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the greatest opportunity for ef-



. fective cooperation. The sympa-



thetic and thoughtful working together



in meeting the problems of life is cer-



tain to overcome a multitude of ills



and produce more happiness and rich-

er living. '



Because cooperation within the fam-

ily has been overlooked to some de-

gree, it gives us increased pleasure to

present the case of Farley Brothers,

of Albion. These brothers, Garfield

and Minard E., together with their

families, have cooperated in the de-

velopment of one of the finest farms

in Michigan. By their working to-

gether, they have overcome many ob-



' stacles and done such effective work

that the judges in Michigan’s 1926 Mas-

ter Farmer Contest named these two

men as members of the first class of

Master Farmers for this state. We

have not learned of another case, thus

far, Where two brothers working to-

gether on the same farm have attained

this degree.



The fine thing about Farley Broth-

ers is that one learns of their short-

comings directly, and their strong

points indirectly. The writer was im-

pressed with this when gathering the

material for this story. Perhaps it is

this very quality which has enabled

these two men to do what hundreds

of other brothers have tried and failed

—-to ’cooperate in carrying on a suc-

cessful farm enterprise.



The writer has before him an ac~

count of the sales of products from

this farm for the past two years. The

income for 1925 was realized from

thirteen different sources; while the

number for 1926 had increased to sev-

enteen. Eight of these sources of in-





WITHIN the family is to be found





NE of the most important prob-



lems confronting Michigan agri-



culture today is the economic

status of the sugar beet crop. It is a

matter which should receive the ser-

. ious attention of not only every farmer

in the beet growing districts of‘our

' state, but also of the sugar‘companies

and extension workers of the Michi-

gan State College, as well. Consider

first what would happen to the price

of other farm commodities if the 150,-

000 acres of land on which beets are

grOWn each year, were used for other

crops. It is obvious, therefore, that

the beet crop is an important factor in

keeping the prices of Michigan farm

products up to a higher level. Today,

with a surplus on hand from grain

crops of last year, it looks as if the

beet crop was one of the best bets the

;‘ farmer could make this year, as it is

a cash crop with a guaranteed fixed

. price before the seed is planted in the

.' ground.



Whether or not this crop is profit-

able to the beet growers, depends sole-

‘Iy on his ability to make his land pro-



hegts ‘ ugh§to pay; for his time

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MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM PRESS





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By B. Wermuth





come for 1925 produced more than

$500, while for 1926 nine sources re-

turned more than this amount. The

leading income producer on the farm

is apples, which brought receipts ex-

ceeding $5,000 for each year. Hogs

take second place, bringing in annual

receipts of about $2, 500. Two other

major products are cattle and wheat.

Other products grown for marketing

are peaches, cherries, berries, seed

corn, seed oats, rye, sheep and wool,

poultry and eggs, Christmas trees, and

potatoes.



Farley Brothers have given a great





deal of emphasis to soil fertility. Care





is taken that every field is made to

produce maximum crops. The whole

program is somewhat simplified by





keeping a large amount of live stock

on the farm. However, they do not

limit their efforts to stable manure.

Some crops are grown to be turned

back to the soil to produce humus and

improve the physical qualities of the

soil. Fertilizers supplement the ma-

nures to meet the particular require-

ments of a crop. Besides, a great deal

of straw has been purchased from

farmers near and far, to spread among

the trees that better production may

result.



The farm now consists of 390 acres,

of which 315 are in cultivation, forty

are in permanent pasture, and twenty-

five in woodlot. The general type of

soil is a sandy loam with natural

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Sugar Beet Profits Follow High Yields





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By Geo. M. Bradford





equipment. The average yield of sug-

ar beets per acre in Michigan for at

least six years, is 8.2 tons. This is by

far too low a yield from our fertile

Michigan sugar beet soil. Many grow-

ers get from fourteen to sixteen tons,

and yields as high as twenty tons have

not been uncommon in this state.



While. the sugar beet is a hardy

crop, and will survive under many ad-

verse conditions of soil and weather,

it will respond remarkably well if con-

ditions are made favorable for its

growth.

tend towards the production of maxi-

mum yields, have been found by re-

search men studying the beet crop, to

be as follows:



1. The type} of soil most favorable

for growth bf Sugar beets is too well-

known to require much discussion. It

is conceded that the clay loams of the

sugar beet areas of the state will give

the best yields, and where lighter soils

are resorted to, better results may be

obtained if a legume crop is turned

uhder.



3g Propel drainage is necessary to





Some of the factors which





produce best yield of beets. In a field

where drainage conditions are poor,

even if the crop does reach maturity,

growth of the beet plant is retarded.

The loss from this source alone un-

doubtedly accounts for a large per-

centage of low yields in this state.



3. It is recommended that every

farmer use the soiltex test for acidity

on any land on whichhe plans to

grow beets. The directions for using

this test are very simple, and can be

obtained, together with the solution,

from the Soils Department, Michigan

State College, for twenty-five cents. It

has been definitely proven by repeated

tests, both in this country and in Elu-





- rope, that where the lime content of





the soil was low, as indicated by the

acid r ction, the yield of beets was

decre ed. The largest yield of beets

see to be obtained [when the soil is

slightly alkaline in reaction.



4. Much of the land put into sugar

beets is not plowed deep enough. Mr.

J. G. Lil]; of the Farms Crops Depart-

ment of the Michigan State College,





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cultivated for the past eighty-five .

years. It has been in the hands or”

the present owners for over twenty

years. .



Like other good farmers in this

state, Farley Brothers are strong for

legumes. Over 100 acres of these

crops are grown annually. Some of

this acreage is pastured, some out for

hay, and the remainder. is plowed 1m:-

derfor soil improvement. The soil is _

somewhat acid, and to correct this,-

betWeen 600 and 700 tons of lime have

been used.



A tractor, six horses, and two mules

provide the power for carrying on the

field work. Four-horse teams are used

Wherever possible. The larger part of

the heavy work is done by the trac—

tor. Three extra gas engines and a.

windmill take care of the stationary

power requirements. An isolated elec«

tric plant has been in operation on.

the farm for the past fifteen years.

One man is employed by the year,

and others as the occasion demands.

Fruit harvesting season is usually a

busy time.



Farley Brothers are strong for qual-

ity. They believe that many problems

now baffling farmers could be solved

if more careful attention was given to

the quality of products sold from the

farm. One of the important reasons

for thoroughly enriching their soil, is

to produce fruits and grains of supe-

rior quality.



As stated above, apples is the larg-





est income producer on this farm. The ' '





Farleys were among the first fruit





' growers in the state to practice thin-





ning apples on a commercial basis.

Often twothirds of the fruit is remov-

ed from a tree when thinning. It 'is

cheaper to pick undesirable fruit at

(Continued on page 476).





the depth of plowing was varied from

four to ten inches, is authority for the

statement that every inch added to

the depth of the plow furrow, means

an additional half ton of beets per

acre. -





5. While the preparation of the seed

bed is generally understood to be a.

very important factor in successful

beet growing, it is too often skimped

in the usual rush of spring work on

the farm. Another day spent in« pul-

verizing the soil means additional

profit at the end of the season. .



6. Addition of the right amounts of

plant food to the beet crop is a factor

that requires careful attention on the





part of the beet grower to insure a. ‘ '





profitable crop. Nitrogen should be,

supplied, either in the form of barn

yard manure or from a crop of clover,

alfalfa, or sweet clover plowed under.

Nitrogen is expensive to buy as a com-

mercial fertilizer, but when produced,

on the farm, there is the additio” .

advantage of supplying the soil. the

humus derived from decaying vegeta-

ble matter. Our Michigan 8911 ,

generally lacking in available

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DETROIT, APR. 2, 1927





 





CURRENT COMMENT





N interesting de-





Want velopment in the

Legislature during the



T‘ 3' Work past week was the

Pushed public hearings on the





appropriation for the



payment of state indemnities on tuber-

cular cattle. A large delegation of

dairymen, farm organization ofl'icials

- and public health workers appeared

before the finance and appropriations

committee of the Senate, the ways

and means committee of the House,

and the agricultural committee of the

house, urging that the state appropri-

ation for this purpose be increased

above the regular amount of $250,000

a year. This was asked in order to

meet the emergency caused by the pas-

sage of a milk ordinance by Detroit

which will prohibit the sale of any

milk in that city after January 1,1928.

which does not come from accredited

counties.





Dairymen from the various counties

in the Detroit area called attention to

this situation and said that the mar-

ket for their milk would be cut off

next New Year, unless the state had

ample funds to make the necessary

test and clean-up before that date. It

was pointed out that if only the regu-

lar appropriation was granted, and all

of this money were expended in the

counties of the Detroit area, it would

be doubtful if all this territory could

be tested and approved in time to pre-

vent dairymen in some of these coun-

ties being deprived of their milk mar-

‘ket ’



" Farmers from up-state counties,



Where the test is in progress, and

'.'from several of the counties on the

_ 'Vwalting list for this work, entered vig-

7 rolls protest against spending all the

. “to energies and funds in southeast

scrulechigan and depriving the bal-

. do of the state of- 'the benefits of

clean-up campaigns. "

The" allegation was headed by M.

' -,of Jackson, president “of the





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TMich‘isah State m Bares. d‘hg

WINS speakers painted out. that





Michigan has a splendid chance toba-

come the first. fully accredited state

in the Union, and if this could be ac-

oumplished, it would greatly improve

our market for surplus dairy cattle in

the eastern states. Public health ex-

perts testified as to the relation of

bovine tuberculosis to glandular and

bone tuberculosis in people, especially

children.



Since speeding up this work would

prove a saving of public funds and

private property at the end, and

would the quicker safeguard our

health from bovine tuberculosis infec-

tion, we hold the appeal is fully jus-

tified and the funds should be made

available.





HE acquittal of L.





Handling J. Wilson, Mont-

calm county, charged



Raf“! with the killing of Ed-

Crime ward Sixbury, Green~





ville, while the latter

was attempting to steal chickens from

the farm of Mr. Wilson, is a very im-

portant action from the standpoint of

the farmer, and should prove helpful

in the further protection of farm prop-

erty in the state. It also raises the

whole question of policing rural dis-

tricts.



The numerous petitions gathered by

subordinate granges, farm bureaus,

other farm organizations, and individ-

uals, and sent to the 'judge or prose-

cutor in connection with this case, rc-

veal to the public an\extreme situation

which has developed in our rural com-

munities as a result of increased steal-

ing, trespassing. and other violations

of property rights by people who

ought to be earning their living by

legitimate means. It is fortunate, how-

ever, that the prayers of these peti-

tions were not followed for, by dis-

missing the case, Mr. Wilson then

would not have been placed in jeop-

ardy and would therefore be liable to

further prosecution, and the public,

particularly the farmers, would not

have had this case as a precedent in

future actions. But by following the

regular court procedure, the matter

has ended most happily for both Mr.

Wilson and the farmer.





With the advent of good roads and

the automobile, the whole countryside

is exposed to the depredations of that

class of people who, in their effort to

live without work, find it necessary to

take the property of others. The evo—

lution of our law-enforcing machinery

has been too slow to meet this new

condition. One of the difficulties of

enforcing laws in farming communi-

ties is the large territory to be protect-

ed. A study of the farm trespass situ-

ation in this state showed, for ill-

stance, tllat the only effective way of

properly policing rural districts is to

give the farmer authority to enforce

the provisions of the law upon his own

premises.



This idea. of course, is not new. For

instance. those familiar with condi-

tions in New York state declare that

there is practically no stealing of fruit

in that commonwealth, as compared to

the extent of fruit pilfering in Michi~

gan. This, they contend, is due to the

fact that the‘New York assembly has

given the farmer authority to arrest

persons found stealing fruit upon his

premises. Knowledge that someone is

near to enforce the law, usually de-

velops a wholesome respect for law

among that type of people who occa-

sion all this trouble.



The Horton Trespass Bill .now in

the hands of the conservation commit-

tee of the Michigan State Senate, has

a provision which gives the farmer “all

the powers and rights of a game war-

den, constable, and deputy sheriff,”

with respect to its violation upon his

farm. With the enactment of/this

measure, the people of the state of

Michigan would have an opportunity

to observe the application of this prin-





ciple to the protection of therights oil...





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diately to their senator and represents»

tivc at Lansing, urging the passage of

the Horton Trespass Bill. If the men

whom you have chosen to frame state

laws are given to understand that the

people back home want the Horton

Trespass Bill enacted, they are more

than likely to do what~is asked. Let-

ters should be addressed to these leg-

islators at the State Capitol Building,

Lansing. A second, or even a third

letter from you upon this matter, will

the more forcefully impress upon them

that you are in earnest. We are con-

tinually hammering away at this bill

because we believe it is a just meas-

ure, and one to which the farmers of

the state are entitled to better protect

their property interests.





T the present time





The ‘r . cfhancestt'are fad-



ing or go lng any

Gas change in the gas tax

Tax law at this session of





the Legislature. There

is a medley of opinions as to what

should be done, and unless some con-

certed'program can be agreed upon,

the outcome will be negative.

Legislation is needed to shift some

of the tax burden of maintaining our

county and township road systems

from property to the traveling public.

An increase in the gas tax would do

this. But it is going to require a lot

of urging from the farm folks to get

action this session. We suggest that

every farmer keep posted from our

“State Capitol News Column” on this

subject, and then keep 11p a regular

correspondence with hissenator and

representative at the State Capitol

Building, at Lansing, on the tax issue.

Such interest will do much to keep the

law makers on their toes to relieve

farm property from the almost impos-

sible tax burden it is now carrying.





F there is a commu-





_ The nity in the state

, where the people of



St' Jab,” the city, and the farm-

Plan ers around about are





not on the best of

terms, we would recommend that the

business men and the farmers send

delegations to study the St. Johns’

plan. It was our good fortune to at-

tend the last of a series of educational

and get-together meetings of the men

of that city and the farmers—three

hundred strong—and it was a very in-

spiring affair. On this particular oc-

casion the farmers entertained the

chamber of commerce to a dinner, and

to say that all enjoyed the evening is

putting the matter very mildly. We

predict that the fine cooperative spirit

now existing between these Clinton

county farmers and the business men

of St. Johns is going to make life much

more worth while for both. Such rela-

tions as these will have a place on the

program in the discussions of the

Country Life Conference of America,

to be held at East Lansing this sum-

mer during the first week of August.





GROUND HOG in





The Nevada, throwing



Gold up dirt to make itself

a home, revealed some



Rush gold to two nineteen-





year—old boys. Since

then there has developed a. gold rush

which rivals that of the ’4Qers. From

all over the country people are rush-

ing to one small Nevada town, with

high hopes that they will find the pro-

verbial, bag of gold at the end of the

rainbow.





As with all “rushes,” all “booms,”

it is quite certain that this gold rush

will result in fool's gold for most of

those 'who take part in it. It seems

that the human desire for quick for-

tune is insatiable. It leads people on

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.. .. o- meantime there are others .

who either ”lack the means of giving . '

vent to theirxspirit of adventure, or

have enough gnod judgment to stay at:

home, to carefully plan, and to 9&-

tiently and consistently work out the»

plans. These invariably reach a good . ,

objective, they often gain the pot of ".1

gold, the pleasure of a happy life that

others had hoped to grab out of the « J"

sky. They walk to success and get ‘

there, while others try to fly but never





 

 

   

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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places stand out in contrast to those

of their neighbors, are the ones who

have followed some definite plan. They

built their success from the founda-

tion up, while others have changed

with most every change of the wind,

with the hopes of making a “killing.”

An analysis of the methods of success—

ful farmers shows convincingly that

success in farming, as in other things

of life, must be builded, not “rushed!”





Let’r Celeémte





FTER the “march” is over comesK



April first. For a whole month’

we’ve been “marching” to come to this

grand and glorious day, which is a:

holiday in honor of all us fool's. This

is the one holiday that don’t know no

boundary lines, because you kin find}

fools wherever you find people.





I see that Mr. Webster says a fool i ’

is one what is devoid of good judgoi

ment. so that means all of us, ’cause{

there ain’t one that’s got good judg-jf . 1"

ment on everything. We all make} "

fools of ourselves sometime. The

whole trouble is that none of us is a;

real first-class fool, we’re just sort ofi

halfsbakedvzones. A perfect fool is hard

to find, ’cause ev-

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such thing like

absolute perfec-

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This great holiv

day is a good one, because it is for.

the purpose of reminding us that we

are fools. Some of us forget it until

April first, and then somebody proves

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This fool business is lots a matter

of viewpoint. The other day I see an

ad. what told of a man ninety years

old who had never tasted tobacco,

or liquor, and the ad. mentioned his

“misspent life‘.” The-writer must a.

thought the old man a fool, but he

was a fool himself to think that a life

is misspent that ain’t never indulged

in fool’s habits. Good judgment and

liquor and tobacco don’t go together.





Sofie got awful sore the other day

when I called her a sweet little fool.

She called me a darn fool right back.

Then I had lots of explaining to do. 'I

told her I was just using what Web~

ster calls a term of endearment. You

see, in the old days, fool didn’t mean

as bad as it does now. Fer inst., the

big book says three or four hundred

years ago fool was a term of endear-

ment. Maybe that was all right, too,

because love makes lovers foolish. K

There ain’t nothing comes nearer per-

fection in foolishness than a young

couple in love. They don’t ,have no

judgment at all. In fact, I don’t think , ‘

nature wants us to have judgment in

love, ’cause if we had it, lots of us

wouldn’t 3. got married. I guess

there’s lots what’ll admit to them-

selves anyhow,‘ that they didu’t have

no judgment when they got married,

seeing as what they got married to. I

just know What .Sofie’s private. judg~





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I, t ‘ ,RLIE HOPKINS' heritage is'that

' cf'the woods, for his father was

one of the timber men promi-

nent in northern Michigan a decade

ago. - After the timber crop had been





_ harvested the elder Mr. Hopkins se-





lected a. pleasant, sightly spot on the

shores of Bear Lake, in Manistee coun-

ty, and started farming. And the son

has carried on in' no mean way.



If Arlie was born .with a silver spoon

in his mouth, he doesn’t show it. Rath-

er, his traits might indicate that he

has had transmitted to him some of





’ the “characteristics which go to. make





up a pioneer.



Even the five-hundred-acre farm that

Mr. Hopkins is working is not a

smooth proposition, by any means, for

it is decidedly “undulating,” and from

the high spots of these “undulations”

one can get a fine panoramic view of

the country, especially across Bear

Lake, the lake as well as the town.



Five hundred acres under cultivation

does not mean that one can farm from

the rocking chair on the porch, and

LArlie Hopkins knows that. You will

Iusually find him right at it in work-

ing clothes on work days.



The farm is of the diversified type,

with the operations so managed that

{they make an efficient use of machin-

ery and labor. At one‘ time, potatoes

were grown quite extensively, but it





. was found that the care of that crop





interferred with the orchard work, so

potato growing was discontinued. The





‘ general farm plan now used Works





: sible is the best.





. smoothly and brings maximum results





from the labor involved.



The farm is usually devoted to crops

as follows: Eighty acres of corn, six-

ty acres of rye, 250 acres of alfalfa,

and 125 acres of orchard. The land

is the characteristic pine stump land

which has been farmed for thirty

years, and now produces at least sev-

enty-five baskets of corn to the acre.

This shows that fertility has been giv-

en plenty of attention. _ ,





The plan on this farm is to market





. all the crops, excepting the fruit, on





the hoof. Each winter about fifty head

of cattle, yearlings and steers, are fed

——the alfalfa, corn, and rye being used

up in that way.



Some of the corn is put in the silo

and two feeds a day are given. Shock

corn is fed once a day, and early in

the season a feed of husked corn is

given once a day, but later two feeds

of the corn grain are used.» All the

alfalfa the cattle will eat is available

.to them.



In thirty years of feeding, Mr. Hop.

kins has proven to himself that feed-

ing under as natural conditions as pos-

The whole corn is

fed the cattle, but the rye is mixed

with cottonseed meal, bran and mid-

dlings. The latter are the only feeds

bought. '



As the corn is fed whole, hogs are

used to follow the cattle, and Mr. Hop-

kins figures that the cattle furnish a

profitable market for theflfeed, while





. the hogs pay‘ the‘profit on the live

‘ stock. -The spring litters are gener-





ally sold, While the fall pigs are fat-





> tened with the cattle.





The feeding is done in a. covered

shed. This helps to conserve the ma.-

nure, enough of which is produced to

cover 150 acres of land each year. The

orchards are covered with manure ev-

ery two years. ,



Although quite hilly, the orchards





1 are given Clean cultivation every year.





This is followed by an oat cover crop

which holds the snow during the win-

ter, but still makes it easy to disk the





‘ orchard in spring. , ’





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is more thanJI can tell.—-J. F. Leicht.





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The spraying practices are ,in ac-

cordance with the standard recom-

mendations of the experiment station,

liquid spray being 'used. Usually about

four or five applications are made a

year, with lime—sulphur and ,arsenate

of lead. Each year the trees are given

a moderate pruning; and thinning is

done when necessary.



The varieties grOWn are Jonathan,

Grimes, Hubbardston, Stark, and Win-

ter Banana. The fruit is sold in the

orchard at harvest time, one buyer





 





 





 





 





Arlie Hopkins Plans Work and

Works Plans.





having bought it for years on the basis

of so much for number ones, and so

much for the twos.



The packing crew is under the sup-

ervision of a man who is not interested

in either Mr. Hopkins or the buyer.

Thus an impartial and fair pack is ob-

tained. This method has always prov-

en satisfactory to both parties.





In his farm practice-s, Mr. Hopkins

has endeavored to plan his crops and

operations so that the tools and the

men should have steady employment.

His plan of farming accomplishes this

without any special rush seasons, or

conflicting duties. The cattle feeding

and the pruning keep the men busy

during the winter months. Mr. Hop-

kins now feels that he has the work

so planned that everything dove-tails

nicely.





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three-fourths of a. mile south of La

Grange, Illinois. We raised a dach-

shund dog, and some friends of ours

liked him so well that they asked me

if I would let them have him, and I

said, “yes, take him home.”



These friends lived at a place called

River Side, Illinois, five or six miles

from where We lived. They had to go

by train. About a week later, on com-

ing out of thephouse one morning,

there was our dog back. Our friends

came to tell me the dog was lost, but

to their surprise found he came back

to his old home. How he ever found

his way back I cannot tell, for he nev-

er had been away before. He did this

twice; of course, the second time was

easy,.but hOW about the first? How

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‘ Just previous to the memorable

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had reached a compromise providing

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licenses for passenger cars at a cost

of forty cents per hundred pounds, and

annual weight taxes on trucks and

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commercial vehicles conSiderably be

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the same proportion as the $6,000,000

which they now receive from the

weight tax. Five‘ per cent, or about

I$1,200,000 would have been divided.

equally among the eighty-three coun-

ties of the state, which would have

been of special benefit to the northern

counties having low assessed valua-

tions. The remaining sixty per cent

of the gas tax revenue, about $14,400,-

000, would have been retained by the

state. It will certainly be interesting

to watch developments along this line

during the near furture. «

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Changes in the Michigan law estab-

lishing potato grades, as provided by

a bill by Senator Charles R. Herrick,-

of Fenwick, were approved by the

House, seventy-one to one. This bill

had previously passed the Senate

unanimously. It stiffens up the grades

in certain cases/makes the-m apply to

truckers, and provides better methods

for their enforcement. It had the sup-

port of the Michigan Potato Growers’

Exchange, and is said to be intended

to improve the reputation of Michigan

potatoes in the'various potato buying

markets. -



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By a vote of seventy-five to one, the

House approved Representative Bry-

ant’s bill providing a new law relative

to the suppression of contagious dis-

eases among bees. 'A quite similar

law is alreadyion the statute books,





but the new measure will clean up

several disputed points and give the





State Department of Agriculture un-





questioned authority to establishxquar-





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from the spread of :bee diseases.

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Peninsula Agricultural Sehodl‘at Me-





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ducted at the 1927 National Dairy

Show by the Federal Board Of Veca;

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chief of the board’s agricultural edu‘

cation service, says that the coopera-

tion 0f dairy departments of state ag-

ricultural colleges which have already

conducted milk judging contests, is

available. The agricultural colleges

will furnish a man to give the neces-

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teachers who have dairy work as a

part of the regular vocational agricut

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based on flavor, sediment, bottle and

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saryvlinstruction to his pupils prepaiu

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General Pai Tsung-Hsi, leader of the

Cantonese Chinese army, who captun

ed Shaghai, said that Shanghai would’

be the base of a world revolution

against imperialism. He expects to

make China free from foreign domi~

na 1011.





. The Chinese American Citizens’ Al-

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Sunday which consisted of 144 courses.

The banquet cost $15 per plate and

took four hours to consume.





‘ A New York father was fined $50 for

spanking his twenty-year-old daughter.



The New York Senate passed a bill

which makes theshowing of indecent

plays a misdemeanor, and provides for

the revocation of the licenses, and the

clos1ng of the theater.





In Italy, the chamber of deputies is

considering- a drastic censorship bill

which Will guarantee 100 per cent mor~

a1 and political purity of the stage,

motion pictures, paintings, books,

newspapers, phonograph records, and

advertisements.



Major Rufus Putnam, special harbor

engineer of the Chicago Commercial

Club, proposes to move the Chicago

river to the south side of the city, as

the river now impedes city traffic.



Germany insists on immediate and

actual disarmament of the nations in

Europe, C-ount'Bernstorff declared be-

fore the League of Nations. His coun-





try disapproves of fictitious disarma-

ments. '





A mad reign of butchery, rapine and





 





 





arson preceded the entry of the Can- ‘





ton troops into Shanghai.





J. G. Wells, former dairy specialist

for the college in the Upper Peninsula,

has been appointed county agent for,

Ingham county.





The area of continental United

States is 3,036,7889 acres, of which

only 1,500,000 is recorded by the con

sus ashbeing used as farm lands.





The music masters of Mexico City

have asked that all jazz music cease

during the week beginning March 26,

in honor of Beethoven, the great com-

poser.

of. his death.





There is up for consideration in the ‘





British parliament, a bill which will

help the organization of a, million-z

pound motion picture industry- tom.

duce pictures from the stories of Eng-

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The faculty on the steamer Ryndam,:

America's ‘ first floating university“

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0 clean lime and other deposits

out of the radiator-drain the radi-

ator, place the nozzle of a hose in the

radiator opening, and force water un-

der pressure through the system while

the engine is running. Continue this

for about three minutes. Then dis-

solve a. package of common washing

soda, or sal soda, in about enough wa-

ter to fill the cooling system; fill it

with this mixture; run the engine with

a retarded spark until the water starts

to boil, and let it stand for several

hours. Draw off the soda solution,

flush out the. cooling system thorough-

ly with a hose, and fill with clean

water.



Exceptionally bad cases may require

two or three such treatments. When-

ever possible, use rain water in the

cooling system. Concentrated lye may

be used in place of the washing soda,

or it may be necessary to use a mix-

ture of one part commercial hydro-

chloric acid to nine parts water, get-

ting the mixture hot and letting it

stand overnight. It is best to get the

advice of the manufacturer of the au-

tomobile before trying these latter

remedies, however, as the radiator and





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SMALL GAS ENGINE TO CHARGE

RADIO BATTERY.





Would it be piacticable to buy a

small one-fourth or one- half horsepow-

01 gas engine for running washing ma-

chine, pumping water, and running a

small auto generator to charge a stor





age batteiy for radio use? I have no

access to an electrical line. What size

would you recommend if lone-half





horsepower is too sma11?—O. H



Although a one-half horsepower gas

engine, in good shape, would operate

any of these machines, and perhaps

any two of them, it must be remem-

bered that gas engines often get ”con-

siderably out of condition and will

deliver only a part of their normal

power. Also, the most practical way

of charging a storage battery is while

the engine is pumping, or running the

washing machine.



The proper thing, therefore, would

be to get a one-and three-quarter to

two horsepower engine and belt it up

for the washing machine or pump

jack, and then drive the small gener-

ator with a belt on one of the fly-

wheels. When the charging is thus

done while other work is carried .on,

no extra time or attention will be re—

quired, and the extra fuel needed can-

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STRAIGHTENING SILO AND BARN.





 





Can you please inform me how to

straighten a stave silo which twisted

about a foot at the top? Also a barn





gable roof, the roof of which has sag-

ged about fifteen inches at one end,

and the sides also have gone out some

at the top. -—-—Subscriber.



Usually the best way to straighten





a twisted silo of this kind is to wrap





,a. wire cable or heavy rope around the





silo at the top, and carry it to a heavy

tree, or dead man anchor, in such a

direction that a strong pull on the

cable with a capstan or heavy block

and tackle, not only will bring the





bile back into perpendicular, but will

‘tend to revolve it in the way it needs





to go. Then, while heavy steady pres-

sure is exerted on the cable, the silo





should be jarred as high as possible





with the end of a. heavy plank. This

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and if possible 'set diagonal cables to

prevent further twisting before the

pull is released, as it will settle back

a. little.



Every case of straightening up a.

barn is a problem in itself. The prop-

er treatment will depend on the causes

and on how far the trouble has gone.

and should be undertaken only by

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Have heard of a device for trimmmg

trees, consisting of a ladder mounted

on two buggy wheels. Can you give

me any information as to how this is

arranged to keep it from tipping back,

and also sideways? Would appreciate

any sketches or suggestions you can

give me in regard to the device—P. S.





We do not have any diagrams ‘or.

photographs available of such a device,

but as I understand, it is very easily

arranged. Simply take a light, but

strong ladder, twelve or fifteen feet

long, and at the bottom fasten two

buggy or cultivator wheels. The wider

these wheels are apart, the harder the

ladder will be to tip sidewise, about

the only limit of width being to get

the device through gates. The ladder

is kept from tipping the other way by

a light, but strong double support

which opens out just like the front

part of a step ladder, but is held from

opening too far by a substantial chain

or cable. The two legs of this back

support must be substantially braced,

each to the other, so it cannot twist.

sidewise. In fact, this device is really

a heavy and Well-braced step ladder,

twelve to fifteen feet high, with rounds

instead of steps, and with the lower

end mounted on wheels. We should

be glad to been from any of our read

ers who have worked satisfactory de-

vices of this kind.





 





RECOMMENDS CAPSTAN FOR

PULLING HEDGE.





N regard to the use of a tractor for



pulling hedge, as discussed in a re-

cent issue, will say that I have a hedge

puller of my own, and am sure that

the subscriber will find it much cheap—

er to use a. capstan rather than a.

tractor to pull his hedge. I am at pres

ent' pulling a hedge that will run from

eight to ten inches, and do it with one

team, .using three-quarter—inch cable.

If I were closer to the subscriber, I

would almost agree to pull his hedge

for his oil and fuel bill with a tractor,

to say nothing of operator’s wages and

wear and tear on the tractor.



We are very glad to get thisexpo

rience letter, and would be glad to

hear from other readers on this ques-

tion. Stump pulling outfits are not

very expensive, or can be hired at a

reasonable cost in many localities, and

our correspondent may be right as to

its, being the cheapest method.





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HAT is believed to be the first



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public utility has been held liable for

interference with radio reception has

been decided by the Wisconsin Su-

preme Court. Two thousand dollars

damages was granted to a resident of

the badger state because the high ten-

sion electric wires from a. nearby pow.

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THE CABBAGE FAMILY.’





 





HE cabbage family, of which we



shall consider cabbage, cauliflower,

Brussels sprouts and broccoli in this

article, is a group of desirable vege‘

tables for the home garden. Scientists

tell us they are very rich in vitamins,

especially when eaten raw. The in-

genious gardener can have some one

of them fresh for the table the year.

round.





Cabbage is a vegetable of commer-

cial importance in our state. The acre-

age planted for such purposes last

year, was 2,840, which yielded 22,200

tons with a farm value of $208,000, or

an average of $9.37 per ton. Michigan

stands fourth in the production of late

cabbage. Many of our favorably situ-

ated communities could easily add to

their income by the addition of cab-

bage to their list of cash crops.





For Early Cabbage.





Cabbage may be had practically the

year round by a little planning and

forethought. For the very early crop,

the seeds should be planted indoors in

flats or in the hotbed about six weeks

before it is normally safe to transplant

them to the garden. To get good re-

sults from these early plantings, it is

absolutely essential that the plants be

well hardened before the time for them

to go into the garden. This may be

accomplished by placing the flats con-

taining the plants outdoors during the

daytime in good weather. After they

have become used to this treatment,

they should be exposed to the night

air when there is no danger of severe

freezing. Cabbage plants will stand a

lot of frost after they have become

hardened. Golden Acre, a selection of

Copenhagen Market, is a very popular

extra early variety of recent introduc-

tion. Copenhagen Market is still a.

very desirable early variety. Person-

ally, I prefer one of the special strains

of extra early Jersey Wakefield. This

is the pointed heading variety that our





 





grandparents used, but the highly

lbred strains available today are not

lto be confused with the old type





‘\ Main Crop Varieties.





For fall' and winter use», sow the

seeds outdoors about the time of trans-

planting the early crop, and then,

about the middle of May make a last

sowing for the storage crop. Enkhui—

sen Glory and Succession are both

good varieties for mid-season use, and

Danish Ballhead is the standard vari-

ety for storing. Where quality is the

main consideration, and surely it

should be in the home garden, the

Savoy type can be used to advantage.

The Savoys do not form hard heads

like the foregoing, but they keep well,

and ther quality is infinitely better. Per-

fection Drumhead and Stanley (which,

I \believe, is a Savoy), are both of

supreme quality.





Cauliflower may be handled as sug-

gested for cabbage, with the precau—

tion in mind that they are not as

hardy as the latter, and as accuse-

quence, should not be set out for a

week or two after the cabbage This

is a crop that requires plenty of mois—

ture, so do not try to grow it unless

this requirement'can be met. Snow

Ball and Dry Weather are the most

popular varieties for the home garden.

This is the most capricious member of

the cabbage family. As a matter of

fact, it is so difficult to grow in our

light Sandy soil that I no longer take

chances with it, but in its place I grow

broccoli.



'Other Cabbage Family Members.



I have heard broccoli called “the

poor cousin of cauliflower,” but when

One' cannot grow the latter without

more labor than the product is worth,





 





,thing which will give us a harvest,

'commensurate with the .work involved.





four-inch paper pots,





it is necessary to compromise on some,





I grow two varieties of broccoli—an

early and a late. From a seed sown

outdoors in May, this vegetable may

be had from August until late fall; if

an extra early-crop is wanted,(they

may be handled as recommended for

cabbage. Broccoli sends out sprouts

from the leaf axils which produce loose-

heads which later produce flowers and

seeds. The heads must be used soon





after forming, as they come quickly





into flower.



Brussels sprouts bear out the old

adage that “good goods come in small

packages.” The miniature heads which

form along the stem are benefited by

hard freezing of early winter, so they

should not be gathered until they have

had this treatment. Sow outdoors in

May and handle just like you do cab-

bage. After the sprouts have formed,

cut out the crown of the plant to throw

all strength into maturing a good crop

of heads. Danish Prize is probably the

best for the home garden —C. Wood





BEST EARLY TOMATO PLAN.





 





E never take the trouble to grow



plants in the house, or to stake

and prune in the garden for the main

crop, but we do both .f0r a dozen or

two early vines. We plant them very

early, and as soon as the seedling:

have two or three leaves, we pot if‘.

small pots. These we set on wet sand,

The best way to have wet sand is to

fill a water-tight dripping pan with

clean sand, and water it until water

will fill the hole left when you press

your finger into the sand. The soil in

the pots will remain moist, and not

having water applied on the surface

they will not form a. crust The plants

grow fast, and need to have the pots

shifted now and then to prevent roots

going down into the sand. Vl'hen the-

soil in the pots is full of roots, trans-

plant to larger pots. We have used

pint ice cream boxes, and also the

which may be

had either square or round. Clay

pots are still better. Set the larger

pots on the sand also. Be sure to

make a hole in the bottom if you use

ice cream boxes. Do not use overly

rich soil,'for the soil in which they

are to be set should be richer than the

soil in which seedlings are grown, for

they take hold better. Make the pot-

ting soil quite sandy, as this will make

the roots stronger.





Pruning and staking tend to make

better fruits and earlier. Use the Ear-

liana for part, as they are very early

and a fine tomato, especially when

staked. John Baer is a fine tomato

for staking, and I like it best, not only

for early, but for the main crop, as a

companion to Ponderosa, though I

would like the Ponderosa better if it

had the smooth fruit and even ripen-

ing of the Baer. \Ve drive a strong

stake six inches from the plant and

leave two strong canes, which we tie

to it, and keep all other canes cut off,

and all side branches frdm these two

canes. After several bunches of fruit

are set, the tip of these canes are

pinched also, and no new growth al-

lowed. All this is too much trouble

for many vines, but it must have daily

attention, but pays for a few vines.

The fruits will be much larger, and

ripen much earlier—L. H. Cobb.





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twenty mega}:
. plants than if grown in a hotbed all





' planted in the cooler soil and subject-





den grow—A. H.





the house, will be easily made and

managed, and furnish plants enough

‘to transplant into a large cold frame

to grow on for planting in the garden.

This system will make much finer





the time, and larger than could be

grown in a cold-frame alone. Trans-

;planting makes for. a mass of fiber

roots and sturdiness, in both root and

top. Growing on without the forcing

heat will add to their hardiness, and

plants thus grown will take hold in

the garden and lose little by the

change. Greenhouse-grown or hotbed-

kgrown plants are checked badly when





ed to the severer conditions in the gar-

den. Avoid having the soil in the cold-

frame overly rich, for plants do better

,if planted in a richer soil than that in

which they have been growing, and

,get a setback if planted in a poorer

,soil. Many make the mistake of hav-

ing plant bed soil very rich. It should

.be mellow and sandy to encourage root

growth, but not very rich—L. H. Cobb.





AN O‘NION STUNT.





 





N 1925 our early planted onion seed



failed to grow. So later, we re-

planted the patch, but this planting

.failed to mature. .



We pulled some in the fall of 1925

and stored them in boxes in the cel-

lar. We left the roots and tops'on

and packed the onions closely in the

boxes, not piling them up.



They kept nicely and surely made

fine eating, being very crisp and ten-

der. The others were left in the ground

over winter. ,



When the snow went off, the onions

did not look very good, but soon began

growing, and we pulled and cleaned

them, a few dozen bunches at a time,

and sold them.



We pulled the larger ones at first,

but shortly we began leaving those

that looked promising, as we saw that

.they were going to make mature on-

ions, and just pulled those that showed

;a seed stalk.



We sold about$10 worth every week,

beginning April 20, until late in June,

when the seed stalk of what few we

Ihad left began to harden.



Those that matured were pulled the

first week in July, and stored in a

cool, shady place in the open and kept

fine for months, in fact, I used the

last of them in February of this year.

r—Mrs. Ralph , Bartholomew, Kalkaska.





 





NEW GROUND FOR GARDENS.





 





ET me tell you how to have rich



new ground for your garden all

the time. There are two advantages.

The garden crops will be of finer qual-

ity, and more of them, and the insects

and diseases will have a harder time

keeping up. If two separated plots

can be used, so much the better. The

perennial garden might separate them

to good advantage. Sow sweet clover

in one in the spring, making a light

seeding of cats by drilling first and

sowing the sweet clover on the sur-

face. Pasture the crop when well start-

ed, with sheep or hogs that will leave

the droppings on the plot, keeping

them out when very wet, and not pas-

turing close. The next spring plow

under a good growth of sweet clover

and plant to soy beans or buckwheat

and pasture these in the fall. The

next spring move the cross fence over

to the- other side of the permanent

garden and sow that end to sweet clo-

ver and oats and plow the other for

the garden. Spread ,two' or three hun-

dred pounds of bonemeal before har-

rowing down. and then watch the gar-





 





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HE states concerned in the na-

. tional campaign for the control



of the European corn borer hav-

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extent of $10,000,000 are now available

to carry on the work in the five states

involved. These states are New York,

Ohio. Pennsylvania, Indiana and Mich-

igan.

H. C. Rather, formerly crops special-

ist at Michigan State College, has been

appointed assistant director of exten-

sion work in Michigan, and will be in

direct charge of the demonstrational

and educational work On corn borer

control in this state. It is planned to

hold demonstrations in enough commu-

nities in the infested counties so that

every farmer will have an opportunity





4?) see the proper methods to use in

disposing of the refuse left from last

year's corn crop.





The methods which have the most





:promise in the control work, are deep





plowing and burning. In plowing, it





,is necessary to completely cover all

stubble and stalks, and the surface of --





the soil must then be kept Elean

enough so that any borer larvae which

finds its way to the surface will find

nothing in which it y can hide and

pupate.



The burning of refuse involves the

use of machinery which a great many

farmers do not own. The plowing can

be done with a good type of plow. A

great deal of equipment will be pur-

chased by the federal authorities, and

this equipment will be available for

rent by farmers who want to use it.



Under the quarantine regulations

which have been announced by A. C.

Carton, of the State Department of

Agriculture, it will be contrary to the

quarantine regulations for any farmer

to plant small grains in corn stubble

which has not been plowed previous

to the seeding of the grain.



Refuse from the corn crop, both in

the fields and in barns or feed lots,

must be cleaned up before May 1, if

Michigan is to be successful in the

control work. In recognition of the

extra work involved in caring for corn

stubble land, the federal government

has provided a fund from which pay-

ments of two dollars an acre for field

corn and one dollar an acre for sweet

corn, will be paid to all farmers who

properly clean up their fields. This

payment will be made only to those

farmers who live in the twenty-two

Counties which are in the Michigan

quarantine area.



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who contemplate shipping seed corn

out of the area this spring, should re-

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Shipments of ear corn will not be cer-

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ears of corn in bags of shelled corn.

This has been done in the past in or-

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corn from which the grain was shell-

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C. O. Larrabee, of Howell, Michigan.

Mr. Larrabee will prbvide for the in-

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The success of the corn borer con—

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200 other plants. »



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of corn grown in the infested area of

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Lenawee

Hillsdale





Shiawassee ........ .‘ . . . .

Macomb. .......... . . - . . . .

Oakland



Livingston





Washtenaw .......... . ........

Jackson -



Calhoun



Kalamazoo



St. Joseph ....- ...............

Monroe





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A woman signs her name to land

option paper at home, without going

before a justice of the peace or notary

public. Is it legal?——Rea.der.



Agreements concerning land are

valid between the parties, without wit-

ness or acknowledgment, provided the

agreement be in writing and signed by

the parties to be charged—Rood.





TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.





I am a widower with eight children,

the oldest is married, and the young-

est :is four years old. They are all

staying with me, except the married

one. I have had prOperty deeded to

me since I was married. My wife died

without making out any papers. Her

name is not on the deed. Can I sell

the property at any time, or do I have

to wait until the baby is of age ?—J. L.



Property held by a. man by title ac-

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rings, may be sold by him after the

death of his wife, without any con‘

sent of any other person, and without

any probate proceedings. The chil-

dren have no interest in it. If the

property was in the name of the wife,

it belongs to the children—Rood.





PAYMENT .OF CHECK.





Last summer my son, who is of age,

worked on the road for a man who

had taken a contract to build a mile

of road through our township. This

man gave my son two checks. My son

gave these checks to another man as

final payment on his car. About a.

month ago this man informed my son

that he could not receive money for

the checks. What can my son do in

this case? His job is not yet finished.

——M. A. D.



A person receiving a check and failv

ing to present it in due course, and

notify the endorser of its protest, must

bear the loss himself. By due course

is meant sending it on at least the

next day after it is received.—-Rood.





MANURE.





A. buys a farm from B. on contract,

but fails to fulfil his contract, and B.

takes the farm back._ A. claims the

manure on the place is personal prop—

erty and belongs to him so he hauls it

away. B. contends that the manure

belongs to the farm, and thatA. must

Who is right?——A. M. H.



The sale of the farm carries with it

the right to the manure upon the place.

Good husbandry requires that it be re-

turned to the land. If a person sold

either a boarding stable or similar

place, in no connect-ion with 'a,‘ fanny

the seller would be entitled to remove

the manure: but in the case at aria-1:91,





the manure is treated as a;





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U’l‘ the "corners," is’a saying in

' base ball terminology that the,

dairyman might well accept as his

. watchword. One'of the 'best methods

of “cutting the corners” is by culling

out the poorest dairy cows. Experi-

ments conducted under practical con-

ditions prove conclusively that approx-

imately one-third of the dairy cows of

the United States do not pay their

own board, that the profits from an-

other third are necessary to pay for

the keep of the non-profit makers, and

that the last third are the only ones

' from which the farmer is able to reap

any profits.



The poor producing cow decreases



: profits in more than one way. She

’ must have food to eat, barn room, and

the same amount of care as the‘ good

' producer. When the poor producer is

sold, there is more food for the good

cow and there will be a. saving in time

to the farmer. , 7—»



The successful farmer will tell you



‘ that the profits are made by the dairy

cow that produces well, consumes a

large quantity of roughage and con-

centrates, and gives a steady flow of

milk for several months of the year.

If the cow is dry a greater portion of

the year, it is well to dispose of her

unless she is a beef cow.



The cheaper the production, ordinar-

ily, the more profits to be made. If

one or two cows are eating the profits

from .the rest of the herd, it is money

lost to keep the poor producing cows

in the herd.





PROTEIN FEED FOR MILCH COWS.





 





UPPLYING milch cows With a lib-



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ration is no small problem with the

average dairyman. It is a. well—known

fact that large milk production cannot

be encouraged without the feeding of

a liberal quantity of protein in the

ration. '



For years we have been trying to

solve the protein problem without the

purchase of high—priced feeds, and I

believe we have the problem well un-’

der solution. It has been our aim for

years to grow most of our feed fer

the cows on the farm, thereby cutting

down cost of production and insuring

a larger net profit from our cows.





I believe the cheapest source of pro-

tein for feeding milch cows is found

in leguminous roughage, especially al-

falfa and clover hay. I think the al-

falfa campaign being conducted over

the state will materially assist dairy-

men in growing a roughage high in

protein, and also point a way to re-

duce cost of milk production.



It has been our experienCe that there

is no other feed that will take the

place of protein for encouraging large



~ milk yields. Cows giving a large flow

of milk should have daily about two

pounds of protein. For years I bal-

anced up the ration for my cows with

cottonseed and oil meal, but I find that

a great deal of this high-cost feed can

be cut out by feeding alfalfa and clo 1

ver hay. '



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Prize W inner: Tell Hm





HE replies to the college con—



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that there is an appreciation of

the good work the college is doing. We

know of. many cases where the farm-

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to a‘ Very great extent, the advice of

the college workers. The prizes of

five, three and two dollars have been

awarded to the writers of the follow—

ing papers in the order in which they

appear.—The Contest Man.





Receives Many Helps.



I wonder if we don’t take some of

the things that Michigan State College

does for us for granted, if it hasn’t

become a little like the well that had

to go dry to win appreciation. I my-

self had this article ready to hand in,

when I realized that I hadn’t even

mentioned the many interesting talks

which we have over the radio from

the college.



Michigan State College has sent me

bulletins on canning meats and vege<

tables, work which was brand new to

me, and without the bulletins I am

sure I would not have had the success

I did. It helped me one time to de-

termine what was wrong with a sick

collie puppy, of which we were very

fond] We are trying to start a good

orchard, and just recently a man from

the horticultural department of the

college, with our county agent, held a

meeting for fruit growers in our 10-

cality. “'0 had a chance to get his

advice on problems that were fore-

most in our mind, and also to receive

the inspiration which comesfrom con-

tact with someone who is an authority

on that with which we are beginners.

I take the Michigan State College

Home Economics Extension Course

which our county has this year and

while the work may not all be practi-

cal or adaptable in my home, I am

sure I have already received enough

value to more than pay me for the

time it has taken. '



But in spite of all these benefits, I

believe the college has helped me

most in a rather abstract manner. It

takes a little bit of the drudgery out

of, and adds a little zest to caring for

chickens, to know that what you are

trying to accomplish is of some im-

portance. There is a stimulus in know-

ing that there is a department at the

college devoted to the same things that

you are trying to accomplish. It is

only a short time since the average

farmer has been interested in breeding

“true to type” hens and cockerels,

since he has had a standard of per-

fection to work towards, and since he

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of how to feed and care for his flocks.

{Michigan State College has Certainly

had a share in this new attitude to-

ward poultry keeping, and thus I feel

that it has helped to make this part

of my work interesting. The first part

of an old familiar qubtation sums it

up quite neatly, “Honor to those whose

words or deeds thus help us in our

daily 11eeds—,.”—Dorothy T. Hahn.





Poultry ‘Course Valuable.



About five or six years ago we start-

ed in the poultry business. We had

about 200 or 300 chicks, which we had

hatched ourselves. For these we

bought a. commercial feed. This was

more expensive, but not as good as

home-grown feed. We fed it according

to the directions, which was to leave

it before them all the time. Some of

the chicks remained alive, while a

great number died as the result of





payer-feeding. They received no exer-

Lclse on account of having this feed

.before them all the time. Others had

:leg weakness because of the leek of

proper vitamin-es.





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,Then in January, 1926, I attended a,





short course at the Michigan State- _





College in poultry, and from , this

course of four weeks I learned ,mone.

that is of value to me than, in any

other time of my life.

proper feeding method. ‘Our chicks to-





day act differently. They are ready to, I

fight, to dig for their feed, and are,





always. doing something. We lost,

about a dozen or more from about 800;

chicks last year. This year, about the

same. I cull our own flock and know

how to take proper care of poultry,

all due to the four weeks of effort

spent at M. S. C.

lege sure did prove a great saving to

us.———Arthur Dehmel.





Advice ,Saves Money.





Here are a few ways in which the

Michigan State College has helped me.





I am a farm woman, and every time I '





see any new seed offered for sale,

which is bragged up very highly and,

which I think I would like to try, I

write to the college and ask them

about it. Their advice often saves me

a good bit of money. For an exam-

ple: A few years ago I received two

different seed catalogs, which contain-

ed advertisements bragging up a new

kind of grass. I have forgotten its

name, but it was propagated by roots.

You sent $33 for enough roots for an

acre of ground, and set the roots out‘

three feet apart each way. In one

year the vines and roots would cover

the ground and you could cut it for

hay. The roots would produce, the first

year, vines fifteen feet long. You could

cut the hay three times a year and

the roots would never die out.





When the college man answered my





inquiries in regard to this wonderful '

grass, he said it was no good in Mich~ '





igan, as they had tried it and had

very poor success with it.

alone, saved us many dollars, as we‘

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Poor old Jim was all cut up like a

ten of ensilage, and I felt sorry for

“I never

heard of a girl who wouldn’t talk to

her beau.”



“But she doesn’t treat me like a

beau,” Jim almost sobbed. “I might

be her brother by the way she acts.”



“That’s your fault,” Bill told him.



“But, hang it, I can’t get fresh with

her.”



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“I’m not.” Jim was getting peeved.

“I’ve been an American for a hundred

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E finished the ride without more

words. Jim was as glum as a

bat in a smoke house. If all courting

was as hard work as that there would

be no Mormon, for once in a lifetime

would be enough. And when wegot

home Bill seemed to have caught the

mum disease for he ate supper without

a word and when Cash and Ma went

out to spend the evening somewhere,

he wouldn’t listen to the radio with

me. p

“Here’s a gink that can play the

banjo all right,” I sang out about sev—

en o’clock.





Bill stared past me as though he

was looking at the Rocky Mountains

or perhaps the Great Wall of China.

“Can you?” he asked.



“ ’Course not,” I said.

music lessons.



“What has music lessons got to do

with it?" He was still far away.



“How can a person learn to play if

they don’t take lessons?"





“You poor fish!" He was home

again. “Who said anything about play-

ing?”



“You asked me if I could.”



“Aunt Emma. I asked you if you

could write left-handed.”



“You’re off your nut. You never said

a word about writing."



“Well, I was thinking about it.”



“I’m no mind reader. No; I can’t

write left handed. What’s in your

bonnet?”



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“For the love of Mike, what’s that?”



He gave me a lofty look. “Every-

body has an Achilles heels, you know.”



“I never had one,” I told him. “I

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summer, but—J’



“Ivory dome!! Didn’t you ever read

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thus plugged Mr. Achilles in the heel,

we allonsed mck home and waited to

see what would happen.



Early the next morning Ma shot me

down to the store for a sack of salt.

“Any news?” I asked, fol-lowing Jim

into the back room.



“No. ” He was as glum as a hen in

the rain. '





“Miss Dirkin hasn’t said anything





more?”

“I was there for an hour last night.





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Miss Dirkin, if that’s what you’re driv-

ing at.”



“Ossified oyster! There’s no use try-

ing to be intellectual with you. I’m

telling you that we must hit Miss Dir-

kin in he1 weak spot. ”





“Then why didn’t you say so with-

out dragging in Greeks and bathtubs?”



“Oh keep still or we’ll all die of old

age before we get around to do any

thing. Her weak spot just now is that

she half believes that fortune telling

bunk. Well, let’s tell her some more.

If you can’t write left handed I’ll do

the best I can to disguise my hand—

writing. Wait a minute.”



He sat down at the table and after

tying himself in a double bow knot

half a dozen times handed me this

note:





Miss Dirkin: I see trouble closing





in on you. You need help against the

dark man Don’t trust yourself any

longer. Confess.





The One \Vho Told Your Fo1tune.



Bill grinned. “There! The way she

feels that will hit her hard. If she

tells anyone, it will be Jim. He is the

only one in town she can go to for

help.” '





“The idea is the cat’s eyebrows,” I

couldn’t help saying. “Maybe she will

let Jim help her yet."





Bill swelled up and folded the note.

“We’bhop along with this now so she

will have a chance to read it before

Jim calls at eight o’clock. Allons!”



llEh ?’I .



“Allons is French for ‘Beat It."’





AYBE it is. I presume so, for



when Bill has one of those spells

there is no one language that can hold

him. So we sealed the note in an en-

velope and allonsed down to Betsy

Taber’s bearding house and, made sure

that she delivered the handwriting on





' joke.





tune teller’s note had given her less

of a. jolt than we expected. If she had

been going to open up to Jim, she

would have done it while the note was

fresh on her nerves. We had guessed

wrong. Yet, on the other hand, she

didn't appear to treat the note as a

Bill and I had a council of war

in the barn but for the life of us we

couldn’t scratch up any more ideas.

We were stuck. As usual, we could

do nothing but argue why in the name

of Moses, Fitzhugh and Miss Dirkin

were kicking up such a dust about

piano legs.



"It’s a piano leg complex,” Bill fim

ally said. ..



“Oh, hum,” I yawned, seeing that he

was on the edge of another intellect-

ual spell. "Let’s take Scotty for a run

in the woods.”





The pup was in the house and when

we went after him we found Cash

standing on one leg at the telephone,

staring into the mouthpiece as though

he expected Santa Claus to pop out.



“Keep still, boys,” Ma hissed at us.

“Montreal is calling.”





“Yes? Hello!” Cash bowed to the

person at the other end of the wire.

“This is Cassius, yes.’ . .



“Do I want to see a dozen cabbage?”





“011! Do I want to see Cousin Ad-

die? ~ Yes.”



“Heaven and earth!” Ma whispered.



“Sure we want to see you, Addie,”

Cash was saying. “What you doing in

Canady?”



“Got a carbuncle

worse’n boils.” .



“Eh? Oh, been to a carnival.

This line ain’t very clear.” . .



“All-1ight.I’ll be at the depot. Good-

bye."



He hung , up and turned around.

“Darn the telephones,” he sputtered.





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“You never met her, did you, Carrie?

She’s real nice, if she is rich. . You '





remember she is the one that gave

Rupert his piano.”



“Yes, yes.

now?" ‘



“I can’t tell it all in a minute, can

1? Rome wasn’t built in a day.” Cash

is sort of moderate. “Well,-Addie is

in Montreal, invited up by friends to

see one of them winter carnivals the

papers tell about. She thought she’d

stop over and see us on her way home.

She’ll come tonight and stay over Sun—

day.”



Ma glanced at the clock and snapped

into action. “You kill a couple of hens

as soon as you can find an axe, then

go over and tell your sister about this

so she can be getting ready. Don’t

trust the telephone, go yourself. Boys,

fill the woodbox in the spare room.

Take up the ashes and start a fire. He

sure you start it in the stove. Leave

the door open so the ball will warm.





up. Cousin Addie is used to steam ‘





heat.”

All was a bustle of preparation, as

the story books tell about. The old





.house rocked. Cash dressed the hens,





Bill and I polished silver, beat rugs,

shoveled paths and carried wood, and

Ma swept and dusted and cooked

enough to feed seventy-five Cousin Ad-

dies. As soon as the deacon’s wife,

who is Cash's sister, got the news she

steamed over and joined the parade.

and it was decided that the Browns

would come over to Sunday dinner

and we would go to their place for

Sunday supper and park there for the

evening. Just before dark Ma shooed

us up the stairs to doll up, and ten

minutes before train time Cash rushed

down the street to find the team he

had borrowed for the trip to the de-

pot, carrying his coat in one hand and

buttoning his suspenders with the oth—

er. Bill and I hooked Ma into her best

dress while she stirred the biscuits

for supper, and we were all set.





OR all the talk about Cousin Ad-





die’s money, she brought neither’





servants nor pdodle dogs nor trunks

with her. She was a b1ight-eyed,mid-

dle-aged woman with a faint smell of

perfumery and the knack of making

herself at home without seeming to

own the house and lot. Within ten

minutes all of us, even Scotty, were

on good terms with her and she was

telling us about the winter sports she

had seen in Montreal, where she had

been chaperone at a house party.



According to the plan of campaign,

the Browns marched over at noon the

next day, and naturally things became

dull. Little. Lord Fauntleroy Was a

roughneck along side of Rupert that

day, and just before dinner, at a nod

from his papa, he trotted up to Cousin

Addie and recited a hand—embroidered

thank-you piece about his piano.



“I amglad you like it,” she said.

“You wrote me at the time my neck-

lace had just been stolen and I was

having troubles of my aim.”





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At that point Ma called us to dinner

and no one Went back to the necklace.

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gray day with the wind howling out-

side, though I don’t see what it had to

bowl about, as it didn’t have to sit in





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to stupid talk. The Browns went early,

and about six o’clock we followed. On

our way we met Miss Dirkin. That is,

she was on the moonlit side of the

street and we were on the other side

in the shadow.



Cousin Addie stopped short and

caught .Ma’s arm. “Go’od heavens!”

she whispered, “There is my maid.”





CHAPTER XIII.

A laughed. “You have made a.

mistake,” she said. “That was

our music teacher.” _



“Music teacher?” . .



“Yes; she teaches the piano.”



Cousin Addie was still staring at the

corner around which Miss Dirkin had

gone. “I tell you that was my maid

and there is no mistake about it.”



“It hardly seems possible,” Ma said.

"Perhaps if you were to see her in

daylight—”



“Don’t be silly,” Cousin Addie cut in

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ens of times each day for the past two

years. That was Mae Dirkin.”



She handed us a prize jolt there. “By

hoeky!” Cash cried, “that’s her name.”



“Certainly it is,” Cousin Addie bob-

bed her head.



“And you say she is a thief?” Ma

asked in a little voice.



“Please understand me. I said that

the police suspect her. But let us go

on. I am freezing.”



It was plain that Cousin Addie was

not one to get easily excited. And then

I suppose she had been so well trained

in being polite that, left to herself, she

would have said no more about the

incident until after supper for fear it

would interfere with the pleasure of

the meal. The rest of us played mon-

key to that for a few ,minutes, but we

couldn’t hold out long.



“Say, Joe,” Cash burst open to the

deacon when we got down to the ta-

ble, “Addie says Miss Dirkin stole her

necklace.” .



“Don’t try to be funny, Cassius,” his

sister whispered.



“Funny? Who’s funny?

, der! Addie, you tell ’em.”



Cousin Addie was as cool as an ice—

house. in January.

than a quart of new milk. “When we

met Mae a few minutes ago," she said

in a matter-of-fact way, “I remarked

that she was wanted by the police in

connection with my jewel theft.”



“A thief!” Mrs. Brown’s jaw drop-





Oh, thun-





ped like a. Window with a weak spring. .





“There is a mistake,” the deacon

boomed. . “She teaches my son music."



“But," CaSh put in, “she was Addie’s

hired, girl.” — »





"‘You must explain this, Mrs. Gale,” .





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been mymaid, for two years” Agood

girl in every way, though, at the last,

a bit foolish over the butler, Claude

Clarke. She imagined herself in love

with him."



“Ah, there is where the trouble be-

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ed it."



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If one has hours of work and min-

utes of play, it would seem wise at

least for the first year, to choose some-

thing which will grow easily, bloom

for a long period of time, and not re—

quire a constant cutting of blossoms

or an unusual amount of water. Also,

for the sake of that variety which is

a part of beauty, 3. plant which may

be had in a. variety of colors.





 





 





 





 





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lbs.

Much Does Lydia Matheas’ Pet Pig

Weigh





As to cutting, I do not mean that





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the blooms may not be cut, indeed,

everything which grows is the better

for it—but I do mean that there are

certain things, such as pansies and

poppies, which it is imperative to cut

daily, else bloom will cease altogether.

It is well to remember that, although

this is a.‘ delightful task, it is exacting

when time is to be considered.



Perhaps the petunia fills all these

specifications particularly well. It has

only one limitation for our purpose: it

is slow in getting under way and, if

grown from seed, will leave the garden

blossomless for the early months.



My advice is to buy the plants; thus

assuring early bloom. Set them about

a foot apart; they will soon grow to

a solid mass of foliage and bloom

which is a delight to see.





fulfills the same requirements is the

nasturtium. It is easy to raise from

the seed and, if these are bought by

named varieties or by color, really ex-

quisite shades may be yours. They

should be set rather closer than pe-

tunias, because the plants do not grow

so large.





Zinnia is another gay thing which

of late years has been greatly improv.

ed as to color. It does not bloom as

freely as petunia or nasturtium, but is

very hardy. It is better, although this

is not absolutely. necessary, if the

blooms are cut, as each individual

flower lasts a long time, cutting once

a week is sufficient. .



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A flower in a stronger note which ,-





How to Have F lowers , ,_



By Cargfu/ Planmfig Even t/ze Bury W omzm- 0471‘ Enjoy T Item

'1' is quite possible that every wom-

an who sees this article may say,





“A busy woman surely I am.” I

do not mean the woman who is busy





in order to insure flowers throughout V





the season. A lovely combination is

the deep. blue bachelor’s-button and

lemon calendula. Bachelor’sbutton is

exacting as to cutting; it throws a

mass of flowers and simply must not

be permitted to go to seed, else the

plants will feel that life’s purpose is

finished, and die.



The ageratum and the impudent lit-

tle dwarf mar-igold are pretty together.

Ageratum is lovely with almost any

flower in the garden. When it is grown





among California poppies, the effect is "





beyond power of pen to describe.



No matter what else you choose, do

not neglect to scatter a few seeds of

nicotiana about for the sake of its

fragrance. The flower does not open

in the daytime, in fact, hangs its head

as if rather bored with life. Once the

sun has gone, its starry white blos-

some appear and its gift of enchant-

ing perfume fills the garden with de-

light.



When you develop the enthusiasm

for gardening, which is one of

the most satisfying of hobbies, you

will probably find time to grow any-

thing you want. Certainly you will get

perennials and make a. planting which

will give variety from frost to frost



After your plants are set or your

seeds are up, there are only two tasks

which must not be neglected. Weeds

must be kept down, for they are

greedy feeders which take from the

food provided for your plants and will

eventually choke them. Also, if the

season is dry, water must be given oc-

casionally—mot every day, which is ac-

tually bad for plants—merely when

the ground has become dry. When

watering, do it thoroughly, and give

enough to reach at least. two inches

down. Water after sunset, and the

following day loosen the ground on

the surface.



And may your flower garden be of

the best—Mrs. A. Stumpmier.





 





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PRACTICE SAFETY FIRST AT

HOME.





 





O avoid any accident traps fore-

thought is much better than after-





. thought.





Train different members of the fam-

ily never to leave a pail of hot water

on the floor if there are children about.

Never to leave a pail of hot or cold

water back of a. door which opens in

the direction of the pail, rendering it

liable to be upset by someone coming

in from the other side.



Never place obstructions or pack-

ages of any kind on a stairway. Never

permit a. ragged place in a carpet or

rug, or a. loose binding to go unattend-

ed to. Someone may catch a. toe in it

and get a nasty fall.



Never allow a rocking chair or a.

straight chair to be left in front of a

door, especially at night, so that any-

one gofng through will run into it.



Be careful that telephone cords or

loose cords of any kind are not left so

they will catch and trip the unwary.



If rugs are liable to slip on polished

floors, use some prevention method of

a suitable character.

strips, or discs, may be used on the

under edges or comers; the floor may

be left unpolished under the rugs; or

rug fasteningsv may be used to hold

them in place. These are in the na-





- ture or little metal snaps invented for ,. a ' °





this purpose—Mrs.- G W ‘f .4 ..





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A LONG toward spring all your re- .K. Pollock, Jr., of the University of?





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sources are' likely to fail, and Michigan; Dr. Lent D. Upson and Cap-

you Simply cannot think of a tain Harrington Place, of the Detroit;

single way of making potatoes inter— Bureau of Governmental Research3andf

estjng. Then is the time to use rice Mr. William P. Lovett, of the Citizens'-

frequently, until the new potatoes ( League. Registration is open to the

come in the garden. Rice is a starchy' general public. -



food, but is very nice in many combi- _.________>



nation dishes. 'Often it can be used WHAT i HAVE DISCOVERED.

to make a little of a more expensive —-——



food seem much more. In the follow-

ing instances. giblets, oysters, meat

and eggs are used with rice in such

combinatiOn dishes.





I





. HEN the knob comes off from my



. ' buffet, I insert a piece of tooth-

pick in the hole, and then screw the

knob back into place. This tightens

the knob and it gives no further trou-





Savory Rice Omelette.

3 eggs 3 ti). minced ham or ble“st- D- L' .

1/? CW willied me 14"???" it In cases of Sickness I have found

14 ' , .S . sa . .

i‘thimhtltltltler 1-8 tsp. pepper that a shoe bag tied to the back Slde

1 is“ Chow“ ”may of the bed is a great help. In it are





eggs”;ngat§?teiifxniuyfilfis“Egg: kept the little things that the patieifi

. . ' _ . . may want, and will not need to ca

ents, folding m the .‘Ethl’fes .01; the egg: someone to get them. It is satisfying

IETSt' Pour the. min uie lIldO i: n it to a patient to have a comb and brush,

hell-greased “7mg pan, 'an wfl e ibl a small mirror, stationery and pen, a

ls brown..fold It ovei mm a ex e handkerchief, book. and such items

bladed knife. Turn the omelette out right at hand—Mrs. K. D.





‘ v immedi-

on a warm p lattei and ser e Rather than cover each garment

ately. I l' B k d Ri that hangs in the closet with a sep-

ta tan a e ce. . arate cloth or paper cover to prevent

4 (‘llDS cooked rice 1% cups tomato juice _

5:11 ('Ull grated Cheese g/tsp. salt dust settling on the shoulders, I use

1’“ cup “hopped ”memo ’* m)‘ new“ half of a worn sheet to cover the en-





Mix the. ingredients well together tire crossbar that holds the separate

and pour into a baking dish. Cover h rs ——Mrs F S H

h top of the dish with the pulp left ange ' ' ' ' ‘

t_9 t . . th tomatoes Bake for When I have left-over cooked cereal,

“9r.“ vs raining e ‘ I mix in cracker crumbs to make real

“mt" minutes. d C df‘ h stiff and put it in small jelly jars to

. Creams 1 g I: .' tl d'et cool. For supper I slice and fry in

Fis‘hus a valuabg 30 I: 1131 1 e: deep fat as a supplement to the meat

accoiding to Dr. .1‘ c 0 ulm, E? .SDA dish. Garnislied with a bit of jelly, it

eialist, because it contains 1:1 amtin t is very tempting—Mrs. F. C. P.

and B“ Try creamed COdfiS 011.10% I have discovered that steel wool

for supper, an give the fami y a cleans my felt hat as well as my pots

pleasant surprise and change. and pans. First I dust the hat thor-

Soak the fi.Sh overnight m cold W3" oughly and then use the steel wool to

ter. In cooking never, never b011, bUt roughen up the nap, and it looks like

cook in water kept always below the new—Mrs. K.

boiling point. Boiling t-oughens the __

fish. T0 FRESHEN .SILK FRINGE.

For creamed fish use equal parts of

flaked and cooked fiSh and equal parts I have a shade on which the fringe

0f medium white sauce. Add the 13511 has become badly soiled. Have wash-

to the hot sauce and cook for ten ed the rest of the shade. but thought

tlae fiilinge would look rumpled if wash-

‘ e . ow can I clean it?—~Mrs. C. P.

Medium White Sauce. . ‘. . . ‘ ‘

1 ”up mm . 2 ML butter ilash the flinge in a mild soap so—

1‘é‘th. flour Salt and pepper to season ution and rinse in clear water with-

Creamed salt cod is excellent served out wringing. pin the fringe, in 2.





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to the line. Shake a few times while





HOLD SECOND SCHOOL OF CIT- the fringe is drying. The fringe will

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winter eggs, but egg production is

heavy in the spring, and there is a.

lot of them for sale everywhere. Too

.often the lowest market prices are ac-

cepted for the entire output, with the

idea of salvaging as much as possible

from the flock, even if profits are low.



There are a lot of good farm flocks

which do not average more than 140

lto 160 eggs per year. And those flocks

,produce heavily from February first

until June first. It must be true that

a large part of the yearly production

comes in those four months, and if

the eggs are not sold as profitably as

possible during that period, it is difii—





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cult to make up the loss with the fall

production, even if prices are fifty and

,sixty cents per dozen or more.



The use of eggs early in the spring

as leaders is not an unmixed blessing

to the poultry farmer. One city store

buys a lot of fresh eggs in February.

immediately they decide to advertise

,the eggs at a price close to the whole-

sale figure. It may stimulate the con-

sumption of eggs and give the city

consumer a real food bargain, but it

often does it at the expense of the

farm egg producer who is forced to

sell eggs at the cost of production or

less.





As soon as one merchant uses eggs

as a leader, the dealer‘ in the next

.block begins to pay less for eggs, so

he can meet the price of his competi-

tor. A farmer goes to a grocer with a

few cases of eggs in February, and

often finds the price has dropped eight

or ten cents over night, not because

of any great mass of production on

the farms, but because the dealers are

all competing with each other to sell

eggs as cheap as possible, and crowd-

ing down the price they pay in an

effort to retail eggs at a wholesale

price. _



I think there are instances where it

would pay farmers and farmers’ wives

to tell certain dealers in their market

cities, that it is “egg money" which is

used to buy a large part of the arti-

cles which those dealers sell to the

people from the farms. At the present

writing, March 14, the wholesale price

of eggs around Lansing, is twenty

cents per dozen, and has been at that

low figure for several weeks. It is a

real food bargain for the city con-

sumer. ' . .



The lucky egg producers have, a

good private trade from buyers who

will pay about a dime per dozen pre-

mium over the Wholesale price. This

makes an income of thirty cents per





stores are retailing for twenty-four and

twenty—five cents per dozen. A private

trade of that type cannot, be bunt‘ up,





 





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a book of egg customers and jotted

down the names of the buYers who

continue to take their premium eggs

during the spring. They are the buy—

ers who receive first chance at the

eggs during the fall and early winter,

when strictly fresh stock is scarce

at any price., Such buyers learn to

appreciate the satisfaction of obtain-

ing strictly fresh eggs. It does no

harm to tell them that if they continue

as spring buyers, they will receive

plenty of fresh eggs during the fall

and winter, as far as you are able to

supply them. ~ ‘



It is no great stunt to market eggs

at a profit after August first, if you

can produce the eggs. But we always

have this. heavy spring production to

consider, and it helps the business a

great deal if a. large part of the pro-





duction can be marketed at a price /





ten cents above the wholesale rate.





There are several Ways of improv-

ing conditions in the spring egg mar-

ket and help to keep up prices. Only

market clean eggs. When the fields.

are muddy and the poultry houses be-

gin to warm up in the spring, there is

great danger of the nests becoming

dirty. Placing clean straw in the nests

as often as it is needed, helps to keep

the eggs clean. I think it is better to

clean eggs than to sell any that are

dirty, even though some of the bloom

is removed by the washing. This is

especially true if the eggs are sold to

private customers for immediate use.

It is difficult not to have some spring

eggs with a few specks of dirt on the

shells, and a few minutes in touching

up such spots with a cloth dampened

with warm water, helps to improve

the appearance of the egg cartons.





Good quality egg cartons with the

name of the farm printed on them can

be obtained by the thousand for less

money per box than the plain unprint-

ed cartons can be purchased by the

hundred in supply stores. Motorists

appreciate buying eggs in neat boxes,

and will often return for a weekly

supply, when they receive a quality

product properly boxed.



Many eggs are used by the hatch-

eries and individual poultrymen for

the reproduction of their flocks. But

the bulk of the spring egg crop is a.

food proposition. If it were not for

the cold storage plants, spring eggs

would be difficult to market at any

price during the period of eaviest

production. "



Everything in the way 0 mproving

the quality of the spring eggs is going

to make money for the cold storage

buyer, and in turn it is going to react

in favor of the producer. An egg pro

ducer cannot sell undersized eggs,

dirty held eggs, and eggs from stolen





 

 





 





.“Marketing Spring Eggs 1;

By R. G. ‘Kzréy,



OT much attention is usually giv-



en to the marketing of spring





eggs for food. We hear a lot of

talk about the profits from fall and





nests, and expect to blame the buyers I





because spring egg prices are low.

It is possible for me. to believe that

every article of food can be produced





too heavily for its market, and = that

And it is ten times .





means low pric s.

easier for me to believe that eggs of

inferior quality can glut any market

in a few days. Because egg production





has been one’ of the side lines which _

proven profitable for. several





has

years, some producers may feel that

over-production is never going'to cause

trouble. But, this year it. may. have

been a factor in the ~lo.w' February

prices. g '

We must establish more confidence





in, eggs by keeping their quality good. -,

better isms. as 1





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ALICE WHITE FEEDS HER HENS.





appreciate the value of feeding: the

flock well for several years.

: year of 1921 she began to feed accord-

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«upbeat authorities on poultry manage-

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, year was 105 eggs.

mash to the grain ration, and the flock' -

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In 1922 she added





The only variation from

the state’s experiment station suggest-

ed ration was less wheat than was rec-

ommended. This variation was thought

advisable, since wheat was expensive.

Mrs. White noticed that the average

egg production was increasing annu-

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made in management was feding dif-

ferently. In 1923 she decided to feed

exactly as the state’s experiment sta-

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was 131 eggs. This increase was suf-

ficient to convince Mrs. White that it

pays to feed the farm flock well.



In 1925 and 1926, Mrs. White con-

tinued her feeding policy and the egg

production is something near 141 eggs

per hen. Part of this increase, how-





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ever, must be contributed to culling.

The costs and profits made by Mrs.

White are surprisingly noticeable. The

net profit from each individual hen

has been around $1.60. Every item has

been considered in reaching the profit.

Labor, rent, feed, taxes, insurance and

buildings were invoiced and considered ‘

in making the final estimate.



When asked how she made so muchl

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100 per cent liv‘e delivery. Holterman ‘

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Pay. a week before chicks are shipped.

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i'ZrE-EL‘AND. MICH. ' ' ' ' That is what Guy Burgis of Fair‘ Grove, M1Ch., made last Janury With 832

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In few hours, disease is stopped and

sick chicks full of pep.





F It’s easy to stop chicks dying from





white diarrhea. All you need do is

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‘ ., Postal Station Bldg”

n ‘ , lie, Ind. ' It costs nothing to'try

arsnteed





Ludo the, work or money refunds But if





of character and





Makes a Guess.



Here is one of your saucy little

nieces demanding a little time and

Space. You have not given me room

in our letter box, not a little teeny

once, and I’m sure I could find some-

thing to say; I’m just bursting for

conversation. Now, being I was adopt—

ed by you three or four years ago, I’ve

got to know you real well. I believe

I could describe you. You’ve dark

brown hair, streaked with gray, and

you are medium weight and not very

tall. You have blue or gray eyes, and

three tiny wrinkles at each corner

that show when you laugh.



You do not smoke, and also you do



not use profane language, which some

boys think smart. Ain’t I a good

guesser?

, Say, boys and girls, why are you

chastising poor Bubbles? I wish she

would write to me. I’d like to know

her. Well, kids, as for me, I do not

like at all to go outdoors on a cold,

stormy day and water cows or carry

in wood. But let’s stop our arguing.

If men are dumb and have not got

things easier, whose fault is it? I’m

sure it’s not the Michigan Farmer’s.

Just you read it, read it good and see

if it doesn’t give men enough informa-

tion and useful hints that if one would

sit down and plan, it would be easier

to accomplish the hard work.



Well, Uncle Frank, take mercy on

me and give me space. I guess I’ll

ring off, as ever b-4.—Myrtle Feltis.





No, you “ain’t” a good guesser. I

have two eyes, but they are neither

blue or gray, nor is my hair gray.

Sometimes I think profane language,

but I seldom speak it. I agree with

you, that once in a while one does

find hints in the Michigan Farmer that

can be used.





 





Development.





Dr. Glover points out that? the curse

of life is the failure to develop. I say





that development, or the lack of de-





velopment, is one of the great factors

in the world welfare today. Our Boys’

and Girls’ Page, kept alive by the vast

membership of the Meriy Circle ‘and

the Golden Circle, is a great developer

intelligent thought.

The wide range of subjects which are

brought up for discussion invite orig-

inal answers and opinions.



Right here, I wish to quote Dr. King-

don, a great minister, who says, “Sin

is the deliberate choice of that which

we know to be less than the best.”

Does that not knock pretty hard on

the modern dance, the use of cosmet-

ics, tobacco, and alcoholic beverages;

any of which deceive the user and dis-

gust those who have to look upon the

results—loose morals, ruined complex-

ions, lessened vitality and disregard

for the rights of others? Then devel-

opment mustbe a choicé of that which

we know to be the best.





 





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Golden CirClc Corner





Some More Reunion Letter;





We should discard our defects and

add refinements, new ideas, and sound-

er judgment as we find them. As the

nation of tomorrow depends upon the

youth of today, you and I must be

open-minded and become that nation

of tomorrow, in fact, as well as in

theory. . ,





It is written, “God is not mocked,

what—so-ever a’man soweth, that shall

Then, if as youth we

sow insincerity, vulgarity, immodesty,

intemperance, and carelessness—what

of our harvest? Do we not invite

criticism and hard words? If we are

so smart, how came we so to be? Do

we not owe to our parents our lives,





 





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our mental. and physics] development?



It is Written, Know ye not that ye

are the temple of Gods-if "any man de-





file the temple of God, he shall God





 





destroywtherefore glorify God in mm ..





bOdy.”



Then, instead of decorating through

the painter’s srt, practice physical

health and deVelopment. Late hours,

intemperance in all matters, sensuality

and a. mad neglect of one’s physical

being lead to myriads of Wrecks and

human derelicts. ' '



The world without development is

a dead thing. Weas yOuth, mustl‘de-

velop our mental and physical beings

lest on the morrow we regret the‘yes—

terday.—Johnv O. Roberts.





Development .and growth are the

same. It is a law of nature that when

a thing ceases to grow it begins to

deteriorate. So it behooves us to keep

on growmg.





 





 





 





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



_I am fifteen years 'old and in the

elghth grade. I have three and a half

miles to. go to school.



Uncle Frank, do you lovemusic? I

do. I have been taking piano and cor-

nets lessons for the last two years.



I agree with Bernice M. Ball. I

think M. C.’s should be recognized by

each other. We have your buttons,

but there are so many buttons that we

don’t take notice of what kind they

are. How do you‘ like this plan?



When you go to a state fair or any

fair, you see certain people wearing a.

ribbon on their coats. On these rib-

bons it tells, in a. few words, what they

are.





Now, M. C.’s should do the same.

Because a ribbon takes more attention

These ribbons won’t

have to be worn. all the timeujust at

public doings—such as fairs, etc—An-

thony Juergens, Dexter, Mich.





I enjoy music very much. It is the

great universal language. I wish ev-

eryone could learn to play some in-

strument. Ribbons would probably

help to gain recognition, but our but-

tons are quite noticeable when worn.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Quite a. few of the M. C.’s have:

failed to bring out one point with ref-

erence to city vs. country discussion,

which I think is quite important.



When a city man leaves his work at

a factory or place of business, he gets

no more money until he goes to work

in. the morning, while the farmer can

do his chores early in the evening and

go to an entertainment, and in the

morning he can lay abed (if he wants

to) and all that while his crops are

growing and his cows are producing

milk—Paula.





You have brought out a. very fine

point. Nature will work for the farmer

if he will but give it a. little help.





 





Dear Unk and Cousins:



I have just finished reading the let-

ters on Our Page. Those poems, es-

pecially “Flapperisms,” were swell. I

have an ambition for writing poems,

but I never have much success.



“Hank” sure has an idea of her own,

hasn’t she? I don’t take her point of





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view on the M. C.’s being silly, or the

letters either.



The 4-H Clubs sure are nice. I have

belonged to two of them. The coun-

try is good enough for a great many

people, and it will be good enough for





 





 





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Wayne Burke is Right, This is a Sign

of Spring.



me for a. while. Talking about coun-



try rdads, ours are 0. K. and the pave-





ment isn’t so far ~away.——“Freshie,’

Dexter, Mich. ‘





From the letters I am getting I am

sure that many do not agree with

“Hank” on her attitude regarding Our

Page. The 4-H Clubs certainly 'are

fine. I wish every boy and girl could.

belong to them. -





 





Dear Uncle Frank: v

I never for a. minute thought my en-

tering a contest would end ,in such '3

surprise; that of receiving a. Merry

Circle pin and card. '



Many have been the times when I

have had intentions of writing to Our

Page, but like most of us. I suppose

I have been rather timid, since I know

what a. great-friend of yours the waste

basket is. .



I am a. junior in high school, and

have always been an active member,

and what is more, a farmer’s daugh-

ter. I live three miles out of town.

During the winter months, I stay in

town, working for my board, them

fore making it unnecessary for my

parents to pay it. I really enjoy it,

because I believe :in working" forgam

education. You: really get more outta!

it, I believe. . -,



I really can’t see why some people

begrudge the country folks.‘ ';N0w,

since the automobile has become so





. popular, the farmersenjoy everything





without living in the“ smoky cityl . .



- I .am ,very -,much interested in ,1 eth—

letics, and’ fully v~agree~with George

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' Our twenty-third year. 96.000 capacity. 80% of our

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Splendid f'siim or Mrs. Ethel .

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Mrs. Rhoades’ letter will no doubt

he of utmost interest to poultry raisers

who have had serious losses from

White Diarrhea. We will .let Mrs.

Rhoades tell it in her own words:



“Dear Sir: I see reports of so many

losing their little chicks with White‘





experience. My first incubator chicks

when but a few days old, began to die-

by the dozens with, White Diarrhea.

I tried different remedies and was

about discouraged with the chickem

business. Finally, I sent to the Walker

Remedy Co., Dept. 502. Waterloo, 1a.,

for a $1.00 box of their Walko White

Diarrhea Remedy. It’s ju t the only

thing for this terrible disease. We

raised 700 thrifty, healthy chicks and’

never lost a single chick after the first

dose.”—Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenan-





 





Cause of White Diarrhea





White Diarrhea is caused by micro-

scopic organisms. which multiply with

great rapidity in the intestines of

diseased birds and enormous numbers

are discharged with the droppings.

Readers are warned to beware ‘of

White Diarrhea. Don’t wait until it

kills half your chicks. Take the “stitch

in time that saves nine.” Remember,

there is scarcely a hatch without some

infected chicks. Don’t let these few

infect your entire flock. Prevent it.

GiVe Walko in all drinking water tor

the first two weeks and you won’t lose

one chick where you lost hundreds be-

fore. These letters_prove it:





 





Never Lost a Single Chick





Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek,

1nd, writes: “I have lost my share of

chicks from White Diarrhea. Finally

'I sent for two packages of Walko. I

raised over 500 chicks and I never lost

a single chick from White Diarrhea. Walko

.not only prevents White Diarrhea, but it gives

the chicks strength and vigor; they develop

quicker and feather earlier."





 





Never Lost One After F irst Dose





Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw writes: “I used

to lose a great many chicks from White

Diarrhea, tried many remedies and was

about discouraged. As a last resort I

sent to the Walker Remedy Co., Dept.

502. Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko

WhiteDiarrhea Remedy. I used two

50c packages, raised 300 White Wyandottes

and never lost one or had one sick after giving

the medicine and my chickens are larger and

healthier than ever before. I have found this

company thoroughly reliable and always get

the remedy by return mai.”-—Mrs. C. M. Brad-

shaw, Bea'consfield, ‘Iowa.





You Run No Risk





We will send Walko White Diar-

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your losses and double, treble, even

quadruple your profits. Send 50c for

package_ of.Walko or ($1.00 for extra large

hen—give it in all drinking water and watch

results. You’ll find you won’t lose one chick

where you lost dozens before. It’s a positive

feet. You run no risk. We guarantee to

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The Pioneer National Bank, tiie oldest and

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of our guarantee. -





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ing "foris‘iau’education. *At one time I

pushed a vegetable cart, to pay for

part of mine. Your interests are all'

wholesome and good. I‘hope you will 2

be an active M. C.





Dear Uncle Frank: ,

Ever so many thanks for the card

and pin that I received from you quite

a while ago. I have entered several;

contests, but all In vain. Oh, I won’t:

give up yet tovthe motto: “Try, try,

try again.” I like the' read-and-win

contests, and I like working cross-

word puzzles.



All people have their troubles, and

not only farmers, don’t you think so.

Uncle Frank? This 'world would be

like paradise if we didn’t have work

and troubles.



One M. C. said that flowers look best

where they grow, but I’m sure .We\

would not be doing wrong if we DICK-I

ed flowers to bring to a sick room.,

Flowers would cheer up the patientl

I wish the boys would write more of— 9

I’ll ring off now and wish you

good luck—Just an M. C. ,

I admire your determination, and I:

hope you succeed in winning a prize;

soon. Everybody has troubles, even?

I. Paradise would probably become

monotonous. We appreciate sunshine

so much more after a storm. Using

flowers to cheer the shut-ins is putting:





them to a useful purpose.





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Dear Uncle Frank: ‘



The books suggested by “Dream-

bird” are all good ones. I know, for

I have read a great many of the books

she mentioned. '



The letters on “What is Beautiful”

are good ones. They picture some

beautiful things.



I have seen several letters discuss-

ing country vs. city. I do not agree

with the writers who say that life on

a farm is all work,‘because it is not.

Neither is it all sunshine, however.

The boys and girls who live on a farm

are healthier than city children. Then

they have an opportunity to enjoy

nature.



Uncle Frank. I have made some

very nice friends through our corres-

pondence scrambles. I am glad I am

an M. and will try to live up to

our motto—“Bubbles." .



I hope that many have made nice

friends through the M. C. If any have

made friends that are not nice, please

let me know about it. There is noth-

ing more wholesome or interesting





than to study nature.





Dear Uncle Frank:



How many M. C.’s can tell their

direction in the woods if it is cloudy

and they haven‘t a compass? Also,

can they tell the different kinds of

trees, birds and animals, which are

harmful and which are not? How

about crows should they be killed or

not? I say they should. because they

rob birds’ nests and take both eggs

and young birds. I know all my cous-

ins won’t agree with me, so I would

like to hear their arguments.



I am a member of a pig club and

won first prize of Arenac county with

a. Duroc Jersey—Roland Kaye-n.





You suggest some good subjects to

discuss. I am glad that you are in-

terested in club work and have been

successful in it."





 





 





GRAMMAR CONTEST.





BELIEVE that you will find this



contest amusing and instructive.

Please arrange each of the following

three sentences so that they will make

sense. Also, put your name and ad-

dress in the upper left-hand corner of

your paper, and put M. C. after your

name if you are a Merry Circler. Don’t

fmget the latter, please.



The sentences are as follows:



1. :_ He was driving away from the

church where he had been married in

a. coach and six.





ding his wife good-bye with a. gun.



3. We have two rooms sufficiently

large to accommodate two hundred

pupils one above another.



The following prizes will be given:

For the two best papers from boys,

fountain pens; the next three, combi-





, nation pencils and Sharpeners. ‘ For

the girls, the two best papers, boxes of





stationery; the. next three. cute little

pocketbook clutch pencils.

Send your papers to. Uncle Frank,





3,.Micllim Farmer. Detroit, Michigan,





2. He blew out his brains after bid-v -





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thinning time than to cull it out at

harvest time- Experience has shown

that thinning greatly increases the

quantity of select stock taken from a.

tree.



Another practice necessary in the

production of quality fruit, is thor-

ough spraying. Not much is lacking

along this line on the Farley farm. Ap-

ples, for instance, are sprayed from

five to nine times, depending upon the

season. Lime-sulphur is thespray gen-

erally used, although emulsions and

Bordeaux mixture find their place in

the annual program.



Pruning is done carefully to give

the trees a. chance to produce the size

and color of fruit desired. Along this

line a great deal of experimental work





.has demonstrated to these brothers





3 (Continued from page 455)





kept for raising pigs to consume the

feeds grOWn upon the farm, and also »‘





large quantities of purchased grains.





During the summer season, the pigs.

have the run of clover and alfalfa pas-l .

Middlings, corn and; oats are . j 4

purchased to supplement the surplus ,





ture.

grains produced on the farms. Some

of the corn is bogged down

is simplified by the use of self-feeders.





Tankage \and minerals are kept before-

The hogs and





the hogs at all times.

all other surplus stock are sold largely





through the local cooperative shipping





association.



About two carioads of yearling cat-

tle are fed each season. The program

is to turn off one carload about Christ-

mas time. These steers are started in

the corn field and are finished on sil-





 





 





‘and knife to secure





the need of careful work with the saw

quality crops.



A considerable portion of the fruit

is marketed at the farm. Practically

the entire peach crop is sold in the

orchard. The reputation developed for

these peaches is each year attracting

a. wider and wider circle of consum-

ers, many of whom now drive long

distances to the farm for their yearly

supplies. Probably twenty-five per cent

of the apple crop is disposed of in the

same manner. The finest bushel of

Spy apples that the writer has ever

seen was secured from this farm.

Fruits not marketed direc\ly from the

orchards are sold in the usual way.

The surplus apples are usually ship-

ped in barrels, although other methods

are being considered.



In recent years Farley Brothers have

been active in showing their fruit at

fairs and other fruit shows. Last year

they realized over $300 in prizes on

their exhibits at the Michigan State

Fair. They also exhibited at Farmers’

Week, the Michigan Horticultural

Show, and at several county fairs.



Fields other than the orchard are

kept in a. high state of fertility by

the generous use of legumes, barnyard

manure, and fertilizer. June and sweet

clovers are the crops usually used for

plowing down. Limehas been applied

where necessary, and acid phosphate

is used to supplement the manures.

As the result of this generous feeding

of the soil, wheat yields for recent

years have ranged from twenty-five to

fifty bushels per acre. The average

yield of oats is around sixty bushels

per acre. Last year a frost-proof corn

developed by the Michigan State Col-

lege“ was grown by the Farleys for

seed purposes. In June, when we saw

this field, it was by far the best we

had observed anyWhere in Michigan,

and the yield for the fifteen or more

acres, we are told, averaged around

seventy bushels of shelled com. A

large part of the wheat, oats and rye

grown are sold as certified goods.

Nothing but PM seed has been.

used on this fainter year-s. " I





 





 





The Home of Garfield Farley is Replete with Modern Conveniences. The

Hedge Borders 3 Playground Used by Both Farley Families.





age and purchased feed. A second

carioad is put on feed to be marketed

in May or June. For roughage these

steers are fed legume hay and en-

silage. Concentrates are purchased to

supplement the grains not sold for

seed and purchased supplies. For fin-

ishing the steers, cottonseed meal is

usually selected as the concentrate.

The cattle are fed in open racks in

the yard. The usual day’s feeding

program for the cattle is to scatter

corn and oats on silage for the morn-

ing and evening meals, with a feeding

of hay at noon and another late at

night.



Sheep are. also doing their hit on

this farm. Some bluegrass and tim-

othy and clover seeding are usually

available for sheep pasture. Besides

a herd of pure-bred Oxfords, western

grade feederslare purchased to fill the

sheds. Last year one bunch of March

and April lambs were sold in August

when they averaged ninety-five pounds.

A few weeks later a second shipment

was made, and still later a. third was

marketed. Sheep are desirable, say

the Farley Brothers, not only because

they bring profits, but also because

they aid in keeping the farm clean.



A beginning has been made in the

poultry business. White Leghorns

have been selected to start this ven-

ture, and it is proposed that the same

careful attention given the other stock

will be accorded this department of

their farm. I



The Farley Brothers have also plant-

ed several acres to. evergreen trees.

For several years they have marketed

Christmas trees from this planting.

N orways, White pine and cedars are

the varieties making up thel larger

part of this woodlot.



A careful account of all sales and

expenditures have been kept by the

Farleys since they 3de their part-

nership operations over twenty years

ago.





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Feeding .





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years ago to better suit it to present:





. j’day needs.

modern plumbing, electric lights, fur-





In both houses are found





naces, bath rooms, running water, and

adeQuate sewage systems.

The outbuildings are quite ample to





farm. In purchasing additional land

from time to time, different sets of

buildings have been added to their

equipment. The main barn is thirty-

two by sixty-two feet, with a good-

sized wing. Twenty-foot posts give

considerable ‘room for storing hay. A

full basement furnishes stable room

below.



A straw-covered rick has been pro-

vided in: the ‘orchard as a packing

A picture

of this appeared in a recent issue of

this journal. It has proven a very sat-

isfactory structure for this kind of

w01k. 1



Quite a little attention has been giv-

en to landscape gardening about the

premises. . In planning this, advantage

was taken-of native trees. The trees

and shrubs, together with a naturally

fine setting,»show off both homes in

a most favorable way. '



The Farleys are strong for educa-

tional work. Minard E. and his wife

are graduates of Albion College. Gar-

field finished high school and took a

special course at the Michigan State

College, while his Wife received train-

ing at the Mt. Pleasant Normal School.

All the children of both families are

well advanced in their school work. Of

Horace, a bOy of

twenty, is now taking special advanc-

ed work at Maryland University, on a

fellowship from the Michigan State

College; Ellen, eighteen, is a student

at the latter institution; Robert, thir-

teen, is in the eighth grade, and Mar-

garet, eleven, is in the seventh. Of

Minard’s family, George, seventeen, is

a sophmore at the Michigan State Col-

lege; Martha, sixteen, is a senior in

the local high school; while Minard,

J12, thirteen, is in the ninth grade;

Irene, eleven, is in the seventh, and

Nancy, nine, is in the fifth.



The Farleys have also been strong

,in community work. They have been

active in farmers’ club,.farm bureau'





with the local chamber of commerce.

Minard has been president of the local

Live Stock Shipping Association for a

number of years, also president of the

Albion Rural Fire Protection Associa.

tion, and at the last annual election

was made director of the Michigan

State Horticultural Society.



\FARMERS PLAN TO PLANT TOO



MUCH.





F farmers carry out the intentions



expressed to the United States De-

partment of Agriculture, another year

of unprofitable prices for a number of

crops is probable. They reported in-

tended plantings of twelve crops in

1927 in percentage of the acreage

grown for harvest in 1926, as follows:





Crop Per Cent.

Spring wheat ......... , ........ 101.6

Corn ........... .101.8

Oats ........... ....... .. . 103.2

Barley ............. .. 114.3

Flaxseed ............. . . . . . . 88.7

Rice .................. . . . 1 . 93.0

Grain sorghums . . . . . . . . 96.5

Tame hay ........ . ........ . . . . 101.8

Peanuts ................ . . . . . . 138.3

Potatoes ................... . . . . 114. 9

Sweet potatoes and yams ...... 132. 5

Tobacco ....................... 96.7





Below are shown the total acreages

of these twelve crops grown in the

past three years. and the acreage in»





dicated' by the intentions report for

this y.ea1



1924 . . . .................. 242, 964, 000

1925 ........ .............. 248, 244,000

1926 . . . . . . . .7 .............. 245,362,000

1927 . . ............ ' ..... 2 51,578,000





Besides these crops, an increase of

five per cent in winter wheat acreage,





and of 1.9 per cent in rye acreage, was

reported last fall. On the other hand.

a decrease in the cotton acreage is

probable. No intentions report on that

crop is compiled. The increases in

other crops ran largest in the southern

states. I



As applied to the individual farmer,

these changes of acreage may repre-

sent a commendable effort to bring

about readjustment, but the mass're-

sult is to'cause undue increases in the

acreages of several crops. Of course,

weather conditions, price changes. andI

other factors may prevent these in-





tentions from being carried out.





 





 





 





 





P the sky.

them up from the pond which had

been their home for a very long time,

.ihey were very tiny.

you could n-ot see them. Even Grand-

pa couldn’t see them when he had his

glasses on.





 





Pitter and Patter Went Tumbling

Down to’ the Earth.





Up in the sky the wind blew the

raindrops here and there. Every little

would bump into another





while the





’ tiny rain rop. Then there would be

" ,. but one" radnd‘m'p but a larger one. In

this Way; Pitte'r and fitter grew larg-





l Twenty Tales from Timberland

T lze Tale of Pitta and Patter—N0. [3





ITTER and Patter were two little

raindrops, drifting around up in

When the sun lifted





So small that





Pitter to Patter as the big cloud twist-

ed and turned.





“1 wish I would fall,” said Patter.

“I want to get out of this big cloud

and fall down to earth. Then I could

do some good.”





“But this big fleecy cloud is such a

comfortable place to rest,” said Pitter.

“Yes, 1 know, but I have grown as

big as I can and I'm tired of resting

here,” answered Patter.

Right then the big fleecy cloud roll-

ed over quickly and Pitter and Patter

went tumbling down toward the earth.

“I don't want to go, I don’t want to

go,” yelled Pitter. but he kept on fall-

ing. He looked very cross indeed.”





_“Ha,, ha!” laughed Patter, who was

right beside his friend. Patter was

very glad to be on his way to do some

good. As the two raindrops neared

the earth, Patter spied a Violet lifting

up her head toward the skies. She

was looking very thirsty.



“I want to fall right beside the Vi-

olet, ” said Patter. “I may help to save

her purple dress from withering and

fading.



"I want to fall into an acorn cup

and take another nap,” said Pitter.



The East Wind heard

gave a puff to the right and one to the

left So Patter fell right beside the

Violet and was very happy that now,

after waiting so long. he could be of

some use.

cup and was soon fast asleep.





Pitter and Patter.





x , of the Michigan Crop Improveé

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sey‘cattle and apples for so long that

even the middle-aged farmers in Mich-

igan cannot remember when the Bal-

lard herd or apple orchard were not

subjects that would immediately start

a spirited discussion at any cross-roads

store where folks pretended to know





‘ anything at all about cows or apples.





Michigan’s industrial development—‘—

she produces seventy-five per cent of

America’s automobiles—has taken a.

heavy toll of Michigan agriculture. Be-

cause of industry’s demand for men,

farm help has been hard to get and

difficult to hold. But farm fertility is

not merely a farm question, it is a na-

tional question, because governments,

like armies, progress on their bellies,

industrial development or no.



The Ballards have kept cows for

many years, getting their living from

them and the apple orchard. Harry





 





Ballard, the man who has tended the

cows for around forty years, is a mod-

est man. He makes no statements

that would sound like bragging, and

What you get you have to hunt for.

Their oats yield has not fallen below

sixty bushels per acre for some years,

and has gone as high as eighty. This

year nine acres of corn furnished the

filler for two silos, and the three acres

of corn not needed was shucked in the

field and averaged 100 bushels per

acre. A ten-acre field averaged eighty

bushels of com. These dairymen also

grow some speltz, because that is

bulky and the cows need bulk in the

ration. Also, speltz can be planted in

the fall and gets away from the usual

spring rush at spraying time that a

dairy-field crop-apple combination usu-

ally brings on.



The one thing that characterizes

their farming is the very accurate ob-

servations which they make, and then

later follow up with action. '



They have limed practically the en-

tire farm and started on the second

round. Their farm is a. map of Michi-

gan, which is to say, that it contains

about all the soil types which may be

found in the Wolverine state, and that

means all the types there are, from

blowsand to clay and deep muck.



Some years ago they found that, ev-

en though they put on manure, their

wheat and speltz would winter-kill

badly on the clay, although not so on

the sand. And they found that a 200-

pound application of acid phosphate

on the clay soil would positively stop

the winter-killing because it fostered

root development in the fall. However,

the eifect was not so marked on the

sandy soil. It was such experiences as

this that led them to make a similar

application of acid phosphate, later

super-phosphate, on all of their grain

crops. The phosphate applications

made one-third difference in the yields

of speltz and wheat



In their fields, Ballards follow ‘a six-

year rotation of alfalfa three years

corn two years, then oats or barley,





 





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HE'BaAllard' Broifiégfs,jof 3.3mm.“ .,

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men agree that this preparation has

more to do with ,the amount of milk

and butter-fat which a cow produces

during the lactation period, than does

the feeding during any other period.

For cows calving during the sum-

mer or early fall, most dairymen like

to have a small pasture away from

the herd, that has an abundance of.

grass. In addition, they like to 'feed

a. suitable grain mixture. Corn silage

with alfalfa or clover hay‘,‘ and a. lim-





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The Greatest Educational Advancemennt will be Found in those States where

Live Stock Has Made the Most Progress.





cows calving during the winter or ear~

1y spring. After calving, the cows

should be brought slowly up to full

feed and thereby stimulate higher pro-

duction—W. E. M.





GUERNSEY BREEDERS ACTIVE.





 





,HE first annual meeting of the

Guernsey Breeders’ Association; of

Kalamazoo county, was held in the

Court House at Kalamazoo on March

18.‘ Twenty—five members were pres-

cut. The officers and directors select-

ed for the ensuing year are: Pres—

ident, Harold Gilkey, of Kalamazoo;

vice-president, Albert Fee, of Kalama-

zoo; secretary~treasurer, Paul Clapp,

of Gale-sburg. Directors, Seymour

Olin, E. H. Kirkland, Lawrence ,Mer-

kyl, and J. D. Russell.



Among the projects to be undertak-

en this year are the promotion of a.

Guernsey Calf Club, a county show

herd for the local fair, a tour to in-

clude many of the outstanding herds

in Berrien county, and promoting the

sale of Golden Guernsey milk under

the copyrighted seal. R. H. Addy,

Dairy Extension Specialist from Mich-

igan State College, and W. D. Burr-ing-

ton, State Field Secretary, were the

speakers on the program.



On March _9 the Missaukee County

Guernsey Breeders’ Association was

organized. About forty breeders were

present.

Guernsey Breeders' Association to be

organized in Michigan. The following

officers and directors were elected:-

President, Earl Coddell, of Lake City;

vice-president, Mark Ardis, of Lake

City; secretary-treaSurer, Harold Den-

nis, of Lake City. Directors, Al Davis,

of Merritt; Jacob DeBoer, of Marion.





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EFFECT OF SILAGE ON CON-

. CRETE.





What can be done to make a silo

foundation stand u so the silage acid

will not eat the 09 cut? I would like

to have the experience of readers who

have used concrete silos—H. M.





No noticeable effect can be observed

where the concrete isof good quality.

Cases do occur where the concrete is

of poor quality, due to lack of cement,

not the right proportion of water, poor

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or mistakes in mixing and handling

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Where a poor quality of concrete

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of paraffin mixed with gasolene or ker-

osene in the proportion of three

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WOULD IMPROVE QUALITY OF

LAMBS.





HE advantages in raising and fit-

ting for‘ market, well-bred lambs

of good mutton type, are being dem-

onstrated by the better prices received

in the market, and in increasing de-

mand for lamb. This is probably as

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campaign conducted by government

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Intestinal Parasites—I have a mare

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successive evenings; follow the last

dose with- ] quart raw linseed oil or 1

pound of epsom salts.





Diarrhea.——I started to feed corn to

my pig. His bowels have opened so

freely since then that everything goes

rlght through. What can I do to stop

same? N. F.—This is possibly caused

by a. too sudden change of feed. Moldy

or immature feed would also cause

diarrhea. Go back to the feed you

had before feeding corn, and when

the bowels are normal again, slowly

change back t'o corn. In diarrhea, it

is also advisable to limit the amount

of drinking water. Divide 1 ounce of

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chest is wet constantly. The horse

eats well, and aside from the wet

breast seems to be healthy. G. A. S.

——This local sweating is caused by an

injury, or by compression of the nerves

in that region. It is a question just

how much this can be helped. Good

results are often produced by frequent

bathing with hot water.





Sore Teat.+—l have a cow nine years

old that recently freshened. I milk

one-half, while the calf sucks the oth-

er half. This morning I noticed the

calf did not get any milk out of the

hind teat, so I took a look at it and

found there was a. hard scab that ex-

tended up into the teat. I had to soak

it quite a while before I could get the

scab out. It was nearly as big as

my thumb nail. It looks as if there

was something eating a hole up in the

teat. Is the milk fromihe other quar-

ters safe to use? If not, would it be

all right to let the calf suck them all?

H. M.-Paint the sore with a. mixture

of compound tincture of benzoin, 1

part, and glycerine 3 parts. When the

sore begins to heal, discontinue the

first mixture and immerse the teat in





‘ a. tumbler filled with warm‘1-1000, chirlié .





osol. solution, several times daily.





   

 

 





 





 





 





 

 

 





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livestock, pets or pou ltry

THINK “AT THIS M8

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K-R-O may be used freely in the

house, ham or poultry house with

absolute safety. Actual tests have

proved‘that it kills ratsand mice

every time, but other animals and

poultry are not mJured by the

largest doses.





NOT A POISON

K-R-O is made of Powdered

Squill—thel new, safe way urged

by Government Experts. Satisfac-

tionguaranteedormoneyrefunded.

75c at your druggist’s. If he can-

not supply you send us his name

and 75c and K-R-O will be sent

you postpaid. There are no sub-





 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 





 

 

   

 





 

   

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 





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ASK YOUR DEALER





or write

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Chicago

Makers of the First and

Best Insecficides





I_‘

Demand for Veal is Good

Ship Your





DRESSED CALVES

and LIVE POULTRY





T0

DETROIT BEEF COMPANY





1903 Adelaide St. Detroit, Mich.





Oldest and Most Reliable Commission

House in Detroit





Tags and Quotations and New Ship-

Guide Free on Application.

and prevent





SAVE CALVES Ins-tenuous





guing Abomo, the pioneer, guaranteed remedyfor

nesgio





us Abcrtion. Write for free booklet today.





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_ BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY





change of Copy or Cancellations must reach.us

Twelve Days before date of publication.





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A average beef ani—

mals to market as

it does prime beef

animals, yet the

latter dress 10%

more.





WILD ' ooo FARMS





.onlon. MICHIGAN





 





 





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mum inns lllllt'. Fur. sit.





as. 235 years. FRANK RAGER. Mental“. main;





 





 





wallinwood Gaernseys

BROOKMEAD'S SECRET KING for sale.

JENISON, MIC"





Sons of





F. W. WALLIN.



FOR practically pure-bred GUERNSEY or HOL—

STEIN calves. from heavy. rich miller-e.



write ’EDOEWOOD DAIRY FARMS, Whitewater. Wis.





   

 





 





 





Dal Heifer Calves.

Guernsey Burg bred $25.00 each. We ship

C. 0. D. Write L. 'rerwlllicsr. Wauwatoss. Wis.

Guernsey Bull For Service 3.913102”? “3“,

0. Stock. 1. M. WILLIAMS. No. Adams. mull.





 





I-IOLSTEIN

BARGAINS





Having decided to specialize further in Horticulture.

we are offering our herd of 21 pure-brads. including

some excellent producers. backed by 20 years of com

structivo brooding, at bargain prices. Close descend-

ants of the famous Flint Ilengcrvcld Lad, Champion

Echo Sylvia Pontiac. and Sir Pictertje Ormsby Mer-

cedes. ('all or write for prices or descriptions.



F. H. HEMSTREET & 00.. Bellaire. Mich.





 





F OR ”LE—We offer for sale a few Reg. Holswln

cows and bred heifers. either fresh or coming fresh

soon.



elation.





8808.. Onondaga.

REGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES—Ons

month old to one your old, $25 to $60. All

high grade slok. WISCONSIN LAND a LUMBER

COMPANY. WeXL Farm. Hermansvilm. Michigan.

Registered Holstein-Friesim





FOR SALE bulls, old calough for service





and priced to move them. HEN Y S. ROHLFS.





Akron, Mich.

BUTTER BRED ”REFEREE“





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan





in cow testing ease»





Average lost on cows 4%

WHITNEY





You know what you are buying.

Mich.





 





 





 





FOR SALE. my entire herd of Jersey cattle. 30

cows including seven 2-yr.-old heifers. 6 yearling

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

COLON O. LILLLE. Coopersvllle. Mich.





 





' i .

Choxcc Jersey Bulls mi" CZ:.2?",§2 :52

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

PARKER. Howell. Mich.





HEREFORD STEERS





CALVES. YRL'S G. TWO'S. .Well marked. bed

typo. showing splendid breeding. Dark reds. Mos:

all bunches dehorued. Good stocker order. Can show

few bunches around 45 to 90 head. Each bunch mm

In size. Also a few bunches Shorthorn steers. Will

sell your choice of one car load from any bunch.

Write. stating number and weight you prefer. 450

lbs. to 800 lbs.





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

SHORTHORNS .... ..... .1...





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

ers sired by Maxwalton Mock or Edglink Victor. two

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

tractive prices on all of these cattle. GOTFREDSON





FARMS. Ypsilanti, Mich.



sunk-"“1““ milk or beef breed. 20 bulls.

males. all ages. at farmer's prices.



CENTRAL MICHIGAN SHORTHORN BREEDERS'



ASS'N. Write for New list. Oscar Skinner. $00..





Gown. Mich.

Milk" Sh h bull

FOR SALE 51...“... $3.? Albert.





WASTA HUBER. Gladwm, Mldi.





 





 





For sale. mm!





 





40 fee





 





calves.

8th,





 





Best of quality and breeding. Bulls

ms cows and heifers for sale. BIDWELL

STOCK FARM. Box D, Tecumseh. Mich.





 





ROAM SHORTHORN BULL. ll mos. old. Slro

Ila’lne3‘s Model. Dam. a Bellows. bred Duchess

of Glostcr. W. E. MORRISH. Flint. Mich.. R. 5.





 





 





HOGS





Berkshire Gilts $523, l::,.,‘:,y“.§§*g,;",‘¥





ing and prices writ/3 A. H. BLAKESLEE G. SONS-





St. Johns. Mich.

BRED SOWS

M AND GILTS

SERVICE BOARS





Cholera immune, popular blood lines, typy.

LAKEFIELD FARMS, Glarkslon, Mich.





DUROC JERSEY FALL BOARS at a. fiery reason-

able prim, ('llolora immunud and guaranteed sat.—

ist‘mtory. JESSE BLISS & SON, Henderson. Mich.





 





 





 





scx. $10 cash.

Wisconsin Land

Mich.





PEDIGREED DUROC PIGS~cithcr

with order. Pedigrees furnished.

a. Lumber 00.. WeXL Farm.





Feb. & Mar. furrow.

0°1'C' PIGSreglstry. Stock from some of

Michigan's best herds. Reasonably priced. Ship on

approval. WALTER L. DIETZ, R. I, Chief. Mich.

L ARGE TYPE P. C. Fall boars ready for service.

good ones. Sircd by great hours and out of

large prollllc dams. l’ricos reasonable.





Hermaniville,





 





Eligiblo to





 





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them. E. LIVINGSTON, Parma, Mich

B.T.P.C. FALL PIG €3.39” .52" gm?





G. W. NEEDHAM, Saline, Mich.





 





A Few good Hampshire spring boars at a

bargain. Place your order for bred

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





 





 





SHEEP





0R SALE—10.000 Black-faced and While-faced



Yearling Ewes. FOR SALE—10.000 Feeding

Lambs. September and October delivery. Wool Grow!

ors' Commission 60.. U. s. Yards, Chicago. III.





For Sale—40 Shropshire Ewes & Lambs

r.





J. CHAPMAN. Norfllvillo. Mich.





 





 





 





Registered Delaine Ewes

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





HORSES

CLYDESDA‘LES,





mares and young stock. importedfind horns-r

Prices reasonable. DR. GEO. W. PEART 8i





 





 





 





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bred.

80M. Burt. Mich.
GRAIN QUOTATIONS.

Tuesday, March 29.





Wheat. -

Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.31; No. 2

White $1.32; No. 2 mixed $1.30.

Chicago.——May $1.345/8; July $1.29%.;

September $12714.

Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.32

@133.

Corn.





Detroit—No. 2 yellow 76c; No. 3

yellow 72c; No. 4 yellow 64@66c; No.

5 yellow 61@63c.



Chicago—May at 721750; July 77140;

September 80%c.



Oats.



Detroit—No. 2 Michigan 51c; No.

3, 48c. ,



Chicago—May at 4414c; ms 441m;

September 431750.





Rye.



Detroit—No. 2, $1.03.



Chicago.—~-May $1.003/8; July 99360;

September 960.



Toledo;—Rye $1.03.



Beans.



Detroit—Immediate and

shipment at $4.35 f. b.

points.



New York—Pea domestic at $4.75@

5.50; red kidneys $6.75@7.25 to whole-

salers.



Chicago—Spot Navy Michigan fancy

hand-picked in sacks, $4.50; dark red

kidneys $5.25.





prompt





0. shipping





, Barley.

Detroit—Malting 83c; feeding 73c.

Seeds.



Detroit—Cash red clover at $27;

cash alsike $23.75; timothy, old $2.45;

new $2.65.



Hay.





Detroit—No. 1 timothy at $17@18;

standard $16.50@17.50; No. 1 light clo-

ver mixed $16.50@17.50; No. 2 timothy

at $15@16; No. 1 clover $16@17; oat

straw $126313; rye straw $13@14.



Feeds.



Detroit—Winter wheat bran at $36;

spring wheat bran at $35; standard

middlings at $36; fancy middlings at

$41; cracked corn at $34; coarse corn

meal $32; chop $33 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT.





The decline in wheat prices during

the past two weeks carried the mar-

ket to the lowest point on the crop

year, and lower than at any time since

1924. Speculative liquidation and bear-

ish activity, because of the favorable

prospect for the new crop of winter

wheat, were prominent in the decline.



Stocks of domestic Wheat are not

declining rapidly enough to indicate

any tension before the next cro will

come to market. The favorable new

crop prospect is subject to change,

and unfavorable growing weather dur-

ing April and May could bring about

a complete reversal of the market

trend. Until a change in that direc-

tion occurs, however, the new crop

outlook will exert a depressing influ-

ence on prices.





CORN.



Demand for corn continues slow so

that sharp decline in primary receipts

in the last two days failed to prevent

a sharp break in corn prices. With

a visibly supply of 48,000,000 bushels,

and the consuming demand on such a

small scale, it is evident that there is

no danger of commercial scarcity of

corn for several months yet. An un-

favorable planting season could bring

about a decided change in the corn

market outlook, but, at present, there

is little tendency to anticipate a

change in character of the weather.





OATS.



Oats prices have declined to a new

low level for the season, along with

other grains. Demand has improved

on this break, primary receipts have

been moderate, and the visible supply

has shown substantial decreases in the

last two weeks. With the crop year

so far advanced, stocks are too large

to permit a buyoant market, however,

unless unfavorable weather interferes

with seeding operations.





RYE.



Rye prices broke sharply along with

wheat during the past two weeks. The

visible supply is at the high point of

the season and exports remain small.

Total clearances from July 1 to Feb-

ruary 28 were 6,905,000 bushels. Some

rye has been sold for export after the

opening of lake navigation, and addi-

tional sales were reported on the de-

cline in the last few days.





SEEDS.

Seed demand in wholesale markets

has been iéss active recently. Prob

ably, most dealers have provided for

‘ r?*reusirements and rains have in.

‘ With field work in someseo—





 





tions. Changes in price have been un-

important. Imports of red clover con-

tinue. to run much smaller than a year

ago in spite of the short supplies of

domestic seed and the high prices be-

ing paid. The demand for alfalfa has

broadened, both from domestic and

export sources. Timothy seed demand

remains slow but prices are steady.





Prices of by-product feeds declined

during the past week as a result of

continuation of the mild weather and

weakness in grain markets. Mixed

feed manufacturers have experienced

a decided slowing down in demand

during the last few weeks, where-as

March usually is a month of heavy

volume for them. With the pasture

season coming on, it is probable that

lay-product feeds, particularly wheat

feeds and linseed meal, will continue





weak.

AY.



Demand for hay has been moderate,

so that prices‘have been weak in spite

of the small receipts. The south is

carrying over substantial quantities of

hay in some sections. Alfalfa accum-

ulated on the Kansas City and Omaha

markets, causing weakness in prices.

Demand for green leafy alfalfa suit-

able for dairies is fully equal to the





supply.

EGGS.





While egg prices have been compar-

atively stable in the last three weeks,

the undertone is easy, as the receipts

are not due to reach the high point of

the season for two or three weeks yet.

Prices are considered somewhat too

high to induce confident speculative

buying. If the mild weather continues

through April, some further weakness

in prices is probable. Receipts of both

live and dressed poultry have been

rather heavy in the last ten days, and

prices have declined. The storage

stocks of frozen poultry are being

moved into consumption rather rapid-

ly, but they remain large enough to

act as a depressing influence for some

time.



Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts 24%,@

24140; ordinary firsts 2314c; checks

23c. Live poultry, hens 27@281/2c;

broilers 45@500; springers 32c; roost-

ers 19c; ducks 32c; geese 16c; turkeys

30c a pound.



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 241,é@25c. Live poultry, heavy

springers 30c; light springers at 23@

25c; broilers 55c; heavy hens at 300;

light hens 28c; roosters 20c; geese at

23c; ducks 38c.





BUTTER.



The decline in butter prices precipi- ‘

tatedby the heavy arrivals of foreign .

butter was checked several days ago

and the market has had a strong ral-

ly. Production is not increasing as

rapidly as weather conditions might

suggest, and continues to fall behind

the corresponding period of last year.

Usually, production does not become

large enough to take care of current

consumption until early in May. Since

stocks of storage butter are extremely

small, the offerings of foreign butter

will tend to take the place of storage

until the normal increase in produc-

tion has taken place.



Prices on 92-score creamery were:

Chicago 491/2c; New York‘ 51350; De-

troit, fresh creamery in tubs, .48%@

491,5c a pound.





POTATOES.





The potato market has strengthened

slightly since the small decline which

resulted from the reports of ample

stocks on March 1, and a substantial

increase in the new crop acreage. Car-

lot shipments are about up to normal

for this season of the year. By anoth-

er month, new stock will be coming

forward 'in large enough volume to

cause considerable competition for old

potatoes. 0n the Chicago carlot mar-

ket, northern round whites, U. S. No.

1, are quoted at $1.85@2 per 100 lbs.,*

sacked, and $2.05@2.10 in bulk.





BEANS.





The bean market is quiet, along with

other grocery lines, with choice quot-

ed at $4.30@4.50 per 100 pounds, f. o.

b. Michigan shipping points, depending

on how closely the offerings come up

to C. H. P. quality. Great Northern

beans from Idaho and Montana are

slightly higher. The planting inten-

tions report indicated a drop of.13 per

cent in bean acreage for the country





as a whole.

WOOL.





Wool trade has been slow recently

and prices at seaboard markets, as

well as in the west, have changed

slightly in favor of buyers. Foreign

markets continue strong and active.

Demand for goods is only moderate

and some small mills are being closed

down. Basic conditions in wool con-

tinue rather favorable, however, as

stocks are small as a result of light

imports in the past three months and

a lack of excess in stocks of woolen

goods and clothing.





 





[Live StockMarket Service I





 





CHICAGO.





Hogs.



Receipts 29,000. Market slow, and

around 25c lower than Monday’s aver-

age; tops $11.80, paid for 150-160-lb.

weight; bulk of good 149-200-lb. aver-

age $11.25@11.75; 210-250-lb. weight

$10.75@11.35; few 250-300 lbs. $10.40@

10.65; most packing sows $9.60@9.85;

early bulk slaughter pigs $11.50.



Cattle.



Receipts 12,000. Market on most of

killing classes steady, generally 25@

50c higher; weighty fat steers active;

desirable heavies $11.25@13.25; choice

yearlings $12.25; bulk fat steers $9.50

@12; fat cows scarce; heifers slow,

steady; shippers and slow kind active;

heifers $11.



’ Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 13,000. Market on fat lambs

opening very slow; few early sales are

strong 250 higher than at Monday’s

close; shippers $16.75; best held high-

er; early bulk wool lambs at $16.50;

good clipped lambs $14.50@15; best

handy weights above $16.30; few wool

lambs at $12.25@13; choice good kind

steady; feeders and shearing lambs in

light supply. .



DETROIT.

Cattle.





.Receipts 422. Market steady.

Good to choice yearlings

dry-fed ................ $10.00@10.75





 





 





Best heavy steers, dry-fed 9.25@ 10.50

Handy weight butchers . . 7.7561) .25

MiXed steers and heifers, 6.75% 8.50

Handy light butchers . . . . 6.25 ' 5

Light butchers . . . . . . . . . ". 5.75%

Best COWS o n I s’os-ooote'ts 6-00 I, 1"."

ButCher CW! o‘o s o 0‘ s s a; s , 5.2 @ (

Cutters .3..-....o...‘. Q‘s-n, 4-25@ > 1,-

Cmem Q...-.'.*..u.g-".... .807 .'



. 3209;0009' 6‘50





Choice light has





Tuesday, March 29.





Bologna b11118 ....‘..n...‘



Stock bulls 00.00.00.000"



Feeders coccsooses‘sosssl



Stockers



Milkers and springers. . .8550



Calves.



Receipts 594. Market 500 higher-

est 0/.I0.09..IOOIOOOOOOO$15I50@16IOO



Others scossosos'ssossos. 5n00@16-00



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 1,031.. Market 500 higher.

Best lambs . . . . . $14.00@14.50

Fair lambs ............ . . 11.00 12.50

Light to common lambs. . 8.00 10.00

Fair to good sheep. . . . . . . 5.50@ 8.75

Culls and common . . . . . . 3.00 4.50

Best clipped lambs . . . . . . 13.00 13.50



Hogs.



Receipts 2,082. Market slow and 250



lower; pigs and lights steady.





Mixed OIOIOIeIIonII.IOOOC> 11.50

Roughs ....... 9.50

Pigs, lights and york . . 9.75

Stags ........ . 8.50

Heavies ...... 12.00

Extreme heavies. . . . . . . 12.50

BUFFALO.

. Hogs.





Receipts 1,656. Market is 15@25c

lower, with heavyweights at a stand-

still; few packers $12.60@12.75; li ht

lights $12.60; few 17_0@190 lbs. $12. 5;

200-235 lbs. at $11.75@11.85; packing

sows $10.25. 1 -





- Cattle.

Receipts 125., Market" steady.

, . i , Calves._ . . ‘

_ Recei ts 250. >- Market “steady; tops

$16; on is and'cominon 6.1061250- ’

Shoo "badminton; '





 

 





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Appls 50C@$2.50 bu; beets 75¢" 13,”

bu; cabbage 60@856 bu; local celaegyz

25@750 dozen; carrots 80@$1 bu; dry





onions $1.50@1.75 bu; root parsley 75o“





@125 bu; potatoes 70c@$1.25 bu; tur-

nips $1.25@1.75 bu; parsnips $1.50@

2.25 bu; eggs, retail at 30@35c; hens,

wholesale 30@33c; . retail at 33@356:.

springers, wholesale 28@31c; retail at

32@34c; Leghorn springers, hens,

wholesale 2,7.@29c; veal at 19@21c;

dressed hogs 17@19c; dressed ultry,

retail, hens 35@38c; springer15@38c.





GRAND RAPIDS.





Botatoes 85c@$1 bu; anions $1.40 a

bu; carrots, parsnips and! beets '65@

75c bu; radishes 50@608 dozen bunch-

es; green onions 15@180>bunch (36

stalks); leaf lettuce 8@9c lb; apples,

B-grade Spies $1.25 bu; A-grade $2@

250; fancy $3; various other varieties

500@$1.25 bu; wheat $1.09 bu; rye 77c

bu; beans $3.85 .cwt', timothy hay $14

@15 ton; clover and alfalfa $19@20





butter-fat 53c lb.





 





MARCH CROP REPORT.





 





Potatoes.-—It is estimated that 30 per

cent of the crop is still on farmsgin

the state, as compared with 28 per

cent one year ago.

holdings of 8,964,000 bushels against

6,835,000 on March 1 of last year. At-

ter deducting, food and prospective

seed requirements, the amount that

will be sold will bring the season’s

car-lot movement up to approximately

16,500 cars, or 2,300 more than were

shipped from the 1925 crop. Prevail-

ing prices during the remainder of the

shipping season will affect the move-

ment to a considerable extent. About

50 per cent of the crop is expected to

move from the counties where grown;



Barley—Reports from correspond-

ents indicate that 20 per cent of last

year's crop is still in the hands of

Michigan farmers. This is equivalent

to 758,000 bushels, as compared with

holdings one year ago of 741,000 bush-

els. The greater portion of the crop!

each year is fed on the farms, the av-

erage shipments. out of the county be-

ing only 12 per cent. This year it is

estimated that only nine per cent will

be shipped. '



The holdings throughout the United

States amount to 40,829,000 bushels, as





compared with 53,466,000 on the cor-.





responding date in 1926.

LandValues.—«There has been very





little change in land values during the ‘





past year. There seems to be a slightl-

ly improved demand in southern coun—





ties, but no improvement in the north- _





ern districts. Very few farms are be-

ing sold on a cash basis, the greater

portion of the transfersinvolving ex-

changes for other property.





 





 





LAMB RECEIPTS EXTREMELY

LIGHT. -

RECEIPTS of lambs

geadinhg mafirketsthin

ays ave een e smallest since

last July, and the smallest at this sea-

son since 1920. Prices rallied again to

a top of $16.25 at Chicago, the previ~

ous high point of the winter, and the

highest since June, 1926. It is doubt-

ful if receipts will continue very long

on this low basis, so that the chances

are that the advance will not be fully





held. Colorado lambs are coming free- '





ly, and many are overwei ht. No

spring lambs from Californ a have

shown up on mid~western markets as

yet. They .are already reaching the

Pacific Coast markets. Shipments of

feeder and stacker she ' and lambs

from twelve markets in o the seven

leading corn belt states from January,

1 to March 11, totalled 234:000 head,

compared with 192,000 head in the





same‘period last year, and 196,000 head ‘





two years ago.





 





CountyAgricultural Agent S. J. Cul-





ver, of Emmet county,





bulls have recently been purchased by

farmers in that county. » '





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COMING





 





 





“arranger --

Angolan " ,_





' ' has





ton; old hens 22@27c; eggs 22@24c;‘





This represents ‘





and sheep at.

the last ten -





reports that ,

three registered purebred Guernsey





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FOR SALE—160-acre dairy farm.





 





his little? -

which



claims iii; rather convincing language,

will relieve you of all necessity fer

spraying your fruit trees. All it is

necessary to do is to bore a hole in

the trunk of the tree, fill part full with

the dope supplied by the agent, fit a

wooden plu‘g into the hole, and then

await results. The claim of the agent

is that this dope. is absorbed by the

sap of the tree. taken to every branch

and tWig, where it will ward off or





cure any fungus or bacterial disease,-





and even kill or drive away insects

that attack either the bark, leaves, or

Wonderful, and what a saving

'it would effect, if it only would work;

but it deesn’t. The good price that

yOu pga'y for the dope, the injury that





ou do your tree, and the time, are allf

grasted. Simply untie the dog and tell





this man to get off your premises, for

he is purely and simply a fakir.





 





_ HOG PRICES RALLY.





FTER dropping to the lowest point



since December, 1925, passmg the



previous low point ’of the present

winter by a small amount, hog prices

have staged a strong rally. Receipts

have fallen off and light supplies are

expected in» the next two or three

weeks.~ Arrivals have not fallen off as

much as usual from mid—winter down

to the present time, however. The 1n-

dications are that enough hogs have

been held back for the spring market





to prevent a complete reversal of the





recent downward trend in_ prices, al-

though'the present“rally IS 1111er to





1 go further.





60‘





eed not one cent tors ‘

Eek-332.1142 111':

mom‘mgm sum





time. _

America have och





lion’t Pay for 4 Months





Trial.

Write for FREE look and Special Oder.





MELOTTE SEPARATORM





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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armors of





 





 

 





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l“ 3:14:11. Postman





‘ Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for catalogue





$1.

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made-fl? 1.1.111"

s~

enMarket. Succession. Flat



. 401‘: 500, $1.:25 1000 3220.

Express Collect: 1000. $1. 25:5000 . $5.99 Bermuda

(lions same prices. arge plants. pianist “kw





   





moot Plant Co.. Albany. Ga.





TIFTON'I RELIABLE PLANTS. Frost Proof Cab-

bage. Bermuda onions plants, Varieties: Copenhagen

Market. Early Jersey and Charleston Wakefield. Flat

Dutch. and Succession. Tomato plants. ..Varleties:

‘ Greater Baltimore, Bonnie Best and Livingston Globe.

Prices: Poetpald. 250. $1. 00: 500. $1. 50; 1000. $2. 50.

Express collect: $1..50 1000: 10. 000 and over $1.25

We guarantee to ship size to please you. Bef-

ercnces:' Bradstreet. Bank of Tifton. and Postmaster.

Tifton Plant Co.. 'l‘irtcn. Ga. .





MAQPODON~the marvelous overbearing strawben'y,

100 plants :3. Raspberry grapes. shrubs. 12 spires

100 Eldorado Blackberry $1. 75. Cherry trees.

Everything to plant. Seed potatoes

100 Washington asparagus roots 7511. 1000 2- -yr. W87.

Gardners Hubbard squash seed $1 pound

beans. sweet corn. 1000 strawberry plants $3. Write.

hostage Nursery, Allegan. Mi ch.





 





REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED SEED CORN;—

Cloment’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 Britten, Michigan. Member of the

Mich. Crop Improvement Association.





 





 





 





 





“SINCE 1889”





Most of the pure—bred herds in the country

are less than 10 1ears old. and very few

ha1e been established as long as 25 years.

The State of Michigan began breeding pure-

bred Holsteins in 1889. and has been steadily

increasing and . impro1ing the herds until

now the \I11higan State Herds number over

1,500 pure bred females.



Dependable producing Helena-ins since 1889.

[mprme sour herd b1 using a. sire of our





breeding

“MICHIGAN STATE HERBS.”

Bureau of





Animal Industry

Dept. C

Lansing, Michigan





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"7/113“ Beautiful [927 Model





BUICK Sedan GIVEN





or $ll95°° In CASH





 

 





I am



alsoa 927 hevrolet Coach andalargelisto!

costly 911308.] have already

bilea to advertise our business

this new Buick Sedan or $1195





wing only six straight lines with four

v7 atrdaight lines wit

six: ntcd star—can yo





0 this? Draw the II Incl—cut out





Sedan,0

win that prize and pres





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paid cased tie es. 8. blgp on





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to five hisbeautltul new Buick adSedan—

additional

given over 50 new automo-





and hnew YOU can get

“I

Can You Put a Star Around the Buick?





dots on each line or

two dots on each line you can makg a

e a -



“5 5,000 points toward a Buick

Yo on can have ’I195. .00 in cash Inatcad of the Buick If you





$250.00 Cosh Extra Ior Promptnena!





Ink of ti 1 will cash in romptn‘e'md

cwiaeln “went—be?) prom Leibupllcate prises be





duo 1: risk a cent of your

money new, mom orever. Solve the puaale —act promptly—replynow.





F. G.REYNOI.DS, 5233““ Mange-.1:





 





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





classified advertising department is mblished for the convenience of Michigan farmen.

allsdvertisements bring best results under classified headings.

sling. miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange. Poultry ad1ertislns will be run in this departmmt

or in display columns at commercial rates.

Rates 8 cents a word. each insertion, on orders for less than four insertions: for four or more

puncture casts a word. Count as a word each abbreviations. initial or number.

.‘display type or illustrations admitted. Remittances must accompany order

”we stock advertising has a lea-rue department and





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sharps I0 words.





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or than}: of up] br-

mid“! fbr. flu Claulfisd Departmmt mun rush this minus!

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PATENT ATTORNEYS





 





PATENT SENSE—valuable book (free) for inventors

seeking largest deserved profits. Lacey s. Lacey. 694

F St.





Washington. D. C.





Established 1869.





 





 





 





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REAL ESTATE





tile drained. 2

mi. from city limits, stone road To close estate

will sell in whole or part at a sacrifice. Liberal

terms to responsible panics. Jennie M. Merritt. 806

Cass Ave... Bay City,M Mim





 





. FOR SALE—110 acres. with milk route. dairy herd.





Comp equipment. Income last year. four thousand.

possession, immediate income. W. B.

Stickle. a"_~Ovv!1er,' Three Oaks. Mich.





FOR SALE CHEAP—60 acres, stock. grain and fruit





farm. Good buildings and soil. Well fenced. One

mile (gaitwaylll County Normal. H. .Gillesple. Ona-

way. ch - .





 





FOR SALE—1'60 ACRES—less than 1 hr by truck

to Cleveland 'or Akron best m a.r,kets cement road

good land. buildings, school. Address Box 92. Mich-





IE Farther. Dot-wit, Mich.





SACRIFICE—I35 acres on State Highway. Produc-

tlvc soil and mood buildings ..mi markets.

Owner. F. Slanker. 436 S. Division. Ann Arbor. Mich.





WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES—acumen: Gem-gin

nun lands. Write for Itcoclziplete information. Chamber

Commerce. 0111mm





FORSALEOR more stack farm near St.





HMO

1w 1!..Slblcz De Witt, Mich





EDUCATIONAL





 





$125-





doors.

Write.





GOVERNMENT Forest Bangers Needed Frequently,





$200 month. Home furnished. Enjoy the out-





Ogarticulars about home instruction. Free.

zment. 167. St. Louis. Mo.





 





 





MISCELLANEOUS WANTED





 





BIG

firm

est

choc

tion

t‘l‘l'.





faction and protect





GER CREAM CHECKS depend upon correct





weight and tests, and price received for butter by the





to whom vou ship your cream. We are located





in the Fruit Belt and tourist section where the high-





prices for butter pre1ail. We guarantee satis-

1ou from any loss. We mail

it the same day cream is received. For informa-

and shipping tags. write The Hartford. Cream-

Harti’ord. Mich.





 





FARM MACHINERY





 





gas

City,





FOR SALE—One Judson Beam Picker with mill and





engine 1: omplete.





Clarence Wilcox. R. 6.

Midi.





Brown





 





FRE





on diseases of dogs.





PET STOCK





E DOG BOOK—Polk Miller’s famous dog book

Instructions on feeding, care





- SEED CORN—M. A. C. Yellow Dent





FROST— PROOF PL ANTSa-Bermuda Onion. large

type early Wakefield Cabbage, 500 75c: 1,000. $1. 25;

5,900, $5.00. New shipping. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Other plants. Catalog. valuable information free.

Progress Plant Co.. Ashbum. Georgia.





 





SEED CORN—Fire Dried. Certified Polar Yellow

Dent (frest resistant) $7 00 per bu. Duncan Yellow

Dent (good for ensilage or grain crop) $6 00 per bu.

90- day eigbt- rowed Yellow Flint $5. 00 per bu. All

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

free. Arthur W. Jewott, Jr.. Mason, Mich.





 





PURE SEEDS of high germination. Certified Pickett

Yellow Dent corn $7 per bu. Certified Wisconsin

Pedigree barle1. grown from head- selected seed stock.

$1. 50 per bu. Certified Robust beans. 84 per bu.

Fritz Mantey. Fairgrme. Mich.





 





GUARANTEED GRAPE PLANTS from highest pro-

ducing vineyard in Michigan. Lowest prices ever

quoted. Garden collection Concorde, Niagaras, Dela-

wares, six each, dollar prepaid. Local agents wanted.

Root & Son. Paw Paw. Mich.





 





h‘ “110% We earcrli baby icks tr our hi record rod cm

Early 39m “$9 1d. WCIIM'IQS‘Jh; om ‘1 m D it





amount noon this. much





Circular on request. F. E.





   





 





RANKING EGGS—S C. Rhodc Island Reds. m—

nested. Splendid color and type. Record lava-s.

Prices reasonable. Write for circular. Koenig

Banne. Holland. Mich" R. 4.





SUPERIOR BARRED ROCK COI‘ REBELS—heavy

lming strain, nicely barred. $4 each. eggs $1 25 for

‘13,}? $7 per hundred. D. L. McAvoy. Lalngsburg.



11‘ '





 





PULLETS—One thousand twelve weeks old Leghorn

puliets for sale, Feb.

ers. H. L. French, Pomerm. Ohio.





HATCHING EGGS—Barred Rocks from grand ‘

largo. beautiful birds; real producers. $6. 50

None better in Michigan Why pay more? Wood-

lawn Farm. Portland Michigan





 





8. C. BUFF' LEGHORN CHICKS~—Michigan State

Accredited. Send for circular. J. W. Webster 0





Son. Bath. Mich.





 





RINGLET BARRFD ROCK EGGS—$8 per bundled.





 





Blood tested and Michigan Accredited flock. Robt.

Martin. Woodland. \Iich.

HAVVLEY'S RED COCKERFLS—Echlleni’ strain.





Single (11ml) Rhode Island Reds.





Prices reasonable.

Wesle1 S. Hawlm. Route 3. .





Ludington, Mich.





BARRIJD ROCK I1 GGS ~Hea1y lmcrs.

State accredited. Write for prices. W

Owosso. \[11 11





Blood tested.

F. Alexander.





 





IMPERIAL WHITE PEKIN DUCK EGGS. $1. 50 per

11. Postpaid. Chas. Stutz. Saranac. Mich.





 





PURE- BRED JERSEY GIANTS—hatching eggs. A.





 





 





Bailey, Rmkford, Mich.

PURE TOUI.OUSE EGGS. $4.50 per 10. Loyd

Southworth. Alien, Mich.



TURKEYS





 





WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS toms and hens. T011-





 





louse sanders: White Pekin ducks. drakes. Aida

Whitcomb Byron Center. Mich.



TURKEY EGGS‘Thousands of them. All breeds.

Special prices. Eastern Ohio Poultry Farm. Bealls~

ville, Ohio.





 





BOURBON RED TURKEY EGGS. 50C an 688- F.





 





Pepper. 100. 50c:

Dostpaid and guaranteed.

Ponta, Texas.





3'

300, 8&: 500, $1.10; 1,000. $2.00.

1,000. $2.75. Everything

East Texas Plant Co..





 





Certified and

mastered grades. fire- dried on racks and germination

guaranteed F E. Fogle, Okemos. Mich. Member

Michigan Crop Improvement Ass'n.





WOLVERINE OATS SOLD OUT—Improved Robust

Beans. absolutely pure. choice stook. $7.00 per hun-

dred. freight prepaid. America Banner Wheat.



B. Cook. Owoeso. Mich.





 





 





ALFALF'A SEED—a limited amount of choice Labeau

strain. Price $18 per bu. Local grown sweet clover

at $10 per bu. D. L. Chapman & Son, So Recid—

wood, Mich.





 





COPENHAGEN and Wakefield Cabbage plants, $1. 00

1. 000; tomato $1. 00: Bell Pepper $1. 50: onion $1. 25:

Porto Rico potato $2. 00. Large. open field grown

carefully packed. Quitman Plant Co.. Quitman. Ga.





REGISTERED WHITE CROSS No.19 Early Oats.

sacked. 75c per bu. Marquis Early Wheat $2. 25 in

new grain bags. Member lxperiment Association.

Theo. ann. Watertown. Wis.





 





FROST—PROOF CABBAGE AND BERMUDA ONION

PLANTS—leading varieties. $1, 1..000 Express col—

lect. Prompt shipment and satisfaction guaranteed

Guarantee Plant Co.. Tifton, Ga.





 





00 BLOOMING GLADIOLI $1.

Dahlias. $1.25. Catalogue. A.

Falls. Mass.





None alike. 12

Sherman, Chicopee





 





ASPARAGUS ROOTS—quality and price are right.

Price list and culture directions free. 1. C. Dunham.

Lawton, Mich.





 





STRAlVBERRIES. $3.00 to $3. 50 1.:000 raspberries

blackberries, grapevines. Wholesale prices. Cloverleaf

Nursery. Three Oaks, Mich





 





300 STRAWBERRY PLANTS—$2

Sen. Dunlap. 150 Wax-fields.

3. Bangor. Mich.





postpaid.

Hampton 8: Son. R.





 





100 BU. new Marquis spring wheat. Choice seed

wheat. Reclaimed. Does well in Michigan. $2. 25

per bu. Sacks free. C. H Shurte, Cassopolis. Mich.





 





FOR SALE—Picket Dent.

test.





Seed Corn.

Andrew Girbach. Saline, Mich.





Guaranteed





 





TREES, plants. grapevines. shrubs. perennials.

aloe free. Lands Nursery Co.. St. Joseph, Mich.





Cat-





 





 





 





‘Iire prices. Qui1k senice.





150 ’





 





A J. Chapman. North1ille. Mich

FROST-PROOF CABBAGE—onions. also tomatoes. “ _ ”‘ '

strong hard plants. Leading varieties. 100. 40c; BABY CHICKS





 





KLAGHR' S ”PURE— BRED" (“Hl( Rs are null. heal-

thy parent flocks culled for egg produrtion. Willgrow



into profits for you Most 1111111111 per dollar. 0mm

0—Culd Chicks. Five leading breeds, Vi'hite Rocks,

Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds White Leghoms.





\‘Vhite W1andottt’s. Get information about our thCkS

before pissing 1011r order for the soason.01der now

——chi1:ks dellwred when you want thcm 100% live





delivery. Postage prepaid.





Descriptive circular free.

Ringer's Hatchery.





Bridgcwatcr. Michigan.





MICHIGAN ACCREDITED (‘HICKS~—Buy your chick!

from heavy laying flocks that are offinially accredim

by inspectors supervised by Michigan State College.

and of prize winncrs at the Holland Poultry Show.

White and Brown Leghorns, Anconas, Barred Rocks.

8. C. R. I Reds. 1000011111 deli1ery postpaid. Send

at once for free cataloguc. (h11k118 cents and up.

Full particulars and detailed pri1es. Hillview Hatch-

ery. C. Boveu. Prop, Holland. Mich. R. 12, Box B.





IVE HATCH ONLY GENUINE Tom Barron Englidl

White Leghorn large t1pe overlaying (ombs. with egg

laying qualities. N0n-scttcrs.Ba1-red Rocks from

M. S. C. stock . 1927 flecks headed with cockerels

whose dams have official trap nest records. 203- 233

M. S. C. egg Ia1ing contest. Free cricular explainlnl

all. Hillside Hatchery, Holland. Mich.





 





BABY CHIC KS-Healtln chicks from carefully culled

flocks of the following breeds: W. Leghorns,

Wyandottcs, Barred Rocks. ’S. C. R. I. Reds. Hivvgh

quality and reasonable prices. Jones Chick Hatchery.

150 S. Monroe BL. Goldwater. Mich.





 





I MICHIGAN ACCREDITFD blood tested Chicks back-

.011 by real bred- to lay breeding and at 11113 and let

10th live dell1ery. and





 





a square deal. Big dismunt on large orders. Catalog

{1:395 Carl Poultry larms Dept A, Montgomery.

BABY (lilt‘ KS—“r: re Leghorn» $10 per 100: White

Ro- us. R. l. Reds and Barred Pl1mouth Rocks. $13

per 100. Prepaid In par cl pm; Snowflake Poultry

Farm & Hat her}, R. 5. .‘Iiddleville. 3111311.. L. Van~





Schie. Prop.





 





BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK

bred from high pmdming females Pens headed by

Dryden Pcdigrecd males Their dams' records 293.

285. 274, 213. 21:2. 238 eggs in one year. ,W. C.

Coffman, Benton Harbor. Mich.





CHICKS and eggs.





 





 





CHICKS~PulIcts, Barron' s large English White Leg~

horns. “6 import (11111111 from I<‘nr.:lan1i. Breed Eng-

lish Leghorns only (‘ntalog t‘rcc. “illncker Poultry

Farm, Box M, Washington, Ohio.





QUEEN QUALITY ACCREDITED (IIICICS~Holly-





 





 





$1.25. Catalogue. A. Sherman, Chicopee'Falls. Mass.





 





 





TOBACCO





 





SEND US 5 NAMES of tobacco users with order for





4 lbs. of our tobacco for $1, and get an extra lb.

free. Pay when received. Farmers’ Association.

West Paducah. Ky.





 





HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Guaranteed. good flavor.





 





 





and breeding with symptom chart. 48 pages Illus- Chewing. 5 lbs.. $1.00: 10, $1.75. Smoking, 5 lbs..



trated. Write for free copy. Polk Miller Products 751:: 10. $1.25. Pay when received. Farmers' Union.



Corp” 1022 W. Broad St.. Richmond. Va. Hayfield. Ky.



TRAINED COLLIES and pups sent on approval GUARANTEED HOMESPUN TOBACCO: Chewing.



Book on training, fifth edition. $1, 00. Dundee Cbl- 5 lbs., $1.00; 10 $1.75. Smoking. 10. $1.50. P1po



lie Kennels, Dundee. Mich. Freel Pay when received. United Farmers, Bard-

wali. Kentucky.



FOR SALE—White Collie Puppies from natural heel-



ing stock. Ward W. Dunston. Clarkston. Mich-





 





HOUNDS—Collars.

Kaskaskennels. F-19.





THOROUGHBRED FOX TERRIER POPS—Good

ratios-s. J. E.





Medicines. Supplies. Free book.

Herrick, Illa





Secklnsel'. Manchester. Mich.





 





SEEDS" AND NURSERY STOCK





 





CABBAGE “ANTS.





My frcst- proof cahbage plants

head three weeks earlier thanh





 





 





 





 





 





 





WANTED FARMS Wm . 1 .. mwmmpmm...

owner ciland for sale for :2? Jersey and. mChm'st V1311“? Idea 1 Flat



,, fl . '1). liawley. 11mm Wis. Dutch 3'" Golden 1 111;!qu ° “2°25" 1:. '

. nuns 1.00 pa- 0011.111me hr

. ”.1. pulscfiigm 31:29:10 for a: “lbmeio plan 1.va

rlctiee. a 7:11.11. its: 501) for :1. so: moo for

SYRUP“? CANCEL!- fiilfigflghggumoggzeagfilsol ts express. ‘1 .000 and. (out; $1.50 per! 1.000

. ‘13.“ .wflppedn‘dampmoss mnflu’“

M > page, M rival:j':..l‘l‘ompii'lhlp_lhentl. narration mounted. P. .



- - ongulwm'fl‘itton. Ge. .1 »





,ueis. Catalog Free. Into-lake} Farm.

fence. Mich.





 





HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Smoking or Chewing, 4 lbs.

$1; 12. $2. 25. Send no money. Pay postmaster on

arrival. Pipe free for ten names of tobacco users.

United Farmers of Kentucky, Paducah. Ky.





 





POULTRY





BENS and males now half price.

of cight-week-old pallets. Also baby chicks



Trapnestcd. pedigmed foundation stock.

egg- -hred years. Winners at 20 egg contests. Cat-

alog and special price bulletin free. I ship 0. 0. D.

and guarantee satisfaction. Geo. B. Ferris. 984

Union. Grand Rapids. Michigan. '





[MAKER'S MICHIGAN CERTIFIED REDS—-

gaze ”BO S—‘l‘rapucsted. Bloodtested. Michigan’s

Greatest Color and Eu 8 Chicks. 11m.ka-

Boot 9.1.aw-





 





 





CERTIFIED WOLV'ERINE OATS—Michigan's Lead- wood and Tam red 8. 1‘. White Leghoms, $11 per



ing Variety. C. D. Finkbelner. Clinton. Mich. 100 Baircd Racks S. C. and R. 1‘. lbds, $14 per

100. Queen Hatchery, Zeclnnd, Mich.



FOR SALE—4926 Certified Wolverine Oats and Wilk's .



. 1 , . . BABY (HICKS AND EGGS—Superior Ringlet Barred

Two row Barley. John L” Wln‘ St“ Louls, M1ch. 110111511059 Comb Rcds. Barron and Tancred

SEED CORN-l‘l‘ide of the North 90-day Yellow. ““1”“ chhorns 01110108110. \Vyndham‘s Ideal Poul-

Tcsts nearly 100%. Marion Day, Georgetown. Ohio. “‘1’ Yards. I‘lfiin. Ohid

’00 LARGE GLADIOLI $1. None alike. 12 Dahlias, BABY (“HI( Ksii—Standard \aricties from strong pro





dwing and 1arcfull1 (ulled fl01l1\

also d151ounts in large orders.

Lin-hirfirld. Mich.





Circular of prion.

Shepard Poultry Farm





 





MK HIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS from

blood tcstcd stm-k now hatching each week Sevm

broods Time to start the earl1 broilers. Ask for

121111101: and pri1~.cs Pierce Hatchery. Jerome, Mich.





newly





Chicks, tiom stock blood- tested third time for Bacil-





1&th White Dla1rhea. W. T. Richmdson. Hanover.

1 It





 





 





PAC KARl)’ S Gl ANT English Leghorn Chicks.ol:.aed





to 111.1 and weigh. Each chick guaranteed

new. 0111111 on dcli1cr1. Packard Poultry Farm. HM<

Ul‘ 110.





 





PULLETS—li to 10 weeks old.

ties. (‘an ship at once.

312-11111: breeding.



cry. Grand Rapids,





(.‘hicks of 15 varie-



Somc. blood tested. 175 to



FfiaotCircular. Beckmsn Hatch<

1c 1.





HI- GRADE LEGHORN CHICKS—April 10c.

June 81.100%li1c delivery guaranteed.

Hatchery, R. 37 Zceland. Mic’h.





CHICKS—Stock best price lowest.

15. 000 comp

ery, Merrill,





May 91'.

Shadylawn





Explanation free.

Two hatches each week. Merrill Hatoh‘





' AGENTS WANTED '





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To Be Signalized —-~ Starting flpril Ist ~—- by

Extraordinary Memento Offerings





Where Some of Our

773 Stores Are





Located

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Adrian Ironwood

Albion Ishpeming ' ’

Alma Kalamazoo

Alpena Lapeer

Battle Creek Ludington

Benton Harbor Manistee

Cadillac Manistique



‘ Calumet Marquette

Caro Monroe

Cheboygan Muskegon

Coldwater Niles

Escanaba Owosso



, Hillsdale Petoskey



I Holland Port Huron



i Houghton Saginaw



' Ionia Sault Ste. Marie

Iron Mountain Sturgis



l Iron River Traverse City



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! Antigo Monroe S



4 Appleton Oshkosh



E Ashland Portage



E Beaver Dam Racine



l Beloit Reedsburg



" Berlin Rhinelander

Boscobel Rice Lake

Chippewa Falls Richland Center

Fond du Lac Sheboygan

Green Bay Stevens Point

Janesville Watertown

Manitowoe Wausau

Marshfield Wisconsin Rapids





"THE PROOF OF GOOD SERVICE IS CONSTANT GROWTH”





’ WRITE TODAY FOR

“THE STORE NEWS”





beautifully illustrated by totogta-

vure, showing you how to save large

sums on Dry Goods, Clothing, Fur-

nishings, Shoes and kindred lines

——standard quality goods! A post-





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FORaquarter of a century the J. C. Penney Company Department



Stores have been solving the shopping problems of American

families through utilizing their tremendous co-operative buying and

selective power.



Our great buying advantages and cash purchases save mllions of

dollars every year. These important savings are passed on to Our

customers in better quality at lower prices.



The J. C. Penney Company has become a household word thruout

the United States for quality in General Dry Goods, Outer-Apparel,

Millinery, Corsets, Dress Accessories, Clothing, Hats, Furnishings,

Footwear for the entire family, and also well-known notions at 4

cents and 8 cents.



"' Some of our own N at1onally-known brands and values: Lady-

Lyke Corsets, 445 and 449 Full- Fashioned Silk Hosiery, Honor

Muslin, Penco Sheets and Sheeting, Ramona Cloth, ,Pay- Day

Overalls and Work Shirts, N ation-Wide Work Suits, Big Mac Work

Shirts, Marathon Hats, the famous J. C. Penney Company Shoes and

other brands.



‘1 Our Silver Anniversary Offering of 26-piece sets of original and

genuine Rogers’ guaranteed Electro Silverplate Tableware, is a high

spot in our long, enviable history of Value Giving. Whether you buy

one of these beautiful sets for yourself or for a gift, it represents one

of the most extraordinary savings ever offered. It is a Great Memento

Silver Offering for a Great Silver Anniversary.





 





The convenient location of our 773 Stores, distributed over 46

States, gives everyone the advantage and pleasure to be had dfrom

personal selection. If there is not a J. C. Penney Company Store

near you we would like you to write to us.





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Executive Offices and Warehouse—330 W. 34th St.,N.Y. City





RETAIL SALESMEN WANTED

experienced in our lines, to train , .

for Co-partnerStoreManagere,pro- fnggg _ ~





yiding for the continuous growth of

our Company and especially the ex-

pansion planned for 1927 Write for

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26—PIECE SET





Original and Genuine

Rogers’

Guaranteed Electro





TABLE SILVERWARE





6 Forks 6 Tablespoons

6 Knives 1 Sugar Shell

6 Teaspoons 1 Butter Knife





$5.90 ' as





Per Set, In Artistic Box

By Mail, 25c. Extra





One of the largest makers of

quality silverplate has liberally ' ,

collaborated with us in providing j

this Silverware in a new, original :

“Silver Anniversary Pattern,” as '

illustrated above. Its chaste lines

and beautiful design will always

be in good taste in every home

and for eve occasion. It is made ’

of the high t quality nickel silver

metal with a heavy deposit of

pure silver. Knives have quad~

ruple silverplated handles with : .

steel blades that will not corrode ’

or stain. Forks and spoons have

reinforced plate where wear is '

greatest. - .



The manufacturer’ 3 certificate " ‘

of guarantee accompanies every

set. The price—$5. 90—is so low .

as to bring this Silverware within

reach of all for everyday use.