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RELATION or MILK PRODUCTION To VALUE or PRODUCT ABOVE COST or FEED

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of milk)





Number





of cows Milk





Average production





(pounds)





. Average

value

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. 1,000— 2.000.

2,000~ 3,000‘

. 3,0004 4,000

4,000- 5,000

. 5,000- 0,000

0.000- 7.000

7,000- 8.000

8,000— 9,000

9,000—10,000

10,000-11,000

11,000—12,000

12,000—13,000

13,000—14,000

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180.0 100.19 40 83

207.4 ‘ 123.82 52. 79

243.0 152.57 71. 93]

208.4 173.48 88. 08 ,

299.0 194.10 100. 70

327.0 210.29 117.11 ,

351.0 237.17 181. 40,

383.3 245.82 130.80

414.0 282.70 107.38

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$1 00 profit per cow, yearly





HERE can be no real profit in milking cows unless



each cow returns one hundred dollars yearly



over her feed costs. This requires a yearly production



of between 8000 and 9000 lbs. of milk or 300 lbs. of



butterfat. This means 30 lbs. a day for a Holstein, and

20 to 25 lbs. for an Ayrshire, Guernsey, or Jersey.





Look at the accompanying table! In which group

does your herd stand? The money you get above the

co’st of feed (shown in the last column) must pay

interest, taxes, insurance, depreciation, and your

other costs. It takes a dollar for these for every dollar





spent for feed. Therefore, the return over feed must





be greater than the feed cost or there is no profit in

dairying. ‘





Check the last two columns of the table. Note that

the value of the milk above the feed cost does not be—

come greater than the feed cost until the cows are

producing at least 7000 to 8000 lbs. per year. Even in



this group the profit is slight. With cows producing

8000 lbs. or better, the profit becOmes increasingly

greater.





You will note from the last three columns of this

table that the cows fed liberally were the ones that

made a profit; that as the feeding cost increased, the

return over feed cost was much greater in proportion.

. You are not only losing immediate returns but future

income unless you feed your cows liberally on grain

in August and September. The price of milk is going





up every month. Every year August milk brings more

than July. The September price is better than August.

There is a substantial increase in price each month '

until January. To keep in condition so they will pro-

duce milk in the coming months when the price of.

milk is at the highest point for the year, your cows

need the variety,m minerals, protein, and energy that

come from a good grain ration in August.



It is the purpose of Amco Feed Mixing Service to

furnish you the proper feed for your cows under the

spec1al conditions of each season. AMCO 20% DAIRYis

that feed for August and September. It will make milk

and keep the flesh on the cows. The right protein is

there in the gluten feed, cottonseed meal, and oil

meal; the proper bulk is in the wheat bran and malt-

grains; hominy, corn meal, and molasses furnish

energy and palatability. Minerals are needed on:

pasture. AMCO 20% DAIRY has them in bone meal,

ground limestone, and salt in the proper proportions.



The formula is open and on every tag; you can see

for yourself that these ingredients are combined in

the proportions recommended by the best feeders.

Feed at least one pound of AMCO 20% DAIRY to every

four pounds of milk produced.



The price of AMCO 20% DAIRY is right. It will sur-

prise you when you know how reasonable it is. Get

acquainted with the Amco Feed Mixing Service Agent

in your town or if you haven' t one write to the nearest

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A Practical Journal for the Rural Family

_MICHIGAN sEc’Tio‘N THE CAPPER FARM PRESS





. 91o TY

- RELIABILITY

SERVICE





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NotMore I cres, But, Mere





Fertilzzer 077 W flea! M47665 Hzgé Eve/d: and Low Cost:





ANY Michigan wheat growers,



now not using fertilizers, are



I overlooking one of the easiest

and surest ways to increase the income

from this crop Others, using 125 to

200 pounds per acre, could realize

greater returns by doubling the fer-

tilizer application. The" present wheat

situation is favorable—fully as favor-

able as last year or the year before—a

and greatly improved over 1923 and

1924: In addition, a bushel of wheat

today buys more fertilizer than “in any

year since 1921, or than in the'pre-war

years 1909-1913.



The fertility of the soil is funda-

mental in farming operations. The

success of an individual farmer is de

pendent, to a large extent, on acre

yields. If thoseyields are average 01'

below, farming cannot be a very re~

munerative business under

conditions. As a rule, it is only when

acre yields are high that a profit is

made on the farm. The influence of

good management and acre yields on

farm income ..has. been repeatedly

shown in farm management studies.

For example, the Ohio State Univer-

sity has recently compiled 400 records

on Ohio farms for 1926. On twelve

farms in one county, labor incomes

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

were practically equal in natural re-

sources and adaptability to farming.

On the fiVe best managed farms, wheat

yielded six bushels more per acre than

on the fivepoorest farms in the group;





L oats yielded eleven bushels more, and





hay 500 pounds per acre more.

Waste of human labor on inefficient





-- " farms is one of the most serious hand-





icaps to profitable production. The

American farmer, in spite of frequent

assertions to the contrary, is not in-

efficient. Compared with farmers of





F arm—City , Cooperation





R. FARMER, do you think that



industry, capital, or the business



man from‘the city is not inter-

ested in agriculture? If you listen to

some of the assertions. of our radicals,

or propaganda of our political reform-

ers you might answer in the nega-

tive; but if you use your reasoning

powers, and apply your knowledge of

economics and society, you will con-

clude that they are very much inter-

ested. .



I can prove to you that such is the

case, both by reasoning and by illus—

trating from concrete examples.



In this period of “after the war de-

pression, in agriculture,” with its lower





[prices of farm goods; and its surplus





of farm products, it is easy for we

farmers to conclude, if we are not





very careful ’with our reasoning—that“.

industry is resolved to exploit a‘gricul— ’





ture. A few years ago it was said

that labor had but one law, and that

law Was to exploit the wage, earners.





,} Thy; also was untrue, and is unsound





It?) ineress'e was...

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normal '





~By Ove F. Jensen





other countries, he is extraordinarily

efficient in total production per work-

er. He has made particularly rapid

progress in the past six or seven years

in using more power machinery to dis-

place high-pri‘ced labor—labor which

is paid more in real money than any-

where in the world.



Nevertheless, we must face the fact

that a considerable waste of human la-

bor and money occurs on inefficient

acres, Which, through lack of fertility,

or some other limiting factor, can pro-

duce only half a crop. It is significant

that one of the foreign delegates to

the recent International Congress of

Soil Science remarked, after his trans—

continental tour and observation of

our soils and crops, “Your soils are





crying for fertilizers. Your farmers

are only beginning toslearn how to use

fertilizers.”



The average acre yield of wheat in

Michigan is seventeen bushels per

acre. The largest factor governing

returns per acre is the yield. Land

rental, seed, and labor for seeding and

harvesting are practically the same,

whether the yield is seventeen or thir-

ty bushels per acre. High yields are

obtained only when the crop has an

adequate supply of plant food, and

when goodcultural methods are prac-

ticed. It seems doubtful economy to

grow wheat on land that is not cap-

able of producing twenty bushels per

acre. The low yield producer is gen-

erally the high cost producer.





 





No One Would Doubt That Such a Wheat Field Would be Profitable, ,





W e/fare of 0726 Dependent [[0077 OM67”

By V. 0. Braun





standards of living comes a demand

for more goods which industry produc-

es and sells to-the wage earner. The

wage earner cannot buy goods with-

out money, and if he hasn’t money, in-

dustry cannot sell goods. Thus, by

increasing wages, industry also aids

itself.





For the same reason, capital or in-

dustry is anxious to see the buying

power of agriculture rise, or to see

the farmer proSper. Industry knows

that the farmer, like the wage earner,

is both a producer and a. consumer.

He cannot be exploited as both, and

it pays much better to exploit him as

a. customer, and to do this" it is neces-

sary toil-rst build up his buying power,



In other words,

learned to sell goods to the wage earn-

er at a profit: instead of taking cheap

labor from 111111, so it also has learned





.to sell more goods to the farmer, in-

stead of taking his food and raw ma-‘





terials at a low price. Therefore, in-

' vi ” interests?2h in the we}





ture suffers, business and industry too,

must suffer.





If we farmers will look toward cap-

ital and the city business man, more

in this light, I am sure that a better

understanding would sometimes result.

And now that it has been proven the-

oretically that industry is interested

in agriculture, let us see if the prac-

tical application of this theory is put

into use.





The United States Chamber of Com-

merce, which is perhaps the largest

organization of‘ business men in the

world, has taken an active part in this

agricultural problem. The national in-

dustrial board, composed of business

executives and representatives of in-





‘as industry- has” dustrial associations, under the direc—





tion of the United States Chamber of

Commerce has directd a research

staff to investigate the condition of ag-

riculture. This staff has field confer-





fences with farmers, raierad men. and

bankers in all section‘s-not the country





in order to bring befOre them the pres-





.;-‘ ent agricultural problems, and fol innit





Per Acre





There are good crop years,

there are poor crop years.

do not act uniformly under all varia-





tions of soil and climatic conditions,





but according to Sir John Russell,





director of the famous Rothamstead:





and.

Fertilizers 1





Experiment Station, one of the chief,





values of fertilizers is their stabilizing '“





effect on crop returns between the

good years and the poor years. “Fer-

tilizers,” he says,

tween the crop and the season, making

for constancy of yield. Such steadi-

ness is obviously in the farmer’s best

interest.” Sir John Russell points out

that in poor years, the increase from

fertilizer is quite likely to be propor—

tionately larger than in good years,

and the increase obtained is more vals

uable, because of the generally higher

prices prevailing for the crop.



In this country, we have a number

of illustrations of this effect of fertil-

izer. Notably, at the Ohio Experiment

Station, the data over a. period of

years comparing years when the Hes-

sian fly infestation was light and heavy

are conclusive. In twenty-five years,

the fly has been a serious pest in only

seven years. In the eighteen years

free, or nearly free from the fly, wheat

without fertilizer has averaged 13.7

bushels per acre, while fertilized

wheat yielded 28.1 bushels. For the

other seven years, the unfertilized

wheat yielded only 3.07 bushels, as

compared with an average of 14.57

bushels per acre, with fertilizer treat-

ment. In the good years, fertilizer

doubled the yield, but in the poor

years, fertilizer increased the yield

nearly five times.



It

wheat on a fertile, or well-treated soil,





survives a hard winter much better,





(Continued on page 134).





.,





Needed





cate how all interests should cooperate i





for that final solution.





What the recommendations were of

this body of lepresentatives of indus-

try is a story in itself, but the point

is, that in practice as well as in the.





ory, industry, as well as capital, is in— ,





terested in the agricultural problems

of the farmer





Now, to be more specific and exact

as well as to come a little closer home

I shall describe another practical ap-

plication of proof of industry’s inter-

est in agriculture. An example which

I believe can be applied and carried

out, will bring a closer bond of fellow-

ship and a. better spirit of good feeling

and cooperation between industry and

agriculture, or between the country





. business man, as I prefer to call him,





and the city business man.





In the fertile Shiawassee Valley of I





Shiawassee county, is a busy little city

of 16, 000 people. This busy little city.

which is called Owosso, is noted for a

number of reasons, varying from 1‘,

home of James Oliver Curwood, to:

prosperous surrounding farming c' ‘

(Continued on page 134); '





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VOLUME CLXIX





DETROIT, AUGUST 13, 1927

CURRENT COMMENT





HE brief state-





NUMBER SEVEN





President ment handed to

. the representatives of

COOI'dge the press by President

Writes Coolidge on the day





which completed his

' first four years of service as chief ex-

ecutive, could scarcely have been more

dramatic. The great surprise which

this statement created everywhere,

, and the many interpretations offered

of the cryptic sentence, “I do not

' choose to run for the presidency in

1928,” indicate a general lack of un-

derstanding of this man who has earn-

ed a reputation for silence. But he

has also earned a. reputation for sin-

cerity, and as the surprise of his state-

ment wears off, there is noted a great-

ly lessened tendency to give the words





of his simple statement a double



meaning.

AYNE county of-

ficials are alleg-



rm



Fac. ed to be very much

I)! “y exercised over What

Taxes they are said to





charge is a farmers’



plot to make Wayne county pay an

unjust share of state. taxes. All this

furore has been caused by State Tax

Commissioner Linton’s tentative rec-

ommendation to the State Board of

Equalization, that the valuation of

Wayne county be fixed at $4,275,675,-

000, which is a $600,625,000 boost from

the last equalization figures, but still

under the total assessment figures re—

ported by Wayne county supervisors.

The charge of a farmers’ plot ap-

parently rests on the fact that in Com-

missioner Lint'on’s recommendation.





[some of the more typical agricultural





, counties were not raised, and~ a few

~ were actually lowered. Right away a

" tarmers’ plot is seen, «notwithstanding

the fact that the federal census for

1925, showed the value of farms in

,, Michigan to have shrunk $152,624,214.

or considerably more than ten per

cent in the five-year period since the

last preceding census. In‘the ‘same





     

 





soared rapidly, and with





lone temporary check. . F, 2

The charge of a farmers’ plot is too

ridiculous to merit serious considera-

tion, except as it may he considered

an acknowledgment that there ”is just

cause for the employment of almost

any means tothe end of reducing farm

taxation to an equitable basis, meas-

ured by the income-producing power

of farm and city property. But every-

body knows that the farmers of Mich-

igan are not in control of the political

machinery of the state, and that such

a plot would not be possible of ex-

ecution. ‘

Fertunately, however, agriculture

has a. representative on the State

Board of Equalization in the person of

the state commissioner of agriculture,

who, with the auditor-general and

three members of the state tax.com«

mission, Constitute the board charged

with the duty of equalizing the prop-





erty of the state among the several '





counties for the purpose of spreading

the state tax. The final session of the

board for the equalization of property

values will be held on August 15, when

Wayne county, as well as every other

county in the state, will have oppor-

tunity to be heard.





I





ETAILS of the so-





New Farm called adminis-

. tration farm relief bill

Relief w e r 9 made public

Plan from the summer





White House at Rap

id City, S. D., last week. According

to the published synopsis of the meas-

ure, its main provisions are as fol-

lows:





1. Federal farm board of three

members, to be appointed by the Pres-

ident. and the secretary of agriculture.

With the credit resources provided,

the board would assist in stabilizing

markets for farm products against ex-

cessive fluctuations, much as the Fed-

eral Reserve Board influences interest

rates and stabilization of financial

conditions.



2. Advisory councils consisting of

seven members for each commodity

would be selected by the board from

names submitted by cooperative asso-.

ciations. The councils would bring

farm Sentiment into play in the activ-

ities of the board and in cooperation

with the board could place before the

farmers a more complete picture of

the supply and demand and could car-

ry down to the individual farmer

through different associations a con-

structive production program based

upon the facts now available from a

number of sources.



3. Commodity stabilization corpora-

tions would be established by the

board, and in order to centralize con-

trol and responsibility only one cor-

poration would be established for each

commodity, unless the board should

determine that more effective results

could be secured by more than one.

These corporations would be formed

as subsidiary organizations of inter-

ested corporations. The board of di-

rectors would consist of five members,

three representing the cooperatives

which subscribe the capital stock, and

two to be named by the board to rep-_

resent the public interest. -



Capital stock would be kept at a.

minimum to make governmental par-

ticipation unnecessary, and would be

subscribed by cooperatives.



4. A revolving fund of $300,000,000

is suggested. Of this amount, $25,-

000,000 would be loaned to coopera-

tive associations for the purchase of

physical plant and equipment, such as

warehouses and creameries, and $25,-

000,000 for operating expenses. The

remaining $250,000,000 would be loan-

ed to the stabilization corporations for

the purchase of farm products on the

open market during periods of price

depression.



These provisions are somewhat sim-

ilar to the bill offered in the lastfion—

gress. by Senator Fess, of Ohio, but

more liberal in the matter of govern-





ment support.



In conversation with the writer in

Detroit last week, Secretary of Agri-

culture Jardine expressed the firm con-

viction that it is the duty of-thc gov-

ernment to aid in stabilizing agricul-

ture, and that this can best be accom-

plished along business lines such as

are provided in this proposed bill.





The published synopsis of the pro.





visions of the hill is given herewith

to enable our. readers. to study in gen-





/





I ; ‘ 0Rsometime?ifw tapast.





. the prose has giv-

. on much space to the

program of the Coun-





 





try Life

Conference ‘

' 'held at the Michigan



State College last week. The event

was one worthy, of the time and at-

tention of farm folks and those inter-

ested in the problems of rural life.

There were in all, 580 delegates from

thirty-one states and eighteen foreign

countries present, representing ,one

hundred and sixty different organiza-

tions. .—- ‘

The field in which the Country Life

ASsociation is making its inquiries was,

set forth in the address of President

Kenyon L. Butterfield, who is also the

president of Michigan State College.





Of the issues facing the people of rural .





America, he said:



"First of all, is the fundamental eco-

nomic question, how can a body of

farmers be retained upon American

soil, who are economically efficient and

free, and who can compete with indus-

try and commerce for capital, for la‘

bar, and for income or standard of





living.

Secondly, there is the even more

fundamental question whether the





quality of the people on the land can

be kept upon a par with the urban

civilization that commands such enor-

mous resources for education and the

development of social institutions of

various sorts.



“And then, deeper thanall, is the

question common to all mankind, both

in city and in country, how character

building can be advanced in a world

dominated by the enormous activity

of an economic sort. This is an abid-

ing“ issue in any civilization, but it

takes on a new significance today, be-

cause of the new problems that arise

out of an industrial and urban devel-

opment so rapid and so powerful that

it seems at times to be beyond human

control.”



These paragraphs from President

Butterfield's address presents, in a

comprehensive way, the issues discuss-

ed by papers, addresses and impromp-

tu debate and conference at the var-

ious sessions of the gathering last

week.



We would not attempt to draw any

general conclusions from the mass of

material presented by these delegates

representing such widely different or-

ganizations and coming from the four

corners of the earth; except possibly,

to state that whatever these students

and laymen may discover in the way

of social and economic laws relating

to rural life, will not relieve the peo-

ple of any community of their respon-

sibility toward the improvement of lo-

cal conditions. But we would expect,

naturally, that the findings of an in-

stitution of this kind would make‘ef-





forts to develop rural life more ef-‘





fective.



- And we might say further, that it is

our impression that the presence of a.

large number of real farmers and their

wives at this session has had the ef-

fect of giving the discussions 3 some-

what more practical turn than has

been the case at previous sessions.

This should give us hope that soon

local leaders may have valuable and

needed materials to assist them in

carrying out their programs of-service.





\.





HE chain store is





Farmer a modern com-

d I: mercial development



an. t e which is having its ef-

Cham Store feet on farming. It

is known that these



merchandising corporations buy in





large quantitiesecarload lots, includ-

ing fruits, vegetables 'and other farm

products. , ,

As chain storesare being establish-

ed in the smaller cities; they are be-





with whom’the farmer deals when he





4..





try Life Conferences





.tem is inevitable.





coming serious-'competltion'to grocers“





chiefs. . - F943

aWay. This shipped-in stuff often with

cheaper than local grocers can afford





in supplying local demand, and comes





in direct competition with farm prod?





ucts of local production. .

The growth of the chain store eye.

The Federal Ro-

s'erve Board reports that chain store

business has increased remarkably in

the last year. Therefore, it seems ad-

visable that farmers who produce per-





lshable products for local consumption '





keep this changing condition in mind,

and alter their farming plans accord—

ingly. ‘ ' .



The whole trend of modern business

is against the small grower, and fav-

ors specialization, as certain sections

of Michigan have specialized in pota-

toes and others in beans.





 





, Suzi-r

. ERE’S one thing I ain’t suited to,

and that’s buying suits. I’m so

used to buying overalls, paying the

price and going.



But once in a while I have ta buy

a suit, and I had ta the other day, 'cause

I am going to Bertha Johnson’s wed—

ding. I went in and said, “I gotta buy

a suit.”



The —- salesman‘he shows me 9. ice

cream one, with yellow and green

spots in it. I?

says, “I ain’t go-

ing to my Wife’s

funeral yet. Iwant

something what is

more conservative

——something for a





wedding.”

, “Here's some-

thing,” he says,





 





_ and it’s a. double-

breasted blue cheviot. “Just try the

coat on for size.





“There, that’s a. perfect fit, Mr.

Syckle. Looks very fine on you. Come

over and look at yourself in the mir-

ror.” ‘ ,



Well, it was one of them mirrors

where you kin see all sides of yourself

at once. And I looked like a dumb

fool. I never knew I was so bow-leg-

ged, and them pants of mine was aW-

ful wrinkled, and the back of my neck

needed shaving, and ,my shoes was

awful.





If it wasn’t fer looking in vthe mir-

ror he would of almost made be think

I was like a. movie star.



But that double-breasted stuff—you

have gotta reach around so, and I got

so much to reach around. "



"That buttoning is not difficult; it’s

just because you are not used to it.

The suit really gives you very fine

lines. And when you consider. the

price is only $39.50 you are getting

real value.” '



“How much?”



“Only thirty-nine fifty, Mr. ”Syckle.”



“Take it off. I only got thirty dol-

lars."





“That’s all right, Mr. Syckle. You‘-





can pay the remainder the next time .





you Come to town.”



When I got home Sofie says, “Why,

that makes you look like a cross be-

tween a. college rah-rah boy an a.

undertaker. Double-breasted, and wide

pants, and not even all wool. How

much ?” ‘



“I still owe nine dollars and a, half

for it. That means about a, dozen

chickens is going to lose their lives on-

account of this suit.” I didn't tell'her

that lots of other chickens down town;

would die, too,,by breaking their necks

turning around to look at- me. "



She says, “We’ll go back tomorrow

and get you a decent looking suit." Wle

did. And now {don't look like a cross





.betwem: .a. collegeboy and a. undertak-, _‘





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“3.1 4,11:
ARMERS who have been honored

in their reapective states as Mas-

ter Farmers by the editorial dew

partments of farm publications belong-

ing to the standard farm paper group,

. - gathered at East'Lansing for the firSt

get-together of’ these men, and to par-

ticipate in the proceedings of the

American Country Life Association.





 





Seven states were represented—Ne-



K 'K braska, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, In-

f ' diana, Ohio and Mifhigan.



fly . These men, together with theii



j K“ .wives and other members of their



‘ families, gathered at the Union Me-



K morial Building, Monday afternoon for



l a short program. After listening -to



,1 trombone selections by the son of Min-



‘" ard Farley, accompanied by the father,



K which were much appreciated, and the



K introduction of those in attendance



.1, . . the meeting went into general confer-





< Farm Income to Farm Life,” with A.

B. Cook, of. Owosso, presiding.

Itwas first explained that two gen-

.K eral positions are taken with respect

, to this topic: One is that if, through

' K some means the income of the farmer

could be increased, improvement in his,

. standard of living would naturally fol-

low. The other is that, by building

higher ideals in country folks, they

, then will go about to discover ways

and means of realizing their ideals.





. It is safe to say that a majority of

those present were more or less of the

opinion that economic improvement

and better living standards grow up



~‘ ‘together; but that if, in practical life





K, the betterment of economic conditions.

‘, Readers will be interested in some of

. . the opinions given during this confer-

5,5 ence. '

One held that the standards of the

average farmer are too low, and that

something is needed to give a broader

{Kifsion of the farming business and of

1 e

The farmer, said another, should not

object too seriously to high wages for

the well paid laboring man furnishes

the tiller of the soil the best market

for farm products, although these same

high wages do increase costs of in-

dustry’s products.

One of the farmer’s greatest faults,

continued a third, is that he gives no

\ attention to the management of his

‘ business. On the average farm many

things could be done to better the

farmer’s economic conditions, if he

would only carefully work out a busi-

ness policy. This party believed that

much depended on the farmer’s own

efforts, and that comparatively little

1 help is to be realized through legisla-

tive effort. ,





Another held that the spirit of the

times is to spend. Farmers are equal-

ly guilty with other classes in buying

beyond their ability to pay. If they

would carefully budget their finances,

the results would be more satisfactory.



Farmers are held too closely to their

task to eke out a living, was the opin-

ion of another.

time to think out economic ways of

better accomplishing his tasks.





Again, it was said that the farmer

is too easfly satisfied. He is content

.to do his work poorly. He should

strive for the production of quality

goods. This would reduce quantity

production and increase consumer sat-

isfaction with the use of the goods.

Why hold all these things against

the farmer, was another expression.

The things we have been 'saying could

easily ‘be applied to practica ly all oth-

er classes. Only a small percentage

of any class does efficient and effec-

the work. -’

.- The use of/ family labor was also

considered. One held that he had nev-

er asked a member of the family to

aid in the farm work, although they

‘. helped much on their own i.nitiative

- 4 7 Others contended that it was a valu-

, ”able part of the child’s education to

learn by doing. The opinion seemed

to be general that club work is helpful

lab fothe boysf and girls a





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





   

 

   

   





 





 

 





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nets, that should help.





ence on the theme, “The Relation of





. one or the other does come first, it is --





He does not have the ,





better pi erstanding of good farm ,





 

 





 

 





for higher tariff on corn to keep out

Argentine shipments.

The henest exchange value of the





'. dollar is the thing in which the farmer





is interested. If the general commod-

ity list declines so the farmer can buy

more for What he gets out of his prod-

If to this is

added the desire to produce econom-

ically, then we shall have gone far in

relieving much of the cause for farm

distress.



There was not muCh favorable senti— .

ment expressed for farm relief legis-

lation, although the subject was re-

ferred to frequently.



Following the afternoon session,

those present were banqueted by the

Michigan Master Farmers. Then, after

Commissioner Young, of the conserva-

tion department, told the visitors of

some of the beauty spots of the state





 





 





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MR; H. w. FINKBEINER, of Kil-

manaugh, Huron county, Michi-

gan,. made the garden tractor illus-

trated herewith, from an old Ford

touring ear, and calls it “Oh, Henry”,

The rear wheels are adapted from an

old hay rake. The front wheels were

cut; down and wide steel rims shrunk

on. The remodeling cost him nine

dollars. With it he does all his garden

plowing and cultivating. His garden

contains about one and one-half acres,

and‘ his strawberries are about weed-

less Not bad for a. banker, which is

his other business





 





 





that they might visit, Pi'ofessor Reed,

of the Dairy Department of the State

College, introduced Secretary of Agri-





" clilture Jardine, who spoke in the high-





est praise of the Master Farmer Move-

ment. ~He held that the finest thing





“that could be done would be to have





a group of such farmers to act as ad-

visors in the formation of a national

policy for agriculture.



Throughout the afternoon and even'~

ing, the finest fellowship prevailed

among these men and women, and pre-

liminary arrangements were made for

the organization of a national club of

Master Farmers. On Tuesday morn-

ing, Professor Cox, of the farm crops

department, and his assistants, con-

ducted a tour of the college experi-

mental grounds, showing the visitors

what was being done to improve the

type and quality of the "crops of the

state. In the proceedings of the Coun—

try Life Association, following the

above sessions, various Master Farm-

ers took leading parts in the introdue-

tion and discussion of the subjects up

for consideration.





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POISON'KIVYV cURE.





 





HOSE who'lbe’come victims of poi-

son ivy, poison oak and poison

sumac can end their troubles very eas-





'ily, according to James F. Conch, or

» the II._ S Department of Agriculture





«oust ask your druggist.to make up





Couch as follows .





a five per cent solution of potassium

permanganate, and swab it on the

pelsoned places with a bit of absorb-

ent cotton or a soft cloth. The pen

manganate destroys the ivy poison,

but does no harm to the skin, except

that it makes a. brown stain. Most of

us do not want to let this remain, and

it can be removed by washing with a

one per cent solution of oxalic acid.

Oxalic acid is a poison, so if you are

afraid of children getting hold of it, you

may use instead a one per cent solu-

tion of sodium bisulphite, or even just

plain soap and water, though the lat-

ter is a bit'slow in taking off the stain.

If the skin has been very'much broken

by scratching or otherwise and is raw,

the oxalic acid will cause a temporary

stinging, and soap and water is prefer-

able for removing stains from such

sensitive surfaces. If the skin is very

tender, the solution of potassium per-

manganate may be diluted with water

before using.”



The permanganate treatment is rec-

ommended only as a remedy for poi-

soning that has already taken place.

Persons who know that they are likely

to be poisoned may prevent the plants

from harming them with a wash de-

vised by Dr. James B. McNajr, of the

Field Museum, Chicago. This consists

of a five per cent solution of ferric

chlorid in a fifty-fifty mixture of water

and glycerin, to be washed on all ex-

posed parts of the skin and allowed

to dry there, before going where the

dangerous weeds grow. The iron ‘in

the chemical combines with the poi-

sonous principle of the ivy and chang-

es it into a harmless, non-poisonous

compound. None of the remedies rec-

ommended by the two scientists have.

any patent or proprietary medicines in

them. They are standard and well-

known chemicals, and any druggist can

make them up in a few minutes.





 





 





Reader’s Opinions





“T00 POOR” FARM ER.





Hurrah for R. D. Bailey and his

“Too Poor” tomake-good article in

your recent issue. I have heard the

statement many times, “County agents

are all right, but a ‘poor farmer’ could

not follow their advice, or do as they

say, because he is ‘too poor’.” “It’s all

right for those who have got started,

or have some money to work 011, etc.”

R. D. has certainly set it out to the

“too poor” class in apple pie form,

(and I’m Only a farmer’s wife). But

if I were the farmer himself that ac-

claims “too poor,” I believe I’d hang

my head in shame after reading this

very excellent article. I think some

farmers get into this “too poor” rut

and really think they are, and then

just go on year by year, going through

the farm work, depending much on

weather conditions rather than good

management. They are always going

to do better next year, but unless

something unusual happens, you gener~

ally find them grinding away, yelling

that farming is no good, don’t pay, a

gamble, etc., when really it is them-

selves who are to blame.



I know a farmer who bought a

farm on contract, moved from the

southern part of the state to this farm

in the north; then was dealt falsely

with and lost it, and all he had saved

was in it. Then along came poor

health, debt, lack of funds and equip-

ment. He finally got settle-d again on

a 160-acre tract, but the land needs

bringing up and he is out for the men—

ey necessary to buy seed equipment

and so forth, to bring it into condition,

doing team work. You see, he has the

determination to win, the same as Mr.

Bailey mentions, and right in a sec-

tion where farmers have lived thirty

years or more and claim they have

nothing and are making nothing. He

is going to make good.



This article should be read by every

farmer. It is an appeal, as it were,

to this class to brace up and come on,

if they really do what they can do,

and stop fooling. themselves by this

‘itoo poor” excuse—Interested Reader.





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greatest scab year in its history,

the visit of the fruit auto tourists to

the Graham Experiment Station was

a. lesson, for at the station very good

control of scab was obtained. Profes-

sor V.\ R. Gardner, chief horticulturist

at the Michigan State ,College, told

the growers why they came to grief

on scab control.

He said t at where growers used the

spray mater als recommended by the

college at the times recommended by

that institution through notices and

over the radio, the control Was very

good, In general, though, growers had

an eighty-five per cent scab infesta-

tion instead of eighty-five per cent

clean fruit, which they should have.

Professor R. E. Marshall urged the

fruit growers on the tour to exhibit

at the Michigan State Fair. The State

Fair is offering $3,200 in horticultural

premiums. The best county display

will receive approximately $1,000,

while $25 will be given for the best

plate of McIntosh. -

Roll call at the experiment station,

just before the tour started, showed

that twenty—six Michigan counties, and

seven other states were represented in

the tour. -

After dark, at the. en‘d of the tour,

Professor H. A. Cardinell staged a

dusting -de'monstration. » The latest

type of mechanical dusters were used.

Portable gas lights were available to

Show up the trees. One duster w‘as

attached to a. tractor and a pair of

husky mules pulled the other. Asfast

as the mules and tractor could go, a





rapidity with which this work was

done was a revelation to fruit grow-

ers. The advantages of night spray-

ing are that the air is usually calm,

making a. thorough job more easy.

After several years’ test, Professor

Cardinell is convinced of the‘value of

dust in control of insects and diseases.

He also has demonstrated that a dust-

er attached to a' tractor going six

miles per hour, is more economical

than one attached to mules going three

miles. .



The value of bees in fertilizing fruit

was demonstrated. on this tour. At

the James Nichols’ orchard the tour-

ists saw the caged trees which thor-

oughly showed the inability of Bart-

lett, Bose, and Seckel pears to fertil-

ize themselves. At the Eriday Bro-th-

ers’ orchard near Coloma, the fruit

growers saw a. thousand-tree Hale

peach orchard which the Friday’s had

thought of pulling out because the

trees would not bear. Upon a r’ecom-

mendation of Professor V. R. Gard-

ner, the Fridays put tern colonies of

bees near the orchard. As a. result

the trees have a good crop.



Last year Professor Gardner and

his associates demonstrated that Hale

peach needs fertilization by other va-

rieties, preferably the South Haven

and Elberta varieties.



When the tourists were at Benton

Harbor, they were __told by John W.

Gorby, secretary of Apple for Health,

Inc., that the big apple advertising

campaign would be started in the fall.

This organization of fruit growers and

sellers has raised $4,000,000, of which

they expect to spend-$1,000,000 a. year

in telling consumers » of the health-

building value of the apple. Mr. Gorby

said that the western fruit growers

were solidly behind the campaign, and

that Michigan was prominent among

the eastern states in support of it.



It was the consensus of opinion of

the growers on the. tour that the next

tour ‘should be to some comps

state, such as New York or‘ "Ohio.

Many of the horticulturists who had





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orchards in the state, and therefore





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Service Department





 





 





 





LANDLORD MUST REPAIR.





 





Mr. X rentsa farm from Mr. Y, pay-

ing money rent. A pump breaks be-

cause it is worn out. Who must pay

the cost of repairing the same? Who

maintains the fences and gates? Has

Mr;‘X. a. right to lodge tWo boarders?





It is the landlord’s duty to repair

fences, buildings and peimanent water

equipment. 'In many cases the tenant

furnishes labor for repairing, and the

landlord furnishes the material.



I .see no reaSOn why tenant’s wife

could not take in boarders in a. limited

way as long as it did not inteifere

With the farm operations. Adjustment

'should be made for extra food consum-

ed provided by the farm, if taken from



- the undivided profits—F. T. Riddell.





REPAIR OF INJURED ROBE;





 





I would like to know how to soften

a hard spot, about a foot square, in a.

horsehide robe, which was caused by

placing it over a frozen radiator while

thawing it out. The radiator contained

a. solution oLabout fifty per cent alco-

hol—B. D. R.





If this robe is injured by getting

wet with steam’or water, it can be

made pliable by oiling it with Neets

foot oil, rubbing it with the hands and

working until the hide, or leather, rc-

sumes its former pliableness.



But if the robe was burned or cook

ed by super-heated steam or other

cause, the very texture of the hide is

destroyed and there is no remedy for

it. It is past help. If you put your

leather glove, or your shoe, on a hot

stove or radiator and burn it, the

leather will crack and become brittle.

I; is utterly destroyed.



The alcohol probably hadmothing to

do with it. It is the heat that destroys

leather.





A COW DEAL.





 





Five years ago I let-a man have two“

good milch cows and two calves about 7

five months old. There was no agree-

ment as to how long a time he was to

have them, only that I was to get them

when I wanted them. What can I do

about them; can I get them now? I

am willing to take two head in place

of the four.-—M. T ' " '.



If the agreement was to the effect

that the party of the first part could

obtain the cattle when he chose, there

is no questionbut what he has a per-

fect right to secure an equal number

of animals, or animals equal in value,

to the ones leaned—F. T. Riddell.





 





- TITLE OF FINDER.





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.I have been milking cows for a.

neighbor this spring. About five weeks

ago I found a dog under a binderi

his pasture field while after his cow .

No name was on the dog’s collar, '30

I took the dog home and kept it. No

one has claimed it. A few days ago

when neighbor paid me for my ser-

vices, he claimed the dog because I-

found it on his place. Has he the

right to take the dog, or is it mine?





It has generally been held that

where the finder stands in the relation

of servant or employe of a. third per-

son, he is not by virtue of that relaé

tion, deprived of his rights as finder.

and that the master or employer has

no right to the thing found, though it

was foundon his premises. while the

finder. was engagadvin the performance

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Commander Richard E. Byrd will be

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Seymour Lonan, the new prohibi-





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Mics, both“wet and dry, obstacles in the

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Jack Dempsey has asked a week’s

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Clarence Chamberlin, of the famous





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The city of Detroit is planning to

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, Lindbergh, on Forest avenue, 'to use'





as an-aviation museum.

A missionary from China said that,





deaths amounted to 100,000. The quake

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'The French, wine grape growers

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French government that it protest to

America against the United States

prohibitionary law at the. next meet-

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crime against commercial liberty.

The Turkish government has issued

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siding in Turkey leave Turkey by

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1 . .were folioivers ”of General -Wrangel.





“Italy’s financial plight has raised

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The Lone Sentinel, said to be the

most photographed tree in the world,

about 200 years old, was cut down

recently. It was thirty feet from the

brink of Niagara Falls.





Rev. Bob Williams, pastor of Apos-

tolic Church at Dunn, La., allowed

himself to be bitten by a moccasin

snake to prove that no harm; could

come to him as a. child of God. His

arm is seriously swollen, but he re-

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A report of the continuation com-

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America states that the, proteStant

churches are losing 500,000 members

annually;





The excursion boat “Favorite” cap-

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- Forty persons were drowned.





A. H..Meyer, seventy-five years old,

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just .four years to the day from the

time he'took the'office of President.





John H. Morgan, public utility-statls‘

tlcian of Detroit, has been made; chair-

man of the state tax commission in

place of George Lord, who recently

resigned at the governor’s request.

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forts to escape the death sentence for

the murder of a. shoe factory paymas-

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This Indian woman, of Silver;

' dale, Wash, is 105 years old,

and does not wear glasses.
ED by Jack Miller, Father Brown



and Halentered the“ mysterious



cave, presumably the home of

Black Neb who had disappeared from

the House of the Lone Oak after Cap-

tain Pettibone’s death. The occupants

had disappeared, but inthe cave was

a brass-bound b0x which Hal proceed<

ed to investigate. A great padlock

snapped upon a hasp held the box

_, 1 tight closed. Standing nearby was a



. hatchet and Hal, seizing it, began sav-

agely to pound at the lock.



“Hold on son,” cautioned Father

Brown as he caught Hal’s arm. “This

isn’t our property. You may get into

trouble if you open that box."



“Trouble be hanged!" cried Hal as

again he began to pound at the stub-

born lock. “There’s no doubt in my





mind that this is the chest of gold.





which was left at Lone Oak Farm and

the old captain’s will gives it to the

finder. I’m going to find out what’s

inside.”





Smash went the lock, and with

trembling fingers Hal seized the hasp

and threw back the lid. An exclama-

tion of bitter disappointment broke

from Hal’s lips as he peered within.

The box was empty. Not ekn a serap

of paper was to be seen. ‘



Throughout all the exciting episodes

'of the day, Henry Brown had main-

tained his calm. The man who could

be keyed to a frenzy of excitement

while watching a thrilling horse race

had refused to believe in the possi-

bility of hidden treasure. But now

Hal’s father caught his breath hard.

“By George," said Father Brown, “I

do believe this old chest is the real

thing and that it had something in it

when it was brought here. Certainly

they wouldn’t have brought a heavy

box like that here for nothing.”





“Of course it’s the real thing,” cried

Hal, “and whoever brought the chest

here took the gold away. And it’s all

Jack Miller’s fault,” concluded Hal

bitterly. “If, he hadn’t warned them

that we were coming, we’d have

caught them with the goods. Well,

dad, let’s get on home. There’s no use

crying over spilled milk. We’ll get

that gold yet.”





EVER mind, son,” comforted Fath-



er Brown. “We have our home

and our health, and Little Joe’s safety

' means far more to us than any treas-

, ure. I wouldn’t judge Jack too harsh-

ly. You have no proof that he has

lied to you, or that he has done any-

thing to harm us.”



“No proof,” demanded Hal. “I’d like

to know how much proof you need.

He won’t tell us a thing. He put us

off yesterday and took time to warn

his friends. He says he’s through

with me, I’m through with him. If.

ever Jack Miller comes on our farm





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Hal Investigates the Brass Box





I'll order him off if you don’t.” Plung-w





ing down the slope, his young face set

in grim lines, ,Hal, followed by his

father, took up the road for home. Mil-

ler’s car' was gone when they reached

the road. In silence Hal and his fath-

er drove home, each busy with his own

thoughts, to find Mrs. Fernandez at

the House of the Lone Oak.



“The old Captain, eh. Did you find

heem? Tell me queek for I must

know.” The dark eyes of Mrs. Fer-

nandez were flashing with excitement.



“Yes,” chimed in Juanita, coming

close to Hal, her eyes, too, alight with

interest. “Tell us what you found in

the place where Little Joe was kept.”



,O’THING," answered Hal shortly,

to both inquiries, and then as

Juanita uttered a cry of disappoint-





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that Black Neb, they need something

to eat and Jose let them have money





; to buy food. Wasn’t it thataway.





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at Hal Did the Fernandez’ s hold the

mystery key?

(Continued next week) .-





Ark





Our Weekly Sermon—By N. A. McCune





0, this is not the ark .that Noah



made, nor does it refer to. an



ancient Ford. It is the box that

the people of Israel carried about with

them for a long, long time, and which

had a very particular and sacred mean-

ing. It was three feet nine inches

long, two feet three inches broad, and

the same in height- It was made of

acacia wood, which is a desert tree,

growing in regions where other timber

would perish. Dr. G. E. Post, an au-

thority on the natural history of Bible

lands, says, “Its wood is heavier than

water, exceedingly ,hard,.of fine grain,





 





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“The Old Captain, eh? Did You Find Heem? Tell me Queek for I Must

Know,” Begged Mrs. Fernandez.





ment, Hal added, “at least, there was

nobody there. Jack Miller had warned

’em to get away.”





“How can you say that, Hal?” de-

manded Beth sharply, “Jack showed

his good faith by taking you to the

cave. What I want to know, Mrs.

Fernandez," continued Beth turning to

their visitor, “is just what interest you

have in knowing whether Captain Pet-

tibone is dead or alive ‘3”



“Me? Oh, nothing,” fluttered the

Spanish ~woman, waving her hands

deprecatingly. “The Captain was an

old neighbor. If he ees alive we want

to know.”





“But you said something about get-

ting money if he was alive,” probed

Beth. “How can you explain that?”



The Spanish woman fanned herself

nervously, while it seemed to Beth

that Juanita flashed a glance of warn-

ing, then, carefully choosing her words

Mrs. Fernandez began to speak: “You





the sapwood yellow, the heart-wood

brown. It is not attacked by insects.

It was, therefore, eminently suited. for

furniture, such as that for which it

was employed, in a land where insects

commit, as in the desert and in Pal-

estine.” He adds that great numbers

of these trees have been cut for mak-

ing charcoal, and that the trunks are

often two feet thick.





The Ark, therefore, was well made.

It was covered with gold, and had on

. - the cover the fig-

j.ures of the cher-

ubim. Inside, says

Hebrews, (9-4),

were the golden

pot‘ that held a

specimen of man-

na, Aaron’s rod,

-' and the tables of

. -‘ the covenant,.(ten

commandments). Now, the Ark sym-

bolized to the people the presence of





 





 





God. Not only that, but they felt that





God dwelt in the Ark, or His Spirit

was especially present in it. See such





passages as Numbers 10:35,36, and 11'





Samuel 15:24,_25, and many others. If

the sacred object was with the people

as they went’ into war, they Would be

victorious. Only certain ones were

permitted to carry it, and the place

where it was deposited was said to

prosper greatly, as, a home.- No won-

der, therefore, that when the Ark of

the Lord Was captured by the Philis-

tines that Eli, the aged prophet, fell

over dead. The Philistines were so





, smitten with death because they had

seized the Ark that theywwere glad to





send it back. .



Now, all this may seem naive and

credulous to us moderns. But wait.

I wish that all our beliefs were as

worthy, and has as much to them as

the Israelites had, for their belief in

their Ark. Let us remember that this

was a long time ago, and these were

a simple, nomadic people. God did not

educate them before He began His

dealings with them, but took them as

they were, .and led them, step by step.

They felt that they must have some-

thing which represented the very pres





ence of God, and the Ark did that pre-





cisely. The great saints of God, who

have learned deep things in the school

of prayer, declare that place means

much in the life of devotion. If one

has a room, a closet, a spot, where

he has prayed much, alone with God,

that place comes to have a sacred

meaning to him. When in England I

visited the famous Wesley Chapel,

where the founder of Methodism

preached, and the house next door

where he lived for half a century. The

old caretaker showed us Wesley’s

prayer room, where the great evange—

list began each day in prayer. It is

scarcely more than a closet in, size.

It was a sacred place to Wesley, for

there he met God‘ face to face. And

the Ark was sacred to thousands of

these people of the long ago. It sym—

bolized to them the presence of Je-

hovah. Very likely many attached

superstitious meanings to it, but that

would be but natural among so many

simple minded «folk.



.W’hen David became king, onset

the first acts of his reign was to'bring

the, Ark up to the capital‘city. One

reason was, it as the reverential

thing to do God had prospered him,

taking him as a lad from the sheep-

fold, and elevating him, after many

vicissitudes, to the kingship. He would

show his recognitionof the leadings

of Providence by thus bringing up the

Ark as his first public act. Then, too,





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good as 'they could build int-”that time.

Later, when David was dead, an, the

magnificent Solomon had completed

his temple, the Ark w‘aa placed there.

Wlhen David began moving the Ark, he

had difficulty It had not been moved

for a long time. Something happened,

and one of the men in moving it was

killed, which was taken to mean‘that





her of moving it. After a. short stay

where it was, moving it was again

attempted, this time the priests carry-

ing it, and it was brought in triumph

into Jerusalem.





>When the rebellion of Absalom took ,





place long after, when David was an

old man, the priests started to bear

the Ark with them, as David was/flee-

ing from Jerusalem to escape Absa-

lom’s rebel soldiers. But the old King

told them to take it back. He believ-

ed in God, but he did not feel that it

was necessary to have the Ark with

them,.in order to insure the presence

of the Divine. Would this seem to





religious ideas, and has a broader con-

ception of what religion means? See

II Samuel 15:24-26. So the sacred ob-

ject was taken back and placed in its

old shelter, not to be moved until it

was put in Solomon’s temple, years

afterward. '



What became of the Ark is not

known. It may have been removed

from the temple by King Manasseh,

and later restored by his son', Josiah.

II Chron. 33:7 and 35:3. on is sup-





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the soldiers of Nebuchadnezzar in the

great exile, and never was seen again.





 





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New Pop—“I’ll say it does. We have

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“Look,” said the nervous woman





passenger in the airplane, pointing tog

the ground, “I think I dropped one of.

my pearl buttons off my jacket. I see?





it glistening on the ground.” '

“You are mistaken,” said the avi-

ator, “That’s Lake Erie.”





HURT, BUT IN A DIFFERENT

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“I am sorry new, mother,” sobbed

Bobby, “that I stole those, apples.”



_“Oh, yes,” said his mother, {‘your

conscience hurts you, does it?”



“No,” returned Bobby, “it’s my stom-

ach that hurts.”





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zero, or nothing.” .

A sleepy voice from the rear—“Ali

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Dinar: Rural Prod/em; from Experience Standpamt





HEN one hundred and fifty busy



farm women gather from all



parts of the state to discuss

their individual home and community

problems, there is bound to be “some-

thing doing,” and anyone attending

any or all of the programs of the

[Second Annual Farm Women’s Insti-

tute held at the Michigan State Col-

lege, July 28 to August 1, could not

help but go back home with a head-

ful of new ideas and suggestions and

with added inspiration and enthusiasm

to improve their homes and communi-

ties, and the health of their families,

with clearer ideas of their duties as

citizens, and a wealth of practical‘sug-

gestions on how farm women can in-

crease the income of the farm family.



Electricity Held Women’s Interest.



Professor F. E. Fogle, of the Agri-

cultural Engineering Department, pre-

sented to the group a model plan for

placing the equipment of a farm kitch-

en most conveniently. In planning the

window space, he advised one square

foot of glass to every five square feet

of floor space.



Only seventy-five out of every hun-

dred homes where electric power is

available, take advantage of this op-

portunity for economical power, is the

opinion of Mrs. Edith Wagar, of Carle-

tan, Michigan. Less than forty-five

out of every hundred have electricity

in their barns, and about the same per

cent have power washing machines.

Mrs. Wagar suggested the planting of

certified seed, and the raising of pure-

bred live stock to increase quality pro-

duction as a means of increasing the

farm income in order to make elec—

tricity available.





The results of power used in the

home are very intangible, according

to Miss Eloise Davidson, of Iowa State

College, for we cannot measure hu-

man energy in dollars and cents. But

in competition with electric energy,

human energy of the homemaker is

worth two cents per hour. A survey

of an average Iowa community proved

that more people had medium to high-

priced automobiles than had running

water in their kitchens. To bring

about such a condition, the desire “to

keep up withthe Joneses” has warped

the standards of values.



Three Solutions.



There are three solutions to our

present-day home problems, according

to Miss Davidson—first, that we may

wear ourselves out at our job and be

replaced by wife No. 2; second, hire

help in the home, which is becoming

more and more impossible; or third,

employ twentieth century labor— and

timesaving equipment.



Many practical points on electricity

Were brought out by Prof. H. J. Gal-





lagher, of the Agricultural Engineer¥





ing Department, in explaining the

Dansville project of rural electrifica-

tion that was undertaken by the col-

lege two years ago. In this project

the college attempted to prove what

could be done in solving some of the

' problems of using electricity on the

farm. They found that by giving the

.contract for wiring all of the homes

in the .community to one reliable con-'

’ tractor, the cost was reduced fifty per

A fixed month-





the power used, proved to be cconom-

Cally satisfactory to the power con-





sumers. An electric school was held

during the winter evenings to bring

out suggestions on how electric power

could be used most economicalfy.



Health Must be Checked Regularly.



There is but one way to be sure of

our health, says Miss Marjorie Dela-

van, of the state public health depart-

ment, and that is to check up regu-

larly with a visit to the doctor and

dentist. She explained the new county

health law that provides for a country

health department: When functioning,

this law would cut down the 1,710 part-

time health oflicers in the state, to

eighty or ninety full-time health au—

thorities. ’



That it is folly to follow many of

our modern food fads, when authori-

tative nutrition information can be ob-

tained free, was illustrated by Dr.

Marie Dye, of Michigan State College.

By means of white rats, she illustrated

the effect of an unbalanced diet. This

point is also illustrated by certain rac-





may be reasonably sure of the ser-

vices of a‘competé'nt physician. This

was one plan suggested by Mrs. Paul-

ina Raven Morse, of Jasper, for solv-

ing the country doctor problem, and





" one that had proved successful in her





own community. A recent survey cov-

ering forty-seven states,“ shows that

940 towns 0f under 1,000 inhabitants

that had physicians in 1914, only had

630 physicians in 1925. This same

survey reveals that of the total num-

ber graduating from the medical col-

leges during the past, ten years, less

than tWO per cent are serving in the

rural sections.



Read to a purpose, was the advise

of Miss Jennie Buell', extension spe-

cialist in continuing education; read

to transmute into our daily life what

we read, to appreciate-- ourenviron-

ment, and to take part in’our commu-

nity activities.



Points on Better Citizenship.

It was the urge of Prof. Estell





 





 





 





 





 





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es of people in different parts of the

country. For instance, the meat, milk,

cheese, and date diet of Arabs devel-

ops a strong, active and physically

healthy body, while the diet of the

southern Chinese, which consists

mainly of starchy root vegetables, cer-

eals and very little fruit, develops a.

race of people too small to serve in

the army.



Health is merely good health habits

and it is an attained quality of life,

said Miss Shirley Titus, superintend-

ent of nurses at the University Hos-

pital. She emphasized that nurses

must be health educators, but that the

sick patient should not have to pay

for their instruction through hospital

bills. Rather, there should be a state

nurses’ training school. Miss Candace

Appleton, superintendent of the Col-

lege Hospital, demonstrated ,"how to

give a patient a bed bath. In the dis-





cussion that followed, it was brought





out that Ionia county had a loan 0103-

et of hospital supplies Where equity





residents might borrow equipment in?





time of illness. .;

The county Doctor Problem. ,

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wens, Court. the firstmd on;





DOWning, of Ypsilanti State Normal,

who‘has had jury experience, that, in-

stead of spending so much time to ed-

ucate ourselves in civic matters, wom-

en get appointed on boards, juries, and

to public offices, and thus overcome

our inferiority complex in civic mat—

ters. In the opinion of one Washte-

new county judge, women come to the

jury box with free, clear minds, 119

business tie-ups, and keep open minds

to the end of the trial. .

Judge Ruth Thompson, of Muskegon

County Pmbate Court, explained to an

interested audience the workings of

the juvenile court which has charge

of dependent, delinquent and neglect-

ed children. Judge Thompson works

on the policy of giving every boy or

girl brought into her court, another

chance whenever possible. She ex-

pressed the Opinion that if our Sterili-

zation Bill passed in 1923 could be

breadened so as to include morons,“

well as the feeble-minded, that there

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right individual rather than the party,

that will bring justice. If we would

go back to the principles established

in the preamble of our Constitution

as set down by our forefathers, we

would find there the solution ofvmany

of our political problems cf today



The practical experiences of the

farm women who took part in the

farm income program on Monday, are

stories in themselves and will appear

in future issues.





Farm Women Work and Play

Together.



The Institute was not all work and

no play. Recreational hours were con-

ducted by W. 'G. Robinson,. of the Play-

ground and Recreation Association of

America. Music for the programs was

furnished by Margaret Corwin, L. G.

Morse, Verne A. Stockman, Irma-

Whittmore, Hope Holliday, Clare Wil-

son, Lyle Lyons, Helen Stack, and N.-

G. Land, all students of Michigan State

College music department. The mom-

ing talks by Reverend N. A. McCune

at the People’s Church, were an in‘

spiration to everydne attending. .





 





MY HUSBAND’S TOOLS.





You may burn up his tuxedo,

Give a tramp his only jewels;



But you must he might careful

When you use John Henry’s tools.





 





Don’t mislay his dear screwdriver,

Hang the saw right back in place.

Treat his\box of nails and screw-eyes



As you would the finest lace.





If you chance to use the hammer,

Put it back and mind the rules,

’Cause John Henry acts like crazy,

If one monkeys with his tools.





He may use my nicest sauce- -pan,

Just to mix some plaster in,

He may take my favorite scissors



Just to cut a piece of tin.





But that’s different—oh, so different.

Aren’t some women awful fools?

They can’t seem to sense the value

Of their husband’s set of tools.

-—E’lsa Steward Clark.





. T0 TEMPT FlCKLE SUMME'R

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Bavarian Raspberry.



2 tb. gelatin 1,4. cup boiling Mr

3‘ cup cold water 1 cup whipping cream

1 pt. crushed red resp- 1 cup sugar



berries .-‘%tb.lemon1uioe'



Soak gelatin in cold water and dis-

solve in boiling water. Cool and add

crushed fruit mixed with sugar and

lemon juice. As soon as the mixture

starts to jell, fold in the whipped-—

cream and pour into molds to‘ set.





Cooked Salad Dressing.





1 tsp. mustard 1 cup milk



1 tsp. salt is th. butter

Dash ce‘enne 116 cup vinegar

1 tb. our 1 tb. sugar

3/682 yolks





‘Mix dry ingredients in the top of a.

double boiler. Gradually add the egg

yolks, fat and milk, stirring constantly

to keep smooth. Cook over hot water

for ten minutes. Remove from fire,

cool, and add the vinegar.



Peach Salad. H

6 laggedpeaches. raw or atérlu’pssghout 1 in. long





15 cup cream cheese m

as ”mayonnaise dress; Lettuce loaves

m8 (fl-ID. milk





35 cup celery out in thin '2” ‘7

Pare and cut peaches 11: 111111768. "





Place en a bed of lettuce leaves ch91)-

pc‘d celery and pepper» Mashveheese

and comhine With: ,

mixture into, a sentry as

hollows'or p relies,“ " .
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,_l_ .' _‘ . .‘ ) s ' 4,

, Hostess Who has j‘amost 'n'e.

, . li’ighttul. old-fashioned flower gar:



den invited me to luncheon yes-

terday, which was so cleverly arrang-





 





cagtfiat' .wit'h’: ,her . 99mission7 I am.





passing it on as a suggestion to Oth-

ers who wish. to entertain a few

guests. The porch railing was decor-

ated all around with tall stalks of blos-

sOming holly-hooks“ These were ar-

ranged as if growing, and gave one

the impression ‘Of a holly-hock garden.



In the Center of a'-medium-s12ed

porch table, a circular mirror was





wreathed with leaves and double blcs- ,





soms 'of the new-fas'hioried holly-hooks

that look so much like roses. In the

center of the mirror, a ory‘stal vase

held a bunch of bachelor buttons and

pink asters. Little dolls made of hol-

ly~hocks were placed at each plate.

Also, tiny souvenirs were placed inside

of holly-hocks, the petals closed over

them, then the» ends tied with ribbon





of the same color asthe flower. These

*holly-hock dolls and tied flowers re-





minded us of the time when, as chil-

dren, we spent many hours playing

with holly-hock dolls and \ catching

.bumblebees in .the open holly-hooks to

hear them “sing.”



The sherbet was served in paper

holly-hock cases in red and white and

pink. The place cards made delight-

ful souvenirs for the guests.‘ They

were made by pasting snapshots of the

hostess in her flower garden among-

her holly-hooks. on one. end of small

postcards, the rest of the space being

left for the autographs of the guests.

——Mrs. M. C.





PAINTING HUGS AND MAKING

' ' PICKLES.





 





I have a fibre rug that is badly fad-

ed. Can anyone tell me how to change

the color? Can it be dyed at .home?

Can some reader give me a recxpe for

nine-day pickles?—-Mrs. K.



You ,might paint or dye your faded

fibre rug. Choose the color you wish,

and then make a strong dye solution,





"or [use ,an" exceedingly thinefpaint.



To thin ‘the‘ palm? mix it eltherwith

gasoline or turpentine. It should be

thinned to the thickness of thin cream.

If you \use the dye; for. coloring, it

Should be double strength



With a wide» ,brush paint the dye

solution or the paint on to the rug

with long, even strokes. " ._'



By nine-day pickles, We believe ‘you

refer to chunk pickles. .



- , .Chunk Pickles.



Soak seven pounds of medium-sized

cucumbers for three days in salt brine.

Then soak 'for' three days, changing

the water each day. Drain, wipe dry

and cut in chunks; boil slowly-with

a few grape leaves and two table—

spoons of powdered alum for a half

hour. After which drain again. Make

a syrup of the following and pour over





pickles after they have been drained:

' 3 lbs. brown sugar 1 oz. ,pinnamon buds



1 oz. whole auspice 3.11m vinegar



1 oz. celery seed



The next morning pour off the syrup

and heat again. After putting it back





on pickles, they are ready to can.





CANNING TRICKS.





 





HE other day we saw a canning



demonstrator drop a cold can that.

had just been filled with cold chicken.l

into a kettle of boiling water. We

held our breath and thought of all

that good chicken being wasted. But

we were disappointed, for the can did

not break. The trick is to get'the can

into the boiling water as quickly as

possible. In fact, it should be drop-

ped in as fast as its weight will car-

ry it. .

By intermittently turning the pet-

cock on your pressure cooker to allow

the steam to escape, less juice will

escape from the jars.



If you do not have a complete time

table for canning fruits and vegeta-

bles, send five cents in stamps or coin

to Martha Cole, Desk M, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan, for a copy

of our revised bulletin, “Canning

Fruits and Vegetables in the Home.”





 





 

 

 





 





 





HE Firefly Family lived down by

the marsh. There was Mother

w Firefly, Father Firefly, and the

two little Fireflies. Mother Fire-

fly was really not a fly at all, for she

had no wings. Sheis really called a

Glowworm. The two little Fireflies had

hatched from tiny eggs and had now

grown large, enough to have wings

with which to fly. , ‘ '

When“we meet any of the Firefly

Family in the daytime, we think them

queer, ugly-looking creatures. Mother





Firefly ‘haS'a broad head and crawls r





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Father Firefly Was Going Away For

’ a Visit. .

up and own the blades cf marsh grass





like a ll tle worm. Even Father Fire-

fly and the .. little Fireflies are met--





tractive in the daytime, with their ob-

long bodies and dull black wings with





a yellowish streak near the edge. But

in the evening they are very pretty

as the flyabout with their tiny flick-





Vights.‘

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LITTLEWFDLKS





Stories From Bugvillc

I T716 Firefly Family





. afternoon.





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in her bank with her pennies because

she thought they were gold. Another

little reader said she was afraid of

them for fear they may burn her hair

with their lantern. They make their

light by means of their stomach, and

can make the light shine or disappear

as they wish.



On this particular day that our story

begins, Father Firefly was going away

for a visit.



“Remember, you must not fly any

farther than the marsh,” cautioned

Father Firefly to the two little Fire-

flies as he flew away. .



So the two little Fireflies played

among the marsh grasses all the

When night came on,

they flitted over the marsh, playing

hide—and-go-seek with their tiny lan-

terns. Soon they found themselves





“Come we must go back,” reminded

one of the Fireflies.

__ “Oh, I’m not afraid when it’s dark,”

replied the other Firefly. “I’m going

just a bit farther. Come along.”

.. “No, no, I’m afraid. I’ll wait for you

on‘this blade of grass," answered his





Now it happened that a. road passed

right by the marsh. As the little Fire-

fly ventured to cross it, two big lights,

so very much larger than his own,

were coming right toward him. He

thought they were Giant Fireflies, but

they/really were lights on an automo-

bile. He was so blinded that he did

not know which way to turn, and just

flew around in circles. ' » /

Then, “Kerplunk,” the automobile





bumped right into him and that Was 40-inch material.





the last of the little Firefly who—had

not ' minded Father Finally and ventur-





 





 





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It "The Mystery of the Universe





_ And Ot/zer T fling:





HIS is in the way of a reply to

one signed “Dreambird,” whose

letter appeared a short time ago.

' Dreambird, I don’t know if you are a

bird’of gorgeous plumage‘or a small,

drab, songster such as I, but I want

to say that, judging from your letter

you must be a. philosopher, and a very





affairs is wholly the work of the un- ,





contented characters.” You see, I

don’t believe in the Pollyanna find-

something-toebe-glad-yfor doctrine, but

I do believe in the it-might-have-been

worse philosophy. (Incidentally,



hope Uncle Frank retains his belief in

the latter policy When he has finished





this)!



The greatest ambition anyone should

have is to be an interesting individ-

ual. I’m a disciple of Emerson in that.





"discerning one; you have expressed

some of the things I have thought, but

never put into words. But as for un-

derstanding the Mystery of the Uni.





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is a very illusive subject. Butl shall

be content‘to say I have beenjsuccessé '

ful when I have achieved hammess.

and can say that my friends are imp=

Dy, also. ‘ "" . V m~



I.h'ave written about enough, so an

revoir.—'“Billie' Binks,” alias “Oriole.”



It isnit necessary to go "to Washing-~

ton to make :h‘ay, but everybody‘Can’t

make. hay at .the Capitol city. Why

can’t. good-looking teachers have cen-

trol of their classes? Ability'andtin-

terest, rather than looks, should de-

termine choice of work.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: ' " ‘

How many cousins are glad that va-

cation is here? I- suppose most- of

you are glad. But I liked my first

ear in high echool so well that I





   





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:Martha Cranlic Did Not Say Whether

‘ She Was the Horse or the Driver.





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verse, why attempt it? Solomon had

rather a monopoly on the wisdom of

his time and he found no solution, and

Uncle Frank couldn’t tell you either.

“Know thyself” is without doubt a bet-

ter subject.



You are restless, discontented. So

are most of us. But remember that

saying of Mills: “Nothing is more cer-

tain than that improvement in human





Be different, distinctive, true to your- -. would rather go‘ to shhool than stayat

self, and 1‘ dQDlt mean that, that one .home,..even5thoughsl did have to ,get

should elevate. himself ‘unduIY, nor up. at 5:00‘Qr 5:130 o’clock eaCh morn—





- - ' . » ~ ing",to get to school. As a‘ rule, I

think himself ‘not altogether of such would not get home 'until about ‘Tsix

clay as rots the souls of those that 1 o’clock in the evening. .

survey,” as Byron arrogantly wrote Uncle Frank, I also Will enter into

of himself. One should possess also the eifitieagies 0f several 0ft the cgus—



. . '. . ’ ins, t a o seeing 'your pic ure. es,

that indispensable .thing for living in I know you‘ have printed several por-

a world as incons1stent as this one. traits of yourSelf’ but from the draw-

Don’t take yourself too seriously. You isnghs by] 1Eleanor 1311:1112;th Ifaul

will meet people as different from each c oen a S we 0311110, ‘ er _any



e e is no h -

other, as the characters in Shake- facts, because m r t the 8113 t





speare’s and Barrie’s plays, but if‘you

can laugh with them-not at them—

they’ll be your friends. Isn’t that true,

you Merry Circlers?



I hope you’ve worn your rose~col-

cred spectacles while reading this,

Uncle, Frank, for I need their leniency.

Do you know, I rather envy you some-

times, your position? You are doing

such fine work in establishing an in-

teresting and constructive page for

young people. It has .become like the

“Spectator” and “Tattler” of old, the

mouthpiece of opinions on the most

important subjects of the day. Keep

up your splendid work!———Lorin.





 





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Dear Unc:





My big sis is an M. C., and I’d of animals, but what I can’t under- a good time.





that man developed from a lower class





 





 





Were Richard Zong and Friends Poe-

ing or Catching Fish?





est resemblance. I am waiting for

another “add-a-letter contest.”—-—Tess.



You must be a good student to like

school so well. Really, all young

folks ought to .like school. I should

think you could get quite a few facts

from these cartoons.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have just returned from a visit

to my grandmother. I have surely had

You know, grandmas let





like to be one, too. She has lots of stand is the way they bring the earth you do as you want, and that is why





fun winning prizes n’everything. Our

horse threw me off and I broke my





into being.

An earth like ours could not possi-





I like to visit mine. My great-grand-

father lives in Lansing, and he was





collar bone on the left side. It’s get- bly be brought from a tiny bit of mat- at the head of the parade there Dec-





ting better now, so you see I can only.





write with one hand, and not very

well. My sister is a good sport, all





ter out in space. I say it was created

by God, the Master mind of the world,

and it was. Our nearest ancestor is





oration Day. He always leads it.





had three horses shot out from under





right. Kind of tom-boyish. You should the Plieistocene Cm-Magnon Man, as him. He also has-a wound in his 'side





see her in her knicker pants. She





near as they know. It says in the





from a bullet which he got at that





lobks like a big healthy farm girl. ”Oh, Bible that God created us in his own time. It is beginning to bother him





boy, the muscle she’s got.



She is the oldest in our family.

She's got to be kind of devilish to keep

up with us boys. She’s worse than

we are sometimes though.——Christine’s

brother, Sigmond Zech.





We are glad to get your side-lights

regarding your sister. I was sure she





was a live wire, because her letters Perhaps even those who write about ders and was all curls.





indicated it. She must be an'active

girl, mental and physically.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:

Farm' Kate wants to know some





thing about evolution. Well, here’s

what I know about it. From what I

understand, the evolutionists begin





with a tiny bit of matter out in space,

, and from this they create a world,

planets, stars, and everything we had

3% to about fifteen million years ago,

; ere they bring man’s ancestors into

tiny bit of matter in the ocean, devel-

ops into a weed, a pollywog, a frog, a

fish, a very low class animal, and then

the start with man’s earliest ancestor,

an animal, living about fifteen million





likeness", and I firmly believe he didn’t

look like Plithecanthropus man that

they have reconstructed.



Well, I’ll close now with love for his

eXCellency, Mr. W. B.———Uncas.





You have commented on a large sub-

ject. I am not at all surprised that

you 'do not understand the creation.





it, do not. I’m sure I don’t. All of

those big words indicate that some of

your material must have been taken

from the encyclopedia.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:





I just had to say “howdy” to Ellen

Walters. I’m glad she didn’t say any-

thing about my future. There might

be too much bad luck in it. I know

“Music Lover.” I wonder if she will

really be a music teacher. They say





the story. He (man) comes from'a that teachers shouldn’t be; too good- of yours.





looking, or they will not have good

control over their. classes. If that is

the case, I beheve “Music Lover”

should choose something else. '





quite ,a bit.

. I have heard him tell of some thrill-

ing experiences and happenings. He





said that he has been so thirsty at- _





times that he would drink from a mud

puddle. Just think of that! We can

hardly believe it.

his hair out while on the march, and

his grew way down around his shoul-





body knew him on account of the

curls, and so many more things that

are almost unbelievable—Ida Mae

Hurley.





Sorne of the war veterans‘have had

experiences more exciting than flo-

tion, and which make our common

everyday life seem tame.





 





Dear Uncle, Frank: '



I gathered courage to write after

reading that Mr. W..B‘. is no friend

I wish tothank you for the

pin and card. _I am unite. proud of

being one of the M;«C..,.fam11y.





Have any of the readers, read Edgar. ,





A.'Guest’s poems? In his poetry be





He '

was in the Battle of Gettysburg and'





He could not have





He said every- ‘





Say, U110» that was a ’gOOd picture- expresses thoughts that cometo our





‘ Shelby; Beatrice Eyerson,





“ years ago, called the Cretaceous pe- of the Club Campers at Washington

.,riod. All dominant life of the world making hay, but I’m sure I don’t have

, fin said to be reptilious in_ this period to go that-far to make hay!

' -—-the mammals. being‘of little import- There are 0 many girls.who like

mice. Next we Jump ten million years, nothing bette than to crochet and

, at: five million years ago we have embroider. ’I like to, myself, but ‘I‘





 

 





 

 

 

 





 

 





gamuseums were already extinct. The wenjoygaintin '- and drawing or cartoon,

nkey is known of in this period, but ing. nd it, only had. the brains and

ropped entirely here, (Evolution the patience to .. write a story."" “a

nether that man came from, a play! I Toan‘imagine‘rlots" of

key but instead the monkey comes but I ‘ '





 

 

 





 





 

 





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z‘oie Era, the reptile that we see like some other things just as well. I





, just can’t sit down andfw ,e

9."me ancestor as. we» are, them; , ~ » ~ -' .7 '





minds, which we are unable to put into

mere words. » ‘



I think there are ex .

.everythingr den't you, Uncle, Frank?





Dancing, mode dress, ” the cosmet-





 





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103. all can beindulged in to ,. ,.

“Moderation" should be our moisten. '



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, THE TEN MEN.





 





 





THINK "Modern, Mere Daugh- ‘





ter" made an, Excellent choice of





.the ten people who did the most to





advance the cause. of mankind. I

chose these: ‘



.1. Jesus Christ.



2. Paul, the Apostle, who traveled

westward and preached the gospel.



3. Columbus, who advanced'the the-

ory that the earth is a sphere. _

_ 4. . Fra' klin, who discovered

tri'city, . j - ~ ‘

" 5. Edison, who put it i-htouse. '





. 6.. Mors'emho inventedfhe first tel- ‘





egraph cable. - ' . ,. . ,



7. Fulton. who invented the first

steamboat. ’ '



8. Burbank, who showed ' people

more about the vegetable kingdom.



9. Henry Ford, who started the

Ford cars which are so useful to the

majority of people.



10. McCormick, who

first practical reaper. _



Who wouid choose others? I should

like .to see their lists—Dagmar Thom-

son. . -





ADD-A-LETTER' CONTEST. _





invented the





 





 





‘ .. E have, haddequests for more

7. add-a-letter, contests, [so here

goes. It has been very hard for some

to understand hbw to work such a

,contest. It is. really very easy. For





instance, if we start'with the letter A ,





we would have a, at, tea, meat, etc.

You will note that one new letter is

added each time, but‘all of the old

ones should also be used, too. They

can be arranged any way, as long as

they make words. .



This time we will start with the let-

ter T. For prizes we will give two

story books, three loosevleaf note

books, and five pocket knives. The

prizes will be given, to those having

the-longest number of Wordsmade ac-

cording: to the rules above, using the





letter T for a starter. 'Be sure to put”





 





Tell .That Francis Morse

Likes Kittens.





your name and address in- the upper

left-hand corner of your paper. , If you

are a Merry Circler, don’t forget to

put M. .C. after your name.

test closes August 18. Send your pa-

pers to Uncle Frank, Michigan





er, DetrOit, Michigan. _ '





You Can





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Poultry 'Meet





U. S. Speaker; at Ottawa, Canada, Gi‘ve p'Vz'e‘wr





of the importance of controlling



poultry diseases, Doctor Moh-

ler, chief of United States Bureau of

Animal Industry, ventured the hope

that' the poultry industry is on the eve

of a new day of prosperity and devel-

opment that will far eclipse its best

achievement of former years. Con-

gress this year gave Doctor Mohler’s

bureau authority to use funds for the

control and eradication of poultry dis-

eases, as well as for the animal dis-

eases specified in the past. Fowls are

now recognized, he said, as being wor-

thy of the same official consideration

as the larger domestic animals.



The veterinary profession also is

showing a change in attitude. For-

merly the value of a bird, or even a

flock, was too small to justify the em-

ployment of a veterinarian for treating

‘a diseased condition, and little atten-

tion was given by the professionto

poultry diseases. Recently they have

been giving the subject more and more

attention and study. This is especially

true with such infeCtious diseases as

tuberculosis in poultry, which is read‘

ily transmissable to swine. The tu—

berculin testing of fowls is entirely

feasible, according to Doctor Mohler,

and is being used to some extent with

no adverse effects on normal, healthy

birds.





WITH the recognition by Congress





Better Market News.



The billion dollar poultry industry

of the United States needs much more

’market information than that now pro-

vided for it, according t‘O'ROY C. Potts,

of'the department of agriculture. With

these needs of the industry in mind,

the department of agriculture has re

cently appointed a committee of spe-

cialists to formulate a comprehensive

plan for obtaining economic informa-

tion adequate for the large and grow-

ing industry. ‘



.Describin‘g the statistics of stocks

and, production now provided by the

census, the statistics of foreign trade

provided by the department of corn-

merce, retail and wholesale prices pro—





vided by the bureau of labor statistics, '





and the service reports of the depart—

ment of agriculture covering market

movements, stocks and prices for a





. few of the most important markets,





Mr. Potts summarized the chief fur-

ther needs of the industry fer informa‘

tion as follows:





An annual estimate of the consump-

tion of poultry and eggs classified ac-

cording to location and type of con«

sumer demand.



Government reports on the current

market prices of live and dressed poul-

try as well as of eggs, the prices of

which are now obtained directly in

only one market.





Amplification of information now re-"





ported for a. few markets, and when

sion to other important markets, to

the end that producers, as well as trad-

ers, may have information they need

accurately and promptly in their ef-

forts to supply the markets to the

best advantage of all concerned.

Needs Better Standards.

Standard grades of poultry products

understood and applicable in all parts

of the country. are needed in the Unit-

ed States Department of Agriculture.

This necessity arises because im-

portant areas of production, and the

largest gnawing centers are widely

separat ‘ The United States Depart-





”meat. of Agriculture has studied this





prbb’lempln 1111 its relation to eggs, and

' Moist '0: standards'of





   





the quality factors being the condition

of shell, yolk, germ, and size and con-

dition of air cell.



With these standards as a basis,

said Mr. Slocum, the department form-

ulated three sets of egg grades: Buys

ing grades, wholesale grades, and re-

tail grades, for use at country buying

points, in wholesale channels, and in

retail channels of trade. A study of

standards and grades for live and

dressed poultry, has been started with

a view to issuing them in the near

future in tentative form. .



Less than three years ago egg in—

spection was begun by the bureau of

agricultural economics and that of live

poultry only last November, yet in De-

cemberf 1926, 979 egg inspections, in-

volving 51,000 cases of eggs were

made, while during the same month

1,171 cars of live poultry were inspect-





received by express ‘





WEAK DUCKLlN-GS.





/





My ducks seem hearty and strong.

All at once they drop down and. can’t

walk, and then they rest a while and

get .up again, andsometimes they die

within a few hours. We cut one open

and could see nothing wrong. They

are most all feathered out, and are

TT‘IStS getting their wing feathers—Mrs.





Lameness and leg weakness in

ducks is sometimes caused by a lack

of mineral and animal matter in the

ration. It is..often the result of diges-

tive disorders due to overfeeding or

sour, spoiled feed. When ducklings

are penned in small enclosures where

there is a limited amount of fresh

green range there seems to be}, an in-

crease in the losses.



A good mash for ducklings Can be

made of three parts bran, one part

middlings, one part corn meal, with

the addition of five per cent meat

scrap, ten per cent green feed, and

three per cent sand. If a grasSy range





is available it is not necessary to add r





green feed to the mash.





If you have specimens which require

a laboratory examination, first corre-

spond with Dr. H. J. Stafseth, Michi-

gan State College, East Lansing.





 





 





 





ROOMS FOR TOURISTS.





 





AM home from the kind of vaca-



tion that is becoming more and



more common, an automobile tour.

My family made five in all, and we

traveled nearly four thousand miles in

a small closed car very comfortably.

We took very little baggage or camp

kit. It isn’t necessary nowadays. We

did not even attempt to dress in khaki.

We had unionalls to use if necessary,

but they were not called into action.

Our travel was almost wholly along

paved roads. I doubt if we traveled

twenty miles of dirt road in all our

trip. We found tourist camps at every

town of any size, and in the smaller

towns and at farmhouses, very many

homes presented the sign, “Tourists

Accommodated.”



Frankly, I was surprised at the qual-

ity of the homes indicating willingness

to care for tourists. “Why do you do

it?” I'asked one farmer, Who took us

in for the night. “Is it good busi-

ness?” '



He grinned a little and looked sheep-

ish. “It pays, all right,” he said. “We

charge one dollar each if we giv_e

breakfast, and seventy-five cents each

without. It makes a lot of extra work

for the wife and she can’t get help,

but, to\tell the truth, she rather likes

the excitement. I think maybe We’ll

quit, though. Two miles up the road





.the Will Davis folks took in some





tourists ten days ago and they have

’em9yet and probably they’ll have "em

for quite a spell. The travelers “had a

child who broke out with scarlet fever

the very first night."



Far be it from me to disturb the

relations of farmer and tourist, Wheth—

er they be for profit, hospitality; or a

little pleasant “kick.” But all the

.world is touring now, and if you open

your home to all the world you must

do- it with your eyes open. Set aside

a definite room or rooms for the tour-

ists, if possible, rooms that can be

reached without trespassing on your

living room. Be very sure that all





linen need is promptly sterilized by





balling. Be just as particular about

dishes, glasses, etc., that may be used

by the tourists. Remembering that

some touring is avowedly for health,

it Will be just as well to look the vis-





. itors over before arranging to accom-





modate them. And if anything goes

wrong in spite of your precautions, of

course you will be as helpful and court-

eous to the tourist as possible, and at

the same time will protect your own

family. It is just as well to know that

you are taking a rather definite health

risk, and be on your guard.





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’BOY FAILS TO GROW.





 





Can you tell me why my six-year-

old boy doesn’t grow? He was six

years old last March, and is 43%, inch-

es tall, and weighs 401/2 pounds. He

seems to be in good health, only he

doesn’t grow any. His p1incipal diet

is cream gravy, sweet milk in abund—

anCe, also lots of fruit and melons.

Doesn’t came for meats. He likes eggs.

How are they best for him? How

much should he weigh?—Mrs. F. R.





Between parents who have too little

concern about the physical welfare of

their children, and those who have

too much, I prefer the latter, and I

think you are in that class. Children

who aren’t made to be big, won’t be

big, no matter how you feed them.

Your, boy is a fair height for his age,

and only three pounds underweight.

His diet is very good. A child ought

not to need more than one egg a

day, and soft boiled or poached are

the best cooking methods. Be sure

that the boy does not play too hard,

and gets lots of sleep in fresh air.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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You can trade in your old separator

for a power-driien Sher-pies Tubular

—yau can trade it in on one at,

larger capacity . . .at very little"

cost. A power-driven separator onto,

only a little more than a hlm‘.

driven separator . . .and $20 elf"

lowance will be made on your

old machine.

If your separator is too small

(or your needs. it it is worn.’

out of balance and losing

cream. and you want to be free.

from the drudgery of it all.

write today for the Sharples

ofler. telling us what capacity

you need.





smmss summon co.. -

565 w. Washington 31“..





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or West Chester. Pa.





 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 





 

 





 





 

   

 

   





 

 

 





 

   

 





 

 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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are offering these at $1.00 each

prepaid while they last.





Send your order at once as this

is all we have of this age and

breeding at this price.





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chicks 2c per chick more.

Silver Lake Egg Farm





PULLETS—REDUCED PRICES.





is. C. Eng. White Leghorns, Brown Leghorns

1Anconas. Evensslzed healthy. and well developed.



I 8 wks.. 75c: 10 wks. 851: 12 wks.. 95c. A130 13

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8 to 10 Weeks Old Pullets,

S. C. W. Leghorns at 75c;





We sell our own stock only from 3-year blood tested

birds. Use pedigreed males only. SIMON HARK-

EMA. Holland. Mich. ‘





 





     

 





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Whites are the Limit!“

Factor in Egg Production





ONE hundred pounds ordinary grain ration, ' I





“need protein to produce whites. Michigan Egg ,

an. Mash with Buttermilk supplies the protein, ‘ '

ingredients for whites 1n the proper propornon ., .

to balance the yolks for max1mum egg produc- .

tion. '

, g, Mash with Buttermilk 13 your assurance of con-

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' Absorbine. It Is penetrating but

does not blister nor remove the

hair. You can work the horse at

thesame time.$2.50at druggists,



or postpaid. Describe your case





for special instructions. Write

for-valuable horse book 4-S free.





A user writes: "Had one horse with



bog spavin on both hind legs. One hot-

tle Absorbine cleaned them off. Horse

now going sound and well. "





SORBINE





TWE MARK REG u s. PAT on

t. '





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





This new powder

kills rats and mice

but nothing else





Get rid of rats without danger to your chil.

dren, livestock, pets or poultry.

Think what this means to you!

K—R-O may be used freely In the home. ham

orgoulhatry house with absolute safety. Actual

tee vegroved that it kills rats and mice

every time ut other amino als aland tryare not

Juredby the largest doses.





Not a Poison





- -Odoes not contain arsenic. hoephorue

' othalxgum carbonate. Made of squillpbulbe—the





, new sale way urged by government experts. A:





, “4% 4 times a. much)





 





 

 

 

 





direct moi us postpaid if be

guaranteed.

m, ”fun; Ohio.





5...“





 





REMOVING STUMPS. ‘





 





NOTE the inquiry in the Michigan

_ Farmer of July 30, as to the re-

moving of troublesome

burning same, and having had consid~

erable expeflence in removing stumps

by blasting, would .recommend the

same as the most effectual method.-



Get a. quantity of dynamite cart-

ridges, with supply of fuse and cap





’and, provided with auger of proper





size, and length of'four or more feet,

bore under the stump. Having put

the fuse into the cartridge, with ex-

ploding cap in fuse, tying so no water

can reach the cap, put the cartridge

into the bored hole under ~the stump,

light the fuse, then tam-p quickly with

water and promptly retire to a. safe

distance and await results.





If properly done, the stump will be

torn in pieces to some extent, and can

then be removed and piled for burning

without very much difficulty. I have

blasted stumps for myself and for sev-

eral neighbors, and with gratifying

success. If the fuse should fail to ex-

plode the cartridge, do not attempt

to examine the cause until

hours later, to thereby avoid any dan-

gerous results—J. T. Daniells.





INSULATING ROOFS.





 





I am thinking of building a bunga-

low, 22x30 fee-t. I shall use double

floors, and sheathing outside. I am

going to put building paper between

sheathing and siding, as well as be-

tween floors, but I do not know just

what to use on ceiling to prevent heat

escaping through plaster into the at-

tic, which will be very low. Can you

give me some suggestions on insula—

tion that would be inexpensive?—~J. M.





You are indeed wise to consider in-

sulating the ceiling, since there is

greater heat loss through the ceiling

than through the side walls, due to

the greater difference in temperature

between the inside and outside, as the

warm air of a room always comes near

the ceiling. Insulation can be applied

below the joist, in the space between

the joist, or on top of the joist. For

insulation under the joist, I would sug-

gest that you use one of the lumber

substitutes to which plaster may be

applied. The-re are several such ma-

terials on the market. Most of them

are approximately a half-inch thick.

This should be applied carefully, ac-

cording to manufacturer’s directions.

This material might also be cut and

put in spaces between joists, and strips

nailed at the edges, or a lighter quilt-

ing material may be laid on top of

the lath and plaster. "



There are also products which come

in powder form to be mixed with water

and poured on top of lath and plaster.

The material effervesces previous to

setting, which leaves it porous, and

thus makes a good insulating material.



For insulating above the joist, you





may put on tar paper and sheathing.





or, if more insulation is desired, a.

half-inch of the stiffer insulating mate-

rials may be placed on the joist and

sheathing nailed over this—F. E. F.





A HOME—MACE CHARGER.





 





Can I charge a six- volt battery with

a. small motor running at a. twelve- volt

generator? How should I store bat-

tery separators, either in wet or dry

storage, In order to keep them in con-

dition until ready to be used. -Sub.



You could charge a. six-volt battery

with a twelve- volt generator, provided

the charging rate in amperes was not

so high that it would injure the bat-

tery. The usual rate for charging a

six-volt automobile battery is from ten

to twenty amperes.





 





we.





 





stumps by





several.





 





upon the condition of the battery and





' the length of time it Is to be out of,





service. A battery which is to be out

of service less than a. year should gen-

erally be put in wet storage, unless it

will soon require such repairing as to

necessitate dismantling. In putting a.

battery into wet storage it should be

given an equalizing charge until the

specific gravity of all the cells Is

brought up to the~~proper point. If pos-

sible, the battery should be kept on

continual charge at a low rate, known

as a trickle charge. The rate of charge

should be just enough to offset the

local action, and to keep the specific

gravity up. A bank of lamps is an

inexpensive and convenient means of

regulating the charge current. In, cas-

es where it is impracticable to provide

for a trickle charge, the battery should

be given a charge, at least once in

two months, at the normal rate, until

all the cells are gassing free and uni-

formly. In the case of the trickle

charge,‘or the normal rate charge, care

should be taken that the plates keep

covered [with electrolyte, by adding

sufficient distilled water.





In case the battery is to be put into

dry storage, it should be cleaned and

dismantled. The positive and nega-

tive plates should be soaked in cold

water for at least fifteen minutes. The

positive plates can then be put aside

to dry. The negative plates will prob-

ably heat when removed from the wa-

ter, and should be soaked until they

are cold. Care should be taken that

the positive and negative groups of

plates do not come in contact.



Wood separators should be kept in

water made acid by the addition of a.

small quantity of sulphuric acid. This

is to keep the separators free from

slime—F. E. Fogle. ‘





 





WILL ENCOURAGE USE OF HAM

AND BACON.





 





LL farmers, especially those own-

ing hogs, will be interested in a.

nation-Wide advertising and merchan-

dising campaign of unprecedented di—

mensions on hams and bacon, in which

the National Live Stock and Meat

Board is participating. The purpose

of the campaign is to popularize hams

and bacon and to inform consumers

everywhere that these meats just now

offer unusually good value to consum-

ers, and, in addition, are especially

suited for summer use.

Farmers interested in swine produc~

tion can contribute to the welfare of

their industry by buying a. ham and





. a slab of bacon, and, in this way, par-





ticipate directly 'in the nation-wide

campaign.





A DISEASELESS, BEET.





 





ICHIGAN beet growers will be



glad to learn that the U. S. De-

partment of Agriculture is working on

the development of a new variety

which has: resistance to leaf spot and

curly spot. ”‘These two diseases cause,

untold losses. Dr. G. H. Coons, the

department pathologist, is experiment-

ing with' wild beets\to find out to





~what extent they resist to diseases,





He found that the cultivated kind had

no resistance, while the wild type

possessed considerable.





 





FARM-CITY _COOPERATION

N EEDE D.





 





(Continued frompage 121).

munity, but the one - factor which I





«wish to discuss at "this time, .13 its





chamber of commerce. Owosso has a





 

 

 

 

 





, live chamber of commerce of over 690

There are two ways in which a load " -

acid type battery may be but in eter- ' ' V

The method to. us‘e‘aml depend "





men Each? week this '

macros meets andz‘





 





farmer? It looks very much, from W.





 





' program, that the businese men or the

city were Interested in the ran-men;





Owosso has a group of very high type

and broad-minded business men. She





also has a farming community of very ‘

good farmers, as you will recognize





when I mention their names. As I be-

long to both the chamber of commerce





,,end to the majority of the farmers’





clubs, this meeting was a very inter-

esting one to me. The farmeré‘were

invited to the meeting, or luncheon,

and several ‘of. them were asked to

speak on, “What Owosso Can do for

the Farmer.” Mr. A. B. Cook, former





State Grange Master, and, president of .





the Master Farmers’ Club, was one of

the farmer speakers, and Mr. James

McBride, former state senator and

state market director, was another.

Mr. Cook and Mr. McBride pointed out

local needs of farmers in the commu-

nity of Owosso in which the chamber

of commerce couldaid. Some of these

points dealt on better markets, better

roads, farm electric service, city rest

room, and enforcement'Of game laws.

Committees were appointed to work

on these problems, and in this manner

the people from the city and rural dis-

tricts were learning to work hand in

hand, each interested in the other.





Here is an example in our own state





where industry is interested in agri-

culture, and an example which can be

followed in any county in Michigan.

Live tovins and live rural districts are

putting on suchprograms which will

all work together toward a better un-

derstanding, a. better community spirit,

and a. better industry and agriculture.





NOT MORE ACRES, BUT MORE PER

ACRE.‘





(Continued from page 121).





than wheat on a poorer soil lacking in ,





plant food. Winter injury in Michigan

causes the abandonment on the aver-

age, of one out\ of every seventeen

acres seeded to Wheat.

loss can be prevented by the use of

fertilizer. An abundance ofplant food

makes stronger plants with heavier

tops thatprotect the plants, and with

larger root systems not so easily heav—

ed by frost.

Improving the Quality.



While the Individual farmer hats lit-

tle control of the market price, it is

often possible to add several cents per

bushel to the price by raising the

grade. The difference between No. 2

and No. 4 wheat is generally several

cents per bushel.

greatly influenced by soil treatment.

Fortunately, good quality is usually as-

sociated with high yield, so that hav-

ing obtained one, you have the other.



What is a Ton oijertilizer Worth?



It is quite usual to value barnyard

manure by the amount of crop in-

creases produced. Using the same

basis for determining the worth of fer-

tilizers—what they produce—some as-

tonishing values are obtained. In-

creases from six to ten bushels of

wheat from a. 200- pound application are

not uncommon—the'y are the role. As-

suming only eight bushels per acre,

and counting wheat at one dollar per





bushel, a ton of, fertilizer is ,worth





eighty dollars. That this is by no

means. an exaggerated figure is indi-

cated by the estimate of so competent

an'autho'rity on fertilizers and fertil-

izer economics, Dr. S. B. Haskell, 10!





the Massachusetts Experiment Sta} ‘*





tion. After'a careful review of experi-

mental data, and, observation of thou-





sands of actual farm experiences, he

,concluded’that the Investment: of $230. -





000, 000 made by farmers in one your,

returns $697 ,643,000, or three dollars

for every dollar invested. ’





What- other farm, practice‘flretnms

300 per cent" n- *





Much of this .,





Quality of wheat is ..





 





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.‘.
' should.





. .do. beanie.





PUT THE CORN BORER IN THE

SILO.





 





HE U. S. Department of Agricul-

ture has announced that on July

2. their corn borer clean-up campaign

was finished. They also ~have an

nounced- that ninety-five per cent of

the borers have been destroyed in the





‘ region where the work was carried on.





Now to finish the job! If the farmers

of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,

Michigan and Indiana would put the

crop in the silo, they would make one





hundred per cent clean-up, and the ,





chances are the corn borer would dis-

appear as a pest.



To fight an insect it is necessary

to know the life history of the pest.

When this is known, it is not a diffi-

cult matter to‘ fight it in an effective

way. The insects which harbor over

must be in the form of worms or pupa

embedded in stalks, principally of

corn. By cutting the crop close to the

ground, and putting it all in the silo,

ninety-five per cent of all worms will

immediately be destroyed through the

heating and acid process of the silage.

The balance can be destroyed by eith-

er burning the stubs or plowing them

under.





Fortunately, the states where the

corn borer is operating are located in

intensive dairy sections, and where

most of the crop is grown for feed

rather than grain. Outside of Indiana

and Ohio, this is largely true; but

even in the states named, a farmer

would be wise to even change his

method of farming so he can utilize

the cornstalks in the most efficient

way, which is feeding them in the

form of silage.

an over-supply of silage, while there

has been much complaint of an over-

supply of corn grain. If the corn were

properly used in the silo, we would

be under-supplied with grain, and the

price would be materially increased.

We are only one-sixth supplied with

silos, based on. the number used in

such states as Wisconsin and .Michi-

gan. Every stock farmer should have

a silo because, in this Way he will ob-

tain the greatest value from both his

corn and his live stock. _.



If the European corn borer is to be

wiped out, we must fight him while he

is down; and now that his numbers





"have been depleted, let us put it over





one hundred per cent and wipe this

dreaded pest from the land. Certainly

no cornstalks should be left in the

field to provide winter quarters for the

barer, especially when we can make

such good use of the forage by turn-

ing it to good profit as silage. —A. L.

Haecker.





 





SOUR MILK TURNS COLOR.





 





’ What is the trouble with our milk?

en we set the clabbered milk out

for the little chicks, it turns pink

when the sun shines on it; sweet milk

and cream are all right, and the sour

cream seems O. K, until put, uncov-

er outdoors. Is it anything that

isn' good for chicks? Some of my

chicks are not doing so well as they

It isn’t the dishes, because

We use crocks to sour it, and good

granite pans to feed in .—Mrs. H. W.

This difficulty withmilk often oc-

curs, but the exact reason for its oc-

currence has been, so far as we know,

unaccounted for by scientists. Many

authorities, however, believe that the

coloration in sour milk is'due toex-

posed metal parts in the tonsils or

separators used. Utensils aving any

copper parts might cause .such an ef-





[ feet and some soldering. materials may,

if milk pails and other,

[used armpropesly tinned, it...





injurious to chickens.





There is no danger of"





 





A coloration of

this nature is sometimes found in milk,





. due to injured~- cows’ udders.——T. H.‘





Broughton.





 





PROTECTING THE LIVE STOCK

" AGAINST FLIES.





 





S a number of’ readers have in-

quired about cheap sprays for pro

tecting cows and horses against flies,

some~ recent recommendations from

the Missouri College of Agriculture

may be of interest.

The horn fly and stable fly give the





most trouble and do the most damage. .





They are both blood-sucking flies. The

stable fly looks like the house fly and

is most often seen along the legs of

cattle and horses. It is the vicious

bite of this fly that causes the cows,

to kick and stamp at milking time.

The horn fly is usually seen on the

head and back of the animal. Its

greatest harm is done by its practice

of sucking blood from the animals.



The most promising means of con-

trol is the use of sprays that have

More repellant to flies. The following

sprays have proven effective and can

be mixed at home at small cost:





Two gallons kerosene, one pound of

flake naptholene.



One gallon of kerosene, one gallon

crude oil, one pound flake naptholene.



Two gallons kerosene, one pint of

crude carbolic acid or crude creosote.



Two gallons of used cylinder oil,

drained from crankcase, one pound

flake naptholene.





The spray (using any one of the

foregoing recipes) should be put on

lightly as a fine mist. Heavy appli-

cations may be injurious. Care should

be taken to see that none of the spray

gets into the milk. Dairy cows should

be sprayed twice a day as the repel-

lant odor of the spray is not lasting.

An application once a. day is sufficient

for work stock.———I. W. D.





 





CONTINUE cow TESTING IN WEX-

FORD.





 





W0 new testers will begin work

for Wexford County Cow Testing





Associations. Both of the men are

graduates of Smith-Hughes High

Schools, and of the short' course at





Michigan State College. Lloyd Her-

weyer and Elmer Milliron will be the

men in charge of herd improvement

in the Wexford Associations this year.-





WHEN CAN PIGS BE REGISTERED?





 





How soon does a hog or. pig have to

be entered for registration after birth?

I bought four pigs a year ago and paid

for registration, the seller agreeing to

send me the papers, but I have never

received them, though I have written

and he has promised to send them. If

it is too late now to have them regis-

tered at the age of one year and eight

weeks, can I collect damages from him

for breach of contract? I have his

letter stating he will send the papers.

He claims that he lost my address, but

he knew on which farm I lived, and

if he so desired he could have obtained

the address—J. G. M.





Pigs may be registered at any time

after birth, as soon as they can be

marked so they may be identified and

the writer knows of no'limit thereaf-

ter when they may not be registered

if identification marks satisfy the herd

record association.



The breeder must fulfill his part of

the agreement and this agreement can

be shown by your correspondence. If

he will not do this, you have grounds

for legal action against him to compel

him to do so or, in case "he cannot

register these pigs, then you have

grounds for damages. You bought and

paid for registered stock and if this

stock cannot be registered you have

lust sense for legal action. .





 





 





hat Feature '





of the De Laval

Milka-13o You

.\ Like» Best 2





HIS question was asked

of a large group of De

Laval users and 1844

replied. Their answers show

that the De Laval Milker is

liked for many reasons; that

it is not a one-feature milker



’ but combines all the elements

necessary for better milking,

saving time, producing clean

milk, simplicity and reliability

of operation, to the best ad-

vantage. The answers can be

grouped as follows:





Better, faster and cleaner milking.

* *

Pleasing to the cows and operates

without injury.

*





Savingin time and labor.

* * *





Elimination of drudgery and great-

er pleasure in dairying.

* * *





Simplicity and 'ease of operation.





Easeofwashlng «1de

or cloanmilk.

2|! t *





Fool-proof construction. ,.

/ II: II It

Uniformity of pulsations.

* SIB *

Simple pulsator with only one,

moving part.

It II *

Alternate action milks fast and





clean. ) * *





Simple and efficient teat-cup a...

sign and construction.

:1: :1: :1:





Reliability and durability of con-





struction.*

* 3|: _





Ability to keep individual records.





* 3k *





.Vacuum control prevents injury

to the cows.

4: :1: at»





Pulso—Pump efficient in design.

\ reliable and durable.

' III * :3





Service from Agents and Company.

it * *





You, too, will like a De Laval

Milker, and for the same rea-

sons. Sold on such easy terms

that you can use them while

they pay for themselves. See

your De Laval Agent or write

nearest ofiice below. '





The De Laval Separator Company





NEW YORK

165 Broadway





W1





CHICAGO

600 Jackson Blvd.





SAN FRANCISCO

61 Beale Street





 





Used successfully for years by





ready to mix with your own salt.





 





ECONOMICAL SHEEP FORMULA





Powder of Tix Ton can now be bought by the pound at drug stores,





mixed, including price of salt $1. 75.

of many sheep troubles, colds, indigestion, worms and ticks. Contains

pine tar minerals, sulphur, charcoal,

tives and internal antiseptlcs Guaranteed to give satisfactory results

by drug and feeders’ supply stores or direct from





R. C. PARSONS CHEMICAL WORKS, Grand Ledge, Mich.





leading feeders and flock owners.





Cost per hundred pounds, when

Given for prevention or control





vermafuges, also tonics, laxa-





 





 





 





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY





Change Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Twelve Days before date of publication.





CATTLE





 





 





Wallinwood Guernseys





m of BROOKMEADIS SECRET KlNOfor ale.

F. W. WALLIN, JENISON, HIGH





GUERNSEYS





I have for sale a number of well-bred young bulls

ranging from (alves to smvic-eabh agc Any one of

these should exert an improving influence on most pure-



bred herds. JOHN ENDICOTT. Birmingham, Mich.





FOREST HILLS GUERNSEYS





heifer 11 months old and four bull calves from 1 to

10 months old, for sale two from A. R. dams. All

carry the blood of World Champions M. HOMPE.

Forest Hill: Farm. R. 5. Grand Rapids, Mich.





 





or trade for young stock, Registered

For sale Guernsey bull, three years old. Son

of Rival of Ben Ay.re T. B. tested. Has seen

light srrvice. M. E. SKELTON, Auburn, MIch.





 





FOR practically pure-bred GUERNSEY or HOL-

STE N calves. from heavy. rich mllken.

write EDGEWOOD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewater. Wit.





Dal Hall C lvu. practicum

Guernsey our:y bred $35.00. each Washlp





C. 0. D. Write L. Terwllliger. Wnuwatosn. Wis.





 





 





 





Echo Sylvia King Model 266177





Leading Honor List sire 1925-26 and 1926-27.

The only sire to achieve this distinction for

two successixe years.



Bred for production. A grandson of May

Echo Sylvia from a 36-115. daughter of a.

twice 37~lb. (:ow.



He transmits production. He now has 87

A. R. 0. daughters, including a 34. 71— lb.

cow with a 305- day record of 907 lbs butter

as a Junior 4— —year- old and 8 others from

30 to 33.76 lbs.



Let one of his sons insure production in



your herd.





“THE MICHIGAN STATE HERBS."

Bureau of

Animal Industry

Department C.

Lansing, Michigan





AT THE TOP





A Colman. cow from our hold was huh butter- -fa.t

now in Cow Testlnl Auoclotlcn work in Mic mm

1925. This herd of oovlvgxgrerigod 11,988 lbs.1nllk





Colanth Bulls from cowl atmdlns high

lam-I and .0“ Tortilla work insure unusual

production. us about up.





MePHERSON FARM 00.,

Howell. Mloblgan . .





 





 





 





 





 





 





'Calves Ytar’l & Twos:





   

 

 





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) tw0<

year— —old daughter of Creator. HI.

sire is King Seals Alcartra Prilly. an

undefeated Show bull with 70 A. R.

daughters. Others sired by a 5 time. ,

1200 lb. Champion Bull, the famoul

K. P. O. P. breeding. >



Bred cows and heifers served by

these sires are available for {ounda- _

tion stock.





RED ROSE FARMS DAIRY,





Northville, Michigan

Telephone: 344

Reference. Northville State Savings Bulk

twcuty file high- Kl’ade Hol-





FOR SALE stein heifers, six to





hundred in weight, bred to freshen between Decem»

her and April. 1. D. McGRUM. Mclvor. Mich. .





msby Sensative and 011a. lines;

Holsteinso Splendid foundation stock.





all I have left. A. FLEMING. Lake. Michigan.





 





ready for savior. and

bull calves. for III.





Choice Jersey Bulls

hum. iIIIIITII o





from B. of M. dun! accredited

PARKER. Howell. Mloh.





 





strain E. W. DOAK. Ovid. Mich.





Dam 500 lbs. fat, first calf. Will

Jersey Bull sell any .3. 1.. use an

BAKER. Oneo, Mich. .





Sill! Beat of 11qude Imu-

IIIIOHIS cow; and heifers for solo. BI DWELL‘

STOCK FARM. Box D. Towmloh. Mich.





Stockers & Feeders





Hereford Steers & Heifers.

good grass flesh. most



each bunch even in size and.‘

show good breedim: Chane Hercfmds am usually‘

market toppers when finished. Few bunches T. B.

usted Will sell your choice from any bumh. State

number and weight you prefer 450 to 1000 lbs.





 





 





 





Beef Type dark icds.

bunches dellorned





‘Van D. Baldwin, Eldon ,Wapello C0,, Iowa.





 





loads 1' bred-

F 0 R SAL E fecdfifg steers. zveiggliifi from

500 to 800 lbs. W. A. GREEN, R. 7. Lancer. Mich.





 





HOGS





Duroc Spring Pigs





Either sex. pairs or trios unrelated. Bred

service boars. All are registered. cholera. immune





LiAItc‘rII-zw FARMS, magnum,

, Additional Stock Ad». on m; m





 





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Will sell‘ .





I h . R"; x

F o R s A L E is strains 1
GRAIN QUOTATIONS.





Tuesday, August 9.





Wheat.

Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.38; No. 2





: white $1.37; No. 2 mixed $1236.





Chicago—September at $1.41%; De-

cember $1.457/3; March $14873.

@g‘ggedor-Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.39





Corn. —

Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1.17; No. 3‘





' yellow $1.15; No. 4 yellow $1.13.





I





 

 

 





J





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





moderate. _

-' cate that the crop W111 be six to seven





. Chicago—September at $1.12; De-

cember $1.165/8; March $1.195/3.

Oats.





Detroit—No. 2 Michigan 54c; No.

, c.

Chicago—September 48%c; DeCem-

ber 52940; March 551/2c.

Rye.

Detroit—No. 2, $1.

Chicago—September 94140; Decem-

ber 981/40; March $1.02.

Toledo—$1.02.

' Beans.





Detroit—Immediate and prompt

shipment $6.00 f. o. b. shipping points.



New York—Pea domestic $6.25@

6.75; red kidneys $6.75@7.50 to the

wholesalers.



Chicago—Spot navy beans, Michigan

choice hand-picked, in sacks, at $6.40;

dark red kidneys $6.



Barley.



Detroit—Melting 800; feeding 720.



Seeds.





Detroit—Cash imported clover seed

$14; October $18; December imported

$15; December domestic at $17.75;

August and December alsike $17.00;

timothy $2.25; December $2.20.



Hay. .



Detroit—No. 1 timothy $15@16;

standard $14@14.50; No. 1 light clo-

ver, mixed $14.50@15; No. 2 timothy

$13@14; No. 1 clover $14.50@15.50;

oat straw $12@13; rye straw $136314.



Feeds.





Detroit—Winter wheat bran at $35;

spring wheat bran at $34; standard

middlings at $41; fancy middlings at

$45; cracked corn at $46; coarse corn

meal $45; chop $40 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT.





Wheat prices are showing fair sta-

bility, although they are not far from

the lowest point of the season. The

net loss in the last two weeks has

been moderate in spite of an enormous

movement to primary markets, and

small export sales. Some rust damage

in the northwest on both sides of the

international boundary, and signs of

improvement in the export demand are

strengthening factors at the moment.

The present world situation indicates

an increase of 75,000,000 to 100,000,000

bushels in the northern hemisphere

crop, an increase of 50,000,000 bushels

in the carry-over, and a decrease of

possibly 75,000,000 bushels in the

southern hemisphere. Such a lineup

does not indicate that prices for the

crop year will average much lower

than they were in the last‘crop year.

The immediate situation may turn

weaker or stronger, depending chiefly

_,upon the nature of the crop news, and

upon when export demand develops-





breadth.

RYE.





, Estimates on the rye crop run about

the Same as the last official forecast,

or 22,000,000 to 23,000,000 bushels more

than a year ago. About half of this

increase is offset by the smaller carry-

over. The new crop is beginning to

move, and the visible supply has in-

creased slightly. Export sales are

Reports from Europe indi-





J.





per cent larger than last year.





CORN.





Private forecasts on the corn crop





' average about 100,000,000 bushels more





than the official forecast of a month

ago. Belief that there will be a sub-

stantial abandonment of acreage,

coupled with continuation of unfavor-

able weather, prevented weakness in





he fact that the prospect is extreme-





ly poor in the sections furnishing most





/ of] the commercial supply is a .suppOrt-





ing influence. The cash corn market

has, been sustained 'by declining pri-

ry regieipts and a diminishing visi-

e sup y.; 4

ble, owing to the cheapnesslot-Aiu

:3 corn. ,.The ' latter country is

freely, and stocks on ocean?

eugenroute’to Eu





 





rices as a result of these forecasts.‘





Export demand is neg-a





rope tour-46,?"

p labels, ' the'largest on records





 





The crop in the Balkan states prom-





ises to be quite 'small, and the short-- ‘





age of feedstuffs in Europe because of

poor crops last year, has not been





eliminated. '

OATS.





The cats crop is uneven and tore-

casts average slightly lower than a

month ago, but they are still close to

the five-year average, and 80,000,000

bushels more than a year ago. The

carry-over appears to be about 60,000,-

000 bushels less than last year, how-

ever, so that the net change in the

total supply is small. Oats prices ad-

vanced during the past week. Cash

demand is slow and the new crop

movement is looming up on the mar-

ket horizon. The visible supply prob—

ably will begin to increase in a week





or two.

SEEDS.





Some buying orders for clover seed

have developed during the Last week,

although reports continue to indicate

favorable progress of the crop. The

acreage is small, however, and dealers

are beginning to anticipate fall needs.

Europe expects to harvest a big crop

of red clover seed, and foreign seed is

quoted at a discount under domestic.

Alsike seed also has been in- better

demand and the market has stiffened.





FEEDS.





The feed market retained its strong

tone last week, with most feeds mark-

ed a“ little higher. Production of wheat

feeds is gradually gaining, but is smal-

ler than at this time in either of the

past two years. Cottonseed meal has

declined as offerings from the new

crop for deferred shipment are plenti-





ful.

HAY.





Moderate receipts and an improve-

ment in the demand were sufficient to

give the hay market a stronger tone

last week. Prices w‘ere steady to a

little higher in most markets. The

alfalfa harvest is progressing under

favorable conditions in western states

where local markets are draggy. Top

grades of leafy hay suitable for dair-

ies are in active demand, however.

Pastures and meadows are still in ex-

cellent condition in most sections of

the country, reducing the need for ad-

ditional feeding.





EGGS. '-



The strength which has been devel-

oping in the fresh egg market Jar sev-

eral weeks finally succeeded in push-

ing prices to a higherleyelk Receipts

of eggs at the leading distributing mar-

kets have declined steadily from week

to week, and since the middle“ of June





/.





-.have been smaller than in the cor-.





responding period of 1926. Average

quality of current receipts is low, with

a good many short-held eggs being in-

cluded. High quality storage eggs are

being used freely, so that the surplus

«over a year ago is not increasing.

Prices are still several cents a dozen

cheaper than a year ago, so that con-

sumptive demand has remained excel-

lent. Prices are expected to work

gradually higher during the next few





months. -*





Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts 25@26c;

extras ,26%c; ordinary firsts 21@23c;

dirties 20@210; checks 19@200. Live

poultry, hens 220; springers 27c; roost-

ers 1435c; ducks 19c; geese 13c; tur-

keys 200. "



Detroit.—Eggs, fresh candied and

graded 23%@26c. Live poultry, broil—

ers 320; heavy hens 24c; light hens

18c; roosters 160; geese 180; ducks





23c pound. ,

BUTTER.





Butter prices have been somewhat

irregular during the past week, but

the changes have been confined to a

narrow range. Conditions generally

continue favorable to milk production,

consumptive demand is reflecting the

usual mid-summer quietness, and stor-

age reserves are accumulating rapidly,

so that an unsettled market is not a

surprise. Production is still exceeding

the corresponding period a year ago.

The size of the ugust make will de-

pend largely on t e weather, but in

view of the favorable pasture condi—

tions, it is probable that the seasonal

decline will be no more pronounced

than usual. Prices are expected to

hold fairly steady, with only fractional

declines.





_Prices on 92-score creamery were:

Chicago 39 c; New York 401/43; De-

troit 36%@ Se pound.





POTATOES.





The potato market has strengthened

although prices are likely to sag again





 





 





 





Live Stock. Market Service]





Tuesday, August 9.





CHICAGO.

Hogs.



Receipts 31,000. Market is uneven;

better grades generally 10@15c lower

than Monday’s averalge; packing sows

15@25c off, or 2‘5@400 under the best

prices; tops lower; tops $10.95; bulk

160-200 lbs. $10.60@10.90; most 220-

250-lb. butchers $9.50@10.40; 260-300

lbs. at .$8.70@9.50; few in-between

weights $8.65 and under; most pack-

ing sows $7.35@7.85. .



\ Cattle.



Receipts 13,000. Marketon choice

weighty steers and good to choice

yearlings steady, other grades slow,

bidding 15@25c .lower; she stock is

steady; killing quality bulls 15@25c

lower; vealers 500 higher; strictly

choice bulls $14.60; long yearlings up

to $14; heifer yearlings $13; most fat

steers $11.50@13.50; grassers $10.50;

strong weights $8.50; bulk vealers at

$14.50@15.50; heavy bulls $7.

' ' Shoe and Larnbs. -



Receipts 14, 00. Market fairly ac-

tive, generally steady with Monday’s

early sales; good to choice lambs at

$14; medium to good kind around $13;

few choice natives $14; culls mostly

$9@9.50; sheep steady; better grade

desirable weights fat native ewes $6@

7; feeding lambs. unchanged. ‘





DETROIT.





- Cattle.





Receipts 217. Market steady.

Good to choice yearlings

dry'fed - o a a e o 'e o u o e o810.00@12n50





 





to.





Best-.heavy steers, dry-fed. 9.75@12.00 ~





Handy weight butchers. ..‘”~.~.g-8.00@.:9~.75





Mixed steers and heifers ‘8.00@_.g.(2’g





 





 





   

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





Handy light butchers . * 7.7

Light mwhers > e .,' o 0 out e o ' 6.06

Best',c0WB‘:».....§.n..‘.}jo .7





“BMCDOF'GOFB e '09“. 6'0 e 00.; '

cutters .0, a p e.e l..“o~b,fn~.o)i2gofl;f r”-

came" coco-eeoeoi'o-osob





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Choice light bulls . . . . . . . 600(0), 8.00

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00@ .150

Stock bulls ......... . . . . . 5.50 6.50

Feeders .. ..... . . . . . . . .- 6.25 8.25

Sto-ckers . . . . . . .’ ......... 7.75





5;50,@

Milkers and sprinlgers..$65.00@100.25

a ves.

Receipts 377. Market is strong to





500 higher.

Best ..... g ...... . . . . . . . . .$16.00@16.50

Others . .‘ .............. . . 8.00@15.50





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 469. Market is steady to





slow

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





Bestlambs

Fair lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.00@13.00





Light to common lambs. . 6.00@11.00

Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 5.50@ 7.00

Gulls-and common . . . 2.00@ 4.00

Yearllngs o e t o e o o I I o I o o l O 8000®10t50





“ Hogs. '

iReceipts 740. Market steady.





Mxed OOIOOOIIICOCOCO.... 11-25

Roughs eo‘l‘lveneI‘OCOIEOOIOI 7:50

Heavy yorkers . . . N . . . . . . . 11.50

Pigs and lights a . o e o g o o l o 11-00

Stags nnnnnnnnnn none-eon. 6.25

Extreme heavies' . . . .- .3 . . 8.00@ 9.00



" BUFFALO.



. Hogs. ‘ .





Receipts 800. Market fairly active.

strong on light and medium‘ weights,

bulk 200 lbs. down $.11_.50@12; most

210-250-lb. average $10.75@11.75; 260-

300-lb. butchers $9.25@1‘0.75; packing

sows arestrongr ‘ _ , ' _,





' ', catflG- "" ’

Receipts 100. .. v .

‘ .. .a'V“; -





. ''Re‘ceiptgg‘f71:15'0'....-..MMkfet't . , ,.

”W913 £5.50; cells, ”-313 dsotwnwi

' - I i. ‘ ..





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f4. .





’when receipts increasei‘as the til “I j g .

of the main crop getsunder wayg'fl





\





sufficiently large .1v01ume’to prevent





3 5335011 See, ions are still shipping in





   





any lean period before the first 'ship-





ments tram the northern tier of states.

Kansas and Missouri Irish Cobbl



U. S.‘No. 1, are quoted at $1.90@2.0 _

per'.100 1 s., sacked, in the Chicago

carlot mar et. Virginia Irish Cobble

U. S. 'No. .1, are "selling at ,$4@4.1

per barrel in the same market.





woon





Mills are still buying wool in active

fashion, and apparently are anticipat-

ing their future needs to some extent.

Prices have not advanced materially

but such changes as have occurre

have been in the seller’s’favor. Euro-

pean markets are strong, with both

Germany and France showing need of

wool. Domestic prices have not risen

to a point that will permit free im-

ports. Stocks of foreign wool in bond

at Boston-- are only bout one-third as

large as a. year a o, and it will be

four or five months- before new clip

wools from the southern hemisphere

can reach this country. Buying in the

west has gradually subsided, since the

quantity remaining unsold in that sec-

tion is the smallest atthis season in

several years. Consumption of wool

other than ca et, by domestic mills

in the first but of 1927 was 18 per

cent larger than in the corresponding

period in 1926.





GRAND RAPIDS.





Potatoes $1.50@1.60 bu; wax beans

$1.50@2.50 bu; peas $3.50 bu; sweet

corn, white 35@45c dozen ears; yellow

500; spinach $1@1.10 bu; cabbage 85::

@115 bu; red cabbage $2; celery 10

@40c dozen; leaflettuce 750 bu; head

lettuce 75c@$1.25 bu; onions $1.25@

1.50 bu; carrots $1 bu; turnips $1 bu;

cauliflower $1.50@1.75 dozen; tomatoes

90c@$1.20 per 7-lb. basket; apples,

various varieties, best $1.50@3 bu:

peaches, early varieties $2.50@3 bu;

blackberries $3.50 per 16-qt. case; dew-

berries $3@3.50 case; strawberries $4

case; huckleberries $4@5 case; cur-

rants $1.50@2 case; red raspberries

$4.50@5 case; wheat $1.10 bu; rye

75c bu; white, beans $5.60 cwt; red

beans $5@6 cwt; chickens 15@22c:



~hens 16@23c; ducks 18c;

28c; butter-fat 43c pound.





CHEESE.





Buying interest in‘ cheese was ac-

tive last week in ‘spite of the stronger

market. Pastures in Wisconsin were

reported to be suffering from lack of

moisture, and dealers were predicting

a decline in production during the next

few weeks. 1.





 





COUNTY cnop REPORTS.





 





Jackson County.——Outlook for wheat

and oats fine;,~corn promises a short

crop; beans and potatoes ordinary:

live stock doing well, and an abundant

hay crop promises to help out short

corn. Farmers seem to be selling

wheat as soon, as threshed. Wheat

prices better than a year ago, but

poultry prices lower. Morale of farm-

ers is always good, athis is a dairy

section—II. I. G. ’ , .



losco County.——Farmers very busy

with haying, cultivating, and cutting

wheat and rye; hay much better than.

a year ago; wheat is fine; rye fair;

corn is making good growth, but will

require lots of good weather to ma-

ture; oats and barley make good

gains but straw is short; potatoes look

wellfexcept late planting; beans are

slow; fruit erop light; pasngtumjng

brown; live stock in good» condition.

veal, dressed, 15c;

eggs 250;"hens 200' broilers, dressed



,30c." Man . chicks ost on account of

cold we r- Business moving. slow.





Plenty of labor tube had, but gamers .





are trying to dotheir own work or

exohangowith neighbors—J; C. A.





 





The theory that Chineseexpeditigns

, and Jewish traders came to the Pacino





90%“ between 1100 ”alumnae :.





advanced, became, of Hebrew'wordo‘ in.

and accused was was,





 





eggs 25@1





butter-fat- 40¢ ' .





as
. rivals





 

 





 





   





 





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IGHIIY stone: ii "iii“ ,st' .m‘

H‘reached $14.60 ether:153t3hicago





 





on. .

. . market in‘the leatievvwdays, set-

ting anew high mark for the seasbn.

‘ finished steers of all‘weights

’ scarce: Iii-between





Strictly

are ,extremely

grades of fed steers,. especially with





4 weight, have become more numerous





recently, due to attractive prices and

mounting board bills. values haVe

been pared on these descriptions as

well as on grassers in the last few





days. Yearlings are scarce and they





have lost practically all their discount

under heavies._ e





IHOG. PRICESUONDERGO SETBACK. ‘





 





AFTER reaching a Chicago top of





$11.10, hog. prices experienced a



moderate setback. Receipts have

not dropped below last year’s level,

export trade has been quiet, and

stocks of meats and lard increased

during July. It is probable that at.

will diminish during August,

however, as that month, or September,

usually uncovers the year’s lightest

supply. Prices probably will hold

.most of their recent gains for a while,

and it is possible that a new '

point for the summer will be reached.





 





LAMB MARKET LOWEST or THE

SEASO -- .





AMB prices dropped to a new 1 w

point for the season during t e

last week, with a strong rally at

the finish. Receipts have increased

compared with a month ago, and

dressed lamb prices have declined.

Bulk of the range lambs at Chicago





‘ ware bringing $14 to $14.25, with most





natives at $13.50 to $14. ' Total re-

ceipts of lambs are due to Increase 75

to 100 per cent in the next six or eight

weeks and frequent weak periods In

prices are to be expected. At present,

values are down close to the summer

and early fall average of last year, so

that no severe additional decline is

probable.





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.

Shiawassce County.——Fruit is a fail-





ure; corn backward; oats and beans

normal; pastures are somewhat dry.





' There is the usual acreage 'of potatoes,





but blight is striking the early crop;

late crops look good; hay and wheat

are bumper crops; Live stock is look-

ing good, and the dairy business is on

the gain. Prices are low for poultry

products. Farmers are threshing and

new wheat is bringing about the same

as last year.—~—C. S. C.



Hillsdale County.——Work on farms

here about normal; wheat is cut and





drawn; not as large an acreage as us:





ual-on account of wet weather last

fall; oats looking good, and corn is

making good growth, but a little late;

new seedings look good; not much is

being sold by farmers. Eggs at 24c;

milk $1.90; butter 50c. Pastures are

fine and stock in good condition.—

L. A. M. ‘



St. Joseph Caunty.——Farmers are

busy with threshing; oat cutting is in

progress. Wheat yielding fifteen to

twenty bushels to the ,acre; pasture





[only fair, as the weather is hot and





'dry; corn looks fair but ‘needs late

‘fall to mature; very little fruit; early

potatoes ripening too soon; late pota-

toes look pretty good. Live stock is

in good condition. New wheat $1.22;

neVW'rye 850; old corn $1.00; old oats

{(30051 Igotatoes $1.50; butter-fat 420.—





Ionia County.—-—Hay and wheat are

taken care of in line shape, with wheat

yielding twenty-five to ,forty bushels

per acre. Too dry for corn and oats;





, corn is three weeks late; pastures are

2 getting short and dry; about the usual





number of cattle are being pastured;

beans look good but,do not grow as

they should; very little fruit; no

home-grown potatoes on the market.





. mean brings $1.18‘; oats 45c; potatoes





eggs 24c; cream 410.——-J. W.

" Lake County.—Small grain crop is





flight; cOrn two weeks behind; pota—

"toes fair.





Eggs bring 22c; butter 430.

Prices for live stock about the same





 





 





 

 





FOR SALE‘ USED

, MACHINERY





Two 15-25 Rumely tractors nearly new. 9—16

Holder nearly new. two 15-30 Hart-Parr. 16-32’

15-25 Allis-Chalmers. 10:20 McCor-

15-27 John Deere. 17-22 Ann

hay ss. 17- Ohio, 17-22 Adco.

34. Ml on a: or. Port Huron.

. ~iuch‘1iussell. 26-inch Case. 20-inch Rumo-

* ‘ is. M may othm. Writeus‘IIMt you’need.





'Buy‘ used mac/tinny and .

, _ :d‘vcmoncy '

~ . :1th Mfg. Company





 





   

 





 





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,good.—-Z. B





u. ,- $2.59 oats 66.9. , t..is

poor“ this year, but 11v s Stock. looks





,Lenawee Qounty.—.—-Wheat promises

good yield; corn. doing fine; fruit, in

general, 1 is good; cherries were very

plentiful; The : poultry. business, is

slightly overdbne. Marketxrather. slow.

BthteII: 435m, eggs, 24c ; .potatoes.$1.50.



Huron County.——Farmers have har-

vested very good hay crop; the wheat

crop is also good; barley and oats





, . a ma. .

» wth; boots and chickory also doing

. oil. *In.’ general, prospects are good.

Livestock is fine-and Huron county

is‘producing‘more; milk than ever be-‘

fore. \The county isgetting ready for

a TB test, a; real step forward in the

dairy business—A. W. C'.



Clare County—Average crop of hay;

rye looks good, but oats are short;

corn is also short; late potatoes look

good. Butter 50c; eggs 25c; buckle-

'berries 25c; raspberries 300; potatoes

$1.50.——J. M. W. ’





 





 





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“More Milk with We Cows

Len at the End of the Year"





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Milkmaker, a Public Formula Radon.

- Build: fortbeFuMe ..



HE im ortant part that Milkmaker plays

in Mic igan dairying is'probably best-set

rth in the claims made by hundreds of Mich-

an’s leading dairymen who have used Milk-



aker continuously for one or more years.

These dairymen tellus that they have secured

e following results by the use of Milkmaker,





viz :





l. Cows have kept up in better flesh and





~hotter hysical condition.





2. we have maintained a larger and more





. cycn flow of milk.





3. Calves better developed and stronger at





birth.





4. Freedom from trouble with cows at





calvi time; no retained afterbirth andno udder _trouble. .

Thigstrongest advocates of course are those dairymen who have used Milkmaker con-





tinuously since it came on the market in 1922.

Buying a Better Herd





These men have realized that in buying and

of a better herd of cows two or three cars

In buying a ba

ultimate results 0 rained.

the price of the feed.





The results to b





using Milkmaker they are assuring themselves

hence.





\

of dairy feed you 0 not buy the feed for the feed itself, but for the





e obtained are not necessarily determined by





The real value of the feed is determined by the per cent of digestible





protein and digestible nutrients, both of which determine results.





A common

left at the en of the year.’





hrase among, users of Milkmaker is “More milk with more cow





Ask for booklet on “How to Feed for Economical Milk Production."





Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service





Lansing,





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HOGS

0. LG HOGS on time $322.6;





Originators and most extensive breeders.

THE L. B. SILVER 00., Box l96I Salem, Ohio





For Sale--Reg. O. I. C. April 8: Mayl’igs

best 0! breeding. Shipped on approval. FRED W.

KEI‘INEDY 0. sons. n. I. coal-ea. Mich.



choice Reg. 0. I. C. hours of





A F E W April (arrow. shipped on approv-

al. GLENWOOD STOCK FARM, Iceland, Mich.





Reg. 0. I.‘ c. Pigs





Danuville, Mich.





O. l. C’s.--10 Bred Gilts $5" figegfimbggfigg:





 





of May {arrow for

sale. H. w. MANN.





 





 





 





CLOVERLEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich.

0 I C’s good last fall gilts to furrow in Aug.

' ' ' and Sept. Also spring pigs. 1,5 mile

west of depot. Otto Schulze 3. Sons, Nashville. Mich.

LARGE TYPE? Fall boars all sold. ‘Gilta bred

- . for fall fan-ow. bred to two best





been in the state. viz.. L38. Bis Wonder by Smoothe

Wonder and Big Stratum by Redeemer.

W. E.‘LIVINOSTON. Penna. Mich.

type.





Chester White March Pigs 3'1, , 352', and

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





large Type Poland Chinas‘ ignimh°a$w$niihué§

I. AYLOR. Balding. Mich.





 





 





 





A FOW sood Hampshire spring boon at a

box-coin. Place your order for bred

cuts. JOHN/W. SNYDER. at. lollnl, Mloh.. ll. 4.





 





 





 





Registered Tamworths £52? ”0‘? “39385113;

DONALDSON FARMS. Orion. Mich.

SHEEP

S H E E P





Delalne Ewes. Big Lambs by side.

Delalne Breeding Ewes. 1 to 5 years old. $8 per

head. Western Yearling Ewes. Grade Ramboulllet.

$11 per head. All good ones and in. good) condition.





see us before you buy.

LINCOLN 8t BRADLEY. North Lewisburg. Ohio.





$12 per pair.





 





IT PAYS TO BUY PURE BRED SHE? 0F

PARSONS "it'd?”mxm."



, ‘ I coll and s ip everywhere and pay exprpu



.. ears... as...“ “anagrams



PARSONS. GrandLedze.Kich. R2 ,





If YOU. want to Karskul sheep. write F.

PERRY. Davlson, Mich.. Sect’y National Karakul

Fur Sheep Breeders’ Registry Association.





Dolalno Breeding EWE: by side. Also good De-

laine breeding ewes. young and in good. condition.

BOYD d. BUTLER. Mt. Victory. Ohio.





   

   

   

   





 





 





reliable information in regard





 





with coarse wool. lambs





 





including the first prize Iamh





For ShWPSth films. at Michigan State Fair and

five other Fairs. write or call ARMSTRONG BROS-.





 





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snow " ' " emf :

um rosin





 

 

 





you SALE—1.40 acres

stock, tools, crops.

Beavertown. Mich.





FOR SALE—80mins form in first-class 1;th





all equipped. with 16, ‘

rice to Geo. 1920011..





 

 





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chord" and? good 'butldings. InduiI-e

West Branch. _Mlch.. .R. 1. . , .

WANTED FARMS .. \ ,





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WANTED—To hear from more: land tor sale rot





fall delivery. 0. Hawley. Baldwin. Wis.





 





 





MSCELLA NEOUS





 





YARNS of Pure Wool Worsted for Hand Knittin¢~ .

also Rug Yams for Hooked Rugs.‘ Write today 'M~‘ .,





free Samples. Our stock is Large. 50c 4-02. skeln.

Also Wool Blankets. Concord Worsted zMills.

Concord. New Hampshire.





 





CHEKEN MITES. BEDBUGS CLEANED ‘OU'D—N'o : ‘





sprays or chemicals.





50c in stamps brings .you some

Die. Descriptii e





literaturel f rec. Write American





Mite Eliminator Co.. Dept. D. Crawfordsville. Indians. ,





 





FISTULA REMEDYl—IPhysir-lans prescription. not a.





patent medicine.- Used successfully 45 years. $2 per

box postpald.. ‘Satisfaction guaranteed or money re—

funded. Fillmore Co.. Westminster. Md.





 





MOTORCYCLES





MOTORCYCLE BARGAINS. Used. rebuilt. Guaran-

teed. Shipped on approval. Catalog free. Floyd

Clvmer. 810 Broadway. Denver. Colo.





 





FILMS DEVELOPED





MAIL YOUR KODAK FILMS to us; we develop roll.

make 0 good high gloss prints and return for 250

coin or stamps. (‘owic Studio. 10% Fountain Ava,

F.. Springfield. 0. 1





 





 





CORN HARVESTER





RICH MAN’S Corn Harvester. odor man's price—-

only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free ont-

alog showing pictures of harvester. Process Co..

Selina. Kane.





 





 





 





MATTRESSES





MATTRESSEB made any size. low factor! prion.

Catalog (rm. Peoria Bedding Company. Peoria. Ill.





 





 





 





SEEDS





SEED WHEAT—Certified Improved American Banner."

until August fifteenth. three dollars per hundred.

freight prepaid on six hundred or over. Bags free.

A. . Cook. Owosso Mich.





 





 





CHOICE CERTIFIED SEED MEATS—Improved

American Banner, Berkeley Rock and Red Rock

for prompt shipment. Knox Farms. Portland. Mich-

Igan.





 





CHOICE ADAPTED SMALL GRAIN AND BEANfl

~lmproved American Banner wheat. Wolverine oats.

improved Robust beans. A. B. Cook. Owosso. Mich.‘





SEED WHEAT—Tmmbull

from rye, cor-klc, cheat.

Georgetown. Ohio.





 





smooth. free

Marlon Day.





regi ste red.

smut. etc.





 





TOBACCO





GUARANTEED HOMESPUN TOBACCO:

5 lbs.. $1.00: 10. $1.75.

Freel Pay when received.

well. Kentucky.





Chewing.

Smoking. 10, $1.50. Pipe

United Farmers. Bard.-





 





HOMESI’UN TOBA(ICO-—GUARANTEED. GOOD flu.—

vor. Chewing. 5 lbs. $1; 10. $1.75. Smoking. 5

lbs. 75c; 10, $1.25. Pay when received. Farmers'

Union, Mayfleld. Ky.





 





 





POULTRY

WHITE LEGHORN H'ENS AND BIALES now Ill-If

price. Thousands of eight-week-old Pullets. Also





Baby Chicks and Eggs. Trapnested. pedigreed foun-

dation stock. egg—bred 27 years. Winners at 20 age

contests. Catalog and.l special price bulletin free.





 





I ship ' . 0. D. and guarantee satisfaction. Geo.

B. Fen-Is. 934 Union, Grand Rapids. Mlchlgu.

TURKEYS. GEESE. DUCKS-«Finely lli'od Bronze





Turkeys. White Pekin Ducks.

sI-rl'ptive circular and price.

non. Kalamazoo. Michigan.





Geese. Write for do-

State Farms Associa-





 





ENGLISH WHITE LEGHORN

li5I-; 8 wks., 75c; 10 wks.. 850.

free with every order of 50 pullots.

Poultry Farm, Zecland. MiclL, ll. 3.





PULLETS—O weeks.

flnc male bird

Village View





WHI'I'I‘AKER'S MICHIGAN CERTIFIED REDS-r



Both. Combs. Cocks. Hens, Cockcrels and Pullem.



Michigan's Greatest Color and .Egg Strain. erta



fir Price List. ‘

ich.





 





 





 





 





 





Fowlerville. Mich. 510? SALE—White Leghorn (.‘ocken-els. March hatch-

, rom our own special breeding flack of extra lar

S H E E P 5:33:28 1333:. Wigwam ‘g‘; Tapered hens. backed by high egg records. Lowdg:

side. Lincoln 8; Bradley. North Lewishurc. Ohio. loultry Farms. Mumth. MICh' .

FINE LOT yearling ewes from registered MARCH HATCHED White Leghorn pullets. produced

Shropshire rams, western ewes. from Ohio Accredited Chicks. Better Poultry Com-

Feeder lambs. CLARA AIRE RANCH. Clare. Mich. Darw- Sugarcreek. Tuscarawas Con 0hi0-

FOR SALE Sheep and lambs. 01‘ Will ex- WHITE IEGHORN COCKFRELS "F rd"

change for cows or young cattle. A ‘ — orwa

RAY JENKS. Eaton Farm. Ovid. Mich. fiiitg'anied' beardless' F' W' Spence“ snepbm'





 





 





display type or





charge to words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department is established for the conveni of chi: u-m'



. Smll advertisements bring best results under classified headings. ence Mi on f as.

advertising miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.

partmmt at classified rates. or in display columns at commercial rates. ‘



Rate 8 cents a word, each insertion. on orders for less than {our insertions: for

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

illustrations admitted. Remittances must accompany order

leo stock advertising has n «pants department and





Try it for want ads and (or .

Poultry advertising will be run in this do-





tour or more

initial or number. No





is not accepted as chum-d. Minimum





 





 





FOR SALE~8~weeks-Old White and Brown Leghorn

Pullers at 65 cents each. H. Knoll. Jr.. R. 1.

Holland. Mich.





 





BARRED ROCK PULLETS—twelve weeks old. 750





each. Freed Fausnaugh, Chesanlng. Mich





HELP WANTED





WANTED—Experienced farmer who has his

equipment to operate 200 acres on cement road near

Elynloutlll.me?arlywsa;:ryk $1.500. Fair house and

am urm 0c . Louis Save 9; 41



Bldg, Detroit. 3 7 Book





 





 





 





   

   

   

 

 

   

   

 





   

 

 

 





 

 

 





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One Four One Four

Words time. times ' Words. time. ea.

10 ........ 80.80 32.40 26 ........ $2. 08 $6.24

11 ........ .88 2,64 27 ........ 2.16 6.48

12 ........ .66 2.88 8 ........ 224 6.72

13 ........ 104 8. 2 29 ........ 2.32 6.96

14 ........ 1.12 3. 6 30 ........ 2.40 ‘ 7.20

1 ........ 1.20 3.60 31. ....... 2.48 7.44

16 ........ 1.28 “3.84 32 .. ..... 2.56 7.68

7 ....... . 1.36 4.08 33 ........ 2.64 7.92

18 ........ 1.44 4.32, g, . . . . 3,72 8.16

19 ......... 1282 4.56 - . . ...... .80 8.40

21 ........ {fig 3.30 36. . ...... is: 3.64

, ....... . . . . . . . . . .

§2wmi.;§ 6.? 8. .. 3.04 3%?

3g ........ 1'32 :17; . 9.60“

.. . 2.00 6.00 ........ 9.84





 





SACRIFICE—wt of old site. .40 acres. muck.

' tannins iwcte’r throuah- center Excellent.





I $3.000! ’





 





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MONEY-MAKING FARM—Equipped {or Real Farm-

er, 100 acres splendid section. near motor bus. easy

run to city; 75 acres easily-worked crop land. very

productive. 20-cow pasture with flowing well. wood-

lot, woven-wire fencing; excellent Iliroom home.



barns, cemented basement. silo. other tine

bldgs. Retiring. low price $12,700 includes 5 horses.

12 cows. 3 heifers. 100 poultry. valuable equipment.

hey. oats. wheat, rye. potatoes. corn. stovewood, etc:

less than third cash. James L. Cross. Stront Agency,

708 Smith 131113.. Flint. Mich.





2807.1an FARM FOR $5.500—tncior. crops. 20

cows and yen-tings. horses. registered Holstein bull,

poultry. manure spreader. binder. hmesses. cream

separator. 3 vehicles. his. enemies. rye.

straw. fodder, etc,. included : good crop land. pas-

15W for his herd mtlmnted 2.000 cords - 300

has. other f'mitz- short wall: lake. 15¢ age

vantages. Real opportunity at low price. only

32.000 cash. H. F. Lunsted, Strout Agency. 104%

Michigan Ave. Big Rapids. Mich.





f80 {OMS—40 acres cleared.- level: good soil. 5:





SITUATIONS WANTED





,FARllIER—single. European University graduate. with

experience in this country, wants position on chicks)

farm where advancement. possible. A. Schmlber. or.-

Dr. M. Eeyn, 702 E. Grand Boulevard. Detroit. ‘





 





 





YOUNG LADY; wishes position as housekeeper on

farm. Experienced good cook. P.

Sparta. Mich. or. Stulgis. /





AGENTS WANTED





 





actions WANTED—A splendid opponunlt on...

23 an needed .





«in money by all

by every housewife. end for list and full particu-

lars. J. F. Hodman. 820 Dmel Bldg.. Phil

Also Room 602. 100 Hudson Street. New York.





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The right fertilizer boosts

/ the marketable yield. if





 





RESULT—more profits.





Spinach was planted in two fields, side by side, at the





New Jersey experiment station. One field was left un-A





fertilized. It produced 198 crates of spinach to the acre.

The other field had 1600 pounds of a 9-8-3 fertilizer at

planting time, andyielded 597 crates per am.





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The correct grade of Mobiloil 1

cuts the engine expenses. {Z RES ULT — more profits. 1





 





Any farmer knows that he usually, gets back more money

than he puts into the right fertiliZer.’ But do you realize

you get back more than the extra few cents you put into

Gargoyle Mobiloil? An immediate cut in oil consump-

tion of from 10% to 50% frequently brings the cost of

Gargoyle Mobiloil below the cost ~of other oils. Other

savings come in lower repair bills, less time out for

break-downs, less over-heating, and a marked cut in

carbon troubles. Gargoyle Mobiloil brings you these





savings because it has an added margin of safety in





lubrication to meet every engine need.





Tractor oil. . .' automobile Oil . . . and—.9





Oils are frequently bought and sold under 'misleading'





‘ terms. The terms‘ ‘tractor Oil" and ‘autOmobile oil” are





 





YOUR guide—if your car is not listed below see any Mobiloil

dealer for the complete Chart. it recommends the correct

grades for all cars. trucks and tractors. And remember that . . .





609





automotive manufacturers

approve it!

The grades of Gargoyle Mobiloil. indicatEd'helow, u‘e Mobilqil





“E," Mobiloil Arctic ("Are"), Mobiloil ”."A Mobiloil "BB,“ \

and Mobildil "B."





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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NAMESOP 1.. h k h .



PASSENGER ° 3 0 .5 0 3 o 3



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Buick .......... A Arc A Arc A Arc. A Arc

Cadillac ......... BB Arc. BB Are. A Arc. A Arc

ChandlerSp.6.. A A . .. ..



" otlm mod: A Arc. A Art. A Are. A Are \

Chevrolet ....... Arc Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc.

Chryslerw, 70. 80 A A A A A’ A A A



other much. A Are. A Are. A Are. .2.

Dodge Bros. Hyl. A Are. A Arc. A Arc. A _ Arc.

Essex .......... A Are. A Arc. A Arc. A. AFC.

Ford .......... E E E E E E E E'-

Franklin ........ BB BB BB BB BB BB BB BB

Hudson ......... A Are. A Arc. A Are A Arc.

Hupmobile ...... A An; A Are A Arc A Arc

“welt ......... . . . .' A Are. A Arc A Arc



axwell ........ . . .. .. A Arc. A Arc

as ........... A Are. A Are. A Arc. Arc. Are.

Oakland ......... A Arc A Are A Am. A Arc.

Oldsmobile ..... A Arc. A Are A Are. A Arc.

erland ........ A Arc. A Are A Are. A Arc.

Packard 6. ..... A Arc. A Are. A Are. A A



“ 8 ....... A Are. A Aic. A Arc. A Are.

Paige ........... A Are. A Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc.

Reo ............. A Arc. A Are. A Arc. A Arc.

Star ....... ..... A Are A Arc. A Arc. Arc. Arc.

Studebaker ...... A Are A Are. A Arc . A Arc. \.



elie.. . ........ A Are A Are. A Are. A Are

waxy-hymn .... 3 Are. 3 Arc. B Are

A Are. A Are. A Arc. ..... l /





 





 





 





used as though that described the correct oil. But tractors

vary greatly 1n design. So do automobiles. So do trucks.

The Mobiloil Board of Engineers has made a special





study of all engines, yours included And their recom— '

.mendations are so accurate that 609 makers of automo-





biles and other automotive equipment do not hesitate





, to approve them.





You will find that Mobiloil IS not only worth 1ts extra.

price but 1s worth a trip to town where this is necessary.





Take advantage of the substantial savings on barrel and.





half-barrel Orders of Gargoyle Mobiloil.- The complete





‘ chart at all MobilOil dealers’ tells you just which grade





of Mobiloil to use in each of your motors. _





 





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