; 4 ‘ m /’/// n , f7, 7 , . /, n 43%,, ,,. 1 927 ) Nibee For the Prize Winner A R E B M E T P E S Y, A D R U T A S H. m M m 0 R. T. E D 10 No. Volf Wm (191' Economical , 13am}; Ort’aiti an i ’ Consistent Progress 2% Preved Design- have resulted 1n the most in Chevrolet History] ' \ Today’ 8 Chevrolet embodies the most amazing gualitvin Chevrolet historth'he result of 14 years of consistent de- velopment and improvement. In carrying out this policy of consistent betterment, the Chevrolet Motor Company has profited immecsnublv from 1ts close association with the General Motors Corpor- ation—the world’s greatest producerofautomotive products.- The General Motors Research Laboratories, under the direction of the most famous scientific stafi in the auto- motive industry—— ‘ -——the General Motors Proving Ground, the greatest out- door testing laboratory 1n the world-— —-—-the General Motors engineering staff-- -—the vast General Motors resources»— -all have been constantly utilized in making Chevmlet the world’ s finest low—priced automobile! Go to the display room of the nearest Chevmiet dealer and see today’ sChevrolet. One ms Not as custom hesutv, one ride at the wheel of your orite modelwand yon’will know why thousands are investigating the market each day . , . and turning to Chevrolet! CHEVRQiET M01733 CQMisANYs ”CTRQJT, MICHZLGAN War: of General More Cowman «tat theselow prices TheTemirg $525M“: 5131394300: $695M ThelmPerial $745 . . V _ $90“ , MWTW) ’ — $395 new - v5625 fibula-1‘7 .15 (Choctaw ' r @495 ' Allpriceufio 1) Flint. W M W W Wm “they included“: Lowe-t Wmmmuwm The vast resources of General Motors and the tremen- dous manufacturing facilities of Chevrolet have made possible this amazing quality. The Chevrolet Motor Company .111 a unit niche General Motors Corporation— ——mhe greatest " automotive organization in the world. Utilizing the vast resources and wring facilities of this organization. Chevrolet emoys, to the full- est extent, these manufacturing sdva conga—a fact that 13 largely responsible for Chevrolet? amazing values. The General Motors Proving Ground com- prises a tract of 1245 acres. The entire tract is criss—crossed with rocdsnf every rm: concrete speed track, to deep‘rune ‘dbyfil'gza There are 11111:; that vary stamens slight inclination to 24%. Elects ml WW cars are under constant seat .at fie From Ground—driven day and night under every conceivable condition ofmd and load. wofhegCOACH ' . $ 5 95 ’ “1:11., rum. Mich. Chevrolet cars use manufactured in 12 great factories, located at strategic shipping points throughout she cccuntry. Every {factory is : _ ~ .- , . . ‘_ , _ *-'. > _ . _ . , equipped wfil :the most advmce‘d modern ' 5 ~ . _ y .g'. ””” V : machinery known to engineering science— . I, , I, ' , performing roverv manufacturing mention with exacting scientific precision an um efficiency. r MICHIGAN A vows/in 01x11; ' The Combine in Michigan Expeneme: of a Half Dozen Men W50 Have Tried Tflzr Metéoa’ of Harvesting RACTICALLY every Michigan farmer has heard of the big com- bines which were developed some years ago to harvest the grain crops .of the Pacific coast states. These were developed in advance of the tractor” and were operated by traction power PUBLISH ,MAzr, [SHED [843. £51345 A Practical Jamal for the Rural Family MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM PRESS By I. R. Waterbury combine, the machinery of which is operated bya four-cylinder gas engine mounted on the combine frame. In this illustration it is shown cutting a very heavy piece of Wheat on the De- "Harvesting and Threshing a Forty-acre Field of Wheat on the Detroit Cream- furnished 'by some thirty horses or mules, which were hitched to a frame at the rear of the machine and pushed the unwieldy device ahead of them. But the machine did the business, cut- ting and threshing the grain at one operation, leaving the straw on the field. , - The combine remained a local insti-' tution for some years during its de velopment period, largely because it was generally believed that it could not be successfully used in the more humid climates of the great mid-west. ern grain-producing sections. But with the general adoption of the gas engine and the tractor for- farm work, the. gas engine was adopted to drive the machinery of the combine, and the tractor to pull it, and enterprising manufacturers invaded the middle— western grain belt to find a wider mar- ket for their product. Progress was slow at first, but gradually the com- ,bine was introduced in widely scat- tered communities. The object les- sons, thus afforded, resulted in a rap— idly increasing demand for these la- bor-saving machines. This year there was a greater demand for them than "the manufacturers could supply, it be-’ ing estimated that more than five thou? sand were sold in Kansas alone. -~Naturally, a good many Michigan farmers have been interested in the development, and this year a. number of them ordered combines. Several different makes and. types (of these machines have been started in Mich- igan harvest fields this year. We are fellowing the experiences of these com- bine owners carefully, and hope to give our readers definite information regarding the satisfaction and econ- omy of operation enjoyed by them. In the meantime, many Michigan Farmer readers will be interested in pictures and descriptions of the dif- ferent types of these machines which ‘ 4 «a we have recently seen and photograph- “ ed in operation in Michigan grain ery Farms at the Rate of Over Two Aores Per Hour. troit Creamery Company farm, in Ma- comb county. Mr. Shultz,. the farm manager, estimated. that the wheat would yield forty-five bushels per acre, ‘thresher, in Another type of combine adapted to small farm operation was seen last week on the farm of John Bidle, in Lenawee. This 'eight-foot Gleaner combine is mounted on, or rather around a .F‘ordson tractor. It is sus- pended entirely from the tractor, which also furnished the motive pow- er to run the machinery of the com- bine from the power take-off. As will be noted from the illustration, this is an extremely compact machine, and is a strictly one-man outfit. The cut- ting device is mounted directly in front of the tractor, the separator on the right side and the grain tank on the left side. It was operated by cut- ting the field in lands and swinging around the ends, although the flexi- bility of handling would make it eas- ily possible to cut around the field if desired. When the grain tank is full, the wagon is run under an elevator spout, the elevator thrown in gear and, presto; the grain is in the wag- on box. This machine is a departure from the conventional type of harvester- several respects. The threshing cylinder is of an entirely different type than the usual device for this operation, being made with Mr. Smith's Case Combine was Used to Harvest a Crop of Wheat and Sweet Clover Combine, which it Did Successfully. which we believe a fair estimate. Mr. Shultz purchased two of these com— bines to harvest 380 acres of grain grown on the farm. On account of lack of experience in operationpand the heavy“ grain being cut, some diffi- culty was experienced at the outset, but when 'we saw them running, after the crews had had a day’s experience in their operation, both machines were running along‘with as little, or less, difficulty than would have been experi- enced in cutting the same grain with a binder. In the operation of these machines, the grain was sacked on the machine and dropped off, four sacks in a place, then loaded on wag- ons and drawn to the granary. Mr. Shultz purchased tanks to mount on the ~._1_nachi_nes for handling the grain in bulk, but had. not installed this _ equipment at the time we saw the ma-j chines in operation. He believes that larger, machines would have been bet- ter for hiiconditions,}ut expected to' make asubstantial saving over the old T ’ method of harvesting. diagonally serrated bars which revolve. directly above a “concave” of trans- verse steel bars mounted on a flexible steel bed. The diagonal serrations on these cylinder bars are reversed on QUALITY RELIABILITY lSERVICE ' NUMBER X- alternate bars and in operation, the device literally rolls the grain out of the heads, much as a head is rubbed between one’s hands. It is claimed for this device that it handled weeds or other. green materials better than the conventional threshing cylinders, and is equally eflicient in operation. It was doing a clean job of threshing oats, in rather “tough” straw when we saw it in operation. Another feature of this machine is that the cylinder is mounted low, at the end and just behind the conveyor, which is a steel "auger” mounted in asteel “trough” just behind the cutter bar, giving a very positive feed. In the illustration of this machine on this page, it is seen as “snap- ped” while running. The man in the White shirt standing on the platform just behind the operator, was a spec- tator who came to see the machine in operation. In the other illustration, which shows the threshed grain being elevated into the wagon—box, Mr. Bidle stands on the platform, just after throwing in the elevator clutch. Mr. Bidle roughly estimates that to have cut and threshed his grain crop in the usual way, would have taken a total of at least sixty-four days of man labor. With the combine, he thinks this will be reduced to not more than twenty days. Balancing the cost of twine and threshing against interest and depreciation on the combine, and cost of operating same, he is of the present opinion that he will save some- thing like one-third of his investment in the equipment on his ninety-acre grain crop. Mr. E. A. Smedley, of Shiawassee county, is an entirely satisfied combine owner. He has a McCormick-Deering ten-foot cut combine. He is operating a ZOO-acre farm without help, and feels that the combine will very materially aid in the solution of his problem. He out about 125 acres of grain on his own and his brother’s farm, and thinks the combine did a much better job in badly tangled oats than could have been done with a binder, and with practically no waste. Mr. Smedley’s machine is equipped with a. grain tank and the grain was hauled to the granary in tank wag- ons, of which he has two. These are his own design and make, and have been in use for several years. A plat- (Continued on page 210). l With Mr. Bidle’s Machine the Cutting is Done Directly Ahead of the Trac- tor. and the Cylinder. ls Located Close to the Ground. ’\v44 ’ ‘mcnmsnmonmcnm 11mm Copyright 1927 The Lawrence PublishingCo. Editors and Proprietors .Published Weekly Established 1843 . 1632 More“: Boulevard Detroit. Midi-18w Telephone Randolph 1630. OFFICE. 420 Lexington Ave. ' ' , NEW roan CHICAGO OFFICE 608 South Deorborn st. CL EVE VELANDO OFFICE. 1011 1013 Oregon Ave. N. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 261— 283 South Third 8—1:. ARTHUR CAPPER ............. L ......... 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VOLUME CLXIX DETROIT, SEPTEMBER 3,1927 CURRENT COMMENT I N all probability the NUMBER TEN Wheat American w h e a t crop will sell on a Area world market basis in Expands 1928, which will mean a. 1etu1n to low prices should farmers carry out their inten- tions to increase winter wheat area 13. 7 per cent, as indicated by reports to the depaltment of agliculture. This increase would run the total acreage of Winter wheat up to 48, 600,- 000 acres, a larger acreage of winter wheat sown in any season except 1918. With a ten-year average abandonment of 12.4 per cent, there would remain for harvest approximately 42,000,000 acres which, at the average yield of the past ten years, would give a. win- ter wheat crop of around 626,000,000 bushels, or~a gain of thirteen per cent over 1927, the preliminary estimate of which is 553,000,000 bushels. The present tendency to expand wheat acreage is ascribed to several factors. For several years returns have been relatively higher from win— ter wheat than from competing crops like cats. Also, for two years unfavorable weather east of the Mississippi river at planting time has prevented increas- es in the acreage seeded to winter wheat. And cold, wet weather last spring interfered with corn planting and resulted in a large increase in idle land. A part of this land will be used for wheat this fall. Partly for this reason, farmers in Ohio and Ill- inois now plan to sow more wheat than they planned to sow last fall. From western Nebraska to Texas, a. steady expansion of the winter wheat acreage is taking place. This is thought to be due to the reduction in cost of production by the use of com- bines and power equipment. During the four years, 1923 to 1926, the note ‘ eye in the four states of Nebraska. ‘ wKunsas, Oklahoma and Texas increas- ed from 18, 509, 000 to 22, 612, 000 acres, 3 and the reports received indicates that farmers in these to sow 24, 323, 966 acres. M 1:11 So. unless yields should on below the average, wheat surpluses villi be large again next fall, providing these intentions are realized. Perhaps " it 'would be wise for the Michigan farm- er te stick to their regular crop pro- gram in respect to fall crops, instead of expanding, as the government re- port indicates he intends domg ITH the arrival Fight the of the European 3 ‘ corn borer on the west o'er coast of Michigan, and Now the large increase of the insect in the in-‘ tested area of the state, new'fears-ore creeping into the minds of the officials who have expressed the hope of build- ' ing a barrier to keep the borer from the corn belt, and much apprehension has come to the farmers of this state as regards the future of the corn crop. Naturally, there is criticism of the clean-up campaign work of last spring on the basis that it has not resulted in diminishing the number of borers. In other words, we have engaged in a battle in which the borers have come off victorious. So, many contend, and their contention seems to be justified by this first skirmish. On the other hand, no one can say what the results may have/ been, had no campaign been put on. _ The late start, the difficulties of organization, and the necessity of using in the‘ or- ganization many incompetent persons, the newness of the whole program, and lack of experience and definite in- formation all‘gave the borer the ad- vantage in the fight. But this Bull Run engagement seems to be having a similar reaction upon the defeated, as the battle of Bull Run had upon the Union soldiers in the six« ties——it is making us all understand that a. war requiring the full use of our wits is upon us. The borer now has such a long start that we are obliged to learn how to fight him by fighting. And we cannot have the 1928 en- gagement turn out any differently than the 1927 fight, if we let the borer dig in completely along the entire front line this fall and winter, and then ex— pect to get up some morning next April and vanquish him. It is appar-_ out from this year’s experience that we must use a different type of war- fare to conquer. We must gird our- selves now~start our bombardment with the harvesting of the corn crop, and then make life as miserable, as possible for the pest, not for eight days, but for eight’montlis. N Iowa chemist, A Chance Dr. Gerhart, is F making a plea for ' 0" milkweed. He .finds Milkweed that this much despis- ed plant has many promising virtues And what he says should occasion a careful study of the plant to learn if the possibilities he suggests may not be realized in a prac- tical way. In the first place, this chemist states that the milk from this weed corres- ponds closely to that of the rubber plant, and it may in the future,'prove a domestic source of this valuable product. According to his tests, the milkweed will produce, in the wild state, from two and one-half to three per cent of rubber. ' Further, an acre of the weed will produce around 550 pounds of cotton floss. This is a greater production than is had from the cotton fields. A superior quality of upholstery can be made from this‘fioss. At the same time the blossom is producing the floss, the stem of the plant is growing _ a. fiber of high tensile strength. , The fiber of the milkweed runsthe entire length of the stalk. This che‘inist states that it would make an excellent substitute for hemp. In stroNth 113 compares well with manila hemp. ’ complaining , ,_ ,, , . , ' board.- The m wmm‘ nor: ‘ ' ~ this possible: In producing” “aboard“ 9911-11101. Tot , theso committees with {5* “cohnty and state police officialsmhonld The fiber of the plant also produces eighty-eight per cent of the plant was used - Another product is the needs. From fifty-five to sixty‘bushels could be har—_ vested from-an acre, This compares favorably with yield of corn. These seeds contain about twenty per cent of oil, and from thirty-five to forty per cent protein. The oil compares in quality with cottonseed oil, and the protein should make an excellent stock feed. About the only requirement in getting the seeds to reproduce is scar- ification. This persistent plant, which all these years has been a liability to ag- riculture, may some time be placed on the other side of the ledger. Exten. sive research should be made promptly along the lines of the pioneer work by Dr. Gerhart. But, in the meantime, we shall continue to discourage the growth of the plant as'we have been doing, except that, as we wield the hoe or scythe, we shall find a new in- terest and a bit of regard for this weed, once known as the “father of medicine.” LONG with many on other things, the Feminine attitude of both men . and women on money F malice: matters has changed. It wasn’t so long ago that the average woman never thought of having her own money to spend. Whether equal suffrage or women’s recent success in the business world has brought about this change, is dif- ficult to determine. But nevertheless, it is. granted by our most experienced advertisers through their copy appeal to women, that women in general are more and more coming to handle the family finances. A few months ago two electric com- panies became interested in the occu- pation of their stockholders. Upon investigating they found that of their 13,856 purchasers, the occupation of the nine largest groups was, 3,347 housewives, 1,654 nurses, 949 clerks, 401 salesmen, 336 school teachers, 326 laborers, 250 stenographersr 237 farm- ers, and 178 grocerymen. The house- wives outnumbered the capitalists one hundred to one. This is an interesting sidelight on feminine finances. The average home is in such constant need of so many things that it is surprising that the proportion is so large. For, after all, the safest and best investment lies in improving the comforts of the home, and in better equipment for one’s bus- iness, whether one's job be managing a home or tilling the soil. HERE chickens Good are kept, and DO 3 other products which 8’ are likely to attract Needed thieves are produced, it is a good policy to have One or more good dogs about the premises. Although thieves occasion- ally are successful in pilfering from farms provided with such animals, the percentage is relatively small. These men give the good watch dog a wide belth. This is the beginning. of the chicken thieves’ harvest time. Already many reports of raids on farmers’ poultry yards have come to our attention. The total value of poultry and other prop- erty stolen from farms in most any wealthy agricultural counties is suffi- ciently large to justify a sentiment that is growing in a few localities. This sentiment is that county govern- ments ought to provide rewards to per- sons responsible for apprehending the thieves. These rewards being general, should .put the Whole neighborhood on guard, which in turn would tend to‘ discourage and make more fiflcult the carrying put of these orindnel oli- ,terprtses Further, the development of local tend to reduce farm pilfering. While the laws ell-actor! by our last teg'ls’la- , ture undoubtedly will aid materially along this line, the organized and in— dividual cooperation of all groups and persons will be needed to make the farm docks and farm property safe against the. raids of an irreSponsibie and unlawful class. But with all these precautions, the dogremains a neces« sary adjunct. ' ~Tests at the Minnesota experiment‘ station Show that a cow producing 27 pounds of milk daily consumed 9.6 gallons of water while one of the same breed giving 13 pounds of milk drank only five gallons of water. 4 Records of five years show that it costs $43 a year to care for a cow. Faz’rea’ WELL, I went to the fair alone, 'cause Sofie was inexposed, and I don’t blame her, because it’s a awful job to get kids all- dressed up to go anywhere. But as far as I am con« cerned, I kin dress myself, and that don't bother her, except to let me know where my socks, shirt, collar buttons, tie, collar and Sunday shoes are. I sure know where them shoes are when I got them on, 'cause I kin hear them, but when they’re standing still I wish. they'd squeak sometimes. Well, I followed the crowd, and where do you think it went? Well, it just proves that {crowds is intelli- | gent, because they I are always lookin’ for information. They went right to where them dancing girls was presenting some bare facts, and it looked to me like they was cold ones, too, because they looked kinda. goose-pimply. Inside the show I met Jim Smith and we went together. We tried a raffle wheel and I won one'of them dolls with a skirt around the middle, and nothing else. We tried another raffle and Jim won a. blanket. “I told him he oughto give me the blanket so ‘I could keep my doll warm, but Jim ain’t the kind what’s kind to the lad- ies. Then we wentto the wild west show that was awful tame. When you do that wild stuff a dozen times a. day, like them cowboys do, it does get kinda tame. . Jim was getting hungry, so we et and paid seventy-five cents apiece. 'I know if farmers could get prices like that fer what they sell, there wouldn’t be no farm relief, except to relief them of their money, and taxes could take care of that. Well, after dinner Jim stumped me to go on a Merry-go—Round. Being af- ter dinner I wasn’t very merry going around, but felt more like I was going to Europe on a. rough sea. I wanted Jim to have his fortune told, but he said he didn’t Want anybbdy to dig into his private affairs and find out how little he’s got. Well, it was time fethhe races so me and Jim went in, We setthere eating peanuts and drinking pop until the races started, and I don’t think any horse could go faster than Jim in shellin' and eatin’ peanuts. Horse races is always exciting, but not so exciting when your horse loses. Minegdid, and I had ta. pay Jim a. dol- lar. Jim thought it Was a. dandy race. - Oh, yes, there was cattle, pigs, sheep, grains, fruit, etc" there, but I didn’t set time to look them over, became I was givin’ consideration to some ottor at stud. w I guess I found prettvwell. , or 1% .x‘ HILE the country Life Associa- tion were meeting recently at . .' . the State College they neg- lected one subject connected with the uplifting of the farming. business. The pheasant ought to be'boosted- com- pletely out of settled farming sections . where the corn crop is of any impor- tance. : , Last spring we had a trio of grown‘ .pheasants parading across the back of our corn field and scratching up as many of the kernels as their appetites demanded. The field now shows the results of their presence in that sec- tion. Several neighbors report con- siderable loss from pheasants in the One neighbor dragged up a injured by corn. field which was badly .croWs and pheasants but claims that r ‘ observation proved that the pheasants did more damage than the crows. For the past two weeks it has been . very dry in our section and there are low places "In one no pond holes or wet where pheasants can drink. ' section of the field where arm'other pheasant and her brood have been spending a large part of their time, I have noted young tender corn stalks with a hole eaten in the side about six inches from the ground. This damage is only present around the pheasant range. Soon the stalk breaks over.” The . damage is not due to the corn borer as no borers are present. The pheas- ants are very thirsty and break a hole in the tender stalk to obtain the moisture. A good rain will stop the loss as the pheasants will drink from small water holes and not need to break open the tough stalks. Accord- ing to my observation this diagnosis of the trouble is correct. I would be interested in knowing if other farmers Pe OUBTLESS, every thoughtful farmer has noticed that when he has fed crops from the en- tire farm, he had a manure pile that would not cover more than quarter the area from which he gathered these crops. He then wondered how he was going to keep up the fertility of the other three~quarters. This lack of anything to feed the other three-quarters worries some, and some it doesn’t seem to worry. The way followed. by the class who do not worry is to use the manure as far as . it will go and then to “take it out of the hide” of the rest of the land, use the unfed land as long as it will—stand . it, take crops until the land will not give crops worth the time, seed and trouble, then abandon the field or the . . farm. ., --_ Some men don’t like to do this. They are too proud to abuse a piece of land, They wouldn’t do it any more than they would starvea horse, while trying to work the horse. Neither .do they wish to abandon a farm into Which they have put some money, years of labor in clearing, the fencing, the Well, the barn, the house, the home itself. They do not consent ' to see the work of a lifetime thrown ‘- away. Yet, what can they do to keep ~ up fertility when the crops steadily grow less and the manure pile stead- ily grow less and the manure pile 1' steadiifcovers less grcund? They Want helpless. They are not . t _ g are not decreed [ armer an x t C Pheasant How Ml] Me Growor of Crop: Cope PVzté T fits Protected Bird? ' '1 By R. G. Kirby have observed injury of this kind due to pheasants starving for water during very dry periods. Up to the present date the loss from pheasants in our section is much greater than any loss from the corn borer. Yet many days of valuable time were devoted to picking up bits of stalks. and stubble last spring. No farmer wants to face the'loss of his crop due to the corn borer and all farmers are Willing to fight this pest. But at the same time it is difl‘icult to understand why a pest which is caus~ ing us _, more damage than the borer should be forced upon us and pro- tected by the law. In the fall we have had some ex- perience with hunters looking for game. He did not find it and soon re- turned to his sedan and called it a glorious day. ‘ Pheasants are beautiful birds and there seems little humanity in breed- ing them for slaughter at the hands of . men who are generally poor shots due- It means too Poultry- to lack ofvpractice. many wounded pheasants. ~ men who kill poultry do it quickly and mercifully. Just imagine a farmer who would shoot the leg off a Barred Ply- mouth Rock rooster and allow it to drag around the farm until it died. The bird would suffer no more than the male pheasant which has unfor— tunately crossed the path of an ama— teur hunter. If the pheasant as a game bird, \. 1' '71..“ 1| .- 1 -, “we (I! 5’5 v pheasants. They climb our Wire fences and stretch them out of shape. The firing of guns, drives the Leg- horns in from their corn field range. The unfortunate pheasants are some- times shot into bloody rags. But more often they receive broken legs er wings and drag themselves away to die in the corn fields or fence corners. I once heard a “beautifully dressed huntsman” say, “Oh, look at the beau- tiful male pheasant, quick, let’s blow him all to pieces.” He fired off both barrels of his gun, made the poor bird wobble in its flight and spent about five minuets looking for the could be confined to Wild land it would not have such a bad economic aspect. At present a large part of the pheasants in cultivated districts seem to delight in spending their time around corn fields. If those fields are also used as poultry ranges, the pheasants Will come up at night and eat growing mash from the hoppers around the colonyhouses. This is a mixed material costing between three and four dollars per hundred pounds which is bought with the hope and faith of obtaining winter eggs. It is not practical to feed much of it to pheasants. If it is necessary that cultivated. farms should be producers of W1hi _~-1. game it might be better to adopt that. following improvised plan. First deter , mine the pheasant quota for each cull-j tivated farm. Every farmer would be compelled to raise so many pheasants ' each year for the city sportsman. The farmer could pen up the pheasi ants to proteét his corn crop and the sportsman could dress up in a hun- dred dollars worth of hunting costume and come out and shoot the pheasants I through the wire fence of their run.' This would save the pheasants a lot of misery and keep “ye noble hunts— man” from tearing his pants on the. barbed wire fences. Lest the writer be misunderstood it i might be wise to say that the above suggestion is Something constructive for the future might be done through an investiga- tion of the injury done by pheasants on different farms. proven to be a menace, farmers might be allowed to shoot them on their own land at all seasons. This would tend to drive the remaining pheasants back to the Wild lands which are the only lands which should be populated with game birds for the benefit: of hunters. At least many a farmer could save a lot of corn if he could legally shoot both the male and female pheasants which set up housekeeping in his cul- tivated fields. It is a well known fact among farmers that long worded papers on keeping the boy on the farm are not as beneficial as sensible laws and common sense information which helps to save farm crops and place the farming business On a safer basis. ping Up Poor Soil How the Unmanured Porlzom of [do Far/72 Cam 56 Improved By R. D. Bailey saving the farm so that the family can continue to live there, and to prosper. _ It. is a method that they can accept or refuse, just as they will. There is no compulsion. On their choice de- pends the family fortunes. They can use green manures, cheap, hardy, quick crops, plowed in. These will save the farm, the home, the life’s efforts. It is strange, indeed, that more farmers, 'apparently'quite sensi- ble about other things, do not make far greater use of this quick, cheap, simple means of green manure crops. When we speak of organic matter, we mean stuff that grows weeds, corn, beans, vetch,. rye, buck- wheat, etc. When we speak of vege- table matter, we mean the same. When ’we speak of humus, we mean rotting vegetable matter. Read a few of the following: Cyril Hopkins, one of the great soil men of Illinois said: “The fact is that the most important and least ap- preciated method of maintaining or increasing the supply of organic mat- ter in the soil is by the use of green manures and crop residues.” We have all heard of good farmers plowing under good stands of clever to help the soil and to make bigger crops. That’s a form of green manur- clover, soy ’ ing. A ton of clover plowed under will add nearly three times as much organic matter to the soil as can pos- sibly be recovered in the manure if the clover is fed. But few of us have any clover to plow under. We shall have to use something in place of it that is quick, cheap, sure and good, and that crop is vetch and rye. Why Plow Anything Under? Every settler knows that new land grows better crops than old land. That is because the new land is full of humus-decaying leaves, twigs and grass. Each time we raise a crop it uses up some of the stored-up humus, just as each time we feed the stock in Winter there is less hay, and the mow is nea1er empty. If every farmei would remember that decaying vegetable matter or humus in soil makes it like a sponge, he would want to get lots of humus into his soil to hold more water so his crops would go through dry times better. You know that a handful of muck soil made of decayed grasses. as it is, will held several times as much water as a handful of sand. So, the more decayed vegetable matter, humus, we put into our fields, the more water they will hold. Enough water is a big thing in growing crops here. Besides, stuff in a soil makes it richer. food, and because the bacteria that change plant food into a. form we know that decaying-'1'.“ This is- because the decay throws off plant“ nothing but sarcasm.‘ If the bird is then ' "better, m a moist soil full of decayed , vegetable matter, or humus,. , call it: for short. as we Many of us know these things in a. general Way, but do not do anything about it. As a frightened child stands paralyzed before the oncoming auto or other “danger, so, many who do know that something ought to be done ‘to fields or whole farms that are l -would cost very .money. They could use green manure good, like vetch and rye. yielding less and less, fail to .do any- thing to stop coming disaster, and to put off the day when they shall have to abandon the field or farm. They could easily do something that little in time or cheap, sure, They both grow on soil that is poor, and a soil that badly needs lime. Thus, they fit the case of, many farmers, and go easy on their pocketbooks. There is probably not a better time in the year to sow these crops than now. This is going to give you a chance to get your vetch and rye seed to sow them in the standing corn, or crops that are quick, on the piece you havegj‘been summer failewing 'to clean it up, and-to culti- vate it ‘into corn. Use a “ short whiffletree, a walking cultivator, a. muzzle on your horse and go ahead. The writer has often cultivated vetch and rye into~ corn higher than his head. Cultivate shallow. You don’t want to cut off millions of roots that the corn needs for growth, do you? Use 25 pounds of winter or hairy vetch seed per acre. lno-culate it. Use a 25 cent bottle of inoculation for each bushel of vetch seed. Use one and one-half to two bushels of cheap rye per acre. ’Mix the vetch and rye in a tub. Carry the mixed seed in a horse pail and sow the row you are walking in and one on each side of that. You will sow a big piece in a day. Cultivate both ways. Tramping and driving on the crop when cutting and shocking or gather- ing the corn will not hurt it at all. It will make a splendid cover crop for the land in the fall. Most of us don’t know much, nor care much, about cover crops; but we will some day, for cover crops keep soil from blowing the good top Soil off, and the nitrates (plant food) from leaching and evap- Vomiting away. i . Next spring, there is your good, thick, long growth of vetch and rye to plow under for the good of the soil, in time for ear corn, fodder corn, or potatoes, about the end of May. . In many cases cats, to be cut for hay, could be put in after plowing under the vetch and rye. A little more vetch could be sowed with the oats and all cut for a good hay. A self—sowed crop of vetch would prob- ably follow. Plow it under the next spring. The writer has used many acres of vetch and rye in building up his farm at Gaylord, where'now we plow under alfalfa, as green manure. ‘He got quicker and cheaper results from vetch and rye in soil improve- ment than from anything else. Vetch and rye should be used widely this fall throughout the state, it is so cheap, easy and good. . holding power,- ‘ inoculations. house the last the soil again. Forthnately, manure crop is the right thing on light soil, or on clay, even of the heaviest kind. The light soil is thus given more tenacity, more bedy, mOre water- as well as more fer- tility. The clay is made less stiff, less liable to pack, more workable, as well as mere fertile. Begin now to hunt up your seed and Attend to it all on time. Don’t make the big mistakeof think: ing that a person can rush into the county agent’s office or some ware- minute and demand seed or inoculation of acme One who did not know you were coming You will never 1egret the liberal use .of vetch and rye if you inoculate and, sow in time. Lastly, growth of it next spring, don’t get weak-kneed and cut it, and thus rob Plow it under when a foot to knee—high, and get started on the road to soil fertility and perman- ent agriculture. . G 01116 Cheap Bushels of Wheat flmwerv of Many ”/éwt Growers to Question, “Wfly Fern/lac Wfleat?” By H. W. Warner NYONE familiar with the use of fertilizer knows that the prac— tice has its foundation solely on the question of profit. The simplest and plainest answer to the question, “Why do you fertilize wheat?” is in the words, “Because it pays.” That is reason enough, and three out of four .men of whom I asked the question stated their answer in just so many words ‘ But most of us aze not satisfied with such an answer when we ask why a thing is done or not done. In the case of fertilizing wheat, we want to know why it pays Is it because of increased yields? Is it through better quality? Is it because of the effect of the fei- tilizer on clover seedings made in the wheat? Is it due to escaping the Hes sian fly? Is it for one, or more, or all .of these reasons? A tattered old pocket note-book, whose pages bear the soil marks of eleven middle western and east cen- tral states, contains the anSWers to the question asked of from one to a half dozen men in each state. The answers range all the way from plain to fancy, and from reasons of dire economic necessity to those of desire to make further profits on a crop which is al- ready counted a fairly profitable cash crop. Saves Plowing. A Pennsylvania wheat grower was one whose answer probably fits a great many farms in the older wheat-grow- ing states “We can’t grow wheat here any more without it,” he said. Then he pointed out that the cheaper and newer lands of the west and north- west make it impossible for him to compete with wheat yields such as could be produced without fertilizer, and fertilizing wheat therefore be- comes an economic necessity. / “Well, it saves a lot of plowing-up in the spring,” is the way an Indiana farmer answered the question. He ex- plained that before people in his neigh- borhood started treating their wheat land, winter-killing reduced the stands so seriously that often the fields had to be plowed-up in the spring and planted to other crops, with loss of seed, power and labor. Substantially the same answer was given by a. num- ber of others whose own experiences V ' had shown that plowing-up of wheat seedlings could be reduced, and usu- ally completely eliminated by provid- ':.j_ing conditions favorable to vigorous. 1911 growth. "£1111 number of men mentioned the . ”fly" as a reason for fertilizing wheat. Raine man’s exact words, as I recall, bent! were. “I: _we plant early. the fly gets us. If we plant late to dodge the fly, winter~killing gets us. There you are, between the devil and the deep blue! So we fertilize to cheat the fly and still get enough growth to go into winter with." Late planting of wheat is effective in controlling the Hessian fly, but un- less the plants can make good growth before cold weather, another loss—— that of winter-killing—may undo all that was saved by dodging the fly. “It insures a wheat crop," an old gentleman near Martins’ville, Illinois, told me, as we walked through a splen- did field of wheat in which was an unusually fine seeding of sweet clover. “Before we started on this field it grew only eight to twelve bushels of wheat, about like that field over there,” he said, pointing to a field not far away. “After liming to grow sweet clover and putting on 200 pounds of bone meal we are sure of a crop. It insures a crop'that is always several bushels better than it would be with- out the fertilizer." ' “It’s about 50-50 with me—half on account of the wheat and half on ac- count of the clover—that I fertilize the wheat,” an Ohio wheat grower said. “In fact, I don’t know which gets the most benefit from the fertil- izer, but I always figure that the fer- tilizer put on for wheat does double duty as I never fail to get a stand of clover following it." A Few Cheap Bushels. As might be expected, several gave as their reasons for fertilizing wheat, “lower production cost,” “profit,” and similar ones. It‘ remained, however, for a farmer-banker-business man to express the same thing in a little dif- ferent, but very effective way. I asked him why he fertilized his own wheat, and why he encouraged his bank cus— tomers to buy fertilizers for their wheat. “Just this. to grow a few cheap bushels ” he replied. “Doesnt increased yield mean that all the bushels are produced more cheaply?”'l asked. “Oh, I suppose so, but'I like to fig- ure that the ten or fifteen bushels you ‘ 14 Flag Pole Sitter W50 Has Béezz Sitting too Long grow without fertilizer cost about what you get for them on the market. The extra bushels you grow with the fertilizer cost just what you pay for ' the fertilizer and the extra twine and work. Now, take my own wheat this year. I got at least nine bushels of wheat for $2.75 worth of fertilizer, so each of those extra bushels cost only thirty cents, plus a few cents for twine, cutting and threshing. ~~Now, nine bushels are my money-makers. The other bushels only broke even or thereabouts, but on~~the increase I can see a long profit. ” The foregoing are reasons for fer- tilizing wheat, expressed for the most part, in the words of men who grow the crop. Their statements are sig‘ nificant and typify the somewhat per— sonal reactions of men who are suc— cessfully fertilizing their land for this Crop. There is still another reason, or group of reasons, which I picked up here and there in county agents’ offices, at agricultural experiment sta— _‘ tions, and, in some cases, at fertilizer manufacturers’ offices. I refer now ‘to the hard, cold facts in black and white on the printed page of the experiment station bulletin. These pages, repre- senting ten, twenty, and even thirty years of accurate field experimental work, cater reasons for adequate fer- tilization of wheat which cannot be refuted. - Proof in Figures. “The fertilizer cost is, about $2.50, and the increase in the crops is worth four or five times that sum,” from a. bulletin of the Missouri College of- Ag riculture. The value of the increase was due to average gains of more than five bushels of wheat and over a half ton of clover hay following the wheat. In a. report by the Indiaha Eirperi- ment Station covering experiments on the Soils and Crops Experiment Farm, I found: “On manured land, acid phos- phate has been the most profitable for- tilizer, returning $6.46 ata cost of $2.70 fpr the phosphate. Without ma« nure, the use of 2-12-4 fertilizer on the wheat crop has been quite profitable, returning $12.71 at a cost'of $4.94 for, the fertilizer.“ . On the oldest fertilizer experiment plots in America, at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station, the average in< crease from fertilizer for more, than al third of \a. century has been twelvel bushels of wheat. At the Ohio Experiment Station, all Wooster, the use of 500 pounds of for tilizer for wheat has given a. thirteen- bushel increase 11! Wheat afield. aid. ’ more than onethird gt a to; W‘ 1 inoloverharua leave~ not the use of this green",l“,. when you see a splendid‘ those ‘ ‘5‘}? . ,‘ . ,«t- z 1 . .. 1 . ‘ 1,: DJ! .‘ /" 2-5.” - a, r 2 E. 5%: (D Q ' ~( 2 so see EN =§ s... §Q\ , 3‘ "magma”; ” §9 .g/II'A” lb," ‘ "'lumllum‘l‘i/lm / y‘flK W , ig...gvim.. 0/ ..... ALL—the changing seasons, bring to your home the need of many things new. Fall is the season of buying. Therefore, this advertisement is printed merely to tell you of your opportunity—to place before you an opportunity for more economical buying, to give you your best opportunity for the largest saving. 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Sand for our FREE Catalog Alan This Coupon 11, ssh! us in a r and wally usetu srdcles for home. this coupon on a penny postal. s»m....----............--W-.-W_ bit ago Mai101dei Co. ClilCAGO (Ll spen asi awnormmlvw g - amdtoryou . - field seeds in commerce has been es- :tablished in the Bureau of Agricultural gEccnomics. glgin of a given lot of seed sold by an authorized dealer Ea. federal seed ' ,hack to the place Where the seed was ; produced. Seedsmen who comply with In Favorite Shades ' . fine yarn, Iusguaranteedhm fast color. , | , euacrs wuss-.1- coco SMALLER. EVERY indication is that the Euro- pean countries and Russia will have less wheat for export than last year, with needs almost as great, says Harry B. Smith, special representative in London of the department of com- merce. The weather has been unfav- iorabie to crop growth. In central Eu- ,rope short crops of both wheat and fcorn are reported. potatoes need rain to yield normal Sugar beets and crops. 39mm NA‘rioNAL sass vemrm. TI‘ON SERV'lCiE. SEED Verification Semce for vor- ifying the origin and identity of Under this service the or- in inspected seed may, by an examination of records by inspector, be tracod the regulations and provisions of the department of agriculture governing ,the service, may issue United States verified origin seed certificates on seeds which have been previously veri- ’ .fied as to Origin by an authorized in- ,spector. This new service, which is designed to provide the farmers the means for knowing what ,kind and quality of seeds they buy, is the outgrowth of recommendations made at seed mar- keting conferences held last year in Chicago to devise and suggestmeans by which verification of origin may be accomplished. It should be especially beneficial to the purchasers of alfalfa, red clover and other farm seeds. FARM RELIEF A LIVELY ISSUE. HE farm relief program proposed by Secretary of (Agriculture J ar- dine, and which is to form the basis of a bill to be introduced in Congress next winter, is attracting considerable attention. ' Those farm organization leaders who insist upon the McNary-Ha-ugen equalization fee scheme or nothing, are showing pronounced opposition to it. Senator Watson, of Indiana, de— \ ‘” the federal treasury. clares that “any gneasure of tam re- lief that does not provide for hand- ling the surplus of agricultural prod- ucts is absolutely valueless to the farmers, and the crux of handling the surplus is the equalization fee.”. .R’ep- resentatives of the western progres- sive group are even more outspoken against ahy proposition that does not include the McNary-Ha-ugen bill plan. Other farm organization representa- tlves are showing a very friendly at- titude toward Secretary Jurdlne’ 8 plan, evincing a willingness to give it their consideration. Fred Frenchman, the Washington representative-cf the Na- tional go, says he favors the sec- retary”s plan for imnroving agricultur- al conditions. “Secretary Jardin-e is standing on solid ground,” says Brenckman, {“when he observes that effective cooperation must be built up from the bottom and not from the top down. Nothing is more essential to the solution of the farm problem than to bring about F more complete organization among farmers than we now have. We must have cooperation “in production, as well as in the distribution of farm products, and this cannot be accomp- lished without thorough organization among the farmers." In a trip of 25,090 miles covering most of the states ”from New Hamp- shire to Louisiana, and New York to Kansas, Chester Gray, Washington representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation, says he found the farmers in the east, south and west are standing for the equalization fee provision of the McNary-Haugen” bill, which provides no subsidy. They want a federal farm board, with cooperating agencies to do the work of handling the surpluses, 'and for. the return of the revolving fund, with interest, to They are asking 'for no special favors from the govern- ment. Farm Bureau members in New Eng- land favor the McNary~Haugen bill be- cause they want middle west farming to be profitable in live stock and grain production so western farmers will not be in competition with the east in dairy products. Eastern d'airymen are already threatened with'a surplus of fluid milk in the New York milk shed, and are beginning to realize that dairy products should be incorporated. - «in “the history of ECENTLY we called at theiarm" home of Paul Clement, of Monroe county, “threshing 1,368 bushels of cats from a fomteename field. These cats were of the Worthy variety, and from the sample examined, they should weigh out for above the measured yield News of tth-cek “Advocates of the Great Lakes-St. gays Waterway are urging a. between the United States and :Cranada. before Congress assembles. It sieh ‘M :11: thc‘éreatghmay be com- 9 we (9 e ~ ode the 11g 1‘ ll . canal start Australia has more than doubled her ~ budget allowance for devel in commercial air-ways. op g its President Coolidge made a recon trip through Yellowstone National Park. Besides fishing, he visited the £12m points in the itinerary of tour‘ Maurice Bo’k’amowskli, French minis ter of commerce, who was the official host of Commander Richard E. Byrd on the lattezns flight to France, was the gueSt of the city of Detroit last my- {Rioting is reported. to be continuing in France as a protest of the French radicals against the execution of Sec co and Vanzetti in Massachusetts. In an attack on a Southern Pacific train, south of Acaponata, Mexico, fif- teén persons are reported killed or wounded among Whom was a Miss Anderson, an American citizen. Twelve persons were killed and twentyserlonsly injured in a railroad wreck 1n London, England. Government engineers of Switzer- land have issued a warning to the in- habitants living on “the northern base of Mount Arbino, 9,060 feet high, stat‘ ing that huge cmevices near the base indicate that the summit of the moun- tain is likely to topple. ~ ’ Paul _R. Redfern, of Georgia, is on a" 4,600:m1le airplane voyage to. Rio de J enema. At the same time Edward F. Schlee and William Brock, of Detroit, are continuing to Harbor Grace, New« foundland, where they will start a flight around the world. “Duke Schil lcr” and Philip Wood also of Detroit, are preparing for a trip from Wind- sor, Canada, to Windsor, England. {Severn deaths,,hcavy damage to ship- ping, disruption to commufiicatiou, and delay of trains and other traffic, were the results of one of the worst storms Nova. Scotia last week. , Judge Sample, of Ann Arbor, is in charge of the investigation at Monroe, of an alleged collusion between public officials and a. syndicate of bootleg gers. The village of Northville, in Wayne county, celebrated its one hundredth birthday. Court action will be taken to get the three-cent gasoline tax petitions before the:1 electorate of Michigan for a Iefer- en um. Four Japanese warships engaged in night maneouverrs collided last Thurs day morning, and ever a hundred lives are believed to have been lost. Chicago plans a. subway system which will be in reality, a lower street wnt’h stores, bridli‘ant illumination, and adequate ventilation at all times. Colonel Charles'A. Lindbergh visits ‘ his old home at Little Falls, Minn. An earthquake which shook the is- land of Mesa, situated off the coast of China, is reported to have killed ‘ fifty-two persons. ' The American Chemical Society will hold their seventy-fourth annual meet‘ ing in Detroit, from September 5 to 10 More than 32,600 chemists are expected to attend. Spanish- American War veterans are holding their twenty-ninth annual en- , campment in Detroit. The Mexican labor organizations on pounce a war on modern fads, includ. ing jazz music, latest dance Steps, and fancy trousers. Vice-President Dawes announces that he is not a Candida-to for president. Professor Hayden, of the University of Michigan, declared in a recent ad« dress, that the Ilnited States must carry out definitely its plow to the ransom um When they etc can Mable of self-government, it m be granted. Conversation by media law «be. tween airplane pilots and a test sta- tion of the bureau of s dards, have been successfatll . moi W distance of, Ill juet after he had finished‘ 11th over a I They talk about you It’s a fact that most of those who 1 essential oils combat the action A o o ' Offend by halitosis (unpleasant Had Halitosis of bacterla 1n the mouth whlch breath) are unaware of it. 1202312131355; is the source of most cases of The one way 0f putting your- {3;}: 23:3“;3132 halitosis. < earl eve third , o 0 self on the safe and polite side 3mg: 1"??? f5: Really fatldious people keep is ' to rinse the mouth with 23:, flggldmefigw a bottle of Listerine always Listerine before any engage- .Faée. ‘0 face handy in home or office to V evldencc -- . . , ment -— business or social. combat halltos15. It’s a good . Immediately, every trace of unpleasant idea for everybody to f o 1 lo w. odor 1s gone, and with it that dread Lambert Pharmacal Co., St. Louis, fear 0f offending. ‘ And the antiseptic , U. S. A. ‘ ~ : o. 1 r , ~ ' FALL IN LINE! ——the safe antisep ic Millions are switching to Listerine . . Tooth Paste because it cleans teeth ‘ , ‘ ,. . J ' whiter and in quicker time than, ’ < ‘ , ' ever before. We’ll wager you’ll “ “ . 4 ' like it. Large tube 25¢. There's no goonomy‘ in cheap tires IGURE it for yourself-4n a tire that _ costs $13.95 you get a good deal more for your money than you do when you buy one that costs $8.95 and gives only half as much mileage. As for eXpecting to get the same mileage from the $8.95 tire that you would from the better one, it is the sad experience of most of us that in this world you seldom get any more than you pay for. Whether you buy Kelly-Springfield tires or not, buy good tires—4t pays. And if an want to be sure of getting good tires, y Kellys. . They don't cost any more than a lot of other tires. “ Kelly dealers everywhere- there must be one in your town” KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE co. GENERAL MOTORS BLDG. NEW YORK. N. Y. SPRINGFIELD When Writing to Advertisers 'Please Mention The Michigan Farmer K13 LLYBALLO ou'llRliS This is not an advertisement of a get rich quick promoter—~it is just, to tell you that thousands of farmers have increased their crops 50% —— 100% —-and more,- much more, by spreading Solvay Pulver' ized Limestone. Solvay sweetens sour soil, releases all the fertility to hasten crops to full and profit' able maturity. It is guaranteed high test, non/caustic, furnace dried, ’and so finely ground and readily absorbed that ifirings results the first year. . Write for the Solvay Lime Book! Free The Solvay Sales Corporation Detroit, Mich. LOCAL DEALERS i , PRACTICAL“ ever since silos cam ;' ‘1 , .' '-‘/ is 11' NECESSARY To TRAMPLE siLAcE? into use it has been one of e cardinal rules of silo operation that ‘ the silage must be very thoroughly trampled as put in, to prevent mold- ing and spoilage.» This job of tramp- ling in the silo is one of the most dis- agreeable ones on the farm, and the good wages demanded adds quite a little to the cost of filling the silo. The high cost and scarcity of labor led a number of farmers in diiferent sections of the country to try the plan of filling without trampling, and ser- 4 [oral have used it the last three or four years with perfect success. Many claim that there‘ is less loss from spoilage in silos filled this way, than under the Old plan of two or three men ,, trampling down the silage. By not tramiiling the silage, and us- ing a. small ensilage cutter and trac- tor, and a binder with bundle—loading attachment, a farmer and his hired . ,man or boys can fill the silo without extra help, greatly reducing the cost and labor of filling the silo. The advocates of the non-trampling plan recommend cutting the silage in one-fourth-inch lengths, adding plenty of water if the corn is frosted and dry, and directing the filler pipe at the cen- ter of the silo, allowing the ensilage to lill up in a conical shaped pile, the center tending to push down and out, packing the ensilage tightly and elim- inating air. spaces. Experiments carried on at some of the agricultural experiment stations in- dicate that these farmers are right, and that where the silage is out rather like and made rather wet, that there is little, if any, more spoiled silage than with the older and more costly method. It is important that the sil- age be quite damp, so that water can be squeezed out of a handful, that the silo not be filled too rapidly, and that it be refilled after settling. Also, it is recommended that the tap two or three feet be even wetter than the average, and be trampled well.———I. W. KILLS ANTS WITH HOT WATER. HE question is frequently asked how to rid lawns of ant hills. An ~ eflicient and harmless way is to pour the boiling suds after the washing is done, into them. Make a funnel—shap- ed ‘opening in the top so the water will run in readily, and turn in enough to thoroughly cook the eggs as Well as kill the ants. One good application is usually sufficient. No doubt, hot water without the soap would do the job—Edward Hutchins. WHY NOT MORE TWO AND FOUR- ROW CULTIVATO'RS'? HY do ninety-five out of one hun- dred farmers use the single-row cultivator instead of the much faster two-row and four—row types? Recently in making a 1,60iO-mile trip through four or five states, I saw at least a hundred farmers cultivating corn, but. in the whole trip saw but two two-row cultivators, one at war}: and the other standing in the field that was obvious- ly too wet to plow. In the whole trip, not one four-row cultivator. I was not surprised at the entire lack cf roumcw cultivators,. since this is still very much "in" the experimental stage, and many farmers have not even heard. or it}. but surely there ought to be a larger proportion of -;farmers, using the two-row cultivatOr, .mab theoorhi was all high enough for ‘ thermometer to work nicely. .. v, V Man labor ~ at the. presenflo time ~ 3 13¢ka about fittrrsrcent. F. 91° cost of cultivating cprn with a single- now cultivator, and by the use of a two-row cultivator this part of the cost can be out just about in half, “and the total cost of cultivation cub - about t'Wenty per cent. Since there is no noticeable difference in the quality of the work done, this twenty per cent saving would apparently be well worth while and it is rather surprising, that a larger proportion of farmers have not taken advantage of it. lilo doubt some of it is due to a feeling that they cannot afiord to purchase a two- row cultivator and let their one-row machine stand idle, ~but a'littie inves- tigation might show that this would pay.-D. I. ClSTERN LEAKS. \ A year ago I- built a rain water tank in the basement. It is built of concrete. The walls are air inches through slid the floor is four inches. There are no holes in the walls where the water «sum leak out. The water seems to soak through the concrete. What can I do to prevent thick—V. W. The walls of a concrete cistern may be water-proofed in the following man- ner: First wash the walls thoroughly with water. then wash them with a ten per cent solution of murinlic acid in water, washing this off with clean water, and apply one or more coats of cream cement, which is made by mix- ing pure cement in water to the con- sistency of thick cream. OREOSOTE FROM CHIMNEY. We have Creosote coming through our chimney. into the wall. The chim- ney does not run down to. the base- ‘ ment. Would running a. pipe down from the chimney help?-——E. N. The condition that you deseribe as existing in your chimney, may be caus- ed by water coming down the chimney and running through to the inside. From the description which you give, I ansume that you have a bracket chimney with no clean-out below the place where the stovepipe enters the chimney. At this point soot and ashes are particularly likely to collect and partially stop the flue opening, and also make it easy, in fact, necessary, for water coming down the chimney to run through to the inside. The rem- edy would be to keep soot and ashes cleaned out Of the chimney below where the stovepipe enters, and if the chimney is not provided With a thim- ble, a tight-fitting thimble should be cemented into the chimney. A pipe leading to the basement, as you have suggested, might alleviate the trouble somewhat, but if closed at the bottom' Would 80011 fill up with soot and ashes and if left open would, of course, be a direct opening ontothe chimney, which would cut dowu the draft? The trouble may be caused by the condensation of creosote, which is a. distillate of wood, and is especially plentiful in beech wood, and would be more noticeable in green wood than in dry. If the difficulty is caused by creosote, it would show all along the pipe, rather than at the chimney only. A long horizontal stovepipe is not con- ducive to a good draft, and makes it . possible for the gases of combustion to be cooled before they reach,the chimney proper, and the creosotecon— densed would be more likely to occur when the stove was tightly ddsed, and the gases allowed to collect. A rem- edy would be to burn the wood which gives trouble, only when it could be burned on a; hot fire. .If it was, neces- sary to close the stove tightly, some other file! Blidlild be burned Which would not produce the‘creosrite.. ~- Some experimenting in'the kinds'of , iii-7 a' 801.9335“ qt 3°39? » ”I fuel, andwth'e .cpntroigor .thedrafts in - i. the. stove. will .9195? .- 'W—m —~... ' thoroughly and are rogueing diseased ~ fected by Marconi. road camps between Portian‘d, Oregon, ; 1‘ ; and San Francisco, California, to keep ‘- u” -« the morale oi the camps when the part of Michigan are growing more ‘_ her of dairy cows, according to opin- ions expressed by men who accompa- ‘ alfalfa and keeping an increasing hum-3 ’ ‘nied Michigan’ s first annual potato tour . ' to Alpena. This does not mean that less petatoes Will be produced, but it does mean that the soils will be main- tained in a better state of fertility, and that the cows will help carry the growers through years when the res turns from potatoes are low. To assist growers in meeting prob- lems of production, the Michigan State College will maintain a sub-station in a section where both table stock and seed potatoes are produced. Expert~ mental work at the sub- station will be- gin next spring, according to the pres- ent plans. Potato yields and quality have be- come better since certification work started in 1920. The average yield in 1920 for the entire state was 105 bush- els per acre, and the fields certified for seed that year produced 138.5 bush- els per acre. Last year the average yield was 120 bushels. per acre, and the certified seed fields averaged 256 bush— els per acre. Although the disease requirements for certified seed stock are more strict now than they Were at the beginning of the certification work, the percent- . age of fields which failed to pass in- spection has decreased from 28.6 per cent in 1920, to eleven per cent in 1926. Growers are spraying more hills from their fields. Several of the growers visited dur- ing the tour say that there is an in- creasing interest in the use of power diggers to avoid slicing potatoes at harvest time. These diggers can also be used when the soil is too wet to permit the use of an ordinary digger. Sixty potato buyers from eight states saw Michigan potato fields during the inspection trip, and they stated that the extent of the industry in this state was a surprise to them. They also said that their customers demand qual- ity first, and discuss price second. Buy- ers from Indiana were the only ones who said that the price limited their market. RADIO BRIEFS. COMPLETE revolution in 'the transmission of telegraph mes- sages, to the extent of rendering obso- lete the dot and dash code, is prom- ised by a new radio device being per- By this invention the person preparing the message con- veys'the message as he writes. Fin- ger prints of suspected persons arrest- ed in distant cities could be immedi- ately studied in police headquarters. Even whole newspapers could be flash- ed from great distances and printed almost simultaneously in distant cities. A new radio broadcasting chain of sixteen stations is being organized by the Columbia ~Broadcasting System, and plans to go on the air September 4. The stations have been selected at strategic points so as to insure recep- tion in all parts of the country east of the Rockies. . Since the trans-Atlantic telephone has become established on a commercial basis, a plan for a radio chain hook- up between America and Europe has been presented to the International Ad- vertisers’ Association. Another twen- tieth century thrill that we can antici- pate is that of tuning in on our Euro- pean neighbors for a bit of variety.” ‘ Radios] were-installed in severity Fail- IUthamc .nunc DELco ~LIGHT plants in use than allotfier mafies comh'necl '1 NLY a few years ago electric light and power on the farm was practically unknown. Then came Delco-Light— bringing a new content- ment, a new freedom—- bringing modern conven- iences to the farm home. Soon Delco-Light was known everywhere. 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Ohio good night air intome ': gilt-e be the essentials as .fie storage aniline farm. ° proximately than the air in the daytime in the fall, when the apple crop is put in storage. f'The air, however, is not damp enough " ‘to keep the spades :from .shniiveling. APPLE STORAGE PMNWRSQ,‘ WEL hetflated stomge house, a dam floor. and a fan to force successful ap- ‘The night air, on an average, is ap- tweznty degrees cooler This is remedied by keeping the floor wet to allow the water to evaporate. Evaporation is also a cooling proc- ,.ess. The temperature is further cooled. as the water evaporates. The floors must be kept wet continually, observes ‘ Mir. 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K. on Mfidrcd Kocni; Barnesvlile. P.arsons Chicagox1ll Kenneth Mischman, Mcsdville. IWllnll-mpllffifcfl "fixclonEkflN m ’Y Dsn7E. mil-rattles. No‘nh’fotdY Mrs. “Annie M. O'Malley. Clin- Aral; Alvin Brink, Donaldson. Venus Mo. Meta: Dallas, Gauss“ Mrs.essKSulnur.1Heavantr. Cl- . Mlllh bt.chiIi ' . . react] su Is. . how ‘ grew. ‘ N3. . ..C v.er Huron SD “row trench filled with water are not sufficient. .PROPAGATJ’N (3 ALMOND AN D QUJ NCE. I How and when should one start new plants from old plants of the flower- ing almond, and also the Japanese quince?— Mrs. HE. R. Both of these shrubs may be propa- gated, either by means of seed which should be sown in the fall, or by means of hardwood cuttings which should be made eight inches long from the séme year’s growth. These are placed in sand in the cellar, or even outdoors, where they will callus dur- ing the winter, and may be set out in the spring—Alex Laurie. F'lND‘S SUCCESS WITH DEW- BERRIES. HEN John Mavis came to Sher- man township, Mason county, «twenty-four years ago, he had his fan)- fly and $130. He settled on an eighty- acre farm of light soil, about two miles east of U. S. 31. He found this soil vastly different than that of his old home in Ohio, and, ~i§or a number of years, found it a hard struggle to make a living. He began to study the problem of what to do with sand«—and ended by mixing it with brains. most profitable. One day, traveling through the sandy Udell hills, north- east of Freesoil, Mr. Mavis noticed luxuriant the wild dewberries “If they grow so well without care, What couldn’t be done by cultivation?” thought he. That year and set them ground. This was hard work, he bought 1,000 plants out in well-prepared since quack dry sand. His land has both white sand and blow sand, as well as some clay. Some of the clay was haul/edwand one bill given a light top-dressing to hold the blow sand. ‘ The first fall a number of dewberry shoots were turned down, and in the following spring enough had rooted to produce 9,200 new plants. , he land does not grow grain, so no time was wasted in the attempt. The land is high, and this is a decided ad- vantage, since frost does not come at unseasonable times. The Lucretia variety of berry is used. Plants are set four by eight fleet, or about 1,000 to "the acre. They are .aprayed two, and «Even three, times each season with 11m and blur-e vialsfml. When once scythe grower has prac- WWW mats We will _htmumeeiselt,malewm deeper. fir. mm“ ouse, are found , He had often heard that the dew-Q, Iberry crop around Benton Harbor was grass was luxuriant, even in the -h'ot,,~ ideally a permanent (cm, piece by the to the muchbetter known alfalfa roots. They should be set as early as pos- sible in the spring and turned down in August for new plants. The first crop is produced'in the second year. The field is plowed and disced, and the roots start up 'neW shoots. The second year of growth the plants “are tied up to wine stretched between stakes. “Keep the ground clean, and culti- Mrmsmmongh‘touemp‘forj' mil {mat to mm the ism-last and most luscious hernias. m the amp ' hasheen picked, 01d 2cm should the out out and burned. This heaps mats disease-free. \ Fruit is packed in twentiMMt_ mes, and diree years agoeibey emer- ageil @465 per case, and the mic-men acres bmught $137.48. in 212926. mine acres brought $1,900. The cost of pro duction and marketing was around 3500. 1883111; $130.9 profit—:6} P. Barr. News and Vicvvs From-INGLESIDE FARM—By Stanley Pawafl AKE fair warning. If you are in search of a literary treat or emotionalmessage, you had bet- ter look elsewhere, for in this article i’m going to offer just a plain, humble diet of hash. There are a good many loose ends to catch up, and now is as good a time as any to do it. Probably you recall those lousy pigs that I wrote about in a. previous arti- cle. I purchased them at the local stock yards~ two months ago and set out to divorce them from the blood- sucking tennants that crawled over them in swarms. Two sprayings with a strong solution of stock dip at an interval of about ten, days, sounded the death knell of the vermin. ‘In fact, after the last treatment we never dis- covered any more of the profit—robbing pests. But that is only what we might term the negative side of the story. Getting rid of the lice was only preparatory to putting some fat under those scabby hides. We shipped them through our local live stock rosaop on the twenty- second. Although some of these pigs were very badly stunted, we secured an average daily gain of two pounds per head for the two months that we fed them. This, of course, is not any- thing to get excited or puffed up about but under the circumstances, we were well pleased. No expensive feeds or complicated methods were employed in their cane. They were fed skimmilk and kitchen waste and a little corn, and for the last month or so treated “themselves at a self—feeder containing ’ground oats and ground whoa ‘ .111 separate compartments. Of e se, -‘ any hog man would know thdt the ground wheat disappeared considerably faster than the ground oats. lll‘his particular wheat was from a swamp, and the berries were not as plump as that from the rest' of the field. However, with good wheat selling .at our shipping point for $1.20 per bushel (two cents per pound), it is about as cheap as most feeds that could be purchased. Better Pigs This Time. _ ‘We are pleased to report that when we took these hogs to the stock yards we were able to bring home an equal number of «hundredpound shoats that are certainly an 'm-coumaging bunch; They are said to be pure-bred Poland China‘s, and they look the part. They have plenty of scale, bone and capaci- ty, and have the appearance of young pigs that have never known a set-back. There will be a lot more satisfaction and probably more profit in, feeding them. Success Withany kind of live stock is a. complicated proposition, not de- pendent on any one factor. Breeding, feeding, housing, 11mm; and mar- ‘7keiiing, am are titan? important. If any one of these elements is neglected, ,pnofits go glimmering, and failure and discouragement 411%.. In writing last week about the Ionia m Ebb. we might have mentioned “the M Milking Bhortbirrn bull flatmpmeddnmiammi . injury. won the blue ribbon in his class. ‘ We hope to take .such care of him that he can repeat that performance a year from now. Home Has Sore Shoulder. You will also be glad to knew that the veterinarian finally came and float- ed down the work horses’ teeth. He didn’t find any of .them in bad shape, .but all except one of ,them needed some attention, and I feel that his. trip was very much worth While. While the horse doctor was "here I asked his advice about one horse that has bothered us a little all summer. His left shoulder persists in "having a. small gall right at the lower point. I have kept the collar clean, raised the draft as high as possible, and used several of my favorite remedies per- sistently and faithfully, but to no avail. I tried putting on a pad with a hole cut out to keep the pressure off the sore, but the pad wouldn’t stay just where it belonged and it was a ques- tion whether it did more good than harm. The doctor carefully studied the con— tour of the horse’s shoulder and then advised me to take a strip about four inches wide from an old grain sack and wind it smoothly around the col- lar a few times just above the sore. This pad will come against a place on the shoulder where there is a slight depression, and it will take consider- able of the draft off from the point of the shoulder-Where the trouble is. I am especially anxious to get this sore healed, as ,I have doctored .it .so long, and it is the only sore shoulder on the farm. We have fixed up the collar according to directions, add in a little while may be able to report complete success. Waiting for Rain. I certainly hope that you have had more rain than we haVe had for the past two months. Corn, potatoes and beans will not amount to much in this neighborhood. Worst of all, new seed— ings of clover and alfalfa have been subjected tO’a terrible set-back which it is feared will amount to permanent Plowing has been largely abandoned. One man got a little plow- ing done with his tractor by having two men ride the plows and hold them in the ground. My neighbor on the north had a man stand on the eyener and then couldn’t really keep the plow \ down so that it would do a. satisfac- tory job. We have busied ourselves with a. variety of miscellaneous tasks while waiting for the sadly needed moisture. We have cleaned out both silos, and have drawn all the 'manure’and are new building fence and dissing and , harrowing the ground that we ‘had plowed before the drought stopped us. 10f course, we :could go undptrttoning around like this mdeifimzitely, and work hard, tee, and not run out of a job, Ibm we must soon do coinciding .m'o‘re ‘ modu‘cttiuedef we empedtmomiex-’ muses. -' ,5' ”mum 111:1:de map at); 2&th treasurer These. With Leon “ AThe fact that these men have access to lime rock when their fields are acid, due to the depletion of lime from them, shows the comparative rapidity _ With which this plant food is lost from the soil. limestone is quarried com- mercially in ,the county and detached pieces of lime rock are common in ’ several communities. CERTIFIED SEED. GOING'STRONG IN CASS. IELDS planted with certified seed potatoes in Cass county last spring. show up to much better advantage than the ones where home-grown seed was used. Six field meetings were held in the county recently, “and C. M. McCrary, potato specialist, explained control methods for diseases and in- sect pests. ANTRIM‘ FARMERS PRODUCE SMALL SEEDS. ANKERS, business men, and farm- ers mingled in a tour of inspection of the seed fields in Antrim county. The county has been widely advertised for the potatoes it grows, but little has been said about the small seeds produced there. Antrim grows a large part of the radish seed produced in the United States, and there are many acres devoted to the production of al- falfa and sweet clover seed. Fourteen farmers in the county are growing Hardigan alfalfa for seed this year. Frank B. Post, professor of bot- any at the University of Wisconsin, accompanied the tour in quest of in- formation on the blossoming and seed- ing habits of alfalfa. ALBA ASSOCIATION OUT OF DEBT. HE Farmers’ Cooperative Associa- tion at Alba this year paid off their mortgage and all other debts. The association was $20,000 in debt a few years ago. Apparently, it is pos- sible for farmers to conduct'a success- ful marketing organization for their products. Volume of business, and proper management, brought success to this Antrim county organization. ASHES HELP GRAIN CROPS. ' HREE Luce county farmers who applied ashes on oat and barley fields which were to be seeded last spring, have been pleasantly surprised by the. results. They did not expect to see any difference in the grain yields; but, before the grain‘was har- vested, the difference in height and vigor of the plants could he easily dis- tinguished. They now expect that the increased" yieldof grain will pay for the application of the ashes, and that the benefit to the seeding will be all profit. M HARDY ALFALFA BEING DEVEL- ’ OPED. .. HE farm crops department of the ‘ Michigan State College is now at- tempting to develop a. new hardy al- falfa. They are using Siberian stock in this effort. This alfalfa has yellow flowers. The strain also will be cross- ed with other well-known varieties to produce, if possible, other strains hav- ing the hardiness of the Siberian strain. , -—--—-—.______. CURTIS ELECTED SEVENTH 'TIME To HEAD POTATO EXCHANGE. I, OR the seventh consecutive year, Henry Curtis, of Cadillac, has been , "elected president of the Michigan Po» tatc Qrowers' Exchange. Joseph Busy ' ”my 9” Lake Ifélmdu.;'was ,re-elected ’ flceggesident' 9.13). Hartley; oi" Shel- , , M Surfer, of G. - anli w, or .Be‘llaire: Cecil-‘gej’I-Ier; OME PreSdllfi Isle county tafifiQQ-si'iilan, of‘EdmOre, and'E. A. Rasmussen, - are grinding .their own limestone. .. of Greenville, constitute the board of directors. The last two named were re—elected at'the recent meeting of the board of delegates for another term. .7 BELIEVES CROP INSURANCE ‘ POSSIBLE. ' IR JOHN RUSSELL, director of the Rothensted Experimental Station at Harpenden, England, states that it is now possible to draw up tables for the expectancy of crop yields, corres- ponding to the data now/ available for expectancy of human life, which forms _ . the basis of life insurance. He he- lieves, therefore, that farm crops can be insured against the hazards of weather. STUDY FARM CORN TARIFF. XPEIRTS of the United States Tar- iff Commission are now in the middle west studying the cost of pro- ducing corn. Importation of corn from Argentine has prompted mid—western farmers to ask for this investigation to determine whether the present duty of fifteen cents per bushel equalizes the difference in production costs be tween Argentine and the United States. WHEAT ACREAGE TO BE INCREASED N increased acreage of wheat and .rye is to be sown in Michigan this fall, if weather conditions permit, according to a survey made by Her- bert E. Powell, Commissioner of Ag- riculture and Verne H. Church, Agri- cultural Statistician for Michigan. The intended increase in wheat amounts to 15 per cent which would make the planted acreage 1,090,000 acres compared with 948,000 planted last fall and 920,000 harvested this year. In the fall of 1926, an intended increase of four per cent actually be- came a decrease of ten per cent be- cause of unfavorable weather at seed- ing time. The present drought is mak- ing plowing diflicult and much de— pends upon future weather as to the acreage that will actually be sown this fall. For the North Central group of states, an increase of 16 per cent is intended and for the entire United States an increase of 13.7 per cent is reported. ’ If the country’s intentions were actually carried out, the total acreage would amount to 48,637,000, against 38,185,000 harvested this year. Michigan farmers report an inten- tion to increase their rye acreage by .713 per cent which would .result in 220,000 acres being planted in, comr parison with 195,000 last year. For the entire country, an increase of about 20 per cent is intended which would give a total of 4,629,000 acres. Last year’s acreage was 3,860,000, which was considerably less than in- tendfid because of continued and ex- cessive rains at seeding time in sev- eral states. . ——_.__._. Two potato rogueing demonstrations were conducted in Charlevoix county by Carl Behiens, potato inspector, and B. C. Mellencamp, county agricultural agent. All the certified seed growers in the county attended the demonstra- tions, and Mr. Mellencamp states that the appearance of the fields in the county listed for inspection show that ,the owners are rogueing out the dis- eased potatoes from their fields.\ ~—-—_.__.__, Cherries from Alpena county have been trucked 130. miles across the state to the Grand Traverse Packing Company at Traverse City for canning purposes. Carl ‘Henry, an Alpena or- chard owner, sent four trucks across this year. , ' l “[21 move to town before I'd go back to oil lamps” says the wife of a farmer who knows the wonderful comfort and convenience of a Westinghouse light and power plant. Just think what it would mean to be rid of the regiment of oil lamps you have to clean—of bending over a big washing—of ironing, sweeping, churning, the old, hard, hand way. 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T is only rarely that a.‘ baby acre-g I ing the breast is troubled with ser—‘ ious diarrhea, but it is all too com- mon With artificially fed infants in hot? ' weather. The first step to be 'taken:;' ' in a summer diarrhea, is to stop all food. The baby may drink all the cool, sterile water desired, but no food. 'Al‘ways get the help of a doctorr if one is ayailable. for infant diarrhea is a very serious complaint. Here is, the disease in which castor oil is ef-' fective. If the baby is six months or; older, give a tablespoonful, if young- Often the action of the castor oil is helped by giving arectal enema of warm water, containing table salt in the proportion ' ’ of one level teaspoonful to the quart, . . Keep the baby cool and quiet. Do not 7 , resume feeding until the stools and ' vomiting are checked. Then begin cau- ‘ 1,4 1| I ’ En-ar-co ‘Gearr tiously, feeding in very small (mane I. 5 Wild tities. ‘ s For ”Wench! and Transmission“ Let me urge again that you get thei i! help of a doctor in summer diarrhea or other serious illness, if at all pos- sible., Babies are frail and slip away easily. If a doctor can be obtained” have him advise you quite particularly ~ as to the food you may begin with. I I ’have had good success with barley water, and as it is often hard to get {Automobiles Trucks, and Tractors; En'ar-co Motor Oil mht-mdluu-aenvy km flu" 556a! Steel Drums 80c Per Gal. 2-5 Gal. Drums . 95c Per Gal. good pearly barley, I have come to de- 5 Gal. - , Drums .. . $1.00 Per Gal. pend very much upon Robmson s Pre- 1 Gal. Cans .. ”.15 Per Gal. Dal'ed Barley , . L Prior: miner; to than“ There is not ~much nourishment in barley water and barley gruel, but it helps, and when you begin togive milk ‘ again the barley acts as a good modi- fier. 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Branches and Service Stations m 1.20 PrincipalCitiesof themed Statue. —-____.___.._____-_.____..._~__._.___..___-.-___-—..._—._—__-.~—__~——..__——_-—~-. Send tor the net-1mm Auto 611.3 M! The National name... 704 [-3 8cm lily, W0. I enclose 6c in stamp; to cover postage and packing. Send En-ar-to Auto Game FREE. My Name it St. or R. F. D. No. Post Ofice County State My Dealer's Name 11: Address up and play whenever he feels a little 1 better. But in doing this you ‘take risks. of a setback, and are sure to pro- agree? I dislike to be called on to act long the illness. Keep the patient in as an umpire. There is something t0- bed! be said on both sides, for doctors are —__ RULES OF MODERN DOCTORS. practice a specialty do become blind to everything else. If you know your Why won’t doctors help out in the specialist to be an honest man, take simple fashion of old days? Recently his word rather than that of the man I sent to a doctor for some rheuma- who wants you to take medicine to ELSTneIigxemgfitd tinitfigg ionf figdgégefi curexcat-arrh. 'Catarrh is usually symp- amin 1 sup-pose the difference is tomatic of- some deeper disturbance, K. two do lars instead of one —D J and can seldom be cured by medicine. Nowadays we scarcely expect .rheu- It requires the removal of any diseas? matism to yield to balms and lini- ed tissues and. then the general build— ments. We believe that it is most of- ring Up of the entire system. ten due to some focus of infection and that this may be often found in pus concealed in diseased tonsils, decayed teeth, old abscesses of the appendix or the liver, or some other such source - of poison. So the modern doctor tries Ed; Goff figbggifigsiggrbl i351; 91331113111121- to find the source and clear up the of it. wit haven’t been We to get the infection This is not always possible remedy, or know of others that do. but it works better than the old way, My husband has tuberculosis and has and is worth a lot more. been in bed over three months Have done everything that could be thought of, but without success. ——Inqnirer. There is no “sure cure” remedy for tuberculosis. _ TUBERCULOSIS. WHEN Doc‘rons Dis/111111212. mytonsih:mmoved, but our homethebd ’h l ' doctor says all specialists tell that to O y Wit a ong pen“ of refit in everyone. My doctor says catan‘h is give me 8. mm of. medicine that will Three months is not long enough fer 1!. m a! ”5-73. 3. indie then We dis- atorium if possible. 1 m9 very human and some of those who- If it is in your power, will you tell} _ It is a wasting disease; A throat specialist tells me to have that can om): be cured by building up the open air, good nourishing food. and, the cm of the trauma. and he can freedom from all worry and work. ' a cure. 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M651; economical mantles you can use ' :g‘estéevery toot! Priceonl 10¢ y them by fine box (I « 313—“ your dealers. In: “Luann! unu- “councils! .~ "10111th ‘ Canadian I ' m‘flm we) “0‘“, HERE has been such a bounti- ful supply of flowers to enjoy all summer, that we are going to‘miss them now the colder weather approaches and our gardens cease to bring forth the joyful beauty of the past months. But for those who are fond of flow- ers and always want to have some around, there is always a way to have them and with very little expense. The joy and satisfaction of making lovely flowers is as great as raising them. In fact, the methods of making have been so perfected that crepe paper flowers are not now distinguish-r able at a glance, from natural flowers, and indeed, some crepe paper flowers must be handled to prove that they are not real. Crepe paper comes in about fifty dif— ferent shades and colors and is so pli- able that it can be worked into any desired shape. Any flower that grows The Fleur-de-lis is Really Very Easy to Make. can be copied in crepe paper. One does not need to be an artist to make flowers artistically. Patterns are ob- ' tainable fo-r flower-making, and the crepe paper that is accurately cut from these patterns will go together easily and quickly. Many effects that seem difficult and complicated are obtained by the most simple means. .Take, for instance, the Tiger Lily and the Japanese Lily both of which have spotted petals. The spotted effect is obtained by cutting brown or cerise crepe paper into fine particles, brushing the petals with paste and dropping the particles on the paste. Enough will cling to give the spotted effect. And then to obtain a second color or a certain shading on a petal or in the center of a flower, the paper is tinted with coloring obtained by soak- ing a piece of the desired shade of crepe paper in a. small amount of water. This is often done ‘with the morning glory, carnation and fleur—de— lis. To show how very easy it is to make flowers of crepe paper let us . make one of the loveliest of flowers '- and one that looks difficult—a fleur- de-lis. You will need some heliotrope, 3 violet, yellow, and moss green crepe paper and some No.10 and No.78 wire. The fleur-de—lis has six petals, which must be wired so they will hold their three crushed petals, and a - ape. center; with leaves and stem. r the center, out across the grain F lower-Makmg is F ascmatlng A IVzté Comp/ate Patterns 1! is Easy to Make Tézrty 10nd! of Paper Flower} By DorOthy Wright a strip of yellow crepe paper, 2% inches long and 2 inches wide. Stretch the strip and cut it in half along the grain. Now cut a fine fringe along the length cf the strip 114 inches deep. This is enough for two centers. Gathb er one of the strips along the un- fringed edge into a bunch and fasten with a little paste. 4 For the large petals, cut strips of heliotrope and violet crepe paper, across the grain, 5 inches wide by 8 inches long. Fold with the grain into thirds, and using the petal pattern cut out six petals, three of each color. For the crushed petals, cut across the grain a strip of yellow crepe paper 3% inches wide by 11/2 inches long. Cut this piece into thirds along the grain. Make one end of each petal pointed. Now stretch these petals fully sideways, and then crush them between the fingers to a length of 21/; inches. Cut two leaves from moss green crepe paper, two inches wide by 16 inches long, the grain running with the length of the leaf. Cut the end of each leaf into a point. To wire the large petals cut six pieces of No. 10 wire, 5 inches long. Hold the six wires together at one end, on a flat surface, and brush the loose ends on all sides with paste. Place the petal on a flat surface, sheen side up, and lay the pasted wire in the center, from top to base, the extra length of the wire extending: below the base. Press the wire down firmly; pick up petal; fold the petal around on all sides of the wire, and then open it out, creasing it over the wire and spreading it out. The wire should be completely covered. Now paste the crushed petals to the lower center ‘of the three violet petals. Place the three heliotrope petals around the yellow fringed center, the dull side out, the tops of the petals coming 2 inches above top of center. Now place the three violet petals with the yellow toward the center, between the first three petals placed. Fasten all together with a strip of wire, one inch up from the lower end of the petals. Cut away the surplus wire 5%, inch below the fastening wire, add a 10 inch strip Of No. 10 wire for the stem, and with a 11/, inch wide strip of moss green crepe paper, cut across the grain, wrap the stem starting at the fastening wire, slanting the strip downward and stretching it smoothly over the wire. Add the No. 78 wire 3 inches from the base of the flower, and 18 inches down gather the leaves at their bases and insert them in the wrapping on opposite sides of the stem. Fasten the strip at the end with paste. To shape the fleur-de-lis curve the three lighter petals upward and outward at the center and in at the tips so the tips meet and form the top of the flower. Curve the three darker petals outward and downward. Our new bulletin, “How to Make Crepe Paper Flowers” gives complete instructions and patterns for making thir- ty different kinds of crepe pa- per flowers. For a-copy of this bulletin, send ten cents to the Women’s Interests De- partment, Desk L, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan. FILLING FOR THE CHIL- DREN’S SWEET TOOTH. T is quite a common thing to hear women remark, when bewailing their lack of time, “Dessert, you say? Well, they don't have dessert often at our house. The Search for the Yardstick VERY home-maker has two tools in common with which to work, time and money. four hours to the day and sixty minutes to the hour. Time has a constant value for everyone, with twenty- But when it comes to money, this tool has by no means a constant value to each individual, even though there are one hundred cents to every American dollar. , Last week we had occasion to visit two farm homes in an average rural community in the eastern part of the state. about equal, and the conditions of the outbuildings fair in both cases. The acreage of the farms were The kitchen in the first home we visited, had a running water system of the gravity type, and the house was heated by a furnace. In the garage was an inexpensive, but ideally located on the first floor. serviceable automobile. A bathroom was Down the road a mile, at the second home where we called, all the wa- ter used in the house wascarried at least twenty-five feet, and Mini the waste carried out. The house was heated by a furnace, but there was no , bathroom. A high-priced sedan, a new model, beautiful in design, and with a speed capacity nearly twice that of their neighbor’s, was parked in the garage. And right here we did a bit of mental calculation. The difference be- tween the price ‘of these cars alone would have installed a running water system and a Complete modern bathroom in any home, and even left a small balance on the credit side. These two. neighbors placed a widely different value .on the American douar. Economics are ever seeking for a permanent yardstick with which to measure the value of the American dollar, but such a. thing is as elusive as a mirage. The measurement rests entirely with the individual, yet we _. * feel safe in vouching that the members in the first home we’ visited receiv-w ed more comfort, Contentment, and real happiness per dollar invested than: did their neighbors. _ glorified dessert, . serve on 'Sundays or holidays, and no - eating it for the first time; They are lucky if I get time to put plain food on the table. ” This remark usually comes from a mother with several growing children, and you will notice that these are the children that are lunching all day'o'n * cookies and cheap candy. A child’s sweet-tooth must be filled. They crave sweets and it is natural for them, as they require sugar «as an element of heat and growth, but in the form of good nourishing food, not in cheap candy. There are so many dainty, satisfy- ing desserts that really require very Fleurlde-lis Petal Pattern in Exact Size. little time to prepare. Any fresh fruit, cut up With sugar, or any canned fruit, may be covered with cocoanut or marshmallow cream. Our healthful old friend, the prune, be- comes a. rich and festive dessert if cooked dewn thick and covered with , marshmallow cream or chopped nuts, or both. -.Lady fingers or plain cake are good,'*covered with one egg cus- tard and bits of red jelly. Corn starch pudding, plain or chocolate, take but a few moments to prepare, and are very' nourishing and good, if served with sweetened cream or canned fruit. , Prepare bread, not too fresh, same as for sandwiches, cut off crusts, dip each two triangles quickly in fruit juice, lay ‘on serving plate with crush~ ed fruit between and on top. Pine‘~' apples, strawberries or peaches, either canned or fresh, are good. This des~ sert can be covered with cocoanut or marshmallow cream, or left plain, but when ’ well covered with whipped cream it becomes a most delicious and which I sometimes 9,118, _ .0 ever guesses it is made of bread. .1, o" . vau- ’— w.‘ , LEASING Ehe palate and the eye is a problem that story home cook dares not lose sight of when feedhig her family. She has found that old standby dishes must be varied occasionally with “something diaer- env " to tempt fluidity and lagging ap- petites. But every now and then there comes a day when she sits down in her kitchen rocker, holds her head in her' hands, and declares, “I just don’t know what to cook today.” After "similar puzzling moments, readers often write a letter to this de— partment, sending one or two of their favorite recipes, and request others in . exchange that will he a bit difienent. These are some that have been con- tributed recently: Apple Dream. -1 dozen tart apples (us. meet elder 3 lemons cups syrup Stick cinnamon Cloves Raisins Core the apples. Fill the center with raisins, and bake in the oven until tender. Place the acider over the are, adding to it the stick cinnamon and several cloves and the rind of a lemon. Simmer for half an hour and add the sugar syrup and the lemon juice. Place an apple in each glass and pour over the liquid. “Mrs. S. P. Cheese Slaw, Buttermilk Dressing. 1 pt. shredded cabbage _ 1% tsp. prepared mus— 6 ti). grated' cheese 1 tsp. brown sugar ~54 to 1 cupful fresh 3%. tsp. paprika. buttermilk Few grains of cayenne 1 tb. vinegar pepper 1 tsp. salt Mix the-cabbage and cheese togeth- er. Place all the other ingredients, except the buttermilk, in a bowl and blend thorough-1y, them add the/butter- milk, the quantity depending upon the thickness of the buttermilk. Pour over the cabbage and cheese and garnish with green pepper rings. mM. S T. Sausage Rolls 1% cups flour 1 tsp. salt. 1%; cup freshly mashed 1 tb. shortening potatoes 1% lbs. link sausage 3 tsp. baking powder Water Sift dry ingredients and rub in the potato and shortening. Add enough water to make a dough that can be Flch-rs Grow at N ccdlc’s Point ’ the stuffing. . fire until tender. ours rolled tbin. Cut in 31111111 0111101138. Book either pork or frankfurter sau- sage in water, then drain and cool ‘H Wrap each sausage in the dough, lap-‘ i ping edges after wetting with coldil- water. Slightly grease baking pan and; ' lay in rolls, and bake in quick oven“! for ten or fifteen minutes. ,If frank- l furters are used, serve with ‘mustard'Ll sauce. W‘it—‘h pork sausage serve friedf. q apples or tart apple sauce—Mrs. K. DJ.l 3 "~ Stuffed Baked Tomatoes. 1i 6 tomatoes 2 tb. butter 3 g 1% cups braid crumbs 1 tsp. salt ">4 tsp. pepper d J l l l i v 1... Cut a piece from the stem of each: tomato, and remove the centers with-1; out breaking the walls. Make a stuff- ' ing of the centers of the tomatoes, crumbs, seaSonings and melted butter, and mix well. Sprinkle each tomato well with salt and pepper, and fill with Place a small piece of- ;butter on the top of -each,'arrange the , l tomatoes in a baking-dish, and bake in; a moderate oven—Miss W. K. Chuck Steak with Onions. . 2 lbs. chuck steak 1 tsp. suet ‘ 5 or 6 onions ' Salt Place sliced onions in a‘shallew' saucepan, cover closely and cook in. two tablespoons of water over a slow When the onions are: done, uncover and brown slightly. Heat a {frying—pan smoking hot, and brown the steak quickly on both sides: Reduce the heat and turn the meat frequently until it is cooked through. Season the steak and salt the onions. ——Miss D. C. Cucumber Crisp. 6 qts. medium—sized 1 dozen dry onions cucumbers 2‘74 (1th. vinegar 4 large green peppers 7 cups sugal Salt 3 tsp. tumerir: Few cloves ‘4 cup mustard seed Slice cucumbers. Chop onions and peppers. Salt in layers and let stand three hours. Then drain nearly dry. Add to vinegar the sugar, tumeric, mustard seed and cloves, and heat enough to melt sugar. Add cucumbers and scald, but not boil. Can in ster- ilized jars—Mrs. W. M. ..L 1w Each gem»: Porter [11ml Spring bear: Mi: trade mark on it: ride rail. [lynx don' .t .m Mi: trade mark it 5m 2‘ a Fem-r Idml. «- WHO can resist the daintiness thata cheery touch of embroidery express- es? And with her needle, woman has no better opportunity to exercise her own conception of color combinations than in these newest of stamped patterns. The feature of these six attractive designs is that you can have dainty appointments that match both for ‘YOur bed, dresser and these designs come made up in pillowcases and—scarfs. Design 3771 is most effective finished in shades of lavender and yellow flowers with shaded green stems and leaves, with baskets of yellow. Design 3772 is individual if Worked up in two shades of :blue, with yel- low and white flowered centers. . Design 3773 worked up in shades of lavender, yellow and green, is ex- ceptionally pretty in bedrooms that have a tint of lavender in the decora- tionl If design 3774\is done in orange, lavender and green, it is most unusual. Design 3775 is lovely when finished in shades of blue and pink flowers, with the colonial lady diessed in ligh and dark shades of yellow. Shades of pink, rose, and yellow make an unusual combination for De- sign 377.6. The Pillow cases in any of these designs come iii sizes forty‘two inches 377% need the best The Bedspring that Supports C the Spine ~ * ' . > No. 2992—Unmistakab1y New. Pat- . tern in sizes 18 years, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. Size 36 requires 4 yards of 40-inch mate- . mal, with 1 yard of 40-inch contrasting. chifferobe, for Michigan Farmer Pattern Service Sz'mp/z'czz‘y 2'; the Keynote of :74]! Far/lion: for Bar}; Mother I i and Me Kiddie: '~ J 8_1iequires 1% yards of 40-inch mate- 1-1a . N0. 873_~Matching S111a1tness.Pat~ tern in sizes 6 8,10,12 and 14 years. Size 8 requires 2 ya1ds of 40inch ma- te1ial. _ No. 250~Sleeping Garment. Pattern IS obtained in sizes 2, 4 6, 8,10 and 12 yeals. The 8 year size 1equires 2% yards of 32 inch material. at $1. 45 a pair, and forty-Jive inches ’at $1. 50 a pair. Scarfs to match any of lthe pillow cases can be obtained in sizes eighteen by wforty-five price sixty-hire cents each. Both pillow cases and scarfs are stamped on the nn- ; m in sizes 16 18 years, 36 38 40 42 est quality white linen finished W1. A detail working chart showing a sugé‘éfitéd 90hr. scheme is enclosed with each design. ' 'r' , No. 3038—Something Different Pat- and 44 inches bust measure. Size 36 requires 3% yards of 40~inch material, with 1,4 yard of 46-inch contrasting. ' _ No. 871—~—Peter Pan Gollar. Pattern is sues 6,8, 19. 18 and 3.4 yeast Size 'be sent to you The price of each pattern is 13c. Just enclose 130 extra when you order ‘ your pattern, and a copy of our New- Fall and Winter Pattern Catalogue will ,. PATTERN DEPARTMENT, MICHI- GAN FARMER, DETROIT, MICK. I H ouseholdggefifié Use this department to help solve your household problems. Address your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan. SOME MORE NINE-DAY PICKLES. THINK the recipe for nine-day pick- les that was published in the Mich- igan Farmer recently would be fine, but I would like to have some of the readers try this recipe. ' Cover one peek of small cucumbers with a brine made by boiling one cup of salt in one gallon of water. Let this brine stand on the pickles for three days. Pour off, add fresh brine of the same strength and let stand three days more. On the sixth day pour off the brine. Boil tw-o quarts of vinegar, two quarts of water, and two ounces of alum. Pour this over the pickles and let stand for three days more. On the ninth day pour off this brine and wipe the pickles dry. Boil together the following ingredi- ents: 2 qts. vinegar 1 pepper, chopped fine 2 lbs. sugar 1 oz. cinnamon buds 1 cup horseradish, ground 1/1 oz. celery seeds fine 14' oz. whole cloves Pack the pickles in jars and pour‘ this solution over them. Seal. I have kept these in jars for a year and they are just as fresh as when made.— Mrs. M. M. ' A CORRECTION. N the August 20 issue there'was a recipe for maple nut cake, which called for two tablespoons of baking powder. This should have read two teaspoons. One teaspoonful of baking powder to one cup of flour is always a safe rule to follow in mixing cakes. HURRY-UP MAYONNAISE. Please tell me how to make mayon- naise in a short and quick way—Mrs. K. C. T. This three-minute mayonnaise is un- usually good. For it you will need: 1 tsp. salt 1 tb. lemon juice 1,4 tsp. mustard Dash of cayenne 1 tb. vinegar Mix in bowl dry ingredients, add lemon juice and vinegar, mix well, add egg, without heating. Add one-third cup of oil, beat with wheel egg beater until the mixture begins to thicken (one full minute), add second one-third cup, beat one minute, add rest of oil and beat one minute. It takes a little experience to know just the right point at which to add oil, but when this is gained the name is justified. 1 can 1 cup salad oil PICKLES AND MERINGUE BOTH SHRIVEL. When I can small cucumbers, they shrink up and get soft. How may I can them so they will stay hard? When I make a o'necrust pie and use whites of eggs for frosting, as soon as it is browned and removed from oven, the frosting shrivels up. How can you make it so it will stay nice and fluffy ?——B. S. When canning pickles, it is always best to can them as soon as possible after they are picked. It may be that you are using too strong vinegar, or that you cook the pickles too long, but, if your trouble seems to be in the pickle shriveling, you might add a bit of alum, the size of a pea, to each quart of pickles. This will tend to keep them hard and brittle. It takes a bit of practice to make good meringue for pie, especially one that will stand up until served. No meringue improves with standing, and it is best to plan to cook it just be- fore serving. A Beat the white of eggs until very 1' dry, and sift in the sugar, powdered 7 sugar is preferable. By all means, do _ 7 not add sugar before the eggs are. beaten dry. Spread on the pie that has been cooked, and bake in a slow tomoderate oven. Too high a temper» attire will shrink and toughen the mar-- fugue. The meringue should begin to minute‘s an be 'Ilett in two minut; whiie browmhs": UNUSUAL TRIM wm—r RICK-HACK, DECIDEDLY pretty trim, especial- ly for a tight-fitting collar, is a new arrangement of rick-rack; Lay the points fiat on‘the edge of the ma- terial and bind the two, leaving the upper points of the braid exposed. .- Fasten the exposed points to the ma terial with three lazy-daisy stitches. Most any colorful idea can be worked out for both braid and floss can both be purchased in the new shades. Eith- er bias binding or binding of the nia- terial may be used. This finish can be used to advantage on luncheon sets, vanity sets, and kitchen and bath room curtains—Mrs. M. R. PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST. HO hasn’t noticed the advertise- ment -of a mother with a child snuggled in her arms, while she reads it? It’s an example, the adver- tisement suggests, of “putting first things first.” . And who among us, amid the com- plexity of modern living, can be sure that she does it? It may seem 'im- possible to stop and give little Fay ieurtains , u‘p *bngre t . . to,” we say. but. we're."liusy _ ,, too tired” so she must "run away and play." If this is our habitual‘lnental‘ atti- tude, then are we not putting “things”. like draperies ahead of- such "import- ant treasures as a little child’s con- fidence, affection, and even character? Some neighbors discussing a. little five-year-old remarked, “Yes, she needs care—sweet can she give it to her?” “What does her mother have to do?” inquired a newcomer.‘ “I’ve seen Mary Betty playing around the neighbor- hoOd, and she always looks well cared for and very nicely dressed.” “Yes, and her mother makes all of her clothes!” said one neighbor. “And they are beautifully embroid- ered and laundered,” explained an- other. : ‘ “Um,” said the newcomer, “I’ve no- ticed her mother changes her_ costume several times a day.” “Yes,” chorused the admirers _of Mary Betty’s mother, “and she makes a lot “of them herself. And then she is so dainty about the table. You know she embroiders all her luncheon sets, and other household dainties._” Plaits Conspicuous For Fall Smart W ant/inc: Are W ell Defined 751 339 No. 839—Distinctive Lines. Cuts in' sizes 16, 18 and 20 years, 36 to 44 inches bust. .The 36-inch size requires 3% yards of 40-inch material. No. 751—Popular Sports Outfit. Cuts in sizes 16, 18 and 20years, 36 to 42 inches bust. The 36-inch size requires 3% yards of 40-inch material. . No. » 681—Attractive Sports Dress. Cuts in Sizes 16 years, 36 to 44 inches bust. The 36~inch',-size requires 3% yards —of 40-inch material. No. 755——For Stout Figures} Cuts in, sizes 36 to 46 inches bust. The 36-inch .size requires 3% yards at 40—inch ma- 4 - r .. ”’9’ gar..- ;:1;t . h 3 2‘53” 681 755 terial, and 1/1, "yard of contrasting. No. 826—For the Beach. Cuts in sizes—2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 years. The 4- year size requires 1% :yards of 40-inch material. _ ,- , . - No. 426—Junior Sports Dress. Cuts in sizes 8, 10, .12 and 14' years. . The 8-year size requires 254 yards of‘32 or 36-inch material. , ' , . ‘No. 35 kButton-Down-the-Front. “Cuts in sizesfi. 8, 10, 12 ,and‘,14, years. T e 8-year size requiresz. yards 0133 inc, .« Add???“ 7011.? ‘0 Department; ‘Mic ). tiers little thing! ——but her ., mother is always so very busy, how The; ric of .6 on at : 130 D. ,e, ,. Q . a, tight”!!! , “saw newco r. thoughtfully, ., remembering ”they‘re'ady, little fibs, she’d heard Mary Betty tell ” that day. “It is a questionof‘xrelative values, isn’t it?—care and,flwenm-' ‘tion of the outside or of the inside— which shall come ,firSt?”—-Marian Brownfield. , V HINTS WORTH TAKING.’ Do you know, if you will whitewash the inside of your window boxes, and , let dry before butting in the dirt, it will keep the boxes from rotting, and, also, keep the insects out? . New kid gloves that are tight may be wrapped in a slightly. damp towel for an -hour, and they will slip on more easily—Mrs. Ida. Brown. For Our Little Folks Stories From Bug'vfl/e TH E BLACK ANTS’. BATTLE. ADDY LONG LEGS, the grass- hopper, was hopping along through the meadow one sunny afternoon and came to an open space among the clover blossoms.'Here only a few blades of grass grew, and the soil was sandy. Right in the mid- dle‘of the space was a heap of sand piled up loosely. In the center of this pile was a tiny hole, and there were several tiny holes on the sides. Tiny black creatures, ever so much smaller than Daddy Long Legs, were hurrying m and out of these’holes. Every one seemed much excited. This was the home of the black ants. :‘I wonder what’s going to happen,” said Daddy Long Legs to himself, as he teetered on a clover stem nearby. Whlle Daddy Long Legs waited, hun‘ dreds of the tiny black creatures came hurrying out of their sand house, and in one black, moving mass started to- ward another pile of sand that was on the other side of the open space. “War is declared!” exclaimed Daddy Long Legs. “I’ll keep at a safe dis- tance and see what happens.” Daddy Long Legs was right, for the ants had really planned a-war on a. neighboring colony. As soon as the colony of ants neared the little mound of sand that was their neighbors’ house, the guards of the neighboring colony rushed in to their sand house to spread the alarm. Soon the neigh- T'he Battle Seemed Just a Mass of. Tuminng Ants. boring ants came hurrying out of tiny holes in the sides of their house, as fast as they could. Then the battle was on. It is strange how one colony can tell their members from those of their enemy, for seem- ingly all black ants look exactly alike, but they never make a mistake. ant would seize an enemy in his jaws .1 and would not give up until one or the other was dead. _ To Daddy Long Legs the battle seemed Just a mass .of tumbling ants. When the struggle was ever, part of the victorious colony carried their wounded ants back home, and others carried the dead ants out among the clover blossoms. Still others filed into the enemy’s house. and, carried what looked like tiny grains of rice, back to their own house. These tiny white objects were really What they had been fighting, for. They were the larvae and pupae, or baby ants, of their en- emy. These they wouldrfeed and care for until they had they would make 8 aves of them. Sometimes when a , colony [of ants have a. great-many slaves,.jthey make" " 1the, sauteed them;»un,til they finally L086 . ,. power of feéding themselves wild starve when food "is hear; if Edd , the .si'a-yédare notihem'to‘feed ”them; " .1 » . "1'QO gm 335g) ‘ . “innit- 5376‘ suo- 9; At One~ rown up, and then .A A}, ND 1 :am but a.» little child; 11 ' know not how to go“ out (or come in,” said the youthful sol- omon when the name to the .throne. If he had, only remained that way. But that-seems to the asking a good deal of a king. We are all very .hu- man. But at least at first he was téachable :and humble. Said Paul, when he came to Corinth, “I was among you in weakness and in fear and much trembling.” And he accom- plished much in Corinth In the do good of the .Bnund Table, when Per- civafle "was.- -seeking the Holy Grail, he expressed great disappointment to .an holy hermit that he had made such small progress in his search. The old man said to him, "Thou hast not :lost thyself to find thy-self." Horton, who has been pastor of a. great Congregational church in Lon- don, for forty years, says in his auto biography, “Luther said that he had noticed that whenever he was called to some work of exceptional import- ~ once he was be- forehand 13 mos- i‘trated wrth 'ill- ness or sorrow, which he accept- ed as a discipline necessary to hum- 'ble him an d throw him wholly - on God. I have observed the same fact in my own life. I remember no piece of work unusually important which I had not “to approach through the valley of humiliation.” “And 51 have given thee both riches and honor,” (verse 13). The young king got more than he asked. Seek- ing only spiritual gifts he received also the material, which we all so ap- preciate and yalue. “Seek ye first the kingdom,” said Jesus, “and all these things shall be added unto you.” Bar-products, in other words Of 'course one woudd not seek religion for the sake of its lay—products, but if we seek it sincerely and without reser- vation there will surely be by-pro-d- note, which we perhaps had not anti- cipated. Spiritual values are the highest therefore other things which are of less value will follow in their path. What is the Mm which makes you deal the select, as you take your The new steel - - The auto- mafia Dominatrix? These are im- minent, but five human features are the most sis—«(he cashier, the tellers, the directors. All the time locks in the state will not prevent a dishonest cashier farm using other people’s money for speculation. Your new con- solidated school is a. tremendous ad- dition to the community. But it will not accomplish much an 3 there are teachers of good character. » That fac- tor counts more than the big gym or the kitchen where the girls learn domestic science. (And don’t get the impression from this that I under- value the gym or the domestic science. ‘ . I‘m for them both. Deep chests and good salads are indispensable.) It is a fact demonstrated many times that the right choice of reli- ‘gious values brings all other good things in its train. "‘By humility and the fear ‘of the Lord are riches and honor and life,” says the book of Proverbs. That there is a danger here must be admitted? It is easy to get the idea that if we trust in God, are religious, go to church, and all that. . We will be prosperous, we will sue coed In our undertakings. Inother words, religion is cheap insurance. which guarantees against loss. - people seem to regard it so. If a good .man has trouble, loses money, or his :son dies. or he contracts cancer, the_ rs whisper, .‘Why sharia he, ‘ 11518 Our. Weed/y Sam—By N 1.. Mrflune Decimal. F. New . have only $501!. Home? He is‘f'one of the most retigious men in this town. He. has always been a good man.” As .‘ifreligion were alightnlngrod to set up, which will keep off all trouble. {Religion is not intended for that ,pur- pose. It is undoubtedly true that the hab- its ,of sobriety, sincerity, kindness, hard work, which religious faith in- duces all fiend toward success. Such; men very frequently outstrip others in; business affairs. >Btit 1tho/"t does ‘not' mean that one can :use religious faith; for promoting his money matters. If: it did, every rogue and mounte‘bank) and confidence man in «the land would; be :ioimng the church and pretending to Abe "religious. Christian ‘folk have trouble, and often very serious trouble; which is hard to explain. In fact, it. cannot be explained. 1 To press this a bit further. It was} an Old Testament belief tor a goodL while that religion did mean. success To serve Jehovah meant long life,’ many children, and a goodly compo-L tence. As psalm '91 puts it, “‘Because“ he hath set this love upon me, there-‘ fore will I deliver him; I will set him: on high because he hath known my; s' name. I will deliver him and honor: him. With long life will I satisfy 11.1111, and show him my salvation.” "There? are scores of other similar passages: But by and by something happened: The Hebrew nation was overtaken by 'calamitous trouble. Thousands were carried away. to other lands. The thinkers and students began to pen- der why this was. After all, you can—' not use your religion as‘ an insurance policy, they said. And off in Babylon ‘ a. deeper phase of teaching came, as a result. The book of Job was written, which is a study on why a good man has trouble. the Suffering Servant in Isaiah were written, also. What was the con-clu- sirm of these inspired writers? We have to go on taith. The book of Job ends with Jehovah speaking out of the: {,‘I whirlwind, and saying that Job must not complain. He must trust in God.- Saline linings cannot be plumbed in? this life. Religion is more than a lightning rod to keep off trouble. It enables man to go through the worst of trouble, and know that he has God with him. “When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee.” . I The great chapters on‘ "3: Noxomo. 1NDLANA --"I Work Best In ”111 try Weather" 6. E Thousands Of Homes Knew Him Well This job of heating homes the way they should be heated—clean, economically and well-43 not difficult if your parlor furnace is designed and built right. Glow-Boy is the hot word—the best word in home heating equipment. There’s over fifty years experiencexbehind and in him. He is built to do one job only; heat homes efficiently at a low cost. And he is doing it all over this part of the-countrqulow-«Boy is actually More Than a Parlor Furnace He’ 3 a complete warm air heating and ventilating system. Beautiful 1n design and finish, he uses coal, coke or wood and does not require .a basement because his station 15 upstairs 1n the luring room or hallway. He 13 a;ger_1u1ne imaoegevenly crrculatmg clean, mo1st, warm air all over the house at a cost that 15 25% lower than ordinary furnaces. Glow-Boy. because he heat 15 healthful protects 011 from winter’ s 115 and discomforts; because he IS eautifully finished he matches the finest furniture and because of his oversize slotted fire- -pot he de- livers more heat with less attention and less fuel than you- ever thought possible. Yes, Glow ~Boy has a place 1n your home-you haven real need for him. dthousands of home owners have proved it. Adopt man Now! and you will flunk us for the rest of your life. See Glow- Boyat yourlocai'sldealer .If hasn' tarri in your town yet. sand was the coupon below and we will send you his complete record. And it is some record! that . This Mags Blow-Day’s Record Globe Stove & Range (30., Kekemo. Indiana: What you say about Glow-Boy sounds gm Send me his complete record. Name. . o .o a. or. on no '0 no so O. smut-ono-uom J I ......... on n. no on be I. I. DO 00 u 00 N a. ll. 0 I I i I i I Addless. . - o . . .o-to o- u o. ore-Joummmv E I ’I rihfl-uhfid-ndh-I My Dealer's Name Is. . .. .. --—---—-----Qmflsfld SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR «‘1 A?“ SEP‘FEMBERtl- SUBJECT: -— Solomon’s Wise Choice: I Kings 3: 4 to 15. GOLDEN TEXT: —Proverbs 3-13. TH E AN SW ER'S. V'T’he'se are the answers to the "Ask‘v Me Another” questions printed on a' forward page of this issue. 1. Because it eats plant lice. 2. About seventy-five per cent. . 3. ’ Nitrogen especially, and some oth» are. 4. Milk which has been held at a. temperature of 142' to 145 de~ grees for thirty minutes to de- stroy the bacteria. 5. Dark-colored soils usually contain more humus and nitrogen. 6. The governor, who is designated- chairman; the secretary of . state; the secretary of, the treas- ury; auditorgeneral; attorney- general; state highway commis- sioner, and the superintendent] of- public instruction. 2. Twenty-five, Michigan made the twenty-sixth. 8. Michigan is part of the sixth ju- _ dicial circuit. ' 9. John E. Bird, of Adrian. Instices are elected for eight years. On the first Tuesday after the June and thicken. . 9 first Monday in Usuuary, April, 3 animals to your traps. Don't send money. We would "the: have names. We are one of the oldest and largest houses in our line. For 64 years the 'l‘louse of Friend" has been known for honest grading and fair dealing. Ship your Furs to FRIEND—ST. LOUIS 'if you want highest market prices. No commission charged—110 delays—~check mailed shipment is received. Send as five or more names and addresses of 1 actual trappers and ‘get SHURLURE without cost. FRIEND HIDE 8 FUR CO. 50 PM Did.- ' same day 8:. huh. Mo. ' FREE Send us the names and «addresses of five or more trappers and shippers of furs and We will mail you a large tube of SH‘U‘RLURE, postage paid. This wonderful bait never fads to bring ”CORN CRIBS ,ll_I_l .l-I\I\ shapes. round, square. QJ§§2§ oblong — All Stock—Midwest g; ‘fi _ 3%: Henry Duty (‘nm (‘l‘ibs guar- :, antees against losses from gs. me, rats. m‘old. weather. em. The best. investment a. forms or (1111 make. Write for pictures and descriptivu mam- tsu- ing how get more for your corn. Low prices Ind prepaid freight in ofledt now. MIDWEST STEEL PRODUCTS 00.. 373 Am. Bank 81119.. Kansas City. 11». WEEKLY It: S!" L‘s oi mausoleum liveliest. most unique and en- 'nz weekly magazine in Shoo!- lee. But fiction, pictures wlt, human. ' Information. news events. Special features. Once you read The PaMfinddr yo do without It. Limited olfcr. mamm.mm. £176 ‘Kentucky West Virginia shaker screened bmcl: coal of the highest. quality and preparation at attrac- tive low price. Farmer Agents wanted to solicit orders from their neighbors. Write us for circular Ind ‘ prices delivered to your nearest railroad station. THEO. BURT QSONS, Box 175, Men-m. Ohio. 816 and 1 Try aMichigan Farmer Liner " 'Famous for Accuracy and Hard Hitting' ’ in cold weather 44, Hammerleu Muffin ’snatm MIN?“ 42 12 '11s. take-down. 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I could not resist informing her that I do not think her remark very sensible when she said, “these Who hadn’t an education were grumblers, lazy, and never contented.” Education is almost a necessity, and perhaps will be more so in the future. The majority of the boys and girls who want a high school education and means to make use of it, get one. The others cannot afford it, and if “moth- er” thinks those who- aren’t fortunate enough to have it are grumblers, she ought to pity them. I was taken out of high school myself, owing to my mother’s illness, and I’ll bet from five to ten cents, “mother,” you are a big- ger grumbler than I am. I hope the day will come when “a mother” will be We Surmise that Ariel Denton is After Big Game. glad to lend a hand to put a child through school and not make fun of those who cannot. Best wishes to the Merry Circlers.~“Weadock.” I have been especially interested in .the discussions on Our Page which were begun by “A Mother.” I believe that today a good education is neces- sary for everyone; but a good home training is just as important. If young people are not taught proper morals, and are given an extensive education, they will very probably be lounge liz- ards who pack hip flasks and smoke cigarettes. On the other hand, I do not believe that a good-moraled person who has never gone through high school will not be nearly so well pre- pared to influence people towards the good, in every way, as one who has gone through college, although he can do *much. “Mother’s” sons did very well, better than some people of limited resources, but I wonder how much higher they could have climbed on the ladder of success, if they had had the advan- ,tage of an education. Despite their ‘education, “Sweet Sixteen’s” brothers would not have been so successful if their parents had not given them the fright training and good comradeship which prompted their desire to “make 5 ggood,” and fulfill the expectations of ’their parents. I do not understand .how anyone can be really happy and . contented today without an education. Some people believe in giving their » children excellent educations and omit- ~ i. this the home training; while others giie them helpful Christian training and say an education is not important. It takes an equal amount of both good "home training and education to pro :‘d do the right kind of citizens for W: A friend'of mine has said, to put something in the hearts of our children, as well as in their heads.” Of what good will an education be if we have not the willingness and love in our hearts to use it toward the good of mankind?——-Sincerely, Lillian Ham- mond. The reason of this sudden appear- ance is that I am going to disagree with “Mother.” If her boys can be the boys they are without any school- ing, what could they be with some ed— ucation? Maybe you think I am talk- ing “through my hat, ‘mother’,” but I have gone just past the eighth grade, and am regretting it now more than anyone else. My parents were unable to continue school very far, and they are among those regretters. I have not been going to school for two years on account of illness, but will continue as soon as I am able. What does it matter how long or how old‘you are, to begin again? I think this little verse strikes me right to the heart of it: “I wish—I can—I will, These are the three Trumpet notes to victory.” One of the last letters in our paper written by one who was for “mother” suggested Christian teaching instead of school “junk.” Of course, Christian training is a wonderful thing to have, but not many people get far unless they have other education. Our own missionaries have to have other school- ing or they wouldn’t let them go. Sometimes it is hard to choose cur paths in life, and more times than not, we choose the wrong one, or else too late to do any good. I think these words seem to fit our lives so well, and let’s not choose our paths so we will regret it: “All one’ s life is music, if one touch- es the notes rightly and in time.” ~—Geneva Kohlenberger. As a teacher I had pupils who could scarcely master the three R’s, due to some mental inefficiency as children but who, as men and women, have followed such natural abilities as they possessed, making them fair suc- cesses financially, and good citizens. But in no wise should an education he disparaged, even if many of the world’s great men and women were not “graduates.” The common schools have improved their methods of teach- ing very much since I was a child, and who has done it? Why, the teachers themselves, not the younger genera- tion, who seem to think, some of them, that they are the onlymodern individuals. All that we are, or know, is due to the knowledge gained by those who have gone before. And it is up to us to add all we can to that sum of knowledge we pass on. The very fact of knowing something of the earth around and above us and be- neath our feet; of the heavens above and the natural laws that govern it all, is a daily inspiration and enjoy- ment, for— “Lowly living and lofty thought, Adorn and ennoble a poor man’s cot ” I fully agree with “another mother’ in all she says in appreciation of the higher education. She surely has ex- perienced its benefits, or she could not have described them so well.— Mrs. Nickerso'n. i:When I read “Pesh’s’iiletter omni- ly,’ I really felt scrry for her. If she» had gone on through high acheoLand _ ' perhapa college. 8119 37031113“ “we need . be many members whwe not going .v I ed to call her studies “worldiyijunk,” as she does now, and would be' ready to‘ shake anyone else who did. I think education and Christianity 'go hand in hand. I don’t mean that you have to have an education to be a Christian, but if you are educated you want to be one. I don’t think that an education should be measured in dollars and cents, but from my two years in high school, I have‘learned much that will help me later in my life. But the greatest thing of all, I have gained many friends, many of whom I would never have known if I had quit at the eighth grade. I wouldn’t take any amount of money for those friends. I have also gained many higher edu- . -7- _ sated friends thiough my-"two older} brothers and my sister, ’both- fellows . and girls who were their friends :in' ‘. college;- A week hardly goes by with- ‘ ‘ out some of these young people visit— C ing at our home, although their homes ‘ are scattered .all' (fiver the United States. I enjoy their friendships very much, and these friends that make our . life so happy would never have been heard of by us if we had quit at the eighth grade.’ . I think that it would be interesting to discuss the religions of the world. I~would like to know moreabout the. - ' religions that are different from my own. Will send in my idea when I have time to think more on the sub- jeét. ——Sweet Sixteen. @DUR LETTER BOX; Dear Uncle Frank: ‘ This merry group does my heart good. I see Paul suggests a good point on the country vs. city topic.o I see “Freshie” agrees with Hank on his attitude toward “Our Page,” and “Bubbles” brings up that ever-inspir- ing topic, nature. Ah, how I long to live near the mountains, among thick fir woods. How I’d love to climb in risky places, on crags and cliffs, etc., or to gather bergmendla, as a white feathery flow- er of the Alps is called in Germany. I must mention the mountain rose, and a flower named aidelwissee, the rose, begroseline. Ah, well, I’ll have to be satisfied with our brushwood instead of fine old firs and violets so easily found and easily gathered, but then, I have ex- citement, too. Even though I am too old to climb around in trees, etc., you must not think I don’t. That is, I do. I shinny up ropes, and will do almost anything any reasonable minded per- son wouldn’t. I like to play stump the leader, especially when I’m stump er. The boys seldom can beat me. Oh, Unc., I know I’ve taken up con- siderable time with my incoherent lin- go, but please let me come back and visit again, just the same. Let’s dis- cuss nature some more later, and mu- sic and entertainments, too. May I come again?—Christi ne. - You make me want a vacation. I have not even brushwood to remind me of nature. In the way of nature, the most unusual things we see are flappers, and they are about the most unnatural things there are. Dear Uncle Frank: I received my M. C. card and pin about a year ago. I wrote and thanked you for it then, but got my letter back “unclaimed,” so will thank you very much for it now. We used to live in Delta county, Michigan, but moved to ‘ Oklahoma. It is awfully nice down here, but I have often wished I was still up on the farm. I have lived in both the city and country, and I think the coun- try is a better place to live in. , We still get the Michigan Farmer, so I can read Our Page when it come I am sending an ansWer to the contest for this week. I like wha “a silent M. C.” says about nature. I think she has a good opinion of nature. Well, Uncle Frank, I will close for now, hoping Mr. W; ,B. has a “tummy ache." As ever, your niece, Hazel’ Bradway, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is fine that you are still faithful to the country and to Michigan. Hope that you will retain an interest in the M. C. for some time to come. I Dear Uncle Frank and M. C.’s , I received my pin Jast weeks I thank you veryw‘much for it. The pin;, has very appropriate colors for a club 91’ boys and girls. If everyone lives hp to their meaning, there won’t to be good citizens for Uncle. .Sam, . As for the use of tobacco, against it: smoke‘da of. Matte Once, t I did meat; more te‘see nth t father chews and my brother smokes, but I don’t like it one bit. My sister “paints up” once in a while, and it looks to me just as though she had used some red barn paint on her cheeks and lips. I tell her about it, too. I—use powder three or four times a month, but never to any great ex- tent. I never use rouge, lipstick, or eyebrow pencil. I have plenty of color in my face, as I haVe lived in the country all my life. I am over-weight a little more than twenty pounds. _ If Mr. W. B. doesn’t catch this I will be greatly surprised. In the club I’ll go by the name of “Bright Eyes.” Well, Bright Eyes, I guess you are surprised now that W. B. didn’t get fed. You have sensible views. I’m glad you like the membership card. ' Dear Unk and Cousins: I don’t think I could have chosen a better ten that helped us achieve our marvelous civilization than “The Mod- ern Farmer’s Daughter” did. I think she was quite right. I also think it a very good idea, the Charlotte Philiipsican Boast of Her ' Dog’s Smile. way Mary Shoemaker and her twin sister earn money. I think a very good discussion would be about the modern girls who run out wziIh boys before they are old enough. I myself like a boy, but I do not go with him, because my mother so, 3 when one is fifteen or sixteen it tsg early enough to have one once in a while, and when you are nineteen or Evsiianty it is time to have a steady e ow Although I think a girl can go with 3' ' a boy a few times if she chooses, I would like some other boys’ and girlé’ , 3 g.- Opinions if possible. Thanking you once again ~for the button, I remain, “ “Frenehy.” _ ‘ . “I‘hat was a good list of ten famous men. 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When hauling hay the sides are removed and the platform is used as a. hay rack. Since he built these (Continued from page 187) her and are fastened to the bed‘by: in the' cross sills of the bed apd are ’ then had! the grain to the. barn. Shear thinks this is probably thesmal lest threshing .gew ever operated in He also says the combine , will handle down grain better that) ad; Michigan. binder. upon Norman Pattie, of Monroe coun- Qty, who has a. McCormick-Deering out- fit on his 180- -acre farm. This combine has harvegted about 150 acres; about sixty acres of which was custom work for which Mr. Pattie is charging less “tanks” several years ago, Mr. Smed- ley’s job at threshing time has been hauling the grain for the neighborhood in these tanks. They served the same purpose in harvesting with the com- bine, by driving the wagon under the outlet of the tank and letting the grain run directly into the wagon. Examination of the grain in Mr. Smedley’s granary showed it to be keeping well. Moisture tests made at different times showed a range of thir~ teen‘ per cent to seventeen per cent moisture content. Mr. Smedley had no definite figures regarding the per bushel cost, but these will be available later, as careful records were kept of the operations of Mr. Smedley’s Wagon is Driven Alongside“ the Combine, when the Accumu- lated Grain is Quickly Transferred from the Tank to Box on Wagon. than four dollars per acre. He states that the machine cuts' from two and one-quarter to two and one-half acres per hour. There are very few days that one can put in full time, owing to the dampness in the morning, but he thought there was little difference between the combine and the binder in that respect. This outfit has a. power take- off from the tractor, which makes it possible for one man to operate the machine. The only help which Mr. Pattie needs is someone to haul the grain from the combine to the granary. He thinks it picks up down grain even better than does the binder, and a. very good job of separation is done. this and several other combines by representatives of Michigan State Col- lege. He estimated a. cut of about two and one-half acres per operating hour. ~ Mr. Milton Shear, of Genese‘e coun- ty, is another well-satisfied combine owner. He has a Case combine of the power take-off type, on which be mounted a Fordson engine for auxil- iary power. Thisoperated satisfactor- ily as a. temporary expedient, but he does not advise it as a. permanent fix- ture. Mr. Shear out about 125 acres of grain With his machine, and expects to harvest forty acres of sweet clover with it. His operation furnished a striking example. of how the combine helps. out a. labor shortage. With the aid of his twelve-Yeargold be, he cut fifteeir Mr. Bidle Drives Under Elevator Spout, Throws in Clutch, and 'in a Jiffy the Contents of the Tank Are in the Wagon Box. o his straw, 'he is happy to have a. meth- od of harvesting which leaves this in the field. Straw needed for live stock is gathered «from .the windrow 'With a. loader and hauled to the barn.' Mr. Pattie was among the first in his com- munity to start plowing his oat field. In our visit with this man he show- ed much enthusiasm for the combine, .andindicated that others of the com- munity were very much interested‘in , the machine. We talked with neigh- bors who seemed to reflect the, same enthusiasm. They said the; machine was doing excellent work and would, . no doubt, displace, to a. largeqiégree, , ‘ at least, the binder and thresher. .1, This same staff member aiso drove ' to the farm of Ralph Smith, aucther Monroe farmer. acres of barley in ten hours. Tb Y“ Mri; A member of our staff also called“ Not needing all, Mr. Smith has a“ ase- I . Vin rrwyl ,‘\( ‘ ed by non-members, but to give due “imdlv Wee‘t dove? Somali! “this was '7, custom work, for which he charged ”$1.50 :per acre. Neighbors were so anx- 7"“ Sous to have their grain harvested with . the combine, that it was necessary to . . . immediately after the general session, turn down about. a hundred acres. Mr. Smith also testified to the fact that the combine picked up down grain as well, or better, than does the binder. He was also pleased With work done in getting the grain from the straw, and in cleaning it. An interest- ing piece of work on this farm was the harvesting or a field in which sweet clover and wheat were growing. together, This growth made a mass of material to run through the com- bine, but it was handled with compar- atively little difficulty. 1T'he wheat and the sweet clover seed were run into the grain tan-k together, and then Spread out thin on the granary floor to dry. This will later be taken to the elevator, separated and cleaned. The illustration served to demonstrate that it is possible to harvest sweet clover with the combine, ‘a practice now quite common in some of the western states. The experiences of this man served further to convince us that the com- bine is making good on Michigan farms. He stated that several farmers in that neighborhood were already talking of purchasing these machines in' another year. One thing that con- vinced him and the neighbors of the utility of the combine in this humid territory, was that he could start the combine after a heavy rain quicker than grain could be threshed from the Wshock POTATO GROW‘ERS’ EXCHANGE 'HO'L'DS ANNUAL MEETING. HE ninth annual meeting of the. Michigan Potato Growers’ Ex- change was held at Cadillac on August 17-18. Quality was the keynote of the talks given by speakers. W. F. Hepps, of the Colorado Potato Growers' Ex- change, told about cooperative mar- keting in that state and urged the del- regates present not to judge the bone- fit of cooperative markwing solely by the comparison of prices secured through these pools with those secur- credit to the fact that general price levels have been raised by the opera» tions of the association. H. H. Kenning, traffic manager and? assistant sales manager of the asso- elation, discussed the many sales prob- lems encountered by the association? and outlined, in a remarkably clear manner, the policies. and methods of" the association in marketing the 1pc- .‘ta-to crop of its members. He .empha-J sized the importance of quality as a1 factor in profitable sales operationsfi and urged the locals to “build up to: quality and not down to price.” C. E A’tner discussed the field work1 car-med on by the association in this: connection. He exhibited charts show-1 ing the number of rejections ’by‘j months, and the causes therefor. These‘ charts showed a remarkable reduction in the number of rejections followingl the district meetings held in the terri-gl tory covered by the locais to discuss1 this marketing problem. ' That the delegates were in full ac- cord with a better quality program was evidenced by the adoption of a resolution giving the officers of the exchange power to enforce the grades as adopted for shipment in Chief Pe—‘ toskey sacks and the new “green la- be ” sack adopted for U. S. No.1”s Resolutions were also- adopted urging1 the selection of the potato, experiment. farm provided for by the last legisla- ture; this fall so it would be ready to start operations in the spring, and thanking the governor for approval of3 “the appropriation for this purpose. In his report as general manager of like exchange, 1" B. Hibst gave the1 \utA-xm-ng fikiPMuts for the past year 33.3.03! . _ I as W; W bent of the total crop of the state. ' Messrs. n. A. Rasmussen and George Herman were elected, as directors by unanimous vote. At a meeting, held the directors Selected the old officers ‘l’or the ensuing year, as follows: Pres- ident, Henry CurtiSs, of Cadillac; vice- president, J. T. Bussey, of Fremont; secretary, O. E. Hawley, of Shelby; treasurer, F. J. Harger, of Stanwood. SO‘ME CHEA’P BUSH‘E‘LS 0F WHEAT. (Continued from page 190). years. On fourteen Ohio experiment field‘s complete fertilizer has produced an increase of 10.6 bushels per acre as a twenty—'five-year average. At the Agronomy Farm of the Iowa Experiment Station, the use of lime- stone aud acid phosphate has nearly doubled the yield of wheat on the five- year rotation. plots, for the past sev- eral years. Most of this increase uh! doubtedly is due to the fertilizer. Add to the foregoing the results ob- tained in Michigan, Virginia, Delaware, and other states where winter wheat is grown, and you will find more “rea- sons" why wheat is, or should be, well fertilized. Again, why do farmers ‘iertilize ' better 1 compared to the broadcast-before-seed-i mas": at We use a tsunami “' )trip through the wheat states to learn ._ ’But inf, talking With those Who are concerned; ’_ with the act-nail growing of the breadj‘ crop, one will find a variety "of eXpe-Q‘i 'riences and observations as to why it? 3‘ basis to buy plant food for the crop. “ It doesn’t take long to give a sum- . mary of the answeis ‘to the second 5 Nearly all use theg'} the. “profit" is the answer. qUestiOn . How. 9 \fertiliher-wheat drill. After the first; or second year of fertilizing wheat, the‘; , results. secured from the drill: . method, and the saving in labor, as; ing method, influence most growers in favor of the drill. In a few cases I found that a broad; cast lime spreader had been used with‘, fair success, the fertilizer being ap» plied and disced-in ,just before wheat- sowing.’ One man said he started by' scattering the fertilizer by hand on a. four-acre field. 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WILD WOOD FARMS ORION. MICHIGAN “ W. E. SCRI PPS. Prop. SIDNEY SMITH, Sup ti o ore-bred GUERNSEY or HOL- FOR DnEIII ".3115“. from heavy. rich milkers write EDGEWOOD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewater. Wit. Heifers Calves practical, Guernsey £33m... 325.....1. w. .1111: C. 0. D. Write L. Terwilliul’ Wsouwstou, Wis. best of breeding. price $25 each. Ilogishred Guernsey Bull Calves A. BLACK. Howard City, Mich. O 0 Leading Honor List I Sire Echo Sylvia King Model 266177 heads the list again this year He is the only sire to hieve this distinction two successive years is dsurmters have made good. Ten of them have 30 to 34. 7- lb. records and none of them over five years of age. His sons are making good also, in herds throughout the country. Echo Sylvia King Model died last January, but we still have a few of his sons to Offer. u Plow your order now while there is still an opportunity to get a calf by this great sire. “MICHIGAN STATE HERDS" Bureau of Animal Industry Department C. Lansing, Michigan All» 'IW; III!” C 211%? c ‘ 1 ’ ' supp one or 11. our Holstein Cows 1023, Soy, 1.6.1.011.- ers freshen soon. BEN REAVEY, Sales Manager. "I'umla Co. Holstein Association. Akron. Mich. ‘ 8b Bells I1 and 0 111183. HOIStelnssmemiid founa‘tion on 1.1.0.11: r$3111 soil In I have left. A. FLEMING. Lelia. MIOIIIIIMI. . Choice Jersey Bulls mumcfi'm', 5“,...“ m '. ,. some hard. emru a ‘ mush. umn. um. i“ , The Place ofthcr-bda By W. A. F rechoff ‘1 RATHER heated. argument be- tween two dairymen , regarding the present profits in, and the future of the pure-bred dairy cattle business gave me considerable food for thought. The one man insisted that the best program was to depend exclusively upon grade cows and a profitable milk productidn; the other admitted that milk production should be the first aim, but that pure-breds should be used. The advocate of the grade pointed out that probably the majority of his neighbors who had “gone into” pure- breds made less money than those who never tried to do anything else than sell milk. Some of those who had failed with pure-breds were known as gloom," because to me the pure-bred business has always had a peculiar fascination. But I believe it to'gbe a. fact, none the lesg'that only a small percentage of farmers have the neces- sary capital, the breeding skill, and the business “flair” to make a finan- cial success of the breeding business. I,still think,-as I have said before, that much of the work of developing and improving herds of pure~breds must be, and will be, done by wealthy rmen of high ideals, who will take greater pride in- the fine herds they can gather, than in the money their farms will make. It is not difficult to recall the names of such men, to whom every farmer owes a debt of gratitude. That does not mean that. the every- careful, hard-working men who left no stone unturned to assure success. The advocate of the pure-breds admitted all this, but insisted that hard work didn’t necessarily take the place of management. This discussion ended like most ar- guments, each man holding to his own opinion still. But it caused me to think back to 1914, when I traveled dairy sections in the interests of live stock, and when I had a real oppor- tunity for three years to get first-hand knowledge of what the breeders of the leading dairy states in the Union were able to accomplish. During this time I saw many impres- sive prices paid for registered live stock, single animals bringing thou- sands, in both real and paper money. I saw a. coterio of breeders rise up al- most overnight into the heights of stardom, to use a. “movie” term; and then, when conditions became hard, they faded into oblivion. Just the oth- er day I got out some old copies of farm papers and scanned the 'live stock advertising pages, comparing them with current issues. There has been a tremendous mortality of old names, and not so many new names have come up since the deluge. ‘ I find that farmers and breeders of my acquaintance have been giving a. lot of serious thought to the business aspects of raising pure-bred IIVe stock for profit. Here and there one has gone so far as to sell out completely, but the most of them are holding on- to their present herds They are cull- ing out severely, and not buying in very freely. The “old hands". are not expanding. I don’t want any reader to get the ”Impression that 1 am the originalf'f‘ma the classes of stock kept. For Centuries Man Has Known the Valtre of Good Breeding, Still it is Nec: essary to Preach the Gospel of Pure-bred Sires and Dams. day working farmer should not keep registered stock.- Certainly there is now no argument over the proposition that the foundation .of every stock farm should be pure—bred sires of all It is only in this way that any improvement in the live stock of the country is pos- sible. ' In Great Britain, for instance, where stock farms remain in the same‘ fam- ily for generations, the stockmen have been content to take a hundred years to accomplish what we are impatiently trying to do in five. That explains so many financial as well as breeding failures here. Upward progress, when dealing with live stock, is slow; the herds are like fruit unnaturally ripen- ed: off flavor. It is a. fine and sensible ambition for every farmer to want to own nothing but pure-breds, and the ambition can be gratified. By starting with pure- bred sires, and then securing an occa- sional good pure-bred female, satisfac- tory progress is possible. The young man who is at the present time em- barking upon the perilous enterprise of farming, may console himself with the idea that if he uses good judg- ment, and has at least a. fair amount of “good breaks,” he will enter into the sere and mellow years of retire- ment with a'splendid live stock equip- ment, and some money in the bank. His sons, carrying on where he leaves off, have the priceless opportunity of .. fixing blood lines and building up fam- ‘ilies of stock. The farmer breeder who never loses or path roe, has overcome the great- est hail cap to success. ' 5% of the markét, or\ut1111y values not his stock, irrespective of biped lines 4; Kindly advise me which i _ root crap for my dairy coma. : 3. There is a. slight difference in th food value of the various root crops, but their great value is their succur lency, which tends to keepthe animal , in a. good healthy condition, andallow her to digest and assimilate "more‘of’. the dry food stuffs. , do their best for long periods without " a succulent food in the ration. More tonnage can be secured front mangels, with less labor, than frdm __any other root crop. They are con— , sidered the most economical rootcrop to grow for live stock. --——~———-LT———___—_. TESTERS RETURN TO WORK IN BAY COUNTY. \ I AY county once more is enrolled with the counties which have herd improvement assoéiations. Testers will begin work in the two associa- tions organized by W. E. McCarthy on ‘ July 22. One of the organizations ‘is made up of farmers in the vicinity of Pinconning. and the other of farmers in the Bay City area. The testers for the associations will be Kenneth Hayes, of Owosso, and Ford' Hall, of Fairgrove. SH EEP DOGS ACTIVE. E do not know whether there is any correlation between the dry weather and the depredations of sheep dogs; however, the dogs seem to be getting in their work on many flocks these days. The farmers in Missaukee county are desperate and have decided to take legal action against any person maintaining a. sheep-killing dog. FAVORABLE CATTLE OUTLOOK R EPORTED. ECEIPTS of grassers and short-fed cattle have increased recently and prices of these classes are pursuing a.- gradual downward course. Plain heavy stees, particularly, have been losing ground. Well- finished steers re— main scarce, with yearlings now in the premier position. While arrivals are larger than a. month ago, they remain below normal for this season of the year... Fewer cattle and calves' were slaughtered at public stock yards in July than in the .corresponding month since 1919, and seventeen per cent less than in 1926. August also is running far behind last year. In this.connectidn, the cattle outlook report of the United States Department of Agriculture is of great interest. Prospects for the cattle industry during the next year or eighteen months appear decidedly favorable, but do not justify expansion in breed- ing herds, the report' states. Market receipts of cattle and calves during the fall of 1927 are expected to be the smallest for any corresponding period in the past five years. The number of cattle on farms and ranges has de- creased about 10,000,000 head during that period, most of the reduction be- ing in cattle kept primarily for beef production. Feed and pasture condi- tions in most of the range states are unusually good. This abundance of feed, together with a. relative scarcity of cattle inthese areas, and the gen- eral optimism which now pervades the industry, is expected to result in hold- ing back considerable numbers of * breeding cattle and young stock, all of which will help to curtain market, ‘ ' receipts. Consumer demand for beef is expected to continue’good for sev— eral months, with a slight tendency i_ 9‘ 7. toward decrease probable. Although the price of corn this fall. , 7 ' will probably be higher than 111 the fall 0f 1926, the August 1 (21:09 report Animals can not ‘. ' right. WARD £8113" 89m; A How” ‘ ’ ” as ' < eavy feeder ms are dissected to " I be 111 better demand than the mt ItPays-to Kc ABOa‘leHan y Ahead: of Gom‘bau‘lt‘s— the old-time horse remedy. Have it on hand for use when you need Irv—loop ' your horses mammal} Used fol-“years {gramme-es, mug. I mvmmpo . cu fistula. quintet said other ailmeoms. Leases no seam-— ‘ no blemish. At your drug- ~ I Hi Mszmaboule. ' , é‘? ~ «— mum-William Co. GOVdan‘d, (lilo GOOD m3 mm. :mo "a..-” A -, , CATTLE SERVICEABLE AGE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN Bull Calves 5 suites the owner din smell bend can and to pay The site of mm .of these values is a Son of the highest record (30 lb) two- ){euanld da hm of Creator His sire do King gio Alcertra Prilly, an“ undo {canon Chow hull wmh 70 .A. Q. Gunmen .Ochers sired by a 5 times 1200 lb. Champion £1111. the famous K. P. O. 'P. breeding. rared cows and heifers served by 1 these sires one available for -founda- : olon stock. RED RGSE F ARMS DAIRY ‘Northville, Michigan 13ka «344 Roferonce: Mainline Bus. Savings Bank BUTTER BRED JEB§EYSA ABEL“ oavsrAL spams swoon ARM. Sliver Creek. Allegan Cowty, Michigan of mum and breedins Bulls Shorthorns 03:3: :ndqhedurs m- sale. mowsLI. STOCK IFAR'M. Box 9. Tecumseh. Mich. Slackers & Feeders Hereford IStefiu‘shda Hetlmfil '1‘ ark reds .good grass as mos Beef ”3&ng each bunch even In size and Choice Hereford; art? u‘g‘uaiilay arket toppers when finished. Few unc es tasted. Will sell your choice from anyhunch. State number and weight you prefer 450 to 1000 lbs. Van D. Baldwin, .EIdon,WapeIIo C0,, Iowa. . HOGS Duroc Spring Pigs tther or tries unnelsted. Bred sows and genius 1:33am“ are registered. cholera. immune fidéii‘mo “mus. semen. Inch- .0139 PII ows or boars. registered and trans- fungi: sfzaaioi. cash with order w‘Iscowsm LAND '8; L'UMB‘E'R COMPANY, 'Homamville. Mich. REGISTERED DUIROC jEngfiym PIGS 'Fforosalle,’ th r sex ' July furg‘EVII-ZTO‘II SMTLEY, Mflisrsbum. 'Mioh. Calves. Year’l TWOS - bum hes show good breeding Mfllemburs o. I. c. HOG-S on lime use; Originators and most. extensive breeders THE L. B. SILVER 60., 'on 196, Salem, Ohio For Sale-Reg. 0.1. C. AIM-11:: Mpgyl’igs Regent) env mflgy§ififl°$n§pfivm oh. 1“, choice Rm. 0. I. C. boars of A FE April Yarrow. sh’Ip pod on approv- al. 'GLENWOOD STOCK FARM. Zeeland Mich. Reg 0 I C. Pigs of May ran-ow for _ sale. H. W. MANN. annulus, Mich. o. I. c s.--lfl$red Gib. ydsérwfw‘flfzsfi CLOVERLEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mill-I0 ~ , 0. I. C 3. west of depot. ‘ ' flows and litters. and?’ Choice CIIesierWIqu , few spring m5 : good type and ‘brefl Prices right: Write W. A. SQHBAMKE. IBW 'C oak, won. I good last fall gilts to {arrow inAuz and Sept. Also spring pigs. % mile 0H0 Schulze 1:. Sons, Nashville, Mich. Iype. the twelve western states, ‘ Texas, VI. , tor at the Swift :plan-t. -ple to say that a pos-t—mortem was ' weights. Prospects cover a conduction of 'the general IIpwhrd trend in cattle prices which has been in evidence for the past three years. Alma a sea- ,sonal deCline probably will occur‘late fin the fall, the prospects are that it ‘ijlll be less than usual. Wick pros- pective supplies of range cattle [this “fa-ll smaller than In recent years, and meant prices of most classes and grades of cattle higher than at any time since early In 1921, pricessof grass cattle this fall are expected to be higher than last year. The department points out that the ;.cattle industry now appears .to be at about the same point in the produc- ition cycle as it was in 1897 and 1898, Land 1911 and 1912. During these years beef production was beginning to be profitable after several years of heavy marketing and low prices. As prices ’advanced, breeding stock was held back and ranges were restocked, with the result that the number of cattle in including increased from 14,590,600 in 191.2, to 20.79%);000 in 1917. This tre- mendous increase in numbers was fol- 'lowed by liquidation, a. prolonged pe- “ riod of relatively low prices, and gen- erally unfavorable conditions in the in-' dustry. It seems probable that the : maintenance of numbers of cattle at a ' point only sudficient to provide market supplies of beef approximately equal to those of this year, making allow- ,ances for population increases, would tend to eliminate many of the violent swing-s which have characterized cat- tle prices in the past, and put the in- dustry on a more stable and profitable basis. PORTLAND’S TUBERCULOSIS TEST. (Continued from page 201). days. Only the five «that had the full treatment were included in the test. Because of the official character of the test, together with the fact that many human beings were claiming to have been cured of tuberculosis by Dr. Kirkpatrick, the experiment aroused national interest. And on the eighth of August, when (the first three cows were killed, the “killing floor” of Swift & Company was packed With serious- minded veterinarians, bacteriologists, heads of tuberculosis sanitariums, health ofiicers from far and near, rep- resentatives of various federal bu- rcaus, and scientiSts interested in see- ing whether’or not these cows had died in vain. The postmortem was conducted by Dr. Jacob 'Traum, of the Department .of Veterinary Science, University of California. ‘He was ably assisted by Dr. A. J. Dinse, United States Inspec- It sounds sim- held, but that does not tell what took place. Traum and Dinse explored ev- ery organ, within and without, from .the beginning to the end of the ali- mentary canal. As microbe hunters, they were human hounds. And if a. 1 single suspiciouslooking fleshspot ,es- caped their scrutiny, it was pointed out by some of the scientists that crowded round the gory tables. ' These gentlemen were further as- sisted by Professor ’1‘. D. Beckwith, bacteriologis-t of the University of Cal- Chester merhPig‘ gtu I. iii: III-Mics. Express-9cm. F. w. Alexander, Van-r, M LTrgeTypeP. C ‘Bred Hilts all sold. You. Watch and wait for new of my Dublin .1108 83.113. W. E. .UVINGSTONE., Tannin. Mic-h. - s eEmemd big maria}; Poland £11338,ng lam lag: pnmmmm mo bred am. “has ”scam... I: much". i. 4. i “33 ifornia, who will carry the hunt for the deadly microbes into the labora- 'torles at Berkeley. i Thus, one after another, all five cows were killed and combed. was the result? No need asking Traum, Dinse or Beckwith. With pleas-' cannot be rendered until the micro- .;soopic Work has been concluded," and 7 Jamaica Isa; been away animals. And what ‘ ed faces and tight lips, they refused _ {to answer questions in advance of} theI’r formal report. And that report ’ ummw his, a m report cannot be looked M hedges next Nove'mber. But it did not take the United States Inspector more than a minute to de- cide that the camcasses of all five cows would make first-class meat. He pass, ed them all as fit for people to eaitfi And these same cows were, 130 days ago, in a. dying condition, ready to be tanked. The difference between them then and now was apparently caused: by a body-building fluid which Dr. Kirkpatrick gave them orally, in two» ounce doses diluted in water. Once, daily for five days the doses were giv-‘ en, then for five days the cows were given nothing but hay and grain. Again. from the teeth to the fifteenth day, the same dose was given, after which the “patients” Were allowed a ten days’ rest. ,Over and over, the same treatment was repeated. And what it did for one cow was this: At. the beginning of the treatment, she weighed 1,120, and at the end of the treatment she weighed 1.46.0 pounds. _ To the observers it appeared signifi- cant that those in charge of the post- mortem took from all five carcasses only nineteen small samples of van ions kinds of tissue for laboratory ex- amination. If these bits of, tissue were rolled together, they could all be car- ried in a person’s vest pocket. .Cer- tainly a small haul for such capable; hard-working microbe hunters. “I killed those other ten. cows,” said ‘ Nort Johnson, veteran killing floor foreman of the packing plant, “and I needs to mics Io IIIe tubercle men-iL ‘ grain buildings-tanks, _etc.. saw these cows at the same time. You wouldn’t know these were the same 1 tuberculosis once, but they’re fine, fat, healthy animals now—~be-tter than you will get in the average run. If this treatment they talk about did it, there is something in it.” Dr. A M. Blackwell, United StateslI inspector, declared: “These were typ- ical. tuberculous cows a few months ago. their bones. Look .at “em now. one of the most remarkable things I have ever encountered in my expat. ence.” I NEWS AND VIEWS. (Continued from page 196). we suggest that you watch them close- ly at this season of the year for stom- ach worms and maggots. We have tried about all the remedies ever sug- gested for stomach worms. The cop- per sulphate treatment recommended by the college .is good, and fairly safe, but we have hound a patented pill which seems to us «to be the best thing for this purpose yet devised. It has a vitreous coating which does [not dis- solve until the pill reaches the portion of the digestive tract where the worms . . . Heine breeding ow, es. Tins means that. are making mischief. the chemical and medicinal ingiedi- ents come in direct, full stIeng-th con- tact with the worms. There is no use running the risk of strangulation, or of burning out a. sheep’s first stomach t1 ying to poison a worm located in the fourth stomach Sheep that are diIty behind, should be carefully tagged to prevent mag- gots, and if maggots actually get start- ed, they should, of course, be expelled with stock dip or other disinfectant. Wherever possible it is a good thing to change sheep from one pasture to another frequently. Too close grazing on the same field is a breeder of dis- ease and disaster. These cows might have had i 1"" i I How much material will you require, or give us You could hang your hat on El It is i I . sFarm. ‘ BOTT. Palms, M-ioh. went..- . - ‘\ It I: I‘T‘W i“ \\ ' I”? .' .II...i\ :;1 Te ~— houses «~— s=h ed 3 ~— "wa o/ l. silos—~cornpribs ——- gf‘ard/ with old reliable “Globe 1' “.15.?” Brand Galvanized Roofing and Siding. The only safe, long lasting, easily herded, moderately priced r and siding. 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Eraser IT PAY TO BUY PURE BRED SHEEP 0F - PARSONS “I? .Izjemm \ 1 cell and ship overyrigm a“ ‘2!“ “lama-£- 4/5”?” ' Oxfrgrdi. gfrgpslgi‘rgeuand'ero Ed 33%». PARSONSyGrandIAdge Mich. III _ Ofl’e'r‘uig an outstanding group of yearling and 2- yemrwild rams. SeIcml very good stud rams for purebred flocks. See the show fl"! k at State Fair. D. 'L. CHAPMAN R. SON. SO.RO0I(.WDOI‘I.M10II. 900 BREEDING EWES large black 7‘} 400 good sized. 'Deluines. 500 olmir‘e . faces. All good aces. yeari inns to send mouths. ALMOND .B. CHAPMAN & SONS. So. ‘Roukwood. Mich., Telegraph Roekwood. '- reliable information in regard _ If You want to Karakul sheep. write F. PERRY, Davison. Mich., Sect’y National ‘Karakul qur Sheep ‘Breedcrs' Registry Association. - ' . with course wool. lambs : DelaIne Breeding Wis by side. Also good De- .4 young and in good condition. 4* . Ohio. BOYD dc BU'TL’ER. 'Mt. Victory. including the first prize lamh 1:“ Shrop‘hire “ms at Midngan flute Fan and the otiur Fairs write or call ARMSTRONG 8808.. Fowicrville, Mich. ‘ . P011011 and Horned. 40 ‘ ., Dela-Inc RAMS yearlings and 2~year~ -_“ olds. Big, husky follows from good shearing stock. ".- \Vrite for prices or ("all and see the-m. FRED .I. HOUSEMAN. R. 4. Albion, Mich. ‘ c Sh I'opsh i re m m s of excellent FOR SA LE quality from imported foun— dation of Buttar Bibby and Minion. Vrooland Stock Ypsilanti. Mioh.. R. 5-. Phone 7i24 F 12,. Oxford rnms and owes. S-atlafac— .- tiOll Kilau‘xulfovd. GEO. T. A3- Telcpiwne Decker-cilia 78-‘8. REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE yearling rams” Also yearling owes. llnvc Ki”: n Izix sfa I'thl’l in 30 states since 1890. C. LEM-EN 18¢ SENS. Dexter. MIdI. FOR SALE ‘ . . . Sheep, Cotswolds. Lincolns. Kain FOR SALE akules and Tunis. rams and. owes. Recorded. L. R. .KUNEY, Adrian, Mich. ADDITIONAL .‘STOCK ADS. ON PAGE 215 ready to mix with your own salt. 91" many sheep ECONOMICAL SHEEP FORMULA Used suc0essfully £01‘ years by leading feeders and flock owners. POWdei‘ 0f T‘ix Ton can now be bought by the pound at drug stores, ,mixed, including ”price of salt $1. 75. troubles, colds, indigestion, worms and ticks. Contains pine tar minerals, sulphur, charcoal, vermafuges also tonics, twee and Internal antiseptics. Guaranteed to by drug and feeders’ supply stores or direct :R. C. PARSONS CHEMICAL WORKS, Grand Ledge, Mach Cost per hundred pounds, w-heri . > Given for prevention or control ' f‘ «I, laxa- gIve satisfactory resuits i'x‘ GRAIN QUOTATIONS. 7 Tuesday,hAugust 30., ‘ eat. Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.35; No. 2 white $1.34; No. 2 mixed $1.33. Chicago—September at $1.34; De- cember $13814; March $1.415/3. ‘ Toledo—Wheat, NO. 2 red at $1.36 @137. Corn. Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1.16; No. 3 yellow $1.14; NO. 4 yellow $1.12. Chicago—September at $1.063/8; De- cember $1.11%,; March $11414. Oats. Detroit—No. 2 Michigan, Old 53c; new 500; No. 3, old 511/20; new 48c. Chicago.———September 44%c; Decem- ber 4855c; March 51%0. Rye. Detroit—No. 2, $1.02. Chicago.__—September 95%0; Decem- ber 97%c; March $1.015/8. Toledo—$1.02. ‘ Beans. Detroit—Immediate and prompt shipment $5.95 f. o. b. shipping points. New York—Pea domestic at $6@ 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 $6.50@7.00. Barley. Detroit.—Malting 86c; feeding 75c. Seeds. Detroit—Cash imported clover seed $14.50; October $17.00; December im- ported $14.50; December domestic at $17.35; August alsike $15.65; January alsike $15.00; December alsike $15.75; gilnéoghy $1.70; December $1.80; March 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 $13@14. Feeds. Detroit—Winter wheat bran at $38; spring wheat bran at $37; standard middlings at $44; fancy middlings at $48; cracked corn at $48; coarse corn meal $47; chops $41 per ton in carlots. WHEAT. Wheat prices declined practically to the lowest level of the season early in the past week, but are strengthening again as a result of improved export . and milling demand. Forecasts of a larger crop in Canada than generally expected were responsible for the initial weakness. While the Canadian official forecast as of August 1 indi- cated a prospective yield of 357,000,000 bushels, and the crop was injured by rust and frost since that date, present unofficial forecasts indicate a yield of about 400,000,000 bushels. If the Can- adian crop proves to be as large as present forecasts, the world wheat sit- uation will be given a slightly bearish appearance unless new damage is done to crops in some part of the world. RYE. Rye prices displayed greater strength than wheat during the past week. A sharp advance in German markets, due to the delayed harvest cansed by wet weather, coupled with fairly large export sales, offset the in- creased receipts at domestic markets and the gain in the visible supply. ‘ CORN. Corn prices have been marking time four or five cents below the high point reached early in August. Appar- ently, there is a tendency to wait to see how much damage will be done by frost. Weather conditions remain unfavorable for rapid maturity in most sections, and even with the best of weather from this time on, there is a large area in the heart of the corn belt which will have only about half a. crop. Primary receipts have increas- ed in the last few days, indicating that the country is selling rather freely at these prices in spite of the poor out- look for the new crop, and the fact that farmreserves are rather small. , OATS. Reports of low yields of oats are ‘ numerous, so that the official estimate 'on the“ size of the crop is likely to be cut sharply. Since stocks of Old oats . » on farms also are small, the cats situ- S 1 [ration points to farm prices during the year. Country elevators appar- ‘ titty are expecting higher prices and :‘are placing oats in storage so that ar- ‘ ri’ .. s at midwestern markets are modv ,_ f although this is the season‘ when ”active, 'y the movement should be reaching its peak. HAY. Larger oiferi'ngs from the new hay crop, and a continued small demand, were responsible for a decline in hay prices last week. As yet,.Aittle hay has been stored, with dealers buying only for actual current needs. Alfalfa hay markets were generally steady at unchanged prices. The prospective smaller supply of feed grains, and the prevailing higher prices for mixed feeds probably will lead to a. heavier consumption. of hay this fall so that prices are not likely to go much below present levels. ' BUTTER. Butter prices advanced sharply last week in quick response to a decline in receipts. Top grades, particularly, were limited and the strength was more pronounced on the higher scores. Production is showing the usual sea- sonal. declines.‘ Pastures are in need of rain. 'Storage “surplus” is gradu- ally increasing. Consumptive demand has picked up in the past fortnight. Prices are now several cents higher than at this time last year, and if pro— duction continues to exceed 1926, it may be difficult to maintain the pres- ent quotations. Prices on 92-score creamery were: Chicago 440; New York 43 1,éc; Boston 4353:; Philadelphia 44%c; Detroit 38 C. @ EGGS. The market for fresh eggs moved into new high ground last week, large- ly because of less plentiful supplies. Receipts contain an increasing propor- tion of eggs which have been held for a time in country coolers, so that eggs grading as strictly fancy were scarce. Dealers are drawing upon their own stocks of short-held eggs, and the sur- plus in cold storage holdings as com- pared with a year ago is being reduc- ed. Reports on probable fall egg pro- duction are highly varied, so that it is difficult to estimate how large re- ceipts of fresh eggs during the next month or two will be. In any event, prices are expected to work gradually higher. Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts 271/2@ 280; extras 35@36c; ordinary firsts 23 @250; dirties 21%@2217§c; checks 200. Live poultry, hens 231/2c; springers ......... .. _ _ ‘7 " g V ' ‘ I 25c; roosters 17c; ducks 210; geese 15c; turkeys 25c. Detroit.—47Eggs,» fresh» candied and graded 26@‘28%c. ‘Live poultry, heavy springers 27@30c; broilers 20613280; heavy hens 25c; light hens 18c; roost- ers 16c; geese 18c; ducks ,18@20c. ' WOOL. Wool markets are quiet, but prices hold very steady. The present lull in. buying is not surprising, in view of the large quantities taken by mills a few weeks ago, and the fact that this season of the year usually is a dull period. Dealers probably could move larger quantities of wool, but not with- out concessions in price, which they are unwilling to make in view of the strong underlying situation in the wool market for the balance of the year. Foreign markets continue strong, with prices too high to permit free imports into this country, and stocks of for- eign wool at the seaboard are steadily dwindling. Pressure from new clip southern hemisphere wools will not be felt for some time yet. In view of the decline in the Australian crop because of drouth and the active demand for wool in European countries, it is evi- dent that there is no surplus in world supplies of wool. POTATOES. The potato market has remained about steady. Rains have delayed dig- ging in Kansas and Nebraska, but sup- plies in midwestem distributing mar- kets are of liberal prdportions. Carlot shipments generally are larger than at the corresponding period a year ago. Prices, on the whole, average lower than in 1926. Demand is rather slow. Kansas and Missouri Irish Cob- blers, U. S. No. 1, are quoted at $1.65 @1.75 per 100 pounds sacked, in the Chicago carlo-t market, with Minnesota Early Ohios, U. S. NO. 1 bringing $1.60 @1.65 » BEANS. VDry weather is having adverse in- fluence on the bean crop, although some sections report fairly satisfac- tory development. Trade is generally watching the situation keenly. DETROIT CITY MARKET. Apples $1.50@4.50 bu; bagas $1@ 1.50 bu; lima beans 75c qt; wax beans $2@3 bu; green beans $1.75@2.50 bu; [ ‘Ilive, Stock Market Service f Tuesday, August 30. DETROIT. Cattle. Receipts 177. Market steady. Good to choice yearlmgs dry-fed . . . .......... $10.00@12.50 Best heavy ste rs, dry-fed 975621200 Handy weight butchers. .. 8.00@ 9.75 Mixed steers and heifers 8.00@ 9.00 Handy light butchers . . .. 7 00@ 8.00 Light butchers . . . . ...... .00@ 7.00 Best cows . . . . . . ......... 7.00@ 7.50 Butcher cows . .......... 5.50@ 6.50 Cutters ........ . . . ...... 4.50@ 5.00 Canners ........ . . ...... 3.50@ 4.50 Choice light bulls . . . . . . . 6.00@ 7.75 Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00@ 6.75 Stockbulls.............. 5.5060 6.25 Feeders 6.25@ 8.00 Steckers ..... . . . . . . . . 5.50@ 7.75 Milkers and springers. . .$65.00@100.00 6 cfi'veks't t d Recei ts 28 . ar e s ea y. Best . .p ............. . . . .$16.50@17.00 Others . ...... ..... . . . 8.00@16.00 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 1,610. Lambs 25c higher; sheep steady. Best lambs ....... . . . . . .$13.50@13.75 Fair lambs ..... . . . . ..... ,1fO.75@12.00 Light to common lambs. . 6.00 9.75 Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 5.50 7.00 Guile and common ...... 2.00@ 3.00 Yearlings OOOODOIOIIIOOIO . Hog Receipts 1,130. R s. oughs 250 higher; others steadY. ' " ’ Mixed ..... ..;....T$ 11.10 Roughs ogoeooooeguvaooooo 7575 Light yorkers . . . . . ...... 10.35 Pigs and lights . 10.00 Good yorkers 11.35 tags oooooooo \n-5505-5-1 6.25 '65‘50 Extreme heavies ..... .3 _ 8.50 9.50 CHICAGO. \. . .. " - H095. ti. Recei ts 26.000; ,,Market is 1y steady; fat and Si 8.00@10.50, I ‘9’?“ medium; kind“ '$1§.50@1 .3 {_j. ~ .7 Revel mm butchers 220-280 lbs. strong 250 high- er; tops $10.75 paid for 180-210-lb. weight; bulk 160-200-le average $10.40 @1075; 220-250 lbs. lbs. $9.50@10.10; most packing sows ggg}59@8.50; pigs in wide range from . Cattle. Receipts 13,000. Market-fed steers steady, 25c lower; most grades of na- tives show decline; trade uneven and slow; she stock weak; tops lower; bulls slow; vealers 250 higher; best . fed steers $14.25; grassers, 2,500 head grade in run, little done; vealers at $14.40@14.45; bulls $6.50. ‘ $10.60; 260-300 . beets 35‘@50c dozen bunches; cabbage, 60@9’Oc bu; cantaloupes 32.50@3 fbu;_.f parrots 35@50c dozen bunéhes; cauli- LIIO'Wert-$1j.50@4 bu; Celery 25@5ilc .per . Kalamazoo celery 20 f" dozen _ bunches; @50c dozen bunches; cucumbers $2 @3 bit; , ickles $3@5 bu; eggs, whole-' . ‘ white, f sale 32 350; retail. 40@45c; 6888; wholesale 32@34c; green com 750 $1.25 pens dozen; lettuce 60c‘@$1 bu; . .51 letth‘cei-75c@$1.25- burcurly parsley 3 750‘ dozen abunches; root 118-11318! 59c dozen ' bunches; pep- pers, hotrv‘12@ 2.50’1bu; iWeet $1.75 @225 bu; peaches amateur; pears $1.50@ 3.50 bu; peas2 $2.75 3.50‘bu; plums $2 @4 bu; Onions 4 50c dozen bunch: es; dry onions$1r25 1.50. :19 L ’ onions $3.@7 fibu; 5p, toes 1.25‘@, .5 bu; poultry, hens, wholesale ., re- tail 28(cbg300; broilers, Rocks, 31@33‘c; Leghorns 23@24c; retail 32@35c lb; Rocks 35@380; ducks 24@25c; radish- es, long, white 50@75c dOzen bunches; round 75c@$1.25_bu; rhubarb 40@60c dozen bunches; ‘\ spinach, $1.25@1.75 bu; summer squash 75c@$1 bu; tur- nips 50@75c dozen bunches, 75c@$1.25 bu; huckleberries $6.50@7.50 per 24 qts; live pigs‘$8 each; kohl-rabi 500 dozen bunches; veal 18@20c; mustard 50@60c bu; Swiss chard 50@75c bu; leeks 50@90c dozen; turnip greens 50@75c bu; butter 600; tomatoes $3@ 4 bu,‘ 75c@$1.25 per 16—lb. basket. GRAND RAPIDS- Potatoes $1.10@1.35 bu; onions $1@ 1.10 bu; apples, Duchess $1@2 bu; Wealthy $1.75@2 bu; Whitney Crab $1.50 bu; peaches, St. Johns $2.50@3 bu; South Havens $3@3.50; Rochesters $2.50@3.50 bu; Carmens $3@3.50; Early Elbertas .$2.50@4 bu; pears, Bartletts $2@2.50 bu; Clapp’s Favor- ites $2@3 bu; various other varieties $1.50@2; plums, Burbanks $1@2 bu; Bradshaws $2@3 bu; Gold Drops $2 bu; strawberries $4.50@5 per 16-qt. case; blackberries $3.50 case; toma- toes $2@2.50 a bushel; cantaloupes $2 @3 bu; crates $1.50@2.75;‘ cauliflower $1.50@3 dozen; cabbage $1.25@1.75 bu; spinach $1.25 bu; wax beans $1.50 @3 bu; cucumbers $2 bu; pickles $2 @350 bu; wheat $1.16 bu; rye 80c bu; beans $5.40 cwt;- pork 11@.12c; beef 6@14c; veal 18 20c; chickens 14@23c; hens at 15@ 20; ducks 18c; eggs 30@320; butter-fat 45c. LAMB PRICES AT SEAsON's LOW- EST pom-r. ECEIPTS of lambs are about forty! ' per cent larger than a month. ago, and prices have dropped back to the low point of the season. recent bulge. The best natives are bringing around $13.25. Arrivals con- tinue to run smaller than usual at this season of the year, but the supply is due tO' increase further in the’ next month. Prices probably will rally from time to time, but the market is not ready for a sustained advance. At the same time, it is unlikely that declines Will carry under the low points reach- ed recently. . MICHIGAN CROP ESTIMATES. The following, crop estimates by gov- ernment crop reporters far August are compared with the production of 1926. 8' , 0' The Chi- . f cago top is $13.50, or more than $1.00 . lower than at the high point of the‘ Sheep and Lambs. Aug Receipts 1,000. Fat lambs active, 1926 192.; mostly 25c higher than Monday; bulk ~ Estimate good natives $13@13.50, little sold at Corn, bu. ,,,,.,..54,162,000 39,875 000 13.25; few heavy lambs at $11-50@12; Wheat, wn‘t, bu. 17,916,000 “20,240I000 culls $9@9.50; early sales «good; range Wheat, sp’g, bu... 82,000 153 000 ‘ lambs $13.50. askms around $13.75 for Oats, u. ........51,810,000 53 003’000 Westerners; sheep weak; most good Barley, bu. 3,790,000 5,055,000 and choice weight fat ewes $5.59@ Rye, bu. .......2,686,000 218061000 650: heavy ewes $4.50@5; feeding Buckwheat, bu. .. 765,000 931,000 lambs strong'to around 15c higher; Potatoes bu......29,880,000 31262000 medium weight lambs $13.25@13-65: Tame hay tons... 4,097,000 (314,000 heavies down to $12.75 and below; 82- Beans, bu. ...... , 24,000 6,792,000 1b. lambs $14. , Eugar bgets, tons 90023330 5 533,300 ppes, u....... , , 0 , 9,00 BUFFAl-O- . Pedches, bu. 1,564,000 , 61.000 Hogs. . Pears bu. 889,000 554,000 “Receipts 300. Weights above 230 Grapes, tons .....,60.900,000 lbs. scarce; ‘market, steady to strong; pigs.slow;,bulk 160-230 lbs. at $11.50; few 190 lbs. $11.60; packing sows at, $7.75@8.25; p gs $10@10.25. , Cattle. , ,Galves- ‘ _ , Recei ts , 200. Market steady; toga $17; o, is andcommonat». 11.5mm: ; 051 None. " cheap and "Lambs. 21 :1’ .etv‘ rggss ”3 "' “breeding- 57,044,000 SAYS 'ARN‘S'rz DEALS FAIRLY: 1W8 "haVe taken 4390513101!" to. investi- ' gate some of the transactiOns of W. L. Amstz‘ _' of extent noun”; a: togeg‘ixsmt m 5"” , r . .1.rin. ‘in'g away. the same as a year ago, excepting, ' corn is highest-HF. E. G. . _ Branch LGount .wThreshlng will be about complete in another week; It . g .37..“ —. b . g . Weather; apple. on poor; stock.» bolts well; beans very backyard. and it. is very doubtfei ,1! they will get» ripe; This hasbe'en Kurd year for farmers and, of course. they are badly dlS-' couraged afid'some of them are mov- Eggs 36:8: butter 500; note.- toes 81.256315?) bushel; apples-sled 1.50 bushel. \Not much‘wheat being put in; no beets groWn here—W. M. Maeomh C‘ounty.—~Peach crop is a failure here on over 600 acres in Bruce. townshi ; picture is O. K. Potatoes need rafn; poultr is overdone base plan of .A milk-sol ing discard , new plan seems better; every farmer’s barn is full of hays—H. G. S. . lngham County—The wheat and'oat crop has been abbve average; beans ' and corn very poor, about fifty per cent of normal; potatoes are very poor. and so i the apple, crop; lambs have increase ; good beef cattle very scares; too drill) plow for wheat and rye, and corn Is drying up and will soon be ready far the silo—R. E. W. Marquette Gounty.—.-The outlook for small grain is good; corn is below nor- mal; pastures are good, but. are get- ting dry; we have had no rain for three weeks; potatoes and small fruit are good; live stock are looking fine; prices on dairy and poultry products are about the same as last year. Cream 430; eggs 32c. Farmers are selling eggs, cream, butter, lambs and veal. —- C. F. Gladwin County.———Grain_is all cut; getting ready for fall seeding; com 15 backward; pastures are rying up; fruit, beans, and potatoes are one-half crop; live stock is in fine condition; prices are good for fat stock; milkers scarde. Wheat $1.10; beans $4.75; fat hens 190; young 23c; eggs 24c; but- tor—fat 43c. Oats and barley are one- half crop—L. A. C. Berrien County.»With warm weath- er, corn will make a good half crop; some corn is excellent and some Is very poor. Potatoes are about in the. same condition; there are some very poor stands; sugar beets-are about the same; the fruit crop Is nearly a failure and the grapes about a half crop; alfalfa and sweet clower about the same as usual; the _rain last week helped out; stock Is in good condi- tion; farmers are selling wheat—7A. U. Bay Co.uMy.~——Farmers busy thresh- ing; wheat turning out good; oats are .a little light. corn is poor; beans and otatoes are suffering for rain; sugar Beets also; pastures are dried up and some farmers are feeding; farmers are selling wheat and rye. Wheat $1.20; corn 90c; oats 45c; rye 83c; barley $1.50 per cgavt; Jbeefins $5.45; butter 4- c; s 2 cr— . . . 1Carggficnunty.—-—1l‘arm work is a little behind 011 account of dry plowing; pastures are short; stock is in good cendition; it will take four or five weeks of warm weather to mature corn; grubs ’have been working In some fields of corn. Prices are about hat is too dry to plow for wheat; acreage will be short unless it rains soon; corn will be a. small crop; pastures are ‘ short and fruit scarce; late potatoes will be a light crop unless rain comes soon; more farmers are going into the ' dairy business; poultry business is be- ' ing overdone. Prices are a little bet— . ter than a year ago. Wheat $1.25; oats 42c; eggs 30c; butter 42C.frvB- CATTLE RECEIPTS INCREASE. 1 , UE to the influx of grassers, re- ceipts of cattle at leading mar- ‘5 kets are a third larger than a month ago. Some increase in the. sup- ply of short-feds and half-finished steers has occurred also, and prices have lost ground along with grass cat- tle. Long-fed steers continue scarce. and prices are at the highest point of the season, with the Chicago top at $14.65, the (highest in two years. Demand for stacker and feeder cat- tle is active, and prices have advanc- ed in spite of the decline on lower grades of killing classes. With pros- pects of moderate receipts, and a. fair- ly broad demand from the western half of the corn belt, Where the crop is a. fairly ample one, it is quite possible that feeder prices have passed their season’s low points and that buyers can only hope for moderate dips. LITTLE CHANGE lN HOG PRICES. 0G priceshave swung over a nar-_ _ row are 4n ‘ . Thefl‘Chica 0 top on light hogs on h a V",- '35...sss§ so. if the l“ t1 the fibres months. and the last .two weeks: abundanc- . 1. K e . _ g tly over {9&ecently, It‘fie {‘41me . .. f .. .8; Y1? hogs. ‘ rmwed. .- , ,: OR- Ema-1403“!“ Ill equipped. with .16 cows. . . p '. or; 4 ' Geo..71£och. B. a, bargain. Samples free. 11. A. ,mmmma 31mins. . cam 91-th 9&9]:ng in . ‘ rs. ; en sigh and the new export- !‘hnning smaller than‘ I. .0 ‘ end whic gbter t alas ”year. The -favorable influences are.,the indications that the mambo? of heavy hogs (informs to be marketed "is below last year, the im— provement in domestic demand as a result of lower retail prices and the special effort of packers and distrib- utors to stimulate the, consumption of hams and bacon, some signs of bet- terment in the export trade, and the prospects of a. smaller supply of cot- onseed oil in the coming season, thus strengthening the lard situation. Hog prices seem likely to hold fairly firm in the next month, or until the fall run starts. A " -::-ll .. Veterinary. ‘ 1y. w Ailing P-lgs.—-=Sow weighing 200 lbs. had discharge from vagina. Thought sh’e had lost her pigs. She laid around a few days, seemed weak in her hind parts, lost her appetite, and finally died. Later lost a gilt in much the same way. D. A. H.—Am unable to say definitely what the cause of the trouble is with your sows. The older sew no doubt died from infection of the uterus or pig sack, though cannot understand the uterus of the gilt being in such a condition. It apparently is of a contagious nature. It would be advisable to put the other pigs on clean pasture and clean up and plow the old yards. If you have any further losses, call your local veterinarian and let him make a careful postmortem, as soon as possible after death. A correct diagnosis of the trouble could then be made. Contagious Abortion—I have con- tagious abortion in my herd. would you advise me to do?—S. H. R. ——Sanitation is one of the principal things in eradication of contagi‘OUs abortion. Thoroughly clean the barn, then spray with a five per cent cre- sol solution. Clean up the barnyard, and do not store manure around the barns or any place frequented by the cows. Cows which abort should be isolated in a separate born for sixty days or longer, if there is any vaginal discharge. Dead aborted calves and membranes should be burned or buried deep. In addition to this, it is recom- mended that the blood of each cow shall. be given the agglutination test, so that the reactors can either be sold .or kept in a separate barn. It would be advisable to consult your veterinar- ian with reference to this. Poor Condition—Mare 'has ravenous appetite, but fails to take on flesh, as does her mate on much less feed. She trembles when working. Does not pass whole grain, so feel her teeth CGNDUCTED or on. s. BURROWS ‘ What . s arp. Hayeoflz'r local veterinarian oWnndfilo-‘the teeth. For worms, withhél food from noon until the fol- lowing rncmingxthien give three drams of tartar, emetic in a quart of water, and follow in a few hours with a quart of raw linseed oil. Add four ounces of fluid extract of. mu: vomica to one quart of‘ water, and give two table- spoonsful three times daily. m... - -....-......,-.. .. ..... .._........~‘.4-..-_-.‘.‘..~-..~....... R SALE USED MACHINERY Two 15—25 Ilumelygtraotors nearly new. 9-16 ' . Holder nearly new. two 15-30 Hart-Parr, 16—32 Liaison. 15—25 Allis-Chalmers. 1 -30 McCor- mick Dcering. 15—27 Case. 18—3 Case. two Fordsons. 20-40 Rumely. 2040 Case. 30-50 Flour City. 17-22 Ann Arbor hay press. 17-22 Ohio. 17-22 Adco. 20—34 Racine climber. 24-inch Russell, 26-inch Case, 28- inch Rumely. and many others. Write us what you new. ' ‘ Buy used machinery and save money The Bantidx Mfg. Company 2401 Dar! 8!. Toledo. Ohio ' ”SHIP Yo DRESSEDdCALVES LIVE PTQULTRY DETRQIT BEEF COMPANY Oldest and most reliable commission house in Detroit. Write for now ahippers’ guide, shi ping tags and quomdons. etroit Beef Company, 1903 Adelaide St. Detroit, Mich. ”CATTLE A large selection at all times of shocker and feeding cattle. Special attention given to filling orders. Write F. E. BERRY COMPANY, South St. Paul, Minn. SHEEP I ' I l' I Bred for 001 d mutton. Delame Merino Rams Ex... anewones.wshipped ll“ approval. Prices reasonable. photos free. F. RUSSELL. Box 40, Wakeman, Ohio. W ' W A few choice rams‘for Shropshires and field use. Call on AN BOOHER, fl. 4. Ewart. Mich. Resume swss FOR SALE—Hampshire. Shrap- llhlre rades as cross—breeds. All marlin“. Car lots. V. . FURNISS, Nashville; Mich. NOW 0“”.ng a low choicewlo'ads of D333; 0 brooding ewes. Aim { ing lambs and wothers. F. M. Bahan, Woodstock, bio. F OR ”LE—Registered improved Black Top Do- lalne Merino rams and owes. J. H. HAYNEH. stookbndua. Mann" R. w. Hayner, Wehberville, Mich. REGISTERED ’HAM'PSHIRE YEARLING RAMi (‘all or Write CLARK HAIRE'S RANCH. West Branch, Mich. Charles Post, Mgr. “THE MAPLEs susowpcmsss" For Sale—28ml: rams, yearling and ram lambs. Few ewes. C. R. LELAND, R. 2. Ann Arbor. Midl L advertising miscellaneous articles for solo or .ch Rota ,8 ”all a word. each insertion. on (Bully who or illustrations admitted. Remit Live stock advefllllng has a must. do charge In words. CLASSIFIED "Anvmnsmc ’lhll mm advertising department is established for the convenience of Michigan farmers. Small . advertisements bring best results BM? classlflsld holdinu. '10:)! it (or want ads and for chanse. Poultry advertises will be run in this do- partmont at classified rates, or in display columns at commercial rates. consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. Count u a word ouch abbreviggidon. initial or number. No or. _ mi and u not accepted as chained. uinimum for loss than (our insertions: for four or more as must accompany Four One Four times. Words time. limo- 32.40 g: ........ $2.08 $6.24 2.64 » ........ 2.1 0.48 2.88 28 ........ 2.24 6.12 3.12 29 ........ 2 33 ' 6.96 3.36 30 ........ 2 40 7.20 3.60 31 ........ 8 1.“ 3.84 32 ........ 56 7.68 4 08 33 ........ 2 64 7.98 4 32 84 ........ 2 72 8.16 4 56 35 ........ 2 80 8.40 4 80 86 ........ 3 88 8.64 5 04 37 ........ 2 96 8.88 5 28 38 ........ 04 9.? 5 52 39‘ ........ 3 12 9. 6 5 76 40 ........ B 20 9.00 6 00 v 41 ........ 3 8 9.84 REAL ESTATE 80 AGREE EXCELLENT BLDGS.—Stock. Machinery and Crops—school. high school, churcheoi 010.. near- by; one service. good local markets; 60 acres fer- tile- loamy tillage. stream-wamod. e-fencod pas- ture. woodland. abundance barrios: excellent (loom whim house. pleasant shade. 500d barn. ban and hog houses. etc. Leaving claim”. will include mm, 4 cows and heifer, 4 brood sows. 100 hens. lone list. implements and tools. 4 acres rye and abundum hay and grain. all for $6,500.39“: cash: bldss. alone insumd $7.000. Wm. B. Jones. Strout Agency. Balcony Bloek. Holly. Mich. ' 120-AC'REE HQBSEG. ~12 CATTLE—Fine Lot New Equipment. including grain and corn b' _m sham. manure spreader. cram tor. plows, cul- tivatnn. M10163. t0018. sbovewood‘. 36. acres ”a. -~Ml.or.m moor to The . Pleasant,5ve.,. Alma; Michigan. IMPORTANT '1‘0 FARM BUYERS—I have special rum bargains in Gladwin County. Mich. some Io settle estates. others taken in by outside banks on . mortgages. Take sdvanta e of some of these won- derful bargains. some at ess than the buildings are worth._ Write me at. once your needs. U. G. RW- nolds, Gladwin, Mich. , FOR SALE—Fully equipped dairy farm. 135 acm. Horses, milk cows. machinery. everything goes with the farm. A money maker. Write owner. Grant Dis~ hey, R. 2. Merrill, “lie. EIGIrrY Amins 0n Nltiorial Cement Highway. $1,600. Enough wood to pay for place. A good win— gogob for a woodman Addresa Box 155. Lakoview. mi. AN INVESTMENT buy land in the "Ozarks." Tracts 40 to 2.000 acres. $2.50 per acre up. Box 66. Houston. Mo. GROW VVlTH SOUTHERN GEORGIA—4:00:11 lands. Low prices still available. Write Chamber of Com- merce. Quitman. Ga. - FOR SALE—A stack farm near St. Johns. 210 acres. Lori H. Sibley. DeWitt. Mich. WANTED FARMS WTNTED—To hear from owner of land for sale for fall delivery. 0. Hawlcy. Baldwin. Wis. um Q mucous can sou. :nus'. munch fimrg”? :30 load white m .IWB. . so cum .pos- nld» if?” ;. 11' vsnmwigpm m gato- m. m , NW cos. it» our “on. Input . PM It‘ll-h. ‘ HONEY ll—(lhoice Michigan Clover Honey by parcel post mouldfiii lbs. $1.60: 12 lbs.. $2.75. Send ' Ablation. .327 m. tools. crops. .wma to VIRGIN woor. YARN. gin- sale by mandlacturcr u Bartlet-t. Harmony. - I or if , ‘ « . e? is starfish-the teeth "ares-anon Euro , . {oi-yam . .. amnl'orgnooked ' .‘ Writs . motels Gui-stack" in Large. 506 4 Mac a col Blankets. Concord Worsted Mills, g with symptom chm. 48;" cu. m mted. Write for free copy. "Po ‘Mil’g' Com. 1022 W. Broad St. .Richmoild. Y!»- mm rams-mediators. Hmds. Bloc ‘ Trans- 1 - missions. Drive.8hafts. Rear Ends,. . k8. . :- ings. good as now. half price or less. satisf ' 12215 E. Jefferson Ave. Detroit. Mich. KEEP" YOUR LIVE s'rocx HEALTHY by .m“ Lion. Any quantity at low price Write for D - ulars. James A. Benson 00., . Les-lie Chicago. Illinois. 332 30' t" FIsrULa numbness... prescription. fi—a patent medicine. Used successfully 45 years. ,Sgotper box noatpaid. Satisfaction guaranteed or money :0- funded. Fillmore 00., Westminster. Md FARM MACHINERX FORDSON TRACTOR and} plow wanted in tradowor complete acetylene we! ‘ Corbin. Dem)“. ding outfit. James Kish. 12 89 FOR SALE~One cm Huron Compound mind‘s Horse. and one Standard Bidwell B n Thtefber Robert Walker & Sons. Harrisxille. maria, R. . . .w‘. PET STOCK . . _ .1. T IIAIIQLDfit-hl Ge 4 0111 u“ Ellglish I 0X HO‘UIdp 3 yfils HUI 1.59 1118, hilch. Rabbit Hounds. Reasonable ri- V. Lmldon. Dresser. 111. D to. cam“ free. FOR SALE—A few choice pedigreed Flemiah‘rG I ‘ , . . , laats. Prices right. Satisfaction . Carson City. Mich. guaranteed. G. E. Sparks. slam) TEN cEN'rs for individual des ' ' ‘ fifty- hunting hounds, photo group. fur cglgggmnstzt Lakeland rur Hound Exchange. salem. Mich. ' GERMAN POLIcE PUPPIES. bo J ’ 88 and $10. Pine Hill Farm, Howgrd “Cliyty.261ldlc .1“, coozv. OI’I’BESUM. SKUNK HOU’NDS 0*" Trial. 0. o. 1). Ginger Kennels. Hen—Ink} Ill. hwp' REG. COLLIE PUPPIES r '1 Silvercrest Kennel. Gladwin. 03113119. mm“ has!” HUNDRED HUNTING .HOUNDS .h ‘ ulceue. Kaskukonnels aw-u.’ Homing. 83wa W- FILMS DEVELOPED MAIL roan Konax FILMS to us- we a I make 6 good high gloss prints and retureivef‘bg ”$151.0 coin or stamps. Cowic 8t ' . Id, Springfield. 0' udlo 10% Fountain Ave” ' CORN: HARVESTER p.011 MAN’S Corp E . mm" Moo- only $25.00 with bundle ‘gifeggmumsmm‘m. 'r emu clos showing itux-es ‘ flailing. Kass. pa " m" ' “m E:- mrrmsss Hamill. mule a ' Cat-lo. on rm 3M 33:11.3." mm W . . . ~ . . nun mass AND nunsmv erocx PEACH mass, as per loo and up. " 37,50 per 100 and up. In large or smallplngg $533 to planters. by freight. parcel post. express. Plums pears, cherrlcs. Braves. nuts. berries. pecans. vines” (ogbgmental trees. vines and Shrubs. Free anal. iii '1' mas ennessee Nursery 00.. Box 125. Clsvsand. .. SEEDS CHOICE spurns 81th GRAIN AND aw" filmpmved marina 'B‘ ' 3 improved Bogus! beans. “niaBWhag'k.sz span WHEAT—1m mvod American in ’ 1 ~ . .1100? .50 lifil'chbwihel. Bags gee. Lockshore Farm, 04:53:, SEED WHEAT—C ,.»tlfled Improved American 0350. Bass free. A. B. Cook. 0woaso. Mich. REGISTERED RED sock WHE —— ‘ MW; and winnings. c. p. Il‘iokbetner.AghnmEa $1M, w—T‘w TOBACCO GUARANTEED Hoimsrlm To see -‘ ‘“ grip?” ghoohm, gamedemgkmg’10.0§1.sg?"$ml' . e . um um wail. Kentucky. v cited F en. _ HQMESPUN TOBACCO—Write for prices. Tmutt & Son. Dept. P-3, Hickmmfisy. and w POULTRY wnii'p LEGHORN KENS AND M W price. Thousands of eight-week-old‘ri’filslegfm 2;: Baby Chicks pad Eggs. Trapoested. pcdisreed (oun- dation stock. ass-bred 27 years. Winners at 30 m gongfgsh Cottage anal special price bulletin 32;. _ . . . an guarantee I B. Ferns. 964 Union. Grand Rapidlguaumgifi‘n. . PULLETS 500 EAFH—Whito Le om reduced 3:13;: afitcgaedited clogs. 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