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OR‘SAK‘ING the arid, sun-kissed

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side for three or four days, wife

and I joinedihe caravan offlmotorists

who headed their varied gasoline bug-

gies toward the Michigan State Fair

at Detroit last week. We were unfor-

tunate in making the drive down on

Labor Day, when the trafl‘ic on all the

trunk lines was very congested. For

blocks around the fair grounds, thou-

sands of cars stood by the hour in

long parallel lines waiting for a chance

to get through the gates into the ex-

hibition. Practically every available

inch of parking space on the spacious

grounds was filled, and cars could

filter in only as fast as others left.

Late on Labor Day the fair officials

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grandstand, I feel that the 1927 fair

excelled its seventy—seven annual pre-

decessors, and set a new high-water

mark. The barns overflowed with the

finest stock from Michigan and many

other states. The new Agricultural

Building housed a splendid exhibit of

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The vaudeville was of a high order.

The eating places seemed much clean-

er than usual. The crowd was order-

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meng'tfl‘e’inany educational exhib—

ple were those of the Michigan State

College, the. State Conservation De—

partment of Agriculture, and the Unit—

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A person who really took the time to

study these four exhibits carefully and

to learn what they had to teach, cer-

tainly was well ”repaid for his time

and expenses while attending the fair.



Indicative of the increasing empha-

sis which is being placed on health,

there were several exhibits giving val-

uable pointers on diet and the care of

the body.



Tomorrow’s Master Farmers}



To my mind, the great thing about

any fair is its value in establishing

types and giving the exhibitors and

other breeders newer and more ac-

curate ideals toward which to strive

in the future. ’But any educational

work carried on with adults is at best

only. partially effective. Youth is the

time when the mind is receptive and

the imagination easily stirred, and

high resolves kindled. It is because

of this fact that I am always especial-

ly interested in the State Fair Boys’

School and the County Champions in

Boys’ and Girls’ Club projects who as-

semble at the fair each year.



These lads and‘lassies have already

evidenced -especial interest and out-

standing ability in some project relat-

ing to agriculture and the farm home,

and with the encouragement afforded

by the thrilling and instructive days

at the fair, it is to be hoped and ex-

pected that they will go far forward

in their achievements and become the

Master, Farmers of the future.





If space permitted, much more might

well be said in appreciation and en-

dorsement of Boys’ and Girls’ Club

work, which is laying its wholesome

touch upon the lives of 19,000 youths

in seventy~six of the eighty-three Mich-

igan counties. For many of them club

work opens up vistas of encourage-

ment and hopefulness which mean a

new enthusiasm for rural life and

for elevating the standards of entire

communities.





The State Fair Boys’ Camp was com-

posed of one boy from each county

selected on the basis of their answers

to a special set of questions submitted

in connection with the regular eighth-

grade examination for rural students.



Everywhere we went wevfelt the

spirit of competition and the fever-

heat of conquest, as herdsmen battled

against herdsman, or shepherd showed

against shepherd, or rider rode against

rider, or driver drove against driver.

Sitting with me in the grandstand one

evening, a farmer-exhibitor remarked,

“Showing cattle is the only real sport

I get out of farming. The rest of the

time the work is pretty much of a

grind.” '



Patient Perseverance Wins.





As we watched the marvelous feats

of the performers before the grand-

stand and in the Coliseum, and thrill-

ed at the breeding, fitting and training

of the blue-ribbon live stock, we could

not help but conclude that success in

any line of endeavor is largely the re—

sult of patience and perseverance in

striving toward the cherished goal. .





We must confess that there were a.

few things at the fair that we didn’t

feel hardly able to appreciate. For in-

stance, in the Art Building we saw

some more or less indefinite, and to us

meaningless ‘daubs of color which

probably were the very acme of mod-

ern art. itnyway, some of them bore

the cherished blue ribbon, but we are

just old-fashioned enough to prefer a

picture which an ordinarymortal could

understand. '



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HEAT is the crop of the new

country.” So the old adage



. goes. And old-timers wax al-

, most poetical in telling of the bounti-

ful crops of grain rolling in golden

waves out over the newly broken prai:

rie, or hiding the stumps in the clear-

ings of virgin soil which early. pio-

neers carved out of the green forests.





The’» crops 'of yesterday seemhto V.





shame the__'eff0rts of modern farmers.





At least, thar-do in the reminiscences





of the hardy pioneers who gleaned

their grain from fields whose fertile

soil had been built up by the ages.

How they talk of the great wheat

crop of ’71 or ’85, and marvel at the

decay of wheat growing in modern

times.



Are the Old Timers right? Is wheat

growing a lost art? Are the great

yields confined to virgin -soil? Up

comes a group of modernists to an-

swer, “No.”



“The old adage is all wet,” says Jim

Campbell, whose farm is operated by

Elmer StockWell, over at St. Johns.

Jim points to his field of American

Banner, which yielded fifty-one bush-

els per acre, as Exhibit A to back his

expressive statement.





“Oh, we can still grow pretty good

wheat,” says C. Lundberg, of Eaton

Rapids. “My American Banner field

turned out fifty-four bushels to the

acre.” And that gave his statement



. plenty of punch.





“I guess they used 156 grow good

Wheat, years ago, but my American

Banner field, a. twepiy-acre plot, yield-

ed forty-eight bushels per acre, and a

ten—acre field of Red Rock went forty-

three.” That is the testimony of



, youthful Fred Knox, of Portland, re

cent Michigan State College graduate.

A thirty:eight bushel- yield secured by

Tom Poole, at Deckerville, adds to the

collegiate testimony. Tom farms it

when he isn’t teaching agriculture at

Deckerville High School, and he sets

a good stiff pace for his proteges and

their dads to follow.





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Still more evidence that skillful cul-

ture equals nature’s gifts by way of

virgin soil, comes from C. D. Fink-

beiner, of Clinton, ,with nearly fifty

bushels of Red Rock to the acre, and





Ralph Arbogast, of Union City, with





forty acres of the same variety yield-





clover through his fifty-one. bushel

wheat crop. In fact, all of these rec-

ord yields of 1927 seemed to be pretty

closely linked up with sweet clover,

alfalfa or red clover, each legume play-





ing an important part in the rotation, ,





with phosphate fertilizer plentifully





 





 





This Plot at the Ohio Experiment Station Averaged Twenty-three Bushels





for Thirty Years.





It Received Co’mplete Fertilizer.





Another Plot Receiving





no Fertilizer Averaged Less than Ten Bushels.





ing forty-six and one-half bushels per

acre, on” what they used to call a

worn- -out farm. ‘



“Wheat growing isn’t what it used to

be,” I had to confess, when I waded

through Tom Poole’s crop. Those

heads just brushed by chin,‘ and I

stand six feet two. Nature used to

make possible those record crops of

the good old days. But Tom didn’t

depend on nature. He plowed under

a heavy growth of sweet clover, sum-

mer-fallowed thepiece, and added 250

pounds per acre of 2-12-2 fertilizer, to

supplement what nature still had in

store for the crop.





Jim Campbell is another sweet clo-

ver addict. who marketed his sweet





To pump water to the stock tank,





trification that is being given the lever “X" on the pump is lowered,





careful consideration is the pos-

sibility of using electricity to operate

equipment already on the farm. 0116

use for electricity on any farm is that

of pumping water, and it is possible

to install an electrically operated Wa-

ter system at very little expense.



A tenant on the Michigan Experi-

mental Electric Line desired running

, water at the house and stock tank,

but didn’t feel like investing much



money on property that he did not

own. The accompanying illustration

shows how it was possible to meet

this request. .



The system is very simple and

cheap. _ The pump is a common two-

’ way windmill pump. The pump jack

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supplied to balance the nitrogen which

the legume had gathered from the air.





You may have noticed a striking

repetition in varietal names, too, as

you read of the profitable crops these

men secured. American Banner, Red

Rock, Berkeley Rock, varieties bred by

the Michigan State College, and seed

certified as to genuineness, purity,

quality and germination by the Mich-

igan Crop Improvement Association——

these have all contributed to the suc-

cess of the modern wheat champions.



Now, E. E. Dow'n, pupil of, and suc-

cessor to the late F. A. Spragg, former

Michigan State College plant breeder,

comes outfiwith another one from the

college. 0. A. C. No. 104 is the new





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white wheat Professor Down has been

testing for several years. It was or-

iginally bred at Ontario, and the pure

line Professor Down has increased»

yielded nearly seventy bushels on one

and one-tenth acres at Michigan State

College this year. Most of the in- '

crease has been placed in the hands .

of nine skilled certified seed growers

of the Michigan Crop Improvement

Association, and will be further in-

creased under college supervision, so

that pure seed may rapidly be made

available to any farmer in the state.





0. A. C. No. 104 is a beardless white

Wheat, as is the American Banner, a

variety popular with Michigan pastry

flour millers, as well as farmers. Red

Rock and Berkeley Rock are bearded

red varieties, and command a premi-

um in the territory of a large milling

company in the Thumb District.





Members of the Michigan Crop Im-

provement Association who grew these I

varieties in 1927, secured an average

yield of over thirty-three bushels per-

acre, 3. yield well above the average

for the state, or for any county or

locality.



Not all farmers are matching nature

with carefully planned rotations, skill-

ed use of fertilizers, or the use of

pure healthy and productive seed. F.



B. Drees, secretary of the Michigan

Millers’ Association, reports the mills

in his organization are finding consid-

erable smutty wheat this year. Some

farmers have become lax.in treating

their seed for this disease. Berkeley

Rock Wheat is very resistant to the

stinking smut, and probably does not —

need treatment. Other varieties, how-

ever, should be treated each season

to keep out this disagreeable disease

which, according to Mr. Drees, has in

some instances, made necessary the

cutting of the price to growers of

smutty wheat, as much as twenty-five

cents per bushel. ‘



The coppei carbonate treatment or



seed wheat to prevent stinking smut.

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tank lever “X” is raised, which per- ..

mits water to flow through the pipe to w

the house. The pipe to the house is ‘

an open pipe, not even a faucet at the

sink. The open pipe at the sink pro-

tects the pump. On the wall above

the sink back is a three-point snap

switch, similar to the switch at the

barn above the stock tank.



When water is wanted at the house,



the switch “S” is closed instead of

Opening a faucet. This starts the mot—

.or and a fresh supply of water directly

from the well flows at the sink. Eith-

er the switch at the barn or house will

control the motor to pump water.



In such a system no storage tank,

safety relief valves, check valves, au- _

tomatic switches or air pumps arenec-

essary. A storage tank could easily

be added to this system to provide was

ter for the range or furnace boile '
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CURRENT COMMENT

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NUMBER TWELVE





of the Michigan

The State Fair has.passed.

State Folks can find many

Fair things to criticize,





but, as a whole, we

feel that- the 1927 exhibits, displays,

contests and attractions shown were

about on a line with those of pre-

vious years._ Certainly the attendance

indicated a wide interest, and the out-

of-town visitors proved that an appeal

had been made to country folks.



A somewhat wider variety of attrac-

tions were provided this year. Events

like the cow-calling and horse-shoe



’ pitching contests; the casting comp-e-



’ tition; the horse-pulling feature, all

got the attention of large groups.

These attractions supplied that little

element that goes far in overcoming

dullness in occasions of this kind.



The lowerng of the admittance fee

was popular. Undoubtedly this had

much to do with the large attendance.

Not that people who attend fairs are

cheap, but the subtle psychology of

not wanting to “hold you up at the

gates” appealed to the sportsman

spirit in folks, so they dusted up and

went. We are of the opinion that

when the total receipts are counted



~ the management will have discovered

this move to have been good business.



We have a suggestion to make

which, by the way, is notiin the spirit

of criticism. We feel that the boys’





and girls’ work should occupy a larger

In the





place in this state institution.

last analysis, it is the boys and girls





who will reap the big benefit from





these annual events. Because of this,





it is our opinion that the largest and





.most prominent building on the





grounds should be given over entirely

',,'to the exhibits and activities of the

juniors. . ' .

“L. We do appreciate the good things

\j, our Michigan Fair has done for the

”obeys and girls in the past, but it ,is

' our thought that what has beendone

ushould be a preface to a great state-

“ fwideipund-up program that will en-





these»

duee quality products a?

ity service. In doing this we would

be doing the highest serVice to the

state and to posterity.





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fore ~things were go-





Farmers

ing as fast as they

D ress are now, there was

, We" considerable differ-

ence between styles

in rural districts and large urban





centers. But nowadays it is hard to

tell by the clothes whether one is from

Hickory Corners or Chicago.



The results of an investigation by





the department of agriculture shows





that rural people dress about as well

as the city fOlks. Only in families

having an income above the average

is there a wide difference, with the

wealthy city families spending more.

The Survey shows that the average

farm family spends $255 for clothing,

while the city family spends $238.



There is every reason why farmers

should dress well. Good dressing is

not an act of vanity. The farmer who

spends time in developing his ideals

in animals and poultry should also

groom himself well in an endeavor to

promote his ideals in the race.



Furthermore, there is a feeling of

confidence and pride in being well-

groomed. Even animals feel that.

When one spends much of his time in

work clothes, this feeling is even

greater when dressed up, because of

the contrast. Many city folks get so

used to being dressed up that they

seek every opportunity to put on old

togs. Then, in dressing up again,

they feel the benefit of the contrast.



Farmers who have pride in their life

work, will present appearances which

will occasion favorable comment on

them and their profession.





THE things which

people take home





After

I! from a fair would be

t e difficult to list. Some

return with a doll or





Fair



- a toy balloon, others

with indigestion, or a headache, while

still others find much worth while in-

formation, and a new enthusiasm fer

.the tasks of every-day life upon the



farm. _ ‘

After the thrill of the fair, a‘person

might find farming narrow and con-

fining if the extent of his operations

and thinking is limited to his own line

fences. But agriculture is a vastly

bigger proposition. It has its commu—

nity aspects; More than that, it is a

great craft, the biggest and most nec-

essary that there is in the world.

When a farmer looks at agriculture

from this broad aspect» all the hum-

drum should be taken from his job.

This broad Viewpoint should give him

an added dose of self-reSpect, and he

should lose no time in joining hands

with his fellow farmers to build bigger

the nation’s largest business, and to

win for it the respect and apprecia-



tion of the American public. '





A R G E corpora-





on Cor- tions have been



. great factors in mod-

poratron ern business and man-

Farming ufacturing successes,





because incorporation

has enabled the organization to bring

under one head all the factors neces-

sary for the success of the business

project. '





Several attempts have been made





in corporate farming projects, but they

have generally been failures because

they were organized from the top

down by men who knew more about

incorporation than farming. But lately





the incorporation of farms by farmérs





have come to public notice, and these



farm corporations are apparently prov-



ing successful. . . ‘ ‘ - .

Farming will bedome more and more





a. machine-operated industry which-

wiil require expenditure of moneyfor'





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make it advisable for Say





 

 





to get together, buy the madh neg-and





run their farms as one unit:



Is it too far-sighted to think that in p»

the future, ma’ny farmersmaygive up

their present individual unit idea and

become. shareholders in ' their local

farm corporations, drawing salaries

for their work, paying the corporation

rent for "their homes, and drawing divP

idends, on their stock? There are pos-

sibilities of economy and efficiency in

the idea, for a capable manager may

be hired to direct the farming opera-

tions. As things are going nowadays,

we dare not say that such a. thing is

impossible. '





N page 265 of





The this issue will be

. found a telegraphic

Patato report of the govern-

CrOP .ment estimate of the





.1927 potato crop. This,

estimate is based on the condition of

the crop, as reported on September 1.

There was undoubtedly a. further drop ,

in the condition of the crop in‘the

drought area, in which Michigan is

included, before the recent rains'and

authentic reports from New England

indicate a seribus attack of blight as

a result of an excess of rain.



As the uncertainties of the weather

for the balance of the month are real-

ized, there seems to be a strong prob-

ability that the total crop will be smal-

ler than is indicated in the September

estimates.





 





THE CORN BORER'SITUATION.





 





E cannot expect to'eradicate the

corn borer. What we should

try to do is to learn to live with the

pest so we may continue to grow corn

without loss. The county agents and

extension men, at a conference at Mon-

roe last week, expressed the belief

that we can keep on growing corn

profitably if we but practice clean

methods. '

Preliminary inspections show a de-

crease of borers in some sections of

the state, and anxincrease in other

sections. '

found last year had a higher percent-

age of infestation than the worst fields

located thus- far this year. Clinton,

Eaton, and Barry counties have been

added to the quarantined area.





The spread of the insect in Michigan

seems to be less than in 1926, and

appears also to be less here than in

other states. Michigan farmers can

also take heart in the fact that Can-

adian growers in Essex and Kent coun-

ties, immediately across the border,

have reduced their acreage of corn

from two hundred thousand acres to

twenty thousand acres. This should

make it comparatively easy for our

neighbors to put on an effective clean-

up program. ‘ ,



The ‘concensus of opinion among

these extension men, who probably are

closer in contact with the exact situ-

ation in the state . than any other

group, was that the campaign last

spring, as a. whole, ‘

'This they believe to be the case in





spite of the disadvantages reSultingj





from the limited time in which to or-

ganize and do the work, and of chang-

ing farm practices in a. single season.

All commented on the farmer-cooper-

ation in this\state, which was placed

at ninety-five per cent of those within

the quarantined area.



‘Another tour of entomologists, ag-

ro‘nomists,1extension' men and others,

has been planned through Ohio, Mich‘

igan, and Canada, on September 21 to

23. Plans have also been, completed

for making tests with low-cutting corn

harvesting maphirieryin the following





counties, of Michigan on the dates "

Huron county, .-





mentiOned, 7 fies ‘ follows 2‘ _

September 19;? Saginaw county, Sap»





~19?





finiafflouhtffl' Seniembéffiz‘Z?’





   





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sepia.

.tember'20; Shiawassee county, Sep-‘

,tember 21; Barry county, September

"22; Eaton" county, September 20-21;

Ingham county, September 21-22; Liv‘ ‘

ingston county, September 21—22; Oak-

land county,

comb county, September 26-27; W‘ayne ‘~~





Some of, the werst fields'





was a. succe‘ss.‘





tem er - 19-20; Bay county; September- . '





 





r 2021,: Genesee countfiSep- 2





September 25-26; Ma-





c‘ounty, September 21; Washténaw.

county, September 23-26-28; Jackson

county, September 26-27; Calhoun

cOunty, September 23-27 ; Kalamazoo

county, September -23-24; St. Joseph

county, September 30; Branch county,





September ' 30—October 3-4; Lenawee

county, September 27-28-29-October’3u

Monroe county, September 29-30-Octor-

ber 3; Hillsdale county, first week in.

October. The location of these tests.

in any county can be learned from the

county agent or from the local press.





Farmers, in the‘ quarantined area,

and areas likely tobe quarantined, will

be wise when seeding their corn fields

to so handle the corn crop‘ that it. will

meet the requirements of the state

regulations,-which Will, be more strict

next year than this. The crop should

be cut so that the etdi’bles are not

over two inches high, the stalks should

be put into a silo, shredded, burned,

or plowed under so that no remnants

are exposed above the ground. If the

stubbles are over two incheshigh, they

can be treated with a. stubble beater,





 





Necessity





JUST happened to think that I‘

ain’t wrote nothing for this week,

and it’s late already. Well, it’s a ne‘

cessity, then, that I get right at it.

Now, a. necessity is something nec-

essary. I ain’t saying that my stuff

is necessary fer the Michigan Farmer,





or the folks what read it. I don’t think '





nobody would lose their appetites if

I' didn’t say anything. But the neces-

sity is for me. I promised to write

something each week, so it is neces-

sary fer me to do it.





You know, necessity is a great

thing.





It ain’t agreeable, but it makes-

us do necessary

things we would

not do Otherwise.

I know that if it

wasn’t fer. neces-

sity, I’d set under '

the trees reading

books and sleep-

ing, and riding

around in my bus,

taking the high

school girls to school. But it’s a. ne~

cessity that I work, so I work.



Here a. while ago we read about a.‘

young fellow who rode his motorcycle

from Toronto to California and won'

$25,000 in winning a. swim. Well, the

other day he went into a swim and

quit early. He’s got lots 0’ money

now, so it wasn’t no necessity fer him

to win.



I’m still working ’cause I ain’t got.

to the'condition where I kin get along

without working.‘ Some of these days

maybe I’ll; retire to town, like lots of

farmers'doh'and wait fer my turn with

the undertaker. But maybe not, ’cause

Sofie will always make it necessary

for me to work. I never saw anybody

like work so well as Sofie. I like werk;

all right, but I like it lots bettér when

somebody else is doing it;



What would we do without our re-

sponsibilities and necessities? Kin you

imagine all of us without them? Well,

I don’t think it’d work well. Seems to

me we’d live like wild animals. Even





 





savage tribes have them. So I guess \\

it’s a. pretty good thing that we ”got/





them. Necessity is the harness what

keeps us to our ”work.

‘Well, I guess I’ve got to put the bit





the cows, _’caus'e they’re ‘mooin’ to be

.milked. 811613 the,

Ward them '





 





 

 

 

 





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in-my month now and go out and milk ‘





responsibility :I' got . . .~
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' about it.





By Ung the M cNaug/ztan System

By H. R—. Pettigroyc





question seems to be betpre ev- will be eight to twelve of these stacks

ery crops grower in the. state: at per acre, dependmg upon the growth





WHEN is the frost coming? That or take them to the next stack. There





I present The“ nights are cool and the of the beans. ,





plants grow slole..- The corn grower

' seems to be as much c‘oncerned as any vesting beans by the “McNaughton





The estimate places the rate of bar-





one. . Should a frost come it will re— System” at two to five acres per day,

quire aconsiderable amount of labor per man, depending upon the beans.





fields, of course, will not be dama (1 than clean beans, and those left in the

.as much as others, but they will al windrow oVer night handle more eas-





need care.

Such a condition .was witnessed by





'-.'a few producers last year and, as a

1 result, some lost their beans, some





lost the best of their corn, and a few

'lost a part of both crops.





.. and time to save the/61% Weedy beans would be much slower





ily than those just pulled. In case of

threatening weather it is best to get

them into stacks rayapidly aspossible

and not wait for the windrows to

settle.





The beans dry out or cure rapidly L1





The McNIaug'htm; system of curing in these stacks, and once they are in

beans will aid very materially each good condition they change very little.





 





 





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The McNaughton System Requires a

Good Thick Pad of Straw in Build-

ing the Right Type of Stack.



season. This method takes care of



the bean_harvest in an eXceptionally

short time. The beans out of the way,

the producer is ready to harvest‘other





.crops, or do other pressing fall work.





There is one point to consider, how-

even-in such a statement, and that is

—the beans must be harvested when

ready. This system of curing beans





‘ is considered to be a very rapid, easy,





and sure way of harvest. Very- favor-





able'reports have come in from differ~





ent parts of: the state from those who

tried it late last year.



The beans are pulled with a puller

and two puller rows are rolled together

with a side-delivery rake. Then two





' of these larger windrows are rolled





together, thus making eight bean rows





in one large windrow.





After the beans are windrowed, it

is next necessary to get the stakes

and straw. Steel fence posts or w'god—

-en stakes about two inches in diam-

eter can be used. The posts are plac-

ed on the rear end of a hay rack so

that the ends protrude beyond, and

then a load of straw is pitched on.



The wagon is driven down. between





I the center ,two of four of the large





windrows of beans. A stake is driven

into the ground two or three rods

from the end of the rows, and enough

straw dropped about it to form a pad

four to six inches in thickness. The





'wagon is moved up four 6r five rods





and another stake set, and straw placed

It is better to make the

stacks as the a stakes are set, as

not to have too much straw exposed

over night, or to a possible storm. The

straw forming the pad should be dry

when the stacks are made.





The beans are carried in with pitch-'





forks and the stacks built. The stacks





, should be, about four feet in diameter





and the sides‘ kept vertical. Build





these stacks thoroughly and compactly"





above the top of the stake, and then

build a good cap.





The straw on the bottom ought to

protrude beyond the beans so as to





I_.Ikeep the rain from spattering on to

. the steel: and damaging. the beans

.j-I'Inear the ground. ‘





,«__e [Inks are made, collect all

been plants and





-» during inclement





,. seiner or company.





A rain may dampen the surface for a

few hours, but is gone again in a very

shert time.



It is, in inany sections, a common

practice to harvest the beans and store

them in a mow of the barn'until a





threshing machine can be obtained.-





When. these beans are threshed, dust

and dirt will cover everything. 3Fre~

quently the men working about the

machine are so covered as to make

recognition almost impossible.



The “McNaughton System” of har-

vesting beans will eliminate the dust

and dirt in many a barn, and from

many a ton of excellent hay. This

fact alone is worth much thought be—

cause there are no farm animals

which relish dusty hay/and there is

no farmer who enjoys handling dusty

hay, as well as having the barn cov-

ered with a thick layer of dust all the

time.



This system offers a cheap crop in—

surance, irrespective of the weather.

In-bright, clear weather you are pre-

paring for whatever may happen, and

weather you can

save the labor of a rapidly passing

summer.





TO SAVE BEAL GARDENS.





 





HE alumni of Michigan State Col-



lege is making efforts to save the

Beal Botanical Gardens on the college

grounds. The East Lansing officials

have decided to run a sewer through

the gardens, as it furnishes the most

economical route for the'sewer. It is





 





 





 





TIhe McNaughton System as a Finished

Product Protects the Farmer from

Adverse Weather and Much Work

and Worry.





said that it would take years to restore

the gardens, even though the city has

offered to pay for the removal of the

trees and plants.





TRUCKERS LIABLE.





 





THE new Michigan potato grading

law which is going to be rigidly

enforced, makes truckers liable for

selling illegal grades or ungraded

stuff. The law states,"“‘Truckers who

purchase potatoes for resale purposes

must not have‘in their possession po

tatoes which are not graded and prop-

erly marked.” The only ones not lia-

hie under the law are growers who

sell their own potatoes direct to con-.





 





 





 





 





 





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u.





.f N o more _ bothering-’





‘ with this!





 





 





What’s happening here? They’re capsuling a pig forIworms.



IWiIl it do any good? Yes, but the capsuling will set him bask



about a week! And in a month, if it isn’t all done over again,

the worms will be right back!





IJUST let Dr. Hess Improved Stock Tonic do the worm-2

ing for you. Simply mix it in the feed or swill. Then“

watch your hogs begin to thrive, and forget about the

worms. The Tonic takes care of them, as all our tests

prove—and on full feed—no fasting,





Here is the common sense ofiit:





Hogs raised on infested ground will conétan ntly bee

come infested and reinfested with the ova (eggs) of

worms. It is impossible to prevent these ova being

taken into the system.





.Then it takes these eggs only four weeks to develop

into the real worms. That is why the average warmer

must be repeated every four weeks if it is to be effective.





Dr. Hess Improved Stock Tonic means worm control

You give the worming dose the first ten days, and con-

tinue with the thrift dose. Worms are expelled and

reinfestation IS controlled.





IBut remember—Dr. Hess Improved Stock Tonic is

not drastic. That’s why it does not stunt your hogs.

It does its work gradually but effectively. It keeps the

worms moving through the system, undeveloped, and

without interfering with the thrift of your hog.





You cannot judge the effectiveness of any treatment

by the number of worms you see. Some will be too

small to be seen with the naked eye. Others will disr-

integrate as they pass through the bowel.



The never-failing way to tell that Dr. Hess Improved

Stock Tonic is doing the work is to watch your hogs

thrive. Note the increased appetite, vigor and thrift





Dr. Hess Improved Stock Tonic





Appetizer—Worm Expeller—and Mineral Balance

——all combined in one product





Costs little to use. The first extra pound of pork a hog

gains each month pays for the Tonic.





Remember—When you buy Dr. Hess Improved Stock





’ .Tonic, our responsibility does not end until you are





satisfied that your investment is a profitable one. Other-

wise, return the empty container to your dealer and get

your money back.





 





BRICKS: 25-“). pail $3. 00; 100-“). drum $10.00; 5001138. at935i'2

-. 1000 “13. at 9c, ton lots at 8%c per lb.

Except in the Far West and Canada





Dr. Hess’ & Clark, lnc., AIshIand, Ohio





 





 





 





 

   





 





.1.’..‘ ,
ave One Whole

Field Opelatiort





PULVERIZE the soil WHILE you

are plowing, not afterwards. At

least save the time and labor of one

disking and 'get better results by at-

taching a PLOW-MATE to the beam

of your plow—any plow. In light soils,



on can plant immediately after plow-

ing this way. The





PLOW-MATE





brings you a better principle in soil

culture, slicing and shattering the soil

while it is lifted loo'se in passing over

the mould board. It cuts from the bot-

tom up, burying all trash, eliminatin



air pockets and making a better see



bed. See your implement dealer about

the PLOW-MATE or send $12.50

direct on money back guarantee‘to





PLOW-MATE, INC.

850 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio





 





 





 





 





FARM RELIEF.





HE farm relief issue is more acute



than ever, notwithstanding the,

good crops and fairly good prices, says

Senator Borah, of Idaho, who has talk-

ed over the situation with many per-

sons throughout the west.



There is by no means universal ap-

proval of the McNary~Haugen bill

among western farmers, according to

Senator Borah, although the wheat

farmers are quite generally for it.

There is a general demand for some

kind, of farm relief,‘ whether it be .the

McNary-Haugen bill or something else.



The McNary-Haugen bill will be

passed during the coming session of

Congress with enough votes in its fa—

vor to carry it over the President’s

veto, according to Senator Frazier, of

North Dakota, who does not think that

the McNary-Haugen bill goes far

enough in extending aid to agriculture,

but it is probably the «best that can be

obtained for the farmer from Con-

gress.





CONDITIONS BETTER lN EUROPE.





HE economic situation in Europe

is steadily improving, says Dr.

Julius Klein, director of the bureau of

foreign and domestic commerce, de-

partment of commerce, who has just

completed an extensive survey of Eu-

ropean economic conditions.

Unemployment figures have been

dwindling at a gratifying rate in Eu-

ropean countries. In the United King-

dom the decline during the past twelve

months has been from 1,600,000 down





to 1,000,000. .There are today over 1,-

150,000 more workers actuallyemploy-

ed' in the United Kingdom than there

were in 1912. '



The number of unemployed in Ger-

many has fallen from 1,700,000 in June,

1926, "to 541,000 in June, 1927. The

decline in France during recent

months was at rate of 2,000 a week.



Dr. Klein concludes that all of this

betterment will undoubtedly mean im-

proved buying power on the part of

European nationhr which should mean

a larger demand for farm products.





TARIFF ON HAY.





HE proposed increase in the tar-



iff on hay is giving the tariff com-

miSsion considerable trouble. The

New England dairy farmers are ob-

jecting to any increase in the tariff

that will cause them to pay higher

pricesfor clover hay which they are

importing from Canada in large quan—

tities. The New York state hay grow-

ers insist that an increase in the tar-

iff on hay is necessary to save their

industry from the ruinous competition

of Canadian hay.





J





THE R. F. D.





HE vast extent of the rural mail



delivery service is indicated by

the fact that 44,729 rural carriers are

daily carrying mail to and from the

homes of the ”farmers to the nearest

post oflices. In a recent address an

official of the post office department

said that these post offices in the

main are small, but yet‘ there are





 





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; What has but: mapgrime do

without good fence? e will pay .

more or tech letter that we use. 1



. ,dm catalog and 3 mtenshngtooklgts

' 11W “libero other: how modem: money

». , '_ 1 with flog-azujmccs. .





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There’s the Fence

That Makes Money for Me





R. M. Frame, Canton, S. D. _ .

two months without, feeding a bit of grain except the com‘shelled

and knocked off by his corn huskmg machine.





Six separate fields fenced hog-tight allows hogging down and





gets the brood sows out





, kept 21 brood sows for more than





on new ground for C. F. Hewitt,





1 Morning Sun, Ia. Mr. _Hewitt claims this produces 30%

more, pork at a minimum cost.





RED BRAND FENCE-





“Galvannealod”-— Copper Bearing





for the





Red Brand





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STEEL A9: meow-m 5





used for hog—tight fences around 20

acre fields will bring enough extra

profits in from 1 to 3 years to pay for

itself through crop rotations, hogging-

down, saving green feed. roughage.

etc.





Claude F. Huskin, Pekin Gap, Texas,

put 500 lbs. of pork on 10 pigs by

turning them into a hog-tight 1%

acre field of dough stage corn that

would go 30 bu. to the acre. He got

$10.63 a hundred or $53.15, and $3.15

is all he spent for extra feed.





J. E. Hickman, Carbon, Ind., claims

that a well fenced farm is worth $25

per acre more than a poorly fenced

one. other things being equal.





J. H. Fuhrmann. Hermesaey, Okla,

lost a yearling filly and mined the

udder of a pure blooded‘ Holstein.

Then he rebuilt every line of fence.





We have thousands of other letters

on file from good farmers telling how

they bogged down com; saved fallen

grain, green feed and missed com;

rotated crops and made extra profits

in many other ways with hog-tight

fence. ‘





RED BRAND FENCE, “Galvannealéd”

and copper bearing,-is the good old

Square Deal except better, longer

lasting now than“ ever before. Full

length, picket-like stays keep it

straight: wily strands kee'p‘it- firm;

can't-slip knots keep it tight; full

gauge, honest weight—but protected

now with copper mixed into the‘xteel

and by an extra heavy zine “Galvan,-

nealed" coating. These two vital

thingskeeprustoutond give longer ,

lite at lower cook.“ _’





. ruralioutes leading





instanCe, Denver, Colorado, has six'

rural routes.‘ Evé’ii Chicago has two,

“Indianapolis. has "seventeen, and At-

lanta, Georgia, eight. It is estimated

that theserural carriers reach 31,698.-

700 patrons, and that every week day

they collectively trayel 1,270,746 miles.





-, A BIG WHEAT PooL.



.. . 4 ..

VAST wheat pool, similar to that

of western Canada, is being form-

ed in, the west, including the Dakotas.

Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Okla--

homa'and Texas. Its projectors say

that it will seek to improve general

conditions as ”well as centralize mar<

keting facilities for both domestic and

export trade. A campaign is now‘un"

der way to get the farmers in this

wheat territory to sign a five-year con<

tract to deliver «heir wheat to the

pool. It is said that this pocfling pro«

ject has the approval of Secretary of





Agriculture J ardine.

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News of the Week ~





 





 





 





 





The Sir John Carlin is fl in from

London, Ontario, to London,yE§gland.





The state supreme court will hear

arguments on the constitutionality of

a referendum on the new three cent

gas law, and on the constitutionality,,/

of the law itself.





On Labor Day, 158,000 people {tend-

ed the State Fair~in Detroitz' This is

a record attendance. 4" ‘





Marcus Loew, noted'movie and the— ,

atrical leader, died of heart failure at

his home .in Glen Cove, N. Y. He was

fifty-seven years old.





New floods are causing damage and 1

deaths near Lenburg, Poland.





An investigation in Boston of divorce

cases. reveals that men are more con—

tent with marriage than women. Sev-

enty-seven out of every 100 divorce

cases were instigated by the wife.





Another generation will find Austria

annexed to Germany, according to Ed—

gar L. Prochnik, Austrian minister to‘

the United States.





Fifteen lives have been lost in trans“

ocean flights since May 5.





Reports from Warsaw, Poland, put

the total deaths from the Galician

floods at 1,400.





An interurban wreck near Evans-

ville, Indiana, caused the death of

three, and injuries to forty-five. The

train ran intO/box cars loaded. with

bricks.



The alien ban which will be put on

Canadian aliens coming into this coun-l

try to work on a quota basis, will be-

come effective December 1. Native

Canadians will not come under these

restrictions.



Wayne county, Michigan, is consid-

ering a thirty mile an hour speed limit

which it can make effective under the

new state speed law. '





The Whale, an airplane flying from '

England to America, landed in Spain

on account of bad weather.





The St. Raphael, flying from England

to America, is lost and all hope for

Princess Lowenstein-Wertheim, Capt.

Hamilton and Colonel Minchin is giv~

on up.



Old Glory,‘which was flying from

New York to Rome, sent out an S. 0..

S. 800 miles off of New Foundland.

Ships which went to the rescue have

found no. signs of the plane.





At a meeting of the Brotherhood of

Sleeping Car Porters, a request was

made of the interstate commerce com-

mission to require the Pullman com-

pany to pay them $150 monthly, with

tips prohibited, instead of $72.50, and

tips necessary. They said tipping was

a hold-over of the old slavery days.





William Brook and Edward Schlee





.. are proceeding nicely on their around





the worldflight in the Pride of Detroit-

They lately encountered, successfully!

wind storms in India. .





I. H. Butterfield, fatherof President





' Kenyon Butterfield. .Of Michigan State.





College, eighty-six years old, recently





' attended'th‘e State Fair, which he has‘





attended every year since 1854. \



Rev. W. 'E. J. ‘Gratz, Methodist min-

ister of Chicago, said the safety razor

was responsibl for~~the jazz age, as, ‘

it eliminated, we razgrstrap. ' ‘

‘ .Wdyne;B;Whheler~* " a;

fertile Nationalnf ' ‘ ~‘





died in. mascara ~‘





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Farce-aces“? *





 





T .. FEEL sure the article in a recent





, tesue of the Michigan Farmer re ~





» lating’to fence posts does not embody



the latest facts. It quotes a U. S. Bul-

'. '_ letin of 1916. ' . _.

i J. J. Crumlfiy, Ph. 1)., associate in





- forestry at th’é‘ Ohio Experiment ‘Sta- -





tion, in his recent valuable book on

all phases, of practical forestry, gives

‘ the following. As guaranty of qualifi-

cation 'to speak: authoritatively on the

subject of fence posts, he says he per-

sonally during the past six years ex-

amined 417,620 posts:

The three most important factors

influencing the. durability of timbers}

in the soil are: Quality or soundness,

rate of growth, and species in the fol-

lowing'Jorderqv Osage orange will last

150 to.200 years,

competitor; then come black locust

and red cedar. very close together,

with a little in favor of the locust. Con-

siderably below these two is mulber-

ry; then white'cedar and catalpa quite

close ”together; and below these chest-

-nut and oak (white and bur), with a

little in favor of the chestnut; then

tamarack, sassafras and black ash.

The durability of the last three is too

poor to justify putting them in the

class of post timbers.





As to rate of growth, Mr. Crumley

says a post from a. white oak that has

grown slowly is as durable as one

from a. black. locust that has grown

very rapidly, supposing that each is

perfectly sound; but one from a locust

that has grown slowly will last ten

times as long as one from a white oak

that has grown rapidly. It is found

to be a regular principle that posts

cut from fast growing trees fail rap-

idly, regardless of the species of

timber. '





Then he gives the following facts in

order also:

1. A large post usually lasts longer

than a small one of 'the same species

of wood. ‘

2. There is no difference per se

between a round and a split post.

3. A post split out is no better than

a sawed one, and vice versa.



'4. There is no efficacy in setting a

post with the top end in the ground.



5. Seasoning a post before putting

into the ground, .does not make “it

more durable. .



6. Posts in a stifi clay, soil decay

principally just beneath the top of the

ground, while those in a porous soil

decay all the way down; the effect is

the same.



7. There is some evidence that it is

not a good time to cut posts in the

spring just as the tree begins to/grow.



8. An old tree, if it is sound, will

make as durable posts as a young one,

and vice versa. ‘



9. The top of‘ the trunk of a tree,

if it is sound, will make as good posts

as the/same trunk near the ground,



On account of peeling, it is more

economical «to cut posts in'the spring

or summer, the very __ time when they

check‘worst; but the seasoning may

be retarded by piling the posts in‘ the

shade, andsuch precaution is certainly

worth while—W. F. Nagler.





 





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long distance weather prognosti-

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'one withoutmmuch. summer, with light

corn and apple crops, and serious frost

injury duringthe summer, attacksmthe

__ .U.‘ S. , Weather Bureau for reporting

that.ithia;i7year is‘not an abnormal one,

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Culling is highly important. Get rid of the birds that are eating up

profits. Don’t buy food for non-layers. They are a total loss.



One of the best services you can do your laying hens—and your

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

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HERE is only one sure way of

dodging the losses due to the ex-





‘ ‘posure of pullets in cold fall winds





and rains. House them early in com-

fortable buildings, and keep'them hous—

ed. Then you can control the flock in

any kind of weather, and do not have

the. puilets roosting outside at night,-

or huddling in the protection of build-

ings on the range during the day.



This early housing of the pullets

helps to prevent the loss of pullet eggs





. which may be scattered on the range-





or in the colony house litter. It pre-

vents the setback that results when

pullets, which are already laying, are

moved and placed under strange con-

ditions. Pullets which become famil-

iar with the inside hoppers and nests

before egg production starts, arethe

most apt to continue production

throughout the fall and winter.



Of course, it is not possible ‘to pre-

vent some early laying on the range

if the flock is .properly fed, And it is

better to have a few birds lay early

and moult, than to retard the entire

fiock_ through underfeeding. But do

not delay housing so long that the

flock are injured. Some of the raw

cold rains of later September and ear-

ly October are almost as bad as a snow

storm in the effect on laying pullets

which are not properly protected.





Puliets Like Old Roosts.

Pullets learn to like their roosts in

the col-ony houses and fruit trees. Af—

ter they have been housed for several

weeks the weather may be warm and

sunshiny, and there is a great tempta-

tion to turn out the flock for a few

more days of exercise on the range. If

this is done, and the pullets have any

way of returning to their old roosts,

they are apt to leave the laying house

some evening just before a hard storm

and it is a most discouraging job pick-

ing them- from the trees and gather-

ing them in crates for the journey

back to the laying quarters.



There is little gained in trying to

scare laying pullets from their old.

haunts into a new house. If the birds

are Leghorns they will be flighty

enough without making them any more

shy of their caretaker. The best way

is to pick up the birds from their col-

ony houses at night with the aid of a.

small spotlight which can be snapped

on and off rapidly as the birds are lo-

cated. ’



Pullets that have been roosting in

trees near the colony houses can be

kept out of ‘the trees with sunflower

stalks or poles, and most of them will

gather in the colony houses where they

can be picked up and crated with as

little confusion as possible.



When there are many pullets to be

moved it often pays to leave them in

the crates over night and move the

crates to the laying houses in the

morning. Then the poultryman has a

better light and is more rested and

can do a better job of culling and

treating the birds for lice.



As each pullet is taken from the

crate, it can be inspected for weight,

general health and vigor, and prospec-

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poor prospects for winter profits can

be isolated for future observation, sold

as fryers, or used for meat at home.

They should not be sold to amateur

poultrymen to establish a flock. The

beginners have ‘a tough enough time

getting along when they buy A-grade

pullets. ' '

Treat Pullets For Lice.



Before a. pullet is releasedin a sec-





This will usually protect the pullets





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pullets under control and are not

to miss a single bird.



Some poultrymen place a large box

of coal or weed ashes in each section

of their laying houses. . The hens dust

in the ashes and undoubtedly remove

many body lice by the process. The

hens also eat bits of the ash, and

some hens show a tendency- to eat

large quantities of the ashes. I am

not sure that ashes are good for the

crop of a hen because of the lye.



Last Winter I placed a box of ashes

in some of the sections of my poultry

houses. In other sections I did not use

ashes, but used garden loam. In inne

section I did not use any material for

dusting. In the- sections Where the

ashes were used,,a. few of the hens '

which continually ate ashes developed

a. bad crop condition and did not con—

sume as much laying mash. I figured '

that the ashes were'to blame for that

condition. I



In the sections with garden loam in

the dust boxes there were, no cases of

a bad crop, which led me to believe

that the hens did not eat the dust as

they ate ashes. Or at least, there were

no cases of crop trouble caused by the -

dust. In the section without dusting

material the hens got along very well.

Sometimes they dusted, or attempted

to dust, in the straw litter.



The house without a dust box was

the cleanest, and the nests and walls

were fairly free from dust. Garden

loam soon becomes a fine dry powder

and is fanned all over the house when

the hens are dusting. The hens were

treated for lice and did not need a

dust bath just for body louse protec-

tion. '



‘The above project was what I call a.

farmer’s experiment. Nothing to write

a bulletin about, but rather interest-

ing, at least for my own poultry oper-

ations. In conclusion, I would say

that I am not going to dump any hard

coal or wood ashes, or ashes of any

kind into the dust boxes in the poul-

try houses. I do not think that ashes

are good for a hen’s crop or a chick’s

crop. It is undoubtedly much better‘

to feed the poultry their minerals in

the form of bone meal, ground lime-

stone, or commercial mineral mixtures.

Possibly my observations on the use

of ashes in the poultry ratiOn are not

correct, but a lot of farmers give their

hens access to the stove ashes .and

there seems to be little reliable infor—

mation available to definitely tell us

whether ashes are good for a hen’s

crop or not.





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GROUND WHEAT IN MASH.





 





Would like a little information re-

garding the feeding of ground whole

wheat, or the bran and middlings to

chickens. The cost per pound of

ground wheat being less than either

bran or middlings, could one secure

gnod results from the chickens by sub«

stituting ground wheat for bran and

middlings in the standard ration of

equal parts of ground corn, oats, bran

and middlings? What would be the

objections to feeding the ground

wheat in the dry feed?—T. J. F.





It is often economical to feed ground

wheat in the laying mash in place, of

bran and middlings, and it gives good

results. It is a general custom to

'grind 150 pounds of wheat and then

add fifty pounds of bran to replace the ‘

100 pounds of bran and 100 pounds of

middlings commonly used in the home-

made laying mash formulas.

dition of a small amount‘of bran helps

to add bulk to the ration, and seems

to give better; results than using

ground wheat as 3. Substitute for- all

the bran and middlings in the ration.





There are almost half a million few-





er people living on farms'in the Unit- _ -





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-'My trees are not doing well. The 3163A” PLOW “

limbs die and the leaves, turn black. \

wthii‘irig seems to be eating them.—





. 'It is somewhat difficult to tell what

i might be troubling your trees, al-

though- your deseription ,leads us to

think that Very likely blight is at-'

tacking them. This is a bacterial di-

‘sease which enters through the blos-

soms or through wounds in the bark.

It settles in what are called “blight

Cankers_”"and the only way to control

the disease is to [cut out these cankers

during the dormant period of the tree.

We would suggest that you write -

to the Horticultural Department of the

Michigan State College at East Lan-

sing, Michigan, for the bulletin on

blight control. ,





 





ASPARAGUS BEETLES





M as ara s lants- "are bein ‘ ‘ . M , .

troubled by Eusmafll red and greets; ' - p .. The Oliver Big Base Plowwasoil

bug with white spots that is eating , .V ': builder. Your stalks are returned

the leaves. How can I get rid of . ' ‘ ‘ ,, _ T to the swim improve fertility

these bugs?——M. G. ‘ . .



I' would say from the description

that" the insect working on the aspar-





agus plants is the old fashionedas-





paragus beetle. Now that the aspara— . ‘ . .



gus season is over it is a very good .



practice to spray all of the feathery nd BeS’CkS ‘ on t r01 [in ihe

, asparagus plants with arsenate of ‘ , ,



lead. Use one and one—half pounds to C)



fifty gallons of water and spray thor— O‘RN Bakm_



oughly. On your success in killing -



them off now will depend largely your -



crop 0f asparagus “eXt year“ “ ND besides controlling the Corn Borer it can’t be beat for





any plowing jOb—” “It’s the all—purpose plow. In the fall

CABBAGE WORMS we use it for regular plowing and in the spring for controlling





the Corn Borer.’ '

What can I do for cabbage worms, . . , . .

which are destroying our cabbage? Remarks like these coming from owners of Oliver Big Base





J - B. _ Corn Borer Plows are heard on every hand. For fall plowing



UP to the time cabbages head it is they find the big base pulverizes the soil thoroughly and makes

Defiecuy Sflfe to use one Of the ar‘ . an ideal seed bed. Next spring these plows will continue their

. senicals filth" ,arsenafe 0f lead or fight against the Corn Borer by doing this same high quality

some Slmflar 90150“ 91th” as a (”St plowing which is recommended for’Controlling the pest.





or as a S I‘ .



After 1125;: are we“ famed the Owners of the Oliver Big Base Plow tell us it is not necessary

writer feels loath to advise the use to buy expensive equipment and perform entirely new steps

of an arsenical because sometimes a in their farm work in order to control the Corn Borer. Plowing

large amount gets washed down in all Of the Stalks and traSh completely under ”Ives the prOblem

the head and remains there as a in one operation. You have to plow anyway—why not do the

source of danger to the user Of the job right? ‘

cabbage. . ' . _ Whether the Corn Borer has reached your territory or not, the



We: therefore». are adVlsmg the use Oliver Big Base Corn Borer Plow is the plow to use. Fur- FOR GENERAL

0f hellebore Whmh becomes compara’ nished for use with horse or tractor power. Your Oliver dealer TRACTOR USE





tively harmless after exposure to the .1] d t d .

. O emon 1

weather. Put one-half ounce of helle- be gla Strate t’





bore in a gallon of water and spray



thoroughly or else mix some with ‘



about ten times its volume with hy— ,



drated lime or cheap flour and dust A





o thoro hl.

’1 “g y OLIVER CHILLED PLOW WORKS





Perhaps this is going to extremes “Pl k f th W ld”

owma ers 01' e 01‘





but the danger of poisoning is over

come in this way since the hellebore GENERAL OFFICE and WORKS SOUTH BEND, INDIANA





is an organic poison and breaks down

in a. few days, gradually becoming

entlrely harmless after sufficient time





has elapsed—R. H. Pettit. ‘ \ _‘ p ‘ '_ FARM WAGONS





OLIVER No. i34XX

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BUILDING GREENHOUSES. ,,, , ' . ‘ . . . ' . -' Other wuflgon mu.



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- am Panning to build six ' n— \,‘ ' 0 0 - an: out-cm.

houses. Could, you send me a sgkrggbh \ the economy and 1&5qu semce Of~ 35 L.





of how they should? I have property





-600 feet square to build on. Should '- ‘

houses run east and west 'or north

and south? Which is best? Where ' ’

_could I buy the lumber for it? I want '

' to build the houses 25 feet by 200 feet.

Should‘the boner be placed in center

,of houses or at either end? . What





boiler would you recommend? Which





$31133? youHresommendf steam or hot , . " ‘ .

~ 0W many es. of lumber, ‘ .r

I Beam—— J- VALVES’FI I I INGS WWW";





f Th:- digired information may be” 5'

oun in. armers’ Bulletin No. 1318, a LWMS

ffigyfigtghisc? tmayb be secured from . / , HUMBING FIXTURES,WATER ~ / ANDIIA’I'S '



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riculture. Washingto:?§Dflleg.—%‘, 12g}, \ .. SYSTEMS, AND SOFI'ENBRS ' agxmttfimfiégn ,’~«‘

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pw'enty-fi've .per‘ cent of thg American

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“Firerecently destroyed the farm

bmldmgs of Mr. L. W. Jaekson of

Chenoa, Ill: with the exception of

his com crib and granary . . . only

40 feet from the large barn.

As. the shingles on the corn

crib showed absolutely no

damage, in s rte of the intense

heat, we fee our confidence

in Rubermd has been more.

than Justified”. The Portable

Elevator Mfg. Co.

H. C. Rose, .

Supt. of Construction





C ”/Genuz'ne

Ruberoid



Roofs

born fire- glitters!





In addition to this protection, the

beauty, durability and economy of a

genuine Ruberoidfioof will appeal to

you. There is a wide variety of color-

ful shingles and roofings in numer-

ous styles—a dependable roof cover-

ing for every type of farm building

and one to suit every purse.





See the dealer who handles genuine

Ruberoid Shingles and Roofings in

your community or, write for samples

and descriptive literature.





N farm buildings particularly,



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methods, but no living‘ man can hope

to even imitate many of them. '



New and interesting features of‘the

fair this year were the cow-calling and

hog-calling contests, and the old-fid-

dlers’ competition. The horse—pulling,

while not so new, still thrilled the

mammoth crowds.



One of the things at which I never

cease to marvel is the way in which

the fair grounds are kept clean. At

night they may be littered with an

incalculable amount of old paper and

other refuse, but morning crowds find

everything ship—shape and in order

again. It is but another example of

what organization can accomplish.





Although we enjoyed the days spent

at the fair, one of the best features of

the trip was the pleasure 6f returning

home once more. A person has to go

away for a while to really appreciate

the comforts and conveniences which

home affords. The peaceful quiet of

the farm, the regular, Wholesome

meals, and the soft familiar bed all

seem better than ever after they have

been missed for a while. It is good

to be back among people one knows

and can trust.





FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SHIP-

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F the 899,431 cars of apples, cab-



bage, cantaloupes, celery, grape-

fruit, lemons, lettuce, onions, oranges,

peaches, potatoes, strawberries, sweet

potatoes, tomatoes and Watermelons

shipped to market last year, 500,152

cars were unloaded in thirty-six cities,

according to the bureau of agricultural

economics.‘ The entire contents of the

500,000 cars were not actually con-

sumed in these cities, however, large

quantities being hauled by trucks and

railroads to the surrounding territory.





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ARE YIELDS DECREASING?





(Continued from page 245).

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bushel of seed. It must be thoroughly

spread over the wheat by mixing or

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Washington, D. C. Similar informa-

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the Michigan State College at East

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Information Sought from Black -Neb





OMING from a tryst with Jack



Miller, Beth Brown encounters



Juanita Fernandez, whom she be-

lieves has spied upon her. ' After a

bitter q'uarrel Juanita goes home, as-

serting that she never will speak to

Beth again. As a further test of Beth's

faith in Jack Miller, Hal comes to

tell her that Big Judd had found

Black Neb, old Captain Pettibone’s

servant, who had disappeared, but

Hal’s jubilant announcement that he





‘had “got the goods on Jack Miller” fills





Beth with apprehension.



“Tell me quick, Hal,” cried Beth.

“Just what have you found out? Was

anyone with Black Neb? Has he got

the gold?”





“No,” said Hal with chagrin in an-‘





swer to both questions. “There

wasn’t anyone with Black Neb and so

far as we know he hasn‘t even got a

dime. But Big Judd found him living

in a shack in the little town of Wy-

more, and folks there who know Jack

Miller said he’d been bringing food.”



“That doesn’t prove anything,” said

Beth indignantly. “Perhaps Jack is

just being kind to the old black man.

You said you knew Jack ‘was guilty.”



“Of course he’s guilty,” insisted Hal,

“or he wouldn’t have kept that old

reprobate in hiding. They had the

gold in that cave, I’d stake my life on

that. The thing now is to arrest the

old Negro and Jack Miller and make

’em tell where it’s hidden.”



“Arrest them?” cried Beth. “On

What charge, I’d like to know? You

can’t arrest a man for taking food to

another ' man.” .



“There you go again,” cried Hal fur-

iously, “standing up for that traitor.

You’ll soon find out whether or not

we can’t arrest ’em. Dad’s swearing

out a warrant charging both Black

Neb and Jack Miller with removing

valuable property from this farm. We

saw the chest which held the gold, we

believe it was taken from the steel—

walled room out through the secret

tunnel. And don’t forget that some-

one came through the tunnel into the

basement that night I shot at him. I

believe that was Jack Miller. There

was something left that he wanted.

We'll make him talk, I tell you.”





AL,” said Beth earnestly, “don’t



do something that you’ll regret all

your life. You can’t force anyone to

talk. Let us go to Black Neb kindly

and try and get him to tell us what

he knows. He may not be bound by

any promise as Jack is.”



“I think Beth may be right,” ob—

served Father Brown, who had joined

them. “After all, Hal, suspicion is

not proof, and no actual injury has

.been'vdone us. The brass-bound box

may be Black Neb’s personal prop-

erty. It may never have belonged to





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the old Captain. Remember that Black

Neb was 91 seafaring man also. Let

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grbun‘d.” ,



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Beth shuddered‘.‘ _ f f ' !‘



"Wen,” said Father Brown, “We’ll fish

on the old fellow, anyway. Hal you’re

too impulsive. You stay out here with

Big Judd», Mother and Beth can go in

with me." .As they entered the door

Beth’s heart beat tumultuously. Was

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time had come to use force, he insist-

ed, the guilt of Jack Miller should be

evident to any'sane person. But Henry

Brown, once his mind was made up,

could not be swayed. “We’ll all hop'

into the flivver and go over to .Wy-

more,” announced Father Brown.

“Big Judd is on guard there, and cer-

tainly we are in no danger from a poor

old darkey. Perhaps kindness, not

force, is the weapon we need. By

George,” concluded Father Brown with

sudden inspiration, “we’ll let Beth

talk to him. rBeth has a way with

her.”



Only a score of miles away from the

House of the Lone Oak, Wymore nest-

led in the hills, a little town of mixed

population, where the advent of one

more black man would cause little

comment. Big Judd was parading be-

fore a little Shack, a curious crowd

of Negroes watching him, when the

Brown’s car came to a stop and Hal

stepped out to greet the giant woods-

man. “He’s right in heahh” announced

Big Judd, swelling with his own im~

portance. “Nobody cain’t get away

from me once I cdtch ’em. Get back

from thar!” A black boy who had

stepped up to peep through a window

scuttled back in alarm.



“I cain’t get nary word outen him,”

complained Big Judd. “Just keeps on

sayin’ that he’s got to see Jack Miller.

Wait till I get my hands on t at var-

mint. He’ll talk.” Big Judd utched





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Can one be a Christian without



it? Can he be any good without

it? Did you ever know a good person

who aimed high, but who had no

sense? It looks as though it is about

as indispensable as honesty, perhaps

not quite. The main figure in the les-

son for this week was not blest with

sense, common, uncommon or horse.

He was so conceited, so filled up with

the idea of his own importance that

he could not see

anyone but him-

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the proverb-mak-

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in vmind when he

wrote, “Seest thou

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is more hope of

a fool than of

him.”



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any more of Rehoboam. He was a

king’s son, and kings’ sons have been

noted for their want of sense and of a

knowledge of men\and affairs. His

father was the most. luxurious mon-

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seen us tie-fore,” (exclaimed Mother .





Brown.



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died and I ain’t never' been back

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“Won’t you tell us "what you know of

the pirates who attacked you and

Captain Pettibone, and the chest of

gold which, according to the will,





would belong to us if found on the‘





farm?” asked Father Brown.

Into the eyes ofBlack Neb crept

a crafty look. “I ain't got much to

tell,” he answered, “an’ all that I tell

will be to this young lady here. She’s

a friend of my young Marse Jack.”

.“Why not tell us?” asked Mother

Brown, but Black Neb shook his head

stubbornly and lay back on his pillow.

The Brown seniors exchanged glances

then started for the door. “It’s up to

you, daughter,” whispered Mother

Brown, and Beth felt that she bore a

great responsibility. _

Black Neb opened his eyes to find

Beth sitting by his bedside. A wan

smile brightened his black face.

“Young Marse Jack has done told me

about you,” said Black Neb, “andl’m

gwine to tell you what I know.” Beth

leaned forward in rapt attention as

the old Negro began to speak.

(Continued next week).





the upkeep of the government. A man

who has seven hundred wives cannot

be said to set an example of econ-

omy and self-restraint before his

sons. Men such as Saul and David

had come up from the ranks. They

knew men. Danger, hard circum—

stances, rough men, furious storms,

personal combat,» these had all been

their «teachers. But Rehoboam? \No.

Poor little king’s son, he did not know

life. He knew the soft furniture of

the palace, the guardianship of tutors,

the smiles and simperings" of prin-

cesses who wanted their daughters to

marry him. When the crisis came, Re-

hoboam was not there. He was ill-

prepared, one-sided, top-heavy, im-

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heavy. .It takes money to support so

many wives, and so many cavalry

horses, and all the other paraphernalia

that Solomon had had. The building

program also had .been heavy.,, The

people endured it under the old king.

But wait, said they. Some day he will

die, and we will see if the young king

will not make some needed reforms.

So, when Rehoboam was nicely seated

on the throne, and his royal father was

buried with pomp and ceremony, the





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circumstances of the rank and file of

the people. They knew, what was





, moreLthe temper of the peoplersome-





thing that Rehoboam seemed serenely

unconscious of. Said the Old’ men, as

they stroked their beards and looked

down upon their ample noses, “Better

go easy, your majesty. The people

have for a. long time been restive un-

der the burden of taxation.” But this

was not what the inexperienced mon-





‘ , arch desired. He wanted some one to

tell him to go ahead, and spend mon— \





ey. What were the rabble for, any-

way, if it wasn’t to provide the money

so their king ,could cut a swell figure?

So, Rehoboam called in his personal

friends, the younger men, who: wanted

a gay court, and a monarch who would

be a good spender. “What do you

say?” the king asked. “Put it to

them,”.. said they.‘ “Make the people

\pay. They’ve nothing else to do. Tell

them your little finger is thicker than

your father's thigh.”





Oh, ’Rehoboam, are you not a bit re-

gretful now? You didn’t know, did

you? You had‘had no experience with

the masses of folk who make up the





‘ population, and you were not aware





of the tons of dynamite that may be

touched off, by the most commonplace

citizens. Your grandfather, David,

never would have made this mistake.

He knew his people. He knew that

the most meek looking shepherd may

be aroused to a pitch of fury that will

not shrink from attacking wild beasts

or. savage men.





So, the kingdom was split in two,

from that day, and never was reunit-

ed. For several 'centuries the two lit-

tle kingdoms glared at each other,

with no love lost, and often at war,

using up their best man power, and

making a tragic spectacle of waste.

But to show still further how little

judgment the king had, he sent to

Israel as special ambassador, Adoram,

the superintendent of \public works,

who was hated as a hard taskmaster.

He was about the last man on earth

to send to the aroused men of the

north, to treat with them at this crit-

ical moment. The men of Israel prompt-





‘ 1y responded by stoning him to death.





So that was that.





America-had her time also with an

attempted split.

Lincoln to save them, hold them steady

intheir hour of peril. ’America had.

What if the south had succeeded, and

had split off, and left two republics

facing each other? Then some other

states in the south would very likely

have separated from the rest, and soon

there would have been half a dozen

republics, each with its president and

its own money system, and its tariff

and its border patrol. NO, said Lin-

coln and Stanton and Grant and Sew-

ard and millions of other folk in the

north, this must never be. We will

go to arms to save the Union and

keep all the stars in the flag. Today,

our boys and girls stand up in school

and repeat the salute to the flag. “I





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pledge allegiance to my flag, and the

Republic for which it stands; one na-:





tion indivisible, with liberty and jus-

tice for all.” If you ever think you

haven’t anything to thank God for, get





down and thank Him for Lincoln and.





the leaders who saw the hour of peril,

and struck blows in time to save the

nation. . .



» I. wish we had time to tell about Jer-

oboam, who became king of the new





” nation of Israel. \A most interesting





man, who, like David and Lincoln,

came up from the ranks.





 





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TWO little girls were saying their

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mother’s knee and said: “Mother,

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Chloride of lime, or bleaching pow-

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quarter pound of lime dissolved in a

quart of cold water). After the liquid

has become clear it may be bottled

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is particularly good for removing cof-

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count must this bleaching liquid be

Used on silk or wool.



For the removal of stains from silk

and woolen articles it is safest to use

oxalic acid or peroxide of hydrogen.

Such stains as those of blood, fruit,

coffee, iron rust, and ink will quickly

vanish under this treatment. Salts of

lemon, as oxalic acid is more com—

monly known, is also useful for clean-

ing white straw hats.



A weak Solution of this may be safely

applied on paper and books. To rinse,

dab the spot with cotton-wool dipped

in ammonia, dry between sheets of

clean blotting paper, and press with a

hot iron.



Hydrogen of peroxide, properly di-

luted, is a safe bleaching agent; it

also has valuable disinfecting proper-

ties, being harmless in contact with

the skin. It is extremely useful in

cases of cuts and bruises. Keep it

tightly corked always, for light and

heat affect it.



Ammonia is an excellent cleansing

agent. It is used in the place of soda

in the washing of woolens, and when

washing windows a little added to the

Color in

woolen clothes and carpets is revived

:lf sponged With ammonia, and it will

restore color to delicately tinted silks

stained by acids.



There are numerous uses for linseed

oil. Oak furniture in bad condition

will be improved if washed with warm,

soapy water, dried, and then rubbed

with linseed oil. Cloudy effects on





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Used in conjunction with a special





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ing porcelain tubs and bowls.



Soda is so general in use that we

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effective cleaner of silver. The sheet,

which may be had in three sizes, is

put into boiling water containing one:

quarter pound of soda to every quart,

and the silver is placed in the water

so that the aluminum is in contact

with it. The plate “works” and soon

the silver is clean and only requires a

The best re—

sults are obtained if the water is kept

boiling.





 





Crystals of potassium permanganate

dissolved in boiling water make an

economical floor stain.



Turpentine is wonderfully good for

removing stains from white porcelain,

but this is also inflammable.



Iodine has its place as a valuable

antiseptic in case of cuts and bruises.

The stain made on clothing after its

use may be removed by the photogra-

pher’ s “hypo” solution.



Borax is a mild antiseptic and use-

ful as a water softener in the laundry,

and for removing stains from fruits.

A little added to the water in which

greens are cooked will preserve the

color. A quarter ounce of borax to

one pint of water will very effectively

cleanse a Sponge. Boracic,-acid dis-

sOlved in water makes an excellent

eyewash and it is equally good as a

gargle. Cuts may be washed with a

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YEARAROUND'KINKS' FOR ,PUMP-

KIN PIES.





 





INCE‘ cold-pack canning has become

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kin pie can be enjoyed the year

around. Several different “pumpkin

pie kinks” have originated in my kitch-

en that may be of help to other read-

ers.



If the pie tin is lined with pastry

and filled at once, the crust is usually

soaked, but if the crust is baked at

once in a quick oven till it starts to

broWn, and then' the filling is_ put in





and the baking finished, the crust will





be crisp and flaky.



W’hen eggs are scarce a very good

pumpkin pie can be made by using

rich milk and substituting ‘-a slightly

rounding tablespoon of corn starch for

every egg called for in the recipe. If

you are tired of the usual flavor in

pumpkin pies, try leaving out the

spices except a sprinkling of cinnamon

and flavoring with lemon extract.



To some people pumpkin pie is not

complete without a layer of whipped,

sweetened, ’and flay-ored cream on top,

but this makes a dish too rich for most

children, and many adults. If you try

my plan no one, but yourself, will be

the wiser, and the digestive faculties

will not be overtaxed. Whip half

enough cream for the pies you wish

to serve, and add to it an equal amount

of stiffly beaten white of egg. Then

beat the two together and add sugar

and flavoring to taste. This is also

good for other desserts calling for

whipped cream.





Pumpkin prepared as for pie, but

baked en casserole make! a good pud-

ding and may be served plain or With

cream.



If you wish directions for canning

pumpkin, send. a stamped addressed

envelOpe to Martha Cole, Desk M;

Michigan Farmer,_petroit, Michigan.





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UNUSUAL WAY TO SERVE HAM

AND— , f ‘





 





 





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TILL another way to serve ham

and — is in the form of ham and



egg timbales, as an entree. Melt two



tablespoonsful of butter and stir in



a third of a cupful of stale bread



crumbs, and when well blended add a.



cupful of milk. Stir constantly While



cooking gently for five minutes. Then

add a teaspoonful of chopped parsley

and a cupful of chopped cooked ham

previously mixed with two eggs slight-

ly beaten. Season with—pepper and

salt, and bake, in buttered timbale

molds or custard cups. Bake for about





thirty minutes at 325 degrees F. Turn-





onto heated platter and sprinkle each

timbale with hard-boiled egg yolk put

through. sieve.

cream. sauce to which have been ad-

ded the chopped egg Whites—G. R. S.





A New York skyscraper now being

built will be 800 feet tall and will con-

tain a chur‘h, hospital, bank, and

hotel.





Ways to Score Jelly





IRST of all, jelly must be clear,

at least that is what is noticed

after observing that the label was





neat, and the glass clean and well cove

Clearness is the simple result





ered.

of putting the juice through a flannel

bag after it has dripped through a

muslin jelly bag. Rapid cooking makes



abrilliant, sparkling jelly, simmering

tends to darken it. Crystals form if

the sugar is added too near the end

of the cooking period.





score Card.





Appearance: Color, 10; clearness,

10; lack of crystals, 5.



Consistency: 35.



Flavor: 25.



Container: Seal, condition, 5; label,

5; shape and size, 5.



Total, 100. >





When turned from its glass, perfect





jelly barely holds its shape, it quivers.





but dees not fall. A little taken“ on, a

spoon retains the glistening angles,

produced by cutting it. ..

the mouth, is never tough, stringy nor





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Teach Children Kindness





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HlS teaching kindness to animals may seem a. simple thing;

but the more one looks into its merits the more penetrating





this spiritualizing influence proves to be, causing a changing of

conduct, inspiring justice and compassion in the place of selfish-

ness and cruelty; training the mind to apprehend, and the heart

to sympathize with the needs of the lowlyr creatures who form the





» theoretical object lesson of such surpassing interest to the young;

~ obviously the ‘protecting sympathy’ which a child may be taught





to feel towards its helpless duuib companion, may in after years in-‘_'





spire the life of the philanthropist , ,

“How much teaching is needed is demonstrated by the in- 4‘





 





guardian.”~—G Kendall





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credibly cruel deeds perpetraited by children even of tender' years

which call {orth neither remenstrance norvrepfoo; from pa. .,





   

 





 





It melts ' in ' '





 





SYrupy.\ Cook the batchofJelly‘imtil

it sheets from the spoon, when a little

is taken' up from the kettle. ‘Pour one

glass, let it come to a boilragain, pour

another, let came to boil, and pour the

rest. Thus you have three jellies, each

giving a perfect sheet test, yet one

best of all.





The flavor should be that of the

pure, fresh fruit, not too SWeet. Three-

fourths cups of sugar to one of juice

gives a‘firmer texture than measure

for measure, and with most juices you

will find it more satisfactory.



The perfect jelly literally melts in

your mouth, it is so tender, delicate in

flavor, and delicious—Doris McCray.





 





FROM my TABLE T0 Youns.

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3 011sz minced. cooked ’16 counts! cracker crumbs





1mm onion “ ., tb. prepared

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en, the ‘cracker crumbs, pepper, mus-

tard, and milk. Pack in a wellagreased

bread pan; bake in moderate own for

forty minutes Turn out on a platter

and garnish with the hard-cooked eggs





sliced. This loaf may also be sliced





when cold. -—Mrs. K F. G





Apple Cake.





1-3 cupful butter 1 mm putry flout

%» cunl'ul sugar ' $6 flcupl'ul white corn.





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Serve with tomato 01'-





Put ham, onion, and parsley throhgh }

the food chopper. Add the eggs, beat-





Cream the butter, beat; in the sugar:





 





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is in, the eye of the beholder." The

‘ woman who appraises herself in

the mirror,lhowever, is a beholder with

clear and critical eye. She seeks

beauty, ., perhaps, but she sees her

shortcomings. She eyes a table full

of cosmetics, and wonders where to

m. . ~



beIgf she is wise she will begin with

' soap and water, and pretty"'nearly end

with them too, for given good health,

a well behaved digestion, ‘a degree of

outdoor exercise, the average complex-

ion will take care of itself. All the

beautifying it needs is the daily appli-

cation of warm water and soapto

.keep it clean. '



“There is an unfounded fear of the

eflect 'of soap on the skin of the face

and scalp,” says Dr. William H. Park,

health specialist.





washed once a day with warm water

and a good quality of soap.” For the





normal skin this statement can be ex- '





panded to read, “and as a beauty

measure, too.” Even in this day of

speed and short—cuts, of labor-saving

devices, there is no shorter cut to

cleanliness than simply—cleanliness.



Those who suffer from facial blem-

ishes, such as pimples and blackheads,

should certainly try the soap and wa»

ter cure, for their’s is a situation in

which cleanliness is next to godliness.

The soap used should be mild, and the



‘ warm water should be followed by a

cold rinse.



The Choice of a soap must be a mat-

ter of experiment, depending upon the

state of one’s skin, whether it be dry

or oily. The dry skin needs a partic-

ularly mild soap, which may be fol-

lOWed by rubbing in a little cold

cream. .



The-care of the scalp, like the care

of the skin, begins with cleanliness.

It should be shampooed often enough

to keep the hair lustrous and healthy.

The nightly forty strokes with the

brush are not to be despised, even in

the “bob” age, and it is well to re-

member that the comb and brush

should both be thoroughly washed in



' warm sudsy water at least once a

' week. It takes only a fewminutes and

it makes a great difference to the

scalp.





   

 





‘ Nola-proverb has itlflihaiii beauty».





“As an ordinary hy- ..

gienic measure the face should be





Soap and, water as aid





.plications of all. Cleanliness is funds,

mental to beauty. it gives a dainti-

ness of body as subtle as that dainti-

ness of personality called charm.





FOR THE NEEDLEWORKER. "





 





SMALL daughter must be active and

often the results are most disas-

trous when she has just been dressed

for church, town or the club. At such

a time little aprons as these are very





handy for they allow

yet keep that good dress clean while

she waits for mother to dress.



These styles are made in fast colors,

No. 4031 being in yellow and ND. 4032

in tangerine. As the aprons are all

made up it will require little time to

finish them, for the embroidery is very

simple. ‘ '



Complete instructions for embroid-

ering are furnished with each article.

They may be secured in either the

two or three—year~old size. Price of

each apron is forty-five cents postpaid.

Be sure to state the number and size

when ordering. Address orders to the

Stamped Goods Department, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





 





 





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Use this department to help solve





your household problems. Address

your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





APPLE DUMPLINGS.‘





 





_ I have tried to make apple dump-

hugs but have not been very success-

ful. Will you please send me a tested

tempo for making them?—-Mrs. W. B.



Try this recipe for apple dumplings.

It is recommended by several of our





= readers.

2 cups flour . tsp. salt

fi-gbcgptmflk or water run. baking powder

. a





baking powder biscuit dough which

may be rolled into a thin sheet, and

cut into pieces for apple dumplings.

One-half a. large apple, peeled and

quartered is enough fruit for one





dumpling. Fold the dough over the , .





fruit: Bake thirty minutes in not too

hot an oven. Peaches or cherries are

excellent when used the same way.

Serve with whipped cream and sugar,

,or a fruit .san‘ce.





 





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take these lice off?——Mrs. W. J. W.

For such inse'cts as aphids, the

crawlers of scale insects, and red spido

ers, the ordinary soap solution is of-

ten successful. Prepare this by dis-

solving one pound of ordinary laundry

soap in two to four gallons of hot wa-

ter. Apply when lukewarm. Sulphur

and water is also good, using sulphur

at the rate of one ounce of sulphur to

one gallon of water, and spray this

solution on the infected plants. In

order to mix the sulphur with the wa:

ter, first mix equal parts of sulphur

and hydrated lime, with enough sweet

milk to make a paste. \





 





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3 potatoes diced





fimtmshorsait

.diced lountomatms





pork

Cook meat until nearly tender, then

add vegetables and cook until about

tender. Add dumplings made from

one cup of flour, one teaspoon baking

powder, pinch of salt, and milk to

make a "still? batter, and drop from

teaspoon. Cook twenty minutes more.

Just the meat and vegetables, without

the dumplings, may be used, and this

makes a good fish—Mrs. E. S. '





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s I to beauty; ~

arestill for most women the best ap-





 





 





 





and you’ll find a sturdy cast iron furnace-like





And what a satisfying job he (1

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Glow-Boy is a furnace—a real honest-togoodness furnace. But his place is upstairs in the

heart of the house, not down in the basement. Look beneath his beautiful shining brown coat





you want to. You will find that he is big all over and good all through. He's Glow-Boy!





neat Making ls ills Life’s Work





!Without fuss, smoke or bother, he sends a glow of comfort-

nd best of all he saves at least .25c out of each dollar you

spend for coal! His patented oversize slotted fire-pot makes this





 





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ith that, won't you? Of course!



' If your local dealer hasn't Glow~ .

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Smart. \Frocér For Bot/z





No. 3132—Extremely Smart. Pattern

can be had in sizes 16, 18 years, 36, 38,

40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure.

tSize 136 requires 3 yards of 40—inch ma.-

eria .





No. 31'50—«Adorably Youthful. Pat-

tern comes in sizes 16, 18 years, 36, 38,

40 and 42 inches bust measure. Size

36 requires 4 yards of 40-inch material.





No. 3134—Decidedly Chic. «Pattern,

comes in sizes 16, 18 years, 36. 38, 40

and 42 inches bust measure. Size ‘36

requires 3% yards of 40rinch material,

with 5 yards of binding. ..



; ,No. "Mlle-Moduli _ nes. Pattern

cuts in sizes 36. 38, ‘40, 42. 44. 46 and





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your pattern, and a copy of our New

Fall and Winter Pattern Catalogue wfl

.e sent to you. Address all orders

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Size 36 re~ ;

quires 27/3 yards of 40~inch material,

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HAT’ S what

you can bank

on when you put

on a W 1 g w a m

Sweater Coat. Fullo

length bodies, extra

large collars and

doubly re-enforced

. elbow. Built for

'years of hard serv-

ice. Wide range of

colors. See them

at the Wigwam

dealer in town.





Hand Knit Hosiery Co.

Sheboygan, Wis.

Also Knitters 71f Wigwam Hosiery





 

 

 





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





 





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We own our own sheet mills roll our own sheets,

make them into high- grade Reo Metal Shingles,

Sidings. Ceilings. and Roofings of type and style

for every kind of building. Also Ready-Made

Garages and Farm Buildings. We control every

operation from the raw material to the finished

roof. and we sell direct from our factories to the

user. Not a, dollar to divide with anybody but the

customer! You get better values for lesLmoney.





OUTLAST THREE ORDINARY ROOFS

Edwards Metal Roofs are weather-proof. light-

ning-proof 11nd fireproof. Thousands of home

owners take advantage of our offer every year.

Shtisfied farmer friends are our best advertisement.





rite today I G at our low prices





and free samples. Save money,

get better quality. Ask for Roof-

SAMPLES &

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In: Book N.o 167 or for Gas

rage Book.

THE EDWARDS MFG. CO.

917 967 Butler St.

Cincinnati, Ohio





 

   

 

 





 





   

 

 

 

 

 





ICHIGAN FARMER

Classified Liners get re-





sults. Try one.





; are Pine 7hr

for head and hands





GRANDPA’S WONDER SOAP

gives handfuls of rich pine tar

lather. even in hardest water. Gets

the dirt. Chases odors. Soothes

LP" ‘ " iand heals. Big cake

lasts a long time.



At your dealers’ or send

10 cents for big cakg.

geaver-Remmerso.

Graham Co.

Dept 1117 92 .

Dayton. Ohio





GRANDPA'S





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WHAT BOYS DO.





 





Boys ought not to go about

A puttin’ on so many airs, _

A mindin” everybody’s business

And never tendin’ their’s.





They like to tease we girls



About powderin’ our face;



What about the “va ” trousers

With bottoms trimmed with lace?





They chew tobacco all day long,

And even chew some gum.





 





 





Thelma Steck and Her Pet Are Ready

for a Tramp, or Something Like That.





They swagger along the village street,

Just like a lazy bum.





They criticize we girls

For weaning rolled stockings,

But the way they roll their’s

Is even more than shocking.





They grumble ’cause we bob our hair,

Yet tease us ’bout our curls,



But boys, you have forgotten,

Curling irons were made for girls.





Another thing that makes me sick

And gives me a nightmare,



Is to see a boy wear outside

A shirt meant for underwear.





They hate to do hard work,

And call themselves shieks,





~But when their dad’s get hold of ’em





You should hear their shrieks.

———Julia L. Stricker.





I TOOK IT JUST THE SAME.





 





Folks tell me I’m buggy,



And have got ’em on the brain,

Of course I never liked it,



But I took it just the same.





One day I was riding our old horse,

And he threw me off in the lane.

Of coui'se, I didn’t like it,

But I took it just the same.





And another day I stole a. whole half

piece of pie,

Then I felt a little pain,

And, of course, I didn’t like it,

But I took it just the same.





The nurse brought in the castor oil

To stop that dreadful pain.

No, sir, I didn’t like it,

But I took it just the same.

* ——Florence Frederick.





LlNDBERGH, THE GEM OF THE

OCEAN.





 





O, Lindbergh, the gem of the ocean,

The man of the brave and the free,



The shrine of each patriots devotion,

A world offers homage to thee.



Thy mandates makes heroes assemble,



When Liberty’s form stands in View.



Thy banners make tyranny tremble,



. O, Lindbergh, by the red, white and



blue. . 5





When iLindy wing’d his wide desola-





on, ..



And ‘threaten’d the land to deform,



The Ark then of freedom's foundation,



Lindbergh flew safe through the

storm;‘ _



With figs garlands of Victory around





111,

’Whenr‘e so proudly he bore his brave





 





 





With £11116; Wclouds proud floating before





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From the M” C. Poets





Some Yout/zfu/ I mpz'mtz'onr





-ple not to kill birds.





.jmtfli but





0, Lindbergh, of the red, white, and

blue. ‘





The American banner bring hither,

O’er WLindbergh’s true flag let it





v,e

May the wreaths he has won never

wither,

Nor the stars cease to shine on the

”brave

May thy service, united ne’er sever,

But tLruindbergh hold his heart so





The Army and Navy forever,

O,Lli)111dbergh, for the red, white, 'and

no

——Zora Prince.





CARRYING ON.





 





Sometimes it seems life’s hardly worth

the living,



And all the world is dark, and dull,

and grey.





Some things are done that seems past

all forgiving,

There is not a friend to cheer us on-

. our Way._

And then a voice that’s deep Within

. me whispers,

When earthly aid and comfort all

seem gone;

A Voice that's sweeter than the bells

of vespers

That bids me hope, and wait, and

—carry on.





When the great war of living is the

hardest,

Andfiwl'g lie broken on the battle-

e .

When men give words and blows that

sting the harshest,

That still, small voice within Us is

our shield.

After the short span ofour lives is

' ended,

And we are taken where our friends

have gone,

The One who has all human-kind be-

friended

Will make us glad that we‘ have car-

ried on. -

-—-—Iola Hardy.“





 





 





 





Dear Uncle:‘—-



Writing to let you know how sur-

prised I was to see my letter in the

Michigan Farmer. No, I do not infer

that you are too old to be interesting.



I know one of the G. C.’ s, George

Nichols. I have known him for four

years. He is a nice fellow. I intend

to win a M. C button some day, I’ll

sign 0 , as I’m quite sure W. B. will

get this letter. —Gertrude Prepejchal.





It is hopeful that old things are in-

teresting, otherwise I wouldn’t be. So,

George is a nice boy. I am glad to

have you substantiate what I thought

of him.‘ I hope you‘ will win your but-

ton soon.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Well, Uncle, as I have been 3. Silent

member for about two years, I thought

I would write again. How many of

the M. C.’ s ever went fishing after

dark, or go bull—heading, as we call it?

I have, and say, it’s lots of fun. We

all go on a Saturday night, and the

boys build a little bonfire on the shore

and then they put their lines in the

water and wait for the fish to bite.



Well, I must close my chatter-box.

——Florence Busick.





I am glad to hear from another old-

timer. Bull-heading is lots of fun,

isn’t it? Come again.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I am a nature lover, and also a bird

lover, and I don’ t agree with you, Har-

old. I don’t see how in the world you

could be a nature lover if you want to

kill birds Our Great Father sent them

dOWn on this earth for a. good reason,

or they wouldn’t have been here.



Now, I want to give you a piece of

my mind. Don’t you dare kill birds.



A crow does harm, but it also does

a lot of good. Crows eat insewcts

This earth of ours is increasing very

fast, with terrible creepers, as the tent

caterpillar and others. There wouldn’t

be near as many insects if you could

only get it into these half—minded peo-





millions of field mice that destroy the

field corn.





I’ll tell you now, Mr. Snyder, you

had better study biology. If you have

already, it won’t hurt you to study it

again, for you didn’t make a very good

job of it.



Bhds do harm, but they do more

good, and will clear us of these ter-

rible insects if the people give them a

chance. It can’t be told whether man

or insect is going to get the “better of

the earth. So, here’s a piece of my

mind, Cousin I—Iarold. I’m also a na-

ture lover, but a different kind than

you are! —-—Tom Marshall.





'. I don’t think Harold will like it, the:



But

you are right. Why needlessly kill use-



» fill things? - ‘





way you are crowing about birds.





 





Dee-r Uncle mm and u. C.’_s:

I have no or won a priké’in the,

111 have to Weeds,





 





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@0111 LETTER Box





The hawks eat '





 





someone said, “If you don’t succeed,

try, try again.” That’s what I am go—

ing to do.



I take piano lessons. Can I be an

M. C. musician, Uncle Frank? I still

have'my membership card but lost,

my pm. .



How many M. C.’s like babies? Do

you, Uncle Frank? I just adore them.

I read the letters every week—j st

can’t wait till‘ the Michigan Fa ‘

comes next week. Will sign what I ,

hope to be—'-“A Piano Teacher.” -





- It is nice that you are interested in

music. You can get another pin by

sending in ten cents. Sure, I like

babies, I, was one myself.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Dwight E. Price, in families which

have a number of girls 'and‘no boys,

must the father work alone and the

mother have all the help she wants?

I think a few of the girls could work

in the field with their father.



Uncle Frank, by this time we ought

to be given up the looks of you. Now,

we’ll have to guess how your wife

looks, (that is, if you have one).

Probably she is too homely to picture.

M. Cfs, probably she’s the one who

throws our letters in W. B’ 5 month.



Will close with lots of love. —Happy—

go- Lucky.





My wife is just as homely as I. am.

Don’t accuse her of befriending W. B.

I feed him myself.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Both Roland Kaven and Harold Sny-

der have written interesting articles

on nature. We girls, I hope, may ex-

press our ideas on this subject, too.

The boys asked how one can tell their

directions in the woods when it is

cloudy. Harold says he_can, but he

kept his knowledge to himself. May





 





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T/hie Must Be Florence Avernha-mer’d'

/ , Little Friend and HlsPal.





I express some ideas now, Unk? My





ideas are from things experienced, and





some from book knowledge.





1.- Moss on the north side'of a tree

and rock. ‘ '





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foes manner we?

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then westftthe trail magma: be

trampled down more ,heavsly, finally

leading to the stream. , - ' ‘ s-..

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over is :suire‘to be pointing for water.



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'7. The best compass plant is the

prairie golden rod, which can be used.





in the prairie, or any place in' the‘





open. They .point to the north, but

under trees in the forest they point

every which way for Sunday.



8. But come right down to it, the

compass is, the safest thing. The sun

and stars are next. If you have friends

in the woods With you, the best thing

to do is to build two smudges for two

good smokes, and keep yelling to them,

and above all, keep calm. You won’t

come to harm in the woods unless

you’re a blame fool, and such ought

to stay home where they can be nurs-

ed, as the author of a nature story

named “Two Little Savages,” says.



Last summer I caught butterflies

and sent them to the Detroit Sanitar—

ium and Herman Kiefer Hospital,

where the TB patients used them in

art work, such as under glass trays,

etc., for designs. I\received a, letter

from a botany professor who was con-

fined there, saying if I was interested

he would tell me a few things about

the butterflies I was sending. He said

the most winged creatures they could

not use because they were moths. I

never knew there was a difference.



Have any of the M. C.’s enjoyed the

story, “Two Little Savages,” by Ernest

Thompson Seton? It is a wonderful

nature study, and is in story form. One

can hardly tire of reading it. I have

read it for the third time already, and

am prepared to read it again. It seems

each time I’learn still more, and I

am even beginning to read between

the lines.



I want to say a bit about the author

of this book. He was a naturalist for

the government of Manitoba. Author

of “Wild Animals I have Known,”

“Lives of the Hunted,” “Biology of a

Grizzly,” “Trail of the Sandhill Stag,”

etc. His wife inserted over three hun-

dred illustrations. in the book, “Two

Little Savages,” alone. I wish every

one who likes nature could read this

book—Christine Zech.



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My old hens have large bunches of

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time they would .go away. I have lost

several hens this spring, their heads





» turned pale and they. lasted but a few





days. It acted somewhat like cholera,

the bowel movement sometimes being

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‘the legs with soapy waterf‘to;

Weim.mi1ch 61 the scalymater'ialff

as passable; Then rub kerosene‘oilon,





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one" ‘ hen to another. '



The hens’that had bowel trouble,

followed ‘by a complete recovery, were

probably suffering from temporary di-

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ground grains helps to prevent diges-

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The symptom of bowel trouble may

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For Our Little Folks





- Stories From Bug'w'l/e —





 





 





THE TRICK OF +HE PITCHER

PLANT.





 





UMM, humm,'11umm,” sang Mr.



Mosquito. -



“Zizz, zizz, zizz," answered Mr.

Gnat, for this was really their after-

noon greeting to each other.



It would take a dozen or more gnats

to make one mosquito, but in spite of

this, Mr. Gnat was not at all afraid

of the big mosquito. In fact, they

were quite friends. And on this par-

ticular afternoon, Mr. Gnat had dis-

covered something new out in the

marshland and was anxious to tell his.

winged friend about it.



“It was big like this,” said Mr. Gnat

as he flew around in a little circle to

show Mr. Mosquito just how big it

was. “And at the bottom were crys«

tal dewdrops.” Mr. Gnat was really

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his friend, for he had seen one grow-

ing for the first time on this very af-

ternoon. (How many of my little

readers ever saw a pitcher plant?)



‘ “Perhaps the best way would be for

you to come over and see it,” invited

Mr. Gnat, after two unsuccessful at-

tempts to describe it to his friend. So

the Mosquito and the Gnat flew over

to the pitcher plant. Growing among

the tall marsh grassr: they found it

with a pretty, reddish, green bower

growing in the center, but its leaves

were really the biggest surprise. They

had grown together on each side so

as to form a long, slender cup. When

Mr. Gnat and Mr. Mosquito peered

into this cup, crystal dew drops glis-

tened from its depth.





‘ “Ho, he,” said Mr. Mosquito. “A

fine place for a sip. Come on down,

Mr. Gnat." But Mr. Gnat was some-

what shy. He hesitated ’on the slop~‘





ing edge of the leaf cup of the pitcher

plant for several minutes. ‘



“Come on down,” echoed a voice

from the bottom of the leaf. But still

Mr. Gnat was somewhat shy. Finally

Mr. Mosquito ventured very close to

the edge. Mr. Gnat, not wishing to be

outdone by Mr. Mosquito, walked .a bit

closer.

slender hairs inside of the“ pitcher

plant began to point downward. Both

Mr. Mosquito and Mr. Gna-t became

entangled in them. They scrambled

to get out.



\“Oh, dearie me! I don’t want any

more dewdrops,” “said Mr. Gnat, as

glaze long hairs pushed him farther

. ow .





n

or I! Help! help? hum, hum,”





called the Mosquito, But no help”;

came, and after a while the ‘pitcherl





plant grew so hungry that he gobbled

the Goat .and the Mosquito up for his





of a east and mosquito that ventured.





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wosK FOR 1926.





 





HE year 1926 saw six cow testing





Kent county. These associations rep-

resent a total of twenty years of as-

sociation work in four years. The

West-Kent Association finished its

fourth year. The Grand Rapids Kent,

South—Kent, North-Kent, and Alto-Kent

Associations all finished their third

year’s work, and the East-Kent its sec-

ond year. All of these associations re-

organized excepting the East-Kent,

which can lay its demise to mediocre

testers. These six associations had a

total of 131 herds and 1,157 cows on

test. Only one herd averaged over 500

pounds of fat. Sixteen herds averaged

over 400 pounds of fat, eighty-nine

herds over 300 pounds, and 309 head

qualified for the record of performance.





The Alto-Kent Association had the

highest fat average with 7,113.7.pounds

of milk and 365.1 pounds of fat. The

Grand Rapids Kent was second with

9,595 pounds of milk and 347.9 pounds

of fat. Third place went to the West-

'Kent Association with 7,696.5 pounds

of milk and 339.5 pounds of fat.





' Fourth place to East-Kent Association





with 8,683 pounds of milk and 320.3

pounds of fat.‘ Fifth place to the

South-Kent Association with 7,698

pounds of milk and 312.1 pounds of

fat, and sixth to the North-Kent with

7,813 pounds of milk and 308.9 pounds

of fat.



Honors for high herd in butter-fat

went to the pure-bred herd of H01-

steins owned by F. Jewell, of the

North-Kent Association. Four animals

averaging 14,396 pounds of milk and

514.6 pounds of fat. Second place went

to seven pure-bred Jerseys owned by

D. J. Dinsen, of the Alto-Kent Associ-

ation with 8,368 pounds of milk and

471.8 pounds of fat. Incidentally it

might be said that this herd has been

high in the Alto-Kent Cow Testing

Association for four1 years. Third

place went to the herd of pure-bred

Holsteins owned by John Buth, of the

Grand Rapids Association, with 14,416

pounds of milk and 456.4 pounds of

fat.

bred Holstein owned by the Maryland

Farms, producing 19,251 pounds of

milk and 707 pounds of fat. Second

place went to a. grade Holstein owned

by Orlo Good, of the South-Kent As-





‘sociation with 14,5045 pounds of’milk

, and 620 pounds of fat.





This cow is

from twelve to thirteen years old, and

has been high cow for two out of

three years in the association. Third

place went to a. pure-bred Holstein

owned by Frank Jewell, with 16,915

pounds of milk and 577 pounds of fat.

High cow in milk production was a

pure-bred Holstein owned by the Mary-

land arms, with 20,464 pounds of

milk and 651.6 pounds of fat. Second





-place went to a purebred Holstein





owned by John Buth, of the Grand-

Rapids- Kent Association, with 16,958

pounds of milk and 486.6 pounds of

fat. Third place went to the pure-

bred Holstein ownedby Frank Jewell,

with 16,915 pounds of milk and ’577





_v pounds of fat.





High herd'in milk production were





the pure-bred Holsteins ownedmby





John Ruth, with 14,416 pounds of milk

and 456.4 pounds of fat. SecOnd place





by Lynn Bradford, of the West-Kent

Association, with 12,140 pounds of milk

and 418.5 pounds of fat-

went to the pure-bred Holstein; of.

Frank Jewell of the North-Kent dow





 





 





 





KENT COUNTY COW TESTINE " 7





associations finish their work in,





The high cow in fat was a. pure»





went to the pure-bred Holstelns owned ,,





‘ Third place“:





 





When it ended its first year, and 365

{pounds the end of its third _.yea.r This





increase of eighty pounds cf fat is due

The members have ‘





to several things.

stuck to the association, they have fed

and weeded their herds carefully, and

have worked with the tester They

had eight herds with over 400 pounds

of fat, and eighteen herds over 300

pounds. Seventy-seven of their 190

cows 'qualified 1for the record of per—

formance. In the West-Kent _Cow

Testing Association-two herds .. went





over 1100 pounds of fat, and ‘tWenty-‘





one herds over 300 pounds. In the

Grand Rapids Association six herds

went over ZOO pounds of fat, and six-

teen herds over 360 pounds. '



Cow testlng association work is well

established in Kent county Five as-

sociations can be run and made to

pay out. ——-K. K. Vining.





CREAM ERY PATRONS ENJOY

PICNIC.





 





HE Dairyland Cooperative “Cream-



ery Company, of Carson City, held

its second annual rally and picnic on

August 26 at the city park. Over 700

dairymen and their families were pres-

ent. A big dinner was enjoyed at the

noon hour, during which time the

Lewis Orchestra supplied music. In-

teresting addresses on .cooperation

were given by Stanley Powell, of

Ionia, also by Hon. L. D. Dickinson,

lieutenant-governor. E. B. Stebbins.

local banker and promoter of this

creamery, spoke of its benefits to the

dairymen. The success of this cream-

ery has greatly stimulated dairying in

this territory, and is pointing the way

to successful cooperative marketing.





 





DAIRY DAY AT SERRADELLA

FARM.





 





AIRY farmers of Alcona. and Iosco

counties gathered at Serradelln

farm for the annual outing of the Al-

cona. Cow Testing Association. The

forenoon was spent informally inspect-

ing the herds, machinery, and the

farm. Lunch was served in the club

house, where tables and benches were

provided for the occasion. Serradella

Farm provided ice cream and fresh

cold Holstein milk for the crowd.

The program opened with a. parade

of the Percheron stallion, Orby Boy,

and his get, followed by a group of

cows led. by Doress Canary Rag Apple

and a. group ‘of her sisters. Jimmy

Hays, secretary of the Holstein—Fries-

ian Association, called the attention of

the visitors to thp importance of the

herd sire. The sire of this splendid

group was sent to the .butcher before

his daughters came into production.

His seven daughters have all proven

to be high producers. A judging dem-

onstration followed in which the es-

sentials of dairy type were pointed out

by SecretaryHHays. Casper Blumer.

county agent, and. tester for the Al—

cona. Testing Association, pointed out

the requirements in a. good herd sire.

There were farmers present from ‘Al-

cone, Iosco, Arenac, Alpena, and Tus-

"cola counties.





_____.__.___

FAIL T9 MAKE TON LITTERS.

RECORDS of the ton litter contests



in twenty-eight states in 1925 show

that about acne-half of the contestants

fall to haveotheir litters come to the

iron mark.





 





which was high in butter-fat, hadfm” _,

playerage herd produCtion of 285 pounds





 

 





   





..,, The records also show that the feed ..

' . Testing Association, with 14,396 pounds: ,, f ‘7 ‘
\





‘Becker, of lemos, member





YEAR mun’d butter. fat produCtiOh

from a herd of cows, When care-





‘fully managed, preduces big results.





Arthur Fistle‘r, member of the Macomb

No. 3 Dairy Herd Improvement Asso¢

elation, and possessor of a herd of

pure- -bred and grade Holsteins and

grade Jerseys, leads all Michigan herds

for the year July 1, 1926, to June 30,

1927. Fistler’s herd was credited with





564 pounds of butter-fat production ~





during the testing year.

The outstanding Holstein accomp-





_ lishment is credited to the herd own-

ed by the Michigan Reformatory at





Ionia.- This is the largest herd listed

among the ten high herds, and ranks





fourth high for the state. The fifty-.

, one pure—bred Holstein cows averaged

15,023 pounds of milk, and 501.4





: pounds of fat. -—





H. M. Atwater, of Bravo, member of

the Allegan-VVest D. H. I. A. ranks

second high in the table or high herds.

His herd of four pure-bred Jerseys

produced 519 pounds of butter-fat, and

10,132 pounds of milk.





"Henry Meyers, of Rothbury, member





in. the Oceana Association, is third

with a herd of five pure—bred Jerseys

which produced 511.4 pounds of but.

ter—fat. _

rl"he mixed herd of grade Holsteins

and grade Guernseys owned by O. J.

in the

Ingham-Lansing Association, ranks

fifth. 'This herd averaged 499.5 pounds

of butter-fat and 12,252 pounds milk.

Mr. Becker’s herd was retested four

times during the association year.





The splendid cooperation» existing





between the owners of the Dinsen herd

atAlto enabled this herd of pure-bred

Jerseys to place sixth high in the state.





| Mr. D. J. Dinsen & Son have been plan—





ning their dairy activities carefully,

and through many years 9f manage-

ment have succeeded in building a





herd of seven pure-bred Jerseys which





averaged 490 pounds of butter-fat ‘and

8,169 pounds of milk. Many difficul-

ties and disappointments in the years

of dairy cattle breeding were experi-

enced by the Dinsen family, but splen-

did success has finally been attained.



The highest producing Guernsey





herd ranking seventh high in the state»





is owned by A. E. Reading, member





in the Van Buren D. H. I. A. A herd‘





of seven pure-bred Guernseys averaged

476.4 pounds of butter-fat and 9,910

pounds of milk. .



_ Wm. E. Hill, "of Davison, member in

the Genesee No. 4 Association, is 012m-

er of the eighth high herd. His herd

of pure bred and grade Holsteins pro-

duced 14, 252 pounds of milk and 474. 6

pounds of butter-fat. ‘



Oscoda county is represented in this

list of good herds, and Eddie Handrich,

of Fairview, is the owner of a herd

of ten grade Guernseys which aver-

aged 9,753 pounds of milk and 462.5

pounds of butter-fat.



Edward Coupar, of the Sanilac No.

2 Association, is also listed in this

group. His herd of five pure-bred

Jerseys produced 8,563 pounds of milk

and 469.8 pounds of butter-fat.



Good herd production isian index for

greater dairy profit. The aim and plan

of conducting dairy herd improvement

associations in MiChigan is not alone

for the biggest figures in butter-fat

and milk production, but is directed





1 for the greatest efficiency in producing





dairy products and in. allowing the

dairyman to realize the greatest profits

in the production. Profits should be

kept uppermost by dairymen, and it is

safe to say that the herds here listed

produced a good return for the dollars’

worth of feed expended—A. C. Baltzer.





 





, THE general level of farm prices is





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Stockers, Feeders

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120 Guernsey and Jersey Heifers,

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6O Holstein Heifers,some springing.



20 Springer Cows.





SO Stocker Heifers Grade Short-

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250 Grade Shorthorn Steers, 500

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BUTTE'R‘BRED ”Bastian”





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM

Silver Creek, Allegan County, Michigan





JerseyBulls For Sale B}°"d,§’,gn 11. 0. M m,

A. dams. NOTTEN FARM, Grass Lake. Mich.





Stockers & Feeders





 





 





 





Calves. Year'l & Twos; IIcrcford Steers & Heifers.

Beef Type. dark reds. good grass flesh, most all

bunches dehomed. each bunch even in size and





show good breeding. Choice Here‘fords are usually

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tested. Will sell your choice rom any bunch. State

number and weight you pr for 450 to 1000 lbs.





Von D. Baldwin, Eldon,Wapello Co‘., lows.





Golden Oxford *





Auction Sale





Of Big Type Poland

China Hogs





Monday, Sept. 26, 1927





50 head consisting of boars, gilts and tried

50ws, of up~to—date breeding.





'Elmer E. Gardhouse, Palmyra, Mo. and

Col. Rasmussen, Urbano, 11L, Auctioneers





Write for Catalogue





E. A. Clark, Mgr., Breckenridge, Mich-





 





Duroc Spring Pigs





Either sex. pairs or trios unrelated. Bred sows and

service boars. All are registered. cholera immune





and typy. ‘

LAKEFIELD FARMS,

Write for





O.I.C. HOGS on time HogBook





Originators and most extensive breeders.

THE L. B. SILVER CO.,. Box I96, Salem, Ohio





For Sale--Reg. O. l. C. April&May Pigs





best of breeding. Shipped on approval. FRED

KENNEDY& SONS. R. I, Mich.





0 1 C7 good last fall gilts to furrow in Aug.

' ' 8. and Sept. Also spring pigs. lxé mile

west of depot. Otto Schulze 81 Sons, Nashville. Mich.

° ° Sows 11d litt r. and

Chorce Chester White 1. ,ewamm ‘1,qu of

good type and breeding. Prices light Write W





Olarkslon, Mlch.





 





Chelsea,





 





For Sale-—-Feeders and Stockers

mostly Herefords. EDGAR SEDORE. Ottumwa, Iowa.





Best of quality 11111111





cows 1111 half f 111 BIDVIELL

a an or s

8700K FARM. Box 0. Tecumseh, MI 31?.





HOGS

Rasmussen ounce least-:1! PIGS (aroma.





 





 





SCHRAMKE. Swan Creek, Mich.

type.





Chester White March Pigs Stu a Piaget, and

breeding. Express paid. F. W. Alexander. Vassar. Mloh.



L‘r. Pol 11 China Spring

FOR SALEL Boon and’gilts. sired by an

Armistice Boar. Bred sows all ages and 1 yearling





 





and 1 three-year-old boar. GLAiR 1. snowu .

R. No.10, Kalamazoo. Mich. -



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[4'80 Type?- C ”11.113011! wait for





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POLAND CHINAS {333: 1m “33?:

JAMES G. TAYLOR. Belding, Mich.





 





big type Poland China. bred

guts and spring boars, priced





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right WARD ESHENRODER, Ida. Mich.



A Few good Hampshire spring boars at I

bargain: Place your order for 11rd



slits. JOHN w. SNYDER. st. Johm. Mlch.. R. 4.





 





Brod sows and slits.

Best. of Breeding.

Mich.





Registered Tamworths

DONALDSON FARMS, Orion,





 





 





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900 BREEDING EWES





400 good sized Delainos, 500 choice large blaclt

faces. All good ages. yearlings to solid mouths.

ALMOND B. CHAPMAN & SONS. So. Rockwood.

Mich" Telegraph Rpckwood.





SHROPSHIRES





Offering an outstanding group of yearling and 2



old rams. Several very good stud rams for pure-glad.

flocks. Soc the Show flock at Jar-115011,

Hillsdale. D. L.





 





Adrian and '

Chapman &. Son, 8. Rockwood. Mich.

SH EEP Can supply you in anything you



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Breeding ewes and fcuiers on hand at all times.

Write, wire or come and see the she'op. North Law-





Ohio. orIWoodstock. Ohio, I5 miles east of

Champalgn CO., Lincoln 81 Bradley.





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Urbana,





 





reliable information in regard





_ _ Vto Karnkul sheep. Write F.

PERRY, Dawson, MlCh., Sect'y National Karakul

Fur Sneep Breeders’ Registry Association.





 





° l’ollcd and Horned 40

Delalne RAMS yearlings 11ml 2 year-

olds. Big, husky fellows f1 om good shearing stock.





Write for prices or





(all nd

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Albion, Mich.





FOR SA L E Shrppshiic rams of excellent:

(111.11 y rom imported foun-

dation of Buttai Bibby and Minton. Vreeland Stock





Farm. Ypsilanti, Mic-h., R. 5. Phone 7124 F l2.

Registered Oxford Yearling





FOR SALE and Lamb Rams. also





nice 3 vr. old, all from 0

HACKER. Ubly. Mich. god Stmk HENRY 8





Oxford Downs





Write Wm. VanSickle,

FOR SALE 1.1.1... ‘



11 Age. "«

5911,9111“ Mich. oxiofl’diii‘ieedéokmfig 7L3.”

3 Additional Stock Aduon “9,265 ; .





FRED J.





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GRAIN QUOTATIONS.

Tuesday, September 13.





W heat.





white $1.30; No. 2 mixed $1.29.

Chicago—September at $1.27 :’74; De-

cember $1.31%; March $13514.

Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red $1.31%

@13256. ,



. Corn.





Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1; No. 3 yel-

low; 980; No. 4 yellow 960. .

Chicago—September at 94%c; De-

cember 957/3c; March 9894c.



ate.





Detroit—No. 2 Michigan 52c; No. 3

white 50c.

Chicago—September 441750; Decem-

ber ,47%c; March 503/80.

Rye.

Detroit—No. 2, $1.03.

Chicago—September 941/10; Decem-

ber 9695c; March $1.001A.

Toledo—$1.02.

Beans. '

Detroit—Immediate and prompt

shipment $5.70 f. o. b. shipping points.

New York—Pea domestic at $6.25@

6.75; red kidneys $6.75@7.50 to the

Wholesalers.

Chicago.—-—Spot navy beans, Michigan

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

dark red kidneys $6.50@7.00.





Barley.

Detroit.—-Malting 810; feeding 700.

Seeds.





Detroit—Cash imported clover seed

$14.50; October $16.60; December im-

ported $14.50; December domestic at

$16.60; March at $16.70; cash al-

sike $14.90; December alsike $15; Jan-

uary alsike $15.15; timothy $1.65; De-

cember $1.70; March $1.90.



Hay. _



Detroit—No. 1 timothy at $14.50@

15.50; standard $14@14.50; No. 1 light

clover, mixed $14.50@15.50; No. 2 tim-





Detroit.—.No. 2. red at.$1.31; No. 2 $





othy $1’3@14; No. 1 clover, $14‘@15~;

oat straw $11.50@12.50; rye straw at

$12813; alfalfa hay, No. 2, at Chicago:





Feeds.

Detroit.-———Winter wheat bran‘ht, $35;

spring wheat bran at $34; standard

middlings at,.$40; fancy middlings at

$46; cracked corn at $46; coarse corn,

meal $45; chops $40 per ton in carlots."





WHEAT.



Wheat prices have reached a new

low point for the season. Crop reports

have been more favorable recently

than they were three or four Weeks

ago, ‘and merchandising conditions

have not strengthened materially.





tinues,

than there was reason to anticipate a

month ago. In spite of -this i ‘

iment in, the outlook,.' the crop

asmallpne and; prices Seem likely to

work higher again after the present





   





period of liquidation is over.





The September ferecast of the dry

e ible bean cropv‘vas 17.3 millionblish-

e 8, against 18.7 million bushels a

month ago, 17.1 'million'bushels last

year, and a five-year average of 16.3

million bushels. According to trade

estimates, the merchantable' cmp in

Michigan will be about 80 per cent of

last year, as the pickage will be/very





These influences permitted the gradual-”light, compared with 17 per centlast





decline which has carried prices down

about 15 cents from the high point

early in the summer. The world situ-

ation‘ appears healthy, however, and

there is no basis for predicting a

further material decline;





OATS. - .



Oats prices have been weak along

with corn. Primary receipts have been

fairly heavy, and the visible supply is

increasing rapidly. The official Sep-

tember forecast was 1,191,000,000 bush-

els, or 88,000,000 bushels less than a





month ago.

CORN.





The decline in corn prices has con-

tinued, carrying the market 16 cents

below the high point of the season-

Extensive liquidation of speculative

holdings, and pressure from liberal

quantities of cash corn sold by produc-

ers, were the chief factors. Weather

has been of a forcing variety and more

favorable for the progress of the crop





than usual at this season, as well as .





more favorable than that experienced

during most of the summer. While a

large area in the middle west is in

need of rain the acreage that will

reach maturity, if such weather con-





 





 





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DETROIT.

Cattle.

Receipts 241. Market steady.

Good to choice yearlings

dry-fed ................ $10.00@12.50

Best heavy steers, dry-fed 9.75@12.00





 





SHEEP:

Oxford Ram Lambs and 0. l. C. Boars

For gale. H. W. MANN, Dansville. Mich.

EGISTERED SHROPSHI’RE yearling rams... Also

R yearling owes. Have given satisfaction m 30





states since 1890. C. LEMEN &. SONS. Dexten Midi.

Sheep, Cotswolds. Lincolns, Kar-





FOR SALE almles and Tunis rams and





owes. Recorded. L. R. KUNEY, Adrian, Mich.





 





‘ A few choice rams for show

Shropshirer. and field 'use. Call on DAN

BOOHER. R. 4, Evart, Mich.



REEDING EWES FOR SALE—Hampshire. Shrop-

B shire grades as cross-breeds. All yearlings. Car

lots. V. B. FURNISS. Nashvnllet Mich.





‘ ' few choice loads of Delaine

NOW 0501' Ing breeding Also feedinz





 





 





 





Handy weight butchers. .. 8.00@ 9.75

Mixed steers and heifers 8.00@ 9.00

Handy light butchers . . . . 7.00@ 8.00

Light butchers .......... 6.00@ 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.............. 5.50@ 6.25

Feeders . ....... 625@ 800

Stockers ......... . . . . . . . 5.50@ 7.75

Milkers and springers. . .$65.00@110.00

Calves.



Receipts 303. Market steady.



est .................... $16.50@17.00

Others ............ . . . . . . 8.00@16.00





Sheep and Lambs.





 





Receipts 1,686. Market steady.

Best lambs ............. $13.75@14.00





OWBS. .

. , . Bah , w dtok, on‘o. Fair lambs ...... 11.25@12.00

“mm “id mm F M a" °° '° ' Light to common lambs.. 6.50@10.00

0R SALEwRel-lisleted improved Black Top De- Fair to good sheep ...... 5.50@, 6.75

F ‘ “Mew” "“115 and ewes- Lb:- fllAYufcfi- Buck lambs ......... 7.00@12.00

Stookbr doe, Mlcll.. B. W. Hayner, We erv: e, . gullsliand CO on . ..... gggglg'gg

YEARLING mug. ear ngs . .

..REC‘illSTognvErgw"éluzskmlfima's RANCH. Wen Hogs.

Branch. Mich. Charles Post, _Mur. tReceipts 2,132" Marketis steady to

" r Sal 2 took 8 rong.

r~............. a: .. Mi... 12,25

"‘ LELAND' 3‘ 2' An" Arm" MM“ Roughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.25





 





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.-8llropslure Ram: £33m? mm. Lfi’t‘x.





lie

8" RE FARM, L. 0. Myrkle. Man. Greeley, Mich.





Light lights 10.50@11.00





 





Light yorkers . . . . . . . . . . . 10.50@11.00

Pigs 10.00





 





45 Reg. Guernseys at AUCTION 45





Michigan Guernsey Breeders’ Ass’n

Second Semi-Annual Consignment Sale





’East Lansing, October 6, 1927





In the offering are:





12 Fresh and Springing Cows.





16 Heifers bred for fall freshening.

12 Heifer Calves, up to a year old. ,, .



5 Young Bulls. all from profit making dams.‘ ,

team... womb.» 20.. . Sent My mum Wflfltb





’wllllmoron, Field See’y,‘





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Tuesday, September 13.





Heavy yorkers ...... . . . . 12.25

Stags ..... 7.00

BUFFALO. . ,

Hogs.





Receipts 700. Market is steady to

strong; tops higher; bulk 170-230 lbs.

$12.35; few 260 lbs. $12.25@12.50; pigs

around $10.50@10.75; packing sows at

$9.@9.50. ’ . '





cattle.

Receipts 100. Market steady; cut-

ters to common cows $4@4.50.





Calves. -

Receiptsg250. Market steady; tops

$17; culls and common $11.50@13.50.

.. Sheep and Lambs. “

Receipts 200. Market steady; de-

sirable fat lambs $14.50; culls and

common $10@11; fat ewes $5@6.50;

few aged wethers $8. .





CHICAGO.





Hogs.



Receipts 22,000. Market is uneven;

early trading mostly steady, 100 high-

er than Monday’s average; light

weights slow and losing advance; pigs

190-220-1b. average $12.10; bulk good

and choice 170-210 lbs. $11.85@12;

light lights. mostly $11@‘11.75; a few

strong weight pigs up to $10.75; large

springers 220-320 lbs. $11.50@11.90;

few 240—lb. selectedat $12; bulk desir-

able light and medium weight sows at

$10@10.50. .1 .



Cattle. ' -



Receipts 13,000. Better grade grain-

fed steers strong; others and western

grassers "steady to slow; nearly a half

run western grassers; bidding low on

cows and heifers; native she stack

steady; bulls steady to strong; vealers

50c higher; best heavy steers $15.25;

yearlings $15; early sales on western

grass steers $10 down; few loads at

$10.50; most weight bulls $6626.25;

vealers $15@16, mostly $15@15.50.



Sheep andLambs.



Receipts 15,000. “Fat lambs active,

fully 250 higher, asking more than on

best rangers; bulk native lambs, light-

ly sorted to packers $12.75@13; select-





.\ed natives ;to city butchers and ship-





pers "$13.25; few lambs scaling 1053130

lbs. $11.50;-culls at $9.75.@10 mostly;





 





 





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$13.50@13.75 paid for'goodfchoice rang- 4a

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sheep firm; ,.





year. ‘This assumes that weather con-

ditions during the next two weeks will

continue favorable for harvesting the

crop.- Thus far, the crop promises to

be of \fine quality. The carry-over is

small; whereas last year about 1,000

cars were carried over. The market

on newcrop C. H. P. white beans' for

September shipment is quoted at $6

per 100 pounds, f. o. b. Michigan

points. Fairly good demand is expect-

ed for the early offerings, although hot

weather might hold it in check.





SEEDS.- ,



The clover seed market continues in

a firm position, with dealers inclined

to accumulate stocks in anticipation

of their, fall trade. Demand for alsike

seed is active, and prices are strongly

held. Timothy seed is plentiful and

prices paid to producers are low.





EGGS.



Egg prices advanced three cents a

dozen last week under the stimulus of

light supplies. The market averages

about 10 per cent lower than at this

time a year ago, although receipts are

fully 10 per cent smaller than in the

corresponding period in .1926. The

moderate supply of fresh eggs which

has arrived at the leading distributing

markets since the middle of June, dur—

ing which period demand has been

larger than usual, due to the relatively

low prices, has permitted an extensive

use of storage eggs. Prices are expect-





ed to continue upward, although many.





dealers are expecting an early fall

lay, which would check the advancing

tendency. ,



Chicago.——-Eggs,‘fresh firsts 32@33c;

extras~40@4lc; ordinary firsts 24@

29c; dirties 21@23c; checks 20‘@21c.

Live poultry,. hens 22%c; springers

23c; roosters at 14c; ducks 21@22c;

geese 14c; turkeys 25c. '





Detroit—«Eggs, fresh firsts 30@330;"L





Live poultry, heavy springers 26@28c;

light springers 24@26c; broilers 22@‘

23c; heavy hens 23@24c;r light hens

160; roosters 16c; geese '18c; ducks





18@22c.

' BUTTER.





Receipts of butter at the leading

markets reflect the steady decline

production. Prices have been firm]

held untik the last day or two, when

there were signs of weakening. The

°drouth in certain~ sections of Minne-





sota and Wisconsin which impaired





pastures, has been partially relieved.

Butter stillpiles up in the warehouses

despite the lighter receipts and fairly

active trade. Holdings on September

1 are generally believed to be the larg-

est on record, the excess over a year

ago being estimated at from twenty

to twenty-fivewmillion pounds. Fancy

butter is scarce and shows a stronger

tone than other grades.



Prices on 92-score creamery were:

Chicago 44c; New York 44%c; Detroit





39@41%c’.

, . POTATOES. 7.



Potato markets follow an erratic

course -as shipments rise or fall. Pric-

es at both shipping points and indis-

triblltin markets average about a-third

lower t an at this time last season.





'Wisconsin‘rlrish Cobblers, U. S. No. 1,»-





are quoted at $2@2.10, and Minnesota;

Early Ohios at $1.40@1.45 per 100 lbs.,

sacked, in the Chicago carlot market.





WOOL. -





Wool prices in -the last two weeks

hays moved slightly against the buyer.

Theupturn has been verr'mild, how-

ever, and . the Boston market remains

. d level of prices- -Mill's,

are. taking stair . quantities, although

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THE United States Department :. of ,:





Agriclllture crops, report issued on

September 9, estimatesithe ..white

potato crop: at four" hundred million





bushels. This is above the. short crops '





of theJast two Seasons,but it is eleven

milliorl bushels below the forecast of

a menth ago, and in proportion to pop-

ulation it would be no more than the

average production during the past

five years, The principal changes

since last .-month have occurred in

Maine, where prospects have declined

by five 'and one-half million bushels,

and in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Mini

nesota Where prospects have declined

by thirteen million bushels.

igan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, the

potato crop’has been hurt by droughts

and frests. In Michigan the prospects

have declined twenty-two per cent, or

seven million bushels. The potato

crop in Michigan is estimated at twen-

ty—four million, two hundred seventeen

thousand bushels, compared with thir-

ty—two million three hundred forty-six

thousand bushels, the five-year aver-

age; Wisconsin, twenty-five million,

thousand,

compared with twenty-nine million,

eight hundred thi'ee thousand bushels,

the five-year average; Minnesota, thir-

ty-two million three hundred sixty-one

thousand, compared with thirty-seven

million one hundred seventy-eight

thousand bushels, the five-year aver-

age; New“ York, thirty-one million.

nine hundred ninety-five thousand, com-

pared with thirty-four million two hun-

dred seventy-three thousand bushels,

the five-year average. The heaviest in-

creases are in the Virginia crops al-

ready marketed, and in Idaho. The

Virginia. crop is twenty-two million

five hundred thirty—two thousand bush-

els, compared with eleven million six

hundred fifty-eight thousand bushels

in 1926, and Idaho twenty-two million

two hundred eighteen thousand, com-

pared with sixteen million one hun-

tllred ninety-eight thousand bushels in





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





Hillsdale County.«——Clover hulling is

in progress and June clover seems to

be filled tolerably well. Crops need

rain. There is a large increase in the

acreage of alfalfa. Corn will be late

in maturing. Live stock is in good

condition. A large percentage of our

country boys and girls are attending

local high schools—E. R. G.





Lenawee County.—Farmers are just

about through with their threshing and

the yield of small grains was high.

They are getting along rapidly with

their plowing, although the ground is

dry. Corn is backward. The acreage

of sweet clover is on the increase in

this community. A large percentage

of the wheat "has been sold directly

from the sheaves. It now brings $1.23;

oats 420; white eggs 320; brown eggs

30c.——J. R. L. ‘





Charlevoix County.——Beans and po-

tatoes'have been damaged by frost

and drouth. Alfalfa and sweet clover

were an average fair crop. ~Farmers

are sellingbutter, poultry and vegeta—

bles. Butter 45@50c; eggs 40@450.

All children eligible to high school are

attending—F. S. - ‘





Kent County.——It is too dry to sow

wheat. Bean harvest is on and crop

will‘be short. Corn is also of poor

quality. The alfalfa acreage increases

every year. Nearly all our eighth-

grade children are attending high

school.—W. N.





St. Clair County.—Threshing is just

about completed, with yields good.

Plowing for wheat is the order of the

day. Beans will not be a bumper crop

on account of dry weather. The al-

falfa acreage is increasing. Have had

no rain for six weeks until today.

Some farmers sold their wheat direct





- from the thresher.———W. A. K





. Ogemaw County.—-—Farmers are mak-

ing slow progress with wheat ground





- on account of the dry weather. Corn,





beans, and potatoes have been dam-

aged by dry weather. The acreage of

alfalfa and sweet clover have doubled

smce a year ago. Some hay is selling

at $7 and up; oats 40c; wheat $1.25.





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Livingston County.—-—The fall crops

need ram. Sweet clover and, alfalfa

show about the same acreage as a

year ago. oduce prices are about





‘ the same as last year.—-I. J.





 





 





A large selection at all tildes of stocker and feeding

cattle. lnl attention Riven to 11 orders. Write





 





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The old—time blurred'resemblance or





 





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"HERE they come now . . . the cham:

pion in‘a urple bathrobe ... . the chal-

lenger in white sweater . . . cheers . . .

announcing the fighters . . . referee in-

structing . . . the hell . . . they’re at it, folks



. . . the supermen of pugilism . . .”





If you listen in via Fada Harmonated Recep-



tion—which always means a Fada set with a

F ada speaker—you will get every syllable clear

as a bell. Hear F ada. Note how far radio has





advanced.





You will be amazed at the unusual





realism of Fada tone. You would not sit out a moving



picture that slurred and blurred. Now there is no

more need to suffer the slipshod and half-way in the.

radio sound picture. Any Fada dealer will prove it to





you in five minutes.





F. A. D. ANDREA, 'INC., Long Island City, N. Y.‘





Licensed under Huzeltine, Lntour, R.

Tel. & Tel._Co. patents only for





C. A” Gen. Elec. 00., Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. 00.. Amer.

Radio Amateur. Experimental and Bro-dons: Reception





There are five Fada models priced from $95. to $400.





 





 





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The F ada Special





6 tube—3 radio frequency



stagei ... detector .... 2 audio



amplification stages. Indi-



vidual stage shielding.



Equalized amplification.

gar battery or A.



$ 9 5 operation di-

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socket.)





 

 

 

 





The Fada 17" Cone





17-in. free-floating cone...

permanent Pnrkerized snag-

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Antique bronze finished tri-





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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department is ”tabllshed for the convenience of Michigan farmers.

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings.

advertising miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.

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



Rate {cents a word. each insertion. on orders for less than {our insertions: for four 01' more

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

illustrations admitted.

Live stock advertising has a separate department and





awe i0 word I.





Try it for want ads and for

Poultry advertising will be run in this do-





lnitlal or number. No

Remittances must accompany. order.





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loam.





. y , , 261:1de-

Ballast) acresxtimberr large 36 ‘by 60, two.

‘ Fourtesnvroom house, bath. ‘ ' "



. 1 sheep; five horses; new International

tractor with.._plows. discs. potato digger. planks.

armor. yloedm- and unloads-r.

railroad - $4. ' miles.

double the price.





county seat 8 miles. ‘thE

W. Thomas. Rogers City. Mich





BEAUTIFUL RIVER FRONT—40 acres improved."

near Beaver-ton. good house. outbuildings, no ‘

Ideal poultry or berry farm. Grab this bargain.

$1.000. no trades.

Gladwin. Mich.





 





 





 





FOR SALE—A stock farm near St.





, . Johns. 210 acres.

Lev: H. Sibley. DeWitt. Mich.





 





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1'qu in good locatlai. ‘

Box 116, Michigan Farmer, Detroit. .





WANTED FARMS





WANTED—to rent. small





 





WANTED—To hear from owner of land for sale for

(all delivery. 0. Hawley. Baldwin, Vi’ls.





FARMS FOR RENT





FOR RENT—farm~on shares. Everything furnished.

J. M. St. Amant. Ortonville. Mich.





 





 





 





MSCELLA NEOUS





VIRGIN WOOL YARN for sale by manufacturer at

bargain. Samples free. H A. Bartlett, Harmony.

alne. '





YARNS of Pure Wool Worsted for Hand Knitting—

also Rug Yarns for Hooked Rugs. Write today for

free Samples. Ollr stOck is Large. 600 4-oz. skein.

Also Wool Blankets. Concord Worsted Mills. West

Concord. New Hampshire, '





AUTO P IlTS—Iladiators. Heads.

missions. rive Shafts, Rear Ends. Wheels. Bear-

ings. good as new. hal-l’ price or less. Satisfaction

guaranteed or money refunded. Recks Auto Paris,

12215 L‘. Jefferson Ave. Detroit. Mich.





 





 





Blocks. Trans-





FISTULA REMEDY—Physicians prescription, not a

patent medicine. Used successfully 45 years. $2 per

box postpald. Satisfaction guaranteed or money re-





 





 





 





funded. Fillmore 00.. Westminster. Md.

PET STOCK

HIGH—CLASS COON. Opossum. Mink, Skunk. and





 





Rabbit Hounds. Reasonable price. Catalog free.

V. Langdon, Dresser. Ill.

SEND TEN CENTS for individual description of





fur price list.

Mich.





RI‘OIID.





fifty hunting hounds, photo

Salem.





Lakeland Fur Hound Exchange.





 





FOX. wolf. rabbit hounds. Broke





COON. SKUNK.

Oco Kennels. 0conec. Ill.





dogs sent on 10 days' trial.





 





I’Ul'l’IES for sale.

Gladwin. Mich.





REG. COLLIE

Silvcrcrest Kennel,





HUNDRED HUNTING HOUNDS cheap. Supply cat—

alogue. Kaskaskcnncls AW—71, Herrick, 111.





natural healers.





 





 





REGISTERED COLLIE PHYS—natural healers. Oile—





maw Kennel. Prescott, Mich.



CORN HARVESTER

RICH MAN'S Corn Harvester. poor man's price~

only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free cat-





alog showing pictures of harvester. Process 00..

Salina. Kans.





MATTRESSES





MA'I'I'RESSES made any size. low factory prices.

Catalog tree. Peoria Bedding Company. Peoria. Ill.





 





 





 





FRUIT TREES AND NURSERY STOCK





PEACH TREES. $5 per 100 and. up. Apple Trees.

$7.50 per 100 and ll In large or small lots direct





 





 





 





to planters. by irelg . parcel post. express. Plums.

pears, cherries. grapes, nuts. berries. pecans. tines;

ornamental trees. vines and shrubs. Free catalog in

’crolors. Tennessee Nursery 00.. Box 125. Cleveland.

arm. 4





 





 





SEEDS





CHOICE ADAPTED SMALL GRAIN AND BEANS

~Improved American Banner wheat. Wolverine oats.

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





 





 





SEED WIIEAT—~—Certifled Improved American Banner.

1—9 bushels. $1.95: 10 bushels or more.‘$l.85. F. o.

B. Owosso. Bags free. A. B. Cook, Owosso.





 





inspected. American





SEED WHEAT—Certified and

Banner. $1.65 .per bu. Loekshore Farm. L.

Myrkle. Mgr.. Cressey, Mich. ‘





 





TOBACCO





GUARANTEED HOMESPU'N TOBACCO: Chewing.

5 lbs.. $1.00: 10. $1.75. Smoking. 10. $1.50. Pipe

Freel Pay when received. United Farmers. Bud-

Well. Kentucky.





 





HOMESI’UN TOBACCO—Write for samples and

prices. 'l‘routt & Son, Dept. P-3. Hickory, Ky.





POULTRY





WHITE LEGHORN HENS AND MALES now half

price. Thousands of elght-week-old Pullets. A180

Baby Chicks and Eggs. Trapnested. pedigreed foun-

dation stack. egg-bred 27 years. Winners at 20 can

contests. Catalog and special price bulletin free.

I ship C. 0. D. and guarantee satisfaction.



B. Ferris. 934 Union, Grand Rapids. Michigan.





ENGLISH WHITE LEGHORN' I’ULLETS—all from

free range Poultry Farms. 10 wks. old. 850: '12 to

14 wks., $1.00; laying pullets, $1.25; yearling hens.

900. A fine male bird free with every order of 50

pullets. Village View Poultry Farm. R. No. 3.

Zeeland, Mich.





 





 





.YEARIJNG KENS AND PULI.I‘3’I‘§—Singla_ Comb





White Leghorns and Sheppard's Strain Single Comb

Anconas. Some pullots are ready to lay. Let us

quote you our low price on What you need. We are

Michigan ccredited. Townline Poultry Farm. Zoe-

land, Mich.





PULLETS 50c EACH—White Leghm'n' produced from ' "





Ohio Accredited chicks. April and May hatched.

Satislaction guaranteed. Better Poultry 00.. Sugar—

creek. Tuscarawss Co.. Ohio.





 





bred Bronze





TURKEYS. GEESE. DUCKS—Finely

Write for de-





Turkeys. \Vh'lte Pokin Ducks. Geese.

scriptive circular and price.

tlon. Kalamazoo. Michigan.





 





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

Both Combs. Cooks. Hens. Cookcrels and Pullete.

Michigan's Greatest Color and Egg Strain. ,Writo

{Glenn-ice List. Intel-lakes Farm. Box 9. Lawrence.

M . ’





 





BARRED ROCK PULLETS. 750 each. Bourbonlied.

May hatched. turkeys. hens, $2.50; toms, $3.50.

Freed Fausnwsh. Chesnning. Mich.





fill-sin. Reasonable. Al. Mrock. anington.





SITUATIONS WANTED





 





 





 





One Four Four 115 Acres on Bus Line—Live Stock. Machinery and

Words. time. times. Words. time. times. Crops. Near village advantages. 60 acres tlllable, 200

10........8o.80‘ $2.40 16.. 82.08 86.24 Du. pots and 75 crates corn per acre: creek

11........ .88 2.64 27... . 2.16 6.48 through D tare. estimated 1000 cords wood; good

12 ,.96 2.88 28. . . 2.24 6.12 8-room white house, maple shade, basement barn.

13. A 1.04 3.12 29 ........ 2.32 6.96 smile. poultry house. etc; $200 to 5400- annually

14. .. 1.12 3.36 30.. ..... 2.40 7.20 from gravel pit. Retiring. sacrifice for $4,500 and.

15 ....... . 1.20 3.60 31........ 2.48 1.44 include 3 horses. 6 cows and heifer. 5 shoats. brood

16. ....... 1.28 3.84 32. . 2.56 7.68 sow. 75 chickens. long list wagons. machinery and

17. 1.36 4.08 33......“ 2.64 1.92 implements.- 10 acres oats. 11 com. 5 beans. 15 clo-

18 ....... . 1.44 4.32 84........ 2.12 8.16 vet. large garden and 3000 ft. pine lumber: part

10 ..... ... 1.53 ‘ 4.56 35........ 2.80 8.40 cash. H. F. Lunsted, Strait Agency. 104% Michigan

.2........0 1:60 4.80 38... . .. 88 8.64 Ave. Big Rapids. Mich. ‘

21..... .. 1.68 5.04 31... . 2. 6 8.88 , '

33.. . ... 1.18 5.38 33 .... 3.04 9.12 80-ACRE DAIRY AND GRAIN FARM in central

23”... .. 1-84 5-53 89..... 3.12 9.36 Michigan. Good buildings. Desirable location. Pros:

34 - 5-“ 40 - 9-50 won: community. Productive clay loam soil. For

I 0-00 __ 9-84 [mediate sale at 855 per acre. Easy terms.

REAL ESTATE C. L. Ross, Evan. Mich. .

. '.GROW ‘WITII SOUTHERN,GEORGIA—Good “lands. FOR AN INVESTMENT buy I d in the “marks."

~' Low prices still availabe. Write Chamber et'Coma Truman. m 2.000,,acrea ,3}. 0 Der mill! Bax

meson. Gunman Gs. . ‘ ' - , 66. Eamon. Mo. ~

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POSITION WANTED as manager or foreman '~

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