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NUMBER TVVENTY-S [X





VOLUME CLx1x

,DETROIT, DEC. 24, 1927'

CURRENT COMMENT

NCE again it is

the pleasure of

Merry the Michigan Farmer

Christmas organization to wish

to A" eve ry reader, from

the youngest to the

oldest a very Merry Christmas.



On no other occasion are we

brought quite so close together as

during this Christmas season. It is

one time when all classes, rich and

poor, high and low, have the thought

of good will toward all. The spirit

of peace, kindness, and thoughtfulness

makes the season of Yuletide a joyous

and cheerful occasion.



And there is no more valuable asset

than this intangible feeling of “good

will.” We do not write it down on

the ledger, but it is the most impor-

tant of all our possessions. It is the

fruit of our living at our best. It is

the ‘sum total of courtesy, of service,

of sympathy, of helpfulness, of kind-

ness.



So with this thought in mind we

again wish for every member of the

great Michigan Farmer Family a.

“Merry, Happy Christmas.”





E a p p reciate





Master very much the



F good words from both

arm” r e a. d e r s and those .



Movement who attended the re-





cent banquet, on the

Master Farmer movement and upon

.the men selected. The, following mes-





, sage, which we believe needs no com-





ment, is typical of many we have re-





’ ceived:





“It was a. very great pleasure for





. me to be present at the Master Farm-





er banquet given by The Michigan

Farmer at the Michigan State Col-

.lege. The Michigan Farmer is doing





 





men Who have achieved success in

'heir chosen profession,‘fa1ming.’





*mz’nition has been slow in coming





the in ‘j who have mastered the





   





, ture You are offering this





tion now at a time when encourage-





’ment is needed and in a way which

brings to them dignity and prestige.





“Agriculture at present stands in

need of leaders and it is most fitting

that those who have made a. genuine

suCcess .at home on their farms and

in their communities, should be dis—

covered, and brought forward and en-

couraged to accept the additional re-

sponsibilities of influence and leader-

ship.



“I am sure that the MasterFarmer

movement will grow in influence and

I wish to assure you that in your work

you, have the well wishes and support

of the Extension Service of the Mich-

igan State College. Sincerely yours,

R. J. Baldwin, Director of Extension

Work, Michigan State College.”





QUESTION 0 f





Supports 'much concern to

Trespass the farmers of Mich-

igan is whether suf~



Law ficient pressure will





be brought to bear

upon our next Legislature to revise

the trespass law enacted at the last

session. The editor of the “Outdoor”

column. of the Grand Rapids Press

thinks it will be difficult to take this

measure from our statute books now

that farmers are coming to realize

some of its merits. Here is what this

editor says:





‘.‘A national committee has been ap‘

pmnted by the American Game Pro-

tect1ve association to formulate a plan

for the development of more friendly

relations between farmers and sports-

men” It is to be hoped something

practlcal may come of this effort.

IThere probably never has

t1me in the history of hunting when

some movement of this sort was more

urgently needed, at least in Michigan,

than right now.



“Sportsmen are loud in their pro-

tests over the new Horton anti-tres-

pass law and many even make con-

fident prophecies that the new meas-

ure is too unpopular to stand and will

be repealed within a year or so.



“Unpopular no doubt among the

hunters but hardly so among the farm-

ers, who own the land. Michigan

sportsmen may as well make up their

minds to one thing. The norton law

has come to .Michigan to stay. Minor

changes may and probably will be

made in the form of the law but it is





Christmas! The magical,





Christmas!





Christmas!





Christmas!





Christmas!





Christmas!





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' visions”. in a. unmhbrof

bringing about more friendly relations 7' ‘





been a .





musical ring of it—



No finer word in the world can be found!



Molded and made for we mortals to_'sing of it;



Full of the “tingle" that makes pulses pound! .-



The lilt and the rhythm and thrill of it!—

Dear, loving word that was made to impart



Happiness, friends—may you all have your fill of it—

Feeling the throb of it deep in your heart!





It’s coming to wipe away care again—

Blotting out memories tragic and drear;



Bringing rich blessings for mankind to share again—-

Filling our hearts with the magic of cheer!



To some it means courage to start again;

Help for the helpless, and strength for the strong!

Giving the hopeless a chance to take heart again-1—

God’s loving gifts to humanity’s throng!





We all love the sound and the sing of it;'

Sinner and saint, and the godless and good,“-



Hearts of the world all respond to the ring of it—

Bringing mankind into one brotherhood!



All Nations rejoice to the thrill of-itl—

Paupers and peasants; the rich and renowned;

Spirit of Love—may we bow to the will of it—



Then we’ll have Christmas the whole year around!





between farmers and city people.

Farmers are tinviting’ cityfriends, to

come out and enjoy a hunt. If this

practice becomes general, and there is

no reason to believe it will not under

the present law, it will become a

factor in strengthening rural-urban

relations.





1





HE new McNary—





McNar _ Haugen bill, re-

H y cently introduced in

, “ti-gen Congress, contains the



B!” equalization fee, but





has eliminated eight

or nine other objections raised by





President Coolidge to the old bill, ac;





cording. to Chester Gray of the Amer-

icah Farm Bureau Federation. Sena-

tor McNary entertains some confi-

dence that the President may sign it

if it reaches the White House, but

other senators do not believe he will

change his stand on the equalization





, 'fee.





The bill gives the President the

right to appoint the twelve members

of the board, one from each land bank

district, with the consent of .the Sen-

ate, but with no qualifications as to

fitness for the position. This will en-

able him to select a. board that will





carry out the administration policy.,





The McNary bill provides for a. re-

volving fund of $250, 000, 000 which

may be loaned to co-operative market-

ing associations at 4 per cent. The

equalization fee may be applied to any

agricultural product, but only after co-

operative marketing associations

handling the particular

with the aid of government funds find

themselves unable to handle the sur-

plus. It may be collected upon the

transportation, processing or sale of

the commodity.





N an effort to find





Placing out f r o m prison

the inmates why they are

prison inmates, on e



Blame hundred prisoners of





a. New York institu-





tion were interviewed. Bandits, shop-.





lifters, dope fiends, and confidence





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A VF R Y MERR Y CHRISTMAS

By James Edward Hungerford





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not likely to be repealed while hunters





are as numerous as they are today.

“Sportsmen will find their best

course is to adjust themselves to the

new order and go out in frank fashion

and make friends with the farmers

from whom they seek hunting privi.





‘ leges.”





While we have heard a number of

criticisms of this 15w from hunters,





tion, and in each case‘ they blamed





their downfall to bad company and





the love of luxury. Not one of the





hundred men ’énd women with crim- _

inal records against them, who were,

interviewed, were' able to attribute. _.

even a part of" their misfortuge to the





commodity .





   





asgsare,"





It wedld seem- that this fact might





lessen, at least a part of the worfles"





of palents of today. But it also em-

phasizes that parents must know the

friends with whom their young mike"

associate. And rural parents are in a

position to know these companions of

their children better than are urban’

parents, if they but consider it.





Our normally active farm boys and

girls





wholesome entertainment. To satisfy





this natural desire they should not‘be -, ‘





compelled :to go to the nearby towns

and cities. Through careful leader-

ship and guidance there is opportunity

to stimulate and develOp this type of

recreation and entertainment in local

communities where. parents may be

come~acquainted with the companions

of‘théir children. .





M e773! C/mls‘z‘fims





IMMmY CHRISTMAS! Christmas



is here again. I know fer a. fact

it comes once ,a year ’cause its done

so ever since I was born.





You see, Christmas is like a. mile

post set a year apart but its different

than a mile post ’cause we kin never

go back and pass it again. But its

a. mile post of good cheer and unsels

fishness on the road of the world to

better life. The world’s seen lots of

Christmases that was surrounded

with suffering like the first Christmas

was.



I, think the. world is gettin’ better

’cause the spirit

0’ man is gettin’

loss selfish. Broth

erly love and ‘co-

operation is get-

tin’ more common

and you don’t

have to carry a.

pistol to protect

yourself from

your neighbor or





 





pay tribute to some one who uses it





for selfish indulgence





Man causes most all of the sufferin’

of man. Nature and the elements

don’t do nothin’ to man what his mis—

understandin’, hatred and suspicion of

his fellow man does. Thé haidest

thing for man is to get an undel-

standing of himself and his fellow-

men. But with all the sufferin’ there

still is in the world, we are fast gain

in’ peace and pleasure through under—

standin’.



,Fer inst. I’m learnin’ to understand

Sofie. Its somethin’ I’ve learned

through experience, and experience is

a dear teacher. There ain’t nothin’

in books about understandin’ Sofie—

no correspondence courses or nothin’

’cause there ain’t been nothin’

just like Sofie before. But still she’s

just like the rest 0’ the womin.

They’re all alike but you gotta have

a different way of gettin’ to under-



stand each one to find they’re all





' . alike.





I found Sofie is been wantin’ me to

work so she could have more to keep

up with the Jones and to give. And

Sofie is good-hearted——-she likes to

give just as much as anybody else.

If I was a Dr., I’d say Sofie is got.

the givitis which causes a awful strain

on the pocket book, lots of worry and

unpleasant feelin’s. The recovery is

awful slow and sometimes the strain

on the pocket book ain’t never fully

overcome but

sometimes gets overcome.





' Well, anyhow, I’m goin’ ta have a.





1 Merry Christmas even if I ain’t: got





men were given ample time for reflec« ~nothin’ to have it with.

everyone to have a. Merry Christmis





I’m askln'





and I know they kin have it ’oaus‘e the“;



merrinfeSs comes from the inside, not



the outdide. Love and friend "



makes more M Ch

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need healthy recreation - and ,





the patient himself
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‘ but





“rather a hard Question to answer.

Especially if one. has had 3‘ wet





“ bean harvest or a bunch of corn

borers harvesting his corn crop ahead, .

Then, too, it is rather a'





ticklish question when a fellow' gets

h15 Sunday-goto-meetin’ clothes all 011



goes out to start the flivver and

finds the hogs broken from their en-

closure, or the Cows pasturing the

wheat.



You know there are people who

gthink that a farmer is more or less

(mostly more) of an insignificant

being who tills the soil, feeds squeal-

ing hogs, and milks cows simply be-

cause he has a strong back and a

weak mind. His hat just don’t cover

enough to permit him to do anything

else. Sometimes the farmer himself

is inclined to agree with them-——that

is when the cows and hogs are out

or wheat and beans stay down around

the bottom and taxes—ewell, you

know!



I wonder if these folks are right?

Is there anything to farming besides

trying to make both ends meet?

Where did this business of agricul-

ture come from anyway?



Agriculture is the oldest of man’s

variations. The date of its origin is

creation. It was in the beginning that

the Creator gaveto man the beasts

'of the field, the fowls of the air, and





" every living growing thing upon the





face of the earth, and then charged





‘HERE are times When that is,





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?_ ByD. C. Morris





him with their welfare, propagation

and Subjection,





efforts in its execution and the feunda-

tion of that monument is agriculture.





At first. you may think that state»





ment is a little strong. Let us con-

'sider it a little more.

Is not the securing of food the first





It was a magnificent

gift; a gigantic task and today, Civili-

. zatidn stands as a monument to man ’s





- But you would in turn have the





farmer dependent on all, these inven-





tions. To a certain extent he is? A

certain amount of his happiness and





prosperity and, at times I‘ think, some.





of his problems and worries are de-

pendent on them. All of his efficiency

is.‘ Without these improvements he





would not be able to feed the elect,





“400,” the speculators, profiteers,





 





 





 





All'

problems disappear When food is lack-‘

ing._ Remove. the ability to purchase

it tand all 3 business and professions





consideration of man? other





except agriculture would cease. All

men would concern themselves with

the production of food. They would

all become farmers, hunters, or rob—

bers as they were in the past.



The ability and efficiency of the

farmer in guaranteeing the food sup-

ply has permitted other men to de-

vote their lives to the study of science

and the arts which in turn has per-

mitted them to pass all these inven-

tions and masterpieces that mark our

steps in progress.





thugs, and gunmen. 'But‘_his own life

and home is not absolutely dependent

on them. Remove all these things,

destroy civilization itself and throw

the human race back upon the old





principals of the survival of the fittest





and the farmer, with his traditional

knowledge of the habits of animals

and food bearing plants, would be at

the head of the list.



Well, I see I am waxing rather e10-

quent; but that is' one of the reasons

Why I am a farmer. It is "an old

and honorable profession. It is a

vital profession. 'Some of our smart-

est and most gifted men believe its

problems worthy of their consider-





ation. There is room enough for me in

such a business. '



But that isn’t all.

where I can move around without hit:-

ting a brick wall. The songs of birds

and the rustle of the wind have the

rattle of street cars beat a mile.





Inketobeout'





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take the scent of curing hay in prep





erence to the fumes of motor twine, '





and factory smoke stacks any day. In





the month of April, I like to be tout. _

Where the magic of spring can "get-.11:





w)





under my hide and warm me up, and

tickle emotions that make me feel like

a MAN.





then watchng the straight rows of

beans and corn grow and know that

you are responsible for their being

there. I’ll walk back the lane for the

cows with everything fresh and spark-

ling with dew any old morning in

preference to rattling along in some

street car crowded with anxious hu-

manity to a factory.





As for the Winter time: Give me a.

cellar full of apples, potatoes, pump-

kins, a couple sacks of buckwheat flour,

a dressed porker, a crock full of san-

sage like my wife can make, some

good magazines, and a barn full, of

chores and I’ll come out fat and slick

in the spring; ready to go.



Now, really, do you blame me for

being a farmer?





Progress in Corn Borer Control Work

A 72172er Durante” of Many Pfiaser of a Serzom Proé/em





HE discovery of the European

corn borer near Boston, Mass, in

1917 was the first indication of

the presence of the most- dangerous





‘ enemy of Indian corn that has ever





become established

States.



In the beginning, very little was

known about the corn borer inEu-

and, of course, nothing was

known about it in this country. In-

vestigations were undertaken imme~

diately‘, by the U., S. Bureau of Ento-





in the United





mology' to determine its economic im-

portance, distribution, life history,

and habits, and methods of possible

control under American conditions.

Research Work Necessary



A discussion of the progress in the

control of the corn borer necessitates

emphatic reference to research re-

sults. It was necessary to learn every-

thing possible about the pest in order

towork out some means of control;

.in fact, entomological research must





. accompan‘y control operations to as-





sure effective, practical, and econ-





' omical results.





The corn borer, therefore, has been





' given primary consideration not only





in the localities of original infestation,

but the work has been expanded to

include investigations as the pest

spreads into new territory. The life-





,habits of the insect are now well





known, and studies of dispersion, sea-





. sonallbehavior, and environment have





been made and kept up—to-date.





Similar studies concerning the pest '





in its native home, Europe, have also

been made. Much remains to be done,

sufficient progress has been





 





 





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b‘orer’s weak points, against which



control operations may be directed.

anti-oi by Predators



' ”the first that





ByW. H.





Larrimer





Senior Entomologixt, U. S. D. A.





country, but, judging from present in-

dications, they cannot be depended

upon'for effective control. Birds, in-





cluding- the downy woodpecker, robin,

grackle, starling, and other predators,

such as insects and spiders, have been

observed to attack the corn borer.

Diseases have been noted to which

the larvae are' susceptible.



Foreign literature contains very.few’





A native egg parasite has destroyed

a maximum of 75 per cent of the eggs

of the second generation in a limited

area of the New England infestation,

but its occurence is very variable, and

in some years it cannot even be found.

The combined parasitism by other na-

tive insects has totaled less than one

percent. From present indications,

therefore, these natural checks can-





 





 





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ing Under Standing Corn Stalks To Discourage Corn Borers





records of parasites of the corn borer.

However, in 1919, the Bureau of Enfo-

mOIOgy established a laboratory in

southern France for the purpose of

investigating the probable effect _of

parasites. ,As’ a result, 12species of





’- parasites have been introduced and

liberated in the infested area of the,





United States and Canada. Six of





these species have been recovered, ,1

has indicating that they: have becoi‘he f





 





ambushed», '





 





. The usual mortality





not be relied upon to give material

assistance in corn borer control work.

Effect of Weather"



It has been determined that “wea-

ther "conditions not only have a tre-

mendous effect upon ‘the abundance

of the corn borer, but also constitute

an important factor in its» spread.

of the larvae

which live over winter is less than 10

per cent There is, however, a very





heavy mortality atlthe time? the very





 





young larvae are establishing them-

selves on a corn plant. Less than 15

per cent of the very young larvae

survive, or, in other words, there is

about 85 per cent “infant mortality.”

It has been determined that weather

conditions are an important factor in

the life history of the pest, and it is

quite likely that the presence of mois-

ture in the right form at the right

time may considerably increase the

rate of survival of the young larvae.

Sprays and Baits



The corn borer does all its damage

while in the borer stage. From the

time the eggs hatch until the adult

moths emerge practically all of its life

is spent inside the host plant. Very

little opportunity is offered for con-

trol by poison sprays, dusts, or other~

insecticides now in general use. Many

kinds of materials have been tested

in an effort to discover some treat-

ment that would give protection to

growing corn. No insecticide can yet





be recommended as practical for gen- \





eral use.



The heavy mortality of newly

hatched larvae has been indicated as

a. weak point in the adaptation‘of the

insect to its environment.

dusts containing two or more per cent

of free nicotine, directed against the

newly hatched borer, gives enCourag-





ing results in limited injury to valu-

The problems of develop « '





able crops.

ing more effective insecticides for

practical corn borer control is still

under investigation.



Many substances have been tried

without success as baits to attract the

corn borer moths. The corn plant is

now being dissected, so to speak, in

search of an attractant or repellent.

If a repellent could be discovered in

the corn plant and intensified by

breeding, a resistant variety might be

the result.



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WANT WOOL INVESTIGATIONS





 





ONE of, the resolutions adopted 'at

the recent session of the National

Grange recorded the fact that more

than one and one-half billion pounds

of wool were imported into the United

States during the past five years, and

the United States Tariff CommissiOn

was asked to make an investigation

of the cost of production of wool at

home and abroad, with a view to rec-

ommending to the President an in-

crease in duty on wool if the findings

so warranted. '





 





TO ENCOURAGE EXPORT TRADE





 





' HE Ketcham bill providing for

the maintenance of agricultural

trade commissioners in foreign coun-

tries to extend the trade in American

agricultural products has been given

a. boost by Secretary of Agriculture

Jardine, who says we need agricul-

turally minded men in foreign markets

who will supply our farmers with in-

formation jUSt as other industries are

supplied with information by trade

commissioners of the Department of

Commerce.



“I am entirely in sympathy with ef-

forts ._to widen our markets and hope

to be able to send more representa-

tives of the Department of Agricul-

ture abroad,” says the Secretary.



It is indicated that strong pressure

will be brought to bear to secure the

passage of the Ketcham bill.





 





DECREASE IN ALCOHOLISM





 





EVIDENCE pointing to a decrease in

alcoholism since- the prohibition

law went into effect has been obtained

by the Children’s Bureau of the





in the course of a study of delinquent

children and their parents, according

to Grace Abbott, chief of the bureau.

In an extensive survey in Boston evi-

dence of a decrease in alcoholism was

shown by the change in the rate of

alcoholism among the fathers in dif-

ferent years. The highest rate, 41

per cent, was for the year ended June

30, 1919; the lowest, 16 per cent, was

for 1921-22. The rate in 1924-25 was

23 per cent, which was somewhat

higher than for 1921-22, but definitely

lower than for the pro—prohibition pe—

riod. The results of this inquiry show

that 29 per cent of the fathers stud-

ied who were alcoholic in 1918-19 were

not alcoholic in 1924-25.





 





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and New York, which heretofore

have been bought in large quantities

by the Navy, are not wanted, the

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts of

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bean growers. .In recent years owing

to the moist condition of the New

York and Michigan beans they could

not.be stored well and the Navy lost

heavily on them. This has led the

Navy to eliminate the Eastern grown

beans from its purchases. It is said,

however, that when. the beans of New

York and Michigan again grade N0. 1

under United States Standards, they

will be purchased if the bids of the

producers are acceptable to the Navy

buyers. ’





 





 





‘News of the Week





 





 





Col. Charles Lindbergh made a on-

stop flight from Washington, D. ., to

Mexico City December 13-14 in 27





hours and ten minutes, a distance of

2,018 miles. He will be the guest of

President Calles, and the American

ambassador. He was cheered by 50,-

000 people. ’ .



The traflic accidental deaths in De-

troit for this year up to December

15th is 400.



Twenty-four ships were in an ice

blockade at or n ar the Soo due to

the cold and inc ement weather the

first week in December.



' Since last May, Col. Lindbergh has

mad 34,000 miles in the Spirit of St.

Louis.



The Chinese Nationalist forces have

recaptured Canto-n and restored order,

driving Russian-led rioters out of the

city. The Americans there were re-

ported safe.



Henry L. Stimson of New York, sec-

retary of war under President Taft,

has been appointed governor-general

of the Philippines to fill the vacancy

caused by the death of General Wood.





Arkansas is facing another flood





 

 





 





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poultry houses, when properly handled

will pay a big profit on the labor and

cost. Each poultryman must decide

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Henry Ford- retired as president at

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The American marines ‘and the '





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CORN, BORER CONTROL WORK- . ,:





 





(Continued from page 607)

attempting to control insect pests is

the trap light. Though this method

has been rediscovered almost daily, it

has never been successful in the con-

trol of any insect pest. Repeated

observations With many types, kinds,

and colors of lights, with varying in-

tensities, have proved that this meth—

od has no value as a control for the

corn borer. ‘



Although trap crops in favorable

seasons attract many moths which

would otherwise lay their eggs on the

main crop, they cannot be depended

upon yet as a reliable control method.



(Another article by Dr. Larrimer

will consider other methods of dealing

with this menacing pest.)——-Eds.





 

   





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otherwise they will get back on the

roosts. The usual rule is to have 40—

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Dimming the Lights

are used,





the lights to imitate twilight, to give

the hens time to get a final drink and





bite to eat and ,get up and settled

, "on. the'roost before the lights are

' gtuvrned 'off for the night.





Probably

‘the most oommOn method is the rheo-

state or variable resistance system,

’ This rheo-

stat is connected in'the wire leading

to the light and dims the lights as

more resistance 'is cut in. 'These are

not expensive and can be secured

from most electrical houses, who will

know what size is required if» the volt-

age and number and size of lamps are

given them. ‘ ,



Another method of dimming is the

series-parallel system, the operation of

‘ which is shown pretty clearly in figure

2. This is quite simple and satisfac-

tory for hand operation, but can not

be very well made automatic. ~The

third method is known as the two-cir-

cuit system shown in figure 3. The

operation of the double {arow switch

is explained clearly in the diagram.

Time Switches



Hand ‘operation will take care of

the evening lights, since this will not

be late enough‘to interfere with the



Often the controls-

can be put in one corner of the kitch-

en, . which is convenient in bad

weather. When it comes to turning

on the lights at four o’élock of a cold

winter morning, it is quite a conveni-

ence to 'have this done automatically

by means of a time switch. These

can also be bought quite reasonably

from an electrical supply house, or a

very satisfactory one can be made

from an alarm clock. We can supply





diagrams and directions for making'

.\ .these if any of our readers desire to





.make one.——I. W. Dickerson.





AN EGG RECORD BY A DUCK





 





HE great aim,of poultry men has

been to-get at least one hen to

make the recordof 365 eggs_‘in 365

days.

352 eggs in 365, days by a Agassiz,

B. 0., contest in 1926., by a leghorn.

But, news came recently from Aus-

tralia that a duck—a White Indian

Runner duck—has laid 365 sound eggs

in 365 days and one soft-shelled egg





4 '[beside This-was dohe in the Geelong





Egg laying Competition for 1926-1927,

and is vouched for by the secretary

of the Competition; ’



‘On five'occasions this duck laid two

eggs and on five other days she

skipped. She laid 295 eggs in 292



.days before skipping a day. The duck





‘ ' is the property of-the “Age” Runner





Duck Farm, of Melbourne, Australia.





She-consumed about twice as much





‘ food asother ducks, and was fed three

~ time‘s a day, twice on mash and once

on, grain.





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five, .p?clo‘ck. I hope that he doesn’t

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.. crossfire throjw‘ most "a: the light

« , {downwardf but ' still allow enough on” '

‘7 iatheiroosts so the hens can get up and

down. ‘One can figure ”on” a 40~watt . ,

,‘ lamp for .every 200 square feet of floor

' Keeping the inside of the hen .-

house well whitewashed or painted

' ‘Will make the lights-more effective.





The highest record so far is '





 

 

 





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Australian hen.





a rarity.





hen every four days.





ZOO-egg hens, or hens that

: every other day.





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Some Recent World’s Record Layers: A Ca-

nadian hen laid 351 eggs in the year ending

October 31, 1926. Other world’s records in re-

cent years were 329 eggs in a year by a. hen in

Hampton Norma] Institute, 337 by a hen in

Washington State College, and 347 by an





The world’s records above are exceptional.

They simply show possibilities. But thousands

of hens lay 200 or more eggs. yearly. In public

egg-laying contests the ZOO-egg hen is no longer





How ‘many eggs are your hens laying ?

. Statistics show that the average for hens of the

whole United States does not run over 75 to 80

eggs per hen each year—less than one egg per





Figure how much greater your profits would

be if your hens were in the class of good layers—

would lay practically





The difference between good layers and the low

average and poor layers that do but little more

than pay for their feed, lies in the care and con-

ditioning and attuning of hens for laying.





Feed as you will, care for as you may, but

until your hens are conditioned and at-





Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a puts hens in lay-

ing trim. Pan-a—ce—a whats the appetite, improves

the digestion and puts the hen’s sys-

tem in condition to turn a proper

proportion of her feed into eggs.





1%!“ hens in laying trim





be scarce.





 





   

   

 

 

 





Pan-a-ce-a gives life and energy, promotes in- '

dustry, gives good feeling and good cheer. He'ns

get off of the roost in the mOrning ready to

scratch for their breakfast. '





Pan-a-ce-a is a valuable nerve tonic.

i to healthy action every organ, particularly the

e g organs. It tones them up, makes them active

when sluggish or dormant.

right proportion of the feed goes to egg-making,

and not all to feathers, fat and maintenance.





It brings =





That means that a





Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-aalso provides

the necessary minerals—calcium carbon-

ate‘ and calcium phosphate—for egg-shell

formation and for the growth of bone

and feathers.





The Pan-a-ce-a hen is a merry, happy, working

hen, with red comb and wattles. Pan-a—ce-a starts

up the singing, scratching and cackling, the busy

hum of industry.





That’s laying trim. That’s when the eggs come.





Pan-a—ce-a does not take the place of any

feed and no feed can take the place of

Pan-a-ce-a.



It costs but little to feed Pan-a-ce—a. The price





of’one egg pays for all the Pan-a-ce-a a hen needs

in six months.





Sold everywhere with the express understand-

ing that if you do not find it profitable to feed

Pan-a-ce-a you have but to return the empty con-





tainer to the dealer and he will

refund your money without quib-

bling. We reimburse the dealer.





Incorporated





Ashland, Ohio .





 





exercise his inventive genius further

and devise some automative appli-

ances to attend to the rest of the‘

morning chores wouldn’t it be grand?

'—S. P.





SWELLINGS oN FEET





 





Can you please tell me what is

wrong with my chickens and what to

do for them? They start with a swell-

iggsin the feet and it continues up the

A.g L. D



The swellings in the feet are prob-

ably due to the abscesses commonly

called ,bumble foot. They are often

caused by jumping high perches to

hard floors until the feet are badly

bruised. Small cuts and wounds may

become infected and cause similar

trouble. Lance the swelling and re«

move the thick matter.

"iodine and healing may. result after

several treatments.” For the best re-

*sults.it is necessary to bandage the

wound and keep the bird isolated on

clean straw until healing results. '





'eren chickens are poor and thin





the trOub’le may be due to disease and V

a- postmortem“ examination is neces-

sary. to determine the cause. The lack ‘ ‘

so! .a balanced. ration may ~d€vitalize ‘r

poultry and ’m ke theni'more subject





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Write for price list now.





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WINTER VEGETABLE NOTES





 





 





INTER, in our state, does not



afford many opportunities for

work in the vegetable garden but the

earnest gardener will find plenty of

tasks indoors. Many odd jobs may

be done now that yvill lighten the rush

work of spring.



Labels for marking rows and indi-

vidual plants may be made in odd

moments during the winter.- Remem-

ber how they were needed last season

and, not being ready, any oldstake

had to be used. And, while you are

at it, make enough for the flower

garden too. Labels are needed there

even more than in the vegetable gar-

den. .Numerous methods are used in

making labels, most of them so com-





that they are seldom used. A simple



‘ plan of making a legible and, at the

same time, a durable marker is to

take inch strips of planed pine, cut

into desired lengths with one end

sharpened and painted with white

lead. The desired legend may be

written on this surface or, if a more

durablevone is wanted, paint the writ-

ing surface again about an hour be-

fore the writing is to be done.



Tools, garden accessories and fumi-

ture which were put into storage early

in the fall should be gone over now

for any needed repairs. Make a list

of the ones which will require re

placement and add to this list any

new items which you consider indis-

pensible in your work. This list will

serve you well when it comes time to

make your annual purchase for the

garden. .



Seed catalogues will start coming in

during the latter part Of the month.

Don’t destroy them. They are the

most interesting volumes of facts, and

sometimes fiction, that comes to the

gardener’s door.



During the winter is the very best

time of the year to start that aspara-

gus bed that you have been promising

yourself for the past dozen years or

more. No, you cannot do the actual

planting now but, what is of equal

importance, you can do the planning

now. Asparagus is practically a life-

time crop and, as such, deserves the



.most careful preparation. There is

a mistaken idea going the rounds of

thehorticultural press that this crop

demands a certain peculiar type of

soil and refuses to “do its stuff” in

any other. 1 have grown it in vary-

ing types of soil and have seen it pro-

duced in commercial quantities under

about every condition that one would

find in the entire state, and, I am sure

that the question of proper planting





home garden.



The ideal situation would be a rich,

sandy loam protected from the north

ahd'northwest. This would give extra

early Cuttings. But if this isnot pos-

sible, select a spot as nearly approxi-

mating these conditions as possible.

Spade out trenches 15 to 18 inches

deep and 21/6,, to 3 feet apart. Fill

in bottom of trenches with well-rotted

manure and thoroughly mix with the

soil. If you will but remember that

the asparagus bed is to~ produce year

after year, you will not be afraid of

getting the soil too rich._ Even after.

you have made it as rich as possible,

it will be necessary to keep feeding

the bed from the top if it is to, pro

‘ dude the maximumvamount of “grass.”

Place the roots in the bottom of the

trench about .2 feet apart and cover

”with-about 6. inches or, soil. As the

tops shoot up, more soil may be

,' drawn' around them- until the trench

L is filled. . . . ‘

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roots usually are recommended. Older

roots have made so much growth that,

nothwithstanding the most careful

handling that it is possible to give

them, many side roots are lost in

digging and handling. The consequent

shock far more than counterbalances

their goOd points. An ideal way is to

start with seed but a year will be

gained by planting one-year roots next

spring rather than seed. A few light

cuttings the second year after plant-

ing will do no appreciable harm to

the bed but do no heavy cutting until

the third year.



The length of time which your bed

will continue to produce good results

depends primarily upon (1) the orig-





 





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able production without painstaking

care and feeding in later years. Clean

cultivation and adequate fertilization

should mak’e the bed last indefinitely.



One of the best asparagus vafieties

for the home garden is Mary Wash-

It is quite disease resistant,

a strong grower and a heavy pro-

ducer of high quality “grass.”





AN ASPA‘RAGUS HINT





 





I HAVE just been reading the article



on asparagus. Asparagus grows in

the salt marshes. I always put the

salt water from the ice cream and

any other brine on mine. It kills

everything and does not hurt the

asparagus. .



I cover the bed" now a few inches

with the clearings of the hen house.

I have very good luck.—-A Subscriber.





 





 





Our ,Readers’ . Corner

Fact: and Opinions 6}! M ic/zigan Farm Folk: ‘





 





 





PIONEERS THAT WERE MASTER

FARMERS





 





YOU need no congratulations on the

success of the Master Farmer

movement—it speaks for‘itself. .But

I have in mind another class of Mas-

ter Farmers. The Pioneer Master

Farmers of Michigan, the men who“in

the early days cleared and improved

the farms on which perhaps the mod-

ern Master Farmers are making their

record.



These Pioneer Master Farmers were

also good farmers and good citizens.

They helped to build the state and its

institutions, to ‘make its law and to

develop its resources.



They‘are not here to receive a

medal, but I am asking thata Roll

of Honor be made on which their

names may be placed as a recognition

of their services. ,



I am entitled to speak for them be-

cause I knew them and that they are

worthy of the title. Who will start

this Honor Roll before they are en-

tirely forgotten?—I. H. Butterfield.





OUR LAWS AND LAWMAKERS





 





N December third issue of The

Michigan Farmer on Readers’ Opin-

ion page, a narrow-minded farmer

who signs his name ass. H. L. is a

chronic kicker. He says there is a

lot of laws there is no justice in. He

shows his ignorance by so stating and

again by saying a deer’s antlers must

be four inches long when the law only

requires three. He says it is impos-

sible to see them at any distance in

the woods. Since this lawlhas been

passed there have been very few acci-

dents due to a hunter mistaking a

max? for a deer; 'also the deer popula-





tion has greatly increased since that

time. He also states a_ lot of our law

makers do a lot of talking ,and that’s

all except receiving thousand dollar

bribes. If he doesn’t like present law

makers, why doesn’t he get out to

vote a man in office that is alright?

He also states he has to do his own

repair work which proves he isn’t pro-

gressive enough to hire a blacksmith.

—Roland Kaven.





GAS TAX ALL RIGHT





 





READ a piece in the Farmer about



the three cent gasoline tax. I have

talked with a good many farmers and

they all think it is just right because

the man that uses the car or truck

the most pays the most towards the

road. The biggest share of the men

that own automobiles do not pay, any

taxes only the gasoline tax and _li-

cense. I have driven my car five

thousand miles this year and would

rather pay the three cent tax than a'

direct tax. '





I live one-fourth of. a mile from “a,

cement road and the farmers have .to‘E

pay more tax than they could rent'

their farms for and have anything left





to keep them up. A lot cf farms in

this part of the country haven’t been

worked‘at all and it is goodsland.



I have lived on this farm for sixty-

one years. I was seven when my

father moved on it but now I cannot

do very much and cannot hire a man

that is any good to work or that can





" do farm work. "





If the men had to cradle and rake

and bind like I used to do, you could

not' get‘anything done at all. I started

to rent of my father in 1886 and paid

$150 a year fontwenty-fiveyears for

seventy-six acres.

hunderd acres—A. C. Brown.





Michigan . Ranks “High ..





At International 'Hay and Grain Snow ’





By R. H.





an enviablerecord for awards



at the International‘Hay and



Grain Show at Chicago, by Will-

ning ninety premiums, twelvefirst pre-

miums, three sweepstakes champion-

ships and- one reserve sweepstakes

championship. In all, Michigan had

about one hundred and forty-six

samples of,hay and grain. entered into

competition ‘with some four thousand

others from the United- States and

Canada. The competition was neces-

sarily keen, however, the show ended





MICHIGAN exhibitors established





profitably for} all Michigan _, farmers





who had entered ' samples.





Due to the presence of the European.

our, corn





corn. borer in this state, _

growers were nptpermittedto enter

their ”corn in compartment-the show.

Had this been permitted, undoubtedly





choice “'red' clover. _ .

Michigan growers duplicated their

feat of101926 in taking all five awards“

:made’in‘ soft.white.wi,nter wheat,tthe ,, ,

L. Houghton \ .





 





Morrish '





many more awards would have been

taken by Michigan. farmers.





As it has been at past international“





shows, the majority, of the awards in

the various hay Classes went to Ing-

ham County farmers who won twenty-

twO of the twenty-five. premiums

awarded. For the first time'in'six

years, the sweepstakes championship

in hay was awarded to a farmer out;

side of the Wolyerine state. This

year, it was won'by Lathrop‘ Fielding





of Manhattan. Kansas, on an excellent .





bale of alfalfa. 'A. E. Hilliard. of

Mason captured the reserve champion~

ship, however; on a sample. bale of





first premium going to F. .





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pea bean’. Among the winners in this l





ining achievement goes to prove that





. however, by S. P. Niere of Wisconsin,





New. I have two ,





‘Michigan won ten of the tWenty





’ originates, the best; adapted, strain





 

   

 

 

 

 

 





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white 3w ; wheat its tax-

he pastrywhe’at classes. ‘ :3,

In thesoft. red;winter,wh‘ea‘t class,

the. farmersfrom this'state' wen e- t»!

of the twenty-five p.remiums;.awar ed} . .

Eggonbeifig 1captured dbyE.‘ H.’ JeWett,~i_ f » v ,~

, c1 n, an se on "

c. Willa/St. 123mg h c .d' by JP 1193.;

~ , a; me ye 6 ampions i". 97

Again the “Rye .Kihgshgpof the I ‘r

World," George'and Louis Hut‘zler of J." V‘

Leelanau county, ' took {the- ‘coveted . " '-





 

 





 





   

   

   

   

 





rye championship, with a sample \of I ’ ‘3".-

pure seed ofgthe well known Rosen’ .

variety. It seems that winning this "H “:





   





championship is beconiin a abi I" ,

with these South Manitofi farmers?" Q .»

In spite of very keen competition ‘

from- some of the weStern seed grow-

ing states, a sample of sv'veet‘clover

exhibited by Orville: Conley of St.

Louis, won third premium, The only "

exhibitor from our Upper Peni‘nsula'to

win an award at the 1927show was

Charles Konop of E‘wenr Who won"

second premiumcn» a fine sample-or

Scotch Green Field Peas', which was - ,

shown in competition with samples . '-

from many of the Canadian provinces. .

Take All Ten Premiums in Field "

- Beans ,

The fact. that ~Michigan exhibitors

took allten of the premiums awarded

in the, field bean class and the fact

that Ronald yers of St. Louis re-'

ceived the sweepstakes championship

in all bean classes, go to prove that

our state is still the premier state in . .-

the productiOn of the navy white or 7 /'





   

   

   





 





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





class were several high school boys ..



from Charlotte and St. Louis who Vs



have been growing beans in— their ’ K.



Smith Hughes projects under, 'the ' F"



leadership of their instructors‘,"*Mr. ‘



Brendel and Mr. Wilk. _ - _' ~

In the oat classes, the‘growers from . r



Michigan received nine cf the twenty- \



five awards made, in Region Two, first ' ' , ~



prize going‘to L. H; Laylin of) Mason.



The sweepstakes in oats was awarded



to Herman Trelle o-f Wembly, Alberta.



Canada, on an excellent sample which



w e 1 g h t e d approximately forty-nine



pounds per bushel. The cats from



this state were somewhatlacking in



weight, color, and uniformity to Win



a championship this year. ' i .



Win Out in Eastern Alfalfa , ' ' 1-



Michigan farmers, were: awarded . , - 17



four of the five premiums» given in



the alfalfa class for Eastern United ' s" '



States. First premium went to Lisle; ~



Berry of Conway, on an. excellent l



sample of Grimm seed. All of. the ‘ ‘ 5 ,



four growers who won premiums in , 5 .»



this class are now producing alfalfa . "



seed under the certification and in ‘ i



spection rules of the Michigan Crop w ,



ImproVement Association. This win- . y





 





our farmers are realizing that they

can grow seed of hardy, well-adapted

strains here at home, rather than pur-~, -

chase this seed from some other sec—

tion of the country‘ and take a long

chance. on its being hardy enough to





.come through a typical Michigan Win-





terin good shape - , \ ’ . " i

In the six-rowed ~ barley class, ' the . g





farmers from Michigan won seven of l





the fifteen premiums‘awarded. First

premium went to A.- W. Jewett, Jr.,

Mason, on asampleof, the well known

Wisconsin Pedigree strain. It is hoped

that next year Michigan farmers will

be able to exhibit samples of the new

Spartan two-rowed strain and win the

premiums in that class as well. , ‘

Qur growers also demonstrated their

ability to grow high quality flax, by

winning four of the five awards in

that class. ”First premium was won,’





   





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whose sample wassomewhat brighter ,

and cleaner than those exhibited by “

Michigan produce . . ‘



Capture ,SOy Bean Sweepstakes



A. five sample of Manchu-arscy beans

exhibited by John C. Wilk of St. LOuis

won first in its class and the sweep

stakes championship. Growers from





   

   

   

   

   

   





awards made in't e two soy bean

classes; forRegion wo. , . ,

On the whole, the farmers from the .

Wolverine state who exhibited at the.

1927 International were well pa for »

their extra labor, in. preparing, their '

samples. , ' _ '





   

   

   

   

 

 





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Among. , the .‘outstanding exhibits. . ‘ ..

along educational lines was\the one,

prepared by the Michigan'State' (3013 f '

lege through :the cooperation, of the

Extension Division - and the Experi- 1.; ,

ment Station. This exhibit ca ed

the caption, “Sow, Adapted A fall.

Seed,” and showed. whereyour 's‘e





 

   

   

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





for diflerent Sections‘bnd the‘incregne

in acreage: 51119161919; by. a series “pf

charts, and snaps; The. increase of»

700%; in angry: ; .
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Madam Xenia Bikoff, daughter of ’ The Mexican Supreme Court has been giving due consideratiofl The American flag being raised,,

a late Russian general, is now to the case of the Mexican Petroleum Company, the decision of preparatory to the opening of

I ‘ dressmaker in New York. which is conSIdered of International 1mportance. the 70th session of Congress.





 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

   





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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The “Splitdorf,” the new Fokker Universal 7 Moulay Mohammed, fourteen . “Aanay,” a pet elephant of the Los Angeles

plane, was christened at Curtiss Field re- year old Morocco Sultan, has Zoo, thoroughly enjoys a scrubbing with a

cently. It will be used for endurance tests. decided to have only one wife. stiff wire brush.





 





 





 





   





 





 





 





 





 





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The troops of the Colorado National Guard were called to keep. Fifty-eight doll American ambassadors at Tokio, Japan, were well :

Erie, Colorado, under martial law, because of the disturbances received. Picture shows Betty Jorgenson, an American girl,

due to the coal miners’ strike. shaking hands with Kchanomizu Matsumoto;





 





 





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Venice, Italy,’was flooded when:





Gran, center of Algerian province, which was struck by a cyclone The famous Plaza of San Marco,

This condition is very unusual





«. in May; jwas recently flooded, 150 deaths and the. damage. to 4 - d I the waters or the canals rose.

property of twenty million dollars, resulting - 7 ' - . ., .. as it has not happened in years.





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

   





 





 





Contain: by Underwood I: Underwood; Rea 1m
Ci





~ IBERIA! The only republic on



the whole continent of Africa,



and the negro’s own and Only in-



dependent nation.‘ We stood" on

the bridge deck of the “WeSt Hum-

haw,” anchored in the tiny harbor of

Monrovia, a straggling little village

unique among the capitals of the

world. '



It was the rainy season in the trop-

ics and the stone houses on the steep,

green hills were grayed in the drench-

ing leaden rain that, silent as a fog,

seemed to saturate the harbor itself.

The very air, stifling and hot, must

have dripped within our lungs.



Two of our tidy little list of six pas-

sengers on the “West Humhaw” were

di’sembarking here.

accountant, and the other an embryo

doctor, both bound for Firestone’s

huge new rubber plantation in Liberia.

From the tales we’d heard this

seemed to us a logical proportion of

personnel—one doctor for every em-

ploye.



I had heard many stories of Liberia,

of her climate, the comic opera gov-

ernment, the toy army and the little





launch they call their navy, their

banking condition under a national

debt of $75,000, their picturesque





struggle for equality among the na-

‘tions, their aims for a “nigger heaven”

on earth, and all the other exaggera—

tions and legends which are commonly

attached to anything so unique as the

republic of Liberia would naturally be

per se. I wanted to see as much of

it as possible in the few hours our

ship would be unloading cargo and no

tropical rainy season could dampen

my enthusiasm. Let. me say at the

outset that I found most of these ex.

travagant tales based on buncombe

wildly exaggerated.



Poor Jim was sick and had to stay

on board, a victim of his own folly.

“Keep you head covered in the day-



‘ time and your tummy covered at

night.” That is the scripture of the

west coast, and evervone had preached

it to us. Jim recognized his weakest

spot and wore his cork helmet re-

ligiously but, he branded as a foolish

ju-ju the idea of having a blanket over

his ’midships those, hot tropical nights.

.As a result. he was suffering from a

mild attack of dysentery that kept him

in bed fora couple of days.





HE captain and I went ashore in



a bucking, pitching surt' boat with



two disembarking passengers and

a young American from the rubber

company’s other: who had comevaboard

to welcome them. Rather untactt‘ully

I thought, he told his new fellow—em—

ployes of his own buddy who had

come to Liberia with him only a few

months before. One. of the passengers

on'the boat that carried them from

New York to their voluntary exile in

Liberia was an American school

teacher on a vacation tour. A ro-

mance developed, and his partner mar-

ried the girl on the ship. Ten days

after they disembarked together at

Monrovia, the bride contracted yellow

fever and died.



It made an interesting story, and

was true, but only placed the empha-

sis in the same direction that so much

of Liberia’s publicity has unfortun-

ately taken recently. The same thing

may happen in any American city. As

we splashed across the harbor I won—

dered how much of Liberia’s notoriety

was grounded in fact and how much in

'legend and false emphasis.



Well, there lay the Liberian navy,

for instance. A trig little craft it was

nestled back in the shallow waters of





One was a young,





”/flere we Blacé' Me” of Africa 'Have Condqcted £59016,th mt; will W0” y. ..





By Francis FloOd I





the protected harbor. Not much, it’s

true, as navies go .but- certainly quite

enough. The rich and progressive

country of Denmark boasts that it

needs no navy at all and has none.





‘Then let the Liberian ensign float as

proudly as it may over the republic’s-





one little ship, all the navy that it

needs. '





Liberia has‘ unfortunately been

made the butt of journalistic :buffoon-

ery and has been falsely caricatured





 





 





 





 





 





A Soldier of Laguna in Uniform





as a comic opera country, a sort of

court jester among the nations of the

world. It has been crucified through

the unfairness of carping talebearers

who see only the funny side and then

burlesque that.





When Captain Phillips introduced

me to the American consul as “a'kind

of journalist' from America” the con-

sul let it be known at once that I

would not be welcomed in Liberia if

I intended to stop long. An American

writer had recently spent some time

there and after being shown every pos-

sible courtesy by the entire govern-

ment he wrote for an American maga-

zine of wide circulation a piece of

lampoonery about Liberia that was

neither fair nor eventrue, although

highly entertaining to anyone who

wanted something to laugh at.





HORTLY afterward, an English-



woman had visited Liberia and



then published an extravaganza

not only ridiculing the country and

government but painting Liberia as a

wild and uncivilized wilderness of

cannibals and clowns. Several people

in Monrovia hinted to me that she

had tried to connive with a native

chief to “kidnap” her and hold her for

ransom~good advertising for her but

poor publicity for Liberia. Asa mat-

ter of fact, according to my inform-

ants, she never went anywhere into

the “wilds” of Liberia where some of

her attendants could not retrieve her

white handkerchief the instant she

dropped it.



I was in Liberia only long enough

to observe an orderly capitol city built

around a group of government build-

ings entirely adequate for a country

of its size. I visited a high school

and saw negro children pretending to





Act‘z'w’tier of 11/ flcrer—ZVot S0 Gooa" For t/ze Old Pine





study in precisely the Same manner

that I studied in school myself. I was

entertained at dinner by a ‘white fam-

ily 'who had lived in ’Monrovia for

twelve years and wanted to continue

right there for the rest of their days.

And then I called ~on the official

financial advisor of Liberia, an Amer

ican who has,been influential in the

Liberian government. for several

years.



“ 7hat about the financial condition

ofuLiberia anyway?” I asked this ex-

pert who probably knows more about

it than anyone else.



“This country is in better condition

than most,” declared this American

business man emphatically. “It is a

going concern in every sense of the

word.” . ’



A loan has recently been negotiated

in. America for five million dollars,

and, although less than half ‘that

amount has actually been received so

far, all the war 'debt and all foreign

debts have been paid off entirely and

considerable spent on public works

and internal improvement. Plans for

the carrying and retiring of this single

loan are working out perfectly and

the little republic is clipping along on

an absolutely sound basis.



A great many mission schools have

been operating throughout the interior

of the country for years, and al-

though these are of many different

denominations and represent several

different countries they are now being

consolidated into one unified educa-

tional system backed by the govern-

ment. Schools are being conducted or

are now being built. by the govern-

ment in connection with this nation-





 





wide educational. plan,‘ in Liberia.[ V





N, American rubber compafny ‘has ' ‘

recently begun operations in L'i-'

bema on a tremendous, scale and



on comparatively new plantings have

rubber trees over ’twetve feet high.

Millions have been spent, in Liberia

and millions of'doll’ars more of sup-

plies and rubber geing.in and out of

the country will mean much to its ~

development within the next few

years. ,, . _' ‘ . .

It is true that Liberia is, in many-

ways, a vest pocket country; Their

“War Department” building is only a

small, residential-looking house, their

capitol building dtself no more in‘ ap- '

pearapce than many county court

houses in America, but their plan and

operation of government, their consti-

tution, and their public office‘s, their

legislative, judicial, and executive

bodies, and even much of .the detailed

workings of administration are pat.

terned after our own. Therefore, they

may be praised or ridiculed in these

respects ‘just as may the United ..

States of America. ' i





A comparatively new' country strug-

gling under natural adversities which

we cannot appreciate at all, the little

republic accepted the challenge of the

world. Self-government on a basis of

national equality with the nations of

the world, on a modern, civilized

basis, was an experiment that had

never been tried out by the African

negro. With Liberia for a. laboratory,

the black man of Africa is conducting

his experiments—and has won! Vive

Liberia! ' _



Our experiences further south on:

the African west coast will be de‘;

scribed next week.





Angels, Shepherds, Children],





Our W ark/y Sermon—By N. A. Mchme





sweet little poem, “Christmas



Morning,{’ in which she imagines



Christ being born on an Amer-

ican farm. She goes out and finds a

tiny babe in the barn, on a cold morn-

ing, and watcheshis breath go in and

out. She slips her finger in his hand,

and he holds it tight in his tiny grasp.

Shg kisses his hand, touches his hair,

an ,—





“While Mary put the blankets back

The gentle talk would soon begin.

And When I’d tiptoe softly out,

I’d meet the wise men coming in.”





The shepherds heard the heavenly

chorus, and, with the impulse of boys

who are off when they hear the fire

whistle, they said, “Let us go to Beth—

lehem and see this which is come to

pass.” They do not seem to have been

disappointed. They were the first of

that endless line of wistful humanity

that has journeyed to Bethlehem.

And people are still journeying there.

They want, they want—something.

They crave an inner feeling, hope,

grasp, that they do not possess, and

they are off to the Bethlehem of

prayer, of worship, the Bethlehem of

religious reading; perhaps to the

Bethlehem of some cult with

strange name. They have heard very

faintly sounds like that of angelic

singing, and it has aroused them.





Angels, shepherds, a Babe. It is a

perfectly'normal picture. It reaches





'ELIZABETH ROBERTS has a





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farther down into the imagination“

than even the ancient picture of the

prophet, when “the 1e0pard shall lie

down with the kid; and the calf and

the young lion and the fatling to-

gether; and a little child shall lead

them.” Children, when not spoiled

with the class nations of their elders,

aresocial and democratic: White boys-

will play with colored boys, and Gen-

tiles with Jews. Last summer I

watched a gang of four town urchins

knocking apples off a tree. The fellow

who was handiest with his club was

a son of Africa, and he seemed to be

the most popular. We have no reason

to believe that angels are stiff or

proud, and as for shepherds, we know

they are the kindest of men. Sheep

herding is one form of.farming, and

one doesn’t meet with a class-com

scious or “stuck-up” farmer very

often. So the angels evidently felt at

home singing to the shepherds, and

the shepherds Were at ease when they

paid their visit to the Wonder-Child.

It is a real question, though-how

are we to keep this simple and genu-

ine relationship of the child, the man,

and the spiritual? It seems to grow

away from us as we get older, unless

we take pains with it. That is one

use for Christmas. We turn child;

again. ‘ ' “oi

Once, a little boy was getting. ready i

for bed on the train. It was his first;

experience on a sleeper. When he got 1

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HE other day'I ‘wentto see our



f radio at the Children's Hospital



it was in and was certainly im-



presSed. The radio was set up in one



o'i‘the largest wards in such a way



that it also can be‘heard in some of

the other nearby wards.



Unlike the Howell Sanitarium and

the" Convalescent Home, where our

other' radios are, there’is "no common



. . dining room or- play room at this hos-

pital as practically all little patients

are bed ridden. As soon as they are



" able to get about any they are taken

to the Convalescent Home near Farm-

ington where the radio we got last

year is spreading happiness.



This hospital has 250 beds devoted

to the endeavor of making normal,

crippled or handicapped clildren.

Most of them are crippled cases, but





 





Inspiring





Makes an

Picture of a Farmer Taking His

Morning Exercise

I saw several children which had been

severely burned. One little youngster

had crawled upon the gas stove and

almost got its arms burned to a crisp.





Violet Carlson





A miracle will happen if it will

live. Some of the children were born

with the spinal cord out of the spinal

column and were operated on, but,

even with an operation, they would

probably be paralized forever from the

waist down. .' _



One boy, about two years old, had

diabetes as the result of ignorance of

feeding on the part of the parents.

A girl had double dislocation of the

hips and had her hips and legs in a

plaster cast. The legs were in the

cast at right angles to the body. There

were several infantileparalysis cases,

also some of hunchback which were

strapped on' frames with their backs

arched backwards. They were happy

in this condition as they did not feel

the pain from nerve pinching that

they do when in hunched back con-

dition.



There were also little babies, some

born a month, and a half before they

should be, that were kept in little

tent-like affairs with electric lights in

them to keep them warm. When they

weigh five pounds they are taken out

of'these “incubators” to getused to

the outside air.



Most of these patients are from

families who are too poor to pay for

. the correction of the abnormal or di-

seased condition of their children. I



think it is great that these children



,l‘wh‘o .would otherwise have to go



through life with pain and handicap

are brought to normal lives. '



As I. was getting readyto go to the





. hospital: ChJ‘iStine’ Zeck came into the





omce $0 visit me. 3 You will probably

remember her as a writer on pro

~_ minor; ‘and Evolution last summer.



went with me , and Sawfwhat I

” old-jyou about? Perhaps she will

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to some of the things which are being

done in brotherly love to relieve the.

suffering of those who cannot help

themselves and who are not respons-





.. you would





vname and I’m sure





I think it well that I make this the

lead article this week, so that at this

festive time we can bring our minds





lible for the cendition they are in.





I am sure that our Merry Circle

radio is in a place where it will do

considerable good—Uncle Frank.





Comments on Home-Comers





W/zczz‘ M. C’:. T lzz'né of T lzeir Letters





W h i t e Amaranth’s Home-Coming

letter gave» me an inspiration to‘write.

I always pictured White Amaranth as

a tall slim girl, light hair, fair com-

plexion, very stately stature, and dig-

nified appearance. I dare say count-

less M. C.’s envy her literary talents.



White Amaranth’s views on friend-

ship are very true indeed. A quota-

tion is, “To have a friend you must

be one.” I had never thought of the

difference between a friend and an

acquaintance before. I am going to

begin a scrap book of the good letters

and pictures from Our Page. I am

going to put White Amaranth’s picture

in it. White Amaranth, I wonder if

write me one letter or just

send your autograph to put under your

picture. ' .



I have less than a year’s time to be

an active member of this Circle, so

will write oftener.—Iris.





 





I hope I’m not too late in expressing

my opinion of White Amaranth. I’ve

often wondered what her name meant.

I knew white signified purity. I found

“amaranth’” has three meanings, un-

f a din g, undying,

White Amaranth’s frank eyes and

sweet expression are enough proof

that she lives up to her well chosen‘

she will be ever-

lasting in the thoughts of most of the

M. C.’s.—-Paula.





 





The issue of the Michigan Farmer

dated November 12 stirred me to ac-

tion. On opening the paper to the

Merry Circle page the first thing

which attracted my attention was the

name, White Amaranth. The next

thing was her picture. I studied it

a few seconds, mentally recording the

various»characteristics I read there.

Her queenly, majestic brow denotes

intelligence, broadmindedness; the

soft light in her eyes and her gently

smile denotes kindness and mirthful-

ness; her general appearance denotes

mental and physical alertness. Just

from her picture, one decides that she

is a superb type of modern American

girlhood.



I did





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not gaze at her picture long





and everlasting. »





cess in any profession she chooses.—

Just a M. C., Opal Brauber, Box 194,





— Sterling, Mich.





 





I always read Our Page, and find

the letters interesting, especially the

Home-Coming one’s. ,



I live in a river valley, a lonely but

beautiful spot—where the stillness is

broken only by the murmuring of the

water and the songs of the birds.

When the birds have flown south, ,

when Jack Frost brings the snow and

ice, and the lonely cry of the coyotes

is heard in the distance—it is indeed

a place forlorn—Megs.





 





CHRISTMAS CONTEST WINNERS

“7 E got a real response to this



contest but many lost out be-



cause they did not put their

names directly on the contest papers.

Many also lost their chances by in-

cluding “words” that were not words.

The highest number of real words

made from Christmas was 179. The

winners are:





 

 

 





Fountain Pens

Marion Osborn, 1239 Third St., Jack-





‘ son, Mich.





Bernard A. Herold, Dowagiax: Mich.



Anna Westers, R. ‘1, Grand Rapids,

' David Kurtz; Holly, Mich.



John Vloch, R 2, Box 70, Carleton,



Clutch Pencils



Barbara Vloch, R. 2, Box 70, Carle-

ton, Mich.



Marion Brisker, Okemos, Michigan.



Rose Grumet, R. 6, Box 19, Muske-

gon, Mich. _

Mary/Vloch, R. 2, Box 70, Carleton,

Tynne Laukka, Negaunee, Mich.



Loose-Leaf Notebooks

Raymond Bosserdet, R. 1, Corunna,

Magdalena Kish, R. 1, Prescott.

Laurence-McG~owan, Climax, Mich.

Margaret Simon, R91, Prescott: .

Helen Kunkle, R. 2, Fayette, Ohlo.

Pocket Knives



Jean Kirtland, Temperance, Mich:

Elmer Kunkle, R. 12, Fayette. Oluo.





Kathryn Jackman, Temperance.

Violet Suonson, R. 2, Muskegon.

Helmi Kangas, L Box 3, Mass,





Mich.





 





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This Ought to Be Called “Coaxing”





From the Home-Comers

T he Lem‘ of T /zez'r Menage:





The temptation is strong to write to

you since it is Home—Coming. So here

I am all safe and sound, back to say

hello and best wishes to you and all

the other M. C. cousins, even though

I did jump the broom handle last

February. *



Uncle Frank, you gave to me,

through the Correspondence Scram-

bles you conducted, a true and won-

derful little friend whom we have all

come to love. She spent a week with

me last February and was my brides-

maid when I jumped the broom

handle. Hush and I will tell you her

name—Florence Holton' of Fennville,

Mich. My folks, my husband, and I

visited her home one Sunday last‘

summer.



The Merry Circle is certainly a

they are going to have a Home-Coming





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T this time it is the custom to wish every one a Merry Christ-

make Christmas a festive occasion





thoughts of the deeper things of life,

of its "spiritual factors, and of our relation to our fellow men. It

to make this a good Christmas,

for our thoughts can make it so._ , '



I thank the many who have already expressed to me their good

wishes and it is my hope that every one will have full enjoyment

of the true Christmas spirit—Uncle Frank.





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for I was anxious to read her mes‘

sage. I read nearly all of her letters

that were printed some time ago and

enjoyed them immensely although I

admit, I didn’t always fully under-

stand the meaning of some of- the

words she used. I read her letter and

I assure you _there was no need of

her signing her nane. It seemed I

would have known it was a product of

White Amaranth's mind. This. letter

contained the lofty thoughts and lit-

erary excellence which were charac-

teristic of her writings. ~ I especially

enjoyed her musings on friendship.

I also agreed with her on education.

I think everyone. should attain the

highest education, possible in his or

her circumstances for it is a priceless

possession which no one can take

from us. , »





I will close this comment with wish-





. King \Vbite Amaranth the best of suc-





wonderful little club. And just think,

cousins, through our small contribu-

tions, how much happiness we have

brought to so many sick and discour-

aged children. Through Our. Page I

have learned unselfishness, to think

of and consider others and many other

valuable things which help to build

finer characters. . ‘



.Well, I think I had better close and

give the other Home-Comers a little

room, so I bid you all, dear cousins

and especially Uncle Frank, a fond

adieu ‘until next' year.—-Ruth Root-

Walker, R. 1, Jacksbn, Mich.‘





I'am sorry I could not give space

to the description of' your trip. It

pleases me that you, are happily mar-

ried, also that you have gained a good

friend through the M. C.





Got a letter from my little brother

out home in Michigan and he says





 





that you are going to have a Home-



Corniiig for the grown—up babies. I re-



member when at home I used to wait



anxiously every week for the Michigan



Farmer and turn to the Boys’ and;

Girls’ Page after looking at the cover,



but I haven’t seen one now for almost



two years.



During this time, I’ve changed from

a plain little farmer’s daughter to a.

wise Chicago flapper—wise to every-

thing a girl should know to get along

in this burg. Now, Uncle Frank, don’t

take me wrong—thanks to the good

bringing-up I had. Once in a while I

get lonesome, so if any of the cousins

care to write, I will answer all letters

I receive.



Uncle Frank, if you ever come to

Chicago, stop at the Stoney Island

Cafe and I’ll treat you to “coffee and.”

Now can you guess my trade?—Jean

Allison, 7239 Stoney Island Ave, Chi-

cago, Illinois.



When one has a good early train-

ing, he can get wisdom and pleasure

without disaster. How do you like

slinging hash?





 





I had almost decided not to write to

the Merry Circle Home-Coming this

year for I thought that by now there

would be so many Merry Circlers past

the age limit that not nearly all the

letter could be printed, but I wanted

to let you know that I am a regular

reader of the Boys’ .and Girls’ Page,

and I like very much the letters and

discussions. One that interested me

really the most was about education.

I think an education is a fine thing,

but maybe some of you don’t under-

stand education as I do.



I think that a truly educated person

is one who can put into practical use

the things which are learned from

books. For an example, if a person

studies agriculture I think his educa-

tion along that line is not complete

until he gets onto a farm and really

shows by work that he can “make a

go” of what he studies from books;

Does that sound sensible?



I haven’t any ways near a complete

education, but I am learning to do

most all the kinds of work there is

found to do on a farm, so in case of

an emergency I would know a little

about work anyway. ,



.Well, Uncle and M. S.’s all, I will

bld you happy good-bye.--Fern M.r

Funderburg.





I am glad that you do not think you .

_ have finished-your education. I really»

feel sorry for one who thinks so, to

education should not end until death
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L452 Minnie Suggestions to Round 0222‘ Mainer’ 5 Cnrefn/ly Planned M67222 '





HRISTMAS! Hotv much it holds

for us in anticipation. But after

all, most ,of holiday )leasures



have been derived in planning and

preparing for the feStive occasion.

It’s at this season of the year that

the kitchen has been the “scene of

much interest and expectation. Spicy

'odors have filled the air and mother

has‘indeed been a busy person.



This year mother will need to be

just a bit more prepared than last

year for there is likely to be two days

of entertaining instead of one. But

no matter how carefully she has

planned her menus through, there will

be numerous last-minute changes.

Here are some suggestions that may

prove to be helpful:



Cranberry Salad

This salad will be a particular favor-





ite with the men.





2 cups cranberries

1,6 cup water





1A; cup chopped celery

11% cup chopped nuts





1 cup sugar 2-3 cup mayonnaise

1 tb. gelatin 1/9 cup whipped cream

1,9 cup chopped apples





Cook berries in the Water'and put

through the colander. Add sugar and

gelatin that has been softened in a

tablespoon of water. Add apples,

celery, and nuts and pour into molds





to set. Combine mayonnaise with

whipped cream and serve with the

salad.





Cream of Carrot Soup

This recipe is delicious served aS'a

first course of the Christmas dinner

or it can be the mainstay of the

Christmas luncheon.

1 medium onion 1,6, cup bread crumbs

2 cups strained 1 qt. meat stock

carrots 1 cup milk

2 tbs. butter Salt and pepper

Cook onion slowly in butter with-

out browning, add the stock, crumbs,

and seasoning and cook for one-half

hour. Add strained carrots and milk

and heat five minutes.

Corn and Cheese Creole Style

2 cups corn 2 eggs lwmml

1 tb. sugar 1 mm pimvnto, diced

2 tbs. flour 1/ tsp. paprika





or St cup bread crumbsSalt and pepper

2 the butter





Mix all ingredients together and

place in a greased baking dish. Cover

with’a layer of grated cheese and bake

one-half hour in moderate oven.



‘ Vegetable Loaf



This makes an unusual and tasty

vegetable accompaniment for the

Christmas dinner.





cooked





1 on one 1 egg



1 our}: Istring beans 2 the. melted butter

. 1 cup diced carrots 1 cup milk

. 1 cup bread crumbs Salt



1 cup prunes Paprika.





The vegetables and prunes should

be cooked. Remove the seeds from

the prunes and put through a. food

'. chopper. Press one-half cup of peas

. through a seive. Combine all ingre-

. dients and bake in a greased loaf pan

forty minutes in a moderate oven.



; _ Woods Salad



Green woods and white Mayflowers

'is the effect gained 'in this salad. Fill

crisp green pimentoes with soft cream

cheese. The cheesemust be packed

in firmly. Slice with a hot knife and

arrange on a bed of crisp lettuce,

garnish with a bit of tart jelly and

serve with French dressing. '





Scalloped Pineapple





For those who must, resist the temp-T,

tation of Christmas pies and plum _





puddings, this dessert is particularly





tempting. .

114 cup sugar





'3 cups bread crumbs 2 the. butter





In a greased baking dish, put a. layer »





'7 ‘5 or bread crumbs, then pineapple, a

wilprinkling of sugar and repeat the





More until the dish is filled. -Have,





the last layer of bread crumbs and

dot with butter. Add two- thirds cup

of pineapple juice and bake in a mod-

erate oven for forty minutes. Serve

with whipped cream.

Glazed Carrots



6 medium carrots 1% cups cold water

1 tb. butter 1,4 tsp. salt t

1 cup brown sugar



Scrape carrots and cut lengthwise.





Arrange in a baking dish and pour

the syrup made from the other ingre—.





clients over them. ‘Bake in a moderate

oven 40 minutes. The last ten min-

utes, the baking dish should be un-

covered.





IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN





 





ITHIN the last two weeks, I have

learned of Several little “first

aids” to women which were-new to

me. Probably I am “way behind the

times” but I pass these hints along

in the hope that they may help others.

I think that the most helpful thing



I heard was in regard to those trouble-

some shoulder~straps. “See what I

do,” said a friend and I discovered a





narrow two inch tape fastened at one

end to the shoulder seam of her dress

close to the top of the sleeVe.

Snap held the other end in place.

This tape was slipped‘under the straps

,of the “undies” and snapped into





Atiny.





*orating her room this summer





never have to stop in the midst of a “





messy Job to adjust the straps of my

“undies” when I want to reach up.

A young girl friend Who Was. redec-





 





could not afford ‘the white shades she





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The Comniumfty Christmas Trifle,i '1





Could I but trim that Christmas tree, I'd first put Health upon it,





There would not be a single twig that had not Joy upon it; 2‘

, Wealth, an abundance of everything, to appease each secret yearning;



Stars of Hope in profusion would all be brightly burning. -



On every branch, all through the tree, Prosperity would be tied;



Pleasures here and there, Peace and Contentment side by side;



Then very low upon a branch, I’d bind that parcel Love;



Friendship would be somewhere near, perhaps tied just above;



Youth, Happiness, Fun, and Cheer, I’d have a branch for each;





Every limb would be laden with goo





things that all could reach.





I’d tie somewhere upon that tree, a. long life filled with Laughter;

I would give to all so freely, there would be no Want hereafter.





Irene Galehouse.





 





 





place. No more reaching and wiggl-

ing to adjust my shoulder strap for

now I have these handy straps on

every dress. On house dresses they

save many irritated moments for I





Travel Abroad at Your Fireside





UCH an opportunity awaits every

member of the family who has‘the

long winter evenings free and the



beginnings of a well-selected home

library at hand.



The “book corner” may be only a

few shelves, but may contain books

which keep all the members of the

family in touch with the world. No

matter how few, the books may cover

a variety of Subjects. Here are to

be found books of history, travel, ad-

venture, science, and humor, novels,

and short stories, biographies, nature

books, stOries of animal life, and

prose, drama, and poetry selections.



Among the nature books are found

flower and tree guides. Animal pic-

ture and story books have a great at-

traction and educational value for the

small child. From them he may learn

how to befriend the birds, how to

identify the animals which he sees,

and how to describe the haunts and

habits of animals in far distant lands.



General information may be ob-





By Spending a Few Minute: Each Day Reading to the Kiddie; “other $33!.”

Do Much Toward Dovolopihg Their Tattoo In RudiW- ' ‘





 





tained from the “book corner” too,

for it should contain a modern world

atlas: a young ~folks’ encyclopaedia,

and- a Webster’s Dictionary.. Biogra-

phies, such as those of “Abraham

Lincoln” and “Alice Freeman Palmer”

have a. value for almost every reader.





A large measure of enjoyment is





to be obtained from the poetry of'





Longfellow, . Whittier, Shelley, Brown-

ing, and other master poets. Although





Shakespeare’s poetry and drama‘runs





into volumes, it is always found in the

book corner. The plays and poems

of this writer are quite extensively

used in the secondary schools,





for the older boy or girl,





An appreciation for the classics may





be acquired when the Child is very

young. This may -be;done by reading

to him or allowing him to read the

same stories in simplified form. Such

books may be found on the market

with very attractive pictures and

bindings.





 

   





and .

copies of them Will be a decided help '





. He Says “Qh, if

a: cut or a. hurt.

me for. a cIean





23., to‘ lend?"





desired, painted the inside of the old

ones 'with the very paint she had left

from her woodwork and they satisfied

her “heart’s desire.”





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Few people enjoy an undercooked.





,cake of'sausag'e. Neither are dry and

over-browned sausages palatable, Try





putting the sausages in a frying pan‘





with almost enough water to cover.‘_

Drain off the liquid .





Boil 20 minutes.

and save it to put in the gravy. Brown

the cakes quickly ‘on both sides, and

you will find the entire family pro-

nounces them “just fine. "





Last week, I attended a. church sup-'7





per where over two hundred were

served. The long tables were clOse

together which made: serving difficult.

Large pitchers of steaming codes were





placed at the head of each table and ;‘

. the person sitting there poured for





that table. It was much mere satis»





 





- .‘HAS TAR 'O‘N RUG.



‘ . . _ ; . 130, 2 ‘

Tar has been tracked on my rug



making several 3 ate.



to remove it?—‘—_ rs.





First scrape off whatR can be re-

moved with a blunt knife. Then put

a heavy pad under the rug and sponge

with carbon "tetrachloride. If any

trace of the stain remains, sponge

with equal parts of alcohol and car-

bon tetrachloride. If the stain per-I





 





;. sists, repeat the process.





INDULGING BOYISH HABITS





 





Y young eon has a hobby for.





fresh handkerchiefs. He thinks





What can I do .,





.' factory than depending upon the busy 1

.Waiters. —-Mr's. ..B B. L. ’ _





;- he must have not one but two each;

- morning when he. leaves for school. ‘





Last year I stopped scolding and .‘





the. living room near the door. Now





'Oh, yes, ;





 





so I indulge has





heff





'placed his own handkerchief box in "





>he never goes past that box in th63.,“

morning until- he takes out his two I,

.clean handkerchiefs.

, sometimes leaves the Soiled ones on

, the chair or the floor if he is in Ja. ~

.. hurry » - , ‘
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,EYOU’ want your children to be

- strong. and hearty, Let me sum

_'~ flup. some practical ways in which

you may make sure about it. We will

assunte that you have the co-‘opera-

tion at the teacher of your district

_ school and 'your neigthrs.



Working. together you will arrange

for thednstallationjn the school room

'oi’ a good scale and measuring rod.

The teacher will get "a Class Room

Weight Record Chart, givingfistahdard

weights. and measurements. This she

lmay perhaps get from your State

" Superintendent of Instruction, your

State Department‘of Health, ”or the



U. S. Public Health Service.





Once a week, perhaps in connection

with the. lesson in physiology, each

pupil will be weighed and the weight



recorded and compared with standard

' weight. ~ «



All of the children will participate

in the hot lunch at noon. but any

child markedly underweight will be

given extra meals at home. The re-

quired extra food Will most likely be

protein in character, but may be of

other varieties. The first thought for

a poorly nourished child invariably is

milk, and this will solve the difficulty

eight times in ten. . ‘



A child refusing to improve in

weight in spite of prdper nourishment

should be given. special attention. It

must be? remembered that proper

clothing. helps to build up the body



' by conserving its fuel properties, and

also that the child must have plenty

of sleep. The‘ill nourished child who

is to be built up should do no school



, work at home. His home time should

- be spent in play, a few simple chores



' -~.~nnd sleep. He should be free from

things: that can worry or make him



' "nervous. Remember, you are dealing



. with a sick child.



If in spite of ordinary attention the

‘ child, stays below par he should be

’ciamined for physical defects Bad



teeth are among the most common of

these. There are many reasons why

it is almost impossible for a child

with carious teeth; to gain in weight.

Diseased tonsils or adenoids are al-

ways a drag on a child. They should



, be promptly removed.



A child With any tendency to tuber-

. eulosis should be kept out of school

'___and given special care until “quite



strong and well. No matter what de-



. tect a. child may have, it should .be

corrected. so that proper gains in

nourishment may be made. And when



’ the gain in nourishment has been

made, the increased vigor and tone of



' . the body will-make the child resis-



. tant, help him to conquer tubercu-

> losis, change him from a. sickly to a

' rugged youngster.





VA'CCI NATI‘ON FOR COLDS





 





’Please give me some advice about

,_ lhavmg a “cold vaccine” 'injected.

Eveny wmter I have. one bad cold

after another. ' Are the vaccines any



, good ?—.J., B- G. ..

‘ ' There is no‘scientific basis for ad-

" ministering vaccines against “colds.”

,; Thevery fact that a dozen different

I . ' kinds of bacteria may operate in pro-

ducing a cold is sufficient argument





' Inf} 1' )against the practice, for]? how can one





i . prepare a: vaccine to meet such a con-

? ditiontt As a matter of” cold fact, how-

ever; I basis-personal knowledge of

room who have used such vaccines

rid-approved to have received much

fiwtectifo‘n from them. rim-e only '92:-

‘ ' is mitt the,p‘-‘-eeld:vafieviues”

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bacteria, and the'succ'essful cases are

those in which-the bacterium touch-

ing the particular case happened to

be included. 'As a general proposi-

tion I' do not recommend such treat—

ment, but in a case of unusual des-

peration, such as yours, I might be

willing to take a chance since the ad-

ministration of the vaccines produces

no ill effects. ~





PLEURlSY





 





I would like to know how to get rid

of pleuriSy. I d a bad spell last

February and it keeps on coming

back. I have a soreness across the



"lower part of my chest. When it is

bad I spit up some brickdust colored

sputum.——L. G.



Chronic pleurisy always suggests

the possibility of tuberculosis and is

cured by the same treatment. This

means complete rest in bed in the

open air, for a prolonged period, free-

dom from all work and rw‘Orry, and

plenty of easily digested nourishment.

My advice is that you take this line

of treatment, nomatter what the diag-

nosis. "





VARtCOSE Omen.





 





I would like to know how to treat

a varicose ulcer. Is there any cure

for it?—J. .l. M.



In aged, feeble persons it is hard

to cure varicose ulcer but not difficult

if the patient is vigorous. You must

bear in mind that the ulcer is not

strictly a local matter. Its cure de-

pends to great extent upon good

heart action and vigorous circulation.

Folks who are overweight must get

rid of their surplus fat. Bandaging

the parts below and around the ulcer

is good. Doctors give local treatments

by_applying electric heat. In severe

cases the ulcer may be cut out.





ANGELS, SH EPHERDS, CHILDREN.





 





(Continued from page 612)



his little pajamas on, he began to

wonder how he would manage with

his prayers. Poking his head between

the curtains, he looked down the long

narrow aisle, and then, with the sim-

plicity of childhood got down on his

knees. A westerner, who looked as

though he might have seem better

days, watched the little lad, and mut-

tered,’ “Gosh, I wish God was as real

to me as he is to that little teller.

What’s the matter with a lot of us,

anyway, that we don’t feel that way

any more?”



The Child in whose honor we cele-

brate Christmas, had a remarkable

mother. That seems to have been the

case with most -of the men whom the

world calls great. Go back, pull aside

the curtains of time, and. usually you

find an unusual woman. Mary thought

much, Luke says, and well she might.

She did not understand What all this

meant, Think, too, of those strange

words of aged Simeon:——'yea, and a

sword shall pierce through thine own

soul." She had much to, ponder.

Whenever we glimpse her, she has

the bearing of quiet meekness and

loveliness. Of great men whohave

had" ugly mothers, only Byron and

Schopenhauer occur to me now. Sch-3

openhauer’s mother pushednhlm down





-stairs,,and told 'him to get out, and





Byron’s mother made fun of her son's

deformed foot. Both these men were.

sour and misanthropic all their,days.‘

Christmas is. a combination of at

least three ancient, pagan feasts that

have been touched with the spirit of

the Christ. Nomber one was the feast

of the winter solstice, celebrated ‘by

the early Britonsin December. Num-

ber two was the feast of the “uncon-

quered sun,”-.and the last was the

feast of Saturn, both observed in De-

cember. .The last was the’most in-

teresting, Saturn was the Roman god





of agriculture] After the sowing of -





the Winter seed, public religious. exer-

cises wereheld, that next year’s crop-

might be bloat. The eelebrati‘on lasted





seven days. Everybody had a good. _'





time.— » The young people roamed the

streets at night. shouting, “In Saturn- -

that}? .Bamuets were; held, and press





entsx‘exohganged.‘ The most: common '





   





 





 





beau-smitten, so-





. . to speak, into a.

better





The sun and Saturn gave





way .tol‘gleirist, while many of the-inno- .

. cent customs were carried ..over. “The





tree was first used by the Germans,

the family gathering about the great

yule log is a . tom 'of the Lithuan-

zans. Will it not bring a heavenly

state of ;aifairs when many ugly and

unnecessary customs shall be given a

Christian spirit, and Christian uses?





 





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

DECEMBER 25th





 





SUBJECT : -—Christmas. _ Luke 2 : 8-20.

GOLDEN TEXT:——Matt. 1:21.





For Our Little Folk?





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The Wabash and Old Brandywine,

Flow here and through the poet’s

line;

And then, the Hoosier heart beats

faster,

When folks brag up his. Old School

School Master.





 





 





Here’s another puzzle for you to:

Just cut out the parts





work‘ out.

carefully and fit them together. They

will form a state and the'l'ittl‘e black

star represems the . capitol.

'name the state and its capitol and tell

something about it? -



The answer to last week’s puzzle

.Was Ohio and its capitol is Columbus.

So many of our little readers solved

this puzzle correctly and neatly that

there sin’t space to print all of their

names. But I am happy to see that

so many are interested. in our neigh-

boring states and know so much abdut

them.



And now I wish you one and all a

Merry Christmas and I‘ hope '. Santa

Claus remembers to fill your-stock-

ing with the things you wanted most.

—Aunt Martha.





 





CHRISTMAS TREE

By L. Mite-hell Thornton.





 





Christmas bells and holly, ,

hristmas carols too,“ ‘

Banish melancholy;

Christmas pine and yew

Candles in the window

For all the world to see,

.IBut for a little. laddie p,

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Christmas lights and lau 110317;“

Christmas sunshine aged, ‘

Leaves: no sorrow after;

. Wreaths of green and red. '.

Cards and gifts and 'wlshes

. That all may‘happy be, '





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Hardware Men
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Kow—Kare safeguards the health

of the whole herd—if fed regua

larly.as a part of the winter-feed.

ing program. Its highlyvconcen—

trated ingredients act directly on

the organs of digestion, assimila—

tion and reproduction. Cows 1n

fair vigor are made more produc—

tive, more profitable. Animals

of lowered vitality are built up to

profitable productive yields.



Try dairying this winter on

this safe—and—sane conditioning

plan. Feed each cow with her

grain ration a tablespoonful of

Kow—Kare for one to two weeks

each month. Note the increase

in the milk crop—and the free.

dom from profit’killing disor.

ders. Kow—Kare rationing costs

only a few cents a month per

cow. The investment returns

itself many fold. '





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Give every freshening cow the

benefit of the Kow-Kare invigor—

ating, regulating action. After

once using this famous aid at

Calving you will never again be

without it. Use a tableSpoonful

in the feed two to three weeks

before and after.





For cows troubled with Barrenness,

Retained Afterbirth, Abortion. Scours,

Bunches, Milk Fever and similar trou—

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remedy. Full treatment directions on

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general stores have Kow-Kare. 1.25 for

large size; $6. 25 for six cans. Small can

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RUMINANTS SHOULD HAVE

BUL'KY RATIONS





UE to the fact that their digestive

apparatus is made to handle

coarse, rough, bulky feeds, farm stock

such as cattle and sheep, provide an

important source of income to the





”farm. There is little market for such

feeds as corn fodder and coarse bay





of various kinds, yet ruminants such

as beef cattle, dairy cattle, and sheep

convert these roughage feeds into

marketable milk, meat, wool, etc.



In nature such animals as these

make up most of their ration from

roughage feeds and. little of the feed

which they consumed would come in

the class of concentrates as we feed

them today. The first compartment

of the stomach of ruminants is one of





ing during the rumination periods be-

cause ,their' weight prevents their

transport in recurrence of liquid - In

the entrance of the gullet.

feed and other concentrates such as

whole corn may pass directly into the

second compartment of the stomach

and during the course of a meal we

have even observed a passage of

ground feed occurring into the fourth

compartment, or true stomach during

the eating period.”



It is becoming a practice of- many

stock farme1s to recut or grind rough-

age crops and feed them mixed with

ground grain. This is done to make

the whole ration bulky in texture so

that it will all be passed into the

paunch or rumen for the most efficient

digestion to take place. ‘ If . heavy

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‘stock produces a vigorous animal.

breeding purposes.





the chief reasons why they can

handle roughage feeds so satisfactor-

ily. In this compartment, known as

the rumen or paunch, these feeds are

stored for a time, moistened and

soaked with water and during this

time bacterial action digests consider-

able of the fibrous materials in these

roughage feeds. Without stopping a.

number of hours in the paunch, hard

feeds such as whole grains and fibrous

feeds such as stalks and stems of

plants could not be properly prepared

fo1 efl‘icient digestion



Today much. of the feed given dairy

cattle, for example, is heavy in tex-

ture and to ruminants such as stee‘rs

considerable whole grain is fed. There

is a question as to the efficiency of

such methods of feeding for ruminants

since these feeds may not receive the

treatment in the paunch that would

prepare them properly for later diges-

tion.



Governor Hoard once made the

statement that no place was as dark

as the inside of a cow, yet light has

recently been brought on even this

dark subjeét. At North, Dakota AgriJ

cultural College, Dr. R. S. Amadon, in

the Veterinary Department, cut an

opening in the rumen of a cow an;

made this opening permanent so that

study could be made of the way feed

was handled by such animals. A re-

port of this work is published in Bulle-

tin No. 196 of that Station.



In that report Dr. Amadon states

that the weight of the food determines

the course'followed by it: He states

in discussing this particular point





that, “The condition which determines





the ”route to be followed 'by the feed





ing the back part of the paunch while

a. portion of the heavy food passes

directly into the scoond compartment

of the stomach. The heavy food





 





is that Of weight, all light food eaten





materials also escape a second chew-f4





the Iowa station, crossbreds made





225 lbs weight in 187 days, requiring 332 lbs of feed for a hundred

weight of gain; while the pure-breds took 201 days and used 354 lbs. of

feed. This confi1 ms general observations that the first cross of pure- -bred





But such crosses have no value for





feeds like corn or small grains miss

normal preparatory action in the

paunch, much of such feed will be

wasted. If, however, this materialis

fed mixed with recut or ground rough-

age so that the whole ration is light

and bulky in nature and uniform in

texture, it is probable that a saving

of feed materials can be brought

about in this way.—~—L. H. Fairchild.





MICHIGAN, HAS NEW WORLD

CHAMPION GUERNSEY IN

CLASS 66 -





ISSAUKEE Blue Bell'Jane 174479





has qualified for first place in'





class GG with a record of 15,692.6

pounds of milk and 824.3 pounds of

butter-fat, a world’s record for butten

fat production in this class. She was

bred by Arthur M. Smith, Lake City,

Michigan. and is now owned by Wil-

liam A. Fisher of Rochester, Michigan.

Her highest production of butter-fat

for one month was 81.06 pounds and

her highest production, for milk for

one month' was 1,489.1 pounds, = these





being made in the fifth and seventh :





months respectively. _

Missaukee Blue Bell Jane is by

Norman of Chesney Farms, 39657 that





has five Advanced Register daughters .





and her dam is BlueaBell of Wilches-

ter 113288, that made a record of

15450.5 pounds of milk centaining

695. 3 pounds of butter-fat in class DD.





 





The percentage of reactors shewing '





up in the boyine tuberculosis eradi-

cation hampaig'n in Sanilac county is





reported as low by John D. Martin, _





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CATTLE





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FOR SALE born Nov. 5. Sires. 6 nearest

dams average 654 pounds fat, dam produced 393 11111.,

{at as 2 yr. old Now producing 55 lbs. milk _

day and over 70 lbs. fat per month. 850. H.’ P.

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Do YoujNeed ‘a'

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Then we can supply you. We have 3 bulls

from 12 to 15 months 01' age available from

Michigan State Herds. .

All are well grown and backed by wonderful

production.



They represent some of the best lines of

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GISTERED HOLSTEIN ,7

Bull Cslves at prices the owner of s

‘smell- herd can afford to pay The '»

sire of many of these calves is o 861: " C

of the highest record (3015,.) “a... '

year-old daughter of Crggor in.

site is King Sekio Alcortr ring,

.undefested Show bull ith70

daughters. Otherssired singly s~

1501!), Ch‘sx’npi'on Bull

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, 3:1 H may your Christmas be a. merry





v_on,e_~.‘ a _ , .. . _

.. . Though the year may not

have beena prosperous one for you,





though saute may not leave any large





_ number of gifts at your home and

‘.,th0ugh you may be worrying as to

how' on earth you are gomg to pay

your taxes, I hope that the mystic

spirit of Christmas cheer may warm

your hearts and cause to burn more

' brightly the sacred flame of love and

mutual devotion Within the family



. circle. “The gift without the giver 1s

bare‘” and ~.Yuletide cheer is not pl‘l-

:marily dependent upon the abundance

fi of‘ material blessings.



I‘hope that I am ,no superstitious,

but today has justified . retty well the

,reputation of tile thirteenth of the

month as a Jonah date. This morn-

ing we found the pump rod on one

of kthe._windmills mysteriously broken

to smithereens. We had a long,

greasy, and thankless Job getting

things back in'-w0rkin_g order once

’more. .Then this afternoon there has

-been a heavy fog and a cold, drizzly

rain. has fallen from ,time to time.

The frost isn’t all out of the ground,

but the surface is a sea of mud.



Hobnobed With Master Farmers



Since preparing my last article for

this page, it was my very good for-

tune 'to‘ attend the banquet given by

The Michigan Farmer t9 the 1927‘ class

of Michigan Master Farmers. Loan-

not imagine any event more genuinely

'encouraging and inspir‘ing. In these

days when the spirit of gloom hangs

so heavily‘over nearly every farmers’

gathering, it is certainly refreshing to

see and hear a group of agriculturists

who have been outs andingly success-

:ful when judged either from the mate-

rial or the spiritual point of View.



Of course, the names and exploits

of the new group of Master Farmers

were reported in last week’s issue

.along with a resume of the banquet

program. However, these brief com-

ments may not be a serious duplica-

tion.



After a very satisfying banquet,

President Kenyon L. Butterfield of

M. S. C. delivered an appropriate ad-

dress on “Rural~Urban Relationships”

which he said had been selected as

the topic for the next American Coun-

try Life Association Conference.





The presentation of the medals to

the "new Master Farmers was 1n

charge of the Editor of The Michigan

Farmer, Mr. Burt Wermuth. As he

called each name the honored farmer

arose with his wife and was greeted

with applause. Then the man came

forward, listened to a short recital of

his achievements and was presented

with the coveted award. He then made

a brief response and took his seat.





Wives Share the Glory

fiery interesting thing to note was





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. 'that in a' majority of cases the man.





attributed a large proportion of his

success to the aid and encouragement

of his wife. A. J. Rogers of Benzie

County put it tersely when he said,

“Any success that I may have

achieved is due to the fact that I love

my wife and we love our job.” Thus

was the marriage relation and the

farm home partnership honored

;_ throughout the evening.



Progress made during the past year

in the selection of County Champion

Farmers was reviewed by E. J. Leen-



' houts, Agricultural Agent for The New

i; York Central Railroad. He declared

'* that these movements to honor out-

standingly successful farmers were

lending dignity to the world’s oldest

profession. »



Speaking on the topic “Our Master

Farmers,” one of the judges, Herbert

E. Powell," State Commissioner of

Agriculture, declared in part as fol-

lows: ' .



‘,‘I am glad that the things con-

sidered in making this choice go far-

ther than the ability to extract money

or its equivalent from the'soil.



“To be electedfto membership in



,. this distinguished body, one must





have made a success as an agricub





turist in all that is best and most en-



: nobling in that life. He must be pos-

sessed of the qualities of the poet to

.detect harmony of sound of, the sing-

‘ing birds, the lowing herdsyand the

.lcontented droning ofinsect life. He



' ,m‘ust"'be‘ possessed of sufficient artis-

“tic taste to appreciate the beauty of

rural scenes. and the changing panor-

W3 of»the season, and able to so

build his home and its-surroundings

at *itfiiay'o d» and nogdigfict frgm

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the minds and lives of his family. He .

must be politic1an and patriot enough _

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into the public mind the right attitude '





toward life and living.

How To Benefit Agriculture?



“The longer I live and the more I

study the so-called rural question, the

more convinced I become that if rural

life is to be elevated, that__ elevation

must come mostly from within. Legis-

lation may remove some of the handi-





caps, but it cannot assure prosperity.





If general agricultural prosperity

comes, it must be fostered by better

organization and more unselfish busi-

ness-like methods. Better methods of

farming must be pursued, a higher

grade of products produced and mar-

keted in a more pleasing and appeal-

ing fashion. Let the consumer once

be convinced of the quality of, the

goods offered and .the price will be

maintained or increased. To accom-

plish this, higher standards of agri-

culture must be followed and more

honest and busineSs-like methods pur-

sued. In bringing this condition about,

this club and its members can assist

materially. We do not need more

farmers, but better farmers. '





“Goldsmith has well said, ‘Ill fares

the land to hastening ills a prey

where wealth accumulates a‘nd men





decay. ,



“A healthy. wholesome country life

is the only thing that has ever averted

this catastrophe. I believe the very

qualities that were uppermost in the

minds of the judges when they made

the selection of this membershipare





the ones that are of the most 1mpor- .

tance in elevating agricultural life”;





But after the mountain—top experi-

ences of inspiration there are always

the 'less thrilling days down on the

level plains of monotony and in the

dismal avalleys of unrewarded efforts,

bitter struggle, disappointment and

heartaches. It is well for us to set a

worthy goal ahead and then seek all

the good cheer possible as we struggle

onward.



Hogs and Horses Gain





I sold some hogs this week thatJiad

made a good gain. They had taken

on more than two and a half pounds

per day each for the past month and

adialf. As they were marketed co-

operatively I don’t know What they

will net me as yet, but we all know

that hog prices have been on the

toboggan lately. '



Speaking of gains I might mention

that our farm horses have added a

pound a day each for the past two

months. During this period they have

been getting less to eat than they did

previously, but, of course, the work

has been much less strenuous.



Few farmers go to the extreme of

spending too much time using their

scales. It is not only satisfying to

the curiosity but practically helpful

to know what stock is doing and

whether or not it is paying for the

food consumed.



The worst news that we have re-

ceived lately was the distressing in-

telligence conveyed by a little postal

card from our township treasurer giv-

ing the amount of our 1927 taxes. They

"are even worse than ever before. I

received a letter today from one of

Michigan’s foremost farmers suggest-

ing that I present some ideas regard—

ing tax matter in these articles, but

it’s bedtime now and we will have

to save that for some future date.



And in the meantime, we wish you

again as we did at the outset of this

article, A Very Merry Christmas.





 





VETERINARY





Dislocated Stier—When cow tries

to walk, hind leg straightens out and

then snaps back in plaCe. She takes

two or three steps and the same

things happens again. She has been

this way for some time, and seems to

be getting, worse. E. S.~—This stiffness

is caused by the stifle or knee cap

becoming dislocated. If this has been

going on for 2 year, it is very doubt-

ful if it can be cured. In old cases,

the ligaments become permanently

stretched and are unable to keep the

stifle in place. Apply a blister of 1,5

oz. each of red iodine of mercury and

powdered cantharides and 4 ozs. vase—

line.

the stifle for 5 minutes.‘ Keep cow

tied, so she Cannot reach the blister

with her mouth. “rash ofi afterT1214



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cow should be :kept stanchioned for

3 weeks and not slowed to. take any

exercise. ‘ ~ » . '





Mix thoroughly and rub over J





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. How to Know

Blood Diseases in

Your Herd





Barnenness or Sterility, Sllnklng of

Calves. Retained Afterblrth, Gaiters In Calves,





. your herd afflicted-With any of these ailments you will know they are not .

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SALESMEN You can make his money

taking mdero for our

trees and shrubbery. Experience unneces—

sary. No dull seasons. lCVex'y home a

prospect. You simply take the order. We

dellvei' and collect. l’ay weekly. Commission basis.

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Slackers & Feeders





Hcreford Stccrs & Heifers.

good grass flesh. most all

bunches dehomed. each bunch even in size and

show good breeding. Choice Herefords are usually

market toppers when finished. Few bunches '1'. 3.

tested. Will sell your choice from any bunch. State-

number and Weight you prefer 450 to 1000 lbs.





Van D. Baldwin, Eldon,Wapello Co., Iowa.

“Claradéle Milking Shorthorns”





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Calves. Year'l & Twos;

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Duchess breeding. high milk and tcst rm-nrds. Herd

under state and Federal supervision. Sixty dam

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JOHNSON 8:. SONS, Box 26. Cutter. Mich.

Bulls and females for





Mllklng Shorthorns MLlI',’ :Ill Mics. Some

extra fine hrcd hi-ifcrs. llcst (‘lay brooding. IRVIiN

DOAN &. SONS. Croswell, Mich.





 





I'lvlt‘lAL prices on Slim'thom bulls. cows and.

heifers. Tlicsc will plcum Ihc most careful buyas.

GOTFREDSON FARMS. Ypsilanti. Mich.





HOGS





DUROCS





Service boars. bred “sows and gills. fall plgs. Premier





Michigan breeder at State Fair.

LAKEFIELD FARMS, Olarkston. Mloh.





 





 





 





D U R 0 C S Spring boars. open and

hrcd gilts. Fall pig‘s.

Quality of the best. Priced. to sell. Write NORRIS





STOCK FARM. Casnovia, Mich.





 





First Offering Choicest

Frozen FISH





Order direct from this ad or send for complete list.

Rocked 100 lb. net weight, no package charge. Her-

ring dressed $6.85: Pickcrcl round $8.35; Pit-kernel

dressed 'hoadlcss $0.85: Yellow Pike $12.85; Tulibee

Whitefish $12.85; Halibut dressed. headless $17.35:

Salmon dressed headless $15.35: Suckers skinned

dressed headless $8.35; (‘ai'p $5.35: Mackerel $10.35:

Haddm-k Fillets pan-hment wrapped. all meat no

bones. per 15 lb. box $2.25: l’ickerel Fillets. no

boom. per 20,1b. box $3.00. SMOKED FISH 10 lb.

boxes. Bluefins $1.20: Tulibec Whitefish $2.00: Salmon

Chunks $2.20: Fat Lake Chubs $2.50. Salted Holland

Herring. small kegs. Mixed 900: Milkers $1.00. Remit

with order. Our reference Mcl‘artney National Bank.



WISCONSIN FISHING COMPANY



Dept. No. 3. Greenv Bay. Wisconsin



P. 0. Box I84, Phone Adams I76

More than 25 years of honest dealings insures your



complete satisfaction.





 





 





Per 100 lbs—szcn Large Round Herring $5.50:

Dressed lien-ing $I:,50; Round l‘ickcrcl $7.50: Hend-

lcss l’ickcrcl $0.50; Yellow l’ike $12.50. lhunit with

order. I'm-lingo chm-go 30c pcr 100 1le. We charge

l/fic ,pcr lb. mom in less than 100-lb. lots. Send for

complete price list of all varieties fish.





CONSUMERS FISH 00., Green Bay, WI.-





FISH





Write for our new Winlcr Wholesale Price List.





 





“'0





 





ready for service. llegistemd.





Duroc Boars (luarann-cd to satisfy. Price.

$25.00 cash with ordcr. WISCONSIN LAND a L'UML

BER COMPANY. Hermansvillc. Michigang





FOR SALE





BRAY.

DUROC JERSEY spring and fall hours of popular

blood lines. Write or come and see them. Jena

Bliu a. Son. Mich.

Virite for





0' l' c' HOGSOII time Hog Book





Originators and most extcnsive breeders. ,

THE L. B. SILVER 00., Box I96, Salem. Ohio





For Salc--Reg. O. I. C. April & May Pigs

w.





best of breeding. Shipped on approval._ FRED

KENNEDY &. SONS. R. Mich.





Registered 0. l. C. Fall Pigs





 





Duroc Jcrscy boars.

. pigs. linth scx.

Danavulle, (Ingram 00.), Mich.





gills and (all

CHAS. A.





 





Henderson.





 





 





I. Chelsea.





 





best of brooding from prolific sows. Shipped_on

approval. H. I. HUDSON. R. 2. Romulus. Mich.

O I C, Good last spring pigs. not akin



' ' 8. also fall pigs, recorded free.





OTTO SCHULZE & SONS, Nashville. Mich.





Choice Poland China Boar:





Real size—great quality. Today’s breeding. Reads!

for immediate service and cholcra immuned. Also

choice gins—bred or open. WESLEY NILE. Donia.

Michigan.





L





 





 





ARGE TYPE

either sex for sale.





POLAND CHINAS Spring Pigs.

Also Brown Swiss Bulls.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





BUTTER BRED m... BULLS

FOR SALE

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan

Choice Jersey Bulls. grandsons of





For sale Sybil's Gambom of Whitehall:

SMITH do PARKER. Howell. Mich. R. No. 4.





 





 





' - Jersey heifers bred to freshen

TWO Registered in March. tuberculin free.

choice individuals. $150 each. IRA W. .IAYNE.

County Building. Detroit: farm at Fonton. Michigan.





FOR SALE SHORTHORN BULL. 1—year

old. IRVING L. FOWLER. Hanover. Mlch.





a





 





 





A registered MILKING TYPE ‘





and black laced gradesl Write o





.& Son. lonla.





FOR SALE





 





guote all varieties: New Frozen. Smoked, Salted A- A- Feldkamp. R- "9' 2' Manchester, “5'“-

piced, (“armed and Dried Fish and . Oysters. . it I . .

_ JOHNSON FISH co.. Green Bay, u. Poland Chinas agdmmgfgeAfsgmgnm;

Digs. JAMES G. TAYLOR. Beldino. Mich.

FRESH FISH A paw m. ..... .. .

- . bargain. Place your order for bred

Largest Shlppera on Great Lakes gilts. JOHN W. SNYDER. St. JOIIIII, MIch.. B. 4.

It will pay you to send for our list of fresh. frozen.

smoked, salt. and canncd fish. Season now open.

BADGER FISH co.. Dept. E. Green Bay. Wis. SHEEP

CATTLE 500 BRED EWES





For sale—“300 choice large black faced ewes year-

lmgfi. 2s. 3s. and 4 year olds mixed. 200 choice

large Michigan Dclaine ewes yearling: to solid mouths





mixcd. I’riccs reasonable. Write or wire us for

further information. ALMOND B. CHAPMAN 8:.

SONS. So. Rockwood.‘ Mich. Only 25 miles south





of Detroit. Mich.. on motor but and car lines.





134 Breeding Ewes





vigorous and

Rambouiuct





er .. como‘

. E. Moll





Young,



thrifty.



r bett

INGLESI DE FARMS.



Mich.





and see them.





Oxford mud and ewes. Satisfac—

tion guaranteed. 6E0. 1'. AI-

Mich. Telephone Oeckervlllo 78-3.





For Shropshire Ewes m1

BOOHER. Evart..Mioh.. R. 4.





BOTT. Pulmt.





.on 'D‘AN





   

   

   

 

 





 





and. ram lamb. _
GRAIN. QUOTATIONS.

Tuesday, December 20 , - ~





Wheat.

Detroit-No. 2 red at $1. 3914; NO. 2

white $1.37; No.2 mixed at $1.37. .

Chicago—December $1. 27%; March

$1. 29%; May $1. 30%.

' $1T431edo——Wheat, No 2 red at $1.39Q





Corn. _ '

Detroit—No. ,2 yellow 960;

yellow 94c; No.4 yellow 920.

Chicago—December 8454c;

881,40; May 911,40.





No. 3

March





Oats.



Detroit—No. 2 Michigan 60c; No. 3

white 58 1,4c.



Chicago—December 525/30; March

54940; May 56%c.



R.ye



Detroit—No. 2 $1.16.



Chicago—December

31.09%; May $109174.



Toledo—$1. 16.





$1.08; March





Beans.



Detroit. —Immediate and prompt

shipment $5. 30 f. O. b shipping points.



New York—Pea domestic at $6.00Q

$6.50; red kidneys $7.25Q8.00 to the

wholesalers.



Chicago—Spot navy beans, Michigan

choice, hand-picked, in sacks at $6.00;

dark red kidneys $7.60.



Barley.



Detroit—Malting 920;



Seeds.



Detroit domestic seedsz—Cash clo-

ver $18.20; February $18.35; March

$18.25; cash alsike $16.00; January

alsike $16.25; February $16.45; March

$16.40; timothy at $2.00; March $2.15.





v Hay.

Detroit-No. 1 timothy at $13.00Q

$14.00; standard $12.50Q13.50; No. 2





feeding 880.





timothy $10.00Q11.00; No. 1 light

clover, mixed $13.00; No. 1 clover

$11.50Q12.50; wheat and cat straw





$10.00Q11.00; rye straw $11.00Q12.00

alfalfa hay, No. 2 to choice at Chicago,

$24Q26.



Feeds.





Detroit. ———Winter wheat bran at $39;

spring wheat bran at $38; standard

middling at $39; fancy middling at

$42; cracked corn at $43; Coarse corn

meal $41; chop $40 per’ ton in carlots.





WHEAT.





Slightly improved prospects in Ar-

gentina and Australia, liberal Argen-

tina offerings for January shipment,

large stocks in commercial channels

and a listless attitude on the part of

the foreigner have softened wheat

prices. Some of the speculative hold-

ings, accumulation of which aided the

preceding rise, were liquidated by

tired owners.



Estimates of world production still

indicate a crop about 100 million bush-

els more than last year. No precise

estimates are available as to the ex-

tent to which supplies will be reduced

through smaller exports from Russia

and through damage to quality in

Canada and Europe, but there seems

to be ample warrant for believing that

they offset most of the increase in

production. On the other hand, the

increase of nearly 677 million bushels

in the European potato crop should

counterbalance part of the poorer qual-

ity of bread grains. '





RYE.





After a period of dullness in foreign

demand,‘ rye prices have stiffened

again in response to renewed buying

from abroad. The domestic visible

supply is so small that holders are

not much concerned when foreign de-

mand shows a temporary let-up.





‘ CORN .





A setback in corn prices in the last

few days.erase0 about half of the re-

cent advance, but the market shows

a strong rallying tendency. The win-

ter movement of corn to primary mar-

kets is getting under way, although it

probably will not reach, the peak until

January or February. Arrivals in the

last two weeks were considerably

larger than last year. Demand from

eastern shippers, feeders, and indus-

tries Was rather brisk, however, and

no accumulation has occurred.





, OATS. .

. Oats prices still retain most of their





recent gains which were due largely-





‘to speculative buying on the theory

that commercial shortage will develop

eventually. Both the visible supply

and farm stocks are moderate,



(:93 are already about 15 per cent

' igher than last year and further



his may be liniited until later in





crop year.





 





but .





Cutters OUOOIIICloo—OOOOIO in?“





BARLEY‘.





The record crop of barley produced





this year has been going into con-

sumption rapidly. In spite of liberal

.receipts since August 1, there has





 





been virtually no increase in stocks. '





Exports from eastern ports totalled

about 19 million bushels compared

with 5 million bushels last season De-

mand from domestic malsters and

feeders also has been active. -





SEEDS.





Growers who still own timothy seed

are not selling very freely at prevail-

ing prices, although

somewhat higher than a month ago.

FrOm 70 to 75 per cent of the timothy

seed crop had been- sold by growers





up to November 29 compared with 85.





per cent last year. Prices paid to





growers at the end of November av--

eraged $3 per 100 pounds compared -





with $2. 75 a month previous and $4. 45

a year previous. Sweet Clover seed

was barely steady last week. Grow-

ers are reluctant sellers, hoping to

get a better price when the spring de-

mand opens up. Trade, in red clover

seed is slow but prices are steady.

Values are expected to remain fairly

steady until the' planting season. opens.





FEEDS.





Demand for feetstuffs was boosted

by the spell of wintry weather a week

ago. Wheatfeeds averaged slightly

higher but corn feeds were affected

by the weakness in the corn market.

Cottonseed meal continues to work

higher. Prices paid to producers for

cottonseed on November 15 were

twice as high as the corresponding

time last year and the highest on that

date since 1923. Alfalfa meal is firm~

ly held with prices of the best grades

averaging $1 per ton higher in most

markets.



Chicago~B r a 11, $32.50; standard

middlings, $32; hominy feed, $38;

gluten feed, $35.70; old process oil

meal,'$49; tankfige, $75.





Consumption of hay has increased

now that pasturing is definitely ended

for this season and indoor feeding is

general. Alfalfa prices have strength-

ened in the past week. Country load-

ings were smaller and demand has

improved, particularly for dairy hay.

The new alfalfa crop outlook in Kan-





‘sas' is reported to be generally d.

tidy.





they average ‘





Prairie and timethy hay were

steady in most markets. ' ’





sues. ' ;_ *

The decline which started”a week





ago in the fresh egg market carried

prices down 7 cents a dozenin as





market before the market stiffened

again.

no sustained tendency to increase. but

with a heavier pullet lay generally ex-

pected and increasing receipts from

the Pacific Coast states, dealers are





9





‘many days in the Chicago wholesale:





.110 danger Of being hem;

when the W4 mid-wint

'cline sets in. StOcks of butt





     





.The surplus over 1926 was





which was less than the trade

Receipts as yet have shown '





inclined to .buy from. day to‘ day.»





Prices probably ‘will continue the

downward trend, subject to occasional

igterruptions due to unfavorable wea-

t er





Receipts of dressed pOultry at the-





leading markets failed to increase as

is usual at this season and prices are

stiffening on fancy stuff. Country

prices for turkeys for the Christmas

market have been fully as high as a

month ago and dealers are afraid of a

repetition. of lasit year’s experience

when many high- priced turkeys were





,stored' rather than Sell at a loss, only





to be sold even cheaper later in the

season. The weather is more favorable

for a .heavy conSumption of poultry





for Christmas than for Thanksgiving;





however, and a good demand is anti-





cipated.



Chicag fresh firsts, 420;

extras, 49613500; ordinary firsts, 30Q

360; dirties, 22Q28c; checks, 20Q25c.

Live poultry: Hens, 2134c; springers,

24c; roosters, 18c; ducks, 22c; geese,

22c, turkeys, 390



Detroit—Eggs:





 





Fresh candied and

graded, 38Q460. Live poultry: Heavy

springers, 24c; light springers, 200;

heavy hens, 25c; light hens, 16c;

roosters, 16c; geese, 22c; ducks, 24c;

turkeys, 42c. .





BUTTER.





The butter market reached new high

prices for the season as the moderate

supplies of fancy butter were quickly

cleaned up. So far, butter production

has hun around thelow point for the

season, ut with cows all housed and

feed plentiful, production of all dairy

products should increase. No appreci-

able gain may occur until after, the

first of the year. Dealers are limiting

purchases to actual requirements as

prices advance, so that there will be





 





 





[Live Stock Market Service





 





Tuesday, Decem ber 20





CHICAGO.





Hogs

Receipts 40,000. Market fairly steady

with Monday’s best prices; tops $8.80;

bulk good 210-300-lb. average $8.45@

$8. 75; desirable 160-200-lb. weights

$8 50@8. 60; bulk pigs $7. 25@7. 75;

packing sows $7. 35Q7. 75; big packers

talking around 10c lower than early

prices.

Cattle

Receipts 7,000. Market on steers

supply very slow; better grades 25Q

40c higher to shippeis; she stock

slow, steady; bulls and vealers un-

changed; stockers and feeders firm;

most fat steers $13. 25 down; cows and

heifers predominating in run; low

cutters $5.45; strong weight cutter

cows up to $6. 00; weighty sausage

bulls $7.75; vealers $10. 50 to packers;

outsiders up to $13. 50.

Sheep and Lambs

Receipts 17, 000. Market opening

slow; choice heavy weight lambs

steady to weak, up to $13. 35; others

15Q25c lower; good, desirable weights

early, $12. 75@13. 00; good heavies

$12. 00@12. 50; light native fillouts,

$11. 00@11. 75, sheep steady; fat ewes





$6. 00@6 75 early tops $7.00; feeding

lambs slow, weak, good offerings

$12.50Q13r00.

DETROIT.

Cattle.





l Receipts 163. Market steady to 250

ower.

Good to choice yearlings





dry-fed ..... . . .810. 50Q13. 50

Best heavy steers, dryvfed 10. 25 12. 75

Handy weight butchers. 9. 00 10. 50

Mixed steers and heifers. 9.00 9.50 .

Hand-y" light butchers . . _‘ 7.50Q1-0.25

Light butchers e o o o n I O o o o 8.000 8000



Best cows .............. 6063,8975

Butcher cows 5.50 ”6.00





‘ .K.





, vealers

"1810.00Q1





 





Canners ................ 4.00@ 4. 50

Choice light bulls ....... 6.00Q 7. 50

Bologna bulls ........... 6.50Q 8. 00

Stock bulls ............. 6.00@ 6.75

Feeders ................ 6.25Q 8. 00

Stockers ................ 5 OOQ 6. 7



Milkers and spriéiglerss. ...$65 00@110. 00



Receipts 527.C aMarsket steady.



Best ............... . ..... $16. 00@16. 50

Others ................. 7. 500.015. 50





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 1,.110 Market steady.

Best lambs $ 13. 50





Fair lambs .............. 11. 00@11. 75

Light to common lambs. 6. OOQ 9. 25

Fair to good sheep ...... 600(6) 7 00

Buck lambs ............. 7 50@12 25

Culls and common ...... 2 OOQ 3 00

Hog

Receipts 2,234. Msarket strong.

Pigs .................... $ 8.00

Mixed hogs ............. 8.80

. Light lights ......... . . . . 8.25

Roughs .......... _. . . . . '. . 7.00

Good yorkers ....... . . . . 8.80

Stags ............ ' . . . -... . 6.00

Extreme heavies ..... . 7. 50@' 8. 50

BUFFAI O.

' ' Hoes

Receipts 400 Hold over, 1, 700;





market steady to 100 higher, bulk 180-

240-11) $9. 35, few head $9.50; few light

lights $8 50@9. 00; pigs mostly $8. 25;

packing sows $7. 25Q 7.50



cattle -





Receipts 150. Market steady; most

' cutters to cutter covers $4. 00@5 75.





 

 





,calves

Receipts 150 ‘ ‘





 





 

 

 





 





Market steady; top'

3162*" .50; :culls and common





, turkeys





.111; live pigs $4. 00@8 00 each; pump-

kins 75c@$1. 00 bu; veal 19Q21c lb;





Daisies, 271,4 Q27%c' ,

Q27 1,40; Longhorns, 2714 (7332





' in StOrage on December 1 we‘re

- 000 pounds compared with 64





Chicago, 510; New York. 53¢ ;





.bu; poultry, hens, wholesale, 24Q260 “





Longhorns, 29





pounds «on the same date a year

acre

by a million pounds durifig No embe

ad

pect'ed. ” '-

Prices On 92 score ceremony Were'





 

 





42Q47c per lb.





POTATOES.





The potato ‘finarket is showing 1'

of firmness ter a fortnight a! '

priCes. Heavy s'no s and acid _

ther in the itnpo t northern; I

ping states curtailed9 loadings, while

the lower temperatures stimulated.

consumption. Dealers generally 5.0;, . -,,

not expect any pronounc d’activi in ~ , ' ,

the market until after the hell ya '

when prices are likely to work higher

Northern round white, U. S. No. Liars

quoted at $1.50 to $1. 65 per. 100

pounds, sacked, in the Chicago cartel:





market.

APPLES.





The holiday demand has createda

good market for quality apples, but

many markets are burdened with an ,,

oversupply of poor stock. Western " ‘

box apples sell well in eastern mar-r'

kets although offerings are liberal.

Stocks of apples in cold storage On

December 1, when holdings usually

are at the peak, were 25 per cent

lighter than at this time in 1926 and-

12 per cent below the average on

December 1. Extra fancy western

Jonathans, small to medium size,

bring $3.25 to $3.50 a box and Mich-

igan A 294 inch Jonathans $8 to $961

barrel at Chicago.





WOOL





Wool trade interest is centering in

the west where contracting the new

clip is gradually getting under full

steam. The movement has spread

from Utah into Colorado, Idaho, Wy-

oming. and California, being confined

thus far largely. to the early lambing‘

areas. Prices range from-30 to 35

cents and the volume contracted prob-

ably reached 15 million pounds by mid-

December. Some sales indicate a. 1.0 -

per cent over last year’s prices.





Prices at the seaboard continue

strong, owing to the small supply of

wool remaining in the hands of deal-

ers and the fact that foreign Wdol,

tariff considered, is at a big premium.

The situation suggests that the up-

ward tendency may continue until

spring.





DETROIT CITY MARKET.





Apples, 800Q$4‘.00 bu; bagas, 75cQ

$1.00 bu; beets, 75c@$1. 00 bu; cab-

bage, 50Q600 bu; curly cabbage, 50@ .

60c bu, red cabbage 75@900 lb; car- *

rots 50Q75c bu, celery, 25cQ$1._00

doz; eggs, wholesale, white, 60Q65c

doz; brown 55Q600 doz; retail

65c doz; endive 50cQ,$1. 75 bu; leaf let-

tuce 50@75c bu; hothouse lettuce 70

@76c 6-lb basket; green onions 50@’

75c doz bchs; dry onions 75c@$1. 25

bu; root parsley 50@75c doz. bchs;|

750Q$1. 00 bu; curly 35Q40c doz bchsr

parsnips 75c@$1. 25 bu; pears, No.1 , \

75c@$1. 25 bu; peppers $1. 00Q15:0 buy 1

red 75cQ$1. 00 bu; potatoes 506Q81. 25





 

 





 





lb; retail 28Q30c .;lb broilers, whole-

sale, leghorns 18Q210 lb; rocks 25@

27c b; retail 28Q300 lb: ducks 22Q'

25c l ; geese 22Q25c lb; turkeys 24 " ,, .

@50c lb; dressed poultry 3003320 lb;I " ‘ ,.

ducks 35Q40c 1b; geese 30@35c lb;1 _ " '

55Q60c lb; horse radish



$3. 00@5. 00 “bu; spinach .75cQ$1. 25 1111;” ~ '

Hubbard squash $1. 25@1. 50 511; tur-

nips 50cQ$1. 25 bu; '

swiss’ chard 50@75'c

75c dOZ bchs; dressed hogs 15(5)]16cr





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





small dressed pigs 250 lb.





CHEESE.





Prices of No.1 American cheese (in

December 17 were. .

Chicago: Twins, 2334 @3356 ' '





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





   





 

 





New York: S. Daisies, 8

Philadelphia; 2881’
.. 'cheap pork.- 'i .

poultry, and consumer .re-

., , s‘istance. to high priced beef. now that

' . “"th'ecost of live .cattle’ is fully reflected

" in" retail“ markets; rob‘abiy have

brought the .'





cattle to an e .

.1 :wh‘ether feed 8 edome panicky or

but off the supply as





-l‘~.‘~yvhether they 3

they have done on all previous breaks





this year. , , -

Only scattered loads are selling

above $15 at Chicago. Common and

medium grades. have shoWn more re-

‘ sistance to the downward tendency

than better kinds. Beef cows .and

heifers declined less sharply than

steers and low grades suffered least.

After advancing nearly $2 since early

in Noyember, veal calves lost nearly

all of this gain in the last week.

Prices of stockers and feeders de-

clined 50 cents or more in the last

few days. Buyers became shy when

fat cattle (prices broke. and the re«

duced’ slaughter demand made a larger

number of fleshy feeders available.

A substantial reduction in the num-

ber of cattle on feed is still indicated,

according to reports, to the United

' States Department of Agriculture up

- to December 1. Operations will be

' smaller than last year and smaller

than in any other winter in the last

five. The movement of cattle fro-m

inspected markets into‘the corn belt

states from July to November, inclu-

sive, was 16 per cent below last year

and 28 per cent below, the five-year

average. In the western states, a re-

duction of about 20 per cent in feed-

ing is indicated, the shrinkage being

greatest in states which supply the

Pacific Coast markets.

» .-.Hoe PRICES AT NEW LOW POINT

H December to. the lowest point

‘ .; since July, 1924. Average cost

’ - ‘at Chicago reached the $8 level, with

top hogs at around $8.50. December

supplies have been somewhat larger

than last year, but the decline in

priceseompared with last year or two

years ago looks severe compared with

the gain in receipts. . =

Packers urchased freely on the

. break and a moderate upturn followed,

" but it was hard to hold. Export de-

. '5 mand still shows the ,increase in ac-

tivity which appeared early in Decem-

ber. While lard prices dropped to a

new low point for the season and

1' prices of hog meats declined, they

have not lost as much ground as live

hogs. With this widening out of the

.packers’ .nianufacturing margin, it

seems probable that demand will

broaden enough to stabilize the mar-

ket at around this level. The holidays

:,,,usua11y cause some interference with

market receipts and the activity of

fresh, pork demand should cause any

temporary let-up in the run to stiffen

prices until the movement increases

again in January.





MORE LAMBS ON FEED





‘ bassoon».

erence for





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0G prices dropped sharply in mid





a





 





N Colorado and the two principal

feeding districts of Nebraska, the

indications are that 2,130,000 lambs

~,and sheep will be fed compared with

955,000 last year, according to reports

to the United States Department of

Agriculture. For the corn belt states,

excluding Nebraska, a decrease of

pabout 750,000 in the number of west-

ern lambs fed is indicated, but with

some increase in native lamb feeding.

West ofthe continental divide, a de-

crease of over 200,000 head in the

number of lambs to be fed is indi-

-. cated. For the country as a whole,

’- ‘ithere is a substantial increase which

means more fed lambs for market up

to the end of next May than a year

previous. The lambs in Colorado are

heavy in weight which means that

feeders will be forced to choose be-

tween shipping early in unfinished

condition or feeding out and taking

the discount on heavy lambs. Liberal

receipts in the last week caused a

sharp break in prices, espec1ally for

weighty lambs. '





i. ‘ DETROIT. LIVE STOCK SHOW





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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N interesting fat stock show was

, held at the Detroit Stock.Yards

, :2 ‘last week 'under the direction of

' 'the'petroit Live Stock Association.

Seventy-three steers _were entered in

'the contest: and were later auctioned

K atlfancy prices to the Detroit trade.

. _"ljhe Grand‘ Championship went to

.1 unlit j Lad, a ten month old Aber-

een Angus steer, entered by William

13.1. Scripps of Orion, and was sold to

of “Newton PaCking“ Company at

five ._..and .3 fourth cents a



"9 weighted 950 ounds.



wince w ~





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





 





 

 





 





 





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s





 

 





a, give ,of ‘

21-1830 pound Aberdee

which sold. at twentydw



Fourth award went to





 

 





. sythe ofDavison on a Shorthorn steer.





Pictures of some of these good ani-

mals will appear in later issues of

the Live Stock Department of this

journal.‘ * , . . ‘ \



'There is no reason why Detroit can-

not support 'a. live stock show that

will attract farmers and. consumers





alike, prompt the use of quality

meats, and begdme areal educational





 





institution.





" Corning EVcnts





Jan. ,3-Mar. 2—Short courses in

Dairy Production, Horticulture, Gen-

eral Agriculture, Poultry, Agricultural

Engineering, Home Economics, S.

0., East Lansing, Mich.



Jan. 30-Feb. 3—Farmers' Week, M.

S. 0., East Lansing, Michigan.



,Feb. 6-11—Short cOurses for fruit

growers, and market gardeners, M. S.

0., East Lansing, Mich.





 





VETERINARY





 





Injured Teat—I have a cow that cut

one of her teats on abarb wire fence

seven weeks ago. Cut clear through

to milk channel and’ the milk runs out

all the time. Have done everything

to heal it up, but nothing helps. at

can be done for her? A. H.—-lt will

be necessary to wait until the cow is

dry, before anything can be done to-

ward permanently closing the opening

into the teat canal. When she is dry,

have the teat examined by your local

veterinarian. An operation at this

time is more likely to be followed by

permanent healing of the wound.



Horse Cough—~I have a horse that

has had a cold for about 4 weeks. I

give the horse oil of tar and oil of

amber mixed twice a day. But it doesn’t

seem to do any good. The horse doesn't

cough only in the morning when I

feed it. D. P.—Chronic coughs are

helped by applying stimulating appli-

cations to the throat. Rub the throat





._ g ,' ~ 2

pin” raw ..linSeed;, pili-

ounce :3 er stones daily. 1 1 ,





 

 

 

 





 





with a mixture of turpentine and lard





rm. emerges;

Gunning! and, .1‘





later. . ,

and give one





 





" Wound in Abdomen—~de has sore

in front of udder which has resisted

treatment 'by our Iveterinarian. He

thinks it was caused by a sharp stick.

We have tried c'arbolic' acid, sweet

oil, iodine and other remedies without

result. C. S.———It is quite possible there

may be a foreign body, as a small

piece of wood,~ at the bottom of the

wound, or some necrotic tissue. The

fact that it failed to respond to your

treatment would suggest this. Try

washing with a lysol or ncresol solu-

tion—one tablespoonful to pint water,

afterward painting it with tincture

iodine. If this fails, it would be ad-

visable to have your veterinarian cast

the cow and make a thorough exam-

ination of the wound.





 





“In the rural districts of France,”

reports Major Frost, recently re-

turned from a tour of inspection, “ra-

dio is accepted more as a utility than

an instrument of entertainment. It

has been used by produce growers to





   





 





'-’ ’ -’ l-‘1 J . . - '. . ‘1’. A, .

, -. . iinosr mngs any .Wirisrociéw \

rmcn Tunas. to per m me up.‘ manta -meb.

37.50 per 100 and up. “1.31:1!” or. small 101: direct

to planters. by freight. pa' "post. m. Plum.

pears. cherries. moon. nuts. berries. pecan. fines: -.

omamental trees. vines and shrubs. 'll'reo catalog In.

ablaze. Teunosaco Nursery 00.. Box 125. Cleveland.





 





 





SEEDS





CHOICE ADAPTI‘ID SMALL GRAIN AND BEANS

wheat. Wolverine onto.





—Improved American Banner

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





 





 





TOBACCO





 





GUARANTEED, HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chm . 5‘

pounds. $1.25! 10. 82. Smoking. 10. $1.50. l“Pipe

Free! Pay postman. United Farmers. Bar-dwell.

Kentucky.





 





SPECIAL OFFER—Chewing or making 5 lbs. 81:

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

money refunded if not satisfactory. Farmers Asso-

ciation. West Paducah, Kentucky.





HOMESPUN TOBACCO. CIGARS. TWISTS: Chem





 





ing 5 lbs.. 51. Smoking 6 lbs.. 75c. Pay when

received. Pipe. free. Farmers Union. A5. Paducah.

Kentucky.



TOBACCO: KENTUCKY SWEETLEAF‘. Mellow.





aged. Smoking 15 pounds $1.65. Chewing $2.25.

Pay when received. Ernest Choate. Wingo. Kentucky.





 





LEAF TOBACCO: Good. Sweet. chewing. 3 lbs. 750:





 





 





 





 





 





' 5—31.00: 10-31375. Smoking. 3 lb. 50c: 5- :- 1 -

a great advantage through the broad- $1.25. United Farmers. iiiayiieid.summery.”c 0

casting of market reports and condl- H0 1

thDS fSll 1 II In MAESPUN TOBACCO: Chewing 10 lbs. 1.50.

0 DD 3’ a d demand Smoking 10 lbs. :1. United Farmers. Paiducaui.s Ky.

POULTRY

BROIIJCllS—Big profits raisingour pure—bred Bored

se at s Rock chicks for early markets. Write for has

catalogue folds-r. Arrowhead Poultry Farms. Mont-

. rose and Birch Run. Mich. ‘

*l/ The Price of We Sal¥$ge Millions TI

0 "ts wm AKER'S maps FOR FLOCK IMPROVE-

3 New Pm. Write forCatangue MIIN'I‘. .Both Combs. Michigan's greatest color and

em]: strain. kTrlzipnested under record of performance

rues. Oc'ere price list free. Intel-lakes Ft .

Baker Bros. Auto Parts B... ""





Douglas at Ravine Rd., Kalamazoo, Mich.





 





Dairymen Feed





DRIED BEET PULP





For Profit.

Ask Your Dealer or Write





Michigan Sugar Company

Detroit, Michigan





 





Snail advertisements

advertising miscellaneous

‘partment at classified rates. or



Rate 3 cents a word, each

consecutive insertions .6 cents a word.

display type or illustrations admitted.



Live stock advertising

gharoe 10 words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department ll utnblished for the conv once



bring best results under classified headings. 0111 of Michigan farmers.

articlee'for sole or coinage.

in display columns at commercial rates.



insertion. on orda‘s for less than four insertions: for four or more





has a separate department and





Count on a word each abbreviation. ini

Remittances must accompany order. n“ or number. No

It not accepted at classified. Minimum





Try it for want ads and f0

Poultry advertising will be run in this do:





 





BREEDING COCKERELS and pullets. six varieties.

Order Baby Chicks now and get big discounts. Fm

catalog. Bcckman Hatchery. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 





BAltl'lHD ROCK COCKEREIS. Official records of

hens. 180 to 287. A “Lady Mary” man cockerel.





W. F. Alexander. Owosso. Mich.





l5!) VIGOROITS hcn hatched Buff Rock Cockerels.

Cloierlcaf Stock Farm. Monroe. Mich.





 





 





TOWNLINR CHICKS. eggs. breedin stock in four

leading varivlies have made a reco of profit pet“

formance for thousands of poultrymcn that points tho

way successward for you. Don‘t fall to not our New

1028 Catalog .Tclls how to raise chicks and why

our egg blood lines make profits. easy. Copy free.

Townline Poultry Farm. Route 1. Box 107. Zecland

Michigan. .





BABY CHICKS

WHITE I.I-‘.GIIORN eggs and chicks—big discount if





 





ordered now for spring shipment. Sired by 200 to

293 81!: males. Em! bred 28 years. Winners 20

egg contests. Shipped r‘. O“ D. Catalog. special

page? bullcrtin 1 free. Thousands of pullets. hens.



. res a ow prices. George B. Ferris. 93

Union. Grand Rapids. Michigan. 4

BABY CHICKS. The Village View large type.





vigorous. healthy chicks.

farm and hatchery to ynii.

catalogue which tells all

breeding establishment.

are booked now.

land. Mich. R.





Direct from our poultry



Ask for our large free

about our hatching and

Price reasonable if orders

Village View Poultry Farm. Zec-





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One Four a One Four



Words. time. times W (1!. time thus.

10 ........ $0.80 $2.40 26 ........ 82.08 36.24

1 ........ .88 2.64 ........ 2.16 6.40

12 ...... . . .96 2.88 28 ........ 2.24 6.12

13 ........ 1.04 3.12 2 ........ 2.32 6.96

14 ........ 1.12 3.36 30 ........ 2.40 1.20

15 ........ 1.20 3.60 31 ........ 2.48 1.44

16 ........ 1.28 3.84 2 ........ 2. 7.62

17 ........ 1.36 4.08 33 ........ 2.64 1.02

18.. 1.44 4.32 4 ........ 2.12 8.18

19. 1.52 4.56 35 ........ 2.80 2.40

20. 1.60 4.80 30 ........ 2.88 8.64

21 . 1.68 5.04 3 ........ 2.06 8.58

22. . 1.76 5.28 38 ........ 3.04 9.12

23. . 1.84 5.52 30 ........ 2.12 0.28

24... 1.22 5.16 40........ 5.20 0.00

“OIIIOOOI a.“ '0'. “coupe-co '0” .0“





0 0 All dunking a,

SPeCIa otlce dlumflnuanu "Jan



I or change of a” In-

undrd for 1h: Claulficd Datamnml mm! mt}! thin (flu MI

day? in admin“ quubllm mu dun.





REAL ESTATE





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 year.

New00mcrs welcome. The Santa Fe Railway has no

land to sell. but offers a frce service in helping you

got right location. Write for illustrated San Joaquin

Valley folder and get our farm paper—«“The Earth"

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

ization Agent. Santa Fe Railway. 912 Railway Ex-

change. Chicago. -





Bil—ACRE NORTHERN OHIO FARM—~Equipped: Har-





vested corn. oats, ay. potatoes, etc” horses. cows

a nd young stock. sow. poultry. machinery and

vehicles included ; good 7 -rQoni house. ample bani.





9 miles city;

car com to



At $6.000

third

Free.

Mich.





other bldgs.: mile village. motor bus.



60 acres level cultivation. raises 90 bu.

acre; stream watered past rage, lots fniit.

complete. it's real oppor unity for someone:

cash. Details pg. 19 illus. bargain catalog.

Strout Agency. 1105—130. Kresge Bldg, Detroit.





ONE OF THE BEST STOCK FARMS in Central

Michigan. 350 acres. about 200 fully improved Fine

location. good soil. first ‘class buildings. well watered,

Easy terms. Box 159, Evai't. lIIichlgan.





prices. and terms to suit.

Richmond. Va.





41‘__





VIRGINIA FARMS—sizes.

A. L. Adamson. 913 Hull Street.





0





WANTED FARMS

'WANTm-e'l‘o hear from owner of farm or





 





unim-





 





 





"proved land for sale. 0. Hawley. Baldwin. Wis.

MSCELLA NEOUS



300 UNRULED LETTER HEADS and 300 good



envisioned. all neatly printed as wanted for Two



Dollars. postpold. Mono! buck wanted. .Cudo.



shipping tags. sutments. etc. equity, low prices.



The Bnytonl. Import. lfichlun.





FIFTY THOUSAND FFFT oak plank 2 x G



' _ . . and

Wide}. ten dollars off regular price Chicago Pike.

1333:} fail to write to Geo. Hill. Box 165. Adrian.





 





BABY CHICKS—You can buy your early hatched

Michigan Accredited chicks right here 'at home.

First hatch January 15. Also booking orders now

for spring delivery at special discount. Send for

catalog and prices. Bnimmer-Fredrickson Poultry





 





 





 





 





v Farm. Box 28. Holland. Michigan.



mom woor. YARN for I



“rum 8mm "m a“: I’B'ar’ggaumfimm 3‘ LOOK! 100.000 chicks 9c up. 20 varieties. Usmg



Maine. ' ny. many 200 to 312 can record bred ROI’ cricket-ole.

Sendt forrfree cata‘n: giving big curly order dls-



PURE HONEY—Five lb. ail . coun s. .awrcnce Hatchery. Grand Rapids. Mich.



Buzzard. Fcnton. Mich. D 51 postpaid. Homer TURKEYS



ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE—also alfalfa and 1 TURKEYS. all breeds. Strictly pure-bred Ultra»



mixed. baled. Leo J. Davis. 2728 Baker St. niche: mm “"5 and “"102 '“SOMI’” pm”- E’sm





EDUCATIONAL





BIG PAY JOBS OPEN in out '



I'll train you in o and tractor work.

835.00 to $75.00 a week to start.

your own garage or service station.

printed lessons.

ment. Aim





Workwifh real tools and real equip-

no barrier. Little Schooling needed.





tub, Cincinnati or Cleveland.

'9 opportunity of a lifetime. VVrlfc todayw-a postal

Will do. McSwecny Auto Schools. 31—TS McSwecny

Building. Cincinnati. Ohio. or Cleveland. Ohio.





Investigate! This





 





WANIED





 





IVAN’I'ED-Jl'anning.

bottom prices. Fred Stevenson.

Caro. Mich.





taxidermy and fur work. Rock

125 Burnside St...





WANTED—Cash paid for common and fancy pigeons.





 





a few weeks so you can earn

Qualify as an

expert and make $100 to $200 a. week‘or operate

No hooks—mo





Write today for big free auto book and rcm



. . . . . rknbl,



tuition offer. which includes board and railroaud far:

is





Ohio Poultry Farm. Beallsville, Ohio.



PURE-BRED NARRAGANSI'ITT TURKEYS.



kind] that give satisfaction. Ernest Clement.

c .





the

Ionic.





 





MICIIIGAN'S BEST Giant Bronze turkeys. large.

utility and fancy. The birds that always give satis-

faction. N. Evalyn Ramsdcll. Ionia. Mich.





 





PURE-DRIED BRONZE TURKEYS.

leading shows. Breeding stock.

Turkey Farm. Six Lakes. Mich.





Prizes from

Write Johnson





 





EDGICWOOD GIANT BRONZE—dame hardy northern

turkeys, sired by son of 1920 All-American grand.

champion. Mrs. Edgar Case. Benzonia, Mich.





 





FOR S.iI.E—~White Holland tom turkeys. weight from

h5-2t0 lbs. Price $10.00. D. E. Dean. Holly. Mich.

on e . . .





 





MAMMOTH. BRONZE TURKEYS. champion sfrfi’p.

first: and Vigorous. unrelated. Ida Davey. Ellsworth.

1c .





FOR SALE~Pum-hrcd White Holland turkeys and





 





 





~FERRETS—Over thirty years experience. wh

females ,$5.00 each, males $4.75 each.





 





beat. Shipped on trial. Money back guarantee.

Chas. Hicks. Mayfield. Ky., Star Rt.. B47.





 





EDGEWOOD WHITE COLLIE KENNELS offers for

sale choice puppies from good working stock. Roy

Harrold. Gladwln. Mich. .

«RABBITS—disks Big Profits with Chinchilla Rabbits.

Real money makers. Write for facts. 892 Conradfs

Ranch. Denver. Colorado.





HUNTING HOUNDS—all kinds. Catalogue free.

Kaskaskcnuels. W. D. 23. Herrick. Illinois.





ENGLISH SHEPHERD PUPS.

best healing stock. Albert Hermann,





Guaranteed from

Norwood. Minn.





SCOTCH COLLIES. from the best drivers. Clover-

leaf Farms. Tillin. Ohio. - .





its or

Win





Wm. S. Rae. Port Huron. Mich. Flemish Giant rabbits. Leonard Norton. Three

Rivers. Mich.

PET STOCK MAMMOTH Bronze Turkeys. May hatched. Very





good ones. Mrs. Eugene Ramsdell. Hanover. Mir-h“





PURE~BRED BOURBON TURKEYS. hens $8. toms





 





 





 





 





brown. 812 . Mrs. H. 0. Ru ls. Milf rd

mightiwo. I} dIxi.sti‘u(()-lt"ion book free. Levi Fams- gge o I Mich.

wo . . ow .on on, in.



AGENTS WANTED

FOR. SALE—My black. tan coonhound. Can't be





MAN TO WORK his local territory. booking orders

for shrubs. roses. perennials. ornamental and fruit





trees. etc. Also hire agents. Full or spare time.

Five your replacement. No investment or experlmco‘,

necessary. Outfit frce. Real opportunity.





Knight

& Bostwick. Newark. New York State. .

W

_—__—_———-———————n





HELP WANTED





MILK ROUTE SALESMAN WANTED—$200.00 cash

bond required. Steady employment. good wages and '

chance for advancement. Write for further partic-

ulars. Freeman Dairy Company. Flint. Mich.





sri'UA'rions WANTED





HERDSMAN desires position on modern dairy farm.

26 years old. .single. good references. State partlcu-.

lam in first letter. ,Box 129'. Michigan Farina,

Detroit. ‘ ‘





 





 





gym." DEMON streams men





A 10118.; ‘ ui [sale t mot reduction 00 to 300

or a , . . .

BA (1600‘ as new. Des Heine- 1W





 





em mm. ,

(30.. Box 734. Dee Memes. 1m. .





 





_ , LMATTRESSES

namnssus made any size, low mommies.





 





(1',th free. Peoria Bedding Company. Peoria. Ill.

0





FARM MANAGER——Position desired by practical

end np-to-datc farmer. first class intrinsic and“ 01-"

pcrlenced cattle breeder. Address Box 127. Elohi-

igon Farmer. Detroit. .. . ‘ ‘
GLAD IT'S DGN,





 





ODAY we have been paying back



the last of our com husking debts

:and are happy that the corn husker

has now moved on out of this com-

This marks the end of the

“gang work” for us this season, ex-

cept for some wood buzzing, which

will require a little extra help.-——S. P.





SWEET CLOVER PREPARES.LAND

FOR POTATOES





 





IELDS of potatOes planted on



sweet clover sOd in Macomb County

indicate that this legume. leaves a fine

inheritance to the crops that succeed

_it. Norman Carr, who lives near Davis,

-reports a yield of more than 200 bush-

‘els to the acre and another 200 bushel

'to the acre crop was grown by Irving

~Ellis who also lives near Davis. While

is a trifle removed

from what is known as the potato sec—

tion, these yields show that methods

are as important as location.





' Macomb County





 





CERTIFIED CORN BEST





 





ESTS made at Sand Creek



Lenawee County showed that certi-

fied seed corn yielded a larger and

more profitable crop than ordinary

Seed from the variety test at

, Lenawee County,

chased by Paul Clement who will fur-

ther develop this particular variety.





CONCRETE GRANARY FLOOR





 





EPLYING to a letter relative to a

concrete floor‘to be placed over

the wood floor in a granary, I would

hardly consider a concrete floor one

satisfactory when

over a wooden floor.

spring of the wooden floor

very likely to cause this floor to crack.

If concrete is to be used

place, I would suggest that it should

be two inchesthick and made of a

proportion of one of cement to four of

gravel, all of which will pass through

a one-fourth inch screen.

give a proportion

smooth enough so that a shovel can be

used on the surface very satisfac-

It would be necessary to use

a wooden float to level off the surface

and possibly a steel trowel should be

used to produce a smooth surface.



If about one part of lime to five

parts of cement is used in this mix,

it would be much smoother and much

more easily worked into place.

this thickness of two inches, one bar-

rel of cement (4 bags) would make 96

square feet of floor, or roughly speak-

ing, a barrel of cement would make

approximately

feet of floor, or cover an area 10 feet





inch thick to be





which would be





\Ve would not advise using sawdust

in this mix for the reason that the

resulting mix would be rather

wear rapidly and would not permit the





use of a shovel on the surface.—-—H. H.





'BEE STINGS CURE ALCOHOLISM





 





COORDING to a honey and bee'ex-



pert in London, .

. of bees will cure rheumatism and al-

coholism . He knows of several cases

where the stings were taken for rheu-

matism and the taste for alcohol was

entirely eliminated.

that practically all the bee'keepers

are teetotalers because of the stings

.they get and the amount of honey



' they consume which takes away the

desire for alcoholic beverages.





Frank G. Hubbard has started a

new farming venture.

purchased twelve adult beavers from

'the' state department of conservation

and..will run agbeaver farm on his land

He expects to have





He recently





near Morley.

seventy beavers by next fall.

of birch and poplar saplings along the

stream, which runs through the farm,

i conditions for





 





 





 

 





 

   

   

 





 





 





 





Note the smooth, glossy, solid 8111'"

face of every Fisher’built body.

The chief reason for this is the re!

markably fine steel’faced'dies which

Fisher uses for the production of

steel panels—Manufacturers and

engineers from all parts of the

world have visited Fisher plants to

see these steel dies made—for

Fisher is world’famous for its steel

press work—It is because Fisher dies

are so precisely made and because

they are faced with steel, that they

draw the sheet metal out smoothly,





evenly. This surface forms the ..





basis for the finer finish which

is so apparent on all Fisher bodies.





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Steel Paneling—The sheet steel used in the

panels which form the exterior of every Body by





’ Fisher, is heavy, tough stock. The sheet steel





is cut and pressed into shape by hydraulic or

mechanical presses. Some of the presses used in

this work exert a pressure of 800 tons, yet they ’

are controllable to the microscopic fraction of

an inch. -





 





Wood and Steel Construction—Fisher bodies

are constructed of wood and steel. The wood

reinforces the steel and the steel reinforces the





. wood. The composite body is the strongest con’





structed body made. The wood absorbs shocks

and sound. It affords resiliency. Fisher bodies

through the strength derived from wood and

steel combined, insure greater safety.





 





 





TIMOTHYE AND





 





 





F “1m“ ”"4 Ban'“ ECAUSE back of these Bonds are the massed





are located at :





Better Than Any Single Farm Mortgage ' a





Baltimore, Md. first farm mortgages on more than 400, 000 farms, :





B k , c . -

531,31, ng appraisled at double the amount of the loans. Be' ~‘

custom em cause t e prompt payment of princi al and interest '

L 11 , . '

Ng‘g’gdfiafifu is guaranteed by all the twelve Federal {a nd Banks with _

3mm, NVN’E combined capital and reserves of more than $76,000, 000.

p0 e, a .





Smugglgkgfm- , 7» FEDERAL LAND BANK BONDS

ggiffitg’fiix- Completely Tavaxempt ,

. Denominatibw $40. 1100-. $500 #1900. #5000, “m’m‘ " a6% CN TIME DEF





Over a billion dollars’ worth of these Bonds are in the hand: of investors.

ggiuding fifmhnn 0?: hungred miélign dollar: in the Ignited Stem Wilt! {-

orums tame a. ..totescahn 1 -= ."

paid the day it is due. 10:33:33” :‘i'é‘f‘rr‘g ' ' 29 a; ' I f ' ’





Charla E.Lobdeil, muiumfii ~ 1 , .,

* " 31 Nassau fit“ '

which!





 





Federal Land





 





Red Glover and

1gb” or utum.Contni1|1I 10:? we per





a-ready

aold- subject to your test 1111 n proval.





 





all e1 Seedsands nIlw rl

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