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BEAVER - REMMERS - GRA ,was founded in 1881 by James Harvey ‘Sanders, an Iowa horseman. , The Soviety government has sent a g‘threat to London. that Russia would ; ,sever trade relations with Great Britain ' if insults, such as raiding the Soviet :house in London, would not stop. . An investigation by the Detroit Auto SCIHb shows that one-third of the in: Emates of an insane asylum in Wayne “county have auto drivers’ licenses. I W’ ' \‘ ff- . dl\\,IN€WS of the Week / rlen y \1 The Breeder’s Giazette, one of the , to Farm Folks ' éStiistyfi’i‘é‘ni‘fiir‘s’fidé‘isfights”?! _ 'Burlingham and Samuel R. Guard. It II‘I‘, HAM C0. ‘ The Fascistic government in Italy ‘. D°""MF'52 D‘mn'o' ihas ordered a reduction in prices to .I ., 1 [correspond with the reduction iln-yivag- " "\ RA 1% and the increased value of tie ira. NDPAS WONDER "It is thought that this move was pri- >marily to stimulate export trade. Investigations in New Hampshire ,show that it costs $108.42 to raise the ;average heifer to thirty months of WOOL Blankets, Batting age. The cost is practically all for Send us your wool and We will make it into warm feed' fluffy butts. or'beautiful serviceable Mamie-ts. . W0; A C BaCOD‘ of Detroit, ninety-0ne leglheg‘mvtiESVTvnltfilIt'fiangnofgfiplfilsllffg. (Wisconm': Wears 01d, says comic strips in the St... WEST UNITY. omo. newspapers have helped him to old age. He believes one mudst have solme- thing to amuse him, an for the ast ICHIGAN .FARMER three years the comics have been his Classu'ied Liners get re— mam amusement- Tr one The agricultural college at Ames, y ' Iowa. has five pigs that are striped PINE TAR sults. Put Yourself 11 Get the thrill With “Caterpillar” power and traction you can handle larger units—sperform two or of surplus power—Feel the firm grip of “Caterpillar” tracks, delivering that power at the drawbar—in any soil, any weather! more jobs in Know the satisfaction of freedom from delay—Make the most of your time, your soil, your rainfall—Collect bigger dividends on your farm investment! for you. I CONTRACTORS’ EQUIPMENT co.,1nc. 5163-9 Martin Ave” Detroit, Nlich. Please send 36-page Power Fanning booklet. fif‘H‘E Mic H .1 GA; N. (F ARM an-.. R. F. D.’ Box or street No. IOIOOOO'IU00......OUOCOIIICIOCCDOIIDII PM Oficc........."nu“............5..sutc.“nun“...u...".3. like watermelons. The mother of the pigs is a high grade Poland-China, bred up from a wild boar by the use of pure-bred sires. The father is a pure bred Poland-China. The International Economic Confer- ence, in session at Geneva, has dele- gates from fifty-two nations in attend~ ance. The purpose of ,the conference is to hasten by international action, the return of pre—war prosperity, and to furnish foundations for universal peace. George H. Pring, horticulturist of the Missouri Botanical Garden, has re- turned with 100 varieties of orchids which he gathered from, the jungles of Panama. ‘ The railway employes of the Pere Marquette are .ready to strike if a par- ley 9n wages does not bring results. After an absence of sixty—five years, the cross has been raised again on the old Coliseum ruins in Rome as a symbol of Christian faith, for which thousands were martyrs in that amphi- theater in Roman times. An explosion wrecked one of the wings of the consolidated school at Bath, Michigan, and resulted in the death of forty-five, mostly children. It is reported that the deed was perpe- trated by Andrew Kehoe, a demented farmer who was incensed at high taxes and at the thought of losing his farm through foreclosure. He is reported to have died in the explosion. Two United States marines were kill- ed in a clash with rebels in Nicaragua. It is reported that a truce has been “Caterpillar” Thirty pull- ing 5-row middlebuster and 3-section barrow on a mid- west wheat farm.. one operation-work earlier in spring and later in fall—increase production per man and reduce the cost\per acre. Find out how a “Caterpillar” track-type tractor can make money and save money .1 believe in" Wading. 1 signed by Opposing factions and pen. manent peace assured. -‘ - ’ . The Federal Council of Churches has backed the attitude of the United States toward Mexico. It opposes the use of force. ' Aviators from Selfridge Field, near Mt. Clemens, flew to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. in a one-day trip, thus making a record of 1,340 miles in elev« en hours and twenty-five minutes. Eighteen planes made the trip. Great Britain and France have formed an entente in which France agrees to back Great Britain in its at- titude against the Russian Soviet gov- ernment, and Great Britain will fol- low the lead of France in its policy regarding the Rhineland. Mrs. Elliott Lynn, Great Britain’s first woman flier, took her plane up to an altitude of 16,000 feet, or a little over three miles. She was accompa- nied by Lady Bailey in this record for women fliers. ‘ A rain and wind storm on May 19, caused the death of fifteen in Illinois and Indiana. Bishop Robert Peach, of the Re formed Episcopal Church, advocates the elimination of serve and obey from the marriage service as, he says, the modern husband does not rule the household. Boaéy SEE some book companies is ad- vertising summer reading. They’re sending out pictures with folkses set- tin’ in the hammock, or under the shady tree, reading books. Now, there ain’t nothing nicer than to be settin’ in the shade reading all about how other folkses is fighting, quarreling, loving, hating, and getting all the thrills .of it while y o u ’ re drinkin’ lemonade and eat- ing bon bons. There ain’t no easier way of get- ting the thrills of life than by read- ing. Only one thing, you don’t see the book publishers advertisin’ this ham- mock stuff to farmers, ’cause they know the farmers ain’t got no time fer lemonade and bon-bon reading. ‘ But, I’m going to try and figure out a way. If you kin get the thrills of life out of books, why can’t you farm by books? Books is got all the farm- ing experience there ever was, so book farming ought to be 0. K. Only it is like getting book thrills, they’re near-thrills, so book farming is near- farming. You get everything from book farming except the actual work. But I notice this, farmers what use books with their farming is getting better results than those what don’t care what anybody else ever done in farming. I know you kin find out how to grow good crops from books, lots better than you kin talkin’ across the fence with your neighbor about how Wild Jim Smith’s daughter is. Book farming is lazy man’s farming, and I’m for it. You kin get more done in less time by following book farm- ing than you kin by following what the professor calls your own intui- tion. Books gives you the results of farming since the time of Adam, with- out startin’ the way Adam did, to get experience yourself. And if I kin find out about things without working them out myself, I’m for it. The wise man is the one who kin get the best results with the smallest lot of work. I’m trying to be a wise. man, ’cause I don’t like work and I like money, and I’m figurin’ how to get the most money for the least work. all the time. I want to get my farming so I kin find time to set in them hammocks and find out what this Romeo and Juliet, I’ve been hear- ing so much about, has been doing. I sweating. bet there’s scandal in connection with them folks. And I always wanted to find out if Julius Caesar “seized her" or not. I’m one of ,Ithem inquisitive fellows, 'cause I like to know What other folkses/are doing. That’s- why «in arm * I {batter-En To MICHIGAN VOLUME CLXVIII PUBLISH; MICHIGAN li‘lWéflgSr A Practical Journal for the Rural Family SECTION THE CAPPER F'ARM PRESS QUALITY RELIABILITY SERVICE N UMBER XXII From Iron Mines to Cows Great J‘mmformation Taéifig Place in Norm/mid By W. N. Clark S far back as in the days of George Washington the old farm maxim, ‘fMining Depletes the Soil,” has stood the test. Now in Dickinsou county, Michigan miners disapproved the idea while fattening their soil and enriching themselves in the process. Some 500 farmers, many of them formerly iron miners, are now paving the way to modern successful dairy farms. The great Menominee Iron Range spreads itself over Dickinson county. It makes this county the backbone of the Iron Range. The widely known Chapin Mine, eighteen levels deep, has its main shaft only seven blocks from the court house steps. Much of the city of lron Mountain is undermined. Real Accomplishment. Many interesting family histories could be written of how the little farms were acquired. One man living seven miles out of Iron Mountain, tells how he went on his forty-acre piece of ground with seven dollars in his pock- et and nothing else but a broken-down body. The mining doctor frankly in- formed him that unless he gave up the mine for outdoor work he had only a few years to live. With the determ- ination to be on land, he located on this wild forty. A friend told him, “if you ever buy a piece of land he sure there is water on it.” Right on the front of this forty was a spring and swamp. He bought the forty, and ever since he has been pushing his farm truck and pleasure cars through this swamp, mud, and water. Eleven years .later this same man owned a radio, electric light plant, drinking cups in the cow barn, a high-grade herd, be- sides six pure-bred Holsteins, and ev- erything else that makes a happy and pleasant farm home. Another man tells of how he walked through thick woods and wild forest to work. Dozens of times when com- ing from work on cold, dark evenings he could hear the yelp of the coyote and. wolf not far behind on his trail, or hear the cry of the wildcat as it would just side-track him in his nar— row trail. This man, today, too, owns a very up—to-date set of farm build- ings and a splendid house, with all modern conveniences. This man him- self, by his honest endeavor, has a prominent standing and is a leading citizen in the county. When the clearing became larger and the building of sufficient accom- modations, the final day arrived where they would say “adieu” to the mine and spend their whole time on the farm. Incomes were small, expenses large, progress slow, ideals were tardy, yet there was a born instinct for pro— ductive crops and well-bred cattle. The few acres of cleared land was their bread and butter. Pasture for their cattle was unheard of practice. Thou- sands of acres of wild, cut-over lands with lucrative grasses, provided an abundance of pasture. So it became a common practice to just let the cattle run at large, with miles to go in all directions. Some cool, rich, meadow would attract the cattle of a whole Farmers of Cloverland Now Take the Keenest Delight in Exhibiting their Pure-bred Bulls to Friends and Strangers. neighborhood. Cows from a dozen or more neighbors would be congregated in one large herd. When evening came each farmer would come and claim’his own cattle. The Scrub Bull King of the Cut-overs. Young and old bulls ran with these herds at leisure. Each farmer would let at least one bull run with his cows; some herds would have two, a. few, even three. These bulls were bred with little study. They were “Scrub Bulls.” In the free range they became the master of the woods. They fought for supremacy in the same fashion as did the wild stallion of the great west plains. One of these. ugly, vicious, de- generated beasts would run on the average to about five or six cows. For a farmer to buy a pure-bred bull was sure nonsense, because he may have a valuablewsire in his own. barn, while his cows would be bred by one of the scrubs. llntil about five years ago the scrub bull kept the dairy business from making any hint of progress. The problem of these early farmers was how they could keep their cows over winter with the least amount of feed. Their idea was that by feeding ice water and dry timothy hay over the winter months, the milk produced during grass season. was net profit. The scheme had some merit, but too many cows became too weak, lost their calves, or even died of starvation be- fore the grass made itself known in spring. Grain was seldom fed to cows; even today few think grain is only a‘ luxury for cows. Change Comes. Two things changed the whole scen- (Continued on page 710). Saving LabOr With F crtilizcr ABOR is by far the largest item of cost in crop production, and it is about the same, whether the yield is high or low. It costs a little more to harvest sixty-bushels-to— the-acre corn than thirty-bushel corn, or thirty-bushel wheat, than fifteen, or 200—bushel potatoes than 100, but not much more. The planting and culti- vating cost the same—only the cost of harvesting is increased and that by no means in proportion to the increased yield. The accompanying chart shows the relative importance of the different items of cost in the production of corn, wheat, oats, and potatoes in 1925. These are the average figures secured in a survey of several thousand farms in all parts of the country by the Unit- ed States Department of Agriculture. It will be seen that labor was exactly half of the total cost” of producing corn; it was forty-eight'per cent of the total for potatoes; forty- four per cent of the total for oats, and\ thirty-nine per. cent for wheat. It. is not easy to reduce the amount “of labor required to grow. an acre, but By H. R. terially lowered. The trutli of this statement can be shown by using the results of most any soil fertility ex- CORN WHEAT (AvoJ‘cr us.) (Achcr 9.5.) , . 'WIUIII 3.an " It Black Represents Labor Costs. periment. For example, in the new experiment at the Ohio Experiment Station the yield of 'wheat for seven years on fertilized land averaged thir- ty-nine bushels per acre, while on the unfertilized land the acre yield was twenty-three bushels. Using figures Smalley ment of Agriculture, the labor costs per bushel prior to harvest are as follows: Labor Yield. Cost. Without fertilizer.. 23 bu. 20 cents With fertilizer .. . 39 bu. 12 cents Using the corn yields from a Dela- ware experiment, the following com- parison is obtained: Lab01 Yield. Cost Without fertilizer. . 39 bu. 24 Cents With fertilizer . 82 bu. 12 cents A potato experiment conducted by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Aroostook county, Maine, shows this comparison: ‘ Labor ‘ Yield. Cost. Without fertilizer. .220 bu. 9 cents With fertilizer . . . .329 bu. 6 cents Such results indicate that the farm crops of this country are being pro- duced at a labor cost that is much higher than necessary. In fact, Amer- ican farmers have made a far'better showing in the use of power and ma- chinery to enable each man to culti- vote a larger acreage than they have in applying Science to overcome the- How Cost of Produrtz'mz Can ée Reduced deficiencies of the soil so that each acre will return a profitable yield The latter, always important, has recently become more so with declining soil fcr~ tility and the increasing cost of farm labor. At prestnt there is a greater opportunity for most farmers to in— crease their total production and in— come by increasing the yield per acre than by further increasing the acreage under cultivation. This means that fewer acres should be farmed and high- er yields secured by a more general use of commtrcial fertilizer and larger applications per acre. Price of Fertilizer Not High. Another important consideration is the high cost of farm labor and the relatively low cost of fertilizer. At the present time the farmer’s dollar is worth only about seventy-five cents when spent for labor, but it will buy a full dollar’s worth of fertilizer—in some sections of the country more than a dollar’s worth. It would, therefore, appear to be sound economy to plant a few lesBV , acres, use more fertilizer on the re; -. duced acreage, and employ hired labor to harvest the increased yields secur- ed With fertilizer rather than for the purpose of cultivating a larger acreage; i‘ INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE - 893—2 T H E M I C H I G AN F A R M E R MAY 2&1927. N“ lin II.IIII::II:II~III< :‘iivI I‘IDHII‘T of thr- siImIII my OIIIIVV ”I in»: t‘III'IIIiruIIs and pet- :N , g: E xxx/r L we: - I.< :I I 51'” :lmiz- Poland-(Winn. hnI'i iIIurII-ILII [I "I llI’I‘I'I I JIWI‘ II' A , an r I , . .:, I. . . ,. , _ . IV‘VI 5 I); It 1L] I L'L LII IIVIIIIIV II \I III! VIVIVIIIII . IIV. III} ID“ I "III-I II III: IFI’ mum? 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VOLUME CLXVIH NUMBER TVVENTY-TVVO DETROIT, MAY, 28, l927 CURRENT COMMENT “f HAT would be Milk Our the results if . the American people National should ultimately Drink make milk their na- _, tional beverage? Such a change in our drinking habits is not 'iimpossible. Visits to Michigan’s great factories will convince one that con- siderable progress in this direction al- ready has been made, since workmen consume great. quantities of bottled milk during their lunch hours. In oth- er words, they have substituted to a very large degree. the health-giving product of the dairy cow for the harmful goods of the saloon. Furthermore, milk is gradually re: placing coffee. This is particularly true among farm children, according to a speaker at the American Child Health Association convention. This change has come about very largely through educational work of our schools, the press, the department of agriculture. extension workers, com- mittees of local people, dairymen’s as- sociations, and other organizations. A lot of good, and nothing bad, will follow the increased consumption of milk. Both producers and consumers will be greatly benefited. A far more efficient race will result, and this will mean a better and more useful people who will enjoy a greater amount of happiness. T is now evident The that President . . . . Coolidge has no in. MISSISSIPPI tention of calling a Flood special session of Con- gress to enact relief legislation for flood victims. However, the government is being organized under the direction of Secretary Hoov- er to meet, as far as humanly possible, the needs of these unfortunate people. In a report just issued, a total of three hundred is known to be dead, 350,000 are homeless; while property damage to the extent of $350,000,000 . ‘v q : has been’ done, ”and acres of land is now inundated as a result of the “Father of Waters” break- ing through the levees which normal- ly control its course. This great calamity undoubtedly will bring the American people to realize the need of undertaking a flood con- trol program. Levees will have to be strengthened and raised to a higher level. Probably secondary levees will need to be constructed, and additional outlets provided in the lower river to carry off surplus water. In addition, the building of storage dams, and re- forestation around the head waters of streams will further aid in keeping Within the bounds, the streams of the greatest agricultural valley of the world. In the meantime the cooperation of people living in more fortunate dis- tricts will be needed to relieve the immediate necessities of those made to suffer through this great national calamity. URING the past Expand few y e a r s the Our Home subject of markets has claimed the at- Markets tention of our stu- dents generally, and economists and statesmen in partic- ular. From the agricultural point of view, I'nited States Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas. in the last issue of Forbes Magazine, treats the subject in an illuminating manner. First of all, the Senator makes clear that the farmer has been under an economic handicap. Th. farmer’s cost of operation and of living have dou- bled, and in some instances ‘ipled, since the beginning of the war; while prices for his products have advanced but comparatively little. Therefore, the thirty-five millions of farm folks— one-third of our entire population—do not function as consumers as fully as tlley should. Their decreased income limits their purchases from other groups. As a consequence, both the any 1.000.000 farmer and , manufacturer“ suffer, the former to a. greater degree, since a .much larger portion of his precincts 'must meet world competition. But if this third of our population had an income comparable with the earnings of the union. laborer, who has/little or no invested capital, “it would,” says the Senator, “automat- ically create a. new buying power that would amount to more than our ex- ports to all the world.” In other words, he contends that we have in our midst a great potential rural mar- ket capable of absorbing more goods than we ship abroad. As a nation we have failed to proper- ly develop this market. We have not given that large rural class the same team work that has been extended to other industrial groups. He believes that the agricultural class should get some measure of protection at the hands of the government, the same as other economic groups do. Manufac- turing generally has been protected; the Federal Reserve Act stabilizes banking and commercial credit; the railroads have the support of the Esch-Cummings Act, while labor has the advantage of the Adamson Law. All these basic groups are protected in the enjoyment of certain funda- mental economic advantages, to which agriculture registers no objection. But to be left out of this scheme V“is not good for the farmer,” says the Sen- ator, “and it is ‘ggt good for the rest of them, that we are.” " Farming, he fuither contends, must have a better marketing system. This system should be controlled by the producers. It should provide selling machinery comparable to that used by other groups in order to meet on a fair basis the highly organized equip- ment of big business. If American agriculture can have what the Senator has suggested, and then our farmers see to it that they produce efficiently, all business. includ- ing farming, would be facilitated through this greatly increased buying those who, ’midst the din able habit. blood and strong emotions. and live in the historic past. “Lest .We Forget’ ’ T is our custom, on the thirtieth of May, to pause in our manner I of living and dedicate a portion of our time to the memory of and roar musketry and the sound of clashing steel, brought forth this nation and maintained its dignity and integrity. It fills us. with a commendable pride that stirs our For the moment, we forget the present Again, we are in our great national struggles. sounds of preparation; the music of boisterous drums, the silver voices of bugles calling the youth of the land. of patriotic citizens and hear the appeals of statesmen. of cannons, the rattle of This is a just and reason We A hear the A We see gatherings We see the pale checks of women and hear the hushed voices of men. We see the youth filled with the spirit of war, proud, vain, chivalrous; the maiden with a yearning for sacrificial duties. We see them parting with those they love. Some are strolling along quiet, starlit paths with the maidens they adore. We shyly listen to their pledges of faith and vows of eternal love as they lingeringly part—perhaps forever. We see them bidding farewell with mothers who caress them again and again—and say nothing. The call of duty is greater than the yearnings and pleadings of love! We see them as they march proudly away with their regiments, under flaunting flags, keeping step to that thrilling, wild music of war. We go with them to the fields of carnage—and glory. We thrill with their determination at Bunker Hill. We sorrow and shiver and pray with them at Valley Forge. We rejoice and cheer with them at Yorktown. We wade with them through the infested swamps of Vicksburg and the Potomac: sleeping on rails and eating nothing. We face cold steel with them at Gettysburg and through The Wilderness; ready to do—yea, die for the eternal right. We march proudly and grandly with them through the streets of \Vash- ington in ’65; happy and gay with the coming of peace and expecta- tions of home. We go with them to the fever-stricken camps of ’98; .more deadly than Spanish bullets. - . Then, with memory still undimmed by time, we embark with them for the battle-scarred, blood-soaked fields of France. We go with them to the trenches to live ’midst mud and death, and the continual thunder and crash of barrages and counter barrages. We see them as they prepare to “go over the top.” Their faces are stern and grave. Yet there is no hesitancy in their step. They are as willing as ever. Only, with the whine and crash of shells, the rhythmic tat-tat-tat of machine guns and the thud of bullets comes a full realization of the nature of the task which is before them. We are at home when the message comes telling us that they have answered the Last Call. We see the maiden in.the shadow of her first sorrow. We see the silvery head of the aged father bowed in its last grief. We see that dear old mother as she bravely brushes a tear from her eye and, removing the blue star in the win- dow, replaces itlwith one of gold. Many of these heroes are gone. No more will they answer to the roll of drums nor to the trumpet’s blasts. They peacefully sleep ’neath mounds that are- clothed in Nature’s garb. And for us there remains their cares and unfinished tasks of civil life, our solemn obligations: “Lest we forget—lest we forget.”—-Dell 0. Morris. ; rights, these four hundred pioneers in womenfs field ofpolitics prove agood‘ " On the Lookout for i the Borer corn belt states! pean corn borer are taking extraordinary precautions to stop the westward spread of this pest. They are making their main offensive of getting organ- ized and informed before the enemy,] arrives. . The state of Iowa, for instance, has? appropriated $200,000, and other states in the corn belt have provided like sums for research in corn borer con- trol methods. Special attention is be~ ing given to the designing of machim cry with which it will be easier. to keep the borer under subjection. The plant breeders are working to develop varieties of corn resistant to the bars ers. Michigan plant breeders have some hopeful prospects in this direc- tion. Farmers, too, are studying the best farm practices to aid in the con- trol of this insect. Over large sections in Indiana and Illinois the farmersj are voluntarily cleaning up their fields on the chance that borers might be: harboring in the stalks. 5 Such enterprise is bound to wini No insect can permanently oppose an. intelligent and determinr ’ community._ i . HF} progress of i I i Women Michiganf women‘ . in practical 'govein‘ DO quhc ment as il.chat9d by Service the number now hold- ing public offices is an indication that Michigan women do not consider their job done when they have made a. cross or a few crosses on their ballot on election day, but rather that they are ready to get into the civic harness and do their part of the work of running this, great government of ours. A recent survey completed by the League of \Vomen Voters shows that more than four hundred Michigan women are now serving as public offi- cials, three—fourths of them having been elected to the positions they oo- cupy. Not only are they found in the long accepted field of school adminis- tration, the handling of funds and rec‘ ords, the care of the poor, but two courageous ones ran for and won. the oflice of sheriff in Gladwin and Mont- calm counties. and two others have been appointed as under sheriffs. One of the five state labor commissioners is a woman, the third woman to serve in this capacity in the United States. Mrs. Dora Stockman, of East Lan< sing, is the only woman elected on a. state-wide ticket, she being a member .of the state board of agriculture. To Governor Green’s desire to see women take a more active: part in public life maybe traced the appointment of nine women to state boards and commis- sions. Each of the major parties has .a national committee woman from Michigan, Miss Bina M. IVcst, of Port. Huron, representing republican wom— en, and Mrs. Lucius Boltwood, of Grand Rapids, for democratic women. Two women have been conspicuous» 1y honored to occupy the probate judge’s bench, seven more carry the title of judge connected with their work as justices’ of the peace. One of the gratifying revelations of the League’s survey is that 152 womv en have been elected to the office of treasurer. The office of clerk falls not far behind, there being eighty-two in the state. Eighteen women have been elected to another county office requiring faithful and business-like at- tention to detail—that of register of" deeds. Only six counties out of Mich- igan’s eighty-three reported no Women in public affairs. In the comparatively short time that women have exercised their franchise beginning; r p .v'. ARMERS in they west of the area now i. infested by the E‘uro- ‘ . ER'the first flush of enthusi- asm in the spring, some garden- rs lose interest in their vege- table gardens; others, supposedly too busy to do otherwise, cover all avail- able ground in a few mad hours of planting in early spring. Neither are true gardeners, nor do they get the maximum results from the labor ex- pended. Many vegetables, especially ‘some of the root. crops, are mighty poor in quality when early planted crops are used for storing over winter. ‘ 'For example, the gardener never will know real quality in “stored” carrots until he uses roots grown from late June planted seed of such delicately flavored varieties as Nantes and Core- - less. June should see almost as many seeds planted as May, the first garden- ing month of spring. It is much more important to use care in selecting varieties for late sow- ing than for those used in the spring. A late maturing variety planted at this time may mean the loss of the entire crop, while an early kind gen- erally will be at just the right stage for duality when stored for winter. Be ns.——If you would ,have beans fresh and tender throughout the sum- mer are fall, make successive sowings of your favorite kinds every two weeks. Let me direct your attention to the variety Scotia, a new pole bean with a flavor and texture all its own. Planted in early June, Scotia will pro- duce in enormous crop before frost and it is so productive that a few hills should furnish enough for the average . family. ‘ Beets—In late June sow seeds of medium early sorts, such as Detroit Dark Red or Columbia. Specially se- lected strains of Crosby’s Egyptian may be planted as late as the last of July, with a fair chance of a crop. It is well to remember that it is more difficult to secure good germination in dry weather than in spring when the soil contains more moisture, and when showers are more frequent. Tamp the soil on all seeds planted in the open ground at this season of the year, and ' it may be well to cover difficult sub» jects with boards until seeds com- mence to sprout. *5 A f By c. W. weed Cabbage—Early varieties of cab- bage, such as Golden Acre, may be planted with good prospects up until the first of July. For real quality in this vegetable, try one of the Savoy type, but be sure to get an early vari- ety if planted at this- time. The seed may be planted in any vacant spot in the garden, and later transplanted into the space in which peas or other—early maturing crops have been grown. Carrots.--To have really good qual- ity roots, even the long season varie- ties should not be planted before the middle of June, and early sorts, such as Amsterdam Forcing, may be de- ferred until the middle of next month. Cauliflower.——A sowing the first of June, and another about the twentieth, should furnish plenty of this vegeta- ble, providingthe season is right. Ev- ery gardener knows how capricious cauliflower is. If you have difficulty in growing it, try an early Broccoli. The latter does not possess the quality of cauliflower, but it provides a fair sub- stitute Where cauliflower is hard to grow. Corn—Sweet corn, in our latitude, " may be planted up to July 4, with a pretty good chance of getting a har- d ....)u...z_._.z: “n in June about three weeks apart, and another about July 10, for a succes- sive harvest during late summer and fall. Lettuce—Head lettuce is sometimes hard to‘ grow in our hot summer weather, but a little care will go a long way toward insuring a crop. I usually have good luck with June sown seed of the Deacon and New York varieties if a little shade is provided. A spent arden in June? C [Ive tee Followéup System to Get Best Rem/t5 hot-bed, where burlapped screens can} be used to furnish shade, is anideal_ place. Parsnips and Salsify.+These two vegetables, like all root crops usually ' planted in early spring, are much bet- ter in quality if that portion to‘b'e stored over winter is kept out of the, ,5 ground until at least the middle of 1 June. Of course, the roots are smaller ' than those grown from early planting but, likewise, the quality is better. (Continued on page 700). Plant Forest Trees Se/zool C/zz'la’ren of yar‘well Become yorerter: ERHAPS the first large forestry planting by public school children in Michigan was successfully car- ried out by Farwell School, of Clare county, when they planted 17,500 Nor- way spruce and white pines during National Forestry Week. These plant- ings were made a short distance from the high school building, on ten acres of land presented to the school district by Mr. J. L. Litilefield. Last January, W. C. Cribbs, of the extension deoartment of the Michigan State College, appeared before the 10- The School Children, Directed by Adults, Plant the Trees. vest. Golden Bantam, Alpha, Early Malcolm, etc., may mature a crop if planted even later. ' Kohl-Rabi.—-A good many gardeners condemn kohl-rabi because they never have used them at the right stage of growth. If used when the bulbs are quite small, not over two or three inch— es in diameter, and before the flesh has become woody, kohl-rabi is a real quality vegetable. Make two sowings cal Parent-teachers’ Association and outlined a plan for school forestry. At the same meeting Mr. Littlefield offer- ed to donate ten acres of land to the school if the boys and girls would set out the trees. A meeting was called on April 29 to decide whether the gift would be ac- cepted. Professor Cobb, of the Mt. Pleasant Normal School, and Asa A1- drich, county school commissioner of Clare county, addressed the voters at this meeting, commending the project. The voters then accepted the property. On the Saturday preceding forestry week, Mr. Littlefield and Mr. Cribbs held a school of instruction, advising the leaders how the trees should be planted. The local women’s club, the campfire girls and the boy scouts as- sisted in the work. The ladies helped in St ‘ervising t1 plantingby the chil- dren. Dedication services were held on Monday of Forestry Week, by the Far- well St ~01 and the faculty. As a part of this service a'dree was dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Littlefield. Each of the grades of the school, as well as the campfire girls, boy scouts, and wom- en’s club had a section dedicated to them. The Farwell School is most fortu- nate in having among their citizenship people as deeply interested in forestry as are Mr. and Mrs. Littlefield. This couple have made several plantings of pine during the past two decades. The oldest of these plantings is twenty years and the youngest three years. In a few years the spruce planted by the school children this spring will be harvested for Christmas trees. The funds derived from this source will be used in school activities. The pines will be left for a permanent woodlot. With this start there undoubtedly will be many other schools to take up this kind of project. Floor Plans For a Convenient Farm Home College flrc/zz'tecz‘r Wore 0w t/ze Following Derzgrm I ‘ r/psr Franz LEI/£4 . mafia nook _‘ _L£VEL . aovI/va econ: M3: at 1:50;" . 79m "tool-1.] “ail/Zia “ THE accompanying cuts show the first and second floors of a home designed by the Farm Mechanics’ Department of the Michigan State Col- lege. In the designs an effort has been made to secure the utmost con- venience and satisfaction in a farm . home, at the minimum of cost. Any 45:0. koom. , ‘Iois'n//’-3” ‘uilf III “fir dry)! . ' 1 l I l l I l l l l I _~~ flvomt‘o mete/no ’ PORCH. —-‘¢---—- -‘AAQV‘--—-'J .13‘01- 1519?» readers, thinking of building a home, should send to the above department at East Lansing, for blueprints of these plans. The ideas worked out here were presented to readers in the “Approved Farm Home Project,” pub— lished in recent issues of the Mich- igan Farmer. \uo , ROOM ., I ' wood-lots connected therewith unless OW that the State Legislature has adjourned, you probably want to forget about it as soon as possible. It doesn’t seem to have been a very popular session. No one except organized labor was very well satisfied with what they received. The public generally is very much distress 'ed and disappointed over the huge ap- propriations granted, and disgusted 0v- er the failure of the law makers to enact any tax reform measure What- soever. The total appropriations approved by the Legislature for the next two years reached the staggering and unprece- dented sum of approximately $80,000,- 000. However, Governor Green has been busy ever since the end of the session, pruning vigorously the var- ious budget bills in a strenuous effort to bring the totals down to more rea- sonable figures. In the case of an ap- propriation bill, the governor has the authority to veto it in its entirety, or to reduce it by striking out any item. * =l< Among the most notable general achievements of the recent Legislature was the enactment of the new crime code and the new school code. These measures replace a multitude of pre- vious statutes relative to criminal pro- cedure and punishment. and regarding educational matters. A third new code of almost equal importance was the iratlic code, pre- pared in harmony with the recom— mendations of the Hoover uniform traf— fic regulations (‘Ont'erencu Among the provisions of the new code is the re- moval. of the thirty—fivv—milo-pendm‘dl‘ speed limit. A driver would have to kr‘rrp his car under such control at all times that he would be able to bring it to a complete stop “within the as- sured clear (llSlallCt‘ ahead.” The session was featured by prolong- ed and bitter struggles over various capital punishment measures, but in the end the Senate and House were unable to agree as to just what they wanted, so no bill on this subject re- ceived the final approval of both branches. *- 1? it Aside from the. excessive appropria- tions granted, and the failure of the Legislature to enact any of the many tax reform proposals favored by Mich— igan farmers, the worst. disappoint- ment administered to rural citizens during the recent session, was the pas— sage of the Leland bill raising the gas tax to three cents without offering any reduction or relief in the present Weight tax. This measure will allow cities and villages to receive $2,000 per mile an- nually for trunk lines passing through them. Figures have been presented to show that this feature will probably dissipate about $1,500,000 of the $6,- 000,000 added revenue which the Le- land bill will raise. Another feature of the Leland bill provides that a sum equal to fifty per cent of the weight tax receipts will be returned to the counties. This will amount to something like $2,000,000 more annually than they now receive. Seven-eighths of the amount will be divided on the basis of weight tax re- ceipts from each county, and the re- maining one-eighth will be apportioned equally to each county in the state. >l‘» * 5!! Probably the outstanding achieve- ment of the session, from an agricul- tural point of view, was the passage of three measures more definitely estab- i'ng farmers’ property rights. The 53‘Horton.Bz-ake bill. _as finally enacted, prohibits hunting on farm land or farm, I _What Our Lasthgislaturé-D A Resume 0f Wflai Ha: Bee” Accomp/z'séed in Recent State Legislation By Our Lansing Correspondent ' the hunter first obtains the consent of the owner or lessee of such property. The bill contains rather definite pro- visions for its enforcement, and quite severe penalties for its violation. How- ever, the final form of the Hortonc Brake bill is sadly inferior to the or- iginal Horton bill printed in full in a previous issue of the Michigan Farm- er and explained in detail in several of our weekly legislative articles. The other two measures to safeguard the farmers’ property rights are in- tended to discourage chicken thieves. The Huff bill imposes stiff penalties for various degrees of pd‘ultry steal- ing. The larceny of poultry valued in excess of $25 would be punishable by at least a year, and up to five years, in prison. The Hall bill establishes a system of simple records which would be kept by poultry dealers, and maintained for the information of law enforcing olfi- cials to assist them in catching and convicting poultry thieves. >l= * * Real relief for school districts situ- ated in sparsely settled districts hav- ing low assessed valuations and exces- sive school tax rates, is provided in the Turner bill, which makes an an nual appropriation of $1,000,000 of spe- cial state aid to be apportioned among the more needy school districts in the state. This will take the place of the Bohn bill, recently declared unconsti- tutional, which would have distributed five per cent of the primary school fund in a similar manner. =2: * * Several laws making minor changes in the Michigan standards ,for farm products were enacted during the re- cent session. These include the Her- rick bill, changing the potato grades, and bring hucksters under its provis- ions; the Coleman bil'l modifying the grape standards; and the bill by Rep- resentative Hall, relative to standards for apples sold in closed boxes. it * * Inasmuch as farmers Will continue to pay so large a proportion of Michi- gan’s oppressive general property tax, there is some satisfaction in knowing that the Legislature dealt fairly lib- erally with the agricultural appropri- ation requests. For combating the corn borer, $100,- 000 a year of state funds was allowed for each of the next two years, with a provision that this amount might be doubled by the state administrative board if the emergency demanded it. The appropriation for the State De- partment of Agriculture contained the usual item of $250,000 a year for state indemnities on slaughtered tubercular cattle. The million dollar limit was taken off from the two-tenths of a mill tax for the Michigan State College, so that this institution will receive $1,541,958 annually for the next two years from this source. For new buildings and improvements the college was granted $1,114.250 for the next two years, While $335,000 a year was provided for agri- cultural extension work. The Upper Peninsula Agricultural School at Me- nominee was allowed a total of $75,- 000 state aid for the next two years. ti: * * Minor measures of interest to Mich- igan farmers were the Bryant bill re- writing the Michigan law relative to the control of apiaries and the sup- pression of diseases among bees; the Leland and Barnard bills to prevent the importation and spread within the state of insect pests and plant dis- eases; the Barnard tmth-in-fruit juice bill; the O’Connell bill establishing a bounty on coyotes, wolves and wild- cats; the Snow Ibill providing the us- ual state aid for county fairs; the Rushton bill establishing a new state fair in the Upper Peninsula, to be lo- cated at Escanaba; the Lennon reso- lution urging Congress to pass the Mc- _ Nary-Haugen bill; the resolution urg- ing Congress and President Coolidge to take prompt action toward a treaty with Canada for the development of the St. Lawrence waterway; and the Read bill to provide that a railroad must start action for collection of al- lfi’zy Some 8030‘ Don’t Leave #16 Farm thwuw taut-HQ." - .,_~ , ~ ‘m.~ . dicate that theacreage of those crops . pthe. .179er 9! ct L Bender Lane pineal. V _, , leged under-charges in intrastate ship} ; ments Within a threeyear period. 1 * at t 1 Taken all in all, from an agricultural point of View, the recent session had its disappointments and its triumphs. In spite of the increased industriall‘f ization of Michigan, and the growing E metropolitan influence in legislative! chambers at Lansing, the farmers of the state possessed and exerted a powu l er that was recognized and respected during the recent session. Rural citi< “ zens are giving more attention than}: before to legislative matters. Theyj ‘ know what they want, and through on , ganization and better publicity, they: are armed to make their desires effeo‘ , tively felt. . As long as the most wealthy inter» ests, and most powerful and prosper. ous industries find it important and necessary to have a watchful eye and a ready voice in halls of legislat.io:;i'_ it is well that farmers are following these developments with an increas- ingly active and well informed inter- est. If these reports printed in each issue of the Michigan Farmer during the past session have been helpful along this line, we are happy to have been of service to our growing circle of readers. Service Department RESCISSION FOR FRAUD. A. sold a horse to B. six weeks ago: on fair and square terms. After keep- ing the horse two weeks, B. brought him back, claiming A. had mlsrep‘re sented the horse, and threatened to sue. A. has now kept the horse four weeks. W'hat can A. do? Could B. still sue for the price of the horse at- ter A. puts a lien on the horse and has him sold?——O. A. When a purchaser of property dis- covers that it is not as represented, he has his election to rescind the contract- on that ground and return the prop erty. In doing this he should act with reasonable diligence. No set time can be fixed, each case depending on its own circumstances. In this case B. has acted with promptness, and if he can establish the charge he can rem cover back his property and, of course, he is not liable to the seller. for any charge for keeping the horse—Rood. ENTIRETY PROPERTY. Mr. and Mrs. A. own a joint deed of property. They have no children. Mr. A. dies without a will. When Mrs. A. dies, will her relatives inherit all the, property, or will Mr. A.’s relatives in- herit equally With Mrs. A.’s relatives? H W. A person succeeding to property as the survivor of tenants by entirety, is ‘as absolutely the owner as if he had purchased the property after the death: 'of the other spouse, The heirs of the person first dying have no right what-‘ . ever to the prlopei'ty.—-Rood. HOME TEACHING. I have a son eight years old. I am teaching him at home, according to the course of study made by the state. Can the officers force me to send him to the public schools? I am an BK“ school teacher.—Mrs. E The school authorities can compel: you to send your childto school. The kind of school you are keeping would not be a. private school Within the meaning oft the law. Sales of cultures for ‘alfalfa and I sweet clover in Livingston county, in. . will be, doubled this year, awarding. \' 400’ End Point 'Again 1 1 Shell leads the way 1 1 oflering you a better gasoline than you have ever before been able to buy at the regular price. It’s your old favorite 1 1 Shell Gasoline 1 1 raised to a higher point of poWer and perfection by lowering the "end point” to 400°. Those who know the process of refining gasoline will appreciate the tremendous importance of this announcement. Because it is refiner! to these rigid specifications, 400 "Extra Dry” costs more to produce since less gasoline is obtained per gallon of crude oil 1 1 but the price to you has not been increased. 'Due to its low “end point” Shell Gasoline contains The familiar Shell yellow-red tank trucks bring 400 "Extra Dry” _ to you 1 1 remember, you do not have to pay a cent extra , s? «L / o GASOLINE “‘ ‘ Greater Power _ A Better Gasoline -’ * at No Advance in Price! only the most volatile elements 1 1 it is of higher quality 1 1 has vastly increased power 1 1 gives easier and quicker starting. It is “extra dry” 1 1 unusually free from heavy elements 1 1 therefore burns cleanly with' less crankcase dilution. Test Shell for yourself. Fill your tank with this wonder gasoline. Then watch the improved performance ofi your car, your tractor and your farm engine 1 1 see how, instantly they start 1 1 how quickly they respond 1 1 note the new pleasure you get in operating them. 'A single trial will convince you, once and for all, that} 400 "Extra Dry” Shell is unquestionably the greatesti gasoline value on the market. . 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Think what this means to you! K-R-O may be used freelm the home, ' barn or poultry house with a lute safety. Actual tests have proved that it kills rate and mice every time butother animals and pmxltryarcnot injured by thelargeetdoaes. NOT A POISON . K-R-O does not contain arsenic, phoe- I horusor barium carbonate.Madeo£oqmll :(f: ins-the new safe way urged by 89" ernment experts. 75c at your dfll 1M or mailed direct if he cannot up :7 you. Satisfaction guaranteed. mmmnwono 7119 flier! [fiver ., Chili-r: ,Lu” cgglggqg THREE.” BILL Lu-s ' ers’ WANTS QUICK-GROWING WIND- BREAK. Are catalpa and black'locust depend- ‘ able trees to plant for a quick-growing windbreak in an exposed situation in south central Michigan?—Subscriber. Catalpa and black locust are not usu- ally recommended for windbreak plant- ing. Both species are. rapid growers, but catalpa is liable to frost and wind damage. and locust is subject to ser- rious damage by the locust borer. Conifers are generally to be prefer- red for windbreak planting, as they give protection the entire year and re- tain their lower branches. Unfortu- nately, they do not grow as fast as our broad—leaf trees. White pine can be expected to average eighteen inches per year on favorable sites. Maple, ash, poplar, osage orange and honey locust will grow faster in youth, and provide windbreak protection sooner. but as they grow older the foliage thins out and the lower branches die, so that they lose their effectiveness. Some of the faster growers are also very short lived. The usual suggestion to those who desire both quick and permanent wind- ifers and broad-leaf trees side by side, removing the broad-leaf trees as soon as the conifers are large enough to furnish the necessary protection. The conifers are usually spaced ten feet apart. and if broad—leaf trees are plant- ed for temporary protection, they can be planted in another row about five feet apart. with ten feet between the rows.———P. .X. Herbert. COLD WATER PAINTS. \l'ill cold water paint applied on a rough surface be substantial? If so. can color be mixed with it? If not. what ingredients would be mixed with white lead to make a paint for rough surface on Norway pine lumber? How much color for ten gallons‘.’—A. )ch. Outside whitewash, or cold water paint, as it is sometimes called, would be fairly satisfactory on a rough sur- face. Of course, this type of paint is never as substantial as an oil paint 011 a good surface. We are sending you herewith Farm- Bulletin No. 1452. “Painting on the Farm.” This bulletin covers the whole field of painting—F. E. Fogle. GASOLINE ENGINES FOR PUMP- ING. » What size gasoline engine will be required to pump water 700 feet and lift’it twenty-five feet to bring it to my house? Also what size pipe should be required ?—J. A. ‘ I may say that if it is proposed to place this pump at the house and draw the water through 700 feet at a depth of twenty-five feet. that the arrange- ment would be somewhat questionable. If this is to be done it perhaps will be wise to make a pit several feet in depth and lay the pipe at a depth which will permit water from the well, with the pump located not more than twenty feet above the water. The size pipe to use would also be of considerable importance. Where water is to be drawn through pipe it lis absolutely necessary that the pipe be made airtight, otherwise leakage into the pipe would interfere with the action of: thepump. It probably would also be necessary. to place a check valve, or foot' .ve, at the bottom of the pipe in the well to keep the water from running back. Priming, which would be necessary to fill 700 feet of pipe, would be somewhat diflicult. The arrangement would be much better if the engine and pilmp could be placed .at‘the well and water forced through the pipe for the required distance of ”(00' feet. ' ~ Ans [DRIER ,, break protection. is to plant both con- . 'tion specialist, will as Assuming that approximately five gallons of water per minute is pumped through the pipe, the pump would have to operate against a (total pressure equal to that required to raise the wa- ter and that required to force it through 700 feet of pipe. A lift of twenty-five feet would represent a. pressure of about ten pounds addition- al pressure, thus the pump would be ’working againsta total head of about twenty pounds pressure._ If a discharge of eight gallons per minute was want- ed, then the pump would have to work against about thirty-five pounds pres— sure, pumping through a one—inch pipe. It would probably be better to use a one and {quarter-inch delivery pipe, which would require not over fifteen pounds to force five gallons per min- ute, or about twenty pounds. to force eight gallons of water per minute. As specified in the inquiry, to de- liver the water 700 feet distanCe. with a lift of twenty-five feet, would be. quite sure to give considerable trouble. —H. H. Musselman. 90’? OF CORN BORER CLEAN UP DONE VOLUNTARILY. CST how wholeheartedly Michigan farmers in the corn borer areas have cooperated in clean—up measures designed to slow up the spread of the pest is shown by figures presented at a recent meeting at Howell. At tha': time over sixty-five per cent of the corn land had been completely cleaned up by the farmers themselves and tel» egrams from county agents in the at? fected areas indicated that at least ninety per cent would be cleaned up voluntarily without compulsory steps on the part of county supervisors. HIRE ALL-TIME OPERATOR TO DIG MARL. HE Barry county cooperative marl digging associations have hired an operator who spends his entire time getting out marl with the excavating outfit owned by the associations, This is more satisfactory than depending upon operation of the outfit b\ the. owners during time available from will or work. BARRY COUNTY PUTS ON HOME BEAUTIFICATION CONTEST.‘ OUR nursery companies in Michi gan have donated shrubs to enable home owners in Barry county to put on a. home beautification demonstra- tion. The landscaping plans are pre. pared by O. I. Gregg. landscaping spe- cialist at Michigan State College. The homes at which the demonstrations are being made are those of John C'. Ketcham, of Hastings; Oscar Fink- beiner, of Middleville; and Homer AL driph, of Delton. The grounds of the Goodwill church and school, south of Hastings, are also being landscaped. BIG DEMAND FOR CLUB POTA- TOES. HE boys in Livingston county who were members of potato clubs last year, sold every bushel of potatoes that they raised fOr seed. Some of the boys said that they could have sold ten times as many bushels as they did.. The sixty club members dis- posed of over 1,000'bushels of seed stock. Members of the Howell Chant ber of commerce and the Rotary Club, helped the boys 8. great deal last year. Sixteen groups: of women in Emmet county will take the extension course in nutrition. .Mrs. J. C. Wells, nutri- sist. the. group ' in their study. ‘ HE Michigan Potato ’ Prdducers’ ‘ Association, an organization com- prised largely of certified seed grow- ers, held their annual meeting at Pe- _. toskey on May 10. Bennett, of Alba, ‘2. , . was reelected president, and Ernest Pettifor, of Gaylord, was reelected 1 secretary-treasurer. (,7 ‘ At the banquet in the evening, Coun- 1'; ty Agent S. R. Roland, of Erie, Ohio, t and Prof. H. C.- Moore, in charge of seed potato inspection service, were the main speakers. 4 Mr. Roland outlined in a very em- ? phatic way, the things his farmers were demanding in their buying of cer- tified seed. First he emphasized the 4 importance of early digging so that there would be absolutely no trace oi’ frost injury. His farmers do not care to take a chance on potatoes dug in northern Michigan after the first week of October. The second consideration was that they must be free from any such dis- eases as scab, scurf, black leg or blight. Lastly, they must be more uniform in size. He remarked that his growers preferred the stock graded from two ounces to twelve ounces, to be separ- ated into two ounces to seven ounces, and seven ounces to twelve ounces. J These remarks coming from a large _ ., -... .i consuming area, impressed upon the V D— ‘ L- «urn—- farmers of the Top 0’ Michigan that ‘ ° 9 Y r Theatre Mama er will be [ad there is always an opportunity to im- A RCgUlar Date Wlth Happlness ' fl [1 I) f . . g prove their product. to te you to en 3e 15 Playing _ Professor Moore, .épeaklég next, out- "Hello, Theatre Manager’s Office? Tell me tbese Paramount Pictures l1ned the plans for inspection and cer— , ' tification of potatoes this season, and . Please) When YOU are Playlng thCSC Para” Harold Lloyd in "The Kid Brother” urged the growers to greater unity in . . mount Pictures . . and you make a date for {A Paramount Release} the production of the1r one great crop D. W. Griflith’s "Sorrows Of Satan” of northern Michigan—o. P. every Paramount Picture you haven’t seen— _ ‘ "New York» with Logger/“son, Ricardo Cortez ‘ ______.____ a re ular date With ha iness! There are more "Love’s Greatest Mistake”—Liberty Serial “OMMUN'TY COOPERATION g , Pp Zane Grey’s “The Mysterious Rider” good pictures today than ever before but not Clara Bow in "Mantrap" and "I." HE boat company and the bus com~ - a - Thom s Mei han in "Th C d' n . . all of them r a g e “a “m pany. 3.1‘8 cooperating With F119 a C gOOd’ SO It's WISE t0 kflOfV Richard Dix in “Paradise for Two” Hart. Mlchlgan, Greater Assomatlon before you go. Everybody lS lucky once 1n ' Bebe Daniels'in "Stranded in Paris" in the attaining of the services of J . . , Beer d H‘ - u , . , . . _. yan atton m We re 1n the Nav Now’ B. Bum as commumty adwsm. for a wh1le, but why take chances when a phone 1 "Love ,em and Leave ,em,,_ an 5m “my Oceana county. HIS duties Will be to call fixes everythlng? _ Dorothy Gish in "London” & "Nell Gwyn” promote cooperation between these \ ,. transportation lines and the people "I it’s a Paramount Pi t” ‘! served, in efforts for the general bet. PARAMOUNT FAMOUS LASKY CORPORATION f . C "e ” 5 ”’9 1”" torment of the community. Adolph Zukor, Pres., Paramount Bldg., N. Y. Show 272 town” Oceana has made efforts for the last “7 few years to attract the attention of W "W “‘7 i the resorter. It has ideal natural con- ‘1 . ditions for resorting and for tourists. . : H‘o’ these this community effort will i add the conservation of wild life, the beautification of the county’s roadsides and the elimination of crime by dis- couraging undesirable people from staying in the county. The purpose is to make Oceana county known as a fine place for wholesome recreation. Farmers are cooperating, for they have come to realize what this tour-" ist business means to them, for it has stimulated markets for their products at roadside stands and summer re- sorts. The automobile has virtually brought the consumer to the producer and the roadside stands along U. S. 31, known as M-11, are reaping a harvest undreamed of by the farmers of West A WONDERFUL SUCCESS e:- _? THESE FARMERS NEED RELIEF. “Nothing succeeds like success,” they say, but where success is 1, 1. constant and increasing there must be some unusual merit back . 7, .. * -' , i M ORE than $2,000,000 will be need- . r of it. The continued success of the Auto- Oiled To advertise our business); make new friends mucdintrod «our ‘ i . newbargaincntalogue f lgin wamhefldgvewifllaellxgfithlu elegant 1 : ed for agricultural relief for farm- Aermotor is based entirely on merit. It has $.13“Bigl’fiir‘ofi‘iséafiti‘ié";3"“L8'Jd‘émm‘é’2tf’newféitmui ers in the flooded areas of the Mis- been made better and better year after year. shades.151“.:3:£i%$.2‘.'::#€€:3§;ht£" ‘££““5“£2°.2§£1’11.. sissippi Valley, according to Dr. C. W. Bent atonceb mail oat aid. or aend$3 .OOandwowlllsond Improvements have been added as experience watches. Satigfactign guaranteed or money refunded. dd: Warburton, director of extension work, United States Department of Agricul- cchco wmcu AND DIAMOND co. ‘ 1‘ ture, who has been assigned to be ag- A The ‘Paramount Build; ng andT/Je- atre, TimesSqua re, is one of the show- 5 at: of New York. ee it on your next visit. » "i. has showntheway. The Auto-Oiled Aermotor 4131 Broadway, Chicago, 111. 1; of today is a wonderfully durable and e; efficient windmill. ricultural advisor to Red Cross oflicials ’ 1' Barn in relief work. The department is in- The AermOtor Company, more than 12 years ago. SFO - t0 vestigating the sources of seed supply solved the problem of complete self-011mg for ' Mlta Ion for the flood-stricken states. “Sufficient windmills 1n such a way as to make the system Wmdfi" sum money has already been subscribed t0, absolutely reliable. The oil circulates to every I, take care 0f seed and feed 1'8qu 6‘ 2 a bearing and returns to the reservoir with never a “1-;kfiggzeioggdfligihaégdbo‘gfgisnlgsbalifiirrggggg rents 0f farmers in M1380“ and : failure. There are no delicate parts to get out of order. The double value of manure Adds lime and sulphur to ‘ h 1. M h 100- lb. b , , northeamm Arkainsas' gears sun in oil in a tightly enclosed gear case. - 5.235%? prepaid}, 5131;: $1“??? Elpefcial 511:1? ’ car on ots rite or 7a an 2 rec oo . Y’ one 9 seldo ‘ A G C an . ‘H y b es _ m five m°r° than CHICAGO_ AERMOTOBW co. mums The merican ”gr: 01:35, 0 "WWW“ ‘3 .‘, manor“ unuomns ' - mm ”m C «7...... ~:-- f The corn king of the world invvl926, (by proclamation of Governor Donahey of Ohio) Ira C. Marshall of Dola,Ohio,’grew 168.66 bushels of corn per acre. His son, Glen Marshall, youngest member of the 100 bushel club in Ohio, produced 159.3 bushels per acre, the second highest world’s record. Mr. Marshall writes, “I am using Nitrate of Soda for my 1927 corn crop. “ Some corn growers have marvelled at my yields. “ Ido not want to take full credit for making this outstanding record, or pose as being a super- farmer of anykind but [do want to give a good share of credit where credit is due. .. “Nitrate of Soda is in a very large way responsible for this remarkable yield. “The Nitrate of Soda was mixed with acid phosphate and potash to make a complete fertilizer. Seventy-five pounds per acre of Nitrate of Soda was applied when the corn was planted and seventy-five pounds applied in the hill when the corn was ap- proximately four inches high.” Mr. Marshall’s record was checked by the Soils and Crops Department of Ohio State University. . Chilean Nitrate of Soda is quick acting. It goes to W0 nitrogen, in essary plant food in the form which they can use without delay. r‘k‘lt once. It is the standard shing crops with this nec- Tests in Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania have shown an increased yield of wheat of about 35% where 100 pounds of Nitrate of Soda was applied to the crop. Let us send you our pamphlet, “How to Use I Irate of Soda,” and others. Just cut out this advertisement, write your name and address in the white margin and mail to our nearest office.“ 15117 Chilean Nitrate of soda Educational Bureau 57 William Street Orlando. Fla. Montgomery. Ala. Jackson. Miss. Raleigh. N. C. Columbia, S. C. Atlanta. Ga. New York Nashville. Tenn. Columbus. Ohio Los Angeles. Cal. New Orleans. La. Dallas. Tex. Little Rock. Ark. STRAWBERRY PLANTS $2POST 300150 Sen. Dunlap. 150 VVarflalds PAID Hampton a. Son. R. 3. Bangor. Mich. BIG AlMANAC 104 . Worms $$.Comrurs.8tsr fume-0m. BEST BAIT, How To PLANT or THI. Moon, Wmnm footmsr. How To Max: Mrmcmt mm Rom AND Hem HERBAUST P.0.BOX S HAMMOND. mo. KINKADE GARDEN TRACTOR and Power Lawnmower A Practical. 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D. this $15.00 burner complete — including flexible fuel . su lytubel, regulating valves and ' venized iron tank, ready to fasten, for only $6.00. » fit- My Store or Inna , crashed against all . . ve workmanship and material (or one year. Any art that proves defective. it re- turned, wil be replaced tree of charge. vaporize. kerosene or distillate, mixes it with air pro- du nu intensely hot. clean, emokeleu, silent burn- in: tissue. But can be regulated to any dOfl'oo bhtuel mutt-oiling valves. lm'i’rovel your_ stove . Ive been manufacturing oil urnlng dance-Tor th rty-three yous. We make this otter for e in time y . m l! for range or heater. a Leona clues MFG. COMPANY 1532 Ann- when chm... uum Instead of using the ordinary barrow or cul- tivator thousands of farmers have increased the yield per acre by using the K OVA R Spring Tooth BIGGER. It eradicates quack grass and all other noxious weeds as well as lifts and aerates the soil leaving it finely pul- verized and ready for seeding with one oper— ation. This digger is adopted to the cultiva- tion of all fields and is especially suited for alfalfa, orchards and other jobs that require thorough work. As many sections as desired —for any kind of power. Get full information and illustrated booklet with name of your nearest dealer. W. J. HARDY, Deckerville, Mich" Representative Jos-JoKovar Co. mfg?“ m Han-Am*”@nns N ‘ DUSTING FOR INSECTS. USTING insects has become so popular, and the dust guns so easy to use, and effective, that dust is talk ing the place of liquid sprays. For ordinary garden use a coarse cloth sack tied to the end of a stout stick is a very effective duster for leaf eat- ers, but for some of the sucking in« sects that require a contact poison like nicotine a blower is best for it will force the dust up under the leaves as well. You can get almost any kind of insecticide now in powder form. The best time to use is very early in the morning before the dew dries off, or it will be needful to sprinkle or spray the foliage with water to make the dust stick. There are combination dusts that will serve for both eating and sucking pests, and most gardeners will be wise to use it, and use it freely. There is almost no danger to birds. chickens, or animals, and with due cau- tlon no garden crop will be made unfit for food.——Cobb. GARDEN INSECT PESTS. OME in.c are not fussy about their 1‘ -Ilhey will devour al- most any of the vegetables ’ Of this type are cutworms, plant—lice, flea- beetles. But the leaf-hopper dines chiefly upon potatoes, loma‘loes, straw- berries and beans. A nicotine sulphate or dust will control this pest, and also plant-lice. Favorite foods of the flea—beetle are radishes, cabbagcs, turnips, tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants. This pest us- ually feeds on the under side of the leaves, and can best be‘destroyed with nicotine dust 01' Bordeaux mixture. About the only way to check the dep- redations of those bandits, the 'Cut- worm and the grasshopper, is with a poisoned bran mash. Asparagus has a beetle of its own. Spraying from both sides with lead arsenate will put a quietus upon this red, black and yellow feeder; also up— on the Colorado potato beetle, the tor- toise beetle, which attacks the sweet potato, the horn-worm and fruit-worm which are the tomato’s chief foes, and the worst enemies of the plebeian, but necessary cabbage—the cabbage worm and cabbage looper. There is also the heat up your profits "Black Leaf 40" is the world's leading Nicotine insecticide. Effective as a spray or dust for insects; a dip for farm ani- mals; a drench for sheep stomach worms. Made and uaranteed by world's largest producer or nicotine. Endorsed by Ex- eriment Stations. Ask. your dealer and ounty Agent or write us for particulars. SPECIAL Fertilizers , containing our Sterilized Ground Tobacco Stems are superior. Specify Ground Stems in brand you. buy. ‘ Tobacco By-Products 8: Chemical Corp. lncorpora Louisville, Ky. 85k Leaf 40 0/. Nicotine F4 "B 3 l harlequin cabbage bug, against which a nicotine sulphate spray is the best weapon. MAGGOTS lN RADISHES. SEEING an item in the May 14 issue about maggots on early radishes, I will give others the benefit of my experience last year. I have not been able to raise good i'adishes for many years on account of this pest, until last year, when I put my dishwater, which contained soap, such as is ordinarily used for washing dishes, on my radishes, and on other plants where worms troubled, with good results. But, for the rad- ishes I always added a little salt be- fore putting it on, and then put it on in the cool of the day. One must be sure that the dishwater is not too hot. Waste water with salt in it is likewise good. However, the dishwater seems to make things grow more. I leamed this by not having hogs to drink it up, so I put it in the garden and got some good out of it.—Mrs. W. R. Frink. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. (Continued from page 695). Radishes.—This vegetable is usually a catch crop, and well it may be, as it does not occupy the ground very long. For growing during ,hot weather, use Chartier; for storing for Winter. use . sprinkling can. Chinese . White and Chinese Rose.’ Along about the middle of August, and from that time until outdoor garden- ing operations cease, the "quick-grows ing varieties used for spring sowing, may be planted wherever space is available. l The garden is, or, at least it should i be, therichest spot on the farm. thr allow it to remain idle half of the summer when a little time for planting and a few hours for weeding and cul‘ f tivating will keep it productive from; spring until winter? 1‘ PREPARING FOR srnAweeamr—zal I I have just purchased five acres 06: land that is badly run-down and infest‘ ed with weeds. I want to get the soil in shape for strawberries and other" small fruits as soon as I can. I in—l tend to put it in com this spring.; What would be the best to plant in" the corn to enrich the ground? What about turnips? I have no live stock.. There is small opportunity to im. l/I’j/I/l/ I ¢/} I”) .-,/141////I --‘.;—-——---—-—————~ HAY . THE WAGON AND HORSES ARE UNDEQTHE HAY. (Yeanouorwe PicwRe XPLORING the basement of the House of the Lone Oak. Hal Brown had discovered signs of an, intruder and his flashlight had re- vealed a loose stone in the wall. Back of the wall yawned a darlt passageway. Hal‘s call brought all the family. A few moment's work and a. tunnel was re‘Vt-aled. leading off inlolhe distance. ‘“t;e+.-\\'l1illl added, “and droppin’ 'ein along the way. It’s a long: tunnel coming out on the hill- side. There's a door set in and it’s covered with brush. Cute. Never would hay e found it from the outside.” “is that all?" cried Beth and there was disappointment in her voice. “Not very romantic. just filltlllléf potatoes in a, hidden passaszeway.” "Jut that prores someone Coming here.” said Mmher Brown. “And it may be proof that the: old own- er of the place still is alive.” “:1? nonsense,” said Father Brown im- still is ' Adventures of the Brown Fa Inily—By [0/172 Franco Care Beth’s Strange Girl Friend patiently. “Just another of the. old man's fancies. Let’s not let, this place get on our nerves. Find anything else, Hal?" Before Hal could answer a step was heard on the floor above and a clear yoiCe called. "Anyone at home?” instantly Mother llrown was the house— wife, treasure and fears forgotten. “Goodness alive." she whispered, “com— pany, and the house not cleaned up yet. Ilal, you are dirty as a pig. Don‘t: show yourself until you can get cleaned up. You stay here. and the rest of us will go up. Coming!" she cafied. then as- cended the stairs. In the room they found a dark, gypsy-like woman and a girl about Beth’s age. “Excuse us,” said the wom- . . ‘ ' i, \ K t ' ' \t'lf‘ 57.: -’- ' .41") . ‘- ittl .. V ltttttttnt an as she came forward with out- stretched hand. “We came in. for the door was open. and we found nobody home. Me. 1 am Mrs. Fernandez, your neighbor on the east. we are not long here. .And this-(is my daughter Juan. ita. We are neighbors and. I hope, friends. ' “Oh. how jolly," cried Beth as she ¢ took her new friend's hand. ‘I couldn’t hope to have a girl of my axe here. Of course we’ll all be friends. But how did you know we we re he re “ “Jack Miller ’phoned us.” answered the girl, “and we came right over. l'm glad to have a girl friend. too. But. you have an older brother?” she ad- ded questioningly. “Oh, How Jolly,” Cried Beth, “Of Course we’ll be Friends. How Did You Know we were Here?” flctz’vitzér affl/ [law—A? V 01'ch ”F ram t/ze Cor/z Planter. “Jack Miller ’Phoned." “He’ll be here shortly,” answe_r€d3 Beth. “You know boys. He’s exploring in the basement. Mother,” and she laughed. “told him he must clean 'up." “in the basement? find there?” “as Beth mistaken or was there more than idle curiosity in ‘ the eyes of her new friend?" “By the Way” lRREPARABLE LOSS. A. small boy sat: by the roadsida crying, and a man who came by asked him why he was: crying. “l lost a nickle and can‘t find it.” he answered. “Wait. here is one in my pocket, said the man. and the small boy stop-- ped crying. But when the man walked away that boy began crying again. “Now why are you cryinz. my boy?" “’Cause, it‘ I hadn‘t lost the other one, I would have two now.” 1’ \ A WARM JOB. Neighbor—~Wliy are ye wearin‘ sot many coats on such a hot day? Pat—well. ye see. I‘m goin’ to paint me barn: and it says: on the can. ‘to obtain the best results, put on at. least three coats.’ Small Boy—“Say, mister, pound of oysters." Dealer-~“VVe sell oysters by that measure, my boy, not by the pound." Small Boy—«“W’ell, den. gimme a; yard.” ' grim in e a. WOMAN’S WORK. Jimson (after contemplatingr a black ‘ ened and burnt. steak which his wife. had placed before him).—~-\nd I‘ve of»- ten heard it said that a woman‘s work; is never done. ' He——“Y0u were no when I married you.“ She—~“No; I was a liilh- Fun .21} R. Leer. spams; chicken; _ :zo-lse." v tlitllttll tttitlutitiltli Hill l.; l g A \5 l I'LL JEST . GIVE TH‘ PLANTIN A REST AN’ TAKE t {It \ =\\\\l\\\\\\I\\\‘\l\\\\‘t\ \ Cf), \ \ l | ,\E E: ’ .. , at - 13 \0 it?" 7%”! \ \‘§ f I ( .;;. ‘\\\‘ A»? " if}: ,., / t ,. , \r—w tr. 2 -. ’ --- w ' ’ /' «i \\ a ‘ “Lathe “ e ' ' i ' Km 1 - I// in. “I ,g ' I \ “42/ Mom/MW. < 1.8qu J 5 ‘5“ «4‘ _ z n /\ he", ’71 [)t’) )3) //~‘€» \ \v“ \%\«2" m“, n . . r .« _ h ..... M New GOSH! THAT SOUNDED L \‘ ”k l ’I .3 0 o" LIKE ALS VOICt. FUNNY, I NEVER NOTICED THAT LOUD SPEAKS? BEFORE! f . DERH AL Art Hi5 RADIO CONrROL, 4 FELLER CANT HAVE NO PEACE. ON THE: FARM! And what did he ‘ “-3. ..< ,‘1 “mac .‘1 . means better- producing animals 2f the salt is right ROM the standpoint of etfi’ ’ ciengy, if nothing else, it is well that you consider the salt you feed your cattle. For cows that are fed with the right salt yield a greater return. Stockraisers and farmers whose livelihood depends in a large measure upomgethcient, produc’ tivc animals, find that Diamond Crystal Salt is ideal for feeding. It helps to assure sleek, well/cone ditioned calttle, horses, sheep and hogs, which in turn means better producers. Furthermore, you will experi’ ence no difficulty feeding Dia’ mond Crystal to your stock. They take to it naturally because of its mild, pleasant taste. There is a Diamond Crystal Salt for every farm use—for live, stock, for table and for cooking, for canning, for curing meats, for butter and cheesermaking. Ask for Diamond Crystal at the store where you trade. “madamegsaa” Diamond «17.4 c. \. r- 'R. 1. ‘ ' Car Free! We should like to send you a generous sample of Diamond Crystal Shaker Salt and the interesting booklet,”101 Uses ior Diamond Crystal Salt," without cost or obligation to you. I, rem) ' Dept-575 St. Clair, Michigan Please send me, free, trial package and book- let. “101 Uses for Diamond Crystal Salt.” N am» DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT Co.. I Town I | ‘ ERSECUTION! Do we know any- thing about that, now? Who is rpersecuted for his faith? Well, let us not be cynical. People are persecuted for their belief, even yet, and they are willing to endure it, rather than yield the inmost belief of their heart. Gen- eral Feng is much in the international despatches these days. Feng was a rough, unlikely recruit in the Chinese army, back in 1900, when the Boxer Rebellion was at its height. He stood by and saw American missionaries and Chinese Christians endure torture and death, rather than give up their belief in Christ. There was something about these Christians he did not understand. He got to thinking. He made inquiries. He became a believer himself. He has spread the teach- ings of Jesus all through his army, until, like Crom- well’s Ironsides. it is a praying army. Perhaps that is Why it is so hated and feared. . “We nrust obey God rather than men,” says burly , Simon Peter. N half-way measures here. No sidestep- ping, for policy’s sake. No wobbling. Straight ahead. “Vl'e listen to God. We obey Him, cost what it may," says sturdy Simon. “Go ahead, Sanhedrin, treat us as you will. We know but one Master.” That is the heroic path, strewn with stones, broken glass,pro- truding roots, slippery descents. sheer drops. high climbing. But it leads somewhere. Following it, you arrive! You are not forever on the way, finally arriving nowhere. And what trouble, disappointment, pain. despair, would have been avoided these, many genera tions past, it men had set out to follow :that rule. Obey God. Is anything safv er? You and I have simply got, to obey somebody. No escape from that, even if it is no one greater than our own self-important little selves. And how nruch trouble has followed from obeying self. It is a tricky and whim- sical and cruel master. Obey God. It pays. It works. Such obedieirce brings the soul into the city of Heart’s De— sire, at last. N0t~without struggle, of course. Says Ruskin, in the “Seven Lamps of Architecture: “How frantic the pursuit of that treacherous phantom which men call Liberty: most treach- erous, indeed, of all phantoms; for the feeblest ray of reason might surely show us, that not only its attainment, but its being is impossible. There is no such thing in the universe. The stars have it not; the earth has it not; the sea has it not * * Compare a river that has burst its banks with one that is bound by them, and the clouds that are scattered over the face of the whole heaven with those that are marshalled into ranks and orde s by the winds.” ”‘1’ “We must obey God,” said Peter. There is no higher wisdom. Obeying God sometimes leads to trouble. But disobeying God leads to greater trouble. Peter declared that he and his com- panions were witnesses of the truth they were stating. They knew from first-hand knowledge. They were not guessing. They were not relying on what they had been told, by someone who had heard it from someone else. It was the testimony of experience. Is that kind of testimony possible now? Jesus has been gone a. good while, in a. bodily and physical way, and none of us ever saw Him. But the experi-_ ence of His spirit (in our hearts is ours, if we will hi o it so. That is the kind of experi‘enc which has light- ed the brightest lights Christian his- + " Persecution * + Our Weekly. Sermon—By N. A. Mchme persecuted? Who is willing to be- tory. Believe and know. "He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in Himself.” “I felt my heart strangely“ warmed,” says Wesley, and with that experience goes out to win England for God. “Read where I first cast anchor,” the dying Knox says to his wife, and she reads to him from the seventeenth of John. In one way, persecution is the badge of a live religion. A dead religion has not spark and force enough to arouse antagonism, but a living religion has. A man with a formal religious faith will not get anyone down on him on account of his activity. while a dy- namic, forceful, aggressive believer will often arouse opposition. Dead people generate no antagonism, living people often do. When the new preacher comes to the church he brings a few ideas with him, (it is to be hoped), and these ideas are frequently brand new to the members of his church. To have a. new idea. in religion is highly irreli— gious to some people. and they set out to oppose the parson in all his doings. He is suffering persecution for having a bit of originality. By and. by they may calm down and let him go on, but sometinws they are incapable of calm, and the preacher packs up his sermons and his Prince Albert coat and moves on. There are all grades of persecution. If a Christian has nev- er suffered any at all, he has missed some of the spice and flavor of his calling. They rejoiced that they were count- ed worthy to suffer. That is the way to take it. It has been said that. per- secution never soured the early Chris- tians. It ought not. It is the badge of a. living faith. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR MAY 29. SUBJECT:—~Peter Undaunted by Per- secution. Acts 5:27-35, and 38-42. GOLDEN TEXT:—~-\cts 5:29. MlCHlGAN’S OLDEST lNDUSTRY CONTlNUES. MAPLE syrup manufacture is one of the oldest industries in the Upper Peninsula, for it was practiced by the Indians long before the appear- ance of the whites, and has been con- tinued by whites and Indians alike ever since. Indicative of the possibili- ties ol‘ this industry is the recent re- port of the operations of a sugar camp near Marquette. this season, which con- sists of 3,500 tapped trees and from which some 500 gallons were produced in April—the month of largest produc- tion here. This plant is thoroughly modern and its product is shipped to points far outside the district. The camp equipment includes storage ca- pacity for 3,300 gallons of sap. 9,500 pails, two evaporator-s. etc. Fourteen men are employed at the camp. The season this spring started on March 4, which is exceptionally early for this latitude, and closed on April 20. FORESTRY DEMONSTRATION WORK PLANNED. R. R. F. KROODSMA, forestry specialist of the college, has been in the northern peninsula recently in-. specting the forest plots started three years ago for demonstration purposes at several points of the district. Mr. J. A. Mitchell, of the bureau of forestry staff, with two assistants, has taken charge of the Great Lakes For— est Experiment Station rrear Duke’s, Marquette county. Mr. Mitchell takes the place of Mr. A. E, VVackerman, who resigned some time ago to go into private work. The French use oil made from grape seeds for lubricating motors. = \.. [AKEHNE'I‘ “\ Ride the new $7,000,000 Ste. Greater Detroit Ste. Greater Buffalo ——the largest 'and most luxurious of their type in the wo'rld——and their sister ships, the swiftest that sail the Great Lakes. Vacation at MACKINAC ISL-AND "The Summer Wonderland’ Overnight from Chicago or Detroit via the first D 63° C boats is this scenic wonderland. Here days are warm, and nights refreshingly cool. Here unspoiled natural scenery, virgin for- ests, historic points of interest will allure you. Golf, tennis. horseback riding, boat- ing. fishing, and countless other recreations. View the multimeter! NIAGARA FALLS —now more interesting and beautiful than ever with the billion candle-power multi- colored lights playingon the falls everymght Utmost in Luxury Aboard First class accommodations exclu- sively. All water sterilized. Autos carried. Radio and moving pictures on both the Buffalo and the Mackinac Divisions. On the Mackinac Division there is also dancing, with hostess in charge, afternoon teas. bridge. golf. horseshoe pitching. etc. Tickets on this Di- vrsion limited to sleeping accommodations. Educational—Interesting Health Giving Stay a: any port as long as you like on one of the l). 6'; L‘. trips. Visit t‘hicagl). second ltll'tllb'i city in Ann-rica; Mackinac 154 land. the ideal summer resort. See the many historic [)‘)llll.~ or interest. the Virgin forests and lllfi'llll‘lll‘z scenery. u. veritable paradise for the llllllll'l' lover. Stop over at. Detroit. the capital or m..- auto-nubile industry. at Cleve- land. Buffalo. and rlm world famous Niagara Falls. l-anlu your cruise in restful comfort. breathing the invigorating lake atmosrmcm that develops a raving appetite and. insures sound, refreshing slumber. (‘an you imagine a. more delightful mention trip? Round Trip Fares berm... *CHICAGO and DETROIT ........... $60 *MACKINAC ISLAND and a CHICAGO or DETROIT...""-.$30 .‘ *BUFFALO and CHICAGO ......... $79 One “/33! Round Trip tCLEVELmND and DETROIT $3.50 5 6.00 tBUFFALo and Demon... 56.00 511.00 ‘Berth and meals included. lBenh and meals em ‘ No surcharge. Unlimited stopover privileges . .lu)‘ . ree '1 HM st mlrll For Reservation: arfurthn‘ infiW~ [HM/INCL,»— maria". addrers E. H. .MrCracIl’m, Gen. Pass. Ag!” Dept. 35. .21 Detroit. Michigan. omorr e cmm numerator! comm What Shall We Do With Young FolksD Answer Me Question 272 Your Own Bacéyard always been such a voluminous interrogation as it is today? In most rural communities, fond parents are wondering just how they shall eliminate the wanderlust spirit that ‘ has so engrossed their young folk, and ‘calls them from their own picturesque hills and hollows to the glowing bright lights of the metropolis. Dad insists that as a st1ipling, he was never so onery as his sons are to- day. Mother insists that as a gi11 there wasn’t a thing about the domin— ion she could not “turn a hand to”— from making bread, making men’s shirts to manufacturing soap. Then, together they sigh and inquire: “What shall we do with our young people?” The trouble in most cases is, that they are coming out of their som- nambulism too ‘ rte. They should have thought. about it years ago, when their children were in the son tag and jackstone age. Look to Y " Backyard? Fathers were too absmbed in get- ting a. start, getting “on their feet,” to take a careful inventory of juvenile desires. Too many mothe1s were im- bued with the \\ 01k -day ‘bug” to de— velop the domestic love of home in their children. Even a doting mother who kept her kiddies radiating in starched clothes, and the paternal love of a proud father failed to observe that those kiddies were having a better time in the other feller’s backyard than in their own. And perhaps it was all caused by a mountainous sand pile, a teeter—board, a swing and a cro- quet set. Nothing exorbitantly prohib- itive, but simple madeat—home play- things that makes every child proud ‘ of his happy lot. Children’s Chores. Yes, dad’s and mother’s thoughts were ebbying along different channels, too busy to notice that the tie that binds was slowly but surely severing. Sometimes, when the farmer’s work comes in an avalanche, as it often does, the children are pressed into ser- vice. This is all very proper, since they should be taught how to work, and that no one can honorably live without labor. The paramount thing, however, is that those children should not be overworked and made to feel that farm life is a continuous round of drudgery. It is too common to overestimate even the little labor a child can do. Parents often think they are inoculat- ing their children with vials of indus- trious habits—while in reality, they are making them despise the farm and plan to leave it. at the earliest possible moment. ‘ Especially is this too-much-work complex the orgy of a poor family just starting out. They feel the need of every hour’s labor that their son’s mus- cles are capable of doing; of every gol- den moment their daughters are wil- ling to expend without protest. Not only is the method dangerous, the par- ents are on the wrong track. Modern Farm Improvements. Base ball gloves, bats, balls, bathing suits, tennis courts and the like should be classed among farm improvements. HAS the question of young people . ‘ *Great expense need not be incurred to Intake the home more cheerful and de- sirable. Pleasant surroundings coin- cide with the beauty-loving natures of ; children and are a valuable rudiment , remembered. By Hazel “to keep ’em down on the farm.” The pig clubs, corn and potato clubs are doing wonders to keep farm chil- dren interested. Did you ever see a juvenile blue ribbon winner get city- struck? Radios, too, are doing much to ostracize the monotony of rural life for the kiddies. Good books and mag- azines of their “very own” should be in evidence. If your child wants to lay the corner- stone of an asparagus bed, start a small orchard, or something like that, by all means encourage it. Get all the bulletins procurable on the sub- ‘ jects, be interested yourself—your in- terest will keep his percolating on all fouis. Who knows but that your child may some day be a plant mzard or a poul~ try specialist? Certainly, in any case, there is ilf‘tié‘to be. lost, and many beautiful memories and efforts to be Besides this, you have the, knowledge of having done your .Yest. (N0te:———This subject of our young folks has many angles.‘ It would be interesting to have the opinions of some of our 1eaders who are working to solve, 01 have solved this problem \Vrite your experiences at an early date to the editor of this page). SCRUBBING CHARIOT SAVES ' STEPS. BBB is a suggestion that may help someone when cleaning the bath— room or kitchen floors. An ordinary soap box can be used for this by cut- ting down the sides to about five inch- es high and knocking out one side. Padding made of burlap will make it comfortable when kneeling, and the whole thing is placed on four rollers and stands just the height of the‘rol- B. Girard lers off the floor. On one side should be fastened a dish for soap, and on the other a rack for the scrubbing brush. With just a wiggle of your toe you can push your chariot along as you scrub. It saves many steps and I call it my “scrubbing chariot.”—-Mrs. A. S. WE LEARN TO DO BY DOING. HEN the rural women of Huron county held their first annual achievement day of organized exten- sion work in the clothing project at Bad Axe, over three hundred women from all parts of the county attended the meeting. It is doubtful if a larger gathering of mm] women, called for a specific purpose, was ever held in the county. The above paragraph in itself is not of much importance, but the things that count are these: Leadership and self-reliance that has been developed by these women themselves. Sixteen groups of people, represented by thir- ty-one local leaders, with one hundred eighty group members took the work. Imagine the potential force possessed by this number of farm women that organized extension work has devel- oped for them during the past year. It is a good thing for people to work, play and eat together. The ladies in the various sections soon found this out, and not very much coaxing on the part of the leaders had to be done with group members after the first meeting. In fact, our experience has proven that it is difficult to keep the group enrollment low enough in many cases. The 'question is, why all this en- thusiasm over something that has been offered by the ,college for several years?” The answer is this: A Couple of Cupboards FEATURE of Branch county’s Achievement Day exhibits was Mrs. Ever Well’s cupboard" and Mrs. Never Well’s cupboard. In Mrs. Never Well’s cupboard on the left, was pills and medicines of all descriptions, and such foods as fried potatoes, pies, white bread and fat pork. Mrs; Ever Well’s cupboard on the right was full of vegetables, fruits, milk, whole grain bread, and cereals. , The following poem, written by Mrs. A. L. Lott, of Branch county ,tells the story 101’ Mrs. Never Well and Mrs. Ever Well: “Old [Mother Hubbard went to the cup- board, Mrs. Never well did the same, And what she found inside the doors, I really hate to name. There was a pile of pancakes, There was a big mince pie, A plate of soggy biscuits And fat pork there to fry. The upper shelf was full of cans, Condensed milk, tonics, pills, A lot of tarts and Cam] y, . ' Mute evidence of ills. ‘ Don’t follow Mrs. Never Well If you would thrive and grow, Buit, follow Mrs. Ever Well . . The 10- ’ cal leader—localvgroup plan of getting the work. We appreciate the thing we work for. The local leader has to work, and work hard, to get these les- sons that are given once eachmonth, by the specialist for six consecutive months. She goes home and puts into practice the things taught, and ‘it thereby becomes a fixed idea and practice. - The local leader system of doing ex- tension work has taught us, “There can be much teaching without learn- ing.” Therefore, it ' ~r‘easonable to presume that in the future most pro- jects will be worked out along some- what this same line. The principle is right—D. Woodman. FAMILY FAVORITES. Peac" Delights. , 2 cups flour ""M Milk '2 level tsp. baking powder Stemming 1 tb. sugar Whipped . 3 tb. shortening Peaches % Isl). salt. Sift dry ingiedienrzlts and rub in the shortening. Adds “being and enough milk to make a soft dough. Drop into greased muffin pans, place a half peach ’ on top of each, sprinkle with sugar and bake twenty' minutes in a hot oven. Serve with whipped cream. Rhubarb Pudding. Butter thin slices of dry bread, place a layer in the bottom of a buttered baking dish, and cover with rhrherb that has been cut in small paces. Sprinkle withotgar, then another lay- er of buttered bread, and so on until the dish is full. quarters of an lW'r. Serve cold with the followingsauce: Scald one and one-half cups of milk. To the yolk of two eggs add one-fourth cup sugar and a pinch of salt. Mix thoroughly. Add the hot milk slowly. Cook over hot water until the mixture coats a spoon. Add one-eighth teaspoon of nutmeg, and serve cold with the pudding. Scalloped Potatoes with Cheese. 1 qt. cooked potatoes. 2 cups hot milk sliced 35 cup buttered bread 1 onion chopped crumbs 4 tb. flour 2 canned red peppers 2 tb. bacon fat 1,6 cup grated cheese Cook onions in bacon fat, add flour and blend well. Add milk and stir Seasoning until smooth. Add seasoning, peppers and cheese and mix, with the potatoes. Turn into a greased baking dish,_ cover With buttered crumbs and bake twenty minutes. Instead of cheese, left—over meat may be added to the sauce. Rhubarb Gelatine. Soak one tablespoonful of gelatine for five minutes in one-third cup cold» water. Make a sauce of two cups rhu- barb, one' cup sugar and one-half cup water. When the rhubarb is soft re- move from the fire and add the gela- tine, also two tablespoons of lemon juice and the grated rind of half a. lemon. Pour into a square pan and chill. Cut into squares and serve with whipped cream, or just plain. Baked Rice and Giblets. 1 cup cooked giblets 2 cup gravy 2 cup cooked rice 1 tsp. salt. 54 tp. pepper , Chop the giblets fine, mix them with the other ingredients, pour the mix. ture into a greased baking dish and bake it for twenty minutes. A little finely. chapped celery or green pepper ,may be added if desired. This dish will make eight or ten ordinary serv- ing's. , , Cover and bake three— « ‘oso refrigerator is be ow.”,g, 1 WASHTENAW PUTS oN BIG ‘ ACHIEVEMENT DAY. VER three hundred Washtenaw county farmers se1ved their own dinners on Wednesday, May 18! The reason being that their “better halves” were in Ann Arbor for the day to at- tend the Annual Achievement Day of the home management project that has been Carried on in the county by eighteen local groups under the direc- tion of Miss Edna Smith, home man. agement specialist of Michigan State College. Plans for the work to be taken up next fall, and the mothers’ summer camp, were discussed in the morning. Mrs. I. R. Johnson, of South Lyon, was elected county chairman to sue- ceed Mrs. E. W. Latson, of Ann Arbor. To the tune of popular music sup- plied by the Methodist VVestlyn Guild ,Orchestra, and community singing led by Mr. Rudolph Jedele, 325 women sat down to a dinner that they neither had to prepare nor se1 ve In the afternoon Mayor E. W. Staeb- ler extended a hearty welcome to the women to Ann Arbor, and his cordial- ity was resr‘W‘ed to by Mrs. I. R. Johnson. “In teaching our children to develop companionship and to get on with one another,” said Mrs. H. S. Mallory, of the University of Michigan, in dis- cussing the “Social Development of the Child,” “we must teach them emo- tional control. In. doing this, fear, anger, and love a- he three princi- pal emotions to consider. “Tilt _ .11" things of which every child is naturallyafraid, are loud nois- es and of havi -e support removed from under him. All other fears are developed from various combinations of evperience and impressions. It is the parents’ duty to train their chil- dren to avoid the stumbling blocks of these three emotions. By means of an illustrated talk, 0. I. Gregg, landscape specialist of M. S. C. cleverly told the story of the “Home I“ i‘itiful.” From a neglected, down- at—the-heel eighty-acre farm, Mr. Gregg showed how to com”. fit it into a beau- tiful modern farm home’with little expense. That shrubs should be planted at least two and one-half feet from the foundation, four feet at the corners; that trees should frame the house and not be planted in a straight row; that . _a broad expanse of green grass in front is more pleasing than when broken up by innumerable plantings and posy beds; that flowers should be grouped 51 mass of the same variety and grouped with shrubs preferably at the back and sides of the yard, Were only a few points that Mr. Gregg so interestingly illustrated. Over 40,000 rural Michigan women were reached in extension work last year, reported Mrs. Louise Campbell, and with more help on the extension staff they hope to increase that num- ber to 60,000 for the coming year. The women in Washtenaw county are en— thusiastic about the work for the com- ing year, but it is not yet decided what project they will study. H ouschold .Scrvic: PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING. At our last community gathering, a white cake was served that had some kind of peanut butter frosting. Can you tell me how to make it?——Mrs. D. To make peanut butter frosting, cook two cups brown sugar, one table- spoon butter, one cup sour cream and a pinch of salt to the soft ball stage. Add two tablespoons peanut butter and beat well. Spread on cakes when it begins to stiffen. RESTORING OLD BRASS KETTLE. Recently I found an old brass kettle and would like to clean it up to be used as an antique. It is very much discolored. Can you tell me what to use to restore it?——Mrs. G. L First clean the kettle from any ad- hering dirt by dipping in a weak solu— 1 tion of hot soda lye and then thor- oughly rinsing in clear water. Next dip in a solution made of seventy-five parts nitric acid, one hundred parts of sulphuric acid, two parts shining lamp black, and one part cooking salt. Rinse and polish. To prevent further dis- coloring, coat with a colorless varnish. Stories From Bugville T lze Tale of a Swallow T ail WALLOW TAIL was fluttering about from daisy to dandelion, and occasionally would stop to rest a moment on a sweet clove1 blos- som. On he1 black wings weie rows of yellow spots, just the 00101 of the dandelion, with hole and there a dash of blue and orange on her tail- like hind wings. Perhaps you have already guessed that Swallow Tail was a but- terflx just like the one you tried so 118.111 to catch last su1nn1e1. Swallow Tail was searching fo1 he1 b1 eakfast From one flow e1 to another 0n the Carrot Leaf Swallow Tail Laid Tiny Yellow Eggs. she would fly and with her long slen- der tongue, she would suck the sweet nectar from the blossoms. The queer thing .about Swallow Tail’s tongue is that, when not in use, she carries it coiled up under her chin. “Wish I could find a carrot leaf,” sighed Swallow Tail when she had fin- - ished her breakfast. f‘It you will, fly over the ’garden fence to the south you will find rows and 10115 of them ” sang ReddyRobin from the branch of the nea1by t1ee. “Thank you Reddy, ” answered Swal- low Tail, and she flew away to the garden. Here 011 a ca1rot leaf she laid tiny yellow eggs One bright sunny day just a week altermwaid one of the eggs hatched, and what do you sup— pose came out of it? You ney e1 could guess—it was a tiny black Caterpillar with a white band alound his body Blackie wiggled and twisted his way out of the shell, blinked at the b1ight sun and said, “I’ m hungry. ” The near- est thing at hand was the carrot leaf on which he was resting, and he began to nibble at it. You see Mother But- terfly was wise when she laid he1 eggs on the calrot leaf f01 she knew that calrot leaves ale good for baby cater- pillars just as. the roots of the ca1r-ot ale good f01 little boys and giils. Cate1 pillar ate and ate so many car- rot leaves that he g1ew and grew until he was neally two inches long. One day when he was Clawling about amolng the car1ot plants he g1ew very 1re “I’ll build a little house and take a nap,” he said. So he spun a long silken thread and made a little house for himself. In this he slept for nearly two weeks, but all the time a wonderful change was taking place. Then one sunny morn- ing a little hole was gnawed in one end of Blackie’s silken house and out popped—who can guess?—a pretty Swallow Tail butterfly. . (Wh has found a caterpillar’s little silken ouse and seen a Swallow Tail butterfly? Write me a letter telling me all about it.—Aunt’ Martha). Concrete Sidewalks Mean Less “ Broom and Mop” Work ' Hours of housework—harder work than most men realize—are saved daily by a concrete walk and pave- ment at the door. Floors, rugs, in fact the entire house is easier cleaned and stays so with less efiort. Build CONCRETE Walks Yourself. ' build labor-saving concrete walks around your house when other we :k is not pressing. . Easy-to«follow instructions are given in . “Permanent Repairs on the Farm.” write today‘or your free copv. L PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION A national organization to improve and extend the uses of concrete Dune Batik Building, DETROIT, MICH. Concrete for Permanence A Mating B Mating Refelence: OYAIESEEGHIC 5/0 0F OURSALES EACH YZ'ARARE T0 OLD CUSTOMERS English - Tancred - Hanson Strains CONTEST WINNING S. C. WHITE LECHORNS REDUCED PRICES 50 100 $5.25 $10.00 4.25 8.00 Broilers $6.50 per 100. For the weeks of June 13 the above low prices. Winning contest pen from this ad 25% down books your order. shipping date Records up to 303 eggs in one yea1 Bank. Will ship C. O. D. if you p1efe1 Royal Hatchery 81 Farms, 8. P. Wiersma. 8.2.801 M,Zeoland,Mich , 20 and 27th we will oder our chicks at These chicks have the same blood lines as our Balance one week before Zeeland State Commercial and Savings KS 500 $47.50 37.50 Order direct Broiler Chicks Barred Plymouth Rocks. SALE OF MAY CHICKS Tremendous Price Reduction for Immediate Orders. For Immediate Delivery in Lois oi S. C. English White Leghorn: I, Brown Loohorns and Anconasi i00 500 $8.50 $42 $7.00 Add TWO CENTS PER CHICK in any quantity. of lt‘mS than 100 chicks add 25c per order to these prices. Also White Leghorn l’ulJets. 10 weeks old. in lots of 25 or over. at the low price of $1.00 each. Terms are 20"? with order. Balance (J. 0. l). Rel'el‘olh'e.~~-l’t‘o)>ln's Stat.- Bank of Holland. All (1111 ks in this sale are from carefully culled. ra11ge~ted. and bred stuck or“ high record matings Ordei direct from. this ad, but either write or wire your order at once. “'ire order.) given immediate attention. 100% Lilo Delivery Guaranteed—Postage Prepaid. SHADY GROVE CHICKERY. Box M. HOLLAND. MICHIGAN. For any shipments 1000 $83 . DILIGENT CHICKS Did It Well! AND WILL DO IT FOR YOU Families buy homes and run autnnohiles 011 mu ent delay any longer but 01‘-'du now May we have your order? 12 weeks old I’ullets $85. 00 Postpaid prices on 25 S. C. White Leghorns ......................... $2.25 Barred. Plymouth Rocks ........................ 3.00 Rhode Island. Reds S. C ....................... 3.00 Mixed all heavies. good chicks ................ 2.50 Mixed light. all good chicks ................... 2.00 Diligent Hatchery 8: Poultry Farm, chick money. Do not We. sell tho best for as little as we can. per hundred. 50 100 500 $4.25 $ 8.00 $37.50 52.50 5.75 11.00 B. R. No. II. HOLLAND. MICHIGAN. 1 ' WOLRI S.CW.HITE '°°’° BABY CHICKS BLOOD SAFE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED MICHIGAN ACCREDITED SPECIAL JUNE PRICES TELL, Order Direct from this ad. to Save Time, or Send for Catalog. ' ' 50 100 $6570500 G ad A Mating, Our Very Best $7.50 $14.00 . (ii-ad: B Mating, from Selected Stock 6.00 l 1.00 52.50 On All Orders Mailed Us Before June First Deduct 10% From The Above Prices Send $1.00 for Each 100 Chicks Ordered. Pay Postmaster Balance IVhen Chicks Arrive 100% Safe Arrival Guaranteed. We Pay the Postage ve You Tried Wolverine Leghorns? ’ ' Wolverine Leghorns have large lopped combs: big, deep bodies: are uniform in size and type; and produce quantities of large, white eggs in winter when egg prices.are high. Satisfied customers everywhere endorse Wolverine Baby . Chicks. Bred for Size, Type and Egg Production Since 1910 All breeders accredited by Michigan State College and Mich- igan Poultry Improvement Association. Don‘t buy any other chicks until you have our new 1927 catalog explaining our matings in detail and how you can have greatest success with poultry. Write for copy, it's FREE. WOLVERINE HATCHERY & FARMS H. PJWIERSMA, Owner DEPT. 4 ZEELAND, MICHIGAN VER’ ARD ELECT HICKS . .3: ,4 ROCK BOTTOM PRICES 1‘ 6. Never before have you been offered a better value in ‘ \ :4 chicks than you are here. Read these low prices _and realize that here is an unusual buy. You get Michigan accredited chicks w ' h means every breeder is ap roved by spe- ‘ / ' l'st under supe sion of Michigan State Col ege. You get #32; 130%: live delivery. postpaid. You get prompt shipment. You get ' f atest value of all. you get that famous Silver Ward Quality whichon‘iegrdges% $33h0i§;%u1try profits. Will ship C. 0.. D. if you desrre. We can {also offer splendid 8~10 week old pullets at very reasonable prices. of the same high qua 1ty. Low Chick Priees-lmmediatg Delixoery ( Extra Selects“:J WHt Leghoma 25 000 ' 1000 . . I e T3232: s. c. White Leghorn: $3.00 use 310.00 347.50 390.00 Sheppards Anconas rd Reav La tug “ta“: 8. finglishyWhitg Leghorna 2'75 5 .00 9'00 “.00 85.00 . . neonas m 1% 00 d-t I B rred Rocks 8.75 7.00 13.00 62. . Serisfrttegdfisrreoueg'c‘ilicki, all breeds 2.15 4.00 7.00 35.00 70.00 ' hi ad and save time. Wire our order and we will shi at 312:1 (Ilia): gigslytfdgtgglizoigelggdnsiatestnkm§ Member of Iratgrirzagliéga’le 9:113:33? A‘gggcé‘z’iitfiogién (103%: ° ‘ - re. on can never . . _ . :0va “iiémcnaié’iw‘tifii w°§3uniiiev¥vii§ie story of Silver Ward If you Wish. It Will be a great help to you. SILVER WARD HATCHERY .08 29 ZIILAND, MICHIGAN a tolZWeek PUIIETS ACCREDITED Baby HICK' MICHIGAN ’ o UNEXCELLED in Their PRICE CLASS ' Free Catalog. AII closely Culled, Every Bird Leg Banded. K Prices Greatly Reduced for Delivery to June First ITE LEGHOIINS. 100 50 1000 33111: Hollywood .200-290-egg pedigree ...... _....$18.00 $87.50 $170.00 Improved Hollywood Muted, 260-290-688 pedigree 12.00 57.50 110.00 Tune-red Muted ................................ 11.00 52.50 100.00 Barron \Vhite Leghoms ........................ 10.00 47.50 90.00 ANt‘ONASHFamous Sheppard Muted .......... 12.00 57.50 110.00 Utility Anconas ................................ 10.00 47.50 90.00 BROIVN LEGHORNS—Vary best grade ........ 11.00 52.50 100.00 BAIIRED ROCKS ............................. 13.00 62.50 120.00 Broiler Chicks (not am'redited) ................ 7.00 35.00 ...... Shipments on Monday and Wednesday of every week. Write for prices on other quantities. Wire orders promptly handled. Pullobs: White and Brown Leghorns. Free range raised. 8_ to 12 weeks for 5.th- ment starting May lfith. Write for prices. ._ RURAL POUIII‘RY FARM, n. 1, not: M. Zecland. Mich. Reduced Prices for June Delivery I Chicks are Michigan Accredited Official records up to 252 eggs hahizheizv.n egg contest 1923, 24, 25, Every breeder inspected and Passed by inspectors supervised by Mich. State College,5 Smitiiog-latcgigod. moo .. .Pmid rioeson 25 0 {"08V’IIIP. Bantam? ...... m: ...D ........... $2.50 $4.75 3 9.00 342.00 3 80.00 Barred Rocks. 8. C. & R. 0.8. I. Beds“ 3.25 6.00 “.00 32.00 locoo Special Matings higher. Mixed Chicks $7.00 per 100—1111 heavies. $0.00. Order from ad at these prices. Member International Baby Chick Assn. Lakeview Poultry Farm, R. R. 8, Box .6, Holland, Mich, ~Michl an Accredited—High Quality Profit Producers. Heavy .ay- Proven pgayers fmmgcarefully culled, select reedlng stock. 100% Live Dd- llverv Guaran . Bank Reference. _ Baby Chick Prices for June amt JuLv anon Eng. Wh. Indians. g. C. Br. Leghoms Bardeocksandlg. .R.IReda 0 4000 Mixed Chicks (not Accredited) ............................ 4.25 8.0 . Also hegw lining tyne moat producing pullets. Order m for accrued deliver-lea 'F'REE Am“ 81‘. ' V WINSTROM'Q- HATCHERY, Albert Wlmtrom. Plum. Box 0-5, Iceland. “loll. ooooooooooooooooooooooo .. peal to us. POULTRY RACK 1ND THOUGH. ‘R7E built a rack for the poultry, about two feet high, and in the center we‘made a. lower frame that holds a pail of water. This rack is cheap and extremely useful. It was made of strips about an inch and a half one way and an inch the other. When the chickens want water, they can jump on the rack easily and, do not contaminate the drinking water, getting mud and filth into it. This rack can be used effectively all the year around, and is a. genuine help where poultry is kept. We made a trough six 'inches deep and eight inches wide for feeding scratch feed to the hens. The length will depend on the size of the flock. Our trough is fifteen feet long. This trough must be elevated in order to keep out all trash. A narrow platform on each side was made for the hens to stand upon. To prevent the hens from getting into the trough and scratching out the feed was a problem. So we finally decided to take a roller out of an old binder, and placed it about four or five inches above the trough, and fixed so that it will roll if a. hen tries to roost on it. This arrangement has been a very effective one and keeps the scratch feed clean at all times. Any item that makes for sanitation about the poultry yard, or that lessens labor, is well worth the effort put forth and often increases the poultry profits as wen—Mrs E. O. Swope. LAMENESS AND ENLARGED LIVER. Our hens are fat, look the picture of health. I killed one and found its liver in very poor condition, it was enlarged, very dark, nearly black in color, and real soft. Could you tell me if that is the cause of their lame- ness, and if so, what can be done for them?—Mrs. C. L. The lameness might be due to rheu- matism. Lameness is also one of the symptoms of tuberculosis. Hens also have fatty degeneration and fatty in- filtration of the liver. Heavy feeding of starchy feeds like corn, sometimes produces liver trouble, especially in old hens of the heavy breeds. An en- larged condition results from inflam- mation of the liver. If there are many losses in the flock from a. combination of lameness and liver trouble, it pays to have a veterinarian inspect the birds. A laboratory examination is of- ten necessary to accurately determine the trouble. KILL THE ROOSTER. SWAT the fly and kill the rooster. Of course, it is customary to wait until threshers come to kill the roost- .ers, but why wait? Produce a. high quality egg and the price will go up, because people will eat more eggs. At the present time, with eggs selling at sixteen cents a. pound and pork chops at thirty or thereabouts, people are buying the pork instead of the eggs. National Egg Week may help this condition out some, and yet you, Mr. Farmer, are the one who can do more than anyone else. How? By produc- ‘ing quality eggs. I well remember go- nest in the fence corner, and getting a. hat full, and sometimes not even get- ting to the house before one or more would burst, and now when I go to the grocery stOre for eggs I desire eggs— if I desire meat, I go to the butcher shop, yet last summer I found three embryonic chicks in one dozen of eggs. No, it Wasn’t appetlzlng, and so we ate meat—beef, pork, veal, etc., in- . stead of eggs, because they didn't ap- The only thing we used eggs for was :rbaklng. Ordinarily we \ are quite heavy egg consumers, and while that is only one case, yet thou- sands like it all over the country de- crease consumption of eggs and keep the price down——a.nd the loss is the farmers’. Infertile eggs keep much longer. In one experiment, infertile eggs were put: in an incubator for a week and were able to be used for cooking at the end of that period. While that isn’t to be‘ recommended, yet it is much better than to have. a. hen sit on a fertile egg all day long for, at the end of that time there is a blood spot formed. Infertile eggs keep longer, have a. better quality, will grade up better, if your eggs are graded—thus bringing a higher mice, and your roosters will bring a higher, price now than later, and late hatched chicks do not pay out usually, and one receives just as many eggs, whether he has roosters running with his hens or not. So kill or sell the roosters, and produce high quality infertile eggs—J. P. Hoekzema. ' SMALL EGGS FROM GOOSE. I have a two-year-old‘ goose in the best of health. Only she would go on he nest and off; again for the last three or four weeks. The other morn— ing‘she dropped all her eggs, in size from a. little white bean to a hen’s egg, andabout twelve or thirteen of them, and all looked like the yolk of a. hard- boiled egg. I would like to know what caused her to do that. She has been sick ever since, and I do not think I will save her.~—Mrs. F A. Geese are subject to oviduct trou- - bles the same as hens, and there is practically nothing that can be done in such cases. The goose may be dis- eased, but a. postmortem examination of the internal organs would be nec- essary to locate the trouble. Geese are normally quite healthy, vigorous birds, and if they do become sick there is little in the way of doctoring that seems to benefit them. The practical remedy is to breed only from the vig- orous geese laying—eggs of normal size. and in that way obtain goslings of good vitality which are not easily sue ceptible to disease. BLOOD CLOTS IN EGGS. We are getting a. great many eggs with blood spots in them. We feed the hens home-made dry mash, (from a. Michigan Farmer formula), and wheat, oats and corn on cob. They have free range and only five or six roosters to about 400 hens. Can you tell us what causes the trouble?—C. V. Z. Blood clots are often found adhering to the yolks of some of the eggs, es- pecially during the spring season of heavy production when pullets are heavily forced for eggs. A small blood vessel ruptures and the clot becomes attached to the yolk when it passed through the oviduct. This is later covered with albumen. Candling the eggs and removing any with clots is the only method of hand- ling the problem. They are'all right for food for home use. Inexperienced consumers may believe that the blood clot is the evidence of the first stages of incubation. For this reason it is best to candle the eggs if they are for a select private trade and many blood clots are noted. ing under the barn, or discovering 3--_NA few blood clots may be found, even when a. flock is given the best of feed and management. Possibly sud- den fright or the strain of laying may sometimes be responsible. It is not a sign of any diseased condition in'the oviduct. Approximately 3,000,000 cases of eggs, worth slightly more than $30,- 000,000, were marketed cooperatively , in the United States in 1925 by farm- ers and poultry ' mm cools» 1:101:34 .- I ' RURAL" HEALTHY ' By Dr. 0. H. Lem'ga . . WHY HAVE TYPHOID FEVER? YPHOID fever is still a name that has in it the threat of death. It is nothing to what it was. 'EVen in the early years of the twen- tieth century, when we thought our- selves quite enlightened, we still had a terrible lot of typhoid fever. I be- ‘ gan practice in 1900, andII remember that typhoid fever could always be reckoned on to pay my summer and fall expenses in those early years. ' Nowadays, typhoid is only a name to the young folks who live in cities. But in the country it is far more fa- miliar. Of 6,635 typhoid deaths in a single year, 4,364 were in the country. Health officers tell us that the typhoid problem is now considered to be chief- ly a matter of rural sanitation. When they can get it wiped out in the coun- try it will speedily die in the city. What’s the reason that such a dis- ease picks on the country? Poor rural sanitation! T00 many farm houses still supplied with [water that can be infected by drainage from privies and stables. Too many farm houses in which the disposal of human excreta must be made through the agency of a dirty, foul-smelling, fly-breeding, earth Closet. 1 visited a'fair last fall in which there was a working exhibit of a sim- ple septic tank. It was large enough to dispose of the excreta of a family of nine persons. The 1eceiving cham- bex is made two feet six inches wide, fun 1' feet long, and five feet deep 011 the inside. The second chamber is two feet six inches wide, five feet long, and two feet seven inches deep. Floors and walls of each chamber are made five inches thick, and the cover slabs are twelve and a quarter inches wide, three feet four inshes long, and three and a, half inch- es thick. It is made with a one-two- thz-ee mixture .of concrete. This is a farm improvement that the farmer can build for himself. He can get working plans from the cement companies. The adoption of such methods of caring for human waste will soon make typhoid as rare in the country as it is in the city. BABY GOES BLIND. Is there any operation to restore the sight of a child who had inflamed eyes xight after being born, and then went blind? This baby was bow with beau- ti1'ul eyes, and I’m sure could See ve1y well then—Hopeful FIE? Fg°§m1sSp ecial LEG 5/" REDS) RE! You have your choice or three breedsAaJl are profitable. PRICES EFFECTIVE JUNE lst 50 100 500 1000 S C. White Leghorns ......... . .................. .. ................ $5.00 8 9.00 $42.50 8 80.00 barred Rocks—R. I. Reds ..................... . ................ 15.00 11.00 52.50 102.60 Broilers. all hesvies. $9.00 per 100; 600 for $42. 50. Will ShipC o. D 100% Pay your postmm when you got your chicks. hatches each week and can till lam orders promptly spacial matings. Brummer & Fredrickson Poultry Farm, higher prices. delivery. Make money this summer raising price and the pullets will be laying in five to six months. I g157/101-1110” 15611011111 V[WWW/mumnmummunnullIII/IIIIJIIIIIIIIIIIIIumuum,"nI. DURING the week of May 16 23- 30-June 6- 13- 20 and 27 we will deliver to you prepaid and 100% live delivery guaran- teed, Superior S. C. White Leghorns at the following remarkably low prices. Just fill in the coupon below for the number you desire and mail it today. We will ship your order when you designate. $375.00 net profit in one month That is what Guy Burgis of Fair Grove, Mich... made last January with 832 pullets raised from 2,000 Superior chicks bought last June. with the right stock. Stock of this quality is cheap even at prices much higher than we are asking. These Chicks Are Michigan Accredited Even at these low prices pass the exacting requirements to be classed as such. breeding plant is where we blend our Tancred and Barron strains to produce those big bodied profitable birds. performance) this year and are individually pedigreeing thousands of chicks. Write for complete information describing special matings at slightly .~ We also offer pullets, 8 weeks old or older, for immediate ’ by Write for special low prices. C90 h’ (if) .1 Superior Poultry Farms, Inc. I: > ,2»° l '100 - $9.00‘ 500 - 45.001 1000- 85.00 Mixed or Broiler II Chicks $7 per 100 Write today for our latest low prices and get started '//1. these chicks are Mi1higan Accredited andzwill Furthermore on Superior Farms / I We have 600 pull ets entered in R. O. P. record of / I ’ . 3'1» .".é\9© ’. 31>) BOX 359 ”’ e19 forge“ .. on Q (7" . ’ «‘3 gi‘V \" .. ' Zeeland - Mich. x0e“ 1%,.» o» I 0‘ ~11 “‘1 0‘ 1‘" <21 I cannot encourage you to expect anything in a cause of this kind. at the very least, the child should be examined by a competent eye special- ist to see if there is any vestige of sight that can be improved. Many children, born with good eyes, get a virulent infection of the eyes during the passage through the birth canal. Such an infection often results in blindness. It is to avoid the possibil- ity of such doctor always But . catastrophes that a good treats the eyes of a: newborn babe with an antiseptic solu-1 lion just as soon as the child is born. ‘ The slightest 511111110111 of inflammation i eyes in a young baby should be the most iiiompt and expert of the given care. Autopsies performed on diseased poultry from Livingston county show- ed that. in many cases the loss of the I I | I birds could have been prevented if the; poultry houses and runs had been kept clean and a little disinfectant used 00-!: casionally. 1 1 Summer Prices B & F chicks. Late broilers bring good \Iixed Broilers. $8. 00 per 100; 500 for $31 50. Live Delivery Guaranteed. Just write or wire your order. We have large Write for free catalog that describes our Box 20, Holland:Michigan 905° 0 c L‘ [Io Wk“ hue R9;M°“:;s{¢ Established l 91 1 --Free Catalogur—D dl:ree Catalogue ottes" «up “gsegi: child‘h Exvfigc l I I 1 ‘T—PULLET 1112112135 LOWEST NOW 1—— range breeders carefully selected. representative of Mirhigsn State Coir— Chi1.ks that are hatched from free flocks and hatchery inspected and passed by legc. Relcr you to State I‘ommercial Sari". :3 Bank. Order from this 1111 Prices Effective May 23rd and thereafter 25 50 100 400 “100 . C. White 8. Br. Leghorns.. ...... 2.7 75 54.75 S 9.00 $34.00 8 80.00 Bd. Rocks ........................ 3.75 6.25 l2.00 46.00 “0.00 C. 6.25 12.00 46.00 [10.00 3.7 Light Mixed. 557. 00 100% live delivery prepaid 10% down books your order. Free catslos ZEELAND. HIGH. l00: Our chicks are 111111111111 Altfrtdlied HUNDERMAN BROS. R. R. No. 3. Box 50 Heavy Mixed $l0.00 per Michigan Accredited Bred to lay GHIGKS Michigan Ala-edited. S. (' and Ban'cd P101115. combs. WRITE FOR SPECIAL PRICE REDUCTION on MAY AND IUNE DELIVERIES. Describes in full. giies 11111111111111.» 111 11111 111.11111u 111d tells how to 1111513 Baby (‘hicks for Greater l’r.1>lir “1'111-1111‘5'11111.» FR l927 CATALOG. We Guarantee 10001382119, Arrival in Good Health. 11111111111 111t11natlonzil Bibi (,‘l11c' .; 1X<>lk‘lll[il)ll. AMERICAN CHICK FARM. Box M, ZEELANO. MICHIGAN. BARGAIN SALE ON BABY CHICKS “'111111 111111 B111w11 Icglmrm Amonas. Blk. \finorcas. Our Leghorn» urn lll‘.!:‘, 11111111 bnditd birds with lull looped All Mithigan a111rcdi 11d Fret; in 1:1: :est :5; 7.1112119 in the country. l’llI I1 1-8 '1 I :2» 1 June and IUJ.)I For prompt deliver: in lots 0! 11310 500 MO 500 1' V\. I1 .111101ns. .\111 1111.1.» ...................... S 1.00 542 50 S 8.00 $37.50 112111111 1101 l1\ .................................... H.511) 5500 ll). 50 50.00 Broilers, 115511111111 11101 Accreditcd~ .............. 15.50 32.00 6.50 32.00 All strong; \inm'ous chicks. Bigzext 11111-111111 we 111111 ever offered. on baby I‘llll'l{.\ 111' this high grade in all our 1011; 1111.13 :1‘ 1'Xl11‘l‘lcll1‘d. Ol‘dt'l‘ NOW'! Direct from this ad to 1115111111 11111111111: 11:111- 1.\Il(‘IIlG.\N POULTRY FARM. ll. 2, HOLLAND. MICHIGAN D U N D E E 11111111“ ACCREDITED Stool: all blood tested for Bacillary White Diarrhea for from pure-bred select free range stork. CHICKS . the pas: three: years. Chicks all hatched l’n’ces 101' June 013 20 and 27. _ 100 500 I000 B. P. Rocks (Extra Special) ................................................ SILOO $50.00 $95.00 B. P. Rocks (Selected) ...................................................... l0.00 45.00 90.00 Single Comb White Leghorn: (American Strain) ............................... l0.00 45.00 90.00 S. C. White Leghorn: (English Strain) ...................................... 9.00 40.00 30. 00 d %rder‘diro1t trorn the ad or write for catalog. Buy blood tested and 2111119111th chicks this semen an 8 pcased THE DUNDEE HATCHERY, Box A, Dundee, Michigan I an State I hicks Profit-Sharing Prices In closing a very successful year we want to have our customers share our good fortune with us. Our new profit-sharing prices are. RICHARDSON HATCHERY, Dundee, Mich, BoxB S. C. White Leghorns Only --- Pure Tancred Strain. From Michigan CERTIFIED Chicks. All Pullets from Third Year Blood Tested Stock. high average production stock. Shipments any date in May or June. Safe arrival and your satisfaction guaranteed. BATTLE SPRING POULTRY FARM, Hudson, Mich. 8 Weeks and Up For Delivery in MAY or JUNE Get Our Prices From known Michigan II Accredited SPECIAL PRICES FOR JUNIE . BARRED PLYMOUTH ROG C. WHITE LEGHORNS ........................ MIKED (not socredltem ........................... 100% live delivery guaranteed 811100011 by preps! order m for delivery my week in June. ”D050; SILEB HATCHEB'Y. 500 $47.00 37 00 21. 00 510,00 8. 00 6. 00 ........................ pores! DUNDEE. MichIIGAN. FAIRVIEW PROFIT PIllJDIJIlING STRAINS Big Discounts NOW for early orders on Hatching Eggs. Chicks Pullets and early breeding Cockarols. Michigan Accredited, Six Leading Varieties. Trspnested Leghorns under R ork. S. C. Heavy Type White Leghorns White and Barred Roc,ks S. C. Anson“, S). Rhoda Island Reds. S. C. live and let live prices Brown Leghorns. Box M, Zeehnd, Michigan 100 500 1000 1 English White Leghorns $10 $45 3 85 Barred Plymouth Rocks 12 55 105 C . We Guarantee Satisfaction Write for our ,‘ AIRVIEW HATCHERY & POULTRY FARMS srpnrcnsm on R 30 r BREEDING EXPERIENCE Pay Only ONE CENT Per, Chick with Order ,. 1~ » Howe a Tom Barron Strain S. C. White Leghorne, ‘270—300-egg foundadon; Boo-egg strain ‘ Anconas; all large, long-bodied birds with large combs. Heavy winter layers. Also Evergreen strain Rose Comb WhiteWyandottes. Immediate Delivery. 50 100 500 1000 PULLETS. 8. C. English White Leghorns .............$6.00 6 9.00 $42.50 $83.00 Right Now is the time S. C. Shepard's Anoonas 6.00 9.00 42.50 83.00 to order your 10-12 weeks Bose Comb White Wyandottes ............ 7.00 12.50 60.00 ..... Pulleta Idi- May and lat- Broiler or Mixed (hicks ................. 8.75 7.00 .35.00 ..... 3 er deliveries. Wfilb for For our EXTRA SELECTED MATINGS ADD 2 CENTS PER CHICK , Prices TO THESE PRICES. Order direct from this ad—Save time and . ' We guarantee Satisfaction and 100% Live Delivery on all chicks. , postpaid. Reference. Zeeland State Bank. RELIABLE POULTRY FARM 8: HATCHERY, R. 1, Box 42, Zeeland, Mich- Big Reduction for May and June Our breeding stockhas tree farm range and 10 selected by e trained peril- try specialist. High record male birds are used exclusively. Buy from ex- perienced poultrymen and save. _PLEASE let me step in a few min- utes to bid my many M. C. friends au revoir. I have belonged for a long time and have enjoyed every letter and story, also your talks, uncle. But now I must leave. I am compelled to do so because I am too “old.” Eight- een, gee whiz, I don’t feel half that old.‘ Boy, doesn’t time fly? Thanks, Uncle Frank, for the prizes I have won, and also the Golden Circle ‘ ' 50 100 500 loco - . . Postpald prices . pm I received during my membership Eng. Wh. LthOI‘llS & ADP/0113.8. . - - . . . 2-... saga, 313-6? $.23:% ‘ 31%:38 course. I hope the Merry Circle Will figggggedR $331.55.: 0116110053 : I I :: I I . . . .. . 37.50 70.00 keep on becoming great, and I’m sure We guarantee 100% live delivery. Order direct from this ad and save. 81.. 8-Week Old Pullets 90c Each 000 new - i t matured. Owls-old bullets et .7. ".035. weeding $3.. ’391‘0 iiik'iwii‘ieih 55%... m Village View Poultry Farm, R. 3, Box 2, Zeeland, Mich. W State Blah. For 17 years we have culled our flocks {gr egg pg‘odutgtiglienr mgmgélgtfiustmmknownfig we can please you, the same as thousanms title chicks will be of the best Quality. in- ' k d'anta of these prices. _ _ _ filllldltlfiz timi- andmberge‘one grade and Shoelals. Will ship from 25 on up. 0!). orders from 25 to 75 chicks add 250 extra. to your order. ad a ' h’ t d Later. On Orders of 500 or More. 0 e on These Pncelifd: 11:14:: lrsrclllr’d‘g'l'.I like a Discount of 50c Fer Hundred. ......... I00 ' . VIII-ta and Brow" Leg'horng” ..................... _.... ...... cone-nee.......... '20 3. 339311.» fit. (lledl. IBarred Rocks and White Foch. S. C- Black ”mama"0":'...'.'.'............. '30 85"" Laced 8"“ WW Wya““°“°" 3- °- 3"" °"""“*°"’ """ =."'0'.'n...."“f." """ '. ................I30 Columbian Wyandottel ......... ........... :30 fi-"Cfixthlgdd. and Ends.... 80 ,All Heavy Odd: and Ends .................. c k on Chicks and Poultry given free with m or- order direct from this ad. special “gang r1?leeiltBl.’0nre-l)retl Pallets Ready for Immediate Delivery. FOSTORIA, OHIO der amounting to $10.00 or more. Huber’s Reliable Hatchery, East High Street, ~ ‘ lvr'ifllfli hr ———l Pedigree M—ale, uallttv. mBm ' i (1 Foundation Sleek Mating Chicks. 40 Popular and Rare . .... 33%” M" Emma iota-Eyiuraglsnesn“ss“s.has. ' ' ‘ 'nish. oucKLmes. BAB , . Eddinpililnreedm' i153“ Stockspllmefll lgotErnntlonal B. C. A. anfidAmlgi-ican B. C. P.25A. Chiglas inlglgali%oMatligogg - I rri 1 Guaranteed. Poe p p can on - ‘8 {31°95in Bllmnmwmmm A8102; and R. c Brown Loanoms ...........s3.25 s 0.00 311 59(2) 3ng n'me'd and 'wnite'nocks. R. 1. Beds, s. CpAnconas . 4.00 ”3 i3 67 124 S. C. Black Minorcas, White Wyendottes, Buff Owingtons 4.3% 7.60 14 67 12‘ Black Lansshans. Silver Wyandottee. R. I. Whi. tcs ...... . . , 4. 10.00 18 88 "5 Golden and Columbian Wyandottee, S. C. White Minorcas 6.50 0.00 18 88' 175 Light Brahmas, Blue Andalusians. Partridge Rooks. R. C. Anconas ...... 5.50 1 . bl BIG Mixed Assorted. $8 per 100. Heavyofisstirtfleg.E 8% per 100. Ailinghungdsrainlflct? 235°me'enur' ' LTRY BO . . amps apprec . . EI’CEK' Ed’d—oix'lrel-tAgsui-ngney this seasonnin FAgllllltous NABOB l8K STRAINS. Ellie most profitable in on] old ri now. $335? IlmAu'ICcllrEIIlInE‘ld:3 in the P “7 Box F-l. GAMBIER. OHIO. Also BLOOD TESTED CHICKS from highest producing strains in all leading variation. 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. 85 VARIETIES. 25 50 100 500- 8 emaili‘itemfiiié’: & Buil' Ieghorm.Anconas........... 82.75 85.50 81%.?)0) 3:52.30, ' ,wn.’ Bun Rocks. n. I. Reds rag]? rig?) 113.00 02200 White Wymdottes. Black Minerva: ........... . .. .. ........ . 8:00 15:00 72.00 M * W- Wises-cs as Mixed Heavies, . ; . ; . fiend for large Price List. including Ducklinu. PIeuenmember. Quentin; sarong, ogrmce. thin when you piece your order. N . O. D. orders 8111111)“. II V In ordering from “I More Chicks are delivered. BANK REFERENCES. You cannotido TM than all)" OI! direct. CHICKS Hatched from TRAPNESTED LAYERS. 3081);) 0:01 1:317“ mm, - I BLUE RIBBON PENS. allBLOOD TE T . 0 Der mc&y§.fi§lomfi FRUIT AND POULTRY FABHI. Lock Box 354-0. FLINT. Buy Insured Baby Chicks Insurance Covering Breeding for 30 Days ildin farm flocks. Barred and White Rocks: Reds. Wyendottu: Egmmlffifi; fVs’lrhitueu Legh‘orll’s—eeparate breeding~—Irom both Tencred and Hollywood founda- tion stock: 100% live delivery postpaid. Hatching ecu: also Duck. Geese. ‘udldl'll‘ll; 09mm Send for new catalog, insurance plan. and Credlt Certificate Plan. Everything up . e 8 weeks and three months. Cockerels in diaerent breeds. Send for circular. MS ASSOCIATION - nagchLEpIEAR KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN d ttes ................... . 4.25 mlfixed Lights, $2.50; $4.50: $8.00. Gen-Id. bums this prices. . Write at MICHIGAN. it of hidiert quality. Spool-I Pen Hated Stock and Extra Highngryedchsfoolk at nightly higher prices, you prefer. Fine h thy bred utility chicks at following prices. . 500 1 live del. guarant‘d). 25 60 1 800 ‘ B C Wh.. Br.. Buff Lezh'ns. £10332.” 3 5.00 8 . 0 $25.60 851 ' ' . Rock . R 8's9'c’fflllt‘fflvl3.’ £13.“- . .......s 333 323 figs 3333 (:35: gig $.32? gfidgmunendominfgmu: 0'00 11.00 201%?) $213)?) as '55?th 333%”: #:0ng mm Mixed . . 2.75 4.50 s. .0 97 “FL ‘ - ' lxed . . . . 3.00 5.50 10.00 30.0 50 . ’ worrnlt‘XVrcLI‘uue a. season“ on. sex 42. elesoueune. oqu. Patented Cluck: at lloduood Prices. l00% live Deliver Guaranteed Order direct from till! ad or send tor Ireeeateloa. American Cert-o- uld. 25 50 I” 2“ m ' ' ."§r:"§lit.'°lmorm.................~...... s on 30.00 on.” 82L "so 3:03:33 V *0." " mix" 3'31“???" ""”"' Ii: {"53 ’ like 333:: 57.” no.0. . . “32%. e am. e}.- ohltbh»............. .mh 763° lg“ to.» or.“ moo Ammo Dream 5 . led auburn. eeell Me. , on. Suns . , "x I. ‘LAHTZ .HATCHEBY. . rims. euro.“ 4 it Will. What became of Clarissa Englabert, who wrote that vision about three or four years ago? She and I correspond- ed for some time, but she doesn’t write any more, or hasn’t for a long time. Please, if anyone knows what You Can Tell that Beth Monroe is Fond of Cats. became of “Chris,” as she called her- self, let’s hear of her. We older M. C.’s would all be glad to hear about her, wouldn’t we, uncle? She lived at Concord, Michigan. Please now, Mr. Frank whatever- your—name-is, don’t forget to have a home-coming next year, because I Will be waiting to attend. . Well, good luck to every M. 0., old or young, from your old friend and cousin, “Wildflower.”—-Helen Dunbar. Adieu. I’ll bid farewell to thee, 0h, Uncle Fran When Father Time the doleful' hour doth strike. Then shall it be “Good-bye” to Circle Friends, . For it isd soon to when my day shall en . The time has come when I must jour- ney on, . Beyond the realm, of Merry Circlers gay. I’d stop the clock—but time goes on anon, And wguld not pause for e’en one little ay. But age cannot deprive us of all joys, For ontce each year we’re coming back 0 you. Like children, after playing all the day, Turn biomeward at the falling of the ow. Then must this word—the pecan of - sorrows deep-— ~ *3 F eW; F arewells By Merry Circlers ‘ Pass now' my e’er reluctant lips, While sadness seems to creep upon ~ one. . ,_ ~ . Who, doomed, the fatal hemlock sips. . —-Bernice M. Ball, X-M. C. Our Page hasn’t heard or seen any- thing of me for quite a. while, so I thought I’d have at least one little word before it was too late. I’ll soon be past the age limit. It’s going to seem rather lonesome at first, I’m afraid, not to feel that I am inside the circle any more. But I can still enjoy the letters and contests from my seat first outside the main circle. ‘ 0h, say, I just had a brilliant idea! Everybody seems to take such. an in- terest in what you look like, why don’t you commence selling autographed photographs of yourself, at a profit, of course, then use that profit towards the Merry Circle Fund? Then we could have a. picture of our dear uncle and would be helping towards the fund also—A Vanishing M. 0., Nina Conklin. HER MEMORIAL. The sun rose bright that morning, The air Was sweet and clear, Not a cloud dotted the bright blue sky, While;1 the birds filled the air with . c eer. _ Flowers bloomed sweetly~ by the way- s1 e, Mother Earth was dressed bright green, Green leafed trees bowed in their splendor. ‘ Oh! what a beautiful scene. The streets were crowded with people, From young to old and gray. Most, going to the village graveyard, To celebrate Memorial Day. Floral baskets, wreaths, and flowers Were taken to beautify the graves ._ of the dead, While soldiers marched triumphantly And the band echoed far ahead. But noi one noticed that someone yon- er, > Who, with lagging steps staggered along, , - Carrying carefully her lovely decora- 1ons, - And, kept back from the crowded throng, . Her heart was touched with pangs of ., sorrow, As she that of her dear one there, Resting cold and silent under heavy , earth, ' Released of worry and care. He went across the dark blue waters, To the country far away, To help to fight the rebels, And gain the peace we have today. He bravely fought his enemies Until the last signal'call. For his country’s sake he fought to the last, And bravely faced the fall. At last she reached the graveyard gate, And with bowing head walked thru, Carrying carefully her lovely flowers, She passed the silent crew. Having reached her destination, She knelt and began to pray And thank the Father above us ' For (the happiness He gave her that ay. Her eyes were filled with happiness, As she kissed the grassy mound. ~, Carefully placing her decorations \ ’1 ' there an ling . 'Alth'o limping, ‘01 am gray. But from 0.11 the we rid; She lshone was celebrating Memorial - a _ y -._M, E. K., M. c. JUMBLED WORD CONTEST. SOME time ago Louise Hurley sent In a few jumbled words of things common in the school room. With a few changes twenty of them are given below. Can you tell what they are? All the correct papers will be mixed together and ten lucky ones pulled out. The prizes will be as follows: The first two, fountain pens; the next three, handy clutch pencils and the next five, unique lead pencils. All who send in correct lists and are not now M C. s, will get Merly Circle buttons and cards. The contest closes June“ 0. Send your papels to Uncle. Frank, A CHICKEN MITESG Y0____UD DOLLARS A—by lowering your egg production— uprendinfi dine-Ive in your [luck and robbing your low In III ddll‘lf llonh. MIRACLE 'MITE ELIMINATOR .‘FORMEPLY SABINS VERMIN TRAP R0051? in (he only cure method 0! fl iddlng your flock of \ E RMIN. No _ Ch lea]. 'no oil. no disinleclnnll. no spun lug. loan Iced Eb. WRITE FOR INFORMATION mow “m WWW MITE ELIMINATORC? CRAWFORDSVILL E . INDIA NA. THAT YOU CAN _ . DEFEND 0N naturally brlght boy and gIrl M. C.’s. Our twenty-third year. 96. 000 capacity. The fol- 01‘ they have been very well educated' lowinl.r low prices are «the for the balance of ._____ the season. Catalogue - 100 500 1000 Dear [711018 Frank: . S. % W LEGIIOI‘INSH ...s 0.00 $40.00 $73.00 I have been a Silent Merry CIrcler s M. ANIONAS 0.00 40.00 7 .00 . -‘ . . s. ... BI. MINORIAS 11.00 50.00 05.00 for somentllne, but “he“..l read th“ Loft-met Odds and Ends ...... 8.00 35.00 05.00 letters 0! the Golden Orders and PINE BAY POULTRY FARM. R. 4. Holland. Mich. REDUCED PRICES for June Genuine Tom Barron English White Leghorn, large type lapove'r combs. sch-rted stock. Non-setting Barred Rocks. fiorks headed by males whose dams have trapncst records. 200—230 M. S. C. laying contest. 100 500 ..... ......n.....-.$ 8.00 $37.50 ......... ............. 10.00 47.50 R. .No. 3. Holland. Mich. White Leghorns Barred Rfocks Circular HILLSIDE fee‘HA'I'CHERY. Worth While Chicks S. C‘ But! Leghorns our specialty. also hatch White Leghorns. Reds and Rocks. Send for ‘aralog of Walhalla. Wonderful Worth While Chicks. now. Don't delay. Walhalla Poultry Farm Noblesville, lnd., Box 50 but don’t forget- to put year narpe and '7 address in the upper left-hand corner of your paper. ’Circler use M. C. after your name. ‘- Farmer," newt, Michigan. I If you are a. Merry Below is the list: Skeds Nidner alpis Steas. Pucs Votes Posa Kalch Shaw Sabin Sobok Nik slewl Nebch Lipups Cirupets Reachet Sweat Kabset Ckolc ' Eppar Yarblir uNicpels Oablk Darob r Our Letter Box Deal Uncle Frank: Simply could not resist dropping in to say hello. Of all the boys’ and girls’ pages, I think Uncle Flank's takes the cake. MICHIGAN ACCREDITED COMMERCIAL MATING Per 100 Per 500 Per 1000 S. C. White Leghorns $8.50 $40.00 $80.00 \‘\ S. C. Mottled Anconas 9.50 45.00 90.00 Odds and Ends (not accredited) 6. 50 30 00 ORDER DIRECT, Sending Cash-With-Order for JUNE deliveries. lllus~ trated Catalog with description of Wyngarden Special Matings sent FREE with special price list of Pullets, on request. Wyngarden Hatchery & Farms, Box M, Zeeland, Mich. Some of the boys,Gui1ford Rothfuss for instance, have either lots of time or me naturally bright I rather think it’s the latter It might be that the other boys haven’t as much time, or else keep putting it off until after. awhile. I’m sure they wouldn’t want to be. classed as the boys living in the village of afterawhile. g If they really made up their minds? to show some spirit the page would have an even balance. I hope this, doesn’t seem like a lecture. as it is not meant to be, honest injun. —Whistling Mike A girl, I’m sure. Boys’ restless na- tures often makes it hard for them to sit down and write. I hope you say hello again. I think there are some Homecomers, I felt as though I simply must voice my appleciation for the good they have done ou1 circle. White Amalanth’s lettel was just wondelful, and I am suIe we all agree with heI" in legard t0 soul beauty Geneva Kol- enbelgel s idea about the relationship between Melly Cilcle and Golden Cil- cle was certainly fine. Her letter makes one feel as though one of the greatest accomplishments in life should be to enter that innel circle. Although I have not yet leached it, I surely hope that I may. I am sure an invalid who had become a Golden Circler would feel as Nellie Balber’s poem said. Vt'ell. this letter is getting long, so I will close f01 this time. Hoping W B. hasn’t an appetite for this letter, I remain, Luella Harrington. I am glad you expressed your liking REDUCED PRICES! 7c UP! From Michigan Accredited Class A flocks. Special Eng. Whites. S. C. Eng. White & Brown Leghoms. Anconas. R. LReds and Assorted Chicks {Iom healthy. heavy layers. No money down 100% live de- livery. Postpaid. Also low- priced pul< lets. Catalogue free THE 80 S HATCH- ERY. R 2-M, Zeeland. Mich. llllll III) MONEYWI'I‘IEROIICIIS In order. We ahlpc. 0. D..nd gnu-Inu- prop-id 100 v. «Mari?! “III-(1%“ guro- bred"I chicks from healthy Leghorn. .11th Anconu, flockl‘ 8c Blk. Minoruo 100: Boa Orplngru. WhIWysndottu. abut! Rocks 11c; Mixed 7c; all burlap 9c Sllvor Lake. Ind. CHICKS! rr ‘cent 'Iv for 50 chicks In more. 25 chick. 2c more. Silver ukollgg Farm Box M Reduced Prices on Peerless Chicks 3: g gurgtednLdeglgmn(Eggnog?) ....... . ...... 3: way. The names of some who con- Bil-red Rocksd and R. Reds ....IIIIIIIIIIZIIZII Ilo tributed during the contest week are: w Ita Wynn 0H0. ............................ . '20 Jeanette B'Iekkes. Juella. Klullheksel, All chicks hatched in our own hatchery fiatisfaction and 100% 1116 delivery guaklanteed. The Smith Hatchery Bryan, Ohio PRICES FOR MAY 30 and JUNE Wh.. Br.. Bufl Leg” Anc. 8c; Bl. Min. 9c: Wh. & Br. Rocks. 11.8; S. C. Reds. Wh. Wynd. 100: Wh. Min and But! Orpt. 12 0; Ruth. 14c: Heavy mix. 80: light mix. (Sc. In lots of 400 or beam. 175 cent reduction. except light and heavy mixed. 100% arrival prepaid. Full remittance with order. Bank St. Stephen Hatchery. St. Stephen, Ohio Blood Tested Baby Chicks 1, Reduced Price: Elfective ocIIM” thlI * 0 Selected . 3‘1” 3 Selected 3.? [Rocks & Reds . $12 Had Me 100% live delivery GARLE‘I'ON HATOHERY, Carleton, M‘lch live of the G. C. letters. I enjoyed them i all myself. I am also pleased that you are one who signs her own name. THE MERRY CIRCLE FUND. HERE is a drop-off in the amount of money coming in for-the fund. Apparently, when the secret message contest was over many thought the fund had reached the limit. But it has not. we still have a long way to go. We now have $43.89 in the fund, and we need $100. So, please keep the nickels and dimes coming this Mary Schuster. Alice Root, Mary Root. Willie Burt, Bernice Bonham, Gerald Dailey, Marion Furnish. Alberta Cole- man, Margaret Silnon, Vera Philip, Mildred Burt, Lucile Green, Elmer Pet- erson. Ottoleen Crandall, Genevieve Neyomeiyer, Eileen Johnson, Eva Pol~ lington, Lelah Johns-on, Bernice Cook, Emma Schelke, Fay Hoffmaster, Leila Shreeves, Ruth Moline, Iva Moline, Louise Post. Grada Baker, Gertrude Lanphleid, Grace Hasford, Margaret oo,Hintz Gladys Perkins, Rama GIay, Roy Reed, Beth Townsend, Eleanor Carlson, Lewis Dungelow, Leslie Wil- kinson, Audrie Kraft, Erna Rathke, 8 Weeks Old Pullets for May 16th Delivery at 85c. Mary Shoemaker, Margaret Beckwith, Janies Schocke, Maybelle Evans, Chas. Feller, Cecil Mason, Evelyn Anderson, '- WEEKS OLD ' Counts» SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER. Al ('10 ditod Chicks and. _ We want you to know the lligh Quality of Knoll’ s Milhignn .«‘ " 1, Stmk. That’s why we ate nfl’lling our Special Low l’Iiws on May and June v «f ‘ Chicks. and April Hatched Pullets. PM 100 500 1,000 "" “'hite Leghorns. Tanllld Strain . .. ..... “0.00 847.50 8 90.00 __ White Leghoms. BnI-ron Stlain ....................... 8.00 37.50 70.00 ’ ’ Brown Leghnrns. Grade A .................... .... ...... 9.00 42.50 80.00 ‘ O inrrcd Rocks. Grade A ................................ I2.oo 57.50 110.00 Write Mixed (‘hicks (not Accredited) ........................ 7.00 35.00 ...... “'0 Glluramm 100G Lin Dclivuy Postpaid. PULLITS 8 m 14 weeks. 850 for delivery hcfme June first Your order mush Satidaltlon guarantee 1 Box M. HOLLAND. MICHIGAN. fll'I'Ol'dlIlll to age Order from this (Ml. R. R. I2, to $1.10 each. l'l‘ill'll us promptly. KNOLL'S HATCH ERY. [or Catalog NEW JUNE PRICES Write now for our latent price list. shins our new low prices on this old rolhble strain. This is your chance to save. Every chick hatched from selected mused. free rams breeders officially passed by inspectors supervised by Michigan State College. MICHIGAN 100 500 l000 S. C. White Leghorn; ...... ...$ 9.00 50 85.00 ACCREDITED Am... .......................... 9.00 $2? so $ 85.00 CHICKS Barred Rock. .................... 11.00 53.50 105.00 but December one of our customers reported 81.03710 worth of eggs from 9 h I a", weeks of 1920. This is $28 05 income per day. or a. profit above feed cost of alggyst 8:23:10: :2: (lg? This in just the chance you have been waiting for—strong husky chicks high em- -bred parent stock. Mlchinn Accredited. 100% safe arrival guaranteed Free catalog and price lists Ill-I: HOLlllIII, MICII. VIII APPLEDIJIIII 8008., IIOLllIIII IIIICIIEIII d POULIIII FIRM, Michigan Accredited (IIIIIIKS These prices apply May 16 and after. on our first class Michigan Accredited Clll(l(3. 100 500 1000 Barred I'lymoulh ltoeks ....... . .................. $7.00 $13 00 02.50 81.20.00 S. C. & ll. (1. 1:. l. Reds. ..... .. .................. 7.00 13.00 02.50 120.00 V‘Vhite l’lynlouth Rocks .. ..... .. .................. 7.50 14.00 07.50 130,00 White Wyandottcs ............... .. ................. . 7.50 14.00 67.50 130.00 Grade A “hire Leghorns. .. ........ .. ................. . 7.50 11.00 07 50 130.00 English While Leghorns ................................... . 0.00 11. 00 52. 50 100.00 Assorted (.‘llilks (when we have them). 30. 00 pel 100.. We have been producing high class poultry {01 10 yams and our chicks are the result of most cumin! breeding. You will not be disappointed Write today. WASHTENAW HATCHERY. 25M GEDDES ROAD. ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN. PULLETS FOR SALE— FINEST BREEDING. ILLINOIS STATE ACCREDd I. Stock inspected and mated for past 10 years A. Poultn .ludgrs. Amerilas loading ITED HATCH ERY No. by nationally known Liwnsed A. 1'. high production em; lines A trifle more than oldlnan Sim-,1: but compo“! till lnlcding. Pullers 8 Wool» old. $1 cadh; 10 when $1.25: 12 wks, $1.50.‘ 10% discount 1 m .1 do/. 20‘ oil’ on orders over 50. Accredited chicks an priced below. (‘hiI-ks from Al‘l‘i'lld. ROI-ks Win“ for Bar. “'11. Diarrhea and ' 'l‘. B. add 20 (‘ill'lL A II A id 11313000 I “'11., Bin, Bt‘. Leghorns. nu. navy sx ._———-—————- \WALE‘EgG‘ESflYCyénY Bar'd. White. Bull liotks. S 8; 1:. C. Reds 12.00 Chick prlcol Io more. 0 White Wyandottcs. Buff Orp'mgtons ........... 3.00 in lots loss than I00 IOU/o ”V9 prepaid White Orpingtons, WhIte \IIDOI‘I‘LS Lt Bmhmns 15 00 and lo Ion In loll ol SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Jersey Blink Giants .................... 1:20 I00 3nd up. NS u. Breeds ......................... ms “NONE“ “we“ mg" A mmd' A Dept. 5.41 LITCHFIELD. ILL. BUTLER. ILL. WALNUT RIDGE HATCHERIES- [00 K! Buy Our Big, Husky. Easzto Raise GHIGKS Can Ship at Once at educed Prices bred varieties of Barred. Butt. Whlte Rocks. Single 15 Fun:— or Rom (oInII Reds, Black ltfinorcas. 12c. White or Silver Wyandottes, 13c. Buff Orp'mgtons 140. Large Brahmps.17c. Amonas. 10c. Light Min-.d 8c Brown on Morgan Tam red Blood- tested. White Leghorns Add 35c extra if less Heavy mixed 11c. Bull' Leghorns. 9c. of 303 to 330- -egg blood line 14c eth We sell our own stock only from 3- -yea-r. blood tested Arthur Bergman, Colleen Crispin, ~ . than 100 ordred. June, July chicks $1. 00 lper 100 less. mfiimnfmwfi‘ gfifi$N2°21At§K§MAWSSMOH Irma Henn, A. Littler, Roseapa Law, 1000 0 to 12 uweek old pullets. Get Free Circu _ Holland. mom. n. I. Harold Thane, Dorothy Nelson. \BECKMAN HATCHERY. anuo RAPII'Is. uIcII. $8.00 Per 100 $37. 50 BABY“ CHICK Wand Ends $6. 50 per 100 $30 per 500 “Maryann-hod- functionality-reptilian- [0002:0008me a, . S S. C.“~ White Leghorns S. C. Mottled. Anconas Per 500 $70. 00 Per 1000 D. MICHIGAN 104, 817 Eggs in roux WINTER MONTHS - Customer reports this record production in the four winter months of Dec. Jan. Feb. and March from 1. 350 May Pullets First three months produced 33, 820 77 worth of 0885. Feed cost only 3724. 39. all records you have heard. Stock from this some breeding is available ' for your flocks. W. A. DOWNS POULTRY FARM, Route 2 Romeo.“ UUNSUAL WHITE LEGHMR. Let me know if this bald ‘ CUT feed bills! Use FOS-FOR-US ‘ Mineral Mixture or Grit to supply essential ingredients lacking in ordinary rations and see ‘ whatyou’llsave! Farm- ers,Dairymenand Poul- try raisers, thou- sands of ’em are Ital ’ If}: Cuts hog feed gowFOS-FOSR-US ill, 1' d oosters. aves ‘ b S p 0 aces Baby Chicks, keeps quicker gains _ and gets hogs ready for mar- ,. ' , QUICKER "if ket earlier WEIGHT fiFbS-FuR-us {-1, MINERAL MIXTURE AND GRIT For Poultry, Hogs, Dairy Cattle ‘ Increased milk flow is dependent on .; certain mineral elements—calcium and ’ phosphorus. Fos-For-Us contains large amounts of these elements together with If salt and iodine to prevent goitre in ‘ ‘ calves, and to prevent hairless pigs. hens healthy, in- creases egg pro- duction. .. MOREKQ Start Saving on Feed Now! MIL See your nearest dealerzhan- dling F6 .r-For—Us and get a bag ‘,'.’: or two Of. Fos-Fe TUS Start If your dealer does not handle .‘“‘ “Sing i; WithOUt gay _ your Fos- l or- -Us, send us his name if...“ feed Wlll go farther and results and we will send you Free Sam- ‘_ "1". will surprise you ples and valuable literature. ‘. iNIIuNAIIONAI AopIcuIIun/IL (caveman HANU'ACYURE colon c.9119 renvruzzno " . ”"3 ‘ Dept. 79 431 Main St. -., , ,,,,~.- .> ... ,1 .jr. 1,3 , ~..'. ‘ ._ v ~._ . , , _ .1 I, “-1 V” .. Vhli I ,1 l¥§%$§7 CHICKS REDUCED Our stock is the result of 14 yesrsof breeding for SIZEJ'YPE TYPHWIN'I'ER EGGBand HIGH FLOCK AVERAGE instead of a few high individuals. We have HOLLY- WOOD, TANCRED and ENGLISH type S. C. White Leghorns BEEPP ABD'B .An~ cones, Brown Leghorns and Barred Rocks. Hollywood foundation stock from 260- 200- 688 record; Tancred foundation stack from 250 up egg record stock Amons foundation direct from Sheppard The very best in Brown Leghorns and Berra! Books. Our chicks are HEAIJI'EY. VIGOBOUB. Newton hatched chicks from free range breeders The strongest proof of the quality of our (ticks in that. we have doubled our hatching capacity over last year. With "TOWNLIN'E; you also get "PER BQNAL SERVICE. \ m S..C W11. & Br. Leghorns. Aneonas-u .13 9. 00 $40. 00 S 75. 00 JUNE PRICES gum, Rock. ........................................ 1.200 55.00 105.00 Mixed Chicks 37 .00 per loo—orders for less than 100,": per chick more. Chicks shipped postpaid 100% live 11th very mount on um um LABOR m CATALOG FREE. Thousand. of 0 to Io-week-old outlet. at special low prices. J. H. GEERLINGS, Mgr., R. 1, Box M, Zeeland, Mich. I E CHICKS LOW PRICES NOW Get your chicks for winter layers right now at these low prices. Order from the prices given below. These chicks are strong. healthy and pure-bred. We sunr- antes 100% live delivery and satisfaction. S.C.WH. LEGHORNS. 8c; BD.ROCKS, R.I.REDS, I Ic; ASSORTED,6M¢ Reliable chicks have proven satisfactoryg afar yearsdo You mcan depend on than. Order today at above prices. Orders ore. Bank reference. HOLLAND. MIOH. RELIABLE HATCHERY. 92 EAST SGEVENTEENTH 181'» PIIIIE-BIIEII GHIGKS (IN HAND CAN SHIP AT ONCE AT REDUCED PRICES White and Bud Rocks, Reds, Black Minorcae, 12c. White ~ or Silver Laced Wyandottes, $13.00 per 100. White. Brown and Buff Leghorns, 8%c. Anconae. 10c. Buff Orpin one, 14c. Heavy mixed broilers. 11c. Light mixed broilers, c. Light Brahmas, 17c. Blood tested Tancred White Leghorns, BIZ-egg Cincinnati, Ohio . 1 MICHIGAN ACCREDI TED breeding. 13c. If less than 100 ordered add 35c extra. June chicks $1. 00 per 100 less. 4 to 10 weeks old pullets. Circular free. LAWRENCE NATGHERY, PHONE 76761, GRAND RAPIDS, MIIIII. Best Quality From Select, Carefully lnspwectetl Free Range Stock \ \ , _ I. wh§'¥:g§;&Poquaid,m100permtIJve Delivery ‘ 5’ 2.: ’; 130:3): ”1:04:18 33 ‘zezoogg ‘1‘ g , I realigning .m- E g: 3:: .:§§ Ornillztans “Incl-cal . . .‘ 2.1 . I0 eotBr-hnfifigizglyacfitlmm . . . . o oo .oo an’ofiausndn. llfhm. I I ' ' ' 30.00 $.09 omexzcomtms Ad. catalog are. comm It'uus' Hummus i1on 54;,: sucrnus, .oruo (HHCKS!LOOK!READ! Pure—bred White&BrownLeghomssndAncom Flock: culléd'by am. well hamhegc chicks from resenting Breeders. Immediate delivery. Order directm mm 11mm :0. Bulk rderenee. Shipped nostpudm 100% live arrival guaranteed. '- Prion. 88.00 per 100: 838.00 pa 500: $75.00 per1000: Barred Rocks. $11.00 per 100: $5850 perm: famormudcmmnooperioo. mmmonI-lo-vesvoldwnu ARE YOUR Hoes IN HEAVEN? PIG’S idea of heaven is an alfalfa pasture,” though red clover or rape aren’t so bad. But, if a pig can take his choice, he usually will “hit for the alfalfa.” Did you know that when hogs are on pasture they take only about two- thirds as much feed‘to make a given amount of gain? In other wards, where you feed 300 pounds of feed to hogs in the dry lot, it takes only .200 pounds to make the same gains if the hogs are out in pasture. When you can af- fect about a thirty-three per cent sav- ing by putting your hogs on pasture, Charles Zentgrebe Teaching His Calf to Eat'Alfalfa Hay. can you afford to keep them in the dry lot? ' Some of the advantages of pastures are: 1. Helps to balance a ration of home- -grown feeds. 2. Takes less grain per pound of gain. 3. Don’t take so much high-priced, high-protein feeds as tankage, linseed meal, etc. 4. Pigs are healthier and more vig- orous. 5. Pigs make faster gains so they can be put on the market earlier in the fall before the prices drop. 6. If used properly, it aids in round worm sanitation. In other words, the McLean system of hog sanitation pro- vides for the use of clean pastures. However, don’t get the idea. that all you have to do is to turn your hogs out into a pasture field, for they must have grain to gain. One farmer had his sow on blue grass pasture in Aug- ust, and she had seven nursing (?) pigs. She had pasture (ahem) and so all she was fed was green apples and water, and about once a week shehad a little skim-milk, for the owner sold. his milk. I’ll admit I felt sorry for that sow and her family, and strange as it may seem, ‘I don’t believe those pigs ever made that man any money, even though he didn’t have a very high feed bill. Usually we figure about two or three pounds of grain per hundred pounds of live stock daily, and of this five to six per cent should be tankage, or its equivalent'of linseed meal, skim-milk, ‘soy beans, middlings, etc., providing the pigs are on alfalfa or clover; oth- erwise, from six to ten per cent of ,the supplement should be of the above con- centrates, if they are running on blue grass, oats, etc. In regards to kinds of pasture—al- falfa heads the list because: fencing is expensive, and a crop is demanded that will produce high yields-and car- ry a. maximum number of hogs. Alfal- fa. will carry from ten to eighteen shotes per acre. (2) Your fence must be used as long as possible, and al- falfa may be grazed from May to Oc- tober. (3) Forage for hogs must be that. (4) Alfalfa seeded once needs little labor, whereas, rape, etc. ., .re- dire frequent seedings. (5) Alfalfa. enriches the soil as Wbtl as the trivia: V. .17., Riverside Poultry, Farm, R 7, Holland, Mich. c) Alfalfa 51101110 ‘ heavily so as to injure the new shoots. green and canny, and alfalfa is always , Some hay should be taken off, even though it is pastured. Red clover is also an excellent paso‘ ture crop, but is best in spring, early summer and fall. It may be supple- mented with rape. > Rape is an excellent hog pasture, , can be planted from early spring to midsummer, and will be ready to past- ture all summer and fall, and will car- ry a large number of pigs per acre. Of Course, the-re are many others, such as sweet clover, blue grass, rye, oats, etc, but the first three mentioned are preferable. If you are short of grain, why not save about thirty-three per cent and put your hogs in heaven while they are on earth?-—-J. P. Hoekzema. FROM MINES TO cons. (Continued from page 693). ery. The Upper Peninsula “Pure-bred Bull Campaign,” and state troopers compelling farmers, to keep bulls from running at large. During the summer of 1926 only four bulls were reported to be runn'.-g at ..ee will. It is pre- dicted that next year ther '-will be no violators at all. "The scrub bull has been the terror 1 the U15;I Penin- sula. These favorite graziprrlplaces were along the *i‘i‘:.tc and 00.,” 3" high- ways whcre, bes: es the bleeding of cows and young heifers out of season, the vicious bull ;,_"oved a great danger to people and children passing along the highways. . Remarkable Progress. The farmers of, Dickinson county have demonstrated a great enthusiasm for better grade cattle since the scrub bull was behind high walls. Beginning with 1923, a bull survey .ahowed over 160 scrub bulls, and less than thirty pure-breds in the county. The county agent has some 500 farmers on his mailing list, with Only “about eighty of these men having more than twelve cows. In spite of so few big herds in the county, a. cow testing association has been in progress for three years, and fifty-five herds have cow testing association records. This county was one of the highest counties in the Unit- ed States in the percentage of cows with cow testing association records. Cows are now fed efficiently and intel- llgently. ' Business Men Take a Hand. Business men saw the seriousness of the situation and aided the county agent, Art Lonsdorf, and prominent farmers in every possible way to elim- inate the scrub and replace him with' pure-brads. This work began in 1923 and that year twenty~eight pure—breds _were put into the county. In 1924 Dickinson county won $125 prize as a tie for' third place in the Upper Peninsula Purebred Bull Cam- paign, in 1925 this county won second place and $200 in a similar contest. The work has now been going on for the fourth year. There were ninety- five pure-bred bulls in use during 1926, with only twenty-four scrubs left. The percentage of pm'e-breds compared to scrubs has been increased from fifteen to eighty-five per cent. The dalrymen that bought these bulls out only looked for pure—breads, but also for type and production. As a result,'they havejtoday not less than five proven sires. Farmers think noth< ing of buying aged bulls, where usu— ally young bulls are popular. ' Bull Show. ' ‘ The men influential in shaping the policy of the bull campaign realized ,, that to bring in a quality pure-bredfl‘ . @1931935’" polars date of publication. from has ' write EDGEWOOD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewater. Wis. Guernsey Bull For Service 33,221,,“ 023““ ""3 '0. BLOCK. 1. H. WILLIAMS. No. Adams. Mich. j RED -i-yue showing splendid broodinz. Dark reds. Good . pggfigALE . W 1333’” Liz‘iietm «Cancellations must ' reach us ' . CATTLE f . so R ‘s A LE 31%;th hawthorn bull may t. service. Excellent breeding. '1‘. Brtested. twailing?‘WIGENT. Watervllet. Mich. wo cows. heifer calf, ser- lc ‘ t GUERNSEYS v cable bulls. site's dams have large official records. T. V. Hicks. Battle Creek. ooansEv or HOL- FOR red practically pure-b rich 0", STEI N calves. vy. n Heifer chm. practical! Guernsey pt}? bred $25.00 each. We ship C. ‘0. D. Write L. Terwilllsor. Wauwatosa. Wis. ; Colombo-Homestead . This young bull. born August 16. 1926. repre- sents a. wonderful combination of Colantha and Homestead blood lines. His sire is a grandson of Dutchland: Cream- clle Colantha Lad and out of a 36.5-lb. Homestead cow with a 365-day record or 1,231.75 lbs. butter and 26.054 lbs. milk. His dam is a granddaughter of Dutchlsnd CreamelloColantha Lad and. out of a 32.5- lb. Homestead cow with a 365-day record at 1147.9 lbs. butter and. 26,075 lbs. milk. The best truarantee of production is a aim bred by Michigan State Herds. Send for pedigree and price 01' Tag No. 198. “THE MICHIGAN STATE HERBS." m Bureau of . “m.” Animal Industry ‘ Dept. C Lansing, Michigan SERVICEABLE AGE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN Bull Calves at prices the owner ofa small herd can afford to pay. The sire of many of. ‘se cr up is a Son of th~ highest record 30 lb.) two- 1 daughter of Creator. His ear :lre is King Sew" Alcsrtra Prilly. an .H (1 tested Sh bull with 70 A. R. C... (liters. othcf's sired by a 5 times 1200 lb. Champion Bull, the famous 15%. O. P. brecd' ‘ - ' Jred cows en.~ ieifers served by ($37 e sires are .0 iailahle for founda- tion stock. ROSE EARMS DAIRY Northvill'i-i, Michigan . Telephone: 344 . Reference: Northvillo State Sam's HOLSTEINS FOR SALE the-oath, ,_ » , grew from thirty h eadfl ~1922,; head in 1926 and Wes mostly made up ,of only two feeds, Holstein and Guern- sey. This fair featured a great bull show. . In 1925 there were forty-six pure- bred bulls on exhibition, last year fifty- six, both years over half the bulls of the county were at the fair. Every farmer and dairyman is filled with the enthusiasm to win the grand cham- pionship. As a result, local farmers have gathered all the champions of the surrounding counties. The hull show of these former grand champions has created immense inter- est in the Iron Range Section of Clo- verland. Farmers come from all parts of the Upper Peninsula and from Mar- inette and Florence county, of VViscon- sin, to see this great bull show. The crowds at the judging ring compare with the National Dairy Show. Hun- dreds of Cloverland farmers last year saw the judges award the champions. Last year there were also seventy- three calves belonging to boys and girls of calf clubs on exhibition at the fair, one of the largest calf club shows of the state. In a great dairy center this cattle show and bull progress would not seem so important, but when this progress is going on in a great mining belt by former iron ore miners, and in a ter- ritory so new and so far remote from the dairy districts, it is quite remark- able. SEPARATOR LOSS WAS HIGH. COW testers connected with' the state association tell interesting stories of leaks in dairymens’ profits that they have discovered and elimi— nated. A cream separator was found to be the culprit in one case reported by Walter Lutz, cow tester in the Len- awee No. 2 Cow Testing Association. This Separator was found to be losing eight-tenths pounds of butter-fat in Bulls and heifers in' type- second to none. .Get your son a. heifer calf that can win at the fairs. Also six granddaughters of Echo Sylvia King Model. to King Piebe Supreme. Our K. P. 0. If. sue whose 6 dams with year records. including I115 own dam avers e. 1.180 lbs. butter. 365 (1a.. just 4% fat in milkg GEM PANCHO. Robert W. Lautner. Trav- erse City. Mich. 0R SALE—Grandson of King of the Pontiaes. ready ‘for service. Dams from 22 to 28 lbs. in 7 days. Good yearly record. Tuberculin tested. Priced to sell. .I. B. JONES FARMS, Romeo. Mich. HEREFORD STEER GALVEI. YRL'I & TWO’O. .Well marked. Mmost all bunches dehorned. stocks order. Can show I’ow bunches around 45 to 90 head. Each bunch even in size. Also a few bunches Sher-thorn steers. Will sell your choice of one car load from any bunch. Write. stating number and weight you prefer. 450 lbs. to 800 lbs. Van D. Baldwin, Eldon,Wapellc Co., Iowa. Flying Fox and Intended Prince JERSEYS (or sale. Having purchased Mmton’s Inmted Owl. we are offering two fine bulls of serviceable we at reasonable prices. Also a few cali ed from two months to one year. L. RUHSTORFEH & SON. Kawkawiln. Mich. Phone $l54 F 4. HEREFORD STEERS 110 around 550 lbs.: 120 around 600 lbs. 72 around 700 lbs: 60, und 800 lbs. 2 loads Hereford steer c ves. c. F. BALL. FAIRFIELD. IOWA. BUTTER BRED ”33%.:er CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM. Silver Creek. Allegan County. , Michigan FOR SALE. my entire herd of Jersey cattle. 80 . cows including sevm 2-yr.-oid heifers. I5 yearllnl boilers and 7 heifer calves. em 2-yr.-old herd bull. COLON C. LILLIE. Cocoa-wills. Mich. ready for service. and bull calves. for Choice Jersey Bulls . bud. suit“ a from 8.,“ M. dams aocredl PARKER. Nowcli._Mlch. EO R s A L E Registered Jersey Bull. 14 . ld. R. . D a beauty. MARK B. CURB“? swell. 0Mficllii. am. SHORTHORNSV’ 5.3.3 '23:.”33 calves at foot. and bred suit Also our. and hell-- are sired by Maxwalton Meek or Edglink Victor. two of the good bulls of the breed. Will make vary at- tractive prices on all of these cattle. BOTFREDSON FARMS. Ypsilanti. Mich. EdISTERED SHORTHORN COW R.s1de. splendid individuals for wsmnfiidgeiofif dation. Chance for beginner at sm cost. Some ser- viceable age bulls. Shorthorns crock ream. Write loo Morlarty. Hudson. Mlch. Best of quality and breeding. Bulls cows and h‘eil’a’s for a l . 0 Box [Limousin Mich. Bl ,WELL 'Shortlsor-nBulls For Sale . II. B. PETERS'.‘ SGMLGIrlnnII. Illdt. ,ev‘ery hundred pounds of milk separat- lled. Mr. Lutz got busy with pad and .pencil and found that out of the 13,216 pounds of milk produced each month, ninety pounds of butter-fat went into ‘the skim-milk can. Figuring the pre- vailing price of butter-fat at fifty cents, this equaled a $45 monthly loss. ' The saving for one month was equal to the cost of the member’s expense in the testing work for a year. It is this and similar savings effected by the cow tester, according to A. C. Baltzer, of the Michigan State College Dairy Department, that makes the cow test- er’s visits to each dairyman a paying proposition—Cook. _______....L_.___ MICHIGAN DAIRY WORK OUT- LINED. [CHIGAN was ably represented at the central state extension con- ference, University of Wisconsin, May 10-13, by O. E. Reed, A. C. Baltzer, Robert Addy, George Girrbach and R. J. Baldwin. Dairy and poultry exten- sion men were present from thirteen states. Professor Reed, speaking on “Effi— cient Production,” outlined Michigan’s accomplishments in dairy and alfalfa campaigns and cow testing. Mr. Girr- bach spoke on the work done here on proven sires. Mr. Addy pointed out the value of continued testing. Pro- fessor -Baltzer also appeared on the program with a talk on cow testing and the Record of Performance idea now being used in Michigan—C. OAKLAND CLUB BOYS AND GIRLS ENT'ERTAINED. ILLIAM E. SCRIPPS, owner of the Wildwood Farms at Ifike 01‘- ion, was host to Oakland county club boys and girls. The exhibits of club work were shown in the Anna Scripps district school. A parade of the farm animals from Wildwood Farms was one of the feature events of the day. t , refinance. Was headed raga :gm jg! ‘champIOn Belgian stallion . and an Age gus" bull in the procession is also a grand champion. Sidney Smith, man- ager of the farm, told the‘ youngsters some of the plans for the future oper- ation of the farm. Mr. Smith said that‘ when the farm was purchased ten years ago the corn crop from fifty-six acres filled two silos. During the past year, twenty-six acres of corn filled these two silos, and also an additional one. FEEDERS DAY AT M; S. C. 1 IVE Stock Feeders’ Day will be 1 held at the Michigan State Col- lege, East Lansing, Thursday, June 9.’ Beginning at ten o’clock, eastern standard time, a tour will be made around the college barns to inspect the animals in various feeding experi- ments. The first place where the crowd Will get together is the dairy barn. The subjects are: 1. Minerals in the cattle ration. 2. Cottonseed meal versus linseed meal for growing calves. At, the piggery, fifteen lots of pigs on experiments will be inspected. The following topics will be discussed: ]. Cull beans for fattening pigs. 2. Alfalfa hay or meal for winter pig feeding. 3. Sanitary lots versus the old hog lots for spring pigs. 4. Inside versus outsi‘g! feeding. At the horse barn the visitors will next view 'some champion Belgiansx and Percherons and discuss Winter ra« tions for idle horses. ' Fattening baby beet calves furnish, es another subject: 1. Linseed meal versus alfalfa hay. 2.“ Barley versus cor1~ “ At 12:30 a luncheon will be served at the Union Building, the meat com- ing from one of the college prime baby beef calves. The program will be continued in the dining room, at which E. B. Hill, assistant dean of ag-3 riculture, will preside. Detailed results of the feeding experiments will be giv- en out at this time and discussed by the men in charge of the work. An address on “Some Problems of the Cattle Feeder,” will be given by Prof. F. G. King, assistant chief in animal husbandry of the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station. Pro- fessor King has been a. member of the grading committee in the national co- operative experiments on “Quality in Meat,” and has had a broad field of experience in live stock feeding. HURON COUNTY FARMERS INTER- ESTED IN SHEEP. IGHTY-FIVE people interested in . sheep breeding attended a breed- ers’ meeting held in Huron county. Talks were given by George M. Wil- bur, of Marysville, Ohio, and W. W. Billings, of Davison. Frank Kinch, of Grindstone City, donated spring lamb for the banquet in the evening. SELL BULLS 0N SEALED BIDS; HE three bulls carried on the Pennsylvania Lime, Live Stock, and‘ Legume special train, were sold on sealed bids given by farmers who ’visited the train. The Guernsey bull went to Pearl Bonter, of Pellston; E. N. Coulter and George Meggison, of Charlevoix, bought the Jersey, and the Holstein was sold to Frank A. Fink- beiner, of Falmouth. In fattening animals for market the organs of digestion are developed at the expense of the organs of respira- tion and circulation. This disturbance of the heart and lungs unfits the ani- mal to withstand exertiou. This is why fat animals must be handled with extreme care, as exertion may result in congestion of the lungs. a ,.‘l' Buy Your ‘ Marietta Silo 7 Now! I Big Early Buyer’s Discount Marietta Concrete and Wood Silos e uipped with Red Wood mge Doors. Your name Today gives you our Big Discount and Easy Payment Plan. “Pay for Silo Out of Profits”. The Marietta Silo Co. Marietta, Ohio Address ............ ........... .................. x Silo ( ) Broodm- Coon ( ) Outside Clstern ( ) Agency ( ) Trade machine on an improved msrpies Tubular. Why worry along with an old separator that is losing cream when this Improved Sharples will give you heavy. uniform cream. and as clean a slum as ever accomplished? New, positive Jet. leak-proof feed. All the best features of the old Tubular with many new improvements. Before you repair or buy. inves- tigate our liberal trade~in oli'er 1-— and new low prices. Write today. the Sharples Separator to. is. Dept. 11.. West Chester. Pa. in your old. DIS VIKING Cream Separator _ . with its famous bowl will increase the dollars of your daii{,_ profits. Close skimming. easy turning. o .- ~ Easy monthly ayment .t_ prices within your each. ”king discs handled like eye on a ring --easy to clean.- Sizes 100 to 1000 lbs. capacity; hand, electric. power. Nozo—aslsfor“Help Xour Cows Make Cash.” Dept. 57 UNITED ENGINE COMPANY , Lansing. Mich J The ability to produce large healthy calves each year is an established Hol- steincharacteristic. Holsteincalves are easily raised and surpluses may be profitably vealed at early ages. _ Wriseforliteramre a". ‘ ~ ‘ hetsvemnsrmssuu M‘OCIATIOI g! Jun-och 230 East Ohio Street Chicago. Illinois HOGS A Few mgallfmghi‘d? ydgrflnolrdu for M gilts. IOHN W. SNYDER. SI. Iohnl. Mich" II. I. BRED SOWS M AND GIL'rs SERVICE BOARS Cholera immune, popular blood lines, my. LAKEFIELD FARMS, Glarkslon. Mich. FOR SALE “9" 0- 1- ‘1 bows and mu, Ready for breeding and. mice. All stock shipped on approval. No deposit remnant. FRED W. KENNEDY. R. No. I. Chelsea. Mich. FOR SALE Registered 0. I. I". (“hairs boars and gills. Two months old. OPHOLT 8808.. Zeeland, Mich. C HESTER WHITES—Spring pigs by the Great Paramount Revelation 2nd. 1 fall hour and bred JOHN C. WILK. St. Louis. Mich. CHOICE BOAR'S Do you want a real show prospect for your County or State Fair? We have several outstanding Polands. of September farrow with best of Iowa breeding. you gills. would be proud to own and show. (‘ome see them or write. WESLEY HILE. Ionia. Mich. B. T. P. C. fall boars all sold. 4 dandy- fall gilts bred for earl I' rrow to Fashion Boy by The Answer. Y a we ever raised. Spring Digs also. herd. G. W. NEEDHAM, Saline. Thev are the best Come and. see the Mich. LlIIGE IIPEP 0 Fall boars all sold. Gllts bred ' - - for fall farrow. bred to two best boars 1n the state. viz... Iu's. Big Wonder by Smooths Wonder and Big Stratton by Redeemer. W. E. LIVINGSTON. Pal-ma. Mich. size and. breedius UllliE "PE POUND CHINI good. Wes-ruins pm to sell. JAMES c. TAYLOR. Beldinu. Mich. SHEEP Shropshires fii....“‘?‘é:‘°§2t 1 Skin} diseases may result from wear— ing dyed fur. , ‘ DAN BOOHER, Evert. Mlch.. R. 4. / . fiction, guaranteed. GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Tuesday, May 24. Wheat. Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.47; No. 2 White $1.48; No. 2 mixed $1.46. Chicago—May at $1.52; July at ‘ 31.44%; September $1.4m. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.46% @1.47%. Corn. Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 99c; No. 3 yellow 970; No. 4 yellow 95c. . Chicago.~—May 91%c; July 94%,c; September 961/zc.o Detroit.——-No. 2 3, 55c. Chicago—May at 49%0; September 48140. Rye. Detroit—No. 2, $1.17. - Chicago—May $1.151,é; July $1.13%; September $1.071/2. *' Toledo—Rye $11795. Beans.’ Detroit—Immediate and shipment at $5.50 f. o. b. points. New York—Pea domestic at $5.25@ 5.75; red kidneys $6.75@7.50 to the wholesalers. . Chicago—Spot navy beans, Michigan choice hand-picked, in sacks, at $5.25; dark red kidneys $5.50. Barley. __ Detroit—Making 96c; feeding 860. Seeds. Detroit.——lmpo d clover seed $14; timothy, old $2.50; 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 $39; Spring wheat bran at $38; standard middlings at $39; fancy middlmgs at $42; cracked corn at $40; coarse corn meal $37; chop $33 per ton in carlots. WHEAT. The wheat situation has changed materially in the last few weeks. De- layed seeding in Canada, where acre- age is likely t0'be reduced to some "extent, will make the crop more sus- ceptible to damage by rust, early frost, 1or wet weather at harvest time. The zwlnter wheat in the United States lost ground in some sections, particu- larly in the southwest because of th- sect damage, rust and dry weather. Damage from the April freeze also is becoming apparent. In parts of the Ohio Valley, continued wet weather has been unfavorable. Seeding bread spring wheat in North Dakota and Minnesota has been _ . by rainy weather. Scanty rains in Argentina threaten to reduce the acre- age seeded to fall wheat and are giv- ing the area planted a poor start. Al- together, the indications are that the principal wheat exporting countries will not have such large surpluses as in the past year. It is too soon,.of course, to form any final conclusron on this point. ats. Michigan 58c; No. July 50c; prompt shipping l Mr. Lamb F eeder.‘ Opportunity will present itself, the last of May, and in June, when you will be able to buy chome quality 55 to Gil—lb. California feeding lambs at around ($13.00) «wt. This will be as cheap as they will sell at any time in the season. and we predict that feeders will sell' at from ($14.00) to ($15.00) cwt. in August, September. and October. because of great losses in the feeder lamb producing states of Wyoming, Oregon, and Montana. Mast of these feeder lambs Wei-c under contracts to Colorado. and Nebraska feeders. and we are advised that these losses in these states Were 40%. which means that these Colorado. and Nebraska l’wders will be short 40% on their contracts at time of delivery, and they 'will them have to go into the open market in order ‘00 fill their rminrements, which will help force the market on feeders upwards in October. The lambs out. of Idaho, and Washington will be 85% fat, which means that there will be few feeders through the summer months, and that they Will sell trom ($14.00) to ($15.00) cwt. all summer and tall. The reason these California lambs are selling so reason- able is because it is curry, and there is no demand (or them. Take advantage of this opportunity, and buy now, running them on grass through the sum- mer. growing them, and have them {at for the De- cember market, which will be high. Send your or- ‘ders to us, and we will ship you strictly graded, and uniformed, feeding lambs. Well sorted. inst as cheap as they can possibly be had on the market. We will guarantee every load to be just as repre- sented, and ordered by you. and you have the priv- of looking at the lambs before you pay your draft at the bank. We will have about. 3000 of --these California feeder lambs each week to offer for sale. starting May 23rd. Wire your orders. satis- interfered with. RYE. Rye prices have not shown quite as much strength as wheat. They are more dependent on export trade, which has been dull in the past ten days, but is increasing again. . Export clear- ances and the decreases in the visible supply from week to week are large enough to indicate that the available supply will be cleaned up by the time new crop rye becomes available in volume three months hence. Over half of the visible supply has disap- peared since mid-April. ' CORN. The advance in corn continued through the past week with the May delivery at Chicago showing an up- turn of 21 cents from the low point of the season. Continued cold, wet weather in the important com-produc- ing states, with serious delay in prep- arations for planting the new crop has stimulated heavy speculative buying. Reports that farm reserves of corn are about 45 per cent less than last year in the states furnishing most of the commercial supply also have at- tracted speculative interest. OATS. The cats market has trailed behind the rise in corn. Besides the decrease in acreage dm: to unfavorable weath- er, the crop is not doing well in some sections. Farm reserves in the prin— cipal oats urplus states are reported to be only about half as large as last year. The visible supply continues to decrease ra'her rapidly and is about 40 per cent less than a year ago. Some cats are being sold for export from the Chicago market. The mar- ket is in shape to respond in the event of reports of damage to the new crop. SEEDS. The seed market has remained prac- tically unchanged so far as prices are concerned. Some demand for seed corn, cottonseed, soy beans, and so on, has developed in the flood districts where prices have been marked a lit- tle higher. Retail prices on May 4, as reported by the department of agri- culture, were higher than a month ago on alfalfa, red clover, Kentucky blue grass, and soy bean seeds, although white and sweet clever, Sudan grass, timothy and common vetch had de: clined. . ' FEEDS. Corn feeds and cottonseed meal Were marked higher against last week, .al-; though demand for other feeds. Was dulled by the rapid improvement in pastures. The majority of sales are small lots for immediate shipment to piece out supplies until pasturage be- comes generally available. HAY. Demand for bay has slowed down but receipts at most markets are mod- erate, as farm work is retarding coun- try loadings, and prices are maintain- ed. The first cutting of alfalfa hay in the early sections of New Mexico and California is later than usual. The quality of the crop in the latter state has been damaged by unfavor- able weather. Stocks of hay remain- ing on farms on May 1 Were only 10,852,000 tons, compared with 11,481,- 000 tons a year ago, and a. ten-year average of $12,687,000 tons. BEANS. The bean market remains strong, with Michigan C. H. P. whites quoted according to quality from $5.30@5.50 per 100 pounds, 1’. o. b. Michigan ship- ping points. Demand for current use has improved and the lateness of the new crop has influenced dealers to stock up a little more heavily. sons. The egg supply in leading markets has fallen 011’ some. from the high point of a few weeks ago, but receipts are still larger than at this time last year. Quality is more variable as the sea- son advances, with eggs from southern sections showing marked effects from hot weather. Eggs which grade as fancy find an excellent market. Eggs are still being stored at a more rapid rate than last season, so that the “sur- plus” is steadily increasing. The mar- ket is fairly steady again after drift- ing a little lower and not much change in either direction is expected for a while. Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts 211,é@ 22c; extras at 22%@231/2c; ordinary firsts 20@201,§c; dirties 19c; checks 19%0. Live poultry, hens at 22%@ Live Stock) Market Service ] Tuesday, May. 24. CHICAGO. Hogs. Receipts 30,000. Market generally 10@15c lower; weights averaging 250 lbs. down active, others slow; packing sows fully 25c lower; tops at $9.65; choice better grade 150-200-lb. average $9.40@9.60; 210-250 lbs. $9.20@9.55; few inside weights up to $9.60; large supply 240—300-lb. weights at $8.90@ 9.20; most packing sows at $8@8.25; giggfesirable slaughter pigs at $8.90 ‘ Cattle. Receipts 10;000. Fat steers strong, 10613150 higher than Monday’s low tide; killing quality plain, other kill- ing classes steady, largely; steer run with medium to good grade predomi— nating; packers and feeders scarce at $8.50@9.50; best fat steers early at $12.25; bulls at $9.75@11.50; choice yearling heifers up to $11.60; most light vealers to big packers $10@11, selected kind to outsiders $12@12.50. Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 9,000. Fat lambs are fairly active, steady to strong; early 'bulk clipped lambs $14@14.50; choice dry~‘ fed lambs above $15; few weighty kind strong to $13.50 and below; few culls $13.50; strong weight culls and clipped lambs $10.50@11; sheep slow and weak; good clipped fat ewes are around $7; few heavy ewes up to $6; feeding lambs slow, weak to 25c low- er than Monday’s late trade, or 25@ 500 lower at the most on Friday. DETROIT. ' Cattle. Receipts 506. \Market little slow, steady with Monday's opening. , , Good to choice yearlings dry~fed ..... '. Best heavy steers, dry-fed Handy weight butchers . . , “Wool Growers’ Commission Co., Inc., I. w, SHURTE. Mn. Feeder Dept, , tomcaoo. 111.: Mixed steers and heifers Handy lightfiutohers . .‘.. _, . Light butchers ..". . . . . .3 7 . .1 ‘ ‘1. - seems Best COWS OCOOIOIOIOO..I Butcher cows ............ Cutters . . . . . Canners ..... . . . Choice light bulls Bologna bulls Stock bulls Feeders stockers IQIOOIOOIIIICIO. Milkers and springers. .$60.00 Calves. Receipts 785. Market steady. Best ....................$12.50@13.00 Others .......... . . . . . . . . 5.50@12.00 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 357. Market is slow, no choice lambs sold. Best lambs ..... ........$ 14.75 Fair lambs ....... ». ..... - 12.00@12.50 oceans-cocoa acetic... 00000000 ounce-econ. a cocoon-ocean. manganese U‘IMOOO’IQNOO OU‘IOOOO’IU‘OO @®©©®®@© Pswasseaaw OQNO'IMNO'IOQO UIU'IOOU'IOOU'IO 110 Light to common lambs.. 6.00@ 9.75 Fair to good sheep . . . . .. 6.00@ 7.00 Culls and common ....... 2.0061) 4.00 Hogs. Receipts. 2,206. 1 Mixed 20c lower; others slow. Mixed .......... . . ...... $ 9.80 Roughs ................. 1 8.10 Pigs, lights and yorkers. . 10.00 Stags .......... 7.00 Heavies ............... . . 9.00 Extreme heavies . . . . . . . . 9.00@ 9.25 . BUFFALO. ‘ Hogs. ~ Receipts 1,000. Market- is strong; choice 140 lbs. $11; most-.pigs$10.75; bulk 180-220 lbs. $10.15@10.25; 240 lbs. $9.90; 280 lbs. $9.50; packing soWs $8.50@8.75. . » ‘ . ' Cattle. Receipts 50,.- Market quotable. steady. Receipts. 250. , Market ., “96%; tops 3h¢fli ' x . 100. that raj \ om serene pure 8 . ‘ . 23nd; broilers sooszc; roosters at, ,' 131,50; ducks 25c; geese 16c; turkeys ‘ l/n. 23c pound; . graded '22@221/éc. Live poultry, bran. ers 43c; heavy-hens 26c; 'light'hens 230; roosters 15c; geese 16c; ducks 800 pound. BUTTER. The butter market was. depressed again last week by the liberal receipts, and- prices are now almost as, low as at this time last year.,_ Production is steadily gaining from. week to week and in some sections is even exceed- ing last year. Some grass butter has arrived from the southwest, although full grass butter from the northern states will not be available fer anoth- er fortnight. More butter.has been put into coolers since the opening of the new season than in any recent year, which is interpreted by some dealers as indicating a. large produo tion of butter this year. . Prices on 92-score creamery were: Chicago 410; New York 4235c; De- troit, in tubs 38@401,éc pound. . POTATOES. The highest prices of the season were scored on old potatoes in the dis- tributing markets last week. Supplies are being rapidly cleaned up, with the western states practically through shipping. Offerings of new stock are liberal, with Alabama, South Carolina, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana all contributing to the supply. Carlot shipments from these southern states‘ are nearly twice as large as at the corresponding time a year a ‘1North- ern round whites, U. S. "1, are quoted at $350,433.60 per 10. ounds, sacked, in the Chicago carlot market. WOOL. Mills have been buying wool more actively in the last ten days although the volume changing hands is not es- pecially heavy. Reports of the goods trade have been more favorable as the mills have been receiving re—or— ders in some lines. While mills are only buying wool against immediate needs, the increase in the rate of consumption of wool in recent months has been well maintained, and they are obliged to take some raw wool all the time. The firm close on. the Lon- don auction has had a favorable ef- fect on this side since prices abroad continue above a parity with our mar- kets. Imports remain small and the stocks of foreign combing and cloth- ing wools held in bond are about half as large as a year ago. Some buying. by dealers is under way in the west, with sales of Oregon wools reported at a range of 27 to 31 cents. In Ohio and Pennsylvania, dealers are bidding 32 to 33 cents, but have been unable to acquire much wool at this level. GRAND RAPIDS. Potatoes $2@2.25 bu; radishes 15@ 250 dozen bunches; silver skin onions 200 dozen bunches; leaf lettuce 15@ 18c lb; cucumbers $1.20@1.50 dozen; hothouse tomatoes; No. 1, $2.50 per 7—1b. basket; rhubarb 750@$1 bu; spin- ach 75c@$1 bu; asparagus $1.25@1.50 dozen bunches, few higher; apples, Baldwins '$1@1.50 bu; Spies $1.50@3 bu; Ben Davis 50@75c bu; beans $4.70 cwt; wheat at $1.22 bu; rye 86c bu; pork 12@12%c; old hens 20@'25c lb; Leghorn broilers 20@25c; heavy broil- :gs iag@30c; eggs 20@22c; butter-fat c . DETROIT CITY MARKET. Apples 500@$3.50 bu; asparagus 75c@$2.25 dozen bunches; beets 900 @125 bu; cabbage 90‘c@$1.50 a bu; cabbage plants $1@I.25 per 8-dozen flat; carrots $1.25@1.75 bu; outdoor radishes 90c@$1 dozen bunches; rhu- ‘barb 50@75c dozen bunches; green onions 50@750 dozen bunches; root . parsley $1@1.501bu; curly parsley 50 @60c dozen bunches; potatoes at $1@ 2.50 bu; {turnips $1.50@2 bu; spinach $1@1.50 bu; tomato plants $1.25 per 8—dozen flat; leeks 6069900 per dozen bunches; parsnips $1.25.@1.75 bu; pan- sies $1.50@‘2~per 15-hour; vegetable oysters 75c@~$1 dozen bunches; eggs, retail 30@35c;v hens, wholesale 30@ 32c; broilers, wholesale 37@38c; veal 18c; butter 60@650; .mus‘tard $1.50 bu; dressed hens; 3862400. 1’ 0 fresh candied and ' 45-» ODERA ere B ‘ . of. cattle since late in April caus- ' ,. ed a; 25 to 40 cent mid-May break in yearling steers, but the decline was soon reéove'red when producers reduc- ed the supply. The lower grades of heavy steer are as high as at any time this so son. The cheaper grades of steers prob- ably will show a moderate downward trend ina afew weeks. Besides the sea- sonal tendency tbward larger supplies of such- cattle, the advance of over 25 per cent in the price of Com has rais- 'ed the cost of finishing and is likely to have the effect of dislodging half- fat steers. Reduced competition from feeder buyers for steers suitable for further finish also will have some.ef— feet on prices of these -grades. Aver- age prices of prime and choice grades at Chicago are no higher than the were two months ago, which indicats that they have advanced about as far as they can go. 'Total supplies of . cattle to be marketed are only moder- ate, however, so that prices are not likely to lose ground rapidly, and the average level of prices all year prob- -any will remain considerably higher than in 1926. Owing to continued scarcity, cows and heifers have shoWn greater strength in prices than steers, and are selling at the best prices of the sea- son. A downward trend is likely to set in at any time, however, as mar- ket supplies of she stock and cheap steers nusually increase around June. Canners and cutters are probably sell- ing at the best prices they will realize this season, while the bull market al- ready shows signs of being in a down- war trend. , The calf market has declined $1 to $1. 50 in the past week, but did not reach a new low level for the season. From this time on, the main trend of vealers probably will be upward, but heavy and grassy calves will not share in this improvement The number of calves slaughtered at the public stock- yards in April was the smallest for that month since 1923. Stocker and feeder cattle reached a new high level for the season last week, but the buying furore probably has, culminated, and from this time on, a downward trend is likely. Or- ders which have not been filled as yet will sustain prices. Shipments of stocker and feeder cattle from public stockyards in April totaled 204,000 head, compared with 202,000 head a year previous, and 271,000 head two years ago. With the exception of last year, shipments were the smallest for April in more than a decade. HOG MARKET SHOWS STABILITY. HE decline in hog prices carried down to a $9.50 average at Chi- cago, at which level the market has shown stability during the, past several days. Receipts have fallen off to some extent, and demand has im- proved, although packers show strong - resistance to any rising tendency. The heavy receipts of light hogs at St. Louis as a result of flood conditions, have subsided, and shipping demand at Chicago shows signs of improve- ment. Both domestic and export de- mand are likely to improve at the lower level of prices for hog products whichappear cheap when compared with either beef or lamb. The market will not advance easily, however, since June usually brings an increase in the run, and stocks of hog products are comparatively heavy. Stocks at Chicago increased in the first half of May, and further gains in holdings are probable in the next five or six weeks, by which time the mer- chandising season will begin. Hog prices seem likely to hold near the present level for two or three weeks longer and after that time, some buoy- ancy may develop unless receipts ex- ceed expectancy. LAMB MARKET DECLINES. LAMB prices show signs of starting downward trend. Compared with a week ago, clipped and shorn fed lambs are $1 lower, spring lamb 50 cents lower, and sheep 75 cents to $1 lower. Receipts of California lambs on midwestern markets have been more liberal recently, and the movement from Kentucky and Ten nessee is gradually getting under way. Top spring lambs at Chicago bring $17. 50, with the best shorn aged lambs at $15. Few fed lambs in full fleece are arriving. Sheep prices have de- clined sharply because of larger sup- mplies of grass sheep from Texas. The United States .De nt. of Agricul- ture again reports that supplies of . spring lambs in May and June will be larger last year, and the lambs ‘13!” In who .0! the not receipts I V ’ ., racism lworkxi‘hg sthc. ugx COUNTY :CROP' REPORTS.- Lenaw‘ee County.—-—Farmers have finished sovving oats and working on corn grown now. Clean-up work re- quired on corn stubble delayed sow- ing oats somewhat Many farmers not planting the usual amount of corn be- cause of the corn borer. Pasture has made a good growth. Clover is a little backward because of and light rainfall. Dairy business re- mains about normal, while poultry business seems to be expanding Wheat is bringing $1. 30; oats 500; eggs 21@220. —-J. R. L. Oakland County.——It has been cool and dry until the last week, and farm crops are slow, but the past week wheat and grass have developed fine. Farm stock is in good condition. Most farmers in this section are depending for their income on their dairy cows . and poultry. They have little else to sell at this time of the year. -—D. Clare County. —Hay and rye and some wheat fields are looking fine There has been plenty of rain, which has greatly retarded the seeding of oats, and there will not be as large an acreage as at first contemplated. Some early potatoes have been plant- ed. Some fruit has been damaged by frost. With cream prices ruling high most of the dairy calves are vealed, which is holding back expansion in this business The farmers are sell- ing cream, veal, and eggs at present. Sheep have just been sheared. Not much wool sold yet. ——J. Wexford County. ~—There will be about the usual ameage of crops plant- ed here this yea1, except that more alfalfa is being sown Farmers are cold weather - . , s it out tiges .Seed corn is scarce. being used. Potatoes have been mar- keted generally. Butter-fat brings 500: eggs 200.-——J. Charlevolx County. —About the usu- al acreage of crops [will be seeded here. Pig and lamb Crops are normal. Fruit has not been hurt to any ex- tent. Poultry, dairying, vegetables and small fruits are the- principal products produced on our farms. Ogemaw County.-—There has been but little change in the acreage of spring crops in this locality. Farmers have their oats and peas in, and most of the corn ground plowed. It is wet at present. Wind storms did damage in the southeastern part of the coun- ty. Potatoes bring $1 per bushel; hay 315T. seed corn is scarce and high.— CANADIAN WHEAT ACREAGE MAY NOTV EXPAND. EPORTS to the department of ag- riculture indicate that delay in seeding may prevent expansion of the Canadian wheat area this year E‘arly preparations were made for an exten- sive expansion in Wheat acreage, but seeding has been delayed by unfavor- able weather. Yields per acre in the Canadian prairie provinces since 1918 have ranged from 9.3 bushels in 1919, to 21.7 bushels in 1923. A state-wide call has been issued by the governor for funds to help the stricken families of the Bath consoli- dated school explosion. This classified advertising department Small advertisements bring best results consecutive 1nse1tions 0‘ lents a word. display type or illustrations admitted. charge It) words. advertising mismllaneous articles for sale or exchange. partment at (lassifled rates, or in display columns at commerclal rates. Rate 8 cents a word, each insertion. on orders for less than tour insertions, Count as a word each Remittances must Live stock advertising has a separate department and CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING is established for the convenience of Michigan farmers. undertlasslfled headings. Try it for want ads and for Poultry advertising will be run in this do- fm four or more abbreviation. initial or number. No accompany 0111611. ' Is not accepted as classlfled. Minimum Four F01“ times. times ' 1 $2.40 $6.24 2.04 6-48 2.88 6-72 3.12 6.96 3.36 7.20 3.60 7 .44 3.84 7-68 4.08 7.92 4.32 8.10 4.51; 8.40 4.80 8.64 5.04 8.88 5.28 9.12 5.52 9-36 6.76 9.60 6.00 9.84 Ail advtnlunl an Sp ceial Notice diuontinuanu ordn: n chant: of cm In- "wiped for tin Clarified Dtpammnt mutt mth (hi: Mu In 114): in advana of publim {ion dab. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE—Eighty acres. 50 improved. dark soil. good buildings. Two miles from railroad station. Price $2.400. Terms given. Box 159. Evart. Mich. CANADIAN FARMS much below value. Buy now. In Canada’s coming prosperity. Write Fertile Spy Hill. Sask.. Canada. Join Belt Land 00.. SALE—40 acre farm. Kirstin Stump Puller. Edmore. Mich. FOR Ben Kinsey. FARM LANDS FOR SALE—In the best mixed farm- ing district in Manitoba. Canada. Prices ranging from $15.00 to $40.00 per acre. For further infuse mation vulte no .1110 P. Ryan, Shoal Lake. Manitoba, Canada. FARMS FOR SALEwwonderful opportunities. South- ern Georgia farm lands. Write for complete infor- mation. Chamber of Commerce. Quitman. Ga. CORN HARVESTER RICH MAN'S Corn Harvester, poor man's price—— only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free out» alog showing pictures of harvester. Process Co... Quins. Kans. WANTED FARMS WANTED—To hear from owner of farm or unlm proved land for sale. 0. Hawley. Baldwin, Wis. ( ‘ FARM MACHINERY FOR SALE—Red River Special Separator. size 30x46, and Buffalo Pitts Engine 14 H. P. twin cylinder. Both in good condition and are housed when not. in usa. Belts and water tank included. Inquire of C. Brocker. R. No. 1. New Era. Mich. FOR SALE—19 H. P. Longfellow Port Huron Port- able Steam Traction Engine. Perfect. running 0.1'dsr Michigan Farmer, Box 104. Detroit. N ew Zealand Red RABBITS—High grade pedigre‘d lfilbelt St., Kai Rabbits. Vernon Blrdsell. 503 11111200. Mich. . SMALL DOGS. fox terriers. rat terriers and pet dogs. Also fox hounds. Box 4. Herrick . Ill. SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK TIFTON'S RELIABLE PLANTS. Frost Proof Cab. bage, Bermuda. onion plants. Varieties: Copenhagen Market, Early Jersey and Charleston Wakefield. Flat Dutch, and Succession. Tomato plants. Varieties: Greater Baltimore, Bonnie Best. Earhana. and Living— ston Globe. Prices: Postpaid, 250. $1.00; 500. $1.50; 1000, $2.50. Express collect: $1.50, 1000: 10,000 and over $1.25. 1000. We guarantee to ship size please you. References: Bradstreet, Bank of Tifton. and Postmaster. Tifton Plant 00.. Tii'ton. G11. PLANTS. 5 Acres. June. July delivery. Copenhagen Market, Flat Dutch. Danish Bullhead Cabbage. Pre- paid. 100. 450; 300. $1.00; 600, $1.25; 1000. $2.25: express. 5000. $7.50. Cauliflower, prepaid. 50. 500: 100. 700: 1000, $3.75. Critically assorted. moss pack< ed. Guaranteed. W. J. Myers. R. 2. Massillon. Ohio. 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. Britten, Michigan. Member of the Mich. Crop Improvement Association. PLANTS FOR SALE—Copenhagen and Wakefield cab- bage plants $1. 00, 1,;000 Collard. $1. 00: Tomato, $1. 00: Bell Pepper. 3150;0111011. $1.25; Porto Rico Potato. $100. Large opehfleld grown. ed. Quitman Plant Co.. Quitman. Ga. TWO DOZEN GERANIUM PLANTS SENT postpaid [to your address for One Dollar and Twentquive Cents. Any color or mixed. Dont be without flow- ers on the farm. Buckley Geranium Company. Spring- field. Illinois. CERTIFIED IMPROVED ROBUST BEANS $4.75 per bu. Pickett's Yellow Dent Corn. graded. from certl~ gfedhseed, $3.00 per bu. Fritz Manley. Fairgrovc. lo lrnos'r- rnoor CABBAGEmOhions, also tomatoes. 'strong hardy plants. Leading varieties,100, 400: 300. 85v: 500. $1.10: 1.000 $2.00. Pepper. 100. 500: 1.000, $2.75. Everything postpaid and guaranteed. East Texas Plant Co., I’onta, Texas. SWEET POTATO PLANTS—Nancy Hall. Porto Rico. Yellow Jersey. Red Jersey, Southern Queen: 250 ‘plants $1.00: 500. $1.90; 1000. $3.50. Postpaid. Rob— ert Bennett. Grand View. Indiana. IMPROVED AMERICAN BANNER WHEAT and Wolverine outs in season. Choice beau seed stock sold. A. B. Cook. Owossu. Mich. PREMIUM LATE FLAT DUTCH ABBAGE—Alm Collard. Mai-oh planted. Large 111 ts. 500. 750: 1000. $1.25. Progress Plant 00.. Ashbum. Georgia. 60 LARGE GLADIOLI $1. $1.25. Catalogue. A. None alike. 12 Dahllas. Sherman. Chicopeo Falls. Mass. MATTRESSES MATrRESSES made Bany also. low factory prices. Catalog Ira. PmlaB adding Comp puny. Pecflm Ill. PET STOCK COLLIES—an beautiful. intelligent strain of heel A. K. c. m C W. Ic- rlen 8m Mich. ‘ commands Wm‘hmmysu‘g Ill-cl. plus. prion paid. Write. Parke-Davie. We. we: I o 315131110me 110meva .mm 11505110011me- ”WWW“? ‘ TOBACCO HOMESPUN T03 ACCO—Gusra good Chewing. lbs.. $1. 00: 10. $1. 75M Smoking, 750; 10. $125. Mayhem. Kv. ”flavor. Pay when received. Funnel-3' “Union GUARANTEED Homm TOBACCO: Chm. bl. ‘1. 00: 10. ‘1 7‘. m.” m. 31.50 31‘ M W. Wind Demon. Kent“ . 5mm romance—argue mdlowl rm ”3%?“ pm cm. no End. mu. ' -. a! are. using. More ' than the usual amount of fertilizer is}; t0¥ carefully Dack- . 353? .‘W rooms? TULLETB. COCKERELS—A buxom in 61801‘. Barred and White B.ocks . Lemmas. It ‘ 1613 want a flock of laying helm for this {all 11 win we want you to read the description ad see . price or these birds. Send for our Pullet and cool: 11.213011 Circular State Farms Association. ’ r" from our high record 888 pmduchla Circular on request. F. E. Fogle. Okel'nos. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK hatching baby chicks strain. Mich. FOR SALE—4. 000 English White Leghorn Pullets for. Mav and June delivery. H. Knoll. .Ir.. Holland. Mich. R. No. 1 FOR SALE —ea.rl.v hatched White Leghorn pullets produced from Ohio Accredited Chicks. Better Poultry, ‘ (‘ompamn ‘ Sugarcreek. Tuscamwas County. Ohio. * Stock. ” turkeys. POULTRY—4111115. Chlx. Ducklings. All varieties chickens. buntams. guineas. Arthur Jarvis. Goslings. ducks. geese. Waveland. Indiana. 300 011mm; PU’LLETS—Barred Rocks. 12 weeks old. ' Lack housing facilities. Karl Kern. Marcellus. Midis M” First State Bank. Decatur. Mich. Wyandottes. $5. 100 [EGGS—l Barron) White Leghoms, W. Spencer. Shepherd. Mich. DOStpaid. F. TURKEY'S (TURKEY EGGS—Thousands of them. All breeds. ngciabhprices Eastern Ohio Poultry Farm, Bealla~ v e 10 PURE BRED 21- lb. Bronze tom. breath, Hartford. Mich. $8.00. 0. Gulf BABY CHICKS MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CRICKS~B1LV your 01111“ from heavy laying flocks that are ofllcially accredit!!! by inspectors supervised by Michlgan State Celine. and of prize winners at the Holland Poultry Show. White and Brown Leghorns. Anconas Barred Roch S. C. R. I. Reds. 100% live delivery postpaid. Send at once for free catalogue. Chicks. 8 cents and up. Full particulars and detailed price}. Hillview Hatch» ery. C. Boven. Prop. Holland. 1\I1oh.. R. 12. Box B. WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS sired by Dedlmd males. records 200 to 293 eggs. Low prepaid priced. Shipped anywhere C. 0. D. and guaranteed. ing eggs. cockerels. bullets, hens, egg-bred 27 years. Winners at 17 egg contests. Write for free catalog and special price bulletin. Geo. B. Ferrrls. 934 Union. Grand Rapids. Michigan. BABY (‘IIIC I§S~er9 bred Tanlrcd S. ('. White Leg? horn chicks. $9.00:Bar1ed 01' “lute Rocks. R. I. Reds. White Wmndotrcs. $1100 per hundred. Mixed heavies and lights, $9.50. Big nxiuctions on large quantities. 8 and lll-wceks-old pullets. Arrowhead Poultry Farm and Hatchery. Birch Run. or Mon- trose, Mich. ' BABY (‘IIII‘I{S—~»15411'1'cd and White ROcks. S. C. ‘1 and R. l‘. Rods. $13.00 per 100. White Leghormi land Black Minorcus. $11.00. Brown Leghoms, 4310.00.11901’} Mix. $10.00. Light Mix. $9.00. We rare 3111111112111 Accredited. and also blood-test all I’iou'e Hatchery, Jerome. Mich. R’Stmk. MIC HIGAN ACCREDITED blood tested Chicks bucks ed by real bred- to- lay breeding and at live and let: |live prices. Quick service 1000' a live delivery and l a square deal. Big discount on large orders. Catalog Exist-1h Carl Poultry Farms. Dept. A. Montgomery. 10 QUEEN QUALITY ACCRFDITIID CHUKS. Holly- lwood and Tancrcd. S. f‘. White Leghorns. $10. 00 per hundred. Barred Rooks, $13.00: Rose C. Reds and ,S. C. Reds, $12. 'Juuc one cent per chick less. iuuccn Hatchery. Zecland. Mich. ECAPPER SHIPS c. o. D.—VVhite. Brown. Leghorns. ' ‘Henw Mixed. 100, $8:English Whit/c. Bllfl' Leghorns. ‘Anconus. $8.50: Reds. Barred, White Rocks. Black Mlnorvas. $9; Buff Orpingmns. White Wyandottes. $10; Assorted, $7.50. Capper Hatcheries. Elgin. Iowa. PULLETS—{I-to 10 weeks old. Chicks 01 15 varie- ties. Can Sth at once. Some blood tested. 175 to 312-egg breeding. Free Circular. Beckman Hatch- ery, Grand Rapids, Mich. CIIICKSATam-rcd. Barron. Hollywoods. chhorns. 100, $8.00; 500, $37.50; mixed. Immediate prepaid 100% dcr from ad. T. B. Van Ry, “’hite, Brown broilers. 100.' $6.00 livc delivery. 01."- IIolland. Mich. \VHIT'I‘AKER'S REDS. llIichigan Certified. R. O. P. Trapnosted._ Both Combs. June chicks and eggs at reduced pru-cs. (Tm-ks, hens, cockerels. pullets. Write for prices. Intorlakcs Farm, Box 9. Lawrence. Mich. hHCHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS—Blood-teswd for the past 3 years. Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds. $12. W'hitc Leghorns. $10. Mixed. $9. Krueper Poultry Milan. llfich. vFarm & Hatchery, S. C. BUFF LEGHORN CHICKS—Michigan Stale Accredited. Sand for circular. J. W. Webster & 8011. Bath. Mich. l {BETTER l‘HlCKS—Extrcmcly low prices for balance lOf season. 80% of 0111' c-lucks go to 0111 customers. ‘Wnte. Lirchfleld Hatchery, Ilipchfleld. Mich. CHICK PRICES REDUCED FOR MAY—White Leg. 812: lots or 500, 71700. Barred Rooks. 100. Hillside Hah'hcrv. Holland, Mich ' RICHARDSON'S Recky Ridge Barred Rock day and two— wk. old chicks. Stork blood tested three years for Bacillary White Diarrhea Hanmer. Mich. Accredited Brown Leghorns _ . 5. Write for prices. We Jasper W1shbone Hatchery. St. Louis. Mich. WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS 7c: 8- week ullets 00. Ed. Kroodsma. Zeeland, Mich p 8 :- BABY CHIX~-Michigan and blood-tested S. 0. please. SITUATIONS WANTED i f WANTEDHPosition as working manager of dairyor fillersI h l Igarrgning. D. Loren Hershberger. Woodlaml.1 c WAN Tl“ D—position Single. as manager on my size farm; BOX 103 Midiigan Farmer. mt. Mich HELP WANTED Working farm foreman. have practical experience with horses. flu-m machinery. Good steady job for rightman. Apply with references and size of family. Bum Michigan Farmer. Detroit. WANTED~Single man to work on dairy farm. Can use boy 18 11 strong and. unbltious. $60. 00 per month with room and board. Sherman DalryOo. So. Raven. Mich. VACATION POSITION for College suidsntor pleasant work. months: 0 "A." ldtuc'atorf Bids. WANTED—2 dry hand milkers. “(single must be good workers luau mm. Finn. Osman. Mich. 1110 5 ~—--——-— -...—....a~- ...~_. «.... . l . 1' t I \ H.111 ... ' tmmmfi which would not grow clover. Acid phosphate, bone meal and other fertilizers were tried Without success. .» The county a gent was consulted about the troublesome field. A test'r‘evealed the fact that the'land was sour ' , and needed 3 tons of crushed limestone per acre. The f ' limestone was applied. During the folloWing spring, clover was again sown and, for the first time, an exec» . . lent crop resulted. Bone meal or acid phosphate may be sufficient treat-'- . ment on one field but not on another. Soil conditions vary Widely. Engines vary Widely, too. They vary in design, in lubricating systems and in other important. factors affecting lubrication. Don’t grope in the dark after the correct grade of oil. Take advantage of the recommendations of the 41 Mobiloil engineers, just as you take advantage of the advice of your county agent. By following the Mobiloil Chart you obtain an en: - gineering margin of safety in lubrication. 2 drops of oil _ .;...;’