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BELOW: Rear view

of the McCormick-

Deering 15-30 and

the new corn stub-

ble pulverizer de-

veloped by the

Harvester engi—

neers to destroy

stalks and borers





left in the field.





MCCormick Deering Tractors

017 to ght \the Com Borer





HE U. S. Department of Agriculture, in carrying



out its carefully organized program for corn borer



control, has recently put into service several hun'

dred McCormick/Deering 15/30 Tractors. The illustration

above shows the first special train of tractors leaving one

of the tractor plants of the Harvester Company.





The emergency order was given precedence over regu

lar tractor deliveries, the entire consignment being headed

eastward at once, going to the infested areas in three

trainloads. Over a hundred International Motor Trucks

were hurried overland for use 1n delivering tractors and

other equipment to the various sections.





800 Corn Stubble Pulverizers



As further weapons in the borer warfare the govern,

ment is using 800 corn stubble pulverizers, a special imple’

ment designed by the Engineering Department of the

Company to aid in destroying the pest which has been

wintering in the corn stubble of the east central states.

The pulverizer is a sturdy arrow implement which

occupies an important place in the eradication program.

It covers 25 to 30 acres a day and is operated by power

from the tractor.





Heavy—Duty Tractor Power

These McCormick’Deering Tractors are all of the

heavy’duty I 5 30 h. p. size, especially qualified by their

three plow capacity and three way power delivery—-





drawbar, belt, and power takeoff—to play a major part





in the government s plans for corn borer control.





 





 





 





War Is declared on the Borer





POWER and machines must hold the

front line trenches against the Euro,

pean corn borer whichis threatening

the corn belt.





The prime objective is to kill the

borer or rid the fields of the stalks

that harbor the borer. Pulverizing the

stubble or turning it under by super'

clean plowing, turning the corn into

ensilage for the silo or into. shredded

fodder, low cutting with a special

attachment for corn binders are

among the practices recommended by

the authorities.





We will mail to any address free

illustrated booklets regarding the

corn borer, its history, the official

[1th for its control, mechanical

' andother methods of procedure.





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Com m Borer Campaign Starts





Regional Demonrtmlio‘m Show How Some 0ftée Practical Praé/emr are Met





ULLY twelve hundred farmers

gathered on a farm near Milan

last Monday to witness the first





‘ machinery demonstration meeting in





i the 1927 spring clean—up program on.





account of the European corn borer.

With but few exceptions there seemed

to be a general spirit of cooperation

evident among the farmers, particu-

larlythdse living in the more heavily





1 _ infected areas of the state.





" “aside from his 'cash crops.’ '

' Marya oats last year would have-7-





The educational work is in charge

of the Michigan State College men. It

is the purpose of these men to utilize,

as far as possible, the equipment al-

ready found on farms. With care,

most of the farmers probably will be

able to get by with their present equip-

ment. Others will find it advantag-

eous to procure larger plows especially

designed to turn stubble and corn-

stalks completely under. In some cas-

es, too, it 'will be necessary to use

the stubble shredder to do a job that

will meet the requirements of the in-

spectors.





It is the opinion of these men that

plowing will do much in the control of

the borer, ,if properly done. When

plowed down the borers come to the

surface, but if no corn remnants are

left on the surface the borers perish

from the action of the sun and air,

are eaten by birds, insect enemies, or

other predators. Where corn remnants

are left on the surface the borers will

take refuge, and pupate therein, and

finally become moths to further prop-

agate their kind. This shows why it

is necessaryto completely turn under





as in a tractor.





or destroy every particle of the corn

plant. ’



At the Milan demonstration, farmers

were shown that it is possible to do

a clean job of plowing under.corn-

stalks in a field where the corn had

been husked standing. This work pos-

sibly can be done a little more effec-

tively where one has plenty of power,

However, quite as

good' work was done here with three

and four-horse teams.





An important item in connection





" with plowing under corn remnants is





the use of wires or chains to carry the

stalks completely under the furrow.

Probably Wires serve best. These are

attached to the coulter shaft and al-

lowed to drag underneath the furrow.

The weight of the furrow keeps the

wires taut. The tension can be reg-

ulated by the length of the wire used.

Lengths ranging from ten to twelve

feet are employed. While one wire

serves very satisfactorily, two and

three to each plow do the best job.

In using the chain one end is fastened

to the plow beam at the coulter, and





 





 





 





 





The Stubble Shredder at Work. Observe How Completely it Destroys the





Stubble.





Shreds Two Rows at a Time.





the other end to the right end of the

evener. If chain does not crowd into-

the furrow sufficiently, a knot can be,

tied, leaving a loop of the chain to fall

back under the furrow, thus keeping

it where it will accomplish the great-

est good.





The stubble shredder was also dem-

onstrated. This implement did the

best work in corn stubble. The revolv—

ing knives are operated from a power

takeoff from the tractor. Two rows

are shredded at a time, enabling, the

operator to cover a considerable acre-

age in a day. This implement destroys

the borers by mechanical means.





It was explained that the inspectors

would require that all the corn rem—

nants be out of sight before they would

allow a farmer the $2.00 per acre made

available by the state and federal gov—

ernments. On the other hand, if the

work was not satisfactorily done, and

it became necessary to do additional

work to place the fields in proper

shape, the cost of this work will be'

charged against. the farmer as a tax,

Corn fields are supposed to be prop—

erly cleaned up by May 1.





It was evident that a multitude of

unusual conditions will present them-

selves in the prosecution of this work-

However, there appeared to be a gen-

eral desire on the part of the farmers

to meet the requirements, if they can

learn the proper method of performing

the work. County agents in the quar—

antined counties are helping farmers

in unraveling some of these unusual

situations. .





These Farmers Depend on Sugar Beets





Fzm/ tfle Crop a Good 0726 172 Mar Rotation; and m Dzmytrzéutmg Laéor





OT a few thrifty farmers of the

sugar beet and bean area of east-

ern Michigan, face the future

with serene confidence, because they

have kept their soil fertile and have

held the wolf at a safe distance from

their doors by raising cattle and grow-

ing cash crops in moderation consist-

ent with scientific rotation.

Types of this class are George

Wheeler and James Reed, of Isabella





.county, and John Schwab and Fred





Martin, of Bay county. Their philos-

ophy.was tersely expressed recently

by Mr. SchWab when he said:



“The farmer must like his business

to make a success of it. He has many

discouraging things to contend with,

but if his mental attitude is right, he

soon adjusts’himself to the/ups and

downs, goes‘ahead and gets his work

done. It is ,all in a life-time and the

farm is as g-Ood a place as I know of

to carry on.” ‘ a



This Bay farmer has devoted him-





, self for“ the last seventeen years to





the improvement of a thriving prop-

erty of 240 acres, He has forty head

of stock, including Holstein milkers,

scrupulously cared for and: comfort-

ably stabled. Hefeeds what he groWs,





e market, barely

‘ as on the out

~ ‘ seed,” he





 





observed. “But by feeding them, I

will realize a fair profit. My stock af-

fords me just about enough manure to

keep my ground fit.”



While not all of his land is adapted

to sugar beets, Mr. Schwab always has





:included beets in his four-year rota-





tion and says the yields have run as

high as seventeen tons to the acre.

His beets never have failed entirely,

the yield having been light, he said,

in but two years of the seventeen.



“I have found the sugar beets indis-

pensable,” he declared, “because they

stand all kinds of grief and can be

harvested in very bad weather, while

I always know before seeding time

what I am going to get for them.”



George Wheeler, Isabella county

farmer, learned scientific agriculture

at the Michigan State College, from

which he was graduated. He keeps

on his 160 acres, at all times, three to





four milch cows and ten to fifteen beef





cattle, which are increased in the win-

ter to forty, together with fifty or

sixty ewes. 'About 120 acres are suit-

able to the growing of sugar beets and

beans, and the rotation is planned to

include’ten acres of beans and fifteen

acres of sugar beets each year. Mr.

Wheeler admits that his best ground





   





.is not the best, but says that this crop





with his cattle, have proved his best

source of revenue.

“1 get from two to four tens of beet





tops from an acre,” he remarked, “and

have found this material a valuable

asset, as it keeps my stock well sup-

plied and delays necessary opening of

my silo until the ground freezes—usu-

ally late in December. I devote twen-

ty-five acres to corn one year, seed it

to beans and beets the next, raise oats

and barley on it the third, and end

the cycle by seeding to alfalfa. This

rotation makes the work easy to han-

dle, as the crops are seasonably put

in at different times, while the harvest

also comes on in a way enabling me

to take care of one thing at a. time

without neglecting any crop.





“The beets, in my estimation, have

the advantage over other cash crops

because of their definite price, their

ruggedness, and the long growing sea—

son, and the fact that they are the

only crop in which noxious weeds can

be controlled, as field labor furnished





by the sugar companies removes

these weeds with grass, from the

rows.” .





James Reed employs a four-year ro-

tation similar to that followed by Mr.

Wheeler, but does not raise beans. He

has grown sugar beets for the last fif-

teen years, with yields frequently run-

ning from thirteen to fifteen tons to

the acres His beefs averaged thirteen

tons to the acrelast year, notwith-

standing _adverse weather conditions.





 





Like Messrs. Schwab and Wheeler, he

cultivates the beet crop from six to

eight times in the growing season.



The Isabella farmer keeps about 100

chickens, nine to twelve cows to milk,

and a registered Holstein sire. He

raises feed for this stock, with the ex—

ception of a little protein matter, the

cost of which, last year, was $80.



“When I bought the eighty acres I

am on, nine years ago,” he asserted,

“I was in debt on it $6,800. My cows

and sugar beets enabled me to pay

the last penny .of this obligation five

years later.”



Fred Martin, who also has made a.

success of dairy farming, is careful as

to rotation of his crops, and has found

that diversification pays well.



“I will admit,” he said, “that if I

had not had the sugar beets to fall

back on in lean years, I' would not be-

here today. The beets are invaluable

to this section, and I ‘do not know

what would happen to prices of other ,

crops if all the ground now used to

grow beets were put into something

else to add to the problem of over-

production.





“ASk any hardware man or the tax .

collector in a beet-growing locality ~





and he will tell you when the tint,»

comes for farmers to pay their larger

bills, just who raises beets and Who

does not. For it is the beet grower





who seldom fails.”
- MARCO MORROW





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CURRENT COMMENT





ARMERS cannot



be too cautious in

changing their rota-

tion program this

spring. The decrease

of nine per cent in the

acreage of fall grains, due to unfavor-

able weather, has somewhat complicat-

ed the present planting situation on

many farms.





Many changes will come if present

intentions are carried out. Govern-

ment reports indicate an increase for

Michigan of two per cent in the acre-

age of oats, one per cent in hay, and

twenty per cent in the acreage of bar-

ley. Corn promises to be about nor-

mal, thanks to the corn borer. The

potato acreage for Michigan will jump

sixteen per cent if early plans are car-

ried out, while the country promises

an increase of fifteen per cent. Ser-

ious losses the past two years to bean

growers probably will result in a de-

crease of about twenty-five per cent

in the acreage of this crop. Many

béan farmers will substitute sugar

beets for a portion of their bean

acreage.





Plan

Crops

Carefully





Some of these changes will, without

doubt, prove beneficial. For instance,

the change from beans to sugar beets

should prove advantageous. One can-

not help, however, looking upon the

increase in potato acreage as 'a. sad

omen to the producers of this crop.

, If the number of acres devoted to po-

tatoes could be held on a par with

that of the past two years, the outlook

would be hopeful. But, with no way

of controlling the amount planted, the

matter must be left to the growers.





The class who frequently brings the

greatest hardships to agriculture, is

those farmers who, thinking them-

selves wi'se, ' plant abundantly when

their neighbors are seeking to put

the business on a better footing by





‘1 gifollowing a normal program. How such





a situation can be controlled is an un-

' void agricultural problem.





AST week the



Michigun Senate

passed the farmers'

anti-trespass bill ‘by a

vote of twenty-four to

six. But before pass-

ing it, its teeth were all carefully ex-

tracted, so as to render it practically

harmless to trespassing hunters 'and

fishermen, and leave the farmers of

the state but a semblance ‘of the pro-

tection which the bill was designed to

give them, in which form it will go to

the House. The report of our Lansing

correspondent. which will be found on

page 488, will inform the reader as to

what the senators did to this bill be-

fore voting for its passage.



It is evident that a majority of the

members of the state Senate are not

in favor of giving the farmers of Mich-

igan the power to protect their prop-

erty which is in successful operation

in other states. At least seventeen

of our state senators are not dis-

posed to satisfy a demand for just leg-

islation of this character, which was

recognized and advocated by the gov-

ernor in his message, and which many

leading conservationists favor. It

would be pertinent for the farmer con-

stituents of these senators to ask them

for their reasons for this action, and

request a reconsideration of their

views at this time.



This is but the first round in the

farmers’ battle for the right to pro-

tect their property which is enjoyed

by the farmers of other states. The

result is not in any way an indication

of the final outcome.

challenge to the farmers to show their

mettle and staying qualities.





Farmers

' Lace First

Round





E used to think



that we should

seek counsel and ad-

vice from those of

age and experience.

But nowadays condi-

tions are different. Things have moved

fast in the past quarter century, be-

cause the hard bumps of experience

are being taken by scientists who spe-

cialize in getting experience along cer-

tain lines, mainly through the old trial-

and-error methods. and then give the

results to the world.





Men who were born fifty or more

years ago, when the older methods

were still in vogue, often do not real-

ize the change that has taken place,

and therefore. as was the custom in

the past, hesitate to open their minds

to new findings. For that reason, the

youth who has been born in this new

era, and has been taught in it, often

becomes our teacher. He teaches by

doing, the most convincing method

there is, instead of by telling.





We recently received a letter from

a young man. who told of how he put

it over on dad. Dad let the boy have

one acre of the five-acre potato field.

The boy planted certified seed, rogued

his plantation, and did painstakingly,

other things he had learned. The fath-

er smiled knowingly, but at harvest

time the boy was the one who smiled,

for his one acre produced more than

dad’s four, and the quality was far

superior to that of dad’s All of his

potatoes were marketed right at home

at high prices—dad bought them.





The

Boy

Educator





HAT the farmer



lacks right now

the ready money that

the city man has, is

the opinion of Secre-

tary of Agriculture

Jardine, as expressed before the Bet‘

ter Homes Conference held in Wash-

ington last week. Therefore, in look-

ing toward the bettering of home con-

ditions on. the farm, if the makers of

home conveniences want to increase

the demand for these conveniences on

the farm, they must invent things

adaptable to the conditions which. sur-

round the farmhome.

believes,

plants, lesscostly kitchen fanilitieuddr





One

Thing at

a Time





., lighting, cookingsewuge- disposaband. .





It is merely a i





There must, he.

be less expensive heating!





been hoping and praying for for a" long

We’ve wanted running Water ,





time?

in the kitchen, a. lighting system, a

heating plant; a bathroom, and other

labor-saving conveniences all these

years but, in so many cases, they have

seemed beyond the reach of the family





pocketbook. Now, if through the Bet-





ter Homes Campaign some concerted

action could be\effectively directed

along this line, it would be a splendid

thing.



But in the meantime, are we going

to stand by and wait? At best, such

a movement could work but slowly.

All the time our boys and, girls are

growing up. They are forming their

ideals, with a normal young person’s

desire to attain them. Whether they

are to stay on the farm, or whether

they will follow the urge to seek their

opportunity in the city. depends very

largely upon how satisfying is their

home life on the farm.





If we can take but one small step

to make farm life more happy and con-

venient, it might be more advisable to

do it now than to wait until farm

home conveniences are cheaper.

Housecleaning time is the logical time

to make improvements. If we continue

to add even small conveniences regu-

larly, son and daughter will be im-

pressed that dad and mother are really

on the job, are not just getting along.

and that life on the farm doesn’t really

lack so much after all.





E are becoming

a nation of cat-

ers of greens. Per-

sistent health educa-

tion. especially in re

lation to balanced

diets and proper food, is bearing fruit

in the thousands of acres of “garden

sass” that we are growing annually.

It wasn't so long ago that we sub-

sistcd chiefly on the bread and butter,

meat, and potato diet. In those days

the farm garden patch was left almost

entirely to the care of the women

folks, and cold pack of canning vege-

tables and fruits was believed to be

a mysterious process of preserving

these foods, that could be practiced

only by those provided with expensive

equipment.





But constant education in the value

of vitamins has made our nation’s gar-

den grow in size and variety. Exclus-

ive of potatoes, it new measures over

two million acres. The farm garden

patch has developed into a family en-

terprise in which every member takes

pride, and looks forward withantici-

pation. Since mother has learned how

to can anything that she can grow, the

garden holds a primary place in pro-

viding the family’s yearly food supply.



Spring has officially opened, and if

the family’s supply of vitamins are to

be assured for the coming year, we

need to give our careful attention ea'r-

ly to planting the tiny seeds that have

the health of the nation sealed in their

jackets.





2, 000, 000

Acre

Garden





S it possible, as a



great manufactur-

ing genius has assert-

ed, to produce the

food necessary for the

maintenance of the

human race by the aid of labor-saving

machinery in the hands of a compara-

tively few people working but eight

hours per day for twenty or thirty

days each year?



Can we cast aside the experience of

farmers for past ages in their effort

to produce food economically and

abundantly? Will men survive and

thrive on a few staple cereals? Can

babies live without milk? Will the

race maintain a high state of civiliza~

tion without animal fats in its diet?





On the

Production





of Food





Furthermore if people can do these 7





things, Will they?





It is a bit hard on, the imagination.





to think of farmers living in team, and





each year toiplutlt and harvest the .3.

amps. Inother words, it is dimcni’tw'

to think of agriculture as a more ad-

junct to manufacturing.





_We think. of agriculture as a mode

of living. as well as a business enter-

prise. It is a sort of balance wheel in

our civilization, and if we see things

correctly,‘ agriculture ought to have

the assistance of the commercial world

in planning a policy that will make

farming permanent and enduring. in-

stead of efforts to stifle and crush it,

to the detriment, not alone of agricul-

ture, but of all classes, as other civili-

zations have done.





Us





HE other night, at hay-hitting time



for her. little Susie was playing

around the stove in the same kind of

clothes we kids used to wear when

we went into the swimming hole.



I sat looking at her and said, “Ain’t

we wonderful folks? There’s little

Susie running around, and what makes

her go? And inside is all the ma-

chinery of living. There’s heart, lungs,

stomach, kidneys, and so forth, all do-

ing their work to keep her ageing in

good health. These organs do work

we folkses, with all our smartness,

can’t do."





They talk about shock absorbers,



and carburetors, and etc., on automo-



biles. Well, hu-



man beings hit



t h 9 road 10 t s



harder and don’t



need no shock ab-



sorbers to protect



o u r machinery.



Vile jump and run



and climb, turn



upside down, and



everything 9 l s e ,



and still our machinery keeps going.



And this machinery furnishes us en-



ergy to think, feel, hear, smell and



taste all the good things this world is



got. There ain’t no machine what is



as great as the human machine. ’cause



there ain't no machine what’ll do what



the human machine will. It’s better’n



most machines, ’cause it kin take care

of itself.





But the way most of the human ma-

chines is running, we ain’t very good

machinists. We fuss to beat the band

if our auto don't hit on all fours, sixes.

or eights. and we try to find out What’s

the trouble. We change oil, and try

different kinds of gas, but when it

comes to us. we throw any old thing

in, and then kick a sore toe if our

carburetors don’t take care of the fuel

we give ’em. ’





I see there’s some folkses What are





trying to run on alcohol. They ain’t

making a ver;r good success of it, be‘

cause our machinery ain’t built to run

on alcohol any more’n a auto is made

to run on grape juice. And there’s

some folkses that don’t think they can

run without seeing some smoke com~

ing out of themselves, so they just puff

away and put in- the clutch. But the

best engineers say it ain’t smoke that

makes power, but smoke shows power

is being wasted. But lots 0’ folkscs

seem to have lots of fun making steam-

engines out of themselves.





_There’s just a few of us what try to

figure'out what kind of stuff we should

put into ourselves for the best run-

ning of our machinery.



But come to think of it from the

machinery side of the question, Sofie

is lots more wonderful than I ever

thought she was. She’s really quite a ,

piece of machinery, when you come to 7

think of it. HY SYCKLE.





While we cannot eliminate all of the

European corn borers now. feeding an.

and living in American vegetation, we

can eliminate a high percentage of





them, providing we. follow special lam.

practices dos in int stilt





being employed at manufacturing for .
OR nearly seventy years spas-

modic attempts have been made

to improve the wild blueberry.

One‘by one these attempts were_ aban-

doned for probably three reasons. In

the first place, the supply of berries

from the wild plants was abundant for

all needs. Secondly, the plants were

not easily propagated, and finally, it

was not realized that an acid soil was

essential for the blueberry plant. Ig-

norance of this requirement often re-

, sulted in plants being placed in an

. alkaline‘soil, where they became sick-

,,lly and soon died. As a result of these

' losses, it was thought that the blue-

berry plants was difficult to transplant,

an erroneous idea in the light of pres-

ent day knowledge.



Within the last few years, the wild

blueberry crop has become very un-

certain. The great blueberr'y fields of



' northern Maine which furnish nearly

all of the blueberries for canning, have

been invaded by the destructive blue-

berry maggot. It is extremely doubt-

ful whether the maggot can be con-

trolled under wild conditions. Also,

the promiscuous burning of the blue-

. berry plains which served as a rough—

and-ready method of pruning, and to

keep down competing vegetation, has

been prohibited in many states, due to

the danger of forest fires. In many



‘ parts of northern United States, wild



' blueberry bogs of the high bush type



' have been cleared and the land used

for other purposes. “



' Aside from these blows to the Wild



' blueberry, a great deal of valuable in-

formation with reference to blueberry

culture, has been accumulated within

the past twenty years, largely through

the efforts of Dr. F. V. Coville, of the



’ United States Department of Agricul-



ture, and Miss Elizabeth White, of



Whitesbog, N. J. Selected varieties of



' great size have been developed, and



while the propagation of plants is still

very difficult, considerable progreSs

has been made in that line.



As a result of these changed condi-





Posszéz/ztzes of Sucress Goad W667: Fundamentals are Understood





By Stanley Johnston





. Supt. Soul/1 Hart/m





tions there has been a renewed inter-

est in blueberry culture. To the en-

thusiast it might appear that we have

plenty of idle land suited to the pro

duction of blueberries, that could be

purchased cheaply; that the blueberry

is. a very popular fruit, and that the

attractive new varieties would be very

much in demand. It must be consid-

ered, however,_that plants of the se-

lected varieties are very high in price,

due to the scarcity of propagating

wood and the difliculty of propagation,

and that in general, the groWing of

cultivated blueberries is a new indus-

try and must be considered still in the

experimental stage.



The essential requirements for a

good blueberry soil are as follows:



1. The.soil must be acid, and pref-

erably- a mixture of sand and peat, al-

though the plants will do quite well if

there is not much peat in the soil. A

clay soil is not satisfactory, even

though acid.



2. There should be a continuous

supply of soil ‘moisture during the

growing season. The berries will not





Experiment Station





attain normal size if the soil is too

dry. A soil with the water table rath-

er high is preferred.



3. To those who have seen a wild

blueberry plantation in winter or

spring, it may seem strange that the

plants can suffer from poor drainage.

These wild plants, however, are usu-

ally growing on hummocks made from

old rotted stumps or logs. Being shal—

low rooted, they are therefore provid-

ed With good drainage. 1n portions of

the planted fields at Whitesbog, the

ill effects of poor drainage can readily

be. seen. Planting on ridges will over-

come the poor drainage problem to

some extent.



Lands which fulfill the above re

quirements are usually situated in low

places, such as swamps or low flat

areas around small lakes and streams.

These locations are naturally subject

to spring frosts. There is some evi-

dence to show that the large amount

of water in the wild bogs in the spring,

serves, to some extent, as a protectiOn

against frost. At least, it is known

that bogs that have been drained have





 





 





 





 





Pioneer Variety, Two and One-half





Years Old, is a Promising Variety.





The HenSat on the





"-8”: Sée Couldn’t Hatcéet

By Harv Hess





T was a hot, sultry morning in the

good old month of January. Right

away, some of you Michiganders



and Michigeese are going to take me

' up on that. And I wouldn’t blame you

because, personally, I never yet saw

, a day in January that could even be

called lukewarm. But this scene

doesn’t happen to be laid in Michigan.

The event which I am about to chron-

icle transpired in a locality situated

. slightly north of Jerusalem, through

4 which the historical river Jordan flow-

ed, and where every month was Aug—

ust.



On this particular day, a bunch of



2- Yiddish lumberjacks were strutting

their stuff in the forest bordering the

Jordan. The woods fairly rang with

the sound of the ‘ax, accompanied by

the shouts and songs of the men, while

old Mama Earth would shake and

tremble every few minutes, as some

huge hemlock, at the cry of “timber,”

I would come crashing down.



, Over in one corner of the clearing,

, and within a few feet of the river, a

young buck was hammering away on

an enormous rock elm; had been, in,

‘ fact, since the seven o’clock whistle

', blew. You see, in those balmy days





 





ing to look indifferent,

I ' seen it, it was headed for the mid-

" dle of the drink.

‘ the waves choppy" i ‘





makes a particularly vicious lunge at

the gash. Right in mid air the ax

bids byebye to its handle, flys through

space for twenty feet or so, then takes

a dive way out in the middle of the





‘Jordan.





The chopper was credited on the

score sheet with one unavoidable er-

ror but, if you ask me, I don’t think

it was so much of an accident. I know

of kids who have, busted a hoe when

they thought, that by so doing, they’d

get out of some mean job, and I’d al-

most be willing to bet a good shirt

that this huckleberry loosened up the

wedge which held the head» in place,

before taking that last swing. I can

even see him congratulating himself

on his ruse, and figuring on the possi-

bility of now getting a job on the skid-

way, a much easier method-of earning

his three dollars per day.



No such luck, though. At this junc-

ture the boss happens along and, spy-





ing our hero in the act of doing noth-





ing, and doing it well, he yells:

“Hey, you, is this your birthday?





.Where’ s your ax?”

there were no saws—~the entire ‘opera— '.

all?“ of telling a tree being done with





“Don’t ax me,” replies the jack, try-

“the last time





It will help make





New, there" happened to be some





 





visitors present that (lay, and among

them was an old boy by the name of

Elisha, who was noted for his ability

to help folks out of difficulties. Over-

hearing the conversation between the

boss and his chopper, he steps over

and, discovering what it’s all about,

he asks:



“Just where did this tool enter the

water?”



“As near as I can tell you, right

about there,” answers the axman,

pointing to a spot some little distance

from shore.



Elisha cuts a stick, throws it near

the point indicated and, while the peo-

ple gawked in open-mouthed amaze-

ment, that old ax rose to the surfaCe,

snapped into a breast stroke and swam

right up to lihem, just as though it was

a trained carp.



And that’s that.



Twenty-eight hundred years after

this happened, I worked with a rooster

up here in Snow Man’s Land that could

do everything else with an ax except,

perhaps, make it swim. Grab a chair

for a few minutes while I saw a little

wood.



Along about this season of the year,

us boys who are lucky enough to own

a Woodlot, get out the old grindstone





=and start playing a tune in A-Sharp.





And by the way, did you ever take an





been thereafter unreliable producers

in many cases in spite of the fact that

the plants were making a- satisfactory. _

growth, indicating suitable soil mois-

ture conditions. This situation, while,





it has not been proved by experimental I A.





evidence, suggests the advisability “of

avoiding locations that are extremely .

low, or very subject to frosts.





Propagation. .



The most economical way to propa— '

gate any hard-wooded tree or shrub,

is by means of rooting cuttings. Un-

fortunately, the blueberry is one- of

the most difficult to propagate in such

a manner. In fact, experienced propa-

gators have only rooted, on the aver-

age, twenty—five per cent of their cut-"

tings when grown under glass, and

receiving very careful attention. The

unexperienced propagator will have

better success in obtaining new plants

by mound layering or stumping. Stump-

ing, which is probably the easiest

method, consists of cutting the old

plant down to within two inches of the

ground. A box frame about six inches

high is then placed around the plant,

and a soil mixture of one-half peat and

one-half sand, is placed in the box so

that the crown of the plant is covered

about an inch. In pushing their way

through the soil, the basal parts of the

new shoots are transformed into root-

stocks, and by late fall will have a few

small roots in a majority of cases. The ‘

following spring the shoots can be

severed from the old crown and grown

in a cold frame or protected place for

a year before setting in the field. The

old stump can be used again for a sec-

ond crop of shoots. This method of

propagation may also be of value~ to

the owner of an especially fine wild

bush from which he Wishes to obtain

plants



Nursery Stock and Planting Sugges-



tions.



The Joseph J. White Company, Of

Whitesbog, N. J., is the only source

of supply for plants of the improved



(Continued on page 496).





X





ax that had been used for some little

diversion like trimming concrete or

cutting nails, and then put a chopping

edge on it? There’s easier ways of

breaking your back, ain’t there? I

remember the first time I ever Crank-1

ed a single-geared grindstone. I’d been

pumping the old thing for two solid

hours and, finally summoning all my

rese1ve strength, I leans over to the

frog that was holding the ax and whis»

pers:



“Say, if you’ re trying to see which

wears out first, the grindstone or the

ax, why I’ll bet on myself.”



“You ain’t tired are you?” says he,

“I’ ve just got the rust Wore 011 one

side of one of these bits.”



“You don’t intend to sharpen both

bits, do you?” ‘



“Of course I do.”



“Then, brother,” I replied, “here’s

where I resign. My birthStone doesn’t

happen to be a grindstone. ”



“Oh, keep your shirt on a little while

longer,” 1eturned this egg, “we’ll soon .1

be finished. ”



“I’m just one breath and a half from

being finished right new,” I gasped.



But I did manage to stay with it“; ’

until we got both edges sharp enough. V

though why they ever put two bits on?

an ax is a mystery to me. It has 4

me busy dodging one. N



This pardner of mine was a. W,

old veteran of the woods who Md 6’ I

gun work in a limiber camp at the
Ugh-”dot age of fourteen. He had boon at,

it nearly fifty years and, believe me,

* he knew his trade from A. to Christ-

. 'mas. To me, it was beautiful to watch

whim work. He'd step up to a big beech,

take a squint up the trunk to see

which way she leaned and where the

largest limbs were{ glance around cas-

ually to determine if any trees were

liable to be in the path of its fall;

take into consideration the wind; see

that there was no brush which might

catch his axduring one of its descents;

then, after satisfying himself every-

thing was jake, he'd step back and hop

to it. When the tree was down, it

laid exactly where he figured. '



I remember one time we were about

to drop aparticularly mean looking

beech. It was crooked, had many huge

limbs to tangle with others; and stood

in the midst of half a dozen more

good-sized trees. You see, where you

are thinning timber, it isn't as easy as

where you begin at one side of a piece

of timber and take everything. The

notch he cut in it indicated where he

expected it to fall—right between two

big maples—and to me it looked im-

possible. So I said to him:



“It may do it. but here’s a five dol-

lar bill that says she doesn't fall in

the groove."



Without a word, he cuts a stake,

steps off ten paces from the base of

Mrs. Beech and drives his stake into

the ground right where he said she’d

fall. As we finished sawing it through,

and it started downward, one of its

limbs, catching an adjacent tree, de—





flected its course so that it landed

squarely en the stake. And my five

spot found another home. It shows,





though, how carefully he estimated ev-

ery angle.



My, how he could chop! With me,

it's all I can do to hit the tree when

I‘m chopping; let alone come within a

foot of where I’m aiming. I swing an

ax like a hammock. I get squared

away. take a wicked lunge at my tree

and, if I hit it at all, I probably dis-

lodge a segment of wood almost big

enough to see. By the time I’ve swung

ten times my tongue hangs out like a

beagle’s. With my buddie, every sin-

gle stroke went home, and great, large

chips would fly in all directions. Hon-

est to Kansas, I couldn't eat soup any





easier, than he squid chopwd‘hjp inter-

val between'his’ museums-end one-

hundredth stroke wasexactly the. same ,

as between his first‘and second. And

while my stumps looked like - they’d

been chewed off by a. beaver, his ap-

peared to have been finished by a

cabinet maker.



I hate to think that it is about to

become a lost art; that the lumberjack

will soon go the route. of the corset

manufacturer. The next generation

won't know a basswood if it falls on

them.



But to return to the woods. That

day, after he had notched our first

tree, he turns to ‘me and asks:



“Can you saw wood?"



"You mean, ‘can I see wood.‘ don‘t

you?"



“You'll both see and saw plenty be-

fore we’re through. Just grab one end

of that saw and don’t hear down on

it too hard.”



After we’d jazzed it back and forth

fifteen or twenty times, he says:



"Say, if you want to ride, why don't

you hire a taxi?"



“What’s the matter, big boy, do I.

seem to be heavy on this thing?"



“I don't mind your riding it," he

comes back, “but try and keep your

feet from scraping the ground."



“All right, I'll try," I said, “but it

seems to take entirely too long to get

it down through one of these’ logs. I’d

like to see this job finished in half an

hour or so.”



Nevertheless, I stuck it out for three

weeks~until we finished—and I'm

here to say that I wasn't one bit bet-

ter then than when I started. I have

come to the conclusion that the only

place I can use an ax successfully is

in the chicken coop on Saturday night.

However, if you'll excuse me, I’m go-

ing to throw one little bouquet my way.

I’ll admit I don't know how to use an

ax, but I know where and when. and

that's more than my lumberjack pard-

ner does. Ten years ago he bought a

forty-acre farm, twenty acres of which

were fine, second-growth hardwood To—

day, there’s a scant three acres of tim—

ber left! His posterity won't have a

stick of wood with which to warm

their shins or their kids. There's a.J

chip off the old block.



That’s all.





State Capitol News





By Our Laming Correspondent





' 'I‘ was a sadly mutilated Horton

I anti-trespass bill which was passed



by the Senate twenty-four to six

last Wednesday. Senator Horton start-

ed the move to pull the teeth from

the bill when he proposed to strike out

Section 4 from the measure. Provis-

ions of Section 4 have been discussed

in the columns of the Michigan Farm—

er, and probably most of the readers

are fairly familiar with them. In brief,

this section would have made the

farmer a peace officer in so far as en-





 





LIKE A MYSTERY?





 





HEN read the first installment of



the Adventures of the Brown fam-

ily on page 01. It will appear in

short installments each week, chock

full of action and highly seasoned with

mystery. When you get acquainted

with Father Brown and Mother Brown,

Hal, Little Joe, and their sister Beth,

you wont want to miss any of their

doings. Don’t forget the page—501.





 





forcing the provisions of the bill on

his own land were concerned.



Then the senators began to shed

crocodile tears over the poor boys that

‘ might have strayed innocenti‘Y onto

somebody else’s land, and so they





sponsored various amendments to soft-

" _ en the penalties provided in the orig-





7~tinal bill. The situatlbn became so

' tangled that even some of the veteran

tubersprobably didn’t know‘on just





 





what they were voting, but anyway,

before they finished with it they had

stricken out the minimum jail sen—

tence for second or subsequent of‘

tenses. G.

Then, too keep up the work of ren-

dering the bill as impotent as possible,

an amendment sponsored by Senator

Howard F. Baxter, of Grand Rapids,

was adopted. which struck at the very

heart of the measure by taking out

the provision which required a person

to secure the “written” consent of the

owner or his agent before trespassing.

Senator Horton defended the meas-

ure, saying that he wanted to put

farm property on the same basis as

property in the city, and make it as

“sacred” against unwelcome invasion.

Horse-play was very much in evi:

dence in the final consideration of this

measure. Senator Herbert J. Rushton,

of Escanaba, sponsored an amendment

to exempt the I'pper Peninsula from

its provisions. After this had been





‘voted down ten to eighteen, SenatOr





Arthur S. Wood, of Detroit, moved to

exempt the Lower Peninsula. This





was frowned upon by a vote of five to _





twenty-four.

. The six senators who voted against

this bill on final roll call, were Sena-

tors Bahorski, Condon, Jankowski and

‘WOOd, all of Detroit, SenatorO’Con-

nell, of Sanilac county. and Senator

Rushton, of the Upper Peninsula.

. l t



.On the day after the Senate. had

tom the Horton bill to shreds, the





 





,.





David H Brake, of Fremont, which is





anned at much the same. situation“





This bill as originally - reported (01‘

general consideration would have for-

bidden any person from hunting in

any manner on farm lands or farm

woodlots connected therewith, without

the written consent of the owner, or

other properly authorized person. An

amendment was adopted whereby the

farmer might "waive the necessity for

the written permit, but unless this

were specifically done, the law would

apply as originally proposed. The

House passed this bill seventy-seven

to ten.





The. Horton bill has now gone to

the House, and the Brake bill to the

Senate. As they cover much the same

subject matter, it is not probable that

both of them will be enacted into law.

Either of them would be better than

nothing, and would be a step in the

right direction. Either of them would

do away with the necessity for the

farmer to post his property in order to‘

have something to say relative to the

actions of hunters trespassing thereon.





It i i





The Senate committee on agricul-

ture reported out the budget bill for

the state department of agriculture

without making any increase in the

item for the payment of state indem-

nities for slaughtered tubercular cat-

tle. As explained in the leading edi-

torial in The Michigan Farmer of a

week'ago, the city of Detroit has pass-

ed a milk ordinance under the terms

of which no milk can be sold in De-

troit after January 1, 1928, which does

not come from tested, tuberculosis-free

herds. If no more than the usual

amount is appropriated for indemni-

ties, and if all of this money is ex—

pended in the counties in southeastern

Michigan which are in the Detroit

milk market area, it is doubtful if all

the herds could be cleaned up in time

to prevent Detroit’s milk ban from de-

priving some dairymen of the market.

Meanwhile, the testing would have to

be stopped in the balance of the state,

even where it is now in progress, and

counties on the waiting list would con-

tinue to wait.





This bill is now before the Senate





-committee on finance and appropria-





tions. There is a fair chance that in-

creased funds for indemnities may be

written into the measure somewhere

in its journey through the Senate or

the House.



IOI 0 O





In the bill making appropriations to

defray the expenses of the Legisla-

ture, the House incorporated an amend-

ment to allow each member of the

Legislature $5.00 per day for expenses,

in addition to the $800 per two-year

term. which is the salary specified by

the constitution. The Senate isn’t tak-

ing very kindly to this dubious pro-

posal, and has referred it to the com-

mittee on finance and appropriations.



It 1 It!





A considerable measure of relief

from the burden of excessively high

school taxes is proposed in a. bill‘by

Representative William F. Turner, of

Morley, which has passed the House

with only three opposing votes. It

would distribute $2,000,000 from the

proceeds of the state corporation tax

to the school districts having more

than the average school population in

proportion to assessed valuation. The

distribution would vary as the need.



It It at





Typical of the rough sledding which

agricultural legislation is receiving

this session, is the unkind way in

which the Senate is handling two bills

aimed at ‘ chicken stealing. These

measures were finallypushed through

the House, but their recoption in the

Senate has been anything but friendly,





~ The Hall bill, intended to aid in' the"

apprehension and conviction of chick-

eI!’ thieves. still "9.190896 1h the Senate-

committee on , agriculture; The Him 3'





 





 





House passed e-siii'hyiaepreéehtmve .





of: poultry





in; an} , W .

finally: was, advanced to thind mild '





 

 





1n the Senate, only to be side-tracked ' >





back to the Senate committee on ju—





diciary on motion of Senator Howard-





F. 'Baxter, of‘Grand Rapids. _, ,

Senator .Barnard’s proposed now sell;

drink law slid through the Senate With-

out opposition. Its most important‘pro—

vision 'is that giving Michigan_ fruit

growers who sell fresh fruit juices,





protection against unfair competition .





from persons selling imitation and art‘

ificially colored beverages which are





,intended to 'deceIVe the purchaser. UR.-





der Senator Barnard’s bill, such coun-

terfeit fruit juice drinks wduld be re-

quired to bear the proper labels as

specified. '





 





A NEW FARM RELIEF BILE.





 





IT is quite definitely settled that



whatever farm relief bill» comes up

in the next Congress, it will not be

the McNary—Haugen bill in its present

form.



This appears to be the conclusion

of some of the most ardent friends of

the McNary-Haugen bill in the last

Congress. They realize that there is

no use to pass a bill that the Presi—

dent will not sign. The next bill will

be a compromise measure modified to

the extent that President Coolidge

will sign it, it? it passes Congress. This

will mean the elimination of the equal-

ization fee and the proposed method

of choosing members of the federal

farm board from a list of candidates

nominated by the cooperative market-

ing organizations, one member from

each of the twelve land bank districts.





News of the Week





The U. S. Department of Commerce

announced that the rubber conserva-

tion policy of this country has made

it able to cope ‘with foreign control of

raw materials.





.One hundred pigeons and three po-

lice dogs were burned to death when

the frame building belonging to the

Homestead Yarn Dyeing Company, of

New Jersey, burned.





Great Britain has asked the United

States to assist in punishing China for

inflicting sufiering on foreigners dun—

ing the present Chinese civil war.





Henry Ford was injured when his

Ford coupe was “side-swiped” and run

Into a ten—foot ditch near the entrance

of his home at Dearborn, Michigan.

He is recovering nicely at the Ford

Hospital.





Lleut. Leigh Wade, of Cassopolic,

Michigan, one of the famous around-

the-world fliers, will attempt a non-

stop fiight across the Atlantic.





The Michigan public utilities com-

m1ss10n granted the Michigan Associ-

ated Telephone Company the right to

consolidate the Blissfield, Tecumseh,

and Reading companies.





Thomas Edison is carrying on ex—

periments with the hope of developing

mexpensive fertilizers from water by-

acinths which grow in profusion in

Florida.





It is reported that Charles F. Hagan.

of. Geneva, N. Y., has produced a gas-

oline substitute which will be cheaper

than gasoline and produce forty per

cent more mileage. The formula is

said to contain oil and tar.





 





 





 





 





The Cantonese at Nanking, China, ‘





have mounted heavy guns overlooking

the Yangtse river and have trained

ghertn on British and American gun

oa s.





The Colorado supreme court has rul-

ed that' the King James version of the

Bible is non-sectarian, and therefore

its readingin public schools is not in

conflict with the state constitution.



The U. S. bureau of good roads an-

nounced that there were 22,000,000 au-

iggisobiles in use in‘ this country in





I The priests in Mexico have refused

to come to terms with the Calles gov-

,ernment or its successors, except an





the basis of complete religious, liberty. -

An oil/gusher has been found on the ‘





farm of Ferdinand—Steltzried near Sag





.inaw. As a, result there: is no land to s ‘

sale within a. considerable distancing ‘ V





Saginaw. _ g ;

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. vantage of the last opportunity to.





buy war salvage, and orders are rap?





f idly mounting up in the Marquette of-~

. fice of Larry Livingstbn. Lower Pen~

'insula farmers, have ordered 161,000

pounds of» pyrotol and the orders from

Upper Peninsula total 100,000 pounds.

I A 46,000 pound carlo-ad, ordered for

Houghton county is the largest carload

of war salvage explosive which has

been handled in the state. The fol-

lowing counties have orders in for car-

loads of pyrotol: Arenac, Midland,

Oceana, Jackson, ' Mecosta, Missaukee,

Otawa, Osceola, Newaygo, Ontonagon,

Hou'ghton, Menominee and ‘Baraga.





 





SCHOOL CHILDREN TO DO FOR-

ESTRY PLANTING.





 





CITIZEN of Farwell presented the

school in that town with ten acres

of ground, with the provision that the

area should be reforested. Orders

have been placed for 20,400 Norway

' spruce, and 6,800 pines. These trees

will be set by the school children, and

it is expected that it will be possible

toget an income from the sale of

Christmas trees from the land within

ten years. The pine will be left for a

.permanent stand.





 





REORGANIZE AT McBRIDES.





 





EMBERS of the cooperative asso-

ciation at McBrides are consid-

ering the reorganization of the asso-

ciations. Many of the state farmers’

' cooperative associations are finding it

advantageous to reorganize their com-

panies and incorporate them under a

later act than was available at the

time of their organization.





 





SEED CORN IS POOR.





 





ESTS made of seed corn in Liv-

ingston county indicate that a

great deal of the oorn which farmers

. had depended upon for their seed, will

be valueless. Much of the corn tested

has germinated less than fifty per

cent. A few good supplies of seed

, have been found and these will be dis-

tributed as widely as possible.





KIWANIS MEMBERS HELP CLUB

BOYS AND GIRLS.





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IVVANIS club members of Paw

Paw who are interested in boys’

. and girls’ club work, are going to pur-

' chase certified seed potatoes and sup-

ply four bushels of seed to each of

twenty-three potato club members in

Van Buren county. The club members

will, pay for the seed potatoes with

spuds grown from this seed.





 





HERE IS YOUR CHANCE, BOYS.





 





HREE agricultural college scholar-

ships will be awarded this year by

the International Live Stock Exposi-

tion to the winners of the non-colleg-

iate judging contest. No Michigan en-

trants have succeeded in placing in

this event during the past three years,

' but club leaders expect that some good

club teams will be entered from Mich-

igan this year.





NEW SYSTEM OF INTRODUCING

BETTER POTATO SEED.





 





MEMBERS of the New Era Potato



Association in Oceana county re-



. cently held a. meeting and discussed

the relation between efficient produc-



tion and marketing. The growers vot-



,ed to have one member of their asso-

ciation grow seed from certified seed

to be purchased this spring. In the



fall,"the other members of the associ-

fati'on will exchange one and one—fourth

“bushels





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sure road to no profits,





Profits leak through run doWn fences. Valuable cattle break into

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Your stock benefits by frequent change of

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TENANT’S RIGHT TO R’OUfiHAGE.





 





I rented a farm last year and I am

going to move soon. Can I move half

of what is left of the fodder and bean

pods? When I moved here I brought

a. lot of fodder and three tons of hay,

and this all went back on this farm.

Haven’t I a right to move away as

much as I moved on?”—M. G.



You should be guided by the terms

of your contract in your dealings with

the landlord. - ‘ ‘



Relative to roughage, the usual prac-

tice is where produce is brought on

the farmby the tenant or landlord at

the beginning of the leasing period,

that the products be offset in some

way which may be through purchase

of share or supplying proper share to

counterbalance. If one party furnishes





 





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readers can get, without charge,

information on Subject al-

lied to agriculture and rural life.

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more than his share at outset, he can

be remunerated at termination of .the

ease. .



Parties leaving the farm at termina-

tion of lease are entitled to their share

of produce unless otherwise agreed

upon—F. T. Riddell.





TEACH ER'S RIGHTS.





 





:Has a teacher in a country school a

[lawful right to punish a thirteen—year-

!old daughter for not taking~ part in a

program, and then compelling her to

do so ‘.’ The teacher gave my daughter

a part. in which she had to dance, and

my daughter did not like to dance,

and had never danced before. Was

the teacher right in compelling her to

dance?—-T. M.



Public speaking is a legitimate part

of the school program. All pupils of

the school can be reasonably required

to participate in special day programs.

A teacher would have no authority to

force a pupil to dance. I am very

much impressed that what the writer

has called dancing, was some calls—

thenic drill.~—G. N. Otwell.





 





 





 





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FISHING.





 





Four of us have a small part of our

land in a small inland lake. The lake

has no inlet nor outlet. Can the man

who has the biggest part of it keep

any of the others from fishing on his

part?—J. K.



No.——Rood.





 





A SCHOOL PROBLEM.





 





I have been elected treasurer in our

school district. The past year our

school board has had a law suit with

two large taxpayers who are opposed

to improvement in educational lines.

The case has been tried in supreme

court, but is as yet undecided. The

case grew out of Superintendent of

Public Instruction Johnson. who gave

the board permission to install a third

teacher to, teach eleven grades, where-

as they had two teachers for ten

grades. The cirCuit court gave tax-

payers an injunction on eleventh grade

and a third teacher. The result was

that the board took the.case./to the

supreme court, and the inaunction held

throughout the past year. For fifteen

years we had taught ten grades.

the annual school meetinggthe .Deoalgs





 





 





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teaching- ’ opium .

Theyxalstilzl ted that





 





tenth grades.





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only one teacher would; be necessary:





'There are now eleven children going





to" high school. Can they be trans

poise?) wrighout the-vote of the people?





By Act 79 Public Acts inf-1921, dis-

tricts not maintaining a high school ,





are required to pay the high school tui-





tion of any children of school age res- .

ident in the district, who have com— ;





pleted the eighth grade; the amount

of the tax not to exceed the per capita

cost per year for the preceding year in

the high school where the children at-

tend, nor to exceed $60 per pupil un-

less voted at the annual meeting.

Where there is not sufficient money in

the general fund to pay the tuition

notice by the guardian of the children

of their intention to attend such a high

school is required to be given before

the fourth Monday in June. This act

provides that the district paying the

tuition may appropriate a larger sum





by vote at the annual meeting, and ‘





may vote a tax to pay the transporta-

tion during the school days of such

children. We do not find any statute

making transportation compulsory.—

Rood.





LIABILITY OF CHILDREN FOR

SUPPORT.





 





Mother dies, leaving father with

three children. When the two girls

became eighteen and sixteen years of

age, they left home. The boy remain-

ed with the father, who became par-

tially paralyzed and was unable to care

for himself. The girls refused to help

him. Now, $4,000 has been left to fath-

er, daughters and son to be divided

equally between them. Can the father

claim a part of the girls’ share of the

money for raising them?——W. W.



The parent has no claim against

the children for support or mainte-

nance, even if they are of age, in the

absence of express agreement to make

such payment. It is presumed in the

absence of express agreement, that the

support is given and received in con-

sideration of love and affection.





LOSS ON PROPERTY SOLD.





 





We sold our bay to a party. The

hay was in the barn, and in fine shape.

The party that bought it baled the hay

out of the barn and piled it up out-

side. That night it rained a little and

the hay got wet. Now, the party re-

fuses to take the hay. What can we

do in this case ?——Subscriber.





Something depends upon the terms

of the contract. If the hay was bought

in the barn and to be delivered there,

there is no question about it. If the

seller was to deliver the hay at an-

other point, it would be presumed that

the title remained in the seller until

delivery at that point; and it would

be presumed that title was retained

until payment to be made onidelivery.

But even in this case a loss occasioned

by the negligent act of the buyer

would fall upon him; and that seems

to be this case—Rood.





CORN STUBBI E LAND.





 





I have some low ground that I am

going to sow to sweet clover. One end





of the field is wet, medium heavy; the





other is more dry and on the sandy

order. I plowed under heavy sod for

corn last year.

should I use to obtain best results?

Should I plow this ground or disk it?

The ground tests free" from acid.—





Corn stubble





quentl‘y be sewn to small grain crops

somewhat cheaper by discing than by

plowing. On the other hand, if there





is considerable stubble and weeds on .

the land, it will be much better to ~





plow and sow a bushel of either oats

or barley to the acre.

sweet clover with a small grain- .,





Under the conditions you mentiOn,l,I





would recommend, the use, of. 209 ‘





Wands 01’ acid nwhalemww-





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What kind of fertilizer ,





land, quite free of ~

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WM. E. ROBB, Secretary





Predicts 1927 will be good

Automobile Year in Michigan





Wm. E. Robb, the Secretary

and Founder of the Citizens' Mu«

tual Automobile Insurance Com-

pany of Howell, Michigan, re»

ports that, during the twelve

years the company has built up

an adjusting force which has set-

tled without suit most .of the

liability cases. In fact, in 1926

the company carried insurance

on over 56,000 automobiles, and

in only eight cases were verdicts

given against policyholders.





With an agency and adjusting

force in practically every county,

the member is assured of assist-

ance on‘claims when on a trip.

The company has also formed

connections to adjust claims in

Florida, California, and practi-

cally all of the large cities out-

side of Michigan, which gives

the man on a tour protection.

The company does not write in-

surance outside of the state of

Michigan, and is therefore able

to give careful attention to the

policyholder.





The company carries a large-

amount of insurance on farm au-

tomobiles, and during the past

twelve years has paid many

thousand claims for the farmers

who were insured, and has there-

fore built up a reputation. No

farmer can afford to go without

protection in this well organized

company.





Inquire at any sales agency or

garage, and you will be able to

locate the localagent, or write

to the





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Shanges brought shout in the mat-

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equipment repair work done in it.





. Twenty years ago farmers often had '





urgent need, particularly in rush sea-

sons, fer the home forge. Today the

auto and the ’phone have put them in

such close contact with the' “village

blacksmith” that the home blacksmith

shop no longer figures in the time

element as it once did.



Equipment and instructions to fit the

new conditions are being provided by

most of the agricultural colleges and

trade training schools throughout the

country.



:While a break in most modern ma-

chinery is no longer a forging job, the

farm shop is still needed for doing

variOus kinds of cold metal work, such

as the use of taps and dies, drilling,

pipe fitting, soldering, etc. Training

which will give the student ability and





skill in operating mechanical equip- .





ment under the new conditions, is the

purpose behind the new course at the

different schools. Forging work will

still be taught to some extent, but

much more emphasis will be placed

on general repairs, proper adjustments,

and the making of minor repairs; and

only in exceptional cases will it pay

the farmer to do his own plow sharp-

ening, cultivator pointing, and so on.

Because of the more general nature of

the work taught, these repair shop

courses are even more valuable to the

general farmer, and anyone having an

opportunity to take such a course,

even if only for two or three weeks’

time, is making a very serious mistake

not to take advantage of the‘ oppor-

tunity.





INTEREST IN MELON

CULTURE.





MORE





 





ELON growers who live in the



Millburg district in Berrien coun-

ty have arranged a meeting at which

cultural methods and ways of‘control—

ling disease will be discussed. The

over-night boat service from St. Jos-

eph to Chicago allows the Berrien

‘county growers "tO put melons into Chi-

cago in fine condition, and the crop is

one of importance in the county.





PEST COW IN OLDEST TESTING

" ' ASSOCIATION.





 





HE cup awarded to the owner of



the highest producing cow in the

Old Newaygo Cow Testing Association

went to Black & Neisuma, who own

in partnership a. fine herd of Jerseys.

Their best cow produced over 600

pounds of fat during the year. The

animal is a four-year-old pure-bred Jer-

sey. Five other cows in the associa-

tion produced in excess of 500 pounds

of fat.





 





BUSINESS MEN SPONSOR CLUB

WORK.





 





MEMBERS of the Chesaning Cham-



ber of Commerce, and of the Che-

saning Community Club, voted unani-

mously to sponsor club work in’eight

townships in Saginaw county. Each

member’of these organizations will act

as a partner with a club member, and

.will aid in financing the club project

if such financing is necessary. All

‘summer projects will be completed in

time so exhibits can be made at the

Saginaw County Fair.





 





1 Reports from Manistee county state

that all of thestock marl piles except

one have been hauled away and used

by farmers. Many farmers "in the

county are using sludg’e lime which





they obtain from the Filer Fiber 00. .





A eerie-ad of pure-bred Holstein cows





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“I wish you could see my 13 year old boy do the milking”, writes

one Perfection user. “With my Perfection he does the work of

Mo hand milkers.”



Cash in on your boy’s interest in fine machinery. It will easily

save you the time of one or two men every morning and evening.

Time is money. You can do more in the field.



Yet the boy will do more than save labor. He will do a better

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The Perfection Milker is the old reliable,

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GOOD HOME-MADE HARROW CART.





S we‘ had no barrow cart, and felt

that we could not afford to buy





~one, we made one ourselves, and it





suits us as well as any we have seen.





The material needed is a pair of

wheels and an axle from an old buggy,

a gas pipe, or timber, about ten feet

long for a pole, the seat from an old

dump rake, two pieces of windmill

strap iron, one inch by three feet; two

pieces of wagon tire five feet long, and

another piece of wagon tire one foot

long for a foot rest.





leys you will obtain about twenty-three





strokes per minute. This, I believe, is

close enough for your needs. Should

you desire your pump jack to make

twentyvfive strokes, per minute, you

should secure a lllé‘inch pulley in

place of the twelve—inch.





Install your shaft and pulleys be-

tween bearings. and line the twelve-

inch pulley with the four-inch pulley.

Then belt from the seven-inch pulley

to the thirteen pulley on the pump

jack. The desired speed of the pump

jack will be secured—E. C. Sauve.





CESSPOOL BECOMES NUISANCE.





 





 





 





 





 

 





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The pieces a; wagon tire are bolted

to the hariow evener, about four or

five feet apart, as shown in the illus-

tration, and then the pole is fastened

to these two with a single bolt to al-

low for turning. These irons can be

given a double curve, so as to hold

the pole up off the barrow, and from

riding on the harrow when making a

turn. The drawing gives a pretty good

idea of how it is made.——P. Melvin.





REMOVING BUCKHORN FROM CLO-

VER SEED.





Is there any known way to remove





 





 





buckhorn seed out of clever seed with-

out sending it away somewhere? Not

‘far from here is what is called a “Silk

sieve mill” that claims to remove

buckhorn and other foul seed. Do you

know anything about it ?—R. H.



1 Two types of machines are effective

‘in cleaning buckhorn from clover seed.

One is a gravity and wind blast ma-

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porous enough to drain properly?

Could I use this one as a sort of septic

tank and dig another cesspool near

this and use it for the liquid to soak

a“ ay‘? Any suggestions will be appie-

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nuisance in a much shorter time.

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to make your present cesspool work

right again, since the gravel is prob-

ably completely filled with filth for

several rods in every direction. If

your well is at all near, you should

have the water examined by the state

board of health or by some competent

health official, to see if any of the filth

has worked into your water supply,

It might be practicable to do as you

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into a second cesspool several feet

away, and still farther from the water

supply, and use this cesspool for the

liquid to soak away. This will give

you several years more use. The prop-

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the Upper Peninsula during March and

April, made a good start. The first

day' s operations were confined to sev-

eral small towns close to Marquette

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their families visited the train. Mr.

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barley, callingit the corn crop of the

north country. The exhibit car in-

cluded a booth where soils could be

tested on the spot, and where the val-

ue of lime Was demonstrated, Many

farmers purchased soil testers to as-

certain the state of acidity of their

own soil. 'Methods of seed~cleaning

were shown by a fanning-mill in op-

eration: Types of alfalfa and other

seeds were on view, and there was a

display of U. S. Department of Agri-

culture stained seeds, with directions

for determining their origin. Plant and

potato diseases, and methods of con-

trol were shown by pictures and oth-

erwise. How to grade potatoes ac-

cording to United States standards,

was shown. Feeds for dairy stock were

described.





WILL PUT ON STYLE SHOW.





E IGHTY-NINE girls are enrolled in

sewing clubs in Dickinson county,

reports the county agent. Some of

these girls are now in fourth-year

work. Later on each club will, put on

a local style show. The girls will wear

their own handiwork. Finally, there

will be a county round-up with prizes

for the best work displayed.





SHOW COWS MUST BE TESTED.





SSISTANT State Veterinarian for



the Upper Peninsula, Dr. F. K.

Hansen, has announced that all cattle

which will be exhibited at county fairs

in the district, this fall, must be tu-

berculosis tested. There will be no

exception to this rule. No chance will

be taken this year on non-tested cattle

being isolated. ‘





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SERIES of educational confer-



ences for county agricultural

agents has been planned at Marquette

during the year. These meetings will

be conducted by the Michigan State

College. The first was held on March

22, and later cenclaves will occur

about every two months. Professor

Willard is in charge.





POTATO CROP LARGELY SOLD.





HE Department of Agriculture’s



March Crop Report shows that

fifty-two per cent of the potatoes

grown in the Upper Peninsula have

been shipped out of the county Where

produced. Menominee leads among

the counties with seventy-eight per

cent of her potatoes shipped outside

the county. Schoolcraft ranks Second

with seventy-six per cent shipped out.





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ARQUETTE countyhas three fed-



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124 members in all. The total mort-

gages carried here by the Federal

Land Bank of St. Paul amounts to

about $250,000, reports Mr. L. R. Walk-

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this title by Mr. O. P. Gossard.

in the issue of March 19, which

demands an answer. Mr. Gossard

champions proposed amendments of

our foreclosure law for the purpose of

enabling farmers and other borrowers

to get better loans. This is to be ac-

complished, first by shortening the pe-

riod of foreclosure, and second, by not

having any right of redemption after

the sale.



It is said that money is not avail-

able in this state on mortgage secur-

ity, because of our foreclosure law;

and property does not sell well at a

foreclosure sale, and there are no bid-

ders, because there is a right of re—

demption after the sale.



First, as to persons having money

and willing to lend it on mortgages in

this state.



The records show that several hun-

dred million dollars have been loaned

on mortgages in the state of Michigan

during the past year; and at the pres-

ent time there are in all of the prin-

cipal cities of this state, agencies rep-

resenting the largest holders of mon-

ey, all the while looking for places

to loan it out. For instance, the

Equitable Life Insurance Company,

having a reserved fund of eight hun-

dred million dollars, has a standing

offer to loan this money to their pol.

icy holders on Michigan mortgages,

with proper security. All of the other

large insurance companies have agen-

cies in Michigan to place loans.



Many a reader of this article may





A CONTRIBUTION appeared under





 





,say it is not easy to obtain mortgage

Jloans on his property. That is not

idue to the period of foreclosure. Mon-

‘ey gravitates to the large centers and

is always more plentiful there than in

the smaller places; also farm mort-

gages and village mortgages have not

been found secure and satisfactory

during recent years, and are therefore

more cautiously taken by money lend-

ers. Time was in this state—the fore-

closure law being the same as the

present—when all the large insurance

companies had agencies in the little

towns trying to place insurance money

on farm mortgages. Then, in the

eighties and nineties: many of these

mortgages were foreclosed, as the rec-

ords in any county seat in the state

will show; and since that time insur-

ance money has not been as much of-

fered on farm mortgages in this state.

Also, in the western states there was

a. time when insurance farm mort-

gages were foreclosed on a large scale.

What the money lender is interested

in is not the period of foreclosure, but

to place his money upon a. mortgage

where there will be no occasion to

foreclosure. '



From this it is manifest that short-

ening the foreclosure would not in any

way assist in obtaining loans; and any

person is challenged toproduce proof

that any better loan can be obtained

under like circumstances where the

foreclosure period is shortened.



Now, as to the period of foreclosure

assisting in the matter, or increasing

the price bid at the sale, or the num-

ber of bidders.



In this state We have three systems

of sale of property which are capable

of comparison. There is the mortgage

foreclosure by advertisement, in which

the period of redemption is one year

after the sale. There is the mortgage

foreclosure in Chancery, in which. the

period of redemption is six months

from the sale.





 





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There is the chancerY~:.

Neale on decree, the! sale on chattel;





The Force’losurc Law!

~ By J. R. Rood





mortgages, and the sale of chattels on

execution; in all of which there is no

period of redemption after the sale.

The writer, as representative» of inter-

ested parties, has attended. a great

many sales of all these kinds; and in _

the city of Detroit, at the south :door





'of the county building, any person de-





siring to do so, may attend a sale, or

two or three, at 12:00 o’clock noon,

almOSt any day,



These sales are some of' them on

mortgage foreclosure by advertise-

ment, some on foreclosure in Chancery.

some Chancery sale on. decree, and.

some on execution or on chattel mort-

gages. The instance is rare in which

there is more than one bid in any of

these cases.





I challenge the assertion that sale

at approximately real value can be

made by allowing no redemption after

the sale. Any person experienced in

the sale of real property knows that

the advantageous sale is made, not.

when the seller is anxious to sell, and

a forced sale is made, but when there

is a buyer anxious to buy; and the

shrewd operator does not attempt auc

tion sale, but either waits for the buy~

er to come, or goes out and finds him.

setting his own price. In no other

way can a satisfactory price be ob-

tained.



Proposals to cut off, or shorten the

equity of redemption, have been before

our legislature a number of times in

recent years, and so far have fortm

nately been defeated.



A few months more or less in get—



ting his money out is nothing to the

man lending his money on a mortgage.

Many times it is the seller holding [a

purchase money mortgage, and who

has already received a large portion

of his price and interest. He agreed

to accept interest on his money to in-

duce the purchaser to take the proxy

erty. His money and interest is all he

is entitled to. A few months’ more

interest before he gets his money can-

not hurt him. The same is true of

those who lend their money on mort-

gage security. They see to it; when-

the mortgage is given that the security

is ample; otherwise they make no

loan. .

The industry and prosperity of the

state will not be advanced by short-

ening the period of redemption. The

person who needs encouragement is

not the man who sits back of a sure

thing and takes interest, but the man

who is willing to risk something in a

new venture, or to expand an old en-

terprise, and who, for that purpose, is

willing to pledge his present estate to

secure the chance.



Don’t cut him off without; a final

chance to redeem by turning another

crop. A century of experience under

the present law justifies it. Don’t throw

away the tried and proven for the

illusory promise. Keep the law as

it is. -



The reader of this article should

write his representative at Lansing,

telling him whether he favors the pres-

ent law or the proposed change.





Probably about one farmer out of

every three in Michigan, is still locat-

ed on mud roads. '



The time is_nea.r at hand when eag-

er eyes should watch for, and a willing

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.ffly, thus destroying thopossibllity of'





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HE average acre yields of oats

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Fertilized Oats on the Left, and Un-

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soils best suited to these crops; by

fellowing the besttillage practices; by





' proper fertilization; and by the con-





trol of diseases.



In the first place, it is important to

control smut in oats. This is done by

the simple formaldehyde treatment of

the seed. The dry method consists in

spraying the chemical on at the rate

of one pint to each fifty bushels of

seed. To do this, place the seed on a

clean barn floor and spray the formal-

dehyde on the oats as they are shovel-

ed over. Cover the oats with a canvas





A for about four hours and then plant or

~ spread the oats out very thin to let

the formaldehyde gas escape, as it may

injure germination.

Michigan conditions are peculiarly

Suited to the profitable production of

Both crops are sensitive





these grains.





 





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'A Field of Barley-that Received an





to soil variations, and even with our

climatic advantages, low yields follow





-. the use of unfavorable soil types for





these crops. They do best on silt and

clay learns. , ‘

Because We have such a variety of

. crop rotations, these spring grains are

sown on soils prepared in various

ways. Oats generally do not require

a deep seed bed, but the entrees should

"be ‘well prepared for the best results.





JGWhere weedsfa‘re plentiful, or crop

- residues, are 'on the field, and p‘a‘rticu- ‘





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the soil may be prepared by disking

alone.



Sow as early as possible. Spring

plowed land should be thoroughly firm-

ed with a roller or cultipacker, partic-

ularly if supplied with plenty of or-

ganic matter; this should be done af-'

ter seeding. Yields will be increased

on acid soils if an application of lime-

stone is made. Seeding legumes after

these grains makes the addition of

lime imperative on acid soils.



It is sometimes questioned whether

or not oats is the .proper crop to fer-

tilize in the rotation. Where a good

application of barnyard manure has

been made on the preceding crops,

oats and barley will respond very well

to an application of acid phosphate

alone. These spring crops often suf— ‘

fer from too much nitrogen, which re-

sults in lodging and loss of grain be-

cause of difficulty in harvesting. O-n

sandy soil a 4420 fertilizer can

used to advantage if no legumes are

grown or manure used in the rotation.

\Vhere manure and legumes are used,

a straight sixteen per cent or twenty

per cent acid phosphate will give the

desired results. On the less fertile of

the heavier loams a 2—16-2 fertilizer

can be recommended, except when ma-

nures have been added, or a legume

sod turned under in the rotation, then

acid phosphate alone can be used. If

the grain crop is to be seeded, a 3—12-4

fertilizer might be advised'to a 4—12-0

mixture. For ordinary soils the fertil-

izers recommended will give good re—

sults when applied at the rate of 200

to 300 pounds per acre.





USING SAME PIPE FOR PUMPING

AND WATER SUPPLY.





 





I am going to put drinking cups in

my barn, and last summer made a cis-

tern in a hill at the side of the barn.

Can I use the same pipe which carries

water to the drinking cups, for forc-

ing the water into the cistern, or will

the extra pressure in pumping cause

the valves to leak?—A. Dorn.



It will not be very satisfactory to

use the supply line to the .. watering

cups for forcing water into the cis-

tern. If the valves are properly ad-





justed to work right when no pumping





 





Application of Complete Fertilizer.





is going on, they will not work right

when the extra pressure is on. This

will‘vary somewhat with the different

types cf watering cups, and it would

be well to take up with the manufac-

turer of these, what the best solution

would be. In general, it' will pay to

run an extra pipe from' pump to supply

'cistern. The cost will be small, and

it will mean‘not only more even op-

eration of the drinking cups, but easier

pumping for the windmill or engine.

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(Continued from page 487).

varieties. It has already been indicat-

ed that the price is high. In small

lots the price varies from $1.00 to $2.00

per plant. hints of 250 or more, the

price is at the rate of sixty cents per

plant. At the recommended planting

distance of eight feet by four feet, it

requires 1,361 plants for an acre, which

means a cost of $816.60. Considering

the cost of the land, planting, plants

and other expenses, the blueberry

grower of selected varieties would be-

gin business with an overhead of be-

tween $900 and $1,000 per acre, 3. fig-

ure altogether too high to be econom—

ically sound. It is almost needless to

gsay'that the prospective grower should

1only purchase as many plants as he

can readily afford, and from these few

iplants develop the plantation.





Blueberry plants are usually shipped

i[with a little earth packed around the

Eroots. Transplanting is not difficult,

Tand a good stand of plants should be

:obtained with ordinary care.





 





Cultural Requirements.



In general, cultural requirements of

Ea blueberry plantation are very, sim-

5ilar to those of the average bush fruit

lplantation. Cultivation should be he

iquent and shallow. “hen the plants

ghecome well established, they will of—

ten benefit by an application of fertil-

,izer. A fertilizer mixture recommend-

{ed by the New Jersey Experiment Sta-

ition, consists of 100 pounds of nitrate

.of soda, 260 pounds of finely ground

'i'ock phosphate or acid phoSphate. 40

:pounds of sulphate of potash. For a

ibearing plantation, 400 pounds of this

limixture per acre should be used.

{Young plantations should probably re-

1ceive about half of that amount. A

3cover crop should be sown about the

imidtlle of August.





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. The pruning, as a rule, should be

Erather light. Young plants are liable

lto form too many fruit buds, and some

iof them will have to be removed to

prevent overbearing. A light thinning

out of the older wood is a good prac-

tice in mature bushes. In View of the

fact that the blueberry plant produces

all of its fruit buds on new wood sim-

ilar to the peach, it is necessary for

the best results to maintain a good

supply‘bf new growth.





At the present time blueberries do

not need to be sprayed.

when large areas of blueberries are

under cultivation, the blueberry mag-

got or some of the minor fungous trou-

bles will become sérious enough to

require systematic spraying.



Harvesting the Crop.



The blueberry has one distinct ad-

vantage at the time of harvesting, in

that the berries will hang to the bush-

es for several days when fully ripe. Of

course, this is a very great advantage

from the picking standpoint, and in

also being able to avoid unfavorable

periods in the market.





As a. good shipping berry, the blue-

berry is practically in a class by itself.



Cultivated blueberries have not been

grown extensively enough, and over a

long enough period of time to furnish

reliable information with regard to

yields. Fromv observations made at

Whitesbog, a plantation in full bearing

might be expected to yield from 2,400

to 3,200 quarts per acre. ' '





Care of Wild Blueberry Plantations.

Scattered all through southern Mich-

igan there are quite a number of geod

wild blueberry plantations. Most of

these would benefit by a little more

care and attention. As a rule, the

bushes found in the average wild bog

are-rfilled with old and dead wood, the

removal of which would no doubt be

There is also much compe-

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POTATO TRAIN.





 





ITH a message of “NotMore But



Better Potatoes,” the four-car

train left the Michigan State College

on March 14 for a two weeks’ trip

over . the Michigan Central Lines

through southwestern Michigan. Trav-

eling over 550 miles through the coun-

ties of Baton, Hillsdale, Branch, St.

Joseph, Cass, Berrien, Van Buren, Kal-

amazoo, Calhoun and Jackson, it se-

cured an attendance of 1,565 persons.





The big white car, which is used ex-

clusively by the New York Central

Lines for agricultural demonstrations

and exhibits, was ably fitted out bY

the members of the farm crops depart-

ment under the direction of Professor

H. C. Moore, with exhibits on potato

diseases and methods of control, form-

ulas for seed treatment, and Bordeaux

spray mixture, and rosults of experi-

mental work with certified seed. and

ordinary seed, cultural practices and

spacing. A portion of the car was

given over to the state department of

agriculture for a grading exhibit,

where standard grades were explained

to the visitors. An exhibit on potato

storage and exhibits of certified seed

completed the story in this car.



In the lecture car, moving pictures,

lantern slides and lectures were given

at each stop by Professor II. C. Moore

and C. M. McCrary, both potato ex-

perts of the Michigan State College.





Certified seed was distributed from

the train in cooperation with the Mich-

igan Seed Potato Growers’ Exchange

to those ‘who took-advantage of the

offer prior to February 15. Over 3,300

bushels .of Certified Russet Rurals and

Certified Irish Cobblers were distrib-

uted to 580 farmers who will conduct

demonstrations under the supervision

of the Michigan State College.





The potato show, held in connection

with the train, also attracted many’

farmers. At each stop farmers brought

in one peck (thirty-two potatoes) to

compete with their neighbors. Local

prizes were offered by different organ-

izations for placings up to fifth place.

The best sample at each stop was

taken along, and at the conclusion of

the trip a sweepstakes prize was

awarded. This prize was won by

George Andrews, of Lawton, with a

peek of Russet Rural potatoes. The

sweepstakes, prize was a silver loving

cup donated by the Michigan Potato

Producers’ Association. '





The men who spoke on the train

emphasized the? necessity of better

practice in potato growing if they were

to compete in marketing. ~ The use of





certified seed was placed first, _then'





seed treatment for the control of scab,

scurf, and blackleg, followed by the

use of Bordeaux ‘spray for blight con-

trol. _ .



The train, the firston its kindin

Michigan, completed its; itinerary on

March 26 at Jackson. The train was

dismantled at the «collegejlast week.

and equipped with an alfalfa exhibit

for northern Michigan, where it is now

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1
7.0USIN ADDIE smiled

‘ nately,” she said, “I am obliged to

rely on my own weak judgment





 

 

 

 





 





fly. I warned the girl, for I did not



llike Clarke personally, though he was

’ ;' {fa model servant. Evidently their at-

{tai-r approached a. crisis for about the

{time the piano was shipped to ,you I

{came upon them in the drawing room.

fishe was crying and he seemed to be

_§.;threatening her. I ended the scene.”

'" “I should hope so!” Mrs. Brown ex-

claimed.



“VVhat did the butler look like?” Bill

'spoke up.



' “Why, in appearance he was rather

tall and dark.”



‘ “Have good teeth?” Bill shot at her.



“Yes; very good.”



“Don’t interrupt again, William,” Ma.

said, and Bill sank back in his chair,

his eyebrows puckered.



g “Did he have a quick smile?” I ask-

ed, for I was also thinking.



“Be quiet, Speck.” Cash said. I was

but my head was working inside.



“It was the next day," Cousin Addie

continued, probably wondering if all

country kids were so inquisitive, “that

I missed my necklace from the wall

'safe. Naturally, being my personal

maid, Mae knew about the safe, so

when shortly after that she resigned

and then dropped completely out of

sight the police suspected her.”



“Did the butle1 leave too?" Bill ask-

ed, sitting up.



"No; he is with me yet."



“Didn’t he have a. day or two off?"



"No. lies; I believe he did. Why

do you ask?”



“Oh, just for fun."

again.



“He reads a great many detective

steiies,” Ma explained



“Demoralizing to youth, " the deacon

scoss led. “Pass the butte1, William.”

Bill shot over the Sugar without com~

ing out of his trance, and I delivered

the butter to save an explosion.



Cousin Addie sipped her tea. -“I

thought she left because of her trou-

ble vs ith Clarke though the failure of

the police to locate 11e1 might seem a

bit suspicious. They traced he1 aboard

a t1ain, I believe but did not learn

vhere she left it.’



“The sly puss!" Mrs.

merited.



“By hoeky!” Cash stiuck the table

so that the dishes shimmied. “Don’t

you folks remember that Mel had or-

ders to arrest this music teacher when





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Bill sank back





Brown com-





she got off the train here? Mel’s sher-

‘ iff, Addie.”

“Then,” she asked sharply, “why





wasn’t it done?"



“Well,” Cash stopped to remember.

“There was no name mentioned in

Mel’s orders, as I take it. Just said

to arrest a young lady of a certain

description on a certain train. But

when the young lady showed up there

was a feller to meet her, a mighty

nice young feller from town here. He

swore up hill and down that she was

his cousin come to give piano lessons.

Guaranteed her in every way. Mel’s

pretty easy-goin’ anyway. but he could

not very well arrest he1 after that.

So he telegraphed the police who had

teleg1aphed him that no criminal had





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got off the train. But, by hoeky, she

must have been the one.” " . _



“Obviously.” Cousin Addie took an-

other sip of tea. “And who is this

young man?"



“Name’s Jim Bell.

tellers in the world."



“Supposed to be an excellent char-

acter,” said the deacon.



“Thought to be an upright young

man,” said Mrs. Brown.



“But not Mae Dirkin’s cousin,” said

Cousin Addie.



“”Why—why, Cash stuttered,

erybody supposes so.”





“ev-





leL and I swapped kicks under the



table thereby swearing not to go

back on Jim.



After that the dinner party buzzed





One of the best'





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noticed by any one of the. party.





“While they talk we will act,”,Bill

said in his business voice, as we stop-

ped to button our costs, for the mer-

cury was having another sinking spell.



“What’s on your mind?” I asked.

He walked on with his head down and

after a minute I tried again with,

“What do you think about the case

now?” ' .



“What do you?" he said without

looking up.



I had some sensible-looking ideas of

my own, so I told him, “It’s a sure bet

that Miss Dirkin pinched the neck-

lace.’



“Think so?”



“Yes. And it’s plain enough to see

that Fitzhugh was Cousin Addie’s but-

1er.”





 





 





 





 





 





 





like swarming bees, for there is noth-

ing that will start folks talking like

a myste1y about people they know.

Everybody except Bill and I, who were

strangely silent, had a question of

their own Vl'as Miss Dirkin a thief?

If she was, what was she doing here?





If she wasn’t, what was she doing‘





Why hadn’t she changed her

name? If she was crooked what was

Jim’s object in shielding her? Was

she his cousin? Was he in the game

with her?

one could believe that of him, which

only made the mystery more so. To

ever"ybody s “Vl'hy?” somebody had an

“if,” until the Whole crowd, with the

exception of Cousin Addie, didn’t

know whether they were afoot or

horseback.



Finally the deacon stood up. “This

is a case for the police,” he thundered.

“I advise handing it over to them.”



“Nothing of the kind,” Cousin Addie

squelched him. “I shall see Mae in

the morning and have a talk with her.





here?





.I believe I can tell if she is guilty, for





she is not practiced in deceit and her

emotions will show in her face. If she

is guilty and will return the necklace,

I shall forgive her and close the inci-

dent. If she is obstinate—why, that

is another matter.”





“Very charitable, I am sure,” the

deacon was obliged to admit. “Yet,

if—” and they were off on another ar—

gument.



“Fade to the great open spaces,” Bill

whispered when the bunch took a turn

towa1d the parlor, and dodging into

the hall we scooped up our coats and

caps and slipped outside without being





But, I am glad to say, no.





“He still is. Her being away for the

past week would give him a chance

to come up here on the sly.”



“Which shows,” I said, beginning to

feel a trifle strutty at my own brains,

“that he caught Miss Dirkin swiping

the necklace. He has followed her

here either to bully her into giving

him hush money or to get the neck.

lace itself. Probably he would hop

with it if he got it. or he might return

it for the reward. Anyhow, that’s why

Miss Dirkin is. so afraid'of him. That’s

what he meant when he said if he

was jugged she would go with him.”



In spite of the cold, Bill began walk-

ing slower, as he always does when

he has something to say. “That’s all

right as far as it goes,” he agreed, “but

what has it to do with piano legs?”



“Piano legs?”



“Yes; piano legs.”



“Why, nothing.”



He nodded as though satisfied. “You

have a policeman’s intellect, Watson,”

he said, smiling as he imagined Sher-

lock used to smile, “a typical Scotland

Yard brain.”



“Come off your perch and let’s do

something about this,” I advised him.



WC were at the corner. “Take the

right hand turn,” he said. “A walk in

the country will do us good this even-

ing.”



“You’re dippy,” I said, as I followed

him down the cross road. I could see

that he was tremendously excited and

I believe'he was the happiest person

in the world just then.



“Yes,” he repeated, “a policeman’s

mind. “You don’t think things

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for a row of Egyptian ash cans.“ That

was more natural. "“You know that

from the first this has been a case, of

Piano legs. You and I and, lately Jim;

have 'been the biggest slips in the

world not to think more about them.”



“About piano legs? Suffering cats,





it’s all we have talked about for a' ‘





month.”

. “That’s the trouble, we’ve done noth-





ing with our heads but make a noise.





Now listen and I’ll

resume—3’ f p

, “No you won’t, not till I know what:

it is.”



“A ray-zoom—ay is a—”



“Yes, I know now, it’s.a kind of

soup.”



“Naw, that’s con-soom-ay. This one

means to tell in a few words how‘ a

thing happened." '



“Shoot.”





give .you a'





ELL, this is the slant I have on



it. Fitzhugh swiped the neck-

lace. Before he could get away with

it he heard someone coming. A but-

le-r’s tog ' you know, don’t have any

big poc s so he had to find a place

to hide it. The piano was being pack-

ed to send to Rupert. The legs had

been taken off to be packed separately.

He dropped the necklace into one of

them to hide it fora minute. Miss

Dirkin entered and called him away

on an errand. When he got back the

piano was packed and taken away.

Pretty soon the necklace was missed.

He threw out a hint that made the

police suspect Miss Dirkin, then he lit

out to find the freight car that had

the piano. He found» it and. was try-

ing to split the leg opmhen he

was scared off by trainmen. You re~

member the railroad officials said the

car had been broken into, and we saw

the damaged leg.’



“But, hold on,” I said, beginning to

get excited. “Why did he have to

split the leg?”



“I don’t know.. Probably the neck-

lace stuck in it beyond his reach. Any-

way, he was scared off seshe came on

here and pretended to be a claim agent

so he could get the leg. He got it,

but Gilly mixed the legs by accident

and he carried away the wrong one.

He found it out just before he get of

the train and was so mad he left it

there. The railroad people knew

where it belonged, because the dea‘

con’s name was on it ”



“And that is the leg we sold to Pete

La France!” I cried.

“That’s what.”

“Holy bullfrogs!



in Julie’s piano?”



“Maybe. We ’11 know in a minute,

f01 were almost there.”



We had started to run, When I

caught his arm and pulled him down.

“But Miss Dirkin must know about it

or she wouldn’t be so interested in.

piano legs,” I pointed out.





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eaid, and began to run again.





, Inside of a minute we were rapping 'Z

‘ jo‘n Pete’s door. We pounded and yelled





but got no answer except from the dogs

in the barn. Then it\occurred to us





that Pete and Julie had probably gone'





to church and wouldn’t be home until

there was no Catholic





five miles to the nearest one and make

a day of it with friends. But we were

not in a frame of mind to be stopped.

Call us housebreakers if you want to,

but we pried up a window and went

in. We lit a lamp and gasped, for

there stood the piano on three legs

while the other leg, the damaged one,

lay on the floor. Beside it lay a big

cork like those used in thermos bot-

tles. Bill picked it up and fitted it

into the hollow part of the leg. It slip-

ped down about five or six inches and

was tight. I had felt it with my fing-

ers that day in the freight car, but

never. guessed what it was.



“Whoever stole the necklace corked

it in here so it wouldn’t show if any-

one happened to look 1n ” Bill said.

“Lucky there was a cork handy. Fitz-

hugh couldn’t pull the cork so he tried

to split the leg.”



“Then he must have put it there

himself, ” I said, my heart jumping at

a chance to clear Miss Dirkin



“it was pulled out with a cork screw

this time,” Bill. said. “Whoever did it

came prepared. Let’s look around and

see how they got in.”



We did, and on the other side of the

house found a. loose window that could

be opened from the outside. Raising

the sash, I leaned out with )he lamp





. and saw in the snow a woman’s tracks

Something





leading toward the road.

told us they were Miss Dirkin’s.



“She has got the necklace and

gone,” Bill cried. “It’s up to us to

head her ofl."





CHAPTER XIV.





HERE was no doubt of it, she had

found the necklace at last and

skipped with it.



Bill rubbed his hands as he looked

at the tracks in the snow. “The Boy

Detectives are still hitting on all six,”

he said. “You guessed that she pinch-

ed it from the safe, and I figured that

it was in a piano leg.”



“Gosh!” I gasped, closing the win-





dow. “Think of those diamonds bump-,





ing around the country by freight and

finally settling down here in Pete’s

house. What if they had stayed for

years, until someone bought the old

piano and cut it up for- firewood! It

is like a fairy tale.”



“Makes a good story,” Bill agreed.

,“B'ut there’ll be time for that later on.

VLet’s put this leg back in place, for

until things are cleared up it may be

as well not to have Pete wondering too

much what has happened.”



In two minutes .we had the jewel

case leg where it belonged, then we

doused the lamp and slipped out the

window. ‘ _



“Now'let’s tell Mel,” I said.



“Why Mel?”



“Because he’s the sheriff.”



“Cousin Addie wants to see Miss





' Dirkin first. "





“That’s right, she did say so,” I re-

membered. “It’s her business, so let’s

tell her quick. We’ re sort of respon—





‘ sible for those diamonds now, add I





don’t like the 'idea.”



Bill sighed. “I suppose there’s no

other way, but gee, Speck, I’d like to

hand over. that necklace to Cousin Ad-

die myself. That’s the way detectives





."do; , .There’ s no thrill in this.” .

, “Co '9 on and quit your mooning, ” I





in Addie was.





diamond necklace with her, and that





.We going to get that necklace?”





the depot-road thinking ate come into ‘i S. f

the village from that side, which was 3





nearer the deacon’ s house where Cous-

At the place where we

hit the read there was an old stump

fence overgrown With bushes and drift-

ed' high with snow." .We had climbed

up and were perished on the. stumps

just ready to jump off, when a team

came around the bend. It was Jim and

his stage rig, and on the seat beside

him was Miss Dirkin. Her. suit cases

were in the back. He was taking her

to the late train.



We just stood there and gaped while

they passed, for, though we acted like

ninnies, we .knew that she had the





Jim, the poor lov esick fish, was help-

ing her to make a getaway without

knowing it





“After ’em!” Bill cried, when they

had disappeared down the road and

we had come to again.



“We can’t take the necklace away

fromher,” I said,‘ as I jumped into the

snow after them. ' “Jim, would fight for

her even against us.” -





“Can’t help it,” Bill answered, smash-

ing his way toward the road. “There’s

no time to go to the village for help

and get back to the depot before the

train comes. It’s up to us, if we have

to follow her on the train and get the

conductor to help us.” And he seemed

real cheerful about it.





Of course, the sensible thing would

have been for one of us to have legged

it to the village, while the other fol-

lowed to the depot, but, like most peo-

ple, we didn’t think sensible thoughts

when we most needed them. So we

both headed down the road with the

throttle wide open. When We came

in sight of the railroad lights we slow-

ed down to a walk and tried to think

what was best to do. _ I don’t know

how Bill felt, for he was mum, but it

struck me that we were in 'a peculiar

boat. How could we walk into the de-

pot and demand the diamond necklace

of Miss Dirkin? She would deny ever

having seen it, and if we tried to ex-

plain things to Jim, and reached the

point of calling her a thief, he would

chase us out. Even if, by some mir-

acle we» convinced Jim, it would be

more like highway robbery than the

rules of etiquette for three fellows to

hold up and search a girl in a lonely

station at night. For the chances were

that no one 'else would be there, as

the depot master went home at six,

leaving the waiting room unlocked,

and with a fire and lights in case any-

one happened along. The stage driv-

er, who was either Jim or the man he

worked for, came down to meet the

last train and get what mail was

thrown off. .





Ye s, I was stumped, and Bill must

have been more or less so, for he fell

in with my suggestion to take a look

through the window and see how the

land lay before we ambled in. It was

quiet enough inside. Jim and Miss

Dirkin stood by the stove, he was talk-

ing in a low voice, and every few

words she shook her head. Once he

tried to take her hand, but she drew

away and he went on talking.





“He’s ready to die for her,” Bill

whispered sizing things up. “He won’t

believe our story How in blazes are‘





“Listen!" I whispered back, for I

had caught the click-click of a horse

that over-reaches. And that horse was

coming fast, mighty fast. In a mo-

ment it was in sight—a big bay horse

and a yellow sleigh. Fitzhugh! We

crouched in the shadow of a baggage

truck and watched him approach in

the cold moonlight. He swung up to

the platform and without stopping to

hitch or blanket, hopped out and en-

tered the depot. ,W‘e popped up to the

window, for something worth watching

might happen.





 





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F Henry Brown had been a prac-

I tical man it probably never would

have happened. But. nobody ever

' accused Father Brown of being

practical. When he wanted to do a

thing he did it, practical or impracti-

cal, and all the family down to Little

Joe had got Used to it. Mother Brown

was the practical one, but Father was

the head of the house, and being a dip-

lomat, Mother Brown confined her

“bossing” to making things come out

the way she wanted, when she wanted

them real badly; by a- secret p1ocess

all her own. I think most women and

girls will know what is meant

' So Mother Brown who is really

Helen, although Little Joe insists she

is “Mom,” might have prevented it if

she had wanted to do so But the

facts are that Mother Brown is just a

girl “growed ..’up Mystery and r1}

malice still thrill her. Adventure calls.

And there was no disputing that mys-

tery and adventure was waiting at the

House of the Lone Oak.



“11y tall Hal and curly- haired Beth,

just at the age of romance and ad-

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Write us and we will write you.” That

was enough to excite anyone’s curios-

ity. 'Beth took it straight to Hal, and

as you might expect a boy to do, he

“pooh-poohed” the whole idea. But

Mother Brown was interested at once.

“Write them,” she said, and so Beth

did. In a few days back came a letter.



To begin With, there was two hun-

dred acres of land. most of it woods

and pasture, and the price was three

thousand dollars, of which one thou-

sand could .be paid in cash. There

was a big old house in need of repair,

and some outbuildings. There was a

creek in the pasture, too. But Beth,

to whom the letter was addressed,

skipped over all that introductory. It

was the closing paragraph that caused

Beth to call Mother Brown and shout

from the door to Hal that he should

come, too And that paragraph was

enough to interest anyone who knew

real. estate agents because not all of

them are sworn to tell “the truth, the

whole truth and nothing but the truth”

when they try to‘make sales.



“If you are afraid of pirates,” said

the letter, “you will not be. interested

in buying the House of the Lone Oak.





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thrilled tolthe stories of pirates and

treasure in books was alm0st as much

excited. Even Little Joe, big for his

age, but the pet of the family, was

keen to go adventuring. The whole

Brown family just tingled from head

to toes. And they had. a 1eason to

tingle, too.



You see it was this way: Father

wasn’t practical but he could breed

and train race horses that could clip

under the wire a length ahead of any-

thing ever ente1 ed at the Clark county

fair It was when Flying Fox had

won and been sold for a round thou-

sand dollars that \Iother Brown set

hgr tfoot down hard and delivered an

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“Henry,” said Mother Brown, “all

my life I’ve lived in a house. Now I

want a home. We can take that

thousand dollars and pay it down on

a farm in the hill country, quit being

renters and live in a home of our own.

You get busy now and answer some

of the advertisements wheie they will

take a thousand down for improved

land. We can’t afford to buy this

high-priced“farm land in Clark county.

We’ll have to move to the hills.” Now

as this was the first time that Mother

Brown had really tried to “boss, ”

something had to be done -



It was really Beth who started the

quest, and so we might well give Beth

praise or blame for all that followed.

‘Beth had been reading the advertise-

ments in the farm papers and found

little to get excited about until at the

tail end'of the very last one she found

its: “There are some things about



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But if you are not afraid, and wish to

seek the treasure chest which goes

with the farm. read on.” Pirates on a

hill farm a thousand miles from the

ocean! And a treasure chest to be

had for the seeking! Even that name,

“The House of the Lone Oak,” spelled

mysteiy Right there Hal became a

convert.





This is the first installment of the

adventures of the Brown Family. Fol-

low the series and learn more about

the Treasure Chest. The second in-

stallment will appear next week.





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ET me say first of all, that I am



not an expert on flowers, nor



even a gardenerwunless you ac-

cept as the definition of gardener,

“anyone that loves growing things.”

But, a man or woman doesn’t need to

be an expert to change a dump into a

flower garden. '



To get to my story, it was five years

ago that my partner “for better or for

worse,” and l—both with the blood of

several generations of farmers in us—

decided to shake the city apartment

house dust from our feet and live with

green grass around us.



But our new home, not far from the





city, was not surrounded by green

grass, we found out to our sorrow,

when the rains of spring came. The





only vegetation was on the labels of

empty tin cans, and the soil was ashes

and bottles.





The last Tuesday in_April that year ‘





was Rubbish Day, am by diligence

and perseverance we had collected for

the rubbish cart three barrels of tin

cans, bottles and trash, and a good

load of coal ashes.



When the clean-up was over and we

discovered the soil, it really didn’tlook

so bad. We took no chances, however.

When the neighbors began raking the

leaves from the fence corners, and got

ready to burn them, we were right

there to stop the conflagration. Those



-‘ leaves were spread on our back lot

and turned under. Along with .the

leaves went several loads of spent sta-

ble manure from a trucker’s hotbed

frames.



The first thought in our minds was

to put in some tall growing flowers to

shut off the View of adjoining back





lots—some of which. still bore a crop

of cans and ashes. The flower books

suggested sunflowers, but I balked at

that; sunflowers were a farm crop on

the farm where I spent my boyhood,

and it was only by a bold stretch of

the imagination that I could call them

flowers. well, we decided to use hol-

lyhocks, and so we planted a row of

these around the back lot, just as

close to the adjoining lots as we dared.

Rather than wait a. year for flowers,





urns Dump'Into Flowers





Planting amid a Little Care Tfley Are Made to Cover Multitude of Sim





nasturtiums, petunias and low-growing

flowers, and set out some pansy plants.



Our final aim was to get as many

perennial flowers as possible into the

fringe around the back lot, and we

wanted to plant the perennials in the

fall. We were all summer planning

how the perennials should be grouped

in front of the hollyhocks, and as soon

as the annual flowers were gone in

October, we ordered our collection of

perennial plants and set to work. The





 





Many a Dump or Unsightly Place in the Back Yard Can be Made to Look

Like This.





we drove out to a fruit farm a few

miles away and got about a hundred

plants, with the dirt on, for only a few

cents a plant.



In front of these, we decided to plant

annual flowers the first year, so as to

have blooms without waiting a whole

year. Nearest the hollyhocks we put

cosmos, in front of that zinnias, then

asters, and down in front we planted





Spring F caturcs





ADAME FASHION has revolted.



She has declared that for this



season, at least, she will not be

dominated by the sport frock mode.

As a result, milady will step forth at

Easter time decked in frills and furbe-

lows. Unqualified emphasis is placed

on feminine frocks designed in many

soft and gracious types.



We can supply you with patterns for

these. new spring designs at thirteen

cents each. Address your orders

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Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.



No. .750—Sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and

46 inches bUSt measure. The 36-inch

size requires 2% yards of 40-inch ma-

terial with 7/8 contrasting.



No. 753—Particu1arly Pleasing. Siz-

cs 16, 18 and 20 years, 36, 38, 40 and

42 inches bust measure. The 36-inch

size requires 3 yards of 36-inch mate-

rial with % yard contrasting.



No. 692—Slenderizing Lines. Sizes

36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust

measure. The 36-inch size requires





 





plants were put in the border infor-

mally, the taller-growing plants, such

as lupines and golden glow in the

background, then the Chrysanthemums

and phlox, then the coreopsis, colum-

bine, etc., down to the lower-growing

stokesia, cowslip,‘etc., in the fore-

ground next to the grass as a border.



We had flowers that first summer

from the annuals~lots of flowers.





There was scarcely. a day that we did

not have flowers for the table. But,

the annual flowers take quite a bit of

care—«you have to plant them all over

again each year. With perennials, once

planted, always planted. Every few

years it is necessary'to divide some

of the clumps, but that is not much

work. It is when the clumps need

dividing that you can hand a. few

plants to the eager neighbor who is

hungry for flowers and doesn’t know

how to satisfy his appetite. Or, if the





neighbor doesn’t want them, and if ,





you don’t want to make new plantings,

you can sell the extra plants. It is an

excellent source of pin money for the





- housewife.





The front part of the yard we

put in grass, and it will stay in grass.

The same for the back lot, except that

border around the edge. It supplies

us with flowers all summer.





HOME DIscokFfiEs.





0 keep my spools of thread in or-



' der in my sewing basket, I run a

knitting needle through the bottom of

the basket, string the spools of thread

on it and then run it out the other

side. In this way I can always find

the color of thread that I want. —Mrs.

R. .V. D.





Baby’s crocheted bonnet became yel-

lowed, and before putting it into use

as a hand-me—down, I boiled it in a.

strong neutral soap solution, with

enough bluing added to make the solu-

tion the color of the regular bluing

water. After putting it through the

regular washing process, it was as

white as when new—Mrs. F. L.





Pleats and Bows





3%, yards of 40-inch material.



No. 744——Girlish Model. Sizes 6, 8,

10, 12 and 14 years. The 8-year size re-

quires 1% yards of 40-inch material

with 14 yard contrasting.



No. 745—Sizes 8, 10,. 12, 14 and 16

years. The 8-year size requires 21/;

yards of 40-inch material.



No. 733—Sizes small,

large. The medium size requires 2

yards of 40inch material with 6%

yards of binding.



No. 724— Sizes 16,18 years, 36,38,





medium and





 





 





 





 





 





40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure.

The 36 mch size requires 3% yards of

32-inch material.



No. 736—~Youthful. Sizes 16, 18, and

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

bust measure. The 36inch size re-

quires 27/8 yards of 40-inch material

with 1% yards contrasting. '



No. 7‘524—Sizes 16, 18 and 20 years,

36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust meas-

ure.’ The 36 inch size requires 2%

yards of 40—inch material with 1,6 yard

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EVEN years ago there was a family



with. six children» which went to

pieces and the children were scatter-

ed. Before the final breaking up of

the family, however, Alice was given

away by her mother at the age of six.

Evidently, the choice of the foster

home was. an unfortunate one, as

events which followed.

Complaints came in from time to time

over a period of years, that themoth-

or was cruel to this child, but the

facts were hard to substantiate. Fin-

ally, however, .a petition was made by

the school authorities . and the child

was removed from the home. Abun-

dant evidence was given of abuse and

cruelty. She had even been struck

with a hammer and some ribs broken.

Of course, the child was in a run-down

physical condition when received from

the court by theMichigan Children’s

Aid Society. That was about a year

ago. ’ '



Today we see an attractive child

with auburn hair. Excellent health has

come as a result of abundant and Wise

feeding. She is a happy person, easy

to .get along with, and well liked by

her associates. To cap it all, her in-

telligence quotient is 103. She is prov-

ing to be a child of more than average

possibilities for the future.



Here, then, is Alice, a promising girl

of thirteen, competent to respond to

the best that a good home can give

her, and certain to bring happiness and

completeness - to the family that

chooses to share its life with her, and

still she is waiting for just the right

home to open its door. Those inter-

ested in this child, or other similar

children now waiting for homes, may

address the Children's Aid Society, in

care of the Michigan‘ Farmer, Detroit,

Michigan.





 





DON’T TAKE HOUSECLEANING

TOO SERIOUSLY.





 





ELDOM do I try to do any house-

cleaning on Monday. Instead, I

prepare as much food as will keep





aniount (if effort.





axle"

is summoned to- my «rescue during

housecleaning campaign, and I find

that mince pie, brown bread and gin-

ger cookies keep well. Then, if there

is no unexpected company, I am free

to clean for about four days. But if

guests do arrive,* the baking is done

and I am usually tired enough to sit

down and visit awhile.





In any case, I quit on Friday, and





 





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have Saturday free to bake and pre-[





pare for Sunday. Then I am not too

tired to go to church “because I clean-

ed house so late'Saturday night.”



And, by the way, if the club meets,

or there is a party or an Aid dinner

when I am in the midst of my clean-

ing, I don’t always stay, at home. If

possible, I drop everything and go. I

can clean faster when I get back, and

if there happens to be no more days

coming, I won’t need any more clean-

ing done—Mrs. E. M. A.





 





HOME-MADE WALLPAPER

CLEANER.





 





Somewhere I have seen a recipe for

making wallpaper cleaner at home.

Can you tell me how to do this?—

Mrs. G. L.



Mix one cup of flour with one cup

of water, three teaspoonsful of vine-

gar, four teaspoonsful ammonia, and

one teaspoonful of carbon oil. Cook

this mixture until it thickens, stirring

constantly. When cool, work into

small balls and rub the paper with it,

always using downward stroke.





 





TO CLEAN VARNISHED WALL-

PAPER.





 





F Mrs. D. J. D. will use ammonia in



place of soap when washing her var-

nished wallpaper, she will have good

success. L'se about one tablespoonful

to two quarts of warm water. This

solution is also good to clean varnish-

ed woodwork—Mrs. D. O. D.





 





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Twenty Tales from Timberland

fitter Change: Hi: Mind—No. 14





cup, he curled himself up for a

nice long nap. .



“I’ll fool that lazy fellow,”

said the Sun. So he shone as brightly

as he could and divided Pitter into

many tiny particles and carried him

up into the sky again.



Very soon Pitter became a big rain-

drop once more. One day as he was

napping in a big cloud, he was awak-

ened by being rudely shaken. Opening

his eyes, there was his friend Patter.



“Wake up, you lazy fellow, and come

with us,” called Patter.





WHEN Pitter fell into the acorn





 





“oh, Mel. 565, My! Look Out!"

' Shouted Pitter.





,“I ”don’t want to. I’m comfortable

right here in this big cloud," answered

Pitter sleepily.



“Aw,. come on,’.' coaxed Patter and

his Raindrop friends. But” Pitter just

closed 11.18. 93565 and started off to sleep

again:- 1“ 1'"; 1E 5 3-: .' . ,

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drop friends. He suddenly twisted

himself half way around and Pitter and

Patter and all the little Raindrops

went tumbling down to earth.



“011, me! Oh, my! Look out!" shout-

ed Pitter as they neared the earth.

“That something will get us.” It was

only a little fish who had flopped out

of the water to greet the Raindrops.



“Oh, don’t be afraid,” assured Pat-

ter. “That’s only a fish. We saw lots

of them on our last trip.”



Then the little Raindrops went ker-

splash into the little brook. Pitter and

Patter fell right on the fish’s tail and

were carried down to the bottom of

the creek.



“It’s nice and cool down here,” said

Pitter. “See, the little pebbles are so

sparkling and bright. It’s even better

than napping in the cloud.”



Patter only smiled as the brook car-

ried them along very fast. They were

busy dodging the stumps and rocks

and the little pools so that'they would

not be left behind. But as they ran,

they saw sparkling stones and pearly

shells, queer little fishes and frogs,

and clumsy little pollywogs. Sometimes

they would have-glances of the green

grasses and pretty flowers that grew

by the bank of the brook.



Finally the brook joined the river,

and then the river carried them on to

the ocean.



“Patter, .Patter! Look, look,” shouts

ed Pitter aswthey,were riding the crest

of a big wave. »



“Just like the one I saw before," an-

swered Patterxas the big ship sailed

out of sight. . '



“I’m never ‘ going to be so lazy

again,". replied Pitter, as they journey-

ed down to the bottom of the sea to

see more sights. “I’ve. decided that

it’s more fun to work :‘a little."





 

 





 

 





 





 





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6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years.

size requires 2 yards at 36-inch mate—

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WELL-BALANCED CHICK RATION.





 





O paraphrase the old saying about



the twig and the tree, one might

say that, “as the chick is fed, so will

the pullet be inclined—to lay or not

to lay.”“



If we take it for granted that a

strong husky chick has been hatched,

and that proper brooding methods

have been observed, much of a. pul-

let’s record as a layer will depend up‘

on whether the chick has been fed a

balanced ration, the quality of the ra-

tion, and how fed.



The breeding back of a chick is also

of considerable importance, but even

though it has a high egg-production

ancestry, a. pullet will not be able to

give full evidence of its good breeding

if it has not been properly fed and

developd as a chick. The ration must

be one that contains all the food ele-

ments required for a rapid, even

growth of flesh, bone and feathers.



There is but one best chicken ra-

tion. There are many that produce

very satisfactory results. Some poul-

try raisers prefer to buy ready-mixed

feed. If purchased from reputable man-

ufacturers, these feeds can be depend-

ed upon to give good results. Other

poultry raisers prefer to mix their own

meshes, with a. consequent saving in

cost. This method will do very well

if one is sure about the quality of the

mash ingredients purchased. Quite of-

ten the quality of these various feeds

varies considerably.



One farm woman who has been very

successful in rearing chicks, with a.

low percentage of mortality, starts

them out after they are from forty-

eight to sixty hours old, with a drink

of sour milk, after which they are giv-

en their first feed, consisting of rolled

oats and hard boiled eggs mixed with

a. little fine sand. After the first feed

the sand. is omitted.



On the second day the chicks are

given their first taste of the mash ra-

tion, which is mixed on the farm.

This ration consists of:



' Ground yellow com, 80 pounds.



Standard wheat middlings (shorts),

10 pounds.



Wheat bran, 10 pounds.



Oil meal, five pounds.



Bone meal, 5 pounds.



Pearl grit, 5 pounds.



Fine salt, 1 pounds.



One teaspoon of cod liver oil to each

mash. .



The second day’s feed consists of

the rolled oats and hard boiled eggs,

mixed with just a small percentage of

the mash. This is fed five times each

day, and only as much as the chicks

will clean up in about ten minutes.

Sour milk is before“ them all the time

after the first day.



The amount of mash in the mixture

is increased each day until at the end

of the fifth day the chicks are fed

mash, sour milk, and what green feed

is available. After three weeks the

chicks have the mash before them at

all times.



The above mash ration contains the

grain necessary for good thrifty

growth, the minerals we now know the





 





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chick must have for proper develop-

ment, and the cod liver oil to prevent

leg weakness in case the chicks do not

receive sufficient direct sunlight or ul-

tra violet rays through glass substitute

windows—W. C. Muilenburg.





CORN BREAD FOR POU‘LTS.





ONE of the old standbys for feeding

young turkeys, is’ corn bread com-

posed of three parts corn meal and





_ one part bran. This Can be mixed with,





either water or milk, and then belted





 





rather hard.





iron feeding. tothe young-thwarts. easier.





It is then crumbled {up "





 

 





milk can be given ‘as a. drink, and “this





seems to help in preventing losses

from blackheed. The use. of the sour

milk promotes rapid growth and in-





creases the vigor of the ‘poults, and.





that in turn makes them more‘resisté

ant to all digestive disorders.





Poults should not be fed sloppy

meshes. They are naturally seed eat.-

ers, and will not do as well as chicks

on wet meshes. It is best to feed the

crumbly corn bread in the dry‘stat'e,

as if it were fine scratch grain.





 





WANT MORE HELP ON POULTRY.





WNERS of the poultry demonstra-



tion farms in the Upper Peninsula.

ask that a full-time poultry specialist

be assigned to that section of the state.

The owners of the Cloverland flocks

feel that the poultry interests there

have become important enough to need

a. * resident specialist to supervise

further expansion of the industry.





WHEAT VS. BY-PRODUCTS.





Why do colleges recommend bran

and middlings in poultry rations when

wheat costs about the same and is

richer in protein?———H. C. W.



There is no reason why ground

wheat is not just as satisfactory for

poultry feeding as bran and middlings.

but where used to replace them we

would suggest grinding 150 pounds of

wheat and adding fifty pounds of bran

to replace the 100 pounds of bran and

100 pounds of middlings in the aver-

age mash—C. M. Ferguson.





BLEEDING comes.





N reply to A. M. P. inquiry of March



19, in regard to Leghorns bleeding

from combs until it caused death,

would say I had the some trouble this

winter. I had 117 of the finest Leg-

horn pullets I ever had. They were

laying heavy, and, of course, I was

feeding quite a. variety of feed, such

as cornmeal, corn wheat, and their

mash contained steam bone meal and

meat scrap. They were getting green

feed and all the milk they could drink.

They had been doing fine. We started

feeding a. bushel of sweet. clover chaff

every day or so. First thing I knew,

I had about two dozen bleeding from

the combs. When they would go to

the pail for water they would bleed

until the water was red. The other

hens did not. seem to bother them. My

coop was finished with wall board, and

in a few days the wall behind the

roost was covered with blood. They

would bleed until they could scarcely

walk, and combs and wattles. were

perfectly white. I lost just. one. I made

up my mind it was the sweet clover

chaff, took it away entirely, and have

had no trouble since—Mrs. G. L. Pang.

born.





POU LTRY PARAGRAPHS.





 





URING the period it has taken for

population to double itself in the





United States, the production of poul- 7





,try products. has increased four times

itself, according to figures by the U.

S. Department of Agriculture. This

seems to justify the contention by

many that‘ the poultry business is

about to be overdone in this country.

Still, the export business in poultry

and eggs remains to be developed, and

there is the possibility of increased

home demand before the business is

liable to reach »a stagnated stage. Re-

member, too, that. the competent per-

son always has a, chance, as witness





the hog and cattle men who have come f 7

through the lean years; whenlee‘sj ems "'
' losing their little chicks with White





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Remarkdble Experience of Mrs.

C. M. Bradshaw in Prevent-

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The following letter will no doubt be

of utmost interest to poultry raisers

who have had serious losses from

White Diarrhea. We will let Mrs.

Bradshaw tell of her experience in

her own words:





“Dear Sir: I see reports of so many





Diarrhea, so thought I would tell my

experience. I used to lose a great many

from this cause, tried many remedies

and Was about discouraged. As a last

resort I sent to the Walker Remedy

Co., Dept. 507, Waterloo, Iowa, for

their Walko White Diarrhea, Remedy.

I used two 50c packages, raised 300

White Wyandottes and never lost one

or had one sick after giving the medi-

cine and my chickens are larger and

healthier than ever before. I have found

this company thoroughly reliable and al-

ways get the remedy by return "mail.—

Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw, Beaconsfield,

Iowa.”





 





Cause of White Diarrhea





White Diarrhea is caused by micro-

scopic organisms which multiply with

great rapidity in the intestines of dis-

eased birds and enormous numbers are

discharged with the droppings. Read-

ers 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 for the first two

weeks and you won’t lose one chick

where you lost hundreds before. These

letters prove it:





 





Never Lost a Single Chick





Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek,

Ind., 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 Diar-

rhea, but it gives the chicks strength

and vigor; they develop quicker and

icather earlier.” ,





 





Never Lost One After First Dose





Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah,

Iowa, writes: “My first incubator

chicks, when but a few days old, began

to die by the dozens with White Diar-

rhea. I tried different remedies and

was about discouraged with the chick-

en business. Finally, I sent to the

Walker Remedy Co., Waterloo, Iowa,

for a box of their Walko White Diar-

rhea Remedy. It’s just the only thing

for this terrible disease. We raised

700 thrifty, healthy chicks and never'

lost a single chick after the first dose.”





 





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We will send Walko White Diar-

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postage prepaid—so you can see for

yourself what a wonder-working rem-

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chicks. So. you can prove—as thou-

sands have proven—that it will stop

your losses and double, treble, even

quadruple your profits. Send 50c for

package of Walko (or $1.00 for extra

large box)—give it in all drinking

water andwatch results. You’ll find

you won’t lose one chick where you

lost dozens before. It’s a positive fact.

You run no risk. We guarantee to

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1 poultry heuse—in theory. - But there



is no use to waste the pullets just to-

prove‘ a theory, and then fall.

the so~called fresh air houses we have

tried have been just about as cold in

' cold weather as the outside tempera-

ture. Straight-thinking poultrymen who

are more interested in full egg baskets

than in proving a theory, are building

their houses tighter, trying out differ-

ent types

and some are





   

 

 





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All of





of ventilating equipment,

introducing artificial

heat. We failed with artificial heat

during the middle west gas boom, but

at that time we knew nothing, practi-

cally, of either ventilation or egg mak-

ing rations.



Proper ventilation and artificial heat

within reasonable and easily controlled

limits may solve the problem of damp-

ness in thepoultry house. We hear a.

lot about dry poultry houses, how to

build and maintain them, and so on,

but if you stop to think, you will re-

member that any time during a wet,

rainy or foggy spell, your own dwell-

ing house will become damp and mus-

ty, unless it has some heat to dry out

the incoming air. Walk into a home

that has not been in use for a week

of continued damp weather, and it has

a damp feel—almost soggy sometimes,

no matter how tightly it has been clos-

ed. Poultry houses get the same way,

and when the outside atmosphere is

well saturated, the more difficult it be—

comes to keep the interior of the poul-

try‘house dry. The only way seems

to be to dry out the incoming air.

Moisture thrown off by the fowls adds

to the problem. Of course, proper con-

struction will do much to eliminate

dampness, but not all—VI”. C. Smith.





MIXING COD LIVER OIL FOR

CHICKS.





 





Please give me some information on

how to feed cod liver oil to baby

chicks—G. L.





Cod liver oil can form a larger part

of the Chick’s ration than the hen’s,

without making the ration too expen-

sive, as the amount of feed consumed

per chick is quite small. About four

or five per cent of the total ration gave

good results last year. It can be ad—

ded to the ration when the chicks are

three days old and continued until the

sunshine is abundant and the birds are

on the range most of the day.

One pint of cod liver oil can be mix-

ed with twenty pounds of the starting

mash. The oil is poured over a little

of the mash and worked in thoroughly

and then the mash, moistened with

oil, is carefully mixed through the re-

maining dry mash. Some poultrymen





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charcoal and then mix the charcoal

into the starting mash.



If you are feeding semi-solid milk,

you can mix a pint of cod liver oil into

six pounds of the semi-solid milk and





they wish from boards.





HENS WITH PALE HEADS.





 





hens? .. They are so pale-looking

around their heads. There are streaks

of blood in the droppings. They eat

well and seem lively, but do not lay

as they should. Are these worm symp-





toms ?——S. B.





from any disease which causes an im-

pairment of the circulation. An infes-

tation of worms might devitalize hens

and cause a paleness around the head.

Blood in the droppings might be ’caus-





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intestinal tract. If worms are suspect-

ed, place two per cent tobacco dust in

the laying-mash, or use commercial

worm medicine for the treatment of

individual birds.



' Much sickness among._hens in win-

ter is. caused by digestive disorders,

due to lack of: a balanced ration. One

per cent- of charcoal in the laying-





 





 





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.‘,
The Value of Education





A M 6773/ Cz'rc/erx’ Vze‘wpoiizt





.' AM writing to express my appreci-





: ation for Mrs. RuRal’s letter. I

think it is of real value to the M. C.’s

to have such an opportunity for read,

ing such frankly expressed ideas from

the parents. .



One of the things of which Mrs.

RuRal remarked, I also have noticed,

and that is the saying, “Well, what

did hereducation amount to, any-

way?” In my way of thinking, an ed-

ucation amounts to everything.



I believe a well educated woman is

better fitted to rear children, than one

who has had little or no education.



. There is no. question as to the fact

that a child does inherit some charac-

teristics from its ancestors—but the

question is, to what extent is this car-

ried out? It is not a usual thing for

a child who is born of parents whose

habits are without reproach, whose

morals are high, to be inclined toward

a life of crime.



' If the parents are well educated peo—

ple, they will be able to ‘train their

children in such a way as to make

them useful, law—abiding citizens in

times to come. They will be able to

teach their children from childhood

to love and appreciate good books and

music. They will be able to form good

habits in the child, which, if neglected,

might never be formed, and above all,

they will learn to understand and love

their children so that they may be a

help and not a hindrance when helping

them to choose their life work.



”A good question for the M. C.’s to

discuss might be: “Which is the great-



est factor in one’s characteristics and





morals—heredity, or environment?”



Personally, I believe environment is.

But even an education is necessary if

a. parent will provide environment

which will lead the child to form good

wholesome habits.



Every generation owes the coming

one some things which can only be se-

cured by heredity. For example, good

eyesight, free use of limbs, etc. But,

if a person is not taught from child-

hood to cherish and take care of these

natural gifts, I forsee a time when a

generation of blind, dumb, or deaf peo-

ple shall inhabit the earth. It is a

well established fact that people are

gradually losing skill in the use of feet

and legs. Since the invention of auto

mobiles, people seem to forget that

our bodies were made to use, .and not

for idleness. Somewhere—way off in

the distant future—I see a race—for

if what nature provides is not used,

does not nature take away?



You who have studied history will

remember that the ancient Greeks and

Romans were wonderful beings—*phys-

ically. I do not believe in the monkey

kind of evolution. But compare to

day’s physical being with yesterday’s

and it does not seem as if much de-

velopment has occurred. But compare

the mental being of today with that of

yesterday, and, ah! that is where evo-

lution comes in. And it seems to me

that behind all this uniformity of na-

ture there must be some presence———

some great power—to accomplish

such wonderful things. Think it over

folks—there’s a lot to it.—Yours truly,

Azia Tillman, M. C.





The Golden Circle Corner





.7726 Modern Pram





We have all noticed, very likely, sta-

tistics taken to reveal the number of

those killed by automobiles—the num-





ber of those in school—4n college, and .





almost every other item of interest one-

might think of. Yet no one has ever

tried to give a statement of the harm

done by the modern press.



Trashy novels, foul literature, slan-

der, passion stories, and misrepresent-

ations of fact, are a few of the evils

that can be attributed to the modern

press. .



A good book is a good companion

and there are hundreds of good books.

Yet there are thousands of homes in

which one can find one or all of the

above named forms of literature.



Washington and Lincoln are said to

have gained a great part of their early

education from the careful study of a

few good books. Would they have

ever gained any education for their fu-

ture work for America if they had

spent their youth making a study of

trashy novels, of foul literature, of

slander, of passion stories?



Bad .books are bad companions.

Many girls can ascribe their ruin to

the reading of trashy novels. Don’t

say you‘read books of that sort to be-

come fluent in speech. You can ac-

quire that only from real literature.

Reading irreligious material is like

, breathing foul air; it is taken in un-

4, noticed, but shortens the, life, weakens

-’ ithe‘will, ‘and blinds the understanding.

‘1 l’isay that you read trashy novels

"d .fdu! literature to pass the time

flaw "4'18 nonsense. You are wasting

" .2 Literature which doesnot give-

, ‘f ‘keener thought, does not give you»



tier, truer view of life, is trash.





 

 

 





There is no value in it, you draw none

from it. “An evil tree can not bring

forth good fruit.”



Rev. Horace Hughes, student pastor





 





of the Christian Church, declared be

fore the Christian Student Forum, that

the modern newspaper is doing more

to hinder than to help the development

of christian ideals. “The hindrance,”

Rev. Hughes said, “is not intentional,

but it is because more space is devot-

ed to crime and scandal, and putting

before the public a great many things

today that will mean nothing tomor-

row to the development of christian

ideals.”



The misrepresentation of fact by the





modern press is an evil which can not





be denied. Occasionally a letter is

dropped, or a word inserted to please

the public. Some time agoa noted

editor put an article in his paper con-

cerning the Mexican situation. Any

well informed, unbiased American cit-

izen could easily detect his ignorance,

for he knew as much concerning Mex-

ico as Columbus knew of the Ameri-

can naval fleet. Yet many of his less

educated readers take his words in

like a duck takes to water.





,"ll VIC

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Napoleon said four hostile newspa-

pers were more to be dreaded than

an army. Yet the power of the prises

in his day was a puny thing compared

with what we have today.



Slander is the worst form of reading

matter the people tolerate today. Slan-

der against persons, the church, the

government, or whatever it may be,

is nothing short of a criine. Writers,





'who classify themselves as real chris-





tians, who would not steal five cents,

can blacken another’s reputation. Evi-

dently the commandment, "Thou shalt

not steal,” is greater than the one,

“Thou shalt not bear false witness

against 'thy neighbor," in their eyes. ,



Almighty God gave \power to man .

to use the pen to theglory of His

name. The power of the press can be

used likewise, but where it is used to

spread slander, to propagate literature

that is utterly tworthle'ss, to spread

slander against peoples and nations, it

is a misuse of a. given rights—Florence

Rairigh.





 





 





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Dear Uncle Frank:



I guess it is about time for me to

write a‘few lines. I read “Our Page”

every week and find some interesting

letters in there. It seems to me that

The Michigan Farmer ought to come

oftener than it does.



I agree with those who love flowers

and birds, as my mother has a big

garden of flowers every summer.



Another thing I like is about Mary

Wallo going to high school. I hope 5

can get a chance to go, too. I hope all

the M. C.’s will, anyway. I go to the

public school out in the country yet,

but I will soon leave it.———Mary Vloch,

R. 2, Box 70, Carleton, Mich.



I hope that all M. C.’s will be able

to attend high school. I believe it is

necessary to get a greater appreciation

of life. There must be something the

matter with those who do not like





flowers.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Let’s have more “story” and compo-

sition contests, Uncle. After the story

contest print some in the paper and





 





 





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Some of, the Children at Farmingtdn Who Are Enjoying ”the M. C. Radio.





“7E are now ready to get busy again on our Merry Circle Fund.





The





last time we presented a. radio to the Convalescent Home of the Chil-





dren’s Hospital





of Michigan, at Farmington.





These children, and





those_in charge of them, are very much pleased and happy, despite .their

suffering, with this Merry Circle contribution. , '



Recently I got in touch with Miss Margaret 'A. Rogers, superintendent

of the hospital in Detroit, of this same Children’s Hospital of Michigan,

with reference to a radio for their hospital. She writes as. follows: . .



“I am sure: the. children here at the hospital would enjoy a radio such.





as the one you presented to the children at Farmington.





The children





there, as well as the adults, have gotten a great deal of pleasure from it

Sincerely yours, Margaret A. Rogers, Superintendent." ' '





p This hospital and the Convalescent Home of Farmington. are idoing'j,

wonderful work for handicappedchildren. Likethe. samtorium at Howell, ’7





these institutes are open to the children of this state; In its ‘work Titxis





bringing young folks'to a normal usefulness 'whowould; “otherwise haze w .T -‘





go through life in a crip led condition. .





.So let’s have the nici els and the‘dimes roll ‘in,.so that thistime

make record time in. the purchase of; this radio. Th . '

contributorswill be printed. in this department;- .«Don.





~namegin theiist. ' Sends. our money to!!!





Detroit, Michigan-film evFraukw _





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have that week’s contest a criticism of

these stories. I think it helps one to

have their faults and good points pick-

ed out for them, don’t you? I’d rather

answer the merit contests, where val-

ue, not luck, counts. ~



Aren’t surprises nice, though? One

time. I answered a Read-and-Win con-

test, then forgot about it until I re-

ceived a prize.



. Here’s hoping for another composi-

tion contest soon—Your niece, Esther

Wonser.



I like the merit type of contest best,

too, but most M. C.’s seem to prefer

the other kind. I may follow your

story suggestion some time. '





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Dear Uncle Frank:



I’ll tell you something—it’s'funny

enough. Our neighbors, who moved

from the south, didn’t know what good

times we could have with snow. My

brother took skiis and, and I' right

after him, and we went like a streak.-

It’s a wonder I didn’t fall, for I always

do, but I didn’t. Then these neighbor

kids said, “Gee! that’s easy!” We

agreed, although I almost went on my

nose! So we said, “you two try it.”

Sothey did—laugh! Who could help

it? They were white from head to

foot, except their faces, which were

red as beets. I laughed till I sank

down in the snow and had to be pick-

ed up. You never hear them say that

skiing is easy any more. .



I was dared to go coasting, and like

a fool, I went. The snow was as crisp

as crackers. Whew! If I never saw

stars before, I did then. I tried to

stop by striking manure. The hand

sled stopped, but that is no sign that.





I did. I landed about ten feet below.

My poor face was covered with

Scratches. I was laid up for repairs





for about a week. For land sakes,

don’t any of you take a dare if you

got to smash your pretty face—Tom

Marshall.



You had it on your neighbors first,

but they laughed last, didn’t they"?

Your accident just illustrates that af-

ter one gets going he wants to keep





going.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: ' ‘

About prohibition. I work at a. place





« where they’d made “shtuff, shtiflf, unit,”





and -I tasted it, but holy catfish, it sure

made me meow! They have the cut-

est ’lil bby—~—he’s on] four years old—.—

and they let him d nk it. He use to

pat his stomach and'say, “see, I dot a

redular beer‘-‘bellvy.'”~ * . -‘





_' I think this reason that Buddie’ said





‘ there was more. drunkenness now, was ,

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because" nearly all fat it is“ put. i
t . ,w

it





- her. .





oul ~ ) e. ‘ 23h amount;

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-‘ I'm a" country “yap": and: -I like it.

here pretty well; It's nice tostay in

the city, ,too, if you’ve a good. job. ,

I think the essays on 9W hat is,Bem1-;

tiful'” were great, and I think‘ Gull-;

ford’s was the best. _I think my moth-V, .

er “Was beautiful, ’course I look:.like

Ha, ha, conceited, sap, aint I? ‘





But she really wast! .

Say, Uncle Frank, 1f Isend my pic-.





ture, will you print it? . ,

Well, I’ll closer—“The Old Peanut.)





That four-year-old' is getting a. “wet"

education early. I feel sorry “for him.

I like freaks, because they are so dif-

ferent. No need of being afraid of me,

I’m harmless. I'll take. a chance on

printing your picture, especially as you

say. you are goOd-looking.





 





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Dear Uncle Frank: . .



As you wanted to know how I milk- -

ed our kicking cows without having

her kick, I will tell you. First, put a

bridle and lines on her and drive her

around a bit for exercise, drive her

into the barn and take her bridle off

and have a. ring ready to snap into

her nose, then pet her a little, talk to

her. Get a whip and set it up in the

stall, then pet her, but never strike

the cow. Then set down to milk her





 





 

 

 





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latest low prices and get Started with the right stock. Stock of this quality





cheap even at prices [ouch higher than we are asking.





A BIG BREEDING PLANT



Right on our own breeding plant, the largest

of any hatchery in Ottawa County, is where

we blend our Tancred and Barron strains to

produce those big bodied, profitable birds

that are so characteristic of Superior stock.

600'pu11ets are entered this year in official

R. O. P. We are individually pedigreeing

thousands of chicks. Write for complete

information.





SUPERIOR POULTRY FARMS, Inc., Box 359





accredited.





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as quickly as possible. By doing this

way, our cow was never known to

kick—“Windy of Dunningville.”



Some system you have. It would

'take a long time to milk a 'big bunch

of kicking cows. I am not sure that

you are not getting horses and cows

mixed, especially as you mention

bridles, driving, whips, etc.





READ AND WIN.





EVERAL have requested another of

these old reliable contests, so here

we are.



The answers to the questions below

will be found in the~ reading columns

of this issue. Please make your an-

swers as short as possible and give

the number of the page on which you

found the answer. Do not rewrite the

question, but number your answer the

same as the question. Put your name

and address in the upper left-hand cor-

ner of your paper, and if you are a

Merry Circler do not forget to put M.

C. after your name.





that i ' v

$375.00 net profit In one month





That is what Guy Burgis of Fair Grove, Mich.,‘made last Janury with 832

pullets raised, from 2000 Superior .chicks bought last June. Write today for our





EVERY CHICK MICHIGAN ACCREDITED





In addition to the beneficial results of a big

breeding plant, scientific incubation. proper

shipping and expert management. you have

that official added assurance of the quality

of our stock by the fact that our chicks are

Every individual

been approved by trained poultry specialist

under supervision of the Mich. State Col-

Provide yourself with the best.

for latest special prices.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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ZEELAND, MICH.





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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A C C R E DIT ED

UNEXCELLED in THEIR PRICE CLASS.

Rural Loam-n9 won more firsts in Zeeland 1926 show and Lansing State Show than





other pen. Read Our winnings on standard production stock.

LANSING, STATE SHOW—«lst old pen: 1st young pen; lst hen, 2d cock: 3d





 

   





 





erel.

ZEELAND SHOW—Special 1st old pen: 1st young pen: 3d young pen: lst cock.

WEST MICH. STATE FAIR—1st old pen: 2d hen. In competition with some of

the best and most notcd std-kin Michigan. All winnings in production class.

Also won mam' FIRSTS on Anconas and Brown Leghorns. Send for FREE catalog.

Tells all about our stock and these winners. All stock Michigan accredited. All our

flocks have been closely culled and every hird. both male and female leg banded.

PRIi‘ES GREATLY REDUCED FOR MAY DELIVERY.

WHITE 1.12GHORNS. Per 100 500 1000 '

Pure Hollywood, 200-200-cgg pedigree .......... $20.00 $97.50 $190.00

Improved Hollywood Muted. 200-29043“ pedigree

and Tam-red Muted . . . . 07.50 130.00

Barron White Leghorns .................. 62.50 120.00

ANI‘ONAS. Pure Sheppard Anconas... 97.50 190.00

Famous Sheppard Man-d ............... 67.50 130.00

Utility Anconns ............... . 62.50 120.00

BROWN LEGHORNS. Very best grade ........ 13.00 ($2.50 120.00

Broiler chicks (not . m-cl-cditedl. $8.00 per 100.





 





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Shipments on Monday and Wednesday of every week. Write for prices on



other quantities. Wire orders promptly handled. Pullets: White Leghorns



(a. only. Free range raised. 8 to 1‘). weeks for shipment start-

913“¢$ lug May 15th. Write for prices.





fat-2. ,.

Willhnms. RURAL POULTRY FARM, u. 1. Box M.‘





Zealand, Mich.





 





Five prizes will be given girls and

five to boys. All the neat, correct pa-

pers will be mixed together and the

lucky ones pulled out. The first two

girls’ prizes will be dandy boxes of

stationery, and the next three .fine

beads. The first two lucky boys will

receive fountains pens, and the next

three combination pencil and knife.



Send your answers to Uncle Frank,

Michigan Farmer. Detroit, Michigan,

before April 15, the closing date.



1. How many rows of corn does a

stubble shredder shred at a time?



2. How many cows were under test

in American cow testing associations

in 19.26.?



3. Who was given a. surprise party

when he decided to attend a short

course at M. S. C.?



4. What is the fiveyear

yield of cats?



5. Who caused the ax to come out

of the water?



6. What governmental official is re-

SpOIlSlble for the development of blue-

berry culture?

. 7. What is the worst form ofi read-

ing matter people tolerate today?



8. What caused the combs of the

hensdqbelonging to Mrs. Pangborn to

blee .





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MONEY-MAKING WINNERS.





average





V E got some good moneymaking

ideas from our last contest.

Some of the best ones will be used

next week. The prize winners are as

follows: '





Fountain Pens; '



Franklin Diemond, R. No. 2, Alpena.



Bernard Maurer, R. 1. Morgan, Mich.



Combination Pencil and Knife.

George Gardner, Bradley, Mich.



Clifford Haslick, R. 6, Brown City.



Carlyle Eggert, .Sandusky, Mich.





 





 





Live, Grow, Lay and Produce Profits





livery bird in our flecks has been approved and passed by an Inspector from

the Michigan State Poultry Improvement Association and the Michigan State

College. All males and females have been individually leg banded. These

tarts. coupled with our long years of close culling and breeding are the im-

portant factors In our production of Big, Lively Chicks. that Live. Grow,



and Pay. And therein is the reason \for the genuine satisfaction about which





our customers write us.

Write for F EE l927 Catalog .

Gives ALL the facts about our breed rs and tells how you. too. can make big





 





profits with poultry. ”0% Live Delivery Guaranteed.

KNOLL'S HATCHERY. R. R. I2. Box M. HOLLAND. MICHIGAN





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





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Pure Brod chicks al Reduced Prices. I00% Live Delivery Guaranleed





Order direct from this ad or send for free catalog. American Cort-O-Culd.





Prepaid Prices for 25 50 I00 200 500 mm

W .. Br.. Blk. Leuhorm ....................... $3.00 $6.00 5“ $2l.50 $52.50 $00.00

Blk. Minorcas. Anconan, 8rd. Rock: ............ 3.25 6.50 I2. 23.50 57.50 ”0.00

Wh. Rocks, 8. 8:. s. 0. Red: ................... 3.25 6.50 12.00 23.50 57.50 “0.00

Wh. It Sil. Wyan.. Bufl Orpi‘ngtons ............ 350 7.00 l3.00 25.50 62.50 I20.00





Assorted Breeds. each 90.

BOX J.





Sil. Spangled Hamburg». each I4c.





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WOLVERINE S.C.Wn1na Lronomv

BLOOD . su'fzsfsrvau . ABY CHICKS





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Your next VVintcr'a Egg Production depends on the

quality of the Chicks you order NOW”.





Our 1927 Free Catalog tells how.

Write for a copy.

PULLETS





We are now taking orders for April and

May hatched Puller;

5 000 Avoiloble





‘WOLVEIIIIIE HATGHERY ll. FIRMS





H. P. Wicrsma, Owner and Breeder

Dept. 4. Zecla‘ml, Mich.





Better Chicks





GET‘THEM FROM KLAGER. Pure bred. from

selected and carefully culled parent stock. Btedto

lay. Five most - opulnr breeds — S. C. White

eghorns, Rhoda {II-ml Roda, Whit.

Plymouth Rock. rte -



Rocks, White Wymdocm. All

Kluer'e cinch. or.





(Servo-Cull!





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when wanted

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PURE BR‘ED LEGHIIHN BHIIIKS





At Bargain Prices





' Q3, April delivery 10c. May 9c. June 8c

- each. 100% alive delivery and salt.-





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





from this ad .





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C-H-I—C-K—S

S. C. w. ENGLISH LEGHORNS. $11 per 100. dis--

count on orders of 500 or more. 100% live deliver?

guaranteed. HENRY WATERWAY. R. No. 4. Hall--

land. Mien.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





EABY CHICKS gases. [Worth While Chicks





twenty-third year. 06.000 enmity. 80% 0! our





 





Stationery.

Eleanor Phillips, General ‘Delivery,

Niles; Mich.

June Nelsen, Filion, Mich.

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' N%Ma”’?ui take. R. 1, Rogers City.





 

   





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chicks are already sold for the season. showing we S. C. Buil' Leghorns our specialty. also limb

have satisfied customers and they come back you While Leghorns. Reds and Rocks. Send for

a,“ year. .‘ ' l 000 I0” i Catalog of Wuhan: Wonderful Worth While

8. C. W. Leghoms .......... $13.00 $00.00 $115.00 Chicks. now. Don't delay.

5. g. gottll‘odMiAnconn ..... 1:33 83:33 siggg w "‘1 II P I F

a. .. on across ....... . . . -



Odds and Ends 99 .no - a a a on try arm





Left-om _ .. 9. to

After MI! 10th. Be per chick less on Mesvak, Ind” 30‘ 50





 





 





 





all variation,

’95“! DAY 5A“. B. 4. HOLLAND. HIGH-IOAN.





 





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F0 White Diarrhea





In few hours, disease is stopped and

sick chicks full of pep,





It’s easy to stop chicks dying from

white diarrhea. All you need do is

drop an Avicol tablet in the drinking





water. Thousands of poultry raisers.

year after year. raise nearly every chick by

this Simple precaution. Mrs. E. E. Franks.

Ramsdell. Tex.. writes: “I was losing 10 to

- 15 chicks a day before I received the Avicol.

I haven't lost one sinccz" _

A fre'e test of Avicol will show how easily

white diarrhea is prevented and stopped. The

way it makes sick chicks lively and health , in

just a few hours. is positively amazing. I you

have never tried Avicol. write for a free mph,

or send 50c£or a full—sized packs e to Bil-troll

- agar .. Postal tatiqn Bldg.

In lie. ln¢ It costs activist” .

the 50c package. because Avicol is . scan





prefer. try the free sample first. -





 





isfnction guaranteed. Order direct





to do the work or money refunded. . ut ii I’d“
. « . , Bred 30 Years for’figg, Prod, notion ,



~ .. 4. .‘ Our long experience in breeding and. raisins“



‘ "-. ’ é pure-bred chicks paves the wayfor you to big-



- -. 5:" / ’.' ' xer profits from your flocks. . Customers every-

-i’ff i?" where endorse our stock. We specialize in pro-



Illllllll“ “hi ducing stock for Commercial Egg Farms.



'1'“ -,,_ Pay Only ONE CENT Per Chick With. Order.



3. AMA” ' Eu Foundation: 300 Strain Anconas: all





Tom Barron Strain S. CEWhite Leghorns. 270-300

large. long bodied birds with large combs. Heavy wifter layers. Also Ever-





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. green Strain Rose Comb White Wyandottesr .



PULLETS Prices For April Delivery. pm- 50 100 500

mm NW1“ '1’“ s. 0. English White Leghorns, Selected...........;$6.50 $12.50 300.00

mm" m “1°53. c. Sheppard AnconaS. Selected ............ 0.50 12.50 , 00.00

y°‘“' 8'12 “9°“ Rose Comb White Wyandottes ...................... 9.50 18.00 85.00

”new ’0‘“ M“ Broiler or Mixed Chicks .......... . ........... 4.75 9.00 40.00





$28 later deliv- Write for prices on other quantities. also for prices on our Extra Selected





Matings. We Guarantee 100% Live Delivery on all Chicks. Shipped post-

pai . Reference, Zecland State B .

RELIABLE POULTRY FARM 8:. HATCHERY. R. I, Box 42. Iceland. Mich.





Babion‘s Hire Bred Chicksha





Write for Prlcm.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





Also BLOOD TESTED CHICKS from highest producing strains in all leading varieties. ‘ I

100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. 35 VARIETIES. \

Prepaid Prices on 25 50 100 500

8. C. White, Brown & Buff Leghorns ....................... $3.75 $7.00 $13.00 $62.00

Barred & Wh. Rocks. R. 1. Beds ........................... 4.25 8.00 15.00 72.00

. Wh. Wyandots & Bull Becks ........................... ,... 4.50 8.75 17.00 2333





Mixed all Heavies ......................................... 3.75 7.00 13.00





8011 for lar 6 Price List. including Ducklinga Please remember. Quality goes ahead of Price. Consider

thisdwhen yogi place your order. No C. . D. orders shipped. 10% Will book your order. balance 2

weeks before Chicks are delivered. BANK REFERENCES. You cannot go wrong in ordering from this

ad direct. CHICKS Hatched from TRAPNESTED LAYERS. 3c per Chick higher than above prices.





CHICKS Hatched from BLUE RIBBON PENS, all BLOOD TESTED, 8c per Chick higher. Write at

0 led

BnAc‘BIONeg FRUIT AND POULTRY FARMS. Look Box 354-A. FLINT. MICHIGAN.





 





 

     





A or CHICK BUYER:

Again Ajax Hatcheries take I step ahead of others. Now





on need not go to famous breed-

ers for high production bred chicks and pay 60s to 51 per c ick. To offer a better value than

can be secured eliewhere we have introduced intpour flocks thefiamous breeding produced

by the Master Breeders of America. You et strains which are without uestion the leaders

at foremostNational Shows and Egg Laying Contests: E. B. Thompson s Ringlets' Owen,

Mahood. Tompkins Reds; Martin Regal Dorcas Wyaudottes; Tam-red & Ferris White Leg-

horns; Byers’ Orpingtons. and others. Now you can buy chicks with assurance of a paying

poultry business. Cost little or no more than ordinary chicks. Catalog and log and" Free.





 

 

 





I00% IIvo dollvory. postp-ld. lo 100 500 I000

White and Brown Leghorns ................................................... 86.76 311.00 852.60 $100.00

R. 1. Beds and Barred Rocks ....................... _. .............. 6.76 » 13.00 60.00 116.00

White Rocks, White Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons .. .. 7 76 14.00 66.00 130.00

Light Brahmas - .. 8.75 16.00 75.

Light Assorted 4.75 9.00 (2.50

a Heavy Assorted... . ,. . ...... 5.75 11.00 52.50

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. HE amazing spectacle [Wasov‘en‘

' 'The crowds had boon fed, and

were breaking up, starting home-

ward. The little apostolic band were

doubtless weary. Nothing is more tir-

ing than to be in a crowd of people all”

day, answering their questions, listen-

ing to their complaints. The Teacher

hurried-the twelve into a. boat, to‘ go

across the lake. He “constrained

them.” He used a bit of punch, to get

them started, while He Himself went

up into a hill, to be alone with God.

The religious worker, who gives of

himself, must be refilled, must have

his spiritual batteries recharged, else

he soon will have nothing left to give

off. Alone, He talks with His Father.

No doubt the wind that lashed the

trees spoke to Him of the Hand that

holds all nature in control.

Some people fear solitude more than

they fear burglars. They seem to be

afraid of themselves. Or, they are

bored to suffoca-

tion at being

alone. Anything

but solitude.

There must be a

party, or the radio

must be screech-

_ ing, or the phono-

: . graph droning, or

they must be get-

ting ready to go

somewhere, after which they will be

getting ready to come back. They do

not compliment themselves very high-

ly, as they do not appear to consider

their own society as worth much. If

they did, they would cultivate it more.

The man who can be gone for hours

walking in field or woods, without a

gun, but perhaps a dog (dogs are ex-

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to him. Some men can never go

through field or forest without a. gun.

They must be killing something, in or-

der to enjoy themselves. Christ loved

isolitude occasionally, and I don’t sus-

,pect that he had a shot gun with Him,

ito peck off the first partridge He saw.

The person who can feel God when

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lpartially developed. Looking up at the





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“Touched by a. light.that hath no name,

A glory never sung,

Aloft on sky and mountain wall

Are God’s great pictures hung.”





And John Muir, lover of the western

mountains and glaciers, was wont to

exclaim, when a new view burst' upon

him, or he saw a. new flower, “Praise

God from whom all blessings flow!”



And now the Teacher decides it is

time to go to His boys, who are out





, ,there on the lake, having a. hard time





{of it. They were buffeted, or, the word

means, tortured, by the storm.



He came, walking on the water, as

friend to friend, but when they saw

Him they were afraid. Is it not often

so? The things that are for our help

and furtherance are what we are most

afraid of. Often did God, when intro-

ducing His message into the world,

have to declare that He intended no

lharm to anybody. “Fear not,” the

angel said to Zacharias, and “Fear

not,” the angel said to Mary; “Be not’

afraid,” sang the angels to the shep-

herds, and “Fear not, it is I,” called

Jesus, through the storm, as he ap-

proached the boat. It does 'seem that

men are most afraid of that which do

them the most good, and often least

afraid of that which will do them the

most harm. They fear being too relig-

ious, but are not afraid of vice. They

fear becoming bookish, but are not

afraid of ignorance. And they nour-

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worst, that lies before thee?‘ ' Death

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Man may, will or can do against: '

thee!” “ ‘





The foolishest fear of all is to be





afraid of Christ, ’and thousands are

more afraid of Him than anyone else-

They fear His principles, His spirit,

when applied to modern business, and

they develop particularly acute, febrile

symptoms when His teachings are spo-

ken of in connection with international

relations. He is perfectly all right to

preach, but, not to practice. He is

splendid if you do not take Him too

literally. He fits in churches but not

in chambers of commerce. But when

this same fearful Christ has been tried

in sincerity and simplicity, the results

have not been so bad, after all. How

many communities have been rent by

the lack of His principles? How many

families have been broken up because

He was not there!



Peter now had his little adventure.

With the full impulsiveness of his na-

ture, he starts to go to his Teacher,

on the‘water. All goes nicely for a.

few seconds, until he exchanges one

fear for another. He forgets the wind

and begins to fear the water. His

eyes, which have been on the calm fig-

ure of his Master now look on the

boisterous waves. When you start out

to mark a. field of corn you keep your

eye on a distant object and go as

straight for it as you can. Stop and

get your eye on another object, and

the straight row is gone. One has to

make for'the main objective, and this

holds' for religion. We must take care

not to get side-tracked on this or that.

If we do we begin to sink, there is

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SUBJECT:——Peter’s Lesson in Trust.

Matthew 16:22-33.

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ROARlN-G IN EARS.





 





 





 





 





 





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I have ababy six months old who

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The baby seems to be very healthy and

doesn’t scratch his ears—Mrs. T. J. N.





This is probably a. form of eczema.

It seems to be a mild attack and in

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My eyes always get watery when'l

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This is not a disease. but simply a.

peculiarity. So longas your vision is
EMERGENCY HAY CROP.





As I am going to have a small acre-

age of cow hay for the coming year, I

will have to sow either soy beans or

vetch As I have never raised these





 





advice on same. My soil is clay loam.





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I believe you will find soy beans a

much better emergency hay crop than

vetch. In securing a crop of soy beans

it is advisable to plant the latter part

of ‘May or the first of June, upon a

"well prepared seed bed, using either

the Manchu, Ito San, or Black Eye-

biow variety.



VS hen drilled solid, it is customary

to use ninety pounds of seed per acre;

and when drilled in twenty- eight 1nch

1011:, use thirty-five pounds of seed.

ri‘he latter method is the one most f1e—

quently followed, and is to be recom-

mended, especially on sandy soil, and

when there islikely to be trouble with

weeds.



One of the most serious drawbacks

in growing soy beans for hay is the

timeof year that the crop is ready to

harvest, this usually being the first

half of September. Soy beans should

be cut for hay when the seed is about

half grown in the pod, and should be

allowed to wilt in’the swath, raked

into :1 windrow, and before the leaves

get h1itt1e should be placed in cocks.

[Mir-r favorable conditions the cuiing

0111 be cempleted in the windrow.



It is advisable to inoculate the seed.

Material for inoculation may be secur-

ed from the Department of Bacteriol-

ogy, East Lansing, at twenty- -five cents

per bottle. One bottle contains suffi—

cient material to inoculate a bushel of

'Directions for application ac-

company the material.



Soy beans have about the same feed—

ing value as alfalfa hay and produces

fair yields in the Lower Peninsula of

Michigan.



Vetch is also a leguminous crop and

is usually sown with a small grain

crop. When sown in the spring, oats

is to be preferred. This combination

is not usually as productive as soy

beans, nor is it as dependable—C. R.

Megee, Associate Professor of Farm

Crops. 1





seed.





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TEMPORARY.





CCORDING to a Wisconsin econ-



omist, the tariff will Only tempor-

arily aid the American dairymen. He

says that the full extent of the twelve

Cents a pound on butter has been w01k-

ing of late. However, the usual reac-

tion to high prices is increased pro

duction, and if this occurs, prices will

drop and we will soon have a surplus

to be exported. Under such conditions

the tariff will not be effective in giv-

ing our dairymenbetter prices. He

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because conditions are right to make

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GRINDING ROUGHAGE FOR DAIRY

cows.





 





HE Dairy Husbandry Department

of Iowa State College has«been

investigating the ‘advisability‘of grind-

ing differentroughages for dairy cows.

This question has been given much

attention lately, and many have been

induced to buy grinders on the claim

1 that grinding roughage increases its

'palat-ability, digestibility, and em-

ciency," thus, increasing milk produc-

tion and saving feed. 0

\ 0f two trials cenduCted to} study the

question of grinding, one involved the

' use of ground alfalfa hay in compari-





 





 





feeds before, I would appreciate your,





corn fodder together. In both trials,

the material was ground quite fine.

Grinding cost $3.50 per ton for the





alfalfa, and $2.00 per ton for the mix- ‘





ture. During the trial, one cow died.

A postmortem examination by a grad-

uate veterinarian led him to the defl-

nite conclusion that the cow died as

a. result of impaction in the rumen,

due to the indigestion of too large

quantities of the ground Hay.



While the cows were receiving the

ground hay, they produced less than

While they were on the whole‘hay.



In the trial with the mixture of al-

falfa and corn fodder, production in«

creased slightly, but the increase did

not prove profitable because of the ad-

ded cost of the grinding.



The results we have secured thus

far indicate that the general grinding

of roughage is not profitable under .or-

dinary conditions.



Perhaps our readers have had ex-

periences with feeding ground rough-

age. VVe would like to have these ‘ex—

periences to pass on.



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IN THE WORLD.





INCE the government’s horse breed-



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from the department of agriculture to

the army remount service. the United

States Army has become the world’s

most extensive breeder of horses. With

the recent purchase of fourteen thor-

oughbred stallions, the government

now has 510 stallions. The records

show that these stallions have produc-

ed close to 25,000 colts, 7,000 having

foaled in the last year. It is expected

that the number'of foals will reach

10,000 this year.



Much success is attending the work

of the government in horse breeding

at the Morgan Horse Farm in Ver-

mont, where many excellent Morgans

have been bred.





DAIRY EXODUS TO WASHINGTON.





LL the dairy cattle breed associa-

tiOns will be represented at the

meeting of the American Dairy Feder-

ation in Washington, April 26-27. In

extending an invitation to the dairy

visitors to visit the department of ag—

riculture, Secretary Jardine says:

“The American Dairy Federation is

doing a great service to the depart-

ment of agriculture, and, I feel sure,

to the dairy industry also, in bringing

these men and women here so that we

can all learn at first hand what we

can do to assist in the progress of

this essential part of American agri-

culture. I should like to see many

more such visits to I‘Vashington and

to our department.”

The object of this \Vashington pil-

grimage of the American Dairy Fed-





seration is to familiarize the men and





women in the industry with the activ-

ities of the government department

which has had such a large part in the

rapid growth of the dairy business in

the United States. Among these ac-

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For quickly healing sores, chaps, cuts, inflam-

mation. caltled bag, bunches, cow pox, etc. . it has

no equsLl n the most stubborn hurts the first

application starts quick relief.



Bag Balm Is sanitary pleasant to use and does

not taint the milk. Big lo-ounce can of t

wonderful penetrating ointment only 60c. st

feed dealers, general stores, druggists. If you

hgve trouble getting Bag Balm We will send

by mail. postage paid.





DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO.. Inc.

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CATTLE

FORE pract'icslly pure— bred GUEglNSEY or HOL-

calves. Irom rich milkers





write EDGESWrOOD DAIRY FARMS. thitewator. Wis.





 





Dairy Heifer Calves. prsctioslly

Guernsey pure bred s25. 00 esch. We 111111

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Special termssnd

prices on A. B.

M. WILLIAMS. No. Adams. Mich.





F OR SALE—Pure bred Guernsey bull 8 months

old. May Rose breeding, and priced right for

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WORLD’S LARGEST

HOLSTEIN HERD





The Michigan State Horus. with over 1,500

feunsles. make up the largest herd of regis-

tered Holsteins in the world.





Established in 1889 they have contributed in

no small measure to the fame of the breed.

Pontiac gave“King of the Pontiacs.‘ the

only double century sire and Traverse City

bred and developed the world- famous Traverse

Colsnths Walker.





Michigan State Herds are founded on Brad '

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’5 NEWS FROM AMERICA-s o EST





COW TESTING ASSOCIATION





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





E old Newaygo COw Testing

Association has closed the six-

teenth year of testing work. Gor-





that the 292 cows under test during

1926 averaged 7,304 pounds of milk

and 326 pounds of buttenfat. Two of

the oldest members; who have been

in this organization, are Raymond

Kaempf and John Rottier. The herds

owned by them have been under test

for nearly the entire life time of the

association.



Several interesting comparisons be-

tween the first year of the testing as-

sociation and the year just finished

show progress. In 1906 the results ob-

tained at the conclusion of the testing

year show that the average production

on 239 cows was 5,336 pounds of milk

and '215 pounds of butter-fat. Twenty

years later, with seventeen years of

testing work completed, shows that 292

cows have averaged 7,304 pounds of

milk and 326 pounds of butter-fat.

None of the herds under test in 1906

averaged 300 pounds of butter-fat pro-

duction. Out of twenty-eight herds un-

der test in 1926, twenty-two herds av-

eraged above 300 pounds of butter-fat.

The average production for these

twenty two herds was 7, 643 pounds of

milk and 359 7 pounds of fat.



The name of the owner of the high



herd at the end of the first year of

testing work in 1906 is not known.

However, the high herd in butter-fat

production, composed of nine pure-

bred and grade Jerseys averaged 5,702

pounds of milk and 270 pounds of but-

ter-fat. The high butter-fat producing

herd also contained the high cow, 3.

Jersey. This cow produced 8,178

pounds of milk, containing 382 pounds

of butter-fat, average test 4.67 per

cent. For 1926 Martin Sorensen pos-

sessed the highest butter-fat producing

herd. His pure-bred Jersey cows av-

eraged 9,249 pounds of milk and 439

pounds of butter-fat.

Dr. Black and Pete Nieusema, joint

owners of a pure-bred Jersey herd,

own the high butter-fat producing cow

for. this association in 1926. This pure

bred Jersey, with several months of

three times a day milkings, produced

11,052 pounds of milk and 600.8 pounds

of butter-fat as a. four-year-old.



No association in the United States

has been testing for a. longer period of

time than the Old Newaygo. These

dairymen are exerting an influence for

the improvement of the dairy industry

in Newaygo Co. At the annual meet-

ing, the members resolved as follows:

That the cow testing association help

or promote boys’ and girls’ calf club

work; that a resolution be sent to the

member of the legislature from Neway-

go county recommending that a. law

be passed prehibiting the use of any

sire except a pure-bred registered sire;

that the dairymen have a county—wide

dairy day and picnic of the major





 





 





 





 





SERVICEAB LE AGE





REGISTERED HOLSTEIN



Bull Calves at prices the owner ofs

small herd can afl‘ord to pay. The

sire of many of these calves is a Son

of the highest record (301b.) two-

year-old daughter of Creator. His

sire Is King Segis Alcsrtra Prilly. an

undefeated Show hull with 70 A. R.

daughters. Others sired by a 5 times

1200 lb. Champion Bull, the famous

K. P. O. P. breeding.



Bred cows and heifers served by

these sires are available for founda-

tion stock.





RED ROSE FARMS DAIRY

Northville, Michigan





‘ Telephone: 344

Reference: Nortbvillo State Savings Bank





AT THE TOP





A Colsnths. cow from our herd wss high butter-Isl:

cow in Cow 'llsstinc Association work Ian Mchi

1925. This herd of cows aver-sud 11. 988 lbs. milk

and 588 lbs. butter in 1925.



Type! Colman Bulls from cows standing hid:

in 05151.1 and Cow Testins work insure unusual

production. Ask us shout them.





:McPHERSON FARM 00.,

Howell. Michigan





IBIIIE II-EE. HOISIEII IIIIlI. mfim '1’” 21111.





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EAI'LEIWIIOT DAIRY- EAIIM. Dnsndus. IIIsII.





breeds- represented in Newaygo coun-

ty for the purpose of selecting a coun-

ty show herd; that the dairymen mem-

bers in the testing association enter

their cows in the Michigan Record of

Performance.



Needless to say, the organization is

continuing to test. Gordon McLach—

la.n is the tester.———A. C. B.





USE SILOS AND PURE-BRED SIRES

ONLY.





 





ESULTS of the year’s testing work





Willard Syers, cow tester. The 276

cows under test averaged 9,059 pounds

of milk and 317.9 pounds of butter-fat.





h All of the members of the association





except two, own silos. Sixteen pure-

bred sires are owned, and all of the

members of the association use pure-

bred sires in’their herds. There are

441 acres of alfalfa and 115 acres of





Sweet clover is

Port?-





of this association.

used exclusively for pasture.





 





 





don McLachlan, the cow tester, reports'





in Lenawee county are listed by'





 

 





sweet clover raised by the members;





 





pounds of butter-fat production for the

year just ended. The owners ot‘these

herds are as follows: John Voohees,

A. D. Swartout & Son, 1. M. Burt, J.

C. Smith, W. Carpenter, S. J. Emmons,

R. Curtis, H. Burnett, C. B. *F‘aler, El-

mer Hostetter, F. W. Judson, F. Stone,

Jones & Hatter, and J. C. Crofoot.



The Lenawee association is continu-

ing to test. The association appreci-

ated Mr. Syers’ work and hired him

for another year.





ASSOCIATION M EMBERS HOLD

PARTY.





 





HE Ionic-Lake Odessa Cow Testing



Association has finished three

years of testing. Forrest Brown, the

tester, has continuously served this

organization since the start oi! the

testing work at Lake Odessa. The

members of this association accorded

Forrest Brown a surprise party at the

conclusion of the third year of testing

work when Mr. Brown had decided to

attend the winter short course at M.

S. C.



The herds of Charley Begeron, Lake

Side Dairy; Tony McCain], and Leon

Augst, have averaged more than 300

pounds of butter-fat for three years.

During the past two years the herds

of W. A. Shroll, Lewis Rush, Fred

Raahm, Van Dyke & Choate, and Hes-

terly and Lepard, have reached this

production figure. For the past year

the oWners of herds which averaged

above 300 pounds of butter-fat are as

follows: Fred Curtis, Joe Keilen, F.

H. Knox, O. D. Tyler & Son, James

McDowell, L. A. Mick, George Tucker,

Ed Tucker, and D. H. Stephens. Pure-

bred sires are used by all of the mem-

bers of this association. The alfalfa

and sweet clover acreage was enlarg-

ed during the past year.





CONTINUE TESTING SERVICE IN

MUSKEGON.





 





HE Muskegon-South Cow Testing

Association reports that 208 cows

averaged 6,729 pounds of milk and 267

pounds of butter-fat for the testing

year closing October 31, 1926. Gerald

Riggs, the cow tester, reports the fol-

lowing herds which have averaged ov-

er 300 pounds of butter-fat production

for two years: George Price; P. Sug-

arbaker & Son, and Alberts & Huston.

During the past year, the herds of

Gust Forsbert, John Kober, Mahlon

Snowden, Jack Driscoll, and. Phillip

Lachman averaged above this amount.

The four lowest producing herds in

this association made an average pro-

duction of 5,551 pounds of milk and

212 pounds of butter-fat.

.This association is continuing to

test, and Gerald Riggs is conducting

the testing. '





SEVEN HERDS AVERAGE ABOVE

-300 POUNDS OF FAT.



T the close of the first year of cow

testing association work in Che-

boygan county, Jay Manning, cow test-

er, reports that all cows under test

averaged 263 pounds of butter-fat, and

6,922 pounds of milk. There were 251

cows in the association for the year. _

The seven herds which averaged ov-

er 300 pounds of butter-fat each, are

owned by the following members: Vic-

tor Carlson, A. J- Carlson, H. J. Bon-

nett. Jacob Weiss, Ralph Hemmer,

Emil Ginop, and Fred Carlson. The

average production of milk and butter-

fat for these seven herds is 8,838

pounds of milk, and 347.2 pounds of

butter-fat. The average production for

the four lowest producing herds during

the testing year is 4,586 pounds of

milk and 185. 2 pounds or butter-lat.





 





Jay Manning is continuing to test for





this association. , w,





. Eliminatiojnmi’ 259 11...... grade eras

mg. was achieved on federslrstd‘rom





five cows were disposed of during the .111 1925' 1 ‘





Fourteen herds averaged am 300‘





 

 





 

 





 





 





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That’s the milks: for reliable profitable, year-sf-

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Because it’s so si mgldd And ' ‘

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in this book. Send It pos

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investigate the most liberal

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month old to one year old. 3251» $6

hish grade stock. WISCONSIN LAND It LUMBER

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gistered H lstei -Friesi

FOR SALEM bulls old enotfgh {1:11- set-vile:





and priced to move them. HENRY . ROHLF

Akron. Mich. 8 8'





 





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PARKER. Howell. Mich. ”d; ‘ '7" C





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dozen pairs of ordinary gloves and

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your hands from chapping and cracking.

It’s the best glove in the World for every

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This is the only genuine Napa Goat Glove—

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300150 sen. Dunlap. 150 Warneldi PAID

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cw 1921 Uni-Hem Burner Outfit

vapor-lien kerosene or distillate, mlxee it with air pro-

ducing an luteneely hot. clean, emokeleee. ellent burn-

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I it... always had

front of the doors. 'My silo is 3. cc-





' ment one. Does that haVe anything (ti)





do’with the silage spoiling?—-V. J. .

Silage spoils around the silo doors

because they are not air tight. There

are two principle methods used for

making the doors air tight. One is to

put felt between the door and the





threeply rolled roofing into strips

slightly longer than one of the doors.

Take it to the top of the door. letting

it extend beyond the door at. the sides

and at the bottom. As silage packs

against this, it will make it air tight.

I have frequently seen tar paper or

rolled roofing started at the bottom of

the silo and unrolled in front of the

doors as the silage went in. This is

not satisfactory for, as the silage set-

tles, it carries the roofinga with it,

bunching it, and possibly tearing it

and making it so that it is not air

tight. There is nothing about concrete

that will injure silage—F. E. Fogle.





 





Much benefit is coming to the hog

industry by hog lot rotation and san-

itation. W'herever these have been

tried, increased profits have followed.

Not only are more pigs saved. but the

profits per pig are usually larger.





 





The United States Department of

Agriculture is making a special efiort

to get hog raisers to pay closer atten-

tion to protecting their herds against

losses of cholera.





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cow to drool at the mouth when she

eats and chews her cud? C. P.——Cast—

ing of the withers is caused by violent

straining, in an effort to expel the

afterbirth. When this is first noticed,

the cow should be put in a stall con-

siderably higher under the hind feet

than in front. Also, a rope truss may

be put around the body. which will

prevent straining. Examine the cow's

mouth carefully; drooling is a sign of

a broken or sharp tooth, or a sore

mouth. -





Fails to Breech—A heifer seventeen

months old fails to get in calf. She

is in good condition. What can I do

for her? Also have a parrot that

throws up her food and did not molt

properly. G. A.——This is usually due

to an abnormal condition of the ovar-

ies. It would be advisable to have-the

heifer examined by your local veter-





glve such treatment that he finds nec-

essary. Add a small quantity of the

following to the parrot’s feed: Capsi-

sum, 2 drams; tumeric, 11/2 drams;

peroxide of iron, 1A dram; sugar, 4

drams. Mix thoroughly.



Fails to Milk—Heifer four years old

after coming fresh the second time,

gives only about a pint of milk, not-

withstanding that she was a good

milker during her first period of lacta-

tation. She seems well and eats heart-





condition.





to corrode when trying out lard.





then apply the following blister:





 





contain 3 no . rust spot.





' tron be with sil-

‘ age spoiling around the s dos and in





doOr frame. Another method is to cut .





Casting the Withers—What causes

a. cow to cast her withers? How can

it be prevented? What also causes a.





 





Facts about the

De Laval Milken-





l

. 650,009 cows now milked the

De Laval Way. ' .

2. De Laval Milkers now in their

eleventh year of use.

3. 03.17% of the users report

average saving of 2 hrs., 12 mins.

I per day—saves half the time in

milking.*

4. 97.13% of the users say it

agrees with their cows.*

5. 99.4% of the users say they get

as much or more milk with the

De Laval as by hand milking.*

9.49% average increase in pro-

duction per cow is reported by

those who claim the De Laval

‘ Milker increases production.*

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’7. 944.0% of De Laval users say

their milker is easy to keep in a

clean and sanitary condition.*



8. Average bacteria count of all

reporting, l4,542—-—6z% report

counts of 10,000 and less.*



9. 96.45% of De Laval users say

their milker is “the best,” “one

of the best,” or a “good” invest-

ment, as compared with other

farm equipment they own.*



*Based on reports 1' am 1844 De Laval





Milker users in a parts of the U. S.

and Canada.





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You do not have to be a me-

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It is entirely “fool-proof,” for

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Commission Merchants. Dressed Beef, Hogs, calves,

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her ovaries are in. He will be able‘to





OPPORTUNITY





ily. I give her timothy and clover mix-

ed hay, ground oats and prepared dairy

feed. Her udder seems to be in nor-

mal condition. P. C.—This is due to a

nerve disturbance, and not from any

disease of the udder. Take two ounces

of fluid extract of pilocarpine, onel

ounce fluid extract nux vomica, and

water to make one pint. Give two

ounces three times daily. See that

the bowels are kept in a good laxative





sired by some of our best sons

of Oxford Sulton of Oaklands,

and from some of our high pro-

ducing but untested heifers,

’which are promising show calves

and should prove themselves later

to be d‘ésirable breeding bulls.

These » calves are available at

very low prices compared to





Curb—Have a registered Percheronl

colt with a curb. How can I have it

removed? Also. copper kettle seems





A. R.—-—Clip the hair over the swelling,





iodide of mercury and powdered can-

s 4, tharides, half ounce of each, and vas-



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rub on curb for five minutes. Wash

off in 36 hours and grease with vase-

line. In trying out the lard, you evi-

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it. This should bedone very slowly

and not allowed to become tool hot.

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS.





Tuesday, April 5.

Wheat.

- Detroit.-——No. 2 red at $1.32; No. 2

White $1.33; No. 2 mixed $1.31.

Chicago.———May $1.34%; July $1.29%;

September $1.27%. -

Toledo—Wheat No. 2 red $1.321/2

@1.33%.

Corn.





Detroit—No. 2 yellow 78c; No. 3

yellow 750; No. 4 yellow 67@69c; No.

5 yellow 63@65c.



Chicago—May at 72940; July 771/20;

September 805/80.



Oats.

3 ligtroitr—No. 2 Michigan 51c; No.



, c.



Chicago.~—May at 440; July 443/80;

September 43140.



Rye.



Detroit—No. 2, $1.06.



Chicago—May $1.033/g; July $1.005/8;

September 99%0.



Toledo.-—-Rye $1.05.



Beans.



Detroit—Immediate and

shipment at $4.35 1’. b.

points.



New York—Pea domestic at $4.75@





prompt





0. shipping





$5.25; red kidneys $6.75@7.25 to the

wholesalers.

~ Barley.

Detroit—Making 860; feeding 55c.





Seeds.



Detroit—Cash red clover at $27;

cash alsike at $24; timothy, old $2.40;

new $2.60.



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 $12@13; 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.





A moderate recovery and a better

undertone have followed the recent de-

cline in wheat prices to new low points

for the crop year. Export sales im-

proved, cash markets remained fairly

stable, and speculative liquidation was

eliminated for the time being. The

unofficial reports on winter wheat on

April 1 showed a condition of 86.2 per

cent of normal, and indicated a crop

of 582,000,000 bushels. Last year, the

condition was only 84.1 per cent, but

owing to favorable weather after April

1, a crop of 627,000,000 bushels was

produced. The ten-year average con-

dition on April 1 was only 79.8 per

cent. Winter abandonment promises

to be only about half as large as us-

ual, although some bare spots are

showing up in western Kansas and ad-

jacent states, in the Pacific Northwest

and in the Upper Ohio Valley. Har-

vest is still too far away, of course,

and the new crop has too much trying

weather to go through to make sure

that prices for the next crop will be

lower than for tllie 1926 crop.





Export sales of rye have been more

active recently, but clearances are

moderate, and the visible supply is

nearly as large as ever. Germany has

not purchased at the rate indicated by

her small crop, although this demand

may appear at any time. On the oth-

er hand, she may be using for human

food the portion of the crop usually

fed to live stock, and thus keep her

imports down to moderate volume. Pri-

vate reports indicate a new crop of

46,000,000 bushels in the United States.

against 40,000,000 bushels harvested





in 1926.

OATS.



Oats prices had a small recovery af-

ter dropping to new lows for the crop

year. Fair decreases are being made

in the visible supply, but it remains

large compared with the probable’ dis-

tributive demand up to the harvest

of the next crop. Seeding is making

only fair progress, with some sections

reporting too much rain.





CORN.





The demand for cash corn continues

slow so that price-s maintain an easy

undertone, although declines do not go

far. Stocks are large, and consist

chiefly of kiln-dried corn which does

not keep any too well in hot weather.

Elevators probably will continue to

. press corn for such sale. Primary re-

, oeipts are much smaller than a month

ago or a year ago, and the last visible

supply report showed a small decrease.

-‘ The fact that the latter is much larger

' , than usual in the fact or the slow con~





suming demand, is the chief depress-





ing factor. While higher prices are

probable by midsummer, there i no

telling when the advance will sta . 'As





long as planting conditions for the

new crop remain fa‘vorable,,advances

probably will be hard to maintain.





Seed markets have held steady at

unchanged prices. Demand has quiet-

ed down in some lines, but with the

season fully two weeks ahead of a

year ago, trade, 0n the whole, is of

good proportions. Both domestic and

foreign red clover find an easy sale.

Imports of the latter are decreasing

as the supplies of fancy quality dimin-

ish. Demand for alfalfa seed has im-

proved, and prices have been marked

higher. ~ , .



FEEDS.



A slackening in the demand from

consuming sections is responsible for

the easier tone in the feed market.

Pastures are getting in condition earl-

ier than usual and consumers are buy-

ing only for actual needs in anticipa-

tion of the pasture seas-on. Offerings

of feed are not large, but are in ex-

cess of the limited demand.





Hay markets have remained steady

at unchanged prices in spite of asmall

volume of trade. With pastures im-

proving rapidly and local forage still

available in many sections as a result

of the mild Winter which reduced feed-

ing requirements, consumer demand

is not active. P'oor roads and the

press of spring farm work have re

stricted the country movement of hay,

however, so that offerings have not

been in excess of the moderate de-





mand.

BUTTER.





The butter market added five cents

a pound in the advance which followed

the sharp setback during the first half

of March before settling back again

under more liberal supplies. Supplies

are moderate, on the whole, however,

and production is not expected to show

much increase for a few weeks longer.

The fear occasioned by foreign butter

has been dissipated, although the pos-

sibility of imports will continue to be

a balance wheel in our market. With

consumptive demand continuing liber-

al, domestic production backward, and

reserve stocks of storage butter the

smallest on record, it is poss1b1e for

the butter market to remain relatively

strong for a few weeks longer in spite





, Competition





of the ten-cent margin over prices at

the corresponding period last season.

Prices on 92-score creamery were'

Chicago 500; New York 5055c; Detro

fresh creamery in tubs 48%@49%c.'





EGGS.





Market supplies of fresh eggs are

increasing rapidly as the mild spring

weather is hastening the peak which

usually is not reached much before the

first of May. Consumption has been

stimulated by the relatively low prices

and the usual Lenten demand, so that

prices have held fairly steady at a

slightly lower, level than a week ago.

Eggs are movmg into storage at a rap-

id rate and dealers expect a continued

heavy accumulation during the bal-

ance of the season.



Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts at 23@

23%c; extras 261/10; ordinary firsts at

22950; miscellaneous 23c; . dirties at

211/20; checks at 21950. Live poultry,

hens 280; springers 32c; roosters at

18c; ducks 34c; geese_18c; turkeys at

30c pound.



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 23%@24c. Live poultry, heavy

springers 300; light springers at 23@

.25c;'broilers 55c; heavy hens at 29c;

light hens 31c; roosters 200; geese

22c; ducks 38c.





POTATOES.





The potato market has retained the

strength which developed a week ago.

from new stock is in-

creasing, however, which may result

«in more unsettled prices for the re

mainder of the old crop. Carlot ship-

ments of new potatoes to March 26

totalled 400, compared with only 29 to

the same date last year. At this time

last season, prices for both old and

new potatoes were at the high poxnt

for the season. Northern round whites,

U. S. No. 1, are quoted at $1.95@2.10

per 100 pounds, sacked, in the Chicago

carlot market.





APPLES .

Apple markets continue dull. Ship-

ments are about 30 per cent smaller

than at this time last year. Eastern

states are supplying 70 per cent of the

total market movement. New York

and Michigan A~21,é-inch Rhode Island

Greenings are quoted at $4.50 per bar-

rel at Chicago, and Baldwins are un-

changed at $3.50@3.75.-





BEANS.





The bean market is quiet, with Mich-

igan C. H. P. whites generally quoted





 





 





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Tuesday,





CHICAGO.





Hogs.



Receipts 50,000. Most butchers and

light lights are around 15c higher;

medium to good light hogs extreme-

ly slow, weak; packing sows 10@150

higher; pigs in narrow demand, weak;

earlytops $12.20; bulk 150-200 lb. av-

erage $11.65@12.15; 210-260-lb. butch-

ers $11.10@11.55; 250-300 lbs. $10.75

@11; packing sows mostly at $9.90@

11.15; few slaughter pigs up to $12.



Cattle. _



Receipts 9,000. Market on. killing

classes steady to strong, quality con-

sidered; packers and feeders steady;

very few weighty steers here; bulk of

fed steers $9.75@11.75; packers and

feeders $8(a\,9; all grades of fat cows

bringing high prices, quality consider-

ed; bulls active; $7 for medium bulls;

few at $7.25; choice vealers are 500

higher; few at $16.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 8,000. Market on fat lambs

opening very slow; early bulk of good

wool lambs $16.50, asking $16.85 for

choice handy weights; good 92-lb. kind

held at $16; good 50-1b. Illinois spring-

ers $22; best handy weight clipped

lambs around $16.90; sheep wscarce,

steady; few good fat ewes around $10;

feeding and shearing lambs in light

supply; medium to good $10.25@10.75.





DETROIT.

Cattle. '





Receipts 309. Market steady.

Good to choice yearlings



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

Best heavy steers, dry-fed 9.25@10;50





Handy weight butchers . . 7.75 9125

Mixed steers and heifers 6.75 8.50

Handy light butchers . . . . 6.25 8.25

Light butchers ‘. . . . . . 6.0.0 7:00

Best cows 6.00 7.75

Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . . 5.25@ 600





April 5.

Cutters”................ 4.25@ 4.50

Canners 3.75@ 4.00

Choice light bulls . . . . . . . 6.50@ 7.50

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 5.75@ 7.25

Stock bulls 5.50@ 6.75

Feeders 6.25@ 8.25

Stockers ..... . . . . . . . . . . . 5.50@ 7.25

Milkers and springers. . .$55.00@100.00

Calves.

Receipts 618. Market steady.

est ........... $15.00@15.50

Others ..... 7.00@14.50

Sheep and Lambs. j

Receipts 1,227. Market slow.

Best lambs .............. $14.50@14.75

Fair lambs .............. 11.50@13.00

Light to common lambs . . 9.00@11.25

Fair to good sheep ...... 6.00@ 8.75

Bulk wool lambs . . . . . . . . . 16.25

Culls and common . . . . .. 3.00@ 4.50

Best clipped lambs ...... 13.00@13.50

Hogs. _

Receipts 1,527. Market 150 higher.

Mixed oooon-oaoe-eoonouos h 12-

Roughs ............... . . 9.35

Pigs, lights and yorkers. . 12.50

Stags ......... ‘ .......... ‘ ; 7.50@ 8.00

Heavies ................ . 12.00

Extreme heavies . . . . . . 10.25@10.75

. BUFFALO.

Hogs.





Receipts 700. Market mostly 15@

25c higher; few pigs and light lights

at $13; bulk 160-200 lbs. $12.40@12.60;





few 225-250 lbs. $12.15@12.‘25; packing“





sows $9.75@10.

\Cattlem ‘ ~ '



° Receipts 50. Market steady, around



50c higher. " v, .



' ' ' . .calves. ‘»





Receipts 300.; Market steady; tops‘





$15; culls and Asommiin'tmousoq r_ , .





 





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. .fieceipts 300. '





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s. _ ; best-lambs are scarce choice 1

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$4@4.75, depending-upon quality, have





and demand generally is slow.





WOOL.





Wool’trade has, developed a healthi-

er tone as a result of a little more in-

terest on the part of mills, and evi-

dence that they do not expect wool

prices to decline much in the next few.

months. Buying has not been general

however. Foreign markets continue

strong as a result of active continent

a1 demand. Boston has lagged so far





behind that sizable amounts of foreign»





wools held there have been resold for

export. Part of the Jericho, Utah.

pooled wools were reported sold at 39

cents. Some old clip wools in the

bright wool states were sold at 38 to

39 cents at local points. Boston re-

ports sales of Montana and. Oregon

wools in the original bags at $1.05@‘

1.08, ,scoure‘d basis.





GRAND RAPIDS.





Potatoes at 90c@-1 bu; onions $1.50

bu; green onions 10@17c bunch (36

onions); parsnips 50c bu; radishges 50

@600 dozen bunches; leaf lettuce 7@

9c lb; apples, Baldwins 50@85c bu;

Ben Davis, Ganos 500 bu; Russets $1

@110 bu; Spies $1.25@3.50 bu; var-

ious other varieties 75c@$1.25 a bu;

beans $3.85 cwt; wheat $1.11 bu; red

kidney beans, dark $4 cwt; light red

$5.25 cwt; maple syrup $2.25 gal; poul-

try, hens 24@28c lb; eggs 20@23c;

butter-fat 53c lb; pork 13@14c; veal

15@17c; beef- 6@120.





DETROIT CITY MARKET. .





Apples 500@$3.50 bu; beets 75c@$1

bu; cabbage 90c@$1 bu; red cabbage

$2.50@3 bu; local celery 25@75c doz;

carrots 800@$1 bu; dry onions $1.50@

1.75 bu; root parsley 75c@$1.25 bu;

potatoes 60c@$1.35 bu; turnips $1.50

@2 bu; leeks 750@$1 dozen bunches;

parsnips $1£03fi2 25 bu; eggs, retail

30@35c; he , wholesale 30@33c lb;

retail 33@35c; springers, wholesale 28

@310; retail 32((D34c; Leghorn spring-

ers, hens, wholesale 27@290; veal 19

@21c; dressed hogs 17@19c; dressed

poultry, retail, hens 35@38c; spring-

ers 35@380. _





FED STEER PRICES IN FURTHER

ADVANCE,





 





Strength in fed steer prices in the

past ten days carried choice heavy-

weights at Chicago to $13.65, the high-

est since the fall of 1925. Fat yearling

prices also have strengthened, though

they are below those obtained last De-

cember when orders for Christmas

beef were being filled. While lower

grades have lagged behind in this for-

ward‘ march in steer prices, the gen-

eral average of all grades at $10.50 is

the highest at this season since 1920.

It compares with $9.20 in 1926; $10.20

in 1925; $9.20 in 1924; $8.70 in 1923,

and $7.60 in 1922.



Prices for finished steers are now

at a level that shows handsome prof-

its for feeders, especially when the

low price of corn is considered. Mar-

gins of $3 to $4 over the price paid

for feeder cattle have been reported

frequently. Half-finished cattle do not

make such a favorable showing, as

they are but little higher than last

year.





at $4.30@4.~4o per hundred, pounds, ti ,,

b. ' Michigan shipping points, al- “





 

 





been reported. ~ Canner trade is small "





Beef coWs and heifers are now sell- 1





ing at new high prices for the season,

and bulls have recovered all of their

mid-winter losses. Veal calves made





further progress in their seasonal de« ;





cline, but probably are nearing bot

tom. It will be a month or more be-





fore calf prices





 





get much higher that





There is already enough gambling.





in farming without adding the chances,





of planting poor seed com. This year

particularly,

tested.





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HE agricultural 3 this. on at the:

onopening" of the spring planting sca-

Vpresents a slightly more hepeful

aSpect, according to the crops and mar-

kets. specialists in the bureau of agri-





cultural economics. The countryris gor-





ing into the new. season, without car-

rying burdensome stocks: Mardh re-





ports show .‘that only about 14,000,000





bushels more potatoes stored than a

year'ag'o. There are 380,000,000 bush-

els, less of feed grains on hand than

last year. The carry-over of cotton

will be much less than was thought

probable a few months ago.





 





WANTS-INTERMEDIATE BANKS To

' ‘ ‘FIUNCTION BETTER.





RESIDENT COOLIDGE is not sat-



isfied with the present manner in

which the federal farm loan baard .is

functioning, especially the intermedi-

ate credit banks. His intention, it is

said, is to develop the intermediate

credit banking system into an organi-

zation that will meet the needs of

farmers for farm relief as a substitute

for the McNary-Haugen bill plan.





NEW'HIGHS IN LAMB MARKET.





AMB prices advanced to new



highs for the season as a result of



light receipts, with choice Colo-

rados'at $17 on the Chicago market.

A setback has occurred in the last few

days, but prices probably will stay on

a. high level for a while, although the

advance may have practically reached

its limits. California spring lamb car-

casses are being shipped overland to

New York, but arrivals have not been

large enough to affect prices. They

are reaching Missouri river markets

on the hoof





 





 





than at that time





   





THE downward trend in the hog

market has carried prices to the

1 lowest point since December, 1925.





--~Receipts in the last few days have





been the heaviest since January, and

average weights per head are greater

Also, they were

fifty per cent greater than a year ago.

pparently, many growers have held

or the spring market, resulting in an

excess of supplies instead of the bare

spot which usually appears. Also, the

decline in prices probably has caused

a little panicky selling by produce1s.

The market is now about $1. 75 below

the average level during the spring

and summer of both 1926 and 1925.

Since supplies to be marketed are not

much greater than in those years, it

is possible that whatever weak fea-

tures exist in the situation have been

largely discounted.



On the other hand, the foreign situ-

ation has a rather disturbing appear-

ance. Hog prices abroad have dropped

sharply in the last month or two, and

are about twenty-five per cent lower

than last year. Receipts of hogs on

German markets, and supplies avail-

able for slaughter in Denmark, are

large as a result of the expansion in

production which started in 1925. In

addition, the decline in hog prices, and

the rise in feed prices in European





countries have brought about an un-

favorable feeding ratio which probably

will swell market receipts through the

liquidation of‘brceding herds.





 





   

 

 





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BIGGER CREAM CHECKS depend upon correct

weight and tests, and price received for butter by the

firm to whom 1ou ship your cream We are located

in the Fruit Belt and tourist section when: the high-

est prices for butter prciail We guarantee satis-

faction and protert you from an) loss. We mall

check the same da1 cream is reached. For informa-

tion and shipping tags. write The Hartford Cream-

ery. Hartford. Mich.





 





 





FOR SALE on EXCHANGE





FOR SALE OR I'XCHANGE for farm. A fine 40— bbl.

‘Migit Marvel" flour mill with feed mill and buck-

wheat mlll in connection Cheap electric power. Mill





 





 





FOB SALE—110 acres, with milk route, dairy herd.

Complete equipment. Income last year, four thousand.

Immediate possession. immediate income. W. B.

Stickle, Owner. Three Oaks, Mich.





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

farm. Good buildings and soil. Well fenced. One





 





 





 





is doing good business and making money, For full

particulms address G. E. Woolf, Marine City, Mich.

MOTORCYCLES

llggiTORlslg'CLFé BARGAINS. Used, rebuilt. Guaran'v

ippc on approval Catal f F

Clymer, 815 Broadwa1,Den1er, Colo.OE rec loyd





Dutch. and Succession.





 





FOR SALE—Strawberry and raspberry plants Dun-





 





 





 





mllo Onaway County Normal H. S. Gillespie Oua— lap $3. 50 per 1000. er

. is for b n

was. ch. Stanley. Bangor. Mich. “w ”ices Fred

FOB sun—100 ACRES—less than 1 hr. by truck ‘

to Cleveland or Akron. best markets. cement road. PET STOCK

good grand. buildings. school. Address Box 92. Mich- ‘

w- 9"” Mic" BOUNDs—4ro11axs, Medicines. supplies. Free book.

summon—135 acres on State Highway. I’roduc- Kaskaskonnels. F-19. Herrick. Ills.

five 8011” and good buildings. 17$ ml. to markets.





Owncr.F . Slanker. 430 S. Division, Ann Arbor, Mich. i





FOR SALE—Maple H111 fruit and stock farm. 40l

acres. equipped and running H. Doggett, Dowsgiac.





WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES—Southern Georgia

fer-1n lands. Write for complete information. Chem-

bor of Cotnmerce..0uitmsn, Ga.





FOB 311111—19 acres. good buildings. four 11111.»

from Gaylord Henry Widget. Gaylord. Mich.





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SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK





CABBAGE PLANTS. My frost- proof cabbage plants

will head three weeks earlier than home-grown pleats

and double your profits. Varieties: Copenhagen Mer-

ket. Jersey and Charleston Wakefield. Succession. Flat

Dutch and Golden Acre. cos. by express in quan-

By mail. postpsidfi 500 for

, Tomato plants leadin var

by mail. postpaid: 500 for 3150:1000 for

RV express. 10. 000 and. over. $1.50 per 1000.

Pl“lplnnpt‘so wrangled in tdampflnéossl to assure safe ar-



mp pmen s, so. sect on eranteed. P.

D. Fulwood. Tifton. Ga. gu





FROST- -PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS-v-Onen add

grown, will mature heads three weeks earlier than

home-grown plants. Early Jersey Wakefield. Chester-

ton Whitefield, Copenhagen Market. Succestion. Flat

Dutch. Postpaid: 100, 400: 500. 3125110003226.

Express Collect: 1000. $1. 25: 5000 $5.00 . Bermuda

onions same prices Large plants, prompt shipment.

Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for catalogue.

mom Plsnt= 00.. Albany. Go. .. -





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0,1: Enriyrlerm and; 011er , oid".

Tomato plants. Varieties:

Gretta- Baltimore. Bonnie Best and Livingston 610116.

Prices. POStpnid. 250. $1.:00 500. $1.150 1000. $2.50.

Express collect: $1. 50. 1000: 10. 000 and over $1. 25

1000. We guarantee to ship size to please you Re!-

eronces: Bradstreet, Bank of Tifton. and Postmaster.

Tlfton Plant (30.. Tli’ton. Ga.





 





 





 





stamondx—me marvelous evcrbeoi'lns strawberry.





100 plants :3. Raspberry. grapes. shrubs. l2 spires

51. 100 Eldoradb Blackberry $1. 75. Cherry trees.

fruit 1:. shade. Everything to plant. Seed potatoes.





100 Washington asparagus roots 75c,1000 21:11.57.

Gardeners Hubbard squash seed $1 pound. Wax



beans. SWeet com. 1000 strawberry plants $3. Write.

Frontage Nursery, Allegan. Mich.





 





REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED SEED CORN—

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

ear tested and germination guaranteed. Also Worthy

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

Paul Clement, Britton. Michigan. Member of the

Mich. Crop Improvement Association.





 





SEED CORN—Fire Dried. Certified Polar Yellow

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

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

90-day eight-roWed Yellow Flint $5.00 per bu.

corn is shelled and graded, 50 lbs. to the bu. Bags

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





‘1 iNon‘e better in Mic





from grand

. real ucers. $6 50

hlgsn. Why my more! Wood

101m Farm.- 'Portlmd, Michigan. ' <





messages...





 





RINGLET BARBED ROCK EGGS—$0 per hundred.

Blood tested and Michigan Accredited flock.

Martin. Woodland. Mich.





 





BARRED ROCK EGGSHHeavy layers.





State accredited. Write for prices. W, F. Alexander.





 





 





 





Owosso, Mich.



IMPERIAL WHITE PEKIN DUCK EGGS. $1. 50 per

11. Postpaid. Chas. Stutz. Saranec. Mich



rpm: TOUI.OUSE EGGS. $1.50 per 10. ‘Loy’d

Southworth. Allen. Mich.



WHITE LEGOHRN PULLETS and Cookerels.





beat





stock. lowest prices. John Welding. Holland.





 





 





T URKEYS





 





WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS. toms and hens. Tou-





 





louse ganders; White Pekin ducks. drakes. Alden

Whitcomb. Byron Center, Mich.

TURKEY EGGS—Thousands of them. All breeds.





Special prices Eastern Ohio Poultry Farm, Beans-





ville. Ohio. -





 





PURE SEEDS of high germination Certified Pickett

Yellow Dent corn $7 per bu. Certified Wisconsin

l'cdigrce barley, grown from head-selected seed stock.

$1.50 per bu. Certified Robust beans $4.50 per bu.

Fritz Mantey. Fairgroxe, Mich.





 





GUARANTEED GRAPE PLANTS from highest pro-

ducing vineyard in Michigan. Lowest prices ever

quoted. Garden collection Concords, Niagaras, Dell.-

wsres. six each. dollar prepaid. Local agents wanted.

Root .1. Son. Paw Psw.. Mich.





FROST-PROOF CABBAGE—onions. also tomatoes.

strong hardy plants. Leading varieties, 100, 40c;

300, 85c; 500. $1.10; 1,000, $2.00. Pepper. 100, 50c;

1,000, $2.75. Everything postpaid and guaranteed.

East Texas Plant Co., I’onta. Texas.





 





 





FROST-PROOF PLANTS—Bermuda. Onion. large

type. early Wakefield Cabbage. 500, 750: 1.000. $1.25:

5,000. $5.00. Now shipping. Satisfs tion guaranteed.

Other plants. Catalog, valuable ormation free.

Progress Plant 00.. Ashburn, Georgia.





 





WOLVEBINE OATS SOLD. OUT—Improved Robust

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

, freight prepaid. America Banner Wheat.



B. Cook. 0wosso. Mich





 





ALFALFA SEEI)—-s~limitcd amount of choice stesu

strain. Price $18 per bu. Lor-sl grown sweet clover

at $10 per bu. D. L. Chapman 8: 8011, 80. Rock‘-

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 00., Quitmsn, Ga.





 





REGISTERED WHITE CROSS No. 19 Early Osts.

sacked. 75c per bu. Marquis Early “'heat $2.25 in

.new grain bags. Member Experiment Assooiation.

Theo. Lehmann, Watertown, Wis.





 





DAHLIAS—mixed. 10c each, $1.00 Doz. Gladiolus.

mixcd, 10 for 25c, 50 for $1.00. Cannes, 10c each.

$1.00 doz. Large bulbs. Prepaid. Highland View

Dahlia Farm. Romeo, Mich.





 





FOR SALE Grimm Alfalfa Seed

fled seed. northern grown, Alpena County,

A. L. Chabot, Smart. Mich.





grown from certi-

$20 bushel.





 





 





ASPARAGUS ROOTS—quality and price are right.

Price list and culture directions free. J. C. Dunhsm.

Lawton. Mich.





 





 





 





WASHINGTON ASI'ARAGUS ROOTS—one year old.

$1. 50 per hundred, deli1ered. H. G. Bliss, Albion.

Mich.



STRAWBERRIES, $3.00 to $3.50 1,000; raspberries,

blackberries. grapevines. Wholesale prices Cloverleaf

Nursery, Three Oaks. Mich.



FOR SALE—~1’icket Dent Seed Com. Guaranteed





test. Andrew Girbach. Saline, Mich.





 





shrubs. perennials. Cat-

St. Joseph. Mich.





TREES, plants. grapevine-s.

alog free. Lands Nursery C0,,





 





FOR SALE—1925 Certified Wolverine Oats and Wilk‘s

Two-row Barley. John C. Wilk St. Louis. Mich.





00 LARGE GLADIOLI $1. None alike. 12 Dahlias.

$1.25. Catalogue. A. Sherman, Chicopec Falls, Mass.





 





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

tests nearly 100%. Marion Day. Ge01-gctown. Ohio.





BABY CHICKS





MYERS “PURE BREDK‘ CHICKS live and grow.

Most quality per dollar. Smith Hatched—healthy and

vigorous. Orders booked now delivered when you want

them. 100% live delivery Postage prepaid. Four

loading breeds, White Leghorns. Barred Rooks. Rhoda

Island Reds. White Wyandottes. Flocks culled and.

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

out about our chicks before you order elsewhere. Send

for descriptive circular. Myers Hatchery, Mt. Pleas-

ant. Michigan.





 





 





MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS—Buy Your chicks

from heavy laying flocks that are officially accredim

by inspectors supervised by Michigan State 0011009.

and of prize winners at the Holland Poultry Show.

White and Brown Leghorns, Anconss, Barred Rocks.

8. C. B. I. Reds. 100% 1l\6 delivery postpnld. Send

at once for free catalogue. Chicks, 8 cents and. up.

Full particulars and detailed prices. Hillview Heidi—

cry, C. Boven. PrOp., Holland, Mir-11.. R. 12. Box 8.





WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS sired by Minced

males, records 200 to 203 eggs Low prepaid prices.

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

ing eggs, cockerels. bullets. hens. egg- -bred 27 years.

Winners at 17 egg contests. Write for free catalog

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

Union, Grand Rapids, Michigan.





 





 





WE HATCH ONLY GENUINE Tom Barron Englidi

White Leghorn large type overlaying combs, with egg

laying qualities. Non-setters. Barred Rocks from

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

whose dams have official trap nest records. 203- 233

All S. C. egg laying contest Free cricular explaining

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Hillside Hatchen. Holland. Mich,





 





REDUCED PRICES ON BABY

100% live delivery. Guaranteed pure-bred. Leghorm

10c; Rocks and Reds 12c: Wyandottos and owing—

tons 13c. Discount on large orders. Semi for free





(71111 ' KS for May.





 





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I four seasons.





catalotz and prices. Model Hatchery, Box 9, Monroe.

Indiana.





 





GOOD STOCK—Mlchignn Accredited. blood.- tested. for

and eleven 1ea.rs’ experience opera



enable us to producc big, fluffy chicks

to live and grow. chm breeds hatching each

Catalog. Pierce Hatchery, Jerome, Michigan.





incubators.

j red (11'

weck.





 





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'BABY CHICKS—Healthy chicks from carefully culled

,fionks of the following breeds: W. Leghorns. W.

Wysndottos. Barred Rooks, S. C. R. 1. Beds. High

quality and reasonable prices. Jones Chick Hatchery.

00 S. Monroe St. Goldwater. Mich.





 





MICHIGAN ACCREDITED blood tested Chicks beck-

cd by real bred—to-lsy breedlmz and at live and let

live prices. Quick scrvice. 100% live delivery. and

a square deal. Big discount on large orders. Catalog

gift} Carl Poultry Farms, Dept. A. Montgomery.

. 11-1.





BABY CHICKS~White Leghorns, sio‘mr 100;Whlta

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

per 100. Prepaid by parcel post. Snowflake Poultry

Farm & Hatchery. R. 5. Middleville. Mich.

Schic, I'rop.





 





BABY CHICKS—English S C W. chlioms at $10

per 100. 100% ill? deli1er1 guaranteed. Order from

tins ad and saw time. Watcrway’ s Hatchery, R.

No. 4, Holland, Mich.





 





CHICKS —P11llcts. Barron' 3 large anlish White Leg-

horns. We import direct from England Breed Eng-

£1511 Leghorns only Willacker Poultry

arm.





Catalog free.

Box M. “'ashington. Ohio.





 





 





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 Paducsh, Ky.





 





 





 





HOMESPUN TOBACCWGuaruntced. good flavor.

Chewing, 5 lbs., $1.00; 10. $1.75. Smoking, 5 lbs.,

75c; 10, $1.25. l'ay when received. Farmors’ Union.

Mayflold, Ky.



GUARANTEED HO‘leSPUN TOBACCO: Chewing.

5 lbs., $1.00: 10. $1. 75. Smoking, 10. $1. 50. Pipe

Free! Pay when received. United Far1nc1s,Bard~





wcll. Kentucky.





 





 





POULTRY





PULLETS, COCKERELS

Barred and White Rocks,

want a. inck of laying hens for this fall and winter.

we want you to read the description and see the

price of these birds. Scnd for our l’ullct. and Cook

,orel Circular. State Farms Association, Kalamazoo.

Mich.





WHITTAKER'S MICHIGAN CERTIFIED REDS-

BOTH COMBS—-Trapnesicd. Bloodtestcd. Michigan's

Greatest Color and Egg Strain. Chicks, Eggs, COck-

erels. Catalog Free. Intcrlakes Farm. Box 9. Law-

rence. Mich.





 





 





A bargain in eight—weeks

Reds. chhoms. If you





 





 





SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS—~Pure

Owen's strain. Exhibition and production combined.

Eggs $10 per 100. Chicks $25 per 100. Mrs. Lloyd

Algoc. Ortonville, Mich.





 





BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK hatching eggs and

baby chicks mom our high record egg producing

11112111“. Circular on request. F. E. Fogle, Okemos.





 





HATCHING EGGS—S. C. Rhode Island Reds. trap-





nested. Splendid. color and type. Record layers.

Prices reasonable. Write. for circular. Koenig a

Banne, Holland, Mil-11.. R. 4.





 





1111111111) nook COCKERELS—hmvy

nicely barred. $4 each. eggs $1.25 for

D. L. McAvoy. Laingsburg,





SUPERIOR

laying strain.

15. or $7 per hundred.

Mich.





PULLET S—One thousand twelve weeks old Leghorn

pullets for sale. Feb hatched July and Amust flay-





 





 





ers. H. L. French. Pomcrm. Ohio.



8. C. DUFF LEGHORN CHICKS—Michlm State



Accredited. Send for circular. _J. W Webstc d1

Beth. Mich. '





8011.





 





QUEEN QUALITY ACCREDITED

wood and Tancred, S. 1‘. White Leghorns. $11

100. Barred Rocks, S. C. and R. C. Reds, $14

100. Quocn Hatchery, chland, Mich.





CHICKS—Holly-

08'

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BABY CHICKS AND I<.GGS~Superior Ringlet Barred





Rooks. Rose (‘omb Reds. Bench and Tailored

White Leghorns. Catalogue. Wyndham's Ideal Poul~

try Yards. Tiffin, Ohio.





 





IliBY (‘HII‘ KSWStandard \arieties( from strong pro

dllt mg and carcfully culled “011(‘(11711181‘ of prim,

also discounts in large orders. Shepard Poultry Farm

Iiitchlrflcld, Mich.





 





RIC IlAIlDSON’S RO( KY RIDGE Barred Rook Baby

Chicks, from stock blood— tested third time lor Bacil-

111W] “hitc Diarrhea W. T. R11 liardson Hanover.

1 11-1.





 





BULLETS—I; to 10 weeks old.

1195. (‘an ship at once.

312cm: brceding.



cry, Grand Rapids.





Chicks of 15 varic-

Somc blood tested. 175 to

Ergo hCircular. Beckman Hatch—

. 1c .





 





HI GRAD}. lI-.GIIORN CHICKS—«April 101‘, May 91‘.

Iunc Rc.100% li1c deli1er1' guaranteed Shadylawn

Ilatlhcu. R. 3, chlund, \Iirh.





Explanation free.

BTWIO. hatches each week. Merrill

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CIIIt'KS ~Sr0ck best price lowest

15.000 comp.

cry, Merrill,





 





 





SITUATIONS WANTED





EXPERIENCED FARMER wishes change. ten years’

practical experience on College farm, six years man-

aging present farm. First- class ploughman. well up

in cow testing and general farm management Scotch,

age 33. Michigan Farmex. Box 93. Detroit. Mich.





 





RY a Michigan Farmer

Classified Liner. It will





real estate or some miscell-

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you find that extra help you

may need. Michigan Farmer

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