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lamation engineers employed by the

bureau, have returned from an ex—'

investigation of prdposed

swampland drainage projects in sev-

eral southern states, and it is expect-

ed that a report will be made soon on

the feasibility of reclaiming large

areas of swampland and cut-over

lands. ‘ ‘



This movement has the backing of

the reclamation bureau, the railroads,

local chambers of commerce and real

estate promoters, and is meeting con-

siderable opposition from the farmers

who feel that they have enough com-

petition now, without the government

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F the farmers in the United States

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should pay as our own citizens do

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eign and domestic production

costs of canned tomatoes land'fresh to-

matoes will be started soon by the

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is the principal exporter of canned to-

matoes and tomato paste, and Mexico

of raw tomatoes to the United States

according to the tariff commission.



The preliminary studies covering

maple sugar production costs are un-

der way, and interested parties have

been asked to submit their views as

to whether or not changes in the ex-

isting tariff rate should be made.



The tariff commission has been re

quested to investigate costs of produc-

ing corn in this country and Argen-

tina, the principal exporting country.

It is expected that an investigation

will be undertaken early in the fall.

The corn crop in Argentina is'reported

to be a large one, and the corn belt

farmers feel that they should have

whatever protection an increase in the

tariff rate on corn can give them1





METER SIMPLIFIES ESTIMATING

WORK.





HE farm crop estimating meter in-

vented by a machinist in the de-

partment of agriculture a couple of

years ago, has resulted in making crop

acreage estimates

easy matter. The instrument is at-

tached to an automobile and is oper-

ated by the same method as the speed-

ometer of a car.

The meter consists of a number of

counting registers, so arranged with

reference to the speedometer drive





shaft of an automobile that any one of





them may be engaged or disengaged

at will. When engaged they measure

distance in units of 100 feet. Each

register represents a crop, and for any

trip the operator is able to measure

the percentage of the distance he

passes through in each crop, corn,

wheat, oats, buckwheat, and the» like.



If the first field is wheat the op-

erator pushes the button under

“Wheat.” The next may be a field of

corn, and “Corn” is engaged, throwing

out “Wheat.” One side of the road

is counted, as a rule, but double-bank

machines can be used to measure both

sides at once.





RADIO BRIEFS.





F you think that your favorite broa'd-





casting is off the air, you will be





most li'kely'to locate it at a different

place on the dial. ,In' accOrdance with

the rulings of the Federal Radio Com-

mission, about 600 broadcasting sta-

tions in the United States have chang-

ed their wave length. Among the De-

troit stations, WCX and WJR operate

on 440.9 meters, 'WWJ on 374.8- met~

ers, and W‘GHP on" 319 meters.





 





It is expected that ‘ King George of

England will address his Canadian sub-

jects via radio on July 1, during the





Diamond Jubilee celebration of the p ', '





Dominion of Canada. ’ ‘





ed from a study of the farm probiems ‘E





a comparatively .
‘. FEEDING problems seem as plenti-





ful as ever. This is true, despite



. deCades of careful feeding exper-

imentation at practi0a11y~every Amer-



ican state experiment farm, as well.

:as in foreign countries. So, on June

9, about 300 Michigan breeders and





. feeders spent the day..at. the Michigan—

.“State College to learn of the feeding





,work conducted'there during the past

year. '

. Finishing Baby Beef.

The first test we will mention is

the one relating to the feeding of baby

- beef calves. ' For this test three- lots





-, ‘each consisting of ten calves and two





pigs, were used. In Lot_1 the ration

contained ground, barley, silage and

‘ alfalfa bay; for Lot 2, the ration was





. shelled corn, linseed meal, silage, and





alfalfa; while for Lot 3, shelled corn,

silage, and'alfalfa were fed.



'Ilhe alfalfa hay was kept before all

of these calves in racks. They were

also, fed all the silage they would





. clean up readily, twice each day.





Further, a mixture of bone meal and

salt, _, equal parts, was kept in boxes

before eachlot.



The history of the feeding period of

210 days was as follows: A mixture

of equal parts by weight of whole oats,





- and shelled corn or ground barley,





~was fed the first sixty days, then for

the next thirty days three parts of

barley or? corn was mixed with one

part of oats, while for the last 120

days, barley or corn was fed alone.

About six pounds of grain were al-

lowed each calf per day for the first

sixty days, eight pounds for the next

fifty days, nine and one-half pounds

for the next forty days, and. for the

last, sixty days, ten and onehalf

pounds.



To get information on the value of

linseed meal, one pound of the. grain

ration for Lot 2 was replaced by a

pound of linseed meal during the first

100 days, by one and one-half~pounds

for the next seventy days, and two

pounds, .the last forty days. This lot

developed the best appetite of the





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\MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM pnass





.cscarch Men Found





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three, the calves consuming eleven

pounds of corn in addition tothe two

pounds of linseed meal during the last

month of the feeding period. On the

other hand, the appetites of the calves

in Lot 1 werevery sensitive, while

extreme care was necessary to keep

Lot, 3‘ from going off feed also. These

same results were noted in former

tests with the same feeds.



The“ experiment further shows that





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to show the. same feeding returns.



Besides greatly stimulating the ap-

petites of the calves in Lot 2, the ad-

dition of linseed meal to the ration

of shelled corn, corn silage, and al-

falfa hay, increased the average daily

gains .28 pounds. This concentrate

also improved the finish, the buyers

offering 50c more per hundred weight

for this lot. This increased gain and

larger price gave an additional return

of $4.66 per calf above feed costs,





 





 





 





The Conditions} Under Which Forage is Secured Influences Greatly its Feed-





inguValue and its Palatabillty.





the same gains as those on corn, but

were not as well finished, since buy-

ers valued them twentysfive cents be-





low the price offered for the corn-fed '





lot. The barley-fed calves returned

$1.65 less percalf above feed cost.

With oats charged at 48 cents per

bushel, linseed meal at $55 per ton,

silage at $5 per ton, and alfalfa at

$16 per‘ ton, and crediting the pork at

$9 per hundred weight, the corn—fed

calvesreturned 4.4 per cent more per

hundred pounds of shelled corn than

did the barley-fed calves per hundred

pounds of ground barley. In other

words, the calves paid $2.14 “per hun~





dred weight for the shelled corn, and,

$2. 05 per hundred weight for ground.





barley. From these tests, where the

shelled corn sells at $1.50 per hundred

weight, ground barley should be

bought at $1.39 per hundred weight





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and increased the return per bfishel

of shelled corn by twenty-five ce'nts.



Cull Beans for Fattening Hogs.



Another experiment of importance

to Michigan farmers is a continuation

of the work to determine the value of

cull beans for fattening pigs. This ex-

periment was started on February 24,

and was terminated when the pigs of

each lot averaged approximately 200

pounds in weight.



Six lots of eight pigs each were

used. Lot 1 received ground corn and

tankage, self-fed and free choice. Lot

2 was trough-fed on cull beans and

ground corn, proportioned to give rel-

atively the same nutritive ratio as

Lot 1 received. Lot 3 received the

same proportions of cull beans and

corn as did Lot 2, but the corn was

on the ear. The beans were trough-

fed, while the car com was floor-fed.





 

 





 





 





 

 

 

 





 

 

 





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of cull beans and ground corn. Lot 5 .

was trough-fed on two parts of cull

beans to one part of ground com.

Lot 6, also trough-fed, received asmall

amount of ground corn with cull beans

for the first twenty days, after which

they were fed on beans alone. Each .

of these lots had access to a mineral





mixture consisting of 45 pounds; of.





steam bone meal, 20 pounds of finely

ground limestone, and 30 pounds of

common salt. E‘ach lot also had al-

falfa hay in self— feeders 1



As to results, Lot 1 made the larg-

est daily gains and required consider-

ably less concentrates than did any

of the other lots, with the exception

that Lot 5 required very little more





feed for each 100 pounds of gain.





The bean fed lot made quite satis—

factory gains with no great increase

in feed requirements over the tank—

age—fed lot. It was also shown in this

experiment that cooked cull beans

proved quite satisfactory when fed as

a supplement to corn. The addition

of as little as one-third ground corn

to the cull bean rations increased the

daily gains and‘reduced the feed re

quirements. Another interesting re-

sult is that the cost of feed in all the

cull bean lots was lower than in the

lots fed ground corn and tankage. In

calculating these costs, however, no

account was taken of the added labor

and the expense of cooking, and the

feeding of cull beans. Where beans

were fed alone the feed cost was low-

est, but the gains were unsatisfactory.



Alfalfa and Rape Pasture for Hogs.



The next set of testsl was to de-

termine the relative feeding value of

alfalfa and rape pastures when used

with shelled corn, tankage, linseed

meal, and minerals. In these tests it

was found that shelled corn, tankage,

linseed meal, and minerals fed to the

spring pigs pasturing on alfalfa, pro-

duced larger daily gains and'required

a somewhat less allowance of feed

than did the same feeds when fed to



(Continued on page 806).





Government Report on Crops





Smaller Yze/c/s Ml/ Life/y [7267”6456 Farm Income:





00L weather and heavy rainfall

prevailed during the month of

May throughout Michigan, and





~ farm work thich started out with .an

' ., , early spring was retarded so that the

‘ season 7,181,907? late. Growing condi-





flops“ continued mostly favorable f01





iall- sown grains, hay and pasture;





but spring—seeded Crops were damaged





' someWhat by the cool, wet weather,



' according to a statement from Her



:,5 .5311 E. “Powell, commissioner of agrie

' “milti’ire, and Venue H Church, U. S.





agricultural statistici for; Michigan.





 





.tion for the state‘is 15 £77,000 bushels.





 





Wheat has developed rapidly, and har-

vest will be earlier than usual. The

June 1 condition of 87 per cent is the

same as a ‘month ago, and compared

with 69 per cent last year, and the

ten-year average of 78 per cent for

this-month. With 929,000 acres of

Winter wheat remaining for harvest, a

production of 17,458,000 bushels should

be realized “if weather conditions are

normal until threshing time. Last

year’s production was 17, 916, 000 bush-

els, and the ten-year average produc-





F01: the ,» nited Statesthe estimated





erage. The United States condition

is the lowest in June since 1917.



Spring Wheat—The condition of

this crop in Michigan is now 83 per

cent of normal, which is four per cent

below the ten-year ayerage, and one

per cent above the last year’s condi-

tion at the start of the season.



A condition—of 86.8 per cent is re-

ported for the United States. The fig-

ure 8., year ago was 78.5 per cent, and

the average is 88.9 per cent for.-June 1.



Oats—The , condition of oats in

Michigan is 81 per cent of normal,

which is four per cent below the av-

erage for the past ten years, and two





 





per cent below the condition a year





~ dition of





poor color has resulted in low spots

and flat fields. Consequently the crop ,

started out with the condition below

average. In the more important oat

growing sections the damage is not

yet permanent, however,,and with the

advent of seasonable weather. a good

crop may be harvested.

_ The United States condition is 79.7

per cent, compared with a 1926 con- -

dition of 78. 8, and a ten-year average

of 86.1 per cent.



Barley. —-With a large part of the





 





em and northern districts where the

season has been late, and the rainfall

heavy, the crop has made less pro-x

gross than oats. Barley was not

seeded by the end of May. The.

the grams crop is



or three" “per cent belo





cent.

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VOLUME CLXVIH i NUMBER TWENTY-S 1X





‘ F DETROIT, JUNE 25, 1927

CURRENT COMMENT





HE best evidence





 





Our that there are ad-



5 d vantages in trucking

econ dry products from one

Roads center to another ov-





er public highways is

the rapid development of this method

of transportation. But the progress

along this line, like every other for-

ward movement, is beset with eco-

nomic limitations.



For instance, heavy loaded trucks

can be handled economically on paved

highways, but costs immediately ad-

vance when these same loads are car-

ried on secondary roads. And what

is more important to the farmers of

the state, the costs Of road mainte-

nance jumps to practically impossible

heights when heavy trucks make com—

mon use of these roads.



Is it not possible to work out a max-



‘ imum of load weights to be permitted

on the various types Of roads?

limitation, if necessary, could be made

for the state roads, another for county



, roads, and still another for the town-

ship roads. It seems almost necessary

that some regulation of this kind be



ienforced before we can expect to de-



velop a. satisfactory secondary road

system.



0THING in agri-



The culture since the



war has equaled poul-



[faultry try in growth and



.\. Sumatran popularity. The‘ in-



dustry rose from a.





slump during the war time, to heights

hitherto unknown. Prosperity brought





in demand for poultry products which





"made the income from chickens the

Mt profitable on the farm There-

W. many have turned to chicken

mining to help them in their dilemma.





" fink”? W111 always have a promi-,





'mtpnlaco on the farm, especially as





e becoming extinct-.- and

~ she raised as ex:





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play its part in the





as it does in all others. .. ' '

The profit gained from Chickens has





made people over-enthusiastic regard-'





ing it, and the indications ' are. that

it is temporarily being overdone. This

fact has been brought to the attention

Of the public by the'bureau of agricul-

tural economics which shows that the

purchasing power index of eggs this

year is sixty-four as compared to sev-

enty-five last year. The reports also

show that there are 1,700,000 more

cases of eggs in, storage than a year

ago, and the stocks of dressed poultry

are much heavier. The commercial

hatcheries also report that the de-

mand for baby chicks has been great-

er than ever before.



There are, however, two favorable

factors regarding the situation. One

is that as the prices Of eggs and poul-

try decrease, the consumption will in-

crease, and the other is that the revo-

lution in China is greatly interfering

with the frozen egg business, which

supplies large quantities of eggs to

the baking and confection trade of

this country.



However, we urge our readers to use

every means of economy and efficiency

in the care of their chickens, and not

to become discouraged with the sea-

son’s results. This year will eliminate

many inefficient ones who drift from

one thing to another. Every activity

in life has its ups and downs, and only

those who stay by their favorite oc-

cupation will profit most from it.





ICHIGAN f a rm





Farm women are to

W , have another oppor-

onfen ’ tunity to enjoy a

Institute short vacation during





the second Farm

Women’s Institute to be held in the

home economics building at the Mich-

igan State College, July 28 to August

1, immediately preceding the sessions





of the American Country Life Assos





ciation at the same place.





Lecture-s, discussions, and demon-

strations on the various problems will

be featured in the programs. Not

only will every woman have an Oppor~

tunity to contribute to the programs

but, also, to hear lectures of state, na-

tional and international importance.

The many phases of home improve-

ment, health, citizenship, and the farm

income are part of the major subjects

to be considered. A. small registra-

tion fee is required and reservations

can be made for meals and rooms on

the campus. ‘ '



This Institute will afford opportu‘

nity for farm women to meet and com-

pare notes on some of their common

problems. It is to be hoped that every

Michigan farm woman interested in

home and community improvement

work will avail herself of this chance

to meet other women who are seeking

the solution of perplexing problems.





NE of, Michigan’s





The successful farm-



, ers, with prospects of

Farmer 3 being named a Mas-

Part ter Farmer some: of





these days, has a

neighbor who has made a complete





failure of his efforts to profitably till

the soil.





The two farmskare alike in

size, soil composition and drainage op-

portunities; while the same kind of

water and air is supplied 'by nature.

Yet one succeeds beyond the average

of good farmers, and the- other fans

miserably Why?



We do not know. It is no easy thing

always tosay why Jones succeeds and

Smith falls. And oftentimes when we

say it is due to a lack of ambition, to





 





sickness, or mismanagement, we fail.





properly to- interpretate the case. . ,.

But, it is of the highest importance





that the farmer himself take steps to

learn wherein- {he has . tailed “H

a . .





1' farming to the man. he '

and executes efficiently.





ReCently several hundred farms

labor income from twelve of these

farms ranged from $794 to $3,368. The

five farms with the highest income in





this group were, practically the same





size as the five having the lowest in,

The cash receipts-\ on the high,





come.

five were about $400 greater than on

the low five, while the average labor

income of. the high five was more than

$1,000 higher. Also, crop yields on





the good farms were considerably





higher than, on the other five.



This emphasizes the importance of

the personal element in farming. 'It

is the big factor. Human efficiency





.can be quickly demonstrated on any





modern Michigan farm. Whenever

one’s efficiency shows signs of failing,

every means of bringing it back to

par and above, if possible, should be

promptly used.





ROM innumerable





Sure sources we are

given information as



W?’ to to how to succeed in

Fatlure farming. In some cas-





es such information

is absorbed freely, but with many peo—

ple this “how to do” reading matter

fails to register. So, some ingenious





‘student of psychology connected with





the agricultural college in Tennessee

has given ten sure rules on how to

fail in farming, as follows:



1. Grow only 0118 crop.



2. Keep no live stock.



3. Regard chickens and a. garden

as nuisances.



4. Take everything from the soil

and return nothing. ,



5. Don’t stop gullies or grow cover

crops—let the topsoil wash away, then

you will have “bottom” land.



6. Don’t plan your farm operations.

It’s hard work for nothing—trust to

luck.



7. Regard your woodland as you

would a coal mine—cut every tree,

sell the timber, and wear the cleared

land out cultivating it in corn.



8. Hold fast to the idea that the

methods of farming employed by your

grandfather are good enough for you.



9. Be independent—den’t join with

your neighbors in any form of co-op-

oration.





10 Mortgage your farm for every

dollar it will stand, to buy things you

would have cash to buy if you fol-

lowed a good system of farming. ‘



Many of us can qualify on at least

a. few Of these requirements. And

most of us know well their antitheses.

In other words, we know how to fail

at failing, but we fail to use what we

know.





'N a recent editorial





A Change we referred to the‘

. general tendency, to



In ward less work and

Trends more leisure, and

mentioned that the





same tendency was in ‘evidence in

farming.



In theseJnodern times man has

rather suddenly come to‘ realize

through constant research, that he can

make the forces of nature work for

him. The principles, of physics and

chemistry are being applied effectively

so that now machinery and chemical

action do the work that, in the Dark

Ages, slaves used to burden their

shoulders with. _



In farming,» Athe.proper use of fertil-

izers and the proper management of the

soil reduce the aniount Of work nec-

essary to produce a bumper crop.





', The results achieved by Michigan‘s.

champion corn growers indicate this. w

' adept





One bright waster .,~ooir1"





were studied in the state of Ohio. The





 





   





8‘ ‘ -

has iron men 'Wh " respond to his , ,

telligent commander ’ ' ‘





farm, as it is in all Other activities (if;





life. It will pass quickly for: the

in the excitation of his '~

farm problems, uses his mind more; »

and his back less. The one who throvorsa~





farmer who,





the shackles. of ignorance from him is

the one who will enjoy a, happy and

successful life. ' In farming, at least,

there is. no secret -_to success; the,

formula is available 'tb all. .





 





szs



I got a pOem the other day from a:

fellow OVer Go'bles way. ' ' -



Now, poems are free, especially when

they are about me,



It’s here, you will note, so you kin:

-read what he wrote:



“I do not wish to find fault,



Please pardon me if it seems thatIdo.,

But it seems that Hy Syckle has.

turned his back ,



On the people he’s talking to.





But he seems so humble, We ought‘ "





not to grumble,



Instead, should give the poor fellow

a chance



And tell him to turn around and ad-

vance



We should give him a hunch—not a

big punch,



And tell him to stick to his cast,





For that is the only thing that will: » .





last

In the climbing of fortune’s ladder.

I hope this doesn’t make him sadder, I

For that would be a pitiful plight. l

I like his visits so much Ihope he]

comes out all 1ight.

I hope this will not be offensive

For I surely would dislike a fall.

But why turn his back on the people?!

Fer now he just talks to the ,wall. ”





Now, Ed Beardsley, the poet, says

this is a tip. I think it is not a tip;

he wants; it’s a turn-around.





Anyhow, I got to explain about this.

It’s about them back-view pictures of

mine. I ain’t one of them fellows

what is always putting up a. front. 1]

want folkses to see both sides of me,

because I ain’t any more ashamed Of 1

my backyard than the front. If I wasf

to show you my face all the time, no!

body would know how clean I wast

behind the ears. "





I’m one of them fellows that ain’t?

partial. I want to treat all alike, so

I talk to the wall once in a While, too.

You see, I’m used to talking to the

wall, because telling Sofie anything is

got'about the same effect. Only, the

wall is different, ’cause it neVer comes,

back at me. ' 1‘



Seein’ as this is, about tips, I’m:

going to give one. I was glad to get

Ed’ 5 letter, ’cause I like to get letters.

I think it’s fun to have folkses tell

you when they don’t agree with you,

and it’s‘fun,‘ too, to have them. tell,

you they agree.



And then there’s this. This boy’

Lindy is got famous by not talking'

about himself, but letting others do:

it. Well, that’s What I Want, to (10.1

You see, if I kin get folks commenting ;

about me, both the commentor andi

the commented will get adVertISed.

That’s the way Ed got in print with,

his poem So,- if you want to get your

name before three hundred thousandi

readers, just try Ed’s stunt And then 3





again, if yOu don’t Want to do that, I’ll J,





have to do all the talking myself; :

anyhow, they say if you want in get

a thing done right. you ought to do it

yourself. HY SYCKLE, TipOlosist.





I





 





. CORRECT.





 





In a rural sChool the :teacher was if"





telling about the Indians. and asked





tribes were called

"Chiefs,” 5





Drudgery is being eliminated on the. :.





 





the children What the. leaders or the ., ‘
Modern 00125172101707: Mates For Comfort





OMEGNE brings up the point that

the mm house today is consid-

erably mfier‘ent hi design from





i [the farm house that was built a gene‘s





aim ago That is true, and it is





' equally true of all houses, both in the

= city and country.





Stove heat and coal oil lamps re-





? quire one type of house, and furnace,





(hot water or steam heat and electric





. light require a very different type Of





7 in the old house,





.over the house.





house It doesn’t take an architect to

,mderstand why the whole family lived

in the kitchen a good deal or the time

for that's Where

there was warmth. Other parts of the





"house were full of cold corners, and





not only that, but the whole family

Was gathered around one table to read

or study, because "light was; precious

and the othermams of the house Were

rather dark and gloomy, Unless you

carried a lamp along with you.

You Live All Over the House.

One of the things that modern heat-

ing plants and modern electric lights

accomplish is to spread the family all

You soon learn to

live in all the various rooms, because

it is warm and comfortable ' every-

where, and' you have only to push the





~ button and snap on the electric lights.





:‘then, the





With these modern conveniences

living room has become

truly a room to live in, not at all like

the gloomy old front parlor which

had its photograph album, its stere-

oscope, its collection of sea shells and

a piece of wood brought from the

Mount of Olives. How many can re—

member how this parlor was protected

from common every-day living, and

kept dressed up for company only," or

for use on Sunday?





You may not have electric power





available when you start to build, but





 





 





bear in mind that the use of electric

power is spreading very rapidly, and

it is only a matter of a short time

until you will be _wishing you' were

ready to make use of it. Therefore,





’when you build, do not fail to have





the house carefully and completely

wired for electricity. You can put in





=wiring that is entirely suitable for a





home power plant, and if you later





want to connect to the high line you"





will need only to change half a dozen

fuses at a cost of five or ten cents

each, and put in different bulbs, and

you are all ready to switch over.

Better Hire an Electrician.



One question always comes up about

the electrical work: “Shall I put it

in myself or have it put in by an elec-

trical contractor.” Simple electric

wiring for use with batteries or tempo-





rary lighting circuits, can be put in





by almost anyone. Your modern home,

however, will draw a considerably

heavier flow of current than lighting

only. The electric iron, the motor

which operate's the pump, the power





~ ment.





By Arthur C. Page





washing machine, the ironer, the toast-

er, the porcelator or the electric stove

all draw a heavy current. The Wiring

circuits neéd to be designed, not only

for safety, but so there will be no dim-





4.





Standard Farm Paper Service





house to be wired with the old-fash-

ioned open wire. This is the kind

which permits the mice to gnaw off

the insulation, and from which has

come practically all of. the trouble in





 





and those who are remodeling.





 





oar Building Service





N the last issue‘of each month the Michigan Farmer will runa

page. on the general subject of building on the farm. This ser-

vice will be helpful to boththose who are planning new buildings,





the kind of material that will be of the greatest service, will assist

the editors in their selections of articles and "illustrations to. use

. ”each month. Further, the “Approved Farm Homes”

also connect up nicely with this service in providing readers with .

a wide range of helps in supplying better farm‘ building equip-

A letter from you will be appreciated—The Editors.





.__.. .





Suggestions from readers, as to





program will





 





 





ming of the lights when you switch

on these various connections.

Furthermore, you will find that mod-

ern electrical work has quite a num-

ber of points which are new. Do you

know, for instance, that one wire of

your electrical circuit is grounded and,

.of course, the other one is not. You

need to preserve this relationship be—

tween the two wires all the way

through the fixtures, because the same

relationship exists all the way back

to the generating plant or all over the

region, perhaps through several states,





the past with short circuits and so-

called defective wiring, which was a.

source of fires.





Modern electric wiring is put in





two ways; either inside of solid iron

conduit pipes, or in the form of a

flexible armored cable commonly





known as BX cable.

types of wiring, with iron boxes at

all the outlets, makes a solid, safe

job which you can entirely forget so

far as trouble is concerned, for as

long as the house stands. Our advice,

therefore, would be not to attempt to





Either of these





 





 





Ralph Arbogas'f Would Have Planned a New Home Differently, But in Re-

modeling he Secured Comfort, Attractlven-ess, and Every Convenience.





if you are connected to a high line.

Thus, if the grounded wire along the

road is broken down in a sleet storm

your lights will continue to burn

dimly, but if the other wire is broken

they will go out entirely. This is

just one of a dozen matters of elec—

trical practice which are not com-

monly understood by the non-profes-

sional man, and" which require the

services of an expert electrician.

Under no circumstances permit your





do your own” electrical wiring, unless

you are considerably more experienced

than any average amateur electrician,

and it would be much better to get

the counsel of an experienced elec-

trical contractor, as this will become

one ‘of the vital parts of your new

home. .



The installation of the plumbing is

not impossible for a man of ordinary

skill, yet you will be surprised at how

much better this kind of a job can be





am! Hal/M





 





done if you employ someone who real

1y understands the problems involved;

It is embarrassing to find, for example,

if you want to drain your water sys-

tem and be safe from a freezeup if





 

   





you go away during the middle of the ,.





winter, to find that some parts of the.

pipes are so connected that they will

not drain out, and a resulting frozen '

pipe would make a very messy situa- '

tion. You can put in your own cast

iron soil pipe and connect the closet

and various drains to it, although it‘

would take probably twice as long as ./

it would take an experienced plumber

who has all the equipment and knows

just exactly how to go about it.





Housewife Spends Most Time at

Kitchen Sink. "

The farm housewife spends mostof -

her time in the kitchen, and a large

part of that time at the sink. Stop

and figure up, or stand by witha

stop watch and see for yourself. The

vegetables to prepare, potatoes to peel,

dishes to wash three times a day,

baby’s hands and face to wash two

dozen times a day, and many other

things. Yet until recent years the

sink was very crude and inconvenient.

In building or remodeling the kit—

chen, plan to have a really good sink.

Especially think of this point. The

average sink in the past has been set

too low, so the woman had to bend

over all the time, and then she won-

dered why she had a lame back. Have.

the sink thirty—six inches from the

floor, so the worker can stand erect.

Then think of drainboards. There

never was too much space on a sink

drainboard. With stacks of dishes

to wash, big roomy drainboards will

make any “woman grateful.





,Quality of enamel on sinks has been

vastly improved. You can now buy a

sink that is impervious to acid, and

that will not stain, whereas the best

enamels on the market a few years

ago would roughen and stain quickly

with fruit acids.



If you would like information on

sinks or other plumbing problems,

write and ask for it.



Double Floors Are Advised.



In building your modern house you

will want to use double floors. The

rough floor laid directly over the joists

can be of inexpensive lumber, or even

old lumber which has been used for

something else. Over this put one or

more layers of heavy waterproof pa-

per or felt, and then the finish floor.

There are several advantages in this.

It makes a warmer house; any woman

will understand if she has spent win-

ter days in a house where her feet

were cold all day long. It saves fuel

and. it makes a floor that will not

creak and vibrate when somebody

walks across it. The additional ex-

pense of making the floors double is



(Continued ‘on page 803).





 





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HE Farm Building Department of





I that figures given out by the Amer-





ican Appraisal Company showthat an

unpainted farm building, with siding,

has an average length of life of twen-

ty years, while a‘building which is





painted every five years has a~life of





about fifty yeais. .



The building that is not painted will

have, at the end of twenty years, about

fifteen per cent of its original value.

The building painted every five years

will have, at the end of fifty years,

about twenty per cent of its original

value. And the greater value oft/he

painted building is not its only point

of superiority. It has a great advan-

tage in appearance. It is far more

attractive. Everyone likes to see a

building that looks new and freshly

painted.





HANDY WEEDING DEVICE.





 





M a very interested reading of



your department, and have noted

the many handy devices which it tells

how to make. I would like to let oth-

er readers in on a simple device which

I have worked out. It is a weeder

made from an old garden rake.



If you have a rake that is broken,

out off the blade with a cold chisel,

and then, with a. hacksaw, split the

ends of the rods which run up into

the ferrule on the handle. This can

be done by putting the rods in a vise

and then sawing down one inch in

each. rod. Then drill a hole through

each split end and insert a piece or

steel one and one-half inches wide and





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to’

twelve inches long, as shown in the

diagram, and rivet fast. The blade

should be sharpened on a grindstone.

A short forward stroke will cut offhthe

weeds very readily.-W. J.



CHARGE FOR‘ USE OF MANURE

SPREADER.





 





Please tell me what will be a fair

charge for the use of a manure spread-

er in excellent condition, a new one

like it costing $160.fiG. M.





Most of the surveys of machinery

costs give an average life of about

ten to twelve years for a manure

spreader under average conditions,

eleven years being probably a con-

servative'estimate where reasonably

good care is given. This would make

the depreciation 9.1 per cent per. year,

and this, with the proper allowance

for interest on the investment, repairs

and upkeep, and shelter, would make





,- the totaI overhead about 17.6 per cent





1 per year the first cost.





Assuming $150-r





' as the first cost, this would make the





yearly. cost about $26. I would esti-

mate 130 hours as about the average

amount of actual use per year, which





' would make the cost twenty cents per





 





 

 





hour of actual use—D. \





LIGHTNING GROUNDS ON UNDER-

LYING ROCK.





 





I have a. barn whose basement walls





I _ stand on solid rock. The barn has a





metal roof and I wish to ground this

roof for lightning protection, but it





: W1 be impossible to drive a ground

rod down ten feet, except at the two

‘ comers on the same side of the barn.‘





 





I have always understh that the:

round rods for a barn should be at

> nel carnage, but about the only.

could mg is to carry thewire





 

 





‘the tree. Would it be all right to





I have so crudoj' ’ rated





ground it to the tree? Is a metal roof,





properly grounded, as efficient as

7 .lightningrods‘?—D. D.

the University of Minnesota. states '





Yes, a metal roof, properly ground-

ed, makes very good lightning protec-

tion, although it would be, better if

air points spaced twenty feet apart

are put along the peak, just as would

be done if a standard lightning rod

cable were used. The metal roof

should be grounded at diagonally op-

posite corners, with a standard light-

ning rod cable riveted or clamped se-

curely to the roof, and then carried

down to good grounds.



‘Where a rock sub-stratum prevents

sinking the ground rod to .the usual

ten-foot depth, a trench should be dug





down to the rock, and pieces of the -





copper cable spread out fan-wise in

the trench, some charcoal spread over





Will help a great dead to



ground. /If there is any doubt about

the eiiicienc'y of either ground, it is

well to put in an extra ground or tWo

to be On the safe side. It would not

do to carry the cable eighty feet to





a. ground, and a. trée could not be used;





as a ground -—I. W D.





REFILLING TH E EXTINGUISHERS‘.‘





What chemical solutions could be

used for refilling the hand- pumping

type fire extinguishers, which would

be non-freezing?‘—~.U. P.





The safest thing is to use the same

material in these extinguishers as they

were originally filled with, buying it

in Cans through the manufacturers ,or

their local agents. Carbon tetrachlor-

ide, or some modification of it, is the

solution most commonly used for this

type of fire extinguisher. There are

other excellent fire extinguishing

chemicals, but not many that can be

used in the hand-pumping types—I;





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News and Views,

From INGLESIDE FARM—By Stanley Powell





 





 





 





AS’Il week I took a trip down

L into northern Ohio to bring home



a new sire for our herd of milk-

ing Shorthorns. There was something

significant of the age of speed and

machines in which we are living, in

the fact that the round trip of 350

miles was easily accomplished in parts

of two days. For instance, with our





new bull aboard our light truck, I left.





one of the farms of McLain & Hart-

sell, southeast of Wauseon, Ohio, at a

quarter of seven in the morning, and

at noon was eating dinner in my' home

county of lonia.



It is things like this which illustrate

how different are farm conditions to—

day from those which surrounded our

f01e.fathers If my paternal grandfath-

er, who caned Ingleside Farm out of

the primeval forest, had desired to

make the same trip, it would probably

have required about two weeks, while

today only parts of two easy days are

necessary.



I am glad that our farm business

makes it necessary for me to take

such trips occasionally. It does any

of us good to get away from home

once" in a while so that we may see

what our b1other farmers outside our

own communities are doing, and how

they are doing it.



Judging by Appearances.



Though the Scripture admonishes us,

“Judge not, lest ye be judged," I found

myself almost unconsciously passing

judgment upon farm after farm as I

drove past. The buildings and their

condition, the yard and garden, the





stock, the near-by fields-each of these‘





and other factors were reflected in





'the composite impression made upon





me by each of these farms as it seem-

ed to fly past.



From what I saw on this trip, and

from previous experience, I think that

I am safe in saying that there are

very few farms which excel, or even

make a good showing in all branches

and lines of activity. It is humanly

impossible for the average farmer to

spread out and see that everything

has the best of attention. If he prides

himself on his garden or his fruit,

probably his stock may be somewhat

neglected. If he. has fine stockhand

centers his efforts on, his‘bloodedzfani-

mals, probably his lawn will? need

mowing, or perhaps his harness may

be tied together With binder twins, or



patched with bailing wire "





."x.





ment are always in good repair, whose

fields are maintained in a high degree

of fertility and free from weeds, and





bring forth abundant'yields of the best





crops, whose stock is all of the best,

whose bank account fattens, and

whose home is an oasis of intelligence,

refinement, community spirit and en-

terprise, neighborliness and encour-

agement for the entire surrounding

territory. It is that the tribe of this

breed of agriculturists may increase,

that The Michigan Farmer is foster-

ing the Master Farmer Movement.





The Pu re-bred Atmosphere.





It has been a pleasant feature of

my farm experience to visit many fa—

mous homes which are noted far and

near for their superior live stock.

There is one thing that l have never

yet failed to sense around such a pure-

bred establishment. It is a sort of

atmosphere that sets such a place off

and makes it different from the ordi-

nary farm. There is a noticeable

spirit of optimism‘, hopefulness, ex—

pectancy and adventure. The breed-

ers and their families are always

awaiting with interest, the outcome of

each" mating, and watching with daily

delight or solicitude the progress of

each young animal. Probably the ideal

is never completely reached, but there

is joy and triumph in approaching

unto it.





One thing that cannot fail to im-,





mess an agricultural tourist through

southern Michigan and northern Ohio,

is- the remarkable progress that has

been made in the corn borer clean-up.

Evidences of clean plowing and the

burning of stalks, stubbles and cobs

were continually apparent. For an

almost totally new proposition it would

appear that this war against the Euro-

pean invader has,had.wonderful sup:

port from the great majority of farm-

ers. They may be fighting a. losing

battle, but they are doing their bit by

doing their best. '

The Mystery of Seed.



As stated at the~outset of this arti-

cle, the purpose of the ‘trip about

.which we have been rambling, was to

secure a ~eertain blue blooded sire.

There were plenty of good-looking

bulls a; lot nearer Ingleside Farm, but

We wanted this particular one. It's

the old proposition of the value of

good @311. " ,





 





Of course,- there are a. few outstandw 1 f.

ing and encouraging exceptions to this" ., ' ’





rather somber law of averages w





Iable factor in crop. production "

being- true, how 10011911 we are when





is before the corn comes up. After





the ground is ready to plant we like '





to give it another harrowing and then

we follow this up with one or two

draggings before the corn appears

above the ground. A man and a. two-

section spike-tecth drag can cover

more than twenty acres a day and not

hurt himself or his team- But our





corn is up now and I’ve got to cults





vate it—-—a row at a. time.





 





 





News of the Week





 





 





President and Mrs. Coolid e left

Washington shortly after theg recep-

$1131 o‘ivgcilonfell Lindbergh, for the sum-



r 1 e ouse in the

of South Dakota. Black Hills





Peter Baluta, seeking citizenship

papers in Wilkesbarre, Pa., did not

know the name of the governor of his

state, or that the legislature passed

the laws, but he knew all about Lind-

beigh, so the judge admitted him.





Statistics of auto deaths covering

seventy- -seven cities, reveal that De-

troit is third in the number of deaths

for the four weeks ending May 21.





The supreme military council of the

nmthein army in China has decided

to continue the defense ’of Pekin and

surrounding territory. It will only

abandon the defense if the southem

nationalist armies will adopt an anti-

rcd platform.





Even though Ontario, Canada, is

wet bootleggers are doing big busi-

ness there, according to reports.





The cabinet in Italy, after having

made compulsory reduction in wages

and prices of foods, has also limited

the p1ices to be asked for rents.



Poland is mustering its reserve

army along the Russian border, as it

fears a Soviet attack.





Jerome K. Jerome, the famous Eng

lish author and humorist, died in

Northampton, England last week.



Dr. Frederic A. Cook, famous at one

time as a. presumed North Pole dis‘

covex er was denied a five- -year proba-





tion from his fourteen- -year sentence,





at Fort Leavenworth federal prison.





Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. ‘





Levine are being feted in Germany

after their New York to Germany

flight. Their wives, also Chamberlin’s

mother, have gone to Germany to be

with the fliers. It is not decided yet

that they will fly back.





Captain Pelletier Doisy and Captain

Goin, famous French fliers, had a nar~

row es cape from death when they

crashed to the ground in an attempt

to start on a Paris to India flight, and

a. new world record.



The state court of appeals in Kerr

tucky ousted forty-nine city officials

and nine from Jefferson county on the

grounds of fraud in elections.

ousted officers were republicans.





The General Motors Company has

announced that the Yellow Truck &





Coach Company, will have its central;





plant at Pontiac. .





' Eddie Stinson, in a plane of his own.





make, broke the record in flight from

,Chicago to Detroit, ma 'ng it in one

hour and fifty- -eight in utes .





Two quail, flying in front of an auto

near Greenville, Ohio, struck the wind-





shield and-caused the death of two 1'





boys, who lost control of their car.

Floods





people.

The American Electronic Research





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RENEWlNG THE STRAWBERRY

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LITTLE care of the strawberry



bed during the summer months

will be well repaid by a, larger yield

of berries next season The commer-

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seeking to produce fancy fruit, uSually





 





' find it best to set out new plants each





season, but with proper care quite

profitable Crops may be secured udder

favorable conditions, from the same

bed for two or three years. The bar '

ries ripen slightly earlier, and are gen-g

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‘ and there is always more danger of





loss from disease and insects in an

old bed, say the specialists.

‘ Care of Old Beds.



If it is decided 'to retain 11115“ old

strawberry bed, it will be necessary to

cultivate thoroughly between the rows

and to thin out the old plants suffi-

ciently to encourage the production of

runners and to furnish a. suitable

place for them to take root, it is stat-

ed. 111 small beds the thinning may

be done with a bee or spade, leaving

one plant every six to nine inches,

and working upUthe‘ ground around

the plant so that the runners may

take root readily. I



In large plantings some growers cut

the old leaves with s, mowing machine

as Soon as the crop is harvested

When the material is sufficiently dry,





' and when the wind is blowing in the





direction of the rows, the field is burn-

ed over, although there is always dan-

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plants by this practice. The rows are

then narrowed down to six to twelve

inches with a. plow, disc harrow or

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ANNUAL HORTICULTURAL TOUR.





 





ECRE‘TARY H. D. HOO-TMAN, of



the' Michigan State Horticultural

Society has announced that the an-

nual summer tour Will be held July

2627- 28. The start will be from the

Graham Experiment Station, where

dinner will be served. That night -.Mr

H. A. Cardinell, extension horticultur

ist of the college, will make a night-





.dusting demonstration at the O. H.





Roth orchard near Fennville on U.

S. 31.



During the morning of the second

day sevexal stops will be made around

Fennville. In the forenoon the pol

ionization work that Stanley Johnston,

of the South Haven 'Experiment Sta.-

tion, is doing on the James Nicol pear

orchard will be examined. Some real





results, which should be of interest

to all pear growers, are being ob-_

tained.





That afternoOn the‘Friday Brothers’

orchard at Coloma, and the Verne—2





orchard, and the -_Ve1'116 Warman or— .





chard, at Coloma,_ the latter being

known as one of the’best 100 tree or-

chards in the state, will be viewed. At

the” Carl Lindeman melon. field at Mill-

burg, A. B. Strand. of the U. s De-.

partment of Agriculture, will explain

his work in the control Of melon rust.



The last day will be spent visiting

orchards south of Benton Harbor





‘ These include the J. J. Gard pear or-





chard, and Henry Bartz’ fine farm of





beeches and grapes, where there is a

:hoavy crop of Elbertas.

, Warsco orchard, near Berrien Springs,





The John





will. show semething of interest in re

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pruning and 111111111118:





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Keither Brothers’ strawberry field,

Where the famous Mastodon six-swoop.





13 will be seen growing, and Will also".

be' tested. The tou'r Will and with an f

inspection ,of the afternoon market in.





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- INTEREST-mo PEAR POLLENA-

TION WORK.





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HE pear pollenation work. that



Stanloy Johnston has b’éen carry-

me 011 this year in the James Nicol

pear firehard north: of South Haven,

is indeed. striking 11.121. surely Worth

the time of any pear grower to spend

a whole- day just to go to see what





 





has been going (111 there. This spring





he built a thirty two-foot cage around

two Bartlett and two Seckel' trees,

and placed a. colony of bees within

the cage during blossoming period.

There was just one pear. on the two

Bartlett trees, and a. very light setting

of pears on the two Seckel trees.

Here are two varieties that have been

popularly set in Michigan orchards,

that do not pollenize each other.



He built another cake the same size,

in which be enclosed two Bartlett

and two' Bosc trees, placing a colony

of bees within .tbis cage as he did

the other referred to, with the result

that we have an extremely heavy crop

of beth Bartlett and Bosc‘ on levery

tree. Near these cages Johnston car

ried on quite a number of hand pol~

lenations, using the pollen of different

varieties on Bartlett. Howell pollen

set especially well when used on Bart-

lett. Keir-far Clapp, Conference and

Lawrence are some of the other pear

varieties that we used in the hand

pollenations that have given interest-

ing and striking results. -—-H. D. Hoot

man.





ANTS TROUBLE PEONIES.





 





On my peonies there are large black

ants swhich seem to eat holes through

the buds. We have sprayed them with

arsenic of lead, but it did not seem

to kill the ants. What should I put

on them?——M. L.





In all probability the large black

ants on 'yOur peonies are attracted by

the sweetish, sticky secretion found

on the buds. You might be able to

keep them off by a repeated spray 0f

nicotine sulphate, using one ounce 0f

forty'per cent nicotine sulphate to six

gallons of stvong soapsuds. The ef-

fect of such a spray is short-lived and





you will have to repeat it at intervals ,





in order to protect the place fer any,

length of time. -—R. H. Petitt.





TREES ATTACKED BY FlRE

' BLlGHT.





 





We have some young pear and apple

trees that have just begun to bear

fruit. The trees blossomed till a week

'ago, when the leaVes began to get

dry; and the wood Wilts and dies.

This is happening to all the tr’ees,i11—

cluding. the shade trees. What can I

do ?—-—Mrs. T. R





Undoubtedly the diocese on the pear





and apple,‘ trees is the bacterial dis-_

ease known as fire blight. Fire blight-





attacks apples, pears and quinces and.

is rather difficult to control.



The only’mea‘surec Which are eflec-

tive are trimming out; the blighted

tWigs during the summer, and cutting

cut and disinfecting Cankers during





the (luxuriant season. I Would suspeCt -





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pears is con g‘ 1688‘ search on ma.





plea and a. few other trees, with the , ~





true are blight of fruit trees.

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Family—43y John Francis Care ‘





Little Joe Disappears From Home





HEN a. tunnel leading from the

basement of the House of the

Lone Oak had been discovered,

the rock wall, its stones removed, had

been rebuilt. Weeks had passedwith

nothing to alarm the inhabitants. when





at midnight Beth had heard the pound





of steel against stone and had awak-

ened Hal. Cautiously unlocking the

trap-door which led to the basement

stairway, flashlight and revolver in

his hands, Hal peered into the dark-

ness, his light withheld. Suddenly a

gleam shone through an opening, in-

ward fell a great rock, and a. dark

form came crawling through, to stand

erect while the lights in its hand play-

ed about the basement room. .

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intruder whirled toward the tunnel.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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from the noise. Darn it all, dad. if

you hadn't fell over that chair I’d a

nabbed him; "



“Yes, and you might have been

shot,”_ cried Mother Brown, fearfully.

“Why on earth, Henry, do you suppose

anyone should come digging through

into the basement? Now we won’t

know a minute’s peace. And just as

we», were beginning to be so happy

here.” MotherBrown wiped her eyes

and Beth put a strong young am

about her shoulders.



“We’ll get ’em, Mom," prophesied

Hal, “don’t get scared. Anyway, it

isn’t us they’re after, it’s something





the old Cap left. Doggone him, I wish





we knew what it was. Well, we

might as well go to bed again. No-

body is coming back through that hole





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Who is the Midnight Marauder Testing Hal's Courage as He Enters Base-





ment of the Lone Oak Home?





On went Hal’s light and his sharp

“Stop! Hands Up!" rang on the air.

With a. plunge the midnight visitor

was through the opening and Hal’s

bullet shattered harmlessly on ‘the

rock above. Father Brown, excited and

disheveled, encountered Hal bolting

toward the door. “Where you going?"

he demanded?" barring the way.

“Door of the tunnel.” panted Hal.





‘ “Catch him as he comes out."





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“Catch who?”





Man in the basement,”

was off.



It was some minutes before Hal

came back, feet bleeding from con-

tact with stones, night clothes poor

protection against chill winds. “Got

Hal reported. “Heard

him crashing through the underbrush.

Or it might have been more than one





and Hal





What's Your Guess?" ,





tonight." But sleep was slow in com-

ing to four inmates of the Lone Oak

home. Through its" Little Joe and

Mary had slumbered peacefully and





Mother Brown hugged little Joe tight '





next mornlas she bent above his bed.

What was hidden treasure compared

to the treasure within a. home? ’





Again the wall was built up, the

busy time forbidding that the tunnel

be filled in, again life flowed on its

tranquil way. Small Mary helped about

the home tasks when not in school,

Little Joe, who had not yet gone to

the new school, played happily about,

making frequent excursions to the lit-

tle creek, to return with curious spec-

imens of rock. Frequently he accom-

panied Hal and his father about the

farm, to return as nightfall neared, for

in this new environment Henry Brown





. course of history.





in from a ay’ 3 work, put up his team





and came to wash up for supper. “Call

Little Joe,” said Mother Brown, as

Hal came in. “Supper isready and

he’ll be hungry. He shouldn't have

stayed so late with you."



"Little Joe,” answered Hal per-pier

edly. “Why, I sent him home hours

ago. Isn'the here?”



“My goodness, no! ” cried ’Mother

Brown. "And your dad has been

home for hours. Call- your father,

tell Beth. Oh. what shall we do?. Joe!





 





frantically searching all over the

known play places of the missing child,

Without result, gathered to take coun-

cil and summon help. Little Joe had

disappeared and Hal Brown, wild With

the ‘thought that the small brether





entrusted to his care, was perhaps in





the hands of an enemy, swore that he

would neither rest not eat until the

missing child was brought home safe

and sound



(Continued next week}.





. Three" Months





Our Weekly Sermon—ByN "A. MCCW.





ETER’ enrolls as a scholar. The

P little school that Jesus taught, of



twelve adult peupils, was the

most Significant in the history of the

world, if results are the measure of

greatness. This school changed the

. It made things dif—

ferent by making them "better, and

nothing more could be said of any

school. Think, too, of the method

employed. To go aside in the halls of

learning and recite before professors

is all right, and has produced many

thousands of well-trained men and

women. But that is not the only meth-

od. And Jesus’ method was even more

practical than Socrates’. He took his

pupils right out into the midst of peo-





ple, and let them see him workflet'





them hear Him teach. Then, private~

1y, he taught them more in detail. So,

from town to town they went, Walk-

ing, talking, teaching, healing, lectur-

ing. And the twelve men heard and

saw it all. That would knock the fool-

ishness out of teaching. It would

straighten out any crooked theories,

if any were crooked. They would soon

know whetherHis teaching worked or

not. Note that

this method is be-

ing adapted in

some modern

schools. Educat-

ors, at least some

of them, are be«

ginning to feel

that the schools

and colleges are

top-heavy with

theory and light in real life. So here,

for instance, is Antioch College, Ohio,

with a civil engineer as president, who

strikes out in a new way. The stu-

dents go to college for six weeks, then

go out into factories and business

houses for six weeks, to do actual

work. Then they return to college to

their classes for six weeks, then back

again into the world ' of real life.

Thus_ they get some of the kiddishness

and foolishness knocked out of them,

and the program 'of education is kept

balanced. Jesus’ method was a bal-

anced method. His students never got





 





top-heavy with theory, which is a big.

big point. It is all right to have one's

head in the clouds, providing one’s

feet are on the ground.



Peter has a private lesson in faith.

Jesus gave his students personal at-

tention. That, is everything, if .the

teacher is a strong personality. Some

of the universities are so large now

that teaching has to be done in the

mass. What can an instructor do with

a class of 200 or 500‘? He can do a

good deal, of course but he is at a

very great disadvantage, and so is the ~

pupil. Happy the student who can

snuggle up to some large-minded

teacher, and drink in his spirit and

purpose. That is genuine education.





'The twelve disciples did just that, and





it made theni over forever, all but one.

To lose only one out of twelve, eight

and a half per cent, is’a very high

average. 0f the average class gradu—

ating from high schOol, how many

amount to much? ‘A much lower per—

centage than in Christ's school. It is

not always the pupil’s fault, either.

Judged from the standpoint of educa-

tion, Christ was the greatest teacher

of history.





Peter’s confession. The teaching be-

gins to show results. The other day

a man told me about his son. The son

had been brought up in a Christian

home, and was away from home- at

work, his first job. The son wondered

how he’ would react to the teachings

of home. One of the'first things he

did ”was to refuse to lie, in selling

goods. He said to the manager, "I

will tell the truth about my goods, but

I will not misrepresent." He lost the

job and got a better one. It did the

father a world of good. The teachings

of years were beginning to show up.

Don't. you imagine that Christ felt that

when Peter answered up, and

said, “Thou art the Christ?" It sounds

like it. , He went so far as to say

that against that attitude the gates of

hell should never prevail. He was not

teaching in vain.



Peter at the transfiguration. What-

ever else one may say about this man

Peter, he had adventures! He went





 





FARM CROP. IF You DIDN'T

,sow ANY LAST SPRING, DO





IT NOW. HERE'S How —-

1. LINE THE SQIIL





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'SEED AND iNOCULATE lT WELL.





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TO success wm-I ALFALFA.





THE. SUREST METHOD 5 To

sow ALFALFA ON A FIELD

THAT IIAs GROWN ATIIRIHY

CROP OF SWEET CLOVER.





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.ever think of it, that the world wants





to believe in‘ people’s hone‘sty? It does.

It is always shocked when a man of

good reputation goes wrong. We say,





“I would not have thought it of him,





in a huhdred years.” When Peter de—

nied andplayed the craven that night,

many a man must have felt as though

\the very bottom had dropped out of

things. A few years ago one of the

best known ministers in America stood

up in his pulpit and confessed that he

had defaulted, in the effort to make





 





. fo‘s‘o Y9?"

5N1£8 r‘a; linfa' barrel, -as”‘one,ma’.n"fdid,

~ ruthenium; for "thrills, and we won’t

have'to‘shave a man in 'a. lion’s den.”

Deeply interesting- things will com .





 





. « tit”

waitress» to “man , and cod' and go; out

to lire 'itdbtvn. if restitution is’nec-

essary, make restitution.

the best he could to straighten mat-

ters cut, and atone. What was past

was past. From that lie went on to

a life of highest service and honor.



He heals the cripple. What he had

seen the Master doing, he now began

to practice. This is. the privilege of

being a student at the feet 01’ the

Great Teacher. We get some of His

power "and are able to engage in help-

ful service.





 





SUNDAYSCHOOL LESSON FOR

JUNE 26.





 





SUBJECT:——Review: ‘Life and Letters

,of Peter. "

GOLDEN TEXT:——Matt. 4-19.





 





 





 





Stories From Bugville





Haw Arm Ta/é . _





IMMY and Jane were two little

playmates and on this sunn‘y after-

noon they had been down in the

back pasture lot with Cousin Ruth

gathering. black'eyed-Susans. Just as





:they were climbing through the bars





‘in the fence on their way back home,

a swarm of bugs flew right over their





ead.

“Oh, look!” said Cousin Ruth. “They

are ants."



"‘I didn’t know that ants could fly,"



“Some can,” answered Cousin Ruth.

“But watch, these are lighting right

over there on that pile of sand. Come

closer! .We’ll see what they are going

to do.” Quietly the three tip-teed up

to the pile of sand.



“My goodness," cried Jane, “that big

ant is tearing oh the wings of the

others.”



“That is the queen,” said Cousin

Ruth, “and she is tearing off the wings

of the workers so that they can’t fly





‘ away. These ants are part of another





colony of ants. They have decided to

make a colony of their own, and they

have come to build a home in this

sand pile”.





 





The Ants’ New Horne Was Nearly

Three Inches High.



For a few-minutes after the queen

had torn off their wings there was

confusion in the new ant colony. But

it wasn’t long before there was an

endless procession of the little black

creatures moving up and down over

the sand pile, each with a grain of

sand in its mouth.



“Watch,” said Jane, “every time an





 





T ant meets another ant they stop and





touch each other with those things on





'their heads.”





“ThoSe little hair-like things are the

said, - Cousin Ruth; “and

that is the only way they have to talk

to each other. I will show you that

they really tell them something." ,



Cousin Ruth took a lump of sugar

from her pocket. “The ants are just

setting up housekeeping,” remarked

Cousin Ruth, “and we will give them

their supper." .



Then she dropped the sugar in the

sand, quite a distance from where lt3h‘e



ut





might ,be. He nibbled at it a few

times then hurried batik to where the;

other ants were Working. But on his



a .. \back he touched his antennae

wit every one he met», Soon, bun-g

dtljetiif ”3&th ' 1little waivers, nibbgug f

.9 ,. E9. “594153.? ‘03-”, .7 in a:

maniacs to ' ‘ '





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noise as the man

' self. ‘ , . "





folks," said Jimmy, as they started for

home. “May we come back tomorrow ?"

he begged. ‘



Cousin Ruth agreed, but when they

came back the sugar was all gone and

the ants’ house was nearly three inch-

es tall.



(Who has seen the ants building

their house, and noticed how they

talk to each other?—Aunt Martha).





 





 





RURAL HEALTH

u By Dr. C. H. Lem'go





 





 





BREAKS LEG IN WOODS.





 





If a man broke his leg in the woods

and there was no one to help him,

how would he get home?——-T. D.





Such things have happened and may

happen again. If the weather were

‘such that the victim would not suffer

by staying where he lay, and there

was a reasonable chance of attracting

some help by making signals, he

should make a long wait, for the

chance of doing himself much injury

by moving is very, great. However,

if nothing else is possible he must

make shift for himself. 'He must al-

low a little time to recover from the

shock, then get such materials as can

be obtained to make a rough splint,

use strips of his clothing to apply the

splint, being particular to see that

the joint above the break, as well as

the one below, is made snug, make

himself some kind of a crutch, and

hobble or crawl to the \nearest place

of thoroughfare. I know a man who

did this, and has a good leg today.





SCARLET FEVER.





 





In what way is scarlet fever contag-

ious? It is in a neighbor’s family.

Can one carry it who does not have

the disease, just by visiting at my

house?

after the visitor has left, would they

take iti—M. X. Y. .



/The oquarantine on scarlet fever is

a little more strict than on some other

diseases just becau'se we believe that

it really is possible for it to be carried

in the clothing or on the person of

one who waits on the patient, though

not herself a victim. I must add, how-

ever, that I do not think the risk is at





all considerable in either of the situa— -





tions you quote. .Scarlet fever is such

a. terrible disease that I feel that care-

lessness about its spread is inexcus-

able, and you ‘ really «have no warrant

to allow visitors from a home that

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N order to see this notorious gentle-



man, you must look at him under



a microscope, and unless you are



familiar with bacteriology, you cannot

, distinguish him from other bacilli. Yet,

' because of his sinister habits, I must

, tell you about him.



In certain regions the soil becomes

inoculated with B. Botulinus, and only

the most careful scrubbing of vegetar

bles to remove bits of the earth may



‘free the food from this bacterium.

, Yet, even the most careful housewife

:may find that he causes her trouble

in canning season.





He is a wary fellow, he goes int0‘





his shell, so to speak (goes into spore

stage, technically speaking), and thus

he can resist boiling temperature un-.

less it is continued as long as six

hours. Such long boiling would cook

our non-acid vegetables to a mush, and

. most directions recommend only 180

minutes, unless one teaspoonful lemon

juice or vinegar is added to each pint.

.Using the acid method, vegetables are

processed ninety minutes in the hot

’water bath. This length of time is

generally sufficient to kill all bacteria,

yet so many reports have come to the

government experimental kitchens, of

the havoc wrought by B. Botulinus,

that U. S. D. A. Farmers’ Bulletin 1471,

.“Canning Fruits and Vegetables”

(from Washington, D. 0.), now rec-

ommends the _use of the pressure

cooker.





Reports come of whole families who

have been made sick after eating food

contaminated with B. Botulinus. Even

one taste of such food may cause

death. About two-thirds of those taken

sick with this food poisoning die. It

is the most deadly known, and will

kill in a smaller dose, and a shorter

time, than tetanus toxin. Like the

latter, it affects the nervous system,

but acts in a different way, producing,

not spasms, but paralysis.



It is not B. Botulinus himself mak-

ing victims sick. It is the toxin which

he produces in the fruit jar, when,

safe from light and air.



The victims first complain of dry-

ness of the mouth, seeing double, par-

alysis of eye muscles and neck mus—

cles, general weakness and constipa-

tion. Finally, there is difficulty of

breathing, and death follows.



None of these cases result from eat-

ing canned fruit. Homecanned vege-

tables and meats are responsible for

the trouble, and those who escaped

in families where death occurred,

' were those persons who barely tasted

the infected food. Commercially, food

is canned at temperatures higher than

boiling (pressure cookers) which ac.

count for the safety in boughten

goods. Yet you may be just as safe

from B. Botulinus if you follow care

fully directions for processing. .



The toxin from B. Botulinus is de-





By Doris W. McCray





stroyed at 180 degrees F. considerably

below boiling. Therefore, as a matter

of safety, boil all canned, vegetables

and meat five minutes before tasting.

Heating brings out any peculiar odor;

Destroy all food showing any signs of

spoilage, if the ends of tins are bulg-

ed, or if juice squirts out as you open

the can, if the food appears disinte-

grated or mushy, If the inside of the





i





tin is extensively blackened or mark-

edly corroded. Even though none of

these indications of spoilagevare‘pres-l,

ent, destroy the food if there is an

“off” odor. Either boil with a table-

spoonful of lye, or else bury deeply,

so that it cannot be reached by chick-

ens and dogs, for‘B. Botulinus is a

deadly enemy for farm animals as

well as humans.





What Three Counties Achieved





ONTCALM county held its very

Mfirst annual Achievement Day



at Sheridan, the first week in

June, to mark the cempletion ofthe

home-furnishing project work which

has been carried on the past year

under the direCtion of Mrs. Marion

Hoffman, home furnishing specialist

of Michigan State College.



“There are two reasons for the

county federation sponsoring the

home economics extension work,” said-

Mrs. C. L. Meach, president of the

County Federation of Women’s Clubs,

welcoming the delegation. “First, we

are interested in organizing new clubs

within the county, and second, we are

anxious that the women of Montcalm

county make their program more ex—

tensive by working for the employ-

ment of a home demonstration agent

for Montcalm county.”



The report given by Mrs. Hoffman

showed that there were sixteen groups

enrolled, represented by twenty-five

local leaders, with 171 group mem-

bers. One hundred forty—nine women

not group members have received in-

structions through leaders and group

members, making a total of 320 womJ

en who have benefited from the pro-

ject. .



The main feature on the afternoon

program was the story of the “Home

Beautiful,” as told by O. I. Gregg,

landscape specialist from Michigan

State College. Through the“ planting

of flowers and shrubs, Mr. Greg

shows how to change a house into a

home. Into his stery is woven acer-

tain amount of philosophy, which he

expresses very aptly in the poem:

“The time to be happy is now,

The place to be happy is here,

And the way to be happy is





To make someone else happy.”

St. Joseph Holds Second Achievement





Day.



Through the generous cooperation

of the furniture dealers of the city,

and of group leaders and group mem-

bers, St. Joseph county worked out

some exceptionally good exhibits .for

their Second Annual Achievement

Day, held at Sturgis the first of June.

The report of the werk accomplished,

as given by Marion Hoffman, home

furnishing specialist, shoWed that





 





.2 through the project.





twenty-seven leaders representing six-

teen groups, with 181 group members,

are enrolled in the work. One hun-

dred sixty-four women not group mem-

bers, have receivedbenefits from the

project, making a total of 372.



A special feature on the day’s pro~

gram was an original playlet written

by Mrs. R. E Zimmerman, of. Sturgis,

entitled, “Build Me a Home.” Mrs.

Zimmerman idealized the home, by

quoting Lita Bane, who said: “The

well-managed ,home

sound, mechanically convenient, physi-

cally healthy, morally wholesome,

mentally stimulating, artistically sat-

isfying, socially wholesome, spiritual-

ly inspiring, founded upon mutual af-

fection and respect.”





Cass Has' Original Features.

Three hundred fifty women came to

Cassopolis from all over Cass county

early on the morning of June 2, to

attend their Second Annual Achieve-





ment Day meeting held at the Pres- ,





byterian Church.



While the'pr-ogram in Cass county

was somewhat similar to the program

in St. Joe, yet'it had its original fea-

tures. One was a playlet written by





Mrs. D. Elbert Harvey, local leader..

The play had for its setting a meet— '





ing of the home furnishing club, and



brought out the inspirations received



One of the parts



brought out the sentiment of the braid-



ed rug



“My braided rug brings me thoughts

of peace ' .





Such as I have not known.

Fer a picture comes of my grandmoth-





er’s house

In a little black chair, with her work

on her lap

And dthe house all. “rid up” for the

ay "





And her fingers are working with pa-

tience and care,





Braiding rugs in the very same way. ,





And she is working in peace for those

she loves, '-

With no telephone to call her away.

No voice from the air to cause her

alarm

With tales of disaster each day.‘

She ishmiaking the most of what she





a

And content is her conSta'nt guest.

She loves all her things, not because

‘ they’ re antiques,

But because they're part got her





dear heme -nest.





is economically).





$5 I hfper‘n thaLmy rug wiII help me to? r.





The lesson of contentment and rest,

Fer it is not so much what we, have

as it is what we do with What

lv;r;}e1:have--~is the thought that is



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Miss Edna Gieason, who has been

clothing speCIalist in the Home Eco-

nomics’ Extensmn Department, Mich-

igan State College, since January 1,

19-27, left East Lansing, June 6,1301-

her home at Rhinelander, Wisconsin,

where she will spend the summer.

Miss Gleason and her two sisters will

be the members of the firm, Win-

Edna-Peg Gift and Tea Shop of Rhine-

lander.





 





Carrie C. Williams, clothing special-

ist of Michigan State College, willfat-

tend the Camp for rural women at

Sault Ste. Marie. ,





 





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If you have doors and draws that '

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Size 36 re- -,~
years ago. , By good care, and repairs

it is still doing good work. WHITE Igdnomsm d 11 '1' Per 100 1100 moo

Improved nl ywood te an sacred Muted Leg-

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day about six weeks ago, in,





Mr o’clock in the afternoon and.

found mo in tears. He gave one look

at the 1ubs to be emptied and the

basket of clothes to be hung on the





line, and said,."A11 tired out?"





I was. Baby was teething and cross,‘

the washing was large, and every

time I came back to ’that old wash-

board after a siege with the baby, the





. water was half cold and every thing

"in a mess.





I'll say the old world did

look dark Well, hubby emptied the





ftubs’ and looked after sonny, while I

F'fput the, wash on the line. .

day it was agreed that I was to have





That very





a power washing machine. “They’re.

cheaper than doctor bills, and a whole

lot-~pleasanter to pay for,"

bandfs chief argument.





 





 





' CAN BY NEW METHOD.





It is fully described in

,our ;revised bulletin, “Canning

Fruits and Vegetables in the

Home.” ,_ For a copy of the bul~

letin send" five cents in stamps

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was hus— '





planning. ‘on making my" summer dress"?

Ces .instead of buying them . ready made

as. I've ~always».done before.

have put in a. larger garden. .of vege-





 





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tables, which we can easily sell at our

door. I’m sure, as the summer goes

by, each week will give me an oppor-

tunity to add"a little to my washing

machine fund, earned in an easier way

than by bending over a washboard.—~

Mrs. L. H.



Going Strong After; Fifteen Years.



I actually enjoy washing more than

any other housework I do, and am less

tired than I am after ironing, baking,

or sweeping. I hesitate to describe

my method of washing because I real-

ize the majm 1ty of women do not have

the help I have. To anyone just start-

ing housekeeping, let me suggest that

the best equipment is the cheapest in

the end. I am using the same electric

washing machine we bought fifteen





my rich relatives drop in, they would





.‘not mistrust that their hostess was





also a wash woman.





The family anticipate their wash-

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think about a power washing machine,

for one costs too much. There are

many things I do now that I did not

have time to do when it took me one

day to wash and the next to rest up

from the strenuous efforts on the

washboard. I am painting my kitchen

woodwork now, and next week, I am





' I'prepare the steak before I go to

the basement, bake it very slowly, and

keep it warm. The rest of the family

need not be made the least bit uncom-

fortable just because you are wash-

ing. If necessary, do your washing

by installments. Rest often, tidy the





house before you start the wash—C.





Planning a Better Home





(Continued from page 795)





not very great, but the added value

is of conSiderable importance.

Insulation Keeps House Cool in

. Warm Weather.

We have had many inquiries about

questions of insulation which bring





from fine sea moss, in both instances

enclosed between heavy layers of wa-

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a quilt than anything else. You can

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of gypsum and which nails on in the





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Add THREE CENTS PER CHICK in any quantity. For any shipments

of loss than 100 chicks add 25c per order to these prices.

Also White Leghorn Pullets,10 weeks 0111.111 lots of 25 or over. at the low price of 90 ccntseach.

. References—People’s State Bank of Holland.



All Chicks in this sale are from carefully culled. range-fed. and bred stock of





matings Order direct from this ad. but either write or wire your order at once. Wire cram





HOLLAND. MICHIGAN.





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high record





 





 





 





DlLlGENT CHICKS Did It Well!





PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW LOW PRICES FOR

BALANCE OF THIS SEASON 7





 





. _. up this point. We have thought of same way as wood fibre board. A very Postpaid .

.. _ . pmces 50 100 500.

_ .7. . insulationas a means of keeplng the fine board 15 made _°f asbestos and S. C. White LeghOrns........ $4.25 $ 8.00 $37.50

house warm in winter, but of no less Portland cement Wthh IS hard, fire— Baged hPlymouth geeks. . . 5.025 10.0 47.50

._ . . ' . _ proof, waterproof and very resistant to S. . R ode Islan Reds. . . . . . 5. 5 10.00 “ 47. 50

., importance is the woman of keep u, t . - , - _ Mixed Chicks, all heavies. . . .. 4.75 9.00 42. 50

, y mg the house cool in summer. What e ransm1ss1on of heat. I‘or insulat . .

, -- i : you really want to accomplish is to be ing an old house you can buy a new Diligent Hatchery & Poultry Farm, HARM iggcuou.

a. R. No. II. HOLLAND, MICHIGAN. '





insulating material which comes in a





   





a amount of :'





able to control "the temperature read—

11y. Many of the old-fashioned story

and-a7half houses with the upstairs

built directly against the rafters, per--

haps with slanting ceiling on the two

sides, are unbearably hot in summer.

'In .‘the first place, we do not recom-

mend story-and-a—half houses, for the

saying , is not f nearly

enough 'to make up for the loss of

value, It is much better to build

them a full twostories with an attic

above. This makes it easier to get

the best results from insulation.

Insulating material for houses now

comes in many forms, for there is no

one idea ,wbi‘ch has advanced more

rapidly than “this You can buy in-

saluting board. made of wood fiber

‘ _ '11 .13 to be hailed on the stud

ding and Joints and. rafters, and espo-





. ' pvide





     





powdered form in bags, and can sim-

ply be poured between the joists over

the ceiling in‘the attic. It can also

be poured down into the walls be-

tween the plaster and the sheathing.

A new system is just being developed

which uses "a mixture of powdered

corncobs and, a small amount of gyp-

sum plaster blown into the walls with

ahose and just enough moisture to

make it stay.





The whole question of insulation is

so new that it is not possible for us

yet to tell you just which kind: of

material is best, but there is abundant

evidence that insulation is profitable

and that it makes a far more com-

fortable house, both for cold weather

and hot weather, than the old type of

construction Without insulation. What-

ever you do, study the insulation qe

ting Write for detailed infermat





 





 





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Minorcas ..............



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Brd. Wh' Rec-115.8. .1111. c. I. Reds.

W11. Wyandottcs B111! Orpingtons

Assorted. Odds & Ends. Mixed Chicks.





.f. 3% BUY





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. Order Eon: thin Ad. Om rite.





500 1000

8 45.50 3 8.00 $38 3 72





. . . 5.50 10.00 48 95

.......... . 6.25 12.00 57 110

. 11.00 95

...... . 3.75 7.00 33

4. 75 9.00 43 80





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White and Buff Rocks. Reds. Black Minnrcaa, 12c.



_ Bufi' Leghorns.83‘1c. Anconaa. 100.8110: Orpln one. Md.- »



. Heavy mixed broilers, 110. Light mixed broilers. c. Light .

, - Brahmna,17c. Blood tented Tancrcd White Leghoms. 312%:



. breeding, 13c. If less than 100 ordered Add 350 extra. June", . .





28m last batch. 4 to 10 weeks old pullcts. Circular free.





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A Club Girl’s





A: Revealed m Her Report





 





Achievements





By Leona Gale





.- (From June 16 to 22 the National

.441 Club Camp will be held at Wash-

ington, D. C., at which the two boys

and two girls in each state who have

had the best records for club work,

will be present. In Michigan the two

boys are James Meeks, of Washtenaw

county, and Erwin Williams, of Chip-

"pewa county. The two girls are Anna

Flaschberger, of Iron county, and Le-

ona Gale, of Washtenaw county. These

boys and girls were selected, not only





for efficiency in their own club work,.





but also for their efforts in getting

others interested. In our issue of May

14, issue we run Erwin Williams’ own

story of his work. Here is Leona

Gale’s):





‘NfHEN I was fourteen years of

,_ age, a friend at school asked



me to belong to a canning club.

After talking the project over with

my parents, I joined, little realizing

what an important and far-reaching

project I was entering. At the first





 





 





 





Claire Bent’s Health Must be Founded

on Milk.





meeting I was chosen secretary and

treasurer. That night I could hardly

sleep, for I was so eager to begin my

work. In the fall I was given state

and county honors, and then made the

resolution to be a club leader when

I grew up.



You may be sure that I was at Club

Week the next summer, where I en-

tered the canning judging contest.

Canning judging gave me, in 1923, a

trip to the State Fair at Detroit, and

to the National Club Congress at Chi-

cago. Of course, I learned a great

deal while on these trips, but the fact

that impressed me most was that the

country boys and girls, if given half

a chance, could accomplish just as

much as city children. Do you won-

der, after having had these good

times, that I could hardly wait for the

next June to come so that I might

begin canning again?



,I like to feel that I have helped just

' a tiny bit to extend club work in our



county, for besides interesting other

girls in the project, I have spoken at

the Farmers? Institute at Willis, at

Kiwanis meetings at Ann Arbor and

'Ypsilanti, at Farm Bureau rallies and

banquets at Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and

" Lima, and at Parent-Teachers’ Associ-

N " alien meetings at Ypsilanti, Ann Ar-

bor, Lima and Dixboro.



'- 2W1; , had canning demonstration

’ams every year, of which I was a

mber for two years, and it was in

”file phase of club work that I receiv-

my second trip to the State Fair.

.. in practice, and incidentally to





AK on all but seven jars.





{531 we flVS demODStrationa





teacher meetings, women’s clubs, and

institutes and granges, over practically

all of Washtenaw county. These

speeches about my experiences in

club work soon made me able to speak

before a crowd without feeling like a

drowning person. My knees began to

feel more capable of holding my

weight, and I began to enjoy talking

before a large crowd.





I am taking a purely rural course at

the Normal this year, and when I

teach in a one-room school, I hope to

be able to give some of those country

boys and girls as many advantages of

training and environment as I possibly

can. Incidentally, of course, I will be

earning money so that I can continue

my education at the Normal—or at

Michigan State College. Probably the

reason why I want to work in the

country is because I am a country girl

myself, and know from experience the

needs and the good times that are

open to country people.



I have been to Lansing two years

now, and I am anticipating another

trip this summer. I have been chosen

club reporter for Washtenaw both

times, and last year I edited one issue

of the state club paper; I am still

saving it.



During my second year I acted as

president of the club, and as we had

no local leader, I received a lot of

valuable experience. Last summer I

was local leader and secretary and

treasurer, as well as a member of both

the canning and food study clubs. I

have received a great many prizes on

exhibits at fairs in Washtenaw and

Wayne counties, and also at the State

Fair. I have received first place on

club exhibits for three years, and last

fall on an exhibit of six jars, I won

five firsts and one second place. Last

year I exhibited sixty jars in the open

class against the professionals, and

women who have had practical expe-

rience for over three times my entire

life, and I have never been so happily

surprised as when I found that I had

won about ninety dollars, with a. prize

As soon as I

received this money, I took it down

to the bank and deposited it, and now

it is helping to pay all of my college

expenses. Unless you have tried it,

you don’t know-ho_w independent and

“grown-up” one feels when she pays

all of her own expenses and receives

something worth while and lasting in

return. .



I have received a great deal of ex-





perience in writing, too, for, besides





my annual club story, I have had ac-

counts of my experiencesin the Wash-

tenaw Post, the National Dairy Farm-

er, The Plymouth Mail, the Ann Ar—

bor Times, and a farm journal.

These paid pretty well, and I almost

decided to be an “author when I re-

ceived $100 for just one page in the

farm paper. This was second prize

which I had accidentally received in

the National 4-H Leadership Contest.

I surely was happy and surprised when

I received that Check. I could hardly

believe that it was really mine, for. I

had had so little experience in '63!!!)

work—just three years of canning





project, we in road study and two,





(practically) of leadership





:E'Ven though I have not been in"





more clubs I 1911 quite versatile“

I have had, . j





‘ in the"bulletin.





, nut: everybo





dresses since I was thirteen that I did

not make myself. f When I graduated

frdm high school, _I made all of my

dresses, including the white crepe do

chine in Which I gave the valedictory





speech. Also, I have;been able,.owing





to my sewing experience, to make

dresses and clothes for my two young-

er sisters and one brether (when he

was small), besides the general sew-

ing. There is one thing .I frankly

don’t like, though, and that is the

patching part.



I was chosen, by some lucky chance,

to act as cashier and general boss of

the lunch room at high school for two

years, and when Miss Lewis, as often

happened, held classes upstairs, I sup-

ervised the preparation and serving

of about eighty-five people daily, be-

sides keeping all of the books and ac-

counts. That seemed like real work

sometimes, but now I know that it

was valuable experience. So I believe





that I could almost say that I had-





done the work (even though I didn’t

officially belong to 4-H clubs), of the

sewing and hot lunch projects.





In «1926 I knew how Miss Wilder

and Miss Wixson must feel when they

judgevclub exhibits at the fair, for the

members of the Dixboro church had

an institute and exhibited canned

goods and farm products, and I had

to judge the canning display. Some

of those women still remember me,

and I hope they think favorably of

my judging. I did my best, anyway.



Sometimes I think that maybe I am

too old to be in club work, I am al-

most eighteen, but then, I hate to

think of my summers as being en-





I.~ have had only two





tirely “clubless”, I have adopted in.

an of my work the club motto, which, :





I try to follow closely, “Make the best





’ better,” and it Is worthwhile. .. ..

During my four years of, club work/.1 ,





I have canned about 982 quarts of

fruits and vegetables; I have served

meals nearly two hundred- times! I

have received countless burns; and,

bést of all, I have learned a lot. and

had a geod time (Icing it. Yes, the





«1-H way surely pays. .. 1 .





 





A FEW LETTERS.

Dear Uncle Frank:





 





Thanks ever so much for the card ‘





and pin. I didn’t think I would get

one. I wear my pin all the time. The

first night that I had it, I wore it in

bed, but it pricked me so much that





I thought once Was enough, and I only





wear it in the daytime now. —-An M.

C., Mary H. Fish.





Mary Helen is so proud of her but-

tOn and membership card, and I am

glad she has them, for she has always

stood for the things mentioned, and

will be true to your ideals. —Mary

Helen’s Mother.





Dear Uncle Frank:



I am sending my small daughter’s

essay in answer to your contest on

the Children’s Page. Also a quarter





 





- to help along the radio fund. The only





way she had help was in the way to

put it on paper, and in spelling. The





thoughts and writing. are her own.-—-—‘





Mrs. Laura Blackmer.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:





Enclosed find a little help for the





radio fund. I always say, if I am sick

I want to be near the radio, and I

know I would get well in a hurry, as

we have a, ra and enjoy it very

much, so why shouldn’t others? So

here’s hoping .-this ‘rcontribution will

léelp the radio fund—Mrs. M. S."

reca.





 





 





 





 





Listen, Children!





Here’s a question that has been ask-





ed time and again. I wonder if it

would meet with any comments from





you, Uncle Frank, or any of the cous-'





ins. Should a boy or a girl chum with

a person of their own sex if their

parents’ object? Just supposing this

friend was nice, but had some unde-

sirable traits that the parents didn’t

like, and the boy or girl overlooked

these because of the great tie of

friendship. —Shorty.





Yours is a difficult question to an-

swer. Sometimes the parents do not

know the friend as well as “the boy

or girl, and again the parents may~

realize that certain traits in these

“chums” are more dangerous than

their children realize.

ship is harmful, let it alone. ‘What

makes this great tie of friendship?





 





Dear Uncle Frank and Cousins:



I sure got lots of kick out of the

bobbed hair, rouge and powder ques-

tion. What is my idea? Well, I have

my hair bobbed, so that answers that.





Rouge and powder are all right if they."





don’t use too much. I’ll admit some

look like a powder and rouge com-

pany advertisement.



Uncle Frank, you are a jolly film.

When I saw your picture I sure had a

good laugh. Oh, boy! what a grin

I’m not saying whether you are good-

looking or not. Looks don’t count,

but you sure look jolly. If you are

married, be sure and tell your wife I

send my “best regards " Sort of nice

of me- to do that, gifin’t it; Uncle?



About the farm and city Question!

live on a farm and detest it. like

the estuary, but farming J's, ”a adru‘dge.



has “hit

of





   

 





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If the friend: ,





means I’m not good-looking. Some-





body must hare Seen me and let out,





the secret.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: '



I am a Merry Circler though not a

very active one, as I have only written

once, but it keeps us busy to cook and

sew for all. We enjoy playing games

and singing songsan , having a mer-

ry time evenings after the chores are

There are ten of 1113, five boys

and five girls, so you see We are even-

ly matched.



I attended both city and county

schools. ,‘

best. In the country school the chil-





 





 





Howard and Marshall Swedish, All,





Dressed Up and No Blue's to Go.





dren seem as if all are or one family '





and the teacher beams to, take so. much





 





interest in 111111 or while. mm the on





you are harm





 

 





farm-£81111

“t". ~.





I like “the country school-
1’Q‘ a While. " I have some cross-word {dz-

ales left. rem our last contest, but the?





are toe‘glarge I want some that do





 





30‘? haVe 19°19 than ten squares “0°11 wIshed hat I hadwmore prizes for them .

way This contest is to help me get this tim'e.B11t I had to select the best





8011115.



I ask you to make these puzzles or-

liginal ones, no cepying will be fair.

Also, please make a drawing of the

filled-in puzzle, as well as the blank

one. Q ~ ‘

. The two'who send in the best puz-

zles ‘will be given good story books;

the next three, handy loose leaf note

. , books; and the next five, clutch pen-

~ 'cils. Send your cross- -word puzzles





to Uncle Frank, Michigan Farmer, De— .





 





 





 





THOSE" SURPLUS MALES.





T is time now to decide what to do

with the surplus males in the

flocks, both young and old. But at

this time the question is more press-

ing in regards to the young males. In

the past many people have advised

the caponizingl of the young males.

Butrecently experiments have been

{carried out to find whether caponizing

‘ really pays.



Several tests have been made as to



the profitableness 0t raising capons.

The conclusions reached showed that

it does not pay to raise male birds

‘beyond the fryer stage on limited

range, where most of the feed must

be supplied the birds. Capons grow

,a little more economically than do

"‘ . " cockerels, but not enough to make it

pay.



The young males compete with pul-

lets that are for egg production. Farm

labor and feed costs are high, so the

Cost of raising the young males is too

high. The best thing to do with the

young males is to'sell them when

they reach either the broiler or fryer



!weight.





TH E EGG—LAYING CONTEST.





 





HE average production of the hens



' in the International Egg-Laying

Contest at East Lansing for the month

of May, was 20. 2 eggs. The Leghorns

averaged 21.7 eggs.



The high pen at the end of the thir-

ty—second week was Harry Burns’ Leg-

horns, with a production of 1,659 eggs,

F. G. DeWitt’s Leghorns are second

with 1,653 eggs. Then come the Hol-

lywood Leghorns with 1,630 eggs.



In the Barred Rock class, F. E.

Fogle's hens are first with 1,450 eggs,

and among the R. I. Reds, the West

Neck Farm’s pen led with a produc'

tion of 1,487.



The contest hens are doing much

better this year than in previous

years. The production for the past

week was 4, 493, as compared with last

year, the next best, when 4,161 eggs

were produced. The total production

'inlthis year’s contest so far is 4,493

eggs, ascompared with 4,161 eggs last

year, the next best record.





 





 





INTERNATIONAL CHICK MEN To

- MEET.





 





‘ICHIGAN poultrymen are fortu-

11ate in having so handy the op-





 





:meeting of the International Baby

Chick Association at Grand Rapids,





 





'lwprovement Association will be hosts.

The program will be full of subjects





 





,portunity of attending the annual





' Thousands of Chicks at to and up

DDed C





HE Work: Contest brought many

interesting responses. I really





 

   





ten, which are as follows:

Fountain Pens.





June Nelson, Filion, Mich.

Guilford Rothfuss, Norvell, Mich.

Clutch Pencils. ,

Adeline Bradshaw, Boyne Falls.

Menno G. Martin, Brutus, Mich.

Dwight E. Price‘ R. 1. Malta, Ohio.

-Pocket Knives.

Ruth Halsey, R. 4, Olivet, Mich.

Josephine Wells, R. 5, Dowagiac.

BeatriCe West, Dryden, Mich.

Christine Zech, R. 1, Aigonac, Mich.

Beata Kaarlela, Keweenaw Bay.





 





 





 





government activities beneficial to the

hatcherymen, are among the subjects

discussed the first day. On the sec-





 





ond day, transportation and shipping

problems will be considered, and on}

the third day, those factors which will;

improve baby chick quality will re-‘

ceive major attention. The use of effi— ‘

cient methods in the business, and

the relation of the' hatchery to the

customer, will also be given attention.



Aside from the serious side of the

program, surprise stunts will be given

between programs on the nineteenth.

On the twentieth a tour of the H01-

land—Zeeland section will be made. It

will end at the Getz Farm, famous for

its zoological garden and rare plants

and trees. A picnic and base ball

game will be held, and a fine picnic

dinner furnished by the Michigan

poultrymen. Opportunities for bath-

ing at the fine Lake Michigan beach

will also be available.





On Thursday the famous “Tomb-

stone Golf Tournament” will furnish

amusement for all, and f. those who

do not want to “golf,” a 'our of the

famous Grand Rapids furniture factor-

ies has been arranged. A banquet is

scheduled for Thursday evening, with

James Schemerhorn, lecturer and hu-





iivc Weeks of 1920.





 





morist, as principal speaker.





 





REDUCED PRICES for June!





Genume Tom Barron English White Leghorn.

type lapovcr combs. selected stock.

Barred Rocks. flocks headed by males whose dams

have trapnest records. 200-230 M. S. C. laying contest.





100 500

\Vhito Leghorns .................... $ 8.00 $31.50

Barred Rocks ...................... 10.00 47.50

Circular

HILLSIDE meHATCHERY, Holland, Micfl.





R. No. 3.





QUALITY CHICKS

CU





 





100% alive, prepaid.Accred1ted. 60 100 500 1000

Leghorns ............................................ $6 $10 $47.50 8 90

Barred Rocks ....................................... 7 11 62.00 100





Reds. Wyand. Wh. Rocks, Anc. Orps. '1' 12 55. 0

Brahmas 100 ...... 5:Assortcd 100 ...... 88. CATALOG FREE.

MISSOURI POULETRY FARHS. - - COLUMBIA. I0.





 





or coat live dellvogm of stuBrdy, pure- bred chicks from healthy

Brod-today flocks;

Barred. andW

BUB Orpingtona, White Wyondottcs. Buff Roe ks 10c:

heavy mixed 80. Orders for 60 chicks lc pct chick more,





chicks 2: per chiI. it more.

Silver Lake Egg Farm Box M Sllvor Lake. Ind.





Blood Tested Baby Chicks





Br “Leghorns 7c; Bullheghvrns, 8c:





Mixed 7c;

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Reduced Prices Elfectivc June 7,111 100

Extu Selected 3. RR och $12

Selected B. P. Rocks 8: Red: $11





100% live delivery.





Mixed Heavies 9:: Each.

Carleton, Mich





OARLETON HATCHERY,





8 Weeks Old Pullets for May 16th





Delivery at 85c.

We sell Our own stuck only from 3 —.year blood tested

mick. All breeding male-s 200 to 326 pedigreed.

Michigan accredited. sIMON HARKEMA 8. SON,

Holland. Mich" R. I.





CHICKS---PULLETS

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600 and up. Pulletsces shi

Writq (or special

FA AIRVIEWr1 HATCHERY a. FARMS

Box ll a(Ilium. Mich.





fl PULLETS-REDUCED PRICES





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This is just the chance you have been waiting {or—strong husky

Michigan Accredited.





IVAN APPLEDORN 3003.,





large I

Non-setting \





 





SEND N0 MONEYrt'klERCHICKS .





Juli ml“ your order. WC Ship C. O. D. and guarnntae prepaid 1N)“





Rocks. “E. l. Eed s, Anconss, Blk. Minorcus. 91:; I





   





did dev

nigh“, 8:00.10 We ship





 





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Never before have you been offered a better value

chicks than you are here. Read these low prices on

realize that here is an unusual buy. You get Michigan

accredited chicks which means every breeder is ap‘proved by spe-

cialists under supervision of Michigan State C age You get.

100% live delivery. postpaid. You get prompt shipment. You ;,

low prices. And of greatest value of all. you get that famous Silver Wavi-



which means so much in oultry profits. Will ship .D. i you desire. We canalso



offer splendid 8-10 week old) pullets at very reasonable prices. of the same high quality





IMMEDIATE DELIVERY GUARANTEED f





 





 





   





EXTRA SELECTED 100 500 1000

Barron s. c. White Leghorns ‘s 9.00 $42.50 $ 30.00 ,

Tancrcd S. C. White Leghorns 9.00 42.50 80.00

Sheppard’s Ancon'as 9.00 42.50 80.00

STANDARD HEAVY LAYING .

S. C. English White Leghorns 8.00 37.00 72.50

S. C. Anconas 8.00 37.00 72.50 /-»

Selected Bred-to~lay Barred Rocks 11.00 52.50 100.00

Mixed Chicks for Broilers 6. 00 29.00 55.00‘





Orders for less than 100 chicks 1c more per chick.





We will ship C. O. D. and guarantee 100% live delivery. Ref. Zeeland State

- Bank. International Baby Chick Baby Chick Ass'n.





SILVER WARD HATCHERY, Box 29, Zeeland, Michigan

6Hgarisstoecial Summer Prices

“585,05





 





 

 





 





Make money this summer raising B & F‘ chicks Late broilers bring good





prim and the pullets will be luins in five to six months. You have your

(110110 of three breeds—all are profitable

PRICES EFFECTIVE NOW

50 100 500 1000

8. C. White Leghorns ............................................... $5.00 3 9.00 $42.50 8 80.00

Barred Rocks—ll. 1. Beds .......................................... 0.00 11.00 52.50 102.60





89. 00 per 100, 500 for $42. 50. Mixed Broilers $8. 00 per 100: 600 for 837. 50.





100‘” Live Delivery Guaranteed.

Just write or wire your order. We have large

Write {or free catalog that describes our





Box 20, Holland, Michigan





all heavics.





Will Ship C. O. D.





Pay your postman when you get your chicks.

hatches each week and can 1111 large orders promptly.

special matings.





Brummer & Fredrickson Poultry Farm,





Broilers,





 

 

 





Write now for our latest price list. giving our new low prices on this old

reliable strain. This is your chance to save. Every chick hatched from selected





mused. free. range breeders officially named by inspectors supervised by Michigan -_

State College. . . ..



100 ' 500 000 '3



MICHIGAN s. c. White Leghorn; ......... s 9.00 $42.50 5 80.00



ACCREDRTED Anconas ....................... . .. 9. 00 42. 50 80. 00



CHICKS Barred Rocks .................... 11.00 52.50 _ 100.00





Mixed Chicks $7 Per 100.





customers reported $1..03'I 70 worth of eggs from 935 hens in the lost





Last December one 0! our

day. or a profit above reed cost of almost $23. 00 per dly.





This is $28. 05 income per

chicks high egg— bred parent stock.

100% sale arrival guaranteed. Free catalog and price lists



0.7-0 HOLLAND, MIBH.‘





HOLLAND HATOHERY 81 POULTRY FARM,





 





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LAKEVIE





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Reduced Prices for JunDlivr





Lakcview Chicks are Michigan Accredited Official records up to 252 eggs

at Michigan egg contest 1923 24 25, Every breeder inspected and passed

by inspectors supervised by Mich. State College, Smith Hatched.





gill Shin C. 0. D. Prepaid prime on 25 50 100 500 1000

C.





wu. Leghorn: ....................... $2. 50 $4. 75 s 9. 00 $42.00 3 00.00 ' " -

Baned Rocks. 8. 0.81 R R. I. Reds 3. 25 6.00 H. 00 52. 00 l00.00

61161 tel Malings higher. Mixed (‘hicks $7. 00 per 1001 all heaxies $9 00 Order





trom this ad at these prices. Member lntcmational Baby (‘hick Assn





Lakeview Poultry Farm, R. R. 8, Box 6, Holland, Mich.

Buy Our Big, Husky, Easziu Raise GHIBKS





Can Ship at Once at educed Prices





15 Purc- broil Iarieties of Barred. Bull’. White Rocks single

or Rose Comb Reds. Black Minorras. 12c. White or Silva}I

Wyandottos, 13o. Bufl' Omlngtons. 14c. Large Brahmas.17<:.

Heavy meed, 11c. Anconas. 101‘. Light Mixed, 80, Brown 01‘

Buff Leghorns, 90. Morgan Tam-red Blood-tested VVhito Leghorn

of 303 to 330‘egg blood line. 140 each. Add 35c extra if less

than 100 ordered. June. July chicks $1. 00 per 100 less.

1. 000 G to 12- week- old bullets. Get Free Clrrul



MIOH.





BECKMAN HATCHERY, GRAND RAPIDS,

IDUNDEE 188101.110 CHICKS

‘ Chicks all hatched»





Stock all blood tested for Bacillary White Diarrhea for the st in ears

from pure-bred select free range stook. pa rec y '





 





 





Prices for June 0—1320 and 27.





~ -1. I00 500 I000



B. P. Bock: (Extra SnecIal) ........................................ .

B. P. Rocks (Selected) ”0338 $3283 3:333

Single Comb White Leghorn: (American Strain) ............................... 9.00 40-00 8030‘

s. e. White Leghorn. (English scam) ...................................... 800 300 7000

and ({‘rgeg‘ldirect from the ad or write for catalog. Buy blood tested and accredited chicks this season ‘ '





THE DUNDEE HATCHERY, Box A; Dundee, Michigan,





 





 





BARGAIN SALE ON BABY CHICKS





All Michigan accredited. From the best em; strain 1 th ‘

PRICES FOR ngNE ANngIHX Standard Grade? £11833?me

or promo eliv in 10

S O. W. Leghorns, Anconas “ery‘ ”ts 00

Barred Rooks ...............................

BroilAcfiI, tassented1 (not Accredited) ............ .

i~ rang, vgorous chicks. Biggest bargain we ha cred

- 3.12;: :1 thiamihighd ggdgmin aiiuour long years of edgerfdgemOIdm-WN

, 1 ram 6 a um dc v d

- minds on 8-12-—weeks‘ sold Pullats. 617 ate 0. D. if desired Am “

. \MICHIGAN roman: rum. 1: 1.





   





.D"_..‘
the animals

on your farm need

the right kind of salt





OR the sake of their phy’

sical condition, it is essen’

tial that your farm animals be

fed with the proper kind of

. salt. Else they may fail to

measure up to your ideas of

productionmwhether it s in

meat or milk or work.



Keep a plentiful supply of

Diamond Crystal easily ac’

cessible—and they will take -

care of themselves. They will

satisfy their requirements

because Diamond Crystal is a

mild salt, free from impuri'J

ties.



There 15 a Diamond Crys’

tal Salt for every farm use —-

for table and for cooking, for

canning, for butter ahd cheese’

making, for curing meats, for

livestock. Ask for Diamond

Crystal at the store where

you trade.





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Diamond

Crystal

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Free!





We should like to send you a generous

sample of Diamond Crystal Shaker Salt

and the interesting booklet, 101 Uses

for Diamond Crystal Salt:" without

cost or obligation to you.





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DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT Co. .,



Dept. 477 St. Clair, Michigan



7 . Please sehd me, free, trial ackage and book-

“ 1 let, “101 Uses for Diamon Crystal Salt.”





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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pigs pasturing on rape. Where ground

barley, ground oats, and. minerals

were self-fed to pigs on alfalfa pas-

ture, the daily gains were larger and

the concentrates were reduced "by

nearly five per cent as compared to

the pigs on the same ration with rape

pasture. ‘

Hogging’ Off Corn.



While the presence of the European

corn borer in Michigan has generally

ldiscouraged the hogging down of corn,

there are reasons to believe that farm-

ers will be able to successfully fight





W at Research Men Fond





(Continued from page 793).





_tion.

to keep than did'group ’number one, '





amount fed was based on production





This lot shows a development above-





normal, a heavy milk production, and

ability to reproduce.



The second lot was fed timothy hay;

with the necessary amount of protein

in the grain to have a “balanced ra-

These cattle cost a littlemore





but were normal in their development,

in the production of milk, and in re-

production.



Group three received timothy hay,





with the necessary protein correction .,





 





 





 





 





 





This Yearling Made Money. He and





His Loi Mates Made Average Gains of





358 Pounds Over a Feeding Period of Four Months.





 





 





the corn borer and still continue this

practice. This experiment has been

continued to determine the advisabil-

ity of feeding protein or of growing





hogging down the crop.



Three lots of one acre each were

planted to Yellow Dent corn on May

21, 1926. In Lot 1, Dwarf Essex rape

was seeded after the last cultivation.

In Lot 2, Manchu soy beans were

planted after the corn was in. No

other feeds except minerals were giv-

en to the pigs placed in these two

lots. The pigs in the third lot had

access to sixty per cent tankage in a

self-feeder, as well as to a mineral

mixture. This mineral mixture was

the same as mentioned above in the

experiment with cull beans. Water

was available at all times, and each

group of pigs was given shelter, and

straw for bedding.



The college‘ men found that gains

were very satisfactory in all of the

lots. There was comparatively little

difference in the feed requirements for

100 pounds of gain by the different

groups of pigs. Also, the returns per

bushel of corn differed but little in

the three lots. The tankage—fed lots

gained more rapidly and were ready

for the market earlier. The general

impression was that hogging down

corn is a rapid and economical meth-

od of converting this wonderful crop

into pork.



Mineral Feeding for Dairy Cows.



While this line of work was a little

aside from the general purpose of the

event, the staff of the dairy depart-

ment of the college was called upon

to tell of the five years’ study of the

effect of‘ mineral feeding upon dairy

cows.

over a number of years to discover,

not only the effect of feeding miner-

3.13, or the lack of them upon a cow,

but also to learn the influence it may

have upon the progeny of that animal.

The annuals used were of similar





general condition





 





rape or soy beans in the corn when ‘





This work [is being extended





breeding, and uniform as to size and





One lot of live cows was fed-legume ‘





in the grain and bone meal. Here

also, growth was normal and the milk

flow abundant, with the reproduction

also satisfactory.





Group number four, besides receiv-

ing timothy hay, was fed raw‘ rock

pho h and calcium carbonate. This

nged a fair bone growth but

only about seventy‘per cent of the

milk production of the first' three





groups. There was difficulty also with

reproduction.



Group five received, instead of the

bone meal fed group three, a complex

mineral mixture. The results were

very pronounced. The growth of these

animals was about sixty per cent of

that shown in the first three groups;

the. milk production about fifty per

cent, and reproduction only about

twenty per cent of the other groups.



. The results of these experiments

are to be published by .the college at

an early date. Generally speaking, al-

falfa and a balanced grain ration

seems to carry a satisfactory mineral

supply for dairy cows.



Wintering Horses. _



For the past several years the col-

lege has been studying the cost of

wintering horses. It was found that

eliminating the grain and allowing the

work animals to run upon an alfalfa





field, and fed oat straw, or even shred— .





ded corn fodder, is an economicaland

satisfactory way to carry work horses

through the winter. The college men

state that the daily cost of horses kept

on such a ration is less than ten cents

and they also hold that by letting





down on the conditions of the animals





during the winter, they will not only

render better .serv1ce, but will 1.1110

gain in flesh when put, bask to work

the following season. They also con-





tend that there is less trouble” With ‘

sore shoulders 0n horses handled in ‘





Don’thor4ms





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aN0,I7 511.0 FILLER





Man: In power r6411 mud-Jess vibration-Jon 'r lilo? In





and at a speed alony

on yew larm.Manyille1ll50 silosach and still 11





All steel frame-blower that cannot clog-cuts clam-Main:

no man at iced flue-<72" nipped wuh attachment that

makes' it the world ’sbest mill.

Dru/m wean-hr”.

Wriltfor (Male: and name of more." dealt!-

GEHL BROS. MFG. CO.

59-31.. In" a w.» w w





In“: xamumk

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wOLSTEms

more hit]





' ‘ . Holstein: lead the



world inp’roduction of butterfat



—the largest factorin dairy profit.



Eighty per cent of the cows which



have produced 1000 lbs. or more



of butterfat in a year are Holsteins.

Write for lime





W .

hetsremearmzsun





Association





230 East Ohio Street C8230, Illinois





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY





n c C or Cancellations must reach us

Charge”: 11))y11.v11 before date of publication.





CATTLE A4





Resists 2 age 7

Guernsey Bulls months ”13100 each

age 2 months. $50. c. L. BENNETT, 708 Kai. Nat'l.

Bank Bldg.. Kalamazoo. Micfih Dial 2-633l.

Bexistered Gus





FOR SALE heifer-and muggedm





bull ready for light Borden. Etc ellen ubreodiné. “1‘.

B. tested._ 0. A. WIGENT. Wamnet. Mich.





 





 





 





 





GUERNSEY BULL, 6 01

FOR SALE .1... .. a... .1... c... are. 3:.

sense w. PICKS ‘





A. Due freshen June 15.

ETT 81. eSON. Caledonia, Mich.





 





FOR pfiticslly pure-bred GUERNSEY or HOL- ,





cakes. from

write EDGEWOOD DAIRY FARMS. mahIIGWItOr.“ VIII-





 





Guernbev Eflbgad’fiu





0.0. D. Write L. Tawllliger. Wauwaboss. Win.





611mm Heifers 81 cows 3"“? 3““ mm .0" 1""

sale. w. RUEHS. cue-1353101011.a lilies.- , 0'





A Grandson of Fobes‘filli

%%°°‘°trm.t Whisks “it





Sire—Marathon Bess Burke RM. 9011 *

ribs. "ml: 6th.;s. 33am. cow withmllag

hitter a. y . a



medias-us of the breed. one 0! the M

Dam—Traverse Walker Maid S l ‘

fiéo-ar-old dagghteli 0:2;4 30 017mm” & 24w1'1l1 lb.



~ race 0

25751.6 “lbs. milk. lbs but”? mm





 





 





Send roam... of Tag No 372,

"m 3‘19me sure mp..-





 





 





 





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some toads Daren: hatchedi‘l.

Tram the egg, without panel ,
‘ has; been. raiséd " from. five cents





“mi ‘a' bound" to’fseyen and on'e4half cents 'a.





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 





more states were 40%. Juan

. th g fomaa'd Nebraska feedeIn' will be short.

40% ilbelr'e (roots at time of delivery. sndthey

wilt-men blue go into the open market in order

to, . rapiiremenmr‘ which. will help force the

market? on feeders upwards Iln October. 'mie lambs

out ofyl‘deltmfl’and Washington ,will be 85% fat.

which~5neans that there, will: be few feeders through

the summor months. and that they will sell from

($14.00) ‘24! (





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





$15.00! cwt. all summer and tall. The

reason these California lambs are selling so reason-

able is because it is command there 'is no demand

for than, Take advantage of this opportunity. and

buy now. running them on grass through the sum-





cemheit-i‘natket. which will be high.

derai‘tovus. and we will ship you strictly graded.

and uniformed. feeding lambs. well mrted. inst as

cheap as they can possibly had on the market.



We will guarantee every load to be iust’as repre-

sented. and ordered by, you, and you have the priv-

ileze or looking atthe lambs betel-s ,you‘ nayyour

draft at the bank. .We will have about 3000 of

these California feeder lambs each week to other for

sale. --sta.rtins May- 83rd.» your orders. satis-

{action guaranteed,





”Wool Growers’ Comniisaion 'Co., lnc.,

. . F. W. SHURTE. Mgr.‘ Feeder Dept.

Unto; Stoek'YarclI. ' ' CHICAGO. ILL.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 

 





/ Plenty of lather. even

in the hardest well

water. The pleasant

scent of soothing pure

pine tar makes a bath



ithfirandpa's Won-

er' the finest you've,

A wonderful shampoo.





ever taken.

Lasts a long time. At your Dealers’.

or send 1°C for big cake.





“‘Beaver-Remmers-Graham Co.





 

 

   

 

   





Dept. MF-62 Dayton. Ohio





GRANDPA'S WONDER

Pm: TAR SOAP





 





 





Bum Coal





or Weed In Your Cools Stove or Heater

when on can have Instant heat with convenience by

ins nu s Uniflete Kerosene . .»

Burner In live minutes’ time? ‘ '7: , “‘

' For. a limited we'ofl

send C. O. D. thh $15.00 burner .

complete—Includin flexible fuel ,2 1'

slippiytubss. regulat nu valves and .:

filmiudirontankfieadyh ' ‘ .

s for my “um: .._ C} -\ _ fwd" .

hull I” "'23.." “all 4" "q”: ‘

at area WW I ' J

defectfvue workinmship and materiel for one

year. Any part that proves do ive. it re-

turned, wil be replaced free 9 charge.





 

   

   

   

   

     

 

 





 





   

   





     





 

   

   





     

 





ratio as kerosene or dhtiilate. uni it In: I

dueinx an Intensely hot. clean. métfiusrsllétrbsgl-

In: flame. can be regulated to any do I: fuel

awash..- his"? ’33.“? - ll...



0 - II"! '

years. We make fin. offer gr a 1min? a: only

Spelt: K10: range or heater.





ADDING “AIS "'0. COMPANY

We. ‘ ~ . Meal





   

   

   

   

 





 





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”.25 30! guarantee to: ve sat : : . on or money

back. 1.10 Box Sufficient for ordina cases.



. IINERAI: REMEDY 00. 40! Earth Me. It?





«CATTLE





SERVICEABLE AGE





REGISTERED HOLSTElN

Bull Calves at prices the owner ofa

smell herd can afford to pay. The

‘ ‘ sire of many of these calves is a Son

, - of the highest record (30.lb.) two-

yeqr-nld daughter of Greater. His ‘

. sire s King Segis Alcartra Prilly, an

undefeated Show bull with 70 A. R.

daughters. Others sired by e 5 times

? 1 lb. Champion Bull, the famous

. P. O. P. breeding.

Bred cows and heifers served by

these sires are available {or founda-

tion stock.





RED ROSE FARMS DAIRY

, Northville, Michigan 7





, Tel [than : 344

-. Reference: Nortlrville State Sarita! Bank - T





HEREFORD STEERS





mum. Yam c We . . ‘

" Momma ”W's . viillrxmgi‘fd‘

m 000d MC .





shunt. Pa.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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our loss! 1m 1w bunch.

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and tariff act of‘1922.





" the owners.





pennigby presidential proclamation,

under the flexible provisions of ' the

The President’s ac-

tion followed an investigation. by the

United States Tariff Commission info

the cost of production of Swiss cheese

in the United States and foreign coun-

tries, Switzerland being America’s

leading competitor. It was found that

the increased rate of duty was neces-

sary to'equalize porduction costs.





FARMERS SELLING OWN LIVE

‘ STOCK.





OOPERATIVE live stock market-

ing has” increased rapidly in the

United States in the last five years,

accurding to the bureau of cooperative

marketing, department of agriculture.

The bureau investigators found that a.





mess on the principal live stock mar-

kets is now handled through cooper—

tive commission companies.



Twenty-seven cooperative commis-

sion companies have been established

since 1917 on the important live stock

markets. The volume of business

handled by these associations in 1926

amounted to more than $280,000,000.



Of the larger markets, ten per cent

of the total business at the Chicago

Stock Yards [is done by cooperatives;

on the Buffalo market 17.4 per cent;

on. theSt. Paul market 30.1 per cent;

on the Olnaha. market 8 per cent, and

on the Kansas City market 8.9 per

cent.





 





RADIO BRINGS INFORMATION TO

STOCK MEN.





ARMERS are taking much interest



in the discussion of their prob-

lems by radio. The bureau of animal

industry reports that live stock own-

ers are especially interested in the

problems of disease control, stock

feeding, management, breeding and

housing. Since the beginning of radio

broadcasting by the department of ag—

riculture, there has been an unusual

demand for live stock bulletins deal-

ing with these subjects.



A study of nearly 200 letters of in-

quiry received and answered by the

bureau of agricultural industry, shows

that radio, supplemented by corres-

pondence, can be made a specific, as

well as a general source of agricu1~

tural information. ‘





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COLLIE TRAINING.





IRST, one should buy a pup whose

sire and dam are trained. One of

the first points is to look after his

health, keeping him free from fleas

and worms. To get the best results

in training, one should not overfeed,





/ as that slows them down in both mind





and body. Full activity gives them

the full strength of their propensities

in driving and herding in all the kinds

of stock which a farmer may have. I

have seen Collies that tend to such

stock in a manner nearly equal to

.A Collie, properly bred

and handled, cares not how dark or

stormy it may be. He is not easy

until the stock is in its place. If the

stock break out during the night the

Collie is on the job at once. If farm-

ers would study more their dogs, it

would be much. better for man and

beast. If we were going after the full

efficiency in a fast horse, we would

want the sire and dam to have the

best of redords in performance. Breed-

ing a. bull dog to a Collie divides the

propensities, and makes a sheep killer.

0n the other hand, I have never

known a full-blood dog, or a Collie,

to kill a sheep. The most of the dogs





' which are sheep killers-5 aregnongrel





 





'Gellies mixed, with *bull‘ dogs—E. A.





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semen. levies *ch‘eége“





considerable proportion of the busi- 3





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§ ' Startling Facts On

Summer Feeding

-— just ofl’ the Press!





Years ago, summer feeding of dairy

cows seemed simple as A-B-C. Plenty

of pasture—why spend money for other

feeds? But today there’s a big change.

Practical, prosperous dairymen now

feed concentrates to stock on pasture.





How? This booklet tells you. Why?

This booklet gives you the scientific

reasons. It’s packed with. readable,

usable information — tells you how to

make more money this year by feeding

Linseed Meal with a summer

ration -- to your milkin herd, o to

other stock.

a brand new story to 99 farmers out of

100. Mail the coupon for your copy.





LINSEED MEAL EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE

Fine Am Bldg., Milwaukee. Wis.





Send your booklet 15-6-3 on Summer Feeding.





 





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Also 4 fine draft horses. 3, complete line of farm

sandy loam. New l2~room house. ‘

tion. 120~rd. frontage on the Marine City Highway.





The cows consist of some outstanding individuals,

have good udders. and are in good condition, all are



Terms will be given to responsible parties.



MRS. AUGUST WISSMAN, Prop. Location of

Marine City Highway. For catalous write GUY





furnace and water.





5

E. DODGE. CLIO,





COMPLETE DISPERSAL SALE





20 Registered Holstein Friesian Cattle

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29th. 1927, 12 O'clock Sharp





marhinery, and my farm of 120 acres, black and

large dairy barn. and everything in A-l condi-





The herd sire is a son of Sir Hengnrveld l‘ietertje Ormsby, who has a. former world‘s record dam

with three records above 1,000 lbs. and is a grandson of Sir l’ietertje Ormsby Mercedes. probably the most

outstanding progenitor of long distam-e producers and show ring winners of the breed.





one cow milking at the present 106 lbs. per day.



bred to the herd sire.



the farm miIes west of Marine City on the

MICH., Mar.





 





bull and Reserve Sr. Champion bull.





son of Sir l’ietertje Ormsby

ers and show ring.

ready for light senlce.





Terms will be given to responsible panics.





COMPLETE DISPERSAL SALE





Of the entire herd of 20 Registered Holstein Frieaian Cattle, owned by Lee Roy Caryle, at the

farm 5 1-2 miles southeast of Yale. Mich.





THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927





The sale includes the herd sire. a 31.99-1b. son of Sir Hengerveld Pietertje Ormsby. first pm we!



Michigan State Fair.



1.175-lb. cow that matfi three successive records above 1.007 lbs. at 3. 4 and 5 yrs. of age. and. a grand-

Me‘med. es. probably the most. outstanding progenitor of long distance produc-



winners of the breed. There are Six of his daugntu‘s and two sons selling, one



All the cows are fine individuals and are bred to above bull.



Please bring your bank retelfillcu.



For catalogs write GUY E. DODGE, Man, CLIO. MICH.





1923. a son of Chloe Pieter-tie Omisby. a





 





The Stanley J. Gardner Herd. Cream". Mich.





“MlLKlNG SHORTHORNS”





FOR SALE—Darlington Record. a. 6-mos.-old grand-

son of Burlington Emma 2d. Mich. 4-yr.-old Milk

and. Butter-tat Champion. She gave over 13,000 lbs.

milk last year. Also other choice bulls up to 10

mos. old sired by Tipperary Clyde, wt. 1.800 lbs.





_ either .

_ Prices reasonable. 13th year.

Bernen Center. Mich.





BIG TYPE P. 0. SPRING PIGS.

Leading bloodlines.

F. L. MIARS.





 





LARGE TYPE POLAND CHINA 25.1.3... Wmhfl‘f‘;

to selL JAMES G. TAYLOR, Balding, Mich.





 





 





 





 





For Sale--Reg. O. I. C. April 8: May Pigs





b t of breeding. Shipped on approval._ FRED W.

KBENNEDY 8v. SONS. R. I. Chelsea, Mich.





FOR SALE Registered 0- I- C. Choice





hours and gilts. Two months

old. OPHOLT BROS" "Zeeland.





Mich.

Chester Whites





row. Champion bloodlines and show type.

c. WILK. St. Louis. Mich.

of best type.





Chester White March Pigs q u a 1 ~, . y and

breeding. Express paid. F. W. Alexander, Vassar. Mich.





O O

Duroc Spring Pigs

Either sex. pairs or tries unrelated. Bred sows and

Service boars. All are registered. cholera. immune





and typy. . ‘

LAKEFIELD FARMS, Glarksion,Mlch.





‘ Big T with unl’t . 1“

Chester Whites Marchynlfin oldies 1sea. 0::





furnish group for club work or show. Prices reason-

able. ,IEWMAN’S STOCK FARM. Mariette. Mich.





”HOE "PE P. c. 3"“ been all said. one. bred





boom in the state. via. L's. Big Wonder by smooths

and. Bi: Stutton ' ' ‘





Spring pigs, either sex. sows

and gilts bred for fall far—

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at 2 yrs. Write your wants.

H065 SHEEP

good Hampshire sprinl boars at a

$..Ff::.v-.?tw..ths:. insurer-.3 Goon YOUNG ewes.

LAMBS BY SIDE.





CAR LOTS.

STRONG, GROWTHY

STOCK. LOW PRICES.





ALMOND a. CHAPMAN 'a sous,

So; Rockvvood, Michigan

Telegraph: Rockwood





SHEEP FOR SALE





We are offering at this time a. few loads of goodDe~

lame ewes.ug62w5. each with a big lamb at. side.

BAHAN. Woodstock. .Ohlo.





 





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by Beg. Shrop. rams.





 





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s H E E P Breeding ewes. Delaines (at!

Western. Ewes with lambs by





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7 I GRAIN QUOTATIONS.





Tuesday, June 21.

Wheat.

' Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.45; No. 2

white $1.46; No. 2 mixed $1.44.

Chicago.—-—Ju1y $1.46%; September

$143175.

Toledo.—-—Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.46

@1.47.

Cor





n.



. Detroit—No. 2 Iellow $1.06; No. 3

yellow $1.04; No. yellow $1.02.



Chicago—July at $1.001/2; Septem.

ber $1.057/3., ~





Oats.

Deztroit.—'No. 2 Michigan at 55c; No.

c





’Chicagor-July 481/2c; September at-





48140.

Rye.

Detroit—No. 2, $1.20.





Chicago—July $1.181,é; September

at $10434.

Toledo—Rye $1.19.





Beans.



Detroit—Immediate and prompt

shipment $5.40 f.o. b. shipping points.



New York—Pea domestic at $6@

6.50; red kidneys $6.75@7.50 to the

wholesalers.



Chicago—Spot navy beans, Michi-

gan choice hand-picked, in sacks, at

$5.75; dark red kidneys $5.75.





Barley.



Detroit.—Malting 99c; feeding 900.



' Seeds.



Detroit—Cash imported clover seed

$13.75; October $16.95; domestic De-

cember $16.80; August alsike $14.25;

timothy, old $2.45; new $2.55.



Hay.



Detroit—No. 1 timothy at $17@18;

standard $166917; No. 1 light clover

mixed $15@16; No. 2 timothy $15@

16; No. 1 clover $15@16; oat straw

$12@13; rye straw $13@14.



- Feeds.

Detroit—Winter wheat bran at $36;

spring wheat bran at $35; standard

middlings at $38; fancy middlings at

$44; cracked corn at $41; coarse corn

meal $38; chop $31 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT.





While wheat prices have had a set-

back from the high point late in May,

the market shows stability on the low-

er level. Deterioration in crop pros-

pects has been checked for the time

being, but the world crop at best will

be only a moderate one, and there is

no likelihood of any important decline

in the price level. Rains over the

southwest have improved prospects

for the yield of winter wheat, com-

pared with the official forecast of 537,-

000,000 bushels, or 90,000,000 bushels

less than last year. There is some

apprehension of a wet harvest, how-

ever. Spring wheat is progressing

rapidly, but still has the worst part

of the growing season to pass through.

Harvest is gradually progressing

northward and is now well advanced

in Oklahoma. The peak movement of

new wheat to market promises to be

later than usual. This will compel



‘more'complete absorption of the old

crop and will delay the period of pres-

sure from large supplies in commer-

cial channels.





RYE.



While the rye crop, estimated at

49,000,000 bushels, will be about 20

per cent larger than in 1926, this in-

crease will be offset by a sharp de-

crease in the carryover, as indicated

by the visible supply, which is only

a little over two million bushels at



, present, compared with eleven million

' bushels last year.





CORN.





Corn prices suffered a decline of 13

to 14 cents from the extreme high

point of two weeks ago, but the mar-

ket shows strong rallying power. The

weak spell was logical in view of the

long advance which occurred during

May, particularly when the time for

the June movement of corn to primary

markets arrived. Demand has been

slow from consuming sections and

from industries, prices have been too

, high to permit sales for export, and



,, primary receipts have been heavy

.enough to cause some accumulation

of cash grain in the last ten days.



‘ The corn crop outlook remains ex—





}: atromely unsatisfactory, however, and

7 the weather conditions here after must -





‘ -be'highly favorable if even an average



crop is to be produced. The govern-



- .ment reports that only about. one

" ourth of the intended corn acre





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southern two-thirds of Illinois and In-

diana, much of Ohio and Pennsylvania,

and parts of Kentucky, Missouri and

Iowa. This region usually produces

a little more than 20 per cent of,the

crop. North and west of this area,

planting was closer to completion, but

it had been done later than usual.





_ OATS.



Oats prices have fluctuated largely

in sympathy with corn. Cash demand

is featureless, and but little more than

enough to absorb the primary receipts.

The acreage planted this year has not

been estimated officially, but the June

1 condition. was only 79.9 per cent of

normal, compared with 78.8 last year

and a ten-year- average of 86.1. The

condition of the barley crop was 81.5,

compared with 81 last year and a ten-

year average of 86.9.





SEEDS.





Trade is at a standstill in the seed

markets. Stocks of domestic clover

seed are light, but prospects for the

new crop thus far have been favor-

able and dealers are not adding to

their supplies. Stocks of timothy seed

are large, and as no one is anxious to

take on additional supplies, prices are





easy.

FEEDS. . =



Feed markets eased off a little last

week as demand slackened and. corn

and oats averaged lower. Pastures

are in considerably better shape than

a year ago based on the condition as

of June 1, and feeding requirements

have been reduced accordingly. New

crop alfalfa meal is more plentiful and

prices have been reduced.





HAY.



The hay market is a dull affair.

Farm work has put a stop to the coun-

try movement and dealers generally

are taking only enough for immediate

requirements. Only the better grades

of hay are moved with any ease. The

prospects for the new hay crop are

good and prices may decline further-

as the season advances.





EGGS.





The egg market has finally firmed

up and prices have been marked one

to two cents a ‘dozen higher. The gain

in receipts as compared with a year

ago has narrowed considerably, qual-





ity is a little more irregular," and deal-





ers are inclined to believe prices have

The, surplus in





passed the low point. .

storage holdings as compared with a

year ago had reached nearlytwo mil-

lion cases on June 1, which will be a

check on any upward, movement of

prices. Egg production this summer

is expected tobe larger than a year

age, although high grain prices are

already influencing some farmers to

curtail their flocks. Prices will prob-

ably average lower than in recent

years. ’





Chicago.——E'ggs, fresh . firsts K at . 22@

221,90; extras, firsts 23%c; ordinary





firsts 20@21c; dirties 190; checks at.





190. Live poultry, hens 19c;“broilers

25c; springers 33c; roosters 131,50;

ducks 22@24c; geese 15c; turkeys 20c.



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 22@221;éc. Live poultry, heavy

springers 36c; light springers 34c;

broilers 25@320; heavy hens at 22c;

light hens 16c; roosters 12@15c; geese

160; ducks 25@3OC.





BUTTER.





Butter prices declined only slightly

recently, although receipts at leading

distributing markets are not far from

the high point of last season. Quality

of the average receipts is excellent,

and dealershave stored themrather

than sell on a declining market. The

shortage in stocks in storage ware-

houses as compared with the preced~

ing year, which has been a bullish far-

tor since the first of the year, is rap-

idly disappearing. Stocks on June 1

totaled 25,000,000 pounds, compared

with 30,500,000 pounds on June 1,1926.

Warm weather will increase the de-

mand for fluid milk, cream and ice

cream, reducing the proportiongoing

to butter factories, but .the flush of

production is still ahead and receipts

are expected to continue to increase.



Prices on‘92-score creamery were:

Chicago 40%0; New York 42c; De-

troit, fresh creamery. 37%@400.



POTATOES.





The spectacular advances in the po-

tato market which have been the fea

ture of recent weekskhave finally been

stopped, and prices are now about $2

below the recent peak. Supplies of

old potatoes are practically depleted

and have ceased to 'be an important





 





 





Live Stock Market Service _





 





Tuesday, June 21.





CHICAGO.





Hogs.



Receipts 29,000. Market early on

good and choice hogs, 10@150 higher

than Monday’s average; pigs showing

advance; packing sows steady; big

packers inactive; hogs $9.30; bulk of

160-200 lbs. $9.25; 210-250 lbs. $8.85@

9.20; 260-300 lbs. $8.65@9; most pack-

ing cows $7.75@8.15; bulk of better





grade pigs $8.35@8.60; choice kind up

to $8.90.





Cattle.





Receipts 10,000. Market on fed

steers and yearlings is steady to 150

higher; weighty steers scarce, show-

ing no advance; best cows weak to

25c lower; grain-fed kind are steady;

bulls weak to unevenly lower; vealers

closed steady; choice kind to outsiders

25@500 higher; most bids on weighty

steers; heavy bulls $6.75; vealers to

packers $12.50 mostly.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 11,000. Market slow. Gen-

erally about steady with Monday’s

close; early bulk natives $14.50@14,75;

best natives held‘about $15; no west-

ern lambs sold; choice Idaho held at

about $15.75; few native lambs $9.75

@1050; inferior kind down to $7.50;

good to choice fat ewes $5.50@6.25;

choice Idaho feeding lambs $13.50.





DETROIT.

Cattle.

Receipts 269.! Market steady.

Good. to choice yearlings

dry-fed, . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1'0.00@11.50

Best heavy steers. dry-fed , 9; .





 

 

 

 





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Mi-xe steers and [heifers , 3"”?-

Handy~ light butchers .. . Receipts 200. «





   

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





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

Feeders o-ooooeoIIeoo'onn- 6.25@ 8.25

Stockers 5.506;) 7.75





Milkers and sphié'eiv‘éiiitihoooizsoo





Calves. , .

Market steady. -

. . . . . . . . . . .$13.50@14.00

5.50@13.90

. Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 334. Market steady. .





Receipts 567.

Best .........





Others





enouoees 10.00....





Best lambs ............. $15.00@15.50

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

Light to common lambs. . 6.006) 9.75

Yearlings ............... 8.00@13.00

Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 6.00@ 6.50

Gulls and common . . . . . . 2.00@ 3.50





H

Receipts 1,137.

Mixed





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093.

Market 250 higher.

’ $ .50





Roughs ‘ 7.50

Pigs and lights 9;.25‘

Stags so... nnnnnnnn tonne. .. 6:50

Extreme heavies 800@ 875





Yorkers





BUFFALO.





- Hogs. - ‘

Receipts 10,000., Holdovers 1,222..





Market 15@25c higher; tops $10 for

choice 170 lbs; 180—220 lbs.‘$9.90; few

270 lbs. $9.60; pig‘s 3nd,,lights mostly

$9.75; packing soWs $7.50. _, Q





Receipts 50-, Steers and readings

15 @ 25c higher. 1 hikers {steady ;- (mote

$10.50; steers $12.25;,bulk. 309d.)

steers and yearlings ,.$1,.1-@11.50;

at $11.75; :medi, We _

yearling heifers» . 1:1;





 

 

 





 





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not as large as ayear ago, buffers s





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stateless; 'e mama's: the '

ten early states on me I was ‘





crop . , _

estimated to be a. littlefiowermjthan in



926 as a result of -the unfavorable

Shipments of- new stock are





exp‘ectetivittéuiincrjefisethas Kings? and

eas ern r ia 'n ran ,s o s ‘1)-

pers. Southern'miss t:I‘riumphs are





quoted at . $4~.60@5. per 100 pounds,





sacked, in the thcago carlét market.

'WOO‘L.





Confidence in some improvement in.





wool prices is growing. Volume. of





buyin





b t ' has‘not increaSed‘materially.

u .





for the trade has tended to restrict

the volume of, sales thus far. The sta-

tistical situation appears strong, both

in goods and in raw wool. .The vol-

ume of manufacture has been moder-

ate for so long that stocks of wool

goods probablyvare small. Imports of

clothing and. combing wools at Boston

since the first of the year have been





30 per cent smaller than last year, 3.1- "





though 25 per cent greater than two

years ago._ The trend ofprices con-

tinued downward until May, but sta-

bility has been apparent for several

weeks, and whenever buying shows





any vigor a higher market is prob.





able. Buying in the-west has been

fairly active, with- 35 cents the pre-

vailing price in Montana, and 29‘to

30 cents in Oregon. In Ohio, dealers

have paid as high as 38 cents, but

most of them are offering growers

around 35 cents.





CHEESE.





Buying of cheese is limited to actual

needs. Prices are still considered too

high to be attractive for storing, and

speculative demand is slow to develop,

although quality is excellent. Some

premiums are reported*on large lots,

although, as a rule, dealers are hold-

ing for full listed prices. .



Chicago, Twins 221,50; Single Daisies

at. 22%@23c; Double Daisies 22%.@f

22940; Longhorns 2214c.



, New York, Flats 24c; Single Daisies

23%@24c; Young, Americas 24%@25c.





DETROIT CITY MARKET.





Apples 500@$1.75 bu; asparagus at

$1.50@2 dozen bunches; new beets $1

dozen bunches; cabbage $2.50@3.25

bu; carrots $1@2 bu; cauliflower $4@

5 bu; celery 500@$1.25 dozen bunches;

eggs, wholesale 27@28c; retail 30@;

350; white eggs, wholesale 28@30c;=“

escarole ‘75@‘90c, bu; lettuce $1@1.50

bu; root parsley $2.50@4 bu; curly

parsley 50@75c dozen bunches; head

lettuce $2.50@3 bu; peas $4@5.50 bu;=

green onions 50@75c dozen bunches;l

parsnips $1.25@2 bu; potatoes $22561);

2.60 bu; poultry, hens; wholesale 25@j

288; {getail 28@.3OC; broilers, Rocks,

32@3 .; LeihOrns 26@28c; retail at

35c; Rocks ‘, 5®40c; .radishes, long,

white 350617542, dozen. bunches; round

25@5oo.-dozen bunches; rhubarb 40@;

600 dozen bunches; spinach 750@$1

bu; strawberries $4@6.75 per 24-qt.

ease; live pigs $8 each; watercress

$1 dozen bunches; kohl-rabi $1 dozen

bunches; veal 18@20c; pansiss $1@=

1.50 per 15‘boxes; mustard 50@75c a

bu; leeks at 50@90c dozen; tomato





. giants 50@75c 8-dozen; cabbage plants





1@1.25 8—dozen;

750' bu’; beet

ter 600.





turnip greens 50 @!





GRAND RAPIDS."





Potatoes ,$2@2.25 bu; strawberries“,

1.50@2.50 per 16-qt. case; tomatoes

1.40 per 7-lb. basket; cucumbers $1.35



leaf lettuce 50c@$1 bun



headz$lg2 bu; celery 20@350. dozen;

spinach“ 0 758 bu; radishes 10@15d :

dozen; bunc es; romaine 60c be; rhu-

barb 75¢ bu; asparagus $1.25@1.50 per

dozen bunches; beans £51056 git; Wheat.



9 6c; veal

14@1Ec;,lamb 25c; mutton%"~»12c;vz chick:

ens 16@22c.; old hens. ”@3013; eggs



mun -, - ’





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9 number of inquiries is.grow- f

ing. The fact that dealers are busy -

grading the new clip and preparing it: '





greens $1@1.25 bu; but-j
‘outlets are wideningto





are DIED

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.. 1511' Micro no for some time,

‘ «n‘s haVe been feeble for

ree months.





 

 





‘av’e been the heaviest' since

January and the largest at this season

since ‘I924. This means that the

amount of product to be disposed :of

is comparatively large. Distributive

to some extent,

however Clearances of lard from At-

lantic ports in the last four weeks

the largest for any like period in

more than a year. Exports of meats

were the largest since last November.





aDomestic consumption probably will





I increase as. retail prices are readjust-





ed in line with the new scale of hog

values. Lighter receipts of hogs are





. .to be expected from this time on also,





5:416 the peak of the June movement,

probably has been reached. ~





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LAMB PRICES BREAK SHARPLY.





 





ECEIPTS of lambs have increased



moderately since the extreme bare



spot which occurred in June, and

prices have declined sharply. They

are fully $2. 00 lower than at the re—

cent high point. Another brief period

of light runs may occur some time

within the next few weeks, but the

main slant of prices probably is down-

ward. Two months hence, receipts

are likely to be 35 to 50 per cent larg-

er than at present.





GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.





(Continued from page 793).

year, and six per cent under the ten-

year average.



The United States condition of bar-



18)], is 81.5 per cent, which is likewise

5.4 per cent belOw the average, but

the last year’s June condition was

only 81.0. ‘

. Rye—A condition of 85 per cent for

the‘v‘rye- crop in Michigan prospects a

production of 2,702,000 bushels from

195,000 acres remaining for harvest.

Since last month rye has not gained

in growth as much as wheat, since the

acreage is on heavier soil and has

therefore, been retarded by the con-

tinued wet weather. The condition

for 1926 was 79 per cent, and the ten-

year average is the same as now at

85 per cent.



The indicated production for the

United States from a condition of 87.6

per cent, is 46,000,000 bushels, com-p

pared with 40,000,000 bushels harvest-

ed a year ago.



'Hay.—‘-—Cool, wet weather during May





~~caused abundant growth of all/tame

‘hay, and increased the condition fig-





...L..- —‘— -. . ......





ure two per cent over last month to

88 per cent now. This condition is

127 per cent higher than in 1926, and

four per cent above the ten-year av«

erage. All clover and timothy hay has

a condition, of 87 per cent, and alfalfa

at 89 per cent, is two points below the

high average. Wild hay, with a con-

dition of 90 per cent, is six points

better than average, and three per

cent better than a year ago. Hay in

general has good growth and color.

New» seedings are better than'the old

ones, some of which show rather thin





 





_ Recei ts of hogs in the past two;

weeks





as! damaged faith? west

central seetion of the state.



‘For the United States the condition

of all tame hay is 88.0 per cent, which

is.2. 7 per cent above average, and 12.0

per cent above last year.

Pasture. —Throughout the state pas-

tures made excellent growth during

May, with an ample supply of mois-

ture. Less stock than usual is now on

pasture because of the cool nights and

soft grOund. The condition is 90 per

cent, or three points above average

for this date.



For the country the condition is 88.3

per cent, which is slightly better than

average.





Farm Labor. —The ratio of labor





supply to demand is now 100, with'





both reported at 84. This compares

with 97 per cent a\month ago. Farm

work has been backward, and some

laborers have been laid off from fac-

tory work.





Apples. —Prospects for the Michigan 3





apple crop are better than a year ago,

and also above the average for this

early date. The promise now is for

76 per cent of a full crop, compared

with 74 per cent last year, and 75 per

cent for average on June 1. In the

southern section, the set seems good.

Heavy rains interfered with polleni—

zation to some extent in the later

blooming sections. Spraying has been

handicapped throughout the state by

the continued rains. Orchards are

still in bloom in the northern coun-

ties, making the situation undertain.

No prdduction estimate is made now.



Theiapple crop in the United States

has a condition of 57.2 per cent, which

is 12.5 per-cent lower than the aver-





age, and 21.1 points below the June-





condition of last year’s bumper crop.





Peaches—Following damage to the

peach crop from freezing last winter,





,the ,peach, crop production forecase





from a. condition of 45' per cent is

639,000 bushels, compared with the

1926 crop of 1,564,000 bushels, and the

ten-year average of 832,000 bushels.





.The condition is ten per cent below





average and 37 per cent lower than

in 1926.



The nation’s crop is estimated at

45,400,000 bushels from a condition of

51.8 per cent, which is 23,000,000 bush-

els below last year’s harvest.~





Pears—From a condition of 67 per

cent, a pear crop of 721,000 bushels is

'forecasted for Michigan. This pro-

duction is 121,000 bushels below the

average harvest, and about the same

below last year’s almost average crop.





For the country a pear crop of 18,-

600,000 bushels is expected from a con-

dition of 56.9 per cent. The 1926 crop

was 25, 600,000 bushels, following a.

June condition of 75. 8 per cent.



Cherries—The Michigan cherry

crop will‘be'small because of the ser-

ious damage from freezes in April.

The final outcome is somewhat prob-

lematical at this early date. The dam-

age is reported as especially heavy in

important cherry sections. At present

only 42 per cent of a full crop is ex-

pected, compared with a figure of 72

per cent in June last year.



Grapes—The grape crop at 69 per

cent is only one per cent below last

year’s condition at this time. The im-

portant counties report the prospects

about the same as a year ago.





 





held at Washington, D.

the result of fatigue.





ace steadily increasing.





sent the following evidence:





tomobile collision.-





Life Insurance



clahn for injuries

The pa



thpt MYe





out of those claims

no





 





Fatigue Causes Most Auto Accidents?





T a recent meeting of the American Road Builders’ Association,

0., reports were made that careless-

ness and inattentive driving of automobiles, in most cases is





; The startling figures‘were given out that 100,000 people were

killed on the roads during the last five y'ears, a third of this total

being school children, and that in addition to the death toll, 3, 000,-

000 have been sent to hospitals as the result of highway accidents.

In excess of $2, 000, 000, 000 worth of property was damaged during



“.2119 five—year period,= and estimates were made that one casualty

occurs on the road every forty- two seconds, with the accident men-





The Michigan Farmer is pleased to be of service to its readers

in extending Travel-Accident Insurance Protection as issued by the

Federal Life Insurance Company of Chicago, and to show that ac-

cidents really occur in Michigan as covered by this policy,.we pro-





Jennie E. Werner, of Balding, Michigan, R. 3, received Federal

Life Insurance Company’s check to the amount of $40. 00 on June

3, in settlement of claim for injuries sustained April 25‘, in an au-





Erby W. Ward;R;-1, Vermontville Michigan, received Federal

Life Insurance Compm’s check for $10. 00 for settlement of claim

covering injuries sustained on May 15 in automobile accident.



Otto A Hui Sandusky. Michigan, on June 4 received Federal



Company's check for $60. 00, in settlement of his

sustained March





of deaf; #1311111





28, when thrown from a wagon.

makes a total of seventy claims

co was instituted for our read-

as the result of death and week-





 





 





"“13”” mm sum. Winn





W 1 Gen

. ya P cipal producing econ-s.

ties report a fairly good crop pros- ‘





Blackberries and Raspberries—The

prospects are good, with little damage

from freezing, and a condition at 79

per cent, compared with 78 per cent

on this date last year.





Strawberries—The crop is in good

shape, with a condition of 80 per cent,

which is eight per cent better than

on June 1,1926.





 





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Lenawee Co. —Farmers are practi-

cally through planting corn. Acreage

is about the same as last year. Spring

crops in general look good. Most

grain and feed has been marketed.

Corn is scarce, also potatoes. Corn

sells at $2. 25 per cwt; potatoes $2.00

per bushel. Poultry market is low.





I111 1,101.11 1.1.1.”





' Trade in 7 .

Sharpie: fiascmhinue on ‘1‘”me

with an old separator st 4:"

cream when





give you heavy. uniform cream. and In





All the





a skim as ever accomplished?

New. maltive jet. leak- -proof feed.

best {mums of the old Tubular

with many now improvements.

Before you repair or buy, inves-

tigate our liberal trade-in ofl'er ‘—

and new low prices. Write today





The Sharples Separator to. —





Dent. H..

West Chester. Pa.





 





Boys, Girls, Everybody!





Extra Money for your Church Society, or I’m-mini.





 





Eggs 18c; broilers 300 pound—J.





Soil 100 needle books for ten cen Hndbook

$3.00. Order now. ANNA E. swoa'PE. 42 Harbour

Ants" Dayton. Ohio.





 





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Rate





ch aroe l0 words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





mall advertisements bring best results under classified headings.



advertising miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.



partmont at classified rates. or in display columns at commercial rates.



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



consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. Count as a word each abbreviation,



display type or illustrations admitted. Remittances must accompany order.

Live stock advertising has a separate department and





pushed for the convenience of Michigan fsrmhl.

Try it for want ads and for

Poultry sdvortising will be run in this dr.

initial or number. No





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Ono Four One Four

times. W . time. .

$2.40 26. . . . . .3208 36.24



2.64 27 . . 2.16 6.48

2.88 2 2.24 6.72

3.12 29. . . ..... 2.32 6.96

3.36 30 . . . . 2.40 7.20

3.60 1 31. . . ..... 2.48 7.44

3.84 32. . . ..... 2.56 1.68

4.08 3 . . ..... 2.64 7.92

4.32 3 ........ 2.72 8.16

4.56 35 ........ 2.80 8.40

4.80 36 ........ 2.83 8.64

5.04 ........ 2.9 8.88

5.28 38 ........ 3.04 9.12

5.52 39. . 3.12 9.36

5. 76 40. 3. 20 9.60

6.00 41........ 3.28 9.84



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REAL ESTATE





SOUTHERN WILAMETTE VKLLEY—Etemnl Spring~

time. Everything grows. Plowing. planting every

month. No destructive storms. Offers health. com-

fort. prosperity. Literature free. Johnston. Farmer-

Rcaltor. Cottagegrove. Oregon.





 





 





FINE ISO-ACRE FARM on lake. close to town and

school, bascment barn 401100, flne orchard, seven-room

house. Price $2,000. subject to $4,000 bank mort-

gage. Write to William Umphrcy. Evart. Michigan.





FOR WHITE PEOPLE ONLY—Valuable land at

low prices. Sold on reasonable terms. Fine fruit.

truck and farming land. Sand for free list of bar-

gains. Mllls Land Company. Bonneville, Arkansas.





 





 





IMPROVED 110-ACRE FARM—sell or lake house in

village. or small acreage as first payment. with or

without crops. Charles Sherman. Dnnsville. Mich.





 





FARM MACHINERY





FOR SALE—Threshing outfit, one Port Huron en-

gine. Longfellow 19 H. P. Port Huron separator.

30-46. Papac silo filler 16 in.. wagon and water

tank. Outfit ready to run. Engine good as new.

T. B. Lyon. Mayville. Mich. Chambers 'phone.





 





 





MSCELLA NEO US





 





AUTO PARTS—Radiators. Heads. Blccks. Trans-

missions. Drive Shafts, Rear Ends. Wheels. Boar-

ings. good as new. half price or less. Satisfaction

guaranteed or money refunded Rooks Auto Parts.





12215 E. Jeflcrson Ava. Detroit, Mich.





 





MAIL YOUR KODAK FILMS to us: we develop roll,

make 6 good hi gloss prints and return for 25.5

coin or stamps. Cowic Studio. 10% Fountain Ave..

E. Springfield, 0.





 





 





WANTED MISCELLANEOUS





FRESH FROG LEGS WANTED—Write Eastwood

Inn. Halfway. Mich.





 





 





 





WANTED FARMS





 





WANTED—Jib hear from owner of farm or unim-

proved land for sale. 0. Hawley. Baldwin. Wis.





CORN HARVESTER





RICH MAN’ 8 Corn Harvester. poor man‘s price—

only $25 00 with bundle tying attachment. Free ost-





 





 





PLANTS FOR SALE—Copenhagen and Wakefield cab-

page plants. $1 00,1. 000; Collard $1. 00: Tomato.

$1.00: Bell Pepper. $1. 50: Onion. $1. 25. Porto Rico

Potato. $2. 00. Large openfleld grown. carefully pack-

ed. Quitman Plant Co. .. Qultman. Ga





 





 





 





TOBACCO

HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Guaranteed. 500d 5111m-

glgccwirgg, & 215bs.. P81. 00h 10. $1. 75. Smokingtl lbs.

.; , . . sy w en recei ed. F

Mayfleld. Ky. V armors 0mm





 





GUARANTEED HOMESPUN TOBACCO. Chewing.

51113.. $1.00:10. 8175. Smoking. 10. 31.5.0 Pipe

Free! Pay when received. United Farmers. Bud-

well. Kentucky.





BETTER TOBACCO—Fragrant. mellow!

of smoking. 75c. Four pounds

Farmers‘ Club. 110 Hawk-Kentucky.





 





chem . $1.00.





POULTRY





PULLETS—Rhode Island Reds: Barred Rooks: White

Rocks: White Leghorns: pullcts in all these breeds

that will lay in 90 days. Also 8 weeks’

Exceptionally low price just now. Send for descrip-

tion and price on these birds. State Farms Assn-1

ciation, Kalamazoo, Michigan.





 





PULLETS 5000——Age eight weeks and up. Produced

from our large Bari-011' s 11 nglLsh White Leghoms that

we import dirocL Vie breed l‘nclish Leghorns only,

there is no better egg- bred stka to be had Get our

prices before you buy. Catalog Free. Willacker

Poultry Farm. Box M, New Washington. Ohio.





 





MARCH HATCHI'D White Leghorn pallets. produced

from Ohio Accredited Chicks. Better Poultry Com-

pany, Sugarcreek. Tuscaiawas 00.. lo.





 





 





TURKEYS





PURE- BRED WHITE HOLLAND TURKEY EGGS—-

500 each p05t paid. C. Galbreath, Hartford. Mich.





MW





 





 





. BABY CHICKS





MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS—Buy your shim

from heavy laying flecks that are 0111ch mutual

by inspectors supervised by Michigan State College.

and of prize winners at the Holland Poultry Show.

White and Brown Leghorns. Anconas. Barred Books.

8. C. R. I. Beds. 100% live delivery postpaid.



at once for free catalogue. Chicks. 6 cents and up.

Full particulars and detailed prices. Hillviow Esm-

u'y. C. Boveu. Pron. Holland. Mich” R. 12. Box 3.





WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS sired by palm



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



Shipped anywhere C. O. D. and guaranteed. Hsmlb



lng eggs. cocketrels. pullets. hens. egg- ~bred 27 years.



Winners at 17 em; contests. Write for free cataloc

B.





 





 





and special price bulletin. Geo. Ferris. 934

Union. Grand Rapids, Michigan.‘ '



BABY CHICKS—Barred and White Books. 8. C.

and R. C. Beds, 813. 00 Der 100. White Leshomc

and Black Mlnorcas. $11.00. Brown Leghoms.

$10.00. Heavy Illix. $10.00. Light NHL $9.00. We

are Michigan Accredited, and also blood-last all





stock. .pPierce Hatchery. Jerome. Mich.



CAPPER SHIPS C. 0. D.—VVhite. Brown. Leghoms.

Heavy Mixed. 100. 88; English White, Buff Leghorn.

Anconss, $8. 50; Reds. Barred, White Rocks. Black

Mlnorcas. 39; Bull Orpingtons. White Wyandcttm.

:10: Assorted, $7.50. Copper Hatcheries. Elsinlow





PULLETS~6 to 10 weeks old. Chicksof 15 vulc-

ties. Can ship at once. Some blood W157

312-838 breeding. Free Circular.

ery. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 





 





 





WHITTAKER‘ S REDS. Michigan Certified. R. 0. P.

Trapnested. Both Combs. June chicks and eggs at





 





 





TYRE

catalog free. Peoria Bedding Company. Peoria. 111.





 





 





PET STOCK





COLLIES—stock dogs. beauties.

«Cloverleaf Farm. Titan, Ohio.





SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK





PLANTS. 5 Acres. June. July delivery. bCppenhsgcn



Market. Flat Dutch.D11nish Bullhead Cab btse. Pre-

paid. 00 45c; 300. $1. 00: 500. $1. 25, 1000. $2.;25

express. 5000, $7..50 Cauliflower. prepaid. 50. 501:;

100.7013: 1000. $8. 75. Critically assorted, moss puck-

od.Gusz-sntsed.W.J.MymB.2.Msmillon0hio.





5o AGRES Field Grown Cabbage sod Tomato Plants.

Some finest we ever new. 8«Special 81 thousand.

mot“ some conduction guaranteed or

money back. Old Dominion? 1511100.. 11. Vs.

SWEET POTATO PLANTS—8mm HlePorto Rica





Yoltow Jersey South 7 250

plants 31 00: 500. $1 90: 1000. 83 50. Postpaid.

art Bennett. Grand vow. Indians.





Write for pictures.





 





 





 





 





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Sign“ 81112233 pictures_ 0’ harvester. m“ 00.. reduced prices. Cocks. hens, coekorels. pullots. Writs

. for prices. Interlak‘cs Film. Box 9. Lawrence. Mich. .

MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS—~Blood- tested for



MATTRESSES the past 3 years. Barred Rocks. R. I.

MA SSES mode W .1”, low factory prices. White Leghorns, 310. Mixed. $9. Krueper Poultry





Farm 8: Hatchery. Milan, Mich.





 





S. C DUFF LEGHORN CHICKS from Mich“!!!

ficgeditedhstock. Write for prices. J. W. Webster.

a 10





 





BETTER CHICKSP—Extremely low prices for balance

of sssson. 80% of our chIcks so to old mistomsn.

Write. Litchneld Hatchery. Litohfleld. Mich. _





CHICK PRICES REDUCED FOB MAYlelitQ I“.





 





80: lots 0: 500. 71/50 Barred Rocks. 10c.

Hatchery. Holland. Mich.

HELP WANTED





 





STUDENT OR TEACHER of 200d





M the

desirable summer position with large corporation. Mint i‘

0W '

able to work without I. 1

Genet-s1





be loyal, faithful and willing to learn domino!

panv’ a business. Must be

boss. Write Educators Association.

ties Bldg. Detroit.





WANTED—single mm with good habits. was"

doing good work with crops. m ryond,

cm. W"





7124-173 12.





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and steady employment to-

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Capt. Lindbergh

has cabled us as follows:





“Vacuum Oil Company

New York





In my flight from New York to Paris

my engine was lubricated 'with Gargoyle

Mobiloil “B” and I am happy to say that

it gave me every satisfaction. My engine

functioned perfectly.





Charles A. Lindbergh”





 





 





 





EVER before have the skill and daring



of a single man gripped the world as



did Captain Charles Lindbergh in his flight

from New York to Paris.





In 33% hours he flew 3700 miles—alone

in a single—motored plane— through fair

weather, storm and sleet—straight to his

goal and to fame.





Success !





Gargoyle Mobiloil “B" lubricated the

engine of Captain Lindbergh's plane, ”The

Spirit of St. Louis.” And what a test of

lubrication! That single engine must func~





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Mobiloil flies with Lind





tion perfectly. The slightest mishap meant

instant danger, perhaps the end of the flight

in the waters of the Atlantic.





The engine did function perfectly. The





flight was a success.’





Thus another great adventure is written

into the vivid history of American'aviation





in which Gargoyle Mobiloil has played its '1





part.





When Commander Byrd flew to the North

Pole—he used Mobiloil “B.”





When the U. S. Army fliers flew around the

World in l924—they used Mobiloil “B.”





When Lieutenant Maughan flew across the

United States “from dawn-to-dusk”-—he

used Mobiloil “B.”





»When Capt. Lindbergh flew from..San Diego





to New York—he used Mobiloil “B.”





And now when Capt. Lindbergh flies from

New York to Paris he uses Mobiloil “B.”





In a press interview shortly after his arrival.





in Paris, Lindbergh said, ”We had the worst

possible weather for over 1000' miles over the

open sea. I cannot say too much for the way





the ship and the motor stood up under all





this punishment. ’ ’





MAIN BRANCHES: 7—“





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3700—mile flight gives lubrlcation

its greatest test in history “'





Science wins!





The Gargoyle Mobiloil Engineers are con-

stantly and directly associated with aero—

nautic developments just as they have been

with automobile developments from the be? ‘

ginning. Their Chart of Automobile Recom-. , :1





‘mendations is approved by 609 manufactur-





ers of automobiles, ~farm tractors, motor

trucks and Other automotive equipment.





The Mobiloil ‘B\.' used by Lindbergh was

not a special oil. It was the same Mobiloil

"B” which is used today by thousands of

farmers in their tractOrs and trucks. It was

the same Mobiloil “B" which, with the

other grades of Mobiloil, is for sale by good

dealers everywhere.





Put this scientific margin of safety into the

lubrication of your own motor. You will





’ find Mobiloil the mest economical as well as





the safest oil to uSe. ‘





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