the United State 25,000,000 annually,

but the corn borer threatens to cause

more damage than any three of these

combined, says R. Max Zook, repre-

senting the Illinois canners’ corn borer

committee, which is Cooperating with

the government forces in the work of

corn borer control. At the department

of agriculture the information was giv-

en out that the government is planning

an organized campaign against the

borer with machinery especially de-

signed to crush the borer in the stalks.





 





 





A NEW SHIP CA‘NAL PROPOSAL.

C ONGRESS is asked to grant a

charter to a corporation known as



the Federal Ships Canal Comp-any. Its

promoters claim that the adoption of

the Bowen plan would give the west

both the All-American route and inter-

national portion of the St. Lawrence so

far as this country’s jurisdiction ex-

tends, without any cost in taxes to

either the United States or Canada,

and without waiting for. a new treaty.

The ship canals are to be maintain-

ed and operated at the expense of the

corporation. No tolls are to be charg—

ed for passage through the canals. It

is primarily a power proposition, the

corporation agreeing to sell the power

directly to the public at charges to be

fixed byg state public service commis-

sions, but shall not be compelled to





charge. less than 1.1 cents per kilowatt'





hour. The corporation agrees to com-





plete the project within ten years.





 





NEW RADIO BILL.





 





HE conference report on the new

radio regulation bill has been

adopted by the House. ‘It provides for

the division of the country into five

radio zones, creation of a federal radio

commission, division of its powers

with the secretary of commerce, licens-

ing authority and conditions of licens-

ing.

A supplementary measure to pro-





hibit radio broadcasting stations charg- ’





ing any fee or subscription, either di-





rectly or indirectly, from the operator.





of any receiving set for the right to

receive matters broadcasted from the

licensed stations, has been introduced





of New York.





_ ~ There is a new broadcasting appar- 3‘

‘; atus, not now in use, but alr’eadyavallv



able, Which will make.- it impossible to

: listen in except we”





in the House by Representative Bloom,





     





" radio patrons is put ind) enact. 1r





bill is not enacted into law, Mr. Bloom

says the radio public can make up its

mind to be mulcted for all the traiflc

will bear; The Dill White bill, as re-

ported from conference, gives the

broadcaster the right to charge distenw

ers-in.





 

   





 





IMPORTANT FACTOR IN FIRE PRE«

_VENTION.





 





(Continued from page 189) 1



Good Housekeeping. —'—Rubbish or rer-

uSe piled in corners are a. minor men-

ace. ‘Carelessness in handling ashes

frequently results in fires, as they may

contain hot coals which will smoulder

for several days. , When these are

dumped in a wooden” barrel, they are

a prolific Source of fires. A national

loss of over $11,000,000 has been at-

tributed to this cause in one year.





Fire Protective Construction. ’



Mill type of construction offers no

greater hazard than the so-called “fire

proof” construction ; and when provid-

ed with a sprinkler system it obtains

the same insurance rating as. if “fire-

proof.” Actual tests have shown that

unprotected timber columns will stand

longer than unprotected steel columns

when sustaining a load in the presence

of the heat of a fire.



Tin-clad fire doors, constructed so

as to close on their own Weight, should

be installed between'floors in barns.

Metal lath and plaster, when properly

used on walls and ceiling, will confine

fire one hour to the room where it

started, according to the underwriters’

tests. . ‘





Fire Control Measures.



Every farm should have some means

of extinguishing fires. Buckets of wa-

ter hung in convenient places are the

cheapest and simplest fire extinguish-

ers. There should be at least two

buckets at a place. To keep the wa-

ter from freezing. use a solution of

calcium chloride (common salt cor-

rodes the bucket), and a thin film of

oil should cover the water to prevent

mosquitoes breeding. A barrel of wa-

ter containing a stock of several buck-

ets is verysatisfactory.





Common two and one-half gallon

portable extinguishers of types approv-

ed by fire underwriters should be avail—

able. These should be located in ac—'

cessible places and recharged at least

once a year. There should be at least

three in the house and two about the

buildings. If oil or grease is present,

extinguishers containing carbon tetra-

chloride or some similar smothering

chemicals are needed. Dry powders

are of little value. A bucket of sand-

is satisfactory for grease or oil fires.

An ax and a ladder of sufficient

length to reach the highest roof should

be convenient.





When there is an automatic pres-

sure or gravity water system on the

farm, it is possible to extinguish a.

small fire if garden hose is available.

Frequently when a. fire has become of

such pioportions that the available

water will not extinguish it, other

buildings can be sayed by this means.





 





READ BEFORE MAKING 1927

PLANS.

(Conitnued from page 191).





 





tion should be increased because of





depleted stocks and likelihood of high





prices next fall. The area of alfalfa

and sweet clover for seed should not

be increased, as. present production 'is

more than ample to take care of re-

quirements.





Sugar prices seem to be trending

toward higher levels, with world pr‘o-‘

duction » below that of last year, and"

increasing consumption.

well established sugar beet districts f

where adequate yields can be expeCted "





 





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tryman has to perform one of

the meat important tasks neces-

sary to successful poultry production,

but not only poultrymen, but farmers

are taking a greater interest than ever

before in the selection of breeders. Us-

ually at this time of the year, one .re~

ceives very few. calls for selecting

breeders, but this year the writer has

been'kept busy by farmers in his vicin-

ity asking for help in this work.





Taking it for granted, 01' course,»





that the birds were culled last sum-

mer or fall, and the nearest ones

thrown out then, all birds should be

handled again now,’ and the best ones

selected for breeding purposes.



What Age Best?



In the first place, there is the ques-

tion of age. It is advisable to give

preference for the older birds—year-

ling hens are much more desirable

than pullets because their eggs are

usually larger. The chicks, as a result,

are larger, and make larger and more

economical gains. Of course, it is not

always possible to use hens, but if

pullets are used they should be large,

well matured, and should not have

been laying too heavily or too long

just preceding the breeding season.

Some breeders hatch from pullets, and

in Ney»r Hampshire they keep their

birds but one year. " In such a case

the°poultryman has very early hatched

chicks—usually February or early

March. He forces them to lay by Aug-

ust as a rule, and keeps them laying

until the last of November when the

price of eggs usually drops; They then

go into, or are forced into a partial

molt, have a short rest, and are lay—

ing again for the breeding season. It

is doubtful if such a procedure is ad-

visable for the average farmer, how-

ever.





Constitutional Vigor Essential.



Then, in the second place, _one

should select for constitutional vigor.

Birds that are strong and vigorous are

essential as it means better fertility

and hatehability, and less mortality in

the chicks. One can usually tell that

by the bird, for a bird that is full of

life, with a beak, short, heavy and

curved; eye bright and prominent, and

with a comb that is full and bright,

usually indicates constitutional vigor.





Besides this, there is the factor of

freedom from physical and breed de-

fects, such as crooked beaks, crooked

backs, split Wings, wry tails, squirrel

tails, rumpless, side sprigshabsence of

\spike on a rose comb, stubs, etc. For

\gistance, a rose comb on a Barred



ock would make no difference as far

as egg production is ”concerned, but

one shouldn’t put her in a breeding

pen, because she is not true to the

breed.





In the fourth place, one should se-

lect for superior egglqual'ity. If one

trapnests this will be easy, but other-

wise one Will be able to do little ex-

cept throwout the small eggs, those

that are off color, etc., before incuba-

tion. The quality 0f eggs can be im-

proved a great deal





Breed For Egg Production.





,The last, and perhaps the most im-

portant consideration of all, {is to se

lect for high egg production. —This can

be done by trapnesting or by external

characteristics. These factors were

discussed in a previous article on se-

lecting pullets, but may be briefly sum-

marized again by saying that the bird.

should be refined, clean out, well pro—

portioned, with an eye that sticks out





use. a shoe button ..The body should





bread: and deep; ' She should carry

‘ width back very. well, as that





 





 





T this time of the year the poulé





{Zn I mpartqn Farm/m Poultry Succeu

By James Hoekzema





 





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birds are prone to become too fat. The

keel should be medium to long, as this

tends to give support to a full’abdo-

men. Then the bird should have good

quality _of skin, -be closely feathered,

and be active. A high producer is al-

ways alert and active—always doing

something while many non-producers

are just sitting around.



In summing up the selection of

breeders, one should say that the hens

are preferable, but if pullets are to

be used see that they are large and

mature, constitutional vigor is essen-

tial, as is also a freedom from physical

and breed defects, while one must be

sure to select for superior egg quality

and high production.



Selecting the Breeding Males.



Much of what has been said about

selecting the females, can be applied

to selecting the breeding males, except

even more care should be given to the

cockerels or cock birds than to the

females, as they influence a larger

number of individuals than any hen.





 





 





 





A Sanitary and Convenient Type of

Colony House.





The writer knows of. a case where he

handled all the females and they were

a fine lot. The male birds were sent

away for, and used. Practically every





pullet raised this year cuts .off through.





the quarters as a result of the male

birds. It 'will take quite a lot of time

to breed that out now, and chances

are they will not be the producers

their dams were. ' In fact, so far they

have not proved up nearly so well.

Cockerels Make Good Breeders.

Well developed cockerels will usu-

ally make very fine breeders as well

as cock birds. Of course, they should

be truly representative of the breed,

showing superior characteristics as ev-

idenced in body. The male’s body is





‘broader and deeper in the heart girth,





but not quite so wide or deep in body.

The head should be masculine, well-

proportioned, and should have a bold

and alert expression. The male should

be gallant, courageous, and should be

a frequent mater. He should .‘be un-

afraid. The good male is not afraid of

you when you step inside the coop. He

may not fight you, but he shows you

he is not afraid of you:



Remember, the male is more than

half the flock, and it will be money

well spent to have the male birds that

will improve the flock, rather than

cause it to deteriorate. '



Mating the Breeders.



Many questions are asked as to

when and how one should mate the

breeders. Usually one should mate

the birds about two weeks before the

eggs are to be saved. Sometimes, if

the male or males are very active, the

eggs may be saved after a week or so.

Eggs should not be saved for hatching

longer than ten days to two weeks at

the most.



In regard to the number of females

to one male, a great deal depends on





the individuality of the bird, but as a ‘

rule, for Leghorns, it is customary to ’





use one male to twenty females,





though sometimes one male will ‘be‘





 





sufiicient for thirty or forty females.





xFor Asiatic breeds (Brahmas, Lang-'7

Lshé’ens, Cochins), one male to about .

‘ ten-females should be used, while .for





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KEEPING FROST OFF AUTO

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' 0 those of our readers who are

having trouble in keeping frost

off the windshield and side windows

of a sedan, which is especially trouble

some where there is an exhaust heat-

er in the car, we would suggest that

one of the windOWS be left down a

trifle so as to give a little ventilation

that the frost will not collect to any

very noticeable extent. Also this is

not a bad safety- device from the

standpoint of engine fumes.



Another method, even more effec-

tive. is to out large pieces of celluloid

for the windshield and each side

door, place them in the proper posi—

tion on the inside of the glass, and

then paste binding strips all around

the edge of each piece of celluloid.

This makes a deadair space between

each celluloid and the glass which

prevents the moisture in the car air

from striking the cold glass and con-

densing and effectually prevents frost.

Such patches are now on the market

which are attached to the inside of

the glass by rubber suction disks, a

felted .strip around the edge making

an airtight joint.



Wiping the inside and outside of the

glass occasionally with'a rag moisten-

ed with a mixture of one-half ounce

(one level tablespoonful) of glycerine

in one-half pint (one teacupful) of de-

natured alcohol will prevent water and

fog and snow from adhering too badly,

and, to a certain extent, will prevent

frosting—I. W. Dickerson.





 





 





TROUBLE WITH STATIC





 





I have a radio set which has worked

pretty good most of the time; but

during a storm a few days ago, it got

so noisy that I could not use it and

could barely get the nearby stations.

I started looking for trouble but could

find nothing wrong. Only when I

would take hold of the lead-in wires, I

would get little shocks or rather ting-

ling sensations in my fingers. So I

disconnected the set and still I would





That evening the





from wire to knife.

How do





set. worked fairly well again.

you account for this?—N. E.





This apparently is nothing more

than our old trouble maker, static,

which always makes a set noisy just

before and during a rain or snow

storm, even in the winter time. The

sudden change in, the atmospheric

moisture seems to affect the atmos-

static changes on the antenna and

lead-in wires and these caused the

tiny sparks to be noticed. When a

set refuses‘to work after a storm, es-

pecially. in the summer time, one

should suspect that an extra heavy

spark has jumped across the lightning

arrester gap and either melted the

points together or else caused some

dust tostick between them.





 





 

 

 





 





INJURE





 





WILL DISTILLATE FUEL

ENGINE?





   





Would like to know whether dis-

tillate is a safe tractor fuel. I can

buy it from four to five cents less

than kerosene, and gallon for gallon

it seems to go just about as far. I

Would





the engine. Is this the case?





 





10~20 tractor'Z—G. B.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





. that distillate will overheat or injure

.. ' “the engine “if the latter will vaporize

" and burn! it properly and it is prop-

erly'handled. You will probably have

" to use alittle more water with your





mom on heavy load. If you can

harm distillate in your tractor at prac-

ticallyno' more trouble than kerosene,





well worth while; but if it requires a

lot of extra time. and care and atten«

tion, it probably. will not pay.—-—D.





have been told that it may overheat





' a saving of four cents per gallon make

distillate preferable to kerosene in a





No, there is nothing to this idea





 





fing the part‘to’b. redheat and‘é'prh: a

ling .with‘a; little, cyanide, then plunge

iii-water- - «- , _ ,_ .I ._



Farts canalso'beharden’ed in pieces

of pipe when they are packed in'hard—





 





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use GOOD CLEANERS ON

PORCELAIN





1 Production Cost: and





 





N the efforts farmers are putting

I up to gain something like the prof-

its realized by others' in similar

lines of enterprise, it is wise to lay all

the cards on the table so others may

see just how the situation is. People

concerned in the farming game will

also be interested in know1ng'what

the “profits” have been in growing

apples the past se/aSOn. Some figures,

therefore, have been prepared showing

results obtained both from fruit mar-

keted through one of the older, estab-

lished fruit exchanges and from that

sold in the ordinary channel of the

commission merchant.

A lot of 567 crates of R. I. Greenings

delivered to the packing house graded

and sold as follows:





A SMOOTH, white sink is a joy and

pride to any homemaker. The

thin glossy surface of an enameled or

porcelain sink is easily destroyed by

harsh abrasives or acids. For this

reason it is a good precaution for a

homemaker to avoid Ithe use of any

coarse and sandy cleaning powders.

There are smooth fine cleaning pow-

ders on the market which clean and

yet do not destroy the glossy surface.

the most easily obtained cleaning liq-

uid for the home plumbing is kerosene.

A very helpful abrasive which may

be combined with the kerosene is salt.

This form of abraisive does not

scratch the enamel surface but in-

stead would dissolve yet it serves to

loosen grease or dirt which may have





 





 





 





~ f th sink. Receipts

settled on the surface 0 e 62 bbls. of As ....... $3.50 $217.58

215 bu. of B’s ......... .75 161.25

TESTING VALVE SEAT 70 bu. of peelers ..... .20 14.00

29 bu. of elders ...... .14 4.06

FTER grinding the valves» a go“ Total .............. $396.89

way to test the valve seat is to Expenses.

lift the valve (with the spring remOV- Packages ..................... 9 76.00

ed) and then let it drop. If it strikes Ifilabor ...... tf. . .h. ; dl' ........ Fliggi

the seat and bounces back, the seat V9 P91" cen 01‘ an mg ----- -

is good. If the seat is poor, the valve Building fund 20 per bushel. . .. 10.01

will stop with a dull thud, as the 1111— Total ........................ $155.90

Net ........................ 240.99





even seat throws the valve slightly to

one side as it strikes. A bent valve

stem will produce a similar effect.





These in the packing house who

handled these apples remarked what

a fine lot they were, yet only thirty-





 





 





HARDENING METAL





 





F if is desired to harden small



pieces of metal such as piston pins,

first secure a cast-iron pan or similar

vessel. Fill this half full of cyanide

and place on a fire until it is about to

boil. Then place the metal parts in

the cyanide and heat until they have

a cherry red color. Remove them

from the cyanide with tongs and

quench in water. If it is desired that





ers or culls.





the B’s were two and one-quarter

inches. ‘ .

Reducing the barrels to bushels,





get the sensation. I then touched the h -. l . h d n h h ch 9 returned to.the rower was . _

lead-in With the blade Of my knife and in6 :2:er beug a’i‘ghisarc’nquteiecb t elIiIt1 forinjgei ht cents er busiel But it c1ders to reduce the average in these

little flashes or sparks would jump f p l '0 ‘ v .1 da 1 Ifougl ty$"§ 38 to ‘iclI: the a Iles and figures. The peelers, those with stings



rom amost an, 0' ea er. ony COS ‘ ' p pp or other slight defects which are





a slight degree of hardness is wanted,





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» {Some 'Applc Figures,





By Edward Hutchins





seven per cent graded A and forty-

three per cent B, while fourteen per

cent were peelers and six per cent cid-

About the only difference

between the two higher or'marketable

grades was in size, the A’s being two

and one-half inches in diameter, while





there were slightly more than 500 bush-

els, and the average which the ex-





truck them to the packing house,





 





 

 

 





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Receipt? ‘ , Compared





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which left $161.61, _or a little more than '

thirty-two cents per bushel on the

trees to pay the expense of growing.

taxes and overhead generally. Four

pounds of sulphate of ammonia per

tree was applied in the spring, costing

thirteen cents per'tree fbesides labor

applying. Little pruning was done, but

the orchard was gone over five times

IWith the tractor and double disc har-

row, and five applications of spray

~were made. .





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After balancing all of those expenses

there was mighty little left for super--

vision and experience. And the larg~

est and most tragic thing about the

whole proposition doesn’t appear in

those figures—disappointment over the

outcome. After planning, working, and

anticipating how some necessities were ,

to be met—not luxuries—and then I

having the outcome so disappointing, Ii _

is truly disheartening. ~ I



A lot of a few standard varieties‘ot‘

apples probably about the same in

qualitygrown and packed on another

farm and sold through a commission

house in the common way, gave the

following returns: _



110 bbls. standard varieties of





winter apples, gross . .......$339.82

Transportation and commission 116.46





 





 





Net returns ................. $223.36



These apples Were sold by a large

Chicago commission house and» return-

ed a net of slightly more than $2.00

per barrel. But out of this must be

taken sixty-seven cents for the barrel

and two paper caps. and at least twen~ _

ty—five cents for labor, or ninety-two

cents, leaving $1.10 per barrel, or thir-

ty-seven cents per bushel on the trees.





This apparently -makes a better

showing than the returns from the ex»-

change, but there are no peelers "or





scarcely noticeable, are taken out in

the packing house and sold for a much

lower figure, but on the farm they

practically all go into the better

grades. Probably there are no more

of these than the tolerance allowed in

the grading law. The packing house

is more liberal in sizing the grades,

too than is done on the farm, for the

graders are set above the established

dimensions. This adds something to

the returns of the farm-packed stock.





 





A possible relief might be found

in greater economy in marketing. It

would seem as though altogether too





 





 

   

 

 





 





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much money is spent for packages.

Eighteen cents for a basket and cap

to carry a bushel of apples which sells

for sixty cents, is thirty per Cent of

the selling price for the container:

sixty cents for the barrel in which ap~

ples that sell for $3.00 are carried to

market is twenty per cent of the Sell-

ing price. This is evidently an ex-

travagant proportion 'of the receipts.

It would seem as though substantial

containers like ’the baskets and barrels

used might be returned and serve more

than once. . ‘ 3





There are people enough in Michi-J

gun to consume every apple grown in





 

 

 





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an apple tastes if only the fruit was

presented. tothem as every other kind





the cry of overproduction-48 “wefmren

than ”MW :vinmmmss‘i‘s

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Be, sure you understand this point: “Guar-

anteed analysis,” as you see it marked on a

fertilizer bag, means only the amount of

plantfood. It does not guarantee the kind

or quality of plantfood, which may vary

greatly in fertilizers of the same analysis.





The kind and quality of plan tfood in

the fertilizer you buy depends upon the

manufacturer who makes it.





There you have the reason for the impor-

tance of quality in this 4-point plan. Suc-

cessful farmers take no chances with the

quality of fertilizer they use. They put their

faith in Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers. _.They

know that the Swift name on any product

means the best product of its kind—has

meant that for 50 years.





Follow this 4-point plan for extra yields—-

the yield beyond what is necessary to pay

cost of production. There your profit begins.





 





A" 1 Use a fertilizer made





 





right

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2 Fertilize liberally the

acres you plant

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3 Use a high analysis

fertilizer





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4 Consult the A. S. A.





 





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.Hammond, Ind.





By fertilizing liberally the acres you plant

you can get this larger production per acre

—and save on your labor and other pro-

duction costs. Use high analysis fertilizer.

It gives you the amount of plantfood you

want for less money, saving on bagging, labor

and freight.





Plan now for a larger profit-making extra

yield this year. Follow Swift’s 4-point plan.

It is your best assurance of success.





Talk over this plan with the A. S. A.

(Authorized Swift Agent). He knoWs good

fertilizer. practice in your locality. Get his

advice. Look for his sign. It marks the place

to get “the fertilizer the best farmers use.”





Swift 8: Company

Fertilizer Works





Cleveland, 0.





/ Follow the advice‘of your Experiment Station





It is based on the results of years of care-

ful study and field tests. Swift 8L Com-

pany’s stat? of fertilizer experts, adding

their own knowledge to these results,

have worked out recommendations for





” 7 , SWift’s





 





the profitable use of Swift’s Red Steer

Fertilizers. Ask your A. S. A. (Author-

ized Swift Agent) for these recommen-

da tions— the kind and amount of Swift’s

Red Steer Fertilizer to use on your soil.





 





 





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’ ‘ Quality --—-r the biggest thing in

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Come in and let’s talk over this

profit - making 4 -poin t plan.

I co—opera te with Swift 8: Com-

pany and keep informed of the

work of our Agricultural Col-

lege. I can help you select the

analysis and the amount of

Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizer to

make you the most profit.





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Authorized Swift Agent.





 





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oFr EVery Tillage. mpose—

A Horse°x*'l‘ractor





   

   

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





For every tillage job you have

to do there is a Roderick Lean

Harrow, specially built to do

that work best.



For sixty years we have speci-

alized in the manufacture of har-

rows. Just as some manufact-

urers have specialized in the

building of plows, others in the

making of planting machinery,

some in the building of thresh-

ers, etc., so we have confined and

concentrated our efforts in the

making of harrows.



You would prefer to buy a

radio made by radio specialists

rather than one made by an auto-

mobile manufacturer. The same

applies to harrows. You will be

better satisfied with a Roderick

Lean Harrow because in it has

gone careful and honest building

and the experience and knowledge

that can be gained only by con-

I centrated. specialized manufact-

ure.



Before you buy any harrow

this spring see your implement

dealer about the complete line of

Roderick Lean disc. spike and

spring tooth harrows. Whether

you use horses-or a tractor, there

is a size and type adapted to your

needs.



If you are a Fordson Owner. see

your Fordeon dealer about theline of

Roderick Lean specially built har-

rows that have been standard equip-

ment {or the Fordeon for over eight

years.



If your dealer cannot give you the

informationiyou want. write-us direct,





stating what class of implements you

are interested in.





The Roderick Loan Company





MANSFIELD. OHIO '





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Try a Michigan Farmer Classified Ad. for Results





 





 





 





The

Michigan Bell Telephone





Company





' Suggests the use of Long Dis-—

' ' tance Telephone Service as the

. most intimate way of keeping

in touch with your boy or

girl away at school. Encour-

age them to call home fre-

quently at the low Evening

and Night rates.





Evening and Night

Rates





Reduced Evening rates are in eiiect

from 7 p. m. to 8.30 p. m. on “Any~

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NEED HELPING HAND





 





I HAVE often thought that rich men

could do a great deal for the bod-

ily, mental, and spiritual benefit of the

struggling families of the U. 8., who

have failed to get a start in life and

are losing hopefland ambition through

no fault of their‘own. Some cannot

even keep themselves and families so

they feel that they ‘look respectable

enough to attend church, and young

men who were brought up as farmers

and like the work cannot buy needed

machinery and stock for farms even

though land is comparatively cheap.

Now "a gift of a thousand or two

would do so much. Millionairs give

much for churches, schools and libra-

ries. If some was given to the strug-

gling families with the understanding

that they attend church services at

least once on Sunday if possible then

more would attend church and preach-

ers would be better paid, as self re-

specting Americans are not spongers.

Land is lying idle in many states

because poor men cannot live while

lgetting a start and men are losing en-

lthusiasm and hope through lack of a

helping hand—Amanda. Barnard





 





 





TH E LAN DSHAFTEN





 





RTICLE of Wm. Brown of Manis-



tee County, January 22, 1927, has

been carefully read and discussed with

nail-keg orators. The consensus of

opinion seems to be that the gentle-

Iman from Manistee has for his natural

ltalent the withering sarcasm of a leg-

islator or congressman. However, no

harm has been done to the “landshaf—

ten,” or federal farm loan association

as it is legally known.



Before arguing in defense of this

very good measure, I wish to refer to

the names of erswhile governors of

IMichigan who called attention to the

conditions Michigan was soon to be

confronted with when the native tim-

ber was removed. Begole, Luce. VViu-

ans, Rich, Pingree, all addressed the





a heritage to posterity that would not

be subject to unbearable interest rates

and usuary. Moreover, Presidents

Cleveland and Roosevelt tackled the

work of conservation at a time when

such acts seemed unpopular. Later

Congress sent a commission to Europe

to study the working of the Landshaf.

ten on the continent and the operation

of the Irish land purchase bill which

had for its object the abatement of

Landlordism.



On the report of this commission,

the farm loan act was written and

amended to conform with the divers

needs of our farmers. On the whole

the measure is creditable as it makes

for a uniform rate of interest for the

whole nation and also an investment

for the retired farmer at a better rate

than local security pays—safety con-

sidered—better even than the twenty

year endowment so much used.



As to the failure of the act to con-

sider the needy we may yet see that

accomplished by some kind of insur-

ance fee. We ’must have patience

with all such measures, in their youth

at least, for we have so long been

used to “skinning and moving,” reap-

ing Where we have not sown, “min-

ing” the salts of the soil and export-

ing the resulting product to the dis-

tress of the worlds market, that it Will

take more than thirty-two years to-

educate our farmers that they cannot

forever take away without replacing.

The farmer who bought with a small

payment down since .1912 is no doubt





worse ofl than a router, and neither





public or private loan "is just now

. available to place. him in as favorable





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before. He can become a long term





rentor! Land owners~ are leoking for

real farmers and Will use them right





if a farmer will only cooperate to save '





the soil.



The writer of this has‘ not used the

“landshaften” but many of his neigh-

bors have and it is making good form-

ers of them. Likewise, it is the

means 'of saving wood lots and plant—

ing more trees as was predicted by

our illustrious and far seeing execu~

tives.



Better 8. good laborer at good wages

than a poor renter. Better 3. good

rentor than a poor owner. Better an

abandoned farm than a soil skinning

non-resident landlord—E. Richardson.





 





IMMIGRATION AND, ILLITERACY.





 





OES immigration increase illiter-



acy? That depends upon the coun-

try from which the immigrant comes.

Now, northern and western Europe

have splendid educational systems.

rigid attendance laws and public senti-

ment favorable to education. On the

other hand, the countries of eastern

and southern Europe have no adequate

school systems. Compare the two

groups given below.



In the northern-western group are

Germany, with 0.2 per cent illiteracy;

Great Britain with 1.7 per cent, and

Norway and Sweden with 1.0 per cent;

the average for the group is one per

cent. In the southern—eastern group is

Russia with 69. per cent illiteracy;

Italy with 37. per cent; Austria and

Hungary with 26 per cent. This group

averages forty-four per cent.



It is evident that immigration from

the first'group would lower our per-

centage of illiteracy, and that immigra-

second group would

greatly raise it. Where do our immr

grants come from? For many years

they came largely from the first group.

but notice changing character as indi-

cated by figures given below.





N. W. .S. B.



Group. Group.

1880 .......... 1,477,470 180,962

1900 .......... 1,212,198 1.846.444.

1920 .......... 647,066 2,927,823





These figures show that during the

time immigration from the northern-

westem section was falling off more

than half, the number of people com~

ing from the southern-eastern section

was being multiplied by sixteen. Due

to this fact an act was passed restrict-

ing the number of immigrants yearly

admitted, to three per cent of the to-

tal foreign-born of that nationality as

determined by the 1910 census, and

the first year'under this law, which

ended June 30 of last year, showed

112,068 admitted. from group one. and

108,018 of group two. Industries em~

ploying unskilled labor are asking for

the repeal of this law.——E. V. Root.





 





CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SUP-

PORTS FORESTRY.





 





HE board of directors of the South



Haven Chamber of Commerce, at

one of their regular weekly meetings.

adopted the report of their agricultural

committee, recommending that pine

tree seedlings be purchased by the

chamber of commerce for free distri-

bution to those who would plant them.

About 35,000 seedling pine trees will

be available by this action, which is

the direct result of the work of the

extension schools held the week pre-





vious in the county, wherein R. F..





Kroodsma, Extension Specialist in

Forestry,'M. S. 0., featured the possi-

bilities along reforestation lines.





 





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Senate before March 4. The other is

to round up enough congressmen and

senators to secure its passage. They

are hopeful, but not sure of the result.



It is now planned to bring up the

Haugen bill for a vote in the House by

February 5, providing the appropria-

tion bills are out of the, way by that

time. It is expected that the bill will

be called up in the Senate shortly af-





flter actidn is taken in the House, and





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FARM RELIEF THROUGHFED-

ERAL RESERVE.





 





A STEP to provide farm relief was

taken when Representative Sos-

nowski introduced in the House of

Representatives a resolution asking

for a modificationof the federal re-

serve act.



This resolution states that prior to

the enactment of the law creating the

federal reserve system, the basis of





, credit in the banking system of the





country was real estate, agricultural

lands, and their products.



But in the operationof the federal

reserve system, real estate and farm

lands have been eliminated as a basis

of credit for rediscOunt in the” banking

system of the country by reason of the

fact that credit based upon real estate

is not subject to rediscount in the Fed-

eral Reserve Banks of the country.



,The resolution provides that the sec-

retary of the treasury give the House

of Representatives complete informa-

tion as to What extent the federal re-

serve system has operated to eliminate

real estate and farm lands as credit

by its exclusion for rediscount.





TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION

AGAINST CQ-OPS.





 





HE Tincher bill, designed to pre-



vent discrimination against farm-

ers’ cooperative marketing associa-

tions by boards of trade and similar

organizations, has been unanimously

favored by the House committee on

agriculture.



This bill, which was introduced in

the Senate by Senator Arthur Capper,

passed that body last spring, and is in

a favorable position to become a law.



In numerous cases, according to Rep-

resentative Tincher, the cooperatives

have been refused membership in

boards of trade, thereby their business

Several suits are

now pending in state courts to determ-

ine the right of a cooperative associa-

tion to membership. This bill would

abolish any further need for litigation

by providing by federal law, the right

of a cooperative to membership in

trade organizations. " '





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has reported favorably, a. bill to

restore the 1920 second-class rates on

magazines and papers, and to repeal

the two-cent service charge on parcels

post packages. This parcels post ser-

vice charge has been opposed by the

farm organizations, and it is largely

through the efforts of their Washing-

ton representatives that its repeal is

well on the way. There is a growing

sentiment in Congress in favor of lew-

er parcels post rates.





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ACK from‘ their junketing trips,



the legislators opened up ‘with a



regular barrage. of bills on Wed-

nesday of last week. The representa-

tives proposed nineteen new measures,

while the senators ran them a' close

second with eighteen new bills.





There is every indication that pro-

gress will. be rapid in the Legislature

from now on. Both branches are well

organized, the members have become

acquainted with each other, and a fair-

ly definite understanding is being

worked out as to what is to be enact-

ed at the present session.



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There can be little question as to

where the Michigan Legislature stands

on the matter of the Great Lakes-St.

Lawrence Waterway. On the same

day that the lawmakers received a

special message from Governor Green

on this subject, they passed a resolu-

tion through both the House and the

Senate, under suspension of the rules,

urging the Michigan members in Con-

gress to support this project. '





Sage to the Legislature, said, “With

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building of dams and locks so that

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feet of water or less, can come, up into

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lake ports in the state of Michigan will

become ocean ports.

“I know of no one proposition that





‘will be presented to the people for





immediate solution, that means so

much as the improvement of the St.

When we take into

consideration that the relative cost of

transportation by water is only one-

tenth of that by rail, it takes no

stretch of the imagination for us to

realize the importance of increasing

the water haul and shortening the rail

haul whenever it is possible for us

to do so.”

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Another tax measure, not so spec-

tacular in character, but one which

will interest a great many farmers, has»

been introduced by Representative

Douglas Black, of Twining. This would

postpone the last day for paying gen-

eral property taxes without penalty

from January 10 to February 10. A

bill of this kind was passed by the

House two years ago, but died in the

Senate committee on taxation.



1! III *





Governor Green, in his special mes- '





A new combination of gas and

weight taxes made its appearance in

the House of Representatives during

the past week. A bill by Representa-

tive C. Jay Town, of Jackson county,

proposes a four cent gas tax. A com-

panion bill by Representative Strauch,

of Shiawassee county, provides for a

$5.00 permanent license for passenger

cars, and the present schedule of an-

nual weight levies for commercial ve-

hicles, including trucks and buses. Ac-

cording to the terms of these two

bills the counties would receive $8,-

000,000 instead of $6,000,000 annually

from the revenues so raised.



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A new measure which will undoubt-

edly raise both strong support and de-

termined opposition among Michigan

farmers is Representative Snow’s bill

relative to a county superintendent of

schools. This new official would take

the place of the county school commis-

sioner. He would not be elected di-

rectly by the people, but would be se-

lected and hired by a county board of

education. The members of this board

would be nominated by petition and

elected by ballot. They would serve

without pay.



Some say this would remove the

management of local rural schools

farther from the people. Others main-

tain that it would remove the office

from politics, lessen the domination of

cities over rural educational affairs,

and result in better supervision of the





country schools.

II‘ t t





The alarming crime conditions in

Michigan are being reflected in legis-

lative halls where all sorts of crime

deterrents are being offered to stem

the tide of lawlessness. Various bills

providing the death penalty by lethal

gas, electrocution and hanging have

been introduced, while the “cat 0’ nine

tails” and the whipping post are sug-

gested in other measures.



A bill sponsored by Senator Seth Q.





Pulver, of Owosso, would prohibit the '





granting of a parole in the case of a

person convicted for first degree mur-

der.

# I C

Senator Peter B. Lennon, of Genesea

county, has introduced his much-dis-

cussed tobacco tax. It provides a levy

of ten per cent on chewing tobacco,

smoking tobacco, cigars and snuff, and

$2.00 per thousand on cigarettes. The

bill definitely provides that the result-

ing revenue would reduce by that

amount the tax which would otherwise

be levied upon general property for

state purposes. .

Senator Lennon has figures to show





     





_ that this new. tax Would produce about





$19,000,000 per year. He plans to» in-





i‘ertyitax. , _ , . J

he announces he will sponsor are on ‘





bonds, land contracts and mortgages.

I O t ‘

' Senators and -representatives are

hearing from their‘farm constituents

about the necessity of passing a bill

to require hunters to obtain the farm-

er’s permission before entering enclos-

ed or occupied land. One senator and

two representatives are known to be

preparing bills on the subject, and

there is every indication that some

measure along this line will be passed





at the present session.

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A constitutional amendment to em-

power the Legislature to classify real

estate and personal property for tax

purposes, and to impose a state in—

come tax, has been introduced in the

House by Representative Wilbur— B.

Snow, of Comstock. Representative

Snow declares that the purpose of this

amendment is to authorize the Legis-





lature to completely revise and over- ,





haul Michigan’s. sadly outgrown tax

system and to include a state income





tax in the scheme of taxation.

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In addition to the two death penalty

bills already introduced in the Legis-

lature, Representative Charles Culver,

of Detroit, has sponsored a whipping

bill which would permit the trial judge

in his discretion, to penalize prisoners

convicted of murder, attempted mur-

der or assault, by imposing ten to

twenty strokes of the lash on the bare

back, well laid on, at the end of "each

six months of imprisonment, the total

not to exceed 300 strokes.



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Despite increasing interest on the

part of Michigan farmers in favor of

the McNary-Haugen bill, the Senate

committee on agriculture has refused

to report favorably Senator Lennon’s

resolution urging Congress to pass this





farm-relief measure.

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The Senate committee on rules has

reported favorably upon a restriction

to debar all persons lobbying for or

against a measure pending in the Leg-

islature, from the floor. The Senate

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HE biological survey of the de-



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a sub-committee of the Senate com-

mittee on agriculture. It follows rec.

ommendations of the advisory board,

which favors setting aside migratory

bird refuges, but opposes proposed bag

limits to game birds as an impractical

approach to the problem of conserva-

tion.





 





FARM MUSCLE SHOALS OFFER.





 





N presenting the offer of the Ameri'



can Cyanamid Company for the

lease of Muscle Shoals before the

House military affairs committee, W.

B. Bell said the offer of his company

was the first from a corporation actu-

ally engaged in the manufacture and

exporting of commercial fertilizer. The

American Cyanamid Company is new

manufacturing ammonium phosphate

which is the combination of elements

most favorably considered by farmers

over the country. .It is planned to es-

tablish a urea plant on the Muscle

Shoals site, urea being one of the most

concentrated forms of fertilizer.



State Grange Master Farmer, of New

Hampshire, and President Putnam, of

the New Hampshire Farm Bureau, ap-

peared before the committee in‘favor





‘ of- the Marion, Cyanamid Company’s , ‘2.



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ment Association, The crop amounted - ~ . _

.to 964 bushels on nine and one-half

acres, or’a little better than 101 bush-

els per acre. Statistics show that Mr.

Schweitzer grew as valuable a crop

on his nine and one-half acres as the

average farmer grows on twenty-nine

and one-half acres. The variety he

'grew was the Worthy. This is the

third successive year his crop aver-

aged over ninety-five bushels per acre.





l FARM ORGANIZATlONS CONFER.





l . ’

HE second conference of the ex-

. ecutive officials and Washington

representatives of the National

Grange, National Farmers’ Union and

American Farm Bureau Federation,





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I This Harness I





“ FREE £03238





We want you to see Olde Tan Metal~to-Metal Harness harness you ever had on your horses. See how the use

and use it—without the slightest obligation to buy un- of metal-to-metal at every point of wear and strain has

less you want to. So we will gladly send you a set added years and years of life to a harness that was

free with the understanding that it belongs to you for already famous for its strength and durability. Note how

thirty days! Then, if not satisfied send it back at our much strength hasbeen added byusingatvital points the

expense. Work it every day—put it to every test. We Olde Tan “Buckleless Buckle” which stands the utmost

want you to prove to yourself by actual use that it is atrainandpositivelycannotslip. Rendiacu inourfreecatalog!

the finest, strongest, most durable and dependable .





- _ If You Decide to Keep Olde Tan—

F. D. Bhush‘alil[Shiavgasse‘eefiountlgglrztlanfi ’ f l‘

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Sixteen Fee-t High, and Went 115 . _

Bushels to the Acre. Not only do we send you Olde Tan Harness on Free Trial. If you decrde

. to buy you need pay nothing until 4 months after you received it. Nothing

was held in Washington 011 January could better show our complete confidence in Olde Tan Harness than our

24, to agree upon a. national fl legisla- willingness to let you use it for 4 months before you pay us one cent!’

tive program for the rest of the pres- We also continue our easy payment offer of $7.50 a month, after 30'

out Congress and extending into the days’ trial, for those who wish to buy on our easy payment plan.





Seventieth C‘mgress- “If I Were to Buy 100 More Sets, They Would All Be Olde Tan”





In a. statement. Issued by the farm That’s what Lewis-Hunter, of Prescott, Kansas, writes. And he‘ for repairs and my harness still looks like new. I bought another

leaders 1t 13 said that With only one adds: . My work is mostytrying on harness, such as logging and makte at tllie Islame tune of a local harness shop and they are new

day to devote to this conference, more strip pit work. In my 3 2 years of use, Ihave not been outacent pret y we s at to pieces.





progress was made than has hereto- “Not One Penny ‘0' Repairs”

_ Olde Tanhas been in use Sdays a week on the same team ever since

fore been ev1dent after years Of effort. New Olde I I Ian models 1 bought’it. I havtleggedtilt nearly two fiearggnd havinot pawl“?

~ . - - any or re airs. ug t anot er ma e o amesst eyear ore

Natl‘onal Grange MaSter Taber sald 1t ggught one grow you, and it went to nieces, so I had to do somethin .





m, a big day for agfiwmlt - at. New Low Prices m, ”RMmLaGmm





GIRL LEADS POTATO CLUB. Wnte for Complete Informatzon Elfiffrifik‘? been“ useiylef‘ r13. €33y€1§l§1r $3,369,“:





N Iron county club girl, Anna send for Free Book! BAnglg 31:23’5 2:33. 31-22“.





Flaschberger, has been county , M 0 pk, . d f on T H Book

champion in potato club work ,each ail the coupon N W! Don’t wait until your old harness breaks t “956 Sfi“bmf tee £10m -e 3“ ammi

year that she has been a‘ member of - down—and remember that a poor harness is dear at any price! The fngiz/Igntahsogffeg'ogrf 01rd:3 galhailgggeggur Don t Pay

the potato clubs In order to prove delay caused in your spring. work by a broken harness may easily ”'1'“ W" “8"“ a“ “hm” PM

that a charm ionsh i in tato r win cost you many times the pnce of good Olde Tan! Get it now and



P p DO g 0 _ g save trouble later! Remember—30 days’ Free Trial — and nothing My N...“

did not use up all of her energy, MISS to pay for four months! But not quick! Write for free book today. '" ’

Flaschberger won second place in a. , 2843W 19thS

third-year sewing club. Two trips to n b B est treet My 444"”

the State Fair have been awarded to a son ’08., Del," 31'02 Chicago, Ill.

this girl as a reward for the work

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farms. Last year the boys tested





enough seed corn to plant nearly ,3 I HE KNOWS that the farm which raises its own food is - an kinds of hides tanned and manufactured mm





thousand acres 'Of the seed testedl ' ‘ ' '

- a self-s fficxen a . coats, robes, scar-ts. chokers, rugs, etc. In any

u t f rm He knows that a gOOd home ' style and exactly as ordemd. Best. linings and Q





last year, only forty~flve per cent had garden is the best paying crop on the place. He knows that furnishings. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

a germination high enough so it was the Cash saved by a garden is a big step to financial . ' Write [or Free Catalog and Price List





fit f0” seed' Part Of the 00m tested ‘i“d°9°”d°“°°' READING ROBE & TANNING co. 7 4

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ing so easy,they save so much time, they cost so little and last so





gassed ghelggrmglaglon teSt' The Mfl‘ long. there’s no excuse for paying big prices for inferior vegetables. ,, ' ‘1 . . ' DON’T WEAR

01' SC 00 oar onght 3' hOt water Write for some seed cat alogs—and the Planet Jr. catalog ofgarden :. Cl . .

'geed corn tester for the boys to use drills.wheel and horse hoes. Free with our useful booklet, ‘Home *3 f - ' . A TRUSS



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. Stefansson the ex 1 . ~ :7 ' ”‘4“ ‘ ' d"!!! x ., v -- ‘ ' - ‘ ‘ ' ;- bind and draw together the broken

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Flows that Last Longer 'V

and Do Better Work





John Deere-Syracuse Chilled Plows are preferred by

particular farmers wherever chilled plows are used, because

they last longer in sandy soil, shed better, run steadier,

handle easier, are built stronger and do better work all

around. _



Moldboard is smooth and regular for good shedding.



Shares are chilled to uniform depth, underside as well

as top—one Syracuse Chilled Share will outlast two

similar shares of other makes.





John Deere—Syracuse Plows of

the No. 1341-1441 Series take

either chilled or steel bottOm

parts, adapting them to any soil

condition. Built strong. Good

penetration. Durable. Heavy

malleable frog. Rolled foot beam

of standard John Deere type.

Bottom parts interchangeable on

sulky and tractor plows.





The John Deere—Syracuse No.

1459 is a small, light-weight plow,

but having the same substantial

construction and good working

qualities as our bigger plows. Rib

on lower edge of landside insures

steady work. Three—piece reversi-

ble clevis allows ample adjust-

ments. Beaded steel beam. Full

horn share.





Plow More Acres in a Day





_ ‘ The No. 210 Sulky is the light-



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' In, ".Vé'.'- ing landside eliminates dragging

‘77” A“: friction. All weight is carried on





1/"- \gA‘IQ wheels. Front furrow caster ,

g; 1 wheel, controlled by lever, gov;-





_ . .'\ , erns plow on turns, causing plow

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to cut at“ uniform depth even

when turning square corners.





the Syracuse chilling races: and

Address John Deere, Moline, llinoie, and





Write today for folder describing

the line of Syracuse plowe.

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sell, N. D., on a half section that

rmer owner said was worn out.

“In the Spring of 1923 we bought 400 rods

of woven wire fence andstarted raismg hogs. '

“In the Fall of 1923 we bought a band of

-' sheep. In the Spring of 1925 we bought

1200 rods more fence and this year we

ordered 160 rods. h f

“This fenced and cross-fenced our a1 section

at a total cost for new fence and rebuilding old fence of $800.

Our ‘wom out land’ produces as high as 28 bushels of durum wheat per

acre and turned off last year $2600 worth of mutton, wool and hogs.

“Woven wire fence will buy the car, build a good house and payoff the

mortgage. Diversified farming and woven Wire fence Will g1ve an income

during crop failures as well asdurin good years. Woven Wire fence

ays for itself many times over and IS y far the best investment on any

firm.” Carl Schultz, Russell, N. D. . ,





Bed Strand “Galvannealed” Fence

Lasts Much Longer .





' b t last lon r—for more 1' rod than any other standard_make.

3:33;; tinhtellig stgel and heagveier zinc “ l~ ut it costs less per year because it lasts

mnealin ” on the outside resist rust much longer. .



”um! ”5 anEe’ than any methOd CV“ 5booklets free: (1) Costof Fencing Farting





before in making woven wire feme. 2 Makin More Mone F120!“ H ,

i3; ¥Vhat 1%000 Farm FoiéSand: (4)33;

price





“;N 1921 I started farming here in Rus-

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. 1" tran " has 'cket-like stays that

" ‘ . 13$? straight ; waxy strands that keep to eat Fence Wire;-‘(5)erystone

.. A, ; can-t: up kggts tint hpldtit firm; film ‘i‘fi‘fih . %%uw.mm. .

. 7 Wfimwgfce $31.6 more orwnyglue. SendflxSfreebOohtoday.

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PARENTS’ LIABILITY FOR WAGES.





I am twenty-three years old. I have

Worked for my father all of the time.

Can I collect any wages? Last spring

he bought a car which he promised to

give me if I worked for him until fall,

and he also promised to pay me wages

besides. However, he did set a price

and now refuses to pay me or give

me the car. What can I do?—A. P.





The father is liable on his contract

to pay the wages and assign the car.

There being no agreement as to the

amount of the wages he“ is liable to

pay what the services are reasonably

worth, which is a question for the

jury—Rood.





LICENSE FOR TRACTOR ROAD

WORK. ,





Is it neceSsary fior one to have a

license on a tractor hauling on a state

road? The tractor makes three or

four trips 11 day and hauls sleighs

with loads. Is one supposed to have

license on the sleighs, as trailers, and

head and tail lights? They also buy

gasoline with the 20 tax for agricul-

tural purposes. What can be done

about this?——J. P.





...- Public Acts 1915, Section 4,797, and

following, as amended by Public Acts

1919. No. 383, provides, that every

owner of a “motor vehicle” driven up-

on the' highways of the state, shall ob-

tain a license from the Secretary of

State, and pay as required by the

act, and it is declared that motor ve-

hicles as used in the statute shall in-

clude all vehicles impeJ‘ ..' ‘by all pow-

er other than muscular-“power, except

motorcycles operated by policemen or

firemen on official business. The stat-

ute requires license on trailers drawn

on motor vehicles, but does not spec-

ify Whether the trailer is upon wheels





or runners—Rood.





RATE OF INTEREST.





Is there a ‘law governing the amount

of interest that a state bank can

charge? If so, how much? ,I am pay-

ing $70 a year besides 7% interest on

$600. Please advise—R. E. P.



The highest legal rate banks can

charge is 7% in advance—Rood.





LIABILITY FOR SHOOTING.





A party of five went out hunting

and were all walking east from four

to eight rods apart. From north to

south they were A, B, C, D, and E.

B started up a bird which flew be-

tween D and E, C and D both shoot-

ing at it. C’s shots went above and

a little ahead of E, while D shot

straight at E knowing he was in that

direction. Can D be held for the doc-

tor bill and time that E was unable

to w-ork?—F. R. ,



The statement shows a case of neg-

ligent injury for which the wrong do-

er is liable—«Rood.





RIGHT TO TRAP.





What is the law regarding trapping

on a public lake? The f rm border-

ing part of the lake is pr1vately own-

ed, also part of lake comprises part

of the farm.‘ Has a person the right

to trap along the lake using a boat

without trespassing on another man’s

property? .Has the owner of the farm

a right to prohibit trapping along his

shore?——W. E. E.



Only the owner of_ thé land over

which navigable water flows has the

right to set traps upon the bottom

and he may remove any traps placed

by any other person—Rood





FAILURE TO PAY,





A buys a house and lot (city prop-

erty) from B‘on contract. A fails to

keep up. payments, and .. ‘ay taxes until

arrears equal nearly. $ 00.” What re-





course does ,B have aside from taking

property? A earns wages about $40.,





per- week and gets paid by themonth.

Can. B garnishee Afs wagesi’. If so;

Also,- can 'A‘





 





 





 





 





 





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would this form be legal? “I do .here‘

by assign my wages from ...... Co. to

J. V. for year 1927.—-—signed .:A.."

Must this form he made by an attor.

ney? Also, ' A has livestock but no

real estate. Can B get possession of

any live‘st-ock? If so, how?—S.



The purchaser is liable on the con-

tract and upon suit, and judgment

against him for any unpaid install-

ments. His wages are liable except

such as are exempt by law. If the

debtor is head of the family his wages

are exempt to the extent of 60% not

exceeding $30.00. If he is single his

wages are exempt to the extent of

40%. Wages to be earned may be as-

signed; no legal form is necessary.

The live stock not exempt may also

be levied upon'to satisfy the judgment.

—Rood.





SELLING FISH.





If ‘a. person buys fish from the fish.-

companies in Green Bay, ‘Wis., has he

a right to-sell same at a fajr‘profit?

Is he compelled to have a license to

sell same in town or country—J. T.



Compiled Lows- 1915 Section 6975,.

provides that a peddler’s license shall

not be required of a peddler of fish.

The statutes of Wisconsin and Mich»-

igan are not entirely alike regarding

what fish may lawfully be taken and

sold—Rood.





HOUSE PART OF LAND.





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A buys a house and moves it on a.

piece of land that has been bought on

a contract. In case A should not

make his payments on said land reg--

ularly and B wanted to take the land.

can B hold the house also? If a. puts

the house on blocks instead of stone

can B hold’it?——M. S. C.



The house put upon the land by the

purchaser becomes a part of it and.

could not be removed without the

seller’s consent—Rood.





WINDOWS PART OF

HOUSE.





STORM





A bought a cottage from B. When

B moved out, he took the storm win-

dows along saying that they were not

nailed onto the hause and belonged to

him. Has B a right to claim these

windows when they were used on the

cottage several years?——J. T. B.



If the storm Windows were, fitted to

the frames they are 34 part of the

house as much as if they were nailed

in. On the theory stated by the sell-

er he would be entitled to retain the

keys also for they are not nailed in.

neither.-—Rood.





DIVISION OF STRAW.





E let S have a. piece of ground for

oats. E was to have one-third of oats.

The oats were threshed and straw put

in E’s barn. Later, S demands two-

thirds of straw. Is S entitled to

straw or does the land hold the

straw?—S.



Land does not hold straw. Straw

is a part of the crop same as the

grain. A practice by many landlords

is to make an agreement to the effect

that straw remain on the farm for

fertility purposes. The understanding

at outset should decide as to the dis-

position of straw—F. T. Riddell.»





RIGHTS OF WIFE’S CHILDREN.





A woman and a man marry. Both:

have children by previous marriages.





_ Can the husband cut off her children





from inheritance? What share of the

personal property can a woman hold?

What share of real estate?———H. K. G.





The wife’s children by a.prlor has

band would notinherit. any share of '

the estate from the Second if he, made

no disposition of it. They could take

only in case and to the extent that he‘

give it to them by Properly executed

will or disposition duringhis lltetlme.





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“better crops” train will be run

(in the railroads of ’the Upper Penin-

sula, for the purpose of interesting the

Upper Peninsula *farmers in_ crop im-

provement. The principal Upper Pen-

‘ insula railroads have already accepted

the plan. The train will‘carr‘y crop

improvement demonstrations and these

will be accompanied by a group of

crop~ specialists from the Michigan

' "State College, who will address the

'farmers on various problems of crop

betterment. It is planned to have the

train stop at about forty stations to

meet gatherings of farmers. This train

will inaugurate a year of ‘ activities

looking to the growing of better varie-

ties of grain, potatoes, sugar beets,

hay, alfalfa and their more scientific

handling throughout the peninsula.

There will be follow-up work in each

county. The Development Bureau will

offer prizes in each County to the

farmers who make the best (showing

in crop improvement, the bureau and

local business men cooperating in pro-

viding the prize money. This will be

an individual, not a county contest. It

will be required as a condition of this

contest that at least two crops be

grown in each county. 'Crop combina-

tions are being worked out, including

peas in Ontonagon, flax in Chippewa,

sugar beets in Menominee county, bar-

ley in Houghton county, potatoes in

Schoolcraft, wheat in several counties,

alfalfa in Marquette county, with some

other crop in combinatiOn. One of

these crops is selected with a view to

secure a good cash crop, while the nth

er will be a good forage crop.——Chase.





 





DANGER OF LOSING PYROTOL

ALLOTMENT.





NLE‘SS farmers send more orders

‘ .for pyrotol explosives this spring,

-the state will lose its free allotment

in succeeding years, according to Lar-

ry Livingston, state agricultural en-

gineer. The federal government allot-

ted 1,000,000 pounds of this explosive

to Michigan at no charge except the»

freight and boxing. Since this allot-

ment should be exhausted by June 3,

1927, and further, since seven hundred

pounds of this amount remain to be

used, .the chances are, unless farmers

who are interested hurry their orders

to the county agents, there will be a.

scarcity of the explosive for the com-

ing year. The farmers of the Upper





Peninsula have been taking fully half«





of these allotments.





COUNTY AGENTS PLAN FOR cnop

CONTEST.





OUNTY agents from every part of



the Upper Peninsula recently met

in a two-day session at Marquette to

consider details in the better crop con:

test made possible through the gener-

ous offers of the development bureau.

The contest in each county will be

under the direction of a crops com-

mittee and the county— agent. Any

farmer in the Upper Peninsula can

compete by making application to his

crops committee.





I INTERESTED IN ST. LAWRENC

WATERWAY. .





LOVERLAND farmers and busi-





ness men are deeply interested in-





the favorable report of Herbert, Hoov-

er, ‘Secretary of commerce, in advocat-

ing the construction of the St. Law:

rence deep waterway. Delegates to the





Muskegon meeting’ will lend their en-L





_77¥1hl151.33tl9 endorsement to the‘ Slogan,

I {mm‘sn'tihet‘hb 111.1921” ,By' this they:





 





 

 

   

 

 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   





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HE MCCormick-Deering dealer in your community offers you

tractors and tractor plows developed by one builder for your

satisfaction. The dealer, who is expert in gauging the machine



needs of his community, has chosen his stocks from the McCormick-

Deering line with your soil, crop, and climatic conditions closely in

mind. If you are interested in turning your soil in the shortest pos-

sible time and with the smallest expenditure of man labor, we urge



' you to studythe McCormicksDeering combination of power and plows.





McCormick-Deering Tractors are sturdy, modern, 4-cylinder units,

built in three types,-—10-20 h. p. and 15-30 h. p. regular tractors,

and the two-plow Farmall’ designed for planting and cultivating row

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the same basic 4-cylinder engine design and are built according to

Harvester quality standards for long years of economical, labor-

saajng operation,



McGormick-Deering P & O Tractor Plows—moldboard and disk

types—are up-to-the-minute in every detail. Designed to plow with

minimum power and to operate with minimum human effort. Power

lifts, accessible levers, quick adjustments, easily removable shares,

etc., are features.



Ask the local dealer for specific information on tractors and plows

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bf most lots of seed from what part of the

world it came. Furthermore, it is very

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hidden in the seed.



The removal of such uncertainties sur-

rounding seeds is one big service rendered

by the State Farm Bureau. We will not

sell our farmers seed which is unadapted to

their conditions. To further protect our

customers, Farm Bureau Brand Seeds are

Backed in sealed and branded bushel,,half—



ushel and peck sacks which are delivered

to the customer exactly as they left our

». . , .. , , . 1" - ’warehouse. On each bag is a tag plainly

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accompanying reproduction of letter and

Accident Prtection meant to Andrew Schut, R 4 Zeeland, V Michigan





 





 





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In re: Andrew Schut,

Route 9 4

Zeeland. Mich.





Gentlemen:-





he was struck by an automobile.





thank you. to forward same to Mr. Schut.





 

 

 





 





 





Queue/nee. December l6th. 1926.





Policy F-268414 -‘ 61. 74722

We are pleased to unless herewith our

check in the amount of $150.00. which is in full and





final settlement of the claim presented by the above

assured. {or injuries he sustained on magnet 30th. when





This check covers a period of total also

ability from August 20th to December 3rd,and vie-would





Thanking you in ad vance for this favor,





Very truly yours .





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who received $150.00

for 15 weeks disability

as the result of injuries

received by being

- ‘ struck by a passing

automobile.





Farmer

offers you this Insurance





Protection against the

loss of life or limb as





the result of Travel Ac-

cidents.





’ ‘ $1 Per Year





is the total cost .





This policy carries five

clauses, paying for

loss of life 'sustained





under clause No. 1,

$7,500; clause No. 2,

$3,000; clause No. 3,

$2,000; clause No. 4,

$1,000; clause No. 5,





$10 weekly indemnity

for fifteeniweeks for in-

juries sustained in the





 





 





John A. Thurman of Mt. Clemens, Michigan, R. 0, heceived

Check for $78.57 for Injuries Sustained on. July 16, 1926





This Policy Covers You AWhether on Busi-





ness or Pleasure





lYou can be engaged in hauling or trucking, as was

Mr. Thurman, or you may be on a pleasure tri with

the family—-—Our Travel Accident Insurance ervrce

Protects You at a Cost of Less than 2c Per Week for

KYOurself or Each Member of Your Family who. are

over 10 andmnder 70 years of age, prov1ded each 1nd1-

vidual carries a policy.





Our Family Offer





This protection is available to each member of the

Michigan Farmer Fam11y, who 183v. paid-m—advance

reader of Your Own HOme Farm Weekly for the pe-





riod of time the policy is in force.

$1.00 Per Year is the Total Cost





If you are not a paid-in-advance reader, $2.00 Wlll g1ve

you Michigan Farmer three years, or _156 issues, and

cover the cost of your Insurance policy, g1v1ng you

protection for one year. Michigan Farmer has been

regularly one year $1.00. Three annual subscrlptions

.Would have cost $3.00. Remember, this Family Otter

gives you Michigan Farmer 3 years and one year 1n-

surance protection. Note the savmg.



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APPLICATION





for $7.500 Travel Accident Policy issued'by the Federal Life In-

surance Company as a service by The Michigan Farmer.



I certify that I am a paid-.imadvance reader of The Michigan

Farmer, more than 10 years and not over 70 Years of age,

that I am neither deaf nor blind, and that I am not crippled to the





extent that I cannot travel safely in public places. and hereby ape





ply for the $7,500 Travel-Accident Policy in the Federal Life In-

surance Company, issued through The Michigan Farmer.





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Write below the name and address of person to whom you

want insurance paid in case you are killed; otherwise it will be

paid to your estate. .





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' consisting of things to eat, wear, and





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_ includes 130,000 dairy farmers.





«tum communities are carelessness, ov-





One of our neighbors lost

everything in a fire which destroyed

their home. Neighbors took them in

and cared for them until they found a

house. We also had a shower for them,





for housekeeping.



We have no church in this commu-



nity, but we have a large Ladies’ Aid.

It gave them money, and also helped

to make them quilts and clothing. An-

other farmer’s barn burned. The men

had~several bees to help cut and saw

timber for;a new barn, and to erect it,

and also gave him money.

f Our Aid gives fruit and flowers to

the sick, helps the poor; on one occa-

sion gave a poor crippled boy money

to help him through school. We also

help to keep up a Church in another

community—Mrs. Bert F. Judd.



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Why They Love Their Neighbors.

During the first week of November,



Reuben Lee, while picking apples, fell



about twenty-five feet from the tree,



causing concussion of the spine; He

had to lie in bed'for one week, after

which he began to walk on crutches—-

gradually growing stronger, until now,



(December 30), he can walk almost



normally.



It happened, as he is a grower of

alfalfa and uses much lime, that a car-

load had been ordered, and arrived

the day after his injury. A carload of

potatoes also was sacked and ready





 





The neighbors came with teams and

trucks, and not only drew home the —

lime from the railroad, three and one-

half miles away, but spread most of it

as well. They also drew the potatoes

to the waiting car and with the help

of the eldest son, who is only ten

years old, the chores were well taken

care of. During that time, Mr. Lee

sold twenty tons of alfalfa, all of

which was loaded and drawn‘ by

friends and neighbors





The lights in the home were wan-

ing. A neighbor drove to Grand Rap-

ids (twenty miles away), got a can of

carbide and set the lights in order.





Where the potato sorter had been

used in the yard, a big pile of dirt was

formed. Two neighbors came with

team and road scraper and removed

the dirt before it could freeze on the

lawn. These are the big tasks which

were done in such friendly and helpful

spirit. Many little daily kindnesses

were added, and within a radius of

several miles (in this thickly populat-

ed section of Ionia county), only two

families failed to telephone or come

and offer services.





Is the Golden Rule community spirit

dead? No! a thousand times 110! Is

it any wonder that we love our neigh-

bors?—-Mrs. Reuben Lee.





 





HOLLANDERS SUCCESSFUL IN

COOPERATION.





 





ARMERS in Holland are successful ,





cooperators. The American con-

sul at Amsterdam reports that up-

wards of 250,000 Dutch farmers belong

to‘some cooperative assOciation. This

Last

year there were 243 cooperative butter

factories in Holland, compared with

seventeen private factories; fifty-nine

cooperative cheese factories, and four

non-cooperative; 147 cooperative but-

ter and cheese factories, and forty-

five private factories, There are 156,:

000 farmers grouped in 1, 590 societies

that make extensive purchases of fer-





' tilizers and farm supplies. There are





also seven cooperative sugar beet fac.

tories.





 





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In 1925, Red River Special Threshers were

built with roller bearings at every main

bearing point.



In 1926, Alemite-Zerk Lubrication was

added.



Now for 1927 comes another great im-

provement.



Nichols (’3 Shepard Company is building

all sheet metal parts in the Red River Spe-

cial Line with Armco Ingot lron— the

great rust resisting metal.



The Hyatt Roller Bearings eliminate the

expense and trouble of rebabbitting, give

the machine an even steady motion, and

cut the power required for threshing and

the fuel cost to the bone.



Alemite-Zerk Lubrication saves many min-

utes of the bright threshing days that other

machines throw away on “Oiling up. ”

Armco Ingot Iron will save dollars in the

longer life of the machine and in freedom

from troublesome rust. Armco Ingot Iron

makes the long lasting Red River Special

Line still more long lasting.



This 3rd great improvement makes the

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With these three great improvements are

the famous 4 Threshermen, the greatest

combination of machinery ever devised for

getting the grain from the straw. They save

dollars for the farmer 1n clean merchantable

grain, sent to the wagon box, not to the

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The Speed and Straw Governors control

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under all conditions of the straw. It is also

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E'RE are a. few‘ of the responses



to our request several weeks ago



for incidents of how animals find

their way back home after being taken

to' strange surroundings. Although





the writeups of these incidents do, '





not explain the homing instinct and

the sense of direction animals have,

we believe you will find them inter-

esting—Eds. >





How‘Do They Get Back? ,



fies, how do they? In the year 1892

we lived in a town in Indiana, and my

father-in-law lived six and one-half

miles away, and in the month of Sep-

tember he brought us a. pig, weighing

about a hundred pounds,'in a crate, in

a new wagon with double wagon box.

It was impossible for the pig to see

out. Five turns were made on cross

roads. One evening, about a week lat-

er, ‘the pig got: out and started for

home, going through a woods the first

mile, after which we lost track of it.

But in about two days we found our

pig at home and back into the field

with its mates—Mrs. N. Lantz.





_ Cat Visits Old Home.



When I was a young girl, 14 years

old in 1873, my father moved from

Franklin, Oakland County, to Farm-

ington. Father nailed the mother cat,

with two little three—day-old kittens, in

a box which he put in the bottom of

the wagon in front of the driver. It

was all covered up with the lap robes.

The cat was a vortishell cat with

three or four colors on it. It was a

bright intelligent cat. ,





We drove seven miles to Farming-

ton and got thereabout 12 o’clock.

We kept the cat in the box until even-

ing, then we let her out and put the

box in the woodshed. In the morning,

we could not find the mother eat, but

the next day she came and went in

the box with the little kittens and she

never went away any more.



‘In a few days, father went back to

Franklin to get the rest of the goods.

The family that moved in the house





 





This Shadow

From your Fields





There can be no compromise with the .

European Corn Borer.





Either you must win the battle or he will.

Clean plowing, authorities agree is the best

practical way of killing this pest.





Therefore, Oliver has developed a special plow

to control the corn borer. It plows deep. It

turns the ground completely. It buries stalks

and stubble entirely. ‘





This new plow is furnished in two models—for





tractor and for hors





See your Oliver dealer at once. He





e power.





will be glad





to show you, in your own fields, how this new

plow protects your crop. .

Write or our latest literature on the





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said our kitty came” in one morning

and looked all over the house, and

then-intent out and they never saw

her afterwardsge—Subs‘criber. D





The Catarid the Dog. ,

wasib‘orn in Ottawa County on a.

farm nine miles north of Holland,

Michigan. ' In the springof 1900, when

I' got married, my "parental family

moved to the 'city of. Holland; Mich-

igan. I'rented and occupied the farm.

"During thesummer, I hauled some

twenty—cords of stove wood by wagon

to the folks in theoity: ‘My mother

wishing to have one of the‘cats from

the‘ old farm, I puts. ”out ina. box

with closed sides and slats on top

but not so wide apart that the cat

couldget its head through and look

over the country. I placed this box

on top of a load of wood, hauled it to

town. and delivered it to mother. Just

one week later the cat was back on

the farm in a very run down condi-

tion. It must have walked back, but

how did it find the way? Considering

that no less than eight turns had been

made from the starting point to its

destination, it is remarkable that it

did not lose track of directions.





At that time relating this experi—

ence to someone, another story was

brought out, about adog being carried

by boat from there to Chicago and af-

ter some time was back home presum-

ably coming back by land.



I had another peculiar experience,

though of a different nature than you

inquired for. '



I saw a white hen sitting on the

center of a potato hill of which the

vines were now broken down from ma;

turity about 20 feet from a foot path.

Walking up to her the hen flew off the

nest and to my surprise I found three

or four eggs and an equal numberof

small wild rabbits in a. downy nest

just beneath—D. H. Brot '





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Not Easily Disposed Of.



This is an incident which occurred

about forty-five years ago. My father

who lived .4172 miles west of the vil-

lage of Portland, had too many cats

to suit mother. So father concluded

to dispose of some. He was going to

town so he put the old cat with five

kittens in a grain bag, tied them up

drove four miles until he came to the

mad that branched off to the right,

down a big hill, , through thick oak

grubs. Then he untied the bag, dump-

ed them out and drove fast for a half

mile. He came home another way.



They were rid of that bunch for

three days. Then father went to the

barn in the morning and, lo and he

hold—there was his old cat and all

her kittens.



We can never imagine how dear old

father felt when he saw them. He

came in the kitchen and said, “Moth-

er, give me a milkpa'n.” Then he went

back and filled the pan full of milk

and set it where all the cats could

get their fill. Father said, “hence

forth, I’ll feed them at the barn}; Af-

terthat, mother was not bothered with

cats and kittens.—Libbie Walker.»’





The attitude of the present adminis.

tration toward lobbyists. is far from

cordial. Governor Green, in his mes-

sage to the Legislature, threatened,

“If some of the notorious lobbyists of

the past put in an appearance at this

term (if Legislature, I will call ybur

attention to them by name.” The gov-

ernor made send this threat when, on

January 18, he sentja special message

to both the Senate and House in which

he called attention to a certain lobby-

ist and declared, "‘You are entitled to

have your deliberations unhampersd

by the presence of lobbyists, .. if your .

”“1093”,“ madam: remit- mats .
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Andrew Summers Rowan'may be

promoted to rank of Major—Gen-

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After its formal opening, the first important business of which the George Young, 17-year-old Toronto

fifty—second Imperial Diet of China disposed, was making an ade-

quate appropriation for funeral expenses of the late emperor.





boy, won $25,000 for swimming

the Catalina Island channel.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





A black and white eagle with a five-Foot Wing spread, fell exhaust-

ed on the deck of the steamer Sulanierco after following the ship

for fifty miles.





 





 





An» invention by Dr. Stockbarger that will trans-

mit sound and pictures on beams of “dark

light” will be of great importance in war. Star State.





Dan Moody succeeded “Ma” Fer-

guson as Governor of the Lone





 





 





 





The little red schoolhouse in South Sudbury, Mass, made famous

by Mary and her lamb, was purchased by Henry Ford, repaired

and is now used for school purposes.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





China has recognized importance of parachute

jumping in aviators’ training by sending Capt.

T. K. Ching here to study our methods.





 





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An anti-toxic “serum for the treatment of acute rheumatic fever,

which it is believed may also be used for preventionof heart dis.-

ease, has been developed by Dr. J. C. Small, of Philadelphia.





 





 





 





Weddings have been celebrated in all sorts of places, but it' re?

mained for this Tulsa, Oklahoma, couple to select a place entitled , ,





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ME" sat theraa solid grin, rub-

hing his stomach. “When I stop

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You see, eet was dem she lady paper

that I give her Christmas. Dey stuff

her head full of dis woman right talk.

She tink she was abuse. So she an’

RoSie Le Clair an’ Josie De Long was

meet dat afternoon to mak one woman

politic club. Dey try to elec officer

an; each one want to be president.

Den Rosie say dat Josie lie an’ Josie

"say that Rosie lie an’ Julie say do

both lie, so (19 meetin' an’ some of de

furniture was bus.’ ”



Pete acted it out and nearly fell

off his box laughing. “Den Julie jump

up off my knee an’ burn dem she lady

paper on de fire. ‘Pete,’ she say, an’

put her arm roun’ my neck. ‘I rather

have you dan anyting.’ Uhhhhhhhhh!

Dat my Julie. ‘Julie,’ I say,- ‘when

you birt’day come on nex’ week what

you want for present?’ ‘Pete,’ he say,

“I want for to tak music lesson on

dat. ol’ piano I fetch from Canada.

when I marry.’ ‘All right.’ I say for

I feel ver’ good at de tam.”



He threw out his hands and rolled

his eyes. “So now ten tam a day

Julie say, ‘Where dem music lesson?’

Ba gosh, dat tak money. I got to sell

de’m lettle dog for ten dollar each one.

Dat de reason, boy.”



I don’t know 110w much truth there

was in that, but I do know they had

a piano in the house that Julie

brought with her when she was mar-

ried. It was an old timer built some-

thing like a dining room table and by

the looks of it it must have been the

cat’s eyebrows in its day. Whatever

it was or had been, it knocked our

dog trade galley-w est, so that was

that.





UT we weren’t resigned to our fate,



not by a jugful. We couldn’t have

been if we had wanted to be, and we

didn’t want to be. Our dog fever

grew worse and worse until we were

- delirious part of the time. A person

; with sense can’t help having dog fever

any more than he can help having

measles. We read about dogs and

talked about dogs and listened to radio

talks about dogs and dreamed about

dogs and got prices on dog collars

and dog medicine and dog biscuit and

learned to whistle tunes about dogs

and tell dog jokes and sing dog songs

until, dog gone it, we weren’t satisfied

with the weather unless there was a

sun dog in the sky.





This kept up for some time and was

just about at its height when one Sat~

urdax Rupert’s piano showed up from

Boston and we went down to the de-

pot with the deacon and Cash to get

it. Fact is, the deacon was there

ahead of us and when we ambled in

he and the station master were hav—

ing an argument that would have

boiled water. The trouble was that

one of the piano legs was.damaged.

The piano itself was an old square

one, the twin of Julie's, and in order

that it might be better packed the legs

had been removed and separately

w1apped in burlap. That was easily

done for each had been fastened to





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the piano with four big screws which,

of course were out of sight when

they were in place. But for some un-





known reason, the Wrappings had been ‘





cut from each of the legs and one of

them had been hacked as tho some-

one had tried to split it open. So its

appearance was spoiled, and the dea-

con would not accept it. And what

was more, he wanted a hundred d-ol-

lars damages on the spot. The depot

master admitted that a. piano should





 





- “A piano leg, sir, and a very valu-

able piece” and the deacon pointed

to the leg where it lay on the floor.

Mr. Fitzhugh looked at it and nod-

ded. “That’s it.” He smiled. “You

may wonder what I know about it. ”

“That’s Just what I was figuIin’ on

myself,” the depot master, said.

_ It was cold in the car and the strang-

er spoke fast. “TWO daygeift‘eg/mis

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“I am Assistant Claim Agent for this Railroad," the Stranger Said.





have four good legs, even if it spent

all its life standing in a corner, but

he had no right to settle the bill, tho

the deacon. unreasonable as usual,

said he had. All of which made a nice

conversation to watch and listen to.

Then happened what the story books

call a coincidence. A train pulled in

and when it was gone a stranger was

standing on the platform. e and the

depot master talked a inute and

then walked over to the freight car

where we were. He was snappily

dressed, rather tall and slender and





‘ dark, with good teeth to back up a





smile.





“Mr Fitzhugh, Mr. Brown

depot man. —



“I am veiy glad to meet you, Mr.

Brown.” Mr. Fitzhugh put out his

hand and the deacon took it with a

stiff bow and a stiffer, “And I you,

sir.” ,



“I timed my call about right,“ the

stranger said easily. “I may explain

that I am assistant claim agent for

this railroad. It is my work to adjust

damages and so forth.” ”'





,” said the





“Then I have business with you at ‘





once,” said the deacon.

“Regarding the damaged table leg?”





frightened away by the yard watch-

man and a check-up showed that noth-

ing in the car had been stolen. It

seems certain that the thief, if that

is 11 hat he w,as only un111apped the

four piano legs and battered one of

them. apparently with a hatchet.”

“For 11hat reason was that done?”

asked the deacon. "





“That is a mystery,” Fitzhugh an-

swered.



“It sure is dumbed queer," the depot

maste1 grunted.





“When this was leained by the rail-

road oflicials," Fitzhugh hurried on, “I

was ordered to be here when the car

arrived, to look things over and take

the damaged leg back with me, It is

possible some of the powerful micro-

scopes in our shops may reveal some

clue. It is an unusual case and our

detectives must have a chance at it.”



“And in the meantime what about

the damages?” the deacon spoke up.



Oh, yes; incidentally I am to settle

with you. What is your .bill?”



“One hundred dollars, sir.”



“Impossible.”



“A man in ydur position must re-

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Fitzhugh picked up the' leg

It Was

round and partly hollow, the hole be-

ing about three inches Wide and going

half the length of. the leg. Thad-poked

in it with a stick a few minutes before.

“Machine turned, II imagine,” he said.

“It should be easily duplicated in. the

city.” He thought a minute. “This is

my proposition, Mr. Brown: I will give

you fifty dollars for your trouble and

if I can’t get a perfect match for this

log within a month I will have it re

paired and send you another fifty with

it. I call that fair, don’t you?”



“Extremely so," the ‘deacon said,

anxious to clinch such a “good trade.

“I appreciate your intelligence.”



“Don’t mention it,” Mr.~ Fitzhugh

smiled. “It is my business to satisfy

people.” And at that he gave the dea-

con fifty bucks. adding, “I won’t ask

you to sign the usual papers until the

deal is finished.”





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O everything was honey pie. lHe



did up his leg, that is, his piano

leg, in the burlap and we wrapped up

the other three so they wouldn't get

scratched on the way home, “' taking

care to keep them separate from his.

Then Gilly Cabbins, who does truck-

ing and had been hired by the deacon

to be on hand an hour before, mogged

down the road, his old horse half

asleep and his sleds creaking in the

cold. In the course of the day he got

backed up to the car door and all to-

gether we loaded the piano. ~ '



“You ca’culate to go on the next

train?” the depot master asked Fitz-

hugh.



“Yes.”





“That’ll be in ten minutes. I wish

you’d step over to the freight house

and see one of them payten washin’

machines that come to El Turner all

busted to smithereens. I’ve sent in a.

claim but ain’t heard nothin’.”



“Certainly,” Fitzhugh said. “Might

just as well see to it while I am here.”

He laid his piano leg in one corner of

the freight car and went out.



The deacon stepped over to the de—4

pot to pay the freight bill and leavr

ing Gilly puttering around his sleds

Bill and I climbed up on the freight

to warm our toes and watch for the.

coming train. After a while Gilly nav-

igated his horse into the road and the

deacon climbed up beside him on the

seat. The train was on time and as

Fitzhugh got aboard with his leg un-

der his arm—his piano leg—he waved

his hand to us.



It was not until several days later

that we smelled anything fishy about

him. The next Tuesday‘ the deacon

got a letter from the railway company

saying that a package addressed to

him had been “found in one of their

coaches and would be sent to him if

he would pay the express.‘ He told

them to send it, and when it came it

was a piano leg. The deacon, suppos-

ing it to be one Fitzhugh had sent him.

unwrapped the other three, which had

not been undone because the piano





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to him had beemfohnd in one of their ,

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hadn't, and Fitzhugh took it along.





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annotated for thinking that Fitthugh

had taken the wrong leg with him.

And that was exactly the case, for

Gilly admitted that after we left him

at the car he had put all the legs in

his sled, then remembering that he.

was to leave one for Fitzhugh he took:

out what he supposed was the rightl

one. Of course, he got the wrong one,

he wouldn’t have been himself if he





Then, it seemed reasonable to suppose

he had left it in the passenger coach‘

by mistake and, as the deacon’s name

was painted on the wrapping, they had

known who it belonged to.



That was easy enough to see into,

but there was a jolt ahead, for when





care of the railway company, the let-

ter came back marked, “We never

heard of this gink,” or something to

that efiect. That had a queer look.-

The deacon sent a special delivery to

the railway people telling the whole

story, and back came the answer that,

while the freight car had been broken

into as Fitzhugh said, they had sent

no claim agent to look it up, much

less a man by that name. They were

sure that the one who called himself

Fitzhugh was a crook and, while they

could see no earthly sense in a person

going to all that trouble to steal a

piano leg, as long as he had acted in

their name they would do their best

to find him.





That certainly was “a dark and sin-

ister mystery,” as “Bill said. Why in

the name of Moses the man, or anyone

else, wanted to steal a piano leg was

beyond us? Was he crazy? Perhaps.

You read about such things in the pa-

pers. A short time before a man had

been arrested for stealing radiator

caps, and another for pinching door

mats. It is a disease. And still, such

things don’t sound reasonable when

they happen near home.



“Bill," I asked, “what do you make

of it?”



“A peculiar case,” he said.



“What a wonderful mind!”



But it was a peculiar case, and I

don’t mean maybe.





F Rupert Brown hadn’t been the



sort of kid who would rather play

the piano than play ball, we would

probably never have run into any ex-

citement that winter. In a way, it was

our good luck that his Aunt Addie de-

cided to send the old piano down to

him from Boston, so he could take les-

sons. Queerly enough, that started the

fireworks. Things began to happen as

soon as the piano hit town. The dea-

con’s celluloid collar began to sizzle a

little when he found that one of the

piano legs was. damaged. The legs

were wrapped up separately, and one

of them had been hacked as though

someone had tried to split it open.

Naturally, the deacon wanted as much





little more, in damages.





The argument might have gone on

all night at the station, if a stranger





and introduced himself as assistant

claims agent for the road. He explain-

ed that the car had been broken open

in Boston, that he had been sent down

to find Out the details on the case, and

take the damaged leg back with him.

To prove he meant business, he gave

the deacon fifty dollars on account and

promised to pay another fifty if he

didn’t send back a new leg just_ as

good as the old one -





It wasn’t until several -days later





this fellow. The next Tuesday the dea-

con got a letter from the railroad oom- i





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CROSS SECTION

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HIS type of tire rides more directly on the



wide rider strip at: the center of the tread.

That is where the weight and wear come, so

that is where extra rubber is needed. The walls

and tread of this tire are thick and stiff, mak-

ing necessary the use. of large tread design for

high pressure tires.





   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 





CROSS SECTION

OF GUM-DIPPED

BALLOON TIRE

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THIS type of tire—low pressure Balloon—

carries the load on a wider surface, there-

fore grooves arc out directly in the center of

the Firestone Tread to permit easy flexing.

Greater amount of Rubber is placed at outer

edges of tread where most of the load is car-

ried. Instead of large, heavy rider strips and

projections which retard flexing and cause.

skidding, the Firestone Tread is provided with

small projections and narrow rider strips which

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they found it necessary to design a tread altogether different

from that which is required by High Pressure Tires. '





The Firestone tread was not designed with large, massive

projections for appearance or to make plausible sales argu-

ment. 0n the contrary, the projections of the Cross-and-

square tread are small and the rider strips narrow permit-

ting the tread to yield to irregularities and cling to the road,

giving the greatest non -skid surface.This tough, pliable tread

has the wear-resisting qualities that give thousands of extra

miles of service.



The tread, however, is not the only important part of the Balloon

Tire. Such a tread as this, designed to yield to every depression of the

road, must be placed on the carcass that also has the qualifications to

withstand the terrific flexing that this design tread permits. Firestone pro:

vides this extra strength and endurance by dipping the cords of the carcass

in a rubber solution. By this process, every fiber ofevcry cord is saturated

and insulated—to withstand the extra flexing of the Firestone tread.





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see the nearest Firestone Dealer. He will gladly explain the many features ..

that make Firestone Tires better.





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“ME AND THE BOYFRIEND”





 

 

 

 





 





Y 0U know them, bless

their hearts. A pair

of youngsters, really, in

spite of their self-reliant

an and their fast- vanish-

ing teens. The gir1——-slim,

clear-eyed, merry; the boy

——flippant, a- bit arrogant,

full of secret, earnest

plans for success.



They like each other.

They go to the movies to-

gether, dance, quarrel a

bit. They don’t believe in

early marriages. But her

eyes shine when she

speaks of him. “Me and

the boy friend. ”



One of these days, sud—

denly, they’ll be grown up.

Man and wife, those fear-





fla’ven‘zsemems are rwzke cozmre/ory fir fiausewzoesmyouflg and 0161’





less youngsters. A home

to plan, life to face. A

budget, a savings account,

economies.



They’ll make mistakes,

but they’ll learn quickly.

She’ll begin to be canny in





the spending “of money—4

' to question prices and val-

‘ ues. She’ll begin to read





about the things she plans

to buy, to find out all she

can about them. She’ll

become a regular reader

of advertisements.



They’ll help her to be-

come the capable, wise

housewife she wants so



much to be. They’ll tell

her what clothes are best





, and what prices to pay for





them. The ’1! tell h e r

about the oods to buy,

the electric appliances, the

linoleums and draperies.

They’ll help her, as the

advertisements can help

you.



And she’ll meet her rte-I

sponsibilities and fulfill

her duties easily and well.

She won’t become a tired,

flu s t e r e d, inefficient

drudge. Because her home

will be modern, attractive,

we 1 it run, she’ll keep

young—through the

speedy years she’ll retain"

much of that shining-eyed,

merry freshness. She and

the “boy friend.”





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on every piece of produce you

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must they be sold wherever





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Every season brings fresh proof of

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Potatoes that are mealier and better

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celery that is more crisp and tender

—--all these quality improvements

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Potash improves the shipping and

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or 3-8‘24. For both types of muck the

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used for Such crops as potatoes and

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celery.





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OT a. great while ago there was

an interesting picture of the old-

fashioned American family. Most

of Sunday was spent in church. The

piano was closed. Only religious books

were read. The girls were taught

housework by mother. When they went

out, they were chaperoned. Most of

this has been shed by modern custom,

like an old coat. As money has be:

come more plentiful, companionship

between the boy and .his parents is

less intimate. The “grandfather work-

ed, the father worked and played, the

boy only plays.” When the auto came,

the chaperon went. There was no

place for her except the running

board, and that was too windy. Then

came the roadhouses, jazz, hotel danc-

es, unrestricted association of the sex-

es. The parents

gave the boy and

girl all this, but

forgot what it had

taken from them,

“the four walls of

a. home, their

own companion-

ship, the faith of

the fathers, and

the tradition of

labor.” Life was easier than in for-

mer days, doing wrong was e-,asier

satisfying one’s unregulated impulses

was easier, Which included the impulse

to break up the home. Divorce has

become an industry.





 





Naturally, much of this is not true

of farm homes, but country and city

are so bound up together that what

affects one influences the other.





It is impossible to go back to the

old-fashioned family, to any great ex-

tent. We cannot go back to the two-

seated surrey, and Dobbin, and te1e~

phoneless, wirelessless homes. We

must build for our day as our fathers

did for theirs. It is not surprising

that many folk are alarmed. They

may well be. Says a. commission of

the Protestant Church to the National

Episcopal Convention, “11: is paralyz-

ing to think of the average American

family going on from the rising of the

sun to the retiring hour as if God had

no existence. If American children

are not taught of God in school, and

He is unnamed in the home, what can

we expect, but that at this moment

the United States is actually develop—

ing into a non-Christian nation?” But

then the commission strikes this very

hopeful note: That as certain vast

social abuses have disappeared in the

past as a result of agitation, so the

non-Christian home can also be

brought under Christian dominion.





Prayer has much to do with the

Christian home. The child that never

hears a blessing asked at his father’s

table, has missed much, at the very

start of life. Andrew Murray, of South

Africa, was the father of seven or eight

sons, and of these all but two became

ministers. They were brought up in

that atmosphere. It was natural to

them. Cardinal Vaughn was one of

eight sons and five daughters. His

mother used to spend some time each

day, praying that God would call all of

her children to serve Him. All five of





~ the daughters became nuns or sisters,

six became ~





and of the eight sons,

priests.





Example counts big. Some homes

are the centers of the most uncharit—

able conversation. Mean things are

said about many people, -and particu-

larly mean things abdut others.

has, a blighting effect on children.

Children are to be pitied who are rear-

ed in such an acid, censoriousiatmos-

phere. If parents must repeat gossip,





‘ they had betten do it after they retire,





or when the children are gone. Little





_ souls ought not to be sprinkled with"

this refuse. Charles Kingsley, a great \





 





:Enslish country pastor. would never.





This.





Our Wee/Ely Sermon—~3y N. A.» McCufie.





permit parish gossip of a criticising

nature, at the table.



Church-going counts up, in the long

run. And it’s the long run you want to

think of; Some judges require hus-

bands and wives who think they want

divorce, to attend church for so many

weeks,

breach. Others require church attend-

ance for youthswho have been parol-

led from prison.



Children. A Boston terrier is good

company, in the home, or a Persian

cat, but a baby is better. Get the dog

after the baby comes, to keep him

company, and to protect him. The

Hebrews were fond of children. They

felt they were blest of God when many

sons and daughters were born. “As

arrows are in the hands of a. mighty

man, so are the children of youth.

Happy is the man that hath his quiver

full of them.” The little boy in Sun-

day School quoted it, “happy is the

man that hath his flivver full of them,”

but the idea. is the same. It gives the

parent a chance to introduce the chil-

dren to the Bible. What stories are

there, for reading, or for telling! What

giants stalk its pages and what her-

oes appear and vanish! What ques-

tions are asked by these little people!

The parent lives his childhood :1“ over

again.



Home religion, home happiness can-

not be built on selfishness. The trou-

ble is, that that expe. . is contin-

ually tried, and it does not work.

When things are normal, children do

not get into the juvenile court, as a.

rule. We are told by an authority on

juvenile crime, that no child ever gets

into child crime who has enjoyed a

normal home life. Says Professor Ell-

wood, “the problem of crime is bigger

than the lawyers evidently think it is.

It is not a. problem for the lawyers so

much as it is for the churches; for

the first place to attack the problem

of crime is in the home life. If we

want a law-abiding society, to say

nothing of a Christian civilization, we

must put Christianity into the home

and family relations.” Professor

Groves, of Boston, adds, that we are

more successful at housekeeping than

at home-making. - Consider the golden

text for this week: “Let us love one

another, for love is of God.”





 





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

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he found that the damaged one was

with the others. Evidently the claims

,agent had picked. up the wrong one.

More than that, the railroad wrote

they had never sent any agent down

to our town. It looked queer, but we

' figured it was all forthe best. The

deacon had fifty dollars that he would





not. have had otherwise, and Bill had“





a new mystery to solve."





" CHAPTER III.





”NYONE who didn’t know how

tough Bill was might have worried

about ,him after that, for in addition

to dog fever he had one of his attacks

of. detectivitis. He was almost asbad

off as Jimmy Sells’ first wife, who died

of typhoid fever and pneumonia. Jim-

my said she might have stood one

fatal disease, but two atlonce were too

much for her. Speaking of myself, I

still had the dog fever good and plen-

ty, but the detective bug never trou-

bled me as it always did Bill. He

couldn’t go within a mile of .any kind

of a mystery without getting infected;

then there was no peace on earth until

it cleared up.

Everybody must admit that that

. Fitzhugh piano leg business was queer.

There was no dodging it, it was enough

to kink anyone’s thinker. What in the

name of the Seven Sacred Shrimps

that fellow had been up to was more

than the~average bean .could get away

with. , Anyway, he hadn’t done what

he had tried to do, for the deacon had

the four piano legs safe and sound,

except that one of them was damaged.

That worried the Brown family to a

frazzle, for their high-toned sensibili-

ties couldn’t track with the idea of

having anything in their parlor that

wasn’t just so. So they wouldn’t set

the piano up until it had few shiny

legs to stand on, though Rupert was

peaking and pining to begin his music

lessons so he could have some means

of expressing his innermost thoughts,

as Mrs. Brown-said. I’ve nothing spe-

cial against Rupert, but, all the samey

if his innermost thoughts are like his





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‘fwhen he unwrapped the three he had.-





giving a genteel family cold chills.





That afternoon in geography class '





we were studying the products of Asia,

and the teacher asked each of us to

name one and tell_what it was used

fo"r,-.Bill had been in one of his» trances

for some time, andehen it came his

turn he said that .cork was used to

make wooden legs. Naturally we

laughed, and he got as red ashis hair

and slid down into his seat with his

eyebrows in a ‘pucker. The others

thought he wa) fussed, but I knew by

that far-away look in his eyes that he

had. hooked an idea. When school was

out, he gave me the high sign and

legged it down the street.



“What’s up?” I puffed after him.



“Business,” he 'answered over his

shoulder. “Stick around.”



We hit the Brown place and found

the deacon in the barn oiling the lawn

mower. He is one of these model peo-

ple who are always fore-handed. I

wouldn’t be surprised that when he

was a boy he had the stomachache

months before there were any green

apples.



“Nice day, Mr. Brown,” Bill said.



“The weather conditions are not un-

pleasant.” The deacon looked down

over his collar at us.



“I suppose you know,” Bill began in

his most pious tone, “that I always

have your interests at heart.” ’



“I must say, William, that there have

been times when it seemed otherwise.”



“That’s because you don’t under-

stand me,” Bill explained. “Now, for

instance, that piano leg deal knocked

me for a row of Egyptian ash cans.”



“For What? it did what?”



“It upset me. But now I’ve got a.

dome light.”



“You have what?”



“A bright idea in my head.”



“Yes, yes."



“Would you be willing to give the

damaged leg and the fifty dollars you

got from Fitzhugh for a new- leg, if it

was what you wanted?"



(Continued next week).





The Romance of a Land Title





By John





R. Rood





Of the Detroit Bar





1 (Concluded from last week).





A person not experienced in real es-

tate transactions might conclude from

the preceding articles that: the pur-

chase of land is as much of a gamble

as a threw on the roulette wheel.

This is a mistake. While dishonest

persons do deal in real property occa-

sionally, as in other things, it seldom

happens that a pretense of sale of

land is made by one who has no title.

Ordinarily, the seller who is told that

his title is not good, is more surprised

than the buyer. Most of the risk in

buying land is in paying a price dis-

proportionate to the value or getting

property not adapted to the proposed

purpose. All things considered, and a

reasonable amount of common sense

being 'used, there is ’no safer invest-

ment than the purchase of land in an

amount not exceeding the ability of

the purchaser to use it and pay for it.

Nothing gives a greater sense of se-

curity, nothing attaches the man to

the community and gives him an in-

terest in public aflairs more than own-

ership of a piece of land.



Because land Ownership makes good

citizens; ‘ and‘ because all Wealth is

based upon it,. land titles should be

made as simple and secure as possible.



Today the best security of land titles

is the statute of limitations.

tests are cured in a few years by ad-

,‘verse possession. Without it every

' gagster Would multiply defects and

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merely the public recording of the

written evidences of title and making

those records notice to all persons.

Recording the conveyance does not

make a good title, does not make the

conveyance good. It merely charges

the public with notice of it.



What we would have is a system

whereby the title to the property

would be guaranteed by the recording;

in other words, a system in which the

record is the title instead of being

merely evidence of it.



Such a system is the Torrens sys-

tem. To obtain a Torrens certificate

of title there must be first, an abso-

lute determination of the title in the

grantee as against the whole world.

On each succeeding transfer the old

certificate is surrendered and a new

one issued; and when the new certifi-

cate is issued, the prior history of the

title may be safely forgotten. _ The

certificate is incontestable title. This

system has worked with increasing

success and popularity in all other

states and wherever tried. It has





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generation in the United States, and





for a longer period abroad. Why not

in Michigan?





 





A recent'study'of 445 factories made

by an Illinois professor showed that

less than ten percent had excellent





: lighting, thirty-two per cent had good

illumination, and the rest were graded 1.-





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Rural electrification





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the comforts and conveni’

ence of electricity. How to get it

is the question still to be answer’

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electrification is merely a prob’

lem of business cooperation.





AL FARMERS want to enjoy





Electric service cannot be sold

to isolated or occasional cus

tomers, as merchandise can. For

electricity —— like milk— can

not be stored to any practical

degree; it must be consumed as

produced.





Thus the cost of building trans’

mission and distribution lines,

and of keeping asupply of power

ready for instant use, can only

be met by having on every mile

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electricity are many and varied.





That is the principal condition

which governs complete rural

electrification.





Lines can be built where groups

of farmers will useenoug'h power

to make the extension of service

apractical business undertaldng, ,

just as maintaining a milk route g;

requires customers, not widely,

scattered, who use a steady ”

supply. ~



So, to get electricity for your f

farm, get together with your ‘

neighbors and make your light ' 1'

and power company a coopera' -

tive business proposition. Ask

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practices in housekeeping have

been adopted and reported by ,the

Women of the state, who studied the

business of housekeeping and the art

of homemaking through the Home Ec-

onomics Ektension Service of Michi-

gan State College. These improved

practices were reported by 21, 498 wom-

en, representing 14, 544 different

homes, who have been connected with

this work during the past year.



What do these improved practices

consist of ? To mention a few, we find

such items as: TWenty-three thou-

sand six hundred fifty-six changes in

sewing equipment; 1,876 sewing ma—

chines cleaned and adjusted; 70,325

other improved practices in sewing

adopted, such as making of garments,

patterns, dress forms, selection of ma-

terials, and others too numerous to

mention, making a total for clothing

of 95,859.



Home Management on the Job.



The home management group also

tells an interesting story. It shows

that mother is taking an inventory of





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Mrs. Louise Campbell. She Has Help-

ed to Put Homemaking on the Pro-

fessional List.





her time and energy, as well as of her

material resources.



“Probably the outstanding feature

in the kitchen project,” writes Edna

V. Smith, Home Management Special-

ist, “Has been the number of persons

who have been made to think about

their kitchens and have completely re-

arranged them as a 1esult. Two hun-

dred ninety—five kitchens were re ar—

ranged for convenience, or the entire

kitchen completely made over. Nine

hundred sixty smaller changes were

made, such as extending of water

pipes over the reservoir in order to fill

it directly from the faucet”



Nine hundred eighty-eight pieces of

small equipment were purchased



One hundred thirty-six wo1king

heights were adjusted, which means

fewer backaches.



Four hundred two report time for

short rest periods as a result of more

efficient management.



Two hundred and thirty- four report

changes in the color of the wall cov-

_, ering, which shows that the kitchen

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Ninety-four service wagons have-

been purchased.



One could go on and enumerate the

various changes made and improved

practices adopted to the extent of 3,562

in this project alone.



Nutrition Has “Healthy" Report.



But, the story is not yet complete.

The nutrition group has also made out-

standing achievements. The mothers

who have given time and thought to

this subject, find that the health of

their families have been improved.



One thousand one hundred forty-

eight report improved health. The im-

provement in health has without doubt

come through the adoption of the fol-

lowing practices:



Three hundred fifty-four report bet-

ter home gardens.



One thousand three hundred eighty-

five report using whole wheat breads.



One thousand two hundred seventy—

eight report using more fruit.



One thousand four hundred seven

report using more greens or leafy veg—

etables.



One thousand three hundred seven

report using more milk.



So one could continue to the extent

of 9,083 improved practices reported

by 5,156' different housewives who

have been studying nutrition during

this past year.



“It is difficult to estimate the real

value of last year’s accomplishments,”

said Louise H. Campbell, State Leader

of Home Economics Extension, “a vis-

ion has been gained in many cases

which has placed the business of

housekeeping on a professional basis.”



Mother is no longer hampered by

traditions, she is forging ahead, and





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applying the very best principles that

science and art can contribute to

homemaking. This work has been

made possible because of a thorough

and extensive cooperation on the part

of many people. It has taken the en-

tire time of five specialists from the

college, Carrie C. Williams, Agnes Sor-

enson and Marion Hofiman', clothing;

Edna V. Smith, 'home management.

and Martha Mae Hunter, nutrition,

who have had charge of the subject

matter and have organized the various

courses presented. It has taken the

entire time of five home demonstra-

tion agents, Muriel Dundas, Oakland

county; Amanda Hill, Allegan; Lois

Corbett, Wayne; Ruth Morley, Ottawa,

and Gladys Hoff, Marquette, who have

presented the work to the people in

their respective counties.



It has taken much time on the part

of approximately 1,500 local leaders.

These leaders represented 634 different

communities which made it possible

to multiply the efforts of the special-

ists. and home demonstration agents

many times. Dividing 21,498, the en-

tire number of women reached, by 634

gives 35.4, or the average number in

each community.





It has also taken the entire time of

the state leader, Mrs. Louise H. Camp-

bell, and her two assistants, Margaret

Harris, of the Upper Peninsula, and

Julia E. Brekke, Lower Peninsula.

These three people are responsible for

the plan of organization, and super-

vision of the work.



The county agricultural agents, and

county club agents have also helped

in the organization of the work within

the counties. In short, “It is the ever-





Stack ’ Em-—-Just Once





ERHAPS you, too, have read of



the marathon dishwaslkr out in



Iowa who, for thirty-four consec-

utive years has washed her dishes

promptly after every meal. What a

record!





I thought as I read the appalling

item——thirty-four years! Three hun-

dred and sixty-five days in a year!

Three meals a day!———and never, never

a skip in the all-important regime of

dishwashing.



Confidentially, I would hate to own

such domineering dishes. I like the





‘ superlative feeling that I am captain





of my dishes, lieutenant of my silver-

wa1e, and the commander-in- -chief of

my culinary equipment.



Indeed, it is an accentuated achieve-



ment to always have the kitchen table

devoid of soiled dishes and eating

utensils. It is a sight in a million, a

panamora for the most discriminating.



«There is an unparalleled pride and

sense of joy to awaken in the morn-

ing knowing that the adage of your

kitchen is. “A place for everything

and everything in its place.”





But somehow, I would hate to live

my allotted three score- -and ten, go

through this life of pleasures, brilliant

dawns and jubilant sunsets, and know

that I was missing much of its abund-

ant Joys because a 'dishpan of dishes

figured that it was President Congress





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When, out of the invisible some-

where, the radio is heralding messages

of which one hates to miss a word,

when the soul is hungry for things of

the world without, and the heart

strings are completely out of sym-

phony, there comes a moment of su-

preme satisfaction just to say to your-

self, “Let’s stack those dishes.”



Often there are little jingles of poet—

ry, or brilliant editorials you have

laid aside for weeks, hoping to snatch

the time to read them, and you could

not find aloophole in a whole work-

ing day that seemed to justify you in

“taking a five.” Where is there a

woman in the broad sC-opeof the uni-

verse who will not emerge from the

entertainment a little more intelligent,

with a new incentive and a different

view for the tasks of tomorrow?



Of course, (it would be disastrous to

aIWays dodge the ordeal of dishwash-

ing; it would break the rhythm of

time-budgeting; it would be disastrous

for the mother of the human race to

always "stack” ‘ her'dishes. On the

other hand, who can rightfully blame

a work-worn scul who once in a blue





moon forgets her lole dishes?

When I have reached the evening





tide of life, there are epitaphs which





I would rather have versed about me





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Surprzymg Numéer of Improved Practices Adopted





By Julia E. Brekke





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and serve with tea. The novel

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I keep my mixing bowl from slip-

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I pour a few tablespoons of salad oil

over the yolks of raw eggs to protect

them from getting'hard. -They can

be used for salad dressing, cup cake,

muffins or for any other purpose.





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and half a cup of water, until sugar is

dissolved. While cooling beat one cup’

of cream (sweet) until thick, Then

add the cooled 'syrup, and one tea-

spoon vanilla. Stir in two cups flour

with which has been sifted four tea-

spoons baking powder. Beat well, turn

into greased and flouredtins and bake

in a moderate oven.





This may be baked either as a lay-

er or a loaf cake. I use caramel frost-

ing on it. Nuts or raisins may be ad-

ded if desired.

brown sugar, white sugar may be used

by browning it lightly. Sour cream

may be used instead of sweet, by us-

ing soda instead of baking wder,





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T is pmvidential that we can buy

at the drug store a Substitute for

sunshine—yes, really too good, to

be true! or course, real sunshine is





' best if you have it, but there are long





rainy days, when little folks cannot

play outdoors, and do not get real sun-

shine to make them strong and heel-

thy. Then custom says they must wear

clothes which shut out the rays of the





stones" make it impossible to go bare

foot much of the year.



The cod fish has stored in its~liver.

an oil, which supplies just the same

gmwth—pronioting elements that are in

real sunshine. Fresh, bottled cod liver

oil is best. In tablets, dried or deodor-

ized form, it loses its potency.



The purpose of giving cod liver oil

to children is three-fold: (1) It aids

the process of growth and develop-

ment by supplying vitamin "A; (2) It

increases the child’s resistance against

respiratory infections, especially the

common cold and tuberculosis; (3) and

it prevents rickets, a disease which

we all know is caused by too little

vitamin A in the diet. Rickets is so

common, in its mildest form, that doc-

tors prescribe cod liver oilfor every

child, no matter how strong, so as to

aid in correct bone development in the

spine, ribs and legs.



Among authorities, there is no ques-

tion that cod liver oil should be given,

beginning with five-idro s a day when

the baby is a month '01 , increasing to

ten drops at the age of two months,

twenty drops at three months, and a

half teaspoonful “twice daily when the

baby is four or five months. old, then

a teaspoonful daily up until school age,

unless the child- is unusually robust,

and more if he is undernourished or

subject to colds. ' ' -



The question for us ‘mothers is new

to get the youngsters to take it. When

I broached the subjeCt, my boy made

violent protests. We held his nose,

and held him, and poured as much

down as possible, making allowance

for what was spilled and wasted. Prob-

ably we did not begin young enough.

He never objected to his spinach juice

and all the good vegetables which he

took as a matter of course at six

months.



I don’t know how it happened, but

he decided he liked it. I now keep

the bottle sitting on the window sill,

and he‘must be a good boy and say

“please.” I pretend that it is very

precious, and let him have only three

fourths teaspoon twice a day. I tell



“him if he is a good boy he can have

some more tomorrow. He always gets

one cracker afterwards. He is two and

a half years old, and says he “likes

cod liver oil.”



I tried mixing it with orange juice,

then adding a pinch of soda to make

it “fizz,” but he disliked this, and

as I did not want to spoil his

taste for orange juice, hence give

it plain. He does not catch cold as

easil as when he was a tiny baby.

His cod liver oil, cream, butter, and

green vegetables, as well as outdoor

play have made him strong and happy.





VARIETIES OF MEAT LOAF.





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Nearly every time I eat meat loaf

it tastes different.- Please tell me

some of the variations that may be

used. Most always I use beef for the

foundation—«Mrs. P. W.



For a foundation'recipe use one and

onehalf pounds of ground beef, one-

quarter cup of fat, one 'egg, one tea-

spoon salt, and one-quarter teaspoon





of pepper. For variatidn use one-half





 





pound of salt pork ground, instead of'





fat. Or omit the egg, add one and

onehalf cups of bread Crumbs, moist-

en with milk and increase the season-

ing. If you have’Cream use one-half





 





 





 





 





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same of minced pepper may be added

to ‘any'bf these variations; '





CHILD'S» so‘M'PER‘s FOR SPRING.





 





HESE cute styles of rompers will I





appeal to the mother. They are

completely made up and require but

a few moments’ time for the comple'

tion of the embroidery design as





four-year sizes.



No. 1631 is made on fine quality In-

dian head, and‘No. 1651 on cream'

weave oyster crash. A complete in-





 





struction sheet as to colors and plac-

ing of the designs is furnished.



Either of these styles in rompers

will be forwarded postpaid on receipt

of ninety cents. .In ordering be sure

and give number of romper desired.

Address your orders to the Stamped

Goods Department, Michigan Farmer,

Detroit, Michigan.





The most satisfactory glass towel I

have is of cotton crepe. It polishes

beautifully because of its slight rough—

ness, and it never leaves a particle

of lint.





CHATS FOR LITTLE_ FOLKS.





 





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the language we use as we talk to

each other every day, because it is

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It is interesting to do a little of this

ourselves. Suppose we take the First

Psalm. This psalm has a special mean-

ing to the dweller in the country,

which it can not have for one who

has had the misfortune to live always

in the city.



Here it is in our own words, verse

by verse:



1. Happy is the person who does

not act as wicked people tell him, who

does not spend time with those who

do wrong, or have friends who make

fun of holy things.



2. But who is glad to do what God

has commanded him, and who studies

the Bible to find out these commands.



3. He is like a tree planted by a

beautiful stream, which bears mu‘ch

fruit. Its leaves never wither, and

it gives comfort and shade. Every—

thing the good man does will prosper

like this beautiful tree.



4. But a wicked man is like the

chaff and husks which fall away from

the grain, and which the wind blows

away. They are of no use to anyone.



5. The wicked shall

separated from the good.



6. For the Lord knows those who

are truly good, but the wicked shall

perish.



Take your Bible and compare these

six verses with the Ones you find

there. The hidden meaning can be

found by careful study.



The answer to last week’s chat is

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which you can get at your grocery.

When this begins to boil, drop in the

apples and boil them until tender, but

not until they drop to pieces. Turn

them over so they will be red on all

sides. Put the apples into individual

dishes, boil the juice until it jellies,

and pour it over them. Serve with

whipped cream or plain cream, al-

though neither is really needed.





Stuffed Spareribs.



This is an unusual way 'to serve this

meat, and meets the, approval of most

men. Take two sheets of spareribs

and put them on to boil in cold water.

When about two-thirds done, take

them up, spread one layer with a.

dressing of bread crumbs made as you

would for roast chicken, cover ‘With

the other layer and roast until brown.

Do not put any water in the pan when

roasting. Use a cup or two of broth

they are boiled in to make the gravy

after taking up the ribs.





 





' A HINT ON MAKING HOOKED

BUGS.





 





EVERYONE admires the hooked

rugs with their quaint, home-like

air, and everyone who is fond of this

sort of workris watching for new ideas





and patterns. _We find the yarns quite -





expensive, but much more attractive

than rags. g I have learned that old silk

hose nicks up‘quiteas prettilyas yarn,

and as hose are now worn in .such’a





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date stunt ‘ ‘creates"~ run. Each

guest is given” a! heart on which the 5

days of the weekLal‘re written. They '

then proceed to make‘ a date for each

day Of the week. Whendated up, each

finds his Monday partner and they

play a game for Monday, and so on.

through the week. . For Sunday each

girl ceremoniously presentsher part-

ner with her “heart,” which consists

of a package her-hostess has previous-

ly wrapped. This may consist of a.

heart of celery, heart-lettuce, or a.

heart out from an apple.





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AVING a number of fancy linen



towels, for which I had no imme-

diate use, I remedeled them into prac-

tical aprons. I used the embroidered

end of the towel for the bottom of the

apron. Corners were ‘cut from the

other end, shaping it into the form of

a bib. The two corners were used as

pockets. A tape was’sewed to the

bib to go around the neck, and two

tapes at the side tied in the back——

Mrs. H. C. '





 





Am not much of a. carpenter, but I

was determined to have some arrange-

ment to hide unsightly swill pails. The.

grocery man was .consulted, and he

saved me the first large wooden box

that came to his store. To this I hing-

ed a cove-r, painted the whole a. dark

gray, and placed it on the back porch-

Now the swill pails are kept out of

sight. In the summer I find it most

effective in keeping the flies away, for

disinfectant is more effective, when.

confined in the box than when scat-

tered about the porch.—-Mrs. H. K. .





. MORE TEMPTERS.





 





Butterscotch Cookies.





1 cup butter 1 cup! chopped nuts

4 cups brown sugar 1 tsp. cream of tartar

4 eggs 1 tb. soda





1 tsp. cinnamon 6% cups pastry flour’





1 tsp. cloves



Cream butter and sugar thoroughly,

then add well beaten eggs and contin—

ue .creaming; sift flour with soda. ‘

cream of tartar and spices and add to:

first mixture to form a. soft dough.

Add, nuts last. Shape mixture into a

loaf and put into ice box. Whenever

needed, cut off pne-eighth-inch slices .

and place on a, baking skeet. Bake in.

medium hot oven.



Corn Chowder.





1 pt. corn (2% cups) 1 tsp. salt

3 cups potatoes cut in ’A 1 cup milk heated in





slices scalding point

1 cup tomatoes 1 :11. war

, ’1 qt. boiling water Pepper .

2 oz. salt pork. diced Crackers





1 small onion. sliced



Pan-fry the pork in a hot sauce pan.

Add the onion and cook slowly, with— .

out browning, ‘for five minutes. Add

the potatoes, corn and tomatoes in al-

ternate layers. Sprinkle; with salt,

sugar, and pepper, then add water and

cook slowly until potatoes are tender.

Add mixture slowly to milk. , Serve at

once. " '





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HEN eggs are scarce, this .is one -

recipe that is a. regular favorite

with my folks. ,4 7. . -

Sour Milk Cocoa Cake.





2 cups bown sugar 2% cups flour ~



it cup lard, - ‘ 1 tsp. b Vpdwdér ‘



1 cup sour-.muk or but- 1m: Soda. ‘ ‘ _ .



.termilk ~ - 35 cup water . .



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BEWARE as PNEUMONIA.





HEN a. cold,- a cough, a bron-



chial attack “runs into pneu-



monia,” we know that matters

are serious. Pneumonia may begin in

such manner, or it may strike a per-

fectly well patient suddenly and with-

out warning. Studying some of the

causes. of deaths in this country for

the year‘19'24, I found that pneumonia

took 108,700 people in that one year.

In the same time, smallpox which

alarms us fso much, only took 900,

scarlet fever 3,109, typhoid 7,212, meas-

les 8,370, whooping cough 8,385, and

diphtheria 9,7 56. So you see that pneu-

monia killed three times as many as

all of them put together.



From such a deadly foe we must

study our means of escape. We must

recognize its virulence. We must real-

ize that it is contagious. Yes, contag~

ions! . Folks. who would walk around

the block rather than pass a house in

which a typhoid fever patient lies, will

go calmly into the very presence of a

pneumonia ‘patientf’ to their mutual

harm. Pneumonia is contagious and

must be avoided. When this is thor—

oughly understood, our heavy death

rate will begin to drop.





Next to avoiding contagion, the most

effective way to prevent pneumonia is

to keep in good physical condition.

Pneumonia loves to wreak its wrath

upon the weak and helpless. It de-

lights in snatching babies from the

mother’s arms, and hurrying the aged

into their graves. If it finds you run

down from overwork, poorly nourish-

ed, scarcely getting enough sleep, anx-

ious and worried, it simply cuts anoth-

er notch in its gun and your name is

marked off the books.



But if you are strong, well-nourish-

ed, of‘good circulation, and carrying a





, chest that expands in every dimen-





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sion; if it attacks you at all, it will

probably reach a favorable crisis on

the seventh or ninth day, run sharply

away, and leave you to get back your

strength. .



If this “Captain of the Men of

Death” does sneak into your home, re-

member that it is of first importance

to put the patient in a comfortable

bed, in a quiet room, absolutely remov-

ed from the traffic of the household,

so as to give complete rest of mind,

body and spirit. Careful sponging with

tepid water will give comfort and re-

duce temperature. ~Water should be

given freely, and liquid or light diet,

as seems most desirable. But pneu-

monia is very dangerous. Be sure to

get a good doctor at once.





TROU BLED WITH DANDRUF'F.





I would like to find a cure for dan-

druff.——Miss G. S.





A good prescription for dandruff is

sixty grains of sulphur mixed with one

ounce of plain vaseline. Shampoo the

hair once a week with warm water

and tar or sulphur soap, rinsing quite

thoroughly in clear water afterwards

to remove all soap and loose dandruff.

Brush the hair vigorously—say one





hundred strokes—night and morning._





RUPTURED EAR DRUM.





Please tell me if it is ‘possible to:





hear after the ear drum is ruptured,

or if that ear becomes entirely deaf?





The rupture of the ear drum does

not necessarily destroy, though it al-

ways impairs the hearing. In many

cases a ruptured ear drum will heal in

good shape if it gets no meddlesome

treatment. .



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square mile. Great Britain 391, Japan

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Twenty Tales From Timberland

C/zz'ef Black Bear Help: B1}; Beaver——N0. 7





[G BEAVER, Mrs. Beaver and the

Little Beavers lived down by the

creek. One day, a long, longtime

ago, Big Beaver was basking in

the sunshine, ut looking very sad,

when along cam Chief Black Bear.

“Why so sad on this sunny day?”

asked Chief Black Bear?

“Because the creek has run away

with our house again,” said Big Beav-

er. “Every time we build it higher





 





The Beavers Set to Work to Make

a Dam. ‘





and stronger, the creek runs away

with it .just the same,” and the cor-

ners of his mouth turned down and he

looked even more sad than before.-



Although Big Beaver .lived in the wa-

ter most of the time, and Chief Black

Bear lived on the land all of the time,

the‘two were staunch friends“ -



-“I will help you,” said Chief Black





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solve and wanted to find its solution.



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said after awhile. “Why don’t you

build your house on the land? That

would be a good way to fool the

cree .”





“I don’t want to live on the land,”

complained Mrs. Beaver.



“We don’t want to live 9n the land,”

chimed in the Little Beavers.



So Chief Black Bear scratched his

right ear and then scratched his left

ear and tried to think of another plan.



“I have a fine plan to fool the creek

this time,” said Chief Black Bear.



“To really fool the creek?” ques-

formed, Big Beaver, Mrs. Beaver and

the Little Beavers. “Do‘ tell us how.”



“My plan is to make a dam,” said

Chief Black Bear. “Then the creek

cannot run so fast and will not carry

your house awa .” g



“A fine idea,” said Big Beaver, "we

will start at once.”





So he called Mrs. Beaver and the

Little Beavers, and together they set

to work to make a dam. First they

cut down a willow tree that grew by

on the-bank of the creek. They had

no saws but with their sharp little

teeth, they took a bite here and one

there until “Kerplash” went the tree

into the creek.



Then they cut little branches here

and there and carried them and wove

them in among the branches of the

trees. ,They filled it, in with branches

of the trees. It wasn’t long before





they had a very good dam.





Now the creek could not run away

so fast. And in the little pond that

formed Big Beaver,” Mrs. Beaver and

the Little Beavers. built their house.





 





 





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COST OF PRODUCTION.





 





EED cost is too often used in com-

puting the cost of eggs with-

out considering other factors in the

cost of production. This often mis-

leads beginners in figuring the profits

from the business.



A poultryman with a thousand hens

must spend a. large part of his time

with the birds. If his time is worth

$6.00 per day working in a factory, he

must really consider that his labor

cost of taking care of the birds is also

approximately $6.00 per day.



Fire insurance, cyclone insurance,

interest, taxes, and general upkeep

costs due to depreciation, should also

be counted in the cost of production.

Thomortality rate is a factor to be

considered. Every time a hen dies the

loss must be made up by the remain-

ingdayers.



In a town of 1,000 people, somebody



is apt to be sick, and somebody is apt

to die at almost any time. Poultry is

naturally short lived, and it is not un-

reasonable to believe that some mor-

tality rate must always be expected

regardless of the skill of the owner.

This is a factor in the cost of produc-

tiOn. I \

The expense of reproducing a fine

flock of pullets is considerable and

cannot be disregarded if the poultry

accounts are placed on a business

basis. City buyers of eggs should be

informed that feed cost is not the

only cost of producing eggs and then

they will be more willing to use plen-

ty of eggs on their tables, with the

feeling that the price is reasonable and

that they are obtaining their money’s

worth.



The city buyer who pays fifty or

sixty cents for eggs and hears thabthe

feed cost is sixteen to twenty cents

per dozen, should be made to realize

that the labor cost with poultry is also

a very large item in the cost of pro-

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PROFIT INEEARLY CHICKS.





BROILER prices have recently been

so high that it has paid to raise

chicks throughout the entire year in

most localities. The high prices have

made early chicks especially profitable,

as they reach the. market before the

great bulk of farm—raised poultry

comes on. For the past year or two,

the early broiler prices have been so

attractive that in many instances the

surplus cockerels alone haVe paid for

raising the flock, pullets and all.



The early hatched chicks, if the pul-

lets are kept for egg production, are

most likely to make good egg produc-

ers. The reason for this is that the

good laying hen is laying early in the

season, and the early chicks are most

likely to come from these good produc-

ing hens.



Early pullets are the most profitable

because they begin to produce eggs

in the fall and lay through the Winter

season. As everybody knows, the fall

and early winter eggs always bring

profitable prices.



Then, too, the early chicks appear

to inherit more vitality with the abil-

ity to grow off rapidly. The cause of

lthis better growth in the early chick

is possibly due" to‘ the extra vitality

inherited from the'hen before she be-

comes run down through a, season’s

heavy egg production.



One disadvantage of the early chick

is the cold weather, making extra. heat

necessary for chicks. With ~mod‘ern

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early chicks is the fact that, it the





methods that produce strong bootythis

handicap of winter weather is easily ,





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weather is cloudy and chicks cannot

get sunshine, they are likely to take-

leg. weakness. It,-is now known that

sunshine is the best chick grower. The

early chicks should have every possi-

ble minute of sunshine available.



The sunshine should be allowed to-





.shine on them direct, not through.





glass. However, because there are

dark days is no reason to fear leg

weakness. In the last few years it

has been amply shown that chicks can





be grown, even in a. dark cellar, by





feeding high vitamin “D” foods, such

as cod liver oil.



Just what is an early chick Will de—-

pend upon your location. In the south,

January and February are none too

early. Through the middle section of

the country, February to March 15 ‘to-

March 20 is called early. Much also.

depends on the weather conditions, as





some seasons are more advanced than ‘





others.

Suggestions about the best date to





buy the different breeds for your own '





locality can be given by your hatch-

eryman.



It is well to order chicks you are

going to buy, some weeks, or even

months ahead. This will enable you

to get chicks on the exact date you

desire, and not be disappointed when

the time comes to brood them.



The present chick season shows a

most remarkable demand for baby

chicks. Already many hatcheries re-

port that they are sold out for months

ahead. The reasons for the increased

demand this year is the general farm-

ing conditions and that poultry is

showing good profits on the farm, es-

pecially in the one-crop farming dis-

tricts, as well as in live stock sections.





SELECTING. THE BREEDERS.





(Continued from page 193).

American breeds, (Rocks, Reds, e-tc.),.

one male to about fifteen females is

advised. »



If one wished to change males dur-

ing the breeding season, at least three

weeks should elapse from the time the

first male was removed until the eggs

were saved from the second male.



There are different methods of mat-

ing, such as (1) large flocks, (2) small

flocks, and (3) alternating males. In

the large flock method a. number of

males are placed with a. large number

of females—sometimes as many as

several hundred. There is very little

fighting, providing they have sufficient

floor space, and a. sufiicientnumher of

hens. This method saves much time,





» labor, and housing.





The small flock is used when one

single male is mated with a few choice

females, or when only a. few breeders

are needed. If the small flock is used

such a group requires a. special house

or a special portion of the large house.

This means added expense for housv

ing, labOr, equipment, etc.



Mating the Breeders.



Alternating males may be, used

when one male allows the other males

little or no chance for service, or

where one male shows a. preference

for certain hens, with the result that.

some of the eggs are infertile. In such

a case it is advisable to coop up one





,male for two or three days for rest.





and then alternate. This works Out

very nicely on small-sized flocks where

one has but two roosters.



In mating the breeders use the meth-





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enable you to obtain a high percentage 0





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their approximate age was known to

the buyer, it would relieve him of

some uncertainty. ' -

The distance from a hatchery by

railroad does not always determine

the time in transit. If you are located

on a main line, the chicks might travel .

night and day at a rapid rate for a.

thousand miles and arrive as soon as

a consignment which had to make

transfers in making a short journey.





ANSWERING MR. WILLIAMSON





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R; Williamson gave me a razzing

two weeks ago over some state-

ments I made regarding feeding for

winter eggs. .

My assertion that sugar beets‘

should be nailed up high enough so

that hens would get exercise in jump-

ing for. it, does not appeal to him and

he adds that I would think it funny if

I saw one of his cows jumping for her

feed. Well all I’ve got to say is that

a hen is entirely different from a cow,

and in return would ask him if he

would expect his hens to lay if they

were tied up in stalls.



He also took issue with me when I

said that hens would lay more eggs

from one pound of grain fed in a lit-

ter tha’n they would from two pounds

fed on a bare floor and suggests that

I take a trip to the Ohio State Poultry

Farm. According to Mr. Williamson

we should all be using the old Philo

system—a friend of mine tried it. The

hens laid alright but I had the op—

portunity of telling him, “I told you

so,” when he started to hatch the.

eggs. They simply refused to‘hatch.

Mr. Williamson uses straw on the

floor for comfort only. I suggest that

he use a rug as his hens might get

too much exercise walking over the

straw. When I see hens quit scratch-

ing when running at large, I’ll begin

to think that a hen doesn’t require

exercise but not till then.





,My assertion that hot water would

freeze quicker than cold also brings a.

wrinkle‘ in the shape of a question

mark to Mr. Williamson’s brow. I

was of the same opinion too when I

heard it but I’ve tried it out and sug-

gest that he do the same. The reason

is that evaporation takes place faster

in the hot water. It therefore loses

its heat quicker and will freeze faster.

Mr. Williamson also made a. wry

face when I said that you shouldn’t

feed a hen anything you would not

eat yourself, but he did not note that

I added “on a good stiff bet.” What

I referred to was the general line of

swill, such as garbage and peelings,

that a lot of hens have to eat. He

also thinks my estimate of feed cost

50c per hen per month is high. I

don’t know where he buys his feed or

whether he grows most of it but my

feed cost that much as I had to buy

every grain the hens ate. It seems as

long as anyone can produce eggs at

that cost they should be satisfied—R.

A. Hill.





 





TO HOLD POULTRY SCHOOLS.





IN order to promote better methods

in feeding, housing and manage

ment of Ottawa. county poultry flocks,

two two-day poultry schools are being

held as follows: February 15-16 at

Hudsonville, and February 17-18 at

Coopersville. '



The industry in Ottawa county an-

nually exceeds a value to three mil-

lion dollars, yet there are great losses

of baby chicks from erng feeding,

housing and management conditions,

and losses in production in mature

stock from the same causes and from

preventable diseases. Ottawa county

contains the greatest baby chick hatch-

ing center in the central west. There-

fore, the meetings are of importance.





THOUSANDS of poultrymen are getting from

2 to 5 dozen extra eggs at year, per hen, by

using REEF BRAND crushed oyster shell. It

helps the hen by building bone and body and

furnishes the necessary lime for the shell of

the egg, in easily digestible form.



REEF BRAND is completely digested and

working for you in eight hours; four hours

faster than any other form of lime content.

This means a healthier flock, more eggs and

more poultry profits for you.



IT'S EASILY DIGESTED BECAUSE IT'S

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BEEF BRAND is pure, odorless and contains

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HE busy men of the country are



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son comes, but why are they

glad? Of course, it , gives them a

chanCe to leave their busy offices and

other tasks, to wander and talk with

nature, but is that the reason they are

glad for the hunting season? No, I

don’t think so. In my heart, I believe

it is because they are going to have a

chance to kill some animal of God’s

making, for a thrill. Even some men,





 





 





 





Ruth Sturgis and Her Pet Cat Out

Farming.



perhaps the most prosperous men of

the country, break the game laws just

to kill an animal. The game law is

broken entirely too often. The follow-

ing incident is true:



One day a young business man, who

was hunting in the north, saw three

doe deers run across a hill ahead of





11 New Subject Started éy Z0724 flmo:





him. Presently he heard three shots,

and upon coming to the hill found that

the three doe deers had been killed by

an inhabitant of the north. The young

man then asked the man of the north

if he knew he had broken the game

laws. Instantly the man of the north

pointed his gun into the young man’s

face and angrily asked, “Did anyone

see you come in here?”



“No,” replied the young man.



“Well, you had better get out of

here quick, or nowone will see you get

out.” The young man left instantly.

How often doe deers are killed be

cause a person cannot find Ka buck, and

hates to leave the hunting grounds

with nothing to brag about in his home

town. ‘



Often doe ‘deers are killed and

bucks heads are sewed on them. In

a. case of this kind, the guilty man

happened to be a wealthy business

man and was thus released for his

cruelty. Such a man is not a good

citizen or an honest business man.





Yes, perhaps hunting is all, right for





sport but why do people insist on

breaking the laws of the country and

where do they get a thrill out of kill~

ing a poor, innocent doe deer of God’s

making, which is protected by our

game laws? Many times a man comes

home from the hunting grounds feel-

ing very downhearted because he has

not succeeded in killing an animal.

To my mind,‘I should think this man

would be very happy; as he has lived

in the out-of-doors and studied nature

and let live one, possibly two inno-

cent, hunted, wild animals.





 





gnome LETTER BD





 





 





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have been an M. C. for nearly two

.years, but have not been a very active

member I agree with Bernice Ball

about the signs for M. C’ s. What do

you think would be a good sign for

M. C. ’s? I am sure I can’t tell. I cer-

tainly feel scrry for those who are

bidding farewell to the Merry Circle,

don’t you, cousins?



Why not talk about homemaking, or

something that will help the cousins

in the future? Maybe some of you

know a lot about homemaking, but

then, why not tell others what you

know? That’s what I do when I can

think of anything to tell. I know a

girl who helps her father a great deal



- out of doors. He has no boys old

enough to help, so she helps, and she

is greatly 1epaid. It sure pays to

help. Why not help your mother in

the house, boys and girls? I think we

might ”help make our home a little

p1easant’er and easier for mother, don’t

you, Uncle?



By the way, Uncle Frank, are“ the

children at the sanitarium enjoying

their radios? Are you still planning

to get another radio for some other

institution?—-Beatrice West, Dryden,

Mich.



Home-making is a good subject for

girls, and perhaps for boys, too, as

they are part of a home. At least, it

won’t hurt them to know about it. The

Howell children still enjoy their rad-

ios. We have decided on no new pro-

ject for the fund, but want sugges-





' flons.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

 

   

   





 





' , Dear Uncle Frank: «

' Some letters which recently appear-

ed,o_n “Our Pa 9" brings from me

me comment. rst, my friend, “Ex-

, _gander,” made some statements

' hich I disagree. My opiniOn is

that the city children go more to

bad than country children, which





 





 





     

 

   





 





,Honor, Benz'onia and Th





can be proven by the population in

cities, and per cent of crimes commit-

ted by city people. Only forty-three

per cent of the United States popula-

tion live in cities, while the crimes

committed by city “ginks” greatly ex-

ceed that per cent.



I dare say our school system in

Michigan is as good as any other state.

I live seven and one-half $168 from



psonville

schools but attend the Thompsonville

High School. I am now a senior and

dare say I enjoy my school career as

well as any student

- “Ex-Michigander” made a mistake

when she said that farmers do not

engage in sports. Since attending high

school, I have been a member of the

t1ack, baseball, and basketball teams,

and, as a matter of fact, this is my

second year as captain of the high

school basket ball team.



Well, Elsa Vannatter, you will like-

ly find later the uses of geometry. I

took geometry and passed it under the

supervision of the greatest mathemat-

ic teacher I eve r had, and after I got

started I liked it. I see its uses now.

——An M. C. Enthusiast, George Nichols.





Crime will usually prevail more in

centers of population than elsewhere





as the opportunities for crime are





greater there. Perhaps the bad people

of the country go to the-city to swell

the crime list. However, country liv-





ing is not as conducive to crime as





city living.

etry.





I am glad you like geom-

It is good training.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I suppose that the very first thing I

should say is that I am very sorry that

I haven’t written, but that I’ve been

too busy. Well, I’m not sorry. I think

the whole thing is silly. Everybody is

writing in to say that their grandfath-

er looked like a monkey, or that their

papa gave them five chickens and they

sold them andvpapa let them keep the

money, or that they use powder and

rouge and don’tflcare what Guilford

thinks about it.



Guilford Rothfuss is the only one

that ever writes who knows anything,

and he thinks he knows everything.

I’m not trying to be egotistical. I’m

just stating facts. Why don’t you start

something? These read-and-win con-

tests are a snap, but it takes real

brains to win a prize for an essay or

a short story.



Yours for better looks and nicer

boys—“Hank.”



You know the old Quaker said to his

wife, “Everybody is queer but me and

thee, and sometimes thee is a little

queer.” That is the way you must have

felt when you wrote this letter.

Guilford is N. G., according to your

estimation. But I know that the sun

is still shining, and that there are still

quite a few bright young'folks among

the ,M. C.’s, even if you don't think so.

You must be a girl, because you want

nicer boys.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: .

.I have been reading what “Michigan

Boy” and the rest said, and I think

those that like the city best are crazy.

I’ve lived on both, and if it hadn’t

been for the farm, I’d been dead I

guess. No fresh air or anything, in

the city. I don’t see what they are

thinking about.

_ Dimples, when you speak about wad-

1ng to school in the mud, I never saw

mud over three or four inches at the

in the country all my life and it never

happened to me.



Yes, why do the hie-ks, as you call

them, go to the city? They go far the

novelty or excitement, but I think most

of them go back to the farm. As for

the girl scouts and such organizations,

aren’t they in the country, too? What

about the county agents, 4—H Clubs,

and so forth?



Where would your garden stuff come

from if it wasn’t for the farmerS?





From Merry





My Little Home.

In a green and quiet valley,

Where the cooling brooklets play,

The thrush so gayly singing,

Its song all the day,

I want to have a little home,

With sunlight on the floor,

A fire-place with a rosy hearth

And violets by the door.

With windows looking east and west,

And a lovely apple tree,

And a trellis by the garden fence,

. For roses to be.

A kind and loving husband,

And a few children dear,

To fill my home with happiness

And my heart full of cheer.

——Anna Hoyt.





 





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What about your meat, and such

things? ' I think the farm is the‘best

place on earch—suchrbeautiful scenery

and everythinge’l‘opsy. "



I am glad you like the country and





can put up such good arguments for,

it. ‘I know of nothing better than 4-H ~

clubs in the. way 'of young .folks’ or—,

‘ ganizations.





City young folks have

nothing to equal them. ~~





 





Dear Uncle Frank:

‘ I wrote to you once before, but with-

out results, so I thought I would try

again. As the cousins have started.

talking about the country and city,I

guess I will give my opinion about it.

Ithi‘nk the farm is better, because it

is healthier. The children have more

room to play and they usually have





. ponds of ice on their own farms for





skating and winter sport.



The farmer does net spend as much

money. because the city man usually

goes to shows or spends his money on

whiskey er in pool- rooms There are





not as many accidents in the country





because there, are not as many cars,





 





 





Virgil Low Looks “All Dressed Up

and no Place to Go.”





Very most, and I have gone to school

but, of course, when the city people

get out in the country, they think they

can go as fast as they want to.



Then for Dimplesi’ opinion of coun-

try roads, I think they are mostly all

state roads now. I know that to our

school most of the children have good

roads to walk on, all but a few who

have a. little way on a side road.



I am not an M. C. yet, but I am try-

ing to be one. Well, I guess I better





sign off before I say anymore. ——Helen.





13113))wn, Brown City, Mich” (ten year-3

o .





A nice letter for a. ten-year-old.





hope you don’t think all city people





buy whiskey .or spend their time in

pool-rooms. I don’t, and I know many

city people'who are fine folks. The-re

is no doubt that one spends more in

the city. Fun costs less in the coun-

try than in the city.





0 .

C urcle Poets

Artie.



I hate to see a little lady going down

the street,



With her arties all unbuttoned, flop-

ping round her feet.



If I were her dear mamma, I want you

all to know,



I’d have her button up her arties be-

fore on the street she’d go



It’s all done for attraction, but be-

tween you and I,





_ When I meet these little ladies, I’m /





- looking toward the sky

There’s oone thing more I’d like to tell





" It is a yshameful si ht with their feet- .





in such a p1 ght.

—Otto Bailey. '





Flapperisms.



I paint my pretty lips, _



And also my knees, _ ' ‘



I roll my stockings ,. ‘

Andvdo as I please.





 





From low-Pulled hat

Saucy b no eyes peek,

As I powder. 'my nose . '.

oAnd ride With my sheik. .

yes, and they a‘chuse us f-

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prepriate to get yen busy 0:? some

thing along that line. It is sometime

since we have had a word contest, so

I am asking you to make as many

words as possible from the letters in

the word “Valentine.” Do not use a

letter more often than it appears in

Valentine.



Please write your papers neatly, and

number each word you-make up. Put

your name and address in the upper

left-hand corner of the paper, and if

you are a Merry Circler, put M. C.





after your name. ‘ -





Five prizes will be given to girls

and five to boys. The two girls getting

the largest number'of words will be

given nice boxes of stationery; the

next three, beads. The two boys get-

ting the'best list of words will be giv-

en flashlights; the next three, handy

combination of pencil and pencil sharp-

ener. All who send in good lists will

be given M. C. button and card, if not

new members of the Circle.



This contest closes February 18.

Frank, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich.





 





READ-AND-WINNERS.





 





HE Read-and—Win Contest brought

a nice lot of replies, as such con-

tests always do. From the neat and

correct papers five girls' papers were

picked and five beys’. The lucky ones

are as follows:

Girls—Fountain Pens.





Dorothy Rasner, Wallace. Mich. ‘





Esther Elwood, Tipton, Mich.

Clutch Pencils.

BerniCe McCurdy, Chief, Mich.

Dorothy Unterkircher, R. 3, Coldwa—

ter, Mich.





 





 





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This pig sold to Armour & Company

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PlG CLUB CHAMPION PICKED.





 





ACK MILNER, of W‘alkerville, Mich-



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local club leaders as the champion pig

club member of Oceana county. Jack

belonged to the Duroc~Jersey Pig Club.

His pig won first at the county fair.

Points considered in deciding the

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interest in project, and the quality of

breeding gilt developed by the club

member.





 





LETTER BOX AN N EX.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:

The Merry Circlers are not the only

ones that are helping to entertain the

boys and girls at Howell Sanitarium.

The Howell Commandery gave them a

Christmas tree at the Masonic Hall,

and seventy happy boys and girls ren-

dered a very interesting program.

Each child received three gifts and a

stocking full of candy and nuts. The

happy expression on the faces of the

boys and girls repaid the Commandar

for their work and money, and the

committee for their time.

I am a sophomore in high school

and I belong to the Girls’ Reserve.

This year we gave» a Christmas party

for ten poor boys and“ girls in Howell,

that would not have had a very good

Christmas at home. The children en-

joyed the party and we had as much

fun entertaining as they did.

This is my fourth contribution to

the Merry Circle Waste Basket, and

perhaps I may have the courage to

come again.——Frances Walker, Howell,

Michigan. - -





were fine, and I am glad the boys and

the girls at the sanatorium had such a

nice time. Your Girls’ Reserve did a

worthy thing. '





 





Dear Uncle Frank:

What kind of weather are you hav-

ing in Lower Michigan? Gosh! but

it sure is cold up here now, and lots

of snow. One morning in December

it was twenty below zero; it sure made

us appreciate our furnacesxl sincerely

hope we havean early spring.

Well, I'll put in my two cents worth

about country and City life in con-





 





 





 





 

   





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town, and before we owned cars, we

found the road pretty long, but now

we have a truck for working and haul-

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I just love a farm. I don‘t care to live

in the city, though we go to the city

, often for pleasure, but I'm always glad

to get back. I’ll‘ stand by the song,





a milk pail on my arm.” Ha,

Elsie 'Lausignant, .Marquette, Mich.





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a.-- _





We have had the mercury down to

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OR a number of years we have

‘ been directly connected with the

operation of two farms, one of

sixty and“ one of eighty-seven acres.

Usually two brood sows were kept on

the sixty acres, and three on the other

farm. Later none were kept on «the

former, and from four to seven on the

eighty-seven acres. These sows were

carried along with the other general

farming work.

Usually the sows were bred to far-

row in late March and October, some-

times we would vary somewhat, but

usually we would stick pretty closely

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“flu” I lost almost an entire litter at

my best pigs, because I was unableto

look after them; the sow collected too

much nest and laid on the pigs. There

have been times when from four to six

litters were farrowed with no loss and

no one present, but the litters Coming

from February 1 €to May 15‘ need

watching. Some years ago a. young

sow would have lost every pig had she,

not been closely watched. So, to sum.

up, an old sow that has proved her

ability to care for pigs when farrowing

is about the only one I’d trust very

far, and then the nesting material

must be kept at a. minimum. I keep





 





 





   





 





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kept. Sometimes a Duroc-Jersey was

kept, but 0. ,I. C.’s predominated. We

tried to keep them as nearly purebred

as possible without specializing. We

do not sell for breeding purposes. It

has always been impossible for us to

bother on account of other farm work,

but we are thinking strongly of begin-

ning it. We never condemned special-

izing, but lack of time prevented it.





From the time the soWs are bred

we aim to feed them well. Pregnant

sows require something to live on, and

later to rear successful litters of pigs.

I occasionally run across a farmer

who advocates keeping pregnant sows

thin, even up to farrowing time, for

fear of disastrous results at farrowing

time. This is sheer nonsense. ' Starve

a cow or a brood mare and see what.

kind of.a~ calf or colt will be the re—

sult.. Why does not the same reason-

ing hold true in the instance of brood

sows? I don’t believe it pays to have

sows too fat, either, but striking '_a

reasonable average is a different mat-

ter. By using a reasonable amount of

corn, and a one to ten tankage and,

middlings ration, the latter two in slop

form, we are able to keep our sows in

a condition that they will farrow heal-

thy litters of pigs. We have never ex-

perienced any evil results from having

sows too fat. -





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Many adVOcate leaving sows alone

at farrowing time. 'Others tell us to

stay by them, this to save the pigs.

This, I find, requires judgment. Strik-

ing a fair average about hits it square-

‘ly. In certain cases Ihave found it

necessary. In others it was a waste

of time. But when I think Over the

experience of ten years at least, I find

that I never wasted much “time that

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an eye on the young sows, for you

never can tell what sort of traits they

may develop.





A week or so before farrowing we

usually change the rations a bit. Less

tankage and corn are used and more

middlings are added. And I like to .

use a little oil meal. It helps produce

a more abundant milk supply. We

keep this up until the pigs are several

weeks old, and then we gradually re-

sume the former ration of more corn

and tankage. When the pigs are from

six to seven weeks old we wean them.

By this time they have learned to eat

well. We rarely have trouble to get

them to eat, for we provide low

troughs so that the pigs can eat, and

if the sows show a tendency to nose

them out we provide a creep where

the sows cannot interfere with their

eating.





 





This ration is usually followed up

.to the time of marketing. We have

tried out other rations with g00d suc«

cess, but when we, have to purchase

all thefeed we are at a. loss to find

anything much better. If we. had all

the, home-grown feed, we would use

equal parts of corn, wheat, and oats

and give them access to‘tankage, We

follow this plan for both spring and .

fall pigs, with the exception of having

pasture available for the spring pigs.

The hog lot furnishes pasture, and

sometimes we have late fall pasture,

but this is seldom. We have pastured

-some vetch and rye, and during the

late” summer} and fall menths. we have

had good-results Lhy_allow1ng the hogs _

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without. a floor will serve only in hot

weather. We can't see the logical part

of wet or damp sleeping quarters for





hogs. We have built them with hinge





fronts so as to make cleaning easier.

By placing them so as to face the sun

with the front of the house, we get

considerable sunlight without cutting

a hole in the roof. Lowering the hinge

front admits plenty of light for all

practical purposes.





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T [zen i: Plenty of Evidence Showing 'T/zeir Value

By J. P. Hoekzema





HE value of the pure-bred sires



on bur American farms is far



greater than most people realize.

When breeding males are not pure-

..bred, there. is no standard of merit in

the mind ‘of the breeder. Herd im-

provement can best be secured through

the use of purebred sires. ,In Europe

they have long since learned the val-

ue of them, and have practically elim-

inated all scrub sires.



Over. at Iowa; an experiment was



conducted trying to find the value of

a. purebred sire. . Several scrub cows

were bought and "were given the same

care, feed and shelter as the pure-

bieds in the herd to which they were

taken.

. These scrub cows were bred to pure-

bred bulls and in the first cross, that

is, those that had fifty per cent pure

blood in them, increased the milk pro-

duction 83 percent and the fat was in-

creased 58 per cent.



These half-bloods were then bred to

pure-bred bulls making the offspring

3-4 blood. These increased the milk

production over the dams of 180 per

cent and an increase in the butterfat

of 128 per cent. In other words the

scrub cows averaged 3,688.3 lbs. of

milk and 175.13 lbs. of fat per year

whiletheir daughters produced 6,747.3

lbs. milk containing 276.7 lbs. butter—fat

while the grade Holsteins (3-4 blood)

produced an average 9f 10,3255 lbs.

milk which contained 399. 48 lbs. but-

ter -fat.



Of course not all pure—brads would

be able to show such! good results

though the bulls used in the above

caSes were not expensive ones, cost-

ing about one hundred and fifty dol-

lars each. I





At Minnesota Experiment Station,

they compared the production of com-

mon cows with that of their daughters

sired by grade sires and also with

their daughters sired by a purebred

Guernsey sire. The table below gives

the results:



Foundation cows, 5,177 lbs. milk;

219 lbs. fat; daughters by grade 'sire,

5.550 lbs. milk; 211 lbs. fat; daughters

by Guernsey sire, 6,091 lbs. milk; 306

lbs. fat; Increase from pure-bred sire,

914 -lbs.,4 87 lbs. gain; increase from





. grade sire, 373 lbs., 8 lbs. loss.





At- Nebraska Experiment Station

they bought some fine purebred sires

and by using them on the herd of

pure-brads increased the production

two thousand pounds per cow. This

can not always be done, but on the

average farm herd, the pure-bred sire

can do much to increase the milk pro-

duction.



A geod cow in a herd will help to

increase the value of the herd, but the





' influence of a purebred bull will go





much further.



For instance if a purebred bull in-

creased the amount of milk only one

and a half pounds per milking, less

[than a quart. 'that would mean 900

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possible to handle the werk connected

with the feeding for market. There

Was money in both methods, but tak-

ing it over a period of years, I find.

there is much more in feeding to ma-

turity. We are again feeding for the





market, although we have now re- -





duced the ‘number of sows kept.

Experience and observation of what.

others are doing has shown me 00111

clusively that a farmer need not live

on a farm of several hundred acres to

realize profit from hogs. With the

right methods and plenty of feed, it

can be done on the small farm as well.





milker than her dam so she could

easily give 1000 pounds more a year

than her dam. Figuring milk at only

$2.00 a cwt. that would amount to $20

per year and if the, cow was left only

four years that would be $80 more

than the dam produced. Of course,

one would have to feed more grain,

so only about 50 per cent of that

would be gain.



Now if a. bull gets about fifteen





heifer calves a year (which is a low -





estimate for he should serve about

forty or fifty cows a year) and is in

active service three years, that means

45 heifers at 350 increase or $2,250 in-

crease in milk production as the re-

sult of a good pure-bred bull, provid-

ing the good heifer calves were kept.



If one had to pay $2000 for a pure-

bred sire it would be a different prop-

osition, but with the price of young

bulls as reasonable as they are, it does

no) pay to breed to scrub or grade an-

imals.





How many times does a person take

a cow to a scrub or grade bull to save

a dollar or two? If one bred to a

pure-bred\and the heifer from that

cow produced just one pound of milk

a day more (which is very, very con-

servative); or 300 lbs. a year—worth

$2.00 a cwt.——that is $6.00. In other

words, to save a dollar or two, six

dollars and more were lost.



How many of the farmers who use

purebred sires are complaining about

not making any money? It is esti-

mated that from 95 to 98 per cent of

all who once use purebred sires keep

on using them and never return to

scrubs or grades. If pure-breds did

not pay out in dollars and cents, these

farmers would not continue to use

them.





Did you know that the countries

that use pure-bred sires almost exclu-

sively have the highest average milk

records?



Make more profit for yourself and

your community by eliminating all

scrub and grade sires.





 





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THE twenty-two herds in the South



Wexford Cow Testing Association

showed a 50 per cent increase over

the production for preceding month.

reports Allan Barsen, tester for the

association. The average production

per cow is 432 pounds of milk and

19.05 pounds of butter-fat. Every mem-

ber in the association is feeding grain

and 21 are feeding silage. _



The Holstein herd of Sam J. Shine

is leading this month with an aver-

age production of 1227 pounds of milk

and 39. 86 pounds' .of butter-fat. George

Rock’s Holsteins are second with an

average of 1137 pounds of milk and

39 50 pounds of butter~fat. .



The association held their reorgan-

izationl meeting January 26. R. H

Addy, Dairy Specialist, from M. S. C.





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It was 8:45 a. m. when we reached





the attractive, sunburnt dairyhut on

the Bettelberg,

kitchen where the cheesemaking proc-

ess was about to take place, we'were

first led into a. combination of living

and sleeping-room, where fresh milk

was served.

good-natured dairyman, who had been

previously advised of our visit, called

us out into the kitchen where a huge

cauldron suspended over an open fire—

place contained the milk of the previ;

ous night and that morning, which he

had already heated to a few degrees

below boiling point.





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After carefully

testing the temperature, he now added





a fluid known as Kaslab to the milk.

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into the knapsacks for later emergen-

cies. The dairyman’s seventeen-year-

old’ daughter Lisbeth, anxious of show-

ing us some hospitality, supplied a pot

of good coffee and an abundance of

milk and ere-am, these beverages, to-

gether with an occasional soup or fried.

potatoes, being the chief part of the

dairy people’s diet, in addition to the

never missing bread and cheese.

Again we returned to the cauldron

to find the thick substance evenly

mashed up. Lisbeth now took a cloth

through one seam of which her father

slipped a round wooden stick, and into

this cloth he scooped up a. big part

of the cheesy substance which he then

emptied into a. form. Again and again

he dipped; cloths were frequently

changed and very soon the mass which





 





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Dairyman and His Son Resting on Porch of their Hut in the Swiss Alps.





tial thing in Swiss cheesemaking, and

the Senn showed us some dried stom-

achs of calves which are cut up or

pulverized, and a portion of which sub-

stance is then placed into a bottle

with an, addition of water. The liquid

is ready for use within twenty-four

hours. To our further enlightenment

the good man told us that the calves

whose dried stomachs are thus used

have to lie entirely milk~fed.





After a. small quantity of the Kaslab

liquid has been added to the milk the

dairyman began to stir it very care-

fully, and then for a half hour he let

it set. During this process the cau1~

dron, which hung on a swinging de-

vice, was of course, removed from

the fire.





During the half hour of waiting we

were introduced to the live stock hous-

ed in premises adjoining and below

the kitchen. Some fifty cows, a few

calves, a small family of very pretty

goats, and some prosperous looking

pigs, gave evidence of the good care

they enjoyed. Upon our enquiry why

the cattle were kept indoors during

the daytime and sent to pasture at

night, we were told that this was done

to protect the animals from insects,

and particularly from the ever—dreaded

hoof—and-mouth disease. A cool spring

of the transparency of pure crystal,

furnishes the water , supply for the

dwellers of the hut' and their bovine‘

charges-





The Senn now called us, and to our

surprise we found the milk one thick

mass, which he first carefully cut with

a. long wooden stick and which he then

stirred at least for one hour with an-

other quaintly spiked stick, always

slowly and carefully. After we had

watched this process for a while, our

friends proposed that it would be

about time for a. first luncheon“ We

were at some 6,000 feet above Sea

level, and our impromptu menu, which

consisted of hard-boiled eggs, bread, '.

Swiss cheese, cold. cuts and“ dried

fruits; tasted" one hundred per cent"

better than an elaborate luncheon at

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was going to be cheese, was securely

wrapped in coarse cheesecloth and

pressed anew by a primitive device

connected between the ceiling and the

sink.





The remaining liquid was now p1ac1

ed over the fire, heated to the boiling

point, and the thick substance left over

this time, known as Zieger, serves as

food for the dairy people, while the

liquid is fed to the pigs. Thus, not

one particle is wasted.





This alpine cheese requires two

years before'it is fit for the market,

but five-year—old cheese is a greater

delicacy still, which we later on had

the pleasure to taste in finely sliced

form at a tea given in our honor by

our kind friends. The cheese is gen-

erally' not kept longer than twenty

years before it is eaten—the loo-year-

old cheese one hears about occasional-

ly being rather a myth.





One single cheese weighs about

forty pounds, for the real high alpine

product is made in smaller form than

the generally known, and very much

cheaper Einmental varietiy which‘ is

made from milk produced on lowland

farms and which is consequently not

as rich and delicious as cheese made

on the lofty pastures where the cows

enjoy a. diet of the finest herbs.



After our open-air luncheon " we

climbed over pastures to a realm con—

siderably above the timber line where

glowing red alpine roses, yellow and

dark-red gentians, and a. great variety

of other choice flowers bloomed, among

them the so-called Mannertreu (faith-

fulness of men), a tiny red-brown blos-

som which has the odor of chocolate.





It is~perhaps on account of its" name ' '





——a general favorite among the ladies,

but it is strongly prohibited in all

dairyhuts, for its. very perfume, it

seems, bloats the new cheese.



We gathered several gorgeous bou-

quets of. these lovely blossoms of the





Alps, and upon our descent toyvth‘e .

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make our land increase your crops—liming

pays 3 dividends. ..

The Peoria W on Fertilizer sows sis-yup or dry

lime. Uniform 8 ft. spread. gorse eed. No

windage waste-mo cloning. . s double the

work of wheel 80ml ~eosts much less. At-

taches to wagon wl-;hout removlnfinggate-

gren them wagon ;. No huh ti ; No



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THE' MICHIGAN coop. EXCHANGE

‘LEADS ON DETROIT MARKET.





 





HE Michigan Live Stock Exchange,

. ' who have operated a cooperative

live stock selling agency on . the De;

troit market for the paSt four and

one—half- years, find 1926, in spite of

much smaller total receipts at the

yards, to have been the most success-

’ ful year in their history, their percent-

age increasing three per cent over

1925, which makes them the leading

firm on the Detroit market.



During the» year they handled 4,374

cars of stock, which Was 23"? cars

more than in 1925. Total profits, or

savings, were $16,432.66, out of which

$14,215.12 will be refunded in savings

to, the members, leaving $2,217.54 to

be added to the surplus, which now

amounts to $18,206.11, which places

the organization in a strong and safe

financial position.



Sales and service have been very

satisfactory to the patrons, and a very

loyal spirit exists towards the organi-





zation. ‘w-

The annual mee g of the exchange

will be held in Lansing at the City





Hall on Friday, February 18, beginning

at 10:00 a. m., eastern standard time.

The forenoon will be devoted to re-

ports of officers and the regular busi-

ness of the organization, while the af—

ternoon session will be devoted to ad-

dresses by the Hon Pat O’Donnell, of

"Iowa, one of the leading cooperative

marketing men in that great corn belt

state, and John Andrews, business

manager of the National Producer.



The Michigan Live Stock Exchange

during the year associated themselves

with the National Live Stock Produc—

ers’ Association, which operate live

stock selling agencies on fourteen of

the principal live stock markets of the

United States. The Michigan organi-

zation ranks fourth among the four-

teen. Chicago, 1st; St. Louis, 2nd;

Indianapolis, 3rd; Detroit, 4th; Buffalo,

5th: Cleveland, 76th; Cincinnati 7th,

Kansas City 8th; Pittsburgh, 9th; Pe-

oria, 10th; Sioux City, 11th; Fort

Vt’orth', '12thi' Evansville, 13th; Sioux

Falls, 14th.——E. A. Beamer.





MINERALS NECESSARY IN

‘ DAIRY RATION





 





1N INERALS are necessary for high

milk production, is the conclu

sion of John Bosscher, Lucas, member

of the South Wexford Cow Testing

Association. Bosscher found that af-

ter his supply of steamed bone meal

was exhausted his milk flow dropped



. considerably. About this time Al

Barse, the tester for the association

came around and tested the herd. As

soon as Bosscher received his ship-

ment of bone meal, the tester went

back and tested his herd of 8 Guern4

seys again. After comparing the two

tests, Bosscher and Barsen came to the

conclusion that the lack of bone meal

was responsible for. the decrease in

milk flow. After putting the cattle

‘ back on the steamed bone meal the

herd increased in production an aver?

age of 140 pounds of milk and 10.85

pounds of butter-fat per cow for the

month. Not only did the milk flow

increase but the percentage of butter!

fat in the milk increased .62 per cent.

-——K. Ousterhout. '





SAGINAw" DAI'RVM EN START

cow TESTING





 





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. ILLIAM‘ Hackett» of Saginaw,

_ was . elected president of the,

saginsw yaney' Cow Testing Associa-

tion. . "Tliis""‘assoc1ation is similar to“





 





 





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~ astown, ‘Richland. Jonesfield and Tit- ,“ j

in Saginaw - ‘ :





tabawassee Townships

County. .



A. C. .Baltzer, in charge of cow

testing associations in Michigan and

of the dairy department, M. S. 0., ex-

plained the value of cow testing as-

sociations to dairymen. »It is believed

that through methods found success—

ful‘ in many other. Michigan cow test-

ing associations that benefits and

greater returns will be realized by

Saginaw county dairymen.



Other officers elected were Ed. Wlat-

son, vice-president; George Reynolds,

secretary-treasurer; A. C. Tessin and

Wm. Vaseld, directors.





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. ~5AIS’ING A TON LITTER





 





 





I N raising ton litters, I consider the



most essential thing is to have the

right kind of pigs to feed. These

which made an average of 273 lbs. in

180 days were from a registered Du-

roc sow, which weighs about 650,1bs.

The sire is a registered Hampshire.



During the winter the sow was fed

ear corn, and in the spring ground oats

and corn—two to one mixture. Her

trough was some distance from sleep-

ing quarters, so she had to take some

exercise every day.



The pigs Were farrowed the 13th of

May and weaned when eight weeks

old. Then they were fed ground oats

and corn until after harvest. They

had skim milk to drink once or twice

a day during the summer, and had

the run of alfalfa pasture. When

about 41/2 months old, they were shut

in pen and fed ground corn, barley,

and wheat—a two-twoone mixture

——in self feeder. and what whole ear

corn they would eat.



In the spring my wheat was not.

very good. so sowed barley on the

field and the result was about half of

each, that was the sole reason the

pigs had wheat in their ration.



Regular feeding and dry comfortable

sleeping pens help pigs to make a

better growth—David Thompson, Tus-

cola Cc. ‘





BETTER BEEF





 





HE movement for better beef is



gaining considerable headway. An

organization of men prominent'in live

stock interests has been perfected for

the purpose of directing this move-

-ment. The associations of breeders

of beef cattle are becoming interested,

and the U. S. Department of Agricul<

ture has offered to label the carcass

of the best quality if desired by the

packers. Some of the pullman dining

car lines have already named “Blue

Ribbon” beef on their menu cards.



This matter should be of interest to

beef cattle breeders and feeders of

Michigan. The state board of agricul-

ture, the state department of agricul-

ture and the state association of breed-

ers of beef,cattle should get behind

this movement.



No one will question the fact that

there is a dearth of choice beef in the

markets, nor that there are people in

plenty who would like to buy choice

beef if it could be obtained.



The American people have been eat-

ing thin, tough \beef and reacting

cows long enough. Let us have an

era of choice well-fattened beef.



I hope to see in the future demon—

strations of the difference in appear-

ance between choice and common

beef—I. H. B.





Newaygo County.——Farmers are cut-

ting wood and doing chores. Many are

selling their beans in order to meet

taxes. Red kidneys bring “@450 per

cwt. The usu‘l amount of live stock

is being fed. here is plenty of feed





even winter. so min, Roads are. open





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Now! More than 656,000 *

Cows Minced with

De Laval Milken-s





Proof of the overwhelming superiority of De Laval

Milkers is shown in the rapidly increasing numbers

which are being put to use by progressive dairymen

everywhere. With more than 650,000 cows (mcludmg

some of the highest producers in the world, and many

owned by agricultural colleges, experiment stations,

public institutions, producers of Certified, Special and

Grade A milk) now milked with De Laval Milkers, the

economy and efficiency of De Laval milking is firmly





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milks their cows better and quicker than ever before,

and produces more and cleaner milk.



If you are milking five or more cows by hand, a

De Laval Milker will soon pay for itself. Your only

regret will be that you didn’t get one sooner.

De Laval Agent or send coupon for full information.





See your





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yours. _ 0 make his offer for n limited time only

Speedy 11 for range or heater.





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control—whether you

sell it or feed it.





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BREEDERS’ DlRECTORY

CATTLE





FOR SALE HIGH GRADE





GUERNSEY HEIFERS

som fresh. Cheap for quick sale. HARMON 0LT-

HOU8E. Caledonia, Mich. Phone Dutton 35- F- 2.





FOR SALE





two years old

Romeo. Mich.





Four thoroughbred Guernsey heif-

ers and three Guernsey grades

A choice lot. BRYCE





(filmswo Phono 43-F-l-2.





pract|ically pure-bred GUERNSEY or HOL-

FOR STEI N calves.’ from heavy, million

write EDOESWOOD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewater. Wls.





Dairy Heifer Calves. practinnlb

Guernsey pure bred $26 6.00 each. We IND

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





a

Guernsey Bull For Service 3,53,,“ ofi'flsn "1





 





0. Stack. J. M. WILLIAMS. No. Adams. Mich.





HOLSTEIN BULLS





Offered by Michigan State Herds





A 31—1b. grandson of Echo Sylvia King Mod-

e1, born Mann 6,1926.

His sire is a son of Echo Sylvia King Model

from a. granddaughter of Duchess Skylark

Ormsby. the first 1.500 lb cow of the“;e breed.

His dam. at 4 yrs. 10 mo.

official record of 31 72 lbs. butter and 69019

lbs. milk in 7 days.

Send for pedigree of Tag No. 14.

"MICHIGAN STATE HERBS."





 





     





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“mm" Animal Industry

Inigo-‘1:- Dept. C



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,' AColsntha cow from our herd was high butter-fat





Testing Association workin Michigan

5.925 in 1913: hard of cows averaged 11, 988 lbs. milk





bs. butter in 192 26

un'gyrggys 1Coimths Bulls from cows standing hid:





in Official and Cow Testing work

production. Ask us about them





McPHERS ON FARM 00.,





Howell, Michigan

My senior herd sire “King Paul-





For Sale ine Altadale Bull Run." Born

Oct 1st. 1922 His dam is a. 30- lb. cow that has

produced a 31- lb. daughter. and has a 30- lb. full

sister. His sire is from the famous 32—111. cow Dora

De Kol Oosterbsan who was sold for $1, 000 in pub-

lic sale. In fact. five of the seven dome in his ped-

lune have each produced a 30- lb. daughter. Send





’ SAIDE‘EL J. Etl‘UMflA. R. I. ALAIN). MICHIGAN.

2 f

VHOLsmNs £5:“..“:3.:1‘1..‘:§‘.:’3





‘ sired by Champion bulls. Herd fully accred-

lted.





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STOPS LAMENESS





from a bone epavin, ring bone“,

splint, curb, side bone, or similar

troubles; gets horse going sound.

Absorbine acts mildly but quickly.

Lasting results. Does not blister

or remove hair, and horse can be

worked. At druggists, or postpaid,

$2. 50. Horse book 9- S free.





Pleased user says: "Had a very lame



horse with bone epavin. Now sound an

-a dollar: not a lame Bile p in non

Working daily."





BSORBINE





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Grinds grain. alfalfa. fodder, etc. .

separately or together. any fineness.



No extra attachments. Trouble proof;



the grinder without burrs or loose

working parts. Ml koYour Own

Mlxod Food Grinds oats. etc .

for pigs' slop. Four sizes; elevator

or blower; ’i‘imken bearins s. 12 ___,

years' successful service. rite for 2.1350

folder And ground feed samples.





The W- W Feed Grinder Co. ., Wichita, Kansas.

WM. FORD l 0., Inc..

Highland Park, Mleh.. Distributors.





 

 





   

   

   

 





 





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or Cow in twelve days





Put deal! on its bones. Give it life and visor. Can

sddr 50 permeate to looksend andm value. antidaotion

for free otter.





P. M. FAUOST, BRYN MAWR, PA.





Ileana coughs. Condition-

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Two csns satisfactory for

Heaven or money back. SLII

pet can. Dealers or by mail.

The Newton Remedy co.

Toledo. OIIIa.





HEREFORD STEERS





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





 





74 Wt. around 1 5 lbs. 81 Wt. around 636 lbs.

45 Wt. around 0 lbs. 60 Wt. around 600 1

Good quality. dark redsm d.ehorned well marked

Hereford Steel’s flesh.





bed two

are usually market toppers ”when finished. Will sdl

your choice .of one car load from any bunch. Can

alsoshowyoushorthorn gunmyrlsorayrold.





Van D. Baldwin, Eldon ,Wapeflo Co., lows.





on LE. entire herdof Jone! cattle. 30

F madam”? seven l-yr. ~old heifers. 6 you“!!!

heifers and 71191! «calves. Also 2—yn-o herd bun

COLON 0. LILLIE. Goodwill» Mich.“





Rue-bred warehouses

We have a few .

Wald rebred 3





 





 

 

 





 

 





nioegellers with moalvgm at foot





 





probably have passed $13.





MIMI! ESTIIE flush MIMI, Niflliflll‘





HE steer market has been ex- :1





tremely uneven in the last two

weeks, with the choice kinds working

higher, while short-feds and lower v

grades lost ground. Prime heavy steers

reached a. new high for the season, of

$12.85 at Chicago, or $2.50 to $3 high-

er than comparable grades were bring--

ing iess than two months ago.“ No

prime- yearlings arrived, . but would:

The ad-

vance on these better grades may go

higher, but the market shows signs of

becomingtop-heavy- and it seems prob-

able that the market will do well to

maintain this level.



The country is liquidating short-fed

and warmed~up steers, as it usually

does about- this time of the year, so

that values are lower' than early in





January. But this midwinter.glut is





 





mal hit this seaSOn of the year .

The number of hogs slaughtered um .





 





der federal inspectiOn in 1926 totalled . U





40, 636.000 head, compared with 43, 043, -‘

09.0 head in 1925; 52,873,000 head In-

1924, and 53,334,000 head‘in 1923. Thus ',

far in 1927, a slaughter has fallen be- i

bind the corresponding period in 1926.





 





 





LAMB MARKET'Tiis‘s-Annow.

T HE lamb market has been holding

in a. rather narrow range for sev-

eral weeks. Receipts are holding up





fairly well, but eventually, the small

numbers on feed in Colorado and other

western feeding sections will begin to

demmate the market supply and prices

will go higher.





The present market is





Here the Farmer Employed a Block and \Rope for Lifting the Hog so it ,





Could be





less pronounced than usual. The up-

ward trend in she stock and bulls

probably will continue for two months

yet, so that the weakness apparent in

the last few days should be tempor-

ary. The veal calf market is fluctuat-

ing violently, depending largely upon

the weather and its influence'upOn

market receipts, but the main trend is

still upward.



Stocker and feeder cattle prices de-

clined slightly in the last few days,

partly in sympathy with the weakness

in short—fed and warmed-up steers.

Higher prices are on the horizon, how-

ever,’ so that this setback can be re-

garded as temporary. Supplies of suit-

able thin cattle are scanty and the

process of filling pastures next spring

is likely to be a difficult one. ‘



The total number of cattle slaugh-

tered under federal inspection in 1926

was 10,180,146 head,“ against 9,853,039

in 1925, and 9,593,075 in 1924. Only'

in 1917 and 1918 was slaughter greater

than in 1926. The number of calves

slaughtered under federal inspection

in 1926 was 5,152,589 head, against

5,352,561 in 1925, and 4,935,030 in 1924.

Calf slaughter in 1926 was the largest

on record, with the exception} of 1925.





HOGS TREND UPWARD.





 





WHILE the hog market established

- an upward trend several weeks

ago, its progress was slow until re-

cently. Light hogs reached a. topof

$12.60 at Chicago. Receipts in Janu-

ary were larger than in December, ex-

port clearances were unusually light,





bs.‘ and enougli product has been going





into storage to increase the load to

be carried on speculative shoulders.

These forties were strong enough to

prevent anything but a creeping ad-





vance until close to the end 'of Jan»





nary.





Receipts probably will decline from





this time Orr. howeVer, and the Quan-

tlty or product over and above 1mm

diets consumptiye requirements





m. 1111111111311. 1.13m hogs appear likely to L '





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Dressed.





the lowest for January since 1922.

Feeding lambs are selling in the same .

notch as fat lambs.



Total slaughter of lambs in 1926

reached 12,961,000 head, as compared

with 12,001,000 head in 1925, and 11,-

991,000 head in 1924. With the excep-

tion of 1921, the 1926 total was the

largest for any year since 1914.





 





FEWER LAMBS ON FEED.





 





BOUT 4,251,000 head of lambs and



sheep were being fed for market



on January 1, according to the

United States Department of Agricul-

ture. This is a decrease of 365, 000

head, or eight per cent, compared with

a year previous. For the eleven corn

belt states, an increase of 310, 000

head, or thirteen per cent, was report-

ed, although Nebraska. had a decrease

of 200,000 head. Feeding in the west~

ern states decreased 675,000 head. In

Colorado alone, there was a decrease

of 745, 000 head, but the other western

states combined, had a. moderate in-

crease.



The distribution of the lambs on

feed indicates heavier receipts in the

next month than in the same period

last year, but smaller supplies from

March to May. The situation suggests

the possibility of a substantial raise

in prices toward spring.





Lamb prices have made little pro

gross reCently, but the market shows.

strong resistance on the declines which

carry the Chicago top under $13 occa— .

sionally. Receipts are of only average

size for this season of the year, and

the clogging up of distributing chan-

nels which occurred in late fall and

eariydwinter is gradually being elim-

ma e ‘





 





The corn borer is Coming to tho,‘

corn belt! Having ‘witnoss‘ed its devas-‘

tation and forvrard march, that seems,

as sure as night follows day... The]





hope of standing this post oft With any .





human agency looks as linpossible to





me as rolling back the Atlantic ocean. , 3'

'It is within a few miles [of this





farm this minute.
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years and have had some of them ‘





’ badly blemished, and my experience





has been that most of the colts are

blemished by having been crowded in-





‘to a Times by an older. and vicious





horse while running in the pasture, by

being wintered over in crowded'dqu'art-





‘ers, or by general negligence on the





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'there seems to be promise





part of the owner.



The horSe with poorly shaped feet

probably lacked care when a suckling

colt. Then his hoofs should have been

watched all the time and their ten-

dencies“ to grow‘unevenly and out of

true been remedied. ,



A‘ short disatnce from me lives a

horse" ra‘iSer Who I believe gets more

out of his ‘COIts than any man in the

country round about, but no more

than most of us could get if we were

inclined to give the care.



He studies each colt from the time

it is foaled and knows every peculiar-

ity of each, watching them closely to

develop them into the best horses they

are capable of making: Fortunately,

this man has some extra fine pasture

land which he cannot use for growing

crops, '80 years ago he learned that





' there was money in buying what was





considered to be worn-out mares and

putting them on this 1" pasture and

breeding them. .He h “always made

money at the businefi, which by the

way, is just a hobby of his, because

he likes good horses.



It is astonishing how one of these

worn-outs will pick up after it has had

some good care. I could hardly be

lieve that some of his best brood

mares, now about twenty years of- age,

were bought or about as many dol-

lars. "



The smaller and more trim of the

mares he breeds to a Morgan horse.

Those of larger size he breeds to a.

Belgian and Percheron. Good colts

and yearlings he sells all the way

,from $50 to $150. He told me that

in former years he made more money

out of his small horses than the larg-

‘er, but now is not doing so well on

the smaller, but fully as well or better

on the larger, so‘he is going to quit

breeding the smaller horses.



Some farmer who failed to realize

that the'hOrse would come back are

now buying for their own use and pay-

ing juSt ‘What the seller demands. The

other day a farmer came along with

a nice looking mare colt, three years

old past for which he paid $150. It

came from one of these worn-out

mares, and he says that now he is

going to keep her to raise colts. He

is now getting pretty well along in

years, and I just wondered why he did

not have foresight enough to do this

a number of years ago.



I am led' to believe that there is

room for many good horse breeders,

and while I can’t say that I would ad-

vise the gene-ral buying of these worn-

out mares for breeding purposes,

‘ in the

plan. ,I have often seen mares with

good colts traded around for a “song,”

just because their teeth were bad. Us-

ually these mares would have several

years of good breeding if in proper

hands—ell. B.Rushing. '





 

 





 





COOPERATIVES MAKE LONG

_ STRIDES.





DURING the ten years ending with

1925, cooperative buying and sell-



ing by farmers increased in this

country on the whole, in every sec-

tion, according to cooperative market-

ing specialists in the division of co-

operative marketing. However,. the

development was much greater in some

localities than in others, and in, con-

sequence the cooperative map of 1925

,is‘very different from that of 1926.

The greatest increase. in number of

associations for the ten-year period

was in the five east . north central





. states, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illi-.

‘nois and Wisconsin... There were also





large“ percentages gain in the number





. ‘ . of-as'sbdihtibns'id'New York and Penn-‘





rinsing. .effihil‘mfive per cent of the".





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three per c p .

the. east north central ”states. and.

twelve per cent bythose in the three

Pacific states. ‘ ‘

Neither the president nor any other

officer of a cooperative association has

any inherent power simply by virtue

of his bffiCe, to enter into contracts on

behalf of the association that are bind-

ing upon it. . Officers of a corporation,

cooperative or otherwise, says L. .

Hulbert, of the division of cooperative

marketing in the department of agri-

culture, are simply agents and have





' only the authoritythat has been con-





ferred upon them by the corporation.

If no authority has been conferred

upon an oflicer to enter into a con-

tract, the oflicer has no such authority

and any contract entered into by him

on behalf of the corporation is not

binding upon it by reason of the fact

that the officer executed it. It is sug-

gested that every person dealing with

a corporation or cooperative of any

type should ascertain if the officer

who is to execute the contract for the

arganization has been authorized to

0 so.





 





   





 

 





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Veterinary "‘





   





Skin Disease—My yearling cattle

have skin trouble, affecting the head

and neck mostly but some of them

have it all over body. Applying coal-

tar disinfectant fails to help them, be-

sides it should not be put on in cold

weather. It came on them when in

pasture. L. C. S.-—Apply one part of

salicylic acid and 20 parts of vaseline

two or three times a week. Watery

solutions should not be used.



Ringworm.—On some of my cattle

there comes a light colored scurf,.or

scum (in a ring) around the eye. The

hair comes out, and then afterwards it

seems to spread and comes in patches

on the head and neck. What is the

cause of this, and can you give me a

remedy for same? 0. F.—If you

will apply one part iodine and fifteen

or twenty parts lard to diseased parts

of body, it will kill the germs. How-

ever, if a large portion of the body be

infected, treat one-third at a time, a

few days apart. If only a small patch

be infected, paint it with tincture of

iodine, this will prove more effective

than the ointment.





Crippled Cow.——The toes of our cow

have grown out very long. She walks

on her heels and is badly crippled.

She is near calving time. C. E. J.—

Shorten her toes and let her stand on

level floor is about all that can be

done for her.





lncurable Lumpjaw.—I have a heifer

[with extensive swelling from eye to

nose, which is hard, does not run, and

our veterinary calls it lumpjaw. It

came on one year ago. E. H.—~Doubt-

less the bones are affected; if so, she

is incurable, but she can be used for

food, if the head is the only part of

body involved. of course head should

not be used. Not contagious.





Chorea.—-I have a dog that has been

acting sick for some time. When

standing or lying down he nods and

jerks, but his appetite is good. There

is an accumulation of mucous in the

corner of his eyes. R. K.—Doubtless

he is recovering from an attack of

canine distemper, and as a sequel to

this ailment he now has chorea, an

incurable nervous ailment. Give him

from‘two to twelve drops of Fowler’s

Solution at a dose three times a day.



Torpidity of Liver—lndigestion.—I

have a mare seven years old which is

run down; seems to eat fairly well.

She perspires when not exerted. Have

given her condition powders, but she

fails to pick up. She hangs her head

and has little vim. C. R. S.—Give her





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one dram of calomel and one ounce of

bicarbonate of soda twice a week for

two weeks, this medicine will act on

her liver. Also give one dram of fluid

extract of nux vomica, one dram of

acetate of potash, and three drams of





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REGISTERED HOLSTEINS.

with choice bred stock for foundation.

WOLD STOCK FARM. Mich.





FOR SALE PURE-BRED

POLLED SHORTHORNS.





High class cows and heifers at reasonable prices.

some show ring prospects. 15 years select breeding.

You will be suited.





Branch 00. Farm, Goldwater, Mich.

Goo. E. BURDICK, Mgr.





THE STANLEY l. GARDNER HERD. Croswell. Mich.





‘MILKING SHORTHORNS”





‘



Wh’g buy without milk records? We don‘t keep our

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

that will breed more milk into your herd and still

retain your good fleshing qualities, call on us. Also

females. Circulars and photos on request.





SHORTHORNS good cows with

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

ers sired by Maxwalton Mock or Edglink Victor. two

of the good bulls of the breed. Will make very at-

tractive prices on all of these cattle. GOTFREDSON

FARMS. Ypsilanti, Mich.





M ILKING SHORTHORNS. 8 mos. Son of top U.

S. Butter-fat Cow. Mo. March. 1924. Also fe-

IRVIN DOAN 8:. SONS. Mich.

MILKING SHORTHORNS. White Bull 12 months



old. from R. of M. Dam, also younger red ones.

ROBT. DOUGLAS. Crorwell. Mich.

FOR SALE—registered Polled Shorthoms, bulls and





heifer calves. one horned bull calf. Accredited

PAUL QUACK. Sault Ste. Mich.





HOGS

HAMPSHIRE BRED SOW





,SALE--50 Head





Wednesday,

February 23rd. 12:30





We can supply you

SOUTH-

Fremont.





For sale, several





 





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I'I‘his offering will consist of 25 tried sows and fall:





yearlings. and 25 spring gilts of real Hampshire type.

bred to fax-row in March and April.





FOWIer’S SOlutiO‘n at a- dose in 50ft sired by. and bred to. such outstanding boars as





feed 01‘ In d-I‘lnklllg water until She [Ohio State Fair. and many other fairs.





I'BCQVGI‘S.





Diseased Foot—Have a horse that

has foot trouble; the wall is not well

attached to balance of foot, and the

hoof is dry and brittle. J. V. S.—,——Ap—

ply one part coal-tar disinfectant and

five parts vaseline to hoof daily. Oc-

casionally, apply coal-tar full strength,

to foot. ‘



Lice.——What can I do for lice on cat-

tle? I cannot spray them. There are

several head. N. G.-—-Raw linseed oil

applied to the skin, also powdered cev-

adilla or 'stavesacre seed, give good

results. Where, animals are kept in a

warm barn, better results are had, if

the, cows are: clipped" before applying

the medicine-g,“ . _-.. ~





 





Willeben Cherokee 103(189. twice Grand Champion,

Bratts King

Inlst 141251, 1st prlze, Jr. yearling boar at National

Swine Show. 1924. and lst prize aged boar Ill. State

Royal Deeds 164107 Junior Champion





Fair. 1925. _

1020. and undefeated at all the blg





hour at Ohio.

eastern shows.



Sale will be bold inside on Henry Ross farm. known

as Chas. Redling farm. 2 mi. north and 1% mi.

west of Deerfleld.



All cholera. immune.



For information and catalog write





WILLEBEN FARMS, Lexington, Ohio ,





, BRED sows

DUROCS AND GILTS

SERVICE BOARS





Cholera hum, popular blood lines, typy.

LAKEFIELD FARMS. Glarkslon, Mich.





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BIG TYPE GIIESTEII VIIIITE swig;





of quality from prize Winning State Fair stock.



er sex. Fall pigs only now. Can ship pairs not akin.



Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices right. Inquire



CHARLES McCALLA. Route 6, Ann Arbor. Mich.

Write for





O-I-c- HOGS on IIIIIe HogBook





Originators and most extensive breeders. ‘

THE . B. SILVER 00., Box l96, Salem, (“no





0. I. C. GILTS Bred for April Farrow‘





H. W. MANN. Dannille, Mich.

Poland Chins boars of March

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





choice bred gilts, due to fan-ow in March and April.

Every one immuned for cholera. WESLEY HILE.

lonia. Mich.





L. 1’. P. c. SWINE FOR SALE

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

Also Brown Swiss bulls. A. A. FELDKAMP. Mam

charter, Mich.





LARGE IYPEP c Bred gilts all sold. Fall pigs.

- ' either sex and good ones. In-

spection invited. Expenses paid if you are not sat~

isflcd. W. E. LIVINGSTONE, Parma. Mich.

Everything





8. T.P.B. BRED GILTS ms...“-





able. G. W. NEEDHAM, Saline,





LARGE TYPE PQLAIID OHIIIAS





Brcd gilts ready. James Taylor, Belding, Mich.





L. T. P. C. SOWS





H UMPH REYS, Caunovia,





Spotted Poland





BELL. St. Johns. Mich.





else sold. an

Priced reason -

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spring gills and boars. In -

spection solicited. .1. IE.

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just five good gilts, bred for

April fart-ow. l. R. CAMP-





 





 





 





 





A Few good Hampshire spring boars at a’



. bargain. Place your order for bred



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



HAMPSHIRE GILTS. bred for March and April



Yarrow. Also boars. fall pigs. 1. P. SPITLER

rSON, R. l, Henderson, Mich.

SHEEP





 





Public Sale stages.





44 Reg. Oxford Bred Ewes from 1 to 4 years, due

in April sired by Imported Ram No. 113650. 16

ewe lambs. 2 miles south ofRudd’s Oil Station





on M-16.

GEO.N. ROBINSON, Lake Odessa, Mich





 





~ ahropshire grades. also Lin-

Bmedlng EwesForSale coln Rambouillet cross breeds.

in lots of 50 or more Bred to lamb in April. and

May. V. B.» FURNISS. Nashville. Mich.





 





HIGH CLASS Registered yearling Shropshire owes. '.

bred. also registered ewe la bs. Flock established,

1890. c. LEM EN 0; SONS, exter, Mich. ,





 

 





Registered Delaine Ewes; .

nno ones. bred. F. ll. RUSSELL". Walton“. Ohm.





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GRAIN QUOTATIONS.

- Tuesday, February 8.

Wheat.

Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.39; No. 2

white $1.40; No. 2 mixed $1.38.

Chicago—May $1.42; July $13535;

September $13314.

~ Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.38

~@1.39.

_ Corn.

Detroit—No. 2 yellow 813/3c; No. 3

yellow 84340; No. 4 yellow 86%0.





Chicago—May at 811/50; July 841,50;

September 861/20.

Oats.

Detroit—No. 2 Michigan at 510; No.

3, 480.

July 47%0;





’Chicago.—May at 470;

September 460.





Rye.



Detroit—No. 2, $1.07.



Chicago—May $1.08;

September 99550.



Toledo—Rye $1.07.



Beans.



Detroit—Immediate and prompt

shipment at $4.70@4.80 f. 0. b. shipping

points.



Chicago—Spot Navy Michigan fancy

hand-picked, in sacks $5.10; dark red

kidneys $5.85 to wholesalers.



New York—Pea domestic $5605.65;

red kidneys $7.25@7.75 to wholesalers.



Barley.





July $10433;





Detroit.—Malting 83c; feeding 710.

Seeds.

Detroit—Cash red clover at $24;





cash alsike $22.60; timothy, old $2.65;

new $2.85.

Hay.



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; No. 1 clover $19@20; wheat

and cat straw at $13@14; rye straw

$14@15.



Feeds.





Detroit—Winter Wheat bran at $37;





spring wheat bran at $36; standard

middlings at $37; fancy middlings at

$41; cracked c’orn at $34; coarse corn

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





WHEAT.





Wheat prices are still holding most

of their January gains. The increased

mov ment out of first hands in the

sou west has made the cash situation

a ittle weaker, but the market has

had better speculative support. For~

eign conditions have not changed ma-

terially, but the question whether the

large supplies now-afloat for Europe,

which will begin to arrive in volume

late in February, can be absorbed

without a spell of indigestion is loom-

ing up on market horizon. Since import-

ing countries have bought in .a rather

listless way, heretofore, there is no

reason to believe they will change

their tactics and bid up for supplies

when so much wheat is on its way to

them, and several countries are com-

peting to sell their surpluses. Such

considerations lead to the conclusion

that world prices will do well to hold

through the next two months while

the market is getting adjusted to this

increased supply. The domestic situ-





RYE.





The recent advance in rye prices,

which materially reduced its discount

under wheat, seems to have outrun

actual developments in supply and de-

mand. Foreign demand has not fol-

lowed the advance fully, and clear-

ances remain moderate. Some of the

export sales have been for shipment

after the opening of lake navigation,

however, and the general outlook for

rye prices is quite favorable.





CORN.





Corn prices had another sinking

spell during the past week. Feeding

demand in theMissouri river territory

seems to have quieted down tempor-





 





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“ACME”

Coulter Harrow





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with Garden Tractors, also for one

horse, two, three and four horse (or

mule) teams. Use it for making seed

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arily, the export demand failed to de-

velop much volume, and receipts at

primary markets increased to the larg-

est volume since early in November.

Another gain occurred in the visible

supply and the limits of storage room

are being reached at some markets.

After another month, seasonal factors

are likely to strengthen the corn mar-

ket. The heavy winter movement will

be over, farmers will become busy





with spring work. and supplies will be

reduced in both surplus and deficit





areas.

- OATS.





The slow demand for cash oats of

ordinary grades has allowed prices to

sag in the last week. The visible sup-

ply is decreasing quite slowly, and it

is too large to permit much buoyancy

without stronger speculative support.





FEEDS.





. Feed markets were unsettled last

week, although prices averaged’slight-

ly higher on the whole. Wheatfeeds

were marked a little lower in some





markets, due to larger offerings of

feed from the southwest, and milder

weather. ' ' .





- EGGS.





Prices for strictly fresh eggs were

stronger at the close last week, as re-

ceipts at leading markets were some-

what smaller than in the preceding





. week, and less than—in the correspond-





ing“week a year ago, for the first time

in several months. The effect of the

recent cold weather in producing sec-

tions has worn off, and larger collec-

tions are expected. So far, the in-

crease in supplies of fresh eggs has

come chiefly from commercial poultry

flocks, but farm eggs will be more

plentiful from now on. Trading in

storage eggs is about over, and prac-

tically the entire demand is for fresh

eggs. Prices can be expected to work

lower during the next few weeks, seek-

ing the level at which heavy spring

production can be absorbed.

Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts 35@360;

ordinary firsts 3.2@34c; miscellaneous

35c; dirties 26@27c; checks 25@26.

Live poultry, hens‘25c; springers 27c;

roosters 20c; ducks 320; geese 22c;

turkeys 300. ‘

Detroit.—EggS, fresh candled and

graded 36%@37c. Live poultry, heavy

springers at 260; light springers 280;

heavy hens 300; light hens 23c; roost-

ers 18@19c; geese 25c; ducks 35c;

turkeys 44c. '





BUTTER.





The butter market has held- general-

ly steady‘during the past week, re-

flecting the strong statistical position

of the‘market. Receipts at the leading





 





 





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CHICAGO.

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Receipts 30,000. Market is slow;

10@200 lower than Monday’s close;

best $12.45; select 140-160-1b. average

$12.50; bulk 140-200-lb. average $12.50;

bulk of slaughter pigs $12.0-5@12.15;

bulk 250-310-lb. butchers $11.90@12;

most packing sows $10.85((D11.10; few

slaughter pigs $12.25; select kind up

to $12.35.



, Cattle.



Receipts 16,000. Market on the best

steers steady; other grades of she

stock 25c lower; bulls weak; vealers





 





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about steady; packers and feeders are

unchanged; choice fat steers and light

heifers sell at $11 up; steady; 60—90-

lb. average $12.95, a few loads at $11@

11.75; bulls $8.75@10.50; vealers at

$12.50 down to packers; choice kind at

$14@14.50, with a few at $15.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 16,000. Market full; fat

lambs opening steady to strong; bulk

of desirable lambs at $13.35; heavy

llambs $12.85@13.15; extreme weights

$11.85@12.25; wool culls at $10.50@11;

sheep steady; good ewes $7.15@8;75;

feeding lambs strong to 100 higher;

good kind $10.75; tops $13.35; medium





light weights and good heavies $12.25

@1250. _

DETROIT.

Cattle.





Receipts 356. Market is steady. but





 





 





very slow.

Good to choice yearlings

dry-fed . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.00@10.25

Best heavy steers, dry-fed 8.52@ 9.75

Handy weight butchers . . 7.2 @ 8.00

Mixed steers and heifers 6.00@ 7.25

Handy light butchers . . . . 6.00@ 6:75

""Light butchers. . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 5.75

Best cows 5.5069050

;ButGhel‘ flows 3“ l ‘o a I o e 0 °.' 4-50 536

..’C,utters. a... . . . - 4.:75 _ 5.2

M ' ' '359 £4.25





.. 250, higher: 1'20 . .

,2.$11@._3.2:2{‘tat5flegvs





Tuesday, February 8.





Choice light bulls . . . . . . . 6.00@ 6.25

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . 5.50@ 6.75

Stock bulls ..... . . ....... 5.00@ 6.25

Feeders ...... 6.00@ 7.50

Stockers ...... . . . . . . . . 5.50@ 7.00

Packers ....... . ...... . . 7.00

Milkers and springers. . .$55.00@ 90.00

Calves.

Receipts 527. Market slow.

Best . . . . ..... . . ....... . .$16.00@17.00

Others .' ................. 4.00@16.00





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 2,545. Market steady.





Best grades ............. $12.75@13.00

Fair lambs ............. 11.00@12.00

Light to common lambs. . 6.00@10.00

Best lambs .............. 10.00@11.25

Fair to good sheep ...... 5.00@ 7.50





Culls and common .. 2.50@ 4.00





Hogs.

Receipts 1,487. Market is .25c lower

on mixed grades; others steady. ‘





Mixed ................. . .$ 12.50

Roughs .............. . . . _; 10.75

Few earlies ......... . . . . 12.50

Yorkers .. 12.50

Pigs and lights . . . . . . .. 12.75

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

Heavies .............. . . . , 11.50

Extreme heavies . . . . . . . . 11.25@12.25

BUFFALO.

'_ Hogs. ‘





Receipts 1,000. Market is ’mostly

steady; tops 10¢ lower; pigs and light

lights $13.50; 170-190 lbs. at $13.25?)

13.35; 200-220 lbs. mostly at $13.1 ;

225-250'1bs. $12.75@12.90; 280 lbs. at

$12.65; packing sows $10@11.50. ,





. Cattle. * . '

Receipts 200. Market strong; few





reactive cows $3@4LEO.





' ..Calves.. .- ~‘ 7.31.9491!

.Receipm- 250. Market steady; . tops“? Mich;





$17; culls and common sisrdown. , : _

. ‘ ., Show and.:i..ambs.s;~.~ " .

Receipts 6005' TM ,. . sigma ,





 





 





markets have failed to gain over pre-

ceding weeks, and there is nothing to

indicate that production will increase

materially from this point for a while

at least. Oflcrings or storage" butter

are rapidly absorbed, particularly since

reserves of storage butter'have been

depleted of fancy stock. Prices in the

wholesale markets. are averaging con-

s1derably_ higher than a-year ago, but

retail: prices are not' reflecting the

whole of the increase, so that consump-

tiolnriis beinggf‘znaintained. .. - "



_ ces on score creamery "Were:

Chicago‘491éc; New York 52c; Detroit

in tubs 49@50c. ‘ - ' 4





WOOL. .





Wool trade in seaboard markets con-





tinues slow, but prices ‘are firm. The ,





mills apparently are waitin to see the

volume of orders that will fie received

for heavyweight goods, opening prices

on which were announced ten days

ago. Forel markets continue limb

With Austra ia quoting advances of 2%

to five per cent compared with two

weeks ago. American and Japanese

buyers were most conspicuous. The

London sale closed with prices from,

par to ten per cent higher than in

December. Contracting in the west at

a range of 30 to 35 cents is being re-

por ec.





POTATOES.





Competition to remaining stocks of

old. potatoes from new stock this

spring is expected to be larger than

in either f the last two years. Plant-

lngs in lorida and Texas, which are

reported to be substantially in excess

of 1926, were completed earlier than

usual, and movement from the latter

state will start possibly by the middle

of March. Heavier stocks of old pota-

toes are believed to be stored than at

this time last season, which must be

marketed during the next few months.

Prices at present in the mid-western

wholesale markets average only about

half as high as at the corresponding

period a year ago. Supplies of pota-

toes in distributing markets are plen-

tiful, and: with demand dull, prices are

irregular. Northern round White‘s, U. S.

No. 1, are quoted at $1.90@2.15 per

100 pounds, sacked, and Idaho Russet

But-banks, U. S. No. 1, at $2.70@2.85

in the Chicago carlot market.





APPLES.





Apple prices are largely unchanged

from a week ago.

1s the: chief sustaining factor in the

Situation. Prices for the best quality

fruit have'advanced in the British

market, although exports have not di-

minished. Extra fancy Delicious, large

to very large size, are selling at $3@

3.25 per box at Chicago, with Rhode

{)slanc} Greenings at $3.75@4.75 per



arre . ,





DETROIT CITY MARKET.





Prices to farmers on the city market

were: Apples 50c@$2.50 bu; beets

75c@$1 bu; cubbage 65c@$1 bu; red

$2@2.25 bu; savoy cabbage-750@$1.25

bu; local celery 25@650 dozen; car—

rots 90c@$1 bu; hothouse'rhubarb 75

@900 per 5-lb. box; dry onions $1.25

@150 bu; root parsley 75c@$1.25 bu;.

potatoes $1@1.50 bu; turnips $1@1.50

bu; Hubbard squash $1.50@.2 bu; pears

75c@$1.25 bu; leeks 750@$1 per dozen

bunches; parsnips $1.25@1.75 bu; veg

etable oysters 750@$11‘luze’n bunches;

roots celery $2@2.50 bu; eggs, retail

45@55c; hens, wholesale 28@3lc lb;

springers, wholesale 28@30c; veal 20

@230;‘ dressed hogs 17 @190.





 





.yVexford County—The farmers ’of

thls community are feeding the‘cows,

horses, and chickens; and thinking,

watching, waiting and trusting. They

are buying some grain but not much

roughage. Potatoes are selling at $1.60





per cwt; butter—fat 50c'. ‘e s 50.——’

G.A..E. . ' 3g” 3





,>_





COMING LIVE" STOCK ' SALES





 





 





~ Holotolns. - _



Feb. 104W. H; R'ossman. Oxfor (Dis-

persal), Guy Espodge, Mgr. -



Mich, (Dispersal); any 13. Dodge,



.manage'r' , _ ‘ ..



, (pisses); W synod





:rra.





. jjlfifanager, .





 

   

 

 

 

 





 





The ’ export market ‘





     





Feb- 24i—Tomplrins ge rowers, Flint. r . 1





 

 

 

   





Pontiac, ,
. . I figm‘g‘lgfii fiflngfiefimm 2 wil gain on the others, and the spread» Catalos'frw Peoria din! 06mm» P60“ 111»

m...- amr. m... have met assumes suspense: ......

the upturn ’since prices 0f hog pm general run of cattle will show higher





ducts ,have not strengthened in line

with the gain in values on the hoof.

Export trade, particularly‘in hog meats





has been



roducts have been accumulating __——-— NOTICE! com: HUNTERS—~For sale. my A—No. 1 \

:33ng rapidly than the moderate re- Jackson County.——Not much stock gmfiwgfé TED-2047““ 011W ““1- 3- Kmmm’ LARGE mum-38E GEESE from :3on am. . .. ‘

celpts" of hogs Would indicate. Stor- being fed. Plenty of feed, and stock ' ham ‘6: sanders $7, $8. gamma” mmmi poi--

age hOIdings of hog meats at Six lead‘. is in gO‘Od condition. Hogs are scarce COLLIES~SIOCK dogs, beauties. Write for view. BUYER. Kankakee, Ill.



1113 packing points increased 39,?000}? gnItit' selll‘ing at 1204Zalive, 170 $1?)ng 0 Cloverleaf Farms. 'I‘iftln, Ohio.



ounds during January, compare w , u er 0; eggs 0; app es . ROSE com: REDS_hmmng em from “worm-



p " ,ot- 20,000,000 pounds last year. bu; potatoes $1.50. Help IS scarce. SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK 31:81.33}? Misdigreed Whittaker sire. m. Bltely,





{a gain,

Lard holdings

pounds, as against 15,000,000 pounds a





fibelow the average level which prevail-





 

   

 

 





' 4 , list

‘ ' .f‘tjsgiflcan ,, if pox-peat»

.s to result ”Inmuch rise“ ham-ices of

to grades. Instead~the lower grades





   





 





. Hip-n hog" prices—have stalwart.





 





gum" ‘





MA'I‘I‘RESSEB made





 





size. low factory prices.





Son. nun. ‘ Mich. \





HAWLEY'S RED COCKERELS—excellent

gle Comb Rhode Island Beds. $3 to

iey S; ‘H‘swley. R. 3. Ludi'ngton. Mich.





 

 





 





9c. cm SLR. ontvicmcxs— so»

-- m%.m. Mess... A.»





strain; in+

“radii. -’.. i.’





 





 





market finish as spring approaches.





 





NEW ZEALAND REDS—Pedigreed rabbits of breed-

ing age at reasonable prices.- red N in

breeding.

Mack. Rochester, Mich.





TANCRED WHITE LEGHORN COCK’ERELS.‘ from ‘

thgicslr‘igan certified deck, 250 to 280 record hens.





 





 





 





” . ».' '

V. Shocks. Central Lake. Mich. '





 





Dark . 0

Write for description and prices to H. H.





 





and stocks or COUNTY‘CROP REPORTS.





disappointing,





 





 





COCKERELS—Holterman's

mouth Ro‘cks. strong. healthy birds. 34.

Arnold, Saranac. Mich.





Strain of Barred Ply—

Mrs. Glenn





 





 





 





 





13,500,000 Wages high—J. W.

Mason County.— he finest sleighing

for years is being utilized by the farm-

ers in hauling gravel on theroads and

ed fromFebruary to October in 1926, hauling hay, wheat, and beans to mar-

and' since. receipts of hogs are not ex— ket. Hay rings ‘$18 per ton; wheat

pected to be larger than at that time. $1.15; light .red beans $5.50 per cwt;

a further. rise in the market appears dark reds $4.50 per cwt; eggs 300;

quite ’prdbable. butter-fat 48c. Enough roughage to

. feed stock; a small surplus of hay for

sale. Very little stock fed for market.

Dairying provides the chief income

and is becoming more so each year.

Sheep-raising is branching out consid-

erably. Dressed‘ pork 14c; beef 12c,

dressed—G. M. T.

Oceana County.—The farmers are

not very busy just now. Some beans,





increased





yearvprevious. Current hog prices are





 





 





UPWARD TREND IN LAMB MAR-

, KET..

THE lamb market seems to have

established an upward trend at

last, although the rise may

slow for two or three weeks yet, until

ffifigé°t§gé§1$§t£ddé§1$§3haXSegieg‘; r e, and potatoes are being marketed.

33:? geclgfgggeggnsggge 9532:9333 .e?a§§§i.m%‘h§°itixtgri°2§e £22313.

Yearlings reached the best figure since Eigiallliealélghla; meiog‘g’ggdgg’icg 31.3. if;

October, and fat ewes sold at the high- ' M f .h b

est price since early in 1926. Color- :19; ifirggfiggd ngttratlifi (dam; fig:

ado lambs are not expected to start to toes are $1.05; wheat $120; rye 750;





inars;.21..I:‘s:..“r“.:2:s lire ggc: 333131718??? .. 49c:

- . eggs c; er c.-—— . . .

spring lambs from California. Huron Countyi.-Farmer inh tlhis

community not oing. very muc u~

CATTLE PRICES STRENGTHEN' their chIoIres andhtaking cage of ltheir

' 00 3. 0t muc o anyt ing eing

’I‘Parnassus?seaside 3.235.... bu: m... any as begging

. ercw.ona. es,w1 ve

moderate receipts for this time of cents pper point added or deducted.

the year. Barring’ holiday periods, an About thCe as many cows being milk-

rivals at seven markets were the smal- ed as a year ago this time. A150 a lot

lest since last April. Prime weighty more sheep are being Wintered than

steers reached $13, and undergrades a year ago. Roughage feed is plenti-

recgggreg figmewgfeltheerlufisesoén Egg tml, but Ibdon’t think Vii‘h‘ell‘xe will be any

pre m 3- , ‘0 s are sprin .—- . .

steesr arrivals at 1Chicago are bsellingf p y g

at 9 to 1, Wit large num ers o .

light warmed-ups at $8.50 to $9.50, so Holmes,Stuwe Co.,2429 RIopelle Si.

that'quotations on choice heavies are Commission Merchants. Braised Beer. Hogs. calves.

Live A: Dressed. Provisions. etc. Correspond-





a poor criterion of the general market. "7'

. ence Solicitcd. Ref. Wayne County a. Home Savings

Thls improvement may be the be m. Bradstreet. Detroit. Mich. Cherry 7654.

o





CERTIFIED ECKARD’S L ELI—3E





‘ My Mich. Certified 8. C. WHITE LEGHORNB, a grade higher than accredited. rank among Ama-

ICI'S beet—I bred and raised the pen that. at the Mich. Egg Contest. made an average of 262 eggs per

bird. I believe this record never equalled by a Mich. Breeder. Every chick and egg sold is produced

on my own plant—no stock farmed out. All breeders individually examined and approved by inspector

under supervision of Michigan State College.



ONE OF THE GREATEST VALUES EVER OFFERED.



We believe you can find the values we ofler nowhere in America. No males used whose dams laid

less than 240 eggs and that weighed less than 25 025. to the dozen. Granddam's record 200 and up. Sev-

eral 300-egg records. Get our free literature and prices at once. I sell but one grade. Anyone can

ail'ord it. W. 0. ECKARD. l3 Madison st.. PAW PAW. MICH.





‘ CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





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

Smnll adva-tisanents bring best nouns under classified headings. Try it for want ads and for adver—

tising. miscellaneous ortiolu for sale or exchange. Poultry advertising will be run in this department.—

at olulldod robes. or in display columns at commercial rates.

, mm a cent: a word. each insertion. on orders for lees than four insertions: for four or more

consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. Count on a word each abbreviation. initial or number. No

display type or illustrations admitted. Runittnnces must accompany order.

n Liam-took advertising has a separate lend-lent and is not accepted

a arse war I.





Special Notice .....:....... «2’3-





, or chant: of a!) ll!-

unlad for the Clottifitd Department must reach thi: qfiu In

day: in advam ofpubllcn rim data.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





as classified. lining-





 





 





 





COME TO CALIFORNIA—settle in Stanislaus County

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

the water and power. Abundance of water for irri-

gation and cheap electricity right on your farm—all

year crops; diversified farmmg; close to good mar-

kets; wonderful climate; paved roads; good Schools;

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

Stanislaus County Development Board. (County Cham-





AII dunking





 





 





HUNDRED ACRES IN VEGETABLE

years experience in growing plants.

99139613. 98d.

supply your needs in the line of plants

first one on the

healthy plants and safe delivery. We do not substi-

ue.

Plant Farms. Valdesta. Ga.





 





PLANTS—Ten

cabbage. onions.

potatoes. Let us

and be the

Our guarantee is strong.





tomatoes and

market.

Write for prices and give us a trial. Schroel'





 





 





MASTODON LARGEST EVERBEARING STRAW- TURKEYS , .

BERRY—100 plants. $3.50; 000. 825. Champion ,‘

Everbearing. 200 plants. $3.00: 1000, $8.50: 1000 PURE—BRED WHITE HOLLAND TOMS SID—Hens

strawberry plants. $3.00: Premier. $4.50:Cooper. 30.00: related. 6.00 and $7.50. Eggs in season. C. Gal-



100 Black or Raspberry plants. $2.00. 1000 Grape breath. 0rd. ch. -.





plants. $15; 100. $3.00. All plants guaranteed. Cat-

alog free. Westhauser's Nurseries. Sawyer. Mich.





 





REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED SEED CORN—

Olcment's White Cap Yellow Dent and Duncan‘s Yel-

low Dent. Fire-dried on racks. ear tested germ-

ination guaranteed. Also Certified Worthy oats. Good

seed is scarce. order yours early. Paul Clement.

Britten. Mich. Member of the Michigan Crop Im-

provement Association.





 





PEACH TREES $5.00 PER 100 AND UP. Apple

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

direct to planters by freight, parcel post. expm

Plums. pears. chm-lee. gram. nuts. es. pecans.

vines. Ornamental trees. vines and shrubs. Free cat-

alog in colors. Tennessee Nursery Co.. Box 125.

Cleveland. Tenn. _





BUY YOUR GRIMM ALFALFA SEED direct from

the Introducer. and know that your foundation stock

is pure. pedigreed seed. bred from the original Grimm

strain. Acclimeted to severe northwest temperatures

since 1857. A. B. Lyman. Introducer. Excelsior.

Minn” The Home of Grimm Alfalfa. .-





FOR BEST ALFALFA RESULTS buy Hardy Western

Dakota's Genuine Grimm. Cossack and No 12. true

to variety. Direct from locality where grown. Re-

cleaned. graded over gravity process assuring highest

quality. purity and germination. Write for samples

and prices. Ed Ziltz. Lemmon. S. D





FREE OFFER—Fifty Bermuda Onion Plants or

Frostproof Cabbage Plants for few minutes your time.

grits for proposition. Bell Plant. Companl'. Cotulla,

onus.





 





CERTIFIED WOLVERINE OATS, one dollar per

bushel. Improved Robust Beans. choice stock, abso-

lutely pure, seven dollars per hundred. Bass are

free. Freight prepaid on orders of twenty dollars or

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





FRUIT TREES and Omamentals direct to planters.

Transportation charges paid. Safe delivery and satis-

faction guaranteed. Write for Special Offers and Cat.-

alogue. Waynesboro Nurseries. Waynesboro. Virginia.





STRAWBERRY PLANTS—New Mastodon. 15 other

standard varieties. raspberries. grape. curraut. aspar-

agust fruit trees. Reduced prices. Catalog free.

Sawyer Nurseries. Sawyer. Mich.





MARY WASHINGTON ASPARAGUS—l-year—Old

roots. $1.50 per 100. Walter Flower Gardens. Route

5. Lansing. Mich.





 





 





GARDEN SEEDS—grown from select stock. none bet.-

ter. We sell at wholesale prices. Write for price

list Fowler Seed Co.. Waynetown. Ind.





STRAWBERRY PLANTS. $3.00. 1,000: raspberriw;

blackberries: grapevines. Wholesale prices. Cata-

logue. Cloverleaf Nursery, Three Oaks. Mich.





TREES. plants. grapevines. shrubs. perennials. Cat—

alog free. Lands Nursery 00.. St. Joseph, Mich.





RHODE ISLAND REDS. R. C. Large fancy

els at $3 each.





PEAFOWD—Phessants. Bantams. Pigeons. free cir-

cu sr.





 





cockr- .

Burt Sisson, Imlay City. 11. '





John Haas. Bettcndorf. Iowa.





 





 





 





WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS. toms and bone. Tou-

louse ganders: White Pekin ducks. drakes. Aldus

Whitcomb. Byron Center. Mich.





FEW MORE prize stock Mammoth Bronze toms. large

frames, $8.00 and $9.00. Sarah Bridgman. Brmk<

enridge. Mich.

TURKEYS—Ali breeds. strictly pure-bred. Special

prices. Eastern Ohio Poultry Farm. Besllsville. Ohio.





MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS—Goid Bank Strain.

Unrelated stock. Mrs. Perry Stebblns. Saranac. Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS





WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS sired by pedigreed

males. records 200 to 293 eggs. Low prepaid prices.

Shipped anywhere C. 0. D. and guaranteed. Hatch—

ing eggs. cockerels. pullcts. hens. egg—bred 27 years.

Winners at 17 egg contests. Write for free catalog

and special price bulletin Geo. B. Ferris. 934'

Union. Grand Rapids. Michigan.





STOUF‘FER CHICKS have a reputation. Parent Stock

has been State Inspa-ted and Accredited for the past

three years. Twelve Varieties. Poultry Manual Free:

explains the Accredited l’lon. contains up-to—daw‘in-

formation about raising chicks and pictures of chick—

ens in natural colors. Stoufler Egg Farms, R-ZG.

Mount Morris. Illinois.





MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKSwsome sired by



200 to 270 egg males. We purchased high—class breed- ‘

ing stock from Hollywood's Leghorn Farm and Ander- i

son’s Ancona Farm in 1920. Get our free catalog



and prices before buying elsewhere. We can save you



money. Satisfaction guaranteed. M. D. Wyngarden.



chland. Mich. R.





MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS—Barred Rocks.

R. I. Reds. strong. husky chicks. from bred—to—lay





stock. March deliveries. $15.00 per 100. White Leg-

horns. $13.00. Howe's Accredited HatcherY. Essex—

ville. Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS—White Leghorns. $10 per 1002White

Rocks. R. I. Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks, $13





per 100. Prepaid by parcel post. Snowflake Poultry

Farm & Hatchery, R. 5. Middleville. Mich. L. Van-

Schie. Prop.





 





W. Leghorn Chit from our

Muted to extra





LARGE TYPE. Ens.

M. A. C. Demonstration Farm flock.





large type. pen pedigree males. Low prices. only

$107.50 per 1000. Circular free. Model Poultry Form.

Zeeland. Mich.. R. 4.





 





BLOOD TESTED. bred to lay. Barred Rocks and

Aseltine—Hanson Strain. White Leghorns. pedigreed

males used. Satisfaction guaranteed. You're the

judge. Catalogue free. Aseltine Poultry Farm, Bur-

lingame Station. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 





than 2c each.





MASTODON EVERBEARING—less

Catalogue





Why pay more? Champion Originator.

free. E. Libke. New Buffalo. Michigan.





YELLOW DENT SEED CORN—Crib-dried. Guaran<

teed test. G. W. Necdham. Saline, Mich.





CERTIFIED WOLVERIN'E OATS—Michigan's Lewd-

ing Variety, C. D. Flnkbeiner. Clinton. Mich.





 





TOBACCO





HOMESPU'N TOBACCO—mellow. sweet. aged in bulk.

Smoking. 15 lbs. $1.50: chewing. 15 lbs. 32.25. Sat-

isfaction guaranteed. Pay when received. Farmers'

Union. Mayfleld. Ky.





GUARANTEED HOMESPUN TOBACO——Chewlng or

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

Pipe free. pay when received. Farmers' Assoeiation.

Maxon Mills, Kentucky.





IIOMESPUN TOBACCO: Chewing or smoking, 4 lbs

$1, ten $2. Satisfaction guaranteed. Pay when re-

ceived. Pipe free for ten names tobacco users. Farm-

ers’ Union. Paducah. Kentiwkyt





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





19”,",“336 3,303; One {30:5 be! of Commerce). Modesto. Calif.

.IO 16!' 0.00

2......“ .II 2.08 6.1! WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES-Southern Georgia

......... 1.“ 3.1] I." farm lands. Write for complete inl’ormation. Chem-

11] "5 1,20 ber of Commerce. Quitman.

I.“ I.“

I.“ 1.“ FOR SALE—~Fdrty acres. all stumped and fenced; 2

t: n :3: affid welllis.mfairI buildings: 1.5 mile Hwest of Harris-

. . e on - . oh D . , .

g}: “u..."a :3 :3: FOR S nqu re J n unn arrlsville Mich

. ........ . ALE—80 acres stock. grain and fruit farm.

5.00 I ........ 1.96 a.“ Good buildings and soil. G. A.‘ R . Bl ' dal .

us 3.04 an Mich, “‘5" “mm“ °

lg: ‘......... :.g :.:g

. as...Z.,... no . ‘Iloo uZIIIIZIZ sin sin; WANTED FARMS

' REAL ESTATE WANTED—To hear from owner of land for sale for

spring delivery. 0. Hawley. Baldwin. Wis.

nnuma UNDER m MOST rnvonnnm: CON-

DITIONS~wherc winter never comes. where life is MISCELLANEOUS

worth living. with fruits. sunshine and flowers only

found in California. making every day a joy. Vege- SAVE 50%-—Brand new 1-6 horse 82 volt 1750 speed

tables at some kind grown every month in the year. General Electric motors with miles. cord and plug.

No cold or excessive heat to interfere wi the growth Powerful motors. will operate any washing machine.

of - your atoll: in fattening season. I buildings, $7.50 each. Also other direct. and alternating bar-





gains. Queen City Electric Co.. 1735 Grand Ave.





Chicago. 111.





FOR SALE CHEAP—One 4 Horse Power Bull Dos

Engine and one Fairbanks Lighting Plant Both in

good condition. Address P. 0. Box 705. Advance

Printing 00.. Royal» Oak, Mich





A FEW “SUCCESSFUL" DEMONSTRATOR INCU-

BATORS for quick sale at great reduction 60 to 300

eggs capacity. Good as new. Des Moines Incubator





plenty of water for irrigation at all seasons: pure.

so“. domestic water. near good town with schools.

churches and modern convenimes. Part in

‘ ,etcu balance for double crop cultiva-





 





 





m Annalee. our.





{sins yon gAmLEl—Eighty-acre one farm. s mue-





 





HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Smoking or Chewing. 4 lbs.

$1: 12, $2.25. Send no money. Pay postmaster on

arrival. Pipe free for ten names of tobacco users.

United Farmers of Kentucky. Paducah. Ky.





TOBACCO—KENTUCKY SWEE'I'LEAF——Mellow with

Chewing, $2.25. Pay





 





age. Smoking. 15 lbs.. $1.50.

when received. Ernest Choate, Wingo, Ky.

HOME SPUN TOBACCO: Guaranteed Chewing or





$1.75: Pipe Free. P”





Smoking. 5 pounds. $1: 10,

Bardwell, Kentucky.





when received. United Farmers,





Smoking, 5 lbs. $1.00,





MELLOW Old Red Chewing or

Tobacco Growers. Se-





elei'en $2.00. Pipe free.

dalia. Ky.





 





POULTRY





PURE HOLLYWOOD WHITE LEGIIORNS—Quincy

winners by 139 eggs last. ycar. Official records 289





eggs. sized birds. greatest layers of large 628‘:



on earth. Only 1000 chicks per week. Reasonable



prices. Strebeck's Woodside Farm. South 11an

ch.





 





WHITTAKER'S MICHIGAN CERTIFIED





Chicks. E135. Cock-





Greatest Color and Egg Strain.

Law-





crcls. Catalog Free. Iota-lakes Farm. Bot! 9.





 





 





 





REDS-

BOTH COMBS—Trs-pncsted. Bloodtested. Michigan's





BABY CHICKS AND EGGS—Superior Ringlet Barred.





Rev-ks. Rose Comb Reds. Barron and Tanned

White Leghoms. Catalogue. Wyndham‘s Ideal Poul-

try Yards. Tifdn. Ohio. .





 





CHICKS—Barron's Large English W'hite Leghorns.

We import direct from England. Breed English Leg—

horns only. Catalog free. Willacker Poultry Farm.

Box M. New Washington. Ohio.





QUALITY PLUS CHICKS—100 o guaranteed delivery.

Eight standard breeds. I‘urc- red flocks. The profit

making kind. Write for catalog. Windmill Pointa

Hatchery, 1318 Alter Road. Detroit.





 





BABY CHICKS—Standard varieties from strong pro-

ducing and carcfully culled flocks. Circular of prim.

also discounts in large orders. Shepard Poultry Farm

LitI-hlrfleld, Mich.





SINGLE COMB White Leghorn Baby Chicks. Order

your chicks now and gut Michigan Accredited. big

typo. heavy laying \Vhite Leghorns when you want

them. Hansen and other leading strains in flocks.

l’rcsslcy Hatchery. Ithaca. Mich.





 





BETTER CHICKS—Pure-hred stock of high produc—



tion quality. Eleven breeds rigidly culled. Write for



fita’l‘ogue and prices. Litchfleld Hatchery. momma.

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Give Baby Chicks Actual Sunshine

Indoors, lt’s Nature’s Only

Health-Producer.





Don’t keep chicks behind glass. It -

shuts out the sun’s ultra-violet

rays, causing leg weakness, rick- ,

ets, disease, and finally death.

Leading State Experiment Sta-

tions have proved this in many

tests. But these scientists also

found that chicks kept under

FLEX—O—GLASS were

safe from rickets. weak

legs, stayed healthy,

were full of pep, and

gr‘ew amazingly in this

warm sunlit room—be-

cause the chicks ab-

sorbed the energizing

Ultra-Violet rays that

FLEX-O—(l’lASS admit-

ted. See the proof in

center column.





ghese tests were made

or you. Put your chic (5

under health-producing FLEX—O-GLASS. Prevent weak

chicks, diseases and deaths in this easy way. Every chick

will mature or reach frying size much sooner than ever

before. Thousands of poultrymen have replaced glass

with FLEX-O-GLASS, which makes use of the sunshine—

Nature's only health—producer —-indoors, too, where chicks





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





are out of slush, snow and rain. Fast. strong ‘chic‘k

growth will amaze you. Just build a FLEX-O-OLASS

easily and replace all poultry house





scratch shed



3‘" .7 windows with FLEX-O—GLASS. Use 15

yards for 300 chicks. This cozy sunlit

breeder-house will pay for itself many





times the first season alone. .





Gather Eggs All Winter





Experts and users have found that a FLEX~O—GLASS



scratch shed concentrates the sun's Ultra-Violet rays



on hens. which keeps them active and healthy. stun-



ulates the egg glands and makes them lay in cgldgc;

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weather. Brings more fertile hatching eggs.



glass, hens quit laying and chicks die because it.

shuts out these needed rays. Use 15 yards for

100 hens. .





USE ONLY





GENUINE FLEX-O'GLASS





icks, i s and plants eventually die, and hens quit laying

inh deprigeffl of Ultra—Violet rays. FLEX-O—GLASS admit?

these healthful rays. Glass stops them. THIOUSQNDS 0

people have replaced plain glass Windows With liLEX-O-

GLASS, the Original Ultra-Violet ray filter advertised, dis-

covered and perfected. by Mr. Warp years ago, after careful

research and experimenting, and recommended .by best U. S.

authorities and actual users everywhere. Millions .of yards

now in use. Why use a substitute when the genuine costs





no more?





Enclose Porches and





Pat. Pend.——T. M. Reg.





WEATHERPROOF—5UNBREAKXBLliélltnN‘SPAItENT

AndMuch . '

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\ 1/3Costof Glass _

5 ,i. \ KEEPS BABY CHICKS Ill-Ell.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





What Ultra-Violet Rays Will Do





They

illustrate the difference in growth

obtained by depriving chicks of

Ultra-Violet Rays. and by keep-

ing them under FLEX-O«GLASS.





See the two chicks above.





State Experiment Stations and

thousands of poultrymen have

proved this since FLEX-O-GLASS

was originated. You can too.

Take two chicks from the same

hatch. Feed them the same. De-

prive one of Ultra-Violet Rays by

keeping it under ordinary glass.

Put the other under FLEX-O-

GLASS. At 16 Weeks. the latter

will be two to three times the

size of the former. Read what

leading U. S. authorities say about

Ultra-Violet Rays and FLEX-0-

GLASS. '



PROOF

IOWA STATE COLLEGE states: "Believe

your product (FLEX-O—GLASS) far superior

to c mon glass for enclosing chicken houses

for wnter and broodcrhouses."

OHIO STATE EXPERIMENT STATION

upon completing a I0 weeks' .rickot tut ro-

portl: “Enough of the effective Ultra-Violet

rays were transmitted to offer protection

against leg weakness." ’

KANS. STATE EXP. STATION says: “Up

until 2 years ago no one understood the val—

ue ot’ Ultra-Violet Rays. Some excellent re-

sults have been reported by practical poultry-

men who haie used glass substitutes. which

will allow the passage of the health-giving

portion of the sunshine to a considerable

greater extent than glass." -

DR. MORSE, Ior 45 year: Consulting Chom-

m of Connecticut says: "Congratulations

are due you. Your statements I heartily cor-





Stormdoors





roborate because the Ultra-Violet rays which

penetrate FLEX-O-GLASS make hens health—





 





'l FLE'x-o-GLASS over screen

JUSt nal Changes ,

snow trap into healthful sunroom or





porches and stormdoors.





children’s playhouse, cheaply.





Our Claims Backe





Read a few of the Hundreds of Letters Received Daily





Tested

and

Proven

Strong-

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1.-.- "’ ‘ > ' 1 Best ‘

Hellman Poultry Farm of Indiana. writes:

“We used FLnx-o-GLASS on our hroodor-

houses this spring and were very well





pleased. We placed it by 'the side of one

window that was covered With (another





   

 





 





 





product). The difference in the color of

the light was quickly noticeable. But one

very convincing argument was that the





chicks piled up in front of the FLEX—0-

GLASS window. leaving the space in from.

of the other entirely empty. The FLEX-

O-GLASS looks as well at. the end of the

season as it did at the first, while the

other material is decidedly worn. I thought

perhaps these observations of ours might

be of interest to you."

Like: 3‘. Fine.



”Purchased 15 yards of FLEX—O-GLASSa

year ago to replace glass windows. and like

it. fine, Nov-eh would put glass in a. hen-

houae again."—~A. Lam:- of N.



’ ,. Superior to Gian.



',‘I put FLEX-O—GLASS on alongside of n

gloss window last summer. I found it





FLEX-0-





’mperlor to glass for light. I have had

enough





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ful. chemically active, and increases oxygen-

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GLASS to give advice to people I meet.

I do not hesitate selling anything that has





merit."——~T. S. Baird of N. Y





 





OK’cd by Poultry Farms.

"I have used your product the past two





years. and find it 0. K Consequently I

can recommend it to my Baby Chick Cus-

tomers.“—J. . H.. Combusker Poultry

Earm. Nebraska.

Recommends It to Others.



"I shall recommend FLEX-O-GLASS to

others doing trucking. 'You sure have a.

winner."——S. Krlmmitz of Alias. Wis.

"I use FLEX-O-GLABS on my hotbeda

and brooder houses with splendid success."

—-Mr. Stewart of Illinois. -



Outdoor Chick Yard Indoors.

"With these heavy snowfalls the baby

chicks have had their outdoor yard indoors

and are as lively as can be."-Alloo W..

Worcester. Mass .





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“FLEX-O-GLASS works wonders for little

PlHS."—A. 1’. Nave of 0.

Excellent Results with FLEX-O-GLASS.

"Have had such good results in the first

coops. we wish to equip this new one with

FLEX-O-GLASS also."——Mrs. W. N. P.

of Pinohurst, N. Car.

“I have found FLEX—O-GLASS a great aid

in the brooding of chicks."—W. E. Davis.

Buckeye Rep. of Mo.

"Reo'd 10 yards from you last Winter

(year ago) and it wears splendidly. ”—-

Mrs. Gregory of Iowa.



Increased Ego Production.

“Am entirely satisfied with results in in-

creased egg production by using FLEX-0-

GLASS."-——C. P. Cline of Va.

"Much better than I anticipawd."—E. E

Hiatt of Ind.

"Delighted with FLEX-O-GLASS for green-

house and shall recommend it.."——A. Mas-

ters of Tampa. Fla.





"it’s great. We

mail for poultry

a n d r a b b i t

housep."-l a a .

Gilbone of New

Mexico.

"Everything

which you claim

it to be.”-"S. Hcii of. Ark. \ ,:



"We have used FLEX-O-GLABS with best

Mafmuon."—Mrs. Dmbenspeck of Okla.





 





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PREVENTS WEAK LEGS, DISEASES AND aim





PLANTS 3 ‘





Quicker and Stronger





Gardeners —- get stronger, bigger

plants that will grow when trans-

planted. Begause FLEX-O-GLASSad-

mits concentrated Ultra-Violet rays and

Infra—Red (heat) rays. it makes plants grow much stronger

and faster than when under plain glass. (Glass stops these

rays). Have plants earlier. Get more money for them.

FLEX-O-G‘LASS is installed much easier, holds heat better

and costs far less than glass. Scatters light just as needed.

Does not chill like glass. Frames are lighter and easier to

handle. 15 yards of FLEX-O-GLASS covers a hotbed of 135

sq. ft. Ideal for greenhouses.





I Just Cut With Shears

and Nail On





ed. Comes in one place

. Just out to_ size with

ordinary shears, nail on' and the job is done. Absalom

weather-resisting. Looks neat and attractive. Lasts for years.





FLEX-O-GLASS Is Guaranteed

Most Durable '





ELEX-O-GLASS, the Original product advertised for admit-

ting Ultra-Violet rays is unequaled. Genuine FLEXsOé

GLASS always has been and is today made on a stronger,

better cloth base. specially processed to withstand all kinds

of weather. That’s .why it lasts for years. always lies flat

and stays bright. FLEX-O-GLASS even looks fresh and new

after many seasons of exposure‘to wind. rain and snow.

Don't confuse it with inferior materials. State Experiment

Stations tested FLEX-O-GLASS thoroughly

before recommending its use—Your Protec-

tion. Reg. in the U. S. Pat. office. and used

with amazing results everywhere, for replac-

ing glass at only 1-8 the cost. Order Genuine

FLEX-O-GLASS today .at our risk—direct

from the factory and-save money.





Mrs. T. J. of Nebr. writes: “When FLEX-0-

%}LASS lits installed beside another. it speaks

or 1 se .”





Prices -- All ; Postage Prepaid





Per yard, 36 inches wide: 1 yard 500;. . .5 yards at 40c ($2.00)

10 yards at 35c ($3.60); ....... . . . . . . .25 yards at 32c ($8.00)

100 yards or more at 300 per yard ($80.00)





Special Trial Offer





15 Square Yards Postpaid for $5





The FLEX-O-GLASS MFG. CO. will send you 15 yards of

FLEX-O—GLASS in a roll 3 feet wide and 45 feet long, post-

age prepaid. for $5.00. This big trial roll covers a scratch

shed 9115 It. (size for 300 chicks) or use for hrooderhouse

fronts, hotbeds, poultry, burn or hoghouse windows. enclosing

porches, storm doors, etc. If after 15 days not satisfied that

FLEX-O—GLASS gives more warm, healthful light than

glass, or if it isn't stronger, better and more durable than

other materials, just send it back and your money will be

refunded by the FLEX-O-GLASS MFG. CO. without question.

You take no risk.



You must be absolutely satisfied or your money back. Order

direct from factory and save money. Mail check or money

order today. Use Guarantee Coupon below. which is backed

by $1,000 deposited in the Pioneer BankpChicago. Send $9.50

for 80 yds. if vyou'wish large-rtria-l roll. Orders filled in 24

hours from Chicago, the railway center of the U. 8. FREE

catalog on request contains valuable poultry information.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Flex-O-Glnos .

has made a

hit '



Its cost In just . ‘ ’ . '—

a little bit; FLEX-O-GLASS MFG. 00.. Dept. 195.

For chicks and 1451 N. Cicero Ave? CHICAGO. ILL.



plants We , ' Find enclosed}. _. .‘. .‘ . for which sendsg

mighty fine; me. . . . . .yards‘ Flex-O-Glass 36-inch

It Isawonder wide, by prepaid parcel post. It is

of the time. » understood that if I am not satisfied

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