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FARM:—Answers to all kinds of farm ques— tions. by competent specialists. HOME-«Aid in the solution of all kinds of home problems. from a . VOLUME CEXIX DETROIT, JULY 30, 1927 CURRENT COMMENT NE of our promi- NUMBER FIVE Value nent newspapers said that “ours was a Of Trans- railroad civilization portation since, without trans- continental carriers and their intercommunicating lines, the vast expanse of the United States might be as unproductive as the Sa- hara or the Arctic wastes." All means of transportation have helped to make America what she is. Her vastness has made transportation necessary, and in solving the trans- portation problem, we have added wealth, knowledge, and happiness to millions of people. Without transportation, fertilizers for our soils could not be brought to them. Machinery to work our farms would have to be forged by the local "blacksmith, our clothing would have to be made at home, and our foodstuffs would have to be consumed by local markets. Now our clothes are made in New Yoxk from wool grown in Michigan. Our shoes are made in Chicago from hides obtained from the ranges. Cal- ifornia eggs are shipped to New York, and Washington apples to Philadel- phia. These farvoff products enter ev- en our own markets, giving us serious competition. This competition makes it necessary for us to raise our stand- ards in order to find a profitable place in. the market for our products. Transportation has made the world our neighbor, and also our competitor, so we must produce results compara- 1. ble to broader standards, for a com- munity is not unto itself any more. We can pride ourselves that this coun- try is foremost in setting world stand- nrds in agriculture, as well as in oth- «or industries. Each American farmer and further these standards. «.Life is bigger, broader and better M the changes that transportation has mm. 'Only those who refuse to . sentable. therefore, has a duty to help maintain~ Mother’s .tion tithe for Vaca-r any farmers. ' The . hay is cared for and- tlon the wheat harvested and there is a. lull in farm work preceding the fall harvests Thoughts then roam to short trips, perhaps a camping tour, or a day’s picnic. The day’s picnic is a fine pe- riod of relaxation, and the short trips too, generally for everybody but moth- er; She has to prepare a big lunch, and has to see that the children are behaving, and keeping themselves pre- Therefore, often these pe- riods of relaxation for the rest of the family are anything but vacations for mother. A real vacation means to get away from familiar sights and regular du- ties. The men and the children 'have changes of work and scenes in their regular activities, but mother is usu- ally always at home, busy from day- light to dark, with the multitudinous duties of keeping the home and the familyin proper order. So, in making the vacation plans it is well to remember that mother also needs a vacation. A week or two for mother away from home and family responsibility, should be included in all family vacation plans. HE meeting of the Magnitude International Baby . Chick Association in 0’ Cbtck Grand Rapids, indi- Busmess cates that the hatch- erymen have truly de- veloped a nation—wide organization. Few, if any, industries could hold a convention and bring in enthusiastic members from so wide a territory. Although Michigan produced 11,580,- 000 chicks in 1927, the hatchery bilsi- ness is not a localized industry for any “section of the country. .From the At- lantic to the Pacific, hatcherymen, with fine modern equipment, are work- ing together to solve their problems and render better service to the farm- ers and poultrymen. This convention was a general clearing house for the study of the producing, marketing and shipping of quality chicks. Both express and par- cel post shipping have been discussed , with ,ofi‘icials in authority to bring out methods which will deliver chicks to, farmers in the finest possible condi- tion. The keynote of the entire conven- tion was the production of qualiiy chicks, and service to the farmers who buy them. The active member- ship of the'association is more than one thousand hatcheries, all working “UGUST .1. i'vaéa- ‘ 1111217 of the ortho? What’s dox type had the . . 1 - name of Samuel Ros- ". a enthal. His son was Name? called Jacob. One day the son was call- ed Rosenthal, and be corrected the speaker, saying that he had shortened his name some. The old name was too long and too hard to spell. Be-' sides, he wanted the name American- ized, so he had his name changed to Jack Ross. One can admire this young’Jew for his progressiveness andhis efforts to be real American. They say that a rose will still be a rose, even if called by another name. But nevertheless, there is much in names. Jack Ross gives a different impreSsion than Jac- ob Rosenthal, although the physiog- nomy may still show inherent traits. So it is with common fertilizer. There is, a. movement started to change the first name of acid phos- phate. Many don’t like it because the word acid suggests to people the thought that this fertilizer may make the soil acid. This is an entirely erroneous im- pression as the acid in acid phos- phate is fully neutralized, and acid phosphate, if anything, is likely to have a neutralized effect on the acid in the soil. Therefore, be not alarmed or dismayed if Mr. Phosphate changes his first name from Acid to Super. Because of the psychology of it, there will undoubtedly be. much more super phosphate sold than acid phosphate. There truly is much in a name. Some of our common foods put on a bill of fare with high-sounding French names, bring several hundred times their original price. A good name for the farm helps to idealize the farm-— it tends to encourage one to work to- ward a standard. Every name means something, and to a great extent it is within our power to make our names mean What we wish them to mean. VERY year col- lege students would go out to the wheat states to min- gle with experienced harvest hands to get a coat of tan, some‘blisters, a little experience, and money to help pay for tuition, canoe rides, dances, and other phases of college activity. And the farmers in Kansas and other wheat states would welcome all these, because they were needed to help‘har- vest the crop. » But now conditions are different—— harvest hands are hitting the roads Some Farm Devel- opemen ts Country Life Conference PrOgram HE conference will open Monday evening, August 2, with a. talk on “Certain Aspects of the Agricultural Situation,” by Secreatry of Agricul- ture, \‘Vm. M. Jardine. “Our Agricultural Income” will be the subject of J. I. Falconer, president of American Farm Economics’ Asso ciation, and Dr. Kenyon Butterfield will speak on “The Issues of Farm Life.” Tuesday morning Dr. Carl C. Taylor will discuss the purposes of the con- ference, and A. B. Cook will tell, “What Makes for Successful Farm- ing.” Mrs. Minard E. Farley, of Al- bion, and Mr. George Shuman, of 111- inois, will give. talks on some rural school problems.‘ The “Relation of Farm Income to Successful Farming” will be commented upon by Prof. O.v G. Lloyd, of Purdue University, and the ‘fRelation of Standard of Life to- Successful Farming" will be Dr. E. L;_ Kirkpatrick's (U S Deémment of, A éénerel- disk ltul‘e’) Sumo“. com or “Standird of Life shim ‘l. Income” will be made by six authori- ties competent to handle the various phases of it. “Ten-year Review of Rural Pro- gress” will be made by Dr. C. J. Gal- pin, and a “Ten-year Prospect of Rur- al Progress” will be given by E. C. Lindeman. R. G. Foster, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, will tell of the continuation work among farm youth, and L. J. Tabor, Master of the National Grange, will discuss “Bring the Tariff to the Farmer.” . The Wednesday morning program will include, “What is an Adequate Farm Income?” by D. W. Galehouse, and various other discussions by Earl YVatts, H. L. Webster and Dr. J. D. Black. "The Interrelation of Farm {11- come and Standard of Life.” Will be handled by Dr. H. C. Taylor. The an- nual country life banquet: will occur Wednesday evening, at which Dr. But- t9rfield Will be teaiitniaet . ._ _.., Thursday and Fiji 3ywwil1 be , . got forty-eight. 'iwheat farmer his West at a cheaper, . cost, and with less bother than before. In Missouri, a. native of Switzerland is using an idea brought from the old country which apparently enables him to take electricity from the air to help grow his crops. ~ The scientists are skeptical, but he has the (irons to show and is producing results 31111 ciently interesting to cause a scientific investigation of his method. These two incidents show that start- ling developments are occurring in eg- riculture, as well as in other lines. It is-almost certain that the next few years will show changes in taming that are almost inconceivable at pres- ent. However, the outstanding fact is, that anyone who wants to make a. success will have to be progressive, and awake to the things which are happening in his line of work. chmcs E went to a picnic yesterday and I feel like it today. You see, while the womin folkses got their pies, baked beans, meat loaf, scalloped potatoes, pickles and jams on ‘the ta- ble, we men folks solved several com~ munity, state, and world problems. We told just what we’d do if we was Coolidge, so he’d have the farmers behind him, and also got it all figured out why the Prince of Wales don’t get married, what the future of avia— tion is going to be, and all such things. Well, that got up a. pretty good ap~ petite heavin’ a. lot 0’ weighty ques- tions like that around, so we made that table, with its paper table cloth, look disre— spectable in a lit- tle while. Then somebody says that we play ball and choose up sides. One of the kids that was captain looks me over, and just because I was kinda funny at the table, thinks I’m a good ball player, and picks me fer one ‘of his five. , As I ain’t built along the lines fer chasing balls, they put me on third base. Well, every time them other fellows hit the ball they’d hit it right at me on third base. Well, I used my hands and feet, and everything else, and still I couldn’t stop them balls. But I’d kinda slow them up for the fellow in the field so he wouldn’t have to run so far. ' Afterwards I played second base and all the balls came over to second base. Then I played first base, and they hit all of them over first base. 'It just lookd like all the balls what was batted would come right at me, no matter where I was. But when bat- ting it was lots different. Seemed like the ball’d never get near. me then. I started many a amateur cyc- lone with my bat. Anyhow, our side got eight runs and the other fellows I ain’t: never been 'able to figure out how we got those eight. That base ball game helped me to make some painful discoveries. lI’ ve found that I got muscles where 1 never thought I had any, but now I know they're there all right. For a while it wasn't comfortable~standing up, or sitting down, or anythfllng I’m just as young as I died to be, but 'my ' A) muscles don’t know it. Picnics is lots of fun. but the day,“ after”. ain’t so funny. \ l y- one is up against difiiculties. N a recent issue of the Michigan Farmer, there appeared an interest- i ing article dealing with the last an- nual report and stockholders’ meeting ' of. the famous cooperative creamery . - federation known as. Land 0' Lakes '. Creamerie’s,‘Inc., of‘ Minneapolis, Min- ? nesota. Startling figures“ indicated l the phenomenal growth of this lusty , seven~year-old prodigy in the cooper- éiative {marketing field. During the last , twelve month period, the organization «handled 80,000,000 pounds of butter 'and- carried on a business totaling =- $40,000,000. Michigan’s presents representation in this federation is limited to one cream- ery, and it is with this particular co- " operative creamery that this article proposes to deal. It is located at 1 Bruce Crossing, Ontonagon county, at the western end of the Upper Penin- Sula. This creamery is a new one. It was organized and butter was first churned in 1925.. In 1926 membership was taken out in Land O’ Lakes Cream— cries, Inc. Bruce Crossing is located in a new- ly cleared farming section, in the cen- ter of a region noted chiefly for its ’ timber and logging operations. Most of the farms have been opened. up from the wild during the last eight . to fifteen years. The average herd consists of less than seven cows. '. Ninety per cent of the farmers are of ~ Finnish nationality. About 180 of these farmers are .stockholders and patrons .' of the creamery. , The creamery makes about a quarter . million pounds of butter annually. Dur- Iing the first year of operations the butter scored from eighty-nine to nine- ty-one. This is about the average for the better creameries of Michigan. After paying the expenses of the fac- tory, and allowing depreciation, the profits permitted the organization to ‘ pay the same price for cream that competitors‘were paying, and in addi- tion distribute a small patronage div- ‘ idend at the end of the year. The but- ‘ter was sold to good advantage in nearby cities, and at better prices than this same quality of butter would bring if shipped to the Chicago or New York markets. Most everybody Land O’Laée: C aapemtz ve Creamery System Sueeeea’y Here By W. N. Clark was pleased with the progress of the new creamery, but there were a few persons who had heard about the bet- ter price that Land 0’ Lakes Cream- eries in Minnesota and Wisconsin were getting on the big markets for their ninety-three and ninety-five score sweet cream butter. They were laugh- ed at when they suggested that the Land O’ Lakes has saved the Bruce Crossing creamery hundreds of dollars on butter tubs, cartons, salt, cleaning compound, cans, vats, and other sup- plies needed by the creamery. The combined buying power of nearly five hundred creameries enables Land O’ Lakes to make purchases in tremen- dous quantities, and at prices much Clean Milk is the Foundation of High-grade Butter. farmers of Ontonagon county could de- liver sweet cream at the creamery so as to enable the factory to make high- priced sweet cream butter and pay a bigger price for- butter—fat. Even among the membership of the cooperative creamery, there was some strOng opposition to joining the Land O’ Lakes Creameries, Inc. There was a narrow majority in favor of joining, and some sore feeling resulted. It proved to be a most wise decision. Today the stockholders are unanimous in their praise of what membership in Land O’ Lakes Creameries, Inc., has done for their creamery. The benefits and services secured by the Bruce Crossing Creamery from the Land O’ Lakes organization have been many. The supply department of lower than those available to individ- ual creameries. One of the directors of the Bruce Crossing Creamery made the statement that the savings obtain- ed through the purchase of supplies from the Land 0’ Lakes supply depart- ment have alone more than equaled all dues and expenses in connection with membership in the central mar- keting organization. Another big service is the field man. The Land O’ Lakes Creameries, are divided into twenty districts, with ap- proximately twenty creameries in each district. One field man is stationed in each district, and has as his duty ‘the assistance of the member cream- eries in every possible way. This field man is a qualified specialist capable of coming into a creamery and diag- nosing and removing any trouble that, may be interfering with the quality of the butter that is churned. It really takes little extra work, 311%???" practically no extra expense, to deb“, liver at the creamery sweet cream in-fi" stead of sour cream. The barn must‘ be reasonably clean, and only 0rdl-. nary care is required in keeping the“ milk clean. All pails, cans and the separator have to be carefully steril- ized. The cream must be cooled im- mediately after it is separated, and kept cold until delivered. That’s about all there is to it. The trouble with most farmers is that they need a little suggestion or two, and help, right at their own farms, amid their own sur- roundings, in order to get started on this system of sweet cream production ,and greater dairy profits. The best part of this sweet cream butter business is that it brings the farmers more money from the same number of cows, and the same amount of feed. It does not necessitate in- creased production. The cream check is bigger, but no more cream goes to market. This is the sort of thing farm- ers have been hoping for, and asking Congress to help them get-more mon- ey for the products they send to mar- ket. But Congress didn’t put the high- er price on sweet cream butter, the‘ consumers did. The Land O’ Lakes Creameries, Inc., showed the way. Membership in the Land O’ Lakes organization is made up of creamer- ies, not of individual farmers. It cost the Bruce Crossing Creamery $25 to join Land O’ Lakes Creameries, Inc. Membership dues are paid but once, there are no annual dues thereafter. For each 100 pounds of butter manu- factured in a member creamery, twen- ty—seven cents is paid to the central organization. Two cents goes to the district and pays all district expenses, including the field man’s salary. Twen- ty—five cents pays the overhead costs of the central organization, including the sales department. But I imagine the' reader is saying, “I thought you said the Land O Lakes organization was a marketing agency, and all you have been telling us has (Continued on page 91). The F armors’ Trend of Thought HE very title of this article sug- gests that farmers think. “Based upon the statements and atti- tudes often picked up on the street, Ithis statement might apppar to be i challenged. Some seem to doubt that the farmer thinks at all. Personally, I believe ,the farmer does his own thinking in about the same degree as other classes of society. We are all more or less mentally lazy. The farm- - er may not read books 'and analyze ' volumes of data, but as he goes about his work he does some original think- ing It may be crude, it may be lack— ing in background of information, and often it is not thought clear through, but nevertheless it is original and rep- ' resents basic human attitudes. ~ It is to challenge further thought on 1 some of the things that it seems to me farmers often express half thought out opinions about, that this article is written. In attempting to set down what the human mind is turning out, By C. L. Nash specific problems, and to throw out questions that will tend to stimulate further consideration of them. I shall not attempt to make a. complete analy- sis of any of the topics suggested, or to arrive at any very definite conclu- sions, but do trust that by this means further thought on certain economic questions may be suggested. Surplus Production and Efficiency. “What is the use of keeping better cows to produce more surplus milk?” is heard all over the Detroit area. “A1- falfa hay is all right, but if‘we grow two crops where we grew but one, what are we going to do with it?” “If the corn borer eats up half our corn, we will get more for the other half than we did for the whole crop.” “If the farmer would plant fewer acres he wouldtmake more money}? These and many other economic doctrines are heard daily where farmers gather about the silo filler or country store. To analyze any one of them would be I. a topic for a whole article, or an I, evenings dissussion at any garners, . .é‘elub or grease. A few pointed ques- " .tions will. undoubtedly stir up some thought, and offer problems for discus— sion for winter meetings. Is the surplus problem an individual farm problem, or is it an area or na- tional one? Can any practical scheme of regulating acreage or production be worked out that you, as an individ- ual farmer, and your neighbor, will follow? If such a scheme were work- ed out, how long would it be allowed to operate, in View of the fact that our cities hold the balance of political pow- er today? From the standpoint of the individual farmer, can he be too effi- cient on his own individual farm? If you were to burn your barn it would create a demand for lumber and labor, but would it add any more wealth 'to the nation’s store? These questions are going to be answered one way or.. another, many times in the next twena ty-five years. What should farmers think? ' , ’ ' Cost Plus Theory. Another statement often heard is that prices should be set at cost, plus a reasonable profit usually ten per cent. No one would deny that the farmer is entitled to this much, but Téez’r Attitudes 072 Some Common Sufi/eel: here again, let’s consider a few more questions. . During the war was price-fixing sat- isfactory to the farmer? Whose cost, plus ten per cent, shall we use? If we use the average and the efliciency increases, What about those who trail behind? Again, if‘we fix prices by legislation on wheat, why not on but- ter? If we fix prices on butter, a man— J ufactured product, why not on alf- manufactured products? Who holds the balance of political power when it comes to price fixing legislation? In the long run, we must have cost of production, plus a profit, or go out of business, but is price-fixing by legisU lation the way to secure it? Legislation. Regarding legislation, two opposite lines of thought are often expressed. One, “The Government,” spoken of as some third person, does not promote, other industries as it does agriculture, and the other expresses a desire for '1 i more legislation. This statement needs analysis. First, agriculture is a basic industry, and the welfare of other 111-: dusti‘ies are dependent upon it. It is natural, then, that “Our Govemment’ 'should try to solve the prdblems 6t \ ,1 'ies as an example. - year’s business is . our local levies and { '___‘economy and efficiency in government. '_’W‘ben we remember that out -0; the : ‘ \l , .- W' ) 3 ‘i ‘fth‘e farmer. If .in this thermal-em t ted and on the wrong track, it is up to us, throughlpconst’mctive criticism, _-, J to “Show the way. have government and institutional aid Then, too, we do to” commerce, industry and business. Take the Harvard Grocery Store stud- Few more com- plete studies of business haVe ever been made. Agriculture/does not want subsidies, but agriculture does want, and need, legislative protection that - will allow economic laws to work. Ag- riculture’s program in the future must be one that is fair to all. When ag- riculture shows that it is the object .91 unjust laws and economic influ- ences and follows this with the or- ganization to make its appeal heard, it will get justice, and not until then. Organizations Blamed. “What are they doing?” is the most often expressed thought of farmers, relative to their farm organizations. “I don’t see that I get anything out of that organization. I’m not going to join if my neighbor doesn’t,” etc. Prob- ably the first thought is a just chal- lenge to any farm organization, but returning to questioning, let us ask, “Why they, and not we, when speak- ing of our organization?” Can we ex- pect to get out of an organization more than we put into it? Would not any organization go bankrupt if it gave out to each member more than was poured into it in service and cash? Do we not owe something more than dollars to our organization? Were any. great reforms ever started by the ma- jority? If a thing is in the right, why wait till your neighbors join? Can any organization succeed if we merely set it up and then go away and for- get it? ~ Then, one last question, “Do you, in the face of 'the arguments that the above suggests, and after you have thought these propositions clear ,organiiationway Cori-if / onits§ieet and keptthene‘!” _ .' Business, other than- agriculture, only a few years back, was not the dominant commercial, interest of our people, but business, through organi- zation, has-sought out efficient meth- ods of production and marketing, and stimulated new demands for its prod- ucts until it has come ‘to be a domi- nant factor in our economic life. Farm folks must think things clear through, discard unsound economic doctrines, and so organize themselves as to be able to compete with other industries in the field of legislation, and in the field of advertising and mar- keting as well 'as in the field of effi- cient production. Out of all the thought being put on cooperative marketing, distribution of crops to market, control of surplus, there will come a more stable agricul- ture, provided the farmer himself thinks straight and puts himself in position so that he may express his thoughts in action. Let us think, and not as someone has said, “Just rear- range our prejudices.” As we meet together in our farm gatherings, why not balance up our program, and along with our topics which have to do with efficient pro- duction, tackle some of the knotty problems of the relations of produc- tion to. price, and of orderly marketing to farm income? If we will only think straight, and get our neighbors to do the same, agricultural progress can be hastened. Fundamental economic laws cannot be changed by organiza- tion or legislation, but progress under these laws, and in harmony with them, can be hastened by cooperation and by constructive legislation. This should be our aim; to make sure that we are going forward along the right paths. News and Views From INGLESIDE FARM—By Stanley-Powell EFORE I forget it, I just want to ask if you attended your annual school meeting, Monday, July 1]. If you did, you have one of the ear- marks of good citizenship. If you did not, you may be a good citizen, but you would have been a better one if you had discharged that important civic responsibility. A few years ago it so happened that I was taking a trip on the evening of the second Monday in July. There was something very thrilling and thought-provoking in the fact that nearly every rural schoolhouse was lighted and a little group of cars was parked in the dooryard. Inside each such humble temple of learning were gathered a dozen or so of the faithful, public-spirited citizens of the commu— nity. '-The far-famed and oft-sighted old New England Town Meeting hasn’t . anything on a rural district school meeting as an example of pure democ- racy. It is at these meetings that the reviewed, reports board members considered, school - elected, and local school funds voted. ’ Frequently a mere handful of people authorize expenditures of disconcerting proportions and vote to spread hun- dreds or even thousands of dollars on the tax rolls of the district, even though it does not have a very im- posing assessed valuation. Should Watch Local Leaks. This is just one pertinent illustrar tion of the fact that we citizens often neglect opportunities to keep down secure greater average dollar of general property tax :7 - that we pay, only about nine cents is‘ [state tax and the rest is local—county, township and district we are. im- pressed with the fact that if tax totals are to be materially reduced, we must get a dollar’s worth of service from every dollar of taxes raised by these smaller units. It is not only foolish, but futile, for us to wail about high taxes unless we have done those things within our power to keep down the totals. Mr. R. Wayne Newton, the tax re- lean 3m _ [0&9895,‘ Ii very interesting and , cular Bulletin No. 100. . In a dozen pages or less it presents clearly how‘ property is assessed, how taxes are levied and spread. and what the in- dividual farmer of «farmers’ organiza-i tion can do, even under our present rather unsatisfactory laws, to secure more public service from less taxes. You may secure one or more copies of this bulletin without cost, by ad- dressing Mr. Newton at East Lansing. , The wheels of nature roll relentless- ly on, and I suppose all you grain- growing Michigan farmers are now in the 'very thick of harvest. With clear skies, I rather enjoy it, but when the weather is unfavorable it is about the most discouraging business imagin- able. In the good old days, about this time of year, we used to talk about being “through haying.” However, in these modern days of alfalfa, haying isn’t over until snow flies. I Well remem- ber that last fall, after the corn and potatoes were harvested, I took'the third cutting off two alfalfa fields. The weather was cold and rainy and it was a long process to get it cured. I had it raked in small windrows, and turned them every day for a week or so with the side-delivery rake before the soggy stuff'was fit to draw. In loading the last of that I wore a sheep- skin coat and had the collar turned up around my ears. ~ The interesting part of that episode was, that not' only did 'the hay keep and come out of the snow in good con- dition, but those two fields were right on the job again with a'heavy first cutting this June, and it will not be long now before we’ll have to clip them the second time for this season. Learning Froni Experience. , With haying thus an almost contin- uous performance for several months on many Michigan' farms, it would be well for us to give it more attention and make our heads save our heels—- and packs. There are several things about hay- ing that I seem to have to re~learn each season. One of them is the sur- prising value of a few drops of oil judiciously placed in the car and on the pulleys. There are many farmers fairly jerking their arms from their sockets pulling back slings, when the same equipment would work easily and pleasantly it put ‘in shape, and a little deadly friction overcome with HERE'S YOUR ewes. ., Bic elm)! :. How t/ze Dove ofPéace Looés to Most of Us , new: 'ii’b‘ulleiinrf ”Michigan Farmers" Tax' Guide,’.’. Cir- a: can; spell of trying to make the side-Midi! it was ever intended to do. hen about every s5 joftem I .getr'fi. ‘ ery rake roll up a bigger windrow’ their; This; is,- ‘hard on the horses, harder yet. on “the : rake, and. almost always leaves a "lot of botchy places and half-raked cor- ners, and renders it impossible for the hay leader. to do a clean jobfi or course, there is no general rule as to _ how much hay you should attempt to i put in one windrow. That will depend on the rake and the thickness of the hay. . From years of sobering experience I can also adVise that where slings are used they should be watched constant- ly, and any sign of weakening repaired immediately. If you notice one strand of a rope broken, better fix it right away. If you don’t, you will probably be pitching a sling load or so ,“over the beam” in the good old-fashioned E way, and then have to repair the more or less wholesale breakage while a; gang of men waits. News of the Week George Lord, chairman of the state tax commission, will resign August 1. He had a disagreement with the gov- ernor over‘ the cutting of the taxes on the Dodge Brothers’ auto. plant. The naval parley at Geneva between __. ._.-__..__A .. ../—-—- . the United States, Great Britain, and ‘ Japan, stilliail to agree. The British representatives haveretired. to Lon- don for Consultation. The Ferd-Sapiro libel suit has been formally settled out of court. The gngficial settlement was not made u 1c. The socialists in Vienna, Austria, have ended their strike, which involv- ed riots and serious disturbances. A small Yankee force killed fifty rebels and subdued entire-1y, the rebel forces in Nicaragua, in a combat last week. . Fifteen hundred United States Mar— l mes will leave China as the danger to ‘ American citizens, due to. the revOlu- . tion there, is growing less. John Drew, one of America’s great- ‘ est actors, who died in California, was buried in New York last week. Ferdinand the Just, the first king of Greater Rumania, died July 20, of can— - cer. Ills five-year-old grandso Mich- ael, Will be king. lonel Bratia o, for- mer premier, and the “strong man” of ‘Rumania, will virtually rule Ru~ mania, with the help of Queen Marie. Mildred Dornan, the Flint, Michigan, . school teacher, will fly from San Fran- '3 crew to Hawaii, on August 11, with f Auggie Pedlar, as pilot. Capt. F. T. .Courtney, a British avi- ator, is planning a flight from London to New York, but has been delayed by . trouble with his radio. A- scenic air line will soon start i the Grand Canyon of Colorado, i: which some prominent Detroit men. are interested. Commander Byrd, who flew to Paris, Clarence Chamberlin, who flew to Ber— lin, and Byrd’sshipmates were receiv- ggrkby enthusxastic crowds in New Trees and shrubbery in Philadelphia are being seriously threatened by the Japanese beetle. In Independence 3333;38 311? the Sesqui-Sentennial . y are swarmin o vestige of green. g ver every Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, knocked out Jack in the seventh round July 2LSharkey Professional rat catchers and poison~ ers in London, England, contract with storeand office owners to keep their premises free from rats. ,. Gold has beenfldiscovered at P — sons, .West Virginia, and that townairs experiencing a regular, gold ‘rush.’ Thomas Edison is endeavdrin find new rubber-bearing plants wghigg can growrin this'country. Meanwhile plant experts in the Dutch East Indies [wah‘igh toxiilridi a metht’id 0f grafting W ncrease t ' yield four-fold. , _ e rubber tree The more Mary’sflhurc had. a radio mereSherreynght. W nest ‘“ mantra: an; 8’ ”Air Society '4bi'ififlt, . B. 3% ,Csrgvigsthw. rm. - . ' , ,ya __ ., “ton"iin . tit) ., _ _0 theylist By R. F UNE sometimes brings something besides roses. This year especially, it has brought to our shade trees an unusually large number of insect _ pests and ‘diseases. ' ‘ No doubt many have noticed on the -, NorWay maples especially, a shiny, A"? sticky substance which has pretty well ‘ .. I plastered the entire tree. Complaints '9‘. l,- Of this condition are being received daily from various partsof the state. ‘In some instances the trees have lit- .-erally dropped this sticky substance all overvthe» ground and sidewalks. iOwners of valuable Norway maples .‘ lhave become alarmed about this con- . ‘dition, and the question has arisen, ‘ “What is it?” and “What shall we do about it?” If the leaves and stems of the trees - are examined closely, myriads of tiny , green and black insects will be dis- l - ‘ . . For We Tree Trot/Idler community mus. he enlisted? This is absolutely ~ join in such cooperation, that one, through his negligence can cause the infestation of \the whole neighborhood. ——Don B. VVhelan. Kroodsma eral rule, trees are too large to spray, and therefore this method of control is impractical. It is a good idea to gather up and burn whatever leaves fall to the ground because, in this way, the diseased-tissues which are likely favorite beverage, says A. M. .to carry on the infestation, are de— Loomis, of the National Dairy Coun- stroyed. - - cil. “He chatted with his hosts, and drank a glass of milk before retiring.” This is the Associated Press report of what Commander Byrd thought most essential when he was rescued from his good ship when it landed in the sea three hundred yards off the Nor- mandy coast. Lindbergh, probably less tired than Byrd, wanted milk and a bath before retiring. Byrd wanted just a glass of milk. He had already had a bath. What they drank is an unfailing in- dication of what they are. It tells the MILK IS AVIATORS’ FAVORITE DRINK. ILK .is also Commander Byrd’s KEEP THE HESSIAN FLY OUT OF THE WHEAT. AFTER the Hessian fly has‘ once thoroughly infested the crop of wheat there are no means of saving it, and the only known means of pre-' venting damage from the fly is to keep it out of the wheat. ' This tiny mosquito-like fly may be small, but it is capable of a great amount of dam- age. _ Entomologists in Indiana estimate ‘ essential for, if only one refused to Shade Trees Should Beautify Every Roadside. ‘ cOvered. They are plant lice or aphids especially abundant after a cold wet spring. These tiny insects secrete . the sticky substance which is observed ' all over the leaves, and if one were to ’ taste of it, it would be found to have a sweet flavor. in the vicinity of an apiary will form‘ a. great attraction for the'bees. The ’steady hum will indicate that they are working industrially to bring the hon- ey dew, as it is called, to the hives. Other trees attacked in the same way by this tiny insect are the box elder, tulip tree, and elm. The con- dition is not serious, unless the tree attacked happens to be sickly or in a weakened condition. The Norway ma- ple and box elder are attacked more or less ’ every year, but apparently never suffer any great harm. The or- dinary hard, or sugar maple, and the V - soft maple are immune. Aphids are sucking insectsb conse- . quently it does no good to use a poi- son spray. However, if the first spell of hot, dry weather does not kill them ' off, they can be controlled by a con- tact spray. A sample contact spray j may be made by mixing whale oil soap ,. at the rate of one pound to five gallons , of water; or by the following: Hard soap, half pound. “ water, one gallon. Kerosene, two gallons. Dissolve the soap in hot water and' add the kerosene, churning until a creamery emulsion is formed. This may then be diluted twelve to fifteen times its-bulk of water. ‘ A wet spring is also ideal for var- ious” kinds of fungus growth. A dis- ease especially noticeable this year, is , anthracnose of white oak. Other oaks are immune. The first indication of isease is a wilting of portions of the ' leaf—especially the end and edges. This area finally turns black and be- comes wrinkled. It a large portion of the leaf is attacked it falls from the 1' tree. Usually not enough leaf surface injured 16 cause any human reg takes éh‘: a somewhat is In fact, infested trees‘ that there will be a very great ~amount of damage this year from this minute insect, and there is good reason to believe that Michigan will have its share of loss from this pest. In order to prevent damage next year, .we must begin with this year’s harvest. The preventative methods of control are: 1. As soon as the wheat is harvest- ed, d-on’t wait, but plow the stubble down deeply, at least five inches if possible, in order to destroy the mag- gots and “flaxseed” which have not yet hatched. This may destroy a pro- spective crop but it will aid greatly in protecting your fall wheat from in- festation. 2. Prepare your wheat ground well, working it thoroughly in order to elim- inate lumps and clods,‘so that it is finely pulverized, compact, and will give the seed a strong, vigorous start. 3. Destroy all volunteer wheat, eith- er by plowing or disking, if practical, as such places will serve to carry the “flaxseeds” over winter to infest the Wheat in the spring. It is said that one field of volunteer wheat, if allowed to remain, may breed enough Hessian flies to infest a whole neighborhood where the grain is otherwise free from the fly. 4. Sow your wheat at a time recom- mended by your experiment station entomologist. He will advise you when this can be done with the greatest safety. In the greater part of Michi- gan, wheat should not be' sown before September 20. This is the date de- termined upon to give the greatest wheat yield, while at the same time the greatest freedom from flies. A little earlier than this might give a small additional yield, but the fly will be much more abundant. If planted a little later than the date recommended the chances for fly—infestation would be lessened, but the chances for a wheat yield would also be lessened. 5. Practice a good rotation of crops wherever possible. This will give the plant the best chance for a vigor- out: growth, which will aid it in over- ; coming fly-injury. (I. To get the best growth the co- . land. reason for their ability to stand the test, endure the strain, and win the race. There is no doubt as to the import- ance of the diet factor in the success ofrmany men, less doubt now than be- fore the real values in milk and milk products were scientifically analyzed and classified. It takes, however, a Lindbergh and a Byrd to make em- phatic demonstration of these facts for the guidance of all who would em- ulate their stamina, their manhood, and their success. GRANGE CONTINUES TO GROW. OTWITHSTANDING its sixty years of active existence the grange continues to grow at a steady pace. During the three months end- ing June 30, forty-three new subordi- nate granges, and thirty-six juvenile granges were organized, and seven- teen subordinate granges and two juv- enile granges were reorganized. Ohio leads with twenty new subordinate and twelve new juvenile granges or- ganized, and eleven subordinate and * two juvenile granges reorganized. Eight juvenile granges were organiz— ed in Pennsylvania during the three months. A movement is under way to revive the grange in the southern states. Years ago the south Was a fruitful field of grange activities. Some of the prominent leaders in the organization in its early days were southerners. Through the efforts of Fred Brenck— man, a subordinate grange was organ- ized in Virginia last month, and sev- eral more are in précess of develop- ment. It is expected that the work of bringing North Carolina into the column of grange states will be taken up sometime soon. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN, ENGLAND. SCARCELY had the announcement been made that Great Britain had been declared free from foot- and- mouth disease by a declaration signed by Assistant Qecretary of Agriculture Dunlap on July 7, than the news was received of a new outbreak in Eng- American buyers‘are now in Eng- land purchasing stock for shipment to this country, and in a few cases ship- ment has already been made but it is not believed by department of agricul— ture specialists that there is any dan- ger of the disease getting a foothold in this country from these few head of stock, for which arrangements have been completed for shipment. Studies of the effect of light on plants show that violets may be pro- duced at any season by placing the plants in a totally dark room and each, day bringing them out into the sun- light for about ten hours. F YOU would know how gene I erally useful salt can be around the home and farm, write today, for the booklet,“101 Uses for Diamond Crystal Salt.” 'We venture to say it suggests many, that are entirely new to you. Besides, it answers every quese tion you may have about salt. Is Diamond CrystaLdifferent from ordinary salt? Is there an advan’ tags in its flaky, snow’whitenessh When is salt mild to the taste and what effect has that on food? All' these — and many more —- queSe tions can be answered and proved by reading this booklet. We shall! be glad to send a copy to you. Diamond Crystal is a pure, mild salt. .It dissolves easily and blends readily with food. It eme phasizes food flavors and does not obscure them. There is a Diamond Crystal Salt for every farm use—for table and for cooking, for livestock, for curing meats, for canning, for butter and cheese/making. Ask for Diamond Crystal at the store where you trade. “massaged” Diamond Crystal S alt Q R. a: 5"" J W 2:: * NW ”‘52” -. SALTQ i // “a!“ Q l ' 9 ,o » aw * .I ' 33% ' ‘ -.— Free! Use the coupon below for your c of interesting booklet, 101 Uses Diamond Crystal Salt," and generous sample package. No cost or obligation - to you. .Tm DIAMOND Cnvs'rAx. SALT Co., Dept. 479 St. Clair, Michigan Please send me, free, trial package and book- let, “101 Uses for Diamond Crystal Salt.u Name ROFOD . THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 114' AUGUST. USUALLY August is an off month .in the home vegetable garden so far as planting is concerned, but it need not be. Of course, long season crops can not be planted now with any 'chance of a harvest, but many quick maturing kinds still have time to make a crop before winter comes. It is very important at this time of year to be careful of the varieties chosen for planting, as many kinds that are successful for early season use will not give good results now. There is still time to mature a crop of Chinese cabbage in our state if an early variety is planted during the first ten days of the month. This veg- etable is really at its best during the cool months of fall, and light freezes only serve to make it milder. As a matter of fact, real good quality can not be had in this vegetable during the hot months of summer. Sow the seed in rows about fifteen to eighteen inch- es apart where the plants are to re- main, and thin them to stand about eight inches apart in the row. This vegetable is delicious served like let- tuce, or it may be boiled like cabbage. Another salad plant not given the attention its merits deserve, is kale. This plant, seeded now, will not give the large heads of earlier sown seed, but the small, tender leaves will be even more delicious than the larger heads, and the plants not used this fall can remain in the garden over winter. In early spring, these plants will quickly produce a fine salad crop. If the plants are to remain outdoors all winter, Dwarf Siberian is probably the best variety to use for late sow- ing. Plant in rows two feet apart and thin the, plants as space demands. When seeded thickly in the row, the plants thinned out may be used for boiling "greens. This vegetable pro— duces “greens” at a time when such are not generally available, and, in view of‘this fact should receive more attention than is usually given it. Early varieties of turnips, such as extra-early Milan and Early Red will still give a good crop of roots for stor- ing over winter. Sow them in spaces made vacant by the removal of early crops. During the first half of the month make two or three plantings of spinach for fall use. Victoria and King of Denmark are good varieties for this purpose. A liberal top-dress- ing of nitrate of soda, or other nitro— genous fertilizer, will hurry maturity and produce extra leaf growth. If radish seed is planted during the first half of the month, it may be well to use one of the socalled summer radishes, such as Chartiers but, during the latter part of the month, it will be safe to use varieties like Sparkler, 'White Icicle, etc. An important part of the work in our vegetable gardens during late sum- mer is to keep all weeds from matur- ing seed around the premises. Be as careful as we may, plenty of weed seeds will find their way to the gar- den, and we are only adding to our own labors in future years if we per- mit any weeds to go to seed in the garden. The ends of rows and the border should receive the same care ful attention as the cultivated parts of the ground.-——C. W. Wood. FALL SET srnAwsEnmss’. I would like the experience of Mich- igan Farmer readers with fall setting trawberry plants. I was sick last . ‘ rating and could not set any, and want 4 to makeup lost time by fall setting. #1113119 the upground plowed after we I oring with manure. and have it in good shape. Have some fine manure which I will use as top-dressing, and “will barrow it in. -—E. 'Wobavesonodoubtsastcwbother it would be advisable to set out straw- berry plants this fall. In order to do it successfully, you should have not: ted some of the runners, in your pres- ent plantation. That is, set pots un- der the new pla‘nts so that they would take, roots in the pots, and as they mature, cut on the-runners and trans- plant them with all the earth around the roots. This takes considerable time and . berries- is in spring, , will none. .eotahiish a good. . i » plants for fruiting by next Spring. The proper “time for setting straw- and we doubt whether it would pay you to bother with them at any other time but then. We would,- however, like to have the; experiences of other readers with fall, set plants. A plant's menu consists of ten es- sential foods: Nitrogen, Oxygen, _ phosphorus, sulphur, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, potassium, iron, and mag- nesium. . CARBIDE GAS IN STOVE. Is it possible to burn carbide gas on city gas stoves?—R. C. S. Carbide gas cannot be burned in the same burner as city gas. How- ever, if the carbide burners could be purchased and installed in a city gas stove, I see no reason why it would not be satisfactory—F. E. F. PLASTERING INSIDE OF SILO. Our silo is built of cement blocks, 10x30. Our ensilage spoils. What should we use to plaster this old silo on the inside? What materials and in what pr opor tion ?——Reader. The walls Of the silo should be care- fully cleaned, removing all loose ma- terial that is possible, be washed then with water, and then with a ten per cent solution of muriatic acid, and again rinsed with water. You can then put on a coat of cement plaster. For information on mixing and put- ting on cement plaster, I suggest that you write to the Portland Cement As- sociation, Dime Bank Building, Detroit, Michigan, for their bulletin, "Recom- mended Practices for Portland Cement Stucco.” , In case the surface is not too por- ous, two coats of cream cement would probably make' the silo air-tight. Cream cement is made by mixing cement and water to the consistency of thick cream and spreading it on with white- wash brush or brush broom.—-Fogle. ‘ DOES NOT ADVISE CESSPOOL. I am planning on making a cesspool. Would you please give me full par- ticulars regarding same? The house is located about 300 yards from a lake. ~—Subsc1 iber. We do not recommend that a cess- pool be built, because the cesspool, as commonly understood, has no bot- tom. The sewage seeps through the soil and is very likely to contaminate the water supply. Furthermore, the sewage will eventually clog the soil so that it will not seep away, and then it is necessary to build a new cesspool. The septic tank costs very more and can be considered as a per- manent disposal system. We are send— ing you our special bulletin No. 119,, which contains plans for the construc—' tion and installation of the Michigan Septic Tank. REPAIRING CEMENT TANKS. Please advise as to what to do to lice?t my cement tank from leaking?— A cement tank~would leak for one of two causes. Either the concrete would be so porus as to let the water through, or the tank could have a crack. In case the concrete is porous, and yet firm enough to hold a plaster, the surface should be thoroughly washed with water and then cleaned with a ten per cent solution of muri- atic acid'ond again rinsed. A. coat of cement plaster could then be applied. Your local mason can no doubt do this HTE HANDY ANS CORNER little . werk, or instructions may be found in the bulletin, “Recommended Practice for Portland Cement Stucco,” which may be secured from the Portland Ce- ment Association, Dime ,Bank Build- ing, Detroit, Michigan. In case the tank has a crack, the edges should be chipped off so that a fresh surface is exposed and the crack filled with a rich mixture of cement and the sur- face plastered over as before describ- ed. In case a large crack is develop- ed, it might be wise to drive it full of oakum to within an inch and a half of the surface, then the edges could be chipped off and repair made as described. KIND OF SHINGLES FOR HOUSE. Would red cedar Shingles or asphalt roofing shingles be the best? Would the asphalt shingles be any more pro- tection against fire? Which would last the “longer?—F. P. Asphalt shingles are considered to be more fire-resisting than red cedar ~starts burning the stump. to be more attractive -—F. E. Mes: bunnme arenas ’1 How can L oil, or burning?—S make ‘4'" longdived roof. From the: standpoint or appearance I believe. ' that the wOod’ shingles are conceded“ go about removing stumps. by treating wéth. saltpeter, coal , As far back as 1916 and 1:917 in? Wisconsin, we ran some experiments, using saltpeter in an attempt to as— _ sist stump burning. The only method that we knew about was to bore a hole, fill it with saltpeter, and after. a period of time,- set the stump afire The experimental work was a flat fail- ure. The saltpeter did not assist th‘e burning process sufficiently to Warrant the trouble it took. The same is true of coal oil. As far as burning out stumps in Michigan is concerned, we have had little or no success. In the Pacific Northwest, where the soil'is clay, and the stumps are large, a burning ma- chine is used. This outfit consists of a small concrete furnace, which is placed against the back of the stump, and'a fire started'in it. The air intake is a pipe ten feet long. The fire soon 1 The fire burns at the end of the intake pipe, and this is gradually pushed forward . until a hole is burned through the ' stump. The stump itself becomes'thFe entire stove, and is banked on all, sides with the clay, leaving, no outlet, so that fire gradually chairs the stump, burning into the roots and cleaning it out. From the fact that our large pine stumps usually appear ecu sandy soil, this method is not possible. We have ‘ not found that the burning is satis— factory on any type of hardwood stumps.——-L. F. Livingston. BUR ”so, Cm N... 5-4 lav-um “a. Soul Served Count ‘0 ‘0”. Ca "ova.“ BATS IN THE ATTIC. We have been greatly annoyed by bats which have been living in the attic of our home. The attic is dark, and seems to .be a pleasant place for the bats, which crawl down between the walls and are very noisy at night. We have tried to get rid of them by using sulphur and formaldehyde, but neither seem to have any effect. Please advise as to how we could get rid of them.—-——M It seems rather probable, from the brief description given, that the ani- mals in question may be flying squir- rels instead of bats. Bats do not ordi- narily crawl down between the walls, but prefer to hang from rafters or other suitable places overhead. There are instances on record where similar reports of bats have proven to be fly- ing squirrels. In the absence of defi- nite knowledge, I should suspect the animals in this case of being flying squirrels. ' ' If they are bats, I know of no way to get rid of them except by trying to find and close the holes through which they enter and leave the, attic. The gaseous poisons are rather dangerous to use in a house, and as bats are in- sectivouous it would be almost impos- sible to attempt to poison them inter~ nally. TERMINATION OF. LEASE. I rented the buildings of a vacant farm” for $7. 00 per month without a written contract, but with an under- standing that I was to have pasture for a cow, land for garden, potatoes and corn. Now the owner has traded the farm for a- house. How long can I still hold the buildings, or how soon could th of make me more out? What about the cropsitr bribe (I? no topside: ism all! 1413 «as ' only. (flzlng;m otter. On leases under which the rent is payable by the month, the leaSe may be terminated at any time on one month’ s notice. and field crops were allowed as inci- dental to the lease is immaterial. The crops must be removed before the end of the term, or- right to them is lost. TRESPASSING The fact that garden , What right has a person to pasture ' his cattle in another man’s clearing? What canl do in order to protect my crops from said person’s cattle?——R. 0. Shut the cattle up when found on the land, notify the owner to pay dam- ages and remove them, and'if 'he docs not do so, proceed to advertise and sell them under the statute as stray animals. THRESHING BILL. I am renting a farm for two-thirds, furnishing everything. There being no mention of threShing bill, must I ; pay for threshing land owner’s third of the rain? respective share of the feed for thresh- ers? Must I haul his share of the grain free of charge? May I cut my wood. of! the place? Must I gIVe him one-third?—Subscriher. . r”! - The usualpractice under their")- third rental system is $011. this land- lord to pay (ma-third of such" expense In Should he furnish his- as threshing bill, seed twine; etc The ' landlord should bear one~third oi the . _.,... hoard costs for machine premiers: .This matter varies greatly is mom for the tenant to haul market tree etchings to the landlord the landlords share of the grain to - \ St. John’s Day is universal bath day in‘ Mexico City. Everybody goes to the springs and swimming pools in commemoration of the day on which St. John the Baptist, baptized Jesus, \ Myron T. Herrick, the ambassador to France, recently came to Washington, bringing with him the original text of the Briand plan for a treaty to outlaw war. Tests conducted by the United . States Bureau of Standards in Washington, indicate that waste liquids from pulp mills may be utilized in tanning leather. , _ t Hazel Kitts, artist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, painted this rural scene for government’s exhibit at the Poultry Con- gress held in Ottawa, Canada. Miss Susie Mott, curator, has immortalized the “monkey” flower by means of a wax 'It took Sanford Mitchell, New York fireman, eight months of spare time to build this formula which she has created. / forty-eight-family metallic bird house. This mother opp-ossum and her family of four were discovered living in a drain on the roof of a California hotel. Italy has largest lighthouse in , , world, stands 300 feet high I , ‘ ' ’ and throws light 85 miles.“ , < q- yr: . ‘ ,‘ ._. Two hundred and eighty men labored with 250 jacks for five hours, at Long Beach, California, to lower this huge foundation for municipal gas tank which weighed 370 tons. - ~ ‘ Wthyummd inflammation!“ Needles Highway, near Sylvan Lake, in Black Hills of South Dakota, is unusually scenic. a U M Farm ly—By fab: Ema... Carr Little foe‘s- Great- Adventure family, who had strayed away» .from home and been loét for many hours, to. be brought back by ‘ Jack Miller, told his strange story, the TAS Little Joe, pet of the Bram:- Lone Oak Farm mystery deepened; He had been cared for in a cave by a Negro and an old white man whom from his description appeared to be Captain Pettibone, presumablyk de- ceased. . “What do you mean, Mrs. Fernan- dez?” demanded Hal. “You say that now if the old captain is alive you will get your money. Does that mean that you hold something against this farm?” _ “She means nothing,” spoke up Fer- «nandez sharply. “Come wife, come Juanita. The boy has been found and it is time we were going home.” With hardly a word of farewell the Fernandez family moved off, Father Brown voicing his thanks for their neighborly interest. As they neared the road leading to their home, Hal could hear the high- pitched voice of ,Mrs. Fernandez in angry argument with her husband, That something was being kept from them the Brown’s knew. But now the thing to do was to find out if the Negro who had cared for Little Joe’ really was Black Neb, and if so, was his companion Captain Pettibone? The crowd slowly began to dis- perse, Big Judd still insisting that "Slippery Sam” should be found and hung to the most convenient tree. “We all will just pass the word around that he’d better make hisself scarce,” announced Big Judd. “You can’t tell me,” he added darkly, “that them furriners ain’t got something to do with it. I never did cotton to that Fernandez woman. Well, boys, let’s be off. Call on us, neighbor, if anything happens again.” ORDIALLY expressing their sin- cere appreciation, the Brown’s bade their good friends goodbye; but they were eager for privacy. The house had been so crowded, so tense with anxiety during Little Joe’s ab- sence, that it seemed weeks instead of hours since they had been alone. Mother Brown still held Little Joe close, as Hal and Beth began to ques« ' tion him. _ “Do you think you could go back to the cave, Joie?” inquired Beth as she stroked her small brother’s brow. “We must find out whether or not it really is Captain Pettibone." “We suie must, ” said Hal. “If the old captain is alive, dad, we are just out of luck. Our deed to this farm wouldn’t be worth a dime.“ “I don’t know if I can go back or not,” answered Little Joe in reply to Beth’s question. “I was losted, you know. Jack- Milier can tell» you. I heard him calling an’ I went out where he was. Then, he brought me down to his 'car an’ we started home." “Yes, Jack Mill-er!” gritted" Hal. “That young man is going to, have to do. a lot of explaining. If it hadn’t been for you, Sis, I’d have. knocked his block off." _“Ge-ntly, son,” said Mother Brown. “Let’s not jump at conclusions. Jack has proved, a good friend to us and we must not forget that he it was who really found Little Joe.” “I’ll never believe anything against Jack,” announced Beth spiritedly. “If he seems to be keeping something from us he has a good reason and it will all “be made clear in good time. We had better keep his friendship rather than lose it.” ‘ “Nevertheless,” announced Hal stub- bornly, “I’m going to find that cave and interview that black fellow and that old man. ‘If I can’t find it with- out his help, Jack’s got to come, across. And the next time .I. see him, Beth, you won’t be along.” I like Jack,” spoke up Mary, and Little Joe chimed in, “I like him, too. He was good to me and he holded me tight when I went to him. He .isn’t to blame, I know.” ‘ OME’I‘HING queer about Fernan- dez,” remarked Father Brown, who had been listening quietly. “He seems mightily interested about anything on this farm. Tried to get me to say' \ .. 'There Sto-od Jack Miller, His Face macho. - ‘ the conversation he- had bag, with F’s}, f nandez as they pursued the search for- g as in he. sees. Inn picions, ” Father Brown concluded, “but," “1; MW it seems to me we “should be mighty» careful about our talk .when, these. neighbors are here. Watch your step, Hal, when you are around that may girl. " “I'll bank on Juanita,”- flared: Hal, as his face flushed. “I know that she’s true blue.” ‘ “That’s putting. the shoe on- the ” 3108‘. L‘ Milken.” . em repeated Wk Hal strode .to ' \brousht home?" (Continued next week). , ‘ ., its“ .“If he- tells anyone it vfill " ‘ Wendel: We were amt" Sorter body wanting to know about Little a In answer to the- the m and; opened it There stood ' Jack; Miller. his face pale, blood well- lag from a; dash In. his ferehead, What could have happened during the few hours since Little Joe had been I Stories From Bugville T/ze ‘Beet/er’ Battle ' “ HE plump potato bug had nib- bled at most of the leaves of the potato plant where he had hatched from a tiny egg. Now he flapped' his shiny black and yellow striped wings in the sunshine and looked about with his tiny black eyes. “Guess I’ll fly over to the other side of the potato patch. Perhaps the leaves will be more tender‘over there." he remarked to himself. Now, this particular potato bug was, very careless. For one thing, he never watched where he was going. So he had not flown far before he bumped “kerplunk” into the Rose Bug, who was flying in the opposite direction. The bump was so lip-setting that both of the bugs went tumbl rig to the ground The Potato Bug was the first to be on his feet and, shaking the dust from his shiny' black and yellow wings, ll 4:; ‘_~.u Pale, Blood Welling From a Gash in H is Forehead. that I’d sign over any rights to the chest of gold if we found it. ” “What’s that?” demanded Hal. “DO- you think that Fernandez knows something about the gold? in blazes could Mrs. Fernandez have Actz'w'tzrr of Al Acrer—S/z'm. Believe: in Prepared/new. And what ' he growled, “Why didn’t you get out of my way? Don’t you know that I' m on my way to the other side of the potato patch to find some tender leaves? “Why didn’t you get out of my way?" answered the Rose Bug. “Don’t you know that I’m on my way to the ' Lady Bug. some ‘ tender} rose. garden to find leaves, toe?” “But I’m in hurry ” said the Po- tato Bug, and he started to push the Rose Bug out of his way. ‘ “And I m in a hurry, too,” answered “Here! Hero! lWhat Are You Buds Quarreling About?" Asked Lady Bug. the spry little Rose Bug. He was not at all afraid of the big Potato Bug so he pushed him right back and the quarrel began. Right then Lady Bug happened that way. “Here! Here! What are you bugs quarreling about?” asked the “He wouldn’t get out of my way,” answered the Potato Bug. “A And he wouldn‘t get out of my way.” answered the Rose Bug. “Such a thing to quarrel about,” said the Lady Bug. “Let’s see how we can settle it ” “Oh, I have an idea,” chuckled the Lady Bug, and she shook her pretty orange wings. “I know the right way to settle this quarrel so that it will never happen again.” “How?" questioned the Potato Bug and the Rose Bugtogether. “The right way! The right way!” repeated the Lady Bug. “You see, it' 3 like this, if you both go the right way you will never bump into each other and you will avoid such quarrels as KS n “But what do you mean by the right way?" questioned both the bugs to- gether. “Always turn to the right when you are meeting another bug,’_’ explained the Lady Bug. So both the Potato Bug and the Rose Bug turned to the right after that, and they never bumped into each other again. .Fmrzé R. Leet. ‘ To my BMDS AFTER ALL! “HEAVIES'? GOSH,AL! IF MIGOSH, SLIM! \.\\ l I/,/ THIS KEEPS 0N, I'LL DON'T mi. ME. HAVE TO CHANGE YOU'RE STILL WEARING YOUR SURE! DIDN'T YOU READ IN THE PAPER WHERE A FELLE R SAID . we WEREN‘T GOIN’ T' HAVE. NO ' AM another who entirely disagrees with “A Mother." I am going to give, for example,, my . family, which [is no different. than thouSands 1 of others, but 'as I know it best, I can use it‘for an example better. For nearly forty years my folks have had someone in school. ' My old- est brother quit school when he had finished high school. The folks want- ed ‘him to go on. He wouldrnot, and today he’s a farmer. I live with him, and I am proud of the fact that we are farmers. I don’t think that’s any dis- grace, but I’d hate to spend all my life farming. Two years after my older 1 brother completed the high school course, another brother graduated. He went on to college. Today he is among the best known men in Chicago. He ‘l'he Gateway to the Merry Circle. gets a. salary of $300 per month, and owns large tenement houses. Does it pay to go to college? By the time my folks had him set up. in business, my sister graduated from high school. She went to college for ‘one year and to a training school for .three' years. She has been a super- visor in one of the largest hospitals ' of Michigan, and makes from seven to nine dollars a day. My youngest brother is in his fourth year at col- lege, studying to be a doctor. And I am a junior in high school. My folks are only common, every-day people, and it has .been a. hard struggle for them to make “both ends meet.” As soon as I finish high school I am ' going in' training to be a nurse. In the hospital I am going to,I will work for a scholarship for one year at col- lege. In case I don’t get it, I am go- " 'ing to that college anyway. Anyone who has given five children -‘the education my folks have given us, knows how much it means on the part of the parents, and we certainly ap- preciate it. And it’s not been all “easy sledding” either. Since my oldest brother grad- uated from high school, \the folks have bought a hundred and sixty-acre farm, cleared it, rebuilt the barn, 'built a new barn, new chicken coop and other outbuildings. Had a watering plant put in the barns, and a lighting plant for house and barns, etc. The older ones of this family have given mother and dad the luxuries and comforts ‘that they could hardly hope ' for. Lots of the money that they are making now goes to make the father and mother who, at the most, we can‘ not hope to have with us many more ~; years as they are old people now, more. .9“ sassy. Don’t you think that we love ' them all the more for who}. they have done for us? ' throw me out. More On Educatlon Further Comment: on “A M ot/zer’ ” Vzewr “Mother.” Don’t for once think your sons are any better than those who have an education. And don’t get the idea that college graduates are any more “idle or have any more had-hab- its” than your sons have. I doubt if they have as many. ' My brother, even if he is a college srudent, and one of the most popular fellows in his college, isn’t afraid to work. He isn’t home five minutes be- fore off come his good clothes. He dons-a colored shirt, his old R. O. 'I‘ C. trousers, a pair of work shoes and wide-rimmed straw hat. And he works all during his summer vacation. Don’t think because I have used this one certain family as an example, that I think it is any better than other fam- ilies. Indeed I do not. This is just one example out of millions of similar ' ones.—Sweet Sixteen, M. C. We need the education of high schOol at least, and also if a person goes to college with a purpose, and not just a good time in view, you will find that they will not have wasted their time. Education has become alnrost'a nec- essity of life for the industrious people of today. By all means, get an edu- cation. All of our presidents had one. 9Even poor Abe sensed the advantage :mf-e‘ of one and prepared for opportunity. or course, there are many “self-made” men and women, and their efficiency is a great asset, but I can’t help won- dering how much more they would have accomplished with a high school or college education—Elsie M. Farm- er, M. C. I I agree with the letter “A Mother” Wrote about school—may God bless her for not fearng to say so. I went through the eighth grade, the same as my brothers and sisters did, and I’m not sorry that I’m out. Nor do I want to go back—never. If people would give their children as much Christian learning as they do. this worldly'junk, this world would be better. What do you say?—-“Pesh.” Alexander Pope says: “A little learning is a dangerous thing, Drink deep or taste not the Perian spring. There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers it again.” If I were a street sweeper Ishould still want to be educated, although there are people who never went to college or any school, that are never- theless educated. Their beings are in tune with nature and nature’s God. It seems to me the value of an edu- cation is not to enable one to make money, although it does help, but to help one to think and live a better and purer life—“Rusty." Loua LETTER Box To All the Merry Circlers: “Well, what the deuce!” you ask. Yes, I feel like the deuce all right! Here I have been on the farm a whole year and am not a full- fledged farmer yet. You asked me if I. was, so I have to shake my head and you, and you laugh. Well, laugh, doggone you, laugh. That’s the reason you are Mer- ry Circlers. You think I'don’t know a blame thing about farming, don’ t you? Well, I do, so there. My parents are farmers. You ask Dad if Jack can’t farm, see what he says. Now, folks, I’ve been with you for about seven years, and you didn’t know it. Here’s how. For the first six years I lived on a farm and took the Michigan Farmer. I always read Al Acres. Now. I’m back again in hopes I never leave the farm. I’m in love with the farm. I’ve come back to the chickens, to the cows, and don't give a. good gosh darn. I have three brothers, but one is married. The oth- er two and I have a ripping time all right. Just last Saturday evening a few chums dropped in and we nearly tore the house down. Not too bad, eh, what? And as for prohibition—dry. If I don’t shut up and behave myself you’ll Oh, well, I’ll try not to be heart broken—loin Smith. Your letter sounds as if you had a lot of zip. How did you get it, liv- ing in the city or in the country, or were you just born that way? Why tear down a house to have a good time? I think that would be too bad. Dear Uncle. Frank: How many Merry Circlers would like to discuss the religions of the world? I like to compare other reli- gions with our own. I wonder how missionaries have the courage to go to countries where other religions are practiced, to try to convert the citi- zens of that country to Christianity. I wonder how we would feel if a. dozen Mohammedans came into our commu- to convert us to Moham: Who was it that asked it anyone had' a hobby titles that letter was a practice: of khan learned: certain poems $11108 91-111 61;!” Ih'ave made a MENSWOD - A mfiymfi 'P9e. Tennyson and Earning a poem every. Lowell, besides learning several poems about war. Besides this hobby, I have a scrap book hobby. I have mine about half- filled with poems. I used an old cat- alog and paste poems tightly fitted to- gether, fitting in the small spaces left, with pictures which I colon—Alfredo. Sting. The study of the religions of the world is an interesting one to a broad— rninded person. You have interesting hobbies. Dear Uncle Frank: Another letter about prohibition. I am sure if it were not for the liquor law there would be many more young men, as well as older men, that would be drunkards. It was a common sight in olden days to see drinking saloons filled with men. They not only drank liquor, but gambled, and even had fist fights, as well as pistol fights. I’d Irate to see our town have back the saloons, because I know there are men in our town that would be drunkards and constant callers at the saloons if they were here again I wonder how many of the Merry Circlers have ever read “Terr Nights in a Bar Room, ” by Arthur. I’m sure if they had it would sicken them of a saloon forever. Now, a few words about smoking. It’ s nearly as bad as drinking In our town the largest share of the young men smoke, but I’m glad to say my brothers and father don’t smoke. In our class at school which, in number, is thirteen, all of the boys smoke but one, and four of the girls smoke. I think that is awful, and I think most anyone else would. ——Paula. I am glad that you regard liquor and tobacco as evils. Neither serve any good purpose, but make many persons slaves to them. You have at least one sensible boy in your class, and fibur girls who have poor judgment. Dear Uncle Frank: New for some arguing. The topics girls discuss are so “dry ” so I will Spring :1 little “hodgec tee” of my own. First, I‘ll cont tthe person who said that crows weere no good. How tsetse. I’ll bet that he or she has a little “pussy-cat” at home that eats as many. chickens at a meal as a hawk or crow eats in a life time. Also, a pheasant does more harm in a corn field than a. crow does; why don’t they pay a bounty for pheasant? On cats? -A_.j. cat does more harm than any other animal. Eats eggs, chickens, gets on , the table when your back is turned, - etc. Crows eat plenty of insects harm- ful to crops; all birds do. - There is '1 some good, even in a hawk. Whoever wrote that crows, etc., were no good, ought to read, “How to Attract the Birds,” or he ought to catch a crow v and hold a post— -mortem over his car- cass. —Horst Beyer. Maybe this will start a bird of a fight—cats and dogs and everything in it. I wasn’t aware that the girls’ . discussions were dry. CROSS-WORD WINNERS. HIS cross-word puzzle was a puz- zler to many. For some reason they did not get the right results. I believe that we should have more cross- -word puzzles in order to keep in practice. Ten ,were selected from hose who had the puzzle correct. They 'are as follows: Story Books. Duane Boley, Addison, Mich. Zola Volpel, R. 3, Sturgis, Mich. Loo-se leaf Note Books. Eddie Stables, R. 4, Traverse City. Carson Nelson, Filion, Mich. ‘ Mildred Stover, Grand Ledge, Mich. _ ‘9 -- Clutch Pencils. Eli Packer, Woodville, Mich. Merton Williams, R. 1, Cedar Springs, Mich. Allene Ziss, R. 1, Blissfleld, Mich. Hilma Isberg, R. 1, Reed City, Mrch. Roger Stiefel, R. 1, Lansing, Mich. There Will be no contest this week. THE M. C. FUND. HE M. C.’s are not forgetting the fund, as contributions come in, every little while. However, as they are small, it takes a lot of them to make the fund grow as rapidly as it should. When you send in your rrickels and dimes, please wrap a little paper around them and mention in your let— ter somewhere that you are sending the money, telling the amount. Some- The Correct Solution of the Cross word Puzzle. times the money sticks. in the en~ velopes, and later rolls out, and it is hard to determine who is belongs to. Keep on sending those nickels and dimes, please. Beata Kaarlela, Guilford Rothfuss. Ella Hicks, Vivian R Davis.l Willie Slager, Marie Niedermeier, Char! Volpel, “Merry John," Doris Horton, Jean bnen, Florence E. McGrego Clarice Lipsey, Audrey Lewis, “Bill'o. ,; ' Lila Watson, Theresa Merriam, Emma. Gilbert, James Carroll, Margaret M. Donahue, Clarence Kahl, Mary Beck— j. “Buster Brown," Elmer Peterson,f~'i Lorna Haubenstrickger Leola Williams, Catherine Becker, Vinnie N. Baer nos Klein; Marian Dood, Robert M then» Ruble, Helen Matthews?“- onica Klein. Alfred. Inn kinen Flags. Joseghiale Wells, Gladys that: .9111 Edith} 03F. Yer-a. “magma, Andrew. Helm " es... Less House, More Comort Cutting Qfmz Uprigflt Here and Téere 54722.? NE of the most delightful things about the new country life, is that progressive, intelligent farm folks who are solving many of their problems, are using of the whole house, summer and winter. Time was when there were one or two warm areas in the big country homes, even in the days when wood was plentiful and labor easy to get, and the rest of the big house was cold and forbidding. But now, with these same houses remodeled and revised as to living ideas, people are living sanely and comfortably. Not all of them, for in some localities all the shutters are closed winter and summer, except a few at the rear, to keep out light and dust. Men and women and children have moved up from basement kitch- ens, and in from shacks of summer kitchens, and have taken possession of even the sacred parlor, filling it ‘ with light and warmth, letting the sun’s rays in undisturbed by newspa- errs poked behind stiff dark blinds. Even where there are no furnaces in the farm houses, one big stove in the living room, a fine big range in the kitchen, and smaller stoves scattered here and there, bring up the icy tem- perature t0 livable heights. In many a home there is one big, comfortable room set apart upstairs for a dressing room, where a small heating stove, banked the night \be- fore, sends forth its cheering warmth in less than five minutes, and by turns the members of the family dress in comfort. Nobody wants a fire in a bedroom, but a little fire in the upper hall, or dressing room, costs only a little trouble and makes the' whole house better fitted to live in. Last year we tore away a number of “additions” to our old house, and found a really fine colonial structure when the last of the rickety porches and little sheds and rooms went to, the kindling heap. The bill for roofing was cut in half, the bill of painting decreased, and the house was more comfortable to live in, as there were plenty of rooms left, and what were left could be more easily heated. In some sections many farmers are tear- ing away parts cf the old home and finding it easier and cheaper to get along with less room. The upkeep iS' less, and the women of the family can get a little rest and leisure. One old house burdened with two wings, had fifty windows to wash and curtain, to say nothing of other things to be kept in order. When the wings were torn dowu, and a six-room resi- .dence was left, some modern conven- iences were installed and the whole house is now in use. Moreover it looks better, and is a great comfort to those who live in it. Better six comfortable rooms, easy to care. for, than a dozen of the old- fashioned kind, cold and barren. The day of the big family is past, and hired men and hired girls are but fleeting memories, so the better plan is to have what one woman can take care of, and get rid cf the rest. 'REMOVES wmoow "To ABSORB SUNSHINE. OWADAYS, when doctors advise ' some of us are much exercised as to thew to devise a suitable place in which to "take them. The beneficial ultra- sun baths for the many ailments, [cream of tartar crystals often form in By Hilda Richmond violet rays do not pass through either glass or cloth, so direct sunlight must reach the skin if any benefit is to be derived. A greater percentage of ul- tra-violet rays is in the sunlight dur- ing July and August, than at any oth- er time of the year. Last summer the doctor prescribed sun baths for an anemic member of Little Ruth Lawson Seems to Thor- oughly Enjoy Her Sun Bath. our family, and my husband went to great pains to build a secure place on the roof of thehouse in which she might take them. This summer we have a better scheme, and it is so simple that I believe many of the read- ers might like to hear about it. An upstairs bedroom has a western Make Jelly When Snow Flies window. We took out both saches and tacked in coarsemeshed, white mosquito netting to keep out the flies. Here our anemic patient lies on a rug on the floor in the sunshine every af- ternoon in perfect comfort and priv- acy. —Mrs. A. C. THE RIGHT AND WRONG OF RUGS. RUGS are an important accessory to each room, but their possible effect is spoiled when they are placed at angles to the walls. So often we see rugs. placed cater-corner and they tend to make the whole room look "on the bias.” The argument for placing in this fashion is usually that it makes the room look more home- like and cosy. _ But only when a room is pleasing and restful to the eye, canit be com- fortable. When we place rugs so that their borders are opposed'to the boun- daries of the floor, we introduce into the, decorating scheme of the room an element of restlessness, because opposing lines are bound to create confusion. ‘ 1 When small rugs are placed across the width of a narrow room, we do not oppose the boundaries of the floor, although the room will appear to be wider. When long rugs are placed the long way of the room they tend to make the room look longer. It is al- ways best to study the decoration Can Fruit fuz'cer‘Now to Save T z'me and Money r By Doris McCray LARGE supply of cheap fruit may tempt You to undertake more than is humanly possible to finish. Nothing is quite so susceptible to hurry and tiredness as jelly. If there is too 'much work on hand, I am sure to forget the jelly and let it boil too long. Yet, the fruit must be sav- ed, for leaving over night in hot weather without a refrigerator will spoil it. This is the way I get out of such a difficulty. I cook the fruit with as little water as possible, strain through a jelly bag, then make a second ex- traction by covering the fruit with wa- ter and cooking a few minutes, and straining. A third extraction may be worth making if the juice is rich in pectin. The strained juice is poured into clean scalded bottles or fruit jars and tightly sealed. It is processed at simm’ering temperature (180 degrees F.) for thirty minutes. If you have boiled the fruit'jars, they may be filled to overflowing while hot, with boiling juice, tightly sealed and inverted, but this is not quite’so certain as processing them. ’This Method Best for Grape Jelly. After two to four months, you will notice a dark sediment, in irregular,- bitter tasting» crystals in the bottom of the jars of grape juice. These grape jelly after several months, even though the jelly was made. .perteotmf They are especially likely to Mix: it} the juice was extracted from the grape skins as well as pulp, and if the jelly bag was squeezed. However, the skins add color and flavor, hence we don’t like to discard them, though it is an unpardonable sin to squeeze the jelly bag. It will cause cloudy jelly in spite of subsequent-straining through flannel. Save this‘ Job Until Next Winter. ,Our canned' grape juice. is siphoned out of the jars with rubber tubing, without disturbing the Settlings'and the result is aufine-flavored‘ clear jelly next winter‘when the jelly glasses are all needing to be filled. Other juices keep just as nicely as grape. Label them as concentrated, unsweetened jelly juice. some juices, as peach (made from clean, sound barium) will need the addition of pectin. These. delicate flavored jellies do not keep units so many Maths as the str' agar flavored as .1“ . W ant and Werry scheme of each room and arrange its accessories to make, rather than mar, its charm. FOR LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL. No. 2321—One- piece Dress. Pattern in sizes 16 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure. Size 36 requires ‘ 3 yards of 40-inch material, with 3% yard of 32-inch contrasting No. 3000—Simplicity and Smartness. Pattern in sizes 16,18 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. Size 36 requires 27/8 yards of 36- inch material, with ‘35, yard of 32 inch con- trasting. The price of each pattern is 13c. Just enclose 13c extra when ordering your pattern, and a copy of our large Pattern Catalogue will be sent to you. Address your orders to the Pattern Department, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan. CRISP WILTED LETTUCE. SALAD can not be at its best if wilted lettuce or endive is used. The crisp tenderneSs Of the green leaves is half of the salad’s success. The following method of freshening lettuce, endive or parsley has been tried so many times that I do not hes- itate to recommend it if there is any life at all in the leaves. 7 First, dip the green stuff in the cold est water‘available, shaking it lightly »to remove most of the drops of water hanging to it. Then place it in a can or pail with a tight- -fitting lid. A cof- fee can is very satisfactory. This tight covering is very necessary, so as to exclude the air. If you do not have , a refrigerator, set the can in a pan of cold water, With a wet cloth wrapped ' around it. It is a good idea to weight the can down so it Will not tip and allow water to run in. Leave it thus for an hour and a half or two hours. ‘ It should not be taken but until you are ready to serve it. ——Mrs. N. P. D 1 ‘GEOMETRIC GEOGRAPHY. “Pa, '13 it right to call a man. harm .in Peland a Pole?”- ’ ‘ “Of course my child. ” “Well, then, if a man is born in Hal-I , land,1s he a Hole?" \ ,‘A r ’" ‘ Rather-onthehead caught up. Three E 1 l I k l ' ter of friendship? 0 t3 3 7 HA'ris friendship»? 'A German _ ; tea 1 rams; “Blood“ relation- .mn 37am, and is what na- . tux-e. "bangs about; but - how much sweeter are alliances of the soul?’ Another. is, “Wé oanf live without a brother, but not without a friend." An English proverb puts‘ it, “A‘f'ath'er is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a‘friend is both." Our old Cicero, into whose orations we laboriously dug in times past, writes, “I cantonly urge you to prefer friendship to all human Possessions; for there is nothingso suited _to our’ nature, so well adapted to prosperity or adversity.” , . The friendship of David for Jonathan is a classic example of how one may act toward another as friend. To be- gin with, there was nothing jealous in ' the nature of Jonathan. Jonathan had to begin the friendship, because he was the prince, while David was but a,soldier, and an outcast one at that. Should Dav- id go on, he would probably one day be king, and Jon- athan would nev- er s i t o n the . t h r o n e . How much jealousy was possible right there? What a beautiful invitation to murder, especially when the king was bent on murdering him. But Jonathan is a princely soul, one capable of the highest friendship. Only royal souls can be friends. Others are too small, too overgrown with the weeds and vines of self and envy and petty am- bition. Jonathan thinks not at all of David as a rival. “Jonathan loved him, as his own soul.” Long after, when Jonathan and his father were killed fighting in the fateful battle of Gilboa, David wrote of his old friend, “0 Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant 'hast thou been unto me: thy love was wonderful, passing the love of women.” David was capable. of friendship also. Hiram, king of Tyre, “was ever a lover of David.” And when Jona- than was dead, he looked about to see if there were any relatives of the late prince to whom he might do a kind- ness, and he found Mephibosheth, a lame son of his old friend. From that hour Mephibosheth lived at David’s palace. ' . Where shall we begin, in this mat- Examples are bet- ter‘ than abstract discussion, I take it. An United States army officer who liv- ed with the Arapahoe Indians for many, years, tells of many instances of the most . sincere friendship- on the part of the Arapahoes. “Three Bears and Feather-on-the-head were attached friends, and were together as scouts in'the army service. In the early morning in 1876, the government force to which these scouts were attached made a surprise attack on an Indian village in a canon of the Big Horn mountains. The horse ridden by Three Bears becoming unmanageable, dash~ ed ahead of the attacking party, car- rying his rider into the very heart of the village, where all were aroused. Seeing his friend’s desperate situation, Feather-on-the—head urged forward his , pony, in order to save his friend or die with him. Throwing "himself from , side'to side of his pony to avoid the thick-flying shots of ‘the enemy as he dashed on, Feather-on—the-head reach- ed the center of the, village just as “19,119“? of; Three Bears had fallen under him. \‘ sweeping past the place where his impermeag friend stood, ted him behind :- tilin- . an £1 ‘ jdown. . «a rm»; yNAMC: shower of bullets, out of that valley of death, and regained their place with ‘ their command in safety.” Is not this equal to many of the tales of friend? ship that have come down to us from the ancients? « The story of the famous Sacred Band of Thebans is one I have always liked. This band of Thebans was a compang of one‘ hundred fifty pairs of warriors, each of which ,was distinguished for bravery and skill in battle, and was sWorn to be the friend of the man with whom he was paired. Two by two these men were enlisted for a life and death struggle together. Such heroes were they, because they were so loyal to one another, that they were never defeated in battle until the great battle of Chaeronea.‘ Here they all stood together, and fell together, faith- ful unto death. When their conqueror, Philip of Macedon, walked over the field, and looked unto the faces of these three hundred hero—friends, dead in their armor, heaped one on anoth- er, having met the spears ‘of the pha- lanx face to face, “he marveled at the sight; and, learning that it was the Band of Theban Friends, he burst into tears, and said, ‘Perish those who would suspect these men of doing any- thing base!’ ” The religion of Jesus Christ is a re- ligion of friendship. “I have called you friends,” he said. He himself was the most wonderful Friend who ever walked the earth, and it was as a friendship that he urged his f-OIIOWers to consider their faith. He exempli- fied this from first to last. ‘When one and another of His personal friends failed Him, He forgave them and took them back. Even on the cross He continued the Friend, saying to a poor wretch, “This day shalt thou be with Me in paradise.” ‘ SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR JULY 31. SUBJECTzwDavid and Jonathan. GOLDEN TEXT : ———Prov. 18:24. ASK ME ANOTHER. , If you can’t answer these questions, look for the answers on another page of this issue. ' 1. Where is the highest elevation in Michigan? 2. Where and when was the first electric railway introduced in Michigan? 3. What river in Michigan drains the largest area? 4. Which is the largest and deepest of the Great Lakes? 5. How did the Raisin River come to be so named? 6. When was Pontiac founded? 7. What is the estimated forest acre- age in Michigan? 8. What by-product of the copper in- dustry is of particular import- ance to agriculture? . 9. In what ranges of Michigan is iron found? ‘ 10. What part of the national supply of salt does Michigan produce? OH, PRUNES! Johnnie—Why, Uncle Hiram, what are you doing in that tree? Uncle Hiram—Pruning, my boy. Johnnie—say, suppose I don’t know that’s an apple tree? V Cop—Wake up! Get out of here, you bum. ' Bum—Have pity on me. Time was when I rode in me own carriage. Cop—gYes“. Your mother, pushed it. your. kicking horse. him up? . Small Did they. trip Boy—No. i'T'hey. tripped him all the great virtues. your money safely at . Just ,What . Thrift is a compound quality- made up of nearly It implies industry, pru- dence, foresight and a pinch of self-denial. But 1t 18 Wholly foreign to miserliness. Thrift means more and better homes, greater comfort and contentment,less waste and worry, increased pleasure and happiness. The Nation— al Loan and Investment Company helps folks to practice it successfully. One of the four savings plans described in our free booklet, will suit your thrift requirements and your purse. . Let us tell you how to invest . 5% and 6% Write for Booklet Today Resources $12,000,000 gig National moan & gnurstmrnt @nrngang 1148 Griswold St., Detroit; Mich. Detroit’s Oldest and Largest Savings anti Loan Association Under State Supervision ls - “Thrift”? Established 1889 No. 750—Morning or Sports Dress. Cut in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. The 36—inch size requires 2% yards of 40-inch'material, with 7/8 yard of 36—inch contrasting. No. 755—«For Stout Figures. Cut in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. The 36-inch size re quires 3% yards of 40-inch material, with 7/3 yard of 36-inch contrasting. m y No. 698—Morning or Sports Dress. The pattern cuts in sizes 16 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and. 44 inches bust measure. The 36-mch Size requires 27/8 yards of 40-inch material, with “it; yard of 40- inch contrasting. No.,, 768~Sports Inspiration. The pattern cuts in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. The 36-inch size requires 3 yards of 40-inch material, with 34 yard of 32inch contrasting. . No. 2929—One~piece Dress. Pattern in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 or 14 years. Size 8'requires 1% yards of 40-inch mate- 8— . No. 3109—For the Smart Pattern in sizes 6; 8, 10 and 12 years. Size. 8 requires 1% yards of 36inch matearéai; with-2% yard» of 32-inch con- Michigan Farmer Pattern Service ‘ ' rial, with % ard of 271nch cont - in . Aunt—~80 theyput thetrip ropes on in y} ' rast 8 requires 1% yards of 40-inch mate‘ Junior. rial, with 1%; yard of 2-,. .. s." N ::v No. 2954-—Ragland Sleeves. Pattern sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 32-inch contrast- . ing. - l y 1 Send 13c for- each pattern to...“ : Pattern Department. Michigan Farm er, Detroit, Michigan. . 25 8rd. Rocks & ........... $2.50 Reds Heavy broilers. $7. 00 per 100. WILL SHIP c. 0. D. Lakeview Poultry Farm, R. an Whites are the Limiting ' Factor in Egg Production ONE hundred pounds ordinary grain ration NEW PRICES FOR JULY Lakevlew 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. 50 $4.75 Add 250 for 25 and 50 lots. ordtgd from this ad at the prices. produces 45% more yolks than whites. Hens ‘5 need protein to produce whites. Michigan Egg Mash with Buttermilk supplies the protein ingredients for whites 1n the proper proportion to balance the yolks for max1mum egg produc- tion. The public formula for Michigan Egg Mash with Buttermilk 13 your assurance of con- stant high quality feed and production records. Send for pamphlet of our Poultry Feeds con- taining valuable feeding suggestions. Distribution all over the State Lansing, Michigan ....... Smith Hatched. 100 500 1000 $9.00 $45.00 $90.00 100% live delivery guar- Member International Baby Chick Assn. R. 8, Box 6, Holland, Mich. ONE MILLION—AMERICAN- INSPECTED QUALITY, EGG PRODUCTION AND EXHIBITION CHICKS. 40 Popular and Rare Breeds. Chicks in Quality Matings as follows. 100% Live Delivery— POSTPAID SUMMER PRICES: 100 White Brown. Bufl', Black Leghorns.... ...... s 900 Barred & White Rocks, Reds. Anconas ....... 11.00 Blk. Minorcas dz Langshans, R. I. Whites.... 13.00 Wh. 1% Silver Wyandottes, Buff 0mingtons.... 13.00 (301. & Col. Wyandottes. White Minorcas ...... 16.00 Lt. Brahmas. Andalusians. R. C. Anconas.... 10.00 Heavy Assorted Chicks. $10 per 100 straight. Light Assorted. $8 per 100. There is still time to put in these FAMOUS NABOB l8K CHICKS this season if you ACT QUICKLY. Get our Big. Illustrated 60- Page Catalog for further linlormationi on Rare Vario- ties. Member Internationa A. Bank Reference. NABOB HATCHERIES, Blox '(EF I, GAMBIER. OHIO. Golden Valley Chick Prices Slashed As good as money can buy. 100 500 1000 White Leghorns, Heavy Assorted ...... $7.00 $35 $70 Barred Rocks, 8. C. R. I. Reds ...... 8.00 40 75 Buff Orpingtons, White Wyandottes.. 9.00 45 85 C. O. I). if desired. 100% live delivery. GOLDEN VALLEY HATCl-IERY, Box ,202. CLINTON. M0. SEND N0 MONEYVi'hVEKHKIIS ’IIII In“ on! order. We ship C. O. D and guarantee prepaid 100 rrcout l odollvc of sturdy, puro- -bred chicks from healthy ed--to lay flocks: .and BL, Leghorns, 7c; But! Leghorns, 8c; lit-nod. undW'h. Racks, R. I. Reds, Anconns, Blk. Minors-s 91:; Ba! Orpingtons, White Wysndottes. But! Rocks 10c; Mixed 7!: heavy mixed, 8c Orders for 50 chicks lo per chick more, 1‘ chicks 2c par chick more. Illvo'r Lake is; Farm PULLETS—REDUCED PRICES . Eng. White Lezhorns. Brown Lezhorns and 21100011“. Even- sized, healthy, and well developed. 8 wks.. 75c: 10 wks.. 85c; 12 wks., 95c. Also 12 wks. old White Rocks $1.00. , BOS HATCHERY. R. 2-M. Iceland, Mich. 8 to 10 Weeks Old Pullets, S. C. W. Leghorns at 75c. W sell our own stock only from 3- year bloodt sated bifds. Use pedigreed males only. SIMON HABK- EMA. Holland. Mich. BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY e 009 or Cancellations must reach us Ch.'rl*s'velve Dysvs before date of publication. CATTLE Box ll Sllvor Lake, Ind. Wallinwood Guernseys m o! BROOKMEAD’S ’ECHET KlNCfor sale. '- W. WALLIN. JENISON. HIGH two good cows due Oct. 15 andNov. 9. $300 each. Bull MiCol‘ime and see than. 1311;111:111 Guernsey: c of superior breeding $100. a. 41. WIGENT. Watsrvliet. FOR SALE—Registered Guernsey Heifers and ACows milk. eel from C. '1‘. out. F. W. HUEHS. Caledonia. Mich. EY . FORB vmtlicslly mpg-prod“ IUERNS or H01. rich milksrs It“. EDIE‘IOOD DAIRY FARMS. 'Wl‘lltcmter. Wis. . D n.“ . practically .Guomscy 1111??“ s" oil‘s...” w. my 0.0!) 'WdtsLTn-wminr.Wsnwatoso.W. "T FOR SALE 3" "III-ILETT C KURTZ. Okemot. NM! . . Holstein: Ormshy ! Saussure gut-gm We lines. all! here lit. A. FLEMING. We. malls”. Holstein 30-11). bull. Trav- aneCity breeding. Sum. cattle. - LAKEPIELD FARMS. MICHIGAN LEADS ALL STATES On the Honor List for 1926-27 with 1624 Points More than 42% of Michigan Points were won by Michigan State Herds with 688 points. The showing or these herds is proof production, We are offering bulls from these great pro— ducers and sired by some of the breed’s greatest sires. MICHIGAN STATE HERDS. Bureau of m.“ Animal Industry Department C, Lansing, Michigan SERVICEABLE AGE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN Bull Calves at prices the owner of. small herd can afford to pay. The sire of many of these calves is a Son of the highest record (30 lb.) two- year-old daughter of Creator. His sire is King chis Alcartra Prilly, an undefeated Show bull with 70 A. R. daughters. Others sired by a 5 times 1200 lb. Champion Bull, the famous K. P. O. P. breeding. Bred cows and heifers served by these sires are available {or founda- tion stock. RED , ROSE FARMS DAIRY Northvillc, Michigan Telephone: 344 Reference: Northville State Savings Bank AT THE .TOP A Colantha cow from our hard was hick butter-tat cow in Cow Testing Association work In Michigan in 1925. This herd of cows averaged 11, 988 lbs. milk and 588 lbs. butter in 19 26. Typey Colsntha Bulls from cows standinz hid! in 01mm and Cow Testing work insure unusual production. Ask us about than. McPHERSON FARM 00., ' Howell, Michigan ready for service. and bull calves. for sale Choice Jersey Bulls led herd. SMITH ‘1 of M. dams scored] Howell. Mloh. PARKER. 2 Yearling Roan Shorthom Bulls. For Sale sired by Roan Roguish Eyes 2d and mgood DrOducing dams. .I. F. MAHEH. 337 S. .Burdiclt 81.. Kalamazoo. Michigan. Phone 6412. Best of quality and b M1118. Bull. Shortharn‘ cows and heirs“ for sale. BIDWELL STOCK FARM. BOX D. Tecumseh. "I'll. HEREFORD STEERS CALVEI. YRL'O It 'I'VIO'O. .Wall marked. owing ID lendld breeding reds. Most all bunches dehorned. Good stookerD order. Can show tow bunches around 45 to 90 head. Each hunch ova: Llllla. Alsosfowhunches Bhorthcrn steals. Will sell your choice of one car load from any bunch. Write. stating number and wdsht you prefer. 460 lbs. to 800 lbs. Van D. Baldwin, Eldon,WapelIo Co., Iowa. HOGS B IG TYPE BERKSHIREs-Boars ready for ser- vice. sired by ternstlonal Grand Champion. :60 each. COREY FARMS. New Haven. Mich. Duroc Spring Pigs are, age-s arm ham-.1: rot Salon-Reg. .0. 1.0.1311 a May “Krunsmss. HEM”??? Won, Niall. HANDY POULTRY FENCE. THE idea illustrated in the drawing shows how to build a fence for the poultry run that will make plow- ing easy, also less expense in the vbuildlng of ‘the fence. Gates at. each end of the run are necessary. The chicken wire is permanently attached to a. length of angle iron and the cor- ner post. Two holes are drilled in the angle iron; one at the top and (35134 m , ego-g g/Mn‘ one at the bottom. Two other holes corresponding to the two holes in the angle iron, are drilled in the corner post. A long bolt is inserted in the holes,and held in place with nuts and washers. When the poultry run, is to be plowed, the bolts are remOVed from 'the angle iron and the wire is rolled up and placed near the corner post; this being easily accomplished by at- taching the wire temporarily to the other posts—Irvin E. Pippin. .__._._._.__.._.._.I____. ‘JOHN SCHULER FATTENS HIS YOUNG LEGHORNS. LTHOUGH John Schuler lives fifty miles from us, we often visit with him. The principal menu for meals during these visitations is fried Leg- horn roosters. The fact that the Leg- horn roosters produced by John failed to have the usual scrawny, bluish, slip- perish, bony appearance prompted me to inquire how the birds were man- aged. After dinner John took me to the poultry lot and'showed me a feeding" crate in which he had placed several Leghorn roosters. “These” he began, “are put on feed as soon as they weigh something around one and one-half pounds. I force-feed them for two weeks on a. wet mash made of the fol- lowing mixture: Fifty pounds of ground corn, thirty pounds of good middlings, four pounds of tankage, and about a. pound of salt. I always use sweet milk in making the mash wet. I feed the birds three times daily and let them eat fifteen to twenty minutes, when I remove the feed trays. I give them very little water.” The record of expense and income showed that the Leghorn roosters con- sumed almost three pounds of the wet mash during the forced feeding period and gained on an average of a pound. The fattening not only adds to the plumpness and attractiveness of the young roosters, but it also pays high dividends. was practically the same as that paid for the heavier breeds—H. Q. Holt. LIVER EN LARGED. Can you tell me what is wrong with my R. I. hens? I lost one about a month ago. She seemed to look as though she was laying. We picked her up and she was dead. I feed them in the morning and she would not eat. When I.went’ out about one o’clock she was dead. I cut her open. Her liver was enlarged. It lacked as though the egg has had bursted. There were pimp as on the liver. One big white1 lump looks llk so; but twee ”818116 ._ , whole corn and The price paid for themr mash. They have a face 00d place to range. They have a. n e clean coop with gravel in bottom of coop. They seem free from lice. ——M. . Hens sometimes die from Internal ruptures, due to- the strain of laying or other Causes. Such losses make up part of the normal death rate which occurs in most pOultry flocks, even with the best of feed and management. Hens sometimes have a ruptured ovi- duct. If the liver was} enlarged and covered with grayish .spots, the hen might have avian tuberculosis, al» though a. laboratory examination as considered necessary to definitely de: termine that diseaSe. ~ Hens are subject to many types of liver trouble. Feeding a balanced ra- tiOn, and culling out birds that become overfat, is the best means of control- ling liver troubles. The hen with liver trouble does not show outward symp-' toms until it is too late for treatment. . USING BARN FOR POULTRY. Have an up-to-date basement barn, good ventilation and lots of light. Have a part 36x13 for young cattle. Since there is no 'money in raising them, I would like to know if chickens can be kept in said part. Would it cause any trouble if chickens have lice, and they should get on cows and horses»? Is alfalfa good, or better, if put 111a silo ?——Subscribe»r. . Using the basement of a. barn for raising poultry has proven satisfactory where the barn is ventilated properly, and the circulation sufficient to main- tain a. dry condition. I note that you have sufficient light. The problem of lice and mites is quite another problem. Mites, which wouldApossibly be the most trouble- some, can be controlled by treating the roosts, nests, etc., with crude 'oil, or oil from the crank case of a car. Lice which will not bother about the nests, but will live their entire life on the body of the birds can be controlled by applications of sodium fluoride about twice a year. If you would send us a sketch of your basement, locating the windows, and description of floor, etc, we would be glad to make any suggestions we think would be of value in remodeling your basement for a poultry house.— 0. M. Ferguson, M. S. C. CONTROLLING COCCIDIOSIS. My four-week-old chicks are dying. They close their eyes and droop their wings. I think it is cocc1diosis. What can I do for this? Have you a. med- icine which you could suggest? I have also had a lot of diarrhea among the old hens. Can you suggest something for this ?—J. K. Weakness, ruffled feathers, drowsi- ness, and sometimes bloody droppings, are outward symptoms of coccidiosis. Perform a post-mortem and examine the intestines. If the blind pouches are enlarged and filled with a. firm cheesy material, that is an additional symptom of coccidiosis. Some feeding experiments have proven that a diet of nothing'but buttermilk may be help- ful in c’ontrolling this disease. A prac: tical method is to kill all badly disc eased chicks and remove the remain- der of the flock to clean soil. Some poultrymen have placed one- .third teaspoonful of crude catechu in a gallon of drinking water as a means of controlling coccldiosis. Ranging the birds on 'clean soil seems to do more good than any medicines so far recOmmended for treating this disease. Bowel trouble among the old hens may be .due. to disease, or to some er- ror in reading. The 11cc of the, ' We; ‘ fln’t‘f at “met-1am: -It is "the small =; . f .to «with stamina > f: The truth is «that about. ninetyf‘per Agent of market- ing— is‘the production of the right kind , of product. Last year Land o’ Lakes, ‘ Inc., sold approximately 80,000,000 pounds of butter. - About seventy per cent: 'of this butter was ninety-three score, or above, i. e.,» sweet cream butter. ‘ - , i The big appeal of the market ser- vice of Land O’ Lakes, so far‘as the member creameries are concerned, is the way it simplifies the marketing of the butter. There is no detail hand- ling of a lot of sales to. small local dealers, and the customary credit risks. Practically the entire lot of butter at Bruce Crossing is packed in tubs and shipped to the Land O’ Lakes Duluth warehouse. Atthe time ship- ment is made, the creamery draws a sight draft equivalent to eighty per cent of the value of the butter. The balance comes at the end of the month when the directors of the Land 0' Lakes Creameries, Inc., set the pool price for the various scores of butter received during the previous month from all creameries. When the Bruce Crossing butter reaches Duluth, each churning is sep- ' arately Scored by U. S. Department of 'Agriculture inspectors. A report is promptly sent to the Bruce Crossing operator so that he knows just how each churning of butter was graded as to color, body, salt, flavor, butter- fat content, yeast, molds, bacteria, ap- pearance, and any other significant factor. With this information he knows just where he is at all the time, and is able to maintain a uni- form product. At the other central warehouses op- erated by Land O’ Lakes, the butter is loaded into refrigerator cars, with all the butter in each car scoring a single grade 91-92-93 or above, and shipped to the markets of the east, or else- where. This shipment in carload lots is each year saving individual cream- eries thousands of dollars in freight charges as compared to the old sys- tem where each creamery had to make individual shipments, for few cream- eriesever have volume enough to ag- gregate full carloads. President Brandt, of Land O’ Lakes, is authority for the statement that this carlot service of the organization saves the member creameries over $750,000 an- nually. ' Land O’ Lakes butter is sold in the high-priced markets, where people are willing to pay liberally for a quality product. So efficient is the sales force of the Land 0’ Lakes organization that the average monthly gross price ”paid to member creameries for all butter during.1926 was one—half cent higher than Chicago Extras. New York and Chicago Extras are the highest prices listed on the butter markets of these two cities, while centralizers pay on a basis of eighty-nine-score butter that ordinarily is two to six cents a pound lower than for Extras. _.The Bruce Crossing Creamery, in- corporated under the name,0ntonagon ,Valley Cooperative Creamery Agsoci— ation, has shared in the economies and better-markets developed by the Land O’ Lakes Creameries, Inc. The cream- ery is making about 18,000 pounds of butter each month, andis accumulat- ing net‘profits of $200 to $400 monthly after paying the patrons an excellent price for their cream, meeting all run- ning expenses, charging off deprecia- tion on all 'equipment, and on the creamery building, and paying six per cent interest on all invested capital. In less than two years’ time, the net aSsets of the creamery association 4 have grown to over $20,000, with a cash investment on the part of the stockholders of less than $10,000. ' They have made profits every month pince- ‘they started; operations, and _ have done so in the face of the stiflest rem hr "at " can fie“ - “it” shipping, m is the “than " as.“ with old established and ‘mtr‘euch- ed centralizer creameries. It is a big enough advantage so that-no group of dairy farmers need to fear big busi- ness if they will stick together and produce a high quality of butter that is better than anything the central- izers can make. That this? can be done has been demonstrated by hundreds of cooper- ative creameries in the central west, particularly in Minnesota That‘it is also possible in Michigan is indicated by the accomplishments of the cream- ery at Bruce Crossing. This creamery has been the means of increasing by three to eight cents a pound the price paid for butter-fat produced in the ter- ritory served by the creamery. . This aggregates thousands of dollars a. year. It will mean hundreds of thousands of dollars to the cream selling dairymen of Michigan when they organize their dairy marketing so as to sell a high quality product at an increased price like Land O’ Lakes butter. There should be no necessity for the discriminating people of Detroit and other cities of Michigan, who are Wil- ling to pay a special premium for real good butter, to go out of the state to get it. We have dairy farmers here in the state who could use the extra money. They can get it without as- sistance from the Legislature or Con- gress, if they follow the program that has been so successfully evolved by the Land O’ Lakes Creameries, Inc. BALMORAL FARMS ENTEFlTAIN AYRSHIRE BREEDERS. VER 200 people were guests of J. E. Davidson, owner, and Peter McClellan, superintendent, of, Bal- moraJ Farms at Ithaca, on July 21, to inspect the buildings and cattle, to organize the Ayrshire breeders of Michigan, and to listen to a program. Some of the best Ayrshire cattle in America are owned in this herd. Bal- moral Farms has the unique distinc- tion of being the only farm that ever exhibited both a grand champion bull and a grand champion cow at the Na- tional Dairy Show in the same year. Furthermore, this farm is a distinct asset to Michigan dairying by reason of the fact that in every possible way the owner and superintendent are co- operating to advance the broad inter- ests of dairying, and the special mer- its of Ayrshire breeding. , Among the speakers on the program were C. T. Conklin, secretary of the Ayrshire Breeders’ Association of America; Mr. Burlingame, editor of Breeders’ Gazette; George Gi rrbach, dairy extension specialist of Michigan State College; Congressman Woodruff, of Bay City, and the editor of the Michigan Farmer. The speakers urged the building of quality dairy business and giving that stock the best of care in Michigan by using the best stock and feed. The proper development of this, America’s greatest branch of ag- riculture, is bound to contribute to our national welfare and to the health and prosperity of all. Reports on the organization of Michigan’s Ayrshire breeders will be made next week. VETERINARY. Ringbone.—HOW would you treat a horse for ringbone? G. R.——Point fir- ing is the best treatment for ringbone. Falls to Breed.—~—I have a five-year- old grade Guernsey, heavy milker, 5.3 per cent'test, 'which freshened last No- vember, third calf. Have been unable to get her with calf. Have no trouble with other cows in herd. Have been feeding a ration of ground corn and oats, commercial feed, cottonseed meal, bran, steamed bone‘meal and ground limestone. She is too good a. cow to butcher. Can you suggest something in the way of feed that might remedy the condition? Dairy- man.——Try giving one dram each of powdered nux vomica and capsicum in feed, twice daily. ‘If she still fails to breed, it .would be advisable to have her examined by your local veterinar- ian. This condition is usually caused by an abnormal condition of the gen- erative organs, which might require local treatment. A cloud, ’or mist, produced by a spray of water was recently used as a .park in» Berlin. /. mu rs’own'creamery has in its con- a motion picture projection screen in ,‘ ’- H hammer Type _ " ’ o . I Feed ”Grinder Finer Quality—More Capacity—Feeds Itself Grinds All Grains, Roughages, etc. BRE’S a mill built to Papec standards—for Papec uaranteed performance—that has created amazing, ASTgUNDING interest—in its new features, its automatic feed control, its finer QUALITY grinding, its unusual capacity, its low speed de— - sign for tractor use—its attractive price. 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ATTRACTth‘ NATCO HOLLOW TILE SILO NATIONAL' FIRE'PROZJFI NG'COMPANY\ FULTON BLDG. PlTTSBURGH PA.‘ Henna. Cough. confluen- . . . or. Worms. Mon for con. g MEW'I’OI'S . Two cans utialaclory Io] Heaven or money back. $1.1. pet can. Dealers or by mail. The Newton Remedy 0.. Toledo. Olllo. Made like the famous ROSS METAL Silo. {ROSS METAL Cribs and Bins have exclusive features. Perfect venti- lation—Easy to erect. Write today for our special money saving proposition to the farmer.’ A gents " wanted also. Ron Cutter & Silo Co. ‘ v 13 Warder St.,Springfield,0. b for a Power-Equipped - EPARATOR You can trade in your old separator . for a power-driven Sharples Tubular y—you can trade it in on one of larger capacity .at very little cost. A power-driven separator casts only a little more than a hand- drlven separator . .and :20 al- lowance'will be made on your old machine. If your separator is too small for your needs. it it is worn. .out 01’ balance and losing cream. and you want to be free aim... ”Lil" otter. telling us what capacity you need. SHARPLES SEPARATOR (20.. 565 W. Washington Blvd" - Chic. «Wu! 0' r, Pa. .17 OR ,SALE HOGS choice Rec. 0. I. C. boars d A F E W April (arrow. shipped on approv- al. GLENWOOD STOCK FARM, Zeeland. Mich. Reg. 0. l. C. Pigs Danaville, Mich. Chester White March Pigs 3”,, ,, Pfi‘, “3:, breeding. Express paid. F. W. Alexander, Vauar, Mlcll. i mu bo ll m. ll LARGE IYPE P. c- for fall algnbw. shred too than 1% boars in the state, viz., L23. Big Wonder by Smootho Wonder and Big Btratton by Redeemer. W. E. LIVINGSTON. Parma. Mich. large Type Poland China: SE“%..Z°“§§W£”‘§AEH& G. TAYLOR. Balding. Mich. of May (arrow for sale. H. W. MANN. A Fe [cod Hampdilrc sprint boon a: a W bargain. Place your order for Ind tilts. JOHN VI. SNYDER, at. Johns, Mich... R. t. H AMPSHIRES. gins. bred for August and Sep- tember fan-ow. Cholera. immune, best of bros!- lng. .l. P. SPITLER&SONS. R. I, Henderson. Mich. SHEEP S H E E P Big Lambs by side. $12 per pair. Delaine Breeding Ewes. 1 to 5 years old. $8 per head. Western Yearling Ewes. Grade Itambouinet. $11 per head. see us before you buy. LINCOLN; 8.. BRADLEY. North Lewiabura. Ohio. BREEDING ‘EWES Cai- lots or. choice young ewes with 40 to 50-11). lambs at side. Sired by Reg. Shrop. rams. Priced Delaine Ewes. right. Telegraph Rockwood P. 0.. South Rockweod. Mlchican. D. L. CHAPMAN 8:. SON. S H E E P Breedlifg ewes. Delainm and western Ewes _wlth. lambc by side. Lincoln 8.. Bradley. North Lewnburu. om. FlNE LOT yearling ewes from mustard Shropshire rams. WW "I“, CLARA AIRE RANCH. Clare. Mlcln. or will ex;- Feeder lambs. Sheep and lambs. BAY JENK§.. Eaton Earn. Ovid. um. All good ones and. in good condition. ~ change for cows or youngcnmfi and . GRAIN QUOTATIONS. and an average of 9,000,000 bushels T e d J I 26 at this time in the last five years. " s .y, u y ' . OATS. - Wheat. Receipts of oats have been very Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.37; No. 2 light recently. reflecting the small white $1.38; No. 2 mixed $1.36. farm reserves of old oats. While the Chicago—July at $1.42; September demand is moderate the Visible supply “(40%; December $1.44. ' ,, is being depleted. It contains 15,000,- Toledo.——Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.38 000 bushels, against 35,000,000 a year @139. . ago, and an average of 22,000,000 Corn. bushels. Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1.11; No. 3 SEEDS. yeélloivga$1).033ull\lo. £1 (fig/19W geggember Threshing of the new timothy seed $1 065/ ,3 December $1 05337 ‘ crop is general in states such as Kan- ' 8’ Oats. 8‘ sas and all reports indicate a better , .. ' , yield than in 1926. Growers are dis- Detr01t.—No. 2 Michigan 5303 NO- posed to sell their seed early in view 519- 1 . of the large crop, but the dealers are Chicago—July at 4440: September waiting until the bulk Of the crop is 43/30. December 47%‘3- ready before becoming very active. Rye. - Red clover seed is strong in spite of Detroit—No. 2: $1073- . the favorable prospects for the crop. ‘ Chicago—July 51-064» Demand is -largely speculative and is 957/80; December 99%‘3- influenced by the small stocks on Toledo—$1.06. hand. Beans. FEEDS. Detroit—Immediate and prompt . , . . . . Heavy feeds continued their advanc- shlpment $6.05 f. o. b. sh1pp1ng pomts. ing trend last k, hile bran as New York—Pea domestic at . , , - fully steady. Strength in corn prices gigiesfigrslfldneys $6'75@7'50 to the has helped to increase the demand for Chicago—Spot navy beans, Michigan feeds. The large hay crop and the choice hand-picked,vin sacks, at $6.25 excellent condition 9f pastures and @635' dark red kidneys $6. meadows generally W111 be some check Barley. on advance-s in the by-product feed Detroit.—Malting 850; feeding 77c. market. Seeds. HAY. Detroit—Cash imported clover seed The hay market has declined again at $14; October $17.15; domestic De- under the strain of heavy receipts. A cember $17.10; August and December large share of hay coming to market alsike $13.85; timothy $2.45; December now is of medium or low grade. WhiCh $2.40. is difficult to move, even at a dis- count. Not much hay is of satisfac- , . tory quality for storing, so that de- Detr01t.—No. 1 timothy at $15.50@ . . . 16.50; standard $14@15; No. 1 light mand for this purpose also IS dull. clover, mixed $14.50@15.50; No. 2 tim— othy $13.50@14.50;‘ No. 1 clover $14.50 @1550; oat straw $12@13; rye straw $13@14. Feeds. 2 September Hay. Prices on eggs that would grade fancy advanced last week as offerings fell off, although the upward move- _ ment was retarded by the continued Detroit.—-—W1nter wheat bran at $35; free use of short-held storage stock. spring wheat bran at $34,; standard Eggs show the effect of hot weather middlings at $42: fancy mlddllngs at damage, and values have become more $45; cracked corn at $42; 0931‘89 com irregular with a wider range between meal $39; ChOD $35 per ton 111 carlots. qualities. A more optimistic tone is WHEAT. apparent in the egg .market among Wheat prices averaged lower in the many dealers Who believe that prices past week, with a fair rally at the have definitely passed the low pomt finish. Good growing weather in the and that any changes W111 be toward northwest and Canada, absence of a higher level. The discount under a year ago has narrowed, with prices for fresh firsts in the 'Chicago whole- sale market only about four cents a dozen less than at the corresponding time in 1926. Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts at 23@ 23940; extras 246324840; ordinary firsts 21@22c; dirties 19c; checks 190. Live poultry, hens 20c; springers at- 280; roosters 1535c; ducks 22c; geese 15c; turkeys 200. Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled- and graded 23%@25c. Live poultry, broil- ers 33c; heavy hens 23c; light hens 17c; roosters 15c; geese 18c; ducks 22c pound. BUTTER. The butter market declined rather unexpectedly last. week, but has strengthened again at the close. The reduction in the make is slower than at the corresponding time last sum- mer, and demand is slow, so that sup- plies have accumulated ‘in dealers’ hands. Production. reports show a continued free output of butter in many parts of the. country, and with pastures and meadows in better than average condition, it is expected that production will be maintained on a substantial scale. The movement into storage at both the four leading mar- kets and in the interior is larger than a year ago, so that the “excess” in holdings is growing. Sentiment gen- erally is more bearish as a result of the supply situation and prices are likely to be irregular, depending upon how production holds up. Prices on 92-score creamery were: Chicago 40c; New 'York 4115c; Detroit 37%@39c pound. POTATOES. The potato market was unable to maintain a steady tone last week in the face of steadily increasing sup- plies. Atlantic states are still the most important sources of supply,,al- though mid-western main~crop states are ready to ship. First shipments have just been reported from Idaho and Utah several weeks later than last season. With all the important states showing substantial increases in the potato acreage as compared with a year ago, supplies are expected to re- main plentiful. Kansas and Missouri Irish Cobblers, U. S. No. 1, are ducted at $1.60@1.80 per 100 pounds, sacked, black rust damage, and listless de— mand for cash wheat from millers and exporters were the bearish conditions, while the fact that pressure from new crop wheat remains moderate and that European weather is unfavorable, pre- vented a more severe decline. World production as far as reported, prom- ises to be about the same as a year ago, while the carry-over is 48,000,000 bushels larger. But, there is the prob- able increase in the North American CHICAGO. Hogs.. Receipts 28,000. Finished light hogs steady at Monday’s best price, others Live Stock Market Service I Tuesday, July 26. Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00@ 7.50 Stock bulls . . . . . . . . . ..... 5.0061) 6.50 Feeders 6.25@ 8.25 Stockers ................ . 0@ 7.75 Milkers and springers..$65.00@100.00 forecasts because of fine weather re- slow, weak; packing sows 10 15c cently to be reckoned With. It is ervi- lower; large packers inactive; ("Eons Re e' t 440 (inailveks.t l dent that the southern hemisphere $11, many sales at that price; bulk Bestc 1D S . ar 8 Egg“) 15 50 crop must ShOW a material (19011118 if 150200 lbs $1070@11; 220_250 “)3 at 0th ................ .... 5.50@ . world supplies are to be smaller than $5.75@10.50; 260-320-lb. butchers $9.50 ers ------------------ ~ @14-75 in the past crop year. @985; packing sows $8.50; few lights Sheep and Lambs. , While corn prices had a setback in Cattle. lambs 75c higher; others acting the last ten days, the unfavorable out- Receipts 1,000. Best fed steers and steady. , look for the new crop prevents any yearlings steady to strong; others are Best lambs ............. $14.50@15.00 serious decline. Weather has been steady to weak; she stock steady to fairly favorable, and the next forecast 25c lower; bulls steady; vealers 25@ may show an increase. in the CPOP 50c higher; best heavy steers $14.25; ”0599“, b‘“ a. $“b5tant1al percentage long yearlings $13.50; light yearlings of the acreage is so late that it ap- $12375; most fat cows at $6.50@7.50; pears hopeless. . heifers and yearlings active; heavy The cash situation has strengthened. packers up to $7.75; vealers at $12.50 Primary receipts are slightly below @135“ . normal for this season of the year, and only half as large as at the peak of the June run. Demand is fair and the visible supply is decreasmg. It Sheep and. Lambs. Re‘ceipts 15,000. Market is generally inactive; lambs are active, steady to strong with Monday; rangers very slow, salesmen asking steady prices, about $14.50 for best weights; natives largely $13.50@13.85; best $14; most culls $9.50@9.75; good light weights $11.50; sheep steady; good weighty fat ewes $6 7; no feeding lambs sold; indicat ons unchanged. ‘ DETROIT. . Cattle. Receipts 131. .Marketsteady. d to choice yearlings dry-fed .............. . $10.00@12.50 Best heavy steers, dry-fed Handy weight butchers . ,. .‘ Mixed steers , and heifers remains of record size for this season of the year. bushels, It contains 33,000,000 against 27,000,000 last year, r 8.00 «9.75 so light buils....... .8 9.7 56,112.00 _ ,slow. - Inasmuch! Spam-mundoflimo. _ ' , . WIDE: 11 mil Handy light butchers . . . 7.75 8.25 ., . . f 31913“ m,gf“‘.’..’°,fi to new? 1.... Light butchers ... . . . . . 6.00 7.7515113”! "F m.” by m lmtpm. ‘t, Best cows 0 s o a o I} 0'. o b .1 '- s 7.00 8000 is . .’ cu» w you mun-um Butcher cows :1 WM. (“OLE ”Fa“ gutters Cocosovitotos‘ll‘oo ' ~ .. " a...“ ‘ m,- 1 annexe»... ...}; .v,:a..~wt‘s ‘ " . M ‘ "' Choi Fair lambs 10.50@11.25 Light to common lambs. . 6.00@10.00 Fair to good sheep ...... _ 5.50@ 7.00 Culls and common . . . . 2.00@ 4.00 Yearlings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.00@10.50 , Hogs. Receipts 739. Market strong and a trifle higher. Mixe .............. d . . . . .3 11.25 Roughs .......... . . . . . . . 8.00 Yorkers .......... . . . . . . . 11.20 Pigs and lights 10.75 Stags ............ 6.25 Extreme heavies . . _. ..... 8.50@ 9.26 Hogs. Receipts 800., Market strong to 150 higher, lighter weights at advance; 160-200 lbs $11.65; 210 lbs. $10; pack- ers an n ht lights 311.25; 150.225 lbs. $11.35; 2530 lbs. :11; 275 lbs. 110.75; 300350 lbs. $9.50@;10.25; packing soWs $808.50. ~ ' ’ . . cattle" 4 '- ' ~ Receipts 100., Market steady; bulls~' in the Chicago carlot market. " Vii» .ginia Irish Cobblers, U. S. No. lubrillé’ $3.75@3.90 per barrel in, the same market. , ' BEANS. ' -The bean market remains steady, with C. H. P. whites quoted around $6 per hundred pounds, f. o. b. Michigan shipping points. Based on the condi- 121011 of the crop on July 1, estimated at 82.1 per cent- of normal whichwas below the ten-year average on that date, 17,392,000 bushels of beans-_may be harvested this year, comparedwith 17,138,000 in 1926. Michigan . .may have a smaller crop than a. year ago, due to unfavorable weather, the initial forecast being 6,206,000 bushels, as against 6,624,000 bushels last year, and a five~year average of 6,631,000 bush- els. The, New York crop is forecast at 1,148,000 bushels, against 1,145,000 bushels last year,»and California prom- ises to have only 4,529,000 bushels, against 5,460,000 bushels last year. Idaho, on the other hand, is-credited with 1,534,000 bUShels, against 999,000 bushels last year. Of the- pinto bean states, Colorado is expected “to have a crop of 2,200,000 bushels, compared with 1,086,000 harvested last year, and ' New Mexico, 1,113,000 bushels, com— pared with 838,000. WOOL; While the wool trade has taken something of a breathing spell in the last few days, the undertone of the market remains strong. Manufacturers still show an active interest, and'deaJ- ers as well as growers who have” not sold, are inclined to stand out for stronger prices. Mill operations are being well maintained during the sum- mer, and the ratio of consumption to available stocks of wool is such as to support values. While arrivals of new domestic clip wools at Boston are heavy, stocks of foreign combing and clothing wools in bond in the Massa- chusetts customs district at the end of June totaled only 29,000,000 pounds, against 72,000,000“ pounds a year pre- vious. Foreign primary and secondary markets continue strong. DETROIT CITY MARKET. Apples, Transparent $2.50@3.50 bu; asparagus $1.25@1.50 dozen bunches; bagas $1.25@1.50 bu; wax beans $2.50 @350 bu; green beans $2@3 bu; new beets 35@50c dozen bunches; beets 750@$1.25 bu; cabbage 40@60c bu; red cabbage $1.75@2 bu; new carrots 35 ,50c dozen bunches; cauliflower $2 @ bu; celery, local 25@75c per dozen bunches; ~Kalamazoo celery 40@50c dozen bunches; eggs, wholesale 30@ 32c; retail 35@40c; white eggs, whole- sale 32@34c; green corn $1.50@2 per 5 dozen; lettuce 25@500 bu; head let- tuce. 60c@$1‘bu; curly parsley 50@ 75c dozen bunches; root parsley 40@ 500 dozen bunches; peppers; hot $9@ 10 bu; peas $1.75@2 bu; onions 40@ ‘60c. dozen bunches; potatoes $1.60@2 bu;" poultry, hens, wholesale 250; re- tail 28@30c; broilers, Rocks 32@35c; Leghorns 23@25c; retail 32@3_5c lb; Rocks 35@3v8c; radishes, long, white 50@75c dozen bunches; round $1.50@ 2 bu; rhubarb 40@600 dozen bunches; spinach $1@2 bu; squash, Italian ”(0), 8 bu; summer squash $3.50@3.75 bu; turnips 50@75c dozen bunches, $1@. 1.50 bu; gooseberries $4.50@5 per 24; qt. case; cherries, sour $3.50@4 per 24-qt. case; sweet $5@6; red raspber- ries $6.50@7.50 per 24-qt. case; black ~$4.50@5; huckleberries $5.50@6 per 24—qt. case; red currents $3.75@4.50 per 24-qt. case; live pigs $8 each; kohfirabi 0 dozen bunches; veal 18 @20c; Sw ss chard 75c bu; greens 50@75c bu; butter 60c. THE WORLD‘WHEAT CROP. A WORLD Wheat crop for 1927 about equal to that of 19 6, is es- timated by the bureau o tural economics. Indications point to a. reduced yield in Canada, but this is offset by increases in Europe and the United States. Stocks of old‘ wheat appear to'be larger than at the be- - : ginning of the 1926harvest season. WANT TESTEB cows. -, "N was am: we. chive! tiff _- . 'Qgemawl bounty." proved thatfarnio * €1.90 _. turnip , agricule ‘ u . . v 'Rx. Rx . ; Hay is~a..goo . laying cuttln‘g'f'becausebf too much . look good, Hing fruit "All live stock looks good. here produce dairy, ‘ 'Small fruit products largely for local ' tourist trade. the farmers is good—F jjssW ass ,. whordes Poultry Farms. B. Ferris. 934 Union, Grand. Rapids. Michigan. PULLETS & COCKERELS—Rocks: Wyandottes: Reds: Leghorns. Quality high. prices low. write for Free Circular. State Farms Association. Kala- mazoo. Michigan. - VVHI'I'I‘AKER'S MICHIGAN CERTIFIED REDS— Both (‘ombs. Cocks. liens. Cookerels and Pullets. Michigan's Greatest Color and Egg Strain. Writ» for Price List. lnterlakes Farm. Box 9. Lawrence, Mich. FOR SALE—White Leghorn Cooker-e15. March hatch- ed. from our own special breeding fleck of extra. large 'l‘ancred hens. backed by high egg records. Lowden Munlth. Mich. MARCH _IIAT(‘HICD White Leghorn pulleis. produced from Ohio Accredited Chicks. Better Poultry Com- pany, Sugarcreek. Tuscarawas Co.. Ohio. ' MSCELLA usous 0 .(JH‘ICKEN MITES. BEDBUGS CLEANED OU'D~N0 50c in stamps brings you sam— _ American , sprays or chemicals. ple. Descriptive literaturel free. Write onto Eliminator Co., Dept. D. Crawfordsville. Indiana. LiLLlE’S IMPROVED STRANSKY VAPORlZER Introduces air and water-super into the manifold (principle of the renowned Deisel engine). Increases power. saves gas. removes and prevents formation of carbon. Fits my car, truck or tractor. Full instruc— tions. You would not bclleve me if I told. you of the increased mileage on my own cab—you must be Etoisfidmfi money back. Price by mail 83.50. C. LILLIE, Coopersville, Mich. G O A L' Kentucky and West Virginia shaker normed block g of the Dismal: quality and preparation at curac- ' WANTED—To lieu IFISTULA lUCMl‘IDY—Physicians Hints-pt medicine. list-d suixessl‘ully 45 years. box postpaid. funded. not a $2 per prescription. Fillmore C(L, Westminster. Md. MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLE BARGAINS. Used. rebuilt. Guaran- teed. Shipped on approval. Catalog tree. Floyd Clymer. 815 Broadway. Denver. Colo. WANTED FARMS ownerd'lnndla'sabmr from fall delivery. 0. Howler. Baldwin. Wis. CORN HARVESTER ‘lowprloo. Fumsereuuwantedmmlicnorda-I‘ amfiw to‘ your! our“; Ignited Mtg . , ' , RICH ' W. m an! rune. wnrasons. Box 175. mum ouo. u, uses ,m, hm m mu, g... up ‘ .. ‘ ‘ . glen alumina picture. a! Welter Price“ 00.. . otrmwm. lag-III sums. . . _ . , Ion ‘ "TMIWA M- " ’ ' '22:" «"0 ri‘toh'clktg ‘ “ ' 4 if Virur'c, ‘: Z m3. ’ . m Mm n. Sarisfactinn minmntccd or money re-j l WHITE LEGHORN COCKERELS —— “Forward" Wheat. red. beardlcss. F. W. Spencer. Shepherd. Michigan. WHITE LEGHORN l’ULLE'I‘S—S wks.. 65c: 10 win. 75c. Ed limodsma. Zeeland. Mich. - FOR s‘ALar—s-Weeksoid White and Brown Leghorn Pullers a! 65 cents each. . Knoll, Jr'.. R. 1. Holland. Mich. HELP WANTED GARDENER AND _WIFE for mail estate. Must be able to do milking. Must. have thorough knowl- cduu of general gardening work. Woman to have knowledge and assist in general housework. Couple must be under fifty. Salary $125 per month. Good. living quarters but board yourselves. See Mr. Berlin. £20305?2 Woodward. Detroit. or phone Pontiac 7149 I WANTED—Reliable single man about 45 years of age for farm teamster. Also want one man understands Fordson tractor and general 815.00 per melt, board and room. R R. 1. Ann Arbor. Mich. .WANTEIL—Experienced farmer who has his own ginnipmigt myoparvate 200 acm on cement road near moo . on salary 1.500. Fl h ’ born. I will furnish stock.s ar 0“” m Bids; Detroit. ‘ / AGENTS WANTED ‘ opportunity hmsehold ' to: list dirt , , gmwmm—a ,ainoney‘byaomna mom's ME. Band has. 1.”. ‘ showmaloonudsonfi . 4 "v— vWA-mnwwm‘ Smith. ’ Louis Savage. 411 Book If“ lllllllllIllll|Illl|IIIIlllllllIIIIllIllIH|Illllllllllll|IllllIlllllllIllllllllllllllIllllllllllllIlIlllIllllllllllIllllllllllllIllllfllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ' ii 4 ’-lllflllflllllllllllllllflllllllfllllllllIllHfllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIfllllllllllllIlllflllllHH|HillIllllllfllllllllllllllllllHlllllll , Renew '- Your Federal , y _ A 1 ._ , . $1.00 Will Renew Your Michigan Farmer-Federal Travel. Accident- Insurance Policy. "for ”l” Another Year. If your insurance renewal is received: before ”-yOur policy lapses, . ‘ " . you get the advantage of10% mote insurance asfollows; g a . - . ’l'hisPl' prowd‘ ldem' imbuolUfo.Lirnb.lhbo.SixhtorTnne “weft? MadminnMufii’m ILLExtent herein name and W A" mmmmcmonm Thedauohhl‘polkyl- 4...; 1m.— Jll Wanna ol INFIMK a on premium 0! on. Doll-r aim) ms maul. un ' . [NSURANCE mXPANY HWY DOB “Kl"!!- uni-m Death or Dinbih re ti ‘ and Mull, oi ell other causes, in. bodily injuries ennui-ed and A CIDENTAL MEANS ("him in II] limitations and condition ' 1) lambda-lull NoogSundud Theollhedeytbbpolkyisdnudnld nu ‘ r l the lnlurcd lhl“ mile: my ol the Specific Lacu- In forth in Pen: 1. II, III or IV, the Coupe-y will pay the III: net opposite wet. line, il the injury uncle; and lose be sustained in the nun-r described in end pens v laden-i (or Ion oi lite shall be payable M ’ u:- enl the Beneficiary) ilwrviviwmberwiuwiheeflneolue hauled. PART I “Winkle-i E .. f 9. ill; Emil! Fl In a l i nunined by the wrecking or disable-lien! cl I nilrond passenger at or street. elevated or underground nilvny eu. pllkn‘u‘ ntelmthi or ne mbou, m m on which the Insured in (rivaling n - lumyin' passenger. In I place will}? provuded fin the tale use oi plunge". , 0! more than one ol the indemnitielhirxified above ehnll be pay-Ne n the mall 0! my one “endear. The Im- at any member or member- I lmun In" by lever-ace n or Ibo“ the ankle or wrist join". “0 the lou oi sight at eye or eya mu mm the told And inecovenble In“ of the cum night the: Pm“ Tth-yvlpqluk—d II» p iEEEi [11E 1 l i % iii 9. l fii’ F? ii rave , 7‘ ”’5. ' FEDERALIZED READERS SERVICE TRAVEL ACCIDENT l’OLlCY Passage so ‘ For loss of life by Wrecking of railroad passenger car, street car, elevated or subway car, steamship or steamboat, or the loss of hands, feet or sight, as specified in policy. P3519: filafioo For loss of life by wrecking of public omnibus, taxicab, auto stage,.ply1ng for pubhc hire, While operated by a licensed driver, in whlch the insured is traveling as a fare- paylng passenger, or loss of hands,.feet or sight, as speci- fied in pohcy. ‘ Para sfizfioo _ For less of life sustained by the wrecking or disabling of any vehicle or car operated by any’private carrier or pri- vate person 1n which the Insured is riding, or by-being ac- oldentally thrown therefrom. This includes riding in or dr1v1ng auto, or any motor driven or horse drawn vehicle. Or for the loss of hands, feet or sight, as specified in policy. Pa-Y‘? 55.13.} 0.0 By beingstruck or run down while on a public'highway by any public or private vehicle; by being struck by lightning, by cyclone or tornado ;. by the collapse of the outer walls of a building; by drowning at a public beach’,where a life ' guard is regularly stationed; by the burnin ofpublic build- ings in which the insured shall be at the eginning of the fire; or the loss of hands, feet or sight, as sp‘eCIfied in policy. PAYS $10.00 per week for a period of 15 weeks for all injuries sustained in the manner described above and as specified in policy. 'All specific sustained by the wiring or di-blemem ol nny Public Ollmibul. Tuiub. m Automobile Sup yiyinl lot publie hue, thh in being driven or operated at the time at web wrecking by e liceued drivw. and in which such Insured is traveling u I “(pp-yin; passenger. or mole Ihnn one at Ihe undemniriu I Tied :Mve shall he pnynble n the result oi nny om‘eccldenl. The km a! my member or member; [Mmrlll Ion by severance n or n we the ankle or mini )oinu; and the lou 04 light 0! eye or eye. shell man the soul Ind irntvm-ble Ion ol the entire night memo! I losses shown in policy increase 10% each year for five years (except this weekly indemnity). That is, its specific losses, except the above mentioned weekly 1ndemnity, increase 10% with each ,run year’s re- ’“ , . , , , ‘ newal until such accumulation reaches 50% with theififth renewal. In other words, in the fifth year the $7,500 provision increases to $11,250; “I” the $3,000 increases to $4,500; the $2,000 increases to $3,000; and the N.» $1,000 increases to $1,500. , $7,104.98 has been paid policy holders to date, proving that acccidents covered by thispolicy do happen. A Renewal Notice Will Be Sent You By Mail This renewal notice will show the exact date of the expiration of your policy and will carry 'a'. complete history of your policy. To assist this office, enclose a remittance of $1.00, check, money order, or currency, with renewal notice, forwarding same in the mailing piece that will be provided, to the -Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan, care of Insurance Department, and receipt for one year renewal will be s'enti'you. DO receipted for. ' NOT SEND YOUR POLICY. Return only the renewal notice and your policy will be duly extended and It is necessary that you act at once upon receipt of your renewal notice for should your policy lapse before the renewal is received, your old policy becomes void and a new policy at $7,500 face value would: be issued in its stead. ' If you have not sent in for one of these policies, the offer is still opcn‘to a paid-in-advém‘ce reader of our . reading family._ Read over the enclosed FAMILY OFFER. Fill out coupon and send remittance_,TODAY. This policy covers you whether you are traveling on business or pleasure. It is not a complete accident policy, but gives you exceptional travel accident cov- erage at our group or family plan price of $1.00 a year. Our Family Offer This protection is available to each member of the Michigan Farmer Family, who is a paid—in-advance reader of Your Own Home Farm Weekly for the pe- riod of time the policy is in force. $1.00 Per Year is the Total Cost If you are not a paid—ineadvance reader, $4.00 Will give you Michigan Farmer 10 years, or 520 issues, and cover the cost of your insurance policy, giving you protection for one year. Michigan Farmer has been regularly one year $1.00. Ten annual subscriptions would have cost $10. Remember this Family Offer gives you Michigan Farmer 10 years and one year in-’ Surance protection. Note the saving. You can renew your policy for $1.00 renewal premium, each year that you. are a paid-in-advance reader, as ' long as you desire to keep the insurance in force." ‘Fill out’application and. mail today ._ _ ._ _‘&‘A_”“.LY°£ fldwk2°wwépm ..... _ _ .- .A'PPLICATION for $7.500 Travel Accident Policy issued-by the Federal Life In- surance Company as a service by The Michigan Farm”. ' I certify that I am a, paid-in-advance reader of The Michig Farmer, more than 10 years and not over 70 years of age, that I am neither deaf nor blind, and that I am not crippled to the extent that I cannot travel safely in public places, and hereby ap- ply for the $7,500 Travel-Accident Policy in the Federal Life In- surance Company, issued through The Michigan Farmer. Full Name ......... ....... ' ....... .. (Print Name in Full). PostOflice ............ ....... State .. R.F.D ............ ....Occupation:.............................. Date of Birth ............... ...... Age. I read Michigan Farmer Expiration Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . O oeeoeocnno addressed to ..... .. Write below the‘name' and. address of person to whom you want insurance paid in oaseyou are killed; ‘ otherwise it will be paid to yourxestate. _ ., ~ ; ~ _ ‘ g Beneficiary up.Inc‘s-‘eAe-eeloeu'ae.o.-.;c Relhfionsmpu....oé.no.- ». I. Address . ‘ _ y ‘ ’ .’ NOTICE-+1101: > more than one policy. will be issued-tonne. . n . " .1 a410.¢.leen,noownn}oo‘ \- IllllllllllllllllllllllIIllflllllllllllllllllllllllIlllflllllllllllllflllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllllllllll llllllllllllfllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllI|lllllllIlllllllllIIlllllHllllllflllllllllllllllllllI person, but any or all members of the .famllyr between messaged»; ‘ . "10 and .70 yearscan secure» one of these‘»_poncies. t. . g ‘: