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NY far-reaching plan to combat

crime in the United'States would

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if it neglected the matter of crime

among aliens, Representative Johnson,

chairman of the House committee on

Immigration, told the conference on

prevention of crime. After presenting

figures showing that crimes committed

by aliens were far out of proportion

to the number of foreign born in this

country, Representative Johnson advo-

cated the deportation of alien crim-

inals and their rigid exclusion from

the United States. ’





News of the Week





John C. Lo’dge, mayorality candidate

in Detroit, was elected over Mayor

Smith by 12,000. His campaign was

unique as he did not make any effort

to get votes. He is an uncle of Col.

Lindbergh.





/ The Texas Bankers’ association has

offered a reward of five thousand dol-

lars for dead bank robbers. No re-

ward is offered for live ones.





The town of Sanborn, Indiana, did

not have an election last week be-

cause the town board forgot about it.

Three trustees and a clerk-treasurer

will, therefore, be elected Dec. 6th.





Judge L. H. Fead in his decision re-

garding the House of David case, has.

barred “King Ben” from the colony

and placed its financial affairs in the

hand of receivers. The colony may

continue if the members Wish it con-

tinued.



Col. Charles Lindbergh attended the

aviation camp at Oscoda last week and

took part in the flying maneuvers.





A new simple device to be put on

an ordinary motion camera which will

enable it to take colored motion pic—

tures has been perfected.





The parliament in Budapest passed

a. measure recently which prohibits the

serving of liquor to youth under 18

years of age. Another law prohibit-

ing the sale of liquor from Saturday

to Monday is being considered.



A “Coxey’s arm ” was formed in

England by jobless miners to impress

the parliament of their needs. They





 





 





 





 





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The U. S. war department has re-

ceived 3,100,000 applications for

bonuses. It is estimated that 500,000

veterans have not yet applied. The

time limit for application is January

1st, 1928.





‘A portrait of the builder of the

Temple of Dagon, mentioned in the.

Book of Chronicles, and other valu-

able manuscripts have been recently

discovered in unearthing an Egyptian

Temple in Palestine.



The Health Commissioner of New

York is alarmed in the drop in birth

rate in that ty. Fifteen years ago

the rate was 8 per thousand, new it

is twentywone. .



The Russian soviet government cele-

brated the tenth anniversary. of; the

Russian revolution last week. Lenin

was the hero of the day, his pictures





caused the loss ‘of hundreds of lives.

The lieutenant governor of Vermont





of Vermont is; virtually flooded. New

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dvlses a Farm Improvement Program A





Looting 412m? 35' Anon! In: Only Way to Succeed at Farming _: r

By F. ,E. Baer





HERE are two very good reasons

why we are interested in increas-

ing the productivity of the soils

of this country. One of these lies in

the ‘fact that our population is ex-

pected‘to grow at an average rate of

about one million people each year





-, for the next seventycfive years. This





will mean a total population in the

United States of about 185 million

people by the year 2000.



The other is found in the increasing

difficulty involved in making a satis-

factory labor income on land that will





-not produce more than the average





yields of the staple farm crops.



If w vestigate the first of these

s, viz: that of the increasing

demand for food by reason of our





‘ having a million more mouths to feed





each year, we may not be convinced

of the need of any immediate effort

on our part since there seems to be

a surplus of most of the products of

the farm,‘ judging by‘ the relative

prices of the things we have to buy

and of the crops we have to sell.



, When, by reason of still greater de-

mand,. the price of farm products may

tend to rise, there are enormous pos-

sibilities of increased production.

Among these may be mentioned the

improvement of crops by selection and

breeding for yield and disease resis-





tance: the increased use of limestone

for neutralizing acid soils; the produc-

tion and use of larger amounts of

fertilizers; the reclaiming of extensive

'acreages of marginal land, once culti-

vated but now practically lying waste;

and the bringing under the plow of

large areasof desert, swamp, pasture,

and forest land that are still available.





Furthermore, South America, Canada,

and Australia have vast expanses of.

virgin land that are now being ex-

ploited while the agricultural possi-

bilities in Africa are yet to be deter-

mined.



While the problem of guaranteeing

adequate food supplies for our rapidly

increasing population merits very seri-





 





 





 





 





 





Three Tons of Lime Per, Acre Paves the Way for More Profitable Legume

Crops on the Farm of Teny Schoo of Missaukee County





ous consideration from the national

point of view, it is a matter of little ‘

immediate concern to the man who'

owns or farms land. The problem of

the farmer may be stated as follows:;

Something is wrong with the adjust-

ment of economic conditions as be-

tween the city and the country; the

virgin fertility of much of our land

has been exhausted; the productive

power of our soils should be improved

but we have no immedite need for.

the larger yields of crops that might

thus be grown. If the prices of farm

products increase, there is an abun-

dance of additional land available

for cropping; there are enormous

possibilities in the way of increased

production on the land now being

farmed; and a. number of other agri-

cultural countries are prepared to ship

the products of their farms to our

cities.



For the individual farmer,

seems to be only one way out.





there

That





,way lies in the direction of increasing





his farming efficiency to the end that:

he may compete successfully with the

farmers of this or any other country

that has a possible surplus of the

crops that we are producing. If corn

is worth only $0.50 a. bushel, we must

either produce it for less than $0.50;

‘(Continued to page 489),





Now They Are Not Afraid -





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0 you mean that you expect me

to ride in the same car with

all that dynamite?” My hus-



band looked somewhat surprised, but

assured me that it wasn’t dangerous.





“But that is a terribly rdugh road,”

I insisted, “Surely it/ will go off when

we go ever some of those rocks, and

blow us sky high!”





My husband was patient with me

and tried to explain away my preju-

dice. He used a good many argu-

ments and illustrations, and I believe

that the one which impressed me most

at that‘time was his calling my atten-

tion to a train which we could plain-

ly hear switching around in the yards.





‘ He said that he happened to know





that in that train there were three

carloads of one of the most sensitive

explosives. I suppose they were be-





ing careful, but the cars were crashr





gether pretty hard, and I real-

ized the treatment they were getting

was rougher than that in our car

would get during the afternoon ride.

Perhaps I' was not thoroughly con-

vinced, but I wanted very much to go,





‘so finally decided to risk my neck.





Such was my introduction to high

explosives- Until ,my * marriage to

L. F. Livingston, then the explosive





. expert for the Michigan State College,-





I, like many others,- associated dyna-





' mite with deadly warfare, and had no





conception of its use as a peace-time

agent of progress.

7.. always as a means 01’ destruction .





I thought of it

‘ gherlzthan ponstruction.





- T n Ladies Met/ed





Only to Understand





By Clare Gillis Livingston





plosives causes the cold chills to cav-

ort along the spine. But it is the same

whether one is playing bridge or help-

ing/ wash a cream separator—wher-

ever you go, men and women who

have never used it, manifest fear of

dynamite.



“Aren’t you afraid to have your

husband dashing around the country

with a car full of dynamite the way

he does?” My friends ask me. And

now I can be quite sincere in making

some such reply as this—



“Dashing is certainly the right word.

I don’t worry nearly so much about

the dynamite as I do about the way





he drives that car of his! Dynamite

is safe if properly handled—I can

wield a. pretty wicked cap-crimper

myself!”



It is very pleasant to drive through

the northern woods in the summer

and fall, and many is the cozy chat

I have had with the farm wife while

I have been waiting for the men to

finish planning how best to rout the

stump or boulder enemy.



There are several individual exper—

iences of farm women which stand

out in my mind as being typical cf the

change in attitude experienced by





most people with regard to dynamite.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





One women in particular, one of the

finest of the pioneer type, had lived

for seven years in a. small log cabin,

fifteen miles from the main automo-

bile highway, and twenty-three miles

from the railway station. One day,

over a steaming cup of coffee in her

shining kitchen, she told me her story.



“It was pretty hard when we first

came out here. You know the kids

were all little shavers then, and we

didn’t have much money. That first

summer we did without most every-

thing, and worked like slaves to get

a little start before the cold weather.

We didn’t have enough money for

both a horse and a cow, and we

bought a. cow so we could have milk

and buttei. That meant that we had

to scratch the ground ourselves, but

We did manage to get in a few pota-

toes and a. little corn, and I had a

little vegetables garden and some

chickens, and we cut some hay down:

yonder in the meadow for the cow,

so we got along.



“Next spring we got started as soon

as we could, because we just had to

have a crop of some kind that we

could see so we could get a little

money. It seemed more hopeless

every day. We came in at night too

tired to sleep, and it seemed as

though we had done so little. I tell

you. it is back-breaking to take out

stumps when you have to grub and

chop and heave, and heave and chop

more and heave again. And it takes

so long! Some times it seemed as.

though we couldn’t make it and we.

used to worry about what we would





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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NUMBER TWENTY-ONE





VOLUME CLXIX





DETROIT, NOV. 19, 1927





CURRENT COMMENT





L AST spring t h e

Michigan legisla-





 





Tresp‘f“ ture enacted a law

Law 'n which, among other

Danger things, made it neces-





sary for hunters to

secu1e a permit fiom a falmer before

they went upon his farm or woodlot

to hunt. This measure was drafted

by Mr Rood, our attorney and pro-

moted through the columns of the

Michigan Farmer. It went into effect

a few weeks ago.



From the farming districts we thus

far hear nothing-but praise for the

measure. Among the favorable com-

ments is a statement recently made

in the Lansing State Journal by N. P.

Hull, president of the Michigan Milk

Producers’ Association and the head

of the l\"chigan Grange Life Insur-

ance Company. His statement is re-

printed on another page of this issue.

Mr. Hull is unqualifiedly for this law.

His familiarity with farm conditions

enables him to understand the need

for a statute that will cope with the

growing menace of irresponsible tres-

passers under the guise of sportsmen

going about promisciously with fire-

arms. This law, he,contends exactly

fits the bill and should not be changed.



However, a group of socalled

sportsmen are already planning to

have it changed. These men are un-

mindful of the rights of farmers and

they insist that nothing should dis-

turb their pleasure. Having means

and influence, their work undoubtedly

will be effective. It therefore be-

hoves the farmers to start an early

campaign in defense of this law.





N the day after





Leaders he finished his

Get work as president of

the United States,



Together Andrew Jackson .was





discussing his career





     





with a friend. Since this' career is

generally considered the most mete-





, .





meant When he regarded it as incom-

plete. Jackson elucidated by paying

that he had been eight years in Wash-

ington without having had an ‘oppor—_

tunity to shoot Henry Clay or hang

John C- Calhoun.



While Jackson’s methods’of dealing

with those .who failed to accord with

him on matters of state may have

been a bit harsh even for his day, the

fact remains that since 1837, the year

in which Michigan became a state,

some progress has been made in the

matter of tolerance, the forerunner of

compromise and cooperation. ‘



No doubt science and better means

of communication have done much to

give us a broader view of life; while

business has contributed immeasur-

ably to a better understanding be"

tween men. This broader View and

practical understanding has furnished

much of the foundation for the devel-

opment of great industries. A simi-

lar understanding and appreciation of

others will provide the basis of devel-

oping a greater American agriculture.



To show the trend in this direction,

word has just come from Washington

that the executive ~oflicers- and repre-





sentatives of our national farm Organ-I





izations have met and agreed in con-

ference upon nearly a dozen agricul-

tural matters of national import. This

is a trend in the direction of giving

farming a more united front on mat-

ters of public moment.





ROM the White



House comes in-

formation that Presi-

dent Coolidge is mak-

ing a careful study of

the various legislative

schemes proposed for the relief of

agriculture. He has given consider-

able attention to the Grange export

debenture plan, and it is indicated

that he is inclined to look with favor

upon the use of tariff revenues as a

means of paying the cost of applying

tariff benefits to farm products

through this plan.



It is definitely known that the Presi-

dent will insist that something sub-

stantial in the way of Congressional





Does Con-

gress Need

Relief?





action be done to meet the agricul-~





tural problem, although he is not Will-

ing to accept the McNary-Haugen

equalization fee scheme.



Representative Dickinson of Iowa,

just back from the St. Louis McNary-

Haugen promoters’ conference, insists

that the new farm bill must include

the equalization fee.



Senator Brookhart of Iowa says

that the McNary-Haugen bill will not

solve the farmers’ problem. In a

statement issued by the Iowa senator

on behalf of a group of Western

senators which includes Senators Nye

and Frazier of North Dakota, Norris

of Nebraska and Borah of Idaho, it

is stated that the farm problem can-

not ‘be solved without the enactment





. ,- . 9 .

‘I‘léve the farmer-er f segue -‘;

oriminaflon in freight rates on farm





products. . -





It is apparent that Congress W111 '7

not be relieved of farm relief for‘





Some time to come.





-HERE was one





Maniac.“ divorce to every

six and one~half mar-



on riages in this country

Decrease , last year, according





_ to the last report of

the Bureau of Census, and this social

evil is steadily increasing. During

1926 marriages increased 1.2 per cent

—a. ratio lower than the 1.5 per cent

increase in population—while divorces

increased 3.1 per cent. As a nation

we are not proud of these figures.



In connection with this, Michigan’s.

record shows that the law passed in

1925, requiring application for mar-

riage licenses five days in advance

has had a marked influence even in

the first year it was effective. During

1926 this state recorded a. decrease of

14 per cent in the number of mar-

riage licenses issued, the greatest de-

crease of ,any state in the Union. On

the other hand Nebraska recorded

19.5 per cent increase in marriages,

the largest increase of any state. This

increase resulted mainly from the re-

peal or a law similiar to the one now

in force in this state. '



It is quite certain that this five day

law does not stand in the way of the

average couple who are planning to

enter into a. lifelong partnership,

rather it has undoubtedly prevented

many hasty marriages" that would

otherwise have been repented at lei-

sure. In the course of time this de-

crease in the number of hasty mar-

riages may show its effect by a de-

crease in the number of divorces, as

its sponsors hope. In the meantime,

if Michigan’s legislative body would





enact at their next session a. mow'





severe and involved divorce law, the

present generation undoubtedly would

benefit by it. 1





HE general" con-





Th. ception is that

City people are



Rural greater readers than

Readers those living in rural





section because they

have more literature available. But

a library expert in New York state

says that his investigation shows the

contrary.





When one compares the life of those .





living in the city with that lived in‘

the country, he can readily account

for the greater interest in reading on

the part— of rural people. The average

City person working at a desk all day

is glad to let his eyes and brain rest

while he engages in some physical

activities during his leisure hours, or

if working in a shop the strain is

such that he hasvverylittle desire

to read in his leisure time. Also, the





 





 





Thanksgiving in the Air





By James Edward Hungerford





There’s a happy kind 0’ feeling

Comes into our hearts a-stealing,

At this magic time 0’ year;

Kind 0’ starts the blood a-stirring;

Sort 0’ sets the pulses purring,

’Till we feel chock-full 0’ cheer!



And the reason?



It’s the season——

It’s because 'Thanksgivlng’s here!





There’s a sparkle in the weather!



Folks are feeling in high feather;



There’s a smile on ev’ry lip!



Riles and trials, and “frets"

troubles ‘ ' -



All evaporate like bubbles;



Life is full 0' Jest and quip!



We're revealing



How we're tooling—-

Full 0' “pep" and “perk" and zip!





and





’There are odors from the kitchen,





Tantalizing and bewitchin’, 1;

Made to tempt the sons 0’ men;

Stealing through .the oven portal,

That just aggravate a mortal,

Be he eighty years, or ten!



Older, ‘younger, \



ln uhis hunger -

He is just a child again!





Then is something mighty thrilling;

Soul-inspiring and heart-filling,



When the “home-folks" congregate!

And the past, withl annals tragic,

Seems to fade away like magic—:-

Blottcd o.ut by hand 0’ Fate! ‘



Life ll living



On Thanksgivingl—





' Welcome, stranger—pace your plate!





. the same t1".-.1gs.”





. I kin believe this world





night he is comfortably. tired and

ready to settle down to an evening’s





reading. On the other hand a quiet





' evening at home is a rare thing in :1 ,





most city families. .

A survey made by this library ex-

pert showed that the average farm





family takes about six papers or “ ' :





periodicals. These are» well read, as

seldom‘. are they .supplemented by

library books because. libraries gare

not available; .



It is hoped that rural libraries may

become more common for 'the habits

of country people'will always be’ con-

ducive to the enjoymentof extensive





and thorough reading.





 





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S you may know we instituted in

this country a day to remind us





,to .say “thank you" once in a while.





But instead we eat’ turkey, cranber-

ries, pumpkin pies, etc.,

ready to bust and then we say .“You’re

welcome’f instead of “Thanks.” And

if we can’t alford to set such stuff

and starlings, we don’t feel we got

any reason fer feeling thankful.



This sayin’ thanks stuff is of con-

siderabul consequence. I know one

fellow who never says “thanks” ’cause

he thinks it makes him humble. He

always says “much obliged” and then

in a way you’re

sure he didn’t

mean it.



Just sayin’

‘ “thanks” or just

saying anything

don’t amount to

much unless you

mean what you

say. I .know

some folks who

kin swear in such a way it wouldn’t

even hurt the deacon of the church.

Its just the kinda feelin’ put behind

the words what makes the diflerence.



And its just the same with this

thanksgivin" day. If _we don’t put no

thankful feelin’ behind it, it ain’t no

thanksgivin’ fer us, but only a day

fer stuffin’ ourselves.





 





Well, I guess I’ll do all the stuffin'

Sofie’ll let me, and I kin teli ion [’11_





be thankful for all I"kin get. I like

my‘food too well not to be thankful

fer it. But I’m thankful for lots of

other things. Fer inst. I’m-thankful

fer not having to work any harder

than I did. And I’m thankful my

taxes ain’t any higher than they are,

’cause if they was I wouldn’t be able

to pay them.





I’m thankful too, even with Sofie as

my boss, fer the liberty I enjoy in

this life. There’s lots worse off than

me. I’m thankful too my auto ain’t

broke down yet and that it ain’t

knocked down no telephone posts or

any of them pedestrians, etc.



I’m thankful fer the scenery God

gives us, fer the beautiful flowers, the





' rain, and the sunshine, and the Chang:





in’ season. Nature is shiftin’ scenes

fer us all the time, so we kin have

something new to ’look at and still

some 1”" itsesuget tired of. “lookin’ at

rm tllankfdnat

I got good eyes fer in these. days

there’s lots 3. fellow’d miss if he

didn’t have good eyes. I’m thankful I

got good cars so I kin hear the music





of nature and man, as well as neigh~'





borhood gossip. 'And I am thankful

is gettin'

better instead of worse. And best of

all I’m thankful Sofie ain’t any worse

than she is, and I’m hoping she’ll have

turkey, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin

pie with whipped cream on it for

Thanksgivin dinner.

ful to you fer readin’ this.



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'_ ,, fortéElbertaABenzonia region of

3:511— " 7“ ' _. . Benzie County: »Where the seed

‘ ‘3beds alonegt’ar‘ermeasured' by the sore

' unit ’insteadro‘f the square foot, you





 





sumed gigantic proportions; when

grower after grower has from ten to

fifteen ‘acres planted to this Crop, you

may be sure. that the total output

umeans a lot to Benzie County. Cab-

bage has been grown in this section

.for the last thirty years, the acreage

fluctuating from year to year as the

probable demand seemed to warrant,





 





but the season of 1927 saw the largest .





acreage known to the industry.

Along about the time our country





- ' was working itself into a War-making





.. spirit after the destruction of the

' battleship Maine in Havana harbor,





ae1s _

Farmer: Know 1T [heir CflbfidgeJ/r ’ ,

' .. anagram isfiing in the Frank"





been evolved. Short-stemmed Danish

“is the‘ heaviest yielding type but does

not store as well as the long-stemmed

variety so,’ as a matter of common

judgment, it is grown Where the crop





may know that the industry has as“ is to be sold directly from the field





or very soOn thereafter. Another sort

known as Intermediate Danish has

come on the market recently which is

gaining quick popularity. It is longer

in stem than the one mentioned above

and'the heads are harder. The yield

is n6t much if any smaller than the

Short-stemmed type and, as it stores

better, some growers look for it to re-

place that type when it becomes bet-

ter known. The old original Danish

Ballhead is the long-stemmed type

usedin this section when the/crop is

to be stored. ‘



The pioneers in cabbage culture in





 





 





 





 





Joseph H. Masters, 3. commission mer-

chant of~ Chicago who owned the Lone

Pine Farm at Benzonia, thought to

interest the farmers of this section in

cabbage culture. He had experienced

difficulty in getting cabbage of the

quality and in the quantity needed for

his trade and, knowing the cultural

requirements of that particular crop,

he evidently thought to help his own

business and, at the same time, give

the folks on the heavy clay soil pf

this region a profitable cash crop.

Contrary to most of the soil of

Benzie County, that lying along the

south' shore of Crystal Lake is a very

heavy clay. In fact, it is so heavy

that many of the cash crops so gen-

erally grown in this part of the state

are not profitable ventures here. I

was interested in one man’s reason for

not growing potatoes for his own use.

“The soil has plenty of ‘push’ but it’s

so darn hard the potatoes can’t

spread it apart to grow,” he said. Be

that as it may, the choice of crops

is quite limited. Hay grows luxur-

iantly but since lumbering operations

have ceased the local demand is so

limited that distant markets must be

used and transportation chagrges take

all of the profit. ‘Bri th-‘:_‘ gr’owers

15’: j-not worrying novii’ihat cabbage is

doing 'so well for them. ‘

‘ Many varieties have been used since

the industry started but the list has

now dwindled .down to two types of





 





 





stemmed type the favorite. if The facts

of this Danish'Ballhead mix-upso far

as I‘ can find from Cabbage groWers

. and seedsmen are about like this:

- Since the advent of the original Ball-

, head cabbage, seed' growers and

'plant breeders have been trying to

A ,_ retain thedgood‘pointsxof this variety

ranches its good keeping qualityand





 





one varietyseshort "and long-stemmed '

Danish gB’a'llhead+—with"“vthe short-





iThis. Young Cabbage Grower Obligfingly Posed Among the Other Cabbage

Heads, as He Said





this region, Joseph H. Masters and

Thomas. P. Pepp, worked out a sched-

ule of operations which is still quite

closely followed by many growers. Of

course, the first operation is to pre-

pare the field to receive the plants.

The plowing is done when time and

weather conditions permit but woe to

the unhappy man who doesn’t get it

done in the fall and then runs into

a spring like that of 1927. He’s liter-

ally going to sweat blood before he

gets his ten or fifteen acres of cab-

bage started toward'the kraut barrel.

Fall plowing is desirable in many

ways—frost action mellows the top soil

and makes it easier to handle; the

operator can, as soon as the soil is

in proper shape in the spring, com-

mence his work of frequently stirring

the top soil to destroy all weeds be-

fore they get a ood start.



Each operator usually grows the

plants he will require for his own

use. The seed is planted in nursery

rows in»specially prepared fields as

near May 10th as possible. The plants

are grown on there \until they are

ready for the, field. Plants in the nur-

sery require but little attention aside

from an occasional cultivation to keep

down the weeds and to conserve. mois-

ture.





'I‘he’date that transplanting to the





field starts varies with the grower’s '





acreage and with available labor. The

idea is to have all of the plants in

their permanent home before the

boysxwant the days off to celebrate

the signing of the Declaration of Inde~

pendence. If the grower thinks it

will take him two weeks to complete

his planting operations, he will start

about June 15th, but if he can do the

job in four days, he may not start

until about the25th. Anyway, its got

to be done before the Fourth of July;

:Tlie field is marked off 2% or 3 feet





. each way "according to the individual

groWer’s‘ preference. This permits of





cultivation both ways and, of course,





hogs awa'ywith most of .the, hand





. (Codfifified' On ' page 492) '





 





 





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F YOU could Spend a week in' a “Farm

Service” Hardware Store you would get the





surprise of your life. You would find many ¢



things you never saw or heard of before. To ‘



learn all the different items, know their names,



uses and sizes is a life time study. Your



Hardware Man is constantly seeing and in-



specting new materials and inventions, using



his long training to pick out the good and dis-



carding the worthless so that he can have just .



the right things to offer you—those adapted to



your climate, your working conditions, and



your modes and desires of living.



Go to a “Farm Service” Store and look around



-you are always welcome. Go there when



you want a good tool, a repair part for the



stove or mower, a piece of pipe, new kitchen



utensils, or the best paint or material for some



odd job. You’ll get what you want right then



and there and you can be sure the quality and .

‘ price will be right.





A Farmer 's

Store





“Farm Service” stores specialize on the farm-





iagg; er’s needs and problems. They offer you more

Will—1:; the for your money than you can buy 1n any other

(in; of a way by giving merchandise of established value

$2325; at a fair price. In these stores you will dis-

3,333,“, cover short-cut ways to do things, articles that

”awn" will save your time, your temper, your money,

you need. and make your life more comfortable. Make



?, a practice of going to your- “Farm Service”





Hardware Store. It pays!





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of better



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for every-

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benefit
ANTI-FREEZE SOLUTIONS





 





’ S the first sharp freeze may seri-

A ously damage the auto or trac-



tor engine, it is high time that

every operator be giving attention to

putting in some anti freeze that will

prevent such damage.



There are various materials which

will p1event freezing but which can-

not be used for various reasons. Salt

brine will not freeze, but it has a very

corrosive effect on iron and other

metals, especially when hot, and also

has a tendency to cake badly. Ca1-

cium chloride was mucl1,used in early

automobile days, but has very much

the same objections as salt. Its cor-

rosive action is worst 0n aluminum

and brass. Both salt and calcium

carbide in the case of a slow leak

forms a short cir'cuiting film on ter-

minals or other parts they may strike.



Kerosene and Oil



['ndiluted kerosene is being used

more and more for anti-freeze in auto-

mobiles and trucks, and seems to give

satisfactory results. A friend of mine

has used it for. years in his car and is

loud in its praises. Kerosene does

not transmit heat so rapidly as water

and there might be some danger of

overheating where the car must stand

heavy continuous service. Thus a car

with kerosene antifreeze should be

watched carefully if it has to pull for

a considerable time in mud or snow,

especially in low gear. There is some

smell, but very little more than with

alcohol. There may be some danger

from ‘fire in the case of bad overheat-

ing, but littlelor none from the vapor

given off. Kerosene is hard on the

radiator connections, but they ought

to be replaced every other year any-

way.



Some are rising waste crank case

oil as antifreeze, and much the same

can be said about it as about kero-

sene, except that the oil is a still

poorer carrier of heat, and if anything

the danger of overheating is even

greater. For cars and trucks in light

work, it seems to work all right. Both

these are used in cars with and with-

out water circulating pumps.



Honey as an Anti-freeze



Honey has been used by a good

many of our readers as an anti-freeze

with quite satisfactory results. A

mixture of half water and half honey

is brought to a boil for severahmin-

utes and skimmed before being put

into the cooling system. This will

stand a temperature of 20 below zero

before freezing and then makes a

slushy ice which does not seem to do

any damage. Only water needs to

be added to the honey solution. Occa-

sionally a radiator will be allowed to

get too low and the honey will form

a sticky substance in the radiator

which is extremely difficult to re-

move. In cold weather this solution

will get slushy and be slow about

circulating; so before taking the car

. out on the road the radiator and hood

should be covered with a “blanket and

the engine run a few minutes andthen

allowed to stand until the honey solu-

tion has warmed up.



Alcohol Most Commonly Used



Denatured alcohol is the most com-

mon substance to use as an antifreez-

ing solution, as it does not have any





destructive action on the metal or‘





rubber hose, nor will it formany de-

posits of foreign matter to choke up

radiator passages. It has the disad-

.va.ntage that its boiling point is lower





than Water, and if the engineer trac-""





tor sees hard service it is likely to

wevaporate more rapidly than "the

5;. ;water, and soon the solution will be

' most-1y water, and will freeze it more

'lb‘ohoi is not added. A solution eon-

Wing 40 per cent denatured alcohol





will protect the motor down to twenty

degrees below zero, and one of fifty

per cent alcohol will be safe to thirty-

two below zero. Slightly lower tem-‘

peratures can be secured by using

wood alcohol. ‘ - .’

Glycerine



Of late years there has been a rapid



increase in the use of glycerine as an





anti-freeze for automobile engines es,





pecially. Glycerine stands a very low

temperature; does not Iboil away as

does alcohol, so that it is only neces-

sary to add water occasionally; has

no injurious effect on the metals of

the cooling system; in the pure dis-

tilled grades does not attack rubber

hose; does not ruin the finish as does

alcohol if spilt on the car; and in

many ways is the safest and most sat-

isfactory anti-freeze for automobile

use. The chief objection is the some-

what higher price. However, it can

be drained out in the spring and kept

over until the next season and used

over and over again, hence the yearly

cost is not as great as one would ex-

pect.~«I. W. Dickerson.





ULTRA-VIOLET GLASS CHANGES

UNDER ACTION OF SUNLIGHT





 





ESEARCH work conducted by the



Bureau of Standards has demon-

strated beyond any reasonable doubt

that all of the new glasses now being

marketed for transmitting the ultra-

violet or vitalizing rays from the sun

undergo a photochemical change and

decrease in transparency to these ac-

tivating rays when exposed to ultra-

violet radiation.



Glass which transmits 15 to 25 per

cent of the ultra-violet rays when new

decrease in transmission of such rays

to less than 5 per cent after a few

hours exposure to the mercury are

or a few weeks. to the sun. After

dropping. to this low point of ultra-

violet ray transmission, there seems





Hull Defends





It prolonged exposure, and theSe glasdes





still pass suffidient of the vit'alizing

rays to Stimulate growth and prevent





rickets and similar diseases. -—I. W. D.





 

 





DO RADIO BATTERIES AFFECT

CLOCK?





 





Please inform me whether the

“regulator” clock has any effect on

radio batteries placed ‘directly be-

neath it. Or Whether the batteries

have any effect on the clock. —-B. J.





I do not see how any kind of a

clock could have any possible effect

on the action of radio batteries, no

matter how close it might be to them.

On the other hand, carrying an elec-





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This Simple Device Put Togetherr as

Suggested Is Used to Remove the

Cylinder Head from Auto Engine.





tric current too close to the balance

wheel or other mechanism of asensi-

tive watch or clock, such as I pre-

sume you have in mind, might very

easily magnetize these parts and affect

its time keeping qualities. The manu-

facturer of this particular clock would

be the best judge of what damage could

be done and how close the batteries

and wires could be without danger.

Under ordinary conditions, I would

think there would be very little dan~

ger unless the balance wheel or some

other steel part was within say 18





Trespass Law





fldw'rer Farrzzerr t0 Rerz’rz‘ Drive to Amend Prevent Statute





HAT the new trespass and hunt-



ing law which was passed by the

last legislature is one of the best

pieces of legislation enacted for the

rural land owner and has done more

to conserve wild life than anyone

piece of legislation in years is the

belief of Nathan P. Hull, Lansing,

president of the Michigan Milk Pro-

ducers Association and chairman of

the executive committee of the Mich-

igan Grange.



A drive to amend the new law is

already under way and should be met,

says Mr. Hull, by a firm stand from

the rural voters whom he advises to

get into touch immediately with their

state senators and house representa-

tives to combat any change whatso-

ever. “The law is just right as it

standsfi’ declared Mr. Hull, Saturday

morning, “and any attempt to amend

it should be opposed with vigor by

every rural voter. '



“The. new law provides,”.continued

Mr. Hull, “that hunters may hunt

rural lands provided they obtain the

consent of the owners. This is emin-

ently fair. So is the penal clause.

For the first time the Michigan farm-

er is given the privilege of naming

the person who shall hunt and be upon

his premises. The old trespass law

with its six cents damage was a

weird Joke and farmers were defied

by hunters and defied on their own

land. ‘





“Rural land owners found at the





\close of every hunting season that





their fences had“ been outfioaéadmitt

dogs or make 'it' easier our the‘ hunter.





 





to pass from field to field. Cattle were

killed or filled with shot, domestic

poultry was often 'shot and taken

home by unscrupulous hunters and

buildings and wood lots menaced by

hunters’ fires.



“These same vandals would resent

the farmer coming into the city and

tramping all over the lawn, destroy~

ing flowers or property of the city

hunter. Yet the farmer had just as

much right to do this as the city

hunter had to destroy rural property.

The new law is fair and should be left

as it stands.



.“I believe that Michigan wild game,

what little there is left in the farming

communities, has the first chance for-

its ebbing life since the pioneer days

when there was plenty of it for every.

body. Not one farmer in a hundred

hunts,vas he hasn’t time in the pheas-

ant and duck and squirrel season.

This is his busy time. If heprbhibits

hunting on his land‘Michigan game

has a general sanctuary where as be-





fore this new law became operative .

sanctuaries were only created here .

and there by the state. {tisa splendid- ‘





piece of legislation and a life-saver for

the. scattered remnants of our wild

life. I believe that it is not only the

rural owners’ duty to post their farms

but that it is a humane thing. I be-





_lieve that any attempt to amend this

law or change it in any way should





be resented by eyery rural land own-

er and that rural owners Should be.





_ alive to the issue and immediately do

all «they can trierestnli any with on“;

1mm ‘





tion. ”whining State





- under it?





NEW Morn AND WEEVIL'.

~ ERADICATOR





 





NNOUNCEMENT

made by the U. S. Department of





Agriculture of an improved fumigant.

for moths and other pests of stored





products, which has the advantage of

being nonhumable, nonex’ploSive, non-

injuriOus to fabrics ofto metals, and

the additional property of being n0n-

dangerous. to human life. It, is also

comparatively inexpensive.



It was discovered that a combina-

tion of three. parts by volume of

ethylene dichloride and one part by

volume of carbon tetrachloride make

an effective fumigant. The mixture is

about five times as poisonous to the

pests as carbon tetrachloride alone.

In June ethylene dichloride was sell-

ing at 11.cents a pound and the car-

bon tetrachloride somewhat cheaper.

The cost of a gallon of .funfiganii

should not be much more than $1.00..



In using the fumigant the materials

to be treated should be placed in air—

tight containers,._ such as trunks ‘ or.

carefully made cases or closets. The

fumigant is left in an open tray or.

shallow dish before the fumigating

chamber is closed. The vapor is

heavier than air so the liquid should

be placed above the material to allow

the fumes to settle through it. The

container should remain closed for at

least a day. '



The mixture does not corrode

metals and does not bleach or strain

fabrics.

ing chambers, it may be applied to

rugs, carpets, linens, mohair, clothing

and upholstery, without damage. Un-

less breathed in high concentration

for a long time it has no harmful re-

sults to human beings.——W.





BINDER FORTY YEARS OLD

STILL WORKING





 





N'interesting case of long binder

service came to our notice re-

cently through The Harvester World.

Mr. Fred Wanda, near Ransomville,

N. Y., now 83 years old, owns a Deer-





‘ ing binder which has cut a crop every





year ‘since it was purchased in 1887.-

In overhauling this mechanical’yét—

eran prior to the 1927 harvest, new

platform and new butter canvases

were required, and these repairs left

the factory by parcel post the same

day the order was received.



While no figures are given as to

the total number of acres cut by this

old binder in its 40 years of service,

it is truly a remarkable record, and

apparently it is not through yet. This

shows what good care and attention

will do in prolonging the useful life

of a farm machine. “It also illustrates

a good repair service record, when

repairs for a 40-year old machine can

be sent out on the same day the order

was. received.



We should be glad to have pictures

and stories of other cases of unusual

records of farm equipment, either in

length of service or amount of work

done, ‘tmy of our readers still do

not seem to gauze that the cheapest.

machinery operation is secured not so





much by making it last a long series _





of years, but by making it do as much





service as possible each year. ——I. W. ‘





Dickerson.





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I‘ am putting running water in. the

house with a large galvanized tank

upstairs. Is there any way I could

pack this tank to keep it from sweat—

ing, or Will I have to put a. drip pan‘

Am building a wooden:

frame clear around the tank—L. E. G.





from sweating by conning it with

,some ldnd 01‘. felt insulating mater-tau,

However, this is not considered





 





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as just been ~ . '





When vaporized in fumigat- ‘





A water tank" Could be prevented it A
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Good roads ~ ~ ~ good cars ~ ~ ~ good aso—

line and good oils ~ * these are,per aps

most of all responsible“ for the present—

day cOmfort and happiness of the

American farm family. The isolation

and the loneliness are no more. The

. miles to town are merely minutes.

f _ . The tasks of cultivating the fields and

‘ gathering the harvest have been so

iminished that now there is ample

time for leisure and recreation.





Shell is proud of its share in the im—

provement of farm conditions. Proud

of the genuine welcome which greets

the big Shell yellow—red tank trucks

wherever they stop to deliver their

loads of quality petroleum products.

Proud that farmers who “Change to

Shell” continue to useit for fuller

satisfaction from their mechanical

equipment and for better lighting and

heating 4 ‘ ~ Good Cause for Thanksgiving!





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muscles. Stop: the lameness and pain

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From, 'INGLESIDE FARM—By Stanley Powell





 





 





HE annual rodeo is over as far

as I am concerned. It is always

an interesting, but rather weari-

some task to round up a large num-

ber of cattle and sheep from a sec—

tion of' wild» pasture land which we

have near Marion in Osceola County

Hills and valleys, woods, swamps, and





the stock. Usually it takes two or





.three of us a couple of days or more





to locate’all of the animals and get

them into the corral. This year two

of us found all the sheep in one after-

noon and located all the steers the next

morning in only a little over an hour.





When a. person tramps for hours

and hours over a square mile of this

land and realizes that he hasn’t thor-

oughly covered all of it, he gets a,

new realization of the size of our

state. Michigan has, we are told, an

area of 57,480 square miles. I guess

a. person could walk a life-time and

yet not see ii. all.



I never go up to these northern

towns Without marveling at the al-

most unbelievable amount of stock

which is shipped from these points.

I was there on Wednesday and Thurs-

day. Wednesday a half dozen cars

of cattle were sent south. On Thurs-

day three cars of steers and at least

six decks of lambs were loaded. Fri-

day was to be the real shipping day.

I have been to some of these little

villages and counted more than a bun-

dred veal calves in the stockyards

besides large quantities of cows,

steers, hogs, and sheep.



While it is undoubtedly true that

grazing is one of the most profitable

ventures in this portion of the state,

it could be added that considerable

more profit might be realized if the

stock breeders of this region would

use pure-bred sires. Much of the na-

tive grown stuff is of quite inferior

quality. Some veteran owners of

large tracts of grazing land prefer to

send to Chicago or other western

markets and pay heavy freight charg-

es in order to get feeding cattle of

more uniform type and better breed-

ing. '



Getting on Winter Basis



We are getting pretty much on a

winter basis here at Ingleside. The

silo is open and the cattle are enjoy-

ing the ensilage. Spoilage on top of

the silo was light this year, due to

thorough packing and wetting and the

planting of oats on the surface soon

after filling. The oats formed a good

sod which helped exclude the air.



We sold all the steers from the

ranch and bought light ones, averag-

ing 619 lbs. They, are a well-bred

bunch of Shorthorns, red and roan in

color. We plan on wintering them on

silage, corn fodder, oat straw, mixed

hay and some grain and finishing

them while on pasture next summer

when the price will probably be at

the maximum.





They are now pleasantly located in

a well-bedded barnyard with} a large

stack of wheat straw in the center

and a water tank in one corner. They

run in and out of their stable at will.

Only two of them had horns and we

clipped those off this morning. It

was a short Job and will make the

bunch look more uniform and help





All of our stock comes in the barn





ers and dry cows We haven’t com-





shall. Our breeding ewes are fully as





 





brush conspire together to conceal.





them to get along more peaceably.

. with each other.





or barnyard at night except the boil:





~menced graining the sheep yet, but it.

.probably won’t be long before we\ing_, flax or its by-product, , linseed

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' at this season, if he has not already «





doneso, carefully tag all his breeding

ewes. ,While we were! doing this little

operation we also trimmed the ewes’





feet. Special: instruments may be =pur—

chased for this. work, but a good I





sturdy jack-knife does .pretty well.

Plenty of Places to Go





I have to laugh to think of the city é

folks who picture the life of a- farmer '





as a dull routine of monotonous toil.

Here at ‘Ingleside no day is unevent-

ful and no two days are alike. Even-

ings there are so many things going

on that my digestion is imperiled and

’it is hard to keep up with desk work

and reading. ‘

Last evening wife and I went to a.

community Farm Bureau supper and

meeting; tonight we should attend a.

meeting of the officers and teachers

of ouj‘ Sunday School; tomorrow even—

ing we are scheduled for another

Farm Bureau supper meeting: We

have tickets for an American Legion

banquet Friday evening; Saturday

night is the installation of our local

. Grange officers and as wife and I are

both_ listed among the new officials, we

must be there. Sunday we each have





a Sunday School class to teach; Monv





day evening is the annual meeting of

our community threshing ring; Tues-

day evening I address a. .Church

Brotherhood in a nearbygvillage. And

so it goes. '



At the meeting last evening, one

neighbor said, “You hit things "off

about as they happen. Keep it up.”

Another friend—remarked, “There is

one thing that I would like to see you

protest. That’s the way in which they

are ruining ,our road by scraping

away all the gravel from the crowu.

The county highway truck grader

goes by once or twice a. day at

twenty or mo-revmiles per hour. The

operator seems determined to level

'the road and scrape away all the

gravel from the original crown. The

truck travels so fast that if the blade

hits a solid" stone the whole machine

starts vibrating up and down with the

result that it scrapes waves in the

road for several rods.”



These remarks started a rather gem

eral discussion and it seemed to be

the consensus of opinion that the old

system of patrolling the road with a.

horse drawn scraper was superior to

the present method.





 





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Get out your pencil and paper and

write down your answers to these

questions. Make a game (if it and see

which member of the family can get

the largest number right when com-

pared with those printed on another

page elsewhere in this issue





1. What are the dimensions of a,

perch and how is it used.



2. How much does a cubic foot of

water weigh?



3. Give the legal weight-in Mich.

igan of a bushel of buckwheat, bar-

ley, and onions.



4. Give two ways of finding the

area of a circular field.



5. What are the dimensions of a.

square acre?



-6. Why is imported alfalfa and red

clover seed stained?”



7., What effect does the lack of

iodine have, upon pigs?



8. Has white’ and yellow corn the

same feeding value for pigs?



9. At what temperature (ices 'water

boil?



10. Which is more valuable as a.

protein supplement in live‘stock feed-





gest that every fleck master should/,9;
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HERE are real people tell-

« ing you in their own

words why they buy Ball-Band

(Red Ball) footwear.



' They say they like footwear

with the Red Ball trade-mark

__ because it gives them more

days wear, because it gives

them perfect foot protection

in wet and cold weather, and

because Ball-Band footwear fits.





"I like we way they fit”





“I can’t remember when I bought

my first pair of Ball-Band footwear,

it has been so long ago,” says Mr.

S. W. Perin, Farm Superintendent

of the Nebraska College of Agricul-

ture at Lincoln. -



Mr. Perin has been in the service





of the University since 1889, and has -





“set the stage” for farm laboratory

experiments for tens of thousands

of Students. Dipping, fertilizing,

butchering, feeding, he has to come





and go in all sorts of weather. ‘





Through wet ass, mud and manure,

and over cin er drives and concrete

floors, ,without heed as to where he

Steps. Yet, he says:



“I’ve never had a defective pair of

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For more than two genera.-

tions, millions of other men

like them have worn Ball-Band

footwear, and everywhere you

go, they say the same good

things about it.



If y0u are not already wear-

ing footwear with the Red Ball

trade-mark, begin at once to do

so. Then you will know what

these farmers mean when they





 





boot or rubber with the Red Ball

trade-mark I’ve owned has given me

all the wear I could possibly ask. I

also like the wa Ball-Band footwear

fits. Comforta 1e feet are as im-

portant as warm, dry feet.



“Most of the boys who work un-'

der me here wear Ball-Band too, and f

the wear that some of them ive their

boots is a real test of duragility.”





Here is one of

several styles

of Ball-Band

cloth arctic:

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talk about 'foot protection,

good fit and more days wear.

Ask your dealer for Ball-

Band. Every genuine Ball-

Band article has the Red Ball

trade-mark. Look for it.





"Others may cost less

but you buy oftener”





"All my life I have worn Ball-Band

footwear. I wouldn’t wear any other

kind, because no other is as good.

Other rubbers may cost less at first,

but you have to buy oftener.”



This is what R. L. Potter, owner

of River Farm, Paducah, Kentucky,

says. His opinion is interesting be-

cause, as he explains: “This farm

lies practically in the river bottom

and there are always wet spots on it,

so I wear rubber footwear most of

the .time. Running through the

woods after hogs certainly gives a

pair of rubbers. every excuse in the

world to wear out. Yet I’ve had no

end of hard wear out of every pair

of boots and rubbers with the Red

Ball trade-mark.” _





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The ex erz'ence of a father

472 two grown sons





“We’ve been wearing Ball-Band

boots and other footwear all our

lives. Every pair is good for a year

at least . . .”



E. C. Brown (left in photograph)

of Fairview, Pennsylvania, was speak-

ing when he was interrupted by his

son, Ralph S. Brown (middle in

photograph).



“I’ve had this one pair of boots,

Dad,” said Ralph Brown, “for two

years already, and they haven’t be-

gun to wear out.”



His father replied, “Well, I was

being conservative. No one ought





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Whatever style or

height of boot you

prefer for the

work you do, you

can et it in the

Bal -Baml line.

There are also

styles and sizes





for women and





children.





to expect any boot to last more than

a year, but of course Ball-Bands do.

So do our four-buckle cloth arcrics,

and our work shoes [Mishko] have

more than cut our shoe bills in tWo,

besides savingus the cost of half soles."



Ralph and his brother Floyd

E. Brown, help their father work

their 60-acre farm, milk 10 Holstein

cows and raise some 25 Chesrer

White hogs. When the picture was

taken the three men were working

in their five-acre woodlot. All had

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The spirit , of

Thanksgiving





N cooperation with its farm neighbors, the New York

Central has contributed a goodly share to the cheer which

graces the Thanksgiving board.





Just as the nation is dependent on the farmer for its food, so

it relies on the railroad to bring it to market.





Thus each contributes a vital and essential service in the

day’s work of the country.





The past season has held much of disappointment for our

farm neighbors. The fruit grower, the grain farmer, the dairy-

man and the general farmer have sufiered many losses.

However, at this season of the year, we must count our

blessings and look forward to 1928 with hope and trust,

knowing that food production and transportation are the two

fundamental industries of the nation.





The New York Central Lines wish to join you in the spirit

of Thanksgiving.





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HE'flfth Top 0’ Michigan Potato



and Apple Show atGaonrd, Nov.



2-4, exceeded in number and “qual-

ity of exhibits, attendance and amount

of premiums, all previous shows. This

was a good year for the production of

quality potatoes, making the competi-

tion keen, particularly in theclass of

peck Russet Rurals, where seventy-

five entries were made.





Il‘his institution started in 1922





when only potatoes were shown. Two'





years later apples were added. This

year over 100 entries of apples were

made. The participation of promin-

ent commercial orchards» of the nor-

thern counties this year gave this de-

partment of the show a big boost.





Every session of the Show was

crowded with‘ farm folks. Four thous-

and interested people saw the exhib-

its and enjoyed the programs. On

“Apple Day,” Pro-f. Cardinell of Mich-

igan State College and R.~- W. Rees

of the New York Central lines led in

the discussion of practical problems

with the apple growers. These two

men also judged the apples. Mr. Rees

remarked that he had attended all

previous shows at Gaylord and this

was the outstanding one in both qual-

ity and quantity of exhibits.



“Potato Day” program showed an

array of talent. Prof. Grantham of

the soils department, H. C. Rather of

the crops department, J. G. Hays of

the dairy‘department, and C. M. Mc-

Crary, potato specialist, all of Mich-

igan State, gavetheir best to these

unusually successful potato growers.

This was supplemented with a. discus-

sion by Dr. Nixon of Pennsylvania

State College Who declared that grow-

ers of his state needed Michigan seed

potatoes to produce bigger and better

crops.





The potato judging was done by Dr.

Nixon and Mr. McCrary. Fred Brudy,

of Wolverine, was sweepstakes winner

in the peck exhibit of Russet Rurals.

Mr. Brudy has been a yearly exhib-

itor, has been a director for several

years, and was president last year.



The various special features of the

show proved very interesting to the

many visitors. The potato grading

contest was held each morning of the

show. Each contestant was given a.

bushel of potatoes to grade into U. S.

No. 1, U. S. No. 2, and culls. Over

forty farmers tried their luck. This

was under the supervision of State De-

partment of Agriculture officials.





In the pie baking contest, $50.00

was offered for the best thirty pies.

Forty-five entrieswere made. It was

a. very appetizing sight to see the pies

lined up in the show room, waiting

the action of the judges. Mrs. Glen

Townsend, of Petoskey, entered the

prize winning pie.



The women visitors of the show

again came in for their part of the

show and premium money in the pota-

to peeling contest. Twenty women

lined up and at a given signal each

started peeling three pounds of pota-

toes. They were required to be

through in the three minutes. Most

of them were and first place went‘to

Mrs. W. H. Green, of Gaylord. Judg-

ing, based on both time and quality

of work, was done by State Depart-

ment of Agriculture officials.





The choir singing was the outstand-

ing special event. Conducted for the

second time at this show under the

auspices of the R. E. Olds Community

Music Fund, and the Michigan State

College, nine church choirs from a

hundred mile radius assembled to sing

their best. It was an interesting two

hours program. When all Was finished,





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ment at the Micnigan State College:





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church from the open country‘ in An-

trim County won second, and the

Harbor Springs M. E. Junior choir,

with twenty-two voices.

age from eight to sixteen, won third.





Other Awards



Peck Russet Rurals—First and

sweepstakes, Fred Brudy, WolVerine;

second, Orville Scott, Vanderbilt;

third, Leon Mankowski, Gaylord.



Peck White Rurals—First, J. H.

Hillman; ' second, Willis

Weaver, Alpena; third, Peter McVan-

nel, Gaylord. ’



Peck Irish Cobblers—4N0 first; sec-

ond, J. D. Robinson, Pellston; third,

Chas. Herron, Alpena.



In all other varieties competing R.

J. Gerhke, of Osseneke, won first.



Certified Russet Rurals——-Chas. Kote-

sky, of Charlevoix County, first; E.

Sutton, of Central Lake, second; and

F. F. Rotter, of Alanson, third.



Certified Irish Cobblers—J. D. Rob-

inson won first. '





In the beginners’ class of peck Rus-~





set Rurals, Charles Kotesky won-first;

Mrs. P. H. Thomas, of Vanderbilt,

second; and P. Wirth, of Alba, third.



Bushel baking potatoes—First place

went to A. J. Gerhke; second, E. Sut-

tOn; third, R. E. Gay, of Alba.



R. E. Gay received the prize for

the best individual Russet Rural po-

tato.



In the County Exhibits, Otsego

County won first place for the fifth

consecutive year; Cheboygan County

was second; Antrim County, third;

and Alpena County, fourth. Otsego

County now gains permanent posses-

sion of the Association cup awarded

in 1926 to the County winning first

place twice. .





In the Boys’ and Girls’ Club, the

West Hays potato club of Otsego

County, won first place for the second

consecutive year, and gains posses-

sion of the Michigan Central cup,

given to the club winning first place

twice. The Five Lakes Club of Ot-

sego County was second and the Burt

Lake Club of Cheboygan, third.



In the apple exhibits, C. W. Oatley,

of Kewadin, was the outstanding Win-

ner with seven firsts in plates and

four firsts in trays. H. G. Waring also

of Kewadin was a consistent winner





and carried away sweepstakes prizes“.





in plates, trays, and bushels, with his

Red Steel Variety. He also exhibited

the best individual apple, a Steel Red.





In the potato grading contest first ,,





place went ‘to A. J. Townsend, of Gay

lord; second to Irwin Cole, of Alan-

son; and third to Floyd Skelton, of

Gaylord.



In the apple pie baking contest Mrs.

Glen Townsend of Petoskey won first

place; with second place going to Mrs.

Libcke, of Gaylord; and third to Mrs.

John Benser, of Gaylord.



In the potato peeling contest,— Mrs.

W. H. Green was first; Mrs. F. E.

Stutesman, second; and Mrs. Geo.‘

Butcher, third; all of Gaylord. -



In the essay contest conducted

among grade school children, Hazel

Badder, of Alba, won first place; Fern

Hagadorn, of Johannesburg, second;

and Faith Hurd, of Johannesburg,

third.



At the close of the show the busi-

ness men of Gaylord pledged them-

selves to provide more room for the

rapidly growing show. This «show is

a typical northern Michigan institu-

tion and should continue to have the





whole hearted supported of every'

. farmer and business man of the

region. '





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However sympathetic We“ may be with

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'that better prices for farm products





may obtain, the possibilities in that





direction seem to be limited.



{It must be admitted that successful

farming involves more than simply

‘ growing more bushels of corn, more

tons of hay or more crates of pota-

‘ toes per acre than the average farmer

produces- Yet it is a well known fact

that the largest labOr incomes are

usually secured on those farms on

which considerably higher than aver-

age acre yields are produced, whether

the crops be sold as such or inrthe

form of live stock or its products. An

analysis of the cost of production of

these higher-than—average yields will

usually show that they are the result

of a long period of systematic atten-

tion to a program of soil improvement

that has not 'been particularly ex-

pensive.



While soils may be improved

rapidly, and spasmodic efforts to in-

crease their productivity may be jus-

tified in times of high prices, such a

plan of procedure is quite likely to

fail. Strange as it may seem, even

economists seem to be better able to

tell usrwhy prices were high than

they are to predict when prices will

be high. It is the man who produces

big crops every year who breaks even

when the prices of farm products are





low and who pays oif the mortgage





when they advance.



Looking ahead for the next 40 years,

we can predict with reasonable cer-

tainty that the following events will

take place, viz: that the selling prices

of most farm products will gradually

become relatively higher; that there

will be a substantial rise in the mar-

ket value of good land; that for, any

given crop there will be recurring

cycles of high selling prices which

will be sufficiently above the average

cost of production as to make high

yields very profitable during those

periods; that co-Operative systems of

marketing will‘be developed to the

point that prices of farm products will

be better stabilized in periods of ex-

cessive production; and that the cost

of improving the productivity of the

soil will be very little if any less’than

it is today. If these predictions are

accepted as being more than mere

possibilities, then it would seem logic-

al to make very definite preparations

to realize on them.



(The forty year period is chosen by

reason of the fact that it represents

the life—expectancy of the young men

of 25 who are gradually shoulderlng

the responsibilities .of farming these

United States. The extent to which

these men will succeed is determined

in large part by their ability to formu-

late long—time programs of farm man-

agement and soil improvement and to

carry them through in spite of the

occasional periods of depression that

.are sure to come. Looking forward

forty years, how shall a young man

proceed that he may qualify as a suc-

cessful farmer before that time has

elapsed?



If a young man, at the age of

twenty-five, will begin investing-$12.50

each month in some type of savings

. 1‘ account paying 6 per cent interest and



if he will continue this program of

saving for a period of forty years, he

will have accumulated approximately

twenty-five thousands dollars at the

age of sixty-five.

could save that. amount of money if

The desired to do it. But the records





_ show that only a very small. percents





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but often simply because they have

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to do it by some more rapid but less

certain method that did not succeed.



(In‘ the second part of this discus

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will consider the more practical

phases of a farm program.)





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Eco EATING REMEDY





F chickens begin eating their eggs

. it is usually because they need

starch. Purchase bulk laiindry starch

and put it in a dish in the coop when





‘ you mistrust you are losing eggs in





this way, and you will be~ surprised at

the amount they will eat, and their

starch feast will end egg eating.



For holding gravel, oyster Shells,

starch, and charcoal, I use tube cake

pans such as are sold at variety stores

for baking angel food cakes. Drive a

sharpened two' foot 'stake through the

center of the pan and into the ground.

Then an the pan and the foWls can

not tip it over and but little is wasted.

The pan can be slipped off the stake

for scleaning and refilling. If you are

giving a tonic there is less Waste if

it is given in this way than by mix-

ing with the whole feed of grain or

mash. '



Chickens are fond of uncooked pota-





to skins and for a winter feed unless‘





you have plenty of green oats, cab-

bage, etc., it is well to chop potato





parings two or three times a'week‘





and feed them all they will eat.



Hens that moult late can, never be

coaxed to lay winter eggs and it is

better to put them in separate coops

and feed for vitality and future pro-

fit. Corn, buckwheat, and mash are

.Keep the pullets, and

early'moulters by themselves and give

them the tonics, the green food and

shells, starch, charcoal, etc., to stimu-

late egg production.-—L. M. Thornton.





WH'EN LEGHORNS BLEED





E have had occasional losses in

_ our Leghorn flocks from full

grown hens bleeding to death at the

comb. A small peck from atelier

bird seems to start the flow of blood.

Other members of the flock peck at

the wound'to obtain the blood and the

bleeding continues until the bird dies

from weakness and loss of blood.



A drug called adrenalin chloride

can often be used to stop the flow of

blood from the comb. The hen should

be isolated when the bleeding is dis-

covered so that other hens will not

peck the wound. ‘ It is important to

locate a bleeder at once and apply

treatment. Many losses occur because

the bleeding bird is not located until

she is bled white and very weak.



Watch for the pale Leghorn that re-

mains on the perch and seems very

weak. Examine the comb ’carefully.

Sometimes only a drop of‘ blood will

show at a time and this slow bleed-

ing will continue for many days be—

fore _the bird dies. Sometimes a bird

will apparently bleed to death” from

the small injury at the base of a

feather.

pale and shows a splash of blood on

the side of the body 01' wing. A bird

with that type of injury will surely

die from weakness if the gradual loss

of blood is not stopped—K.





GLASS CLOTH





T has long been known, that‘while

glass admits light, it also excludes

the important life giving portion of

the sun’s light, known as the ultra-

violet ray.

Animal life does exist when confined

under glass, but with lessened vitality.





' . LikeWise ve'getable'or plant life needs





the ultra-violet ,ray for a sturdy,

healthy growth, which .it fails to get

under glass.



In a search for the solutiOn of these

problems and at the same time to





provide a practical, coonomica‘i sub- ’





stitute for glass, this amazing discov-





ery was made by none other than a

{western farmer '





Examine a bird that seems





 





This discovery resulted in what is.

now commonly known as glass cloth;

a strong loosely woven fabric, isn—

pregnated with a new

which solidifies, giving the cloth a.

transparent body, With the weather

resisting qualities of ‘glass, but also

admitting the ultra-violet ray.





Thousands of farmers and poultry-

men have tested this material as a.

glass substitute in poultry houses,

scratch pens, brooder houses, etc., and

are practically unanimous in their ex—

perience that it greatly increases pro





substance, ,





duction, not'only of eggs, but of poul- -‘





try growth.



Probably even more important are

the scientific experiments that have

been conducted by agricultural col«

leges and experimental stations.



Among these was the test made at

the , Iowa State Agricultural College

in which agroup of three weeks old

chicks that had been raised under

glass were divided, one‘lot remaining

under glass and another being placed

under glass cloth. ‘



Of the lot remaining under gla3s 25

per cent died during the next four

weeks. Not one of the lot under glass

cloth died or even showed signs of

sickness.



Further, it was found at the end

of the four weeks period that those

under glass cloth had 'made a gain in

weight of 250 per cent as compared

with 180 per cent for those surviving

under the glass.



Other research has shown‘ that the

lack of the ultra-violet ray causes

undernourishment in chicks, resulting





‘in rickets, softness and leg weakness.





Dr. William Benham Snow of New

York City, speaking before a recent

conference for the study of the ultra-

violet ray said: “The ultra-violet ray

acts upon the lime in circulation in

the blood, so that it can be used in

bonebuilding and in this Way theyare

the specific cure for rickets.”



Scientists have classified a certain

element they call vitamin D that is

vital to maintain life and health. In

feeding poultry good rations contain—

ing proper materials, vitamin D is

absolutely essential to change the min.

eials into a form the digestive organs

will assimilate.



The ultra-violet rays of the sun’s

light are the principal creators of vita-

min D; otherwise found abundantly

in the yolk of eggs and cod liver oil.

The latter is now being used to some

extent to supply this element in chick

nou1iShment.



It is found that egg production is

increased from one to four times

where the same hens are placed un-

der glass cloth instead of glass. Ow-

ing to the lack of the ultra-violet ray,

hens kept under glass are subject to

egg paralysis, .a condition in which

the natural function of the egg pro-

ducing glands are materially retarded

or totally. discontinued.



It has also been found that glass

cloth has a marked advantage in re—

taining heat within the poultry 1191' s

and serves as a. greater barrii Je

outer cold, than does glass. This

makes it much easier to keep up

proper heat in extreme weather.





SUNFLOWER SEEDS AND. BUCK-

WHEAT





I have some sunflowers. What do

they take the .place of in the feed

a chicken? Also what property E23

buckwheat in same.

be fed?-—-Mrs. J. S. D.



Sunflower seeds contain consider-

able vegetable oil and are of special

value during the moult’ing season,

However, they contain a lot of indi-





How Should they





,gestible fiber and I do not consider

them as good as





corn in the hen}





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: '-'the sublime Board and “the

7 merchant marine is very great, Com:

“missioner’W. S. Hill, who represents

‘ _~ the farmers on the Shipping Board,

, assierts. Ilka. recent statement, Mr..

5 “ «Hill says that “few men , who plow

and reap on the farms of the United

1 States realize how ocean shipping in-

», fluences the prices received for the

resultrof their labors.

(“It is largely the foreign demand

that makes the. price in the world’s

_ markets. For. the past two years the

United States wheat surplus available

for export has been, each year, over

* 250,000,000 bushels. Upon the satis-

» factory disposal of this surplus largely

rests the amount of money the farm-

er receives for his crop. Here is where

the farmer becomes vitally interested

in the activities of ocean [transporta-

tion.”





 

 





THE FARM BUREAU’S ATTITUDE





 





I N his desire to aid in working out



’ v a satisfactory solution of the agri-

cultural problem, President Coolidge

asked Chester Gray, Washington rep-

resentative of the American Farm

Bureau Federation, what the farmers

were thinking regarding farm relief

legislation.





Mr. Gray replied that the American

Farm Bureau Federation favOred the

McNary-Haugen bill. While there

might be some modification of the bill

which would be acceptable to the farm;

ers, the organization he represented

during the next session of Congress

will fight for an efiective method of

disposing of farm surpluses, making

the surplus and the commodity pay

for its own disposition and not try to

have it paid out of the Federal Treas-

ury. Any plan to take out of farm

relief legislation the equalization fee

feature will not meet with the appr

val of the American Farm Bureau

Federation. .,





 





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means of controlling the alfalfa wee-

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seepage‘lfrom ‘the‘ west and south,

which, unless tile can be laid to catch

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NOVEMBER 'WITH THE FLOWERS





OVEMBER is clean-up time in

the flower garden. A11 annuals

which have ceased blooming should

be pulled and burned. A lot of gar:

den pests will be disposed of in this

manner. Tools and portable garden

furniture should be taken indoors and

st-Ored out of the way during Winter.

If you' are going to have hardy

bulbs arrive after“ the usual time for

the ground to freeze, it will be well

to 'cover the space where they are to

be planted with fresh, strawy manure

to keep the ground from freezing. If

manure is not available a heavy coat-

ing of leaves will answer the purpose.

Plants in the window garden re-

quire particular attention this month,

not used to the conditions under

which we ask them to grow. The at-

mosphere is likely to be too dry for

them. If so, an occasional spraying

with luke warm water will help. The

room may be too warm for them. If

they have been growing outdoors or

on the porch, living room tempera-

tures will be too high for them just

after bringing them into the house.

It will be better to give them a north

window for a few days after bringing

them indoors. If that is not possible,

it may be well to open their window

on warm days. Symmetrical plants are

the result of frequent turnings to the

light. A plant allowed to keep the

same side to the light quickly makes

a one-sided subject.



Tea roses should be mounded up

this month. I have tried many ways

to protect the T'eas'during winter but

the mound system is the best. Pile

soil around the roots to the depth of

about a foot. This is removed in the

spring and the branches cut back to

two or three buds.



While planting the s-o-called Dutfi

bulbs for blooming indoors during the

winter, do notfail to include some

Freesias. Plant them about two

inches apart in afour or six inch pot

of good rich soil, put them in a dark

cellar until top growth starts, and re-

move the pots to the window garden.

This flower will not stand heavy forc-

ing. A night temperature of about 50

degrees with a day temperature ten

degrees higher will bring them along

in good shape—C. W. Wood. '





RENOVATING ASPARAGUS B E 08





Please advise as to what treatments

to give an old asparagus bed. The

plants are far apart. Most of it has

June grass sod. What fertilizer

filo‘fiid be used and at. what time?—





It is somewhat difficult to renovate

an old asparagus bed which has be-

come sodded over and to .make it a

profitable venture. As a general rule

it pays better to start a new planta-

tion for it is q'uite likely that the

roots of the old asparagus plants are

near the surface of the ground and

would be likely to be badly injured

by any treatment which might be ap-

plied to kill the sod. If the roots are

of sufficient depth under ground, the

best way \to handle this crop would

be to plow the field very shallow in

early spring before growth starts and

to disc it ,a number’of times in order

to cut up the sod. ,After‘ the growth





~ starts the space between the rows,





may be kept thoroughly cultivated



and the sod and'weeds Within the row



may be destroyed by hand h‘oeihg.

The best time to apply the fertilizer





~ is in July immediately after the last





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in applying fertilizer is to stimulate

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action of. the previous years grams





 





food'stored in the roots’ thioughft. e .





the fall the larger the crop will ' be

the following spring.’ If one wishes

to use complete fertilizer we would

recommend the formula 4-8-6 This

formula. is the one largely in‘ usesby

the growers of the eastern section of

the, United States. Many growers ap~

ply up to One ton‘per acre under the

belief that it pays to use heavy

amounts. It is quite likely that 1500

pOunds under ordinary conditions will

be sufficient ’for..m,aximum results.—

Geo. E. Starr._ ‘ , ‘





WHERE CABBAGE IS KING





(Continued from page 483)

planting is completed and continues

work. Cultivation starts as soon "as

as long as it is possible to get a cul-

tivator between the rows.



The harvest starts about October





.25th. The heads are cut in the field





and, if the crop is to be marketed at

once, they are trimmed to the market-

able shape at the same time. But,|if

the heads are to be stored for later

use, a portion of the outer leaves is

left on. The annual question with

the cabbage grower is “To store or

not to store.” The labor of storing-

is a big item and the loss from stor-

age rot is heavy but the difference in

price Often far more than compen-

sates» for all these. A small part of

the acreage is grown -on contract and,

in that case, the grower does not

worry over the problems of storage.

The contract price varies from season

to season but since supply and de-

mand have become somewhatstabil-

ized since the up-set at the time of

the World War, contract prices have

not deviated much from the ten dol-

lar per ton figure.





The cabbage growers of the Benzie'

County producing area. have just

about the same insect and fungus ene-

mies to fight that you and I havein

our home gardens. Although this sec-

tion has produced cabbage on a com-

mercial scale for thirty years, fortun-

ately, ' they are still comparatively

free from cabbage yellows. But along

with other northern cabbage growers,

they have plenty of trouble with

plant-lice and the cabbage maggot.

When plant-lice get thick enough to

become injurious, they are controlled

by the use of nicotine sulphate. Con-

trol of the cabbage maggot is a. little

more complicated. A slight depres~

sion is made in the soil near the cab-

bage roots and bisulphide of carbon,

carried in a common sprinkling can

with the sprayer removed, is poured

in the hole. Being lighter than air,

this chemical is forced downward to

the maggots which feed on the roots.

The common cabbage worm, so de-

structive in gardens farther south and.

here an enemy of early cabbage, does

not often prove troublesome to the

growers of the late crop in this sec-

tion. Black leg and club root have

not become established here, possibly

because of the rotation practiced.



Between 200 and 300 carioadsafi’f

cabbage are annually produced in the

Frdnkfort-Elberta-Benzonia d i s t ri c t

with production slowly expanding. It

is grown on land entirely'unsuited to

the crops common to that’part of the

state, and,_it undoubtedly is the. Crop





best suited to the local conditions. 'It

,is quite probable thai other commun-

ities in the state with‘ similar condi-

_'tions might do well to istudy the





achievements





of these progressive

folks. ’ .





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“Well, one _dgL"anng,‘comes a man





from 'the next ffar'm,» over the“ hills.

. piece. lie wanted my man to goflw‘ith;

,' him to a landnclearing demonstration?





We wanted some things at the store,





7 and it was a chance to get a ride so

he left‘the work» and went. ‘





~ “I tell you I was plumb scairt when





.he, came back at dark with a. box of





dynamite, and said he had learned

how to use it and was going to start





. in next morning and get a field





cleared in a hurry. I didn’t like it

very much, but there was no use argu-

ing, he was so excited and set. He

wouldn’t leave _it outdoors because





, he said the rain might spoil it or the





cow might eat it or something.



“Well, I never slept a wink all

night. I was afraid to move for fear

I might stub my toe on that hateful

box and set the stuff off. But nothing

happened, of course, and in the mom-

ing he went out and started monkey-

ing around a stump. I was afraid to

go out because I thought if he was

killed, I would have to keep safe so

there would be s0mebody left to take

care of the kids.





“After a while he was ready, and





 





women. , . , ,

" , ’ ~th’e crops. we could sell. Youjsee, we





 

 





stock, 2...»; that took an the saws...





couldn’t, raise enough on our 99911

fields. It was awfully discouraging,





seeing our neighbors getting ahead all





the time, and it was all we could do





to keep going. We even sold some





of the'stock, because, though there





’was a good market for milk and





cream, it didn’t pay when we had to

buy so much feed. ‘We worked hard

too, but it didn’t seem to do a bit of

good.





“Finally, two years ago,'I was sort

of sickly, and I took the two young-

est kids and went to visit my folks

down in Iowa. My husband and John,

who was fourteen then, stayed at

home to take care of the farm. Gee,

it. was good to get away from the

stumps and rocks and get where every

foot of ground was producing some-

thing, and all the stock was fat and

sleek. When the time came for me

to come back~- here, I felt awful, and

my younger sister came up with me,

so I would not be lonesome for a.

while.



“Things sure looked different when

I got back here though. There was

a great big field south of the house

where before there had been only





 





 





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we held our hands over our ears when

the thing went ofl. It wasn’t much

of a noise, just kind of a “plunk,”

and as soon as I dared, I looked, and

there stood my husband safe, and

there lay the stump in five pieces. He

did it awful quick. Before dinner he

had ten stumps all on a pile! In just

a few hours he had done what it took

all of us a week to do by hand.



“We had a big field cleared by

planting time, and we got a neighbor

to plow it and we planted nearly all

of it to potatoes because they said

that was the best first crop. We were

lucky, because that was the year the

price went to $1.12 a bushel. Of

course, it cost a lot to hire them





hauled, but we had a. fine crop, and -





there was quite a little /money left

over, and we felt 'so good that we got

a horse. Since then we have done a

little better each year. ‘ There is talk

now of a through road just a mile

east of here going to Summers. Then

we are going to get a little truck, and

I am going to make butter and keep

a lot of chickens. I just love chick-

ens!”





4

Another instance of how a woman





was brought rather dramatically to

realize the value of the use of explo-

sives follows. The case is extreme

because the personality of the woman

diverged somewhat from the usual

For one thing, she

was not so manifestly healthy and ag-

gressive as her neighbors, and when

I met her in her shabby little cabin

I wondered what was the reason for

it all—what was cause and what was

effect. I was soon to find out, because

she seemed to sense sympathetic in-

terest, and was very ready to tell of

how the family had actually been held

back by her extreme aversion to

dynamite.





“I s’pose you have noticed," she '





said, “that our farm is sort of back-

ward compared to some of the rest

‘hereabouts? It’s all my fault. I can





_ see now what a fool I was. But when





I was a kid- the boy next door had

a finger torn off. by a blasting cap.





It was awful, and I~~rguess 'I figured'_





that if a small cap could do that“; a.

stick of dynamite just couldn’t help

but be just so much mere dangerous.

So when my man wanted to use dyna-





.mi_te to clear up our farm, . I just

wouldn’t hear to it, and I Carriedon'.





something fierce. He has always been





, anully good to me, and when he» saw.

it set me crazy to even talk about it,

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stumps and a’ few half groom trees...“

R ' and brush. My husband looked awful





     





guilty and finally owned up that he

and the boy had been using dynamite

‘ to clear it with. They had worked

neVery minute they could spare the first

month I was away, and had cleared

nemly fifteen acres. It was too late

‘ by- that time to plant potatoes, so they

put in alfalfa, and there it was, ten

inches high already.



“You can just bet I was pretty mad

to find out they had gone against me

that way, but my sister said I was

an awful fool, and every time I looked

at that field of alfalfa and figured up

how much it was worth in cash

money, ‘I just couldn’t stay mad any

'longer, and now I am glad I went

away. It’s pretty bad though, when

a. man has to play tricks on his wife

to get her to see plain common sense.



“When my sister went home, she

’ told the folks about the fuss we had

had, and they offered to lend us

money enough to hire some men to

help, last spring, and we cleared up

all except a nice wood lot north of

the house. We nearly paid them back

last year, and this year we can clean

up that debt, and can begin thinking

about a decent house and barns like

the rest of.the folks around here.”



“I can’t never get used to all this

dynamite going off around here,” said

one woman to me at a demonstration.

The women of the community had

come to a meeting to. have a hot meal

ready at noon for the farmers and the

demonstration crew, and were gossip-

ing comfortably, waiting for the coffee

to boil up. “My men use it, but I

made them build a shed for it way

over in the edge of the woods, and if

any dare bring it near the house,

they sure catch it from me!"



After the dishes were washed, I

strolled over to where the men were

working, and found four women busy

with blasting materials, under the di-

rection of one of the instructors. One

of them was the woman quoted above,

and none of the other three had ever

before been any nearer a stick of

dynamite than they could possibly

help.



Before they were through they had

completely loaded and fired astump,

and four prouder women were never

seen. It is safe to say that no one

of the four ever made objection again

—:'specially if they had ever tried to

remove stumps by the old-fashioned

back-breaking and slow methods.



In the using of millions of pounds of

explosives in clearing cut-over land in

the country in which my husband has

been operating, the/ education of the

'women as to the use and practicabil-

ity of dynamite has been no small

factor. I was interested in the reac-

tion of the farm women to the use

of explosives because of my own con

version. I was on the lookout for

indications of the trend of their feel-

ings on the subject, and it seemed to

me that invariably, when the farm

woman realized that dynamite is not

a deadly toy but a docile helper, she





ireabedt tor the m of the explosive,

but was mfies her malice that in





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our Thanksgwing Harcht





24 Comparison Wit/z Amenca’ r . First Harvest





By Earle





IT is, indeed, a Titan’s task to pic-





ture the amazing crops of this.

blessed thankfulness—a »





year of

real Thanksgiving year. The normal

eye is no more accustomed to-view-

ing billions than is the human brain





to thinking in them. Yet very much'





of our property is made up of such

large figures this Thanksgiving as we





call the roll of crops which not only





fill the American larder, making us

safe from starvation for another year,

but which insure prosperity and com-

fort in the millions of homes, whether

located in city or country.



Sometimes, even in the very orgy

of counting up our blessings, we over-

look the most important point of all

~—tha.nkfulness. It isn’t enough simply

to tabulate the detailed estimates

from each of the forty-eight states to

learn the billions and billions of bush-

els of farm and garden crops which

safeguard us against want. A little

ceremony of genuine thankfulness

rounds out the occasion, puts us in a

mellow frame of mind, and opens the

way for a keener appreciation of what

these crops really mean to us.



First‘Thanksgiving for Corn Crop



At the close of the first harvest in

Massachusetts, 326 years ago this

autumn, Governor Bradford set aside

a day of Thanksgiving. The crops

harvested, especially corn, had made

it possible for the little colony to con-

tinue. Thus,at the very beginning

of our national existence there was

bequeathed to us a gigantic paid-up

insurance policy in the corn plant

which so abundantly supplied our

people with food.



Since that day in 1621 Thanksgiving

Day has become the one typical

American Khaliday. And yet, perhaps,

too many of us forget that goodly

crops were the first reason for being

thankful and is still one of the main

reasons.



Although the American wheat crop

this year. did not prove a record—

breaker, compared to those enormous

crops garnered during the strife in

Europe when American farmers were

called upon‘ to produce food to re

place the depleted fields of the war-





‘ridden area, yet the hundreds of mil-





lions of bushels trickling into the tin

snouts of thousands of elevators not

only insure us against wanting for

our daily bread for more than a year

to come, but put new activity into

thousands of farm communities and

renewed energy into large and small

business centers.



Corn, that king of farm crops, re-





turned a harvest of more than 2,500,:





000,000 bushels, while giant silos were





flctz‘vztzer of A/ dc rat—A Bzm’ of Parmge.





W. Gage





filled with ensilage, providing the





dairy and beef. cattle with succulent





food for months to come, thus insur—

ing our supply of these essential foods.

Oats Add a Million Dollars



Oats, a crop few of us ever think

much about, save as we consume de-

licious oat breakfast foods, will add

more than half a billion dollars to the

national wealth. And, fewer people

realize the importance of our great

hay crop, which this year far ex-

ceeded that of last year, the one hun-

dred million tons at a very low esti-

'mate, adding half a billion dollars to

the farmer’s bank account. Cotton

will return more than one billion dol-

lars this year, and genuine thankful-

ness prevades the many Southern

States where cotton is king.





But let us set out to visualize the

gigantic proportions of our crops, that

we may the better appreciate the

reason for thankful hearts. Start With

corn, wheat, and oats, the three lead-

ing cereal crops, providing foods for

man and beast, prosperity for country

and city alike, Manhattan Island, On

which New York City stands, centains

twenty-seven square miles of land

surface. Should we empty these three

largest grain crops over these 14,038

acres the gathered grain would cover

the island to a depth of 120 feet——

everything under ten stories would be

buried beneath the avalanche of

breadstuffs!



Or, let us suppose we lumped it

together. Make a bin, if you please,

and our three great cereal crops would

fill a. titantic measure one-half a cubic

mile in dimensions. If it were set up

on Broadway, this half cubic mile

would tower seven times as high as

the Woolworth Building, and the bin

would be twenty city blocks long by

ten blocks wide. To grow the wheat

alone required a field as large as all

of New York State, and the 2,500,-

000,000 bushels of corn were grown

on a field as large as New York, with

New England, Scotland, Ireland, and

Wales. '



And so on right down the column,

nature has been most kind to Amer-

ican country folks. Surely, a far

different situation confronts us than

that which faced those fathers of

Thanksgiving. Contrast this against

that first harvest, and we should the

better appreciate the reason for our

thankfulness this year. J



Down to Last Pintvof Corn



During the summer following the

arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers,'in the

epic Mayflower schooner, the colon-

ists lived upon the feeble supply of

food which had been brought over





, this aniong so many?”

. truly, since the days of miracles were

However, from. A

the seven little log cabins. nestled"

about near the shore, the people were '





ment. A sorry outlook, indeed, was

“this and well might they. exclalm,

”With the discloltes of old,





Little enough,





supposed to , be past.





summoned together by Governor Brad-





ford, and the slender stock of pro- v





visions impartially divided among

them, five kernels being the share of

each man, woman and child. With

sad hearts they must have eaten this

frugal meal, knowing not whether

another kernel was to come on the

morrow.





Three or four months passed away

before the founders of the nation

again tasted either corn or bread,

being forced to live on shellfish ber—

ries, nuts, acorns, and other edibles

the wilds afforded Anxiously they

watched the ripening of the crops!

At length, in due season, they were

gathered in. An a'ncient report reads

that: "The corn yielded well, and the

barley was indifferently good, but the





peas were a failure, owing to drought





and late sowing.” Barely satisfied,

however, was the little colony, and

Governor Bradford sent forth four





skilled hunters in quest of fowls that '





they might “After a special manner "

rejoice together. Thus was Thanks-

giving, our American festival, founded:

in the forbidden hills of the New

World.





These lines from Governor Brad<

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“Famine once we had—



But other things God gave us in



full store,



As fish and ground-nuts, to supply



our strait, .



lThat we might learn on' Provi—



dence to wait;



And know, by bread alone man



lives not in his need,



But by each word that doth from



God proceed.”



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vast herds of cattle, sheep and dairy

cows, providing us with'an abundance

unknown to any people, should also be

most thankful at Thanksgiving time.





 





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her the chicken pox.’





 





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third anniversary. Hadn’t we better

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I am expecting my third baby soon

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Husband doesn’t know what to make

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\ Please tell me what to do for thy-

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litter: Vsz't W flare Me Folk Live Upstairs ”7M tfie Cows Doromtam





S JIM and I sat this evening in

the little dining saloon of the

“West Humhaw," somewhere off

the west coast of Africa, my curly-

headed partner suddenly piped 'up,

“Pop, I don’t want to interrupt your

train of thoughts, but of all the places

you’ve been where you would like to

return again for a longer visit?”

“Home, ” I answered. He hadn’t

interrupted my train of thought at all

“Yes, but where next?” My nomadic

partner thinks of home only as a place





'to outfit for the next trip.





“The Azores Islands ” I told him.

“I’d certainly like to go back there

and spend a month on a walking trip

over the island of Fayal. Walking or

bicycling.”



Our automobile ride over that island

with Senor Avila a few days before

was just the thing for the one day

we could be there, but it was too hur-

ried. We could only glimpse, for in-

stance, the chimneyless roofs of the

farmers’ stone, two-story houses and

had to content ourselves with asking

the bashful matron of the one house

we had time to enter how she did her

cooking.



“We build the fire, so, and the

smoke goes out the hole.” She indi-

cated a stone shelf on the wall inside

the house where an open fire was

laid, and the smoke—that is, some of

it—curled out a hole just above. They

had no stove.



Some day I want to go back and

watch—and smell—those people cook

a meal, and help to blow the smoke





' out the hole in the wall.





E could only drive past the



smooth, round, saucer-like con-

crete threshing floors, 20 or 30 feet

in diameter, sloping slightly toward

the center, and swept as clean as a

Dutchman’s doorstep. We had to be

content with Senor Avila’s explanation

as we sat in the car and watched one

of these threshing floors in operation.

“The farmer piles his wheat on this

floor and then he hitches his cows to

a stone sledge and drives them ’round

and ’round on that floor to thresh out

the grain. The wind blows away the

chaff, the straw is pitched off, and the

wheat slides down to the little hol-

lowed place in the center. Nearly

every farmer has a floor like that.”





Sometime I want to drive the cows

around an Azorean threshing floor and

help the farmer thresh his wheat.



We drove past countless little

square fields of fro-m one to four or

five acres, each tiny field bounded by

a beautiful hedge of blue hydrangea

bushes at least six feet tall marking

the great green hills off into a hop-

scotch pattern of tiny green squares.

“How come so many little fields, and

why they are all fenced off with

hydrangea bushes?” we asked our

patient chauffeur, who probably didn’t

know what barbed wire was.



“The hydrangeas grow wild and

make a good fence, and it’s cheap,

too. The little fields are fenced off





,because a different farmer owns or





rents nearly every field. He can make

a living on so few acres because he





farms intensively, keeps something

growing on his ground nearly all the

time, and has very little expense for





‘ labor, machinery, automobiles, and the





' other things your farmers have to pay





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wheat again.

,. all the work. He needs only a cart

and a‘sickle and a wooden plow and





‘ for.





On this little field, for instance,

when he cuts his wheat he puts the

ground at once into corn. He cuts





the corn green for fodder, and then

‘yjmaybe grows a crop of rye grass or

*' even potatoes before time to plant





 





He and his family do





a hoe; and his cows furnish him





I. Dimer and. milk and beef. ”





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By Francis Flood





WE stopped to watch one farmer

planting corn on a steep hill- side,

his pretty daughter hand-dropping the

corn behind him, as he laboriously

scratched the surface with his two

cows and Wooden pointed plow. ‘ But

some day I want to loiter along the

Azorean countryside, visit with the

man by the side of the road and help

him out his wheat and plant his pota-

toes. I ‘want to stop and drink water

'from his cool jug and dig my own

bare toes into the soft ground behind

the plow and yell at his cows the Por-

tuguese for “Gee” and “Haw.”



As we drove past the big stone

houses of the Azorean farmers, we

noticed that the pretty senoritas—as

well as the senoritas not so pretty—

were always looking out the upstairs





pump was still besieged with the

ragged multitudes from that end to

town, the tired stevedores Were still?

piling flour and cement and oil and

lumber—and out in the harbor lay the

“West Humhaw” with the American

flag on her mast. It was our Amer-

ican home in the Azores. And, as a

U. S. Shipping Board vessel, this

traveling home of ours was genuinely

American, goverfiment owned, and a

part of our great and growing mer-

chant marine.



“Well, what do you think of that

island as a market for American

goods ?” asked Captain Phillips as we

climbed on board. Asmaster of the

“West Humhaw,” owned by the U. S.

Shipping Board and operated by the

American West Africa Line, he was





 





 





 





Oxcarts Hold Up Traffic on Highways, Which Were Built Before Autos

\fi‘indows, and usually waving at Jim





as we passed “Why are they always

upstairs?” she asked.



“The downstairs is usually the barn,

where the cows are kept,” answered

our friendly conductor, “and the fam-

ily lives upstairs. This saves build

ing two roofs. You notice that there

is often an elevated porch or shaded

court where the folks sit and rest.

The barns are kept very clean.”



Later in the afternoon, we climbed

to the top of the green hill that soared

almost straight above the town of

Horta. There on the crest flapped six

huge windmills, their thirty-foot sails

furled and bulging like balloons in the

gale that come up from the sea. We

climbed the rickety stairs to the top

of the stone tower and there, beside

the two great stones that ground out

yellow corn meal all day long, sat the

toothless, beaming miller. We asked

him why the farmers would laborious-

1y carry their corn away up to the top

of that hill~ and then laboriously

carry the meal down, like the noble

Duke of York with his twenty thou-

sand men, and the only reason the

miller could give was, “Well, you see,

the mill is up here.” Reason enough,

I grant. '





HE afternoon had developed such

a delightful denouement of the is-





land of 'Fayal, after our unfavorable





impressions gleaned on the beach

earlier in the day, that I was not one

to tilt windmills with an'honest miller.

He represented that satisfied agricul-





tural citizenry which keeps a country,

bowling merrily along in spite of the





Bowery beaches and struggling cities

around the ragged edges. We may

call the Azorean farmer backward,

yes, but he can well challenge me or





on his few hilly acres and support a.

family of happy, honest citizens as he

is doing in his primitive way.





6





the total exports.





any otheraverage American to five“ “





     





always pointing out to us passengers

the many possibilities for the promo-

tion and sale of American export

goods. “You saw more American auto-

mobiles in Horta than all the foreign

ones put together, didn’t you? We

brought eight cars on this trip for

Horta alone, and we’ve over three

hundred on board. We carry all the

gasoline to run ’em too, and to run

all those little European cars besides.”



.“You’re from the middlewest,” con-

tinued this enthusiastic sea captain

who could answer all our questions on

any subject from .the fine points of

navigation to the life and times of the

African natives, “and you saw the

3,000 bags of flour we unloaded here

today. That was probably made from

wheat grown out in your country.

We’ve got 12,000 more barrels on board

for other ports, and one of these ships

from this same line leaves America

for the west coast of Africa every

three weeks and year ’round.”





ERE was an example not only of

an American agricultural product





and bus lines, and yet, before the





‘smppmg Board began effective opera: ,-





i





tion of its fleet in 1920, that is about;





what We were doing with our enor- , ..





"mods exporting business for, prior to

the war, American ships carried only ‘

about nine per cent of our experts. .

When the ~war came along and these-





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other countries had . to look ' after

themselves [we were without shipping

facilities. Ships were” built and Amer-





ican [resourcefulness came to the





front, but recently the following ob-

servation appeared in an English

marine journal:





“The impression prevails among

shipping men in France, Germany and

Italy that American flag competition

in the Transatlantic trade will not last

much longer because the ships will

soon wear out and there does pot

seem to be any prospect of new ones

being built to take their places.” 4





Whether the U. ‘S. Shipping Board





-» can Claim all the credit or not, Ocean





freight rates have been lowered to

the pre-war level since 1920, in spite





'of the fact that at that time the same





being marketed in foreign lands, but





also carried there in American ships.

I went back to my cabin to figure out

why it is better for' American goods

to be carried in American ships than,

for instance, in British ships, '

maged through some Shipping Board

literature that I had picked up in





Washington and brought on board ..

and found that the total ~





with me,

ocean freightbill of the United States

is about six hundred‘million dollars

and that Of this the agricultural ex-

ports alone amount to 56 per cent or





bill paid by the farmers of. the

country is enormous and a business

item that may well be Watched. .



It would seem Wise to keep this im-





Back on the beach the dxca’rts wereio .





still creaking and groaning. them





rum- ‘





Thus, the freight





rates were five times those of'1913.



But all this has nothing to do with

my trip around the world. Our jour-

ney in‘ the “West Humhaw” to the

Canary Islands and our visit there will

be described next week.





 





 





“By the Way”





 





 





 





 





QUIET BABY





 





One afternoon a young man was

wheeling a baby carriage back and

forth in front of his house.



“My dear" came a voice from an

upper window of the house



“Now let me alone,” he called back,

“We’re all r1ght ”



An hour later the same voice again

Elna earnest, pleading stone: “Arthur,

ea r.’



“Well, what do you want?” he re-

sponded, “Anything wrong in the

house?"



“No, Arthur, dear, but you have

been wheeling Clara’s doll all after-

noon and isn’t it time for the baby

to have a turn?”





NAUGHTY BOY





 





“What would your mother say, little

boy,” said a passerby, “if she could

hear you swear like that?”



“She’d be tickled to death if she

could hear me,’ ’replied the bad little

boy, “she’s stone deaf ”





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One of the Windmills at Horta Which

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Eggs that are dropped





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habit but contaminated droppings may

be eaten with the parts of the broken

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disease has often been thrown away





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been thrown into the droppings in the

litter and helped to spread disease

through the flock. The use of long

wooden troughs in each section of a

laying house my be the best way of

feeding the scratch grain. This will

enable the poultryman to feed most

of the grain without the danger of

contamination from droppings.



The old idea that hens must exer-

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grain is not so generally recognized

now. If the flock is culled to remove

the beef type birds the remainder of

the hens will be fairly active and take

considerable exercisa If they are of

the laying type and have. a balanced

1ation, the manufacture of eggs na-

turally tends to reduce their weight

and prevent that over-fat condition

which easily developed in the old type

hen that never had a laying mash.—

R. K.





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MATING BREEDING DUCKS





 





Can you advise me as to how many

ducks can be kept with one drake?

Is it advisable to breed a drake with

its own offspring for one year?—-Mrs.

H. L.





A common rule is to mate one drake .





with seven ducks although good re-

sults may come from a ratio of 1 to

5 to 1 to 8. It is not considered ad-

visable to inbreed ducks although if

the stock is strong and vigorous, it

might be done with fair results for

one year. Commercial duck farms

usually avoid inbreeding in an effort

to keep up the vigor of their stock.

Trading drakes in a neighborhood

sometimes results in obtaining stock

of practically the same breeding as

the'home flock. Occasionally intro-

ducing first class stock from distant

breeders through the medium of

breeding stock or hatching eggs often

helps to prevent the dangers of in

breeding./ ‘





ROUP A‘ND BUMBLE ‘Foor





 





Some of my chickens get watery

eyes and a kind of froth runs out of

them and their heads start to swell.

They get a bunch on the head and I

have opened several.of them. They

have hard yellow stuff in them that

kicks like cheese. As soon as I no-

ticed them I‘put them away from the

others. Some get better and some die.

I also have some that get a large

bunch on the bottom of their feet and

they limp. I ‘haxe opened these and

the stuff vihttflks in them looks just

like that what comes out of the

bunches on their head. If the bunch

is opened they usually get better, but

if it isn’t, they have to be killed be-

cause their feet will rot off. ———W. J. W.





The lumps on the head can be

’lanced and the cheesy matter re-

moved. Then pack the wound with

a'bit of cotton moistened with iodine

so it will heal from the inside or in-

ject commercial roup cure with a

small syringe or' medicine \dropper.





,SeveraI-r'tr‘eatme'nts may be necessary





to” curse. case of roup and the value

of the bird and the time of the care-

taker can determine whether treat-

ment is practical or not.



Roup should be controlled as much

as possible by prevention. This con-





'- sists in keeping up the vigor of the





 

 





 

 

 

   

 





, bl by properfeeding and housing





__ "was as possible with theald '1

2.5111114: and disinfectants. ‘_

‘ing in' colony guises and broad (30098 '





 

 

 





 





often causes the summer and fail

colds Which later develop into rOup.



Bumble foot is an abscess of the

foot caused by jumping \ from high

perches, to hard iiimrs or stepping on

nails, briars‘ or s arp stones. Lance

the swelling and remove the hard

matter. Then wash the wound with

iodine or commercial disinfectant

Isolate the bird on clean litter until





the would heals.





WLNTER RATION FOR PULLETS.





 





Will you kindly inform me as to

what feed spring pullets need fer

winter laying. —Miss A.



A good, winter scratch grain con-

sists of two parts cracked corn and

one part wheat. Feed about one-third

of the grain ration in the morning in

deep litter to make the birds exer.

cise. 'Give the balance at night,

enough to send the birds to roost

with full crops.



You ‘ can use

mash or a home-made mash can be

made of 100 lbs. each of ground corn,

ground oats, middlings, bran, and meat

scrap. Add '3 lbs. of fine table salt

to each 500 lbs. of the mash. If

plenty of sour milk or buttermilk is

available for the birds to drink, the

amount of meat scrap in the dry mash

can be reduced one-half.



Green feed should be given at noon

as the hens need a bulky succulent

feed. Sprouted oats, cabbages or

mangels are satisfactory. Keep oy-

ster shells and grit before the hens

at all times. A sprinkling of charcoal

in the d1y sh or a hopper of char-

coal in the hen house is a help in

preventing digestive disorders. When

the birds have dry mash they need

plenty of cleap water or milk at all

times. At all times, water is one of

the most necessary as well as the

cheapest items in the hen’s ration.





LAYS 173 EGGS





 





LADY Norfolk, world champion

egg-layer laid 173 eggs in 173 con-

secutive days but the 174th day she

missed, thus establishing a world’s

record of continuous egg laying. She

made this record at Omaha, Neb.





SUNFLOWER SEEDS AND BUCK-

WHEAT





 





(Continued from page 490)

ration. The best way of. feeding sun-

flower seeds is to use them up invthe





.fall, allowing the hens to thresh the

seed from the heads.





This saves the

trouble of curing, them. Corn and

wheat make a better winter scratch

grain ration. If I had a large quan-

tity of sunflower seeds I might use

them f0r 10 per cent of the scratch

grain ration but would not try to sub—

stitute them for the corn or Wheat in

the regular grain ration.



Buckwheat will furnish the hens

with heat and energy but the woody

hulls have little value in the ration.

Buckwheat is often used to produce

white poultry meat. Hens which are

not accustomed to buckwheat will not

take readily to it. I do not consider

buckwheat a very useful poultry feed

in comparison with corn and wheat

and believe, in most cases, it will pay

best to sell Che buckwheat and buy

other grains for poultry feeding.





Agricultural Agent, Johnson of Van

Buren County, is planning three

schools for the coming winter to be

devoted to feeding, housing, and the

diseases of baby chicks. There are

now twenty-one leaders and 121 group

members engaged in this study.





 





Easter lilies may be grown in gar-

dens around the National Capital ac—

cording to recent experiments, by

government horticulturists.





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It Can’t Be Done2





Give your poultry flock the best

of food, proper housing, good

light and air, fresh water and

exercise, and you’ll then fall to

get" profitable egg production

unless you keep Crushed

Oyster Shell before them all

the time.





It’s simple chemistry.



Calcium Carbbnate is what egg-

shell is made of. A hen gets just

enough from her food to pro-





duce only a few eggs. She can go

beyond that only when she can





have more Calcium Carbonate.

Pilot Brand Oyster Shell-Flake





contains over 98% Calcium

Carbonate. It is triple screened

and free from dirt and odor,

and there is no waste. It is

the least expensive and most

productive.





We brand our product, for it

is guaranteed to be the best,

and especially prepared for your

poultry.



Demand Pilot Brand. It is your

guarantee.





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HE fourth, Thursday in Novem-



ber has come to mean not only



a day on which to count our

many blessings and to give thanks for

them but also an occasion for a real

family reunion.



Dinner, of course, is the most im-

portant part of the home festival day,

and time, labor, and love go into the

making of it. Naturally, the family

“expects something in the nature of

rOast turkey, duck, goose, or chicken.

But for the other good things, mother

has to scurry around for recipes that

are a bit different than she served last

year. The following menu and tested

recipes may solve some of her prob-

lems:



Harvest Cocktail

Celery Olives Pickles

Roast Turkey, Goose, or Chicken with

Potato Stuffing

Baked Potatoes Scalloped Golden

Turnips

Cranberry Salad Butter Rolls

Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream

Coffee





Harvest Cocktail

2 apples 1 cup confoctioner’s

2 oranges sugar ‘

2 bananas 3 tablespoons lemon juice

1 cup grapes 6 marshmallows

1 cup grape juice

Cube the apples, oranges,

and halve and seed the grapes. Chill

in the grape juice for one hour. Dice

the marshmallows and add the sugar

and lemon juice and let stand one

hour. Garnish with cherries, chill

again and serve.

Potato Stuffing

2 cups mashed potatoes 1 teaspoon salt

1% cups bread crumbs 1 teaspoon sage

1A cup butter 1 finely chopped onion

1 egg, beaten

Combine the ingredients and mix

well together. Pack loosely into the

fowl, sew up and roast in a moderate

oven, basting occasionally. If the

iowl is not a broiler, add two or three

tablespoons of water as needed...

Scalloped Golden Turnips

Arrange in a greased baking dish

a layer of sliced turnips and alternate

with a. layer of thick white sauce until

the dish is filled, using a layer of

sauce for the top. Cover with buttered

bread crumbs, and bake one hour.

Cranberry Salad

If this salad is made in individual

servings, it is more attractive. On

each salad plate make a nest of grated

yellow cheese. Cheese may be grated

very simply if it is forced through a

wire seive with a heavy spoon. In

the center of the cheese" nest, place a

1% inch cube of cranberry jelly. Gar-

‘ nish with nutmeats and a bit of may-

onnaise at the side.

Pumpkin Pie

1 cup cooked pumpkin ‘5 teaspoon salt





175; teaspoon ginger

$4 teaspoon cinnamon





bananas





1-3 cup sugar

1 cup milk





Mix the ingredients and pour into

unbaked crust. Bake in a hot oven

for ten minutes, then reduce the heat

‘and bake until the custard is firm.

Serve with a dip of whipped cream

‘ on each slice.





~ Of course it is the seasoning of any





I . ' dish that makes or mars it, but we





_ should not forget that the proper

‘- seasoning for our Thanksgiving dinner

._ «is a. genuine spirit of thankfulness.





CEREALS NEED LONG COOKING

’1‘ takes an hour or more to cook a





7 cereal properly, according to a late

report of dietetic experts. This longer





You Ema... on T





P/a72 Sometflmg a B” Different T firm Served Last Year





cooking brings out a pleasant flavor

and softens the tissues of the grain.



A dohble boiler is best for the cook-

ing but a substitute is easily made by

placing the vessel in which the cereal

is being cooked into a larger pan. A

few nails or a couple of metal forks

in the larger pan will keep the water

underneath the inner vessel.



Sometimes it is a help to start

cooking the cereal when the evening

meal is being prepared. A few spoons-

ful of water poured over the cereal at

night will prevent formation of a stiff

layer.





IA REAL PICTURE BOOK QUILT





 





EIVER'Y block is an interesting, pic-



ture, and the finished quilt is a

delight to every.~.chi1d. There are 20

Colonial History Quilt blocks in the

set and each

comes on a hot-

iron transfer pat-

tern by which

you can stamp

the design on a

square of white

muslin. The char-

acter is then em-

broidered in out-

line stitch, and the 20 set together

with a contrasting color, form a com-

plete quilt.



The 20 transfer patterns in one

package, with instructions for making

will be mailed postpaid on receipt

of 50 cents for the complete quilt set.



Send orders to The Quilt Pattern

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MY THREE BEST TIME SAVERS

By the Prize Winner





 





Y vacuum cleaner comes first as



a time saver in my household

schedule for I use it every day and

sometimes twice a day. It makes no

dust so I only have to dust twice a

week now instead of every time I

sweep. It is easy to run and keeps

my rugs much brighter than when I

used a broom. -



My gasoline iron saves many steps

and much time, also. By properly

arranging my clothes basket and bars,

I can sit on my kitchen stool and do

a. large ironing. It is a relief in hot

weather not to have to keep a. roar-

ing fire on ironing day.



My waterless cooker saves time and

fuel, for a whole meal can.be cooked





over one burner at a time. The. food

is not only better ‘in flavor but it has

more food value. I can prepare my

meal in the morning and go about

my work, or to t6wn, and know that,

when I return, my meal will be ready

to serve. On club days, I prepare

my husband's dinner in it and go to

the club knowing that he will have

a warm meal when he comes in from

work—Mrs. P. D.





PRE-THANKSGIVING TIPS FOR

THE HOME COOK





 





ABBAGE salad served in cups



made from the outer leaves are

seasonable for the harvest feast. The

center of the cabbage should be

shredded fine and mixed with diced

apple and celery and marinated with

mayonnaise.



For a centerpiece for the Thanks-

giving table, try a low bowl of short

branches of oak leaves mixed with

sprays of bitter sweet.





anksglvmg





 





Apple sherbet or’mlnt ice served in'





ared apple shells,“from which the pulp





has been removed, ‘is a dessert for

those who must resist the temptations

of pies and puddings.



If you are planning on serving wild

fowl, be sure to make '.the dressing

rich in fat to relieve the natural dry-

ness of the meat.





While the cranberry season is on, ,





don’t neglect to can some sauce and

make some ‘jellyxfor other occasions.

This acid berry combines well with

summer menus. "





-—.—





WILLING To HELP





 





 





The highwayman stuck the danger-

ous end of a blue “gat” in Mr. Meek’s

ribs and demanded his money.



“Sure,” said Mr. Meek. “Take it

all, but would you mind writing ‘a

little note with this pen, saying that

you held me up?”



The bandit thought awhile, then he

nodded.



“I get you,” he grinned, “I’m a mar-

ried man myself.





SchOOl Teacher Parents

By Hilda Richmond





1TH the best intentions in the



«world, parenthwho have taught



school before marriage make it

hard for their children and teachers,

by “helping" the youngsters at heme.

A teacher with considerable exper-

ience in district school work said that

it.was possible in a new neighborhood

to tell in one week just which pupils

had teacher parents and which had

not. The ones, who had never taught,

helped their children by carefully

following the methods used in school,

as far as they were able to follow

the children’s direction of “Our

teacher makes us do it~this way,”

while the/school teacher fathers and

mothers insisted upon using the meth-

ods they had found good in their

teaching days.



Different Methods Confuse





One small boy was hopelessly con-

fused because at school he was

taught in adding eight and six to say,





,“eight plus two are ten and four are





fourteen” while at home the parent

insisted upon “eight and six are four-

teen.” We may all say the second

method is the common sense one and

the one we would prefer, but poor

little boy had to add one way at home

and another at school. Far better .





 





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 

 

 





 

 





Little Mlss Mary Stalks Her Thanksgiving Turkey That Tlpa the 89,

Ferty Pounds





in which- -to think, and regular habits ‘

. of preparing lessons are all good but

. _ pushingchildren byéartiimial methods“





never to try to help the children at

all than to confuse methods.

‘Another temptation of teacher par-

ents is to push ‘the boys and girls

ahead of their classes. A youth who

recently graduated at the age of six—

teen, when all hisvclassmates were

eighteen, says with emphasis that, if

he has sixteen youngsters when he

marries,_ they shall go through school

normally. He felt out of place all

during his school course for he was.

not in the class with those of his age.





The older boys hated him for being a '





sissy, but he was only the victim of

fond parental ambitions. ,He gained

nothing by graduating early, and

missed the healthy experiences and

companionship of those of his own

age. .



Another temptation of school teach-

er parents is to concentrate on the

things that make a good showing.

They “know the ropes”- and are able

to predict in a certain measure what

questions will be used for tests and

drill on those. They know the kind of

problems, the trend of questions in

geography, and all the rest of the

examination material in a general

way, so it is easy to bring them to

the front. I-Iigh grades earned by

this method belong to the mother

and not the child.



’ Too Much Mp Weakens





But too much of that kind of help,

weakens the ability of the children.”





(They look upon themselves as bright-

er than the rest, able to pass any

test, and lose their capacity for hard

andlong continued work that their

classmates must give to get through.

It is said that every gain has its loss,

and that is true in the case of chil-





' dren directed and‘helped too much at





home. A, certain amount of aid, or.

rather wise direction invstudy in, the

home life, a quiet, undisturbed place





 





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42, and 44 inches bust measure. The





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inch material with 3% yards of 40-

inch lining and ~34, yard of 5%-inch fur.



No. 869—Tai-lored Smartness. Pat-

tern in sizes 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 3‘8,

40, 42, and 44 inches bust measure.

[the 36—inch size requires 31/; yards of

404mm material with 3/ yard of 36-

inch contrasting. '



No. 878~Novel Idea. Pattern in

sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, and. 46 inches

bust measure. The 36-inch sizes re-

quires 235 yards of 40-inch material

with 1% yards of 32-inch contrasting

39d 21/2 yards ,of 31/5-inch banding.



" Nof'704—One-Piece Dress. Pattern

in sizes 16 years, 36, 3'8, 40, 42, and 44

inches bust measure. The 36-inch size

requires 3%, yards ‘of 40-inch material

with 1% yards of 27—inch contrasting.



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4-year size requires 2% yards of 40-‘





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Pattern in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46,

and 48 inches bust measure. The 36-

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material.





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sThe 8am size requires 2% yards of

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PICKLED ONIONS WITHOUT

COOKING





I would like 'a recipe for pickling

onions without cooking them.——Mrs.

B. H.





Pickled onions that are not cooked

are usually more crisp.

Pickled Onions





4 ate. small onions 3 tbs. peppercorns

1 cup salt 1 oz. ginger root

3 to 6 tbs. allspice berries 1 qt. vinegar





Use small (silver) onions of even

size. Peel, cover With cold water, let

stand 24 hours and drain. Cover with

brine (% cup salt to one quart boil-

ing water) let stand two days and

drain again. Cover with boiling water,

let stand ten minutes. Drain and

cover with cold water, let stand two

hours. Drain, pack in jars; heat other

ingredients together; fill jar with

liquid and seal.





UNUSUAL SANDWICHES

BRIGHTEN LUNCH BOX





 





EVERY mother who prepares school

lunches for her children going to

school is grateful for the. sandwich

idea. ' It was an English nobleman,

Lord Sandwich, who first thought of

combining bread and butter with

other foods in tasty combinations so

that is how the word originated. These

taisty— combinatidns were never

thought of in‘ Lord Sandwich’s time

but they make a welcome variation

to the kiddies’ dinner pail.

' Ginger Sandwich—Cut ginger into

tiny strips and mix with» cream cheese.

Spread on buttered. brown bread and





 

 





Pimento Chess





     

 





9-‘ Mix.

canned pimento and cottage cheese.

Add mayonnaise to taste and spread





'on buttered whOle wheatbread.





Devil’s Food— Chop equal parts

cooked prunes and nuts together. Mii:

with yellow cheese. Spread on raisin

brea’d and add a lettuce leaf.





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STATE SECRETS





 





 





 





 





   





This state is noted for its beans,

Its patriots and battle scenes;

With hist’ry‘writ on rock and rill,

From Plymouth Bay to Bunker Hill.

The pieces of this puzzle when cor-

rectly set together make a map of

the state which the verse describes.

The star indicates the capitol.

Do you know the state and its cap

itol? What can you tell about them?





(The answer to last week’s puzzle

was the state of Oklahoma and the

little black star represented Oklahoma

City as its capitol.





To Ruth Byler, ten years old, of

Huron County, goes the honor of solv-

ing the New York state puzzle cor-

rectly and for writing the best letter

about the state.





SOCIETY DOG SHOW





‘ ERE’S another new game for you



to play. You’ll find it heaps of



fun especially on a rainy afternoon

when you cannot play outside. Each

player is allowed to name the kind

of dog he wishes to be and he then

proceeds to act as much like the ani-

mal he represents as possible. The

bull dog growls, the hound follows an

imaginary rabbit, etc. At the same

time an older player taking the part

of “trainer” puts the 'dog through

various tricks, such as jumping over

a broom handle, standing up with his

hands in the position taken. by the





front paws of a dog begging for a-





treat, pushing a small baby carriage,

or any trick that a performing dog

might be expected. to do. While he is

in the hands 01' the trainer the “dog”





must not. laugh or even smile, and if 1

he does so he can be made to pay a »





small forfeit or can even be put out





of the kenneli until the end of the





game—Anni Martha.





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1 0 Hens Lay '

10 E55121 Day 5‘





Winter doesn’t stop-Mr. Henry’s hens "





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Readers whose hens are not laying

well during these days of high egg.

prices Wlll find much of interest in the

followmg letter from C. D. , Henty,

Alverton, Pa. He says: ‘ ,



“I placed 10 pullets b themselves, and, “(I

them Don Sung. The t ird day my eggs in- ,-

creased from 3 to 9 a day. They have ha Hon.

Sung ever since and have laid continuou .

Yesterday I got 10 eggs from them and an ,

willing to make affidavit to it. Don Sung cor. ‘

tainy gets the eggs It has paid f6: itself"

many tunes over.” . i?



Don Sung, the Chinese egg laying tlblctsl

which Mr. Henry used, are opening the .' ii

of chicken 'raisers all over America. he mm

can be obtained from the Burrell-Du i

Co., 131 Poltal Station Bldg.. Ind - '

apolis, Ind. Poultry raisers whose hem Ito.

not laying well should send 50 cents for a trio!

package (or $1 for the extra large size, holding

three times as much). Don Sung is positively

guaranteed to do the work or money prom

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r He’ 5 Still an Actz‘ve Czrc/er





Last week we had the heme- coming

message and picture of White Amar-

anth, the popular M. C. girl. This

week we treat you with none other

than the home- -coming message and

picture of Guilford Rothfuss whose

style of writing has also made him

famous among Merry Circlers. He has

deserted his usual style in this mes-

sage but I am glad that it is helping

him in his college work. I hope that

Guilford keeps to his promise to send

us a letter occasionally. Other home-

coming messages will appear next

week. I hope that you are liking

these letters. —Uncle Frank.





0U see, Uncle, and M. C.’s, one



of the reasons why I have been



a rather inactive member during

the past month or two is that I have

entered Michigan State College. And

anyone who has ever been a fresh-

man in college knows all too well how

little leisure time he has. Last week-

'end I went home for the first time,

and, lo and behold, that same day a

letter came from Uncle Frank. This

is the Sunday night of the week after,

the first chance I’ve had to answer

it.



The course I am taking is a Liberal

Arts course, taking in the study of

English Composition, European His-

tory, French, and Chemistry. I also

am ‘out for track, and ran on the

freshman relay at the" annual Soph-

Frosh class rush Saturday. Needless

to say, we won it, and also the class

rush, Yea, ’31!



I’m. been playing in a golf tourna—



ment up here this week. Thus far

I’ve reached the semi- fi-nals. I have

another match some time this next

week.



Everybody seems to consider me an

“ex” M. C. by this time, I guess. So

just to fool ’em, I’m going to write a





 





 





Golf ls Guilford’s Hobby





letter once every so often to show

them I’m not quite eighteen yet.



I really should apologize for this

poor attempt at a home-coming letter,

but I don’t believe I shall. I’ll try to

write a better one later. Until then,



* Uncle Frank, and all the rest of you



friends, an revoir.—Guilford H. Roth-

«fuss, 1013 E. Grand River Ave., East

Lansing, Mich.





 





Perhaps I am a little tardy in

"answering that request for a pic-

;ture, but I assure you I couldn’t

get it to you a bit sooner. You see,

g.I didn't have any pictures up here,

,» which isn’t to be wondered at, and as

‘I “didn’t go home last week-end, I

.. naturally had to send home for one.

"My “kid” sister, Florence, did the

inch-hitting at the other end of the

dine. .

"*-*”1‘his picture isn’t exceptionally

isle”. Put it depicts me in a most





 





natural pose, therefore I like it the

best of any I have. It was taken last

summer, on the front lawn of my

home. _If such a thing were possible,

I should like to have it back after

the desired use has been made of it.



I believe I told you the last time I

wrote that I was in _a golf tournament.

It’s all over but the shouting, now.

I achieved the not-too-great distinc-

tion of being runner-up in my flight.

I lost out in the finals to a Sopho-

more, darn the luck! He gets a cup,

and I get a little two-bit medal! But

wait till next year. I’m going to play

golf every day next summer (after

work, of course), and what I do to

that bimbo if I play him again, won't

even be funny!



Uncle Frank, I surely do appreciate

the interest you seem to take in me.

If there is anything I_ can ever do for

you to help out the Merry Circle, I

want you to let me know, and I’ll do





my level darnedest to some through.

The Merry Circle has helped me in a.

good many ways, for one thing. the

many useful articles which I‘won. I

have one of the flashlights in my room

now that I won. The pencils and

pens, (by the way, this pen I’m writ-

ing with is an M. C. pen), I use every

day. But the thing I derived the most

benefit from, I believe, was the things

I used to write. I can’t tell you how

they have helped me in writing col-

lege themes. Here is a straight fact.

I have so far‘ received not a single

mark lov‘Ver than an A in a theme.

Can you believe that? I sincerely be-

lieve that goodly portion of the credit

is due to the experience I received in

writing those short stories and artic-

les to the Merry Circle. _ I write

exactly the same kind of stuff up here

and it seems to be very effective.

Well, so much for that.



I’ll try to write once in a while and

let you know how I get along. Thank-

ing you again for your interest in me,

and hoping that the snapshot will

adequately “fill the bill. ”—Guilford H.

Rothfuss.





 





 





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Dear Uncle Frank:



I want to thank you for the Mich-

igan Farmer pencils you sent me

They sure will come in handy at

school You get lots cf letters every

day, I’m sure, so I guess that’s why

I never see any of my letters in print.

I hope for goodness sake, W. B. is on

a diet yet so he won’t get me this

time. He got me every time so far.



Hope all the cousins are well and

happy. I would like to see my letter

in print this time. I must close and-

leave room for the others. -—Martha

Werner.





The reason yours and many other

letters have not been printed is that

they are not made interesting enough.

Interesting letters are the only ones

I can use.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



What do you have to do to become

a Golden Circler? I have never found

out, though I have written once be-

fore.



I don’t agree with Horst Beyer. We

have three old cats and two kittens.

We never keep them in the house.

Every morning the mother cat comes

into the barn with a mouse. Every

night she does the same—Ellen

Ewing.



The only thing one has to do to be-

come a Golden Circler is some unusu-

ally gOod work. In other words, I give

the Golden Circle honor to those

whom I think deserve it. It is a





special honor given at irregular times.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



'I am thirteen and in the ninth

grade. I really and truly do think

Lindbergh is a genuine hero, not only

for his braVery in flying, but his first

question for something to eat after

his non-stop flight. * “May I please

have a glass of milk, ” amused the

inspiration in me andI Ithink he is a

splendid example for the American

boys and girls. Dan’t you?



Hope Mr. Waste-Basket is quietly

snoozing. ~—-Anna Eisele. ,





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indication of his character and habits.





 





Dear Uncle Frank and M C. Cousins:



Uncle Frank, I wish to thank you

for my M. C. card and pin which I

received in the spring, also for the

little knife I received some time ago.

I am very much interested in the ac-

tivities which take place on Our Page.

I have enjoyed for quite a while the

discussions of the M. C.’s on different

topics.



I enjoy reading very much. I also

am fond of poetry and like to memor-

ize poems too. I have a poetry scrap

book which I started last winter. I

wonder how many M. C.’s have a

poetry scrap book.



I liked going to high school, also

liked th studies but had to give it

up a yea ago last spring on account

of poor health—Elizabeth Rowley.





Am glad you like Our Page and

that poetry is your hobby. You must

have an interesting scrap book. Hope

you will recover your health so that

you can finish school.





 





Dear Unknown Cousins:



May I have a line inthis too? I’m

not an M. C. so I expect Mr. W. B.

will swallow this—let’s hope he won’t.

I love to read the letters of M. C.’s

Wish 3I.

could express myself as some of them

do. I gained some precious friends

through M. C. scrambles. I tried some

contests but never earned a pin.



Those trips that were described

sure set me rambling especially that

one to Washington.

took any pictures on their Way. I’m

going to Detroit for a visit to my"

brother. May I come and see -Iyou too,

Uncle Frank? Pardon me, .

mean that at all You know Iit isn’t

very polite for a girl to go to see a.

gentleman;



I don’t know if I should say any-

thing about bobbed! Minis _ ,

rouge, and knickers or n ’ You

ha r isn‘t bobbed. have r0331 chasm

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der.‘ Ithink that’s 0. K. Knickers

are all right, if Iyou know when to ‘-

wear them. No.1 don’t smoke cigar-

etts or anything of the kind and I

think it’s rude for boys to smoke and

drink, den’t you? '





Do you rls like to go fishing,

- swimming, orseback riding, etc., as a

sport? I just lone them. ———“Seventeen





Summers.”



It will be perfectly all right for you

to come and see me and I hope you

do some time. Travel and, tales [of

travel are always interesting. It is

fine that you are interested in sane

habits of dress and clean habits of

life.





 





Dear U. F. and M. C.’s:



I thought W. B. might be hungry

by now so here comes a fine feed.

If you want my views on the subjects,

here they are. I hate smoking and

drinking. They are bad for men, but

horrid for women. Oh how awful

I felt when my best friend) took a.

cigarette and smoked it when one of

those awful boys offered her one.

Thten she laughed at me when I would

no



I live on a farm and think it the

best place an earth, and I doubt if

any argument can change my mind.

Farm work is not a “drudge” as it has

been termed by many on Our Page.

To me it is “fun” and I'know many

people who would say so, too.



Education is a splendid thing and

every child should -be well educated.

That is another of my ideas. Also,

kill every hawk. and crow! They are

big pests and not worth having

around. They even kill the pretty

song birds—“Bubs.”





Yes, those who refuse to acquire

bad habits get laughed at sometimes.

But, “he who laughs last laughs

best.” The others will wish" many

times that they had not acquired the

habits. It is fine that you find work

fun.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



We read Mary Shoemaker’s letter in

which she stated that Lily ought to

be ashamed of herself for telling that

the present generation was “going to

the dogs.” We agree with her but

we don’t agree with Slim Jim because

she said that everyone ought to study

during vacation. We think ten months

of school is enough without studying

during vacation. ,We didn’t start

school this year because our parents

said that .the high school is too far

for us and boarding is too expensive

in the city so we decided to stay home

and milk cows and probably after

four or five years we can graduate

from the dishpan and take up a com-

mercial course. Well, this is enough

from us- this time. Hope Mr. W. B.

is to school when this arrives. Wlill

sign off as we are called—Four Farm.



ates.





Another message from the Kate

Quartette. Seems as if you four

should study at home/if you don’t go

to school. I hope the dishpanrcourse

doesn’t tire you.





A TAME EAGLE



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for a pet, and wanted one .that

would make a nice friendly com~

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humorist has said" that after a man

has lived in hell-«long enough, he will





tame. ‘Yet even the eagle yields to

the mastery of man, if he is well

treated. .



The pet eagle shown here was cap-

tured shortly after he left the nest

as a youngster, by a man who has

studied the wild folk all his life. He

took'his captive home and made him

comfortable in a large wire pen,

naming him Megizzewas, which is the

Chippewa name for the eagle.



Years passed, and finally Megizze—

was escaped. He was gone several

weeks. ,Then he returned, perched in

a tree in the yard, and waited for his

master to come out and return him

to his pen.



He feeds from the man’s hands, and

shows no anger when his master

enters the pen, but he dislikes

strangers, and when this picture was

taken he said some very unkind things

about the man with the camera—Ben

East.





 





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The Thanksgiving story contest

seemed to create considerable inter-

est as we got a lot of niCe stories.

It really was quite hard to pick the

winners but after prolonged exam-

ination we picked the following for

prizes. Some of the stories will be

used next week. '



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Donna Seribner, Bancroft, Mich.

Clutch Pencil



Guilford Rothfuss, 1013 E. Grand



River Ave, East Lansing, Mich.

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Two Michigan Farmer Pencils



Bernice Cook, R. 4, Allegan, Mich.



Edith Blissett, Alden, Michigan.



Lena Oksala, Rudyard, Michigan.



John F. Strange, R. 5, Grand Ledge,

Michigan.



Theresa Grala, R. 1, Box 165, Mt.

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Little Prephet [of the Poor





Our Wee/Ely ermine—By N. A. Mchme





CALLED Micah little, not because

I he is a small man but because his

book is short——short, but with long

meanings. Compared'Vvith Jeremiah’s

book, or Ezekiel’s, the book of Micah

is a primer. But it contains some of

the loftiest teachings of the Bible,'to-

gether with what is probably the best

known verse of the Old Testament.

In the highest climax of the book, the

prophet bursts out with:—

“It hath been showed thee, 0 man,

what is good;

And what doth the Lord require of

thee;

But to do justly, and to love mercy,

And to walk humbly with thy God?”

When Huxley, the English scientist

and scholar, first read these words,

he exclaimed, “A perfect ideal of

religion!” *Today Micah’s immortal

saying is inscribed on the statue of

Religion in the Congressional Library

in Washington. As the American

‘ soldier boys were

p r e p a r i n g to

leave for the

battlefields of

France, Theodore

Roosevelt was

asked by the

M. C. A. to

select a senti-

ment to be

prin t e d in the

New Testaments which would be

given to the soldiers. He chose the

words of Micah. ~

Like some other prophets, and like

many of America's great men,.Micah

was a country lad, and came from a

country village. Perhaps that was one

reason Why his message is. so vehe-

ment against the corruption of the

city- He oculd. see the badness of the

city with clearer eye than those who

had lived there all. their lives. A





 





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what ties happens in the city.





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The residents have seen the injustice,

the show and sham, the waste, the ill

will, so long that they become cal-

loused. A prophet from the country,

fresh from his contact with nature

and sensitive to the voices of the

Spirit, is needed. » .



What impression did Micah make?

Happily we do not need to guess at

this, because a successor of his in the

prophetic office has left record that

flowers grew in Micah’s path, long

after he had ceased'to walk earthly

paths. Jeremiah, who is now believed

to be the greatest of the Hebrew

prophets. speaks with the highest re-

spect and reverence of his predeces-

sor, and he has a right to, for the

example of Micah probably saved his

life. Jeremiah prophesied that, be-

cause of her crimes, Jerusalem would

become desolate and without inhabi-

tant. This so infuriated the nobles,

the real estate agents and the cham-

ber of commerce,»that they resolved

to put Jeremiah out of the way. But

suddenly some college graduate who

knew a little history, recalled the fact

that Micahgthe Morasthite, had pre-

dicted precisely the same thing, and

the people did not put him to death.

On the contrary they honored him for

declaring the word of the Lord thus

fearlessly. It is good to know that

our prophet made such an impression

on the people of his time. Many Of

his brother prophets Were not so

happy in their work. “





What did our prophet teach? He

taught the truths that he felt were

needed for the social and moral con-

ditions of the time. He took his texts

right out of the life he saw all about

him. In, the olden time the religious

teachers did not take a text from

scripture, as the preacher does, now.

And for the very good reason that

there was no scripture to take a text

from. "She scriptures- had. not been

compiled or written then, except in

small part. ' “Woe!"





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on .th‘eirb'eds; They covet fields and

seize them; so they crash a strong

man" and his household, a ‘man and

his heritage." He saw that the poor

man did not have the same chance for

a sqdare deal as the man with a. thick

pocketbook. .



How can injustice among us be re:-

duced? For one thing, indorse any

proposed changes in the method of

legal procedure. Some states are

making changes in court methods

which are pretty certain to ”make jus-

tice easier, cheaper, and more speedy.

Another thing one may do, is to. help

those who may be troubledihrough no

fault of their own. A man who is a

careful driver ran over a pedestrian

at night, causing serious injuries. He

was sued. Friends went to court with

him during the trial. The fact they

were there, he said, was worth a lot.

Commend the action of honest prose-

cutors when they effect apiece of

difficult prosecution. They will work

harder if they know that the voters

care. A few years ago a man of

wealth and political influence was

sent to the penitentiary, not finding

any technical knothole of escape.

That was like a breath of ocean air

on a hot, sticky summer day. Judge

and prosecutor had done their wOrk

well and, happily in this case, many

told them so.





 





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READ the News and Views in the



Michigan Farmer and note in the

last number what is said about seed

corn. I have been a. crank on that

matter for sixty-five year... I learned.

a lesson, when a. boy, on my father’s

farm. He had been in the habit com-

mon to most farmers of selecting seed

corn from the crib. One seasOn he

discovered that corn was not germin-

ating, tested his and found that but

few kernels would sprout. A neigh-

bor had corn of previous year that

was 0. K., but we had 1) pay $1.50

per bushel—a. price comparable to

about $10 these days. After that we

invariably selected seed corn in fall

before freezing and kept it dry and

that was the last of our troubles.



I have even to the present time had

corn, either field or sweet, for seed

that I knew would germinate and I

have said and written that any farmer

who had corn for seed that would not

grow had only himself to blame. Most

instructions for caring for seed corn

say, select early and dry to fourteen

per cent moisture and you are safe,

but I know of an instance related by

a Secretary of a. State Board of Agri-

culture who tested his seed corn in

December and found it 0. K. After

that it was kept under cover but ex—

posed to freezing. The winter was

changeable and damp. In April 3. test

showed sixty per cent germination. I

always say get your corn dry before

freezing and keep it out of freezing

temperature. In that case it will

hardly be necessary to test it. At

least I have never had any that would

not germinate ninety~five or better

under any fair conditions of soil or

weather.





It has seemed strange to me how

slow farmers are to learn some les-

sons like this that are so apparent.

I remember that a few years ago the

State Department of Agriculture was

scouring the country for seed corn

that would grow and farmers who had

not taken proper caro of their corn





were paying high prices for seed





some of which, probably was not





suited to Michigan and consequently

produced a smaller crop .——lra. H.

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SUBDUING J. BARLEYCORN





 





N regard to the weekly sermon by



N. A. McCune, I think'old John

Barleycorn could-be subdued if." every

one would turn out and help. But a

good many people don’t like to inter-

fere for they think it is none of their

business and also. makes enemies.

Some don't like to interfere because

there is too much partiality shown.

The man that has plenty of 'money

gets out of it and the fellow that

hasn’t the 'money serves his time in

jail. If all were treated alike, it

would be different. It is like a good

many laws, justice and right do not

prevail. It is something like the abo-

lition of slavery. John Brown was

scorned and hung for advocating the

freedom of the negro, and caused an

awful turmoil and war because be ad-

vocated a good cause. So that is the

way it goes.——S. H. S.





 





MORE ABOUT PH EASANTS





 





WISH to add a comment to the ar-



ticle written by W. H. Every, “Why

Knock the Pheasant?” Why not

knock the pheasant? In our part of

the country the pheasant is one of

the worst pests we have. Crows are

bad and also English sparrows but

they do not compare in destructiveness

to the pheasant.



A year ago last winter, we had the

misfortune to lose our home and all

contents by fire, so in order to try

and pick up a little, we rented ten

acres of good ground to put into corn.

I procured my seed and planted it.

It came up fine and then the phea-

sants got busy. I bought seed and

replanted it three times and I never

husked one bushel of corn from the

whole ten acres and could have hauled

all the stalks in two loads. Well this





 





 





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can shoot a crow and hang it up. and

the rest stay away, but the” pheasant

is not afraid of anything.





pheasant. They have also killed my

hens and roosters.-—-N. L. Reed.





 





SKUNKS AND MINKs





 





I READ an articlejn your edition of



November ,5 entitled “What Good

Are' Skunks or Minks '3” by Hugh Bren-

ingstall. Now I wish to take excep-

tions to Mr. Breningstail’s statements

because when you destroy the skunks

and minke, you are Just throwing na-

ture that much further, out of balance.

Now if Mr. Breningstall had been

a. careful student of nature he would

have known that seventy-five per cent

of the food of a skunk in the summer-

time consists of bugs, beetles, and

worms. If he had been observing, he

would have noticed all through his

fields little round holes where a. faith-

ful skunk had dug out a. fat luscious

grub or potato bug. Of course, once

in a great while; he will invade the

poultry house. In the winter time, he

sleeps ninety per cent of his time in

some woodchuck den back in the

woods or pasture. The rest of the

time he spends picking up carrlon to

live on till the ground thaws up so

that he can go back to his old trade

of grubbing.



Mr. Mink is not quite as good a.

friend to the farmer, yet he lives a.

great deal on rodents. I have noticed

that a stream with a. few minke along

does not have many wharf rats. Now

I would like to suggest that our good

friend Mr. Breningstall spend some of

his' winter days between chore time

following the trails of his friends and

helpers in his back pasture and wood-

lot.—Frank W. Ireland.





 





RADIO BRIEFS





 





Static is to be made a. useful ser-

vant of navigation by'indicating the

location, intensity and route of storms

and hurricanes at sea. A recent in-

vention of a. Washington scientist has

been perfected along this line. '





 





A general order has been issued by

the Federal Radio Commission that

broadcasting stations must announce

their call letter at least once during

every fifteen minutes of transmission.





 





If the prongs of your radio tubes

become corroded, do not file them but

clean them with a. rubber eraser.





 





Only two hundred foreign radio sta-

tions were listed at the Department of

Commerce at Washington in 1924 but

in August, 1927, this number had in-

creased to 420.





 





The origin of the call-letter system

for radio should interest many fans.

Back in the days when radio was in

its infancy, the department of com-

merce assigned “W" as a. call letter

for eastern stations and “K” for the

Pacific Coast stations. For traditional

reasons KDKA‘ at Pittsburgh was al4

lowed to retain its original call. ‘



Chicago’s Civic Opera. will broad-

cast one act from popular opera. once

each. week during the winter. Only

one act is being broadcast so that the

wholesale broadcasting. will not enter

into active. competition -w1th Opera.





 





 

 





Human beings teday set from three

to four times as much as their stone _

age ancestors, asserts a. Britten; ‘





 





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‘herd improvement associations.





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month “ by the cow tester.





'be'lbhg to a testing association, any





 





LEADING JERSEY cows





 





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' URING the year July, 1926,



July, 1927, more than 30,000 cows

completed records in rMichigan dairy

The

excellent 'production registered by

many of these cows and the profits

yielded by them to their herd owners





. has been beneficial to Michigan, dairy-





men. The state average for all cows

under test in these organizations is

more than 300 pounds butter-fan



Jerseys are playing an important

part in bringing greater profits to

Michigan dairymen. Excellent produc-

tion has been experienced by some

Jersey herd owners and the following

table lists the ten leading Jersey cows

regardless of age according to butter-

fat production.





 





sults in a preventable loss of 1.2

pounds of butter-fat for every 1,000

pounds of milk separated. In a herd

of 10 cows averaging 30 pounds of

milk daily that, kind of a separator

unnecessarily ,turns 10.8 pounds -of

butter-fat into the skim milk in the

course of a month.





fat amounts to $4.86.

Last summer one tester found a





machine that was running butter-fat _





down the wrong spout at the rate of

$16.80 worth per month. When the

tester raised the bowl a trifle it

worked perfectly. Similar cases have

been reported from other associations.



Time spent in having the skim milk

tested occasionally may net the farm-

er high wages. If the test is too

high, investigate. The machine may





 





 





Association and Owner‘





Barry No. 2, Howard Aldrich

Cass, Howard Hutton

Newaygo-South, Schipper Bros.

Allegan-West, G. N. Carmen

Oscoda, Menno Esch



Lapeer No. 1, Geo. Pitwell

Kent—-Alto, D. J. Dinsen

Newaygo—South, Schipper Bros.

Hillsdale No. 1, J. L. Beal

Ottawa-Coopersville, Glen Luther





Breed Milk Test Fat

Gr J 12,155 5.74 697.8

PB J 14,993 4.64 696.8

PB J 12,760 5.02 640.2

PB J 10,695 5.97 638.5

Gr J 12,346 4.99 616.3

Gr J 10,509 5.86 616.1

PB J 11,553 5.27 609.1

Gr J 14,741 4.12 607.4

PB J 11,467 5.28 605.8

PB J 12,254 4.93 605.0





 





MICHIGAN COW'IN HIGH SOCIETY





 





UTCHLAND Creamelle Mary Girl,



a pure-bred Holstein cow, has

just completed a test which credits

her with producing in 365 days,

1,015.37 pounds of butteri'fat from 26,-

8422 pounds of milk, a record which

places her in the honor class of all

cows of all‘breeds, She is the 116th

Holstein cow to produce as much as

1,000 pounds of butter-fat in one year.

Eighty per cent of the 1,000 pounds

butter~fat cows in the world are Hol-

steins.



Dutchland Creamelle Mary Girl is

owned by and made her record at the

Lakefield Farm, Clarkston, Michigan.

She is four years- old. Her sire is

Dutchland Creamelle Korndyke Lad;

her dam, King Segis Pontiac Konigen

She was bred by F. F. Field,

of Brockton, Massachusetts. Her rec-

ord entitles her to be known as the

champion senior four-year-old Holstein

cow in Michigan for she holds the

state record for both three and four

year olds. .



“She was just one of the cows in

our herd and we did not know that

she was making the 1,000 pound fat

record until we were notified by the





1Holstein-Friesian Advanced Registry





Office that she had,” say 0. F. Foster.





 





POOR CREAM SEPARATOR

WASTES MONEY





 





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OME separators will operate effi-

ciently month after month, while

others will do good work for a while





and then go bad. Skim milk from a

-well-adjusted separator will not test

over .02 of. one per cent.





_ Separators

that allow as,much as .05 of one per

cent of butter-fat to go through the





.skim milk spout need attention.





Members of cow testing associations

have their separators tested every

1 Several

members have reported that the

amount of money saved by the 1month-

1y check-ups on the separator has

netted them a sufficient amount to





--pay for their association membership





for an entire year. If you do not





milk or cream buyer will be glad to





test your skim milk occasionally.





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not be level, it may sway too much

while being turned, the bowl may be

too high'or too low, discs may be

worn or loose, or the tinware may

have rusted to the extent that holes

have formed causing loss of butter-

fat.—I. D.





OUR DAIRY BUSINESS HAS SIZE





 





HE dairy industry of the United



States, grown to the magnitude of

more than $4,000,000,000 annual sale

of dairy products, will be represented

by delegates and visitors from more

than 20 national organizations within

the industry, in the annual meeting

of the American Dairy Federation,

Palmer House, Chicago, November 30,

1927, says A. M. Loomis, secretary of

the organization.



Collectively the dairy industry and

affiliated activities make up one of the

most stupendous businesses ever de—

veloped, continues Mr. Loomis. Near-

ly One-half the arable land area of

the United States is used for the

feeding and handling of dairy cows.

There are 25,000,000 of them. The

farm value of their“ product is well

upward of $2,500,000,000 each twelve

months. To these dairy cattle are fed

annually three—quarters of the hay

and forage produced in the U. S.



The hay alone that they [eat is val-'

ued at a billion dollars. .Their con-

sumption 'of grain in one year

amount to $1,750,000,_000 farm value. It

arhounts to practically one-half the

total amount of grain produced on all

American farms.



.Three andsix-tenths per cent of the

dairy products are used in ice cream.

But on this apparently .small phase

there has deVeIoped' an industry

amounting to a half billion dollars of

sales per year, with a plant equip-

ment of upwards of. $300,000,000.



One billion seven hundred million

pounds of butter are made, and 5,000

butter factories require plant and

equipment costing from $100,000,000 to

$150,000,000 to safeguard cleanliness,

insure sanitation and produce the high

quality product required'in this coun-

try of high standards :of..li=.ving. It is

the boast of the fluid milk distribu-

tors that thcy deliver .a pint or a

quart of milk on every doorstep in the

United States every morning? before





, _. breakfast as :cheapiyfcas Uncle Sam

; delivers a half ounce letter. ’





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meets all State and Na-

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for years by all large

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GUERNSEY have official records of 15.-





109.10 milk. 778.80 fat. 19,400.50 milk, 909.05 fat.

T. V. HICKS, Battle Creek, Mich., R. I.





 





Dairy Heifer Colvel. Dmtlcull'

Quernsey pure bred $25.00 each. We [lilo

C. 0. D. Writ» L. Terwilliger. Wauwatosa. Wis. .



—lleg. Guernsey cows and a few bull

For sale calves, sin- lIy Imp. Coro Honor.

JOHN EBELS. Holland. Mich., R, 2





FOR SALE Ingmte‘m Guernsey bufi, 1 yr- ,





old. Also 3 yr. old Reg. Guern—

soy cow. Leonard Hauler. Sandusky. R. 2. Mich.





SERVICEABLE AGE





REGISTERED HOLSTEIN



Bull Calves at prices the owner ofa .

small herd can afford to pay. The

sire of many of these calves Is a Son

of the highest record (30 lb.) twoo,

year—old daughter of Creator. Hlo

sire is King Segis Alcartra Prilly. an

undefeated Show bull with 70 A. R.

daughters. Others sired by a 5 times

1200 lb. Champion Bull, the famouo

K. P. O. P. breeding. '



Bred cows and heifers served by

these sires are available for founda-

tion stock.





RED ROSE FARMS DAIRY





Northville, Michigan

Telephone: 344

Reference: Nortlwille Stole Saving: Bunk





 





 





 





 





Holstein bulls from high, res--

TWO Young ord dams. sired by a 30 lb.

bull.‘ These bulls are very typy and straight. ton





lines. Also a 3 yr. old cow giving large flow milk. -

WHITNEY BROS.. Onondaga, Mich.





F0 R S A L E Young Holstein bull by 0.1.1.1





(‘arnatlon sire. World's‘rec‘

HILL.

CREST FARM, Kalamazoo, Michigan.





Registered Jersey Bull





points. good breeding.





JACKSON. Ada. ’Mich.



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For sale Sybil's (lambogc of Whitehall;

SMITH & PARKER. Howell, Mich. R. No. 4.

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Calves. Year‘l ‘ 'Twos; Hereford Steers 6: Heifers.

B Type. dark reds. good grass flesh. most all

bunches debomed. each bunch even in size

show good breeding. Choice Herelords ,are usually

market toppers when finished. Few bunchesT. 28,

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WNERS of small herds of dairy

cows have a. disadvantage when

it comes to adding the regular cow

testing service. A possible way, sug-

gested by Dr. McDowell, of the De

partment of Agriculture, is to test the

cows six times a. year, or every two

months, instead of every month. This

would reduce the costs about half,

and ought to make it possible for a

large number of dairymen with small

herds to come into the cow-testing

groups.



“The six-month method was tested

out at the Minnesota station. Daily

milking records and fat tests were

kept on seventy cows. Tests were

also made from samples taken one

day in each month, and also samples





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S an economic measure we do: ~

cided to feed all hay and fodder



to our ,flock‘ of 22 sheep, by spreading

it about upon ‘ the garden, which is

adjacent itothe barn yard. The poor-

est place in the garden was chosen for

this feeding ground and the» sheep

spent a great deal of time there pick-

ing away. The sheep manure is one

of the best garden fertilizers known

and by choosing this place the time

and bother of hauling out manure and

spreading it was saved. Any weeds

which had been over-looked in fence

corners were eaten by the sheep. As

foragers a small flock of sheep will





 





 





 





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

   





 





for one day every two months. Errors

were computed by comparing these

monthly and six times a. year tests

with the actual daily figures for the

year. The average error due to test-

ing one day in two months was 3.8

per cent as compared with an average

error of 2.91 per cent in monthly

tests. In 24 cases out of 70 the error

was 5 per cent or more as compared

with 16 cases out of 70 in the monthly

method. The greatest error 12.5 per

cent as against 8.3 per Cent on the

monthly basis.



It is not expected that the method

of testing ,.—every other month will

take the place of the regular dairy-

herd-improvement— association method

but that it may find its own place in

those districts where the dairy herds

are small.





 





IT PAYS TO TEST





 





WE are told by County Agent

Johnson of Van Buren that one

dairyman found that he could get the

same results by reducing his grain

allowance to " the herd about twenty

pounds per day. This saved him

twelve dollars for the month of Octo-

her. This farmer was able to know

the effect of this reduction on the

cows by weighing and testing the

milk produced. » '





 





THEY START GRAIN EARLIER





 





P ION-EER dairymen were not gen-



erous feeders. They always used

small grain scoops and these were

stintingly filled. But things are chang-

ing. The grain seasonkfor dairy cows

is lengthening." This is particularly

true with the herds in live cow-test-

ing associations. We nete over the

state a general practice of starting

the grain feed while the pasture is

still good in the fall and continuing

long into the Warm~ months after our,

forefathers deemed it wise to stop. The

change has come about by learning

that profits. are larger 'when cows con-





, tinue to produce heavily: over a long

period qt lactation. ,‘ Long-term .pI‘Or _:

auction is brought about. through the 1





 





 





'3 é





Grand Champion Holstein Bull at 1927 Michigan State Fair. More Than

Ever Farmers Are Realizing the Importance of Good Sires





clean a garden of stray weeds if

turned in after crops are taken off.

Time taken . during the winter

months to spread feed for sheep in‘

places where the soil is thin is better

spent than time spent during the rush

days of spring, hauling manure. As a

rule, unless weather is very stormy

and wet or a blizzard is blowing, the

sheep will do better if fed out-side.

A small flock will not waste much

and should not be fed any more than

they can clean up readily—F. Berry.





 





INCREASE IN PURE-BREDS





 





A SURVEY in Craig county, vnv



ginia, made eleven years ago re-

vealed that there were no pure-bred

bulls in the county at all. Now all of

the scrub bulls have been eliminated

and Craig is a 100% pure-bred bull

county.





 





Glen Lane’s pure-bred Guernseys

was the high herd in the Van Buren

testing association. during the ‘month

of October. This herd averaged 33.7

lbs. of fat. Art Reading, who has

been in the habit or taking honors

with his herd was a close second with

an average monthly production of

33.3 pounds of fat.





 





MORE SHORT-FED them





 





ECEIPTS of short-fed steers haVe

increased noticeably in the last

week orlten days and prices have



declined 75 cents to $1.50 from the

peak of the season reached two weeks

ago. Fully-finished cattle are as high

as ever with the Chicago top at $17.75

for mature steers and handy-weights.



and $17.65 for yearlings. ‘ Grassers



also sold at the year’s bestvprices dur-



ing the past week with» a new top of



$15.50 for Canadian grass steers.



The movement of thin cattle to the

country in.the last month has {been

more nearly up to normal for the sea-

son than was the case in the few

months preceding, but it. remained

below the averageat this season for ,

the last five years. With diminish-

ing receipts of western;mnge cattle;

prices of; stockers [andvf feeders. an-

vanc’ed'in.the,_ lastweei the face of



e; downward ftendenc slim-t4."

outflow “k mu '
{ ‘ Draft.

Front- or

1110.





MODERN SHOEiNG

FOR HARD ROADS





No nutter bow cold the morning orbow



thoroui, your home con work with



steady "priority if shod with Diemond

Frost-Proof Cnlksand Shoes.



Diamond DRIVE Coll“ cannot twist or



or





extra”

out returns for all kinds





Ask your Blacksmith or Dede: for

DIAMOND SHOES end CALKS.

If he cannot supply you





. erlefor "(minded Catalog lo

Diamond Calk Horseshoe

Company





4613 Grind Ave. Duluth, Minn.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





BOREMDS’I' AND NO IEI'I'ERG

Crush and grind all the grains that

or coarser for cettle feeding,

[Io-Ii Kalli-o and all small urn!

Ctr-03th mobility and Service rndiete from

every line of these Mesterful Grinders. Simple yet

effective in adjustment. Lasts lifetime.





flGII'I' IIINNINO — lDNGP lElFE" EXTRA CAPACITY

CONESIIA DBMS





10 sizes-2 to E H. H. or more. Also Sw Mills.

It pays well to investigate. Catalog





he D.N.P. Bowsher 00.. South Bend. Elno-





ow: fine for

r- in h,usk





 





 





CATTLE

Four Registered Shorthom Heifers





(oming fresh in November and December. also two

xoung bulls. all are from good mllkers. AUGUST

WALDO. Morley. Mich. R. D. No.





Registered Shorthorn Bull





sired bx Maxwalton (‘lansman 2nd. for sale. HOS-

LEY BROS.. Howell Mich.





Red Shorthorn Bull





MORRIS". Flint. Mich.. R. 5.





one year old, for

s a l c. E.





()1: SALE a 4 \r. old Guernsey bull a. grandson

of the former Mithigen State Champiotf. Taylor

8. lager. phone l7. Douglas, Mich.





, HOGS

TALCOA FARM BERKSHIRES





Young hours and gilts. Buy a, pair or trio and

start a pure- -bred herd. Write TALCOA FARM,

R. No. 5. Box 49, Lansing. Mich.





DUROCS





Spring and yearling boars. Open gilts.

Michigan Breeder at- State Fair.

LAKEFIELD FARMS, Olarksion, Mlch.





FOR .SAL Duroc Spring Pigs, also their





‘ sire litter mate to Grand

Champion of Michigan. Cholera. immune, smooth and

troy. GIBSON BROS.. Fowlerville. Mlch.



Spring boars. open and





D U R O C S bred guts. Fail pigs.





Quality of the best. Priced to sell. Write NORRIS

STOCK FARM, Casnovia. Mich.





 





Bears and Gilts of spring fat-row

DllI'OC Jersey with size. txpe and quality

Write 'M' particulars or better. come and see them.

F_. .I. DRODT. Monroe, Mich





 





UItOC JERSEY spring and full been of popular

blood llhes. Write or come md see them. Jena

& Son, Henderson. Mich.





 





Blm

big huslw M a. r c h





D U R o C S bo onI s, Sensations





” and 0015. S. V. PHILLIPS & SON. Charlotte, Mich.

Duroc Jersey breeding stoek.





FOR SALE all ages, both sex





p A. BRAY. .Danaville. Mloh.

“rite for





OJ C. HOGS on time no.3...





Originators and most extensive breeders

THE l. B. SILVER 00., Best l96. Salem. Ohio





For SaleL-Reg. O. l.‘ C. April & May Pigs





best or breeding. Shippedon wnrovol. FRED w.

KENNEDY I. sous. R. I, chance. Mloh.



.0 I C's. 22°22 2222. 222222 2222.2. 2.222

orro SCHULIE 5. sons. Nashville. Mich. '



0., I..- C's. .2 Mgtggggoggg

c.) TIIoiIPsoN. Rockford, '-





"lull.

'13“}..2- «1mg 8'





It“





 





 





 





 





‘ via.

either ”'15:.“ Mile Peter-

__. fluid-lea mlr





" hOrn c





. breeding as our cattle.





Premier





~93 entire herd of. milking Short-

1e of George Graham and

Soils of

of Bate's breeding. These cattle are





. all very good show cattle and good.-

These cattle





producers at the pail.

are red in color and are of the same.

Mr. Graham

bought the cattle at a dispersal sale,

paying top prices of the sale for some

of them.





LOEB STOCK SELLS HIGH





T the recent dispersal-"sale of

pure-bredrstock from the Loch





‘ farms at Charlevolx, good prices were

The sale,

Ewes held at the West Michigan fair





paid for horses and cattle.





grounds. The two-day cattle sale

brought in total receipts appyoximat-

ing 3527, 000, which gives an average

for young stock and all of slightly

under $200. The high animal in the

cattle list was an eight-month-old

Holstein bull going to B. Hanchett, of

Grand Rapids for $850.

ceipts for the fourteen head of regis-

tered Belgian horses was around

$4,000, making the average for fillies





the bidding was brisk from the start.





WILL TEST TB STATUTE





wee county, James



has secured a temporary injunction

culture from testing the former's herd

of cattle for tuberculosis. Mr. Helme

claims the. test may introduce tuber-

culosis, according to reports, and that

the state, on the basis of its testing

system, has no right to condemn

cattle. The test, he contends, is not

sufficiently conclusive. In all proba-

bility the case will be carried to the

supreme court to obtain a final ruling

on the act. '





HELP‘ON FARM HORSESHOEIING





O foot—no horse" is a time hon~



ored saying among horsemen.

Bad feet handicap horses for any

farm work and knock them out en-

tirely for use on pavements or hard

roads. It is vital, therefore, that

every farmer should understand the

fundamental principles of the proper





shoeing. Improper care and improper

shoeing often lead to disease of the

feet and irregularities in gait, which

may be serious enough to make the

horse unserviceable and unsalable.





With the rapid increase in the num-

ber of automobiles, trucks and tracs

tors and the falling off in the number

of horses, the number of really good

horseshoers is rapidly diminishing and

it is becoming more and more neces-

sary that the farmer understand the

principles of good horsesho-eing, at

least so he can tell when it is being

properly done. Those readers will





 





,3. much valuable help in the new

Iai'mers Bulletin No 1, 535—“Farm

Horseshoeing,” which can be secured

free on request from the U. S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.





This explains the growth of the





lhoof, how the colt’s hoof should be

CHAS-[trimmed trimming the foot for shoe-





ing, fitting the shoe, nailing, and so

on. We urge every farmer who has

to look after such work to send for

a free copy—I. Dickerson.





SHORT COURSE CATALOG OUT





in the s be rt

courses at the Michigan State College

will be pleased to know that a catalog

covering the short courses for the

coming year has been issued by the

College and will be mailed ”upon re-

quest to the president's allies of that





Those interested





 





grinstitution at, [East_,_l’..ansing.





S WOOD do SONS bought the





slie, Michigan, which were - .





The total re- '





and all of around $285 per head. The'

attendance of bidders was large and.





MUCH known farmer of Lena-L

W. Helme,





restraining the commissioner of agri-.





care of horses’ feet and their proper





-.A\ FEW





 





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slope: "





,2, leediniz





More profit per head with

this Free Beck -





Why work so hard to make

a few dollars, when mod-

ern feeding methods will do

part of the work for you?

This free book tells you

how to feed dairy cows

(and other farm stock) so

that each animal yields you

a bigger profit, and fewer

head are necessary to make





a good living. Helps you ‘

get higher production out

of your farm-grown feeds,

throu gh home-mixed rations

including Linseed Meal.





This book contains simple,

practical rations that work.

Thousands of copies in daily

use. We will gladly send you

one, free! Mail the coUpon.





The Universal (





Protein





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Send free booklet No. D-ll,"





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9 L.M.E.C.. 1927





 





WANTEDs-uSEVERAL MEN





With Cars who can devote full time to saleswork.





and expenses paid weekly to

information address ,

The Michigan Farmer,





Salary





full time men. For complete





Desk C, Detroit, Michigan





 





Prize-Winning Chester Whites





lime a few spring pigs either sex. Can furnish a

low not akin. l have bred and showed more Grand

(‘hampions at Michigan State Fair in past seven

years than all other breeders. NEWMAN’S STOCK

FARM. Mariette. Mich.





Chester Whites





few fall pigs. the

Satisfaction gIIaIantced

CALLA, R. 6, Ann «Arbor.





Poland China PublIc Hog Sale

Wednesday, Nov. IBth. will sell 40 head of high

('L'DS spring boars. and gilts. VVa'It and buy the real

kind. W. E. LIVINGSTON, Parma. Mich.





Choice Poland China Boars





ready for serIir-e. Cholera immuned. WESLEY

HILE, lonia, Mich.





of quality. both sex.

mostly- spring pigs. a,

full pigs readx ioI shipmsnt soon

inquiIe of CH A8. Mc-ll

Mich.





 





 





Big Type Poland Chinas





Si/e .Ind qlulitx (‘hoite spring boars. Soc them

before you hm. C. H. Ellison &. Son, Mason, Mich





BIG TYPEf fall gills also spring boars. sired





by (.1 1nd (‘humpion at the National Swine Show

GEORGE E. BENCH. Armada, Mich. R

ARGE





L either





A. A. Feldknmp.





CHESTER WHITE spring and





 





TYPE POLAND CHINAS

sex for sale. Alsolirown

R. No. 2.,Manchsster.





Spring Pigs,

Swiss Bulls.

Mich. '





 





HOICE POLAND CHINA boars and g‘llts of pop-

ular blood lines. Come and see them or write.



E. A. CLARK, Breckenndge, Mich.

L. T. l’oland China boars





'typy well grown lot.





 





F O R S A L E and bred gills, also fall pigs.





CLAIR I. BROWN. Kalamazoo, Mich., R. No. l0.l

Extra large spring boa ars





POIand Chlnas and gilts. Also weanling

pigs. JAMES G. TAYLOR. Belding, Mich.





 





good Hampshire spring hours at a.

bargain. Place your order for bred





guts. JOHN VI. SNYDER. St. Johns. Mlch.. R. 4





 





"SHEEP





 





reliable information in regard

If You Want to Kuakui sheen. write F.

PERRY. stlIon. Mich.. Soct'y Natlional





Karakul

For Shun Bmderl’ Registry Mmhti ton.





IBENL





SHROPSHIRES





700 Breeding Ewes





FOR SALE—200 choice black faced

500 choire him-k fat-ed ewes yearlings. 25, 3s and 4

year olds. mixed. l'l‘l(‘(‘5 rcasotmhlc. Write or wire

us for further information. ALMOND B. CHAP-

MAN dt SONS. So. Rockwood. Mich. Only 25 miles

south of ])i'll‘lilt. Mich, on motor bus and car lines.





Shropshire and Oxford Rams





Lambs yearlings and two year olds They are "I

Some haxe won at good

LAKEFIELD FARMS. '





yearling ewes.





 





guamntce satisfaction

Mich.





SH ROPSHI RES





(‘llOl(8 toms and e'WI-s. Ewes are being bred to an

I'mpoxted Buttnr mm. D. L. CHAPMAN 8:. SON.

So. Rockwood. Mich. '





BREEDING EWES





5M) choice ” yrs. old. the big husky





Delaines 1 to a

kind. 0. L. CHAPMAN 8:. SON. So. Rockwwd.

Mich.





FOR SALE





BOTT, Palms. Mich.





Oxford Downs





Write Wm. VanSickle,





For Sale

ray. Bsown City.





W e

Ciarkston.





 





Oxford rams and ewego Satisfy).

tion guaranteed. AB-

Telenhone Deckerleilla 78—3.





MI-Kerrows 5487

ewes and rams.

M ich.. R. 2.





sired by

and 3713.

Deckerviile.





Ilegistin'ed Oxford Down Bani

lambs. l’I‘in-ed right. Joe Mur-’

Mich.. R. 2. Phone l33 3L-is.





 





Shropshire and

Hampshire grades. all year—h

Also other breeds and ages. Fresh

V. B. Furniss. Nashville. Mich.





' ’ s l’.

Breeding Ewes “" “a ‘

lings. in car lots.

supplies monthly.





 





f‘r o m h e a. v y

shoal-ere, Willa

Michigan.





Choice Delaine Rams

SMATTS. East Jordan,





DELAINE EWES





 





III-gistfmi snag. bag

smoot . -

RUSSELL, R. 3, Waksman. Ohio. I OMS





Oxford Ram Lambs and O. l. C. B; V ,'

For Sale. H. W. MANN. Danaviile, Mich. . ~

A F E‘W





Flock Est.





 





extra good registered filing

Shropshire Rams, priced right.

1890. C. LEMEN & SONS. Dexter. mar





 





Rams and Rem hunts".

10 Ei‘wesm The wooly type.





DAN BDOHER. Evart. Mich"
' 3 ances.





 

 

 





 





GRAIN QUOTATIONS.





Tuesday, November 15





Wheat.





Detroit.——-No. 2 red at $1.39; No. 2

white $1.38; No.2 mixed at $1. 37.

Chicago. —December $1. 28%; March

$1. 32%; May $1. 34%,. ‘

Toledo. ——W‘heat, No. 2

$1.38’;§@1.391,§.

Corn.





Detroit—No. 2 yellow 910;

yellow 890; No. 4 yellow 87c.



.Chicago.—December 85%0;

89%; May 92 174.





Cats.

Detroit—No. 2 Michigan 5595c; No.

3 white 530.

Chicago—December 490; M arch

51c; May 51%0.

Rye.

Detroit—No. 2, $1.17.

' Chicago—December ”$10694; March

$10894; May $10934.

Toledo.—$1.17.

Beans. ‘

Detroit—Immediate and prompt

shipment $5.20 f. o. b. shipping points.

New York—Pea domestic at $6.00@

$6.50; red kidneys $6.75@7.25 to the

Wholesalers.

Chicago.——Spot navy beans, Michigan

choice, hand-picked, in sacks at $5.95

@$6.00; dark red kidneys $7.25.





red at





No. 3

March





g Barley.

Detroit—Malting 840;

Seeds.

Detroit domestic seeds:—Cash clo-

ver $18.40; December $18.50; February





feeding 80c.





$18.50; March $18.50; cash alsike

$15.90; December alsike at $16.00;

January alsike $16.20; February

$16.40: timothy at $2.15; December





$2.20; March $2.30.





Hay.



Detroit—No. 1 timothy at $14.50@

15.00; standard $13.50@14; No. 1 light

clover, mixed $13.50@14.50; No. 2 tim-

othy $11.00@12.00; No. 1 clover $12.50

@1350; cat straw $10.50((D11.50; rye

straw $12@13; alfalfa hay, No. 2, at

Chicago, $16@27.



Feeds.



Detroit. —Winter wheat bran at $37;

spring wheat bian at $36; standard

middling at $37; fancy middling at

$41; cracked corn at $42; coarse corn

meal $40; chops $39 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT.



The wheat situation has

strengthened by several developments

recently, suggesting the possibility

that prices have already passed the

lowest point they will reach this sea-

son. The estimates for Canada and

for two European countries were re—



,duced in the past week, some rust

damage in the Argentine is reported

and revisions in the domestic crop

estimate are likely to reduce the

theoretical surplus for export rather

than increase it. The domestic situa-

tion has been improved also by the

heavy exports of the last two or three

months and the accumulation of a

substantial volume of unfilled orders

on the books of flour mills.





E.



Exports of rye have fallen off in the

last ten days but they remain about

large enough to take care of the

primary receipts. Nearly twothirds

of the surplus has been moved out

already, so that the rye market is



, likely to be rather buoyant during the

rest of the crop year.





CORN.



The official November estimate of

> the corn crop was 2,753,000,000 bush-

els, or 106,000,000 bushels more than

last year’s crop and nearly equal to

the five-year average yield of 2,767,-

000,000 bushels. The carryover of

old corn was 111,000,000 bushels

against 183,000,000 bushels last year

‘ and average stocks of 121,000,000 bush-

els. The November report was 479,-

000,000 bushels more than the. July 1

forecast.



Corn prices have had a fair rally in

the last few days as a result of mod-

erate receipts, poor husking returns

in some sections and speculative sup-

port. The November estimate prob-

ably means that prices will work down

to a new low point for the season. Ex-





' . port business has been less prominent





I than two or three weeks ago and the

sales reported at that time have not

i shown'up in the way of large clear-





OATS.



Oats prices are fluctuating largely

in sympathy with corn. The situation

appears quite healthy, however,o 0.171%

to aerate stocks in commerc





'\





been .





; Cutters . . .

, 031111

There is no danger of com: .





mercial scarcity for months, however,

and the fact that prices are 12 per

cent over last year already discounts

some of the strength.





SEEDS.





Red and alsike clover seed have

been marked a little higher and grow-

ers are marketing more freely al-

though many are still inclined to anti-

cipate higher prices later in the year.

Reports from abroad consistently indi—

cate an unfavorable crop of foreign

clover seed and dealers believe prices

are likely to work higher in line with

the domestic market. Demand for

timothy has continued to imprOVe and

prices have strengthened further.

Timothy seed is considered a good

value at current prices and dealers

are beginning to build up their stocks.





FEEDS





Demand for feeds has been in-

creased by the heavy rains in certain

sections and the generally cold wea-

ther. Bran was higher in most mar-

kets with other wheatfeeds fully

steady. Production of wheatfeeds has

increased somewhat as compared with

a fortnight ago, although the output

is smaller than at this time in either

of the past two years.



Chicago—~Bran, $29; standard mid-

dlings, $30; hominy feed, $33; glutten

feed, $35.70; old process oil. meal,

$47.50; tankage, $65.





HAY.





A stronger tone developed in the

hay market last week, particularly on

top grades, as colder weather and re-

duced pasturage increased the ‘de—

mand. Receipts are liberal although

country loadings are not so heavy as

a few weeks ago. Little change was

made in the official estimate of the

hay crop on November 1 as compared

with a month previous. Estimated at

103,773,000 tons, it is 13 million bales

larger than the average for the past

five years.



Prices paid for good hay, which has

been scarce, have slowly advanced

during the past month. Timothy hay

at the principal consuming markets at

the first of November were $1 to $2

a. ton higher than a month ago. A1-

falfa and prairie prices advanced

sharply during the month only to de-

cline again, so that on November 1

they averaged only slightly higher

than a month previous.





_ hold





 





BEANS. ' .



There is no improvement in the

trade and things continue dragg‘y.

Pea beans are tending lower although





, other kinds are about holding their





own.





EGGS.





There is no increase in the receipts

of new laid eggs arriving at the lead-

ing distributing markets and prices

worked a little higher again last week.

Fresh eggs from the’ Pacific Coast rep-

resent an increasing proportion of the

supplies at the eastern markets. Stor-

age stocks are steadily being drawn

upon to take care of the consumptive





.demand which continues on an excel-





lent c'ale, °but by this time, the fancy

dng have been used up. Prices





are likely to remain relativery high





until pullet eggs become more plenti- _





ful. Stocks of storage eggs on No-

vember 1 were 400, 000 cases smaller

than on the Corresponding date a year

ago

Reports from Missouri, Kansas, Ne-

braska, Oklahoma, Arkansas and

Texas to a large dealer indicate that

there was more poultry on farms on

November 1 than at the correspond-

ing time a year ago. More than half

the farmers reported an increase, 24

per cent reported “no change” and 23

per cent indicated some increase.

Fowls were cheaper last week as a

result of abundant supplies, but chick-

ens held generally steady. Some wes-

tern ducks and geese have arrived'at

eastern markets and dealers report

heavy spoilage in transit during the

recent warm weather.

Chicago—Eggs: fresh firsts, 39@

43%c; extras, 50@5lc; ordinary firsts,

26@34c; dirties, 20@26c; checks, 20@

240. Live poultry: Hens 220; spring-

ers.221,§c; roosters 160; ducks 220;

geese 19c; turkeys 380.

Detroit—Eggs: Fresh candied and

graded 35@48c. Live poultry: Heavy

springers, 240; light springers, 200;





heavy hens, 250; light hens, 16c;

roosters, 16c; geese 200; ducks 23c.

BUTTER.





The butter.market is irregular with

prices fluctuating over a narrow range.

Receipts have failed to show any in-

crease over previous weeks, but deal-

ers have adopted a more catitious pol-

icy and buy only enough butter to

satisfy actual needs. Storage butter





 





 





Live Stock Market Service





 





Tuesday, November 15





CHICAGO.





Hogs



Receipts 44,000. Market active,

steady to 100 higher than Mlonday’s

average; tops $9.70; bulk. good 250-

300-lb. weight $9.40@9.60; 210-240-111.

$9.20@9.45; 170-200-lb. $8.90@9.25; 120-

160-lb. $8.50@8.90; packing sows

largely $8.10@8.50; light weights

$8.50@8.65; most pigs $8.25@8.50;

selected lots up to $8.55 or better.



Cattle



Receipts 12,000. Market best steer

grades strong to 250 higher; most

strong weight loads show advance;

most killing classes steady; vealers

bid 25@500 lower; $13.50 paid by

eastern shippers, $13.65 average; few

loads l70-180-lb. $16.00; most cutters

$5.00@5.25; strong weight Cutters up

to $5.75; weighty sausage bulls $7.60@

$7.65; few $7.75; bulk light weight

Offerings $6..5.75@72



Sheep and Lamb?

Receipts 10, 000. Market fat lambs





opening slow with Monday; early

good native lambs $13. 50 own; few

choice lambs up to $13. 5; buck

lambs 100- 1251b $11. 00@11. 50; culls





-$12?25@12. 75, most sheep steady;

good fat ewes $6.25@6.75; five leads

medium to good comebacks and feed-

ing lambs unchanged, $13.25@13.75.





DETROIT.





Cattle.





Receipts 228. Market steady on

good cattle; cow grades slow.





Good to choice yearlings





dry-fed ............... $10. 25@14. 00





Best heavy steers, dry-fed 10. 25@12.001





Handy weight butchers.



Mixed steers and heifers.

Handy light butchers , . .~

fight butchers - o o o o to o e 6

Best cows ..

Butcher cows 0 f. O O O O C 0‘. '.





8 25@10.00

@9 9.2





OIIODIQOOI'OOO





IIDIOOIIOOIO.





. .4

Choice l“light hulls ......;_





 





Yearlings ...............





Bologna bulls ..... . . . . 6.00@ 7.00

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

Feeders 6.50@ 8.25

Stockers ........... 6. 25@ 7.75

Milkers and springers. . .$65. 00@110.00

Calves.

BeReceipts 409. Market 50105 lower.



....... . . 50@ 16 00



Others ......... . ....... 1.8 00@15. 50





'Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 3,921 Market steady to





15c higher.

.Best lambs ............. $13. 25@13. 50

Fair lambs ............. 11. 35@11. 50

Light to common lambs. 6. 00@ 9. 25

Fair to good sheep ...... 5.50@ 6.25

Buck lambs ............. 7.00@12.00

Culls and common . . . . . ." 2. 00@ 3. 00

8. 00@10. 50





Hogs.

Receipts 4,157. Market on reigns

250 higher; others steady.





Mixed hogs ............. $ 9.40

Pigs .......... . ......... 8.75

Lights ....... 9.25@'9.35_

Roughs ..... ...... 7.25@ 8.00

Good yorkers . . .. ........ 9.25@ 9.40

Stags ................... 7.00

Extreme heavies 5 ....... 8.50@ 9.00

BUFFALO.

Hogs





Receipts 600 Held over 3, 843; mar-

ket steady to 100 off; bulk 170-210-lb.

$9. 65@9. 75; desirable li ht lights

$9. 60 packing sows $8.00 8.75.



Cattle



Receipts 250. Market on cows



steady; cutters 80 'medium $4. 00@7. 00.

a ves .





-were reduced last week as" markets





. doz. bchs;





“ leghorns, 22@2 40 lb;





j . _





is moving less freely, but the surplusi





over a. year ago was reduced 4 million

pounds during October with heldin s - f

on November 1 estimated at 118,7 _ , ‘

000 paunds. So far, there has been . ”’

little increase in the output reported

from various factories, but uncertain-

ty as to the size of the winter butter

production is the chief unsettling fac-

tor in the current market. ‘

Prices on 92-score creamery were: '

Chicago, 47949 New York, 49%c;De-

troit 41@45c per lb. 1





CHEESE.





- Country ' board prices for cheese





were better supplied with both domes-

tic and Canadian cheese which can

be sold in distributing markets at " ~. '

prices compared favorably with do-" ‘- ' ‘

mestic cheese. Trade is rather slo

with most dealers taking on onl

enough for their immediate needs. . ,



Prices for No.1 American cheese '

on November 12 were. ‘

Chicago: Twins, 241/2@25c; S.

Daisies, 251/4@251,éc; D. Daisies, 25@

25;1/4,c Longhorns, 25@25 ago.





POTATOES.





The potato market has fully re-

covered its strong undertone and

prices in most of the larger distri-

buting markets are higher although

supplies continue liberal. Favorable

weather during October, which made

losses from frost smaller than usual,

resulted in an inogease of 5 million

bushels of potatcés in the government

estimate on November 1 as compared ‘

with that made on October 1. Based

on present crop estimates, dealers

predict that moderate prices will con-

tinue to prevail at least until the first

of the year





APPLES.





The apple market continues its firm

position with prices well maintained.

Shipments of apples to November 5

totalled 53, 000 cars, representing about

half of the commercial crop.



Exports of apples from both tho.

United States and Canada are gaining

from week to week although they are

still Smaller than at this time a year

ago. Michigan A 2%-inch Jonathans

are quoted at $7.50 to $8 a barrel at





Chicago.

WOOL.





Mills have been buying wool less

freely in the last two weeks owing to

the advance in prices by dealers and

some disappointment in goods trade

due to mild weather in October.

Prices remain quite firm, however,

owing to the strong domestic statis-

tical position and hi h prices abroad.

Prices have been ful y maintained in

Australia and the South American

market has opened strong. In both, '

English. buyers have been active re- fi





 





 





cently. Up to a short time ago, the

British Wool trade believed that lower





- prices would be seen when pressure





from southern hemisphere wools in-

creased and apparently allowed stocks

in Great Britain to run doWn to low

ebb. Reports from Anstralia indicate

that the decline in the clip due to dry,

weather will be greater than previous-

ly expected, with regiable estimates of

a. shinkage of 40000 bales.





DETROIT CITY MARKET.





Apples, 80c@$4.00 bu; bagas, 75c@

$1.00 bu; beets, 75c@$1.25 bu; cab-

bage, 40@50c bu; curly cabbage, 50@

600 bu; carrots, 60@85c bu; 50@75c

celery, Kalamazoo, 250@

$1. 00 doz; local, 250@$1. 00 doz; eggs,

wholesale, white, 58@600 doz; brOWn,

55@60c doz; retail, 60@70c doz; head '.

lettuce, 75c@$1 1.25 bu; leaf lettuce,

50@_75c' bu; green onions, 50@75c

doz. bobs; dry onions, 75c@$1. 25 bu;

rout parsley, 50@75c doz. bobs; curly,

35@40c doz. bchs; parsnips, $1. 00@ ' .,

$1. 50 bu; pears, 75c@$15 0bu; pep- -.

pers 50@75c bu; potatoes, 50c@$1. 30 '

bu; hens, wholesale, 22@27c lb; '

retail, 28@30c lb; broilers, wholesale,

rocks, 24@26c

lb; retail, 30@35c lb; geese, 2’50 lb;

ducks, 22@2,40 lb; dressed poultry,





 





   





 

 

 





 





   

 

 





30@3fic lb; ducks, 45c lb; radishes, » '

_$1. 50@2. 00 bu long 75c doz." -

bells; horseradish, $4. 50





 





 

 

   





spinach 750@$100 bu; squaring italian’, '

595513100 bu.- Hu 11 rd 76c_1$ oo.





 

   





 





 

   

   

 





5 Receipts 100.14!”th with

121m 1'1de yesterday top yogi {16.09; ‘

:0 S a





common 510. 00a! ..





 





Receipts





sinket’ steady too fat

19





be.

bu; turnips $1.00@150

6‘05 1113118. _
at... are the wow... it





5‘ ore, ‘Anothef‘fl'nefi one can sag

forwardpas‘epf ’6 '9 lesue.





1. A. perch used gin _.measuring

stone or masonry" is" 16%“..feetvlong,

1% feet wide and one foot high. .



2. Sixty-two‘and one-half pounds; ‘



3. Barley and buckwheat, 48 pounds

to the bushel, and onions fifty-four

pounds. ‘ ‘



4. Multiply the. circumference by

one-half of the :radius or multiply the

square of the radius by .pi (3.1416).



5. Very nearly 209 feet on each

side. ' , . - .. .



.6. Seed from some foreign coun-

tries, especially: southern Europe and

the Orient, is not adapted. to [with-

stand the cold Winters of northern

United States. Staining the imported





seed specific colors protects the farm-





er so he can recognize the source of





the seed.

7. Hairless pigs are often produced





by sows whose ration is low in iodine. '





8. Yellow com has been proven by

many experiments to be superior to

white for feeding swine. \-



”'9. At two hundred twelve degrees

Fahrenheit.

10. Linseed meal.





 





NOVEMBER REPORT ON

POTATOES





 





HE federal crop reporters say the



potato crop has improved Since the



first of October. The yields now re-

ported indiCate a crop of about 400,-

305,000 bushels, or about 1 per cent

above the forcast of a month ago.

In several states, including Pennsyl-

vania, Idaho, South Dakota and Ne-

braska yields have proved to beabove

earlier expectations but the estimates

for Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minne-

sota, where yields are very low, have

been further reduced. _This years

crop is below, average in practically

all states from the Dakotas cast but

above average in the western states.

The quality of the potato crop appears

close to the usual average. Prelimin—

ary reports from the prinmpal late

potato states indicate that 68 per cent

of the crop would grade U. S. No. 1

compared with 72 per cent last year

and a 5 year average of 67 per cent.





COUNTY CROP REPORTS





 





lngham County—Condition of live

Stock is very good and there is

plenty of roughage to carry through.

At least 50% of our corn crop ma-

tured. Average bean yield is fifteen

bushels per acre of very good quality

beans: Sugar beets are running about

seven tons per acre. Fall wheat is

looking good with a large acreage

sown. Crops are being marketed at

average prices. Considerable repair-





ing is noticed on farms this season,

' much more than for a number of





years. Very little is being done to



clean up on account of corn borer due



to scarcity of labor and rush of fall



work- Farm conditions are "more en-



oouraIinng than for a number of years.

C.





Missaukee County—Cattle are going

into winter in good shape. Fresh cows

are high in price and scarce. There

will be plenty of food to get the stock

through the winter. The bean crop

was not heavy. Fruit was light this

year. Wheat and rye look good and

fall pasture has been good. Potatoes

llllrullilg $1.10 per cwt, butter-fat 47c.—





Tuscola County—Beans, are yielding

from ten to twenty bushels per acre

and are of good quality. Sugar beets

are also testing well at factory and

station. The fly is reported working

in early sown wheat. Wheat brings

$1.17; oats 46c; potatoes 80c@$1.00;





beans $4.70; butter-fat 4.6c. Farmers

are plowing cornfields and doing

everything ossible to aid in corn





borer 'contro .-—J. K.





 





DEMAND FOR STOGKERS

‘ AND FEEDERS





BRISK





EMAND for stacker and feeder

cattle is brisk in spite .of‘ high

costs and it is quite probable that





.. the shortage reported in numbers on





feed on, October lwiil be substantially

reduced by January 1. Heavy fleshy

westerns suitable for short feeds have

been wanted at prices ranging from

810.50 to $12 at Chicago. lathe last





five weeks, however, only 2,250 steers





weighing 1,000 pounds .or over -_were





shipped on from Chi. o, the only:

».:_:wket.wtx§ré.theyy $95 ‘





, 7 ,number of.

some





 

 





 





. ‘ 17nd. , . .k’s‘rafiy‘sthe‘lms mac

~ ; ket dropped sharply as” Kin. the

‘, last few days-2 ‘Large packers re-

fused to follow the. upturn, but all

interests have taken hold freely when

average’scost at Chicago neared the $9

level- ~ Prices of 'pigs and packing

sows. have shown the most extreme

fluctuations. ._ '

.Receipts will” become considerably

larger in the next month, but values

probably are already close to a winter

packing basis. Prices of hog products

probably .are low enough to attract

increasing speculative support. Sup-

plies of native pork and lard in for-

eign markets have not yet begun to

diminish, but the high rate of

slaughter in the last eight months

probably has reduced the number of

hogs remaining on farms in Germany,

Denmark, Sweden,“ and the Nether-

lands. In the United Kingdom and

Ireland, and possibly some of the less

important hog producing countries,

herds may have been expanded.





 





LAMB RECEIPTS .INCREASE

T MPORARILY





ECEIPTS of lambs at 7 leading



markets declined from 518,000



head in the week ending October

13, when the movement was at the

peak for the season, to 299,000 head

in _the week ending Noyember 5. A

temporary increase in the run carried

last week’s arrivals up to 330,000

head. Most of the shinkage in the

last few weeks has been in feeder

lambs.





»\





 





‘o. somber $14....ru "ihé" : ..

‘ owed...de the dancing to}





l





,1 'd‘ency.’ 'A few good westerns arrived





and sold up to $14, with the bulk of

the natives and come-back lambs at

$13.75 to $14. Total receipts are due

to decline gradually during the next

two months, and it is logical to expect

higher prices."-





VETERINARY





Bloody Milkp—Will you please ad-

vise me what to give a fresh cow that

gives bloody milk from one teat? It

was, like blood clots at first—milk is

still unfit for use. She has been fresh

6 to 8 weeks- and this trouble started

abount a week ago. Is it the feed?

She is on pasture, feed ground oats

and barley as grain. A. L.-—Bloody

milk. is often due to bruising of the

udder. Long pendulous udders are

more subject to bruising. It is also

sometimes the firstsymptom of mam-

mitis. Keep the cow off pasture, discon-

tinue the grain and feed hay only for

several days. Give 1 1b. epsom salts,

also 1/2 oz. formaldehyde in quart of

water twice daily for 4 or 5 days.

Milk out the affected quarter every 2

hours and at the same time bathe with





hot water. In the evening massage

with camphorated oil. When put back

on grain, feed only one-half the





amount for several days.





CATTLE





A large selection at all times of stOcker and feeding





 





 





game. Special attention given to filling orders. Write





E. BERRY COMPANY. South St. Paul. Minn.





 





display type or illustrations admitted

charge l0 words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department is dablished for the convenience of Michigan far-mm.

Small advertimnents bring best results under: classified headings. Try it for want ads and for

advertising miscellaneous articles for sale or «change.

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



Rate 8 cents a word. each insertion. on orders for less than four insertions; for four or more

consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. Count as a word each abbreviation, initial or number. No

. Remittances must accompany order.



Live stock advertising has a separate department and in not accepted as classified.





Poultry advertising will be run in this do-





Minimum





 





PEACH muons. $5 per 100 and up. , .

In large or small lots direct. f





sm‘fitn a I» ‘





coon axons; rout. won . heads.





ogs sent «1‘10. days-‘r trial. ,Oco Kennels. 090m. ‘

Bummer .Ho’UNDs. ‘ ' '

Kaskaskenneis. S. W. 107





 





HUNDRE Dos

Catalogue.





, MATTRESSES





 





MATTRESSES





made any sizalowfacm m





 





 





FRUIT TREES AND NURSERY STOCK. ’





Catalog free. room Bod ins Company. wasn‘t.“





 





Apple Trees.

$7.50 per 100 and up.

to planters. by freight. parcel post. express. _ .,

pears. cherries. grapes. nuts. berries. pecans. tines:

ornamental trees. vines and shrubs.

cTolors. Tennessee Nursery 00.. Box 125. Clev

can.





 





SEEDS





CHOICE mam SMALL GRAIN AND BEAN!

-—lmpi-oved American Banner wheat. Wolverine new.

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





 





TOBACCO





 





SPECIAL OFFER—Chewing or smoking 5 lbs. $1:

10. $1.75: Cigars 50 for $1.95: pay when received.

money refunded if not satisfactory.

elation, West Paducah. Kentucky.





 





pounds. $1.25; 10. 82.

Free! Pay postman.

Kentucky.





HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Guaranteed good flavor.

Chewing. 5 pounds 81.00: 10. $1.75. Smoking 8

pounds 75c: 10, $1.25. Pay when received. Farmers

Union. Marileld. Ky.





Smoking, 10. $1.50. Pip.

United Farmers. Bardwell.





 





 





TOBACCO USERS: Write for free sample and

prices. Answer this ad. it means something to you.

Trout: & Son. Dept. P-4. Hickory, Ky.





 





HOAIESPITN TOBACCO: Chewing 5 lbs. $1. Cigars.

Twists. Smoking 5 lbs. 75c. Pay when received.

Pipe free. Farmers Union. A5. I’aducah. Ky.





 





POULTRY





WHITE LEGHORN eggs and chicks—big discount if

ordered now for spring shipment. Sired by 200 to

293 egg males. Egg bred 28 years. Winners 20

egg contests.‘ Shipped C. 0. D. Catalog. special

price bulletin free. Thousands of pullets. hens.

cockerels at- low prices. George B. Ferris. 93!

| Union, Grand Rapids. M lchigan.





 





 





IENGLISH WHITE LEGHORNS. I’ullets and Hans.

All from our free. rnnlzc poultry farm. June pulleta

at $1.00. May hatched at $1.20. Good laying pul~

lets at $1.40. Yearling hens 90c. A fine male bird

free with every 50 order. Village View Poultry Form.

No. 3. chlzind. Mich.





 





 





Four One Four

Words times Words. time. times.

10...‘ 82.40 26 ........ 8.2 08 $6.24

11. 2.64 27 ........ 6.48

12. 2.88 28 ........ 224 6.72

13. 3.12 29 ........ 2 2 6.96

14. 3.36 30 ........ 2.40 7.20

15. 3.60 31 ........ 2.48 7.44

16. 3.84 32 ........ 2.56 7.68

17. 4.08 3 ........ 2.64 7.92

18. 4.32 34 ........ 2. 8.16

19. 4.56 35 ........ 2.80 8.40

20 4.80 86 ........ 2.88 8.84

21 5.04 37 ....... . 2.96 8. 88

22. . . . . . ,. . 5.28 ........ 2.04 0.12

23. . . . . . . . 1.84 5.52 89 ....... . 8.12 9.36

24........ 1.92 5.76 40..."... 3.20 2.80

25......“ 2.00 600 41......” 3.28





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Special oticc mm... ....



, or (hang: of cm In-

midd for flu Claufficd anmnm mun nah this Jud-I

day: In advanu effiubllm lion dot.





 





REAL ESTATE





 





THERE 'IS WEALTH for the truck farmer in the

rich super-soil of Southeast Missouri and Northeast

Arkansas. The wonderful fertility of the soil. early

growing season and nearness of the great markets

of St. Louis and Memphis make watennelons. canta-

loupes, radishes. spinach. asparagus and potatoes

bring top prices on an early market. Soil that is

without equal in depth and fertility, mild winters.

abundant rainfall, excellent schools. hard surfaced

roads and prosperous growing communities. provide

most pleasant living conditions. Write for facts.

Frisco Railway, 830. Frisco Bldg” St. Louis.

Missouri.





 





IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY of California

general farming is a paying business. feeding millions

of people in towns and cities. Alfalfa combined with

dairying. hogs and poultry, yields a good income. A

small one-family farm. with little hired labor. in-

sures success. You can work outdoors all the your.

Newcomers welcome. The Santa Fe Railway has no

land to sell, but offers a free service in helping you

get. right location. Write for illustrated San Joaquin

Valley folder and get our farm lm]ml‘~—"The Earth"

free for six months. C. L. Seagrlivcs. General Colon-

ization Agent. Santa Fe Railway. 912 Railway Er

change. Chicago.





 





ALL YEAR CROPS in Sunny Stanislaus County.

California where the land owns the water and power.

Cheap electricity right on your farm. Abundance

of water for irrigation; diversified farming: close to

good markets: wonderful climate: paved roads; good

schools: land priced low. Write for new booklet

describing this Empire of Natural Wealth. Address

Dept. F. Stanislaus County Development Board

'(County Chamber Commerce). Modesto. California.





 





mil-ACRE FARM in good dairy region Michigan.

Good buildings. silo. electric lights, pressure water

sYstem. 30 acres alfalfa. Will sell or rent on 50—50

basis. Full details given interested parties. E. J.

Townsend. 510 E. John St” Champaign. Illinois.





 





FORVSALE—157 acres. Eaton County, soil and loca-

tion ideal. Good house, large barn. only half mile

from high school. H. E. Parmelee. Wayland, Mich.





FARMS FOR RENT





WANTI‘II)~—4‘AI’ABI.E RENTER. three hundred acre

dairy and. grain farm. Alton Foster, Allegan, Mich.





 





 





 





MSCELLA NEOUS





 





300 UNRU’LED LETTER HEADS and 300 good

envelopes. all neatly printed as wanted for Two

Dollars. postpaid. Money back if wanted. Cards.

shipping tags. sta tements. etc... equally low prices.

The Braytons, Freeport, Michigan.





 





AU’I‘O PARTS—Radiators. Heads.





_ Blocks. Trans-

missmus. Drive Shafts. Rear Ends.





\Vheels. .Bear-



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

manual or money refunded. Rocks Auto Parts.

12215 E. Jefferson Ale. Detroit, Mich.





VIRGIN WOOL YARN for sale by manufacturer at

gran-gain. Samples free. 1!. A. Bartlett. Harmony.





 





FISTULA HORSES Cured 35. Pay when well. Chem-

ist. Barnes. Kansas.





 





BABY (‘HI('l§S-You can buy your early hatched

chicks right here in Michigan. First hatch Jamil?

15. Also hooking orders now for spring deliva'y

at special discount. Send for catalog and prices.





land. Michigan.





 





\VHI’I‘TAKER'S REDS FOR FLOCK IMPROVE-

MENT. Both Combs. Michigan’s greatest color and

egg strain. Tramested undel- record of performance

rules. Cockarel price list free. Intorlakes Farm.

Box 9. Lawrence. Michigan.





 





TURKEYS. GEESE. DUCKS—Finely bred 3mm

Turkeys. “'hite Pekin Ducks. Geese. Write for do-

scrlptive circular and price. State Farms Associa-

tion. Kalamazoo. Michigan. '





BREEDING COCKERELS and pallets. six varieties.

Order Baby Chicks now and get big discounts. Free

catalog. Beckman Hatchery. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 





FOR SALE—Large full blood Toulouse geese at

$4.50 each. Order direct from this ad. Mrs. P.

Peterson. Grant, Mich. R. 3. .





 





TOULOUSE GEESE, white Pekin ducks. unrelated.

Simon Mulchele. Middlen'ille. Mich.





 





 





MOTORCYCLES





Moroncrcm BARGAINS. Used. rebuilt. Guaran-

teed. Shipped on approval. Catalog free. Floyd

Clymer, 815 Broadway. Denver, Colo.





 





 





BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES





 





FOR SALE—Dry goods business. One of the clean-

est stocks. consisting of staple dry mods. advertised

brands of hosiery. underwear and ladies' ready-to—

wmr garments. Well located in a county seat town

of 6,000 in (‘entral Michigan. This is an old well

established business and a real money maker. Owner

wishes to sell on account of health. No trades.

East Lansing Realty Company. East Lansing. Mich.





 





 





WANTED





WANTED—Good standing Lie timber. State where

located. number of acres, kinds of timber and hauling

distance to nearest railroad shipping point. Charles

A. \‘Vc‘ilerl C0.. 4-142 General Motors Building. De-

troit, ; lci.





 





 





RAW FU‘llS WANTED on your own grading and

prices. Trappers and country buyers desiring a.

reliable outlet for raw furs write to Robt. J. Paulus.

Random Lake, Wis.





WANTlrIDvSmndlng timber of all kinds. Good prices.

(‘has. L. Bench, Pleasant Ridge, Detroit, Mich.





d





 





TURKEYS

TURKEYS. all breeds. Strictly pure-bred. 'Unro-

lated pairs and tries. reasonable prices. Eastern





Ohio Poultry Farm. Bcallsylllc. Ohio.





 





PURE-BRED Mammoth Bronze Turkeys. Champion

Strain. Large and ligorons. Mrs. B. Smatts. East

Jordan. Mich.





 





PUBEBRED May hatched White Holland toms. $10

till December 15. also pullers. C. Galbreath. Hart-

ford, Mich. . .





 





FOR SALE—Mighty fine Mammoth bronze turkeys.

the birds that satisfy. Toms 39—512. Hens 35-87.

Ralph \V. Alklre, Bear Lake. Mich.. R 2.





All ch. .





 





”MAY HATchn mmo Holland turkeys. toms 87.

hens S5. A. E. Shier. \Volvcrine, Mich.





 





PURF—BRI‘ID BOURBON REDS. toms ten. hens





 





GIANT BRONZE fancy young toms for breaks.

Best strains $10. E. L. Mitchell. Hart. -m-





MAMMOTH Bronze Turkeys. May hatched. Very

good ones. Mrs. Eugene Ilamsdcll, Hanover. Midi.





 





PURE-BIKE!) BRONZE TITRKEYS. Toms $10... “18

$7. W. J McConnell, Dcckcn'ille, Mil-.11.. 1'1.





 





EARN $5 DAY gathering evergreens.-roots, herbs.

Booklet free. Botanical 77. New Haven. Conn.





 





FOXES





REGISTERED Alaskan Blue and Silver Foxes. We

start. advise, help you. Booklet free.

Agents wanted. Six bank references.

Fox Farms. Scattlc, Wash.





 





Thacker. Leroy. Mich.





 





hens $7. toms $9. Ida Davey. Ellsworth“ m.

‘PU'RE—BRED Mammoth Bronze turkeys, Giant m.

Toms $12.00. Loyd Dunning. R. 2. - ', ' .





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GROW WITH SOUTHERN GEORGIA—Good lands.

Low prices still available. Write Chamber of Com~

merce. Quitman. Ga. ‘





240 ACRES fine farm land for sale. twenty miles

south of Traverse‘City. elevation high, clay loam.

J. J. Johnson. Sault Ste. Marie. vMich.





IDEAL DAIRY FARM—3110 acres near Gladwin.

Mich. $9.000 takes it. $3.000 cash restored. ‘U. G.

Reynolds. sells farms._ Glsdwin. Mic-h.





FINE. NINE HUNDRED ACRE RANCH. clay loam.

no waste. well improved. A. R. Smith. Glennie. Mich.





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FEI'LRETS—Vovember prices. Yearling females. spe-

cial rat catchers. $5.00 each. Young stock. Females

$5.00. males $4.50. Will ship C. 0. D. Instruction

book free. Levi Farmworih. New London, Ohio.





 





 





POONHUNTERS—I am oflerinlz a high classed coon—

liound, four years old for $45.00. deposit money

anywhere, I pay express. Bob Sanderson. 28L. May-

fleld. Ky. , '





COONHOUNDS. C n Hunters.

Champion Rabblthounds. Catalogue.

trial. L. J. Adams. Ramsey. Illinois.





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RABBITS—Make Big Profits with Chinchilla Rabbits}

Real money makers. Write for hots. 892 Conrad’s

Ranch. Denver, Colorado.





COLLIES—PU‘RE-BRED puppies from natural born

\heel driving parents. G. J. 'Dunnawind. s





 





Park. Mich.





Com took .Try PaMichigan Farmer Lin.





and general stores in Michigan to handle a “I

known make of Binder Twine as a side line. Thin





for volume sales. Give full information and retai-

lei??? first letter. Box 125. Michigan Farmer. W

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Bmmmer-Fredrlckson Poultry Farms. Box 28. Bob





nonnngivzunp TOMS. so. w. G. Rodgers. Lowell.





eight. till January. F. J. Chapman. Northvllle. Mich. .





MAMBIOTH BRONZE TURKEYS—«flne stock. G. W. '





PURE-REED Giant Bronze turkeys Champion 8mm. *





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. farm: Box 126. Michigan Farmer. Detroit. .





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ACTIVE MAN to book orders. hire sub-nouns. and
STRENGTH 2





_. To show {on the tremendous

' stren th 0 the new GLA



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total weight10621bs., stan l“

on aframe of the new mater! .

No increase in cost. Extra

value for your money. Longer

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$1037 in

Winter Eggs





Mrs. A. W. Potts writes,

“I am a widow. The money

I get from my chickens is a

good part of my income so

imagine my delight when

Glass Cloth brought me three

times more eggs last winter

than I got before. I put the

$5.00 roll into one big win-

dow across the south side of

my hen house. Every day I

got a big pail of eggs. My

record shows I got $1037 for

eggs in the cold months.”





 





FRED TURNER

Originator of Glass Cloth





 





‘fPaid for Itself in 3 Days”





.“My Glass Cloth paid for itself in about three





days in extra eggs it has given me. Before I

used Glass Cloth my 61 hens used to lay about

2 or three eggs a day during the winter. Now

. they have laid high as 40 eggs in one day. With



eggs selling at 50¢ a dozen last winter I figure I

got enough EXTRA eggs in 3 days to pay for

the Glass Cloth, which cost $4.00. My Poultry

house was cozy and warm during the coldest

{art of the winter. My birds have enjoyed per-

'» ect health and I attribute it largely to the Glass

Cloth.” Mrs. H. W. Nieman.





 





 

   

   





 





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light over the whole hen house.

Egg paralysis disappears.





 





 





 





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rays.





for a big poultry house.





Never has GLASS CLOTH failed to increase egg yields.

Violet rays are nature’s own egg producers.

simply makes it easy to give hens a big supply of these rays.





Half a Million Poul-

try Raisers Now Use

Glass Cloth





500,000 people now use. GLASS

CLOTH. Its popularity has spread

over the entire United States be-

cause it brings such enormous pro-

fits. People tell us how they get

$100 to over $1000 in winter eggs

after putting up a $5.00 roll of this

remarkable material. All over the

country poultry raisers are actually





taking od‘t glass windows to put up GLASS CLOTH.

It pays them. GLASS CLOTH will make profits for

you just as it has for everyone else. Try it this winter.





Ultra-Violet

Rays





It has been only a few years that

science has known the powers of

ultra-violet rays. To poultry they

are as necessary as food and water

for producing eggs. They cannot

pass through ordinary glass, so when

your hens are cooped up for the win;

ter behind glass windows the hens

get NO ultra-violet light. Egg pa-

ralysis sets in; Eggs do not form.

Put up GLASS CLOTH and you

can just see your hens pep up. In a

few days they start laying and soon

will lay like it was summer. Nature

intended hens to have these rays.

Shut them out and you lose money.

Let them in and you reap a harvest.





Turner Bros. Dept. ’42 12!;

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ORIGINATED |9l6 PATENTED





Now It ls Easy to Get

Lots of Winter Eggs





Hens are big money makers in winter

if you put them behind GLASS

CLOTH windows.

terial lets in the sun’s ultra-violet rays.

Ordinary glass shuts them out. Science

says hens will not lay without these



GLASS CLOTH scatters the

The hens pep up, scratch and ex-

The egg glands start working.

The hens lay like it was spring. It is common for 400 hens to lay

$1000 worth of eggs during the winter.

to be overlooked. It costs only $5.00 for enough GLASS CLOTH





This amazing ma-





Profit like that is not





The profits are amazing.

Ultra-

GLASS CLOTH





 





Porch Enclosures,

Storm Doors and

Windows





Storm doors and windows of

GLASS CLOTH give ideal pro-

tection from storm, wind and cold.

Repays its cost in saving of fuel and

doctor bills. Makes whole house

more comfortable. Just tack GLASS

CLOTH over your screen doors and

windows, or onto home made

frames.

tory. Holds in heat.

draughts. .





Enclosing a porch with GLASS

CLOTH adds a valuable roomto

the house. Makes a fine play room

for the children because of the

healthful ultra-violet light. House

plants show added life and beauty

when given a sunbath here.





Because of its low cost there are

many uses for GLASS CLOTH.

Kéep a. few extra yards on hand.

Repair; outbuilding windows, etc.

Used in hog houses, makes stronger,

healthier, faster growing fall pigs

due to ultra-violet rays.





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This year GLASS CLOTH is

greatly improved. A new, super-

strength material is being used.

“Tough as boot leather.” No in—

crease in price. No ordinary acci-

dent will tear it. Lasts longer.



To introduce this new material to

you we make the following low

price, Special Trial Offer:



$5.00 buys a big roll 45 ft. long

and 36 in. wide. 135 sq. ft. Will

cover a scratch shed 9x15 ft. This

amounts to only 3%c per sq. ft.



Order a roll today. Use it on

your poultry house to get winter

eggs. Use it forstorm doors and

windows. Ideal for repairing out-

building windows.



If, after 10-day’s use, you do not

find it better than glass or any glass

substitute you,may return it and

we will refund your money.



Samples and catalog showing how

to use it on request. Common

sense instructions, “Feeding for

Eggs,” free.



‘ Genuine GLASS CLOTH is made

only by Turner Bros. Patented.

No other material has the same

weather resisting formula. To pro-

tect yOu against imitations we place





the name “GLASS CLOTH” on

every yard. -Look for it when

buying.





Do not let another winter go by

without getting the profits GLASS

CLOTH will bring you. Place your

order today. _



GLASS CLOTH is sold by thous-

ands of dealers If your dealer

does not have it, order from us

direct. “’





 





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, NEBR. WE. LINGTON, OHIO

I enclose$ .......... for which send me ........

rolls of GLASS'CLOTH pug-paid parcel post,

at the advertised trial offer p ce. If not satis-

fied after ten days? use I may return it and

you will refund my money.





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