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HE Broken Rocks, near

Port Austin at the tip of

the “Thumb,” are in a

section rich with Indian

legends and scenic beauty.,

It can be reached by follow-

ing the Thumb shore drive

known as M-19 which ends at

Port Austin



Glen Lake is in the scenic

section surrounding G l e n n

Arbor, in Leelanau County.

Nearby is located Michigan

State Park, No. 1. From the

tops of the higher dunes in

this rolling wildness fine

views of Lake Michigan and

the surrounding country can

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You Cannot Buy This Farm Now

Ellis Haynes of Ingéam County Had Decm’ed to Sell, But All Has Now Cflzmgea’

He Tells His Own Story





AM a farmer. I have always been



‘a farmer. My farm of 240 acres



is four miles east of Mason on

M-49._gI have lived here for six years

and haved lived and farmed as most

farmers live and farm. Scarcity of

labor, high priced labor, and condi-

tions 'in general had discouraged me

to the point of seriously considering

leaving the farm. That was a year

ago. Today I am more willing to stay

on the farm than ever before and the

reason for this change is electricity

Really living on the farm is now pos-

sible.



Nine months ago our house was

lighted by kerosene lamps, the lan-

tern was an early morning and eve-

ning companion at the barn; our water

supply was the pail and dipper. A

Windmill and gas engine pumped

water to the barn, another gas en-

gine ran the milking machine, also

.the washing machine. Feed for my

dairy cows was ground at a mill five

miles away. This required sacking

and hauling and storing the grain-—

an annoying and expensive chore.



Today all that is changed, the kero-

sene lamps and lanterns, the winth

mill and gas engines, and the old flat

iron too are gone. I was glad to see

them come, but more than glad to

see them go, and in their places are

electric lights—lots 'of' them—switches,

convenient outlets, an electric wash-

ing machine and iron, electric motors,

a real water system, and a feed

grinder.



In March my farm was connected

to the electric line between Mason

and ‘Dansville built by the Consumers

Power Company and used by the





Michigan State College to see how

we farmers can use electricity. I am

one of the twelve farmers on the line

that agreed before the line was built

to use current for other than lighting

purposes. I didn’t know then what I

was going to use it for; I don’t know

now; but I do know this, that if I

can continue to use electricity as pro-





:fitably in the future as I have the





past few months that it won’t be long

before I will be using it for many

more purposes than I am now.



My first use of electricity was last





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March, all we had then were just the

lights, and what a difference they

made. No more stumbling around in

the dark, I even have a yard light

that I can turn on and off at both the

house and barn. I was pretty well

satisfied then with just the lights

alone. I had the'worth of what the

expense had been. However, in May

we got an electric washing machine

and iron. Well, it is hard for me to

describe just what a difference they

made, especially as that is somewhat

out of my line of work; but I don’t





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Good Lights Plus an Ever-Ready Source of Pow/er, That Costs Little, Yield

Worth While Profits and an Abundance of Satisfaction





believe I would like to suggest to the

wife that she do the washing and iron-

ing the old way.



In June I installed an automatic

pressure water system which supplied

water at the kitchen sink, the milk

house and stock tanks. The kitchen

had to be remodeled some to get the

sink in, and while we were at it, we

decided to make the job complete and

have a real kitchen built-in cupboard

for the ironing board, and other addiv

tions to make the work easier.



It is now possible to supply my

forty head of cattle, one hundred

sheep and six horses with plenty of

water without worrying whether the





.wind is going to blow or whether the





gas engine will run. I get water at

both stock tanks and the cooling tank

by the turning of a valve at each

tank. Nor do I need'a large stock

tank any more. The two I have are

now in the basement Where I don’t

have to worry about the water freez-

ing.



By that time I was ready to install

most anything that would run by

electricity, so the gas engine was un-

belted from the milking machine and

a one-horse power electric motor in—

Stalled. The quietness of operation

and the even pulsation of the electric

motor was appreciated by the cows in

an increased milk flow. The labor On

my part was reduced 50%. . o



In September I installed a small

hammer mill feed grinder that I run

with the same motor that runs the

milking machine. My granary is

above the barn basement, the grain

is carried by a chute to the mill, the



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Sweet Clover as a Cash Crop





Some Recent Experience: 072 Mzcézgan Farm:

By L. D. Kurtz





HE favor that sweet clover is



rapidly gaining in Michigan as a.



pasture and soil building crop in

both the live stock and crop sections

offers another crop to seed growers.

Since” this crop is still new in many

sections the acreage can be expected

to constantly increase ,for a number

of years. The amount of seed re-

quired to plant this acreage will cor-

respondently increase.



Satisfactory yields of street clover

seedican'be secured each year and as

the acreage increases the demand for

seed should add this crop. as a. pro-

fitable one to a. seed grower’s business.





A seed grower usually stays in the _





business year after year and grows

several__different crops for the seed.

A slump in prices for a short period

on some particular crop does not



throw his business out of joint under

’ such a system.



, It is true that sweet clover seed

prices are "the lowest they .have been

‘ for several years.

easy handling of this seed crop and

‘ igs relatively high yields secured for

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Nevertheless, the

afire





1y make a business





machine run, from fourteen acres.

After it was completely cleaned up he

had a yield of better than 12 bushels

per acre. If it was just ordinary run

of seed, Harry would receive $3.00 to

$3.50 a bushel or a gross return of

$36 to $42 per acre. However, if his

seed was of good quality, it nearly





The half that grew potatoes received

no fertilizer inasmuch as 350 lbs. of

a 2-12-6 fertilizer was applied to the

potato Crop. The part growing buck-

wheat received 150 lbs. of acid phos-

phate. The sweet clover was seeded

at the rate of 12 lbs. per acre; in oats.

After the oats were cut off, the field





 





 





Besides Its Advantages for Seed Production, Sweet Clover Holds High

Rank as a Pasture Crop





always is on this seed farm, he would

receive from $4.00 to $4.20 a bushel,

at the present prices. This would give

him a gross return of $48 to $50 per’





heaters by any means, but when one

conSiders how cheaply such a crop is

raised, these returns are profitable.





These returns are not world ~-





 





The west clover on  Mr. Bailey’s?





was pastured with twenty cows until-

‘fau.





This :pasturing did not hurt the

new seeding as the plants the second

year could hardly be out With a binder.

Last year the Farm Bureau and other

concerns brought into Michigan a num~

ber of carloads. of sweet clover seed.

The seed department of this concern

stated repeatedly that they would

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good enough quality to compete with

the western seed. This presents the

factor of securing seed of sufficient





quantity of the right quality which is‘





a combination hard to secure in this

state at the present time.



Very few growers realize what it

costs to clean up dirty seed. By the

term “dirty seed” is meant seed con-

taining a high per cent of weed seeds

and quantities of chaff, dirt,‘and.. crop

mixtures. This year in particular the





sweet clover seed is leaving the farm-‘3"





ers’ hands containing an unusually

large amount of weed seeds. Seed

coming from the Thumb section is

showing a high per cent of buckhorn,

catch fly, and peppergrass. This is

also true of seed comii- from some

sections of Charlevoix'County. These

two sections are mentioned as they

are located in probably the

producing sections of the state.





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kind already mentioned would indi-

cate that a number of farmers at

using a mower instead of a grad;

binder with which to harvest the crop _

The mower cuts so close to the ground:

that these small weeds are four: '

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VOLUME CXLVX 1 NUMBER TWO





nETROIT, JAN. 14, 1928





CURRENT COMMENT





HE week of Feb-



ruary 13 has been



Farm set aside as National



EqUipment Better Farm Equip-



WeEh ment Week. During



this week it is sug-



gested that farm folks give some ser-



ious thought to their farm equipment



needs and requirements for the com-

ing year.



It’s a good thing for a man to de-

vote some time and study to a matter

as vital as his farm equipment.



Motor car manufacturers spend for-

tunes every year on automobile shows

just to put before the public the latest

designs in motor cars and trucks.

This’year the farm equipment manu-

facturers are urging local implement

dealers ~to have exhibits of the very

latest designs in modern farm ma-

chinery on display in their stores and

they all invite you, the farming public,

to come and see their wares just as

the motor car men invite you to come

and see the new cars.



It isn’t always convenient for farm

folks to travel long distances to cen-

tralized shows or exhibits so the plan



‘ for dealers to hold local displays will

enable more farm people to see the





newr farm equipment right at their '





local dealer’s place of business.

.It would be a. fine plan for every

p'farmer to take a little inventory of

his equipment right now as suggested





on another page of this issue, and thus ‘





get a rather definite idea of just what

he will need. Maybe that old cultiva-

tor isn’t fit for andther year’s use and

k, now is a fine time to find that out.

If a new piece of farm machinery is

needed on your farm, now is the time

to consider its purchase. An order

placed now will insure delivery on a.

' date that will cause no possible delay

in the farm work when times are

rmore rushing and it will give you an

opportunity to examine and study the

'm , no and become familiar with it

‘ c it into the field. ‘





   





and necessary parts for older eduip-

ment are to be considered. Visit your

local implement dealer during the

week of February 13. Take in your

list of needed equipment and repairs.

Get his prices now and save time and

money; for you may enable him to

order goods in carload lots and thus

save freight on individual rush ship?

ments that are ordered at the last

minute. It will help you arrange the

farm budget too and aid in financing

operations.





HE people of





TB Work Michigan are for

t C ~ cleaning-up b 0 vi n e



o O tuberculosis. The

On state administration





was convinced of this

after the Governdr issued an order

stopping further testing on account of

a. shortage of funds. Protests to this

order came from producers, distribut-

ors, and consumers, and led to its

being rescinded.

Not only is Detroit refusing to ac-

cept milk from herds that have not

been tested for tuberculosis, but the





Commissioner of-Health of Chicago

advised that milk from Michigan

would be shut off if the work on





tuberculosis eradication ceased. This

would affect approximately 2,000 milk

producers in southwestern Michigan.

Besides, farmers in all parts of ‘the

state who are in a position to pro-

duce surplus cows are strong for con-

tinuing the testing work. The oppor-

tunity to secure advantageous prices

for good grade and pure-bred cows

from outside buyers has been a boon

to Michigan farmers.

have made this possible.



As stated in previous issues, it is

our conviction that the rescinding of

the order to stop testing work was a

proper step. A vigorous prosecution

of this clean-up work will not only

bring about better health conditions at

an earlier date, but will enable the

authorities to do the work for less

money.





E have just re-





Secretary - ceived an en-

J dine‘ couragmg letter from

a" . Secretary W. M. Jar-

Wrttes dine of the United





States Department'of

Agriculture, which we would like our

big family of readers to read. He

writes as follows:



“Every year brings me fresh evi-

dence of the importance of the farm

press in the betterment of agriculture

and ri'iral life. The influence of the

agricultural publications is constantly

in the direction of more efficient farm

practices, a happier rural life, and a





clearer understanding by farmers of

national and world problems. In

short, the farm press is one of the





most notable educational agencies the

country has ever possessed.



“I want you to know that the mem-

bers of the Department of Agriculture

conceined as they are with the better—

ment of agriculture, appreciate what

you are doing and want to cooperate

with you thoroughly. You have our

best wishes for a year of progress and

prosperity.”





ANY of the small





Rubber items which go

to make life more



Worth the healthful a n d .com

Money .-. fbrtable are taken for





granted. Considering

the length of time that man has

existed, even rubber boots are a mod—

ern invention. A Boston sea captain

brought a pair of rubber shoes to his

home toWn from South America in

1823. They attracted as much atten-

tion as a new model motor car might

today

The city of Boston received 500

pairs of rubbers from the natives of





the Amazon in 1825.. They were said?

to be heavy and awkward, but sold»





Clean herds.





five dollar bill was real money. But

it was not until the Civil War that

the manufacture of rubber goods be-

came of much importance.



A few weeks ago a good pair of

rubbers could be bought for 2 dozen

eggs. A pair of heavy wool lined rub-

b,er boots eleven inches high to slip

over the shoes and protect the trou-

sers could have been obtained for

about four bushels of wheat; A farm-

er can work in the slush and rain

and do all of the winter work of the

farm in any weather and come in the

house with dry shoes and fairly Warm.

feet. It takes a lot of suffering out

of winter farm work.' If the farmers

of Washington’s time and his soldiers

at Valley Forge could have had such

footwear what a blessing it would

have been.



Sometimes we think that the ordin-





ary things of- life are something that





people have always enjoyed. But,

about a hundred years ago, which is

a short time in the count of the ages,

the farmer with a. spring bed, an iron

stove and a pair of rubber boots was

a man to be envied. American indus-

try has prospered by sellinggoods to

farmers. However, it has done much

toward making farm life more com-

fortable.





MERICA need not





‘AnAgri- have a. food

cultural shortage, for m a. n y



‘ generations, although

JProphecy, it is estimated that a





century hence:-our

population will become stationary at

about 200,000,000 persons. There is

plenty of evidence showing that agri-

cultural production can‘keep pace in

this country with the increase of

population to the number mentioned

without any greater changes in the

character of the fodd supply than

those which have occurred the past

quarter century. ' This is the position.

taken by Dr. Baker, agricultural econ-

omist of the United‘State Department

of Agriculture.





‘ Cost of production surveys indicate.

that a higher acre yield of crops would

be profitable at the present range of

prices. "A more general use of highly

efficient farm animals undoubtedly

would be even more profitable to the

farmer. For instance, a. large increase

in profits and production 'would follow

the feeding of our present crops avail-

able for feed to cows that give 10,000

pounds of milk, a year instead of feed-

ing to those of 5,000 pounds capacity.

Furthermore, the substitution of

mechanical for animal power on farms

will not only reduce costs but will also,

aid in increasing production as rapid-

ly as population increases during com-

ing years.



For the above leasons it seems folly

for Congress at this time to undertake

extensive reclamation projects such as

are now being pushed by groups of

people who are asking for appropria-

tions to open up lands not available

for agricultural purposes without great

expense. .





NEAR great cities ,



W]! a will be noted a



C ytr' tendency for fine

. 0"", y homes to spring up

\Home.’ along the country





roads In the borough



of Manhattan, New York, only seven

plans for private dwellings were

placed on file during 1927. According

to a recent census there were re-

ported 340,000 less people living in

Manhattan than in 1920. City business

men want a. lawn and flowers and

fresh air and 'a place to raise their

children away from busy city streets.

These men often ride for miles to

and from their work in order to ob-





tain the advantages which many faring, »





ers receive in the environment of their

farm homes. Often thede business

men spend practically all of their





' quilts.





shins,





   





than. the far-ice!" whose ‘incoma is all

used for taxes, interest, and family

expenses. ’



Of course, a home in the country

financed with money earned in the

city is not on the same basis as a.

farming business supporting both the

home and the business with the money

earned on the farm. But, at the same

time, many farmers are receiving sun-

shine, fresh air, and high class food

on, their farms which would be sadly

missed if they changed the farming

job for certain city occupations. And

a let of farmers undoubtedly realize

that fact because they are willing to

stick by their farming business even

in periods of low prices, because of

the other compensations which go

with the business. ' , -





After

ELL, I guess most of he knows

the holidays is over by this

time. Santy Claus is got his rain

de‘ers back and hitched to the North

Pole until next year and that baby

New Years is sufferin’ with a cold

’cause it didn’t come with enough





clothes. I sure’d hate to take the part

of New Years baby in a church.

sociable, ’cause I'ddie of What. you





call exposure.





Well, all Santy left me was some

bills, a. red tie and a pair 0’ wool sox.

No, he didn't

slight ‘me ’cause

he left me plenty

o’ bills. The kids

is tired 0’ their

toys but is tryin’

out their skiies

and new sleds.

.We’ve eaten up

our fruit cake

and plum puddin’

and Sofie is flgurin’ on givin’ seme o’

the presents she got and didn’t like

to the next church bazaar unless

somebody’s birthday comes before it.

So, you see we’re all set fer the win-

ter.





There ain’t nothing like bein’ fixed

for winter, so you kin enjoy gettin'

up and dressin’ by the fire in the

mornin’, ”thawin’ out the pump, bring—

in’ in the wood, milkin’ the cows, and

waterin’ the horses, cleanin’ up the

stables and givin' the animals new.

beddin’, and etc., and then havin’

flannel cakes-and syrup fen-breakfast

and settin’ by the fire until dinner

and then feedin’ the animals again

and the same for yourself and then

sittin’ by the firé again and havin’ a.

good sleep except when you1 readin’

catalogs and etc.,- then fixin’ the ani-

mals again for the night and eatin’

supper and then listening to the radio

where somebody in New York is ‘

talkin’ to you and etc., and then go to

bed about ten-thirty in the northwest

bedroom, enjoy shiverin’ a half hour

and then going to sleep and dream

about the bathin’ girls down at' Palm

Beach until six A. M. when you wake

up and find your bed post is the

northpole and your wife is got all the

That’s enjoyin’ the winter.



I'kin tell you them big catalogs is

the greatest free libgary the farmers

eVer had. They’re the greatest ency-,

clopedia 0’ human wants and needs





 





' ever got up. .Them s'eed catalogs and





baby chick catalogs—no great author

is ever written anything that’ll arouse '

human anticipation like they will.

They’re good things to read too ’cause





this time o’ the year the farmer





should

plannin’. ,

There’s lots 0’ things to be thankful

fer in the winter and one 0' them is

that lots 0’ times its too cold to go

out and woi-k. I like nothin’ better

than to set by the fire, toastin’ my

when its stbrmin Outside.

There ain’t nothin’ that’ll make a. fel-

ow feel home-like more’n that, and





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HERE never was a time when

the manufacturer of a motor car

needed to apologize because he

used a battery in the car which was

made by a. batt'ery specialist or a car-

buretor invented and made in another

factory. At this time the commercial

egg producer and the «farm flock

owner do not need to' offer any apol-

ogy for buying day-old chicks.



The poultry business is becoming

rather complex with trapnesting, blood

testing, and pedigree breeding becom-

ing of major importance in carrying

on the work. The expense of pedigree

breeding is rather large if it must be

charged upto one flock.‘ It is not so

expensive i the poultryman is a





.breed‘er and selling chicks to other





breeders. ,Then the cost of testing

and careful breeding is borne by

many poultrymen. All the purchasers

of stock help to bear their share of

the expense.



It used to be said that farmers

could hatch chicks in their incubators

which they could not raise. They be-

lieved that the incubators were air

right but that the brooding methods

were all rrwrong. In many cases the

brooders were far from perfect but

the largest loss was due to the incu-

bators. Chicks that were poorly

hatched were expected to thrive and

grow just because they started out

with the strength to stand up. ‘Many

of the severe losses in brooding were

not due to bad brooding but to im-

proper hatching.



One ef the great ,advantages of the

hatchery is the fact that the business

is large enough to hire competent

labor so that the machine can be

given all the attention they require

24 hours of the day. The farmer with

a few hundred eggs to incubate can-

not afford to lose sleep in maintain-

ing proper regulation of the machine.

The hatcheryman with thousands of

eggs in the machines can afford to

spend plenty ’of time and effort in

turning out good chicks because the

quantity of chicks sold will probably

bring fair compensation for the work.



Considerable effort is needed in





Has Faith in 1928

321mm M472 Loohsfor Prosperous Year,

" By B. B. Sheffield





President of Commander—Larabcc Corp.





HERE is no reason in my estima-



tion, why 1928 should not be bet-



ter than 1927. Despite all of the

talk about over production, until the

great majority of people are properly

housed, fed, and have the comforts of

life,» our,trouble is under consump-

tion and not over production.



We.are living in a new age. We

cannot gauge our prophesies for the

future by loo-king on the past, for new

conditions and new methods are

changing each year the whole econom-

ic situation.



The problem of distribution is being

rapidly solved. The labOring man is

becoming a capitalist. Our great in-

dustries arebecoming more and more

owned by the people Which, perhaps,

is one, of the great factors-in Amer-

icanprOsperity today.



The installment plan of selling,

should be conserVatively encouraged.



Not in years has there been as

much moisture on the ground in the

Northwestern states as at the present





' time, insuring a splendid crop in 1928 ’





f through these states. Cattle and

highest they have





Placmg the Chick Order





a. ‘ A Few Practical Suggesz‘zam

By R. G. Kirby, ’





- egg production w i t h o u t jworrying





. we do, 1928 should be a great year in

I-they would start 1928 with the same

advertising appropriation as that of'





Sixty-hing 9r 39. 4’ per cent will start

th e year with the same appropriation

. hits 12





marketing chicks to-have the supply

when the customer wishes them and

have the customers .when the chicks

are ready. ,It is a gre‘at'help if buyers

order early and designate preferred

dates for their chicks. Then the

hatcheryman“ knows how many eggs

to place in the machines and is able

"to satisfy customers by delivering

their chicks at the right time.



When a farmer buys quality chicks,

here is an idea of where the money

goes. Part of it pays for the eggs

and the cost of incubation. Labor

costs, interest on the investment and

general office expenses help to eat up

the hatcheryman’s money. The cost

of high grade chicks is increased by

the expense of blood testing and pedi-

gree work. Record of Performance

and the expenses of accreditation help

to increase the hatcheryman’s cost of

production.



The farmer who pays the hatchery-

man for chicks possibly obtains as

much or more service for his money

than he can buy in any other way.

For a few dollars per hundred he

avoids the cost of mating, blood test-

ing, trapnesting, inspector’s salaries;

and other incidental expenses. He

practically co-operates with a lot of

other poultrymen in obtaining the

services of a specialist in the same

way that a motor car manufacturer

employs a specialist to build his bat-

tery.



The farmer or commercial poultry-

man who depends on a hatcheryman

to take care of his breeding problems

and produce the chicks, can force his

oWn stock for high fall and winter





about the vigor of the spring chicks.

He can invest his incubator money in

brooders, colony houses and other

poultry buildings. He can take the

spring time which might be used in

turning eggs and use that time in the

care of poultry or fruit and garden

crops.



Hatching chicks and doing it right is

not a sideline which can be given little

attention. The eggs require the right



(Continued on page 53)





months an improved sane policy of

marketing will bring added relief to

the farmer. Diversification of farm-

ing is bringing about a new epoch in

agriculture. The route from the

farmer and producer to the consumer

is being shortened and cheapened.



Capital is cheap, labor contented,

and all things point to a good year.

We should slow up on tax reduction,

insist on conservatism in Congress,

and continue along the line of econ-

omic manufacture ,anddistribution. If





American history.





 





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1927, or would increase or. decrease it.

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farmer does:





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Harold Baldwin, who owns one of the

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FARM RELIEF STATUS





 





S a. result of the efforts of Pro-



fessor C. L. Stewart of the Uni

versity of Illinois in the interest of

the National Grange export debenture

plan, that proposal is now 'much in

the forefront, and is receiving more

favorable comments than ever before.

Professor Stewart has assembled

much convincing data tending to show_

that the' farmers would profit to a

larger extent, consumer prices would

be less affected, and the cost of opera-

tion to the government would be con-

siderably less under the export de-

benture plan than under the equaliza-

tion fee plan. '



It is now quite generally believed

in Washington that Congress will pass

a McNary—Haugen bill with the equali-

zation fee; that President Coolidge

will veto it,,and that the way then

will be left open for the Grange ex-

port debenture plan or other farm re-

lief proposal. The President so far

has given no intimation as to his'

stand on the export debenture plan.





WANT MORE RESEARCH MONEY





 





HE farm organization representa-



tives are working aggressively for

adequate appropriations for research

in the Department of Agriculture.

Congressman Dickinson of Iowa, who

is chairman of the subcommittee on

agricultural appropriations, is friendly

to agriculture, but there is still a lack

of confidence that the friends of agri-

cultural research Will get anywhere

near what they were asking for. The

farm organizations are stressing the

need for research work for the pur-

pose of developing new uses for agri-

cultural products, especially by-pro—

ducts.

FARMERS’





INTEREST IN TARIFF





 





IN the fiscal year of 1927 foreign

merchandise valued at $4,252,024,000

was imported into the United States,

60 per cent of which was agricultural

products, including forest products but

not wool and paper manufactures.

E. B. Brossard of the Tariff Commis-

sion is prompted by these figures to

point out that the farmers’ interest in

the tariff is about equal to that of

the manufacturers and the farmers’

interest is growing ‘at a more rapid

rate. .

Of the total imports $2,680,190,000

worth or 63 per cent were free and

the remaining 57 per cent were duti-

able. Of the $1,571,834,000 worth of

dutiable imports, 49 per cent were

agricultural products. More than 900

specifically mentioned a g ri c ultural

products of foreign origin were im-

porte‘d into the United States in 1926;,

600 dutiable and 300 free of duty.

While general imports have in-

creased 63 per cent since 1922, im-

ports of agricultural prpducts have in-

creased 67 per cent. Dutiable agricul-

tural imports have increased 46 per ’

cent, andfithe duty free agricultural

imports have increased 78» per cent.





IMMIGRATION AND FARMING





 





I F immigration were permitted to



flow into this country unrestricted

by law, there would be few, if any

more workers for American farms,

says Secretary, of Labor James vJ.‘

Davis, who points out that during the

years when immigration was-at its





peak very :few immigrants"that?We‘rer -





classified in Europe .‘asg farmers Went *





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all the crops that can be consumed

in the United States—«and more? The

real problem of the farmer, he says,

has long been that ot‘disposing of the

surplus. Assuming, however, that this

were not a fact and that more pro-

ductive labor for farms is needed, it.

should be pointed out that while the

immigration act of 1924 specifically

grantspreference to persons skilled

in agriculture, the number applying

for and qualifying for this preference

is very small.





ANOTHER GOOD LAYER





 





A Michigan hen claims the unofficial

world’s record for egg production,

This hen belongs to Patrick Fitz-

gerald, a Middleville tamer. She is

a‘barred rock and the claim is that

she has laid an egg ,every day from

Dec. 3rd, 1926, to Dec. 3, 1927. She

was noted for going to the nest at the

same time each day. She beats the

previous unofficial record of 234 eggs

in 231 days, made by a white leghorn

hen owned by a. Nebraska farmer.





NEW DIRECTOR APPOINTED '





 





P ROF. J. E. Burnett, assistant profes~



sor of animal husbandry at M. S. C.

has been appointed director of the

state bureau of animal industry to suc-

ceed H. W. Norton, Jr., who resigned

to become superintendent of advanced

registry for the Holstein-Friesian asso-

ciation of America. '





News of the Week





Figures of the Lufthansa German

Air Transportation Co. show that Ger-

man planes carried 100,000 passengers

and 1,900 tons of goods during 1927.





One hundred and fifty long term

prisoners of'the Alabama state prison,

who were given seven day paroles

over the Christmas holidays returned

promptly when their paroles ended.



_In refutation of the statement that

missionary work in China has been

wiped out, fully 2,500 American mis-

sionaries have recently returned to

their posts in China. ,





It has been announced that Sears,

Roebuck Company will build a retail

store in Detroit, on Grand River Ave.

and Oakman Blvd.





' Charles DeRusset, of Delphi, India,

died at the age of 85.. He became-

famous as the inspiration .of Kipling’s

character “Bawa Must~Ran Sadau of

Monkey Temple.”





The Firestone Tire Company, of Ak-

ron, Ohio, has been linked with Liberia.

by radio where the company has rub-

ber plantations. The radio will be

used for business purposes.





Plans have been made for the erec-

tion in London, England, of the

world’s largest theater. It will seat

6,300 people which is 300 more than

the Roxy theatre in New York seats.



The Ford airplanes travelled‘357,321

miles in 1927 without an accident 0r

Slightly over 93% of the

scheduled flights were made.



More than 500 insane people, who

have been committed by the probate

courts, are at liberty in the Detroit

territory because the state hospitals

are overcrowded. .



A plot against the British gayern-

ment oflndia was halted by the arrest

of twenty Hindus and the seizure of

large Quantities of explosives and

guns in Calcutta, India. '



The attorney-general of Indiana has

filedxsui‘t asking the cancellation of

the certificate of admission of the

Ru Klux Klan in that State and an

injunction that prevents its further

activities there. - , . »



’The. supreme recurt has given the





 





 





 





 





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left by the lakes of the statemecee‘d-

mg, thus leaving many cpttage pum-





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- weather. Underground plpgs should

be given a gradual slope toward the '

well and a valve so arranged that the g





' ,ing to directions and the joints prop-





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be proteCted from' freezing by put:





ting them live or six feet underground 7





and then piling manure, hay, fodder,





or Other protection on top of the .





ground during the period of bitter cold





whole pipe can be drained back into

_the well. Where this is not practi-

cable, it may be possible to have it

drain into a basement or into a. tile

by means of a stop and waste cock

with an extension handle so the valve

can be opened from the surface.

Probably the best insulation for

either vertical or horizontal pipes is

the moulded cellular pipe insulation

now sold in'lengths by, many firms.

If this. is i put 0n and fastened accord-





erly covered, it is very effective in

keeping in heat or keeping :out cold.



Usually, however, a pipe can be in

sulated quite effectively by first wrap-

ping it tightly with one or two layers

of heavy tarred paper or roll roofing,

wired on to hold it in place. Then

put a tight wooden box around it con-

siderably larger than the pipe, pack-

ing the. space in between with saw-

dust or chopped hay. The watertight

covering around the pipe is to keep





the water, which condenses on the‘





cold pipe, from wetting the sawdust

and destroying its insulating value.

_It is absolutely necessary that the





space between pipe and box be filled"





with some material which will prevent

the enclosed air from circulating.

Even gravel would, be preferable to

no filling at all.





SHOULD OAK POSTS BE

CREOSOTED? ‘





 





We have a nice grove of black and

red oak. Have been wondering if

these would not make fine posts if

creosoted.’ Could you tell me where

I can get complete information on how

to do this?—-—O. D



Yes, these oak trees will‘make ex-

cellent posts if thoroughly creosoted,

but are not of much value if not

treated. However, oak posts do not

take creosote‘so well nor last so long

as some cheaper woods do, such as

cottonwood, poplar, elm, etc., and if

your trees. are of good size and

straight and growing well, it might

pay better to save them for lumber.

.As to how to do the work, I sug-

gest you write to Michigan State Col-

lege, East Lansing, or to the Depart-

ment .of Agriculture, Washington,

D. C., for their free bulletins on creo-

soting- farm posts and timbers. These

will give you complete information on

the points you mention.





A NEW PLAN OF RELIEF





 





GOVERNMENT commission with



pewer to borrow up to $500,000,-

000 from Federal Reserve banks for

the maintenance of a revolving fund

to market agricultural products would

be created by a bill introduced

by Representative Christopherson of

South Dakota. Thecommission would





culture, with the Secretary of Com-

merce vice-president, and the Secre-

tary of Labor, secretary-treasurer. It

would pay for its loans from the banks

out‘ of the proceeds of sales of the

surplus products.



As a means of preventingoverpro-





duction, the commission would have .

iauthority to announce its prices be-

, tore the planting season. For tobac-

co, hides, mutton, and best the com— ,

» mission would name minimum prices. .

‘ ‘1‘ .The Christopher‘son bill is viewed

. ' some form relief advocates as the ‘

practical and Workable proposie ~



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AT Odd moments during the early

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likely repairs and adjustments. A

card upon which is a memorandum of

the attention needed is then attached

to the tool. As soon as all have been

inspected, a list of things. needed is

made and ordered. When the first

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Of repairing begins. I dislike to work

with iron and steel when it is frosty

and, therefore, wait until mild wea~

ther comes. -



A sample card attached to my bind-

er reads thus: Tongue cracked; two

slats in reel loose; no extra links

number 42; Oil hole in grain wheel

plugged; both elevator canvasses

torn. .



To delay. making these repairs until

the day the binder is needed, means

a delay of at least one day in start-

ing it in the field.———W. H. Collar.





WANTS TEMPORARY ICE HOUSE





 





I am living on a rented farm and

have no ice house or shed which can

be used as one. Do, you think it

would be practical to‘ dig a hole in

the ground, set posts and chicken wire

around them, fill in the ice in the

hole and' a few feet above, then pack

marsh hay between theice and ground

and between ice and fencing and over

the top? Is marsh hay as good as

sawdust for packing ice?—-Subscriber.





If you can get the water out of the

pit as it melts and will chop the hay

in a feed cutter or ensilage cutter and

then pack it thoroughly, you can get

ice tO keep fairly well by this rough

method. Marsh hay is not as good as

sawdust, however, even when chopped.

A better way than this, however, is





slabs, then build ‘about a 12 or 14

foot pen of poles, cut a door in one

side, and put on a tight roof of some

kind. Then put a foot of sawdust on

the bottom, pack in the ice tightly,

leaving a space about 18 inches

around the sides which is packed with

sawdust, and, therput about two feet

of sawdust on top. We built such an

ice house on the home farm many

years ago, and used it for several

years. About the only trouble we had

with it was the sawdust Working out

between the poles due to wind, rats,





the pen inside with shiplap or even

rough lumber.—D. . r





 





SOFTENING OLD PAINT BRUSHES





 





Please tell me how to soften paint

brushes that are dry and hard and

put them in shape so they can be

used again—J. T.



The proper way of preventing paint

and varnish brushes from becoming

hard is to keep them in Oil, or the

material they are used with, ’for short

times, and to clean thoroughly in

kerosene or turpentine and then in

soap and water when the job is fin-

ished. -



Old brushes which through neglect

have become filled ‘with hardened

paint should not be thrown away,

since by proper treatment they can be

softened and cleaned ’so they can be

used for rough work, roof ‘ painting,

and so on, although not very satis-

factory for real paint work. .

"Soak the hard brush in kerosene

heated by setting in a bet Water bath,

”after which they may be cleaned by





" the uSe of a mixture of One part ace-





tone and two’ parts ‘benzol‘e or , coal

tar naptha, or any» neutral? paint "re-

mover containing benzol . or, acetone





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hours or more will soften the hard‘





material enough - so that it can be

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USE CHOKE FOR WINTER

DRIVING '





 





ON’T be afraid to guse'your choke





——'but know how to useuit. To'





start a Cold engine use full ,chOke for

a short period . rather than partial

choke for a longer period-At saves





your battery and permits a quicker"





start. _



' Use just enough choke to keep the

engine firing evenly while warming

up—too little causes uneven running,

fouled spark plugs'and crankcasedilu—

tion. Too much will flood your en-

gine and make it stop. Don’t fall to

keep the choke closed after the en-

gine is running smoothly.



In extremely cold weather, back out

of the garage into the Open air, let

the motor idle for a few minutes, or

run for a‘block or so in second gear

before shifting to high. If you start

to stall, shift back to second, put on





full choke for an instant until the .

engine picks up, then only enough-





choke to keep it running; A motor

operates at maximum efficiency when

its temperature is around 160 degrees

Fahrenheit. '



Another essential rule to always o-b~

serve .in starting, is to disengage your

clutch, and be sure no lights are on.

By disengaging the clutch the strain

on the battery is reduced at least 25

per cent.



Don’t race a ,cold engine and don’t

start it until the garage doors are

wide open, because of the danger of

carbon monoxide.——David Gregg.





 





BLUNT.NAILS DON’T, SPLIT WOOD





 





T has been found by the U. S. For-



est Products Laboratory at the Uni-

versity of Wisconsin that a blunt

pointed nail does not split wood so

badly as do the ordinary pointed ones.

This is illustrated by the case of a

maker of kitchen mops and ' other

equipment. The difficulty lays in the

fact that splitting occured when wire

nails Of requisite gauge were driven

near the ends of mop handles as a

part of the operation of attaching the

metal parts. Following a suggestion

received in correspondence with the

Forest Products Laboratory, blunt-

pointed nails were substituted for the

sharp-pointed nails previously used,

and splitting was almost entirely elim—

inated. In a test run of 1,200 handles

only two were split and these were

successfully re-nailed at a right angle

to the plane of 'cleavage. In other

tests the split handles amounted to

only one-half of one per cent or less.'



The reason for the reduction in

splitting with the use of blunt-pointed

nails is found in the fact that the





blunt point cuts and breaks through -





the wood fibers instead of we-dging

them apart as does the sharper nail.

The blunt nail has a fairly low resis-

tance to withdrawal but in this re-

spect it will probably stand compari-

son with a sharp nail which has

caused splitting as it was driven.





Boring holes for the nails will remove»

the danger from splitting, but such-

have practically no holding





nails





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ments we have in our barn is a

set, of fasteners on all the doors. Not

all are alike and all are home-made,

but every door can be secured from

either side and there is no question

of being locked in or locked out, or

inconVenienced _ by swinging doors.





Another small but useful improve-

ment is a~ load of gravel in front of

the big doors where a mud holeused

to make entrance or exit something of

an'inconvenience. By the way, gravel

paths around the buildings save no

end of dirt in the house.



In these days, every up-to-date

‘ farmer has water piped into his barn,

l , often to the individual animal, feed is





fit—cw





kept Conveniently near the place



where it is to be used, and all other



supplies are close at hand.



4 v Few farmers still “go to mill” as

was done years ago. We never found



another improvement quite so helpful



i as our home grist mill. Instead of

spending a long day with the team,



" driving to a distant mill, the home

<, raised feed can be ground right at

‘ h'ome evenings, or on rainy days or

{1; odd times, while the team rests.—

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POTATOES PAID FOR

FERTILIZERS





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N their 17 acre potato field in

.. , Berrien county, Fred Koenigshof

1 j & Sons/Secured an average yield of

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’182 bushels per acre. Not that the



yield is so unusual but these potato



1 fl farmers put out some tests which they



‘ studied during the season. One was



to test the relation of thickness of



planting to yield, another the most



profitable combination of fertilizers



and manure and still another, a com-



parison between certified and uncer-



tified seed.



Some rows were planted 9, 11, and



‘\ 13 inches apart. The 9 inch plant-



ing made 158 bushels per acre and



under similar fertility conditions, the



13 inch plantings made 145 bushels



per acre. After observing these rows



throughout the season, the Koenig—



shof’s believe that for an average



season, 11 inches will produce the



largest number of bushels of market-



able potatoes.



, [The bulk of the field was planted



. .I‘ with seed certified four years ago,



. . l some was planted with seed certified



L ' last year. While the seed certified



, i. _ last year did not actually outyield the



. ,4 other on account of different fertility



g.» conditions in the field, these folks



' ‘ were satisfied that they would have



proven superior under identical con-



ditions «as they showed less diseased

hills and remained green longer.



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l, 2‘, out. About ’af week before the pota-



{? toes we‘re planted a 500 pound, per

; ‘ acre application of 3-14-10 fertilizer



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1 were given an additional treatment of



muriate of potash besides the 2-14-10.



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25 leads manure per acre.



Planted nine inches apart, the 500

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per acre while adjoining rows planted

the same distance but getting in addi-

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peracre, yielded 178 bushels per acre.

Atvcurrent prices .for,potas'h and peta-

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profit from strawberries under or-

dinary growing conditions may seem

unreasonable and yet that is the rate

at which Percy Anderson of Fremont,

Michigan, received from 1-14 of an

acre the past season. For those who

contemplate setting a. strawberry bed

next spring, perhaps the experience of

Mr. Anderson may haye some value.





Three hundred Premier plants were

set early in 1926 on ground that

had been thoroughly worked with a.

tractor dies after plowing. They were

cultivated every week or ten days dur-

ing the season until August 1 and al-

lowed to form a matted row. The 300

plants covered an area. 28 by 110 feet,

about 1-14 of an acre.



No special winter preparation. was

given. Picking, began Jun e 15.

Twenty-one cases were picked. They

were marketed in Muskegon, twenty-

five miles distant, being sold to

stores. They readily brought $2.50

per case at the same time ordinary

berries were selling for $1.50.



Fifty dollars and thirty cents was

the gross receipts. The cases cost 30





;cents each and the picking 30 cents





a case, or a. total expense of $12.60,

leaving a. net profit of $37.70, which is

at the rate of over $500 per acre.



In addition to the berries sold, 2,000

plants were taken from the patch in

the spring of 1927 to start a. new

patch.



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Anderson says: “The remarkable thing

about the story is the fact that the

patch had so little care, no mulching

or special care whatever. They were

set on an old dewberry patch which

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to my disappointment the dewberries

came up more rank than ever. Some

of the strawberry rows were set

exactly in the dewberry rows so

the strawberries did not have an

easy time. I think the results were

very remarkable under these condi-

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could be doubled with the best of

care. r '



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this variety is that the berries have

the combination of size, quality, and

quantity. The plants make a. very

rank growth. I am planning to set

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ditions to harvest from $500 to $1,000

an acre.”—-H. L. S. " ‘





BUYING GARDEN SEEDS





 





E order our garden seeds from



reliable seed houses. It is not

because we do not like to buy at

home, but buying garden seeds of the

local merchants is too much of a.

gamble. It means too much loss to

us to get seeds that will not grow or

that do not produce the kind of crop

we expect. We lose {too much time

before we can discover the deficiency,

and a garden’s value depends so much

on earliness and the stand we get. If

our merchant would.'buy seeds out-

right from good reliable seed grow-

ers, it would be different, but a large

part of the store seeds are not backed

by responsible growers who have. a.

reputation and who know what their

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all seeds grown on its own seed farms

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late you may have to take substitutes

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. WINTER FARMERS" MARKET





 





N item recently published in an



upstate Michigan newspaper ob-

served that only three farmers ap-

peared at the municipal market on a.

certain cold day and that they had a

hard time disposing of their wares

after making the long, cold trip into

town. Evidently that city has not

given the same attention to the mat-

ter of making its 'market an all-year-

around proposition as has the city of

Flint.

, At Flint the same difficulty was ex-

perienced as that in the other city.

The thought of standing. hour after

hour waiting on a. wind-swept plat-

form in zero weather,-did not appeal

to the farmer, and the city 'buyers

would rather purchase their foods in

a. warm store than to stand in the





, frigid blasts of the open city market.

‘ As a result, not only the. farmers and-





the buyers stood to lose by the con-

dition but the municipality also stood

to lose receipts from the rental of

market stalls to the farmers. In this

contingency efforts were bent to rem-

edy the situation. i



The first step was the enclosing of

the market with steel, brick, and glass

to protect the farmer and their cus-

tomers from the wintry'gusts. This

immediately had the effect of attracts

ing more farmers and more buyers to

the marketplace during the winter





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the\ofl‘lce of the at}? market master.





This apartment was provided with

benches and was soon used not only

as a place where the farmer could

Warm himself on cold days but also

as a place where he could eat his

lunch and meet his city acquaintances.

When this new tendency of using the

apartment as a lunch room was noted

the city immediately cooperated by

installing a refreshment stand in'the

lounging room where the farmers

could secure coffee and other acces-

sories in his own repast.



Also Mahum Long, market master, a

long—headed individual with a thorough

understanding of the farmers’ whims

and fancies was alert to promote busi-

ness, wherever he could. He en-





‘éouraged the farmers to make his





office their headquarters for advice or

for aid in meeting-such problems as

getting in touch with customers by

phone or otherwise, he permitted

them to check their purChases and

other belongings to the office and

thereby built up a. cordial relationship

which spelled service to the farmer

and the buyer and profit to the city.

—R. L. Aldrich. ' ‘





TRANSPLANTING' TREES





 





We have some maple trees which

are on the back of the farm and

would like to move them in our front

yard. Could you please tell us the

best time and exactly how to move

them?~——B. H. ..





The best time to transplant trees is

very early in the spring, even before

the sap starts to flow, if possible. It

is difficult to get them to live if the

work is delayed until late spring or

summer. ' . .



The great secret is to get as many

of the fine feeding roots as possible

and keep them from exposure to the

air and sun. An hour of bright sun-

shine will 'almost destroy these fine

roots.



Have the holes dug where you want

them to grow and then set them as

quickly as possible after they are re-

moved from the ground. Pack the

fine moist earth closely around the

roots in setting, leaving no air spaces.

Water freely after setting.



If your trees are quite large, it may

be necessary to dig around them late

in the fall so they can be moved in

the winter with frozen earth adhering.

This will preserve the small roots bet-

ter than any other way.

dig the holes where they are to be

set in the fall also. When the ground

is frozen so it will not fall from the

roots, load the tree onto a sled or

stone boat and place it where you

want it to grow. The more earth re-

moved, the better.



When the ground thaws and dries

sufficiently, then the planting can be

finished.





In order to control the foul brood,

H. M. Krebs, state apiarist, has issued

notice that every county in the state

except Monroe and Leelanau, is under

quarantine. Under the quarantine

regulations, no bee supplies or bees

will be permitted to be moved from

one farm to anotherwithout state in

spection and permit.





 





.Recent figures show that the fox

raising industry has reached a $13,750,-





000 valuation in ten years in this state. ~





Muskegon County is said to lead: the

state, although Mecosta. County comes

a. close second with its fox industry

valued at $1,250,000. There are about

250 fox farms in the state with an

average of 40 pairs of foxes to a. farm,

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SWEET CLOVER AS A CASH CROP





(Continued from page 35)





15 to 18 inches high. This is done not

only so that it will_cut abOve these

small weeds, but also to, save handling





so much of the coarse, woody stems.





The seed bearing part of the. plant is

high up on the stem. The lower por-

tions which do not bear seed better





be left in the field as it will make the

bundles smaller and lighter to handle.

Some sections are bothered with





the sweet clover plants becoming so





large that binders have difficulty in

tying the bundles. Farmers have

found in such a case that pasturing

in the spring for’ two or three weeks

This will reduce

the size of the plants without retard-

ing to any extent the amount of seed

such a plant will produce.





Growers this year have had a ten-

dency to cut sWeet clover for seed too

early. This has resulted in a large

amount of shrunken seed being of-

fered to seed companies. One lot of

1,600 lbs. coming from Cheboygan

County shrunk to 500 lbs. after being

run over the mill twice. Another

3,000 lb. lot which came from near

Grand Rapids shrunk to 1,600 lbs.

Shrunken and light seed gives a very

weak, if any germination. Such a

shrinkage seems excessive, but when

one sees such seed running over the

screen of one of the latest cleaning





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the quality of this seed is poor.



The grower not only loses from the

shrinkage in their seed upon clean-

ing, but it also costs about 30c a bush-

el for each run over the mill. When

lots of seed must be run two or three

times over the. mill befOre a good

grade of clean seed can be produced

the profit from the seed crop is mate-

rially reduced.





Sweet clover should be cut for seed





~ when 60’to 70% of the seed pods are





brown inasmuch as all the seed does

not ripen at the same time. Seed that

becomes too ripe will shatter easily.





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seed. All these mixtures came from

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OVER-PRODUCTION





 





LL over Michigan I have asked of



farm audiences, what does the

farmer need most to solve his prob—

lems, and invariably organization and

education come as'a reply. If you

push a little farther those who say

organization and ask .them why farm

organization is not going ahead more

rapidly, they reply, lack of knowledge,

which is to say edbcation.



Then, I recall the attitude of farm-

ers toward “book lamin’” and white

collared guys ten or twelve years ago,

and I wonder, has the farmer changed,

or is there. a. new conception of the

meaning of the term “education.”

Personally, I believe that there is

room for argument along both these

lines, but I believe that what the

farmer means when he replies “edu-





cation is the great need today” is.





something quite different and more

fundamental“ than the type of educa-

tion he resented fifteen or twenty

years ago.





What the farmer refers to, as I see

it, is education in the broad funda-

mental principles of the organization

of the farm business so as to make it

more profitable and life on the. farm

more enjoyable. What the farmer

means when he says “education” is

a. knowledge of the basic economic

factors expressed in terms that .he can

understand, hitch up to his‘business,

and use. What the farmer ,means

when he speaks of education is in-

formation and training in barn ling

his production and marketing rob-

lems.





Farming has gone through some far

reaching changes in the past 125

years. Time was when there was

grown, manufactured and used upon

the average farm a very large per

cent of all the necessities of life.

Farmers then lived off the produce

of their farm. '





This was followed by the day of

the country store and blacksmith shop,

the nucleus of our present day indus-

trial development.



As the shops grew and become huge

industrial plants, farming also spread

out over the middle west and became

specialized. Farmers could be found

who not only bought their shoes and

clothing, but even packer’s ham and

bacon and hot bread from bakeries

twenty-five miles away are not uncom-

mon on Michigan farmers’ tables.

Farmers sold certain produce from

their farms and lived off the profits

of their land else they supplemented

these profits with money earned else-

where.





Along the vast industrialized busi-

ness with great buying power and

organized labor with its ability to

drive a good wage bargain, farmers

are yet trying to live off the profits

of their land, not quite understanding

that “Bargaining Power” characterizes





this new age and has sweeping efforts





on agriculture.



This is the-reasonflto my mind, why

the farmer is turning, to the idea of

education as a solution of his prob-

lems but it is a far different type of

education than the kind he resented

a few years ago. He would obtain

answers to such questions as:





‘ What is the relation of efficient mar-





keting methods on’ my farm to its ul-'

"timate success? ' ‘





Just .what portion of my success as

a. farmer should, be attributed to _ ro-

ductibn methods. to management, ' nd

.to marketingfi * ~ , ,



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needs? . -



Are there any fundamental reasons

why organized effort cannot do for

agriculture in a measure at least what

it has done for industry?



. Nowihese are not very radical ques-

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wholesomeinfiuence for better living

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obtain, a wider understanding of all

the ramification of hisbusiness but a.

determination to get what he is going

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In a large measure farmers have

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to agriculture. They may not recog~

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ing the scientist, they spray their po-

tatoes, inoculate their alfalfa and

balance a ration for their dairy cow.

Farmers are grasping today for a so-

lution of their economic problems.

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READ in the issue of December 17

the subject suggested by W. D.

Thomas giving permission to hunters.

Yes, I Certainly agree withyou on

the subject giving permission to hunt-

ers. Some do not only destroy fences,





tear floors in .vacant buildings, but.





they also take shovels, ferrets, and

dig for the rabbits, and if they do

not carry a sh0ve1 they dig holes with

their hands in all directions and tear

the field in that way. They make pic-

tures of .the farmer, but

comes to hunting, well, then the ‘farm-

er is all right. I don’t think it isvery

sport-like when a farmer has to work

hard all year through and then those

men with great big bellies come and

destroy everything they come to.—~S.

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N the December 10 issue, J. W.



Newell expresses some opinions

from experience and observations of

a resident of a game. country without

elaborate discussion of the points he

raises. May I present a. comparison?

,Our laws require our neighbors must

keep his unruly stock out of our fields.

If wild game belongs to the state,

why_ should not\ neighbor state keep

its unruly game out of our fields?

When the farmer is given sole rights

upon, as well as undisputed poSsession

of, his lands, he will be permitted to

elect when he may take wild animals

upon his own premises for food, same!

as he now elects to take his domestic

animals for food purposes. Anything

outside of this gives the trespassing

sportsman by far the bulk of oppor-

tunities as well as advantages over

the farmer in open seasons which is

always the farmers busy season with

farm work. . '



When will farmerg insist on the

right to shoot a young wild rabbit

for their table with as much freedom

as they take a domestic rabbit. from

a hutch for the same purpose? There.

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“EXTENSIBSN deK ”snort-Dene





HE results accomplished and the

Various activities of the County

Agricultural Extension work for Living-

ston County were summed up at the

close cf the fiscal year, by County

Agent C. L. Bolander.

The activities, which were financed

this past year by appropriations of





funds by the County Board of Super- . '





visors, were supervised by a com-

mittee of three members of the board.

This committee has met six times

during the year.



The number of days spent on the

various activities during the year have.

been as‘follows: Soils 20 days; farm

crops 51.3 days; horticulture 4.0

days; animal husbandry 15.1~ days;

dairy husbandry 28.0 days; poultry

‘husbandry 26.3 days; rural engineer

ing 10.9 days; food and nutrition 3.5

days; clothing 2.3“ days; community

activities 58.3» days; office and mis-

cellaneous 80 days.



During the year 1,580 farmers "called

at the agent’s office for information;

personal letters written totaled 990;

circular letters mailed 18,619. There

were 547 farms visited, 156 meetings

and demonstrations held or attended

with the total attendance at these

meetings of 6,858 people.



The work during the year has had

a wider distribution 'than any pre-

vious one, which is indicated by the

following townships, which partici—

pated in the various activities: Soils

work,9 townships participated; farm

crops 15 townships; horticulture 6

townships; animal husbandry 10 town-

ships; dairy husbandry 12 townships:

poultry husbandry 16 townships; rural

engineering 10 townships; food and

nutrition 9 townships; clothing work

10 townships, and community activi-

ties, 14 townships.





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CHAPTER III

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about the neighborliness of the



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a wagon which would haul home

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had pulled sable curtains over win-

dows of the Barton .home furniture

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out its warmth and every inmate of

the old house felt that there was

great compensation for any handicaps

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heartedness had quite won Bradley

Barton, and he found himself confid-

ing in this new friend. “You see, it’s

this way,” he had told O’Neal. “We

just have to make or break on this

place. We’ve had hard luck for five

years; poor crops, sickness in the

family, a plague of hog cholera that

took one year’s earnings clean. Bob

had two years in high school, but

last year I had to have his help and

unless we do well this year he can’t





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sold with new and buy a cow or two.

That will leave' us just enough to

scrape along until the wheat crop is

harvested. I did think of buying a

few shotes, but what you’ve said about

stock disappearing .”





 





Bob Barton had been a silent and

respectful listener. But now he broke

in. “Mr, O’Neal, tell us more about

that mystery. Was anyone hurt?

What really happened? Do you think

there’s any real chance that whoever

was doing the ‘dirty work’ is still

here?” ,



O’Neal’s booming laugh had a tinge

of embarrassment. “Forget it, son,”

he answered. “I said more last night

than there was any need for. Nobody

ever was hurt, although the last ten-

antswere » pretty nearly scared to

death. Pigs and calves and chickens

disappeared. We might have thought

that wolves or coyotes did that, for

there still are a. few around here. But

Wolves dou’t tack up warning notices

on doors telling folks to move or take

the consequences. That happened and

the Harkins family got out. It' hap—

' pened again when ’the Perkins family

moved in—and they got out quick.





“ nothing has happened since. Anyway,

you. folks are a different breed. You

aren’t going to he blurted by a little

I red paint that looks like blood. For-

get it,” O'Neal repeated, “and we’ll go

look at a. team that “I knowiis for





 





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go on. We’ve got to make good on

this farm ”



“You have had hard luck,” O’Neal

had remarked sympathetically. “Well,‘





But that’s been three years ago and,





the stock is snapped up for spring

work.”



“Red paint that looks like blood.”

Oh, if Mr. O’Neal would only go into

partiCulars. But Father Barton seemed

to give the matter little thought, and

soon they were off to look over the

strong young team which. neighbor

Baldwin, 3. mile away, had offered to

sell a few days before. The trip was

made in the O’Neal car, and when' the

visitors climbed out Baldwin was

waiting at the ’gate. Introductions

over, Baldwin led the way to the

barn. “I’ll just have the boy exer-

cise ’em a bit so you can see they are

sound,” the farm owner remarked.

“Oh, Ted, Ted! Come on out and

meet our new neighbors.” Out from

the house came a boy of Bob’s own

age, although slight in stature and

with features almost effeminate. But

his handclasp was strong and his eyes

steady as he took Bob's hand. .“Glad

to meetcha,” said Ted Baldwin.

“Never had a boy on the Jones plaCe

near my age. Come on and hop one

of the horses; we’ll try’ em out down

the lane.”





Bob Barton warmed instinctively to

this new acquaintance. It was great

to find young friends.





two rangy grays, were led out. “Take





Pete, he’s the faster,” informed Ted. .-





“I’ll follow on Mike. We’ll put on a.

little race,” Ted concluded in an

undertone. “Betcha I can beat you





and give you a ten-yard start.”





“You’re on,” replied Bob with a

grin, and the horses moved off at an

easy lope, each rider bareback. At

the end of the'long lane Ted wheeled

his mount; “Get set! _Ready? Go!” Up

the lane came the horses in a dead

run and Bob thrilled to the play of

powerful muscles as he gripped Pete’s

sides. Wow, it was close! Yelling

like an Indian, Ted closed in as they

neared the barn. Bob flashed a.

glance at his rival and in that instant

Peter slipped, faltered momentarily

and, before he could recover, Mike

was abreast. For a moment they

‘raced neck and neck and O’Neal let

out a. yell at the closeness of the race.

Then throwing himself forward, Ted

Baldwin seemed to bring out that

samething in his mount that only

trained horsemanship can release.

With a plunge which threw dirt in

the face Of his mate, Mike drew

away and Bob found himself riding

alone. Undeniably faster, Pete had

been outclassed, and his rider paid

tribute to a lad who knew the game.



With shining eyes Ted Baldwin slid

off his horse as Bob drew up. “Some

race,” hesaid, “and you can sure ride.

But I’m lighter, you see. and I know

my horse. But Pete’s a great old

boy,” and he rubbed the gray’s nose

affectionately; “he can beat anything

around here. I hope, you buy the team,

for I know they’ll get mighty good

care.’ ,



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opined O’Neal. “If ey can work as





.well as they can run, Sam, they are





worth all you ask”



“Guarantee ’em sound in wind and

limb and to work in all harness,” an-

nounced Baldwin.





The deal was made, and for the

first time in his life Bob Barton felt

the pride that comes with ownership

of a real horse. Accompanied by

Ted, he rode back to the home farm,

cementing friendship along the way.

Here was a lad who belied his ap-

pearance, a youth with steel sinews

and daring resolve.





   





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WON’T be using my car this

morning, boys," offered an English

tobacco salesman we had met the

night before at the “open house"

party at Winnebah, on the west Afri-

can Gold Coast. “You’re jolly well

welcome to it if you want it. Take

a ride back- and see a bit of the bush.

That’s where the real country is.”



His important native chauffeur

bowed Jim and me into the big’ Ameri-

can car and we struck out for an in—

land native town fifteen or twenty

miles back. The narrow little high-

way circled about the edge of the

town as if screwing up its courage for

the plunge and then struck boldly off

into the jungle, a straightaway dash

into the heart of the tangled African

bush. ,



Now we climbed a long, low hill

and, through the occasional open win-

do'ws in the green jungle walls we

caught fleeting glimpses of deep ver-

dant valleys on either side, each a

jungle in itself. There were hopeless

masses of dark, dense undergrowth

topped by mightier trees of all kinds

and. colors, and even these over—

shadowed by occasional giant palms

towering like hollyhocks over a weedy

flower garden.



A few miles farther inland, little

clearings appeared, each only a few

rough acres hewn out of the jungle

and producing, still in a half-wild

state, a living of sorts for the blacks

who till the land. A half-dozen rows

of com, a crazy quilt patch of yams,

a scattering of pau pau trees, various

sorts of greens, and always a back

ground of stumps and weeds and un-

domesticated trees. A rather: pitiful

attempt at farming as we regard the

profession, for the work is all done

by hand—and by head.



“' There are no horses on these

“farms,” no tractors, and not even

cattle to be worked. There is no ma-

chinery of any kind, except crude

adze-like hoes, an occasional axe, a

clumsy machete—and the bare hands,

and feet, and heads of the natives.

In truth, the principal factor in what

little success is achieved in this primi-

tive manner of farming is Nature her-

self who smiles on the pitiful little

farms in her most tolerant and muni-

ficent mood. Plenty of rain, plenty of

sunshine, no killing frosts, and a great

variety of fruits and vegetables that

have been acclimated through thou-

sands of years of natural selection—.

these are the gifts that supplement

the meagre effort and knowledge fur-

nished by the native farmers.





TILL farther inland we found some

cocoa plantations and a more sys-

tematic cultivation. An enterprising

man clears a patch of land, sets out

cocoa or oil palm trees and when the





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[72 West Afiica’ Wflere Real Croat: Are Seldom Admitted “





trees finally begin to produce, his

future is assured. He piles his crop

on the heads of his wives and

‘children—and sometimes his slaves,

even in these modern times—trans-

ports it to the nearest motor road or

town, often a hundred miles or more

away, and collects his yearly revenue.

A laborious process and yet thousands

of tons of palm oil and cocoa are ex—.

ported annually and every pound





 





 





 





With a Basket of Bananas and a Tray

of Coal on Her Head, This African

Mother Still Trundles Her SIX-

Months-Old Baby.





grown entirely by natives with no ma-

chinery or power of any kind.



Of course, commerce is developing

more and more of a demand for the

cocoa and palm oil of Africa as well

as a reciprocating demand on the part

of the African natives for print cloth

and other products of civilization in

return. As a result, the next few

years may see a great change in the

farming methods in the west coast

bush country, but in my opinion it

will never be a white .man’s farming

country. White men, horses, and cattle

cannot stand the climate, disease, tse

tse fly, and other menaces against

which nature has armed the blacks.

The black heart of‘Africa must be

forever black. If there are grandsons

of the heroes of that great American.

pioneering epoch, the Covered Wagon

days of ’49 and the ’605, who thirst

for twentieth century pioneering they

can find plenty of opportunity in

Africa——but little reward on the west

coast for SOme time to come.



“Hello! What's going on there?” I

yelled to our driver as a turn in the

road disclosed a white stone build-

ing, surrounded by a wide, covered

porch and scores of solemn blacks.



“Co’t, sah. It be co't palaver, sah."

he announced. “That be the co’t

house, sah.”





“Stop. Let's see what's up," said

Jim. He likes police courts anyway.

We climbed out of the car and sidled

up to a group or distinguished look-

ing colored gentlemen who stood

aloof at one end of the long, porch.

A young Daniel in gray spats, a gold

pencil in" his pocket, and the law act

the land in one volume under his arm,

greeted us‘with a cheerful bow.



“We’re just .a couple of American

tourists having a look around,” we ex-

plained, “and wonder if we might visit

court a few minutes?



“Certainly,” he replied,

English than American. “You’ll be

“most welcome. This is just a lower

court, where minor cases are heard,

but you may find it interesting.”



”The real crooks get into the higher

courts, I suppose, just as they do in

America,” I ventured, wondering if

the native African judicial system had

thus developed on a par with our

own.



“Ah, no, sir,” he grinned. “The real

crooks never get into any court here

—-just as in America.” Truly he was

a. wise judge,‘ this well-dressed, black,

young jurist.





in better





VERYONE rose to his feet as we



entered the crowded court room,

and all remained Standing until our

conductor, who turned 'out to be the

judge himself, took his place upon the

bench and bowed us to conSpicuous

seats within the .railed enclosure be-

fore the bench. “ _



His honor then poised a huge quill

pen exactly as a learned judge should

do, looked down from the ebony bench

and smiled—first, sternly at a sullen

black giant, naked to the waist, al-

ready arranged directly before the

bench, in the prisoner’s dock, a piece

of glittering mahogany furniture that

looked exactly like a Church of Eng-

land pulpit.



He smiled again—this time the wise,

reserved smile of the sphinx, directed

toward the battery of attorneys seated

at a large table a little to his left.

One sage old barrister, his kinky wool

partly covered by a motheaten, pow-

dered wig, scowled at his' notes and

thumbed a heavy book, inspiring at

once the confidence of his client and

the respect of his opponent.



His honor smiled again—patroniz-

ingly at the roomful of spectators, and

hospitably at us. Then he nodded to

the clerk who immediately announced

the case of Koko, charged with being

drunk. .



“Does he plead guilty or not

guilty?" inquired the judge.



“We know he was drunk, your

honor. He needs no hearing,” inter-

rupted the bemedalled and sternly uni-

formed chief of police who acted as

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“Well, did he plead drinking for na-

tive custom? Maybe he had a mother

back in the bush get married or die or

something and had 'a right to drink.”

We learned afterward that the British

colonial courts are always careful to

respect the'native customs and usages

wherever possible.



“No, he didn't plead native custom.

Itwas nobody’s birthday," grinned the

black accuser.



“What did you drink?"



“Gin, yourhonor.”



“How much?” .



"Half a bottle, your honor.’



“That half bottle will cost you ten

shillings. Next case!” and the prison-

er was led from the pulpit.





A SHRIVE'LED old man with one



eye gone was led into the dock,

charged with carrying a gun Without a.

license. A rusty old muzzle loader,

considerably over six feet long, was

presented as Exhibit A.. Through an

interpreter the accused explained he

had bought the gun a month before

and dashed it to his son, back in the

bush. The gun wouldn't work and the

old man was bringing it to a black-

smith to be fixed when he was ar-

.rested.





“The accused is an old man, and out

of respect for his age, I will fine him

thripence," solemnly declared the

judge, and he winked at us. “Next

case.” Surely his justice was tempered

with mercy. '



The next defendant was a licensed

letter writer accused of charging too





- high “a fee.





“What did you charge this man for

writing a letter for him?” the bristling

prosecuter asked the accused, nodding

toward his accuser, a ragged victim of

illiteracy and profiter ring.



“Two and six, sir,” the dapper letter

writer admitted. This is about sixty

cents in American .money, and is

equivalent~to two days’ wages for the

common African laborer.



“Are you a licensed letter writer?”

asked the judge.



“Yes, your honor.”



The judge next read, partly for our

benefit, I believe the statute for'the

protection of, illiterates and then

thundered at the accused, “You are

literate and should know the law and

should be the last to take advantage

of illiteracy, the very source of your

income. Why did you charge so

much?”



“Well, he came to me when I was

very busy, your honor, and—” J



“Ah, so business was brisk, eh?

Then you can afford to pay a- ten

shilling fine. Next case.” ,



And thus this black magistrate

dealt out justice. There was a triangle

case, including a native doctor, the



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and putting in many trying hours

tending the broader stdve and watch-

ing the health and condition of the

baby birds. The chicks are raised in

huge batteries, story on story, fed

only under perfectly sanitary sur-

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rays "to replace the sunshine and cod

liver oil now so necessary, and when

they are old enough the pullets are

sold to farmers very much as baby

chicks noware, and the male birds

are sold to the broiler market.



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broodery will become a year around

plant and the big end of the business.

That’s one development ,‘ that’s pre~

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will be as revolutionary as the devel-

opment of the commercial hatchery,

it it materializes.





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I have about 400‘ohickens which are

not laying very good at present be

cause of not enough room. We’ are

building a new coop 60 x .20 ft. We

are making our own dry mash which

contains: 100 lbs. ground corn, 100

lbs. ground oats, 100 lbs. ground mid-

dling, 100 lbs. ground bran, 1 lb. fine

salt, 25 lbs. meat scraps, and 4 lbs.

poultry powder. Is this a good mash?

I see in The Michigan Farmer that we

should add ground limestone and'bone

meal as it produces egg shells. How

much of each should I'put in the mash

I make? Please tell me a good home-

made mash. Do you think it cheaper

to buy prepared mash? I give the

hens cabbage and mangle beet every

day and also cook the potato peelings

for moms—Mrs. H. W.



In the home-made mash containing

100 ‘lbs. each of ground corn, ground

oats, middlings and bran, you should

also include 100 lbs. of meat scrap in-

stead of 25 lbs. as you have been

using. It is now a common custom to

add 2 per cent bone meal, 2 per cent

ground limestone and 1 per cent fine

table salt to the home-made laying

mashes in order to obtain the best

results.



Whether the commercial or home-

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individual poultrymen. The amount

of home-grown grain available, dis-

tance to.the elevator and other factors

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Could you please tell me what would

be the ailment of a healthy appearing

hen in excellent flesh? She was lame

and upon 'opening her I could not find

any white spots on her liver as I had

supposed there would be. But her

liver was sort of yellow with just a

few streaks of red around it. I don’t

want to run any chances of havmg

disease in the flock, but do- not want

to kill laying hens if It is not neces-

sary.——F. A.



If the hen was lame but in good

flesh 'and without bowel trouble or

spots on the liver it was probably not

tuberculosis although scientists tell us

that a laboratory examination may be

necessary to accurately determine the





>presence or absence of that disease.





Lameness may be caused by rheu-

matism. Jumping from high perches

to a. hard floor, may bruise the foot





.and cause the start of the swelling





commonly called buniblefoot. Fight-

ing or the activity of the male birds





. might cause a temporary, strain or





lameness in the leg. A very heavy





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If one hen is lame, I would isolate

her from the flock. Later develop-

ments would soon determine her case.

It would hardly be necessary to kill

other members of the flock that are

laying. If tuberculosis is suspected

in a flock, it pays to have a veterinar-

ian inspect the birds and make recom-

mendati'ns.



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PLACING TJ-IE CHICK ORDER





 





(Continued from page 37)

temperature from the time they are

laid and placed in the machine. All

during the three weeks the tempera-

ture must be right. Overheated .eggs

and chilled eggs do not produce good

chicks. Improper turning may cause

more trouble. Moisture conditions

must be right. When many of the best

hatcherymen are satisfied with sea-

sonal hatching averages of fifty to

sixty per cent, it is evident that good

care is necessary for moderate suc-

cess and poor care means sure failure.



It is not the poor hatches that cause

the most trouble but the fair sized

hatches of poorly hatched chicks.

Chicks of that type immediately be-

gin to use feed, brooder coal or oil

and the time of the caretaker. And

then the mortality rate is high and

the chicks that live are poor in qual-

ity and the owner would have been

better off financially if all of them

had died in the shell.



The amount of time and money that

hatcherymen can afford to spend in

producing high quality chicks will de-

pend on the reception that they re-

ceive from the farmers and commer-

If all_ poultry

owners were breeders and hatchery-

men there would not be enough busi-

ness to go around and many would

soon cease operations. The job of the

skilled hatchery-man is to produce

chicks so fine in quality and vigor

that many poultrymen and farm flock

owners will buy his product and in

that way practically pay him co-

operatively for his skilled services in

solving their breeding and chick

problems. '



That this is being done to a greater

extent each year is evident from the

experiences of many egg producers

who are buying baby chicks and in-

creasing their orders. They are not

buying chicks because it is charity

work. They learn that good chicks

at the right time are representative

of a great deal of useful service for

the money.





TREATING ROU‘P





I have a small flock of Barred Ply—

mouth Rock spring chickens just

starting to lay. Their heads enlarge

until the eyes swell shut. Then in

about SIX months it leaves but they

are left .very poor and stop laying. I

am feeding corn and cats with wheat

screenings. The wheat is just the

small kernels not cracked—P. B.





The swelling of the head until the

eye closes is probably due to roup.

The lump may be lanced and the leath-

ery matter removed. Then pack

the cut with a small piece of cotton

wet with iodine. This will help the

inside to heal first. Commercial roup

cures can be injected to heal such

wounds. V



Whether the treatment of roup pays

or not depends on the value of the

bird and the time of the owner. Some

poultrymen are beginning to feel that

a bird cured of roup in the first stages

may possibly develop a certain im-

munity to future attacks. Or course,

the bird must be treated before it is

greatly devitalized by the disease.

The. prevention or treatment of simple

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comb is not in-good condition for a

breeder. Later in the seaSon when

the comb heals the bird may rapidly

improve'in vigor and prove satisfac-

tory as a breeder; Much‘depends on

the natural vigor of the bird and the

amount of the comb which is frozen.





POSSIBLY BLACKHEAD





 





Can'you tell me what is wrong

with our turkeys? They develop a





diarrhea, the excretion being green

In a few days they i

Can you‘ tell me cause, preven- -

Is it infec- '





and bright yellow.

die.

tion and cure, if: any?‘

tious. to the other poultry or stock?





Turkeys have free range. We are feed- ;

All they





ing‘year‘old corn and oats.

will clean up thce daily—R. H.





Perform a postmortem on the tur-

keys that die and note the condition

of the livers. When a. turkey dies of

blackhead, the head may or may not





turn dark but .the liver ‘will be- cov— .





ered with ulcers and appear in very

bad condition. There is no known

cure for blackhead. It seems most

prevalent when turkeys are allowed

to range with the chickens. Raising

the turkeys on soil where none have

ranged for several years is a help in

preventing losses.



Of course, 'the diarrhea or bowel

truble may be caused by some form of

digestive disorders due to the feed? or

to some other disease than blackhead.





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I am 64 years old and have always

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seems to be in my throat or the back,





of my tongue—a weakening so I can’t

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Another thing, my voice or speech is

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Lno’d'oubt of his ‘forgiveness.

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3:2.aSSured of it 'in'another way.





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HIS man had friends. He must





have been an‘ unusually attrac- .





tive invalid, or else he was such

a burden to his family and the com-

munity that they were determined to

~try something'desperate, in order to

get him healed and self-supporting.

Maybe his'Wife urged them on, and

maybe he had a few bairns at home,

who were not altogether silent in-

fluences.

ing to try it, and they had faith in

the cure, if they could only get to.

the Doctor. It is wonderful to have a

doctor, who elicits such confidence.

But it is almost equally wonderful to

have friends, who think enough of

you to make themselves spectacles for

your sake. ‘ '

~Said Samuel Johnson, “Friendship,

you know, Sir, is the cordial drop to

3 make the naus-

eous draught of

life go down.”

Some years ago

an old woman

was ill for many

months. Her hus-

band was at work

during the day.

Every day but

one, who 11 it

stormed very hard, a neighbor walked

a half mile to come and see her,

bring her flowers, and make her bed.





 





And she continued doing that until '





the oldlady died. A friend of mine

had a mother who was not afraid to

do the unusual. When she travelled,





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she was ever on the look out for a,

chance to help somebody. Frail as

she was, she usually managed to get

hold of a baby in the depot, while the

tired mother went off to get a bite to





converted to this sort of neighborh-

ness. “Ma,” he would say, “You’ll

git ketched some day, a—holdin’ some-

body‘s baby, and noboby comin’ to

claim it.” But somehow Ma never got

ketched, and grew a more friendly and

beautiful soul, as the years went on.



Jesus saw that this poor fellow

needed forgiveness. He was in bad

shape in body, but he was in worse

shape in soul. Sin had a direct con-

nection with his bodily state. Jesus

believed in getting to the root of the

trouble. He practiced soul surgery.

He believed in the reality of sin, and

its ravages. Telling the man'he was a

pretty good chap, and would be all

right if he only thought so, was not

strong enough medicine.





 





Many people feel a strong sense of

guilt who do not know exactly what

is the matter with them, or they are

afraid to admit it. But something in

the Cross brings forgiveness, when

attention is directed to‘it. “The Old

Rugged Cross” is often heard sung

these days, and there is a reason for

it. Said Martin Luther, speaking of

his own experience, “God is the God

of the humble, the miserable, the op-

pressed and the desperate, and of

those» who are brought down to noth-

ing; and his nature is to give sight

to the blind, to comfort the broken





,‘hearted, to justify sinners, to save

‘ the very desperate and damned.”





The paralytic that day surely had

But to-





“The

Spirif bea‘reth witness with our spirit

The

responding Warmth of the heart is the

voice calling back to. its God that all

is‘weli,‘ Wésley’s experience is almost

“I felt





salvation; and an assurance was given





. .1116- .that" he .had taken away my sins,”





even mine,‘ and saved ' me from' the

sin and death.”



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and after the meeting asked the min-

ister what he should do about it. “Go

home,” said his ,advisor, “and act as

you think a Christian man should.”

He did his best to follow the advice.

After supper he told the children to

stay at the table. Getting his wife’s

Bible, he read a passage, then got

down to pray. His wife, 'who was an

earnest church member, was scandal-

ized. “You are doing this, and you

are not a Christian yet,” said she.

But he told her what the minister said

to him. His prayer was short and

jerky. He said he didn’t know that

praying was such hard work. But the

hardest task was ahead. He had‘ not

spoken to his neighbor across the way

for several years. After a restless

night, he went ’over to his neighbor’s

barn, and asked pardon. The two

shook hands.” On the way back, the

peace of‘God came into his soul. He

was as certain of forgiveness as the

paralytic was, the day Christ spoke

Sin is real; so is salvation.





 





{SUNDAY SCHOOL Lesson FOR

JANUARY 15th, 1928





 





.SUBJECTz—Jesus' Power Ove'r Sin.





"Mark 2:1 to 1.7., . .

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.Whefl Guests Insist on Helping





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— WHEN I was a young housekeep-





er, it used to worry me greatly

to have guests invade the kitch-

en with kindly demands that they be

allowed to help. Left to myself, I

could accomplish much more, and was

not conscious of the makeshifts of

those days when money was far from

plentiful. I could work happily and

swiftly, unconscious of the dish cloth

made out of pieces of unbleached mus-

lin, salt bags whipped together, the

tails of old night gOWnS for dusters

and the meager equipment of utensils

the kitchen boasted. But let a guest

go to poking through the pantry for

this and that and I almost went to

pieces. Instead of being proud of my

economies, I was ashamed of them,

and heartily wished the friends would

take to the living room and stay there

until the meals were ready to be pre-

pared.

They ‘meant to help in good faith,

but it taught me to keep out of peo-

ple’s kitchens if my first offerings





 





What Is Your Opinion?





OULD you rather have your ~



company come into your

kitchen and help, or entertain

themselves in the living room

when you are preparing a. meal?

How do you manage with guests

when you entertain? If they help,

what do they do?



\Vhen the tables are turned and

you are the guest, how do you

help your hostess or entertain

yourself when home cares demand

her attention? These are prob—





 





lems that every homemaker must

face. It may be that your ex-

periences will help some other

homemaker through an embar-

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she is entertaining or being en-

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For each letter or part of letter

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were refused. Some housewives are

perfectly happy when they can work

and visit, but other must concentrate

on the thing in hand if the cooking is

to be successful. A vexed young

woman was sobbing the other day

over a ruined cake. “If company had

kept out of the kitchen, as I begged

them to do, it would have been all

right,’_’ she said. “My recipe never

falls, but they talked and laughed





and insisted upon helping and I forgot





the baking powder.” I could sympa-

thize with her both over the loss of

time and material, and also the sense

of inefficiency that overcomes the

woman who can not get hold of her-

self in such emergencies and avoid

mistakes. The latter is usually the

most humiliating experience of young

married life.



But there are other guests who in-

sist upon helping and do it in a bet-





, ter way. One dear relative with an





understanding mind used to take the





_ overflowing stocking bag and sit down





to mend and sing to herselfaor come

to the kitchen and establish herself

in a corner talking when dishwashing

Was going on. but keeping quiet when





a cake or a salad required my close

attention. .



Another wise woman would sit

down to sew on buttons and even

make little things like dish cloths,

dusters, and makeshifts such as she

used at home. One elderly lady 'al-

ways pieced a quilt while she visited

and often we started to quilt it before

she went home. She would possess

herself of the big piece bag, press

the wrinkled pieces, cut them to an

exact pattern, and presently my mod-

est supply of bedding was increased

by a good strong, often beautiful, quilt

that would_last for years. She loved

to do it, and it was a real inspiration

to see her quietly at work, throwing

in a bit of news now and them, chat-

ting when she saw that I was not up

to my elbows in work.



I have seen women who would

gather . the children of the family

around them during the busy morning





hours, leaving, their hostess free to





do her work, and they were always





beloved guests. Dolls were dressed,

new'games played, little make believe

tea parties with tiny cakes or candies

brought as gifts, scrap books con-

structed out of folded pieces ofxwrap-

ping paper, and many other homely

devices to make the mornings pass

pleasantly, were employed. Then the

afternoons were given over to quiet

visiting when the children slept, or

hostess and guest drove or rested or

entertained friends. Verily, it is a

great thing to be a successful visitor!





And a still greater one to be able to,





help and not hinder when not in one’s

own homei—Hilda Richmond.





TEACHES BABY SAFETY LESSONS





 





LONG with “pat-a-cake” and other

nursery tricks, I taught my

young son safety lessons. One thing





A Cake That’s Different





 





 





 





 





 





Caramel Cake Attracts the





URNED sugar or caramel cake



was difficult for me to make be-



cause, if I added enough of the

syrup to give good flavor and color,

the cake would turn out syrupy and

sticky in the center. It would, be good

flavor but not light and dry enough.

An expert gave me her secret. She

burns her sugar until it smokes blue—

one cup of it. She then adds one cup

boiling water and boils until the

burned sugar is dissolved and the

syrup is clear. Thus the syrup is

very strongly burned in flavor, and

only three teaspoons of it is used in

the cake.



One- half cup butter is well creamed,

1% cups sugar added and creamed.

Well, and two egg yolks stirred in.

The dry ingredients are sifted". to-

gether—2% cups cake flour, 2 tea-

spoons baking powder, and added, al-

ternating with one cup of water, to

the butter mixture. Then the flavor-





ing syrup and one teaspoon vanilla.‘





Lastly three egg whites, stifflygbeaten,

are folded in. This is quite a sweet

and rich cake, and should be baked

in layers. .It is too rich to bake} in





Eye and Pleases the Palate.





a loaf tin even with a center tube.



This amount makes two large layers

or three small ones. By adding 1/;

cup water, and 175 cup flour to the

recipe, the amount is increased, and

the cake is plainer.



Some of the black flavoring syrup

is added to boiled frosting, or to

fudge frosting or powdered sugar

frosting, togive color and flavor.



' Butter Frosting



Melt 14 cup butter, by setting-bowl

into hot water, add sifted confec-

tioner’s sugar to make smooth paste,

add two tablespoons boiling water,

then more sugar, then three teaspoons

burned sugar, syrup and 1,5 teaspoon

vanilla, and enough more sugar sifted

in to make right consistency for

spreading.



For the filling, run one cup each

dates. prunes, figs, and raisins through

the food chopper. Add one teaspoon

burned sugarasyrup, and, if too meist,

add a. little sifted powdered sugar. K





plain white icing or a chocolate icing~





may be used with burned sugar cake,

and nuts may be sprinkled On top it

you like them. ‘





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was that he give t6 me anything that

might hurt him such as pins,;scissors,

or matches. In the beginning every

time I would change him, I would put

one of the safety pins into his hand

for a moment. Then at the gentle

command, “Give it to me,” I would

take it away, following this with lively

praise and short romp. In this way,

he soon grew to associate the idea. with

a pleasant game and was ready to do

it again. ,,

As“he grew older, I never had any

trouble. in having him give up the

things he picked up, or had in his

mouth or in his hand. As soon as he

was able to walk, I taught him‘to get

down out of a chair safely and to

come down stairs backwards. By these

early lessons, I saved him many un-

necessary tumbles and myself much

worry.—Mrs. F. 0., Schoolcraft

County. ‘





 





POSSIBILITIES OF ONE OLD

SWEATER





 





IT was only a disreputable old



white sweater, past all usefulness

such warmth as

lurked in its' dirty folds.

sparkled as it emerged from the wa1m,

mild soap bath and ammonia rinse. It

seemed to rejoice in the pleasure it

was yet to give.



The sleeves were easily converted

into legging drawers for Betty and

the thick, shawl collar into an over-

seas style cap for Jimmy, with ear-

flaps attached to chin rubber. The

back made ideal creepers for baby’s

morning wear when sheinsisted on

creeping on cold linoleum. From the

remains three pairs of warm mittens

were cut. Long wrists were added by

using fancy woolen sock legs.





I was about to drop the belt into ,





the rag-bag when a. sigh of the North

Wind reminded me of aching fingers

on wash days. I cut ten finger lengths,

and with old rav‘elled yarn I overcast

them to shape and fastened them to

an old silk hose leg made into mitt

shape by sewing a bit between fingers.

So here’s to the defeat of Mr. ‘Jack

Frost for Mother, Betty, Jimmy, and

Baby. Every house has some useful

cast-offs and the land is full of young-

sters needing these comforts —Mrs.

W. R. L. V. '





 





KITCH§N KINKS ‘





 





THE pancake season iswide, open

now. It made light and tender,

and not soaked with fat, they are per-

fectly wholesome. As a change to

serve with them, try some of the fruit

juices boiled down to medium syrup.

Pork and apples go good tbgether

these cold winter days, or you can

serve roast pork with cranberry or

mustard sauce. It’s a good plan to

can a 1 jar of cranberries for fu-





ture 7159 every time you make cran-





berry sauce.

Fruit salads are-made much more

delicious if a- little of the fruit juice





and some whipped cream are beaten _

through the,’ mayonnaise Just before

serving. / a ' ‘





If cream pattern when whipping.

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New Year





1 .~- Ar Rem/116d éy Reader:





WEALTH of inspiration is con-

A tained in'_the New Year resolu-

tions that are coming to my

desk. There is notspace to print

'them all but more will follow next

week. . .

Self and Kitchen To Receive

Attention '



To make myself and my kitchen

more attractive throughout 1928 is my

resolution forthe New Year. Since

time and money will be as limited as

ingthe past, I must accomplish this by

bette1",use'of_ what I already have.



First, I shall consider myself be-

cause I believe self improvement more

difl‘icult and more important. Difficult,

because it's‘eems selfish to take time

for ones self when other things must

be neglected. .But more important be—

cause-I believe the family looks at me

more than at .the kitchen. Lam going

to begin tomorrow by making new,

attractive house dresses. 1 am through

wearing inexpensive ready-made ones

which look well only a short time. I’

have purchased, some good-looking

fast-colored. materials and with the

aid of a well-fitted pattern and some

good,,designs I am going to have

dresses suited to a woman in the pro-

fession of home-making. These, to-

gether with some rubber aprons, will

in the end, I believe, prove' more

economical as well as more attractive.





Then, because I cannot take time

from the already busy day, I must,

through greater efficiency, save time

for that good grooming which does so

much for better looks. For one thing,

I am going to clean, massage, and

powder my face every morning before

I come, doWn to begin the day in my

workshop, A woman in any other

profession ,would seldom think of

doing otherWise. Then when I find

myself getting slack about this good

looks routine, I‘ am going to the

beauty shop for a treatment of hair,

nails, and face even though it means

going without a new .hat or some

other seeming necessity. “ The enthu-

siasm to keep well groomed which

always results from such a visit, will

give me lasting returns while the new

hat would be a matter of comparative-

ly few occasions.





Beautifying my kitchen has been





under way for some time but there is ~





still the inside of the cupboards to

paint, some cretonne to be put on

the waste ‘basket and some bright

, cushions to make for the chairs. Then,

I am going to make another set of

kitchen curtains, so I can laundry

them regularly as I do my bed linen,

and not be Without curtains a day or

two while theyare being “done up.”



By making myself and my kitchen

better looking, I hope to make my

home pleasant and attractive to my

family and ~improve my attitude

toward my work and life in general.

I believe, if I accomplish this, it will

be easier to be more efficient and then

perhaps-I shall get more time to do

mental housecleaning.—Mrs. F. F. 13.,

Ingham County. ‘





 





, Resolves to Share Garden

Annually,, I resolve that I will

profit by passed years of experience

in the garden and make the one of

next year bring me more of pleasure

and profit and more for what I call

“gift garden.” _ Kale, brussel

sprouts, and endive have a place in





‘ our garden now and prolong its pro-





duetiveness into December.





a. We cannot only be generous





through the growing season with

vegetables and flowers, but can share

our bulbs, roots, flower and vegetable





seeds.





Sage straw flowers, baby's breath.

land, thnese lanterns are all

and, 5111th first are





 





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terns will repay for the rich moist

space required. My flower garden is

in the vegetable garden and next to

the road so its beauty is shared with

the passe1-by and people often tell me

how they enjoy our garden—Mrs.

E. H., Jackson County.





 





Makes Worthy Resolution

To improve myself spiritually, men-

tally, and physically in every way I

can which will not injure but rather

help those with whom I associate.—

Mrs. F L. S., Grand Traverse County.





 





 





For Our Little Folks





STATE SECR ETS





 





 





 





The first three letters name a girl,

The other two a hearty laugh;

Deduct potatoes from its crop,

You’ll find they’re more than cut in

half!





 





 





 





The pieces of this puzzle when cor-

rectly set together, make a map of

the state which this verse describes.

The star indicates the capitol.



(The answer to last week’s secret

was Washington and its capitol is

Olympia)





PICK OUT YOUR BARNYARD

FAVORITES





 





FOR an indoor stunt in your play



room, try this. Each player is

given a. slip of paper on which is

written the name of some animalor

.bird. If the players have not learned

to read, a picture of the animal or

bird may be pasted on the paper, each‘

one being cautioned not to tell what

is on his paper. In turn each player

takes his or her place in the center

of the circle and imitates by voice or

gesture the animal or bird on his or

her paper. The player who first

guesses the animal or bird that is

being imitated is awarded five points.

The player having the most points at

the end of the game is declared the

winner. —-Aunt Martha.





 





 





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“HE MICHIGAN“ FARMER





 





You cannot keep right if you do not sleep

right. Nature has ordained that one—third

of your life be spent in sleep, and now

science confirms this.





Working in a specially equipped labora-

tory at a well-known Eastern University,

scientists delving into the mysteries of

sleep, have developed some interesting

facts.





First, that the average normal man or

woman requires eight hours of sleep. Sec-

ond, that the first three hours of this sleep

show the greatest amount of input or

bodily recuperation, and third, that the

bedspring upon which you sleep plays an

important part in the quality of sleep that

you get.





Comparative tests over a period of time

show that the hammock-like spring, or one

that drops deeply in the middle, because of

the heavy weight of the body at the hips,

robs you of your rightful rest. A bedspring

too soft and one too hard are also shown to

be faulty because neither is conducive to

the best quality of sleep, or body support.





RV the same tests the Foster Ideal bed-





Take Natures Tonic—Sleep





Better rest the basis of better health in

which your bedspri'ng plays ,1





an important part





 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





spring is observed to give greater rest value

and comfortrand this is due first to its 120

finely air-tempered spiral springs and its

link chain tied interlocked top surface.

Both of which combine to give the spine

perfect support and allow {for greater

nerve relaxation. .





Of course there are a great many bed-

springs on the market that somewhat re—

semble the l-‘ostcr ldcal Spring, and some

furniture dealers do not sell the Ideal. The

better—class dealers do and any responsible

dealer can readily gin-t you a genuine Foster

Ideal if you will insist upon having it. The

Foster Ideal trade—mark on the side rail 01

the Ideal is put there foryouridentification,

and if you want the maximum of spine

support, nerve rest and sleep comfort it will

pay you to look for this trade-mark and

see it.





 





FOSTER BROS. MFG. CO.

Utica, N. Y.—Fince 1869

Western Factory, St. Louis, Mo.





Producers of Foster Ideal Springs, Foster Metal

BedsV Foster Glide—Over Day Beds, Foster Toe Trip

Cribs and Foster Upholstery Springs and Spring

Constructions.





 





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Some I migrating M. C. Letter:





Dear Uncle Frank:



Ah’s just gwine to sah a few woids

ta let yo know ah got mah circla pin

and mah pockit knife dis summah.

Ah sho was pleased wid um.



Ah sent you a leddah Once befor but

ah nevah saw it in de papah but, mis-

tah Frank, ah sho wood like to see

dis one published.



Ah look at all dem oddah leddahs

den ah sho gets ah kick oud a em.

Ah vish ah could sah something fun-

nah ta make dem “Merry Cirklers”

laf. Ah sho would like tah heah dem,

ha, ha, ha.



Ahs gwine ta school ta get one ub

dem educations. Dis am mah foth

yeah and dah last yeah ub high

school. Ah vill graduate in de sprung

ef noddings happens tah preven id.

Ah drives one of dem cahs vat is





 





 





 





Dorothy Smith and Her Pals

called fods. Dey sho am ah good cah

and dey sho do go ef ya make um.

Ah look ad yah papah ebry week.

Youh’s till dah sand valks.—-—Cooney.





I’ll say you do pretty well for an

advanced high school student. I hope

that the M. C.’s will be able to read

your language. Come again sometimes

in English.





 





Dear Uncle:



Bubs evidently has some fine views

of life, yet I cannot agree with her

On all things, but perhaps it is just

as well, for, as the old Indian said:

“If everyone saw as I saw, everyone

would want my squaw.” I do agree

with her, though, on drinking, for in

my opinion almost the vilest thing a

man or a woman can do is to get

drunk.



As for smoking, it is not too bad,

if you don’t make an excess habit of

it and although I don’t use the weed

myself I don’t object to others doing

so ’cause I like to see boys smoke

cigarettes.



Education is splendid and although

I’ve not finished mine as yet, I intend

doing so in the near future for my

chief desire is to be an interior deo

orator. Let’s hear from others what

Elliey’re going to do in later years——



se.





So you are one of the girls who

like to see boys smoke cigarettes. I'm

sorry that you like to see them do

things not good for them. Smoking is

habit forming as well as drinking, al-

though its effects may not be quite

I hope you realize your am-

bition. V





 





Dear Uncle Frank:

Say, were any of you cousins ever





. up in the northern part where I live?





If you haven’t, I’ll tell you so you

will know. I think it’s wonderful here.

I wouldn’t care if I was still farther

north. There is something I like about

'the north. I can’t just tell what it

is, but you who like the north coun-

try probably feel it too.



Wouldn’t you like to be up here

hunting deer, Uncle Frank? They are

pretty scarce now, but when the

hunters aren’t bothering them, they

don’t seem to be much afraid. Lots

of times they will come right out and

many times will stand still and watch

you for a few minutes. My father

said he saw a white deer in the woods

the other day. I wish I could have

seen it. Don’t you, cousins?



Well, I think I’d better stop my

lingo and leave room for some of you

M. C.’s that have something interest—





I ms, to talk about.——Lulene Todd, Lu-





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hood. Too bad the deer are scared

so, but you can’t blame them.





 





Dear Unk and Cousins:



Yes, I’m back in Michigan and the

dear old farm! I have been in Chi:

cago for the past four months. It’s

a wonderful place with its lovely

parks and skyscrapers.



Yes, of course, I’ve seen the stock-

yard. That’s about the only place in

the city that resembles the farm. The

birds and animals of the park made

me feel at home.



My hobby in reading. I read any-

thing from fairy tales to fiction. My

favorite authors are Zane Grey, James

Oliver Curwood, and,- Charles Alden

Seltzer. I better close before W. B.

gets at me.—Blackbird.





So, you’re back again in dear old

Michigan. I’m glad you’re glad to be

home. Your range of reading is wide,

but if fairy tales are not fiction, what

are they?





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I am going to write and see if my

letter will be published, but not being

an M. C. I suppose my letter will not

pass muster. I used to live in Grand

Rapids, but I don’t like the city at all.

So many city people go into the coun-

try for the week-ends and spend a

little time with mother nature, but

why not live with mother nature in-

stead of spending the week-ends with

her? Did you ever have a dog, Uncle

Frank? Well, if you did, you had the

world by the tail. We used to have

one when we lived on our own farm,

but now I can’t have one. Well, good-

bye.—~Rus.



I wish that many M. C.’s would not

write with getting in print the main

thought. Instead write the letters so

interesting that they will be published.





 





Parents’ Parley





ON’T forget the annual Par-



ents’ Parley which gives all



mature readers of our depart-

ment a real chance to express

themselves. These parleys have

previously been very interesting

because of the constructive criti-

cisms, wholesome messages, and

comments we have received. The

young folks will be given a

chance to answer back if they

wish it. We want to start this

interesting feature as soon as pos-

sible. Address them to Uncle

Frank, or the Merry Circle, Mich-

igan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





 





 





 





I’ve had a dog and wish I had one

now.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have been an M. C. for about eight

years. During that time I wrote many

letters to you, but I never saw any

of them on Our Page. I also have

tried many, many contests and have

failed every time. . , _



I will be eighteen in two years, and

if I don’t get some results, from this

time, I am always a silent M. _C.

will not try again. So long, Uncle-e

Your red-headed niece, Virgina Booth.



You have the wrong attitude. You

should try again for you can have

your letters printed if they are inter-





esting enough. i





 





Dear Uncle Frank: ~



I have been a silent reader for a

good many years. I have always en-

joyed the Boys’ and Girls’ page and_

have often wished that I was a mem-

ber. Good, wholesome subjects are

discussed on this page and they are 1

always interesting. .. ,



I like the talks on nature. I,.~too,

belong to the f‘Nature-Lovers.” I have

started a specimen book on the wild

flowers that grow around our place.





Next spring I am going? to ,finishv'tlie,





 

 





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part of the state. I am going to make

a specimen book on trees.

to complete this book, I have to col-

lect and name fifty different forest

trees.

in this vicinity, I will have to start

a correspondence with somebody in

some other part of the state‘and have

the correspondent send me some of

the twigs of the trees in that vicinity

for some of the twigs of trees in my

vicinity. .



I am an eleventh grader in high

school. I have no definite plan only

to work. I want to be a business

woman at first. Then I' don’t know

what next. I do know this, however,





I do not want to be narrow-minded:





on religion or anything else. My idea

of life is to be broad-minded even if

I am not deep—minded.—-Wilma Eny-

ant, Barryton, Mich.





What a happier combination than to

be interested in nature and to want

to be broad-minde may one desire:

Narrow-minded people handicap them-

selves by their narrow-mindedness.





SHE HAS AWAKENED





 





Dear Uncle Frank:

I hereby resolve to be a more ac-

tive member of “Our Page!" That





In. order.





As all these trees do not grow.





little phrase “Remember Vic’.’ sounded

as though I was a thing of the‘past,

and judging from my activity, I might

easily be considered as such. But I

am only sixteen, so you are not going

to class me as an ex-Merry Circle

for a while yet. ‘





I have just started something which

I think is going to be very interesting.

Iwonder if any of the other members

are following a similar plan. Out of

each week’s Michigan Farmer I am

going to take the most interesting let-

ter, or letters, and paste these in a

book, the title of which is “My Merry

Circle Comrades.” 0n the first page

of my book you will find a picture of

none other than Uncle Frank himself.

I cut this picture out of the M. F.

several years agoand have preserved

it very carefully. I‘ only wish I had

started this book long ago as there

lwere many good letters that I did not

eep.





I admired “White Amaranth’s” pic- ,





ture and her letters very much. Dis



appointment must come to all of us.



Just remember that:—— '



“The flowers must be buried in dark-

ness before they can bud and bloom,



And the sweetest and warmest sun-

shine comes after the storm and



gloom.”-—“Su Amiga, Vic.”





Christine’s Visit to Hospital





Size Saw Many T Izz'rzg: T lzere





I have come to tell you what I saw

in the Children’s Free Hospital. My

views are similar to those of the es-

teemed Uncle Frank. Although I was

but two frog leaps away from Unc as

long as I remained in the hospital, I

do believe I saw some things that he

did not. As Uncle Frank told you in

his note, he had been invited to. see

and hear the M. C. Fund radio that

had been installed, when I called. I

was glad to accept his invitation of

seeing the inmates of that hospital.



The matron welcomed us as hospi-

tably as a. German housewife could.

First she led us to the main ward in

which were the children who would

soon leave,for the respective homes

or Farmington. Most of them go to

Farmington, for the patients generally

are all children of parents not so suc-

cessful financially as most of our

mothers and fathers are. Therefore,

their homes and surroundings are

usually not especially adaptable to

one who is not in the best of health.





Here also in a corner next to the

door to the corridor and near and

within hearing distance of several

other wards was our, the M. C. radio.

Just think, M. C.’s, probably most of

these poor children never heard good





,music before and, after leaving the





hospital because of their parent’s little

means, won’t be able to for years and

years. Don’t you think they will re-

collect in years to come the days in the

large hospital with other boys and

girls, perhaps in great pain, of how

the nurse would smile a bit and say,

“now be very quiet and we’ll tune in

on WWJ or WJR andhear so and so

sing,” etc? And then whenthe music

poured forth, sometimes soft and

soothing, sometimes jolly and gladden—

ing to each tiny heart, don’t you think

they would feel much more like liv-

ing and enjoying life? It would lift





their sorrows to the winds and when





this weight is cast off, don’t you sup-

pose they would get well much

sooner? _





.Do you suppose they will forget

soon that wonderful music? Do you

suppose they will never find out who

was so good as to help,them forget

their pains and illest hours? And if

they don’t, wouldn’t the knowledge of

having helped them on in health, in





. joy, in life itself—wouldn’t that knowl~





edge more than repay you for the tiny

bit and even the big dollar or two

you submitted for that cause?



The girls will be interested in what

I have to say now audit-he boys—well,

they will laugh, but really, M. C.’s, it

was so cute... In one of the smaller





wards I remember stopping to read."





an inscription 'on the door. Thesm-

tron who was telephoning, had "her

back turned tome and Uncle gunk,

I do believe, was tracing/the as

onathe ceiling or somegsuofiithing'-

:né‘iaratey I. . don’t believe.





   

 

 





 





 





~ had ; climbed on 'a gas range.





cutest little baby. It was about one

and a half or two years old. I could

almost hear it cooing to itself while

it was endeavoring to get a. big toe

into its mouth. And, my dears, its com-

plexion was decidedly black.



No use repeating what Unc told you

about, but I believe he forgot to tell





some few things that may or may not . ‘

. be interesting. Our Uncle Frank, ob—





serving a colored girl who wore a

cloth about her mouth and nostrils,

asked the matron the reason. That,

she said, was to prevent the atten-

dants getting infection from the sick

children.



At the end of each ward was a

playroom with' fairy tale pictures

painted on the walls and furnished

with child furniture, also in gay

colors. I noticed in the ward was a

rack full of books and toys for the

children. Most of the books were

badly soiled and worn. The children,

of course, had plaything‘s in bed with

tltiem, such as balloons, balls, dolls,

e c. -



Uncle Frank mentioned the children

who were burnt, but he didn’t tell you

of the parents gazing down into one

crib. There stood a young man and

a seemingly younger lady. ~ Their





 





 





 





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hands were .clasped together. The

man was crying and the woman was

gazing, down into the canopied crib,

dry eyed. but since her shoulders

shook and her chest was heaving

dreadfully, I knew she Was crying.

And no wonder, ‘for the-matron told:

Uncle Frank thatJf that young one





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tee, the Merry Merry Circlers, Yah—

Christine Zack.



Christine observed more than I

thought she- did. She may think I cut

the life out of her article, but'with

many good things out out of it, it still

reads well, I think. I thank Christine

for her letter.





 





FAVORITE WINTER SPORTS





HIS is the season of the year

when Winter sports can be enjoyed

to the fullest. I believe that more

young folks take part in Winter sports

each year. For this contest I ask you





 





to tell in 250 words or less of the

winter sports you like the best and





why. Ten prizes will be given for the ‘

, best papers.





They will be fountain

pens, loose leaf note books, and small

pocket knives. All who, send in good

papers, even though they do not win

prizes, will be given Merry Circle pins

and membership cards. This contest

closes January 20th. Send your pa-

pers to Uncle Frank, Michigan Farm-

er, Detroit, Mich. Be sure to put your

name and address in the upper left

hand corner of your paper and put

M. C. after your name if you are a

Merry Circlér.





Under the 4— H Flag





(Continued from page 46)





which his new friend sat his mount.

and inwardly resolving that he, too,

would learn to really ride. With the

team stabled,'the boys began looking

around the farm. “Haven’t been here

for a long time,” Ted remarked. “The

last renters were a tough bunch. Gee,

but this place is run down! It’s going

tougtake a lot of work, but you’ve got

real dirt and you should grow corn.

Say, Bob," Ted concluded earnestly,

“what you need is to have our county

agent out here. He knows soil; he

can tell you just what you should do.

I’ll have dad call him up.”



“Don’t know about agents,” Bob re-

plied dubiously. “My dad is dead

against ’em. The agent we rented this

place from lied about. a whole lot of

things.”



“But that’s a different kind of

agent,” laughed Ted. “Our farm

agent, 'Ross Burton, is a peach. Regu-

lar fellow, I tell you, and not so much

more than a boy himself. -Heck, I’ve

got an idea,” and Ted’s eyes shone

with new excitement. “You are just

in time to get into the pig club. Goin’

to organize it next week. This will

be my second year. Tell you, it’s





great to have something of your own;





Come on, I’ll go call Mr. Burton right

now,” Bob’s impulsive friend started

for the house. This was a new ex-

perience for Bob Burton, who had been

reared in an atmosphere of “why do

it,today when tomorrow will do?”

Seizing Ted’s arm he brought him to

a step. -





“Hey, hold on a bit,” cried Bob,

“let’s wait until my dad talks to your

dad about this county ,agent' fellow.

We never had one in our county. We

never had a pig club, either, although

I’ve read about ’em in the farm

papers, and about the farm agents,

too. How do I know that I want to

get into such a thing?"





“Some backw-oodsy county, I’ll say,

not to have a farm agent or

club,” replied Ted with fine scorn.

“Old son, you’ve Imoved where they

do things and do’em right. Showed

you how to Win a race, didn’t I? Now

let me show you how to get into the

best game you ever played.” Ted’s

smiling eyes took all sting from his

reference to the horse race and Bob

warmed anew. Yet it would not do

to make rash promises or to rush

headlong .into something unfamiliar.

There was the question of short funds.

And,-.bigger.-still, the sombre reputa-

tion of the place where they lived.

What could his new friend tell him

about these evil happenings?





“Ted,” began Bob, and there was

seriousness in hi v'oice, “I want to

ask you somethi gyand. to get the

straight facts. ,Mr. O’Nealhas told

us something about what happened

here before the farm, was abandoned

three years ago. But there’s some-

thing that he keeps back. Tell me

everything you know. I’m not afraid,

but I muSt think about mother and the

kids. If there’s anything now, it will

be up to me to- fight. Dad—— No,"

Bob cried defensively at the look in

Ted’s__,eyes. ,“No, dad isn’t afraid of



. t 8’: just—— “Vivien,” Bob





 





 





a pig.





the violin while they carry off the





house. Tell me, Ted, is there any real

danger here.”



Ted Baldwin dug a shoe into the

moist earth for a moment pondered

his words. “Might as well be shot for

a sheep as a lamb,” was his enigma-

tic answer, “so here goes. Dad said

I wasn’t to tell you anything, but he

didn’t expect you to ask me. The





facts are that the Perkins’s were about -





scared to death and dad helped in a

man hunt all over the place. Half of

their pigs had been stolen, just dis-

appearing with no trace. A nice

heifer calf was taken. Then, just as

had been done with the Harkins’s, big

circles began to be painted on the

doors warning ’em to leave—black

letters in a circle of red. By George,

I' believe we can still see the words,

even if the circle has been painted

over. It’s on the barn door.”



Peering closely, Bob could see the

dim outline of three words. “Move or

Die,” was the admonition, and as he

looked, Bob felt a cold chill creep

down his back.



“You can imagine how the Perkins’s





felt,” Ted went on. “but they were

doing well and hated to move. But

painting this sign wasn’t all.” Bob





leaned close as Ted went on, his voice

lowered as if some unseen presence

might be listening.



“Bud Perkins was a big guy about

twenty years old,” Ted continued,

“and he got to braggin’ around about

what he’d do. One night he went out

to the barn. to feed and he didn’t

come back. In about an hour his old

man began ringing up the neighbors,

and they looked for Bud all night.

Next morning they found him blind-

folded, his hands tied, wandering

around two miles away in the woods.

On Bud’s back was pinned a circle

with ‘Move or Die.’ All Bud knew





was that when he went into the barn -





someone had grabbed him and carried

him away. Of course, to hear Bud tell

it, he ‘fit like forty wildcats,’ and there

were ten men ahold of him. He wasn’t

hurt, but next day _they all moved.

Nobody has lived here since,” Ted con-

cluded, “and nothing ever has hap-

pened. Nobody else evef‘missed any-

thing, and nobody can explain why

anyone should object to tenants liv-

ing here. Heck, I hope you folks don’t

have to move.”



“We aren’t going to move,” de-

clared Bob Barton, and his lips were

a thin line. “We’ve put two hundred

and fifty dollars into this place, a good

share of mother’s money. It will take

more than a red circle to scare us

away. Wasn’t there any clue, Ted?”



“Not a thing,” Ted answered. “They

brought bloodhounds next day after

Bad Perkins was kidnapped, and the

bounds followed the trail down to the

rough land on your place. They lost

it there. Bud was blindfolded, so he

couldn’t tell a thing, although he said

it didn’t seem as if he had walked an

awful long ways. It’s a sure-enough

mystery, Bob.” ~



“A mystery that is going to be

solved if anything happens again,”

said Bob. “Wasn't there even a sus-





, picion that Someone would profit by a





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their cattle. In the other six years

cattle prices were so low most of the

time that large numbers of producers

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numbers were drastically reduced, and

cattle slaughter greatly exceeded pro-

duction. Sooner or later a sharp re-

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in prices were sure to result.





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went too far, and cattle slaughter for

the next few years must be reduced

much below the average for the past

five years if the number of animals

slaughtered does not exceed the num-

ber of young animals raised.





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which are higher than before the war.

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increased wages and salaries in indus-

tries and trades interested in this dis-

tribution. '



Even when cattle prices in recent

years were actually below pre-war

prices, the cost of beef to the con-

sumer was high compared with pre-

war prices. Now, with the price of

cattle no higher than necessary to

insure reasonable returns to the in-

dustry and to make sure of adequate

future supplies, this increase in the

cost of beef must be met by the con-

sumer of beef. ‘





Cattle production was greatly ex-

panded during the war. When the

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hand and the largest potential pro-

duction capacity in the history of the

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dinary peace time requirements at

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two years, consumers have an interest

in seeing to it that hog production

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I have some oats, wheat, and bar-

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add something else to it?——J. Y.





The common cereals do not contain

suflicient protein to maké a good pro-

ducing dairy ration. Cows will do

well, keep in good conditiOn and give

a fair flow of milk, but they cannot

produce maximum yields because the

protein is not there with which to

produce the necessary casine in the

milk. If they should eat enough of

these grains to produce. the milk flow

there would be a great waste of car-

bohydrates. The cereals do not form

a balanced ration.





No one can tell you how much of

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protein feeds to mix with them for

the reason you do not state the kind

of roughage to .be fed "with them.

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LDOBSON OWNS FIFTH HIGHEST





GUERNSEY





 





' ()M'E weeks ago you listed for us

the high herds in Guernseys for

,the testing association work in Mich-

igan. We made a‘ mistake in the

name of one of the men, namely, we

gave James Osborn of Leelanau





County credit when it should have,





been James Dobson.



James Dobson is the owner of the

fifth highest producing Guernsey herd

for Michigan. He has been a mem-

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and his herd averaged 8,858 pounds

milk and 435.9 pounds butter-fat, test

4.9%. Walter Kirkpatrick, tester of

that association, has called our atten-

tion to this error.—A. C. Baltzer.





PROPER 'FEEDING MAY DETER-

MINE LAMB CROP





 





ATS is the best grain for breed-

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wheat, and other grains and such by—

products as linseed and. cottonseed

meal and wheat bran, may also be

used as feed for the ewes. A grain

mixture is usually better thana single

kind of grain because the mixture

gives variety to the ration. _

The roughage should supplement

the grain allowance. If no silage is

fed, frdm two to four pounds of hay

are needed per head according to the

size of the ewe. One can substitute

half to one pound of the hay with fine,

bright oat straw, corn stover or silage.

From one to two pounds» of silage a

day is all one should feed pregnant

ewes; they will consume one-half to

one pound of straw and about three

pounds of corn stover.

Mild exercise is very beneficial to

breeding ewes. A good practice is to

scatter feed such as corn stover or

hay, thinly on the ground over a con-

siderable distance. This requires the

ewes to take some exercise when

otherwise they would lay about the

barn or stack.





WATCH THE DAIRY COWS’

RATION





 





HERE is a great opportunity for



increasing the profits from our

dairy cows by applying a few well

known principles of feeding. The

greatest expense connected with dairy

farming is the cost of the ration;

therefore, this should be the first sub-

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many years to improve the breeding

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I have a cow giving twenty-seven





feed one pound of grain for" every

three pounds of milk.‘ Should one

feed the nine pounds of grain per day

or at one feeding? What grains are

best to feed with mixed hay or al-

falfa?——W. S.



'It has been found by careful test

that it is better to feed a ration in at

least two feeds rather than all in one.

This is especially true of the grain

ration, Animals that are simply fed

a ration of hay can be given enough

to last themall day and they can eat

it as they desire, but a concentrated

grain ration will all be eaten at once





a self feeder. It is better to divide





If mixed hayis fed, the grain ration





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1 lbs. oil meal.



With the mixed hay the grain ration

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lb. cow giving 27 lbs. 01' 5% milk.

More hay can be fed and a little less

grain and not throw the ration out of

balance very much. A good practical

way would be to feed all the hay they

will eat without necessary waste and

then feed the grain ration in the

above proportion and one pound for

every three pounds of milk‘produced

daily.





 





WORLD HIKERS GET INTO COURT





 





(Continued from page. 4.8)

“other man” and the “woman in the

case.” There was a passenger truck

driver accused of carrying two more

passengers than his license permitted.

When the judge found that he’d been

up for the same offense three weeks

before be fined the truck driver five





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pounds. There was a young girl with

the universal weakness of her sex for

fine clothes accused of stealing cloth

from a store. There were two men up

for mutual assault and battery. There

was one man fined for riding a bicycle

at night with no light. And so it went

until finally Jim and I arose to leave

the court. His honor stood "n to bow





us courteously out and everyone in‘





the room stood politely at attention.



“If I’m ever caught, your honor, I’d

like to be tried in your court,” I as-

sured him as we left. “You are a

Daniel. But I hope they’ll never

catch me.”



More of our experiences in west

Africa will be described next week.





 





Quality is essential in the produc-

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quality will not fatten when young.





The backbone of the winter dairy

ration is in the hay mow and the silo.

The most economical milk production

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which is largely alfalfa hay and silage.





 





 





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stylish individual. Oldest r-alf ii mo. of age. We

send snaps and pedigrees. Art at once if you want

one. GEM RANCHO. Rabi. W. Lautner, Mgr.,

Traveno City. Mich” R. 3.





F OR. SALE Two lime Holstein Bulls, rich in



Ormsby’s Sensation breeding, from very high record

dams. Also a, three yr. old cow and her yearling

heifer. WHITNEY BROS.. Onondaga, Mich.





('mnillg yearling Hereford

we'Have TWO bulls for sale at farmers

prices. of Fairfax and Bonnie Bray breeding. W. H.





KNEALE & SONS. lonia, Mich.



Choice Jersey Bulls. grandsons of

For Sale Sybil‘s Gamboge of wmmmu.

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





 





 





 





For Sale Registered Jersey Bull





16 months old. Albert Aimworth. Carwnvillo. Mloh.





Stockers & Feeders





Calves, Year'l Jr. Twas: Hereford Steers a Heifers.

Beet Type, dark reds. good grass flesh, most 'sll

bunches deliomed, each bunch even in size and



‘ . Choice Hereford! are usually

market toppers when finished. Few bunches '1‘. 8.

tested. Will sell your choice from any sun

number and weight you prefer £50 to 1000 lbs.





Von D. Baldwin, Eldon,Wapello Co., laws.

' “Cltradale Milking Shorlhoms”





Young bulls and bred heifers. priced for quick sole.

Duchess breeding. high milk and test records





 





 





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under state end Federal supervision. , Sixtyr a“. ‘





Hep-st snowed. Your. succeu is our mucosa.

IIIIflOOIitythC. Box 26. Outer. Mich.





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As every cow owner knows, any

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the cow discomfort causes a holding

back of the milk. Why, then, neglect

even the smallest of these hurts?

Why make the milking hard, the

yield smaller?





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chapped, stepped on, or injured in

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bag, bunches, inflammation of any

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healing ointment insures a quick

rebuilding of_healthy normal tissues.

Shorten the work of milking by

keeping the teats soft, silky, pliable.





Bag Balm has scores of healing

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Sanitary, clean, pleasant to use— _

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good qualities of artichoke and

milkweed has been done the pasty'ear.

Artichoke, some claim, is a great

sugar producing- prospect, containing

ten to twelve per cent of double

“strength sugar. It has also been

claimed that the tops have yielded

thirteen tons of superior silage to'the

acre, ’



We think it is a foolishvidea for an

ordinary farmer to» think of growing

milkweed rubber and pick the cotton

off of them, or sugar from artichoke,

but it has been our experience that

artichoke grown for early hog grazing

is a most profitable crop. They Win-

ter in the ground same as do parsnips,

and as soon as the frost is out in the

spring, one can turn his hogs and

shotes,into one good acre of arti-

choke which will feed and grow well

twenty big shotes for sixty days. We

grow for hog grazing the red variety.

They {grow deep and spread all over

the ground, while white ones, grow

more in. a clump.



In digging for seed, we find that on

rich land, they will yield as high as

five bushels per square rod. Last

spring we turned the hogs into the

artichoke on March 15 and pastured

them until May 15. Our plan of grow

ing them is to cut the seed fine and

drop them in every third furrow about

one foot apart, plowing them under.

Then we keep harrowing three to

four weeks after which we cultivate

them two or three times. . '



How Second Crop ls Planted



When planting the succeeding crop,

the old crop is grazed until May 15 to

25, then the ground is plowed and





tubers left in the soil will then grow

thick enough to smother all weeds.

We are satisfied with a. few'acres of

artichoke on a medium sized farm

for hog grazing before other crops

come on in the spring. It is the cheap-

est feed and most efficient feed to

lower the cost of lard and pork that

can be found. ‘



Probably within a year, or two,

enough farmers will? drop the hog-

growing business and shift'to cattle

and sheep, causing hogs again to be

nearer on a parity with other stock

than at present.



But if motorizing the country and

de-horsing continues with deflation of





cheaper meat, but we hope never

again to see three cent .hogs, three

cent cattle, and three cent sheep.



The big thing to do is to cut our

cost of production, in every way pos-

sible by having early spring grazing

and planting a field of early Yankee

corn to hog off in August and early

September. We are ready with cheap

produced hogs on the early market.



In answer to your question on how

to get rid of artichoke, will say use

la chain on the plow to pull the tops

under the first of August and you

will never see an artichoke come .up.

At that time the old roots are ex-

hausted and the new ones are not‘

sufficiently developed to grow another

cropé—A. E Beebe.





 





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FOR fourteen years a cow testing



association has kept a. systematic

report of some twenty-one herds. At

the end. of one year, a. table was

given showing 4he profit from herds

where silage was fed and from those

that did 'not receive silage. A differ

ence of $29.04 in' favor of the usilago

cow above the" non-silage cow, was

shown; or fora herd of twenty cows,

the increased prom; in feeding silage

would be $580.80. This saving was

made at a. time. When” dairy products

were much cheaper than they. are to



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snows ARTICH‘OKE FOR Hoes





C ONSIDERABLE writing about5the ’





harrowed deep for several weeks. The »





the currency; we may gradually raise ,





money. on, the ~ food: bill: but it stimu-





lates“ and makeis‘,.poss‘ible‘:; larger --p1;w?’ , l" .





auction», .. which is ‘4'vital'1to. “successful

dairying. “ i' 3

The feeding of a balanced ration is

another important item' of - the herd

management. A balanced "ration is

one which is fitted» to the, requirements

of the animal. Aj'daii'ymwco‘w’s require-

ments are meaSuréd'j by :her body

weight and milk production." ’ An‘ av-

erage dairy cow »g’ivin'gfa"'good flow

of milk requires about fifty pounds of

silage and fifteen pounds, of alfalfa.

or clover hay besides 8.1 gram». raltion

of from six to ten pounds; isome farm-

ers have the idea theidbi not need

a silo because theyfhaVe' alfalfa or

clover. This is a great mistake I and

a. most Wasteful anduinco'rrect con-

ception of feeding. «Legume flhay is

not a balanced momma for best re-





sults it should be fed~with corn, silage. ;





_, The simplest and casket method of

increasing the . profit from the .milk-

ing h'erd is to provi'db .ihe animals

with ample feed ‘which‘shl'ould be:pro

duced o‘r purchasedatihe lOwest pos-

sible cost. The cheapest and best

source of roughage is found in silage

and legume hay. This *means' that

every farmer who, keeps" cows for

profit should use afsilo “and. feed liber-

ally this cheapest of" all rations; he

should have a goodfsuppl'y of clover or

alfalfa hay, and shiiuid‘iff p‘ossibleipro-

duce theSe cropsxfio'n hisOWh‘farmi and

close to his barnfl H

purchased, let 'thein‘j 'be‘fic flfc'étiftrzites

such as graJnSahd nilll' need—

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RATION FOR .FAMIILIYICOW





 





l have a. Holstein cow that has just

freshened and is gi

4% milk a. day. ’Would you please‘glvo

I c , \a balanced 7. ration for‘"~’he'r?—-



A cow that produces fifty to sixty

pounds of 4% milk requiresand is

entitled to,‘ a. good liberal ration.

Where the feed is grown on the farm

as is usual, it is advisable to include

some feeds, especially roughage, that

are not first-class dairy feeds to dis-

pose of them and turn them into

cash; but where everything is to be

purchased- only the best feeds need be

purchased. For instance, purchase good

hay rather than corn stalks or straw.



Purchase clover or alfalfa. h’ay' if

possible as the cencentrates to bal-

ance a_legume hay will not cost as

much as they will for timothy for a.

balanced ration. The following ration

is suggested: 15 lbs. clover bay for

roughage; 5 lbs. corn meal; 5 lbs.

ground oats; 5 lbs.. wheat bran, and

2 lbs. oil meal or cotton seed meal

for the grain‘ration.



This will furnish about 3.3 lbs. of

protein per day and is sufficient for

a. 1,000 lb. cow giving that amount

of milk. If the cow is larger, the ra-

tion should be increased using the

feeds in the same proportion. -



If you use timothyvhay instead, of

clo'irer the grain rationu must be in-





, creased by at least 2 lbs."oi'~ oil meal





to get the' same,amount“‘of protein.

- To 'get best- results-there should be





some form of succulent feed, silage, .





roots,'(beets, bagas, turnips, polstoes,

etc.) or dried beet pulp will." do very»

well. Ten or fifteen pounds of' any

kind of roots will help; keép‘the' cow

in good health and enable li'e‘rft'o'get

better results from. the ,dry' reads in‘

the ration. _ ' x



If beet pulp is moistened and al.

lowed to stand from pno‘feéd’ to an—

other, it is almost as good as the fresh

roots. . ‘:£_'.,f ' : ‘





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be combined to make a’.‘ balanced m;-

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' News and Views

From INGLESI DE F ARM—By Stan/eye Powell





 





 





BOUT- this ,time of year, most of

us farmers are thinking, and

thinking none too mildly, about

our tax burdens. After exhausting

both our backs and our ingenuity to

make ends meet and to have ,a little





I profit at the end of the season, we





are confronted with the necessity of

turning over a big proportion of our

earnings to pay the bills of the vari-

ous 'units of‘ government. ,





Each year we think our taxes ‘8un'-

bearable, but each succeeding year

finds them still higher. Where will

it end? What is the answer to the

present tax riddle? Why should Mich-

igan, the most prosperous state in the

Union, labor along under an anti-

quated, ill-adapted tax system that

hits a person not because of his abil-

ity to pay taxes, but because of his

inability to conceal his wealth and

thus escape payment.



Paying for Roads ,



_In our next few articles we expect

to discuss some of the phases of Mich-

' igan’s tax tangle. This week we wish

to comment very briefly on highway

finance. Our attention was directed

to this matter last December when

We visited our County Treasurer and

purchased two new sets of license

plates, one for the family car and the

'other for the farm truck. The auto

license was $14.85~w—hich was bad

enough, but when we handed over

$21.6.) for our light truck plates we

couldn’t help but inwardly remon-

strate and protest.



The speedometer shows that this

truck has averaged less than 2,000

miles'per year for the three Seasons

that we have had it. That means that

we are paying more than a cent a

mile in weight tax alone for the

privilege of running. this vehicle over

the public highways. Figuring the

very low mileage of only ten miles

per gallon‘of gasoline, this weight tax

is equivalent to a gas tax of 10 cents

_ per gallon, which added to the three

cent gas tax now in force, would

mean that we are paying at the rate

of 13 centsa gallon tax on the gas

used in this truck.



I have not discussed this proposi-

tion with anyone who does not agree

that farm trucks are too heavily

taxed. A commercial trucker, whose

vehicle averages as many miles per

day as a farmer’s truck makes in a

month, can pay a weight tax accord-

ing to the present schedule and get off

easy in proportion to profits earned

and damage done to the highways.



A More Just System



It would probably be impossible to

draft a definition of a “farmer’s

truck.” which would work out with en-

tire fairness.‘ As far as I can see, the

simplest and best solution to this

troublesome problem would be to

materially lower the license fees for

light and vmedium-weight trucks and,

if necessary, make good any loss in

revenue through a little higher gas

tax. 'I believe that we can support

such a program both from the stand-

point of selfish interest and that of

fairness. and justice.



Many ‘of you‘may think it strange

:that We do not run our truck more

than 2,000 miles a year. My only

:comment- regarding this is that we

:use it Whenever we have any trip to

make where 'We feel that it could be

used to advantage. Other farmers,





. differently .located and engaged in' a





different typeof agriculture, might





, findhitprofitable to drive more miles





'by ‘thk;



Ingleside is located about six miles

from ,Ion‘ia. Suppose that we go to

“ Mth‘ ,thertruckon the average

‘ ‘Thnt would





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per year which we would total in

trips to and from our trading center.

Figuring that way we would still have

700 of our 2,000 miles left for other

trips: '



If we drive but 2,000 miles a year

and obtain a mileage of only ten-miles

to the gallon, we would use 200 gal-

lons of gasoline per year. An addi-

tional'cent gas tax would cost $2.00

on this amount of fuel. Naturally I

am more concerned as to how to get

some relief on the item of the $21.60

license that I am afraid of a $2.00

boost in the gas tax levy.





I can’t help but feel a little lone-

some when I go out to our sheep barn

to tend our pure-bred Shropshires

these days. Last week we sold over

a carload of bred grade ewes that I

have been taking care of personally

since we brought them in from pasture

in the fall. This sale didn‘t just hap-

pen, but came as a result of advertis-

ing in this paper and faithfully reply-

ing to a whole flock of inquiries. Our

experience in this transaction con-

vinces us more than ever that if a

farmer has something to sell. all he

needs to do is to decide on a reason-

able price,‘advertise, carefully answer

the inquiries and he will find a satis-

factory purchaser.





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Continued from page 61)

driving the Perkins family away?”



“Come to think of it, Bob,” Ted

answered “a lot of folks did suspect

Old Man Jones, who owns the farm.

You see, when the Harkins family

left, he did a lot of blufiing around

about breaking the contract, and as

they couldn’t pay their cash rent,

Jones took over the crop. He did the

same thing with Perkins. Made a

right smart money above the regular

rent, they say. ’He’s a queer old coot,

but dad says Jones never would do a

dirty trick, like scaring women and

children. And he’s lost money since,

because he could only get $300 rent

instead of $500 as has always been

paid.”



.“Well,” Bob remarked as they

turned toward the house, “you sure

have given me an earful. I hope

mother and the girls don’t get to hear





all this. Is there anything more, Ted?

Out with it, so I can have all the

(d0p8’.n





Ted looked troubled. “There is one

thing more,” he confessed, “but I

thought I’d told you enough for one

time. Every time a pig or calf was

taken they found tracks that Old Lem

Peters said was made by a bear. Now

we know that there never were any

bears here—and a bear doesn’t draw

red circles on barns. As I said,

wolves might have taken ’cm. We’ve

run wolves in the big timber not far

away. If there was any bear, he was

just a part of the mystery.”



“Whew!” ejaculated Bob. “This is

a nice, quiet farm to live on! But it’s

been three years and the chances are

that nothing will happen now. So

long, Ted. Come over often. It looks

as if I may need your help.”



“So long, Bob,” said Ted as he

started home. “Count me in if any-

thing happens. And don"t forget what

I said about the county agent and the

pig club. We want you lined up with

the other boys and girls. By the way,”





.and Ted’s grin was mischievous,

“Katie O’Neal is a member of the

sewing club.” ’





(Continued next week)





 





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All sizes including hay fork ropes. Wonder-

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III-king on the Farm. "

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Minneapolis, Minn.





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taking orders for our



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quality. F. W. ALEXANDER. Vassar. Midi.





 





bred for April and

May fan‘ow. H. W.





Registered 0.I.C. Gills





MANN, Dantvillo, Mich.

F0 R S A L E Poland China. boars of March

_ - and April furrow. Also some

uhmca bred gilm. due to furrow in March and April.

livery (filohimmuncd for cholera. WESLEY HILE. , ,

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ARGE TYPE POLAND

either sex for sale.

A. A. Feldkamp,





CHINAS Spring Pigs.

Also Brown Swi>s Bulls.

R. No. 2, Manchester. Mich.





 





Wallinwood Quernseys

Sons of BROOKMEAD’B SECRET KINGIor'saJe.

F. W. WALLIN, JENISON. MICH.





$1150 BUYS 7 REG. HEIFERS





5 are bred. 3 will freshen soon. Colantha & Maple-

vrust breeding. The dam. of the sire in 1024. 4 years

old, gave 10,880 lbs. of milk test 4.2. Was ahead

in the state. Are T. B. tested and choice heifers.

ALBERT V. PANGBORN. Bad Axe, Mich.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





F O R S A L E L. T. Poland (‘hina boars

and bred gills. also fall piga

CLAIR I. BROWN, Kalamazoo. Mich.. R. No. I0.





 





Extra large spring boars

and gills. Also weanling





Poland ~Chinas





 





pigs. JAMES G. TAYLOR. Balding. Mich.



A FEW good 'Hampshiro spring boars at a

. bargain. Plano your order for bred

gilts. JOHN W. SNYDER. st. Johns, Mich., R. 4.





 





RED SHORTHORN BULL





by ltodney's lMOdeI. W. E. Mon-ish, R. 5, Flint. Mich.





 





Ton fresh Jersey or Guernsey





WANTED cows. Give full particulars.





VANSCHOYCK BROTHERS. Route 9, Jackson. Mich.





5 Registered





ERWIN H.





 





Brown Swiss females and one young

bull for sale. Accredited since 1020.

KRAUSS & SONS, Scbewaing, Mich.





HOGS





DUROCS





Service boars. bred sows and Bill's. fall Digs. Premier





Michigan breeder at State Fair.

LAKEFIELD FARMS, Glarkslon, Mich.





FOR SALE—Dunno Gilts of type and quality. bred



to High ‘Orion No. 205227. Also a few spring

hours at right prices. >Shippcd C. O. D. on ap-

proval. W‘. E. BARTLEY, Alma, Mich.





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O-l-C- HOGS on llme Hana:

Originators and most extensive breeders.



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





For Sale--Reg. 0. I. C. April & May Pigs





best of breeding. Shipped on approval. FRED W.

KENNEDY &. SONS. R. I. Chelsea. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





O I C9 . Good last spring pigs. not akin

‘ ' 8' all pigs. recorded free.

OTTO SCHULZE Q. SONS. Nashville. Mich.



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SHEEP

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263 Choice extra large Delaine ewes. 91 year-lining.





 





 





 





 





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balance 2 and 3 yr. olds. Brod to registered Shrop.

rams. Must sell as we are overstocked. D. L.

CHAPMAN 81. SUN. 8. Rockwood. Mich. .



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To make room for our Karakules

we are offering for sale thirty medium Wool ewes,

two to four years old. in good thrifty condition.

bred to Reg. Karakul rams. Sixty head to select.

from. ANGUS HOME STOCK FARM, Davison. Mich.





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two grew. all bred and broken to work. They are

two well matched teams. smuld and large. Bred to

a son 0! Etudent. Also one pair of three year old ‘

geldings. sound and a good pair. Prices reasonable.

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Tuesday, January 10

Wheat.

Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.39; No. 2

white $136842; No. 2 mixed at $13615.

Chicago—M a r c h $12814; M a y

$1.29%; July $1.251,4.

Toledo—-Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.39%

@$1.401,é.

Corn.





Detroit—No. 2 yellow 94c; No. 3

yellow 92c; No. 4 yellow 900.



Chicago—March 867/30; May 90140;

July 9214c.





Oats.

Detroit—No. 2 Michigan 59c; No. 3

white 571/20.

Chicago—March 53140; May 54950;

July 513/40.

Rye.

Detroit~—N0. 2, $1.14.





Chicago—M arch $1.07%; M ay

$1.08; July $1.02.

Toledo—$1.15.

Beans.

Detroit.-——Immediate and prompt





shipment $5.90 f. 0. b. shipping points.

New York—Pea domestic at $6.00@

$6.50; red kidneys $7.25@8.00 to the

wholesalers.

Chicago—Spot navy beans, Michigan

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

dark red kidneys $7.60.





Barley.

Detroit—Melting 90c; feeding 860.

Seeds.





Detroit domestic seedsz—CaSh clo-

ver $18.75; February $18.95; March

$18.90; cash alsike $16.30; February

$16.45; March $16.60; timothy at

$2.05; March $2.15.





Hay.



Detroit—-No. 1 timothy at $13.00@

$14.00; standard $12.50@13.50; No. 2

timothy $10.00@11.00; N0. 1 light

clover, mixed $13@14; No. 1 clover

$11.50@12.50; wheat and Oat straw

$10.00@11.00; rye straw $11.00@12.00

alfalfa hay, No. 2 to choice at Chicago,

$14.00@25.00.



Feeds.





Detroit~Winter wheat bran at $40;

spring wheat bran at $39; standard

middling at $39; fancy middling. at

$43; cracked corn at $43; coarse corn

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





WHEAT.





The period of weakness in wheat

prices due to bearish estimates on the

domestic crop, the acreage planted to

winter wheat last‘fall, and the initial

forecast on the Argentine crop proved

to be comparatively brief and the mar-

ket again shows a firm undertone.





 





Most of the wheat in second hands

in the United States appears to be

well placed, the close of lake naviga-

tion has reduced the pressure from

Canadian wheat on European markets,

and Argentine appears to have con-

tracted enough of its crop for later

shipment, so that offerings are not as

heavy as a few weeks ago. The quan-

tity of wheat that has arrived at

Argentine ports remains quite small

and but little has been cleared for ex-

port thus far.





BEANS.





The market is very quiet with pea

beans showing slightly firmer tone in

the eastern markets and unchanged

in the middle west markets. Other

kinds are holding steady with no

change in prices.





CORN.





The corn market has developed a

more stable tone since the decline a

short time ago to a new low point for

the season. The holidays, cold weath-

er, and lower prices combined to

check the movement from the country

temporarily at least. Nevertheless,

corn is accumulating at terminals

more rapidly than last year. A rather

liberal movement is expected during





January and February but demand is

broader than last year and confidence

in the maintenance of prices is more

general than a year ago.





OATS.





Oats prices have made but little

progress in the last several weeks.

Small primary receipts, fairly active

demand, and a moderate visiblei supply

create a strong underlying s tuation

which is likely to express itself in

higher prices toward spring.





SEEDS.





Sales of red clover seed by farmers

have not increased although prices

remain strong. Prices in the important

districts advanced about 65 cents per

hundred pounds in the two weeks end-

ing December 20 to an average of $26

per 100 pounds, basis clean seed.

Growers in most. cases are holding

their seed for spring planting or for

sale to other growers. Alslke clover

seed declined a little during the same

period to an average of. $23.10 per

100 pounds, basis clean seed.





FEEDS.





New strength has developed in the

feed market and prices are firm at a

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. Best ........ ............$16.50@17.00

DETROIT Others ...... . ........... 7.50@16.00

, Cattle. Sheep and Lambs.

tRecelpts 194. Market steady I20 Receipts 1 647 Market steady

s rong. ’ ‘ '

Good to choice yearlings 3 £215.? i235: -.'::::::::::::$ii:338i§:33

drY’fed ............... $11.00@1 .75 Light to common lambs. . 6-00. 9.50

Best heavy steers, dry-fed 10.25@13.00 Fair to good sheep 6 00 7 00

Handy weight butchers. 9.00@11.00 Buck lambs """ 7‘50@12‘25

Mixed steers and heifers. 9.00@10.00 Culls’ and co'n'lfiiéfi """" 2'00@ 3'00

Handy light butchers . . .. 7.50@ 9.50 . ' ' ' ' ‘ ‘ ' '

Light butchers . . . ....... 6.00@ 8.50 ”W'-

Best cows .............. 7.00@ 9.00 Receipts 3,034. Market 10c lower.

Butcher cows ........... 5.50@ 7.00 Pigs, 130-lb. down ...... .$ 7.75

Cutters ................. 5.00@ 5.25 Mixed hogs, 180~300 avg. . 8.75

Canners ................ 4.00@ 5.00 Light, 130—160 lbs. avg... 8.00

Choice light bulls ....... 6.0061) 9.00 Roughs ................ . - 6.75

Bologna bulls ....... . . . . 7.00@ 9.00 Good Yorkers,

Stock bulls ............. 6.0000 7.75 160—180 lbs. average. .. . 8.75

Feeders ................ 7.00017 9.50 Stags .................. . 6.00

“Satclilckers .d ............. “5,8821% 3.38 Extreme heavies ...... .. 7.50@ 8.00

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Receipts 37,000. Market fairly ac-

tive, generally 5@10c higher than

Monday’s low tide; tops $8.40; choice

kind on weights 190-lb. up at the top;

180-lbs. up $8.20@8.40; strictly choice

heavy butchers $8.40 and above; pack-

ing sows $7.00@7.25; choice kind $7.30

@740; pigs low and draggy, bulk

$7.00@7.40, few $7.50@7.60.





Cattle





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pects more on late; vealers 50c lower;

weighty feeders up to $18.60; several

loads $14.25@16.50; medium Weights

at outside price; best yearlings early

$16.00; low cutters $5.50; few heavy

sausage bulls up to $8.50; general

trade on fat weighty kind above $8.50;

vealers $12.00 to packers; shippers

buying up to $15.00. .

Sheep 3nd Lambs



.Receipts 22,000. Market fat lambs

fairly active, strong with Monday;

tops 150 higher; early tops $13.75;

early bulk 89-lb. down $13.50@13.60;

90-1bs. $13.00@13.25; w e s t e r n e rs

$11.75@12.00; sheep firm; fat ewes

$6.50@7.00; best held higher; feeding

lambs unchanged; good $12.00@12.50;

tops $13.00. ~ .





BUFFALO.

Hogs

Receipts 500. Holdover 3,186; mar-

ket mostly steady; light weights slow;

bulk'175o260-lb. $9.10, few $9.15; 150-

lbs. down quotable $8.50; packing.

sows $7.00@7.50. .





, Cattle

, Receipts 25. Market steady.





Calves _ '

. Receipts 150. Market, steady; tops

311% ; culls and» common , $9.00@

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stimulated demand considerably and

offerings

Stocks on hand are not large, and ,so

long as demand continues to parallel

production, the feed market should re-

main firm. Activity in both the dairy

and poultry ndustries is increasing,

creating a, road outlet for mixed

feeds.



Chicago—B ran, $33.00; standard

middlings, $32.50; hominy feed $38.50;

gluten feed, $36.20; old process oil

meal $34%, $50.00; tankage, 60%,

$75.00; cotton seed meal, 43%, $52.50.





HAY.





An unusually heavy carryover of ,





hay from the 1927 crop is the prospect

unless the remainder of the winter is

much more severe than that prior to

January 1, so that the feeding season

is prolonged more than ordinarily.

Although this year’s hay crop was 11

million tons greater than the record

crop of 1924, less bay has been mar-

keted so far this season than in the

corresponding period of 1926.



The relatively high price of cotton-

seed’ meal probably has been a factor

in the better demand for the higher

grades of alfalfa hay suitable for dairy

purposes than has existed for either

prairie or timothy hays.





EGGS.





Heavy snows and sub-zero weather -





throughout the country sent the fresh

egg market back in the neighborhood

of the high prices for the season last

week. The present market is wholly

dominated by the weather. Once the

cold wave has broken, and egg pro-

duction shows indications of some

maintained increase, prices will re-

sume their seasonal trend downward.





Chicago—Eggs; fresh firsts, 40c;

extras, 47@480; ordinary firsts, 30@

36c; dirties, 20c; checks, 21@260.

Live poultry: Hens, 260; capions,‘ 28@

290; gspringers, 260; roosters, 18c;

ducks, 22c; geese, 20c; turkeys, 28c.



Detroit—Eggs: Fresh receipts best

quality, .460; storage, 28@335fic. Live

'poultry: Heavy springers, 27@280;

medium springers, 25@26c; heavy

hens, 27@28c; medium hens, 24@25c;

geese, 22@23c; ducks, 27@28c; tur-

keys, 35@38c.





BUTTER.





Butter prices remain firm at around

cents a-pound wholesale at Chi-

cago for 92 score creamery. Produc-

tion is increasing slowly, and the cold

wave undoubtedly will reduce output

temporarily. Consumptive demand is

excellent, so that fresh stocks are

cleared rapidly. Storage butter finds

a good sale and withdrawals proceed

at a much faster rate than at the cor-

responding time a year ago, so that

the surplus is being steadily reduced.

Prices on 92 score Creamery were:

Chicago, 50c; New York, 520; Detroit,

42@47%c per lb.





POTATOES.





Cold weather has hampered trade in

the potato market. Haulings have

been light while in some sections they

were prohibited entirely by impas-

sable roads, and some frozen stock

arrived at the distributing markets.

Demand has shown some improvement

and prices are fractionally .higher.

Dealers are not over-optimistic- as to

the prospects of a late winter bulge as

a good share of the western potato

crop is still to come on the market.

Northern round w ites, U. S. No. 1,

are quoted at $1. to, 1.70per 100

pounds, sacked, on the C cago whole-

sale market. _ -





., APPLES.





The rush of apple shipments which

occurred before the holiday has let

up, but supplies remain liberal in most.

markets. Demand has fallen off but

dealers are not inclined to push sales

except at listed prices. Michigan

A 21/2 inch Jonathans still bring $8

to $9 a barrel at Chicago. _



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HEAVY LAMB TRADE UNSATIS—

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« on that descrip on and prices are

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fholidays and storms forced an up-

turn of 50 ‘cents to $1 from the ex-

As the

January run got under way, prices lest

much of this gain. Small receipts.

served to give fresh pork trade a bet-

ter tone, but cured products and lard

have been draggy. Exports of hog

meats continue quite small, although

clearances of law in the last half of

December were liberal.



,,While January is likely" to be a

month of weak prices, the market may

not pass the low point in December.

The Chicago average seems likely to

fluctuate between $8 and $9 for an-

other month or six weeks. after which

the seasonal decline in receipts should

cause a moderate upturn toward

spring





 





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UE to the preceding break in

prices, the holidays, storm weath—

er, and moderate numbers on



feed, receiptsof cattle in the last two

weeks of December were practically

the lightest for any like period in a

decade. A runaway market resulted.

Finish considered, prices on nearly all

classes of, killing steers, cows, heifers,

and bulls went to new high levels for

the season. -This.upturn, coupled with

milder temperatures, attracted 'a larg-

er run! and a substantial part of the

advance melted away. ’



Protest against high beef prices has

quieted down, and the fact that buy-

ers were riding hard to obtain num-

bers in" the last ten days shows that

there is no congestion in beef trade

channels- Nevertheless, a continua-

tion of- semi-starvation runs will be

necessary to hold prices on this level.

With normal shipping conditions

through January, some increase in

supplies .is probable. Cattle feeders

are anxious to cash in, and most of

the receipts have been on grain only

60, to 90 days. A series of sharp

breaks and quick rallies is probable

in the next month or two, with feed-

ers cashing in on the upturns and re-

ducing loadings on the dips. A con-

tinued premium on weighty steers is

probable, although it is likely to be-

come smaller toward spring.





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FEEDERS KEEP MOVING





HE number of stocker and feeder



cattle taken to the country in the



last" ‘two mouths has been larger

than a year ago, and a. little above

average. In the four weeks ending

December 23, 1927, 200,000 head were

shipped from twelve leading markets

into seven principal feeding states

against 165,000 a. year previous and

189,000 two years ago. Liquidation of

short-fed and warmed-up cattle has

been in progress right along, how-

ever, so that there is still a. distinct

shortage in the number of cattle re-

'maining on feed.





 





ANNUAL MEET STATE HOLSTEIN

ASSOCIATION





 





ONDAY, January 30th, 1928, is



the date set for the twenty-



eighth annual meeting of the

Michigan Holstein-Friesian Associa-

tion. The general set-up is: meeting,

afternoon in the Agricultural Building,

State College; banquet, evening at the

Peoples’ Church, East Lansing.



M. S. Prescott of Lacona, New York

editor of “The Holstein- Friesian

World” will be on the afternoon pro-

gram, talking on “The Holstein In-‘

dustry for 1928.” , Earl J. Cooper,

director of the Extension Service of

the National Holstein Association will

assist at- the business session slated

fer the attemoOn. The banquet pro-

gram festivities are shrouded in

mystery. Everybne interested in Hol-

steins is invited to the doings whether

he is a member of the State Holstein

Association or not. —J. G. Hays, Sec.





 





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'I‘HE Mi c higan Association of

Creamery OWners and Managers,

through their secretary, K. L. Mc,



Kinnon, Flint,“ Michigan, announce



that a. One Hundred Dollar award will



be made to the successful Michigan

cow testers. ‘whoiell about their ac-

compfishments made during 1927 on



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IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY of California

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priced low. Write free booklet. Dept. 6. Stanislaus

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FOR SALE—120 acre dairy farm. water in house and

ham. Individual water cups for cows. Natural al-

falfa land. Easy terms. Write 221 Osceola Ave,

Big Rapids. Mich.





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ing the blood lines of America’s finest collics. Spo-

cially priced. C. M. Bcdiugcr, Berricn Springs. Mich.

SCOTCH COLLIES. from the best drivers. Clover-

leaf Farms. T111111. Ohio.



FOR SALE—French Collie puppies cheap. Willard





Charlick, Holly, Mich.





 





FARM BRED COLLIE PUPPIES at farmer’s prices.

J. E. Hegner. Reed City. Mich.





MATTRESSES





 





MATTRESSES made any size. low factory prices.

Catalog free. Peoria Bedding Company. Peoria. Ill.





 





 





FRUIT TREES AND NURSERY STOCK





 





PEACH TREES. $5 per 100 and 11p. Apple Trees,

$7 50 per 100 and up. In large or small lots direct

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

pears. cherries, grapes. nuts berries. pecans, vines:

ornamental trees. vines and shrubs. Free catalog in

colors. Tennessee Nursery Co.. Box 125. Cleveland.

Tenn





 





MASTODON EVERBEARING straw—

berry plants $1.95. 250 for $3.50. 500 I'm $6.75.

Bears July to Deccmbcr. 18 fill quart. 2 year Con—

cord grape plants loss than 20 each. Beautiful cata-

101.1 free. George Stromer, Box 14. New Buffalo.

Michigan. 0





100 GENUINE





 





MASTODON EVERREARING~Less than 11/50 each.

Why pay more. Champion Originator. Catalog free.

Edwin Lubke. New Buffalo, Mich.





 





CHERRY OFFF Tl. Dec. 3185.





extended 20 days.

Gobles (Mich.) Nurseries. .





' 354467





[8 VARIETIES Record of Perm-misuse Male Mott-as.

Breeding cockcrols. pullcts. and chicks Free catalog

giving big carly order discounts. Beckman Hatchery.

Box 57, Grand Rapids, Mich.





 





BITFF‘ LIGGHORN PULLETS, hatching eggs

baby chicks that live and grow. Circular.

crcst Poultry Farm, Bath. Mich.





and

Hill-





 





PURE TANCRED I'OCKERELS with pedigrees. Ive

dollars and up. Smiley Farms. R. 5. Jackson. Mich.





LEGHORNS. 332 egg.

Harlan Fulton, Gallipolis. Ohio.





 





S. 0. BROWN AND WHITE

catalog.





 





FOR SALE—Large mire-bred Toulouse sanders and





 





 





Izccsc. Write for prices. Dan McAvoy. Laingsburg.

Mich.

BABY CHICKS



WHITE LEGIIORN CHICKS from big white eggs.

Shipped anywhere c. 0 Guaranteed to live. Low

prepaid priIcs. Trapncstod, pedigreed foundation

stm-k. Egg contest records to 314 eggs. Hundreds of

occkcrcls. pullers, hcns. Bargain prices. Big 28th.

annual catalog fI-cc. George B. Ferris. 934 Union,

Grand Rapids, Michigan.





 





DO‘VNS TIEGTIORNS Ll) AD STATE CONTESTL





Last ‘rcport (Dec 14) shows our leghorns loading

MIchIgan International Egg Laying Contest. 1 000

puller. now being trapnestcd in R. 0. P. To insure





dclivcty when wnutcd—oxder your MIchigan Accredited

(hicks now! Frcc cirmlar and prices on request.





Down's Poultry Farm, Romeo. Mich.





 





TOWNLINE CHICKS eggs. breeding stock in four

leading valictics have madc a record of profit per-

tmmance for thousands of poultrymen that points the

way sucrcssward for y.ou Don’ t fail to get our New

1928 ('atalog .Tclls how to raise chicks and why

our egg blood line-s make profits easy. Copy free.

Townline Poultry Farm. Route 1 Box 107, Zeeland.

Michigan.





 





BABY CHICKS. The Village View large type.

I'Igorous. healthy chicks. Direct from our poultry

farm and hatchery to you. Ask for our large free





catalogue which tells all about our hatching

breeding establishment. Price reasonable

are booked now. Village View Poultry

land. Mlch., R.~.3.





and.

if orders

Farm. Zeo-





 





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 dcliycry at special discount. Send for

catalog and priccs. Bmmmer- Fredrickson Poultry

Farm. Box 28, Holland. Michigan





 





FAIRVIICW CHICKS. Pullots, Ilcns and Pedigreed

(‘Oclufi'ols ham pun-(l tI1< way to bicgcl poultry prof-

its for bunmcds. Our 1928 (‘atalog tells you how to





raise poultry for 1110111.}ct our Liv-l and Let Live

P111199. Fairvicw IIJIJIll‘l‘y & Farms. Box CM. Zeo-

luml. Michigan. ‘





 





BARlllCl) ROCK ('IIH‘KS ~Inrubators now running.





Order chicks curly. (‘anl's chicks nrc bottm' chicks.

Hunks. (11:11.14. 11nd bra-dim: stock. Flock under State

and Fedora] supcryision. Loo. V. Card. Hillsdale.





Mir-11.. l‘honc (.‘zlmbrin. 4100.





 





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you arc intcrmtctl in chicks. Hollywood Leghorns.

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Poultry Farm. Box 265, I'lniIIWcll. Michigan.





 





BABY (‘IIII' KS— From our extra large type Eng. W.





Lug.Hc.1vy Dl'mluc'cH Gct our circular bcf

mdcn'm: clscwhere. Prices low, only $107.50 per

1,000. A-l chicks. Mode] Poultry Farm, Zeeland.





R. 4. Michigan.





 





RI‘OILER (‘IIIPKS— Why have empty broodcr houses?

M'dko a. profit on I’IYIH'IOI'L broilers. Accredited and

blood— tcstcd. Incubator now running. Pinecroft

l‘olulny Farm, R. (1', Owosso. Mich. Write for cir<

cu ar.





BE'I'I‘I'I It RARY (‘Illl I\S from State Fair winnols.





prodmrion (lass Eighty per cent of our chicks go

to .OIII customcrs. I-chwn hl‘ouds. Booking orders.

lemg priccs. “'ritc. thvhllcld Hatchery. Litchfield.





Mil-I1.





 





LOOK! 100.000 chicks 00 up, 20 varieties. Using

many 200 to 312 cgg record bred ROP cockorels.

Scnd for free catalog giving big early order dis-

counts. Lawrence Hatchcry, Grand Rapids, Mich.





 





SUPERIOR RINGLE'I‘ BARRED ROCK Cocks and





 





 





 





got-kcrcls. large ringy fellows. L. Wyndham. Tiffin.

no.

TURKEYS



WHITE HOLLAND 'I‘URKEYS and White Pekin

Ducks. pure-bred healthy mick. Addressed stamped

envelope for reply. Alden Whiteomb, Byron Center.

1 1c . ‘

TURKEYS. all breeds. Strictly pure- bred. Unre-

lated pairs and trips. reasonable prices. Eastern





Ohio Poultry me. Beullsfillc Ohio.





 





PURP-BRED BRONZE BREEDING STOCK. m-





 





 





SEEDS





 





 





WANTED FARMS





WANTED—To hear from owner of farm or unim—

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





 





FARMS FOR RENT





 





FOR RENT—~Ideally watered 1 350 acre stock farm.

Big barns two houses. Terms to suit 90 miles

North Grand Rapids. L. J. Hlavacek. 5431 North

Sounding. Chicago. Illinois.





WANTED—Farm to rent, fully equipped.

cows preferred. Reliable experienced farmer.

of references. John Harman. Van Bur-on. Ind.





plenty

Best





 





WOLVERINE OATS absolutely

mlnau'on perfect. Weight thirty-eight pounds. we

dollar bushel. bags free. Freight prepaid. Michigan,

on over twcnty bushel orders received before March.

Checks cashed early March when seed shipped.

Satisfaction guarantcod. A. B. Cook, Owosso. Mich.





pure. color and ger-





 





SCIENCE AND

American Banner wheat,

Robust beans best for

Owosso. Mich.





PRACTICE demonstrate Imprwed

Wolverine oats. Improved

Michigan. A. B. Cook.





 





SWEET CLOVER SEED, white blossom, grown north-

ern Michigan. Recleaned,scarif1ed. Scaled bags.

Delivered your station 86 00 bushel. Thes. Bucll.

Elmira, Mich.





 





MSCELLA NEOUS





 





ATTENTION LODGES. CHURCHES—I have 150

double folding chairs. a full line of dishes and

7 10-foot tables. Also lighting fixtures for sale at

an attractive price. Call at my expense. Harry 0.

Robinson, Phone 7, Plymoum. Mich.





 





WHY BLAME r1111 13111.1. when your cow does not

breed? Use MC 1 hour before smice. Re-

sults or your money back: 85 cents for‘ one cow.

$2. 90 for five cows. Dostpnild Woods Farm.

Benton. Route 2. Box 490. Washington.





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,GUARANgllngst HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chem 5





SWEET CLOVER, bushel $5.40. alfalfa $15.00. seed

corn $3.50. Write for price list. Felton Seed 00..

Sioux City, Iowa.



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Tobacco





 





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

50 for $1.95: pay when received.

money refunded. if not satisfactory. Farmers Am

elation. West Paducah. Kentucky.





 





Fuel Pay poetm’n. '

Kentucky





Smoking. 10.81.50.1’1116

United Farmers. Baldwell.





WON 203A Loco: Chewing 11111.81. Smok-

in! 5 lbs. 750. PM when received. Pipe free.

Far-mm mien. Mach. 3:.





 





 





latcd pairs. vigorous good quality. Mrs. Chas,

Boone. Traverse City, llll‘uh.. 5.



MICHIGAN‘S BEST Giant Bronze turkeys. large.

utility and fancy. The birds that always give satis-

factmn. N. Evalyn Ramsdell. Ionic. Mich.

PUREBRET) Bourbon's toms. twalve; hens ten. F.

J. Chapman. Northvillo, Mich.





 





PURE- BRET) BOURBON TURKEY'S. hens $8. toms

$12. Mrs H. 0. Rugglcs. hIIlford. Mich.





 





MAMMOTH Bronze Turkeys. May hatched. Val?





 





 





 





 





good ones. Mrs Eugene Ramsdcll. Bancver,Mld1.

PURE-BRET) BOURBON RED TURKEYS. Maurice

A. Rector, Rockford, Mich.



AGENTS WANTED ’

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 year replacement. No investment or experience

rv. Outfit free. Real opportunity. Knight

8; Bostwick. Newark. New York State.





NEW HOUSEHOLD DEVICE washes—dries windows.

sweeps, clams walls. scrubs. mops. on low than

brooms. Over half profit. Herpers.173 Third so,

Fairfleld. Iowa. _





 





HELP WANTED





 





'MILK. ROUTE SALESMAN WANTED—$200100 cash





bond required Steady employment. good waxes and

for advancement.





alum. Freeman Dairy Company. Flint. Mich.





 





WANTED~Farmcr or farmer's son or man to travel

in ommt-ry. Steadv work. Good Mo Coupon

8: Company, Dept. F 26, Winona... Minn.





 





 





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