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consent of the farmer'before going on his farm, as provided in the proposed trespassing bill we published ngruary 12?


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get to town


Stop at the Havoline dealer’s

and have him change the oil—

and grease everything.


Don’t forget— ”


Sound advice, that. Next time you’re in town, get your car com-

pletely lubrica ted—from bumper to rear end. Clean Havoline Oil—

the right grade—for the crank-case. Complete Havoline grease job for

the chassis—and front wheels. A look into transmission and differential.

Finally, light oil forced into all springs. “


Then, on the way home, notice the difference. ‘Notice the easier rid-

ing, the new POWER. You’re getting the power you paid for when you

bought that car—power you never ﬁnd in an under-oiled or wrongly

oiled car or truck.


After that experience, you’ll decide to keep a supply of Havoline al-

ways on hand—for your truck, tractor and stationary

engine. For more power means increased efﬁciency. It

means savings in gas and oil, in wear and tear on ex-

pensive equipment. In short, all-round economy.


Havoline, the power oil, costs no more than any

other well-known make of oil. Order now—in S—gallon

cans, or in 30- or 50-gallon drums—from nearby Havo-

line dealer or Indian station.


And, while you’re about it, try Indian Gas, Havo-

line’s partner in power. Indian is a ﬁne, quick-start-

ing, anti-knock gas—always dependable. Havoline

plus Indian—an unbeatable power-combination.


Indian Reﬁning Company


Incorporated


Lawrenceville, Ill.


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pense of applying equivalent amounts


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weekly’farm paper _.p'i1_blished at- Mt. Clemens, Michigan, ran the toner?-

ing statement .in his issiue of February 12: V '


WE are all through with cheap accident policies. The Business Farmer‘


will not knowingly be a party to a scheme which is so easil misre re.

, ' sented. The fault lies not with the terms of the policies, 0); the cgm-

panies which issue them, but that promises and misrepresentations regarding

these polic1es .have been made to farmers in Michigan. which brand them as

something Wthh The Business Farmer can have nothing to do with.


The terms under Wthh insurance is paid are so restricted in the policy

that it is usually only after a serious accident happens to the assured that

he wakes up to ﬁnd that his cheap accident policy is only worth its weight as

scrap paper. ,


Unserupulous agents have promised farmers in Michigan that these dol-

iartpohcies gave full accident coverage—nothing could be farther from the

ac s. , — . ~-


.An' ofﬁcial of one of the largest accident insurance companies in America

advnsed us recently that the actual cost of an accident policy which gave full

coverage to a farmer would be $34.00 per thousand per year!


The value of the protection which a dollar policy gives to the, farmer

who buys it, .can be determined from this statement.


The Business Farmer does not apologize for offering this service to our


readers. The policy we offered was issued by a strong, reliable company

which is supplying some of the largest daily papers with the identical policy!

We have never seen a batter or more liberal accident policy offered for a

dollar. Our agents in the ﬁeld were instructed to offer them at cost to us,

if the subscriber desired it. and to point out the limitations of the policy

before accepting the application. .

. . We have carried out our agreement, so has the company issuing the pol-

1c1es. There are, to our knowledge, no existing claims unsettled, in regard to

any policy we have issued. Every policy Will remain in full force to its

expiration.


But as we stated in the ﬁrst partgraph, we are all through with cheap

accident insurance policies and if any agent has misrepresented the policies,

we will cheerfully return the amount of the unexpired term of the insurance

policy, out of our own pocket. GEORGE M. SLOCUM, Publisher.


Perhaps Mr. Slocum’s charges of misrepresentation refer only to his own

agents, or to the agents of a4 national farm paper which has been offering a

similar service to the farmers of this state. But as The Michigan Farmer has

also extended a travel accident insurance service to its readers, we are giv-

ing Mr. Slocum’s statement added publicity in our columns, and will note a

few points in connection with it which may be of interest to readers who

have taken advantage of our travel accident service.


Mr. Slocum says he has never seen a better or more liberal accident

policy offered for a dollar, than the one he has been putting out. , Evidently

Michigan farmers were not of the same opinion, since his publishers’ state-

ment for the six months ending December 31, 1926, shows that during that

period his publication sold a total of 375 policies, while the Michigan Farmer

statement of the same date shows that 18,338 farmers took advantage oﬂ our

travel accident insurance service during the same period. Perhaps a com-

parison of these ﬁgures had nothing to do with Mr. Slocum’s decision to drop

the service, but a comparison of the policies offered may have had something

to do with the ﬁgures. We quote from a page’ advertisement of this service

in Mr. Slocum’s paper of June 19, 1926, under the heading, “What the Policy

Says in Part:—” as follows: . i ’


“Paragraph 3. By wrecking of any private horsedrawn vehicle, not

being used for business purposes, as speciﬁed in policy.


“Paragraph 4. By the wrecking of any private automobile, not being

used for business purposes, as speciﬁed in policy.”


It is not to be wondered at that, as Mr. Slocum states, the holder of a.

policy containing such provisions might wake up after a serious accident to

ﬁnd that his cheap accident policy is only worth its weight as scrap paper.

Perhaps Mr. Slocum has never seen one of the Federal Life Insurance Com-

pany’s travel accident policies put out by The Michigan Farmer. This policy

contains no such limitations, as the reader who has one| will see by referring

to' it. It cayers him when, on business as well as when on pleasure bent.

The great majority of the many less claims settled under these policies were

for accidents which would be excluded under the restrictions quoted from

Mr. Slocum’s paper. A single example will serve to illustrate this point. A

claim of 78.57 was paid to John A. Thurman, of Mt. Clemens, Michigan for

injuries sustainedme tipping over with a. load of hay on the public high-

way, on July 16, 1926. Perhaps Mr. Slocum, may not have heard of this typical

case of fair settlement under our Federal travel accident policies.


Perhaps Mr. Slocum has good authority for his statement regarding full

coverage accident rates. However, I hold in my hand, as I write this, a full

coverage accident policy which I have carried for twenty years, written by

one of the oldest and strongest casualty companies in the United States. The

face of this policy when written was $2,500.00, with provision for double in-

demnity for loss of life or serious injury. Like The Michigan Farmer Federal

travel accident policy, the indemnity increased ten per cent per! year for ﬁve

years. It now covers single indemnity of $3,750.00 and double indemnity of

$7,500.00. This policy also provides for beneﬁciary indemnities, covering my

wife against accident as well as myself. The annual premium on this policy

is $15.00, or $2.50 per $1,000 coverage. ‘


I also carry. a Michigan Farmer Federal travel accident policy, because

it is valuable insurance at low cost, as thousands of Michigan farmers have

learned. One of the big, sound life insurance companies of the country, and

The Michigan Farmer, with a record of more than eighty years of honest

service to Michigan farmers, stand solidly behind it. '


This service was offered to our readers because of its unquestionable

value to them, and the general need of farmers for such insurance protection

under present day conditions. Its reception» by our readers proves conclu-

sively that it is appreciated by them, and we are glad to be able to, offer them

this valuable service. ‘


I. R. WATERBURY, Manager.


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squ COSTS OF APPLYING

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GROUP or Emmet ‘county farmers


who kept cost accounts of the ex-


sated by the saving in freight


Members of the Berrien county hort-

icultural society. recently held a meet-


of ﬁnely ground. limestone and Quick-


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- i . Tie Story of Rat/pk A réogart, Master Farmer


TlHE subject of this article, Ralph

Arbogast, gives credit for his

success to “book” farming. Fif-

teen years ago he came to the farm at

.Union City after a long service of

seventeen years as. chemist in the pri-

vate laboratories of Thomas Edison. ‘


' The ﬁrst year on the farm he had

opportunity to pay his respects to


By Burt Wermuth


up the quarters where the others had

died, put the treated animals in these

same pens. Certainly this was placing

faith in science, but his faith was jus-

tiﬁed, for not a single pig died from

the disease.


But this, Mr. Arbogast told the writ-


‘The Arbogast’s Remodeled Home Contains Every Modern Convenience.


science. Hog cholera took all the hogs,

he had upon the premises. He made

a trip to the Michigan State College

to learn what was known about this

disease. He get information from the

college men, provided himself with the

necessary material, came home and

purchased forty more pigs, treated

them as they were taken from the

wagon, and after thoroughly cleaning


er, helped him more than saving his

pigs from the horrors of hog cholera.

It introduced him to scientiﬁc farming.

Thereafter, he took his problems to

the college to learn what experiment-

ers had done toward their solution. As

a result, the plans, conveniences, and

methods employed upon this GOO-acre

farm are very much up-to-date, and in-

part were responsible, no doubt, for


Mr. Arbogast being named one of Mich-

igan’s Master Farmers.


However, his modesty forbade him

to mention this other fact, that it re-

quires .a high degree of intelligence,

imagination, persistence, and faith to

thoroughly understand the involved

problems of agriculture, and to inter-

pret the recommendations of the pro-

fessors in the language of the soil and

the stable. But this has been done in

a most unusual manner on “Bostwick

Farm.”


The income on this farm is derived

from several sources. The important

sales are of cream and surplus dairy

stock, of registered and grade Guern-

seys, eggs and poultry, hogs, pedi-


greed corn, oats and wheat, and 010- -

verseed. The program is so planned.


that all the roughage and grain out-

side of that sold for seed is fed on the"


farm.


Early in his agricultural experience

Mr. Arbogast absorbed the idea ,of.

keeping the land fertile. Business ex-

perience trained him to believe that

greater proﬁts can be realized in grow—_ ;

ing crops on rich land than on poor


land. He, therefore, laid out a program ' '


designed to keep his land in the high-

est state of fertility.


Nitrogen is largely manufactured on

the farm. Legumes play a big part in

his rotation. Alfalfa is grown. In 1926

he had eighty-four acres of this crop.

All of it is fed to the dairy cattle.


(Continued on page 282).


Bostwick Farm Has One of Michigan’s Fine Dairy Barns and Guernsey Horde.


Feeding and Poultry Diseases


Deﬁczmcy m Ratio”: or Unclear! Feeds Freqaml/y Came Troué/es


OULTRY diseases of a digestive


nature are much more common


than'one would suppose. The writ--

or is fortunate enough to be employed

by a number of the leading farm pa-

pers as veterinary editor, and the ma-

jority of inquiries are concerning poul-

try, and a large number of them have

to do ‘with errors in feeding. The

feeding of poultry is not the simple

problem that it once was. It is becom-

ing more complicated each year, for

poultry. is being bred up for increased

productionand for more rapid growth.

This changes the requirements of poul-

try. Another factor that must be tak—

en into account is the ever-increasing

number ofmillingby~products that are

being employed for poultry feeding. If

it was possible to feed poultry prop-

erly and to furnish completely the nu-

trients that they require for body

maintenance and production, and then

house the ﬂock properly, we would

have eliminated most of the causes of

poultry diseases.


Errors in feeding poultry are nu-


merous and will vary considerably. :

‘ , genie owners may over-feed their flock,


119 others will underfoot! them. The

is me


By Dr. George Conn


unsuitable material is another very

serious mistake, and one that the ex-

perienced poultrygkeeper is not so like»

lyto make as the beginner or the in-

experienced one. Feeds that are too

bulky, or contain too much ﬁber,

should not be given to poultry, and

yet there are many poultry owners

who rarely give this a thought. The

use of a feed that is‘not balanced—

that is, a feed that furnishes too much

of one single nutrient, and very little,

if any, of the other nutrients that are

needed. There_ is no single grain or

plant that will make a complete feed

for poultry. Thus it is impossible to

employ any one of the common grains

or seeds, such as corn, oats or wheat,

as a sole source of a satisfacotry feed

for poultry. ’The ordinary farm does

not supply all of the needed feeds for

poultry, and regardless of how much

feed that is produced thereon, the

owner should realize that he will be

compelled to purchase some supple~

ments to his home-grown feeds, if he

is to get the mist good out of them,


and likewiSe the most good from his,

inock. '

‘ ,Tho use of spoiled teed, when «lone;


intentionally, is an indication of care-

lessness of the rankest kind. Spoiled

feed should never be given to any an-

imal nor to poultry. While poultry fre-

quently do eat feeds that, for other

kinds of domestic animals would be

very dangerous, such feeds are often

the cause of serious losses too with

the poultry ﬂock. Mouldy or musty

feed, decayed vegetables, spoiled meat,

or anything of such nature, should

never be given poultry. Poultry fre—

quently have access to dead animals

that have decomposed, with the result

that losses are heavy. The writer has

observed heavy losses in farm ﬂocks

from this cause. All dead animals,

when it has been caused by disease,

should be buried deeply in quicklime

if it is available. If not, then it is

best to burn them.


Regular feeding is also an import-

ant factor in successful poultry man-

agement, and should not be overlookv

ed. It is bad enough that the feeds be

of good quality. They must be given

at the proper time, in the correct

amounts, and in the right proportions

and cerrect combinations» Regularity


tofu'feedlng is very important, and no


experienced poultry owner fails to rec-

ognize this.

Crop Bound (lmpaction of the Crop).


This condition is quite common in

the flock that is fed on dry, ﬁbrous

feeds. It may also be caused by feed-

ing spoiled feed over a. long period of

time.


The ﬁrst thing noticed will be an

enlargement of the crop which, upon

examination, will be found ﬁlled with

a hard mass of food. This large mass ,

presses against the windpipe and suf-

focates the bird after a time. The bird

should be held head downward, and

an attempt made to massage the mass

out through the gullet. If a small ,

syringe is available and a small quan-

tity of water is injected into the crop,

this will help. If this is impossible, »

the only thing to do is to make a small

incision through the skin and the crop


at the top and then remove the com


tents. Take some linen thread and dip


it in tincture of iodine and suture the ’


opening. The walls of the crop should":

be sutured separately from the skin.”

Limberneck (Ptomalne Poisoning).

This condition is caused by the

ing of spoiled or decayed foods.‘

most often caused by eating

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VOLUME CLXVlll NUMBER NINE


; DETROIT, FEB. 26, 1927


2: CURRENT COMMENT


SPECIAL study

of farm taxes in


Farm Pro-


T this state is being

petty ax made by R. W. New-

High ton, of the Depart‘


ment of Economics of.

Michigan State College. This study

cavers a period of seven years. The

most favorable situation during the pe-

riod existed in 1919 and the least fav-

orable was from 1920-1923.


The taxes 'paid by Michigan farmers

during this time averaged ﬁfty-two per

cent of the net rents on all of the

farms investigated. The average

gross rent per acre for these farms

was $4.88 per acre. But out of this

the owner was obliged to pay deprecia-

tion, repairs, and other expenses, which

left a net rent of $2.79 before a tax

averaging $1.45 had been deducted.


A volume of detailed information

has been gathered by the department

in the study. All of which goes to

show clearly that taxes upon farm

lands in Michigan are much higher

than the income from the land jus-

tiﬁes.


It appears that one of three things

is necessary: either these lands must

be made to produce a larger revenue;

or other property must be called upon

to bear a larger portion of taxation];

or the expenses of government should

be reduced.


As to the ﬁrst question, it must be

said, in connection with all the dis-

cussion in Congress and elsewhere,

that our farms are now producing in

excess of demands. So, the larger in-

come could not well: come from in-

creased'production. To reduce the out-

7 put of our farms would decrease the

a. marketable surplus and this might ev-

"gy-ren reduce the income by increasing


jfthe overhead. ‘Anyhow, it would \be


impossible to control production with-

t adequate organization of farmers.

_ Course would seem to lie. then, in

" rehiftlngsome of the tax burden

me other. property. or reducing

most or. government, Undoubtedly.


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taril‘y 'answer..~-‘;thls statem’entﬁin<tlie,.;1/These are prod


negative. Atleast. our State Consti-

tutionought to be amended to provide

for levying an income tax. '


As to the reduction of government

expenses, the Indiana plan lmay be

found effective. In that commonwealth

the state tax commission can be call—

ed in to review a local tax levy, or

bond issue, providing ten or more local

taxpayers appeal to the commission

for such review. After six years of

experience with this plan,~the people

of Indiana generally feel that it has

demonstrated its value in keeping

down government c‘osts. We believe

that a careful study of this plan would

be wise, in the light of the serious tax

situation in the rural districts of our

state.


HOSE who are


The breeding stock for

sale, either animals or


value_ 9" poultry, know the val-

Advertising us of advertising, for


many have built up

a ﬁne business by the consistent use

of space in a good farm medium.


But in a broader way, few of us re-

alize what advertising has done for

farming. We are aware of the great

increase in the use of oranges and

other citrus fruit, but we generally do

not know that ten years of publicity

on the part of organized orange grow-

ers has raised the consumption per

capita from thirty-one oranges to six-

ty-ﬁve.


We used to buy raisins by the clus-

ter, but now by the pound or package,

either plain, seedless, seeded, choco-

late-coated, or in most any way you

want them. The advertising which had

for its slogan, “Have you had your

iron today?” is greatly responsible for

making the raisin a common table art-

icle, and has made the raisin business

a proﬁtable one, when many thought

the Volstead Act would destroy it.


The Hawaiian pineapple growers

have changed the habits of the people

regarding pineapples, by advertising.

Fresh pineapples were the common

way in which we could get them. Sev-

en hundred thousand cases, annually,

of the fresh were sold. Now only 26,-

000 are sold, While ﬁve million cases


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our own agﬁcultﬁre. But the screw


ingot our own products is now,'?bein'g'.'


given consideration. The egg ministry

has organized to' tell the public of the

value of hen fruit. :The leaf lettuce

growers of Michigan and other states

now have a story of the value of their

product which they are to tell the con-

suming world, to counteract the in-

creasing use of head lettuce. And the

apple growers of the nation are organ-

izing for the sole purpose ,of telling

the public why. apples are healthful,

and of otherwise stimulating .apple

consumption. The consumption of milk

has been greatly increased by a con-

sistent campaign which informed the

public of its value. '


Advertising is becoming a potent

force in our modern agriculture, as it

is in our modern civilization. It is

potent because it inﬂuences people’s

minds.


OME people have


The a line of work


F - at a. deﬁnite place


arm in which they prob


Movement ably expect to engage


" . the greater share of


their lives. But a great many folks


are constantly changing. These chang-

es usuallycome‘ of necessity.


If it were not for this changing pop-

ulation, it would be diﬁi ult to get

work done where there is temporary

need of extra help. An industry booms

——extra workers are needed. Even in

agriculture, the harvest seasons in

grain, fruit, and other sections, make

extra help necessary.


The rural communities are usually

the sources of this extra help. When

wages are alluring, the hired man and

the farm tenant leaves, and if the con-

dition lasts long enough, even owners

leave their farms for city jobs. This

condition has prevailed during the

last few years. But now we can see

a reversal of the movement.


A report of the National Association

of Real Estate Boards shows that the

demand for farm lands is increasing

and that in some sections a. deﬁnite

back-to-the-farm movement is starting.

“Rooms to Rent” signs in the room-

ing house sections of the cities show


found violating the statute.

Section 4.


see or agent, to' see that the law


i farmer.


all the way to the farm.


emphasis upon section. four.


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Senator Horton Introduces Trespass Bill


BILL drafted to meet the farm. trespassing situation in Michi-


gan, and published in these columns in the issue of February

12, was introduced into the Michigan Legislature. by Senator Horton

last week. This is the ﬁrst step in an effort to secure for the farm-

ers of Michigan a reasonable degree of protection against tres-

passing by irresponsible hunters and ﬁshermen:


One of the very important provisions of this bill is section four,

which gives to the owner, lessee,

sion of the land, authority to arrest without warrant, any person

The whole section reads as follows:


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

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 war-

dens, constables and sheriffs, upon the request of such owner, les-


This provision was taken from the West Virginia statute, where

it has proven effective and meets the commendation of the law-

abiding public. The difﬁculty with any farm trespassing law which

depends upon the sheriff’s ofﬁce, or even upon constables for police

service, is that the ofﬁcers seldom are within reach when wanted.

As a result, they usually arrive after the trespasser has dis‘

appeared into the next county or state. _


The Seat of governmental authority is now too far from the

The aggravating experiences that farmers have been

obliged 'to put up with from a certain type of would-be sportsmen,

are largely the result of this very condition.

thority to make arrests in the owner or possessor of the land, seems

to be the only means whereby this measure can be made effective.

It is the-purpose of section four to extend the authority of the law '


We suggest-that the reader go back to his February 12' issue ‘ '

of the Michigan Farmer, read the wholetext of this bill, then write

to the men who are representing.

ture, a strong message on the whole


or person entitled to the posses-


is enforced.


Vesting the au-


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condition Whichvfew .can afford, while

on the farm such a thing is more near-

ly possible. Somehow one can eke out

a living on the farm when he cannot

in the city. , ‘ .


So, when plenty of jobs» are not

available in the city, we see thousands

go back to the old farm home. Is this

not just another indication of the eta.-

bility of agriculture? . l


Keepzhg- Up

HE other day I went out and dust-

ed on! the old bus. She was stand-


ing there just like I left her three'


months ago. You see, we’re using old

Bess nowadays, ’cause she’s got the

best non~skid feet I ever saw, and she

kin negotiate snow drifts, etc., lots'

better than the old bus. ‘


But you know, the Old bus lookedl

kinda ancient. She’s clean and nice,

but she oughto go to a museum to

show folks the

kinda autos they

used once upon a.

time.


I got her start.

ed, and say, she

goes just like

\~;,4 she’s been feeding

.S‘N \ 2:: “rs


» w n er. e

. ‘I‘ ‘- - was hitting on all

four, and sometimes it sounded like

she was hitting on a. ﬁfth fer good

measure. She’s sure all there with

the goods.


But the ~looks—-—that’s the trouble.

Her brass radiator, and the hood be-


sh


“ ing so far down, while you’re sitting


on top 0’ the world when you’re in

her, that’s What’s funny. She Was

class once, but not now. I know the

neighbors is talkin’ already about Hy’s

Noah’s Ark. Of course, I’m presuming

they’re talking about the machine, and

not referring to What’s in her when

I’m driving. ' ~


I don’t know what to do. She’s there

with the work yet, but she ain’t there

with the style. It’s a problem to know

if I should pay out good money for

style so I kin make my neighbors en-

vious, or to save the money and drive


' the old bus and let the neighbors have


a lot of fun at my expense. It’s up to

.me, I guess, to decide if paint and var—

nish and shape is more important than

utility.


You know, when a fellow comes to

think of it, he kin spend a lot for just

keeping up. You feel like a king or a

piker, depending on whether you are

in style or not. Now, Soﬁe and the

kids like riding in one of the latest

models, but Soﬁe is conservative; she

don’t like to spend money just for

style. But you know, the high school

girls ain’t as anxious to ride with me

as they used to be.

Soﬁe ain’t anxious to buy a new one.

But. I’d like to show them some class,

so I guess I’ll look around. Maybe" I


Maybe that’s why


kin get enough for the bid bus as a. -.


antique, to buy a new one.

never tell what the museums will pay

for things like that. . ,

‘ HY SYCKLE.


You kin i


Many individual farmers, and some?

of the farmers’ organizations of the!


state, are taking active steps to in-


form themselves and their neighbors;


of the beneﬁts which will' accrue to

the farmers '01? Michigan when the


. Great Lakes-St: Lawrence ‘Deep’ Wa-


terway is constructed. , . .


A ﬁne display

.‘ a


I
HE two-story house is probabl:

the cheapest arrangement for


securing the required space for '


more than four rooms, since it re-

quires the minimum amount of base-

ment room and roof area, two of the

most expensive parts of the building;

while the wall area for the twostory

type is only slightly greater, due to

the lower ceilings of the upstairs

rooms.

Two-Story Gives Better Light and Air.

The two-story home has better light

and air than the bungalow. With more

than four‘ rooms on the ground 'ﬂoor,

it becomes difﬁcult to get outside win-

dows on two sides of all the rooms,

and to get free "air circulation without

the connecting doors open, which is

not always convenient in the case of

sleeping rooms in cold weather. With

the. two-story house, up to nine or ten

moms, there is little or no trouble in

getting outside light on two sides and

a cross breeze without an open door.

The upstairs bedrooms get more than

those downstairs because they are

above more of the breeze obstructions.

The Heating Question.

Contrary to the general opinion, the

two-story house is more easily heated

than the bungalow. The heaviest heat

losses in a home are ﬁrst, through the

ceilings, second through the windows,

and third through the walls. In the

bungalow there is practically twice as

much exposed ceiling as with two

stories, since any heat escaping

through the lower ceilings is not wast-

ed but goes to heat the upstairs rooms.

There should“ be but little differ-

ence in the amount of window area or

in the heat lost through them; and

'with the use of building paper and in-

sulation between the studding or

against masonry walls, .the slightly

greater wall ‘area of the two-story

house will make hardly any apprecia-

ble difference in the heat lost through

the walls.


R. FARMER, what was your


farm income for 1926?


this question of three of my

farmer friends. Number one replied,

“I made about $1,000.” Number two

assured me' that he made a good living

and that was about all, whilenumber

three, a very good-natured fellow,

laughed and remarked, “I made about

$200 less than nothing.”


In spite of these remarks, I am of

the opinion that all three of these

farmers made a fair proﬁt on their in-

vestment, for I am well acouainted

with their farm practices and know

the productivity of every square foot

of their farms. The point is, and the

one I wish to emphasize, that neither

of them kept books or accounts of any

kind and could not determine deﬁnite-

ly whether he made three, ﬁve, or eight

per cent on the amount invested. This,

of course, is poor business methods,

and I most sincerely hope that every


‘ farm reader of the Michigan Farmer


will determine to keep a simple sys-

tem of books in order that he may be

able to determine next year just how

much proﬁt he made, and what per


.cent on his investment his money


yielded him during 1927.

Every good business man keeps a


Laet- of books, and, of course, the farm-

[or 3116111


at he an exception to this


I

W, a»


I asked _.


T do Bungalow 2):.


SW.


T wo Stony Structure


By A. C. Page


th only is there less heat loss in

the two-story house, but almost any

kind of a heating system will work

more 'eﬁiciently where the rooms are

within close horizontal reach of the

heating plant. Either hot air, hot wa-

ter, or steam is hard to move any dis-

tance horizontally, but naturally moves

upward.


With the bungalow type it is al-

ways a problem to get heat to the

outer rooms, especially against the

wind; but with the other it is a simple

matter to heat the upstairs rooms, of-

ten with nothing more than a register

in the ﬂoor using waste heat from the

downstairs roOms. Another point mak-

ing for better heating efﬁciency with


an upstairs is the greater chimney

draft, as a thirty to thirty-ﬁve feet

height is bound to work better than

twelve to ﬁfteen feet. Also consider-

able more radiated heat will be ob-

tained where the chimney goes up

through the middle of the upstairs,

which is the proper location for a

chimney.

Bungalow Saves Steps.


A point often made in favor of the

bungalow type of home is that it is so

much more convenient, having the

bathroom and sleeping rooms all on

the same ﬂoor,.and that it saves the

continual running up and down stairs,

so tiring to many women. Undoubt-

edly it is more convenient to have all


Room is Provided Cheapest


I am selecting farmer number two

for a' few illustrations, because he is

as near the average farmer as I could

choose. He informed me that he made

a good living; and be based his judg-

ment'on the fact that he had about

the same amount of money in the

bank as he had a yehr ago, and also

that his farm inventory was about the

same. This data seems to indicate

that his conclusions were correct, but

upon closer observation, which could

have been determined with a set of

books kept on the farm, I found that

he spent quite a sum of money from

the farm income, which must be called

farm proﬁt. For instance, he had one

boy in college, two girls in high school,

had bought a new car, and paid out

a." $500 hospital bill during the: year

1926. The money from these expendi-

tures alone would yieldhim ’a'. fairly

good labor income and six per cent

interest on his farm investments.

Thus, this farmer who ﬁgured he was

making only a living Was, after all,

making a good proﬁt from farming.


I have found similar instances in

discussing proﬁts With different farm-


I was shov‘ving to a friend my

'own set of books on my 1604392313 farm,


and he pointed out to me as; I did


net make any money during 1926 be-

cause the cash on hami at the and of.


,a set of up-to-date farm beaks, as I

have, badgxa Fear of bookkeeping and ‘a.


in Two-story Farm House.


Has Faith 1n His Books 1 _

T ﬂay Gwe an Accurate Stony of Me Yéar’ 5 Want

By V. 0. Braun


year. This was true, but I pointed out

to him that the inventory for January

1,1927, amounted to nearly $1,200

more than the inventory for January

1, 19.26, which would yield more than

a six per cent dividend on the capital

invested. Farm property should, like

other property, if properly managed

over an average number of years, yield

a six per cent interest, or better, on

the amount invested, and I am inclined

to think a large part of the farmers

who only believe they are making a

living would ﬁnd, if they kept books,

that they were in reality making a

good dividend from their farms. Of

course, there are exceptions to this

rule. Some farmers are not making

money and some never will; the same

is true with every other kind of busi-

ness.


I believe nearly every farmer will

agree with me that books should be

kept on the farm, and 1 also believe

that nine-tenths of them, incluidng my-


self, do not like the job of keeping '


these books after a hard day’s work

in the ﬁeld. Then there are probably

quite a number who will assert they

do not understand bookkeeping, and

are not capable of keeping a set of

farm bOOks.


I believe I am capable of keeping


MW in scoounting, and if any,


'— and consists of an ordina‘r:

.tion book of ruled paper opening


the home operations on one floor, and

this may in some cases be the daddy

ing factor for choosing this type, eo-y'j.’

pecially where there are small chit-4.

dren in the family. The inmortanca

of this is sometimes over estimated, es-

pecially if there is a. toilet and lava-g

tory downstairs, since few trips 119-;

stairs should be necessary ‘


The great point in favor of the

bungalow home is its appearance. .

While the two-story home may be en- -‘ ,

tirely appropriate for hilly and tim»

bered sections, many artists and archi- .

tects feel that a lower type with hori-

zontal rather than vertiéal lines is

more suitable for prairie homes, where

most of the strong lines are horizon-

tal. And it does seem,_that in many

locations, the bungalow type has a bet-

ter appearance than the twostory

type; Just how important this is,each‘

home builder must decide for himself,

but the point is worthy of careful con-

sideration.


Story-and-Half a Mistake.


The story and a half home is a

compromise between the bungalow

and the two-story type. It is often:

used instead of the tWo-story house

from the standpoint of economy, but

this is a mistake; since the saving is

only in a small amount cf outside wall

and perhaps a small amount of ceiling

in the upstairs rooms and this will be

more than balanced in the cost of dorm

mer windows required to secure air

and light to the upstairs rooms. Also

these upstairs rooms are likely to be

uncomfortably hot in summer because .

of the lack of attic space above them; 1

Sometimes the story‘and a half is pre— '

ferred because of a better appearance, j

and this consideration may be all right

under certain conditions. On ” the

whole, however, the story and a half

is not so satisfactory as~either the

bungalow or the twostory home," and

should not be selected without careful

consideration.


\


one wishes to keep a complicated set ,

of farm books, I will say amen to the R f

idea, but I am not going to reCQmé ‘

mend such to the farmer, and I dOVI‘IOil'.

keep such a set. The system lam

going to recommend, and the One I

use, can be kept by any person with

a sixth grade education, and will not

take more than ten to ﬁfteen hours 1

per year of labor. By doing so, I be« . '3 .

lieve I can appeal to the busy and un- 7

trained bookkeeper and farmer‘and


get him to adopt business principles .

to his own business; at the same time :‘


I will admit to the man who keeps a ,

better set that he is probably doing a - 1‘ v‘

better job with his regular printed

guide outlines and forms.


As I started to write this. article in l 1

my ofﬁce I was interrupted by a tele— , ‘

phone call from a farmer who wished

me to send him a blank. guide book-

keeping account book. .He‘ had kept

such accounts in 1926, .and when 'I

explained my own method, which was ~

not so difﬁcult, he said he believed he _

would try my method for 1927, as it

seemed very simple and took so small 1.

an amount of labor. I" do not usually

recommend this method to the fainter:

who keeps a better s'etf but I do rec-,1

ommend it most heartily to the farmer?

who keeps no set' at 511 .1


'.The capital-- outlay re:- this 11

books will cost the shin a: in e


the side. Open“ 'the We m

(Continued on page ‘
.‘1'


‘ 'ESPITE the fact that the voters

. ' D at the election last fall refused

. to' increase the pay of members

.“of the Legislature from $800 to $1,200

per two-year term, the lawmakers

have decided that they are not going

to hurry their deliberations in order

to get home to attend to their personal

affairs. Although nearly all' members

agree that the present salary is inade-

quate to pay campaign expenses and

those incurred while attending the ses-

sion, the members of the House ﬁnally

voted down the proposed constitution-

al amendment offered by Representa-

tive Ate Dykstra, of Grand Rapids,

which would have limited the regular

biennial legislative sessions to ninety

days.


In speaking of the bill, Representa-

tive Dykstra declared that our neigh-

boring state of Indiana found that they

could enact all the necessary legisla-

tion in a sixty-day session without any

trouble. The resolution was opposed

by Representative John M. Harris, of

Boyne City, who declared that the

measure of value of the Legislature is

its eﬁiciency and the quality of work

done. He said, “Legislation is not a

typewriting proposition that you can

work out by the hour.”


Other members opposing the resolu-

tion Were Representatives John P. Es-

pie. of Eagle; Wm. B. Hartzog, of Ma-

son. and Fred R. Ming, of Cheboygan.

Ming called attention to the fact that

there is great danger in rushing

through legislation. and pointed out

that nearly sixty days of the present

session were already gone and the

real work was just being started.


' Representative Charles H. Reed, of

Clio, favored the resolution, declaring

that all needful legislation could be,

and would be, considered in sixty or

ninety days. On ﬁnal passage, the

resolutiou received ﬁfty-ﬁve aﬂirmative

and thirty-seven negative votes. How-

ever, as it involved a constitutional

Iamendment a two-thirds‘majority, or


quired for its passage. Following its

defeat, Representative Fred R. Ming,

of Cheboygan, urged all members who

had voted for the short session, to get

to work and demonstrate what could

be done in ninety days.


‘ =I= * at:


Real protection for Michigan farm-

ers against the depredations of hunt-

ers, ﬁshermen, trappers and campers

would be provided by the passage of

a bill sponsored by Senator Norman B.

“Horton, of Fruit Ridge. Senator Hor-

ton‘s bill is substantially the same as

that proposed by The Michigan Farm-

er, and printed in full in our issue of

February 12. This measure would re-

quire all hunters or other persons cov-

ered by its provisions, to secure the

written permission of the owner or

other person entitled to the possession

of the property before entering any

enclosed or improved land.


This bill is especially speciﬁc in its

provisions regarding enforcement. It

is made the duty of each prosecuting

attorney to prosecute all persons

charged with violating the provisions

of the bill and otherwise to see that

it is enforced. Then, too, section four

of the measure would make it lawful

for any owner, lessee or person en-

titled to the possession of such land,

to arrest without warrant, any person

found violating this statute, and im-

mediately to take the offender before

a justice of the peace for trial. For

this purpose such owner or his agent


f 1~-is vested with all the powers and


rights of’ a game warden, constable,

i and deputy sheriff. .


a: Violation of this statute would be

" e a. misdemeanor punishable by a

' of not less than $10 nor more


mamas to the county Jail until such‘


By Our ’Lamz'ng Coﬂerfoﬁﬁénr 0


3,50, and the offender may be:


'dxcoetsare‘ paid. not exooeﬂng

4m For, 9a. Mantegna:


tion the penaltyowouldinvolve not'less

than three nor more than thirty days


in jail in addition to the ﬁne imposed:

t. O O .


The ﬁrst purely agricultural legisla-

tion to be passed by either branch of

the‘ Legislature slipped through the

House 'of Representatives with the per-

ilously narrow margin of only one

vote to spare. This was the bill de-

signed to control or discourage chi’ck-

en thieves by requiring all buyers of

poultry to record .certain facts about

each lot of poultry purchased, and to

keep this information on ﬁle available

for sheriffs and other peace oﬂicers.

This bill was fathered by Representa-

tive Luther E. Hall, of Ionia. It is

now being considered by the Senate

committee on agriculture. '


Representative Otis Huff, of Marcel-

us, has introduced a second bill to

make it unpleasant for chicken thieves.


exceed $2


be conﬁnement in state, prison not less


than ”two years nor more than ﬁve


years. , "

III II! II! ‘ -


An appropriation of $100,000 for

each of the next two years for the

Michigan State Fair at Detroit is pro-

posed byVSenator Chester M. Howell,

of Saginan This would be divided

into $35,000 for maintenance and oper-

ation, and $65,000 for premiums. For

the past few years the annual state-

aid has been $75,000, but Senator How-

ell proposes the increase in view of

the fact that it is reported that the

State Fair hereafter will either be a

free fair or will charge a very low

admission. '


One hundred thousand dollars of

state-aid for county fairs

them in the payment of premiums is

provided in a bill introduced in the

House Of Representatives by Repre-

sentative Wilber B. Snow, of Com-

stock.


WANT STATE COOPERATION.


RESOLUTION has been introduc-


ed in the House by Representative

Madden, chairman of the House com-

mittee on appropriations, proposing

that no part of the appropriation of

$10,000,000, authorized in the act ap-

proved February 9, 1927, for eradica-

tion of the European corn borer shall

be expended until all the states in the

proposed control area shall have pro-

vided necessary regulatory laws.


PRESIDENT HAS MILK BILL.

HE TabenLenroot'bill, designed to

prohibit the importation of impure


_ milk and cream from Canada, and to

, sixty-seven votes, would have been re-


protect the dairy industry ‘of the Unit-

ed States, has passed Congress and

been sent to the White House. It re-

quires Canadian producers and ship-


pers of milk and cream for the Amer—

ican markets to submit to the same

sanitary regulations and inspections as

are required of milk producers on this

side of the line. Upwards of 7,000,000

gallons of milk and 5,500,000 gallons

of cream, forty-three per cent butter-

fat, or 11,000,000 gallons of coffee

cream comes into the United States

annually from Canada. 'A good deal

of milk and cream now received from

Canada is not up to the dominion gov-

ernment requirements. This country

is being used as the dumping ground-

for milkproduced under conditions

that are below the requirements of

Canadian cities. ‘


McNARY-HAUGEN- BILL ADVANCES.


HE closing debates on the Mc-‘


Nary-Haugen bill in both House

and Senate drew large gallery crowds,


T/ze Hired Man Has Gone to [V0765 at Last


Sin ‘Value, the penalty would I


to assist


dine»;

.3111 m


, ,rs hashad the effect 1, of in-

citing ‘strong opposition of consumers’

organisations to the but: ' :- . _-


It has been" generally understOOti

that. the Coolidge administrationis op-

posed to the McNary—Haugen bill, al-

though it wOuId be difﬁcult to quote,

anything the President has said direct-

ly against it. The attack made. by

Secretary of Labor Davis on the bill,

and later the statement issued by See-

rotary Mellon, however, are taken to

indicate that President Coblidge is pre-

paring to veto the measure. There is

little expectation in Washington that

it will become a law. In this case the

ﬁght for farm relief will be carried

over into the next Congress.


News of the v-Week


Norval Hawkins, former sales man-

ager for the Ford Motor Company, pre-

dicts the merger of many of the smal-

ler auto companies and that a price

war will be on. .


The General Motors Corporation

made the biggest proﬁts in 19.26 ever

made by a ‘motor organization. The

proﬁts were $187,000,000;


The troops of Marshal Sun, defender

of Shanghai, have been pushed back

gy1_the onrushing Cantonese army in


ma. .


The Chinese have appealed to the

League of Nations, demanding the

withdrawal of the British order to

send troops to China.


At Long Beach, California, between

2,000 and 2,500 people wererendered

homeless by a severe rain and wind

storm. it is onepof the worst storms

to visit the Paciﬁc Coast in histOry.

Twenty-four people from various parts

of California have been reported dead.

Avalanches on mountains also caused

damage. ,


Louis Weintz, eighty-two years old.

the last of Abraham Lincoln’s body~

guard, died at Middletown, New York,

last week.


A division of airplanes, and a com-

pany of marines have been ordered to

Nicaragua by the navy department.

They are on hand for emergency pur-

poses while the civii war is raging in

that country: '


For the theft of twenty-three chicks

ens, valued at $45, a man and a wom-

an in Pontiac were sentenced to pris-

on for‘ two tojﬁfteen years.


The Butler University, at Indianap-

olis, entered, a new student recently in

the person of Phillip A. Randall, sev~

enty-three years old, and bearded. He

wantsto qualify as a teacher.


Automobile insurance rates have

been raised by the members of the

Western Automobile Underwriters' Ase

sociation, because of the heavy losses

through theft. ’ -


France has refused our proposal to

further limit naval armaments. Great

Britain and Japan still have it under

consideration.


After a life time of research, ,Proﬁ

Henry Steenbock, of Wisconsin, has

found a means of impregnating food

with an essential element by the use

of violet rays. He has had the proc-

ess patented and has given it to the

University of Wisconsin to prevent its

commercial exploitation.


Dr. Louis I. Harris said, at a banquet

of the National Farm Schools in New

York, that the city had food enough

to last only three days if shut off from

an incoming supply. ,


The British have broken negotiations

with the Cantonese Chinese govern-

ment and have landed troops at

Shanghai. ,


The New York Central Railroad has

just made a giant engine which will,

haul twenty passenger coaches ninety

miles an hour.


The rebels in Mexico are active In

four states. TherMexican Yaqui In-

dians are on the war path.


Prof. Howard Lord, of the history

department of Harvard University, has

resigned to become a priest.


Josephine Williams, known as “Jolly

Josephine,” a‘ side show \fat lady,

weighing 550;pounds, married a man

in California weighing one-fourth as

much. 3 q , .


A secret investigation by a fereign

power reveals that there are, twenty

pmmvin Russia makinswsr gas-three-

e‘urths ohwhich ares-being. added to

reserves which the ﬂorist- amen.


boarding «in, be but
worthy of his title,


igan, Was selected by the Michigan

Farmer as one of eleven charter mem-

bers of its honorary Master Farmers’

Club. On February 3, the Michigan

Crop Improvement Association an-

nounced Mr. Clement as winner of the


Michigan Fiv'e Acre Corn Contest for,


1926


One of the outstanding corn growers

of the state, and named on Michigan’ s

exclusive 100 bushel honor roll, which

lists but three growers, Mr. Clement

has been trying for four years to top

the Michigan contest.

yield per acre has been one of the


highest, his cultural cost of production.


per bushel one of the lowest. Last

year, his yield was 100 bushels per

acre, but Willard Hilton, of Goldwater,

grew 105 and Ernest Gilbert, of Wal-


, dron, 112 bushels per acre, and receiv-


ed the gold medal of the Michigan

Crop Improvement Association for this


' achievement.


Clement’s winning yield in the most

recent contest, was ninety bushels per

acre, just one bushel ahead of his old

rival, Ernest Gilbert. It must be re-

membered that this is ninety ﬁfty-six-

pound bushels per acre of shelled corn

at fourteen per cent moisture, in no

way to be confused with the basket

measurement of ear corn, with which

many farmers gauge their corn yield.

Figured at seventy-three cents per

bushel, it made Clement’s crop worth

$65.70 an acre, from which must be

deducted $9.77 an acre representing

actual cultural costs, besides interest,

taxes, overhead, harvesting and mar-

keting costs to determine his actual


' net proﬁt.


' Because of the difﬁculty of arriving

at the overhead, harvesting and mar-

keting costs; these are not made a. part

of the Michigan contest, but the cul-

tural costs, such as labor, fertilizer,

seed and so on, are kept by each con-

testant, and Mr. Clement, the winner,

the market value of whose crop show:

ed the greatest margin above cost of

these cultural operations, was awarded

the ﬁrst prize of two tons of fertilizer

by the Michigan Farm Bureau Seed

Service, on this basis.


George Bruce, of Britten, who ﬁn-


ished second with a yield of eighty-one _


bushels per acre, at a cultural cost of

$8.15 an acre, received eighty steel

fence posts, while Ernest Gilbert, of

Waldron, who ﬁnished third on this

basis, and Otto Wegner, of Riga, who

ﬁnished fourth, each received one-half

bushel of Certiﬁed Grimm Alfalfa seed

from the Michigan Farm Bureau Seed

Service.


SiIVer medals for yields above

eighty-ﬁve bushels per acre were

awarded by the Michigan Crop Im-

provement Association to Paul Clem-


em and Ernest Gilbert, While bronze


medals for yields above seventy-ﬁve

bushels per acre, were given to George

Bruce, with eighty-one bushels per

acre, Otto Wegner with eighty-four

bushels per acre, and Fritz Mantey,

of Fairgrove, with seventy-ﬁve bushels

per acre.


Alfalfa played an important part in

bringing out the winners, Clement,


-. Bruce and Gilbert all growing their


corn on'land which had been into al-

falfa‘ the previous __ season. On this


'land, Clement used 100 pounds of twen-


ty per cent acid phosphate, and 100

pounds of 0-2020 fertilizer per acre.

Ernest Gilbert, with, the second high


yield, also used fertilimr, his applies:

, 'tion consisting of 270 pounds of twenty

per cent acid phosphate per acne, While


,1?an Wegner used 105 pounds per acre

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MASTER FARMER has proved.

Last fall."

Paul Clement, of Britton, Mich-


Each year his .


fmotor over faster than if the clutch

:8 disengaged and the motor


Paul Clement used seed at his Own

breeding, known as Clement's White

Cap, as did, Otto Wegner,- of Riga, and

Ford Lownsbury, of Britten. The lat-

ter grew sixty-four bushels per acre.


Ernest Gilbert’s corn was also of his

own selection, a yellow dent variety.

Duncan corn yielded .seventy bushels

per acre for A. J. Lutz, of Saline; six-

ty-ﬂve for Fred Shilling, of Goldwater,

and sixty-four for Harry Kelley, of

Prattville. Duncan corn proved well

suited to the southern counties. Fred

Shilling entered adjoining ﬁelds of

Duncan and Pickett corn on his farm

near Goldwater, giving each the same

treatment, and the Duncan yielded

eight bushels per acre more than the

Pickett.


The earliness of Pickett corn, how-

ever, made it the better variety for

growers farther north. Fritz Mantey,

of Fairgrove, with this variety, is the

ﬁrst of the "Thumb District growers to

make the medal class of seventy—ﬁve

bushels per acre. Ferden’s Yellow

Dent, grown by Ferden Brothers, of

Chesaning, also showed to advantage

among the earlier strains of corn,

yielding sixty-one bushels per acre.

Last year, these growers made the

bronze medal class, their corn yielding

seventy-seven bushels per acre.


Farley Brothers, of Albion, grew the

new Polar Dent Corn bred by the Mich-

igan State College, in the hope of se-

curing frost resistance. Their yield

was seventy-three bushels per acre.

This strain of corn has withstood some

rather heavy early spring frosts and

may prove a valuable strain for early

planting, provided its added value, due

to the possibility of early planting, is

not offset by the danger of the corn

borer which seems to prefer the early

planted corn.


That cultural methods which insure

high yields are proﬁtable, is the big

lesson taught by the 1926 corn contest,

as well as those in previous seasons.

In general, the contestants ﬁnished in

about the same order on the basis of

yield per acre as they did onythe basis

of margin of value above cultural

costs. The One exception was the case

of Fritz Mantey, of Fairgrove, who put

in a lot of time hoeing the crop and

ran his labor costs unusually high.


DISK VS. MOLDBOARD PLOWS.


What is the advantage of a disk plow

in rather stony soil? How does the

disk plow compare in draft with other

plows? Why is it that the disk plow

is not used more ?——N. N.


The disk plow substitutes rolling

friction for the sliding friction of the

moldboard, landside, and share, and

the draft is in general somewhat less

than that for the standard pldw. Tests

at Ohio State University indicating

that the disk plow pulled about ten

per cent lighter. The disk plow gives

less trouble in tough, sticky gumbo

soil, where moldboard plOws would fail

to scour, and be hard to penetrate. It

is also used in hard-packed or stony

soil that could hardly be plowed at all

with the ordinary plow. Extra weight

piled on the frame adds but little to

thedraft, but is all used in securing

better penetration when needed, but

better than with the usual type.


It has the rather serious disadvan~

,tages of not making so.smooth a job

of plowing, of lesspulverizing effect,

and of. failing to cover trash well. This

last is probably the chief reason it is

not used more—D.


A car consumes more gasoline

going down hill when the clutch is

engaged than when it is released be—

cause the car coasting will turn the


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For ﬁfty years before the advent of Leadclad there had been

no marked improvement in farm fence.


Old fashioned methods of plowing, reaping, cultivating, seed—

ing, fertilizing, mowing and hay loading have all been sup-

planted by more modern and up- -to-date methods. Now the

old fashioned short-life, wire fence is fast being replaced by the

more modern longer-life fence—~LEADCLAD. '


Leadclad Fence is in keeping with other modern farming im-

provements. Farmers everywhere are learning that it is far

cheaper in the long run, to erect a fence that will last three

times longer than ordinary fence; especially when there is so

little difference in the price.


Leadclad fences cost no more to put up than ordinary fence.

Every Leadclad fence you put up saves putting up two ordin-

ary fences.


Cut down your fence bills by putting up Leadclad fence this

spring.


If you get your order in before


plowing time, we’ll include free,a

workman’ a handy, canvas apron.


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. NY battery will be rapidly exhaust-

ed to stand on short-circuit for

any length of time. For this reason

care should be' taken not to place any

tools on the battery.


COTTER PIN TOOL.’


HANDY cotter pin tool may be

made from a piece of three-eighth-

inch round cold rolled steel. This

piece should be about nine inches long

and tapered at the end. The tapered


- end is bent into the form of a button-


hook for pulling the cotter pins, and

the other end is upset to form a light

hammer for driving the pins into po-

sition when this is necessary.


REMOVING THE ENGINE OR BODY.


S the private garage is not equip-


ped with a hoist, when a heavy

part, such as the motor or body, must

be removed, it presents a problem.

However, here is a method which will

answer quite as well as a hoist in the

average case. The car is ﬁrst jacked

as high from the ﬂoor as possible. The

part is then fastened.by ropes to the

roof beam joists. Now lower the car

to the ﬂoor, and if the radiator has

been removed the chassis can be rolled

from under the part.


BUILDING THE CHIMNEY.


T this time of year when so many


readers are planning the construc-

tion or remodeling of farm homes, a

safe and proper construction of the

chimney is of the utmost importance,

if the installation is to be ﬁre-safe and

the heating equipment is to operate

satisfactorily. So far as I am aware,

no insurance ﬁrm has as yet offered a

rebate for a ﬂue lining in the chimney,

but it probably soon will be done, just

as it is now for lightning rods, ﬁre-

resistant roofs, and so on. The fol-

lowing chimney speciﬁcations, formu-

lated by Howard R. Linn, a prominent

heating expert, are offered for the


' guidance of our readers:


The walls of the chimney shall be of

brick and shall be lined with ﬁre clay

ﬂue lining. The joints of the ﬂue lin-

ing shall be made air-tight. The

clean-out space at the bottom of the.

chimney shall be air-tight when the

clean-out door is closed. Flue lining

shall start at least four inches below

the bottom of the smokepipe intake,

and shall be continuous the entire

height of the ﬂue and project at least

four inches above the chimney top to

allow for a two-inch projection of the

lining. The wash shall be formed of

a rich cement mortar.


Chimneys shall not rest upon, or be

carried by, wooden floors, beams or

brackets, nor be hung from wooden


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rafters, but shall be built upon con-

crete or masonry foundations properly

designed to carry the weight imposed

without danger ofsettling or cracking.


Flues shall be not less than ten' by

ten inches, built vertical, without off-

sets, and full size from the smokepipe

inlet to the top of the chimney.


The top of the chimney shall be at

least three feet higher than the high-

est point of the building, and in no

case shall it be less than thirty' feet

above the boiler or furnace grates.


There shall be but one connection

to the ﬂue, to which the boiler or fur-

nace smokepipe is connectedThe boil-

er or furnace smokepipe shallbe thorL


- oughly grouted into the chimney and


shall not project beyond the inner sur-

face of the ﬁne lining. . '

The chimney ﬂue to which the heat-


bins 3193191119 connected/shall


jected to smoke test by the mesonl'

contractor in- the presence of the arch-

itect or his representative, after the

mortar has thoroughly hardened, and

must be “smoke tight” _. 3


The method of conducting this test

shall be as follows: With a good ﬁre

in the boiler or furnace, or in the base

of the chimney. put about a square

yard of tar paper 011 the ﬁre. As soon‘

as smoke appears at the top of the

«chimney‘close thetop of the flue with

a piece of old carpet or wet newspa~

pers held down by a. weighted board.

Keep the tar paper burning in the ﬁre—

pot for ﬁve minutes. The architect or

his representative shall sign an ac-

ceptance in triplicate, stating that the

chimney was tight under the above

test, and shall give one copy to the

mason contractor, one copy to the

heating contractor and one copy to

the owner.


I wonder how many of our present

farm home chimneys conform to these

speciﬁcations. Very few, I fear, and

only a small proportion of them would

be passed by a ﬁre inspector as rea—

sonably safe against ﬁre. For those

who want further details in regard to

chimney construction, ﬂashing, and so

on, I would refer to Farmers’ Bulletin

No. 1230. “Chimneys and Fireplaces,”

which may be secured free on request

from the United States Department of

Agriculture, Washington, D. C.


HEIGHT AND DIRECTION OF

AERIAL.


I have an aerial that is only twenty

feet high at one end and twenty-ﬁve

at the other, and which extends south-

west from the house. I get south as

far as Florida and west to California.

but have trouble in getting New York

and Canadian stations. Can you’ tell

me what the trouble is and what I

can do to remedy it?—J. B.


I do not believe that in your case

the direction of your aerial has any-

thing to do with your trouble, but it

seems more likely that these New

York stations are being shielded off

because of the house or ham or a

group of trees. I believe that if you

could put your aerial up ﬁfteen or

twenty feet higher, it would do away

with the trouble you are having—I. D.


MAKING HOLE IN CONCRETE

TANK.


Please tell me the most practical

way to cut a hole through a twelve-

inch cement tank so as to put a hog

waterer on it.——W. ~E.


You do not state the size of hole

required, but I presume it is to be

large enough to. put in a three-quarter-

inch pipe. The only practical way I

know of doing this out on the farm is

to get a sharp rock drill of a size a

little larger \than the hole absolutely

required, and then go after it just as

though you were drilling a hole in a

rock for blasting. The quickest way

is for one man to hold the drill while

another strikes it with a‘heavy ham-

mer or sledge. The drill should be

turned about an eighth of a. turn be.

tween blows. It is quite a. job, but

will go faster than one imagines. If

air pressure were available, it would

not take long to put the holé through

with a pneumatic drill.


A LEAKY TUBE.


VEN a slow leak in the inner tube


will injure the casing. Within a.

few miles, under-inﬂation will rob a.

tire of many miles of service. Leaky

tubes come frommanycauses. It may

be that the valve plunger is worn or

sticks, the lock-nut at the base of the

valve stem may work loose, or rushing ’

ﬂat my honeycomb the inside of the

tube with any enema use “ i-
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7 a certain date. .

erty with assigned values, and consists

of land, buildings, live stock, tools,


feed, and cash on hand. The inven-

' tory is an important part, as it shows


the amount of capital invested in the .

farm enterprise, and also the different


amounts invested in each division, as

live stock, buildings, etc.


The next page, which is a double

page, is set aside for th‘e ﬁrstmonth's

accounts. On the left side of the page

list the farm receipts for that month,

with their respective values,, such as

butter, eggs, grain, hogs, or any other

produce sold from the farm. On the

opposite page list the farm expendi-

tures, such as tools, hired help, feed,

lumber, nails, etc. Items paid for in

cash for the support of the farm can

only properly be classed as farm ex-

penditures. Clothing, automobiles,

movie money, etc., should not be put

in this list as it is not part of the

farm expense. At the end of each

month,°these two sheets should be bal~

anced and the proﬁt or loss found for

the month. The same is done for each

of the twelve months and at the end

of the year another inventbry is taken

and the books for the year are com-

pleted. Thus this system consists of

about ﬁfteen pages in a ﬁve cent note-

book, and a total of about ten to ﬁf-

teen hours of labor.


Now to ﬁnd the farm income: Add

up the proﬁts for each month, which

shows a. proﬁt, and subtract the losses,

if any occur during each month. If

there is an increase in the inventory

at the end of the year, the increase is

considered a proﬁt and added to the

monthly proﬁts to make the total farm

income. If there is a decrease in the

inventory at the end of the year, the

decrease is considered a loss and is

subtracted from the total monthly

proﬁts to make the total farm income.


We have now the total farm income

or the difference between the receipts

and expenses. This amount is the re-

turn for the use of the capital invest-

ed, and the unpaid labor of the farmer.


The unpaid labor of the farmer

should not be ﬁgured too high, as in

our system of books we have given

him and his family their board and

lodging. When this amount is sub-

tracted, wherever the farmer considers

its value, from the total farm income,

the remainder is the interest on the

capital invested, and should yield six

per cent or better.


I feel that this simple method has '


given me a quite accurate report on

my farm for 1925 and 1926. It does


not, however, show, as a more co-m—'


plicated system would, whether the

majority of the income, or a greater

dividend, came from the cows,.hens,

cash crops, or where, but I feel that


the farmer’s daily contact with the .


different farm enterprises tells him, to

a large degree, which enterprise pays

him most. On my own farm I belong

to the cow testing association, and the

reports show the dividends on the

cows. I also have a demonstration

farm for poultry, and my reports show

the dividend on the poultry. Every

farmer can join the cow testing asso—

ciation, and a check can be kept on

the poultry receipts if desired.


Other defects may be pointed out in

this plan, but on account of its sim-

plicity I hope that a large number of

fellow farmers will adopt it during

1927, and carry on farming in a more

buéiness-like method.


HARVEsT BIG cnop OF ALFALFA


‘ SCHMALZRIED BROTHERS, of Lev-


, cring, Michigan, recently ﬁnished "


threshing 120 bushels of Grimm alfalfa


' seed. This is one of the: largest har- _


vests: cf Grimm alfalfa _


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Then — PLANTING and CULTIVATING!


OWER farming has taken another long

jump ahead with the coming of the

FARMALL. This spring you can start

in with the new tractor which the Harvester

Company engineers have designed especially

to handle the power needs in the growing

of corn and cotton and other row crops.


FARMALL replaces horses for planting and

for the tedious business of cultivating. It shows

the farmer the way to real horseless farming.

Some of the com-belt farms have been run

with FARMALL power going on three years

Without a horse on the premises.


At all farm power operations—drawbar, belt,

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size. Stop at the McCormick-Deering dealer’s.

See and handle the all-purpose FARMALL.


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and threshing, and in my estimation

it is the best all around tractor a

farmer can buy. It can’t be beat for

plowing corn. It is easy to handle

and does good work.”


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Delavan, Ill.


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"those whose “experiences” appear in

the same order.—-—The Contest Man.

Caught on the Trestle.

Some few years ago my husband

said to me one evening, “Mae, let us.

you and I and the kiddies, take a hike

over to see my cousin.”

“All right,” I said. I got the two

children ready and we started out. Our

way. lay over along railroad trestle. I

never did like crossing it, ut my hus-

band said, “No danger train now,

as they only make a trip twice a week,

that is, go down Monday morning and

try to get back by Saturday.”

Well, I did not think much of the

joke, and I was on the anxious seat

the nearer we got to the trestle. We


BENEFIT CONTEST.


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ed much of beneﬁt from the ser-

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gives. To encourage the telling

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might gain from them, we offer

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250 words on “How the College

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EVER before has any farm tractor—regard-

less of price—offered such an abundance

of practical, proﬁt-earning features! Never


before have you had an opportunity to buy a

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-along on top of the rail fence across


were getting along ﬁne until all of a

sudden, we heard the noise of a train.

My husband and boy made the end of

the trestle in good time, but the‘ little

girl was more timid and did not re-

spond to my urging. I was going along

as fast as possible, when all of a sud-

den she refused to go a step farther,

and then we could see the light of the

engine. I had to retrace my steps to

where she refused to move.


By the end of the trestle, the train

was upon us, and all I could do was to

give her a shove and roll down the

bank myself, not a moment too soon,

for the train just brushed me as it

passed.


I could not move or go On with our

journey for over an hour, and then

it was with all the strength I could

muster. I never want to come so near

death again, or I would never live

through the shock of it. Perhaps

someone has gone through a worse ex-

perience than this, but a. person could

not be nearer death than we were and

not die.—-—M'rs. H. L. Ballard.


When the Ice Went Out.

One morning early in March, my sis-

ter Cora and I were awakened by a

loud booming and crashing, which we

knew at once was caused by the huge

ice-cakes bumping each other as they

crowded down the raging Pine River,

(Michigan). We both hastened down

to watch it.

’ When we got to the river, Cora said,

“Let’s go across the swamp and on

the higher land beyond and watch the

ice go around the elbow.” '

“All right,” I answered. .

When, we ’ reached the swamp the

water was a foot deep, So we crept


the swamp, until we reached, the‘hig’h-

er land beyond.’ ‘ ’ " -


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'Byr Writer: of caste:


Alter watching'the ‘ice for perhaps ‘

an from; I grew tired and cold. and '-

- mmitedthat we return noun. But, \


'watch- longer the ice rushing and

crashing by. So I startedback alone.


When I reached the low land, it was‘


covered with water, and, the swamp

was a raging mass of water three feet

deep. I was frightened, and called to

my sister to come at once, but she

only motioned for me to go on.


When I had climbed to the top of '


the hill, I met three neighbors who,

also, had come to see the ice go out.

They had seen ‘Cora and me on the

elbow and hastened to meet me when

they saw me coming alone. They

shouted, “Hurry and get your horse,

and come back and get your sister."


“Oh, let her come backthe same as

I did,” was my reply.


“No, no, don’t waitfor her to come.

Hasten or she will drown.”


I looked at the man and laughed,

for I thought he was joking. Tie saw

that I did not believe him, and grab

bed my shoulders, turned me around,

and said, “Look at the ice piled ten

feet high along the bank. Any minute,

it may give way and overflow the flat.

Then your sister will drown."


I looked at the icy wall, and sure

enough, it looked as if every wave

would carry it over. So I turned and

ran home as fast as I could go. When

I reached the house, grabbed my

bridle from behind the kitchen door

and shouted, “Ma, where is Dolly?”


“She’s in the ﬁeld,” answered moth-

er, “But don’t ride her today. She had

a hard jaunt yesterday." Hardly wait-

ing to hear what she said, I bolted for

the corn crib, snatched an ear of corn

and ran for the ﬁeld, calling, "Dol-lyﬂ’

The colt heard me and with an an«

swering whinney came on the run. As

Dolly grabbed the com I slipped the

bridle over her head, jumped on her

back, and off we were for the river.


Down the steep bank I urged my

faithful animal. Her eyes were wild

with terror and she snorted with fear,

but she never faltered. Into the swirl-

ing, dirty yellow water we went. Small

ice-cakes went whirling past us, and

when we reached the swamp the wa-

ter was so deep the little mare had

to swim. ‘


Cora was standing on one of the

highest stumps with the water raging

around her. Quickly I rode to .her and

told her to jump on the horse. But

the water kept getting deeper and the

colt kept circling around the stump,

as it was very poor footing for her

there. At last, by making a quick

jump, my sister landed behind me on

Dolly's back.


I then turned the colt’s head toward

dry land and safety. The colts on the

shore, whinneying loudly, could scarce-

ly be heard above the roar. But Dolly

heard them and gave an answering

neigh. '


Then crash, down went the wall of

ice, and over the ﬂat poured ice and

water. Some of the cakes of ice were

ten feet across. Checking Dolly, I

made her wait a few minutes on the

higher land while some of the largest

cakes went swirling swiftly by before

we entered the swift current across

the swamp.


The horse did bravely. She watched

the coming cakes and dodged all but

the small ones. Proudly she sWam,

with her head well abOVe the water.

When we reached the hill, she climbed

it on the jump.

head in the air, she quickly tossed it

down again, and up went her heels.

Cora and I would have been thrown

on: but we .were expecting Dolly’s

kick—up, as it was a customary trick

of hers.‘ Then. swinging her proud


head from "side to side, and letting out. .

ed us ,-


a snort'at every‘jump, she card


Then, throwing her '
' makes " the fol-levying report {of ‘ the cam-

‘Daign ’ undertaken; in that county for

‘the: controlv‘of the“ corn borer; “A

‘ county ,comniitte'e? was organiv‘d, com-

pOsed of nineteen farmers and the-

‘county agent for the'purpose of carry~

ing out a rigorous educational cam-

‘ paign throughout the county. It was

decided to hold a county meeting ﬁrst,

and to follow it with meetings in the

local communities. A‘ canvas of one


section in each township made 'by the‘ .


township committeeman was made as

a basis for an estimate of the number

of acres devoted to corn in Monroe

county. This , survey showed that

”about 70,000 acres of corn are grown

in the county, and that 13,000 acres of

the crOp was standing in shocks in the

ﬁelds .on February 1, and 50,000 acres

of stubble were still undisturbed.


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FORESTRY STARTS IN VA’N

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ONE hundred thousand white pine

and spruce trees will~be planted

in Van Buren county this spring. The

chamber of commerce of South Haven

is ordering 35,000 White pine seed-

lings which will be distributed free for

planting. Two boys’ clubs will plant

10,000 of this allotment.


DWARF SWEET CLOVER IN MICH-

IGAN.


PREVIOUS to 1923, common sweet

clover was grown in large quanti-

ties in the section of Michigan known

as the “Thumb,” as well as the great-

er part of Michigan, with success, but

no dwarf sweet clover had been grown

in any large quantity in this section

until 1923.


The seed was shipped from Califor-

nia. This seed (two bushels) was sown

on two different kinds of soil; one

a clay .loam and the other a sandy

‘loam with grain, as any other clover

seed is sown. The seed is a biennial

and the ﬁrst crop was harvested in

the summer of 1924. About one hun-

dred and ﬁfty bushels were grown

that season. This was sold to the

farmers of the “Thumb,” mostly in

Huron county, by the growers and

sown in the spring of 1925 and bar-

yested in 1926.


This clover grows about three and

one—half feet high, and is ﬁne and

thick, making excellent hay and pas-

ture, being ﬁner and sweeter than the

common "sweet clover. It is also good

to plow under for fertilizers. The seed

matures during the early part of Aug-

ust and yields well. It is ﬁner than

the common sweet clover seed, “and

about ten pounds is suﬂicient to sow

an acre. Because of the time it was

harvested, there was little diﬂiculty

due to the weather conditions, as was

experienced with other clovers last

~ season. This clover winters well in

spite of adverse climatic conditions——

W. F. C. *


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ANY of the extension activities

of Michigan State College are be-

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state by what is known as the local

leader training method. In this plan,

a specialist from the college meets a

group of people. who agree to attend

the training meetings and then to car-

ry the knowledge which they obtain

back to their home community 'and

make it available to their neighbors.

This .is done by having neighborhood

meetings, at which the lesson learned

‘ at. the local leader’s school is discuss-

. ed .and demonstrations given of the

' work acne at those meetings. '


,The report oiMarionQB. Romano of


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\ Mrs. S. J. Cowan, of Rockford, and ‘


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been held in the high school build-

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Twing, county agricultural agent, ﬁnds


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Lowell; Mrs. F. L. Proctor, of Walker;


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, has been developed


The Wheat ﬁelds are seeded to clover

which is pastured or plowed under for

humus. About 100 acres is covered

with barnyard manure each year. By

these means the nitrogen, content of

the soil is amply maintained.


Phosphorus is brought to the farm

largely in the form of mild phosphate.

A twenty per cent product is used. and

this is applied at the rate of about 200

pounds per acre on wheat, corn, and

oats.

element is in adequate supply on this

farm to grow maximum crops, so none

is added. -


The crop program practiced, is to

put the stable manure on the legumes.

Marl is added at the barn and spread

on the land with the manure. This

adds humus and fertility and keeps

the soil sweet. Clover is plowed un-

der where the ‘soil needs extra fertil-

ity. The next year this legume land

is planted to corn or potatoes. Two

hundred pounds of the twenty per cent

acid phosphate is added. The third

year the land goes into oats with a

similar application of acid phosphate.

In the fall the land is seeded to wheat,

with still another treatment of acid

phosphate. This is then seeded to a


How the Seed Corn is Stored.


legume crop and the rotation repeated.


The dairy is a major factor in the

business of Bostwick Farm. The cream

is sold to the sanitarium at Battle

Creek. A ﬁne herd of Guernsey cattle

and these are

housed in an up-to-date dairy barn.

Here everything is provided for the

production of a sanitary product with

the minimum of labor. Electric lights

and electric power are provided Wher-

ever they will aid in facilitating work.

Cement ﬂoors and mangers, steel

stanchions, an abundance of light, run-

ning water, and a well-appointed dairy

room gives eﬂiciency to labor.


The cows are fed a liberal ration.

The grain portion consists usually of

ground corn, oats, bran, oil meal and

buckwheat mixed in about equal pro-

portions.

ceive alfalfa hay and corn silage. The

barns are thoroughly cleaned and the

manure is hauled to the ﬁeld daily.

As a result of this practice, all the fer-

tilizing elements in the manure is sav-

ed a‘nd in summer there are few ﬁles

about the premises. ' -


Model poultry buildings house sev-

eral hundred White Leghorn hens.

Hens are proﬁtable when properly car-

ed for, stated Mr. Arbogast. He has

been able to increase winter preduc-

tion of eggs through the use of elec‘

tric lights. 'These are turned on at

four in the morning, which gives the

hens a long day to exercise,.eat,~ and


gathered» in a heavy litter of straw,


{ d ezrminerel; ration; . Qodill-wer w .is


.‘ _.


(Continued from again)


As to potash, he ﬁnds‘that the'


For roughage the cows re- .


lay. The birds are fed a. regular lay- ,

ing mash, together with a scratch .feed »


also prayided. The" ' ear of the cache

is of concrete which has received t‘wo

Coatstof‘ asphalt paint. Mrs. Arbogast,

who "tyres an active part in the whole

farm‘prog'ra'm, has given special atten-

tion to the \marketing of the eggs.

which are sold to private customers.

The eggs are shipped in metal cartons.


'Hogs'are' kept, to consume the corn

Sorted from the pedigreed seed. Nine

brood'sows furnish the pigs to carry

on this line of production. The usual

methods of handling the' swine and

providing sanitary conditions on the

best farms, are followed here.


The power for ﬁeldwork consists of

a tractor and twelve work horses. The

horses are'driven in four-horse teams

whenever possible. The ﬁelds- are

large, making it possible to use this

power economically“ .


Another important division on thi

farm porgram is the production of ped-

igreed grains. Chief among these is

com. A good seed corn house has

been equipped. This has been arrang-

ed ,to give good ventilation. A fur-

nace has been installed to properly dry

the corn and to furnish heat during

the winter when germinating tests are

carried on. About 800 bushels of ex-

cellent seed was taken from the 1926

crop. This was gotten up in good

shape and will be carefully tested be-

fore it is time to ship. The accompany-

ing picture shows the method used to

store the corn in this building.


The Arbogasts, having once enjoyed

the advantage of conveniences in a.

city home, decided not to dispense

with them when they came to the

farm. Accordingly, they set about the

task of remodeling an old farm house

to include serviceable steam furnace,

running water, a ﬁne bath room, a gas

stove, iceless refrigerator, electric ﬂat

iron and ironer, automatic electric

pump, electric lights, toaster, vacuum

cleaner, and all those other electrical

helps that may be installed once elec«

tric current is made available. The

kitchen in this home impressed the

writer as a model for convenience and

equipment. In all, it is doubtful wheth.

er more of comfort and satisfaction

could have been secured in planning a

new home, than has been provided in

this remodeled structure.


It may be on account of their con-7


tact with Mr. Edison, but the Arbo-

gasts believe strongly in the use of

electricity on the farm. In a number

of matters ”costs and proﬁts have been

worked out, showing the advantage

that a farmer and his wife may secure

frdm the extensive use of electrical

current in the home and about the

farm premises.


The buildings are kept in good con-

dition. Foundations, walls, and roofs

have been given regular attention.

Paint has not been stinted. The gen-

eral grouping of the barns and other»

out-buildings makes for ‘convenience

of work as well as for ﬁre portection.


But the' interests of the Arbogasts

extend beyond the business of making

a living from the farm. Two boys,

James ﬁfteen, and John ten, play a big

part in the interests of the family. Be-

sides a. ﬁne library, there is provided

on the second ﬂoor of the home, a.

work shop. Here the boys spend

many happy hours in the construction

and repairing of radios, in which all

are interested, and in doing other me-

chanical work in which boys delight.


The family is active inthe grange,

Mr. Arbogast being Master of the local

subordinate. He is also a member of

the lwal Farm Bureau cooperative as-

sociation, and is vice-presidentvof the

Michigan Crop Improvement Associa-

tion. They also take part in the activ-


ities of the local church. James, as a. .

sophomore in. the ,Union City High,

School... has. evidenced capacity 8.813: '


beholergapd . gained - honor as

.rvaulter. - John is ﬁfth.

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ers of


‘. with the possible exception of-

those on the Paciﬁc Coast, appreciate


the possibilities of the pear as a splen-

did addition to our late fall and winter

The average person in this

country does not think of eating pears

after Bartlett, Seekel ‘or Bosc have

gone out of season. On the other hand,

the people of France, Belgium, and

other European countries regard the

pear much more highly as a fall and

winter fruit than they do the apple.

, The Base, Conference, Anjou, Dana

Hovey, and Winter Nelis constitute a

succession of very ﬁne pears that will

keep the home well supplied with de-

liciousfruit from late in the fall until

late winter. The Bosc is well known

among pear producers and consumers.


1W W535 m7] Lengt/zen t/ze Searon

By’ Stanley Johnston


The Dana Hovey is a delicious little

dessert pear, ripening late in Novem-

ber and keeping six to eight weeks, or

even longer, in ordinary storage, It

resembles Seckel somewhat, and has

been called “Winter Seckel." For a

fruit of wonderful quality during the

Christmas and New Year season it

cannot be surpassed. The fruits aver-

age slightly larger than those of Seck—

el. A rich, golden color overlaid with

russet, adds much to the attractive-

ness of the'fruit.


The reputation of being an unreli-

able cropper has always injured the

standing of the Anjou pear, although

otherwise it is a splendid variety. As

an early winter pear, either for com-

mercial markets or for home use, it is

one of the best. The fruit is so at-

tractive in all respects, particularly


The Conference is 'a High-quality Pear which Promises to Become a Good


Market


The fruit merits unqualiﬁed praise.

The pear at once attracts attention on

account of its beautiful golden-russet

color; the long, tapering, symmetrical

neck, and, once it has been tasted, the

unusually ﬁne quality. It is to be re-

gretted that the ﬁne qualities of the

fruit are not likewise entirely shared

_by the tree. It is neceSSary to top-

graft or double-work this variety, due

to its creoked, straggling habit of

growth. Slowness in cOming into hear-

ing, together With a tendency toward

irregularlproduction, are also undesir-

able features of the Bose.


Among the many pear varieties be-

ing tested by the Michigan EXperiment

Station, one, the Conference, has made

an unusually favorable impression.

This variety is one of.the standard

pear varieties of England, where it is

grown extensiVely for the fresh fruit

market and for canning. After a num-

ber of years on probation, it seems to

be worthy of more extensiVe trial

among commercial pear growers and

amateur gardeners. Its season is

In coin-

mon storage it can be kept until late

in November,_in cold storage much lat-

er. The fruit is quite large and is

shaped somewhat similar to the Bose,

although the neck is not so pronounc-

ed. In color alone the Conference falls

somewhat short of its other splendid

characteristics, the color being a green-

ish-Russet. However, -when ripe


'. enough to eat the fruit is very attrac-

*tive.


As to quality, the Conference,

when“ properly ripened, is the superior

of any of our commercial varieties.

The tree of this variety is fortunate


. , in having about as many good points

, as the fruit. It is medium in size,- very


‘ productive, and it enjoys more than


the average resistance to blight": The-

" l hcing


Variety.


with regard to quality and season, that

it should be grown in a small way, if

possible, fer home use.


The Winter Nelis is undoubtedly the

king of winter pears. Rather serious

faults of both tree and fruit are so

overbalanced by splendid virtues, that

the variety is assured a pro-eminent

position. The chief fault of the fruit

is its tendency to run small in» size, a

condition that can be largely overcome

by proper growing and thinning. The

fruits are large enough, however, for

dessert purposes, and when‘ they are

placed on the breakfast table the pears

vanish like snow before a warm sun.

The ﬂesh is tender, very juicy, sweet,

and with a pleasing aromatic ﬂavor.

The season in ordinary storage is very

long, lasting from Christmas until

March. In cold storage the pears can

be kept much longer. Like the Bose,

the Winter Nelis makes a very poor

tree, unless it is top-grafted, in which

case it grows vigorously, is very pm-

ductive, and is fairly resistant to the

blight. ’


Two other ﬁne winter pears, Doy-

enne Du Comice and Easter Beurre,

are only at home on the Paciﬁc Coast.

Apparently, the climatic conditions in.

the middle west and cast are not suit-

able for these two varieties. Where

they are adapted they are. important

varieties for the commercial trade and

for home use. Neither variety, how-

ever, is'essential to the pear fancier in

the middle west or east, as the Con-

ference and Bose mature during the

same season as the Comice, while the

Winter Nelis admirably ﬁlls the sea-

son at which the Easter is at its best.


The admirer of ﬁne fruits, especially


ﬁne pears, should obtain scions of at

least the Bose, Conference, Dana Hev-' 5

’cy, and Winter Nelis, and graft them

.. into some other pear trees in the or»


chard or garden. He would be Well


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Father and daughter had joint deed

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joint tenants with the right of surviv-

orship and not as tenants in common.

Father died. Do I have to have the

property probated and all brothers and

sisters sign off before I can give a

clear title to the property ?—C. G.


The conveyance being to the father

and daughter as joint tenants with

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entirely to the survivor upon the death

of the other, by virtue of the original

conveyance and without any probate

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CONTRACT FOR FRUIT TREES.


If B. should sign a contract for some

fruit trees and afterwards, wishing to

exchange farms, he writes to the fruit

agent informing him that he did not

want the trees. as the farm he was

going to get contained plenty of fruit,

and the agent does not answer B.’s let—

ter, can the agent hold B. for the fruit

trees and make him pay for it.?——A

Reader.


If a contract means anything, neith-

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informing the other that he does not

care to perform it, and, on the other

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to acknowledge any such notice.—

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PICKING GOOSE FEATHERS.


I have been raising geese for feath—

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law to pick tlie‘feathers while the

geese are alive. Is this true?——E. F.


We are unable to ﬁnd any provision

in‘ the statutes. and do not believe

there is any.—-—Rood.


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I sold a certain party a horse and

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months after the note was past due,

the bank notiﬁed me to come and pay

it. The horse is dead. Can they make

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The endorser of the note is undoubt-

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test and notice in making the endorse—


men’s—Rood.


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thing, including live stock and tools,

are furnished on a farm. What is the

share generally .given for work, one-

third or one-half .of income?~—E. B.


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small allowance for the support of the

widow and children during adminis-

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children, if any, and if not, to the

father and mother, and if none, to the

brothers and sisters and their issue.

There is no deﬁnite rule as to the

division of crops in working farms on

shares, each case differs so much in

its circumstances—Rood.


WIFE’S SHARE.


I am the second wife to a man with

married children, and so, in case of

death of either, does the other get the

household goods, of which we both

had a large amount?—rM. E. T.


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any will that he may make, and of his

real property she is entitled to one-

third of the land, and possession of

the homestead.


DEBTOR’S EXEMPTION.


I hold a note for $286 against a man

and wife. They both signed it. What

does the law allow them in this case?

They have eighty sheep; four cows;

two horses; one wagon; one mower;

and horse; one rake; 100 hens; about

forty turkeys, and some geese. They

own 340 acres of land, but the Federal

Land Bank has a $3,800 mortgage

against it. Could I take grain or hay

by law if they have more than they

need? They have a Ford truck worth

$300. Could I take that?—J. E. H.


The wife is not liable on a note giv-

en for her husband’s debts, even

though she signed with her husband.

The husband is entitled, as exempt

from execution, to two cows, a team

of horses, ten sheep and their ﬂeeces,

implements and tools to the value of

$250, all poultry, and a homestead not

exceeding forty acres to the value of

$1,500 above the amount of the mort-

gage. The Ford truck is not exempt.

The debtor is also entitled to hay and

grain sufﬁcient to feed his exempt an-

imals for six months,. and is also en-

titled to feed for him and family for

six months—Rood.


THRILLING EXPERIENCE CON-

TEST.


(Continued from page 280).

The Cow Tail Derby.


The job I dreaded most was to go

after the cows. During the old days

folks fenced to keep the cattle out, not

to keep them in. People turned the

stock out in the road after milking in

the morning, and the cattle were free

to roam the woods and swamps as

they willed. Just about sundown I

was supposed to sally forth and bring

home the cows.

them in a huge slashing which had

grown up to briars and ﬁre weeds un-

til it was impossible to see more than

a rod, and only the cattle knew the

way out. '


That summer a panther came to

make his home in the big woods across

the road. He had been seen a few

times by men, and a. few times I had

heard his infernal screeching at night.

Going after the cows became a daily

nightmare, as I imagined that panther

(we called it painter) in every clump

of brush, waiting to dine on minister’s

son, and I said more prayers that sum-

mer than ever before or since.


This time I did not ﬁnd the cows

until almost dark. We threaded the

maze bf brush and emerged into the

road a mile from home. Down' the

road we went, with ‘me bringing up

the rear, armed ‘with a long, bliie

beech gad. We had reached the cor-


ner of the home farm a half mile from-


the barn, when suddenly an immense

cat bounded into the road just behind

me. Great jumping grasshoppers, talk

about thrills! I grabbed the old cow’s


tail with one hand and brought down4


the gad with the other, while I let out

the most heart stirring scree-ches ever

yipped. The cow must have smelled

the painter, too, because she lit out as

she had not ran since her calfhobd

days. Down the road we ﬂew—Whack,

whack, went the gad; thirty feet at a.

time ﬂew my bare feet eyer the hard


road, touching only the highest of the "


high spots. I felt that panther’s teeth

fasten on the seat of my pants at

every jump. ” ‘


“You didn’t get much milk tonigiit,

Louis, what is the matter? ' Did you

run the cows ?” ‘


I generally found.


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T. Tokowami, president of the

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erey team Was led'vby Thomas Hitchcock, ‘America’s best player. Empress


Mail carriers in rural districts of England have

a hard time when they contend with snow

storms while riding their bicycles.


Belgian


The cousin and the wife of the


deposed Chinese Emperor in

their Manchu state robes.


The Germans celebrated on January 18, the ﬁfty—seventh anniver-

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the Castle of Versailles in 1871.


occurred in


T. V. Soong, Harvard graduate, is

minister of ﬁnance of the Can-


ton, China, government.


_' The famous Midwickh‘.“_BigTFou1-” lost‘to the Monterey Cardinals . The funeral cortege of Empress Carlotta, wife of’Maxmillian. once,

‘ during the Paciﬁc Coast polo championship contest. The Mont— Emperortof Mexico, was viewed by King Albert of Belgium The, ‘

has lived in Belgium since Mexico became a Republic},


u by Underwood} Wood. New rut.
“they. went into the Insulate ‘ .

Bill looked at me and I look-


died at him as we sat there on our sleds.


gin the shadow of the sleigh. Then we

,unl'moked and started home.


' “Can you beat it?” I ﬁnally asked.


, “Speck, ” he panted, for he was that

' excited, “there is more in- this than

meets the eye.”


“There s quite ’a bit met the eye and.


ear already," I said. “Pretending to

be cousins when he didn’t even know

her name. What'are they up to?”


"it is as plain as your nose Jim

, never saw her before."


“The poor ﬁsh fell quick and hard

£01 her, then.” .


“Well, she is the berries for looks.”


“And for headwork,” I pointed out.

“Be": ore you could wink, she had Jim

all tied up. "


‘ {'2- was his own fault. All the same,

tied up is right. W'hatever she has

up her sleeve, Jim is already what the

lawyers call an accessory to the act.”


“ile’s a goat,” I said.


“He’s a hooked ﬁsh,” Bill said.


“But what can she have up her

sleeve? If she’s a thief, what is there

here for her to steal? If she’s a mur-

derer, who can she be after?”


“Ivory .dome,” Bill sniffed. “Don’t

you see she has already done some-

thing and is running away ?”


"How do you know?” I asked, for,

in spite of myself, I was on the girl’s

sidle.


“Oh, how does anybody know any-

thing?”


“:‘ome people do.n’t”


“So I’ve noticed. But never mind.

Knowing what we do about it, it’s pie

to see that she is the One Mel had or-

ders to arrest.”


V,ell maybe.”


“The police aren’t after people who

hav en’t done something, are they?”


“They may suspect her.”


“Well, if she has 1un away just be-

can. e she is suspected, it’s proof she

has done some crime. What?"


That was a good line of reasoning,

all right Bill’s think clock was tick-

ing as usual.


“So,” I asked. “you think that she

has come down here to hide from

Something ?”


“You’ve said it.”


“But no all wool crook would buy a

ticket the way she did, as the depot

master said.”


Bill just shrugged his shoulders. Af-

ter a while I said, “W’e ought to tell

Mel about this.”


“Tell your Aunt Emma!” Bill spun

around on me. "Just as we geta mys-

tery case going, you want to up and

squeal. Suppose you do it, when the

case comes to court you’ll look more

like thirty cents than three dimes.

When the judge says to you, "On what


_ grounds do you accuse this woman of

being a crook?” you’ll answer, ‘Be-

cause I heard Jim Bell ask her what

her name was.’ That will sound rea—

sonable, now won’t it? They’ll take

you for a nice, bright boy. Then you’ll

say, ‘But Jim pretended to be her cous-

in and he didn’t know who she was.’


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And Jim.- will. lie, because his halove

with her and has got to lie m that

he has game this far, and his word


will look as good as yours and better.


because you have already shown your-

self to be a half-witted—"


“Turn your switch,” I cut in, “or I’ll

sock you one-on the jaw. Just because


you are a. not on detective cases and”


are afraid rn weer this one for you


didn’t damage his works any. The

next day he was Show: again.

even to the extent of gm; to church

on his own hook, for um and the

girl were wise they would be there

and make a solid Expression the ﬁrst.

thing. They were on deck, singing

out of the same hymn book when we

went in, and if she acted a little ner~

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There on Her Knees on the Parlor Floor was Miss Dirkin, Examining the

Piano Legs and Shooting Glances Over Her Shoulder at the Door.


is no excuse for handing me such talk

I’ll keep it under my hat for a while,

but don’t think I am so soft that I

don’t know that the police would like

to hear what we have found out.”


“That makes the mystery all the

more valuable,” he put in.


“And another thing,” I went on, “I

didn’t say I was going to squeal. I

said, we ought to. There is a big dif-

ference between doing what you do

and doing what you ought to. do. I

guess you know that if anybody does.

I wouldn’t make trouble for Jim, and

you know it.”


“Oh, sure, Speck,” he pulled in his

horns. “I only thought—-—”


“You thought you could bullyrag me

into keeping still so you could work

on the case. Work on it, but get this

between your ears, I’m keeping quiet

for Jim’s sake and not because I am

afraid of you. You can talk the tail

of! a brass monkey, but you don’t bluff

me, and I don’ t mean maybe, William.


“Rooty toot!” said Bill, and. that was

all he said.


So that was that, and we went home

and gave Scotty his supper.


Bill was peeved for a while because

I told him where to head in, but it


to be wondered at. After meeting, Jim

introduced her right and left as his

cousin, Miss Dirkin, and he let drop

the fact that she was scouting around

to see what the prospects were of get-

ting a class of piano scholars. “If Mel

doesn’t interfere," he added, and every-

one laughed for, of course, it was all

over town that Mel had tried to arrest

her.


SO itwas that Miss Dirkin slipped

into town as smoothly as a duck

into a pond, and only that marvelous

pair of boy sleuths had the ghOst of

an idea that she was not according to

Hoyle. Of course, Jim knew better.

And he was the last person in the

world to shield a crook. On the other

hand, if you have read much about


"'knights of old with hearts so bold”


and all that, you know that a real he-

man doesn’t stop to ask questions

when he sees a dame in trouble, but

just sails in and pulls her out. Then,

like as not, he learns that she deserv-

ed what she was getting and that he

has got in Dutch for his pains. But

there is no backing out when he gets

that far; he has got to call the rest

of the world a liar and then try to


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Well, and M Whips, yet, on the

other mm Melton-glad himself up

with a suspicious character who might

or might not be worth the candle.

The chances were she would not be.

for he must know that she had a mys-

terious hen setting or she wonld not

have allowed him, a stranger, to pre-

tend to be her cousin. He. could not

help knowing that she had not come to

town especially to teach music.


Right there was where our reason-

ing began to. leak- We- had a case all

built up against her, based on the fact

that she was not a music teacherand

then, within the next couple of days,

we learned that she was. She had a

complete outﬁt of music books and,

what was more, she could play the

thing in Betsy Taber’s boarding heuse

parlor so that it didn’t sound, as it

always had before, like a tin peddler‘s

cart falling down stairs. So, as Jim

had known that the town was panting

for a piano teacher as the hind pant-

eth for a rock in a weary land, as the

parson says, what reason was there

for supposing that she had come for

anything except to teach music?


And very soon she began to teach it.

First, the deacon's wife had. her down

to the house. for a try-out and the same

day passed the. word that she was

modern. I suppose any stranger look-

ed that way to Mrs. Brown after living

with antiques like herself and the dea—

con. If Methuselah had- happened down

the pike she would have said he was

modern.


One night after school Bill and I

ambled over to the Browns on an er-

rand for Ma and took Scotty along to

get acquainted with Rupert’s dog Zip.

It happened that Miss Dirki-n was giv-

ing Rupert a lesson and from the

kitchen we could see him “putting his

soul into his ﬁngers,” as Mrs. Brown

said, but, judging. by the sound, his

soul was pretty wahbly that day. Zip

and Scotty got along well and then,

of a sudden the Browns’ cat showed

up. She had kittens out in the barn

and dove for the pup the minute she

saw him. During the ﬁrst two sec-

onds they went around the room forty-

three times, upset three chairs and

backed Mrs. Brown into the pantry,

where she tipped over a pan of milk

and put her elbow through a window.

Then Rape-rt rushed out of the front


'room, thinking Zip might mix up in it,


and behind him Miss Dirkin slammed

the door and shoved a chair and sofa

against it to keep out the merry-go-

round. Just 'then Bill shied a stove

hook at the cat and hit Rupert on the

shins and at the bowl he let out, his

mother‘spun around, slipped and sat

down kersplash in the pool of milk.

Things were moving nicely and might

have been interesting if Rupert hadn’t


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1' 1 ,to see what had become of the pup, I.

Jumped up on the sawdust. banking and

.to steady myself, for it was slippery,

caught hold of the parlor window sill. '


That swung me around a little so that

to catch my balance I had to fake the

parl.or There, on her knees on the

parlor ﬂoor, was Miss Dirkin examin-

ing the piano legs and shooting

glances over her shoulder at the door.


‘ CHAPTER VI.


S HE was looking at one of the piano


legs in particular, but when my

shadow fell on the carpet she slowly

picked up a pencil that lay on the ﬂoor

and then stood up, as though the pen-

cil was what she had been down there

for. Then, pretending to see me for

the ﬁrst time, she turned around and

smiled, pulled the chair and sofa from

against the door and went out. Wheth-

er Or not Rupert ﬁnished his. lesson I

don’t know, for considering how our

pup had sort of upset things in the

house we moved away from there.


,When we got home and found Scotty

the1e, not hurt but scared within an

inch of his life, I told Bill what I had

seen.


“What” I wanted to know, “in the

name of fried ﬁsh was she trying to

do with that piano leg?”


And Bill wanted to know, “What in

the name of ossiﬁed oysters is she do-

ing in.this town anyway?”


L was neVer much at Sherlocking,

but I said, “Maybe she is trying to

ﬁnd the leg Fitzhugh, the fake claim

agent, took away.”


“But remember,” Bill pointed out,

“he didn’t take the one he thought he

was taking. Is she looking for the 'one

he thought he took or the one he

took? And does she’ know that he

took one? And if she does, does she

think he took the one he didn’t want

and left the one he wanted, or does

she think he took the other one and


. left that one?”


“Suffering jackrabbits,” I said. "How

do I know about what she knows or

thinks she knows about the one he

took and thought he left it where the


one he didn’t take was because the one -


he took wasn’t where she thought he

thought it was when the took the oth-

er one? What difference does it

make?” ‘


“Why, the leg he took is on Rupert’s

piano and the one he thought he took

is on Julie’s”,


“What of it? You don’t think that


Fitzhugh and Miss Dirkin have really


set out to steal a piano leg?”


“If he didn’t swipe one, what do you

call it? And she is beginning to show

signs of the same thing.”


“But a piano leg, Bill?”


“Why not?”


“And why?”


“I don’t know. It’s mysterious all

right, but that makes it all the more

fun. ,Great stuff, Speck! It’ll pay to

watch this rat hole.”


True enough, still, even when you

know there is a rat in a hole the


'watching gets tiresome after a while.


'Aside from herinterest in piano legs

Miss Dirkin' was as peaceful a citizen


,as you~could ﬁnd in seven counties;


She went about her business of giving

music lessons, and the rest of the time


stayed quietly at Betsy Taber’s board‘


ing "house, a good share of it 111' the

Except for

Bill and I, who were mum, everybody

fell for that cousin. bunk, yet if they


.had exercised their brains on what

Ltheir eyes saw they might have known

:better.


If Jim had been only a rela-

tive would he have hired a rig and

:‘bdken her sleigh riding every now and

then? Would he have dropped a pall


soft and pious as sweet oil dripping

on the family Bible? Not so you’d no-


tied it. Cousins aren’t built that way. '


B EING a girl she didn’t object to

_ all that ﬂapdoodle. No; she didn’t

give Jim the gate, but whether she

had txiken a shine to him or whether

she was only taming him‘ for future

use we couldn’t tell. And it worried

us, foriwe liked Jim. He was a good,

egg. Still, it was his funeral for he

was of age and his eyesight was good.

Perhaps if his sight had'been poor he

wouldn’t have got in so deep, for Miss

Dirkin was easy to lookat, as the say-

ing is. But, as the days went by, it

seemed to me that she lost some of

her pep. Her color was less, and as

she wasn’t one of the hand- painted

kind it couldn’t have been due to a.

shertage of decorations. Especially

one day as she stood in the post ofﬁce

reading a letter, she was almost as

white as the paper it was written on.

And the next day there were dark cir-

cles under her eyes, and she looked


. worried the way aperson does When


their sister-in-law and the children are

coming to spend the month of August.

I was willing to bet a high hat, and

Bill agreed with me, that there was

something on her mind beside piano

lessons and Jim Bell.


It wasn’t so very long after that that

we had our great and glorious Village

Improvement Society bazaar. The im-

plovement Society is composedof our

“prominent citizens” who agree to

give a dollar a year and ﬁfty thousand

barrels of hot air apiece toward the

support of the outﬁt. The trouble is

that only a few give the money, but

all are on hand with the hot air so

that the treasury, nOt being built like

a balloon, is always low. That year

they wanted to plant some trees and

lay out ﬂower beds in the park, and

as long as people wouldn’t give the

money they decided to take it away

from them at a bazaar. So they got

out some posters and went at it. Ev-

eryone bought tickets on a barrel of

ﬂour and set of dishes and a' dozen

other things, knowing well enough

they would get nothing eXcept the sat-

isfaction of losing their money. in a

good cause. . The deacon wasn’t quite


sure that such a thing was moral; but'


he fell in line when they decided to

give a chicken pie supper at the same


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'ten cents,


For two days 111116111 the show our

prominent citizens hammered and or.


rated and sawed and argued‘and- trim-

_med~ and argued and decorated and ar‘--


gued in the-old toWn hall. One side


of it was made into a shooting gallery. .


0n the stage was an evergreen harp

for the orchestra to sit in, a pretty

enough idea, though when it was done

the harp had a family resemblance to

a chicken coop. The rest of the space

around the walls was taken up by

booths and the center ﬂoor space was

for the supper tables, which later

would be removed to make room for

dancing. The deacon didn’t approve of

that either, but was outvoted by the

other members of the committee.


All set. After school a bunch of us

kids were meandering around the place

when Tilly Bowers hailed Bill and me

to help her with her booth. She was

to be a fortune teller and across one

corner of the room was built an ever-


green frame on which was stretched '


a. piece of cloth about the size of a

The cloth was black and on it

were pasted yellow stars and a full

moon, making it look, more or less.

like the sky at night. The idea was

for a person to stick his hand, holding

into the moon’s mouth.

which was a slit in the cloth, and

Tilly, on the inside, would take the

money, read his palm and tell his for-

tune in a loud voice.


“Come in here and lend a hand,” she

said. Which we were willing to do, for

she was a good sort, about eighteen

years old. And when inside, shevwhis-

pered, “You kids want a job?”


We said it depended.


“I’ll give you a dollar apiece to run

this booth from eight to nine tonight

and keep mum.”


HAT was easy to see through.


“That fellow coming over from

East Hillbrook to go sleigh riding to-

night?” I asked. Her folks didn’t want

her to go with him so it didn’t take a

very smart person to see that she was

planning to slip out for a ride while

pa and ma thought she was telling

fortunes.


“None of your business about that,”

she snapped. “Do you want a job or

don’t you?”


‘ “What we got to do?” Bill inquired


' before signing up.


“You sit in here and when anybody

sticks their ﬁst through the moon be

sure there’s a dime in it, put the mon-


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out the place for this booth. Part

it is the side door. Locks on the

side, dark on the outside. At eight

o’clock you rap on the door, I open it,

you come in, I slip out. At nine o’clock

I’ll be back and you let me in when I“

rap. Here’s your money.’ '

“Hope you have a good sleigh ride, ”

I said. '


“If you kids ever squeal on me I’ll

be in an awful hole.”


We agreed to keep locked.


“The feller is all right,” Tilly went 1' ‘

on, “only the old folks don’t like him.

But I got to see him once in a while,

ain’t I?” .


“Youth is youth,” Bill spread out his

hands preacher—fashion. “Go, my child,

where they love listeth and trust the

rest to us. Thanks for the dough. See

you later.”


That East Hillbrook guy must have

been a fancy article if Tillie was will-

ing to pay us two dollars an hour, for

his company. She probably thought

he was, for a few months later they

ran away and were married.


But to get back to the main road.

Bill and I took in the chicken pie sup-

per, that is, we took it in as long as

we could swallow, then we fooled

around until eight o’clock'when we

wandered out and up to the side door.

At the ﬁrst rap Tilly let us in, then


tell about in stories, and we locked

the door after her. To get the hang

of it we had her tell our fortunes ,

earlier in the evening, and learned

that half the fun was spoiled by the

fortune teller not knowing whose palm

was being read, so when we took over

the business I cut a peek hole, just ,a

slit, in the curtain so I could tell Bill

whose fortune he was digging out. For,

of course, ,he wanted to be the fortune

teller, which suited me, for it was '

more fun to watch the people through

the hole than to sit back in the dark.‘


Though everyone supposed it was ,

Tilly’s high sing-song voice they heard

behind the curtain, I honestly believe

some people believed the bunk Bill

dished out to them that night. For in-

stance. after running his ﬁngers over

Mrs. Caleb Howes’ palm, he told her

that one very near and dear to her

would be taken suddenly from her un-

less she watched out. “That means‘

you, Caleb,” she cried, pulling her hand

back out of the moon. “I just know it

does. I must take good care of you.” .

And. sure as shooting, that night when

he happened to cough a couple 01"

times, in his sleep she woke him up,

gave him hot ginger'tea, half a box

of cold tablets and greased his lungs '1

with lard and red pepper. She said ‘ 1‘;

she had staved off pneumonia and sav- '

ed his life, and he said—but never'

.mind what he said.


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Our Weekly ,3


again. “Use not your freedom fer

an occasion to the ﬂesh," cries

Paul, in this week’s lesson. What is

freedom? Who is free? There are


satisfactory answers. In our day a.

certain class is declaring loudly that

freedom means, doing what you want

to do; “living your own life,” it is

called. The indulgence of the appe-

tites and passions, the satisfying of

physical desires.

long before Christ, taught more wisely

than this. They knew that freedom

does not come that ‘Way. That is

license, and ends in dissatisfaction. It

destroys self control, and takes away

the strong sense of duty, the founda-

tion of any lasting character. Temper-

ance, said the an-

cients, is the only

way out. Self con-

trol, \self disci-

pline. Be hard on


yourself. Compel

yourself to mind

yourself.


Jesus taught an-

other and a bet-

ter way. Disci-

pline, the willingness to endure hard-

ness, is necessary. But on top of that

get the inner spirit or love;' let the

Spirit of God dwell within you, the

spirit of life, love, hope, faith, the

spirit which‘ man cannot give, but

which God can. Let this rule the life,

and one comes to have the highest

form of freedom, namely, spiritual

freedom. This has been the experi-

ence of thousands, and they testify to

the satisfying nature of this kind of

freedom. Paul himself was an exam-

ple. He worked very hard to over-

throw the teaching of Jesus, because

he felt he ought to do so. Then came

his great experience on the Damascus

road, and he submitted to the will of

God. A new spirit came into him. He

was different from that time onward.

The American business man, Mr. Ca.—

bot, is another good example. Discour-

aged in mind and broken in health, he

sought God, found Him, and a wonder-

ful transformation took place, extend-

ing even to his health. Get his book,

“Except ye be Born Again,” and read

it. “Walk by the spirit,” says Paul.

“Walk by the spirit,” says Cabot. That

is the highest freedom. ’


Ponder that fearful list, “the works

of the ﬂesh.” Let us read it over in

Goodspe‘ed’s new translation of the

New Testament: “The things our phy-

sical nature does are clear enough——

immorality, impurity, licentiousness,

idolatry, sorcery, enmity, quarreling,

jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension,

party-spirit, envy, drunkenness, carous-

ing, and the like.” Contrast the ,“fruit”

of the Spirit, not the works of the

Spirit. The fruit grows on'the tree of

the inner life. “Love, joy, peace, pa-

tience, kindness, goodness, faithful-

ness, gentleness, self control.” The

appetite that is causing the most ar-

gument and trouble now, is the wet

appetite. - Many folk believe they will


they want. The experience of the past

does notseem to satisfy them. One

would infer that the Garden of Eden

would be restored if only we could all

bathe in rivers of liquor.


That prohibition is prohibiting,” in

spite of its enemies, is evident from

facts that come tolight every once in

a while. From the London Times we

learn that Mr. James Risk, manager of

the 'Scottish Malt Distillers’ Company,


is half what it was in 1913. ”It had

been found necessary, said Mr. Risk.

to dismantle the distilling plant at the


T is the old question of freedom ,

freedom 'cannOt be eScaped. There s,

no freedom of any kind to many peb- ”

ple, who became the victims of drink. ' '


many answers to this, but only a feW_


But the old Greeks, ‘


be free if they can have all the liquor '


Says that the consumption of whiskey ,-


They cannot aspire to anything good

and ennobling. The serpent of appe-

tite kills the best in their natures, and

taints every good impulse. One might

as well invite a. man with cancer or

the stomach to Christmas dinner.


The teachings of the New Testa-


ment, whether of Jesus, Paul, or any

of the other writers, are‘ lofty. They


must be worked at.- No one ever

saunters into righteousness with his

hands in his pockets, and a I-guessJ-

will—I-guess-I-won’t attitude.»


freedom that few of us have, to the

full.

we have not attained. Beautiful as the

aurora borealis, it also often seems as

far away. But what is the use ofla.

religion easy of attainment?


“A man’s reach should exceed his

grasp, or what’s\a heaven fo'r?”."


To live in a community Where every--


one made the right choices would be

heaven, would it not? And to learn

right choice is an art only arrived at

in daily living in this work-a-day

world People have tried “the virtues

of colonies many timesr—com‘nies

where a group would retire from the

world, to specialist in righteousness,


-.and to escape the pollution of an im-


perfect wo-rld. But this plan invari-

ably disappoints. There must be the

give and take of every—day existence,


its, trials, disappointments and victor?


ies. Christ did not live. in a secluded

colony, neither did Paul norl Peter.


After all, it is a good world in which


to acquire character.


SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

FEBRUARY 27.


SUBJECT: —-Making the Community

Christian. (Temperance Lesson).

Galatians 5: 13 to 25.


GOLDEN TEXT: —Have no fellowship

with the unfruitful works of dark-

gigs, but rather reprove them. Eph.


SUNDAY AFTERNOON CHATS FOR

LI ITTLE FOLKS.


IDDEN away in one of the books

of the Old Testament, which con-


‘ tains so many chapters of hard .

names to pronounce, that we do not


read it very often, is a very beautiful

little story. It is but one of the many


fascinating stories about a certain ‘


great King of the Hebrews.


He was hiding from his enemies in

a cave, and many men who knew how

brave he was and believed in him, had

gathered round him, so that he had

about four hundred followers. ' Thirty

of them were so brave and strong

that they Were called “mighty men."

Their wonderful deeds are told in this

same book. ,


The powerful enemy, the Philis-

tines, were holding the town of Beth-

lehem, which had been the boyhood

home of this King. One day when

he was discouraged and probably hot

and thirsty, he said, “How I wish I

could have a drink of the water from

the well that is beside the gate or

Bethlehem!” This was the well from

which he had drunk as a boy. These

three men overheard this wish. They

made their way through the army of

the Philistines, drew a vessel of wa-

ter from the well and then fought


their way back through their enemies.


But when they brought the water

to David, he would not drink it, but

poured it out upon the ground; saying,

“This water was bought by the blood

of three brave men. I will not drink

it; but I will pour it out as an offer-

ing to the Lord, for it 18 Sacred. ” -


Do you know ' your Bible well

enough to ﬁnd this story in it? Next

week we will tell you where to ﬁnd it.


The answcr to last week's chat was .-i


Peter: Acts 10: 9-18. ~

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T éey Leave Marty Possiéz/ztzes 172 Our Modem Home:


HOSE fortunate enough to have

heirloom treasures are bringing

them forth in these modern

times and proudly making use of them

in approved ways. Sometimes these

old-time treasures need restoring, and

even when they are restored, there is

an appropriateness and dignity in their

use not to be overlooked.

For instance, it is not ﬁtting to gild

the little wooden chair in which Grand-

mother sat in her shining kitchen to


peel the potatoes, and place it in a"


formal drawing room. That is placing

the honest chair in an embarrassing

pesition that is not warranted. But

the same chair may be suitably reﬁn-

ished, a cushion of bright chintz made

for it, and used wherever sturdy, prac-

tical furniture is in order. _


There are a good many ﬁne Paisley

and India shawls stored away which

are treasures of yesterday. It is wise

to look these over from time to time,

and to air and sun them, for the dark,

rich reds and terra cottas are favorite

foods of the voracious moth.


To cut a Paisley shawl up to make

some little garment of the season’s

mode, is like taking a sheet to make

, a night cap. If the Paisley shawl is

injured beyond repair, then by all

means use'what is left to as good

. purpose as possible.


But where the shawl can still be

kept intact, it offers many possibilities.

Shawls, in their simplicity and beauty

of form, are always used as wraps for

suitable occasions, or to throw over a.

couch to give quiet richness and a

colorful background.


The old-time tufted counterpanes are

in favor once more, simply because we

moderns have awakened up to the

beauty of these carefully-wrought sam-

ples of art—craft work.


In one family where several of the

tufted counterpanes are still prized,

the oldest one of all—having consider-

ably m-ore than a quarter century to

its credit—is beginning to break. The

owner re-enforced this by a carefully

placed lining of light-weight muslin,

' well shrunk, and the length of life of


the counterpane is renewed.


The beautiful, woven counterpanes

of wool with cotton warp—the wool

being a rich red or deep blue—are

much prized, both for bed coverings,

and for draperies. In one fortunate


' home, a pair of these counterpanes,

which happened to be made for single

beds, have been used effectively as

single window drapes with sheer mus-

lin hangings underneath.


Grandmother’s cup plates are looked

upon with pride, and they do not need

to remain idle just to be exhibited

once in a while. They are admirable

for the serving of salted nuts, of indi-

vidual helpings of marmalade, or for

relishes of an unusual character. .


In the home of a prominent physi-

cian of my acquaintance is a rarely

beautiful banjo clock. It was his fath-

er's wedding present to his mother.

For years it was lost, and when ﬁnally

traced and repurchased, it was in a

,sad condition, but a skillful worker

restored it, and upon the glass door

'was the inscription such as might have


1 , been placed on the inside of a wed-

ding ﬁng-


In“ almost every, family there are

{some heirlooms treasured because of

: notations. It maybe an old book

Woodcnts, which amuses us at the


Itmayheabit oto'ld


By Emma Gary Wallace


jewelry, or a piece

needlework, for the fair ladies of an

earlier day were patient and industri-

ous. But whatever the possession, let

us treasure it in justice to those who

come after us, that they, too, may

know something of the standards of

their forebears.


WHAT MY NEIGHBOR HAS DONE.


1Y neighbor earned enough mon-

M ey last summer to buy her own

and children’s clothes. When


fruits and vegetables were ripe, she

canned one quart of each kind as at-

tractively as possible. She also made

diﬁerent kinds of jelly and pickles,

and exhibited all at the state and

county fairs. The State Fair prize for

one cup of jelly,is $2.00 and she re-

ceived a large percentage of the priz-

es for her efforts. The last day of the

fair, she sold eyery can in her exhibit

at a premium. She also exhibited bak-

ed goods and took several more prizes.

This extra work didn’t take the time

or eye strain that embroidery does,

and was just as proﬁtable. Another

neighbor has made her pin money by


of wonderful «


raising everlasting ﬂowers, drying

them and wiring them. ‘ She could sell

more bouquets than she could supply.

She liked it much better than poultry

raising, which she had previously

done—Mrs. H. A. W. '


Several years ago two of my neigh-


bors decided that the women in the


neighborhood should be organized. As

a result, a club was formed, with mu-

tual improvement as its-aim. Weare

limited to twenty-four members and

meet once a month, which is not often

enough to be a burden, yet often

enough so we can usually leave our

work. In winter we have all-day meet-

ings with dinner served by the hos-

tess; in summer we go for the after-

noon and serve light refreshments. We

have literary programs prepared by

two members each time.


In this way we meet our neighbors

and go into their homes. Before the

‘club was organized, we did not think


we could spare the time for this, or. V


at least neglect to do so.


It would be impossible to tell here

the great beneﬁts derived from the

efforts of my two neighbors. Through


Drive Insects off Plants


HERE are four kinds of insects


that I have found especially

troublesome on house plants in

winter. They are lice, mealy bugs,

scale and angleworms. Here are some

suggestions for controlling the pests:

Plant lice—green, black or brown——

can be put out of business by spraying


Keep Insects Away and Your Plants

Will Bloom Similar to this Cincraria

Stellata.


with a solution of forty per cent nico-


tine sulphate and water. Directions as


to strength of the solution will be


found on the package of sulphate,-

which can be bought from most any-


seedsman. Spray this material on the

plant, lower side of leaves as well as

upper, or else dip the plant in a pail

of the solution. .


Mealy bugs are the powdery white

Nicotine cleate will control


inSects.

them. This material dissolves the


waxy powder that shields the insec

and the nicotine does the work of

mg the bugs To make th. ‘


543}


oleate, mix ten parts of forty per cent -


free nicotine with seven parts of oleic

acid (to the drug store for this). Take

two tablespoonfuls of the salve and

put into a gallon of soft water. Spray

or dip the plants with this.


There are two kinds of scale—soft

scale and hard scale. Scale is espe-

cially troublesome on ferns. Soft-shell-

ed scale insects‘ will turn up their

toes (if they" have any) if given the

nicotine oleate preparation. The hard-

shelled scale will have to be cut out

and burned.


Angleworms will generally come to

the surface of the oil in the pots, if

the pots are submerged in‘water. Put

a little lime on the surface of the soil

and give the plant a good watering——

this will make the worms come out,

too. I have also gotten rid of‘earth-

worms by watering the plants thor-

oughly with a solution of forty per

cent nicotine sulphate—about'two tea-

sp'oonfuls to a gallon of watch—E. K.


To CLEAN .sovs' cAPs.


HOW good-looking the boys’ caps

of the present day, but how eas-

ily soiled! We pay two dollars for a

cap and discard it in three months,

too dirty to wear. But I have found

that you can lengthen their use by

washing.


Make warm suds by dissolving a ta-

blespoonful of soap ﬂakes in a basin of

warm water. First lay the forepiece

on a flat surface and scrub well with

a brush dipped in the suds, and then

clear water until clean. Then holding

the forepiece ﬁrmly in the hand so


that the stiffening will not wrinkle, ._

submerge the rost of the cap in the.


suds, sauee'zing it with the other hand.


Squeeze out and draw


over an inve dgallon"


their efforts ,a real community spirit

has developed, and several commend-

able community enterprises put across.


Once a year we entertain our hus-


bands at dinner and aslg the county .


agent or a man from the Michigan


State College, to talk to lin—Mrs. '0.


HOW Do THEY Do IT? ~


OU’VE noticed, haven’t you? There

is a. woman in every set who has

no more money to spend, and perhaps


' less, than the rest but who is always


dressed in style. Whether it's an af-


ternoon tea, a formal affair, a. summer

outing, or just a chance gathering dur-

ing a morning's

shopping there she

is. She’ll be wear-

ing just the proper

style. Always ex-

hibits good taste in

dress.


That shows it’s

not just. a question

of money. Very of-


.ten one can do so

much better with

the money now be

ing used on, clothes.

So don’t envy her.

Learn the secret.


Our New Fashion

Magazine will not

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for each style,

‘ shown. You can

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It is our suggestion that you send


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you in the matter-"of dress justas it

has helped many' others. AddressPat-

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Detroit, Michigan.


‘ res-ran Goodies.


Oatmeal Muffins. '-


Put two cups of rolled oats m. bowl,

pour one and one-half cups sour milk


cover and let stand over night. In the ; ~

morning add one-third cup of Sugar, .


one-fourth cup melted butter, one egg,

well beaten, one teaspoon of soda, one-

half teaspoon salt, and one cup ﬂour.

Beat thoroughly, ﬁll buttered hot iron

gem-pan two~thirds full of mixture, and


bake in a hot oven over twenty. min- .


utes. ,

Swiss Cream Frosting. . ,


Cream apiece of' butter the size of

an egg, add to it two tablespoons of

fresh canned cream, half teaspoonful

of vanilla and powdered sugar until

thick enough to spread. Beat till

smooth and creamy, and frost cake

when it is cold.


Having made. twelve ~utilinds of san-


sage and using salt f“ _ a new sack.


‘ ~way to the correct ,


to obtain a. pattern .


l


"a,

.1


‘Change into second suds then clear .-

., warm water.
. ways have perfect results.


. Cleanliness, . Studiousness Considera-


ONE ‘of the new popular models of

spring is this surplice closing bod-

ice ﬁnished with a shawl collar, and

two-piece skirt with tiers. It is espe-

cially lovely developed in crepe black

satin, with the shiny surface used for

the entire dress, except the center tier

on skirt, shawl collar and narrow cuffs,

which may be of contrasting shade of

crepe or of metal cloth. Light weight

woolens-are also adaptable. The lower

illustration shows just how the pattern

goes together. It is simple and easy

to make, and a smart style when ﬁn-

ished. Pattern comes in sizes 16 years,

36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure.

The 36-inch size requires 37/3 yards of

40-inch material. Price 13 cents in

stamps or coin. Address your orders

to the Pattern Department, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.


MEASURE, IF YOU WOULD BE

SUCCESSFUL.


R-EAT respect is due to those born

cooks, who never measure, but al-

If they ac-

tually do have wonderful results every

single time, let them go their unmeas-

ured way, with our praise. But I have

a suspicion that many years ago when


7 they were learning to cook, they had


failures before their sense of touch. the

basic sense of their delicate hands,

and their eyes had become so accurate

as to make measuring cups and scales


‘ each day of the month, she‘made a


or it is seven-eighths of a cup, or nine-

tenths of a cup, or a measuring cup-

ful, we have accurate measures. Let

us use them. and be thankful that with

good recipes from many sources, we

need not have failures.


If you follow a recipe, “for the love

of Mike” follow it to a T. If you do

not think it is good in the ﬁrst place,

don’t start to use it. Perhaps it will

give you an idea, for a new ﬂavor or

a new food combination, and it would

be better to modify your own recipe

than to use it. There are some recipes


valuable only for their ideas, but im-


perfect in proportions.


Yet if it is a really truly good one,

do just exactly as it says. If a recipe

says to use salad oil, better do that

if possible. It is 100 per cent fat,


while if you substitute butter, which


is ﬁfteen per cent water, more must

be used—D. W. M.


MOTHER MAKES HER OWN

REPORT CARDS.‘


MOTHER of four children, wear-

ied of telling them over and over


to hang up their clothes, put their

overshoes in the proper place on the

back porch instead of in the middle

of the living room ﬂoor, to be polite to

each other, and a dozen other things.

Finally she decided upon a report

card system, and purchased a large

sheet of white cardboard which she

cut in letter paper sizes. After ruling

a card for each child, with spaces ﬁor


" {tion 01‘ others, and Good Nature.


hall'where palette-but the members of

the family could see them, and each


jects was given a dollar to spend in


, These cards were hung in an upper


nig’ht an A, B, C, or D in the proper.

space after every subject, gave the.

child’s report. After the placing of the

cards there wasless trouble in getting

the children "out of bed in the mom-

ing, as each was anxious to see his or

her record for the previous day.


At the end of the month, the child

having the highest average in all sub-


any way he chose—Mrs. L. M. T.


Ideal cream soups are not thick

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smoothly together.


Our Little Folks


Twenty Tales froth

Timberland


WHY TOMMY TURTLE CARRIES

HIS HOUSE ON HIS BACK.


NCE upon a time, long ago, as


Tommy Turtle was dragging


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“Good day, sir, and whe1e do you

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“To my new house in Pussy Willow

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“If you wouldn’t loiter along the way

so much, and sleep most of the time

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house too,” advised Spotty. “If you will

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my new house is,” and Spotty puffed

himself up with pride.


“Oh, dear, no. I can’t come today,”

answered Tommy Turtle. “You see,

when the sun makes a'shadow like

that," and Tommy pointed to his own

shadow that seemed to be playing

hide-and-go-seek beneath his broad ﬂat

body, “it is time for my nap. I’m very

sorry, but I’ll come to see your new

house some other day.”


“Sleepy head, sleepy head,” croaked


The Bark of the Tree Stuck Fast to

Tommy’s Back.


Spotty, and he hopped on his way.

A hollow tree that had fallen to the

ground lay close by.


“I’ll just go in here to take my

nap,” said Tommy Turtle to himself.


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ers’ Week meetings, and claims we are

still striving for a complete ration. But

the ration cannot make a. poor hen lay

”and the machine that uses the fuel is

the primary proposition. 'Breeding

counts with hens the same as with

fast horses. For example, Dan Patch

was a. very fast horse but never pro-

duced any fast colts. Yet Peter the

Great, who was faster than Dan Patch.

produced colts faster than himself. In

poultry breeding the ﬁre of experience

is necessary to make your judgment

practical.


' Good Physical Condition.


A feeder of championship steers may

be able to tell you how he does it,‘and

yet, if you try your best to follow his

instructions, you may never be able to

produce a championship steer. The

personal factor is also important in

the feeding and breeding of poultry.


Egg production is reproduction and

hens must be in good condition physi-

cally forreproduction. Of the feed

the hen consumes, she uses seventy

per cent for maintenance, ten per cent

for growth, ten per cent for reserve,

and ten per cent for egg production.

When an engine is speeded up it must

be oiled and given good care or it will

break, and the same thing applies to

the management of heavy-laying hens.

High-producing birds face greater

risks, and a hen which lays 329 eggs

will be an exception if she produces

livable chicks.


The concentration of many birds in

a limited area increases the danger of

disease. Fundamentally, it should be

ﬁve times as hard to raise .chicks now

as years ago, although, in fact, it is

easier because we know more about

chicks.


Feed Plenty.


'In feeding poultry it pays to give

the hens all they can eat all the time


,—of the right thing. More grain for


heat is needed in winter, while less is

needed in summer. About twelve to

fourteen pounds per 100 hens per day

is about right for fall and winter.

There is only ten per cent protein in

corn. A hen may eat too much corn

trying to get enough protein, and too“

much fat result. -


Growing chicks exercise naturally in

the same way that a vigorous boy does

not have to be told to run and keep

active. The all-mash method used at

Purdue for feeding chicks is practical.

In Harrison county, Indiana, there

were one million chicks raised last.

year with the all-mash method, and

the farmers are completely sold on

that plan. Sixteen farms in Indiana

tried to feed all-mash to hens, but

when the winter days became cold it

was necessary to feed a. little extra

cbrn to prevent a. reduction in bodily

weight, with a consequent lowering of

egg production. It is natural for old

hens to eat grain and neglect mash if

they are in separate hoppers.


_ Sources of Protein.

Milk comes nearest to being a com-

Meat scrap or ﬁsh meal

are not complete proteins. Do not

feed white corn to poultry unless com-

bined with alfalfa; Alfalfa. in the ra-

tion makes poultry grow."~ But it is

best to use yellow corn anyway. ' Lime-

stone, bone meal and a little salt fur-


Phillips predicts that in ﬁve years Ed"


Feeding Problems


Dircmr‘ed at M. S. C. Meeting


erals, and that ninety per cent of the

chicks will be. raised on all-mash feed-

ing.»


Tee-pecking among chicks is not a

nutritional problem, but. when large

ﬂocks of chicks are in a small area

some of them start ﬁghting, and they

love blood. One remedy is to hang


colored buttons on strings just above -


the chicks, and they become interested


in pecking at the buttons and forget


each other’s feet.

Artiﬁcial lights are all right. for


growing early broiler chicks, and it .'


wofks ﬁne in the east where they feed


ducklings for rapid growth. It is not

advisable to use lights In raising the


breeding stock, as we do not wish. too


rapid growth or early maturity. L

Chicks die in the shell because we


do not feed the hens right. Strong-


shelled eggs hatch the best and high


egg production is not so apt to lower

hatchability if the hens are properly

fed.


Iodized salt is all right for chicks.

It is economically sound to place cod

liver oil in a feed and keep it for some

time, although authorities differ. The


chicks handle very little ﬁbre, and you .


do not wish them to eat oat hulls. Bar-

ley is a better feed than oats in the

grain ration of the layers. Stronger

eggs shells result from feeding alfalfa.

Cracked corn is more appetizing to

the hens than whole com. If you'feed

commercial cracked corn, place corn

feed meal in the mash. The hens need

the germ of the corn which, of course,

is present in the home-cracked corn.


LEG WEAKNESS OF POULTRY.


EG weakness is not. in itself a dis-

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Dr. H. Stafseth, of the State College

Bacteriology Department. The disease


' is in the intestines and may be due


to 'coccidiosis, worm infestation, mal-

nutrition, fowl cholera, or certain

types of tuberculosis. There is 11. great

need for more descriptive names for

poultry diseases. For example, black-

head and white diarrhea. are both poor

names to describe the diseases in

question.


One kind of leg weakness is due to 1‘

the deﬁciency which is made up by


feeding cod liver 011, while other cases

of leg1 Weakness might not be cured

by cod liver oil. It is believed that a

large number of cases of leg weakness

are due to coccidiosis and may appear


when the birds are from four to four- '


teen months of age.


Because _a. disease cannot be seen in

a bird is no sign that; it is not werk-

ing there. Germs are so small that

they cannot be seen, and they work in

cell, structures so small that the cells

cannot be seen. For example, cattle

might be slaughtered for tuberculosis

and no lesions found. But that would

not prove the tuberculin test of no val-

ue, as the disease might be present,

although not in a stage where it was

yet visible.


If poultry houses are cleaned at least

every four days ithelps materially to


cut down coccidiosis, has that. amount '


of time is required for reinfection, It

takes the germ, four days to reach the


stage where it can reinfect another


bird, and how much longer than four


days the germs can live is indeﬁnite; .1

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~which have been left unburied. At


other times, it is caused by eating

mouldy or spoiled feeds. This condi-

tion is characterized by a limber

neck; hence the name.


The sudden appearance of several

cases in the poultry ﬂock in which

there is paralysis of the neck, and the

head hangs limp, should indicate pto-

maine poisoning. This should not be

mistaken for wry neck following worm

infestation, as with it the neck is

twisted to one side, or over the back,

and the muscles are not limp like in

the poisoning. The comb is usually

bright in color and the feathers of the

neék are ruffled and may be easily

pulled out“ It is not often that an

outbreak of this occurs, but that there

are a number of birds affected at the

same time. There is usually a watery

diarrhea present. In many cases, if

a dead bird is opened, you will ﬁnd


At other times, you will ﬁnd

such as mouldy corn,


crop.

spoiled grain,

oats or Wheat.

Look For Cause.

. This condition is of such a nature

that little can be done other than to

remove the cause of the trouble, what-

ever it happens to be. A careful search

must be made to determine this, and

then remove it from the feed of the

ﬂock. The sick birds should be remov—

ed and, if possible, give them a good

laxative of epsom salts, one teaspoon-

ful in some water, or two teaspoonfuls

of castor oil. It would be advisable to

give the rest of the ﬂock a dose of

epsom salts in their feed. Use one

pound to each 100 birds, mixed with

the mash feed. The salts should be

dissolved in water before mixing with


night.

Diarrhea in H ens.


While not contagious, this disease}

if often a serious condition, affecting

the laying ﬂock, interfering with pro-

duction, and greatly lessening the vig-

or and vitality of the birds. It is read-

ily recognized by the watery ﬂuid con—

dition of the droppings. It most often

results from sudden changes in the

quarters of the birds, or from changes

in the feed.


Affected ﬂocks should be deprived

of all meat proteins, such as tankage

and meat scraps, and fed only grain

or mash feeds. The feed should be

laxative in nature, and should also have

some green material in it. Milk is ex-

cellent for the protein, and small

amounts of wheat bran and oil meal

are also good. Plenty of water should

be allowed, and it should always be

fresh and offered in clean vessels.


Withhold Food.


When this condition is noticed, the

ﬁrst thing to do is to withhold all feed

for eighteen to twenty—four hours, then

give one pound of epsom salts dissolv-

ed in water, and then mixed with a.

light feed of mash. Then the follow-

ing should be secured of your local

druggist:


Sodium salicylate, two ounces; tan-

nic acid, two ounces; ferrous sulphate,

two ounces. Dissolve one tablespoon-

ful in water and mix with the mash

two or three times daily. The mash

should be 'wet, but not too sloppy .


Since poultry does not object to the

odor and taste of feeds in the same

manner as dairy cattle and horses,

many owners are led to believe that it

does not injure them to eat substances

that are tainted or spoiled. It is true

that they will not be injured to the


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fer very often from eating feed that

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$1064 Egg Revenue From 680 Unculled Pullets WEEKS


One customer reports this splendid return from our April hatched Grade A White Leghorn Chicks, Nov.

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E boys and girls Could not ﬁnd


a better example to follow than


Abraham Lincoln. His was a.

true, noble, christian character. First

. of all, I like him for his honesty and

truthfulness. When he was a boy he

borrowed Weems’ .“Life of Washing-

ton,” from a friend. One night he put

the book on a shelf and during the

night it snowed. The book became

wet and was ruined. Abe did not try

to keep the truth from his friend. He

went to him, telling him what hap-

pened, and offered to work to pay for

it. He worked three days to pay for

the book.


When a young man, Lincoln clerked


Better Love a Snow Man than No

Man, Thinks Venice Shepherd.


in a store. One day in making change,

he made a mistake. That night after

the store was closed, he walked sev-

eral miles to give the six cents to the

lady he had shortchanged. If every-

body were as honest as Abe Lincoln,

What a different world this would be.


Another thing I like about Lincoln

is that he was studious and ambitious.

All the books he had was the Bible,

“Aesop’s Fables,” “Pilgrim’s Progress,”

and “Life of Washington.” He studied

nights by the light of the ﬁre, and

wrote with charcoal on the back of a

shovel. His parents were poor and

Abe worked hard cutting wood and

splitting rails. He was always ready

to do anything to earn an honest

penny.


He was always honest and upright

in all his dealings. He was known as

“Honest Abe.” Once a task was be

gun, he did not give up. It was his

steadfastness and honesty that helped

him to win the love and respect of the

nation.


Lincoln was always kind. During

the war, he visited the wounded sol-

diers in the hospitals and spoke words

of cheer to them. He was always ready

to help anyone in trouble. I-think the

American people should celebrate his

birthday the same as they do Wash-

ington’s. Washington was the Father

of His Country, but Lincoln was “The

saver of it." It is my hope and desire

to live and have as pure and noble a

character as Abraham Lincoln had.—

Leslie Wilkinson.


Abraham Lincoln, to me, has always


been the greatest hero in American


history. His great heroism, his ﬁne

personality and his great deeds of val-

“have endeared him to the world.


'3‘ in a backwoodsman, under great

else, be educated himself so that

or- years he might occupy the

t-post in the land. I have al-


accomplished for many years;

improvement was stunnipted all at '

once, the taxpayers would soon become ,


ways liked Lincoln for his kindness to

dumb creatures. He could not bear to

let animals suffer, as is illustrated by

the “pig in the mud” incident.


When elected President, Lincoln fac-

ed the commandeelring of a nation

about to enter conﬂict with itself.

When the great trouble began, he

showed ﬁne .judgment in the manage-

ment of the armies, and as a result

the north came out victor in the Civil

War.


After leading the nation through the

crisis, Lincoln fell victim to an ene-

my’s bullet; and the great hero's life

was ended. But Lincoln is not dead.

His great deeds of courage, no doubt,

will live forever in the hearts and

minds of the American people—David

S. Johnson.


Lincoln was a great person. As a

lad, he was honest, amiable and am-

bitious; and as a man, he wasn’t only

just generous and kind, but he made


himself what he was—a capable, use;


ful citizen of America. Would. not

ours be a much better countryif the

youth of today followed in Lincoln’s


footsteps and did only what is just,

thoughtful and kind?


What I like most in Lincoln was his

executive ability to think, do and act.

Lincoln was seldom idle/ for if he

were not developing his body with

manual labor, he was feeding his brain

with ﬁt foods—study 0r good reading.


George Washington is renowned fox;

truthfulness, but Lincoln was called

“Honest Abe.” A little scene touched

upon by history is proof to his kindli-

ness, wherein Lincoln was present at

a. slave auction. With great disgust

he remarked to a'friend that if ever

he got a knock at slavery, he would

knock it hard.


That Lincoln was invariably busy, is

a fact we know. Sitting up late at

night, he learned to read by a dim

ﬁre, for Lincoln was a humble wood-

cutter and lived in a lowly home, with

very little leisure to acquire an educa-

tion. His tablet and pencil were only

a wooden shovel whittled by his own

hand, and a piece of charcoal.


Lincoln was a great personality.

Born in that rude little cabin in Ken-

tucky a. century and a quarter ago, I

wonder if it werenot a‘ deﬁnitely plan-

ned matter that he should lead the

tolerant life and share in deep sympa-

thy the trials of all humanity. Long

live the memory of President Lincoln.

——Adeline Bradshaw.


Dear Uncle Frank:


I again enter the ring hoping that I

may be able to stay for at least three

or four rounds, because it is very dis-

tasteful to me to be knocked out in

the ﬁrst.


One person has asked what are ﬂow-

ers for. They are the means by which

plants reproduce; they furnish the col-

oring matter of the universe and help

to render the surroundings more pleas-

ant to behold; they furnish man with

food, clothing and medicine; they are

what makes life worth living. If it

were not for ﬂowers, man. would soon

lose all desire to live, cease to ad-

vance in knowledge, deteriorate, and

ﬁnally die off.


Evolution, as understood by the mas-

ses, is a narrow-minded conception of

it, for no sensible person believes that


man came from a monkey or any of‘


the lower orders. According. to Noah

Webster, evolution means to develop,

and all animals, plants, and living


Kent and Ruby Rosenberg Enjoy

their Pets.


things have certainly developed in the

past few thousand years. If people

would use their dictionaries and read

their histories, much wrangling and

ill-feeling would cease.


Consolidated schools are a very ﬁne

thing, and much better than the old

type, but they will never be practical

in many localities until the roadsare .

improved, and this cannot be @11ng


bankrupt and matters would be Worse

V hﬁeﬁ. $311 close with thse"h?§~ f;


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outwiilfnotiybg; ‘o, c , 3 =


as to land my attempt in the waste

basket.———North West, Dryden, Mic'h.


. It is distasteful to be knocked out,

isn’t it? Flowers, evolution and schools

-——these good substantial subjects all

in one letter. All are well discussed,

too.


Dear Uncle Frank:


I have often wanted to write to you

when I read some of the arguments

that have been brought up. I think

the Farmer’s Flapper Daughter has

surely given herself the right name If

there is anything that lowers and dc"-

grades a girl, it surely is smoking and

drinking. I wonder what the boys

think of her.


She calls herself an unto-date girl,

but I surely know you don’t have to

smoke and drink to be up-to-date. It

is no wonder the older generation is

so disgusted with the younger genera-

tion if they read such things as that.


I like the title, “Our Page,” very

much. It seems more grown-up. I

also like the arguments in the letter

box. I think, although, arguing does

not get you anywhere, it surely does

strengthen your mind. And perhaps

you can argue enough to make people

see through the thought from another

way, provided it isn’t a woman you

are arguing with—Alexander Morton,

Grand Haven, Mich.


You took a good slap at the smok-

ing ﬂapper. To be modern does not

mean to be immodest. I’m glad you

brought out the idea about arguing.

Wholesome argument helps the mind,

even if you argue with a woman.


DearUncle Frank:


I don’t like smoking at all, but we

girls who do not like smoking can’t

stop the smokers from doing so. We

can talk all we want to, but what’s

the use? It’s their funeral, not ours.


Our M. C. page does as much good

as it gives pleasure. Correspondents

from all over Michi 11, even some

who are not in this state, like “Our

Page” and correspond with M. C.’ s,

and make friends.


While at school some tire of en-

manship. It seems we care morea out

our penmanship while writing letters.

Though some M. 03s Would think me


. lying if they saw this letter as it. is. ' ,

What happened ‘-


Bitaéorem I stop

to " “3%


spruce, Mich. .


«Helen Piper.


inﬂuence by not associating with those

who smoke. A nice' sweet breath is

better than a smoky one. and then the

smell of old smoke in clothes—that's

not agreeable. I'm glad you think “Our

Page" is helpful.


Dear Uncle Frank:


I have belonged to this circle for a

long time, but never got time to Write ,

to you, for some reason or other.


I read the Michigan Farmer every


She’s the Girl in

Boys’ Clothes.


‘ Remember “Vic?"


week, and am especially interested in

“Our Page.” We do not live on a.

farm, but our place is in the country

just the same.


I have been in California and other

states, and love the great open spaces.

I have, followed the discussions and

arguments between the boys and girls

in your paper, and think they are very

nice, although I would suggest dis-

cussing books or something of more


, interest. With best wishes. —Randolph


Keupper, Turin, Mich.


I am glad you like the open spaces

and are back in Michigan after having

been in California and other states.


Dear Uncle Frank:


We have a radio at home and enjoy

many good programs. We have dis-

cussed bobbed hair, knickers and evo-

lution until the subjects are worn out.

Why not talk about the beneﬁts we

are receiving from the radios? I enjoy

lullaby time as much as the musical

programs.


We attend Sunday School on Sun.

day through the radio. Well, I will

close, as‘I haven’t any more time—-

Alberta Coleman, Maple City, Mich.


I believe most everyone who has a

radio enjoys it. I like ours very much,

but ‘lullaby time is not my favorite,

of course. '


Dear Uncle Frank:


I want to thank you for the pencil

box, pin, and card I received. You

know, it seems kinda funny to have a

big fellow like me win a pencil box.

I am a junior in high school and am

almost sixteen years old.


I never knew girls were so queer,

till I' read .“Our Pagc”—~talking about

powder as they did. There is one

thing I’ll always think, and that is, .

that it would be just as polite for a

man to shave in public as it is for a

girl to paint her face. I’ve been read-

ing “Our Page” for quite a while, and

ﬁnd it interesting.


Well, I’ll sign off. —~Horst Beyer, Paw

Paw, Michigan. .


I'm sorry that the pencil box seems

ed “too young” to you. Perhaps you

can give it to your little sister, or your

girl’s little brother.

“Our Page” has been usefulin giving

you some .sidelights about girls. I-

agree on the shaving stunt. '


Dear Uncle Frank:-


. Well, I have only one more year to

answer contests and the M. 0.9.

tivities.1’vc answered many, but so


‘ far, have never Won anything. Going


Some, 1811’ t it? Taint my fault!

Yes, I stick up 291'- the farm, too. . I~

,1 ‘ and havet lived all,“ ’


1 am glad that ‘
,. Dear Uncle. ‘


‘like' it so well.


galcmllaandurs. AnnaHelni.


How man s‘ljen treaders there are

in this family!” I’ll admit that I am

00.

011193511 very muoh in favor of “Top-

sy ’s” idea on farm life. He (or she)

is on my. side of- the fence Every boy

and girl is lucky who has a farm home.

I’d hate to part, very much, with my

New York hill farm for any city in

the world.

' I ride horseback, use horses most

anywhere on the farm, and consequent-


' 1y am a farmerette. ——Your niece, A


New Yorker

You must have a nice farm home to

Your pastimes are


healthful ones.


DRAWING CONTEST.


T is along time since our artists


have had a chance at the prizes

and they are asking for the opportu-

nity. Therefore, to comply with their

requests, this will be a drawing con-

test. The subject will be spring. Any

drawing of things that have to do with

spring will be considered, for instance,

budding trees, pussywillows, boys play-

ing marbles, girls jumping rope, etc.

There is a large number of subjects

you can select from.


For the two best drawings from

girls, we will give nice boxes of sta-

tionery; the next .three, beads. The

two best drawings from boys will win

ﬂashlights; and the next three, pocket

knives. The contest closes March 4.

Send your drawings to Uncle Frank,

Michigan‘Farmer, Detioit, Michigan.

Don’t forget to put your name and ad-

dress on the drawing. If you are a

Merry Circler put M. C. after your

name. Merry Circle cards and buttons

will be given all not now members.

who send in good drawings. ~


VALENTINE WINNERS.


HIS must have been a real popular


contest, as solutions of it came in

great abundance in every mail. The

boys did much better than the girls,

not in numbers, but in getting words

from the letters in the word Valentine,

as you will see by the results below.


Somehow or other, the printer left

out the Uncle part of my name, so

hundreds of letters came addressed,

“Frank, ' Michigan Farmer, Detroit,

Mich.” That showed, at’least, that the

contestants were observing.


Below are the names of the winners

and the number of words they made.

You ‘will note that, Guilford is also

good at this kind of-a contest.


Flashlights.

338 Ross Menzer, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

300 Guilford Rothfuss, Norvell, Mich.

Pencil Sharpener Combination.

277 Harvey M. Seeley, R. 4, Grand

Ledge, Mich.

205 Martin Hoeﬂin, Kingsley, Mich.

184 Aulden Wymer, R. 2, Wheeler,

Mich.

Boxes of Stationery.

292 MaryhB. Pyrda. R. 1,


M c .

277 Lera C. Seeley, R. 4, Grand Ledge

Mich. '


Beads.

276 Ida Mae Hurley, R 5, Williams-


ton, Mich.

188 Vianna Wymer, R. 2, Wheeler,

R. 6, Albion,


Mlch.

[I86 Lillian M. Barry,

- Mich. 4


Midland,


CANNING CLUB CHAMPIONS.


MISS CHRISTINE HELM, Walker-

ville, has been selected by Miss

Harriet Wilder, assistant state club

Leader for Michigan State College, as

Oceans county canning club champion.

Miss Hel'm‘ is ‘a' student inthe Walker-

ville High School. She did her can-

ning work in the Beech Canning Club

last summon The leader of this club

was Mrs. mma Chase. She was as-

sisted by Mrs. Alma Clark, Mrs. Jen-


thevhencnnhci 1:831“?!

name a. melt of m.” for the ﬁve


gm. Besides this the club brought.

home a nice purse of premiums from

the county fair at Hart where they

made' an attractive exhibit.


Miss Nora Newcll, of Hesperia, local

champion of the McLaren Lake 4-H

Canning Club, gave 'Miss Helm a close


' race for the county canning club cham-


pionship. Neva canned forty-eight and

one-half quarts of fruits, and twenty

one quarts of vegetables.

girls who have reported from this club

report the canning of 359 quarts of

fruits and vegetables at a net proﬁt of

$42.77. Mrs. Archie Himebaugh was

the local leader of this club. The Mo

Laren Lake girls also had an attrac-

tive exhibit at the county fair and won

their share of the premiums. The girls

in both communities are now engaged

in 4-H clothing club work.


FOUR-H CLUB NEWS.


HE following incident of club work

is reported by L. H.1Matthias, club

agent in Hillsdale county: Recently

a stranger from Moscow township

came into my ofﬁce and asked where

he could buy two Jersey calves for his

boys. He said that he had been watch-

ing the work done by club members in

his neighborhood and that he was

much impressed with what the work

had meant to these club boys. Two

calves were obtained for the man and

he then wanted to know where the

heifers could be taken for service.

There were three Jersey bulls in the

community where the buyer of the

heifers lived, and after a visit was

made by myself and this man to the

homes of the owners of the bulls, the

owners decided to sell the animals

which they had, and to buy a better

herd sire. They bought a bull whose

dam had died just previous to the

completion of a record which entitled

her to a silver medal. By this some-

what roundabout way, club work

brought another good herd sire to

Hillsdale county.


ART THOU ATTENDED BY

ANGELS?


For, 10! from out of time and place,

Two hands are in a fearful race.


One hand, spotless,

white, ,


Holding gyltéui right arm through the

hi


And all through the day it is there,


But then, it is paid—not one care.


The other: black and marred by sin.

It holds the left arms of all men


clean, pure and


By day mliis there—not through the-


For then angels are guarding right.


Should the black hand conquer the

white?


It would snatch you up in the night,


Then steal you to a prison cell,


And look you in the gates of hell.


Should the black hand be the victim,

And with the angels of heaven,

Under their soft wings you would lay,

And arrive in heaven—next day.


And among the heavenly host,

Angels of whom He loves the most,

Be seated on the Throne of High,


I’m now anchored in that “.Sweet Bye.”


So now—be sure which way you sway

To this right, during night and day.

——A. S.


IT COULD BE WORSE.


If you bump your toes


And fall and skin your nose,


Is it easier to heal,


If you stop to curse and squeal?


'If you’re dressed in Sunday clothes,


And the wind comes by and blows

Your straw hat in the ditch,

Will you laugh and say that’s rich,

Or will you call the good wind down

And shake your ﬁst and froWn?

The Moral.

Always look on the “sunny side,”

And yoﬁﬁl come thrn with a clean

e.’

If yo , troubled do not curse!

Just lI‘s‘l‘:§“‘lt could be worse. "

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and felt that the better beef campaign

should do considerable in educating

the consumer to know and demand

better beef, and that it would also as-

sist the producer to get the needed

premium for quality beef.


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was organized with the following ofﬁ-

cers: President, W'. W. Crapo, of De-

troit;'vice—president, S. H. Pangbo-rn,

of Bad Axe; secretary-treasurer, W. E.

Judson Edwards, of East Lansing; di-

rectors, H. W. Harwood, of _ Ionia;

James Curry, of Mariette; John K114

lick, of Doster.


FEEDING AND CARE OF THE

BREEDING VEW'ES.


LAMBXNG time will soon be here,

and with it comes trials and trou-

bles, and it isn’t possible to do as one

new and inexperienced rancher advis—

ed his foreman to do. The lambs were

coming very rapidly, but the weather

was bad and a great many were be-

ing lost, so the foreman telegraphed

to the owner saying, “Bad weather.

Losing large numbers of lambs. What

shall I do?" , ,


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pone all lambing operations until’bet—

ter weather." * ’


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On small ﬂocks

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cent lambs, while on larger ﬂocks one

does not usually obtain such good re-

sults. ,


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twenty—ﬁve. pounds apiece before lamb-p-

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pounds, is about two or three pounds

of silage daily, and about a. pound of

some ,leguminous roughage, as alfalfa,

clover, or 'soy bean hay; With such a

ration, little or‘ no grain need be fed

until about a month before lambing

time, when about a half-pound of grain,

per head should be fed. Corn and

cats is very good, or if legume hay is

not available, some high protein feed,

as linseed meal, shouldvbe fed at the

rate of about one pound. to ten ewes

along with the- other grain mixture.

Cornstalks and eat straw maybe fed

for roughages; ‘but if fed, should be

fed before lambing rather than after- .

wards.


Plenty ofexercise is also necessary

for good health, for otherwise many

deaths may occur due to lack of exer-

cise. Exercise may be secured by

scattering cornstalks some distance,

from the sheep barn so the sheep will

have to travel back and forth daily.

One can also allow the eWes to roam

the ﬁelds on bright days. ‘


One other factor in producing a high

percentage of vigorous lambs is that

of proper Shelton. A dry bed and pro .

tecti-on against rain and snow is all

that"is necessary, butthe shed should

be free from drafts as sheep. areapt

to catch cold, run at the nose, etc, if

they are subjected to dram.


Proper feeding, exercise, and proper

shelter should give a good percentage

of vigorous," healthy lambs that will

be a delight to the owner.—-J. P.


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BREEDING A HEIFER.


A heifer that will be two years old

in April came fresh January 25. How

soon, for best health of cow, and for

Krogtsﬁ should she be bred again?—


'The exact method of. handling the

heifer in question will depend upon

just how well she has been grown up

to date. If she was kept growing by

the proper kinds of feed before she

fre'shened in January, and was normal.

_or nearly normal in size, I would ban-

dle her just like any other heifer and

breed her about three months from

date. On the other hand, if she is

small, rather stunted, due to‘ early

pregnancy and milk production, I .

would recommend that she not be al-

lowed to drop her second calf until

about ﬁfteen months after she fresh-

ened the ﬁrst time. I would milk her

ten or eleven months, about as long as

she would milk. Then, during'her dry

period, before she calves, I would grain

her and feed her just about as thOugh

she were in her full ﬂow of milk. Dur-

ing~ the entire milking period this year

she should have plenty of good grow-

ing food, such as alfalfa or clover for

hay, and a well balanced ration that

contains a sufﬁcient amount of protein

for all of her needs and plenty of

growth. Some advocate drying shelf-

or in this condition. off early, but .in

my opinion there is much to be “gain-

ed by milking them, even though they

give only a small amount of milk for

ten or eleven months. I believe that

it develops a habit of persistency in,

the heifer at this age, which is the

thing that we want to develop and ob-

tain in all of ourcowsm—O. E. Reed;

Professor of Dairy Husbandry, M. S. C.


I Seventy-ﬁve reﬁners in :the commu-

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much attention is now being given to


.. the eradication of the disease in poul-


try and swine. With- the exception of

North Carolina, which has very little

tuberculosis in live stock, Michigan


I ' has more accredited counties than any


other state in the Union. Out of a'

total of eighty-three counties in Mich-

igan, thirty—four are modiﬁed accred-

ited counties, nineteen have had one

complete test, two counties have the

ﬁrst test in progress, eighteen are on


V‘the waiting list, and ten have not yet


appropriated the funds required for

this cooperative work with the state

and federal government. The facts

are, the state of Michigan can be made

practically free from tuberculosis in

cattle during the next two years if the

Legislature makes an adequate approp-

riation estimated by the state and fed-

eral oﬂ‘lcials at one million dollars for

the biennium.


In the counties which have been tu-

berculin tested, and are ofﬁcially ac-

'credited, the people ha been so well

pleased ,with the work done thus far,

that a. desire has been manifested in

many sections to have the poultry

ﬂocks and breeding swine tested to


make sure that the farm is entirely'


free from this disease. In response to

this demand, the state and federal ofﬁ-

cials have prepared a certiﬁcate which

will be issued to farmers who have

submitted their poultry and swine to

the test, and are now known to be

free from this disease. That avian

tuberculosis as found in poultry is read-

ily transmitted to swine, has been fully

demonstrated by the investigations of

the United States Bureau of Animal

Industry, the University of Nebraska,

the University of Illinois, and other

research agencies.


Hillsdale county, Michigan, was in

the ﬁrst group of accredited counties

in the Unitedd States, and was the

ﬁrst county to receive the beneﬁts of

the ten cent premium. A large num-

ber of other counties are now receiv-

ing this premium. For example, the

state of Iowa, which is crowding Mich-

igan for ﬁrst place with twenty-eight

accredited counties, received a total

of $166,485.93 in premium checks paid

to its farmers on accredited hogs dur-

ing the year 1926. While these hogs

from accredited counties show a mark-

.ed reduction in the number of condem-

nations for tuberculosis, there are still

a large number that show slight les-


' ions on the glands of the throat, which


uSually means the condemnation of

the head, and a material loss. In

nearly all cases these slight lesions are

found to be of the avian type as a re-

sult of hogs associéiting with chickens

on the farms. It is a common practice

everywhere to permit. chickens to min-

gle with the hogs, and the germs in

the chicken dung are often picked up

by the hogs- from the ground or the

feeding ﬂoors. .


In some sections of the country, par-

ticularly the northern states of the

middle west, tuberculosis in chickens

is very prevalent. This has been found

true in Michigan. The issuance of the

tuberculosis-free farm certiﬁcate is a

forward movement to make the work

of eradication complete in’every re-

spect..


' At the time when the breeding hogs

and poultry ﬂocks were tuberculin test-

ed on anumber of farms in Hillsdale

county, arrangements were made with

the State Tuberculosis Society for the

holding of free clinics, so that mem-

bers of the family could be informed


‘ as to whether or not the human type


of the disease existed on the form. In

several instalces these free clinics did


~.7demon3trate the presence of tubercu-


leaks in the family where the herd of

‘ ' to hit ted.


15am for this work is 11111} as pro-

ting tubercu- 116an as the demand for cattle test- ‘-


ing.


certiﬁcate No. 1, the ﬁrst of its kind- .

to be issued in this or any other coun-.


try, will go to Fred Clark.,& Sons,

Route 5, HillSdale, Michigan; Certiﬁ-

cate No. 2 to Bach Brothers, Route

No. 4, Hillsdale, Michigan; Certiﬁcate

No. 3 to H. R. Gilmore, of Camden,

Michigan. Five other farmers have

been designated to receive these cer-

tiﬁcates in that county, and it is pre-

dicted that many more will make ap-

plication for the satisfaction of know-

ing that tuberculosis in any type or

form does not exist on their premises.

It is a worth-while movement and no

doubt ,will spread to other counties

and other states of the Union.


MISSAUKEE HAS FOUR COW TEST

ASSOCIATIONS.


OUR cow testing'associations or-


ganized within one year is the un-

usual record made during the past

twelve months by Missaukee county

dairymep.


On March 1, 1926, through the pro-

motional efforts of the Lake City cham-

ber of commerce. the ﬁrst association

started operations. with John Goodall

as tester. Four months later the sec-

ond association was created in the

vicinity of Falmouth, with John Scott

in charge. Later in the summer the

dairymen around McBain decided to

line up for regular cow testing work,-

and organized the third association,

but lack of testers has prevented this

organization from functioning during

the Winter. A tester has been prom-

ised, however. to begin work March 1.


In the meantime the original associ-

ation was accepting renewals of mem-

bership for second-year ‘work, but so

many new applications were received

that it was decided to split up and re-

organize at the end of the season on

the basis of two groups. Both of these

groups now have a full membership

and they have held meetings for the

eleciton of directors and ofﬁcers. On

March 1, therefore, four complete cow

testing associations will be in opera-

tion in this prosperous northern Mich-

igan county.


If further proof were needed that

“prosperity follows the dairy cow,” it

could be pointed out that Missaukee

county farmers built twenty dairy

barns last summer, and, in order to

blow out the stumps and stones 'from

cultivated ﬁelds, they have, during the

past month, paid cash for 25,000

pounds of war salvage explosive—H.

L. B.


THESE MEN CONTINUE TO TEST.


0W Testing Association No. 2, of


Genessee county, has just complet-

ed its fourth year of testing work.

Nearly every member is continuing to

test, among which are ﬁve of the or-

iginal members, all of which have good

herds, as shown by the number of

times their name appears as owner of

best producers in the monthly cow

testing association reports.


One of these herds of thirteen Reg-

istered Holsteins, owned by Reid &

Torrey, of Flint, Michigan, was high

herd in the association for milk and

but r-fat production this past year.


verage production per cow was 11,170

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at. One of the cows in this herd,

Clarkland Clothilde Ormsby, was high

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in the association this past year, pro-

ducing 549. 5 pounds of fat from 16, 453

pounds of milk. Ohe of the cows in

this herd was also high cow in milk

and butter-fat production in this asso—

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nance which. has been in effect now

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“After January 1, 1928, no person,

ﬁrm or corporatiou shall sell, expose

or offer for sale, any milk or cream

except that produced by cattle located

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other diseases.”


This new ordinance is in line with

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is being taken up rapidly throughout

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dustry at Washington reports a recent

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throughout the United States. The

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of over 100,000 population, nine had

ordinances requiring that all milk be

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155 cities of from 10,000 to 100,000

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herds supplying milk to be tested, and

in ﬁfty-four cities of less than 10,000,

ﬁfteen had the same requirements.

Sixty—nine out of 250 cities Studied, or

27.6 per cent, had ordinances requiring

the test of all herds from which milk

could be sold.


This ordinance is far reaching in its

effect and we are greatly pleased that

it was not made effective at an earlier

date. Detroit is the fourth city in the

United States in size, and reaches out

many miles to the north, west and

south for its daily milk supply. The

shipping stations where the milk is

gathered for shipment by truck, inter-

urban and rail lines are located in

many counties and several of these

have not had the county-wide tubercu-

lin test. The principal sources of sup-

ply not yet tested include Oakland,

Macomb, Lapeer, St. Clair, Sanilac,

Lenawee and Tuscola counties, all of

which have approved the area method

of testing. These counties include up

wards of 300,000 cattle and it is quite

obvious that the limited force of in-


end of the year. These are all new‘

counties and work is already under

way in~ twenty-one counties, all of

which must be taken care of in the

meantime. The only way to meet the

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ors is considerably augmented, will be

to test the herds from which milk is

being sent to Detroit, and to follow

with the completion of: the counties

later on as rapidly as possible. This

will cost more, of course, but' is the

only plan by which the market may be

saved for the'herd owners, and by

which the city. of Detroit may receive

its regular daily milk supply without

considerable confusion to producers

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DEVELOPING ’TH E DAIRY HEIFER.


HE age‘at which the heifer should

be bred for the ﬁrst time, varies

in different breeds, according to size

and development, from thirteen to

twenty-one months. The smaller

breeds, such as the Jerseys and Guern-

seys, are ready from the thirteenth to

the seventeenth month, while the

large breeds, such as the Holsteins

and Ayrshires, are better not bred

until the seventeenth to the twenty-

ﬁrst month. There is nothing gained

by pushing a. heifer too fast, a sufﬁ-

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is far better. , ' , 1


There is a difference of opinion

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growth and development of a heifer

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lactation period is ended. The advan-

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from ten to eleven months, is that it

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lactation period is made short, it will

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well extended and uniformly long.

The fall of the year is the best time

for her to freshen ﬁrst. The winter

ration will be helpful to her develop-


Miss Mary Williams, of Middleville,

Introducing Two of Her Father’s

Registered Sheep.


ment and she will do well on this at


the beginning of her lactation period.


Fresh grass will become available just


in time to carry her along and serve.


as a change in feeds at, the time when

it will be most effective in keeping up

and increasing her ﬂow, of;.‘milk.


The milker can not be too careful

and gentle with a dairy heifer in. the

ﬁrst few milking operations. If she

has been properly trained and her ud-

der handled, there will be 110 trouble,

but a naturally kind and gentle heifer

can easily and quickly be made into


a kicking cow by rough and unkind ~


treatment. During the ﬁrst lactation

period is the time when every effort

should be made to develop her into a

good dairy cow.


The feeding and rations for the dairy

heifer should be given careful atten-

tion. By watching the results the ra-

tions may be varied so as to improve‘

her milk yield.

an accurate record is necessary in de~

termining her value. It sometimes

happens that a. heifer during her ﬁrst

lactation period will be very unprom—

ising, but will make wonderful im-

provement on her second and on her

third period will prove to be a. dairy

’animal of great values Ordinarily she

will not reach her full capacity in pro-

duction until the ﬁfth year, and for

this reason heifers coming from high-

record stock should not be judged too

soon. —V. M. Couch.


DAIRYING AND COMMUNITY PROS-

PERITY.


P Rornsson o.- E. REED, dairy do


partment, Michigan State College,

gave a talk at a recent meeting of the

Fellowship Club at Schoolcraft. This

club is an organization of the busi-

ness men of Schoolcraft and the farm-

ers of that community. The club was

organized for the promotion of a better

community 13me Professor Reed'told

the members of the FellowshipClu‘b


the relation“ that the dairy industry

may have to the prosperity of a com-


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If the ﬁrst ,


Careful testing and"


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. Guernsey Bull For Service moi'ﬂ'; "if


0. Stock. 1. H. WILLIAMS. No. Adamo. Mich.


Frank lionsllaw Dislolsai


Pom-mo. moo:


Wednesday, March ,2


At the farm, If miles East on Auborn

Ave, to Dodge Road, then 11,4 miles


Snorth . on Dodge Road.

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Farm Implements and 6 Heavy Draft

Horsessold at9A. M. Cattleath. M.

FREE LUNG" A'I' NOON


This sale includes the herd Sire, a

36-lb. son of the 1, 0091b. Bull, Ollie

Pontiac Segis Piebe, a son of Piebe


Laura Ollie Homestead King, one of -


the greatest show bulls ever develop-


Is a very straight individual with

the best of breeding, and bred in show

ring lines.


There will be a. numbel of fresh

cows and heavy springers bred along

the lines of such noted sires as King

of the Pontiacs, Maple Crest Korndyke

Hengerveld, and others of equal breed-

ing g.


For Catalogs Write


GUY E. DODGE, Clio, Mich., Mgr.


HOLSTEIN BULLSI


Offere'd by Michigan State Herdﬂ


Sons of Marathon Bess Burke 32d. Senior

Sire in the heavy producing herd at the

Traverse City State Hospital. This entire herd

of 98 cows and heifers of milking use aver-

aged over 13.000 lbs milk during the past

year.

Marathon Bess Burke 32a is a son I! the

famous Fobes 6th.

HIS calves from Traverse-bred dams will in-

suro woduction in your future herd.

Sand for pedigrees.

"MICHIGAN STATE HERDG."


Bureau of


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SERVICEABLE AGE


REGISTERED HOLSTEIN

BULL CALVES


At prices the owner of a small herd

can aﬁord to pay. The sire of many

of these calves is a Son of the highest

record (30-lb.) twooyear-old daughter


‘ of Creator. His sire is King Segis

Alcartra Priily, an undefeated Show

hull with 70 A. R. daughters.


Red Rose Farms Dairy


Northville, Michigan

Telephono:344

Reference: Northvilc State Saunas Bonk


Meitz Dispersal

Wednesday, Marchp 9th, 1927


., At the farm. 4 miles east and 5 miles west of Mt.

analRoed.


Clemens. on C

20 Head of Registered Holstein Cattle


Herd sire is a real show bull. great mnhomm

Rim of the Pontiacs. a 'm she .o second prize

fwlnner at lelchlasan Slate Fair in 1925. His dam

won first 1111 A real show cow. Herd records.

butter from 1921031 lbs. In seven days. C. 51A.

Records in 365 days. 815 lbs. of butter. and nearly


,opo pounds mill! in 365 days. High 4~yr. -old cow


mm lut’na‘r. an an tested. Sold


lindlé‘acﬁo‘ day retest. For catalog no


0W0 “SEER. ,

“ WW and


, tent to produce serious damage.


,F. W. Judson, vicepresident;

iCurtis, secretary—treasurer, and Messrs.


went before the board of supervisors

of that county and asked that an- ap—

.prdpriation should be made to provide

funds for a bovine. tuberculosis eradi-

cation campaign. The supervisors vot-

ed to place the question on the ballot


‘ to be voted upon in April.


BAN}— OFFERS PRIZES.


1\


HE Lake City State Bank has an-

,nounced that they will give prizes

amounting to $100 for the thre’e best

ﬁelds of alfalfa. seeded in Missaukee

county in 1927.

awarded in June, 1928. The ﬁelds must


‘contain at least ﬁve acres} to be eligi-

;bio for' a. prize.


LE'NAWEE STARTS SECOND

YEAR'S TESTING.


AYNE CARPENTER, ,of Clinton,

Michigan,«was elected president

of the Lenawee County Cow Testing

Association at the annual meeting re-


cently held in the court house, Adrian,


Other oﬂ‘icers elected were:

Robert


Michigan.


Harwood and Faler, directors. Wil-

lard, Syers, the cow tester, was hired

for another year’s work.


RE’MARKABLE TWO-YEAR-OLD

HEIFER.


TWO-YEAR-OLD purebred Hol-

stein heifer owned by a Living-

ston county farmer, recently complet-

ed a. year’s production under the sup-

ervision of a cow testing association.

‘The heifer produced 575.2 pounds of

butter-fat, and 16,891 pounds of milk.

This production was the highest for

any animal test in the association.


Barry county live stock men are now

{receiving the ten cents per hundred

weight premium for hogs sold from

that county. This premium is one of

the many reasons for tuberculosis

eradication campaigns.


Winter-killing causes as heavy losses

to the wheat crop as 3.1 lthe wheat

diseases combined.


CONDUCTED BY DR. S BURROWS


Lung Worms.——l have a bunch of

.pigs, and nearly all of them cough

more or less. I know they are not

troubled with intestinal worms, for I

have given them worm medicine since

they were little pigs. I was told that

they have lung worms and that caused

them to cough. G. G.——Verminous

bronchitis is very common in swine in

the United States; however, the infes-

tation is only rarely of suﬂicientMex-

et-

astrongylus apri is the causative para-

site of porcine pulmonary strongolis.

This disease is difﬁcult to treat be-

cause of the location of the parasites

and the difﬁculty of controlling swine.

Medicated vapors may be used, pro-

viding the swine can be conﬁned in

an airtight room. You had better clean

and disinfect their pen, also burn the

refuse of pen, or lime it thoroughly.


Horse Has Soft Swelling on Neck.—

I have a seven-year-old gelding that

has had a. soft lump as big as a. four-

quart kettle just back of collar and on

top of neck or shoulders. It has been

there over two months, does not seem

sore, or bother in working. What is

your advice regarding treatment and

continued use of the horse? C. M.—~

Open .the swelling at its lowest point

and ﬁnd out .the nature of its contents.

If it contains pus, or liquid of any kind,

it should be syringed with a two per

cent solution of carbolic acid or Some

other good antiseptic.

liniment of a blister, a little later,

would help‘in bringing the part back

to normal. Regarding work, if the col-

lar does not press on the swelling, or

appear to interfere with it in anyway,


~ there is no reason why it cannot be


werked


:IWO hundred'l‘eiid - ﬁtty owners or

pure-bredncattle of" Ionia county


The prizes will be ,


1 production.


Write.

libs. to 800 lbs.


Van 1). Baldwin, Eldon Wapello Co., Iowa. ‘


Application of,


nor-hr

LAKEFIELD FARMS,


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'J6r your ~ii~: 

limestone

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you are really buying lime oxide (its

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_You obtain 66% more actual lime for {your money when

you buy Solvay Pulverizcd Limestone]

Spread Solvay this year—note the bumper crops—and

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Write for booklet.


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MICH.


Sold by


LOCAL DEALERS


AT. THE TOP


A Colantha cow from our herd was high butter-tot

cow in Cow Testing Association work in Michigan in

1925. This herd of covlvgzgveraged 11,988 lbs milk

and 588 lbs. butter in


Trpey ('olantha Bulls from cows standing high

in Ofﬂlial and Cow Testing work insure 111111

Ask us about them


McPHERSON FARM 00.,

Howell, Michigan


HEREFORD STEERS


.Well marked. beef


CALVES. YRL’S &. TWO’S. i

type. showing splendid breeding. Dark reds. Most

all bllnchIs dchomed Good stmker order. (‘an show


few bunIhcs around 45 to 90 head. lIaI-ll bunch elm .

in size Also a few bllnI-llcs Shorthorn steers. ;

sell your c-hoiIe of one car load from any bunch .{

stating number and weight you prefer. 450


LYING FOX and Interested Prince Jerseys. Twen-

Fty females between new of three months and ten

yum. Sixty head to sccht from. Also a few good

bulls. L. RUHSTORFER &. SON. Kawkawlin, Mich.


0R SALE. my entire herd of Jersey cattle. 30

F cows including 591811 2- yr.- —old heifers. 5 yearling

heifers and 7 heifer calves Also 2- -y.r -old herd bull.

COLON C. LILLIE, Coopenviiie. Mich.


uly for service. and

Choiceo fjersey Bulls Elm calves. for solo

from dams accredited herd. SMITH &

PARKER, oHowali. Mich.


. breed offers.


“'1“ ‘ .


HAMPSHIRE BBEII 80W SALE


MONDAY, MARCH 7th

at 1 o'clock, to be held at our farm, 1


mile North, 3-4 West of Henderson, Mich.


Oﬂering consists of 25 head of tried sows. spring

gilts, open fall gilts. also two yearling boars, two

spring and two fall Doors. of real Hampshl 're type.


Offering siied by and bred Do such optstanding

boars as De lialb's King 210- 150321. and Duke De—

fendlr 166461.1116 latter is me best boar we ever‘

owned. Our Show herd won nearly

offered at six Michigan fairs during 1926, and we are

selling seleral of them in this Sale. This sale is of

moslh young stock and as ﬁne a bunch as we ever

had and the most 11p- -to- date blood lines as the

All cholera immune. All hogs Io be


3 minced will be crated and delivered honorees stationlc .


For further innformation and catalog write.


J. P. SPITLER & SON, .l. E. RUPPERT, Auct.


Sale will be Held Inside.


BERKSHIRE sows. registered. bred for April and

FMIII fallow Write for prilrs of TALCOA FARM.

D. No. 7. Lansing. Mich.


DUROC JERSEY 3:}; ”Inﬁnite?


NORRIS STOCK FARMS. Camellia. Mich.


AUCTION


65 head Spotted Poland China bred rows and oiitr.

March l5. I927. Bred to Monarch. his: prize winner

at World's Fair. and indiana. State Fair against

healy competition. (‘hoiem immune. Send for cat—

alog. OSCAR VOELKER. Pigeon. Mich.


FOR SALE PURE-BRED

POLLED SHORTHORNS


Huh class cows and heifers at reasonable prices,!


some show ring prospects. 15 years select breeding.


You will be suited


Branch Go. Farm, Goldwater, MIch.

Goo. E. BURDICK, Mgr.


l

THE STANLEY J. GARDNER HERD. Croswell. Mich.


“MILKING SHORTHORNS”


Who bu without milk records? We dont keep our

cows. thyey keep us. if you want a real bull cal!

that will breed more milk into your herd and still

retain 30111 good ﬂashing qualities. call on us. Also

i'enlales. CrirI 1111113 and photos on request.


SHORTHORNS For a... were“


good cows With

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

9111 siled by Maxwalton McIk or Edglink Victor, two

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

tractive pritcs on all of these cattle. GOTFREDSON

FARMS. Ypsilanti. Mich.


—ILKING SHORTHORN BULL, born in January.

M 12 of his nearest grand dams have an average

record of 10,751 lbs. IRVIN DOAN &. SONS. Cros-


weil, Mich.


MILKING SHORTHORNS. White Bull 12 months

old. of M. Dam. also younger red ones.

DOUGLAS. Mich.


ROBT. Crosweli,


Best of- quality and breeding. Bulls

Shorthorns cow; and heifers for sale. BIDWELL

STOCK FARM, Box D. Tecumseh; Mich.


Three registered Shorthorn sews with

For Sale heifer calves by side. T. B. tested.

WESLEY DeGEAR. Morley. Mich" B. No. I.


FOR SALE—registered Foiled Shorthoms. bulls and

heifer calves. Accredited


calf.

herd. PAUL QUACK. Sauit Ste. Marie, Mich.


HOGS


‘ BRE sows


w ANDDGILTS

SERVICE. norms


Cholera mm M n... on.

Giarkslon, Mich.


I


welsht 1900 lbs.


BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS. Bred gills. big.

smooth. sin-twill. We like the good ones and be-

liI-rc you (10. Write Us


Mich.


WESLEY HI LE. Ionia,


BIIGn TYPE CHESTER WHITE bred guts for early

arrow. Best blood lines. Reasonable


prices. nKNOX FARMS. Portland, Mich.


W 't , f

o I c Hoes on lime Hang;

On iginators and most extensiv e breeders.

S.II.VER 60., Box l96, Salem.


0. I. C. CILTS Bred for April Farrow‘


H. W. MANN. Damville. Mich.


0. l. 0's. SHED mus, IlSll FILL PIGS


MILO H. PETERSON GI. SON. lonla. Mich" B. 2.


Bled ll. ~

LARGE TYPE P. 0. either 28‘“ :3“! 533% (£2131 was.


In-

spection invited. Expenses paid if you are not sate

isfled. W. E.


LIVI NGSTONE, Pal-ma. Mich.


liliiiE‘iIPE POLAND cllllllsmd 22:: that?


JAMES G. TAYLOR. Balding. Mich.

0

Hampshire spring boats at 'I


A Few ”“1

_ bargain. Place your order for bred

grits. JOHN w. SNYDER. st. lohnl, Mich.. ft. 4.


T


THE L. Ohio


SHEEP


HIGH CLASS Registered yearling Simpshireewse.

bred. also ruristeredow ewe lambs. Flock established

1890. 0. LEMEN a SONS. Dexter. Mich.


1


Registered, Delaine Ewes

line ones. bred. F. H. RUSSELL. Waimnan. Ohio.


HORSES

1 Pure- bred Percheron more


FOR SALE cm, .1...


stallion coming two years old. Al registered


northern“ cows 5 so 30m.

year In: bulls: all are milking strain.


WALDO. Morley. Mich.. II. No. 3.


5533755” sale. cheap or trade


0.‘ L. PALMER, cbouninn. Mich" R. 2; "


Black Percheron Stallion .

Stanley Purcell. Newer”. Mich;


every premium .


‘ Jerk:


1 pure-bred. ’ ‘

two-year old heifers and some I. ”

August '


PEBONERON STALLION for '1

Mother‘-
GRAIN QUOTATIONS.

Monday, February 21.

Wheat.

Detroit —-No. 2 red at $1.36; No.2

white $1.37; No 2 mixed $1.35.

Chicago. —May $1. -'4014 , July $1. 3394' ,

Séptember $13114.

Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.36

@1.37.

Corn


Detroit—No. 2 yellow 75c; No. 3

yellow 76c; No. 4 yellow 73c; No. 5

yellow 780.


Chicago. ——May at 78540; July 82940;

September 85 %c. Oat


Detroit —-No. 2 Michigan at 500;


,47c.


Chicago—May at 45%0; July 460;

September 44%


cRye(.)6


Detroit. —No. 2, $1.


Chicago ——May $1. 066%; July $1. 041/3' ,

September 99140.


Toledo. -—Rye $1.06.


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Fillets, no head: or tails, Jersey caught, packed same daylin

brine made from clear sparklim.r sea water. Will keep in-

deﬁnitely.


20 pound (net) pail $5.00 Delivered

Sen! anywbere P. P. C. 0. D. No extra (harp:

These ﬁsh are large. fat. and absolutely pure. packed with-

out chemicals of any kind to bleach or preserve. JUST

NATURE’S PURE CLEAN SALT. You will appreciate


this QUALITY in your pantry.


WHITE FISH CO. 221,233,221! 5'


Guaranteed Finest Quality

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Frozen Bayﬂsh. Sun-511911: or


\Iullets. Large, $5.8 Pick-

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Perch. $6. 85; Yellow or Walleyed Pike, $10. 85' Sal-

mon, $13. 35: Small dressed Whiteﬁsh, $10. 35; Large,

dressed. $14. 35; Whiting or Sta Pike: $1}. 85: Flound-

ers. $935. Less than 100— lb. lots 1&0 per lb. higher.

Remit with order. Write for (omplete price list,

Fresh. Smoked. Salted and Spiced Fish.


JOHNSON FISH CO.. GREEN BAY, WB.


Canvas Covers

Truck and Stock Coven made to ﬁt

your need. Sample on request.


Tents, Awnings, Camp Supplies, Covers


FOX TEXTILE co.


603W Michigan Ave. Ypsilanti, Mich.


_ Hooves. Coughn, condition-


, .. or. Worms. Moot for cool.


, , , =. Two can. uliolnctory for


2 . .~ ; 6, Heaven ormoneybnck. $1.25


> 4 per cg). Deniero or by mail.


‘ ﬂu Norton Remedy Co.

Toledo. Ohio. .


and


one customer


Beans.


Detroit—Immediate and prompt


shipment at $4.40@4.45 f. o. b. shipping

points. . ,

Chicago.-Spot Navy Michigan fancy


hand-picked, in sacks

kidneys Y$5.75 to wholesalers.


New Y.ork —Pea. domestic $5@5. 50;

red kidneys $6. 75@r7e 50 to wholesalers.


$4.90; dark red,


pointing. The large visible supply is

still growing Export demand has not

reached important proportions. In

spite of the long period of drouth in

Argentina, Ofﬁcial reports point to an«

other large crop. The acreage is es-

timated to be slightly larger than last

year. With large quantities of Argen-


tine corn aﬂoat for Europe, the chanc- -


_ es of substantial exports from the U


Detroit. —MaltiBngr I83c; feeding 71c.


Seeds.


Detroit—Cash red clover at $24.50;

cash alsike $22.60; timothy, old $2.60;

new $2 80.


» Hay.


Detroit—No. 1 timothy at $18@19;

standard $17@18; No. 1 light clover

mixed $17@18; No“. 2 timothy $16@

17; No. 1 clover $18@19; oat straw

$13@14; rye straw $14@15. .


Feeds.


Detroit. —-Winter wheat bran at $37;

sprix'ig wheat bran at $36; standard

middlings at $37; fancy middlings at

$41; cracked corn at $34; coarse corn

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


WHEAT. .


Wheat prices have kept within an

extremely narrow range in the last ten

days, but the undertone is unsettled.

Cash offerings have been equal to the

demand and sentiment has been mixed

by uncertainty over the passage of

farm relief legislation, and its possible

market effect until the machinery for

putting it into operation has been set


up

RYE.


Rye has been relatively stubborn in

the face of the easy tone in wheat.

Stocks remain large in this country,

but reports continue to come forward

of large quantities needed in Europe,

and fair sales are being reported by

the seaboard from day to day.


CORN.


Corn prices have developed weak-

ness again in the last few days. De-

mand from eastern dairy districts and

from the cotton belt continues disap-


S. are diminishing. Argentine prices,

of course, are below our markets.


OATS.


The cats market has been weak

along with other grains. Receipts have

increased, and little or no progress has

been made in merchandising the lib-

eral visible supply. Demandfor high-

grade cats is satisfactory, but interest

in low grades is lifeless. ,


EGGS.


Egg markets have lost additional

ground during the past week, declin-

ing to the lowest level at the corres-

ponding time in at least nine years.

Prices are already close to the level

at which buying for storage was ex-

pected to take place, so that additional

declines probably will be slight.

the other hand, no important rise is to

be expected unless a turn to severe

weather should cause temporary

strength.


Chicago—Eggs, fresh ﬁrsts at 256;)

2594c; ordinary ﬁrsts 24c; miscellan-

eous 25c; dirties 231/ c; checks at 23c.


Live poult1y, hens 21@25c; springers

27c; roosters 190; ducks 32c; geese

22@230; turkeys 300.


Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 26@261,éc. Live poultry, heavy

springers 270; light springers at 24c;

heavy hens 290; light hens 24c; roost-

ers 19c; geese 25c; ducks 35c; turkeys


420 pound.

BUTTER.


Butter prices were strong during the

past week, advancing well up toward

the high points of the winter. The re-

duction in stocks during January was

heavier than usual. Wholesale prices

are from ﬁve to seven cents higher


DETROIT.

Cattle.


Receipts 277.

Good to choice yearlings


dry-fe ................ 9.75@10.25

Best heavy steers, dry-fed 8.5060 9.50

Handy weight butchers . 7.25@ 7.75

Mixed steers and heifers 600@ 7.00

Handy light butchers 600@ 6.50

Light butchers .......... 5-25@ 5.50

Best cows .............. 550(0) 6.50

Butcher cows ........... 4.75@ 5.50

Cutters ............ . . . . 4.25@ 4.75

Canne esr ................ . 3.50@ 4.25

Choice light bulls . . . . . .. 5.75@ 6.00

Bologna bulls ........... 5.50@ 6.50

Stock bulls ............. 5.00 6.00

Feeders ................. 6.00 7.25

Stockers ................ 5. 50(5) 6. 50

Milkers and swingers... “$55 00@ 90. 00


Calves.


Receipts 500. Market 50c higher.

Best .................... $1 6. 506017. 00

Others .................. 4. 50@16. 00


Sheep and Lambs.


Receipts 1,968. Market steady.

Best grades ............. $13.50@13.75

Fair lambs ............ .. 11.00@12.25

Light to common lambs... 6.00@10.25

Fair to good sheep ....... 5.00@ 8.00

Culls and common ...... 2.50@ 4.00


Hogs.


Receipts 1, 754. Market slow and 150.


lower.

Mixed ........... . ....... $ 12.00

Roughs 10.35

Pigs and yorkers . . . . . . . . 12.15

Stags . . . ................ 50


Hi in unlit , low in price.

eh q {vi-11115.1» not pay fancy prices for chicks that:l are not better.


Twolve years of honest dealing behind us.


8.0

Extreme heavies . . 11.00@11.50


DILIGENT CHICKS DID [T


will do it for you


“I have always liked your chicks the best."

eta after May5 Ots.


Postpaid prices on 100


Single Comb White Leghorn. English Strain ........ $3. 25 $13!? 25 $12 $57.0

Barred Plymouth Rocks. Park Strain .... ........... 400 775


s. C. Rhode Island Rods ......... ....... ‘ ..... ... 4.00 7.75 15 72.50

Mum! Chicks ccccc o ............ coo-veto. 2. 50 4.75 9 _‘w


Diligent’I-Iatchery & roukq'rm, Harm 1.101115%“


8.80. N. HOLLAND. KIWI!“-


CHICAGO.


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Receipts 40 000. Light hogs mostly

15@250 lower; butchers 10@15c lower

than Monday’s average; weighty aver—

aging above 250 lbs. slow at decline;

tops $11.90 paid for 150 lb average;

bulk of good 140~200 lbs. $11. 60@11. 85;

200-250-lb. butchers $11. 456911. 60; few

sales of 270 330-lb. butchers at $11.40;

odd lots down to $11.35; big packers

inactive, market lower; most packing

811111135 $10. 15@10. 40; packers up to


Cattle. "


Receipts 10,000. Fat steers steady

to 250 higher, others steady to strong;

.best heavy steers $12.90; several loads

at $12@12.75; packers and feeders are

slow and steady at $7.25@8.50 mostly;

bulk of light steers $9@11; most me-

dium bulls $6 25; heavy beef bulls ac-

tive; fat held at $6. 50@7, shippers up

to $1550; choice calf packers at $11.50


@125

Sheep and Lambs.


Receipts 17,000. The market. on fat

lambs opening fairly active, around

15c higher than Monday’s average;

good lambs $13.50@13.90, mdstly

around $14; market on desirable lambs

$12. 25((1513. 75; few extreme weight at

$12. 25@12. 50; culls $10 11; sheep are

opening strong to 750 lgher; choice

medium’weight fat ewes at 9; good

ewes $7.75@9; shipping lam 3 ﬁrm;

good offering at $12.50@13; most ﬁn-

ished were sold.


BUFFALO.


HOB-9

Receipts 15, 000. Market is 15@250

lower. wmpigs and ght lights at

bulke 2 lbs. do 11 $12.75; few

210-250 lbs. at$12. 35@12. 60; packing

sows $10.50@112 25.


Catt tte.l

Receipts 50. Very little here, prices

steady.


$1,? on] s and common $13


Receipts 259611331661: steady. Tops


On


Live Stock Market Service 1


Tuesday, February 22.


than a year ago. and probably discount l


most of the strength in basic condi-

tions. Production is inereasing‘ from

week to week, although in" a very small

way, and no important g’ain'r in the

make are to be, expected for two

’months yet. -


Prices on 92-8core creamery were:


Chicago 52112; New York 530.; Detroit, .


fresh creamery in «ms 49%@51c. .


. POTATOES , - "

The United States Department of


Agriculture estimated holdings of .mer- » - ' I


chantable potatOes in the hands of the


growers and local dealers in thirty— '


ﬁve late potato states on January1

1927, at 82, 389, 000 bushels, compared


with 70, 800, 000 bushels a. year befdre, ‘ g

and 119, 223 000 bushels two years pre-

With the exception of 1926. ‘


vious.


stocks this year were the smallest


since January, 1920. Carlot shipment.’


of potatoes have. increased recently,

and prices declined, but the market

is turning ﬁrm again, with northern

sacked round whites quoted at $1.90@

2.05 per hundred pounds at ChitEago.


SEEDS.


A ﬁrm tone continued in seed mar-

kets during the past week, with prices

of red clover and alsike at the highest

point ofthe season. Alfalfa seed prices

are unchanged, with a. small amount

of export demand reported. The tim-

othy seed market continues dull.


FEEDS.


The feed markets are practically un-

changed from a week ago, although a

few small advances were reported in

some markets. Mild weather has

tended to check the demand, and deal-

ers from this time on will not be in-

clined to carry larger stocks than nec-


essary. ‘

WOOL.


The wool market has a strong tone,

but with small price changes. Domes-

tic goods trade ls not especially brisk,

so that manufacturers are not in a

great hurry to accumulate raw mate-

rial. Foreign markets are strong, with

American operators buying. The big

feature recently has been the renewal

‘of contracting on. a. broad scale in the

west, with indications that 35,000,000

pounds are‘ under contract by this

time. Prices run mostly 30 to 33 cents

to the grower.


BEANS.


The bean market is highly irregular

with C. H. P. whites quoted all the


, way from $4.50,@4.75 per 100 pounds.


8


f; o. b. Michigan shipping points. Part

of this variation is due to differences

in quality. Demand has turned very

quiet in the last few days and prices

have eased off to some extent. The

disappointing quality of the crop is

said to have diverted demand from

beans to other sources this year.


DETROIT CITY MARKET.


Prices were: Apples 50c@$2. 50 bu;

beets 75c@$1 bu; cabbage 60@85c a

bu; red cabbage $2 .25@3 bu, local cel-

ery 25@75c dozen; carrots 75@90c I.

bu; dry onions $1. 25@1. 50 bu; root.


parsley 750@$1. 25 bu; potatoes 60c@ '


$1.25 bu; turnips $1@1. 25 bu; Hub-

bard squash $2@2. 50 bu; pears 75c®

$1.50 bu; leeks 75c@$1 dozen bunch—

es; parsnips $1. 50@2 bu; vegetable

oysters 75c@$1 dozen bunches; root

celery $1. 50@2. 50 bu; eggs, retail 40

@50c; hens, wholesale 28@31c; retail

32@34c; springers, wholesale at 276

29c; retail 30@32c; Leghorn springers,


wholesale 22@25c; veal 20@22c; h0g3,


dressed 17 @ 19c.


GRAND RAPIDS.


Potatoes 90c@$1 bu; onions $1@1.15

bu; cabbage, white 85@90c bu; red


$1 75 bu; parsnips $1 bu; carrOts and.

turnips 75c bu; leaf lettuce 8@10c 'lb; .


radishes 50@60c dozen bunches; ap-

ples2 Spys $1. 75@3 bu; Wagener's $1

@125 bu; Baldwins 50@75c per bu;

heavy hens 23@25c' light 18@20c;

eggs 29c;butte1~fat

cwt; wheat $1.17 bu; rye 82c bu; pork

14 @160; beef 6(a)12c; veal 10@17c;

lamb 20@22c; mutton 12@14c. .


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decline arrivals, some further ad-

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MISCELLANEOUS


AMERICAN CREAM SEPARATOE catalog for 1927

is a valuable book for ,any dairyman. Tells what; a

modern cream separator should do: shows by pic-

tures how the American does it. Tells about arr

fair trial. liberal installment terms and low. attrac-

tive cash prizes. Write American Separator 00.. Box

324. Bainbridge. N. Y


A FEW "SUCCESSFUL" DEMONSTRATOR INCU—

BATORS for quick sale at great reduction 60 to 300

eggs capacity. Good as news Des Moincs Incubator

00.. Box 734. Des Moines. Iowa.


REPLACEMENT PARTS—for any make of motor or

farm machinery. Machine work of any kind. Models

made for any kind of inventions. Art Tool & Die

00.. Inc.. Larned at Loib St.. Detroit. Mich.


WOOL BATTING CUSTOM CARDED from your

wool. Mail this clipping to us for full particulars.

K. A. Manpin Woolen Mills. Eaton Rapids Mich.


STEOUT'S

126 big illustrated patgets crammed with unusual bar-

rom many s a es.

3:11:13. poultry. fruit farms: grain.

farms: roadside businesses. village places. summer

homes on mountain. lake and river. There‘ s a beauty

on pg. 124 of 04 acres close in. borders river. nicely

laid out. 11de 8- -room house. numerous bldgs. , ready

to make money with 3 horses. 6 cows, young

sow. poultry. great lot machinery and crops included

and price only $5. 000 with $1. 000 cash. One Strout

buyer writes. "$2, 000 more than I paid would not.

buy my farm today. after living on it six months.

Thera' s a bargain for you. too, in this handsome. big

catalog. Write today. at once. for your free copy.

Strout Agency. 205— BC Kresge Bldg. Detroit, Mich


FARMING UNDER THE MOST FAVORABLE CON-

DITIONS—whcre winter never comes. where life is

worth li.ving with fruits. and ﬁowars

found In California. making every day a Soy. Vege-

tables of some kind grown every month in the year.

No cold or excessive heat to interfere with the


of your stalk in fattening season. Fair bni dings.

plenty of water for irrigation at all seasons: pure.

soft. domestic water. near good town with schools.

churches and all modern conveniences. Part in

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

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

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

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

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


FOB S E—Excellent dairy farm in the heart of

one of Atiie 'bost milk- producing sections of central

New Yorlc- 376 acres. with 150 acres unable; 20

acres woodland. balance grazing. Farm will carry

50 head dairy cattle All equipped with ample build-

ings. Near state road. village. schools and. churches.

Best of markets. Price $20 per acre. including build-

ings. which could not be replaced for the price of

the farm. Easy terms. with interest at 5%. Full

information upon request. Federal Land Bank.

Springﬁeld. Massachusetts.


COME TO CALIFORNIA—settle in Stanislaus County

—an Erspire 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 farming, close to good mar-

kets: wonderful climate: paved roads: good mhools:

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

St County Development Board. (County Cham—

ber 11 Commerce). Modesto. Calif


FOR SALE—ZOO-arre stock farm near Jackson on

state road. near school and market. perfectly leveL

large bannem barn, large house. new silo. other

buildings. all in good repair. A beautiful farm and

oncofthebrststocksndgrainfarmsinhcksm

County. Will sell for one-half actual value. Address

W. Stinson. 210 S. Wiener St... Jackson. Mich.


240— ACRE FARM belonging to an estate must. be

sold at once. Good. soil and buildings. two silos.

Two basement barns. Electric lights One mile to

village high school and station. 90 acres seeded

clover and alfalfa. Will Sell this—$20,000 farm for

$14,000 rather than rent. $4.000 down. Write Box

100. Lakeview. Mich.


FOR SALE—55 acres on M-29. 1% miles from Cold-

water. Good land. good buildings. city electricity.

exceptional value. Write to Howard Sweezey. Cold-

water. Mich.


FRUIT FARM BARGAIN—~13 ms.1.350 fruit. and

nut trees. also berries. all bearing. H. J. Heard.

Cmswell. I Mich.


IMPROVED FARMS—resort lots and cottages. lake

and river; frontage Some mighty ﬁne bargains.

G. Reynolds. Gladwin. Mich.


140 ACRES. Central Michigan. sell or trade for sheep.

Kittie. lanr. town property Mattie Baker. Lumier-


ALL WOOL KNITTING YARN for sale from' manu-

facturer at great bargain Samples free. H. A.

Bartlett. Harmony. Maine.


MATTRESSES


. ri‘Jan andea Pe-

, rum-y, c that the numbers remaining

‘ are not so far below the corresponding


: too.

ﬁn. ,


STEAWBEERY PLANTS. $8 00.1.000; rsSoberrles:

blackberries: grapevines. Wholesale prices. Cata-

logue. Cloverleaf Nursery. Three Oaks. Mich.


GMUINE MASTODON EVERBEABI'N ING—léss than

each. Why pay more. Catalog free. E. Libke.

New Buffalo. Mich.


,


CHOICE SEED SPELTZ and Certiﬁed Wisconsin

Pcdigreed Barley. $1. 50 per bushel. Harry

Lansing. Mich.


SEED CORN—Pride of the North. yellow. 90-day.

early maturing, tests nearly 100%. Address Marion

Day. Georgetown.


MILLIONS CABBAGE ONION and Tomato plantS.

$1~1000. Descriptive circular free. Clark Plant

Company. Thomasville. Ga.


TREES. plants. grapevines. shrubs. perennials Cat-

alog free. Lands. Nursery Co. St. Joseph. Mich.


YELLOW DENT SEED CORN—Crib—dried. Guaran-

teed test. G. Needham, Saline. Mich.


CERTIFIED WOLVERINE OATS—Michisln's Lead-

ing Variety. C. D. Finkbeiner. Clinton. Mich.


TOBACCO


BUY YOUR WHITE LEGHOEN CHICKS


breeder. Twenty years breeding Leghorns. All

produced by me are hatched from large whi

not less than 24 ozs. to the dozen. and up to


for production. and. specially fed and handled to

duce the strongest. most livable chicks. Nearly1 0

worth of stock and. hatching eggs bought from Kelly


the benefit of my customers. All males in my pass

this year. bought or hatched from eggs bought from


260 eggs in one year. Chicks sired by 200- —egg or

better males. 15c each: sired by 250 to 200»m_

males. 170 each. J. B. Deneen. Imlay City. MI


MYERS "PUEF-BRED"

Most quality per dollar. Smith Hatched—hmlthy and

vigorous. Orders booked now delivered whm you want

them. 100% live deli1ery. Postage prepaid. Four

leading breeds. White Leghorns. Barred Rocks. Rhoda

Island Reds. White Wyandottes. Fiocks culled and

for egg production. Cert-O- Culd Chicks. Find

out about our chicks before you order elsewhere.

for descriptive circular. Myers Hatchery. Mt. Pleas-

ant. Michigan.


STOUFFER CHICKS have a reputa’tion. Parent Stock


three years. Twelve Varieties. Poultry Manual Fm:

explains the Accredited Plan. contains up- to- date in-

formation about raising chicks and pictures of chick-

ens in natural colors. Stouifer Egg Farms. R- -20.

Mount Morris. Illinois.


GUARANTEED HOMESPU'N TOBAGO—411m

smoking. 5 lbs.. $1. 25: ten. $1: cigars $2 pa 50.

Pipe free. pay when received. Farmers' Associatkn.

Maxon Mills. Kentucky.


HOMESPUN 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. Kentucky.


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 usca.

United Farmers of Kentucky. Paducah. Ky.


Smoking. 15 lbs.. $1.50. Chewing. 15 lbs.. $2.25.

Satisfaction guaranteed. Pay when received. Fann—

crs' Union, Mayﬁeld. Ky.


TOBACCWKENTUCKY SWEETLEAF—Mellow with

age. Smoking. 15 lbs.. $1.50. Chewing. $2.25. Pay

when received. Ernest Choato. Wingo, Ky.


MA'I'I'RESSES made any size. low factory prices.

Catalog free. Peoria Baidi ng Company. Peoria. Ill.


PET STOCK


NOTICE! COON HUNTERS—For sale. my A-No.1

coon h.ound cheap. Will allow trial. B. Kesmson.

Sedalia. Ky.


PURE-REED German Police puppies from imported

sire. price $12 and $15. Pine Hill Farm. Howard

City. Mich.


UTILITY FLEMISH GIANT Buck Rabbits 400 1b.

0.. Galbroath. Hartford. Mich.


COLLIES—stock dogs. beauties. Write for pictures.


Clovm’loaf Farms. Mn. Ohio.


SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK


TIFTON'S RELIABLE PLANTS. Frost Proof Cab—

bage. Bermuda onions plants. Varieties: Copenhagen

Market, Early Jersey and Charleston Wakeﬁeld. Flat

Dutch. and Succession. Tomato plants. Varieties:

Greater Baltimore, Bonnie Best and Livingston Globe.

Prices: Postpaid. 250. $1.00: 500, $1.50: 1000. $2.50.

Express collect: $1.50. 1000; 10.000 and over $1.25

1000. We guarantee to ship size to please you. Bef-.

erences: Bradstreet. Bank of Tifton. and Postmaster.

Tifton 'Plant 00.. Tifton. Ga.


REGISTERED and Certiﬁed Pickett Yellow Dent Seed

Corn. ﬁre—dried on racks. germination guaranteed.

Certiﬁed and uncertiﬂcd Wisconsin Six Row Pedi-


greed Barley. Uncertiﬂed Worthy Oats grown from

certiﬁed seed. Certiﬁed Robust Beans. Good seed

is scarce. Write for circular. Fairgrove Associated


Seed Growers." W. B. Kirk; Secy.. Fairgrove. Mich.


MASTODON LARGEST EVERBEARING STRAW-

BERRY—100 plants. $3.50: 1000. $25. Champion

Everbearing. 200 plants. $3.00: 1000. $8 50: 1000

strawberry plants. $3.00: Premier, $4.50: Cooper. $6.00:

100 Black or Raspberry plants. $2.00. 1000 Grape

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

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


HOME SPUN TOBACCO: Guaranteed Chewing or

Smoking, 5 pounds. $1: 10. $1. 75: Pipe Free Pay

when received. United Farmers. Bardwell, Kentucky


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


eleven $2.00. Pipe free. Tobacco Growers. Sc-

dalia. Ky.


, POULTRY

EGGS. CHIX. DUCKLINGS, STOCK—Wmdottes.


Rooks. Reds. Cornish. Cochins. Sussex. Langshans.

Brahmas. Polish. Campines. Houdans. Ha-mburKS.

Andalusians. Spanish. \Iinorcas. lavas. Giants. Ban-

tams. Turkeys, Ducks, Geese. Guineas. Arthur Jarvis.

Waveland. Indiana.


PURE HOLLYWOOD WHITE LEGHORNS—Quincy

winners by 139 eggs last year. Official records 289

8839. Good sized birds. greatest layers of large eggs


on earth. Only 1000 chicks per week. Reasonable

prices. Strebeck's Woodside Farm. South Haven.

Mich.


WHI'I‘TAKER'S MICHIGAN CERTIFIED REDS——

BOTH COMBS~—Trapnested. Bloodtested. Michigan’s

Greatest Color and Egg Strain. Chicks. Eggs. Cock-

ercis. Catalog Free. Interlakes Farm. Born: 9. Law-

rence. Mich. ’


WHITE ROCKS—eggs for hatching. $8.00 per 100.

Stock accredited and blood tested. Mrs. Lois Hol-

comb. North Adams. Mich.


BARRED ROCK COCKEREIS. $3.00. $4.00. Good

size, color and type. From heavy laying stock. Sat-

isfagtion guaranteed. . H. Osgood. Cloverdale.

Mic .


S. C. BUFF LEGHORN CHICKS—Michigan Sim

Accredited, Send for circular. J. W. Webster S:

8011. Bath. Mich. .


HAWLEY‘S RED COCKERELS—mcellent strain. Sin-

gle Comb Rhode Island Reds. $3 to $5 each. Wm-

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


BUY YOUR GRIMM ALFALFA SEED direct from

the Introduces. and know that your foundation stock

is pure. pedigreed seed. bred from the original Grimm

strain. Acclimstcd to severe northwest temperatures

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

Minn“ '1110 Home of Grimm Alfalfa.


REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED SEED CORN,—

Clement's white cap yellow dent. ﬁre-dried on racks.

ear tested and germination guaranteed. Also Worthy

seed oats. Good Seed is scarce. order yours early.

Paul Clement. Britton, Michigan. Member of the

Mich. Crop Improvement Association.


SEED CORN—Fire Dried. Certiﬁed Polar Yellow

Dent. (frost resistant) $7.00 per bu. Duncan Yellow

Dent (good for ensilage or grain crop) $6.00 per bu..

90-day eight-rowed Yellow Flint $5.00 per bu. All

corn is shelled and graded. 56 lbs. to the bu. Bags

free. Arthur W. Jewett. Jr.. Mason. Mich.


FREE OFFER-Fifty Bermuda Onion Plants or

Froatproof Cabbage Plants for few minutes your time.

Write for proposition. Bell Plant Company. Cotulla,

Texas.


CERTIFIED WOLVEBINE OATS. one dollar per

bushel. Improved. Robust Bans. choice stock. abso-

lutely pure. seven dollars per hundred. Bags are

free. Freight prepaid on orders of twenty dollars or

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


FRUIT TREES and Ornamentals direct to planters.

Transportation charges paid. Safe delivery and satis-

faction guaranteed. Write for Special Offers and Cat-

alogue. YWaynesboro Nurseries, Waynesbcro. Virginia.


WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIESr—Southern Georgin,


farm lands. Write for complete information. Cham—

be- of commerce. Quitman. Ga


FOB SALE—Forty acres all stumped and fenced: 1

good wells. fair buildings: 115 mile west of Harris-

villeon M- 42. Inquire John Dunn. Harrlsville. Mich.


FOB SALE—80 acres stock. grain and fruit farm.

Good buildings and soil. G. A. Rouse. Bloomingdale.


, wanrsp‘rAn-ras


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,3 “”an In: 3031395“ Milieu)“. ’0 productive. Send farmers' addresses Get presents.

3W 5 919nm?“- "I WW1 yum. Nurseries. Lonsdale. Minn. _


MERRY PLANTS—New Mastodon. 15 other

standard varieties. raspberries. grape. current. aspar-

agus. fruit trees. Reduced prices. Catalog free.

Sawyer Nurseries. Sawyer. Mich.


HARDY ALFALFA—Clovers and all farm or garden

seeds direct from growers at money— —saving prices. New

seed book. Free! Farmer Seed & Nursery 00.. 70

First Avenue. Far-insult. Minn.


NORTHERN MONTANA Non-irrigated Registered.


afﬁdavit. Grimm alfalfa seed. 99% pure, direct. from


gowcr. $30 per 100. Wm. DeMessernaker. Tampico.

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war, ~

MY WM“ varieties. Bockbot


manners BOOTS-«quality ad price are 111th

Price list and culture directions free. I. C. Dunn-m.


onricw‘prto‘o Myanmar ”01.1.6

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“RINGLET” Barred Rock breeding cookerels. 6 to 8

lbs. nicely barred. Satisfaction guaranteed. Earl

Murphy. Britten, Mich. \


THOUSANDS of cight—week—old White Leghorn Pul-

lets. after May 15. $1.00 each, $00 per 100. Gumser

Willow Farm. Holland. Mich.


SILVER LACED Golden and White Wyandotte Cook-

erels. C. W. Browning. Portland, Mich.


COCKERELS—Holterman dark strain of Barred Ply-

mouth Rocks. strong healthy birds. beautifully mark-

ed. 0 lbs. to 7 lbs. $4, two for $7. Mrs. Glenn

Arnold. Saranac. Mich.


BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK hatching eggs and

baby Chicks from our high record egg producing

straIiln. Circular on request. F. E. Fogle. Okemos.

Mic .


HATCHING EGGSaS. C. Rhode Island Reds. trap—

nested. Splendid color and type. Record layers.

Prices reasonable. Write for circular. Koenig 6;

Banne. Holland, Mich. R. 4.


RHODE ISLAND REDS R. C. Large fancy cooker-

els at $3 each. Burt Sisson. Imlay City, Mich.


FOR TOULOUSE GEESE and Guineas. write LI. 3.

Noble. Saline. Mich.


PEAFOWL—Pheasants, Bantams. Pigeons.

ular. John Hess, Bettendorf. Iowa.


TURKEYS


free cir-


GIANT BRONZE COCKERELS-hatched from pen

No. 1. Gregory Turkey Farm. G. W. Ely. 208 Ham-

ilton St.. Dowagiac. Mich.


PURE- BRED WHITE HOLLAND TOMS SIG—Hens

related, $0. 00 and $7 50. Eggs in season. C. Gal-

breath. Hartford. Mich.


WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS. toms and hens. Tou-

louse sanders: White Pekin ducks. drakes. Alden

Whitcomb. Byron Center. Mich.


FEW MAMMOTH BRONZE young toms left. Fine

gilds. pure- ~bred and vigorous. M'. Love. Bangor.

ch


TURKEYS—Ail asst“. strictly pure-hm. Special

[is-lees. Eastman oPouitr! Faun am. Beallsville. «do 0.


PURE- BRED Mammoth Bronze Tom cChampion strain.

Earl & Merle Phelps. Bowen-0.141


BRONZE TUBKEYS. strong. healthy breeding stock.

Mills. Almont. Mich.


Mrs. Ida


0. RAW ROCK CHICKS


HOMESPUN TOBACCO. mellow. sweet. aged in bulk. ,


from Mich. Accredited.

trapnested breeders. entered in B. 0. P.


of chicks you want.

Aim Mich. Accredited White Leghorns'. Anconas anﬂ

Barred Rocks from approved farm ﬂocks. Writanow


for deli1 cry dates and our reasonable prices. Sterling

Poultry Farm. Earl G. Osterhout. Sterling. Michigan.


500. 000 HIGH GRADE Hollywood sired White Leg-

horn Accredited Chicks. Males and females. passed

and handed by State Poultry Association. Sturdy

and vigorous heavy producing breeders assures chicks

of quality and ability. Special discount now. Cat-

alog free. Wyngarden Hatchery & Farms. Zesland.

Mich, Box 21.


WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS sired by pedim

males. records 200 to 293 eggs Low prepaid prion.

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

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

Winners at 17 Iegg contests. Write for free catalog

and special price bulletin. Geo. B. Ferris. 984

Union, Grand Rapids. Michigan.


MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS—some sired by

200 to 270 egg males. We purchased high classbreod-

ing stock from Hollywood' 3 Leghorn Farm and Anda-

son‘ 3 Ancona Farm in 1926. Get our free catalog

and prices before buying elsewhere. We can save you

money. Satisfaction guaranteed. M. D. Wynsardm.

Zeeland. Mich. . 4.


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BABY CHICKS—White Leghorns. $10 per 100: White

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

per 100. Prepaid by parcel post. Snowflake Poultry

Farm & Hatchery. R. 5. Middlevillo. Mich. L. Van.

Sable, Prop


LARGE TYPE. Eng. W. Leghorn cm: from our

M. A. C. Demonstration Farm flock.


large type. pen ig'nee males. Low prices. only

$107. 50 per 1000. Circular free. Model Poultry Farm.

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.


BABY CHICKS—ten leading Breeds. Hollywood

Leghorns 280—290-egg breeding. Also White Buff.

Brown Leghorns: Rocks. Reds. W1andottes. Orping —

tons. Anconas. Send for big 28 page catalog. Chick

Hatchery. New London. Ohio.


BABY CHICKS AND EGGS—Superior Ringlet B

Rocks Rose Comb Reds Barron and T

White Leghorns. Catalogue. Wyndham‘ s Ideal Poul-

try Yards. Tiﬁ‘ln. Ohio.


CHICKS—Barron's Large English White Leghorns.

We import direct from England. Breed English Ing-

horns only. Catalog free. Willacker Poultry Farm.

Box M. New Washington. Ohio.


QUALITY PLUS CHICKS—100% guaranteed delivery.

Eight standard breed Pure- bred flocks. The profit

making kind. WriteS for catalog. Windmill Points

Hatchery. 1318 Alter Road. Detroit


BABY CHICKS—Standard varieties from strong pro-

ducing and carefullv culled flocks. Circular of prim.

also diseounts in large orders. Shepard Poultry Farm

Litchhﬂcld. Mich.


SINGLE COMB White Leghorn Baby Chicks. Order

your chicks now and get Michigan Accredited. Mg

type. heavy laying White Leghorus when you want

them. Hansen and other leading strains in ﬂocks.

Pressiey Hatchery. Ithaca. Mich


BETTER CHICKS—Pure- bred stock of high produc—


tion quality. Eleven breeds rigidly culled. Write for


giggogue and prices. Litchﬁeld Hatchery. Litohﬁeld.

1 .


BE QUICK—Amazingly low chick and egg prices.

Rocks. Reds. Leghorns. pure— bred. Prompt deliva.

ﬁrpIIIanation free, quick. Merrill Hatchery, Merrill.

1c .


MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS from newly

blood- tested stock now hatching each week. Sovm

breeds. Time to start the early broilers. Ask for

catalog and prices. Pierce Hatchery. Jerome. Mich.


BLACK MINORCA CHICKS (our best grade) 180


each. 500 for $80. 00. Circular.

Houde Mi.ch Robt. Christophol.


¥ Hm WANTED


WANTED~working manager with small family. on

273- acre dairy and sheep farm. strictly modern. be-

tween Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor. Must be honest

and able to handle men machinery and tractor. State

salary expected. and all details in ﬁrst letter. Own-

or. 1427 Edison Ava, Detroit, Mich.


WANTED—experienced married man by year. Good

house Water pumped from porch. cistern water in

house Good hen house. Also single man at my

place. Present man with me three years Bought a.

farm. G. H. Daisher. Tecumseh. Mich, R. No.


WANTED~—two married men on farm by

milking and general farm work.

full particulars. E


Stat year if;

e wastes a

.I. Hurd. Gagetown. Mich. ,


WANTED. DAIBYMAN—single. App! . statin wags.

Balmorsl Farms. It.l1ac11.,Micl!.y g


SITUATIONS WANTED

WANTED—married man with family wants position


stock

Mich.. BoxI 43

YOUNG SINGLE MAN wishes steady bosons oh

fann. Address Box 80. Michigan Farmed!)


wood and Tancred Farms within past. three years film


from Hollywood or Tancred. from dams laying 200 m


farm. Edward Feldhanssr. W. ,


AGENTS wamo ' 42'3“; f


arse” rears... “W ..

an ma 0 c

ill. Write for particulars. W! M


Martinsville. Indi


laid by mature. selected. vigorous fomalm not M


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CHICKS live and grow.


has been State Inspected and Accredited for the past .


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Mobiloil “B."


Follow winter recommendation when tem- '

peratures from 32° F (freezing) to o' F (zero)

prevail. Below zero use Gargoyle Mobiloil

Arctic (except Ford Can, use Gargoyle M04


biloil “15”).


If your car is not listed below see any Mobiloil

dealer for the complete Chart. It recommends-the

correct grades for all can, trucks and tractors.


Why their


PoOr seed is like poor lubricating oil


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THE correct grades of Gargoyle Mobiloil,

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The grades of Gargoyle Mobiloil, indicated


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(“Arc"). Mobiloil “A." Mobiloil “BB," and


alfalfa was area is i  


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set out to determine what killed their alfalfa during the Winter. A '_ g “ ., g _,

The conditions on a farm in Shelton are typical of what they ’ ' ‘

found. This farm has two ﬁelds of. alfalfa, side by side, which I


Were sown with two different kinds of seed. One ﬁeld showed


a perfect stand while the other was badly thinned out." Tbe


muse of tbe winter billing was directly traced to poor seed A I


Neither cheap seed nor low-priced lubricating oil is a proﬁt-

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are often astonished by the. many ways in which Mobiloil

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Mobiloil frequently cuts oil consumption from 10% to 50%

‘_saving' more than its few cents extra cost per gallon

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(I) Mobiloil is the favorite oil with automotive engineers. (2.)

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(4) The MobiloilJChart has'the “approval of 609 automotive manu-

facturers. ‘


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The full economy of Mobiloil will be yours this year

if you follow the recommendations in the Mobiloil

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' lighting engine and your stationary engines. 42. Mobi -

oil engineers made a careful study of all automotive


engines before this Chart Was made. Your engines were


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