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lTbis cow is also a line milker, practically as good

as the cow above. With the same feed and care

she made $24.51 profit during December. Butter-

fat rating 3.7%. We should expect her also to

be at her top production that month, and predict

a falling-cit for her—«following the usual be-

havior of cows .after freshening. And this is

exactly what happened. She did not have Dr.

Hess Improved Stock Tonic added to her feed.

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This cow is a good milker. Just on ordinary

teed—ground oats and corn, bran with oil meal

added—and with ordinary care, she made a profit

of $26.58 during December. Her butter-fat rato‘

ing was 3.4%. This coming shortly afterjreshé

ening, it would naturally be supposed that she

was just about at the top of her production—

with the chances all in favor of her dropping off

about 10% each month afterwards. However, be—

ginning with ]anuary, Dr. Hess Improved Stock

Tonic was added to her feed, and this unquestiont

ably made'a ditference in subsequent profits.





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Tonic cow against non-Tonic cow for seven months





 





 





 





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months, the upper cow receiving Dr. Hess Improved





the Tonic at any time.





Profits for both cows given month by month below





January—Tonic cow profits - - - - - - - $28.81 April—Tonic cow profits - - - ..

January—Non-Tonic cow profits - - - - - 21.64 April—Non-Tonic cow profits - -

February—Tonic cow profits - - - - - - - 29.84 May—Tonic cow profits - - - -

February—Non-Tonic cow profits - - - - - 14.26 May—Non-Tonic cow profits - - -

March—Tonic cow profits - - - - - - - - 26.74- June—Tonic cow profits — - - -

" MarcheNon-Tonic cow profits - - - - - - 13.61 June—Non-Tonic cow profits - - e



July—Tonic cow profits - - - - - - - - $17.62



July—Non—Tonic cow profits - - - - ~ - - 3.58





At the end of the seven menths the records show that the Tonic

cow had made a total profit of $181.71, or an average profit of





$25.96 per month.





The Tonic enabled this cow to remain in finest milking condi-

tion and to maintain her highest production almost to the end of

the test. Her fine showing is due to sustained productiOn.



The total profit of the non-Tenie cow for the seven months was





$79.78, or an average of $11.40 per month.





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and the non-Tonic cow’s 2.97% butter-fat for the

with the December records in the descriptions o

is mentioned as an interesting fact and not.as

Tonic will increase butter-fat content of milk.





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hat Lincoln Did for Agriculture





To Farmmg the Great Emancipator Made a Major C072trzéu12072

By I. J. Mathews





N the little town of Granville, Illi-

I nois, which isin Putnam County,

there stands a granite boulder, re-

cently brought down from the bluffs

of the Illinois river. On this is an in-

scription saying that this boulder

marks the spot where an epoch~mak-

ing idea was born in 1851. This idea

has since remade the agriculture and

home'life of the United States.

Because he stood at the parting of

the ways and .made possible the

crystallization of this idea into edu-

cational monuments found in every

state, President Lincoln may proper-

ly be regarded as one of the greatest

benefactors of American agriculture.

This aspect of his many-sided per-

sonality has been largely overlooked

but it is very fitting that we refresh

our memories on this point.

Commencement speakers, too often

chosen for glibness rather than

thoughts, tell farm raised boys and

girls the fine features of about every

profession under the sun except farm-

ing and home making. Farm boys and

girls need to be “sold” on the calling

and business that. has given them





their bread and butter and clothing so





this‘fact should be allowed to soak in:

The greatest men this country has

produced have credited much to their

farm training; moreover, many of

their greatest contributions have been

made in the field of agriculture. And





, Abraham Lincoln was no exception ,to





this statement.

If newspapers had been as common





 





The Log Cabin Which 'Abraham Lincoln





in Lincoln’s day as they are now, he

probably could not have been elected

to the presidency, because he did two

things, either one of which would be

repugnant to a large body of the

electorate. In the first place, he ad-

vocated agricultural training for farm-

ers, and in the second, he made a pre-

election promise. Even now the first

would make him unpopular in some

quarters and the last would have made

him liable to prosecution under the

“corrupt practices” act.





 





Helped His Father to Build in

Coles County, Ill.





The idea bf an agricultural college

was discussed freely in Michigan dur-

ing the forties, While the Michigan

Agricultural College was first in the

country to become a reality in 1857.



But, back in 1819, one Captain Al-

den Partridge of Norwich University,

Norwich, Vermont, had the temerity

to work out a scheme for the teach-

ing of agriculture. However, he got

nowhere with the suggestion. The

soil was then filled with virgin fer-

tility, harvest surely followed seed-





time, and with such easy going it is

little wonder that the idea was on the

shelf of oblivion for thirty-two years

before it was dusted off and again»

brought to public notice. Lincoln had

read the treatise of Captain Partridge

and was an out and out disciple of

his. '“



No doubt Lincoln’s early training

in hardship endurance on his father’s

farms in Kentucky, Indiana, and

Illinois had much to do with his na-

tural sympathy for those who lived

by tilling the soil.



In the 1850’s, Jonathan Turner was





4 a leading light. in Illinois educational





circles. He also juggled the Partridge

idea about in his mind finally evolv-

ing a plan whereby there would be

made possible a system of education

with an industrial university in each

of the states. On every conceivable

occasion, he spoke upon this hobby.

Finally, the Buel Institute, not unlike

our present farmers’ institutes, called

a convention to hear Professor Tur—

ner. This was called in 1851 at Gran-

ville, Illinois. Turner made the ope-n-

ing address an d the convention

wrestled with the plan for two days-

and nights and finally adopted it. It

was a very hectic and dramatic con-

vention. It had been expected that

only farmers would attend but when

the gavel banged on the table, it was

discovered that not only farmers were

in the hall but also doctors, lawyers,

merchants, and others.

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Tfle Michigan 82412072 2': Doing [72 tereytz'fig Wont wz'té





N improving wheats to meet the

special demands of Michigan grow-

ers, millers, and elevator men, the



Farm Crops Department of the Mich-

igan State College is faced with a

variety‘of climatic and soil conditions

and particular market requirements,

each of which demands attention.



Millers manufacturing flour for local



use in bread making, desire red

wheats of high gluten content, which

will themselves make a good patent

flour, or which will require a blending

of the smallest possible amounts of

hard spring or hard red Winter wheat





in order-to achieve a patent flour of





high grade. In general, they prefer

red wheats which have hard vitreous

kernels, a type which is high in

gluten. Not only must the percentage

of gluten be high but it must be of





the proper nature to make an elastic;





tenacious dough Which will produce

a voluminous loaf. For the manufac-

ture of gluten meal, much the same

requirements as to a high. gluten con-

tent is made.



For the manufacture of pastry flour

used in making crackers, cookies,





cakes, quick breads, etc., white wheats -





with comparatively low gluten content

are most desirable. Michigan has a

great reputation based upon the excel-





: lent pastry flour produced by our mil-

' ‘ ' Sort wheats, .,

We be Plant Breeder Remove; the Anflim of a Wheat Plant aid Later Tran.-

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By Prof. J. F. Cox





Michigan Experiment Station





great demand. The market for flours

of this type is well established in the

south where self rising flours and pas-

try flours are largely used and at

points where crackers and biscuits are

manufactured. This market is largely

American and, since the war-period,

has been on a stronger basis than the

market for the harder wheats better

suited for patent flours which are





more directly influenced by world

prices.



The farmer is interested in growing

a wheat which will give him the high-

est possible yield and bring the best

price on the market. On the more fer-

tile wheat lands; well supplied with

nitrogen and mineral elements of fer-

tility, 'the semi-hard high gluten

wheats will yield well. On other soils,





 





Mi: Grain





not so fertile and possibly carrying

too great an abundance of moisture,

white wheats and soft red wheats give

much better yields and a better qual-

ity of grain.



In the vicinity of some mills, a pre-

mium is paid on the harder types than

on the white and softer red wheats.

For the past two years, however, the

general market has been paying a

premium for the white wheats. Just

before and during the period of the

World War (1908 to 1919), the harder

red wheats were in greatest demand

by our miners; the Michigan State

College devoting the greater part of

its efforts in wheat breeding toward

securing a high yielding, high gluten

wheat. .



In 1914, our late plant breeder, Pro-

fessor Frank A. Spragg, released the

first Red Rock wheat. This was. de~

veloped from a single kernel of hard

red wheat found in a white wheat with.

which he was experimenting. This

kernel appeared to be exceptionally

plump, translucent, and vitreous. In.

a test made at the Experiment Station

from the seed increased from this

single berry, it was found that the Red

Rock was a high yielder, was Winter





hardy, and of such exceptionally high .' 5





gluten content that it was unusually '

well fitted for bread making purposes.

This wheat was increased by men;-
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DETROIT, FEB. 11, 1928





CURRENT COMMENT

HE M i 0 hi g a 11





Farmer" State C o l l e g e

W k should be congratu-

ee lated on the excellent

Program program presented at





East Lansing on

Farmers’ Week. Certainly from the

farmers’ point of view it was a de-

cided success. It was sane, practical,

and timely.



As compared with former sessions,

the event just past was particularly

encouraging because of the interest

shown in the forenoon programs of

the various agricultural organizations

and College departments. All of the

sessions visited were unusually well

attended, and what counts for more,

the farm folks were interested to the

point of asking questions and offering

supplementary experiences on the

questions at issue. This spirit was

fostered by the practical nature o-f the

various programs offered.





Another phase of this year’s Farm-

ers’ Week that impressed the farmers





was the splendid exhibits, covering all ‘





important lines of Michigan agricul-

ture. These exhibits were ideal-build-

ers. Seldom have we seen such uni-

formly excellent agricultural shows as

were presented at East Lansing last

‘Week. The entries to these, in a

majority of cases, were large. The

visitors did with these exhibits exact-

ly what was intended. They carefully

inspected and studied the placings by

the judges, all of which should augur

for the improvement of quality in

Michigan agriculture production.





After last week our respect for

Michigan agriculture is more deeply

grounded. The impressions at Farm-

er’s Wéek gives one confidence that

our farming is being anchored on a.



4 more lasting foundation than the shift-

ing sands. However, the continuation

of wise building in agriculture needs



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ing us a. common understanding of best diet for humans is composed of

rural objectives and how best to reach whole rye bread, barley, oats, pota-

them. The fellowship at East Lansing toes, and butter with some vegetables

will make a. real contribution toward and fruit. On such a diet during the





this end. war the death rate in Denmark

dropped to ten and four-tenths per

A LONG letter has thousand, which is a record for all



list ‘been re-? EurOpe.

The Corn ceivéid from a sub- *\ He adds, “The potato is perhaps the

Borer scriber who undoubt- best of all foods. It is also a remedy.

Program edly feels that the It cures different forms of gout and





corn borer is not a rheumatism. If you send your pa-

menace to Michigan agriculture and tient 1:0 an alkali-well 01‘ give him

that farmers should forget the insect plenty 0f potatoes, the result Will be

and go about their daily business. He the same. But tho potatoes are cheap-

rather severely criticizes giving pub- 95L"

lic attention to this insect. Without That we in Michigan are pleased to

question there are others who are of have this testimony 0f the merits 0f

the same mind as this man. potatoes in the human diet, goes with-



But having watched carefully the out saying. ‘



progress of the European corn borer,





first in Ontario, then in our own state, AM not sorry for





we are convinced that the most econ- Val“ of farm young folks

omical method of dealing with this in- Club who have an oppor-

sect is to promptly put into effect a. tunity to be 4-H club

uniform program of action throughout Work members, but I do





our state. Such a program would sympathize with the

have to be thorough-going and uni- thousands of boys and girls who are

versally adopted by our farmers. Un— going through what was to me the

less practiced on all farms there most important part of my life, if

would be little reason to use it on any. they are unable to get this benefit,”

This program should provide for a testified John Visny, former 4-H club

high state of fertility, to hasten the boy of Connecticut, before the Senate

maturity of corn and produce good Committee on Agriculture when that

yields. Earlier varieties should be body held a hearing recently on Sen-

used. Crop rotations giving oppor- ator' Capper’s bill providing for in-

tunity to fight the borer need to be creased federal appropriations for ex-

adopted. The proper utilization of the tension work in agriculture and home

corn crop by ensiloing, shredding, etc.,. economics. It is estimated that the

is also necessary in this fight. Thor— appropriation in the bill will employ

ough plowing of all corn refuse and sixteen hundred additional county ex-

weeds before the middle of May is a tension agents to supervise 4-H club

most important phase of the work. work and that one million more mem-

Those are the main features in a pro- bers may be enrolled annually. It

gram that would enable farmers to provides as well for the employment

avoid any large commercial damage of some fifteen hundred county home

from this insect. demonstration agents and seven hun-

These practices would improve our dred county agricultural agents.

agriculture in many respects. The John Visny testified also, that the

fact, however, that to be effective in gross farm income on his home. farm

the control of the corn borer the pro- had been doubled since 1923 because

gram must be practiced by every of his experience in the 4-H clubs.

farmer, makes it necessary for public Viola Yoder showed how 4-H club

supervision. We feel confident that work had trained her for a homo

in the not distant future we shall all maker and how her own home had

be unanimous in evaluating the dam- been improved and made more at-

age that 'this pest can do to our agri- tractive.

culture. We shall also be agreed as The Senate Committee voied the

to the need of some such program as bill out favorably and the Senate is

mentioned above. expected to pass the bill. Eighteen

national organizations are supporting





HE president of the measure.





° the M i c h i g a n

W!" She]! «A gri-cultural Engi- HE general im-

to the meering Association T59 pression p e o p l e

Old remarked last week F II hav e of France is

that he knew of no rem: that it is a. nation of

reason why farmers of today should ”MethOd high livers; but the





do things as they were done by farm- tax situation would

ers of past generations. The introduc- indicate it as a nation in the control

tion of electricity, gas, and six-horse of farmers.

teams as farm power units means The figures show that the business

that other adjustments will need to be men of France pay nearly nine times

made to secure the highest efficiency as much income tax as the farmers

upon the farm. do, although the farmers are in the

He believes we should prove all majority. The salaried men, who are

things and hold fast to the good. In in the minority, Day about six times





field operations, in the storage build— as much as the farmers. Likewise,

ings, in the stables and home, there three tlmes as many salaried men and





are endless possibilities for improve-

ment. Nothing should be looked upon

as perfect. If we have an open mind,

there is hope for us; but, if we look

upon the “good old times" as the real

thing, the some of perfection, the

standard of life, there is nothing for

which to live.





AT more potatoes





Believes and d o d g e dia-

. betes, Bright’s di 9-

m ease and apoplexy is

Potatoes the lesson learned by





‘Denmark when war

cut off her grain importations, ac-

cording to Dr. Hindhede, director of

the Danish laboratory for nutritional

research. He contends that, by eating

more potatoes, America could annually

save more than 100.0%, people from

the “diseases of civilization.”~

His war: experiences and observar





 





four times as many business men pay

income taxes as do farmers.



This apparent inequality of taxation

has long been a subject of political

discussion, but the good agricultural

majority has always been able to de-

fend the farmer with the argument



at he was doing his duty in feeding

the people.



Perhaps this shows that superior

voting strength and political influence

is a. good thing in effectively getting

others to realize the importance and

the value of agriculture.





E listened with





osu'bl'li . interest to an

P f I”, address before the

o .. soil association meet-

Bram: ing at Michigan State





; College 0 n experi-

ments with jack pine lands. By giving

publicity to this talk'we have an idea.





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this kind of Michigan soils. There is

no "occasion now for adding an‘acre

to the production area in this or any

other state. ,



But a fact brought out in this talk

illustrates how much the proper use

of one’s head might add to the pro-

duction of his fields. In the tests

made near Grayling, various crops

were grown on lands that had been.

treated in a number of different ways.

Naturally but few of these plots yield-

ed worth-while crops. But on one plot

where an alfalfa 'sod had been plowed

down and lime and manure added,

twenty tons per acre of Norfolk tur-

nips were grown, whereas most other

crops produced were altogether unpro-

fitable.



By accommodating crops to our

land, we may add generously to the

feed producing capacity of our farms.

In Michigan much experimental work

with new crops has been done and

will be done the coming years. Think-

ing farmers will watch these tests

closely, study them carefully, and then

try them out faithfully on a small

scale at first. That is the only meth-

od by which we can find ourselves

agriculturally in Michigan or in. any

other place.





 





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WAS interested in Hy’s “explana-



tion” because it had a personal

reference. It may seem strange that

I agree with some of the things he

said.



I believe that the world “obey”

should be taken from the marriage

ceremony or put over On the man’s

side. The woman naturally is the one

who holds the family together.

ture has designed that she have her

great interest in her children, and it is

but natural that

she wants to see

th em prepared

for the duties of

life. But the man,

after he has said,

"Hurrah, it’s a

boy," is ready to

look some other

silk stockings

over.



This is not because man is man

and woman is woman but because na-

ture has made man a. roamer and the

woman the stay-at-home and raiser

of children. And because of this, and.

to preserve the unity of the home as

it is now established by our civiliza-

tion, man is the one who should be

made to say “obey.” And it is nec.

essary that woman take the manage-

ment of the home to keep it a unit;

also the management of a husband

and keep him busy so that his natural

roaming proclivities are kept in sub-

jection.





Throughout nature there are three

factors in the family; mother, father.

and the young. The father is the

most inconsequential but the most prob

tentious. The male is made for strut-

ting and is most susceptible to flat-

tery. He is supposed to be the pro-

vider but provides mostly provisos—-

ifs, buts, etc. Many a woman who,





 





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was in high hopes, has had to find





solace for her sorrow in the‘oomfort,





she got from the children.





Of course, there are women and

women. Some of these so-called “gold

digging" hussies who dots on dogs in-

stead 'of children find life pretty

ragged when they come to its end.

Any marriage that is founded on dogs

soon goes to the dogs. It needs chil-

dren to stabilize marriage and make-

a home.



We farm women should insist on

the home conveniences the}. city

women now do. They have many-com-

forts and conveniences—no 13.111 p

chimneys to clean, no water’und wood

to carry, no stove ashes to care lint—o

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her at the Lapeer Company’s office



-—-has certainly been worth a lot

to me.”. It was a Lapeer County

. farmer speaking, “You know,” be con-

tinued, “I believe she knows more

about the soil and fertilizers than any-

one else in the county."



If there is any person who interests

me, it is one who is giving whole-

hearted service to the community, so

quite naturally, I sought out Mrs.

Metheney. Sure enough, here she was

at the Lapeer Grain Company’s office.

She has been associated with the

business for twelve years and in that

time has made a study of all available

information on soils, crops, farm prac-

tices, and correct fertilizers—450 much

so that her advice is sought by farm-

ers because as another farmer ex-

pressed it, “She knows her stuff.”



Medium in height, slender, finely

molded face, studious eyes, calm de-

meanor. I asked her how she came

to make such a study.





{‘Farmers would come in here to

buy fertilizer,” she said, rather hesi-

tatingly. “In many cases, they had

little idea what they needed and na-

turally, we wanted to sell them what

would do them the most good. I have

always had to watch my expenditures

carefully so I felt that our farmer pa-

trons would welcome anything which

would help them to make the wisest

possible choice of fertilizers. I found

that farmers with a very acid soil

were not getting results with fertili-





THAT Mrs. Metheney~you’ll find





gzers until they first limed their soil.





We provided the oflice with Soiltex

and in every case possible, we would

test the soil for acidity first, then get

.a history of the field and compare this

with the requirements of the crop to

be grown. It is upon these facts that

I have based our recommendations. I

'believe it is more profitable to our pa-

trons to put in five acres right, than

ten acres in a haphazard fashion.”



i Mrs. Metheney states that about





T he Smith





OTING almost three to one, the

,3. Senate .of the United States has

‘ declined to seat Frank L. Smith,

senator-elect from Illinois.



Mr. Smith was the senator chosen

for the people of Illinois by Mr. In-

su‘ll, head of the billion-dollar traction

and power combine in that and other

states—chosen and paid for out of Mr.

Insull’s long and well-filled pocket-

book.



TheSenate’s protest against the ex-

penditure of millions of dollars to buy

seats in that body, indicates empha-

tically we are not selling the Govern-

ment of the United States to the high-

est bidder on the installment plan, or

any other; that we are not offering

at auction seats in the United States

Senate; that we are not in the busi-

ness of delivering senatorships bought





it it *





Mr. Smith’s offending was particu-

larly flagrant, it seems to me, and the

facts stand unrefuted by Mr. Smith or

by‘ his defenders. ..



While Smith was chaiman of the

Illinois Commerce Commission

charged with regulating the rates of

public-service corporations, he ac~

cepted compaign contributions from

Mr. Insull and, other public-utility mag-

nates, although the state of Illinois

“has a law expressly forbidding any

'bflicer or agent of a public-servcie cor-

poration to contribute money to any

[member of the commission, or for any

member of the commission to accept

‘s ‘ " “tributionflnnder penalty of re

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ninety per cent of the soil samples

she has tested have shown acidity. She

finds that each year farmers are us-

ing less straight superphosphate and

that» practically all the formulas sold

contain an three plant foods—M.





 





FARM AGENTS BETTER LIKED





 





HE counties of Michigan appro-



priated $201,000 for agricultural

extension work this year, and fifty-

six counties are cooperating in the

work. It is said that the agricultural

extension work is gaining favor with

the boards of supervisors so that the

increase in county appropriations

amounts to about $20,000 yearly. Of

the nearly fourteen hundred super-

visors who cOnsidered the county

agent work, only 89 voted against it.





 





ORGAN IZE CADILLAC POTATO

SHOW





 





HE Cadillac District Potato Show



organized last Friday and named

H. L. Barnum of Lake City president

at a 'meeting in the Cadillac Court

House by a group of nineteen inter-

ested men.



K. Ousterhout, Wexford Farm Agent,

was named secretary-treasurer and

George Harrison, Manton, was select-

ed as vice-president. The board of

directors ismade up of the additional





men: Fred Van der Meulen, Fal-

mouth; Clarence Van Houten, Mo-

Bain; Frank Smith, Luther; Fred





Hibst, Cadillac; I. Fay Horton, Man-

ton; W. I. Crampton, Manistee.



A constitution and by-laws were

adopted providing for a board of di-

rectors of nine members, for a mem-

bership fee of one dollar, and for an

annual meeting on the last day of the

show.





 





Uncle Pete says that a good many

second thoughts are too late to be of

any use.





Obsequies





Here was a flagrant breach of pub-

lic trust. Yet in certain quartersit

was vociferously argued that the Sen-

ate was bound to administer the oath

of office to a man whose credentials

were “tainted with fraud and corrup-

tion.”





This is an infamous argument, from

whatever source it comes; besides it

is not justified by the constitution,

which expressly provides that each

house of Congress “shall be the judge

of the elections, returns, and qualifi-

cations of its members.”



There is no appeal from that.





When a senator takes his seat he

becomes a federal officer and his sal-

ary is paid by the Treasurer of the

United States. .He is more than the

representative of a state.



Ii: it $





To admit Mr. Smith to the Senate

is equivalent to admitting Mr. Insull

may buy votes in the United States

Senate whenever he needs them; that

Mr. Insull, and other heads of utility

corporations, may purchase states and

the Senate be compelled to ratify the

transaction; that cabinet members

may be bought and made to betray

their tI'lfStS by oil promoters seeking

to exploit the Government’s reserve

oil lands.





That is something the American





public will never admit—nor submit

to.





I regret it is necessary to speak

plainly in discussing this case, but

with so vital a principle of govern-





ment atlstakerit shouldebe discussed





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because the rubber does not injure the bark.

This kind of work is hard on footwear as a

rule, but it doesn’t seem to faze Ball-Baird

rubbers. I think it was about twenty-four"

years ago that I bought my first Ball-Band

footwear. I have been wearing them ever

since; don't remember if I ever had a pair

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AGAINST RECLAMATION





 





EPRESENTATIVES of the farm

organizations in- VVashlngton are

preparing to make an aggressive fight

against any more Federal appropria—

tions for new reclamation projects.

They have reached the conclusion that

mine of the farm relief plans de-

signed for the disposal of crop sur~

pluses will be effective so long as the

Federal government continues its

. present policy of land reclamation.

7‘ It is now understood that the rail-

' road officials, land speculators, state

extension workers, and others that will

be called to Washington by the Score

tary of the Interior to meet in con-

ference on reclamation this vmonth,

will be told some plain facts concern-

ing the agricultural situation, by the

spokesmen for the farmers.



Some remarkable statements are

being made by representatives of vari-

ous industrial and civic organizations

in favor of government aid to reclama-

tion. Edgar Wallace, representing the

American Federation of Labor, ap-

peared at the Senate committee hear—

ings on the Columbia River Basin pro-

ject, and declared that the labor or-

ganizations favored government appro-

priations for the project because they

want the farmers to have more land.

He maintained that the greatest need

of the farmers just now is government

assistance to enable them to buy land.



The committee representing the

“Industrial Conference Board and the

United States Chamber of Commerce

evidently has gained a better under~

standing of the farmers’ situation.

They say in their report that “since

farmers are now suffering from ‘over-

production it seems worse than futile

to spend new millions on reclamation

projects with the aim of bringing still

more land under cultivation. Not only

have the reclamation activities of the

Federal government contributed in

some measure to the evil times which

have fallen on agriculture, but the

projects themselves have been very

dubious ventures from the economic

point of View."





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

       

 

 

 





 





THE INLAND WATERWAY





 





S an initial in the proposed deep

water channel from the head of

Lake Superior to the Gulf of the St.

Lawrence, Representative Chalmers of

,Ohio has introduced a bill providing

for ship channels in the Great Lakes

of a depth of twenty—five feet from

° the entrance of Welland canal to

Cleveland, Toledo, Duluth, Superior,

Milwaukee, and Chicago.



It is claimed that many large freight-

ers on the lakes are built for a draft

Of twenty-four and one-half feet, but

they are compelled to accommodate

themselves to an eighteen and one

half feet depth.





The matter of removing the shoals

in the St. Lawrence river with a view

to providing a depth of twenty-two

feet between Lake Ontario and Og-

densburg, N. Y., has been taken up

with the Canadian government with

some probability that the two govern-





 





 





 

 





 





 

 

 





.day. It is well known that if the St.

Lawrence ocean ship canal is con-

~structed, the lakes and river ship

channels above the canal will have to

be deepened to permit the passage of

ocean vessels to the Great Lakes

ports.





NATIONAL INVESTMENT IN

HIGHWAYS URGED





- HE government should authorize



the expenditure of $75,000,000 an-

nually for the next two years for high-

way construction, to safeguard the

large investments in the automobile

industry. This was the ‘ argument



made by A, G. Brossesu, vicepresident

'ot the National Automobile Chamber





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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seated at the hearings showing that

the Federal government’s contribu-

tion to road improvements is less than

fourteen per cent of the total expen-

ditures of state highway departments.





A DEPORTATION BILL





 





HE Johnson deportation bill, which



has the approval of the House com-

mittee on immigration, provides ,for

the deportation of aliens who violate

the prohibition, narcotic, or white

slave laws and repeals the present

law requiring the deportation of aliens

convicted of moral turpitude, but does

not affect the law barring aliens from

entry Where the last named offense

is concerned. Deportation of convicts

as soon as they serve their sentences

is provided, an alien serving a sen-

tence of one year or more being sub-

ject to deportation.

LATEST MUSCLE SHOALS NEWS





 





HERE are one or two noteworthy

new developments in the Muscle

Shoals situation. Senator Willis of

Ohio has intmduced in the Senate

a bill similar to the Madden bill,

which provides for leasing the plant





to the American Cyanamid Company.





for the production of fertilizers. A

new bill introduced by Representative

Morin of Pennsylvania is said to

carry out the Department of Agricul-

ture’s plan for disposing of the plant.

Nitrate Plant No. 1 would be turned

over to the Secretary of Agriculture

for experiment, research, and produc-

tion of fertilizers.

War is authorized to lease for not.

more than twenty years the power

generating properties of the govern-





ment, including the steam plant at Ni-.





trate Plant No. 2. No lease can be

made on terms returning less than

four per cent of a reasonable value

of the property.





the Secretary of Agriculture. It is

not the purpose of this bill to put the

government into the business of manu-

facturing fertilizers, as is proposed in

the Norris government operation plan.





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The Secretary of,





The funds derived

from the lease or operatiOn of the-

properties are to be placed in a. fund.

to be used for experimental work by





 





It provides only for experimental op-

eration on a commercial scale in the

production of fertilizers, looking to

private operation of such an industry.





 





NATIONAL FOREST DEVELOP-

MENT ’





 





F the United States is to maintain



its forest independence of other

nations, organized efforts must be

made to put the now non-productive

land to growing forest trees, accord-

ing to a circular prepared for the De-

partment of Agriculture by Raphael

Zon, director of the Lake States For-

est Experiment Station. This coun—

try now consumes as much saw tim-

ber as all the rest of the world com-

bined, and of the world’s total wood

requirements, including saw timber,

together with firewood and similar

material, the United States takes two-

fifths.



There are now nearly 3,000,000

acres of land in the Eastern national

forests purchased at an average price

of $4.86 per acre, according to the re-

port of the National Forest Reserva-

tion Commission. The ultimate ’ob—

jective is a total of 6,000,000 acres in

the Appalachian, and other eastern

mountains, 2,500,000 acres in the Lake

states, and an equal amount in the





- Southern pine regions to complete the





national forest systems in these re-

gions.





 





KETCHAM SPONSORS GRANGE

DEBENTURE BlLL





 





EPRESENTATIVE Ketcham of

Michigan, who is sponsoring the

grange export debenture plan, after a

visit to the -White House for the pur-

pose of informing the President that

he was introducing a bill along the

lines of the grange plan, said he found

the President extremely interested in

the farm situation.

The grange export debenture plan

is the simplest but most effective plan

yet evolved, and requires a compara-





tively insignificant appropriation to .





finance the little administration work

involved, according to Congressman

Ketcham. His bill provides for flex-





 





 





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ible debentures to be applied accord-

ing to each commodity situation, and

a. surplus control clause, to provide

automatic reduction in the debenture

rate .based on the increase in produc-

tion of any commodity. Under the

first provision the minimum debenture

would be equivalent to no allowance

at all and the maximum would be the

tariff duty on the commodity con-

cerned. Under the latter provision.

production increases would be judged

by the average acreage over five years,





HORSE POPULATION DECLINING





 





HE argument is being used in op-



position to Federal aid to farm

land extension that the decrease in

horse population of more than 7,014,-

000 head since 1918 means a shrink-

age in the demand for horse feeds

producedon an area as. large as the

total farm land area of Pennsylvania.

Ohio, or Indiana. And the decline in;

horse numbers continues there having

been a reduction in number of horses

amounting to 1,289,000 head in the

last two years, according to the. report:

of the Department of Agriculture.





Health authorities are advocating

the “Boston coffee habit" that is fil-

ling onehalf of your cup with hot milk

or cream before adding the coffee.





News of I the Week





Hughie Jennings, one of the greatest

characters baseball ever produced,





 





 





 





 





and for fourteen years manager of the





Detroit Tigers, died at his

Scanton, Pa., February lst.





An Italian Fascist newspaper claims

that a. secret treaty between France

and J ugoslavxa. may bring a. crisis be-

tween France and Italy. . ~ .

« Czchoslovakia, Jugoslavia,-and Ru-

mania are asking the League of Na-

tions- to investigate Hungary’s at-

tempt to import 2,000 machine guns.

.~ Attorney General Potter is going to

investigate the reason gasoline prices

vary so in different parts of the state.



Flint has put an embargo on inter-

state buses bringing in unemployed

men as the city is crowded with un-

employed and street panhandling is

common. .



The church war in Mexico contin-

ues. Recently forty—five Catholics who

rebelled were killed in one encounter.



Jack Dempsey said recently that'he

would not enter the prize fight ring

on account‘of an injury to his eye.



Ten companies control eighty-two

per cent of the steel output of this

country because of. recent mergers in

the industry. 4





Dr. J. A. Hill, assistant director of





home,





, the census, claims that the U. S. popu-





lation in 1930 will be 123,283,325.



An attempt was made on the life of

William T. Cosgrave, president of the

Irish Free State, when the train he

was riding on enroute to Ottawa,

Canada, was derailed. The accident 00‘

cured at Limoges, Canada.



Greater Detroit is credited with a

population of 1,745,788 by the Polk

Company, publishers of the Detroi

directory. .



Field Marshall Haig, the com-

mander-in-chief of the British armies

in France during the war, died unex-

pectedly in London on January 30th.



The dictatorship in Barcelona im-

posed a new income tax which af-

fected the workers. As the result, a.





“general labor strike is effective.





Ernest A. O’Brien was selected as

a member of the Wayne County cir-

cuit court by Governor Green to take

the place of the late Henry Mandell.





A thousand dollars has been offered

for information leading to arrest of

the Chicago gangsters who bombed

the home of Charles Fitzmorrls. City

comptroller. There seems to_ be no

let-up in the gang activities in that

city. .



A fire wiped out the doWn town sec-

tion of Fall River, Mass, an industrial





town. Many lives are reported lost

and millions of dollars of damage

done. .





The final report . from the Worl

Conference on Faith and Order held

at Lausanne, Switzerland, . u s the



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principle. To operate in strict

conformity with the principles

of the Golden Rule was the

ideal of Mr. J. C.’ Penney





When he founded the family of '





J. C. Penney CompanyDeparv

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Winter Garden Notes





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FTER we have passed Ground



Hog Day, we seem to be. able to



see spring-around 'the corner

but parts of: the state, especially We

of the north, have a. goodly number

of blizzards to go through before we

see the first robin. In the meantime,

we have quite a little to do before

we could start active garden opera-

tions were it fit for such work now.





First of all is" the garden plan. Pro-

perly prepared and conscientiously

followed; it should be a time and labor

saver and a record that will, when

followed year after year, enable the

gardener to intelligently follow crop

rotation. A garden plan, even when

drawn to scale, is not the complicated

affair that some would have you think.

First. draw an outline of your garden.

Then determine the quantity of each

vegetable that your family will re-

quire, and the amountof space each

will occupy. For example: if experi-

ence has taught that you. need five

hundred feet of row planted to early

spinach and the garden rows are one

hundred feet long, you will want five

rows of spinach. With rows planted

eighteen inches apart, this will take

seven and one-half feet from the width

of the piece to be planted. Draw the

five rows on your plan in the space

allotted to this crop and mark them

for future information. Early‘spinach

will be harvested in time‘ to plant the





same space to a late crop of beets,





radishes ‘or other quick maturing vege-

tables. Your pl’ans should show this

information. And so on, through the

entire list of crops, you can follow

this method until your plan is com-

pleted.





The Seed Catalog



Another pleasant (and it may be

made profitable as well) way to spend

a number of winter evenings is to go

over the new Seed catalogues that

have been arriving since the first of

the year. This sales propaganda is,

of course, made with the primary pur-

pose of selling the seedman’s wares

but the catalogue of the modern,

worthwhile seed dealer is more than

mere selling talk; it is quite often a

manual of gardening and, withal, can

be relied upon. Hundreds of plant

breeders throughout the world are

working every day to produce better

flowers and vegetables and it is only

through the seedsman and plantsman

that you and I can get in contact with

these new things.



While planning the vegetable gar-

den for 1928, do not neglect the salad

crops. Nearly everybody grows let-

tuce and cabbage but some of the

others, although equally desirable, are

seldom seen in farm gardens. Spinach

is so easy to grow and matures so

quickly, it deserves a place in every

home. garden. Plant it in a sheltered

spot in rows far enough apart to al-

low cultivation just as soon as the

ground can be worked. Succession

plantings should be made about every

two weeks until the last of April.

Then drop off ‘until aboutthe first

of August when another sowing may

be made and another one about the





middle of that month. Spinach likes





cool weather so do not attempt to

grow it during the hot, dry summer

months. Bloomsdale and King of Den-

mark are good varieties. Mustard is

another cool weather salad crop that

does well in our state. Even though

you may not like mustard when

cooked alone, you surely will enjoy

its piquancy when it is added to other





cooked “greens." A selected strain





of one of the horticultural varieties





a new idea of mustard as a salad.

Treat it as you do spinach although

it requires a little more space'in the

row.





For a late fall and winter salad,

there is scarcely a thing to replace

kale. 'It comes at a time when any

salad is particularly welcome. Sow

from early spring until July, and, al-

though the late planted crop will not

mature, its small, tender leaves Will

make good “greens.” Freezing weath-

er improves the quality. Another fall

salad crop that deserves more atten—

tion than it gets is endive. Plant it

from early spring until July and thin

to stand about a foot apart in the

row. About three weeks before it is

wanted for the table, draw the outer

leaves together at the top and tie se

curelyf This will blanch the inner

leaves to a creamy-white and produce

a nut-flavored salad hard to beat.



Grow Endive





But for real class in the salad line,

do not overlook witloof chicory or, as

it is sometimes called, French endive.

This is strictly a Winter salad coming

at a time when you will appreciate

it more than at any other time of the

year.- Plant the seeds in spring and

treat just like you do the carrot crop;

lift the roots in the fall along with

.the carrots and store in the same-

manner. When they are wanted dur-

ing the winter, select as many roots

as you need, trim to even lengths and

stand upright in a box, fill in around

and between the roots with sand or

loose soil, water, and place near the

furnace in the cellar. If the cellar

room is not dark, it may be well to in-

vert another box over the roots to

exclude light so the leaves will be

blanched when they are ready to be

used. I know of no more delicious

salad than witloof and, I am sure, you

will agree after you have tried it.





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SAVE all the paper sacks. that



come to the house with groceries

in and by early spring I have a lot

of them in all sizes. VV'hen I plant

early cucumbers, melons, squash, and

corn I find good use for the paper

sacks. The large sacks I use for

squash. I fill the sacks with eight

inches of dirt, dig a hole, and set the

sack into it, then I plant the seed in—

side the sack. For corn I use a smal-

ler sack and for melons and cucum-

bers I use up all the small sacks that

I have. When the planting is done,

I Water them and twist the sacks to-

gether. When the seeds start to ger-

minate I untwist the top of sack and

cut sack on the south side down to

the ground. This lets the sun and

warm south air in but excludes the

cold north wind. When the weather

is nice I leave the sacks when it seems

colder I again twist it together at the

top. This has proved to be good pro—

tection for my plants, they grow

strong and vigorous and bear fruit at

least two weeks earlier than the ones

I seed right into the garden for a. .

later crop of the same varieties. By

the time the roots reach the bottom

the sack is rotted and the roots pass

right through. This is also a good





'way to keep the cut worms away.





They never go through paper.—C. E.





 





Since an epidemic 'of blight may se-

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their lives, it is essential that as numb.

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Read Mr. Gillan’s own story of the

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crop have all been satisfactory, the

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MAKING ELECTRICITY PAY ON

THE FARM

,OST firms selling electrical





power to farmers are now chang-

ing their rates from a. low service

charge and high power rate to a high-

er investment and service charge and

a. very much lower power rate. This

is a much fairer and more intelligent

arrangement, since it encourages the

mac of electrical power for whatever

uses will bring an economic return.





There are many ways in which elec-

tricity can be utilized that will pay

part of the expense of electrical home

conveniences. Grinding grain at home

for dairy cows costs about one-half

as much as hauling it to town or to

the neighbor’s to do the same job for

time is worth something. Some re-

cords kept on the experimental test





and mixing chicken feed at home cost

fifty per.cent less than buying it in

town. It costs between one dollar and

a dollar and a quarter to elevate

3,000 bushels of ear corn into one

farmer’s 24-foot crib. A portable five-

horse power motor can be used to

grind feed, elevate corn, saw wood,

mix concrete, pump water for stock,

and many other jobs at a very low

cost. Even more striking compari-

sons are reported on the Michigan

experimental line from Mason to

Danville. '



Lighting the poultry house to in-

crease egg production was taken ad-

vantage of by two of the ten farmers

on the test line. Incubation of eggs

and brooding of chicks are other uses

of electricity in poultry production

that are becoming very popular, as it

takes less care to operate the machine,

the temperature is controlled very

accurately and fire hazard is prac-

tically eliminated.





Germinating seed corn has been on

the increase for the past few years

and the electric germinator has proved

' very successful in doing this job. In

fact, several small communities have

cooperated and built a. large electri-

cally heated seed‘germinator with an

energy cost of about ten to twelve

cents a. bushel for germinating com.

All SOD-ear size is very practical for

the average farm.



The electrical refrigerator is bound

to become an important use for farm

electric power, since it offers such

great possibilities for the chilling and

keeping of milk and dairy products

for market, as well as keeping foods

for home use. Electric ranges are

great labor savers and are becoming

increasingly popular. Other well es-

tablished uses are the electric milk-

ing machine, the cream separator, the

washing machine, and electric mangle,

and so on.-—I . W. D.





 





TEST OIL FILTERS FROM TIME TO.

TIME





NE of the new and important ac-



cessories found on most new cars

is some sort of an oil filter, and some

tractors are also putting these on as

standard equipment. As the oil cir-

culates through the bearings and mov-

ing parts, it is constantly picking up





0" flne parts of metal, bits-of dirt, and





other gritty material. By passing the





the oil through the oil filter, these parti-

m else are taken out, so that instead of





being used 500 miles it can often be

used 3,000 miles where thermostatic

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10,900 miles without needing muchfut-

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arise where the filter unit will clog

in much less time, so that every

motorist should have his oil filter

tested from time to time to see that

the filtering material is not clogged

and the oil is flowing through (it freely.





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WATER RUNS FROM CHIMNEY





We built a new chimney this tall

starting it in the basement. It is

built of pressed brick with flues in

side. Every time we build a fire, the

water runs out of the chimney where

the stove pipe goes in. This chimney

,is built on outside of house. Please

advise—G. F. S.





What appears to be water is prob-

ably creosote. You do not state what

fuel you are burning, but I presume

that it is wood because creosote forms

more freely from wood, especially

when it is green. The chimney being

on the outside of the house would be

cooler than it would be within the

house, and for this reason would con-

dense vapors passing out with the

smoke, and you get creosote and‘prob-

ably some water running back through

the pipe. If the stove is given as free

a. draft as possible, it will help to

keep down this nuisance.-—-—F. E. Fogle,

M. S. C.





 





' SULKY PLOWS





Are sulky plows beamed the same

as walking plows? I have a new sul—

ky plow (14 inch bottom) purchased

last November which does not seem to

operate right. I cannot seem to make

it take land enough to cut a 14 inch

furrow or turn the soil to any degree

of satisfaction. I have tried every

method of hitching I can think of.

The beam is lined up just the opposite

in relation to the plow bottom or land-

side as it is on my walking plow.

Should it be this way?~—M. K.





Sulky plOWS are invariably beamed

the same 'way as walking plows.

Standing at the rear of the plow and

sighting along the beam, you. should

find in a. right hand plow the share

point to be from 11/2 to 2 inches to

the left of the center of the beam.

However, there would be no objection

to beaming on the opposite side, if

three horses were to be used. Most

horizontal beam hitches are capable

of several inches of adjustment either

way from the end of the beam thus

providing for two 01' three horses.

\Vith a. 14-inch plow bottom, the cen-

ter line of draft is 2 inches in from

the landside at about the junction of

the moldboard with the share. The

center line of draft then would be 12

inches from the furrow? wall or 19

inches from the center of the open

furrow. Now if the beam is placed as

it should be, a. stag plow with two

horses should cut a full 14—inch fur-

row, using a 38—inch doubletree or

evener without side draft. If the

beam on your plow passes to the left

of the share point as you state then

either one of two factors may be re-

sponsible for your difficulty: The

plow base may be improperly as-

sembled to the beam; or the plow

may be designed for three horses

abreast, one horse in the furrow and

two on the land.





To use this plow as described by.





you with two horses it will be nec-

essary to spread» your horses using an

evener possibly 48 inches, depending

upon the amount that your plow is

beamed to. the left of the landside.—-

'E. C. Sauve, M. S. "C.





 





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WINTER GOOD TIME TO HAUL





LIME





HE Cornell Experiment Station

recommends that it is good prac-

tice to spread limestone during the

winter where clover of any kind will

be seeded in cats or other spring

grain next season. The rush of spring

work often makes it desirable to have

the lime on the land in advance, and

it the spring is cold and wet, this ad-

vantage is emphasized. .



It is also good practice to haul lime

to the farm during winter. Our dirt

roads are not conducive to cheap haul-

ing in the spring. Larger loads can

be hauled by sled than by wagon.

Lime can be hauled home sometimes





instead of returning empty after de-





livering farm” products to market.

Anything that can be done during

winter aids to get spring crops seeded

at the proper'time in .a well-prepared

see‘dbed. ,. Hauling lime to the farm

during .winter may . be insurance

against seeding clover on unlimed

sour soils. Seeding on sour soil may





result in losing the seed as well as





the clover hay crop for 1929.





To make” the occasional hauling plan

effective, some cooperative method of





"buying, unloading, and storing lime-





stone and phosphate at the railroad

could be worked out. In many cases

the local bankers and elevators are





'- doing this service practically at cost





because of the much greater crop pro-





duction and farm prosperity which





limestone is sure to bring. In other





' cases the farmers' cooperative society





is making this an additional part of

their service.





 





‘iLoNGER LIFE LUMBER FOR FARM





BUILDINGS





 





I find the lumber sold as yellow and

white pine does not last very long.

Would like to know if there are other

woods better suited for such work and

give longer service. For instance,

would cypress or cedar last longer?

Any suggestions will be appreciated. —

Subscriber.





The best wood to use for farm





‘buildings in any particular locality is

‘often a compi'omise between quality





and cost. Both cypress and cedar give





relatively longer life than fir, yellow





pine, and the other timber usually car-

ried in the average lumber yard, but

on the other hand will c'ost consider-

ably more and often would have to be





' ordered specially from the mills.





A better way to meet this problem

ofsecuring longer service from build-

ings is to use the lumber available at

a reasonable price from the lumber

dealer in such a way that there will

be little chance for it to rot.





-,For example, homes built on con-





crete footings and foundation walls of





concrete or masonry laid in cement

mortar coming up well above the

ground surface, topped with water-

proofing and carrying sills made of

creosoted lumber, resist dampness and





‘the attacks of white ants. -With this

as a start, the framework, built of or-

dinary lumber, will last a long time.





The outside can be covered with good

siding, which, if kept well « painted,

'should also last a long time. Or if

preferred, the outside can be brick

veneer or stucco; or the Whole walls





' may be built of masonry and properly

insulated. iThis type of construction, ‘





with .an asphalt shingle or other type





"of fire resistant and long service roof





should make a building last a long

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and granaries would be built in much

the same Way by using concrete and

other long life materials for the parts

subject to dampness and exposed to





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Is coal tar alright on a metal roof

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Coal tar is not considered a safe

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cement is mixed with it to neutralize

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weathering value of the coating, if

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I am farming a ZOO-acre farm on

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half of all seed and live stock; also

pay half of all threshing, binder,

twine, and coal expense for thresh4

ing. I am to furnish teams and hired

help that is needed on the farm. The

landlord bought a bunch of old ewes

last spring. He told me that if I took

care of them, furnished half the feed,

paid half of the shearing, twine, and

board expense besides supplying half

of the help for' shearing, and haul

the manure on the farm, 1 would re-

ceive half of the wool and half of the

lambs. Some of the old ewes died

this summer, and some are so old





. they haven’t any teeth. Now he wants





to sort the flock and wants me to re—

place the old ones with the undivided

lambs. He also expects me to replace

the ones that died. Is it right that

I should do this?—~J. S.





On the basis of a 50-50 rental the

tenant should have shared equally‘in

the sheep at the outset. In either case

it is fair to make good the original





ever, if ewes were old and in poor

condition it might be better to replace

them on a. value basis rather than on

an animal basis. Again, if landlord

and tenant agreed to terms as stated,

they should abide by original agree-

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_,._.._:



When a road is being built by my

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{ local Kiwanis Club, they conceived

' :3 the idea of working with the Wash-

{ tenaw County club agent, A. E. Ha-

‘ gan,‘ “in developing a potato club in





g the community as an expression of

5 their motto “We Build.”

‘ So last spring,» the Kiwanis Club

'got in one hundred bushels of certi-

fied seed potatoes. Each of the thirty-

V-eight members of the Kiwanis Club

sponsored one farm boy, helping him

to finance his seed when necessary

~ and visiting his potato patch during

the summer. In all, there were forty-

five members in the club and they had

among them one hundred and fifty-

flve bushels of certified seed potatoes

~ .- to plant, fifty-five having been brought

'in privately.

The club started off in the spring

with a banquet to the potato club





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ended with the same sort of a social

function to the members and their

parents. Forty-three of the'bo'ys re

ported their yields at. digging time

i and they grew 2,023 bushels on ten

and two-tenths acres or more than

two hundred bushels per acre. These

were fertilized according to the M. S.

C. potato specialist’s recommendations

. p with 2-12-2 fertilizer. In the show

a. , which was held, there were forty ex-

' hibits. '

K ' “The boys were more than pleased

f with their results,” says Mr. Hagan.

They sold their surplus of potatoes

grown from this certified stock for

' seed getting $1.50 per bushel whereas

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In Lenawee County, south of Tecum-



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" . was owned by the Golden Valley

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agricultural teacher at Tecumseh be-

came interested, together with his

agricultural class, in learning that it

took to make this produce. Soil tests.-

,were made and these showed very

little acidity on this muck, but it had

been lying idle for quite a time.



Last spring a potato plot was put

out, part unfertilized and part treated

at the rate of 1,500 pounds per acre



3- ~ of a. 2-8-16 fertilizer. As a matter of

‘ record, it must be said that the un-

fertilized area had to be cultivated

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» pounds per acre of 2-8—16, gave a yield

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GLASS KILLS YIIUII GIIIIIKS





I" sounds as ridiculous as Radio did to our grand-



fathers, but. this test. at the Nebraska EXDerixnent

Farm proved it true beyond any doubt.



All of the above chicks were of equal health. weight

and numbur when illl'L‘t‘ days old. The group at. the

left. was put. undur plain glass. The group at. the

right was under Flt-x-O—Gluss. as you Ste above, and

all were fed and l'ill‘i‘d. for the same. These photos

were taken when the chicks were eight wcczks old.

and all but. time chicks had (lied under DL‘llll glass.

It. had actually killed them. The chicks under Flex-

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from rickets (Wonk legs). and past the critical stage

as you can easily see. This pron-s the sun's Ultra-

Violet. (health-producing) rays which Flox-O—Glass

admits make chicks grow amazingly fast and strong.





Actual ProoI—Not Just Guooswork





Similar tests were conducted by the Iowa. Ohio.

Wisconsin and Kansas State Experiment Stations. the

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State. and the exceptional results they had with

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in place of glass.-—And FLEX‘O—GllASS costs only

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FLEX-O-GLASS‘MS‘S for itself in a few days in

extra chicks saved—Amt it lasts for years.



It dosn't. pay to turn your chicks out in the

spring rains. slush and snow to catch cold and die.

Science has proved you cannot raise them successfully

under . Put them in a broodor house with

large FLEX—O-GLASS windows that. admit plenty of

unskimmed sunlight. Even-y chick will stay healthy.

free from rickets (weak legs) and other diseases.

Their fast. strong growth will be amazing. Usc 15.

square yards of FLEX-O—GLASS—only $500 worth:—

for 300 chicks. Also keep your hens in this coop

next winter and gather eggs while they are high.

Raise your early pigs under FLEX-O-GLASS. GIIO

chem actual sunshine indoors—Nature’s only health

producer. FLEX-O-GLASS Hotbeds raise strong

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HE Farmer‘s Week address on

“Feeding for Egg Production” was

delivered by Prof. C. .0. Card in

place of C. M. Ferguson who has re-

signed from the college staff and ac

cepted a. poultry position in South

America. Mr. Ferguson made many

friends among Michigan poultrymen

through his work on the college staff

and his management of the laying

contest and will be greatly missed by

all.

Prof. Card reports that poultrymen

in general have not had an exception-

ally high production this Winter but





birds. One writer who gathered 1,400

eggs from 2,300 birds on the day of his

letter, was much disappointed and

wished to know how to better his pro-

duction. A fifty per cent production

in winter is good and usually means

a good average for the year. A pro-

duction of twenty-five to thirty per

cent under many conditions is good.





A Good Slogan



The slogan, “Grow Better Chicks,”

is to be a part of this year’scxtension

program. In discussing laying mash-

es, Prof. Card stated that both the

home mixed and commercial feeds are

good but that no brand can be called

the best. Supplement feeds can now

be purchased and mixed with the

home grown grains to make up an

economical laying mash.



The old standard rations are still

good but colleges should not be criti-

cized for changing as changes in

methods are bound to come due to the

increased study of poultry problems.

The scoop shovel method of mixing

laying mash is alright if a good thor-

ough job is done with the shovel. Do

not mix carelessly. Put in all the in-

gredients. If any are left out, it is

detrimental to egg production. The

mash now recommended and used at





~the laying contest consist of 150 lbs.





yellow corn meal, 100 lbs. fine ground

oats, 100 lbs. flour middlings, 100 lbs.

bran, 100 lbs. meat scrap, 50 lbs. a1-

falfa. meal, 15 lbs. bone meal and 5

lbs. salt. A thorough discussion of

the college methods of feeding can be





 





 





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Per yd. 36 inches wide: I yd. 500: 5 ydu. at 400 I 51.





($2.00); In ydu. at 35c ($3.50): 25 yds. at 320

($8.00): I00 yds. or more at 30¢ per yard ($30.00).

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The oats for the laying mash should

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companies are asking the college for

laying mash formulas and making

them up largely from home grown pro-

ducts usually at a cost of about $2.50

per 100 pounds. One elevator is fur-

nishing a. mixer free to farmers who

bring in their home raised grain and

buy the supplements that they need

to produce a balanced laying mash.



Milk a Good Feed



Milk is one of the best sources of

protein feed and dairy cows, alfalfa,

and chickens make a good combina-

tion. When alfalfa is placed in racks

in the houses it can be left out of the

mash. Be sure that the alfalfa is not

mouldy or it may kill'chicks and great-

ly reduce the egg production from

hens. The third cutting of alfalfa is

especially good for hens.



If you have plenty of milk for the

hens, possibly one-fourth to one-half

as much meat scrap in the mash will

give good results. Dried milk pro-

ducts are very good and a laying mash

using a combination of milk and meat

is very good. The use of semi-solid

buttermilk as a medium for feeding

cod liver oil has given good results.

From three pounds to as much as four

and one-half pounds of semi-solid

buttermilk per one hundred birds has

been used. One pint of cod liver

oil is mixed with sixteen pounds of

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Spmuted oats are a good succulent

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green feed. When sprouted in dark

cellars they produce succulence but

not much material that is green. Al-

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N discussing poultry and chick prob-



lems at the Farmer’s Week meet-

ings, J. A. Hannah stated that there

was no profit in market poultry meat

in Michigan unless you have a spe-

cial market or successfully raise ca-

pons or early broilers. The profit has

to come from market eggs. There are

four factors to be considered if a poul-

try flock is to be profitable. The birds

must be well bred for egg'production.

The feed must be right. They must

be properly housed. And poultry di-

seases must be controlled.





The best results in egg production

are obtained when at. least two—thirds

of the flock is replaced each year with

pullets. A hen will usually produce

twenty per cent less eggs than a pul~

let and sometimes the production is

less than that. While culling is a.

great help in making a flock profit-

able, most hens will pay from now

until June first regardless of how

much they have lost up'to this time.

This means that the loss may not be

made up but the income from eggs

during the next few months will be

enough more than the feed bill to

make it pay to keep many ordinary

hens if they have been retained this

long.



Don’t breed from the entire flock.

Raise chicks from the best. Be pre-

pared for the chicks when they come

and raise them on clean ground by

the use of a portable colony house.

Worms and coccidiosis cause severe

losses and coccidiosis may live over

in the soil making the loss a little

greater each year until it is impos-

sible to raise good chicks. Even if

only one chick is sick with cocci-

diosis this year, it may contaminate

enough soil to cause many chicks to

be sick next year.





Board porches and concrete walks

are being used where large quantities

of poultry are raised on limited areas.

Keep the chicks for seventy-two hours

before placing them on sand and then

give them the starting feed before

they come in contact with the sand.

This can be done by placing papers‘

over the sand and placing the mash

on the papers. It prevents sand im-

paction that may result if hungry

chicks are left without feed Where

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The mash advised for chicks con-

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twenty parts white flour middlings,

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ground too fine. The dried milk is

very important and the secret of the

success with the mash. ‘



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mash can be cut to~five parts if the.

chicks have plenty of milk to drink!

but do not leave out the five parts of

dried milk from the mash no matter

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to drink. The above ration is good



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Lincoln and Turner were boyhood

friends and the only recorded pre-

election promise that Lincoln made to

anyone he made to his friend Turner,

that being that if he were elected, he

would use the prerogatives of his

office to have such a bill passed and

tosign it after it did pass.



In 1857, seven years after a delegar

tion of Michigan farmers memorilized

Congress on agricultural education,

Justin Morrill, a representative from

Vermont was persuaded to introduce

the land-grant college bill which had

been framed by‘Jonathan Turner. The

debate which ensued was acrimoni-

ous at times and a typical outburst is

that of Jefferson Davis, then a sena-

tor from Mississippi and later presi-

dent of the Confederacy who said:

“Agriculture needs no teaching by

The wide extent of our

country, the great variety of its soils

and climate and products, renders it

impossible that there should be any-

thing else than local teaching in rela-

tion to agriculture.”



At that, however, the measure

passed both houses of Congress but

was promptly vetoed by President

Buchanan. The attempt to pass it

over his veto failed.



In the meantime, another election

came on and Lincoln was elected

president. War clouds darkened the

southern horizon and it became evi-

dent that civil conflict was in the air.

The South was the agricultural part

of the Union; the North was the na-

tion’s ‘manufacturer. The identical

measure was introduced again by Jus-

tin Merrill and with “greater produc-

tion on the farms” a byword, the bill

passed both houses by an overwhelm-

ing majority. 7



It was a memorable moment for

agriculture when President Lincoln

signed this bill on July 2, 1862.



'On another historic July day, this

nation had declared its independence

of tyranny but On this July day,

through the agency of President Lin-

coln, this nation was marked out for

universal education and departure

from what Lincoln had called the

“mud sill” theory which was that cer-

tain laborers were fated to be hewers

of wood and others for carriers of

hods.



The world traveler finds America

radically different from any other na-

tion under the orb of Mars. Here

there are no peers and no commons,

no lords and no serfs, no masters and

no peasants. The American public

bestows no titles except on the no-

bility of brains. Under our» system of

education the boy brought up on the

stony Vermont farm can cherish a

hope of succeeding to the highest posi-

tion that the nation has to bestow.

Neither geography of birth nor finan-

cial condition of one’s parents is a

bar to reaching high estate. And for

this, let us thank Lincoln because his

influence brought it about.





In the words of the measure, there

were “donated public lands to the

several states and territories which

may provide colleges for the benefit

of agriculture and the mechanic arts.”

Each state was to get 30,000 acres of

public land for each senator and rep-

resentative in Congress. In all, count-

ing other recent grants of land to all

states for the same purpose, an area

about a third the size of Michigan





,has been donated to the states for the





purpose of education. Michigan had

anticipated this move on the part of

the national government and started

her Agricultural College in 1857 but

later accepted the provisions of the

Merrill Act. By 1870, several other





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THE PUNISHMENT





 





OUR issue of December 24 includes

an article entitled "The Reason I

Am a Farmer” by D. 0. Morris. Hav-

ing been born on a farm and always

been a. farmer, I can appreciate the

reason why he is a farmer. In his

article he refers to the first chapter

of the first book in the Bible as his

authority for farming being the first

or original occupation of mankind.

Let us turn to the third chapter of

the same book and see What happened.

We find that our first parents partook

of the forbidden fruit. It might have

been an apple—some say it was an

orange.

obedient. So they were turned out of

the Garden of Eden Where they were

so nicely situated and what were they

hidden to do? Go and till the soil!

Perhaps it would be just as well for

us farmers not to get too inflated over

our occupation and think we have

something on the-city man when it is

shown that farming was inflicted up-

on mankind as punishment—G. E. C.





A PH EASANT DEFENDER





 





HE pheasant has been accused of



pulling up corn even after it was

ripe. He is also accused of destroy-

ing bird nests, killing quail and pa.rt-.

ridge, killing squirrelsand even do;

mestic fowl, and if we are to believe

all of these complaints then we are

threatened with direcalamity unless

the pheasant is immediately extermin-

ated. ‘



A number of birds will pull corn.

So will chipmunks and gophers, but,

a quick and sure remedy is to scatter

fifty cents worth of corn around the

outside of the field. However, it is

very unusual to find corn that has

been pulled by pheasants. The phea-

sant eats grain sparingly, if at all.



Owing to the fact that I had a trio





, of ringnecks in a park for several





years and have reared young from eggs

sent to me from the game farm at

Mason, I have become quite well ac-

quainted with them and their habits-

I know that from the day they

hatched they put in the most of their

time hunting and destroying all man-

ner of insects, worms, ants, and bugs,

all enemies of mankind. To balance

their ration they eat certain kinds of,

grass and weed seed. Their diet is

much the same as quail only they eat

greater quantities. As to the com:

plaint that they will fight and destroy

other game and domestic fowl, there

is absolutely nothing to it.



On our small farm of forty acres in

Jackson County where pheasants are





' no doubt as plentiful as in most coun-

ties in the state we have several col-





onies near timber and brush land.





’ Here in the early spring and summer





months we have small flocks of game

chickens running at large. Here also

are several large flocks of very tame

quail. Also close by and eating al-

most together are found many phea-

sants. In the spring we often hear

the male pheasant crow to be an

swered close by the game cock. We

have watched faithfully expecting

and wanting to see the unique and

deadly battle which has been promised

us by those who look upon a pheasant

as something to eat. Nothing doing.

Each species attend strictly to their

own affairs. The pheasant, the pug-

nacious game cock and the trim little

quail dwell in peace and harmony. The

fox squirrel eats out of my self-feed-

ers'in the colony house and multi-

plies.

that he” desires and if his feedruns

short, we will see that he is provided

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destroy our enemies.



Those who condemn him should

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not hearsay, damage he has done.

Then try to render an account of his

virtues. And so that you may qualify

as a competent judge, get a setting

of eggs which will be furnished you

free from the game farm, raise the

young and give them the run of your

garden, and see for yourself.



Some people measure everything

from a dollar and cent standpoint and





. the only value they put on wild life





is something to kill and eat. On the

other hand, a great many citizens of

Michigan love wild life for itself and

everything that goes with it. They de-

rive great pleasure in being able to

see such fowl running Wild. So we

say, Mr. Ringneck, we are with you

and may you multiply and prosper.—

J. J. Forward.





 





TRUCK LICENSE





 





INCE Stanley Powell has sounded

the gong on the question of farm

truck license, 'I feel disposed to take

up the refrain. Two years ago last

October, I purchased a small farm of

forty-one acres. The property was

badly run ,down with nothing grow-

ing but weeds. However, I had con-

fidence it could be built up if one

would make the sacrifice. On the first

day of the same October, I bought

five cows and a quantity of hay at an

auction. Soon thereafter I took a job

delivering milk mornings for the Mil-

ford milk man. The hay was too far

away to make a trip afternoons with

a team, so I bought a truck to get

the hay home. One year ago I bought

a license for our' sedan at $11.55.

In June of last summer I began to

take my milk to Highland, Michigan,

where it was sold, in turn to a De-

troit creamery. I found I could take

it in the sedan so I bought no license

for the truck. But the sedan rebelled

three times from June to January.

Twice I was able to get it back on the

road almost without loss of time. The

third time a repair man asked. for

two or three days in which to make

the adjustments. He actually took

four weeks. Rather than hitch the

farm team to the lumber wagon I

trotted out the truck and delivered the

milk therewith, expecting every day

to have the sedan. Before the sedan

was fixed, however, I was reported

and fined twenty-five bucks because

of no license. - '





It is a little bit better than three

miles to Highland and return making

twenty-five miles per week of travel.

From June to the end of the year

would make a distance of seven hun-

dred miles, three hundred miles would

fully cover all other travel making

ten hundred miles altogether.





Since the cost of the license for

sedan was $11.55 and the substitution.

of truck $25.00 amounted to $36.55

and the distance traveled was a thou-

sand miles, the cost per mile for us‘

ing the roads amount to three and a.

half cents





For two years this property has no-

wheres near met expenses, My time

has averaged’me less than twenty

cents per working hour. There are

only six in the family. I wonder if

the state would as leave help as hin-

der. I am only one of hundredsr—o“

John Sluyter. ‘





 





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,ment Association, under inspection,

and by others, and in 1920 was the

leading wheat variety of Michigan.



The Berkeley Rock wheat was se-

cured by crossing the Red Rock with

the Berkeley (3. hard winter variety

of Kansas). The resultant hybrid was

higher in gluten, harder in its physical

qualities than the Red Rock, and ap-

parently almost as good a yielder. The

Berkeley“ Rock wheat had also been

increased under the inspection and

certification system of the Michigan

Crop Improvement Association and is

grown to. a large extent in the Thumb

of Michigan.

- In the region surrounding Port

Huron, a company interested in the





. manufacture of gluten flour has been





instrumental in making it profitable

for most of the wheat growers of that

region to grow the Berkeley Rock and

the Red Rock. One use of the gluten

flour made from these wheats is in

the preparation of a meal used in

making gluten biscuits and bread for

diabetic patients. The product is very

high in gluten and low in starch.



At the Chicago International Grain

and Hay Show prizes have been taken

by the Berkeley Rock, for the past

several years, in the hard red win‘ter

class. This class incIudes.the wheats

of Kansas and neighboring states.

Michigan wheats are generally classed

in the semi- -hard or soft red winter

class and our district is known as a

semi~hard or soft wheat district. It

is quite a. triumph for the plant breed-

er to produce a wheat which will win

against the hardest wheats.



The Berkeley Rock wheat also

shows a very high resistance to stink-

ing smut or bunt, being very little

affected by this common fungus di-

sease in test plats where other wheats

were seriously damaged. As yet, it

has been known to show damage from

loose smut.



Both the Red 'Rock and Berkeley

Rock wheat are bearded varieties. Ap-

parently there is a correlation between

the bearded characteristic and the re-

sistance to winter killing. However,

many farmers desire a beardless

wheat and the plant breeders of the

’Michigan Experiment Station have

been working to secure a beardless

red wheat of high protein‘content and

resistance. to winter killing.



In August of 1925, while inspecting

one of our wheat varietal tests in

Ontonogan County I noticed the ex-

cellent yielding ability of a native red

beardless wheat Which had been grown

in that extreme northern region for

a number of years. A bushel of this

wheat was secured and placed in the

hands of Professor E. E. Down and

he has made a number of selections

of this wheat with promising results.

At the present time the work has pro-

gressed to the point where we feel

assured that in a short time a high

yielding, superior beardless hard red

winter wheat of excellent milling qual-

ity will be available for increase and

distribution from the station.



Since the war period, with the de-

mand for soft white wheats paramount

inmost Michigan counties, the breed:

ing work with wheats has been along

the lines of securing superior white

wheats.



Of the old white varieties, the Daw-





_ son Golden Chaff and Cold Coin were





popular and widely grown in Mich-

igan. These are both beardless white

wheats characterized by stiff straw

and good yielding ability



From the work of Prof.-J. A. Jef-

fery and F. A. Spragg, the American

Banner, 8. high yielding white wheat





,_:was contributed in 1908. This variety





is giving good satisfaction and tends

to produce an amber kernel higher in

gluten than the average white wheat.

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and proceeded to make an increase of

the selection of this wheat. One acre

was grown on the Experiment Station

farm in 1927 and seed was released to

the best seed wheat growers of‘ the

Michigan Crop Improvement Associa-

tion and others interested, for the past

fall planting. They are continuing

with their strain selections in the hope

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Since the market demands in Mich-

igan are along the two distinct lines

of bread flour and pastry flour, it is

important that not only the best var-

ieties be grown for these special pur-

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ing. The itinerant thresher, passing

from farm to farm, is the cause of the

mixing of red and white wheat to the

extent that many farmers produce

wheats classed technically as “mixed”

wheats. Where such mixing occurs,

it would be best to secure seed wheat

of high purity and to keep it from

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Take care in selecting your

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Low lime peat soil, some

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it may also need nitrogen.

High lime peat soil, called

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ARMERS’ WEEK is over for an-

other year. Thousands of rural

citizens have returned to their

homes once more, enlightened and

heartened after spending a few days

on the M. S. 0. Campus at East Lan-

sing. Added thousands of farm people

listened to important features of the

programs by radio. Uncounted hosts

are obtaining valuable help and bene-

fit through reports of the great week

printed in this and other publications.





For a while it lookedas though wife

and I wouldn’t be able to mingle with

the Farmers’ Week throngs as our

hired man was confined to quarters

wrestling with influenza microbes.

With many and complicated chores to

be done, someone must be on the job

who is familiar with them.



Either our man or myself could take

care of our stock fairly comfortably

if nothing extra

would come up to

interfere. H o w-

ever, during the

days when I was

looking after

things all alone

it s e e m e d as

t h o u g h circum-

stances just con-

spired to keep me

on the jump. New

pistons had just

been placed in

our old family

car and that proved very balky and

had to be towed up the road a quarter

of a mile or so every time we wanted

to useit'. The untimely death of one

of our most beloved and respected

neighbors saddened our community

and, of course, we devoted one after-

noon to paying our last public tribute

to his memory. Our local Farm Bur-

eau car-door agent telephoned that the

shipment of our dairy feed had

arrived and that he had just one day

to unload the car. Various friends

and strangers called to see me on all

sorts of errands. Some stayed a long

time. Every few minutes wife kept

hollering at me that I was wanted

on the telephone.





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bit to make things interesting by de-

ciding more than a week ahead of

schedule to re—enact once more the

age-old miracle of motherhood. My

attention was attracted to the fact

that unusual developments might be

expected from that source when I was

milking the cow that stands just to

the left of W’elfare Marie, who was

lying down and not paying much at.

'tention to her breakfast. l'nexpected-

1y 3 long red hind leg straightened

out nearly knocking the milking stool

out from under me. I lost no time in

hastening Marie to the maternity ward

and in a short time an un-named heifer

calf of noble parentage took up her

residence at ingleside.





 





I couldn't help rejoicing that the

calf wasn’t born during the night

while the cqw was confined in her

stanchion. The little pilgrim might

have been chilled or trodden under

foot of unfriendly neighbors. Anyway,





pillory a cow during that momentous

experience during which a new life

is ushered into this old world.



We usually plan toplace each cow

in a box stall at night for a week be-

fore ehe is expected to freshen. We

are feeding a certain widely adver-

tised tonic especially prepared for

giving to cows two or three weeks be-

fore. and a like time after, calving.

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boned, and of pleasing confermation.

She will therefore be raised for; breed

ing purposes. Consequently I had the

interesting job of teaching her to

drink milk out of a pail.

of few tasks around the 'farm that are

more searching of a man’s disposition

than that of teaching a calf to drink

from a pail.



The young miss in question was

about as exasperating as they make

them. About all she seemed to know

was to bunt, kick, plunge .around, fall

down and slobber me with the milk.

I tried all the usual tricks, standing

straddle of her neck, backing her up

into a corner, and giving her my fin-

gers to suck. And, be it said to my

credit, I kept pretty cool through -it

all. By the fifth feeding she drank all

the milk without my giving her my

fingers to suck. Since that time we

set her pail in a potato crate and she

drinks like a horse with no further

bother.



lngleside Sheep Are Shorn



Then to cap the climax during those

busy days, neighbor John Welch, the

far-famed .breeder of Hampshire





sheep, telephoned the message that\





the sheep shearer had finished at his

place and was headed for Ingleside.

We weren’t overly anxious to shear

quite so early, but after giving it some

thought we decided to go ahead. We

are blessed with a warm basement

sheep barn with stone walls two feet

thick all around it, so ordinary winter

weather has no fear for our sheep

even though freshly sheared. During

the fall and winter monthspwe did

quite a business in western and native-

grown breeding ewes and our Shrop-

shire rams and ewe lambs became

quite badly peppered with ticks from

them. Of course, We dip all our sheep

one or more times in the summer, but

we weren’t enthusiastic about dipping

them this time of year and powdering

proved pretty slow business.





We always like to have our breed-

ing ewes shorn before the lambs be-

gin to arrive. The little fellows can

then find their nourishment without

nosing around among a lot of dirty,

greasy wool and tags. By shearing

the ewes now they will have an op-

portunity to recover from this experi-

ence before that other important day

for which breeding ewes are kept

rolls around.



As I tied up and weighed fleece

after fleece, I couldn’t help letting my

mind wander as to some of the vari-

ous things which each such little cube

of wool represents. My first thought

was that it was the tangible result of

a year’s growth from the' skin of that

sheep. Then I meditated back over

the history of wool production and

thought of the centuries of careful

breeding that had developed that

fleece of superior quality. Then I

visioned what those pounds of wool

might» do for humanity and fancied

that I saw them made into warm

blankets or attractive wearing apparel.



Of course, all our wool was tiedin

a wool box with paper twine. The

tags were placed in a sack by them-

selves. The wool will be‘marketed co-

operatively through the pool conducted

by The Ohio Sheep and Wool Grow-

ers' Association.



After tying each fleece, I set it on

some small scales and recorded the

weight in my notebook. There were

many surprises as the weights were

noted. We didn’t expect any Very

heavy fleeces, as our sheep were

shorn six or ,eight 'weeks later last

spring, so our clip this season repre-

sented only about ten months’ growth.

The recently purchased Rambouillets

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room expansion for several years, with

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the growing of certified seed by Boys

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All the directorswere reelected with

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THE old adage that one should not

plant corn until the oak leaves are

as big as squirrel’s ears does not hold

true with modern sweet corn grow-

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a strong advocate of early planting

and is developing early maturing

kinds. His “Earliest of All" is one

week earlier than Alpha, always con-

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“Sunshine,” one of the earliest yellOw

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with a secretary in the Cabinet of

the President in 1889. Its scope as

outlined at present is very largely the

foresight and administration of one

man, the hitherto little acknowledged

“Tame” Jim Wilson who was secre-

tary of agriculture from 1897 to 1913,

serving under three presidents, a

record that is without a peer.



Lincoln made only one speech on

the subject of agriculture and few of

his biographers have grasped its sig-

nificance. After the Douglas debates

in 1858, he was aprominent national

figure so the Wisconsin Board of Agri-

culture asked him to speak at the Wis-

consin Fair held in Milwaukee, Sep-

tember 30, 1859. His invitation was

probably to call a. crowd and add

weight to the occasion. But with char—

acteristic insight, he came at the sub-

ject'at once and his remarks on agri-

culture are no less significant now

than they were then. A,

' Concerning the waning fertility of

all farms, the Great Emancipator said:

“For the last four years, I do not be-

lieve the ground planted with corn in

Illinois has produced an average of

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farm,” replied Canon. “He in

sisted that I take up the sow and lit-

ter work this year. I didn’t mind so

much, seeing that you are to have a.

ball team and knowing about the club

camp. I’ll show these guys some fancy

diving. Some of the club girls are

mighty easy to look at, too,” con-

cluded Carson with an appreciative

glance at Kate O’Neal, who had

joined the group he had been con-

verslng with. “Some swell little

queen, that. I must get acquainted

with her.”



"Gosh, how he hates himself!" It

was Ted Baldwin, who had been stand-

ing by. “All that bird needs to be 3.

peacock is a spreading tail.”



“Carson isn’t a bad sort,” informed

ROSS Burton. “He is a bit stuck on

himself—but he might get that taken

out of him. And he can sure play

ball. How are you going to feel about

having a rival, Bob ?” The. words were

casual, but Burton’s glance was keen.



“That’s all right,” was Bob’s an-

swer. “Makes a fellow fight all the

harder and feel all the better if he

wins. I don’t want to brag, Mr. Bur-

ton, but I fought to play first on our

Olden High team. I won. I expect

to win this time. But if I don’t and

Carson or. any other man is the bet-

ter player, it’s all right. The team’s

the big thing. I’m out to help beat

Harmon County if I have to do it from

the coaching line.” .



“Bully for you, Bob!” The slap on

Bob’s brawned back would have

bowled over Ted Baldwin. “That‘s the

spirit that wins. “’ell, we’ll see. It’s

an open field and no favors. Won’t

‘Old Bill Tuck’ be Wild when he sees

our team.” Chuckling complacently,

Burton was off to join another group.

As he turned to follow Ted Baldwin,

Bob noticed that young Carson had

manoeuvered Katie O’Neal into a seat

and was bending over her as he

poured out a flood of small talk. Katie

was looking up at him and her smil-

ing, Winsome face was very beautiful.

As she flushed and laughed at some

compliment, somehow a brand new

sensation took hold upon Bob Barton’s

heart. '





“Tell me about that Carson guy,”

Bob demanded as he overtook his





friend. “Somehow, I don’t ‘cotton’ to

him at all. He’s too all-fired cocky

for me.”





“Don’t blame you,” replied the grin-

' ning Ted. “Looks to me as if you

are to be rivals more ways than one.





Heck! If Kate doesn’t look out, he’ll

bite her! Getting on your nerves, old

man?”





“Cut out the joshing,” growled Bob.

“What do I care about his talking to

Katie O’Neal. What I want to know

is something about his folks and his

farm. And if he can really play ball.

I’m figuring on playing first on that

team.”



“Atta boy!” applauded Ted. “Atta

boy! I’m for you, and I’d hate to play

the infield with that fresh guy to

throw to. If I put one in his mitt he’d

make getting it look like a grand-

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lar shortstop, and it was taken as

matter of course that old members

would hold their places.



“Don’t be so sure,” warned Bob.

“Somebody may beat you out, too.”



“Let 'em hop to it,” replied Theo-

dore. “Well, Carson’s father is one

of the biggest merchants in Wartord.

He owns‘forty acres joining town and

lives there. He’s crazy about farming

and always wanted Hal to really work.

But he never would. Reckon he thinks

this club work is about the last

chance.”



“But can he play ball?” demanded

Bob. “That’s what I’m interested in.”



“Weak on low throws,” Ted an-

swered, “just as you’ve told me you





are. But boy, how he can murder that

old apple! It’s a cinch he’ll be on.

the team somewhere. _Why, when





Warford High played Briefly last

year all that bird did to us was to

knock two home runs and a. triple,

drive in four runs and score four him-

self."





“Pleasant prospect, beating out 3.





stuff for Harmon County. Come on, ’





Bob, let’s go fix up that business I

was talking about.” One of a group

of boys of various sizes and ages, Bob

soon found himself waiting in the

directors' room of a great bank. As

the time grew near when he was to

obligate himself for payment of a sum,

which seemed large indeed to one who

never had handled money in excess of





' a few dollars,.the new club member





became anxious and ill at ease. All

about him he could hear boys specu-

lating as to whether the venture would

prove profitable. Well, it was too late

to back out now. Win or lose, Bob

would play the game.





CHAPTER VII

The Pride of Ownership



.NTO the directogs’ room of the

Warford National Bank came a

stocky, alert man of middle age.

His smile was pleasant, his manner

business-like. Farm reared, Vern Law-

son, now a successful banker, knew

what it meant to work long hours for





 





guy like that,” commented Bob, “but

I’ll try and make things interesting

for him.”



“You see,” went on Ted, “Ross Bur-

ton is ‘nuts’ over having a good first

baseman. Played first on his college

team that won the Valley champion-

ship. Reckon he figured on coaching

you for the place, but he won’t do it

now, for Burton believes in giving

everyone a chance. I believe you can

beat Carson out, though. If I were

you,” and. again Ted grinned provok-

ingly, “I’d be more concerned about

that town sheik beating my time over

there.” Ted gestured toward the still

engrossed couple in the corner.



“Cut out the joshing,” again com-

manded Bob, but the look he be-

stowed on Carson had no affection.

“Katie O’Neal’s a fine girl, but she

doesn’t give a whoo-p for me.”



“Oh, she doesn’t,” replied Ted, giv-

ing his pal a playful poke in the ribs.

“If you could have heard her singing

your praises over at our house and

urging me to help get you lined up

for the club you’d think you stood

pretty well.”



A warm glow, beginning somewhere

in the cardiac region and spreading

upward to Bob Barton’s face caused

him to welcome the approach- of Agent

Burton. But his token of appreciation

was a resounding cuff which sent Ted

Baldwin caree-ning over a seat. “Here,”

said Burton as he caught Bob’s arm,

“what’s going on? Save that rough





small return; knew, too, the cravings

of a boyish heart for something that

could be cal-led “my own.” But with

all his altruism, Lawson knew also

that here before him were the future

patrons of his institution and that not

only was ,the lending of money to

finance club work good business but

that it constituted an investment in

friendship which paid large dividends.

Smiling at the group, Lawson began

to talk in short crisp‘phrases which

won instant and respectful attention.



“You boys are here,” said Lawson,

“because you want to go into business

for yourselves. Establishing credit is

one of the first things necessary in

business life. We are willing to lend

you money, taking your personal

notes. In law, as you know, such

security .is worthless. Yet we trust

you because we feel that by the very

act of enrolling in this great club

movement you have shown yourselves

to be above the average. We believe

in your ability, your honesty and in-

tegrity. We do not expect to lose one

dollar of the money lent. It is an in-

vestment in good citizenship and the

National is proud to have some small

part in the building of citizenship.



“Business is not transacted in pub-

lic,” continued President Lawson, “al-

though we have nothing to conceal.

But each of you boys may have some

information to give or some advice to

ask. Mr. Burton is in my private

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in turn.” ~ 3 - « "_

{As the first boy left, Bob Barton

pendered over the‘ words spoken. Why

was it that all these men who were

leaders stressed that one word, citi-

zenship? Dimly Bob began to sense

that back of everything which had

been discussed was something bigger

than could be put into mere words.

Something intangible but all pervad-

ing, something which made indelible

impress upon every phase of 4-H club

work. Then he found himself in Mr.

Lawson’s room, acknowledged the in

troduction, ready to play a man’s part

in the big. game of business life.

“You are a newcomer,” said Presi-





dent Lawson, “and I-know nothing .

WhateVer about you or your famihr. -





The loan which you desire is far

above the average made for this pur-

pose. Yet I have such confidence in

the judgment of my friend Burton

that I am going to make the loan. I

might say,” Lawson added, “that if

i am any judge of character, you have

it in you to make good. Here is the

note for one hundred dollars, to be

paid in one year and to bear six per

cent.

to pay for your contest gilt.”



“Thank you, sir," replied Bob as he

took the pen. “I’ll do my very best.”

Then, hesitatin-g, he turned to Ross

Burton, who stood by. "Have you

told Mr. Lawson about the bad repu-

tation our farm has?”





“He knows’all about it,” answered

the county agent, “and, like the most

of us, he believes that it was just a

family fight between the Harkins and

Perkins crowd. That was before my

time here; But, of course, you are

going into this with your eyes open,

Bob. The bank can’t be responsible

if you lose, and if anything should

happen you’ll have to take your medi-

cine. The loan must be paid in full.”



“Yes,” said Mr. Lawson, “this is a

business proposition with us. If,

through misfortune, you are unable to

make full settlement, I will recom-

mend an extension. But the borrower,

not the bank, must assume all risk of

loss. When you sign this note pay-

ment becomes a matter of honor, no

matter how difficult it may be to earn

the money necessary. If you are fear-

ful that you cannot make payment,

you should not accept the loan.”



Bob squared his shoulders and with

apfirm hand wrote “Robert L_. Barton”

upon the note. “I thank you, Mr. Law-

son,” said he, “and you’ll get every

dollar back with interest. If there

should be any loss, it will be mine,

not yours.”





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Sign and you will get the cash .





“Good for you, son,” cried Lawson. .





“Depend upon me to help you all I

can. I’ll wager that anyone who tries

to carry off your property will get a

warm reception. Good luck. And

now for the next boy.” .



If there can be such a thing as per-

cine aristocracy, Lady Mary Third

had reason to turn up her nose at the

other gilts who waited with her the

coming of new owners. Long—bodied,

sure-footed, carrying the weight of ap-

proaching maternity with no effort,



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ODAY, the prettiest things are not necessari—



ly the most expensive. Even the cheapest



automobiles are offered in a wide choice of

the gayest colors, instead of the dull drab, funereal

black of a few years ago. And why not? Certainly

it costs no more to make a thing beautiful than

it does to make it ugly.





50 it is with floors. There are so many pretty

patterns in linoleum and linoleum rugs, there

hardly seems to be any excuse left for old, bare

wood floors. Either linoleum rugs or all—over

linoleum floors are inexpensive and durable.





For bedroom, sitting—room or dining—room,

pretty Jaspé rugs of Armstrong's Linoleum are

most appropriate. These I recommend, not only

because they are so attractive in appearance, but

because they wear so wonderfully well. They are

made of the same genuine linoleum that has made

Armstrong’s Jaspé Linoleum floors so popular,

and they are finished with the new easy-to—keep—

clean lacquer surface. The color cannot wear off,

because the Jaspé graining goes all the way

through to the burlap back.



Still lower in price are Armstrong's Quaker—

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to anyone who wants a cheap, practical floor

covering. These, too, are protected by the long-





wearingAccolac finish. Thisclear—lacquer finish is

as hard, bright, and durable as the finish on your

automobile. Whichever kind of rug you buy, be

sure you know what you are getting and that

you get what you pay for. You can easily distin-

guish an Armstrong’s Linoleum Rug because it

has a burlap back, and is soft and flexible. The

Quaker-Felt Rugs are identified with a picture

of the Quaker girl on the face of the rug.





After all is said about the beauty and durability

of smooth—surface floor coverings, the most ap-

pealing thing about them to women, I am sure,

is the easewith which they are kept clean. They

require neither scrubbing, like wood floors, nor

beating like carpets, but simply a damp mopping.



The Linoleum, or Quaker Felt Rugs I speak

of, are suitable of course, only when the floor

is in good enough condition for painting.

Otherwise, I recommend an all—over floor of

Armstrong’s Linoleum. In the kitchen I believe

the all-over floor is the most practical.



Don't hesitate to use color in the kitchen. It is

the place you spend most ofyour time, and there

is no reason in the world why it shouldn't be

cheerful. In introducing color into any room,

beginwith the floor and repeat some ofthe colors

of the floor in the curtains. Among the patterns





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they wenrand wear and wear





in Armstrong’s Linoleum are many which would

form an ideal base for a delightful color scheme.





Ifyou are going to do anythingwith your floors

this year, I shall be only too glad to help you plan

somethingreallyattractive,aswellaseconomical.

Write me a letter describing the room or rooms

and Iwill send you suggestions for a colorscheme.

There is no charge for this service, and you will

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Lady Mary ambled up to be scratched.

“She’s a pet, Bob,” Burton told his

friend, “and a peach. Mr. Campbell

says she is one of the best he ever

bred. She’s carrying the blood of

champions'in her veins and her com-

ing family is sired by a champion.

She’s yours, Bob, and I want you to

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ing to feel different about this one.

Old girl,” and as he scratched Lady

Mary’s ample back she grunted con-

tentedly, “we’ll see if you can’t make

a winner out of me.”



“Mr. Campbell will send her right

on out to the farm,” announced Bury

ton, “and you can put her in a stall

in the barn until I can get out and

help fix up a hog house. We’ve got

to get busy and sow a patch of land

to pasture mixture, mostly rape and

cowpeas. This fall we’ll seed some

alfalfa so you can have it later. I’ve

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permanent tenants. I hope so, at

least as long as I’m in Brown County.



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"I don’t know how I ever can pay you

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“Help me beat Bill Tucker and we’ll

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County batting champion to keep him

off. Aloud he said, "Mr. Burton, I’m

still worried about that mystery no-

body can seem to clear up. It would

be tough luck to lose Lady Mary here

after all you’ve done for me.”



“\Ve’ll meet that if it comes,” re-

plied the county agent. “But there’s

one thing I want you to do for me.

I’ve got an Airedale out at my board-

ing place that simply runs wild. rI’ve

been intending to give him to some

friend who would really appreciate

such a dog. If you’ll take him, Bob,

he can go home in the car with you.

He’s a great watch dog and we’ll fix

him a \place to sleep close to Lady

Mary’s pen. If anybody takes any-

thing Jock’s guarding, he’ll leave a

leg as a souvenir. VVe’ll go get him

right now.”



Bob thrilled anew to the thought of

having a pedigreed dog of his very

own. A “one man’s dog” that could

be depended upon to stand by his mas-H

ter through thick and thin. “I’ll say

I’ll take him,” said Bob. “Let’s go.

I can’t wait.”



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can be termed beautiful, Jock was a

beauty, indeed. Big and abounding in

energy, he almost swept Ross Burton

from his feet when they approached

the house. “Old man,” announced the

farm agent as he patted the dog’s head

and looked deep into intelligent eyes,

“here’s a new master. Fight for him

if he needs you as you’d fight for me.”

As if he understood the great dog

reared upon Bob, probing deep into

eyes that smiled back. Then with a

little whimper of content, Jock thrust

a moist nose into Bob’s. protecting

hand.



There was a. suspicious huskiness

in Ross Barton’s voice as when. with

the Airedale on the seat befide him,

Bob set off, Burton called goodbye. An

added bond'of fellowship had linked

> “You seem to be

making quite an addition toxthef fam-

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us.. But we’ll see. That scamp will

make a great playfellow for the kid-

dies.” With ecstatic barking the Aire-

dale was racing over the lawn, in his





the children, who shrieked with de-

light as they pursued. But it was to

Bob he came when romp ended and

with worshipful eyes begged for a

caress. Love and faith were reflected,

a challenge to the trust‘ which Ross

Burton had imposed. _



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dog, ears pricked, barked a response. ‘- ~ "”





Sped the days, each filled with unre-

mitting toil. Under the supervision of

Burton and aided by Ted Baldwin, the

home for Lady Mary and her expected

family» had. been built. Facing the

south and with glass for light and

warmth, Bob thought it quite a mas-

terpiece of carpentry. The hours spent

with Ross Burton brought new evi~

dences of congeniality. Possessing a

keen mind and an ever-present sense

of humor, Burton combined knowledge

gained from practical experience with

fine technical training. Without seem-

ing to give advice, he had transmitted

information which Bob Barton was to

find invaluable. And even as he

worked, Burton enlivened proceedings

with jokes and stories.



“We’ll just leave the old girl in her

warm stall until the babies come,” he

had told Bob, “and that won’t be long.

It’s as warm in there as—as an incu-

bator. By the way, fellows,” and

Burton’s rollicking laugh rang out,

."don’t believe I ever told you my

favorite story about the city green-

horn who thought that pigs hatched.”



“Hatched?” said Ted incredulously.

“Quit kidding us.”



“It’s as true as 1 live,” replied the

county agent. “You see, it was this

way: A number of city men were visit-

ing county agents and farmers to get

first-hand information about farm con-

ditions. One of them had his son

along, a. chap about the age of you

boys. ,He told me that .he was a

junior in high school, but he was as

ignorant about country life as any

human could possibly be. We were

looking over a litter of young pigs

when this kid said to me, ‘Mr. Burton,

how long does it take a pig to hatch?’

Of course, I thought I’d misunderstood

him,” went on Burton, “but he repeat-

ed the question. ‘Pigs are born,’ I told





him, never cracking a smile. But he

wouldn’t believe it.”

“Aw, gwan,” Ted commented. “You





can't pull anything like that on us.

Nobody could be so dumb.”



“I swear it’s true,” said the county

agent, “and this is the reason he gave

for not believing me. ‘That can’t be,’

said the kid, ‘for when we were over

in Harmon County yesterday we saw

an old sow carrying‘straw. Mr. Tuck-

er, the county agent there, told us

she was ‘making her nest.’ What

would an old sow make a nest for if

pigs don’t hatch?”



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and rolled on the ground, while Bob

and the county agent laughed a duet.

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equal to that,” commented Ted, win ‘





ing his eyes, “I hope someone will put

me where the squirrels can’t get in.

Of all the ‘nuts’,” and Ted was off

again.



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Growmg Kingdom of God





Our W eat/3 Sermon—By N. A. McCum





S if a man should cast seed upon

the earth and the seed

should spring up and grow, he



knot-ed: not how.” Suppose it de~

pended on you, my friend, to advise

the seed you will fsow in a few weeks,

how it is to grow. Suppose that not

one oat will sprout until it receives

exact directions from you, as to just





how to proceed. The oat crop would





be a bit thin, this year, would it not?

You. might get an expert agronomist

from the State College. But could he

start ‘things going for you? As valu-

able as his services are, I fear he could

not function at just this pOInt. Some

things remain just over the margin of

knowledge, and probably always will.

The fuzzy chicks

. that are begin-

- ning to appear in

incubators have

their own secrets,

and refuse to re

veal them. How

life starts, where

it comes from,

how it comes, are

mysteries yet,

and bid fair to remain so, for a. long

time to come.

“How did living ceatures begin to

be upon the earth? In point of

science we do not know," says J.





 





' Arthur Thomson, in his f‘Introduction





to Science.” —Lat'er he says, “The

simplest organism we know is far

more complex than the constitution

of the United States. The body of





' an ant is manyutimes more intricate





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than a steam engine; its brain, as

Darwin said, is perhaps the ‘most mar-

velous speck of matter in the uni-

verse.” So growth begins in mystery,

and much of its continues in mystery.

If we canndt explain many of the

commonest happenings on the farm,

we must expect to let some spiritual

facts remain unexplained. As Whit-

man suggests, “A leaf of grass is no

than the journeywork of the

stars, and theant is equally perfect,

and the grain cf sand, and the egg of

the wren, and the tree-toad is a mas-

terpiece for the highest, and the run-

ning blackberry would adorn the par-

lors of heaven, and the narrowest

hinge on my hand puts to scorn all

machinery.”



But one thing we know, and that is,

that there is growth. Things do grow,

rapidly and luxuriantly. If they didn’t,

there would not be many farmers.

And because we cannot explain all

about it, we are not going to question

the fact. We have too much horse

sense for that.



The fact of growth is one of the

most vital truths in the world. Take

that out, and life would not be worth

living; Once in a great while—we

are thankful that it is only once in a

very great while—something goes

wrong with some of the glands in a

child, and he stops growing, and be-

comes an adult in years but of pigmy

size. I venture that Tom Thumb

would rather have been a'real, hon-

,est—to—goodness man and been un-

known, than to have became famous

international dwarf that he was. We

like to be normal; We like to grow,

and’wve like. to have our crops and

animals and children grow. If there

is a ’mo're beautiful-fact in life than

growth, one would have a hard time





' deciding What it‘ is.





- And that means also, the fact of

spiritual. growth. «That-AIS fully as real

as any other sort'of growth. Adults

with ‘ehildish notions about» this and

that are common. They have never





grown in certain lines beyond the ‘





ideas of childhood. Here is the man

who still thinks of the church as a

one-roamed building, where they sing

and the

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would not have hurt him. Another

who says he does not believe in re-

ligion because of the quarrels. between

two churches in the town where he

lived as a boy. Apparently those two

churches are the only ones he ever

heard of. So it goes. The want of

mind-growth is one of the commonest

tragedies.



What is meant by the “Kingdom?

What and where is this much-talked-

of Kingdom?

as Christ thought of it? Both. “The

kingdom of heaven is within you,”

that is, in your midst. People are in

the kingdom, but also it is in them.

“It does not follow, because God is





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Father that all men are by nature"





Is it present or future,





sons,” says Rufus M. Jones. “Sunship

is not a birth-relationship. It is an

attitude of heart, a spirit, a way of

life. . Nobody is a son until he wants

to be one, until he wakes up to his

possibilities and chooses to enter his

heritage. God is Father; we become

sons." So, the kingdom is Within us,

if it is anywhere in this life. Not

everyone is in the kingdom, and the

kingdom is not in every one, because

not everyone'has so decided. He may

not have said deliberately, “I do not

choose to enter," but that is what it

comes to.





Butthe kingdom is also future. It

is sobig, so dynamic, so insistent and

persistent that the present life can-

not contain it, and it spread over into

the next life. So we talk about heaven,

immortality, eternal life. The kingdom





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embraces it all. Nothing can stop one

from living and growing and experi-

encing forever, if he or she is genu-

inely within the kingdom, and staYS

there. May one get out of the king-

dom, once he is in? That depends on

your theology. The perseverance of

the saints is a doctrine dear to the

hearts of some churches, while others

maintain that it is not diflicult to

lose one’s place, or in other words, to

lose one’s conscious grip on religious

experience. All agree, however, that

to be a useful member of the kingdom

requires consecration, effort, purpose.





 





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

FEBRUARY 12th





 





SUBJECTI—The Growing Kingdom of

God. Mark 1214,15; 4:1 to 34.

GOLDEN TEXT : —-Matthew 6: 10.





 





 





 





 





 





 





AGRITOL





the New Land—Clearing ExplOsive

succeeds Pyrotol, now exhausted





 





ILLIONS of acres are still going to waste,



waiting! only to be cleared of machinery

smashing stumps and boulders to become crop-

bearing acres.



And just as the great land- clearing movement was

getting under way, the supply of reclaimed war ex-

plosives was exhausted. The Department of Agri-

culture says in a letter: “It is expected that all of

the Pyrotol available for land-clearing will have been

shipped by the end of next March. So far as is now

known, no other Government explosives are avail-

able with which to continue such distribution.”





Situation Savedfiy New Explosive





The farm development work, so well started, was

threatened. In most cases land-clearing would be

impractical without low priced explosives. Now

comes AGRITOL, a dynamite superior to Pyrotol.

Made by the same company (E. I. du Pont dc

Nemours 85 Co., Inc.) that prepared Pyrotol under

Government contract.



Agritol has been in constant use for several

months. Here are some of the advantages, already

discovered, of Agritol over Pyrotol.





Better than Pyrotol .

Whereas Pyrotol ran only 150 sticks to the 50 lb. ,





case, Agritol has about 172 sticks to the 50 lb. case-—

22 sticks more to the case.





Another economy: The strength per stick of

Agritol is greater than the stick strength of Pyrotol.

More heaving, breaking .power for every pound of

Agritol.



Still another: Doesn’t waste when cut in half or

split for loading. Resists moisture.





Safer and easier to handle. Much less inflammable

than Pyrotol.





Efficient not only for stump-blasting, boulder

heaving and cracking, but also for such agricultural





uses as tree-planting and sub-soiling.





Your County Agricultural Agent

will help you





He’s your land-clearing authority. He can tell'you

whether or not land-clearing is profitable on» your





farm and, if it is, just how much it will cost and how ‘





to go about it. He’ll tell you how you can buy

Agritol on the community carload plan just as

Pyrotol was bought.





This coupon will bring you a valuable booklet

describing AGRITOL—the new landoclearing ex-

plosive replacing Pyrotol. Mail the coupon today.





 





326- 5-51 PAT. OFF.





B. I. DU FONT DE NEMOURS 81 CO., INC.

Desk MFZ Explosives Dept.,Wilmington,DeL





Gentlemen: Please send me a copy. free, of your ‘

booklet describing Agritol for land clearing.





 





 





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N February our true spirit of

patriotism bubbles forth. Being

the birth month of two of our great



patriots, it’s just the time to plan a

patriotic party. Remembering the

original thirteen states, why not make

it a star party, using stars as the

motif for decorations and refresh-

ments? The invitations, too, may bear

a star or two in the corner. The

room decorations might be blue

shields bearing thirteen red stars, with

star-shaped paper shades hiding the

electric lights.

Peanut Toss



This is a good ice-breaker to start

off with as soon as the guests arrive.

First, a red star measuring about six

inches across is placed in the center

of the floor. Each player is given ten

peanuts. Standing with heels against

one wall of the room, each take turns

tossing the peanuts to see who can

hit any part of the star. To hit the





 





 





 





 





 





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star counts one point, but if the pea-

nut does not roll off the star it counts

five points. The guest receiving the

most points is awarded with a prize.

Patriotic Masquerade

If the hostess prefers, she may ask

that her guests dress to represent

some certain patriot or leave that

choice to her guests. In this case no

ice-breaking game is needed for the

first part of the evening can ‘be de«

voted to scoring the costumes and

awarding prizes for Ithem. ‘

Biography

Another stunt that will create much

merriment is to have the guests write

the biography of their favorite pa-

triot. First, each one is given a pen-

cil and paper. They are asked to

write the name of their favorite pa-

triot. The paper is then folded over

and passed to the right. The next

question to be answered is “When was

he born?” Each person answers for

his own hero. Then the papers are

“passed, another question answered,

"and so On. The questions run some-

«thing like. this: “Who was his father?

.Where Was his home? Whot was his

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marry? How many children did he

have?” When the last question is an-

swered, the papers are read aloud and

surprising careers are divulged.





Finding Partners

To find partners when refreshment

time arrives, the girls go into one

room and the boys in another. The

girls may be given the name Wash—

ington and the boys Lincoln. ,From

these names they are to form as many

new words as possible out of the let-

ters in each name. The boy and girl

forming the same number of words are

partners.

Refreshments A La Star

Unless the group is small, it is best

to serve a buffet luncheon. For favors

one could make tiny star sugar cook-

ies and support them upright on a

wafer by means of colored sugar

frosting. in keeping with the occa-

sion one might serve a menu similar

to this:

Patriotic Salad

Tutti Fruitti Sandwiches

Tart Cheese Sandwiches





Star Cookies Olives Pickles

Coffee

Patriotic Salad

2 tbs. gelatine 1 tsp. salt





14 cup sugar

1 cup mim-erd celery

1 cup minced. cabbage

2 minced pimentos

Soak gelatine in cold water, add to

rest of liquids that have been mixed

with the seasonings. Add vegetables

and pour into a deep star mold; Gar-

nish with stars cut from cabbage

leaves, beets, or peppers.

Tutti Fruitti Sandwiches

1 cup chopped figs 1.5 cup chopped nuts

1 cup rhomled. cherries ‘34 cup orange juice

1 cup chopped dates

Mix thoroughly and

whole wheat bread.

Tart Cheese Sandwiches





2 cups cream cheese Dash of mustard

2 tbs. horseradish 2 tbs. Dimentos





Mix thoroughly and spread on white

bread.

For the sugar cookies use any good





$5 cup cold water

14 cup weak vinegar

3 tbs. lemon juice





spread on





recipe, cut in shape of stars, and put

two together with boiled frosting or

fruit filling.





 





ME AND MY ENGINE COOPERATE





 





FOR a number of years we had a.



hired girl to help me with the work‘

in the house. But good hired girls

for farm work seemed to vanish when

automobiles and airplanes became

common. In order to solve my help

problem, I hired a gasoline engine, or

rather bought it.



We installed it in the basement, to-

gether with a pressure tank and power

pump. Now we have both» hot and

cold running water in the kitchen,

bathroom, and basement. With the

help of the engine, I do my own wash-

ing and churning, and the engine also

furnishes power to separate the milk.

Now when things go wrong there is

no hired girl to walk out“ the front

door and leave me in the midst of a.

pile of extra work. Rather with a bit

of oiling and repairing, the engine

keeps right at it, and I manage my

work better than with the help of a.

girl —Mrs. W. F.





MARK POISON BOTTLES





 





0 make the poison bottles feel dif-



ferent to the touch in handling

than any other bottle, I paste a strip

of sand paper around them. I con-

sider this a wise preca.ution.———Mrs.

C. H. F.





DOUBLES SPACE IN CLOSET





 





UR only closet down stairs was



rather small and it was difficult

to find a place for all of the things

we wanted to put in it. After study-

ing it carefully, the first thing we did

was to place' a rod (we used a piece

of old lightning rod) lengthwise of





Start Your Own Geraniums





0 plant is better suited for mass



plantings in the home grounds



than the geranium. Most of

us seem to think the only way to get

them is by purchasing the plants, un-

less we happen tohave a greenhouse,

then we can start them from cuttings

and grow them'to blooming size in

small pots. Geraniums are not very

effective unless we have a lot of them.

How to get them at small cost has

long been a problem.



Last year, along in February, we

purchased a. packet of Lady Washing-

ton geranium seed, at a cost of a

quarter. Then we looked over the

seed catalogues and found another

kind listed under the name of Geran-

ium Zonale. We took a chance on

that at a cost of ten cents. Another

shelf back of the kitChen range for

still another packet. Three packets

of geranium seed and they were

planted in window boxes, set on a.

shelf back of the kicthen range for

a. few days, and then placed in a

south window. Every seed seemed to

make a sturdy plant inside of three

weeks. These were transplanted to

other boxes and kept growing until

the time to plant them outside had

arrived.



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single flowers ranging in color from

pure white to deep red. They Were

always a mass of bloom from the

middle of June until killed by frost.

Plants were pinched back to keep

them sturdy. The Lady Washington

varieties are what florists offer under

the name of Pelargoniums. They do

not bloom as early as the Zonale var-

ieties, but the blooms are of many

beautiful shapes and colors. From the

packet of mixed seeds, we got a few





, double plants and these were taken up





and removed to the cellar. Cuttings

will be rooted from the best of these,

also from some of the Pelargoniums.

for planting this spring.



The growing of geraniums, as well

as many other plants usually pur-

chased from the florist, from seed is

a very interesting process. All you

need to‘do is startthe seed early.

This means in February or March. I

have grown large double dahlias' and

had them bloom in August, from seed

sown in the former month. Jame}





tions rivaling in beauty those from‘





the florist may also be grown. Look





over a good catalogue and purchase a





few packets of the rarer flowers and





the closet and 'far enough out from

the wall to allow it to support hangers.

This held all of the wardrobe that was





being used and the books at the back ‘





were reserved for things not in use.

The shelf above was. used for storing.



To the inside of the doorwe at-

tached a hat shelf. This was made 'of

a smooth board four ‘lnches shorter

than the width of the door and twelve

inches wide, supported by , two brack-





.ets. We bound the board on the one





side and two ends with a narrow cleat

and stained and varnished it to match

the door.





Below this on the lower part of the

door, we made a. shoe rack by plac-

ing two towel racks three inches

apart, the lower one being placed out

two inches farther than the other one.

Since remodeling, my closet holds





 





 





 





An attractive dress for spring wear.

This model is in an American print,

based on a design of the Hopi Indian

tribe. A white background is deter-

ated with black, red, and yellow. The

parasol matches the dress.





 





 





twice as much as it did before and

it is much easier to keep in order.—

Mrs. C. E. Y.





 





CUSTARD PIE





 





T took me a long time to discover



that the secret of success with

custard pies was in the baking. A‘

very hot oven causes wheying in the

center and toughness around the

edges. A slow even having a tempera-

ture about 300 degrees F. bakes the

best custard pies and when the tip of

a' spoon inserted-in the center comes

out without anything adhering to it,

the'custard pie is ready to take out

of the oven. It is then a. golden

brown and free from large cracks. To

prevent soggy crust,- set the pie-in a.

colander to cool. If this isn’t cen-

venient, piece pie on four Vemp‘ty

spools. This will let the air circu-

late under the pie tin. The result will





be a crisp, flaky pie crust, which is

at all times very desirable .—-—Mrs.'





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for spring wear? And of this



group, what lines will ‘be adopted by



the smart women of New York? How



are the new designs made? What

materials?



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. ILDRED GARDNER of EastAun

ora, New“ York has succeeded

Miss Edna Gleason as clothing special-

ist with the home economics enteri-

sion department of the college. Miss

Gleason was forced to give up her

work in December having been called

home on account of illness. ,

,2 Miss Gardner is .a graduate of C

humble”. University with a degree of

B. S. in Household Arts Education.

She has had considerable experience

in both resident and extension teach-

ing. For the past four years she has

been clothing specialist in extension

at Cornell University.





ANNUAL REPORT-moieAn-zs PRO-

GRESS IN HOME ECONOMICS

‘ .‘EXTEN‘Sl‘ON





 





V. ORK done through the home

economics extension service of

Michigan State College reported for

1927 shows that forty-two counties in

the southern peninsula and nine in

the northern peninsula are taking ad-

vantage of some of the courses of-





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{cred through this service. Five more





counties are "[10 be added for short'





time projects early this year. Six

of the counties, Marquette, Kent, Ot-

tawa, Oceans. Oakland, and Wayne

employ a full time agent in charge of.

the work.



There has perhaps never been a bet-

ter response from the women of Mich-

igan toward the study of bettering

home conditions and furthering the

work in their own communities This

has been demonstrated by the fact

that definite steps had to be taken to

limit the number of women enrolling

and to keep the class to a size where

efficient instruction may be given.

Many more in several counties are

wishing to enroll than may be taken

care of with the present number of





specialists on the home economics





extension staff.





 





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NEWAYGO County is actively en-

' gaged in the study of nutrition

this year as is shown by the fact

that it ranks first among the thirteen

counties in school nutrition and sec

ond among the same counties in the

home nutrition series of lessons given

by Martha Mae Hunter, nutrition spe-

cialist of Michigan State College.



In the school nutrition series there

are 854 children enrolled in forty-eight

schools and the enrollment of women

in home nutrition numbers 427.



The home and school nutrition

series were formerly carried separ-

ately with no one to supervise. The

results were that no reports could be

obtained. For the past three yours

school nutrition work has been car-

ried as a part of the home nutrition

series, correlating the work of the

home and the school. The teacher is

better able to work through the chil-

dren and to reach the families in a

way that the nutrition leaders are un-

able to. As one mother said, whOSe

child was enrolled in the school work,

“The teacher can get the child to do

things which the mother canno .”



Lessons cover correct food and

health habits. It is the aim of the

course to stress one health rule each

month, teaching positive health until

such an interest is aroused in the

child’s health and wellheing that the

performance of these rules gradually

becomes a part of the every day rou-





. tine with each school child.





“Johnnie,” said his father,

the laziest boy in school?”



“I dunno.”



“Why surely you do. Who is it that

when the rest are studying, sits and

gazes idly about the room?”



“The teacher.”





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‘ Blue Mondays or other blue





wash days are almost a thing

of the past in the modern

farm home. If you are still

doing your washing with the

old fashioned hand methods

and slaving over a wash-

board ‘and a hand wringer,

you should make up your

mind right now to get away

from it. The cost of a power





Washing machine, of a handy .





gasoline stove for boiling your

clothes, and a gasoline or

kerosene water heater really

amounts to so little in com-

parisoanith the time and

labor saved that it is foolish

economy to be without these

conveniences. We “Farm

Service” Hardware Men can

tell you the whole story and

show you the new methods

and new kinds of equipment

that make one of the hardest

jobs of the old farm days an

easy one today.





“Tag” stores are also the

right place to buy such little

things as clothes lines, pails,

boilers, irons, ironing boards

and other housekeeping ne-

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SLATE BLACKBOARD GIVES HOME

NEWS





SLATE blackboard screwed to the

wall by my kitchen door does

daily—yes, hourly—service. It is used

for menus, messages for the absent,

time of food baking, lists for shopping,

home work, games and hints as:

“Spotless hands for boys; or cry

In vain for huckleberry pie.”

Or:

“Whoever first comes in at six,

Please look at the beans and the table

fix.”

Good news is often written there to

keep the family in the habit of watch-

ing it.——M. A. S.





For Our Little Folks





STATE SECRETS





 





 





 





 





 





This state’s called “North”.and yet

it’s South,

Of Mason-Dixon’s famous line;

Like Raleigh (that’s its capitol),

Folks’ manners here are extra fine.





 





The pieces of this puzzle when cor-

rectly put together, make a map of

the state which this verse describes.

The start indicates the capitol. When

you have solved the secret of which

state this is,

about the state and its capitol—Aunt

Martha.



The answer to last week’s secret

was Florida and its capitol is Tala—

hassee.





 





A JO'LLY RECESS GAME





DID you ever play “burney,



burney?” It’s just heaps of fun

and it’s a game you can play when

only two or three of your little play-

mates come over to your house for an

hour or so. You can also play it at

school at recess time for the more

players, the livelier the game. First

all the players are seated in a circle

on the floor or ground. Have one ball

for every six players.



The halls are supposed to be hot

and if they touch a player anywhere

except on the hands, he is supposed

to be burned and must leave the dr-

cle. The players roll the balls back

and forth, trying to hit other players,

who, in turn, attempt to grasp the

balls in their hands and roll them to-

ward other players. The balls must

be kept inside the circle of players.





. When half of the players have been.





barred out, the circle is formed again





 





write me all you can-





 





, and a new game is started—Aunt

Martha '





A Thousand Miles F remiN owhei'e





For Every Camp/matter: and O5Itacle Gray Dewrz5ed

We’ ‘ve Met Two or T/zree ‘

" Francis Flood





UT of all the pessimistic advice



and warnings which Jim and I



received when we "first began to

plan ourrmotorcycle trip across equa-

torial Africa the one hopeful ,voice

crying in the desert wilderness was

the fact that an Englishman named

Frank Gray had made a similar trip

a. year or so before by automobile.





“But,” our advisers warned—and





‘ they were legion—“Gray used an au-





tomobile, not a motorcycle and side

car. Don’t forget that. Then, too, he

spent months in preparation and had

as carefully organized an expedition

as could be arranged. He was a. Mem-

ber of Parliament, a man of wealth,

and had an automobile manufacturer

back of him. Furthermore, he had

made a previous trip out here from

England, looked things over and then

went back to England to complete

preparations. And don’t forget this——

he didn’t make his attempt at this

time of the year, for it’s absolutely

impossible now during the rainy sea-





son, and will be for some months to‘





come.”



“And here’s the main difference be-

tween you and Gray,” they always con-

cluded, “he used an automobile—two





 





first thousand miles, and did it at a.

much more. unfavorable season than

when Mr. Gray traveled. In fact, so

far, an automobile could not possibly

have traveled over some two or three

hundred miles of the route we have

taken at the time this is written. We

didn’t know when we read his book

whether Mr. Gray exaggerated actual

conditions or ‘not and so we had to

accept them- as fact, but so far at

least, for every complication and ob-

stacle that he described in his book,

we've met two or three—and .we’re

still going strong!





As opposed to the attitude of one

of the few Americans in Lagos, Mr.

Bremmer of the Bull West Africa

Line, who begged us almost with tears

in his eyes not to sacrifice our year’s

trip around the world, and perhaps

our lives as well, by attempting to

cross the African Sudan on motor-

cycles, an Egnlish colonial was more

optimistic. “There’s nothing to be

gained by making the trip. It’s not

difficult nor hazardous and you’ve

really done nothing when it’s over.

There’s no desert. You’re simply

wasting a lot of time.” _



Incidentally, neither of these two





The Village Blacksmith in Lagos, West Africa, Is Really. Black





men had ever been very far along the

route and knew no more about it than

the many others who gave us freely





of them in fact—and you are talking

motorcycle and side car, which is im-

possible.”



I found a. copy of the book which

this Frank Gray wrote after making

his famous trip from Lagos to the

Red Sea, right across the continent of

Africa and the southern edge of the

Sahara, and I noted these remarks of

his: “The journey (Lagos to Red Sea)

has never previously been attempted

on any form of mechanical transport,

and it is doubtful if it has ever been

accomplished by any living person,

white or black, afoot or on camels—

in other words it was a. positively pion-

eer trip.” “The country to be

traversed was almost devoid of roads

even in the accepted ‘overseas’ inter-

pretation, a large proportion of the

route was absolute desert, water was

scarce throughout and, for one stage

gasoline, oil, water,

spares for 1,600 miles had .19 be}

housed on the cars or (as finally

decided) hauled by the trailer attached

to the cars.” “With the aid

of fifty natives we got up the bank

from the raft, and one car is safe.

The other is down the river on a raft,

and as it is now quite dark we mount

a guard over it till dawn. A whole

day covering two miles.” . . . “Of

the 100 miles .covered on this day’s

fight at a speed of only seven miles

per hour, at least eighty have been

done on second gear, ten on top, and

ten on bottom.” ,





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of their advice. And both were

wrong. But these two are representa-‘

tive of the reliability of What little

information we could get. We decided

to go and see for ourselves.





'NE complication that caused two

' weeks of delay was the necessity

of getting permission from the French

to cross their territory, French Sudan,

which lies between Nigeria and Bri~

fish-Egyptian Sudan. We hunted up





.the buzzing little French consul in





Lagos, presented our passports, and

explained our wants.



“But ‘eet is most unusual,” he ob-

jected, with a. fanfare o'f waving hands

and pointing of chins. “Eet is neces-

saire to write the governors of both

colonies, the one in which Zinder is





' located and the one in which is found





Fort ,Lamy. It will be for them to

say.” (He‘didn’tknow us.)



“Let’s Wire,” I suggested.



“But, no. Eet is the importance.

A telegraph will not do. It must be

a. letter.” ,



“How long will that take?”



“About two or three months, ” he re-

plied as calmly as a Frenchman can

act.



“You’ll have to wire then. We can’t

wait that long. Why won’t a. wire

do?”



“011-,but no. Est has navaire been

done so befigre: thereto 1 can he

b9}, - ‘ ‘ .
“CHICK 35111111111,le 1923





Continued fronipage 178)‘

until the pull'ets go to the laying

house. After three weeks some grain





can be given.





Yellow cracked corn, cracked wheat,

and steel cut lrulled oats make a good

scratch grain while the chicks are

small. As soon as the chicks can eat

whole Wheat, switch to the regular

scratch grain ration consisting of

eqqu parts whole wheat and cracked

corn.



It is preferable not to have produc-

tion begin before the middle of Octo-

ber. After six weeks if the pallets

are early hatched, the dried milk can

be cut to five parts. If they continue

to mature too rapidly the meat scrap

can be left out of the mash. If the

chicks are batched in late June and

you wish to mature them as rapidly as





possible, increase the meat scrap to.





ten parts.



Alfalfa is the best green feed for

chicks. Swiss Chard, Chinese cabbage

and lettuce are good green feed for

chicks. A June grass pasture may

become very tough and not contain

much succulent green feed relished "by

the chicks. Chicks should always re‘

ceive plenty of water.



It pays to market the cockerels as

early as possible and have the room

for the pullets. It is seldom possible

to obtain much money for Leghorn

cockerels and it often pays to sell

them early and prevent further loss.

A ten by ten foot colony house should

furnish roosting space £01 not more

than «one hundred and fifty pallets.



A properly hatched chick free from

white diarrhea is a sturdy living or-

ganism and responds readily to good

care. While there are many success-

ful 'methods of raising chicks, the

above method has given good satis-

faction. If a poultryman has enjoyed

good success with the methods he has

been using, a chnge in feed is not

adv ised.—R..





 





CORRECTION





 





N our January 14th issue, an ar-



ticle entitled “Feed Cod Liver Oil

in \V-inter” stated that one should be

able to purchase good cod liver oil

for not more than two dollars a gal-

lon. Further investigation shows that

a cod liver oil potent in vitamins A

and D, the factors which made cod

liver oil so effective, can not be bought

for less than three dollars a gallon.

Therefore, the article should have read

“three dollars per gallon” instead of

two dollars.





 





FERGUSON LEAVES





 





C E. FERGUSON, who has been

° connected with the Poultry De-

partment o‘the Michigan State Col-

lege for some time and has been

manager of the International Egg Lay-

ing contests since they started, left

for Bogota, Colombia, South Amer-

ica, February 3rd to teach the Colom-

bians the latest rural economics.

C. E. Germany, of the soils department





work in Colombia. They are the only,





left with Mr Ferguson to do soils





Americans selected by the Colombian

government for agricultural work.





 





VEGETABLE $ELF-FE‘EDE R





 





HERE are directions for making a

vegetable self-feeder fer chick-'

ens which I thought you would like

to print. I took a board four or five.

feet long and drove long nails clear

through so the points, stuck up on the

right side. I braced this on each end





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by nailing a strip to form a sort of

table. I then cut carrots, turnips, or

beets in half and impaled them, out

side up on the nails. The hens cer-

tainly like this arrangement for sev-

eral reasons: (1) They have a firm

solid base they can pick at the roots

on; (2) It gives them plenty of ex-

ercise, and at the same time the nec-

essary green feed. Potatoes and cab-g

bage can be used in the same way,

in fact, any vegetable one has. The-

hens ’always clean up every bit—Mrs.

Clyde Swanson.





 





MASH HEAVY W'ITH CORN





 





T the Illinois Station poultry farm





they are using a ration heavy,





with com. This ration is probably





based on the fact that Illinois is a:





great corn growing state. In a

state like Michigan where we raise

good oats corn is also useful as part

of the laying mash. However some

farmers with an abundance of corn

might find this Illinois ration useful ‘

especially if they are keeping a breed

like Leghorns where there is less dan-

ger of making the flock too fat.



The mash consists of 195 pounds

gound yellow corn, 100 pounds wheat!

bran, 100 pounds wheat middlings, 100





pounds meat sc1ap, and 5 pounds of ‘





salt. The scratch grain mixture con-

sists of 70 parts corn to 30 parts

wheat. There are some Leghorn

flocks that might use a ration of this

kind during the spring and summer

to good advantage in any state. I

think there is a tendency for many

Leghorns flocks to lay so heavily dur-

ing the spring that many of the birds

cannot keep up their weight and cease

production early in the summer when

eggs begin to increase in price.

Under present conditions, with the

exception of November and December,





summer eggs are worth about as much ‘





as winter eggs and it is desirable to

keep a flock producing as long as pos«

sible. This is not possible unless the

poultry stand the strain of heavy win-

ter and spring production without be-

coming greatly reduced in bodily

weight. Possibly a. ration containing

a liberal amount of ground yellow

corn will help keep some flocks in

condition to produce a profitable num-

ber of eggs over a longer period of

time-12. G. Kirby.





 





 





 





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N some sections the turkey busi-



ness is being greatly stimulated by



artificial batching of the poults.

Then they are placed on clean soil

and are often raised successfully

without losses from blackhead. By

that method the poult never comes in

contact with a chicken or turkey hen

which might add the germs of black—

head to the soil. In a. recent visit

with C. M. Ferguson at State College,

he said this method of turkey hatching

had proven successful at the experi-

ment station.





An egg customer who bought eggs,

from a farmer using cod liver oil, re-

cently reported that three eggs in a.

certain dozen seemed to taste of cod

liver oil. All of the other eggs were

fine in flavor and it brought up the

question of therinfluence of cod liver

oil on the flavor of eggs.



- I took up the proposition with sev-

eral poultrymen to obtain general in-

formation along that line. One re-

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The south or front elevation of the

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Michigan State College. Complete

plans and bill of materials of this

house may be obtained by sending a

self-addressed stamped enveIOpe to

Desk P, Michigan Farmer, Detroit,

Michigan.





from an oil fed flock which seemed

to take on any flavor from the oil. But

he said that a basket of eggs allowed

to remain for any length of time close

to an open container of cod liver oil

would take up some of the odor and

flavor of the oil.



Another poultryman said that he

considered thorough mixing of the cod

liver oil important because, if one hen

received too much cod liver oil, it

might have a tendency to cause the

production of at least one egg slightly

tainted with the oil. Of course, the

oil is too expensive to mix it careless-

ly and a. uniform distribution thrOugh-

out the flock is essential in obtaining

its full value. ,,



Another poultryman states that un-

cooked cod liver oil like uncooked fish

might flavor eggs, but when the cod

liver oil is properly made there will

be no taint in the eggs. Many poul-

trymen have found that feeding a high

grade fish meal from cooked fish does

not flavor the eggs although the use

of raw fish scraps will produce tainted

eggs. It seems as if the same fact





oil.



Cod liver oil in the winter ration of

the hen has proven so valuable in add-

ing vigor to the birds that it should

not be disregarded when needed,

through the fear of producing eggs with

a cod liver oil flavor. It will pay, how-

ever, to mix the oil carefully in some

vehicle like semi-solid buttermilk or

charcoal so that all the hens of the

flock will obtain their proper share.

And eggs should not be placed in

baskets or crates next "to containers

of cod liver oil. After mixing or feed-

ing cod liver 911, be sure that there

is no all left (an the hands before

gathering or packing eggs. . ‘ ' '

_When young chicks «receive their





 





February Poult





By R. G. Kirby





would be true concerning cod liver.





.do for him?





 

 

 





first; feed, cantainers are'needed which,





 

 





   





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otes '





keep the feed. "as clean as possible

and yet serve, it in plain View so that





. all the Chicks will see and eat the





starting mash and not fill up on sand

and broader floor litter in their efforts

to satisfy their appetites.





Commercial paper plates are used.





by some poultrymen. The plates are

placed at intervals around the brood-

er canopy and filled with starting

mash. Of course, the chicks walk in

the feed but they do see the feed and

eat readily. As the plates become

dirty they can be burned and clean

ones substituted. Other poultrymen

use magazines for scattering the start-

.ing mash. A page is turned for each

feeding so the chicks always receive

their starting mash on a. fresh, clean

surface. After _a few feedings the

magazines becomes thickly encrusted





‘with dirt and can be burned and





fresh ones placed around each brood-

er canopy.



After the first few days the Chicks

learn the right source of a. feed sup-

ply and the sanitary metal hoppers

can be substituted for magazines or

paper plates. These should be long

and contain enough feeding space to

prevent excessive crowding. As the

chicks grow in size there is more dirt

to go into the feed and the starting

mash should be protected from drop-

ping as much as possible. If there is

no time to build proper hoppers, it

is always economical to buy the com—

mercial metal feeders which do not

waste much of the expensive starting

mash and do help to keep the feed

free from dirt. '





 





BABY TURKEYS





 





PERHAPS in the future the ship-

ment of baby turkeys by mail as

baby chicks are now sent will become

a fact. The Layher Bros, of Jackson

County, hatched over 2,000 turkeys in

incubators last year and believe that

the shipment of little turkeys is prac-

tical, despite the fact that they are

moredelicate than baby chicks.



The Layher Brothers get excellent

results in egg‘ fertility by using one

tom to about nine hens, the results

showing nearly ninety per cent hatch-

able eggs. -



The first ten weeks of the turkeys’

lives are spent in steam heated brood-

ers. Great precaution is used to pre-

vent. the spread of disease. After each

brood the broader is thoroughly dis‘

infected and cleansed. The gross sales

from turkeys on the Layher farm

often runs up to $10,090 annually.





 





OHIO BUYS MICHIGAN BIRDS





 





ONE hundred Michigan R. O. P.





White Leghorn cockerels were pur- -





chased by an Ohio hatchery recently.

The record of performance birds came

from the farm of W. C. Eckard, and

were from hens which trapnested

from 201 to 288 eggs in their pullet

year. The cockerels were hatched

from eggs that weighed at least

twenufive ounces to the dozen.





 





TURKEY’S WATTtE SWOLLEN





 





During a cold spell about two weeks

ago, my young turkey gobbler acted

queer, and one of his wattles, and the

little snout which hangs over his bill

was drawn out and se'émed to be

frozen-stiff. We put on vaselin'e and

vapo rub on those parts, but that

snout is still partly drawn. out and

that and the one wattle seems to.be

hard as can be, but no pus inside. I-Ie

eats heartily when we hold the mush

and bread and milk where. he can

reach it for that proboscis hinders him

In picking up his food. 1: can I

amou t t ‘ Ighihe lives,b 7.351 he



,_n oany nears.—

Subscri'ber. ‘ ng. , ‘ r -

‘ When the wattleof ab

hardand swollen tie ».



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must be lanced and the matter either

squeezed out or picked out with a.

small knife blade. Then inject com-

mercial disinfectant or roup cure.

Sometimes it is best to lance the wat-

tle near the top rather than at the

tip as this makes it easier for the

blood to stop flowing.



After the wattle heals, it may shriv-

el and never return to normal but it

seems to cause the bird no trouble

and does not appear to injure its value

as a breeder. \Vhen such swellings

are first discovered they may be

filled with a colorless fluid which will

readily drain from a very small in-

cision. But even then the wound is

apt inform a tough leathery scab on

the inside and this must be removed

before complete healing results.



Swollen wattles are the most apt to

occur after severe cold weather and

seem to Cause the bird considerable

pain. This handicaps the bird in eat-

ing and may tend to reduce its weight

and vitality and in that way reduce

its value as a breeder. If the swelling

is not lanced and drained it may cause

the under side of the head an part of

the neck to swell. 'SOOIl the bird is in

a condition somewhat like a roup case

and may die.





 





HEN WITH TUMOR





 





One of my yearling hens developed

leg weakness. I killed her, and on

examining her organs, found a growth

larger than a good-sized egg. The

liver had greyish spots throughout it,

which would indicate tuberculosis.

Would

this grthh have anything to do with

the condition of the liver? This is

the first sick bird I have had in the

flock. Do you think there is danger

of contagion? If so, what course of

action would you recommend?——O. S.



Hens are subject to growths or

tumors of various types. Sometimes

a ruptured oviduct will result in egg

making materials gathering in a large

lump in the abdomen and appearing

like a growth or tumor. Tumors in

birds are not found as frequently as

in other animals and when they do

occur, it can only be charged to a part

of the normal loss which may occur

in any poultry flock regardless of the

feed and management.



The greyish spots on the liver

might indicate tuberculosis although a

laboratory examination is considered

necessary to accurately determine that

disease. If the remainder of the flock

appear in fine healthy condition, there,

may be no further losses.





 





YOUNG RABBITS DYING





 





I raise rabbits and never had any

trouble with them dying until lately,

but when they get 6 to 8-weeks old

they start dying. We feed alfalfa hay

and oats for green feed, cabbage and

carrots. The alfalfa has some rye in

it and we were wondering if that

would cause the trouble—G. W.





I have never received reports of

rabbits receiving injury from eating

alfalfa containing a little rye and none

of my rabbit books mention any ex-

periences of that kind. Rye or rye

straw is not usually included in a

rabbit ration but the feeds you are

using such as hay, oats, and carrots

are good, safe feeds. If you suspect

the rye straw of causing trouble it

might pay to sort it out of the alfalfa

as much as possible when placing the

hay in the hutches. Of course,

mouldy straw or hay. is dangerous

feed.



Young stock six to eight weeks old

may be injured by overfeeding and

die of indigestion. Feeding bread and

milk to young rabbits is a great help

in promoting vigor and rapid growth.

Too much cabbage would not be good

. for rabbits under three months of age.





 





T FEEDING TURKEY BREEDING .. f





Vsrocx





 





What Would be a good ration for

turkey bone that I am keeping for





,V 'bgeedingdpurposesL-H. K.. N.





 





flattens motors "*kert'fer breed‘

' . ‘ ‘ 'aotbe fed hoavié





 





1y. on corn or they may become too'

fat during the winter and not produce

a large per cent of fertile eggs in the

spring. A mixture of three parts oats

and one part corn makes a good grain

ration for turkey breeding stock.

Equal parts of oats, wheat, and corn

are used with good results. The grain

ration should be supplemented with al-

falfa, clover, cabbage, or vegetables

to furnish bulk and succulence in the

ration.



Skim milk, sour milk or meat scrap

in the winter ration is good for the

breeding stock and substitutes for the

insect food which turkeys gather on

their summer range. Sometimes tur-

key owners give their stock a balanced

laying mash just before the breeding

season and this tends to stimulate egg

production and aids in keeping the

digestive system in good condition. A

hopper of bran can be placed where

the turkeys can eat it if they wish.

Turkeys which have not been eating

mash may prefer their scratch grain

and grain should be continued as the

most important item in the ration.





 





 





RURAL HEALTH

ll By Dr. C. H. Lerrz'go





SKIN IN POOR CONDITION





 





 





 





My boy seventeen years old is

bothered with blackheads and pim-

ples. They are over his face, in the

hair, and there are pimples on his

chest. What can we do to get his

skin cleared up?-——Mother.





He can get them cured by ‘making

the skin of the-whole body healthful.

He must avoid fats and sweets, and

eat enough vegetables and other

coarse foods to make the bowels move

every day. He will be greatly bene-

fitted by taking a cold or cool sponge

bath or shower .bath every morning,

followed by a brisk rubbing with a

dry towel. Be sure that he washes

his face thoroughly with a good soap,

such a Castile, and warm water once

a day. This is very necessary to

clean an oily skin and it must be

thorough.





WHOOPING COUGH





 





Would like to know what is good for

whoOping cough and how long after

a child is exposed before they have

it and how long they have it. My

children have coughed for three weeks

and have choking spells at night.—

Mrs. S. L. K.





After exposure to whooping cough

there is a period of fourteen days be-

fore development and it may be three

or four Weeks before the “whoop” ap-

pears. A case that runs only six

weeks is‘ (Icing well. Many run two

or three months. Please bear in mind

that whOoping cough is a. serious dis-

ease, causing more deaths than scar-

let fever. It needs the best of medi-

cal care. I know of no “home rem-

edy” that is universally effective.





NERVOUSNESS





 





I seem to be in a condition I call

nervousness. At times feel so weak

and all in, so to speak, easily worried.

sensitive, given to crying easy, blue

and gloomy at times and discouraged.

Have nervous headaches which makes

a sick feeling all over. Sleep good

for an hour or two, then nap and doze

and dream the rest of the night. Am





49 years old, weigh 165 pounds. Do '





my own housework for feur in family,

youngest 16 years. Are these custom-

ary Symptoms at this age of life?—

A Reader. ‘





Such symptoms are not uncommon ' ‘ "





at your age. but certainly are not cus-

tomary or normal. ' Unless you are

69 inches tall you are overweight.

Very likely your diet should include

less'of the fattening foods and more





green vegetables and ‘ ether “rough-

age." Wom'enjof your; age should cul— '





tivate a deep philosophy of life that

looks to the bottom of things and re-





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Beckman Hatchery, Box 57, Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Parents’ Parley





Some Intererz‘z'ng Viewpoint: From Grown-up:





you all know I love your page. I



always read your page first and

always every word of it I’m thirty—

two years old and I can learn quite

a bit from your page so you see we

are never too old to learn.



I think the Christmas box idea was

fine. We are always happiest when

we can do something for someone,

aren’t we? I’m glad so many of you

believe in a. good education. Some-





I MUST Write once-in a while to let





 





 





 





/





Niala Hildner Apparently Prefers

Small Pets





times we must make some big sacri-

fices in order to get an education but

I, don’t think anyone is ever sorry

in later years. I’m always glad when

someone says something against smok-

ing and drinking. There is absolutely

no reason for anyone to' use tobacco

in any way. Everyone in this day

and age knows or ought to know that

the poison taken into the body in no

matter how small amounts is sure to

shorten our lives if kept up very long.

I wouldn’t smoke a cigarette if I were

the only person on earth who didn’t

smoke. I don’t belong to a church

either but I think too much of my

good health. '



Once again I must say you young

folks are doing wonderfully and also

Uncle Frank. I have five children

and I want everyone of them to be

M. C.’s some day. I am the busy farm

mother who wrote last year and I’m

glad for the opportunity to write now.



I wish Uncle Frank and all the M.

C.’s a. long, happy, and healthy life.—

Mrs. John Birmels.





 





Responding again to your invitation

to join the parley, I express my grati-

fication in the development and im-

provement being made manifest in the

letters and discussions of the young

people. What a splendidly able and

energetic class of farmers Michigan

will have as a governing factor in a

few years! These embryo orators,

politicians, debaters, and journalists

are surely waking to not only their

possibilities, but also to the necessity

of taking hold of life’s serious prob-

lems and advancing with determina-

tion the need of righteousness and

justice. The literary and poetic as-

pirants also show a marked improve-

ment.



Those who “took sides” in the clash

between White Amaranth and me two

years ago will be glad to know that We

have exchanged letters and are sailing

on peaceful waters, so they might as

well bury the hatchet'and sheath the



’,soalping knife too—“mixed metaphor”

: ,Sh-h. , Don’t, mention it. From the

character and style or her' composi-

434911.111“! an idea that she wouldbe





stiff featured and wear a strained ex-

pression and glasses. Imagine! And

judging fro-m her picture, you would

never suspect but that she was en-

dowed with a real lively sense of

humor which has never yet appeared

in her articles but which she may be

reserving for some future. surprise.

How about it, White Amaranth?





There have been so many other very

fine exhibitions of real merit that it

would take too much time and space

to comment on each one separately.

Some have written here inquiring

about Verda. Although she never ac-

quired nor aspired to gain the Golden

Circle membership she worked hard

in school, graduated from High last

June, and is now employed in the

Telephone Exchange in Lansing. She

won one of the first prizes in these

contests, has won seven in all, and

still has a year and a half before

reaching the age limit. You may hear

from her again. ’





I wish I had the command of as

many different languages as the num-

ber of dialects which “Cooney” has

a smattering of. In his short article

in the January 14 paper, besides the

regular “ignorant American” there

are specimens of no less than four





 





different dialects. Hash. No wonder

Uncle Frank couldn’t read it. '



I wonder what you young people

think of the hunting and fishing re~

striations, the posting of farms against

hunters, the destruction of farmer’s

crops and fowls by state protected

animals and,birds, and kindred sub

jects? I think the state should keep

its live stock away from the farms or

play for damage done to crops, or else

give farmers permission to shoot such

trespassers.



With best regards for the future of

this page—Mrs. E. B. Cole.





 





One of my pet ambitions has been

realized this last year. My oldest

daughter is now a Merry Circlerand

I’m just about as proud of it as she is.



The good old page has had its usual

improvement. I enjoyed the pictures

of the Home-Comers immensely and

I’m sure others did too, and I think

the stories for the wee folks are much





better this year than last too. My-





little ones seemed to enjoy them

more. ,



I could speak of several letters that

I liked better or worse but will leave

that for the regular members. Usually

their comments leave little more to be

said. , '



Now I will close with the hope that

the page improves in the future as it

has in the past, and wishing you all

good'luck in the coming year.-Laura

Blackmer.





 





 





tnus LETTER BOX-





 





 





 





Hello Everybody:



I don’t suppose you remember me

any more. It’s about three years since

I’ve written. However that does not

signify I’m not interested in the M. C.,

for I am.



I have been interested in the dis—

cussions concerning tobacco and

drink. As to smoking that isn’t so

bad, but those awful drinkers! By

this I do not mean to say that I ap-

prove of smoking. It is a hindrance

to the body and some boys smoke just

to act big. It isn’t so bad if a boy

takes a. smoke once in a while, but

the fact that some girls and women

smoke, too, is awful! In that way

you certainly would think that women

aren’t as refined these days as they

have been in the past.



Now as to drinkers. I think alcohol

is alright if used for medical purposes

only, but that awful drinking habit!

In the first place drinkers sin against

the Lord and themselves by getting

drunk; secondly, they violate the na-

tional law; thirdly, some men with

families spend money for booze they

need so badly for other purposes;

fourth, they are hindering their

health; and last, but not least, they

carry that awful odor with 'them

Wherever they go. Many a drinker

would buy moonshine with his money

before he’d give it to the church. I

read a little poem about a quarter

once. It said it wasn’t enough to buy

a pound of tobacco or a box of candy

or even for a ticket to a big show,

but for church collection it was con-

sidered quite a lot.



Well, this old world of ours is full

of sin and sin is continually encroach-

ing itself upon us. At what ages can

you answer contests? If I remember

right it is from the age of ten to

eighteen, is it not?—Sadie Schippen





This is plenty of sin in this Werld





but can you’really, believe it is increas¥ .

ing when you consider_"the history of





the world? Both smoking and drink-

ing are non-essentials. The ,Merry

Circle age is eight'to eighteen





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Dear Uncle Frank: - -.

Mayflower wrote an interesting let-

ter on punishing crimes. I don't

agree with .her on the punishment. I

think awperson who kills another for

stealing or for any reason should not

hanged ~or executed 'buo shank! be





imprisoned for life. ”3%: significant? .





vigan Farmer and I was very much »

surprised and happy when- I received . ‘ , - . - -.



them. ~ M, (5:5 like affair, carefullxbnflt witnsmair, >

a: . . '.' ‘ "





 

 





son in the heat of passion kills an-

other he does not stop to think of the

last execution. Therefore, adequate

punishment does no good in a case

of mur'der.—Black Bird.





If adequate punishment does no

good in case of murder, what does

and what do you consider adequate

punishment, execution or line im-

prisonment?





 





Dear Uncle Frank and Cousins:



Cousins, bonsoir! Comment allez-‘

vous? My, isn’t this the weather?

It’s just snapping cold around here.

I am always ready to welcome winter

when it comes, aren’t you, cousins?

As you most all live in Michigan, I

believe you will agree with me. If

you don’t, you aren’t a real Mich-

igander. I think that'if ‘I were to

spend one winter in the south—miss

just one winter, I would feel as though

I’d lost something forever. I never

have, so I don’t know. If any of you

cousins have, remember I’m curious to

know. It must be an unique and in-

teresting adventure notwithstanding

what you are missing. I have 'a secret

ambition to go to Europe some day

and when I go I think I shall go right

for Switzerland. Why? I don’t know.



Boo-00! Guess it's time I was fix-

ing that fire. Au revoir.—~Jerry.





Miclfigan winters are 0. ’K. They

are energizing to all 'who’ are healthy,

and will bring health to those who

have it not. I trust what you said

at the beginning and end of your let-

ter is perfectly good language. If

not, you are putting somethingov’er

on me. ‘ ‘





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Dear Uncle Frank: _



,I have not written you since I re-

ceived the M. C. button and my clutch

pencil. That was the first contest that

I have ever entered through ,the Mich-





My sister also renewed

button.-





 





My (parents have taken. the





would not bewithout it; I like to read

Our Page, Al totes, "Hy Snug-and

the contestaa .4 . ' -' .

I do not like‘the picture or

the Michiganlfi‘armufireoen

sure young}? bette look:





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Michigan Farmer Iorzmany-..yea.rs‘.and .





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I am ten years old and in the fifth

grade. I want to get a high school

education. Well, I will close and leave

room for the rest—Carlyle Eggert.





It pleases us to know that'you and

the family get so much enjoyment

from the Michigan Farmer. So, you

do not think the picture flatters me.

Maybe if you saw me, you would think

so.





 





Dear Uncle:



Since the last letter I wrote to the

M. F. I have been living in Chicago.

I am enjoying myself a great deal out

here. I have been doing circular work

but now I am instructing at a dance

hall. It is lots of fun. From here I

intend to go to Wisconsin. I like it

a great deal better in the country

though. I will be glad to get home

again. Well; Uncle, when are you

going to honor us by having your pic-

ture in the M. F'. so we can all see

what our Uncle looks like? I hope it

will be soon,_ or women—Gertrude

Prepejchal. ~





I am glad that in spite of the time

you are having in Chicago, you like

the country better. The reason, I

don’t print my picture is because in

most things anticipation is greater

than realization.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: ‘



At last I have seated myself to

write you a, few lines thanking you

for the Merry Circle card and button

which I received so long ago.

have taken the Michigan Farmer for





some time again and you may be sure-





I missed it during the time we were

not getting it, especially Our Page.



I am just another of those common

country cousins although one of the

few with long hair. I have never had

any desire to have it bobbed. I sup-

pose you think that queer. '



The M. C.’s have been discussing

some very interesting subjects. I am

one who cannot believe in evolution

and can’t see how anyone else can, as.

the Bible plainly states that men will

get weaker and wiser.



I am now wishing the best of luck

to the Merry Circle and as I have

just passed the age limit this will be.

my last letter so will say “Farewell.”

—A Country Lassie.





I hope that your interest in Our

Page will continue although you are

over eighteen. Thanks for the wishes.

of good luck. Come back at some.

Home-Coming time.





 





A WELL BUILT NEST





 





THE crow may be a black rascal,.



with all kinds of bad habits. He.

may have more enemies than friends,

in the bird world as well as in the-

human world, and perhaps he de~-

serves them. But at least one thing-

can be said for him. He builds for

himself ,a neat, well constructed nest,

with which he takes more pains than

many a bird considered far more!

noble.





 





 





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‘fectly round host the crow must have





materials for the center that are

sily woven and will make a soft 11n-

ing as well. For this he uses strips





of the bark of grapevines and similar





material, and lengths of binder twine

in farmer’s straw





previous summer. He is particularly

fond of these latter, and any crew’s

nest in the vicinity of cleared fields





_is sure to contain an abundance of:

them.





The crow has one base habit that

offsets all his care in nest building

He is one of the few birds that will

forsake nest, eggs, or young at the

approach of an enemy, slipping away

into the woods to‘save his own neck,

leaving his home undefended tosufler

what fate it may.—Ben East.





 





DAD CONTEST





 





S this is father and son month, I



think some letters on Dad would

be appropriate. Tell about what your

father means to you, how he helps

you, and how he can help you. Some

Dads may not cooperate as they

should, if so tell about it. I want

your candid opinion about your Dad

I won’t tell him what you wrote.



The ten best letters will get prizes

as follows: fountain pens, loose leaf

note books, and little pocket knives.

All other good letters will entitle their

writers to a Merry Circle membership

if not now members.



Don’t forget to write neatly, put

your name and address in the upper

left hand corner of the paper and put

M. C. after your name if a Merry





Circler. The contest closes February

17th. Send your papers to Uncle

Frank, Michigan Farmer, Detroit,





Michigan.





 





THE SNOWFALL

__.,_._ .

Like a message from heaven

. In the spruce tree sittingJow,

Are a. huddle of little birdies

\Vaiting for you some feed to throw.





There are boys who like to ski

And Girls who like to slide,

Every child likes the snow

O’er the country far and wide





Boy and girls are having fun



01). sleds, skates, and skis,

Gliding over snow and ice



On contraptions such as these.





The snow is falling fast

Frisk, leap, slide, and mu,



Eve1ywhere there is music

In the air, and some fun.





Then let us all now rejoice

And fix this thing up right,

By fixing crumbs and suet

For the birdies before nip. ht. .

—.Claud J. Sprague.





 





A THOUSAND MILES FROM

. NOWHERE





 





(Continued from page 194)



It took a lot of good American pres-

sure to induce the Frenchman to

break his precedent, but finally, upon

our promise to cancel the French war

debt, he did wire, under voluble and

discouraged protests.



And then we waited two weeks for

a reply to our telegrams. Plainly

the French were taking no chances

on letting just anybody travel through

their precious desert. Finally I said

we’d drive up there, cross the French

border under cover of darkness if nec-





' leather





essary and getacross-the' best walrus"





could without their, permission. 2 Of





course, that would be absolutely 1111-”





possible, for a couple of motorcycles

crossing that country would be such

an extraordinary and unusual event

that the news would soon carry to

every government official in the col-

ony. I simply mention this to show

to What extremes of optimism we were

ready to go. .And since there is no

holding Jim back he had agreed to

help me rush the French border and

smuggle ourselves across the Sudan

on motorcycles, if official permission

should be denied us.





FORTUNATELY for us, and forlthe’





French government’s prison board

account perhaps as well, official auth-





.ority was finally telegraphed to the





excited little consul in Lagos forhim

to vise our passports. I think his dis-

appOintment at not being able to buzz

at us the French for “I told you so"

was salved completely by his extract-

ing ten dollars from each of us for

the vise.



A hot time we’d have had waiting

weeks in some desert jail, probably in

the same old French fort at Zinder

described so vividly in Beau Geste.

And yet, at that, it might have been

no greater loss of time than our two

weeks wait in Lagos in that sticky,

sultry, deadening atmosphere they call

their climate. And the fine we might

have had to pay the French would

probably have been no more than the

money we spent in Lagos buying our-

ios from the persistent Hausa. traders

during those same two weeks.





These black. traders, Hausas, from

the edge of the desert in Northern Ni-

geria where the distinct negro type of

the native west coaster melts away

into the sterner, sharper features of

the desert African and the Egyptian





or Arabian peoples, are the commer— .

. cial experts of Africa.





With the na-

tive cunning of generations of traders

in their blood, and bred and schooled





in the shrewd art of barter from their





birth, these old black Mohammedan

sharpers with their bags of brass and

curios, their native woven

cloths, their feathers, ebony, ivory,

and heads, are a subtle match for the

canniest buyer in the world.





They are absolutely unscrupulous in

their dealings and, pretending to no

cloak of honesty at all, they expect no

honesty in return, and the battle

ground is narrowed down to the field

of wits alone, without being cluttered

up with a shambag full of ethics and

golden rule mockeries. They’re born

crooks and clever and they are justly

jealous of their heritage.



Jim and I started out with the idea

of jewing them down, and if I bought

a leather cushion or a brass tray for

a little more than half what the trad-

er asked I bragged about it to Jim

until he bought one next day for a

shilling or two less than I had paid.

Finally we learned that a. safe general

rule was to base the actual worth

upon exactly onethird the trader’s

price—and then get him down lower

if We could. .



We bought boxes of their brass and

leather goods and Jim bought yards

of their cloth. I hate to confess how

completely we Americans were out-

smarted by these black sharpers and

am glad I’ve come to the end of this

installment. More next week.





 





 





Thank You





OR the boys and girls as well as myself I wish to thank those who





took part in our Parents’ Parley, fo'1





the messages they have sent. ‘I





know it inspires young folks to have the cooperation of their parents,

not only in the home but in activities such as we have in Our Page.



All the letters we have received are from women, mostly mothers.

That is natural as the woman has the greatest in erest in the child. But,

I- would like the expressions of opinion of a few men as to our activities,

or anything associated with them. As this is father-son month, I believe

nothing wOuld be mere appropriate now than a few messages from Dado. ,



' 'I am sure that the boys and girls can feel proud of the grownup





11.3.!





._ Interesfth'elr work In our "I’age has created.

Hm ~ to say a few words—Uncle hank.





     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   





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LIVE STOCK POPULATION

REPORTED ~





 





THE estimate of the live stack





populatitm on farms on January 1,_





1928, as made by the United States

Department of Agriculture, provides

some vital evidence as to the trends

in different branches of the industry.

Compared with a. year ago, increases

are shown in h0g3, sheep, and cows

and yearling heifers kept for milk,

with decreases in horses, mules, and

cattle kept primarily for beef. ’



The total number of'cattle reported

was 55,696,000 head compared with





5,733,000 two‘ years ago.





 





FAT STEER PRICES DECLINE





 





PRICES of “well-finished steers d72-



clined seventy-five cents to one dol+

lar recently and thus far the market

has not shown the ability to rally

which was in evidence earlier in the

season. ,Packers have been making a.

stout effort to get prices to a. lower

basis, so that the break has been due

to buying tactics rather than to an in--





 





No One Thing Contributes More to the Economic Handling of Live Stock

Than Does an Abundance, of Available Water at Drinking Temperatures





56,872,000 head a. year ago and 68,-

871,000 head on January 1, 1920. Since

the number of dairy cattle is slightly

larger than in 1920,,it is evident that

this decline has been entirely in cattle

kept primarily for beef. Making allow-





,ance for dairy calves and bulls, it





would appear that the number of beef

cattle has declined to about 24,000,000

head compared with nearly 38,000,000

head eight years ago. The total num-

ber of cattle is the smallest in fifteen

years. Values per head averaged

$54.12 on January 1, 1928, compared

with $42.36 last year and $38.70 two

years ago. .



The number of cows kept for milk

was 21,948,000 head, an increase of

130,000 head over last year, but 575,-

000 head below the peak number re-

ported three years ago. Yearling heif-

ers kept for milk cows numbered 4,-

175,000, or 127,000 more than a. year

previous, when the number was al-

ready slightly above a replacement

basis. '



The number of hogs was estimated

at 58,969,000 head, an increase of 4,-

461,000 head over a year previous.

This is in line with the pig surveys

which indicated that approximately

5,000,000 more pigs were produced in

1927 than in 1926. Only a small part

of this gain in numbers had been mar-

keted up to January 1, 1928.





Sheep and lambs were estimated at

44,545,000 head, an increase of 2,699,—

000 head over a. year previous and

8,359,000 head more than in 1922. Part

of the increase compared with a year

ago is due to larger numbers on feed,





' but most of it represents an increase.





in breeding flocks. Probably expan-

sion of sheep production has reached

the danger point, as flocks are about

twenty-three per cent larger than six

years ago. "



Horses were estimated at 14,541,000

head, a decline of 604,000 head com-

pared with a year previous and 5,307,—

000 head less than eight years ago.

Present numbers are smallest in forty

years and reports on' colts born in,





 





 





crease in supplies. Lower grades of

steers have shown more strength than

the better kinds. Receipts of cows,

heifers, and bulls have been moderate,

but prices for these classes have

dropped twenty-five to forty cents

from their recent high points. Feeder

prices are on the highest level since

war days. Average cost of thin steers

shipped from Chicago in the week

ending January 21 was eleven dollars

compared with seven dollars and sev-

enty cents a year previous.





The number of cattle slaughtered

under federal inspection in 1927 was

9,520,000 head compared with 10,180,-

000 head in 1926 and 9,853,000 in 1925.

The rise in prices was much more

pronounced than the declinedn ‘num-

here would lead one to expect. The

number of calves slaughtered in 1927

was 4,877,000 head compared with

5,153,000 head in 1926 and 5,353,000 in

1925. The report on the cattle popu-

lation shows that slaughter in 1927,

although lighter than in 1926, ex-

ceeded production as it has in each of

the last seven or eight years. That

is the inference from the fact that the

number of cattle on farms declined

1,176,000 during the year.





 





LAMB PRICES IMPROVE





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ODERATE receipts of lambs in



the last two weeks have given

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An indicated increase of eleven per

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ber survey points to slaughter sup-

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. Domestic Demand



With increased slaughter, smaller

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Readjustments in retail prices of pork

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ty Holstein Association, an annual

meet was held devoid of a feed.

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dance of twenty-one men exceeds in

numbers the masculine turn-out for

five years back. Interested enough to

come out with no grub for lure, you

see.



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out next county fair!





Intyre is charged with putting vim

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Rapids; VicePresident, E. P. Reynolds

of Olivet; Secretary-Treasurer, A. N.

Loucks of Charlotte.





Jacksonites Pick Projects 7

Several loyal souls gathered in the

office of County Agent R. E. Decker.

Jackson, on January .25 to discuss af-

fairs of the county Holstein Associa-

tion. Two definite projects were en-

dorsed by the breeders; to work up





better showing at the county fair, and '





to hold summer picnic or tour.

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Clough of Parma had acquired per- _





manent possession of the cup put up

by the county Holstein Association as

he had won it the third time on breed-

er’s young herd. It was decided to

carry on the trophy offer, but to pro-

cure for the purpose instead of a cup,





one of the small size “True Type'





Model” Holstein cows. It was also

decided to change the make-up of the

breeder’s young herd to include four

females, all under two years of age,

and at least two of which should be

under one year of age; and a bull

under two years of age; females to

be bred by exhibitor.

Oflicers chosen to bobble along.

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President, John Foster of Rives Junc-

tion ; Secretary~Treasurer, A r t h u r

Perrine of Rives Junction;

Manager, Walter Reading‘of Brooklyn.





:Bay County Makes a Start



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ers of Holsteins in Bay County held

a get-together. Date was January 24

and the place Bangor town hall, north

of Bay City. Thirty-three turned out.



County Agent McCarthy in singing

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nobody had any designs on the breed-

ers, there was to be no organization

jammed across, no snatching at dues!

The purpose of meeting was to get ac-

quainted and to gossip about Holstein

affairs.



State Secretary Hays led such a dis-

cussion, telling of Holstein activities

in the nation, state, and the counties.

Particular interest centered around

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Improvement Registry. Three of those

present stated they had taken up this

work at the start, January first.



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effect of causing a shift of Dutch pro-

duction from fresh pork to cured pro

ducts, with resulting greater competi-

tion for American cured products in





sows in the principal foreign coun-

tries were twenty per cent larger in

1927 than the materially increased

number in 1926 and will further in-

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and so reduce the demand for Amer-

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it is likely that exports of hog pro-

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Price Outlook



Prices to June 1: Supplies of hogs

during the first half of 1928 will prob-

ably be somewhat above last season,

with slaughterings perhaps eight to

twelve per cent higher than a year

ago. Domestic demand is likely to

strengthen but foreign demand will

probably continue to weaken so no

material improvement in the demand

situation as a whole can be expected.



Present supply and demand condi-

tions, with large late shipments of

heavy hogs from the western Corn

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in prices is likely to be less marked

than usual. It is possible, however, in

view of the present low level of hog

and pork product prices, that any

marked improvement in domestic de-

mand in the next few months, due to

improved business and a shift to pork

consumption, might result in a. rather

marked price increase.



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plies next summer will probably be

somewhat larger than a year ago, but

withycontinued low demand only a

moderate strengthening in prices from

those of the current winter can be

expected, with summer and fall prices

probably averaging lower than a. year

earlier.



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next spring pig crop that is indicated

by the fall survey, supplies next win-

ter will be substantially reduced. At

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of the cycle, the upward trend will be

just starting and no sharp advances

seem likely before the summer of

1929, depending on the next corn crop

and subsequent changes in number of

hogs.





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changes in methods of production in

industry and agriculture, and in distri-

bution, shifts in relation to price leads

and profits, movements in business

cycles, shifts in standards of living

and other allied subjects which bear

upon an understanding of the general

business situation of the country. It

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West Point. Mlss.. Jan. 7. 1928.

Dr. L. D. LeGear Medicine 00..

St. Louis. Mo.





I am engaged in the dairy busi-

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a big help and wonderful benefit to

me as Dr. LeGear’s Stock Powders.

I mixil: with the feed. It keno my

cows healthy. and they give more

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electric lig ts and other conven-

iences. I would never be without

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The 81::an .l. ‘srdner Herd. Crows". Michigan.





MILKING SHORTHORNS





Herd Sire. Tipperary Clyde 1331772. Grand Chem-

pion bull Tennessee State Fair 1927. Sire of lst

prize bull calf. lst prize pair calves. 3rd prize get—

ot-sire. and reserve Junior Champion bull at Mich.

State Fair 1927. Bull calves up to 8 mo's. old for

sale. reds and rooms out of cows with records up to

14.000 lbs. milk in one year.





Dual purpose Rod Polled Bulls





FOR SALE from 10 to 12 mos. old. BAT-





TENFIELD BB08.. Fife Lake. Mich.





Milking Shorlhorns





bulls. heifers.

priced right.





Central Mich. Shorthorn

Breeders Assoc. offers young

and cows. fresh and coming fresh,

Oscar Skinner, 800., Gowon. Mich.





 





For Solo-Reg. 0. l. C. April & May Pigs





best of breedins. Shipped on approval. FRED VI.

KENNEDY s. 30N8. R. I. Chelsea. Mloh.





 





O I C, Good lest norms vies. not skin

. - 3- also fell plgs. recorded food.





OTTO SCHULZE It SONS. Nashville, Mioh.

with quality. Hove I





CheSIP—‘r White Gills , few March gilts bred roi-

March fan-ow. Also fall pigs. Will sell cheep.

NEWMAN-'8 STOCK FARM. Mal-lotto. Mich.



fall Digs. serviced boars





CHESTER WHITES m ...... ......





quality. F. W. ALEXANDER, Vassar, Mich.





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For Sale---Polled Shorthorn Calves





Either sex. milk and beef. Federal sled. PA L

QUACK. Sault Ste. Marie. R. 2. Web. U





 





Brown Swiss for sale. cows 10 and

Registered 11 yrs. old due in Feb. 2 bred

heifers. Also bulls of serviceable ego. A. A.

FELDKAIIP. Manchester. MIoh.





 





as Hereford Bows





Big wide beck kind. dork reds. dehorned. Bred. to

extra. good Hereford bulls to coho about April 1st.

Will sell you choice cor load. Also 22 Her-esord

cows and chives end :4 heavy springers.

bunches. All '1‘. B. tested. Also yearling and 2

yr. old smokers and feeding steers sorted even in

size and nudity.





VIII 8. BALDWIN, Eldon. Iowa

FINANCIAL KING JERSEYS





We have for sale s most excellent selection of bull

calves ranging in ages from 4 mos. to one year old.

These calves ere sired. by Financial King Sensation

and Financial Ford and out of Register of Merit

Stock. Prices reasonable. COLDWATER JERSEY





 





 





pigs. not akin. AL-

BERT DOHR. Clinton. Mloh.





Registered 0. LC. Gilts





MANN. Dansville. Mloh.

Poland Chine hours of March





F O R S A L and April furrow. Also sum!





choice bred gilts. due to furrow in March and. April.

Every one immuned {or cholera. WESLEY HILE.





loms. Mich.

bred for March and





L. T. P. C. GILTS A”... mum... up





:3 2195b 00111153115. 63%.;nd 40 dollars each. price up to

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Large Type P. C. Bred Gllts





'(‘lmlt-ro. immune and extra. big. Also fall i .. S t.-

leMUOIl guaranteed. Geo. W. Newham, 3.3.5:, Migh.

to Type Poland Chins Gills bred to son of Aller-

B toh's New Rope, 14th yr. Prices reasonable. 1:.



L. Minn. Ban-Ion Center. Mick. R. l

Poland China, Bred Guts end





FOR SALE Milking Shorthom bull calves.





CLAIR I. BROWN. Kalamazoo, Mioh.. B. IO.





 





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May forrow. H. W.





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slits JOHN wbafifiynoz mm your 0rd” m m

F or S ale Choice Jersey Bulls. grandsons of ' ' R' St' John" MM" R' 4'

Bybll‘s Gsmhoze of Whitehall.

SMITH 8:. PARKER. Howell. Mich. R. NO. 4. SHEFP

PECIAL prices on Shorthorn bulls. cows and A F Ew bred K’m‘b‘u ewes 1°” “10- "1°

heifers. These will please the most awful b . ri t fur_ beorln kind- A”

correeosou mans. Ypsilanti. Mlcll. We“ "0"”: 57°C“ FAR . WWW"- Mc’h- «.0.

a. few bred R tor

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D U R o C WELCH. Ionic. "Id!“ R I.

sows and slits. bred to Junior Champion boar ct

ems rm. Sen hem end was slits. Premier 200 IIMII Blfiflllflg Ewes fiwufiefe’m





nms. c. LEMEN, Dexter, Mich.

. HORSES

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m. Brae double. Is s greet ersndm of l-

ent. L. F. FOSTER d SONS. Rives Junction. ..





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Monday, February 6

Wheat.

Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.45; No. 2

white $1.421/2; No. 2 mixed at $1.421é.

Chicago—March 581.28%; 1M ay

$12834; July $126154.

Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.46

@$1.47.





Corn.





Detroit—No. 2 yellow 960; No. 3

yellow 93c; No. 4 yellow 91c.

Chicago—March 88%c; May 91%;





July 923/4.

Oats.

Detroit—No. 2 Michigan 620; No. 3

white 600.

Chicago—March 54%c; May 551,430;

July 51%.

Rye.

Detroit—No. 2 $1.17.

Chicago — M a r c h 551.06%;

$10734; July $1.02.

Toledo—$1.16.





Beans.





Detroit.——Immediate and prompt

shipment $7.20 f. 0. b. shipping points.



New York—Pea domestic at $6.75@

$7.50; red kidneys $7.75@8.35 t0 the

wholesalers.



Chicago—Spot navy beans, Michigan

choice, hand-picked, in sacks at $6.45

@$6.50; dark red kidneys $7.75.





May





Barley.

Detroit—Malting 97c; feeding 94c.

Seeds.





Detroit domestic seeds:—-Cash clo-

ver $18.05; February $18.05; March

$18.00; cash alsike {16.20; FCiruary

$16.20; March $16.35; tiDothy at

$2.05; March $2.10.





Hay.



Detroit—No. 1 timothy at $13.00@

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

timothy $10.00@11.00; No. 1 light

clover, mixed $136014; No. 1 clover

$11.50@12.50; wheat and eat straw

$10.00@11.00; rye straw $11.00@12.00

alfalfa hay, alfalfa choice at Chicago,

$24.00@25.00.



Feeds.





Detroit—Winter wheat bran at $40;

_ spring wheat bran at $39; standard



middling at $40; fano,‘ middling at

$43; cracked com at $43; coarse corn

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

Poultry feeds with grit $49.00; with-

out grit $53.00 per ton.





WHEAT.





Wheat prices are still holding with-

in the narrog'. rfinge marked out in

the last two .JODthS. Liverpo'ol prices

declined about 3 gents since early in

January, but, broadly speaking, they

still show a sidewisertrepd. Under-

lying conditions have shown no im-

portant change in the last few weeks

and the trend of prices later on prob-

ably hinges on new crop develop-

ments.





Supplies of wheat in North America

probably are 80 to 90 million bushels

greater than a year ago. This increase

is partly offset by a reduction‘df about

40 million bushels in southern hem-

isphere supplies and by smaller ex-

ports from Russia. The poor quality

of the Canadian crop also must be

allowed for in appraising world sup-

plies of wheat. The action of the mar-

ket itself in moving sideWise for _so

long a period suggests that that in-

crease in world holdings has been

fully discounted.





RYE.





Exports of rye since the middle of

December have been comparatively

light, totalling only about 300,000

bushels. Over a million bushels have

been added to the visible supply, but

it remains much lower than at this

time in any one of the last six years.





CORN





Corn prices declined in the latter

part of January under pressure from

increased primary receipts, but de-

mand has broadened enough to cause

a stronger undertone once more“ A

high percentage of the supply consists

of low grade corn, caring. for which

has overtaxed drying faculties, and

discounts have widened out. Total

receipts at primary markets in the last

two weeks were nearly tWice as heavy

as in the same period a .year ago, and

the largest at any time in nearly four

year. tin _ f



his liberal run may con us or

twig or three weeks yet, as both the





southwest and the corn belt have sub~'





. istantial supplies Which must be moved

inter is 0V9”-

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the demand is quite broad. Exports of

corn have not reached the volume ex-





pected nor do the clearances bear out -





the reports of export sales in the last

two months. Improvement in foreign

demand still seems probable in the





OATS.





Oats prices have been moving side-

wise for about six weeks. Primary

receipts have been large enough to

satisfy demand without making drafts

of any consequence on the‘visible

supply. From this time on, however,

it seems probable that stocks will be-

gin to move out and prices should

strengthen as a result.





SEEDS.





Some moderate expansion has been

reported in the demand for field seeds,

although the real spring trade will not

be fully under way before the end of

February if the weather during the

month is normal. Red clover seed has

been marked a little lower, as demand

remains -dull. The relatively, low

prices for sweet clover have stimu-

lated a more active trade in- mest

markets. Due to the short supply of

alfalfa seed, dealers are building up

their stocks even on an advancing

market, and higher prices are gener-

ally expected as the season develops.





r’ssns.





Bran was marked higher last week

although middlings and the heavy

feeds averaged lower in.many mar-

kets. Demand is broadening as deal-

ers believe prices will remain high

until spring pasturage is available and

they are beginning to anticipate their

requirements for the next two months.



Chicago—B'rzfi, $34.00; standard

middlings, $33.50; hominy feeo, $37.00;

gluten feeg, $38.70; old process oil

meal, $52.00; tankage $65.00.





HAY.





Another spell of cold weather

strengthened the hay market last

week as the movement from the coun-

try fell off and demand became more





active. The steady tone was confined

almost entirely to top grades, how-

ever, as supplies of undergrade hay

are in excess of demand. Alfalfa; hay

is firmly held in. all markets. A good

demand from the south and southeast

is reported. and shipments from Ne-

braska into Iowa and Illinois are made

regularly. Local supplies of hay in

mast sections are large, however,

which prevents, any active inter-state





trade. '

EGGS.





A break of 12 cents a dozen in

prices of fresh eggs in eight trading

days is drastic even when it happens

at the end of January when the unex-

pected is in order. Supplies are grad-

ually increasing and dealers work only

on a hand-to—mouth basis. Consump-

tion undoubtedly will expand as the

reductions in price are carried on to

the retail trade and some temporary

recovery may result. Trade now de-

pends almost entirely on the fresh

production so that prices will be very

sensitive to any change in supply. Re-

ceipts of eggs at the four leading

markets during January were 10 per

cent smaller than in the same month

a year ago, but withdrawals of storage

eggs were sufficiently large to fill a

consumptive trade fully equal to that

of January, 1927. The number of hens

on farms is believed to be smaller

than a year ago and with normal

weather conditions, the early spring





lay will not equal that of a. year ago.‘





An active consumptive demand is

one of the chief supporting factors in

the firm poultry market. Receipts of

dressed poultry at the four leading

markets during January were 7 per

cent larger than a year agc‘pbut stor-

age stocks were drawn upon to sup-

plement the receipts of freshly

dressed stoOks whereas in January,

1927, holdings were increased 13me

2 million pounds.



Chicago—Eggs:

35c; extras, 42@430;

30@3‘20; dirties, 30@31c; checks, 30c.

Live poultry: Hens, 25%c; capons,





 





 





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CHICAGO. '





Hogs

Receipts 95,000. Market generally

15@25o lower on last dscline; top

$8.20 paid for several loads choice

hogs 160-200-lb; bulk good 170-210-lb.

average $8.05@8.15; 220-300~lb. $7.85@

$8.05; big weight butchers $7.75 and

under; light lights. uneven,

$7.50@8.10; bulk ea.ly sales pigs $6.75

@$7.25; most packing sows $7.005

$7.25; few choice light lights $7.35 or



better. t





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Receipts 18,000. Market on fed

steers and yearlings slow, steady to

weak, mostly steady; early she stock

very slow; prospects lower on better

grades; bulls strong, bidding $1.00

lower on vealegs; packers and feed-

ers more active, strong to higher; best

fed steers early $16.50, several loads

$15.50@16.15; weighty sausage bulls

$8.15@8.25; lower cutters $5.50@5.75;

light vealers carrying bids on $14.00

$14.50; odd lots selected kind up to

$16.00; killers mostly $14.00@15.00.





Sheep and Lambs

Receipts 18,000. Market fat lambs





active, steady grades largely to out- ‘





siders 25@350 higher; vealers pro-

ceeding with care; better grade lambs,

87-lb. down, largely $15.00@15.50;

gathering plain and weighty. kind

$14.50@14.75; good 100-lb. kind $14.00;

good 90-lb. yearlings $13.60; sheep

strong; best feeding lambs scarce,

demand good; lambs to country $13.75.





DETROIT





Cattle.





Receipts 688. . Market steady.

Good to choice yearlings ,

dry-fed ............... $11.00@13.75





Best heavy steers, dry-fed 10.25@13.00_,

9.00@11.00 ’





Handy weight butchers. .

Mixed steers and heifers .

Handy light butchers . . . .

.Lighrt butchers . . . .......

Best cows .

Butcher‘s cows

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Feeders ......... . . . . . . . 7.00@ 9.50

Stockers ................ . 7.00@ 8.50

Milkers and springers. . . .95.00@115.00

Calves. _ ‘

Receipts‘671. Market steady.

Best .................. . .$17.00@17.50

Others ................. 7.00@16.50





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 1,314. Market 500 higher.





Bulk good lambs ......... $ 13.00

Best lambs ............. 15.00@15.25.

Fair lambs ..... . . 12.00@13.50

Light lambs ..... . . ..... 8.00@11.50

Yearlings ............... 11.50@12.75

Fair to geod sheep ...... 6.00@ 8.00

Buck lambs ............. 7.50@12.25

Culls and common . . . . . . 2.50@ 4.00

Hogs.



Receipts 2,174. Market active; 25c

lower.

Pigs ........... . ..... . . . $ 7.75

Mixed hogs ......... . . . . 8.5

Lights .......... . ..... . . 8.0

Roughs ............. . . . . 6.50

Good Yorkers ........... 8.50

Stags _ .............. . . . . . 5.50

Extreme heavies ........ 7.00@ 7.75





BUFFALO.





Hogs . ’



Receipts 14,500. Hold over 1,068;

market 15@35c lower; bulk 150-200-

lb. $8.75; ZOO-lb. $8.85; 210-225-lb.

$8.65; 240-280-lb. $8.50; 300-lb. up $8.25

@$8.30; 150-lb. down $8.00@8.50; pack-

ing sows $6.75@7.50.



. Cattle .



Receipts 2,000. , Cows $7.00; bulls

steady; others 25@50¢ lower; heifers

scarce; 1,100-1,250—1bs. steers $14.00@

$14.50; medium grade all weights

$11.50@13.25; yearling heifers $12.50;

others $9.00@9.75; all cutter cows

$5.75@6.50; fat kind $7.00@9.00;

bulls $7;00@8.50, few $9.00@9.50.,



_ , alves



Receipts 1,800.

good. vealers $17.50; culls and com-

mon $12.00, 13.50,.4, . '. * ~

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28@30c; springers. 27c:

ducks, 25c; geese, 20c; turkeys, 28c.



Detroit——-Eggs: Fresh candied and

graded, 36c; storage, 28@30c. Live

poultry: Heavy springers, 30@32c;‘

light springers, 24@_25c; heavy hens,

28c; light hens, 23c; roosters, 16c;

geese, 20@21c; ducks, 30c; turkeys,





36@380.

BUTTER.





The butter market is steady at un-

changed prices although receipts are

steadily increasing. . Reports from

manufacturers indicate that the make

is larger than a few weeks ago and

only slightly less than at this time a

year ago. Trade is confined largely

to orders for immediate requirements

and with the more liberal supplies of

fresh butter, theme of storage stocks

has been less free. In January, with-

drawals from storage were nearly 15

per cent smaller‘ than in the corres-

ponding month a year ago, andthe

“shortage” for the country as a whole

undoubtedly decreased. Foreign but-

ter has been of little importance in

our market lately, but British and .

Continental markets are Well, supplied

and if foreign prices should decline or

domestic prices rally materially, im-

port trade might develop. .,





Brices on 92-score creamery were:

Chicago, 460; New York, 480; Detroit,

42%@451;éc [1911 lb.





POTATOES.





Pptato prices generally have re-

mained unchanged except in eastern

markets where slight advances are re-

ported. Heavy losses in potatoes in

storage are reported in the west and

much damaged stock is being fed to

live stock in Washington and Oregon.

,N‘orthern round whites, U. S. No. 1,

are still quoted at $1.55 to $1.65 per

100 pounds, sacked,

carlot market.





APPLES.





Apple markets continue firm with

prices considerably higher than a. year

, ago. All varieties of good sound fruit

find a ready outlet in domestic mar—

kets,..but the export trade is not so

large as a year ago. Barreled apples

of good quality advanced as much as

$1 to $2 a barrel during January and

boxed apples made some progress into

higher ground during the month. Mich-r

igan A 21,5 inch Baldwins are quoted

at $7 to $8 a barrel at Chicago.





BEANS.





The advancing trend which started

in the bean market at the end of De-

cember has centinued until now. 0.

H. P. whites, f. o. b. Michigan ship-

ping points, are quoted at $7.10 per

100 pounds, sacked. Remaining stocks

are in strong hands and probably will

be fed on the market gradually. Deal-

ers are buying sparingly at the higher

prices, but so long as supplies con-

tinue scarce, the market can remain





steady.

CHEESE





The cheese market was steady last

,Week, particularly on the lighter

styles. Production is increasing a

little faster than at this time a. year

ago and dealers are inclined to buy

sparingly. So long as country costs

are firmly held, however, no price con-

cessions will be offered to influence

sa es. '





DETROIT CITY-MARKET





Apples 80c@$4.50 bu; bagas 50c@

$1.00 bu; beets 50@90c bu; cabbage

50@65c bu; curly cabbage 50c@$1.00

bu; red cabbage 75c@$1.00 bu; car-

rots 50@90c bu; celery, local, 50@65c

doz; celery hearts 10@15c 1,5 doz.

bchs; eggs, wholesale, white, 50c

- doz; brown 45@50c doz;.reta.il 50@55c

doz; French endive' 75c@$1.25 -5~lb,

box; dry onions 750@$1.15 v,bu;_‘ root

parsley 75c@$1.25 bu; curly, 35 00

doz. bchs; parsnips 50c@$1_.25 bu;

pears 75c@$1.25 bu; potatoes 60c@

$1.15 bu. Poultry, hens, wholesale,

25@30c lb; retail 30(02320 lb; broilers,

'wholesale, leghorns 22@24c lb; racks

26@300 lb; retail;3_0@320; ducks ~26@-

30c 1b; geese 25@28c lb; dressed poul-

41'5'. retail,~30@35c lb; ducks 35@40c

112; horse radish. $4.00@6.5,0, bu; Hub-

bard squash .$1.50@2.,0.0.5 bu;r,;t,urnips

$‘1.25@2.00 bu; cvegetable 'voyster's ,j 75c

33% 1‘3”“;‘1‘i‘31‘iistiimwii’iis‘ ‘

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STEER prices have declined uneven-

ly 76 cents to $2111 the lost three

weeks, although receipts have con-

tinued moderate. Several small rallies

have occurred. but thus far, the quick

recoveries which featured previous

breaks in the last four months have

not been inevldence. Dressed beef

trade reports show no congestion in

that arm of the trade but packers

maintain that cattle prices have been

too high'compared with dressed beef



are maneuvering to get values

down to a lower basis.





FEEDERS ARE HIGH





 





 





" RICES of stacker and feeder cattle

are on an extremely high level but

most cattlemen have cashed in hand-



some profits in recent months, so that



the number willing to reinstate is suf-

ficient tosustain prices of thin steers.



Since January 1, shipments of feeders



iron 12 leading markets hove been



ally up to average. volume for





W than last Year.

‘ ascew‘rs seem T0

HOG , anmK





HER expanding to the t

A volume since early‘in 1925. ms

’ of hogs have diminished in the

Inst ten days. suggesting that the peak

of the winter movement has been

passed. Prices denim when pres-

sure was heaviest almost to the De-

cember low point but have ralhed

again. The market may continue to

drag two or three weeks longer but

with the seasonal shrinkage an market

receipts, it is loglccl to expect grad-





 





 





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SHARP ‘ .AoVAMcs m LAMB

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» AME prices have advanced sharp-

L ly in the lost three weeks, the Chi-



cago top reaching $15.25 compared

with $13.25 early in the year. This is

the best figure reached. since early

summer. Average prices do not make

such a. favorable comparison owing to

the high percentage of heavy lambs

which are selling at wide discounts

under handyweights.





90m TREES $12.29;





usually thtll'ty 3 ft. peach trees at this

bargain price. Guaranteed stock. Wide

selection of varieties. Our free 1928 cat:-

alog lists many unusual bnrgainc on Fruit

Tm” 3“” Vase“??? 32°33“ nous: '

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New Winter Caught. Zero

' Frozen. Guns-heed to

reach you in good condi—

tion by Express. Packed





in boxes 125 lb. shipping

weight. 100 lbs. net weight of fish. Immediate ship-

ment. l’ickerel. Round. $7.35: Headless..Dresscd.

$9.35: Mullets. Large. $5.85; Wall-eyed Yellow Pike

$12.35: No. 1 Whitefish. Dressed. $15.85: New Coast.

Frozen Salmon. Dressed. headless. $14.85: New Coast.

From Halibut. Dressed. headless. 817.85. Less than

100 lbs. of all one variety 1790 pa lbs. more. Write

for complete price list Frown. Sal

Smoked. Canned and Dried Fish.

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REGISTERED FOXES—Write for machine Mar.

100% lameness mteed. Booklet: terms. Header-

Ayents wanted. (Hoary Bros. Empire Bldg" Seattle

Washington.





 





 





BOYS. start your own business. China-fills. Rabbits

are very profitable. unequalled for fur and table.

Pedigreed Chinchilla either sex. twenty dollars do-

livered. trlos. two does one buck. flity dollars do-

livered cash with order. Money refunded. less eu-

prem charges. Immediately if rabbits not satisfactory

when received. Wm. Reed. Lancer. Mich.





RABBITS—Make Big Profits with Chinchilla. Rabbits.

Real may makers; Write for hots. 892 Conrad‘s

Ranch. Denver. Colorado.





 





WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS from big white cm

W W o. o. d. W to line. In!

mu prices. .W perilous-1 ~



stock. Egg cutest records to 314 eggs. Hundreds“

cockcrels. pallets. hens. Bargain prices.





Biz

0 annual catalog tree. .Georgo B. Ferris. 934 mm.





Grand Rapids. Michigan.





 





TOWNLINE CHICKS. en‘s. breedins stock in hit

leading varieties have made a record 0! prod

fmmsnco for thousands of poultrymen that points we

way successwu‘d for you. Don't fall to get our New

1928 Catalog . Tells how to raise chicks and why

our egg blood lines make profits easy. Copy (no.

Townline Poultry Form. Route 1. Box 107. W

Michigan.





 





BABY CHICKS—You can buy your early

Michigan Accredited chicks right here 8t hon”.

First hatch January 15.

for spring delivery at specie! discount. Send M

catalog and prices. Bmmer—Fredrlckson Pout!

Farm. Box 28. Holland. Michigan.





 





 





MATTRESSES

MATTRESSES made toy size. low mm prices.

Contains. PeofinBeddiuCompmy.Peofla.Ill.





 





RU" TREES AND NURSERY STOCK





MASTODON LARGEST EVERBEARING STRAW-

BERRY. 100 plants. $2.00: 300. $5.00: 1.000. $12.50:

1.000 Champion $8.50: 200. $2.50: 1,000 strawberry

plants $3.00. Gibson $3.75: Big Joe. Cooper. Premier.

$5.00: 1,000 2-year Grape plmts $20.00: 100, $4.00:

100 Raspberry or Blackberry $2.25. Shrubs. aspara-

gus. bulbs. thrifty well rooted plants guaranteed.

Catalog. Westhauser's Nurseries. Sawyer. Mich.





PEACH TREES. 35 pa 100 and up. Apple Trees.

$7.50 per 100 and up. In large or small lots direct

to punters. by freight. parcel post. express. Plans.

palm. char-rho. m nuts. berries. poem vines:

ornamental trees. vine- nnd shrubs. Free cat-lo. in

colors. Tennessee Illusory 00.. Box 125. Cleveland.

Tenn





 





100 MAS'I‘ODON EVERBEARING $1.75. Catalogue

free. Edwin Lubke. New Buffalo. Michigan.





 





 





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LYMAN'S GRIMM ALFALFA SEED. Btu direct

from the Introducer. All seed Scanned. necessitating

less per acre. Lymon's Best 42c per lb. No. 2

Grimm. a lighter and finer seed, but which gives

excellent results. 230 per lb. while it lasts. A. B.

Lyman. Introducer. Excelsior. Minnesota.





WOLVERINE OATS absolutely pure, color and ger-

mination perfect. Vary hecvy. One dollar bushel.

bags free. Freight maid. Michigan. on over twenty

bushel orders received before March. Checks cashed

early March when used shipped. Sstistsctlon sunr—

sntoed. A. B. Cook. Owessc. Mich.





 





REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED SEED CORN—

Clement’s white cap yellow dent. Plclretts yellow dent

and Michigan yellow dent (a very early dent). Cer-

tified worthy om. 2-row barley and sweet clover

seed. Dept. A. Paul C. Clement. Britten. Michigan.





 





MICHIGAN REGISTERED Certified Hermann Alfalfa

seed. certified by Michigan Crop Improvement Ass'n.

Purlty 99.50 cleaned and acumen. Prim $32.25 per

boil-:19], immediate delivery. Irwin mm: mm

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90 $2.39 26......"3134 $7.28



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1.17 3.04 ....... 2.61 8.12

1.26 3.92 30......... 2.70 8.40

1.35 0.2! ........ 3.78 8.68

1.44 4.43 3 ........ 2.88 8.96

1.5: 4.76 ....... 2.97 9.24

1.62 6.04 34........ 3.06 9.52

1.71 6.32 3.15 9.80

1 80 6.60 ........ 3.24 10.08

1.89 5.88 37........ 3.33 10.36

1.98 6.16 ........ 3.42 10.64

2.07 6.44 ........ 3.61 10.92

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REAL ESTATE





CY UPPER WISCONSIN FARM LAND THIS

3 . This .Cloveriand district offers you fine soil-—

the best for datum—barley, oats. rye. W. potatoes.

root crops. Never had. a crop failure Clover

wild. Plenty sunshine and min. Numerous lakes





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booklet "Happy Ewes . and Forms tint Pay in

Hobby Land"—-—lt shows plotting—settlers“ letters—and

tells you everything. Edward Hines Farm Land 00..

Room 2152. 100 W. Monroe 91... 011ch I11.





154 ACRES. Only $750 Needed. 325 Poultry. 3 Cows:

25 T. Hay. Horses. also con. buckwheat. .

fruit, beets. carrots: onions. cabbage. equipment end

tools: easy to see your winter's living elm

.provided. with substantial income besides: m

speed fields. brook watered Damn ombw instd'

sugar grow and variety fruit: water piped e

comfortable S—room house. also to convenient burn.

1mm house. other hides: good markets nearby and

advantages. Owner called mil. 0‘ slate. price

cut to $2,200 with $750 Sigh for quick sale. See

No. 1236 in bargain folder. Copy. Free. Strait

Agency, 1105430101589 31:13.. Deficit. Mich.





. HE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY of California.

Erma lamina is o wins business. feeding millions

or people in towns and cities. Alfons. combined With

dancing. hogs. and poultry. yields a. good W A

small one-family ism. with" little hired lébm‘. in-





got right location. Write for Mounted San Jenni:

Volley folder and set our farm paper—~“The Earth

tree for six 0. L. Sew-was. General Colon-

ization Agent. Santa. Fe Railway. 912 Railway Ex-

change. Chicago.





FINE DAIRY FARM 1% miles from Gladwm on

Trunk Line 14-18. .210 acres dirk sand loam. 100

acres well improved. balance due Dam 7m

house. stone milk house. excellent frame barn 40 x

70 with large .3110. has and tool house. wonderful

flowing well. woven wire fences. Price at $6.000 less

than two-thirds value tor quick sale. 'ljerms made.

U. G. Reynolds. sells farms. Gladwln. Mich. ._





Anvorponrumrr norm OFFERED—to secure

Wmmlflmmflrmtimmom.

no profits. no commission; in famed dairy section

WisconslnzuBrcad cult)! button-rm mnnesongz Rich

' M : . lands 1'

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FOB. SALE—120 acre tam. including 30 acres tim-

ber. orchard, horses. cows. pigs. equipment. etc. 8-

room and 4-room house on farm. 1% miles from

town. Will scll cheap at reasonable terms. Apply

Box 265. Harbor Springs, Mich.





 





FOR SALE—1204mm. half cleared. level. drained.

black soil. 5-mom house. barn 36 x 50. flowing well.

free from incumbram-e. 90 rods frontage on water.

price $2,700. Write W. F. Umphrey, Evart. Mich.





 





lib-ACRE dairy and potato farm for sale on M44.

116% buildings. Silo. Glenn Gould, Admst., Ioms' .

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120-ACRE FARM FOR SALE in good shape. Owner.

Box 197. Almont. Mich.





WANTED FARMS





WANTED~T0 hear from owner of farm for sole for

spring delivery. 0. Howley. Baldwin. Wis.





 





 





 





 





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FOR RENT—Farm e or man. Amos Ki

Lake Odessa. M. II“ mmel.

FARMTORENTwsz-ellablemttywlthmhelp

127 acre dairy tum near Ann Arbor. 14 cows. 1 bull

furnished. Mill: goes to Ann Arbor. Rent. form on

50-50 basis. Apply to Chas. McCauan. R. 6. Ann

Arbor. Mich. References exchanged.





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SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 4 Improved

American Banner wheat. Wolverine outs. Improved

Robust beans best for Michigan. A. B. Cook.

0w05so. Mich.





 





SWEET CLOVER SEED. white blossom. grown north-

ern Michigan. Recleaned. scar-med. Sealed bags.

Delivered your station 86.00. bushel. Thos. Buell.

Elmira. Mich.





 





YELLOW DENT SEED CORN. Germilution high

and guaranteed every wa’y. Write us before buying.

Geo. W. Needham. Saline. Mich.





TOBACCO





 





SPECIAL OFFER—Chewing or smoking 5 lbs. 31:

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

money refunded if not satisfactory. Farmers Asso-

ciation. West Paducah. Kentucky.





 





HOMESI’UN TOBACCO—Ripe, guaranteed. Chewing

5 lbs. $1.50: 10. $2.50: 20. $4.50. Smoking 5 lhs.,

$1.25: 10. $2.00: 20. $3.50. Farmers Union. Mug:-

fleld. KY.





 





GUARANTEE!) BOMSPUN TOBACCO—Chewing. 5

pounds. 81.25: 10. 82. Smoking. 10. $1.50. Pipe

Free! Pay postman. United runners. Bardwell.

Kentucky.





LEAF TOBACCO. good. sweet chewing. 5 lbs.. $1.26:

10. $2.00: smoking. 5 lbs. 900: 10. $1.60. United

Farmers. Moyfleld. Ky.





 





 





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WHY- BLAME m BULL when your cow does not

breed? Use Cow Catch 1 hour before service. Re-

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

$2.90 for live cows. postpud. Woodstock Farm.

Benton. Route 2. Box 490. Wns‘hingwn.





 





OUR 1928 CATALOG just from press. 84 cases

showing Largest Line of Poultry Supplies in the

World. (Over 300 items.) Write today lor your

copy Free. Browar Mg. 00.. . ' y. .





BIG BARGAIN—Send 82. receive postpsid 100 double

sheets and 100 envelopes. Hammermiil Bond, each

muted With name. route. post oflice address. J. W.

Barr Printing 00.. Charlotte. Mich.





VIRGIN W001. YARN tu- ssle by menu! tin-er

hernia. Bunch: free. I. A. Bartlett. Emu:





HOMESI’UN TOBACCO: Chewing 6 lbs. $1. Smok-

ing 5 lbs. 75c. Pay when received. Pipe free.

Farmers Union. A5. Paducah. KY.





 





TOBACCO: Kentucky Sweetleaf. Mellow. Aged. Smok-

ing 10 pounds $1. Chewing $1.50 Poy when re-

ceivod. Kentucky Farmers. Win30. Kentucky.





POULTRY





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

Both Combs. R. 0. P. Tropnested. Michigan's

greatest color and on strain. Coekerels. chicks. eras.

getting free. Interlakes Farm. Box 9. Lawrence.

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BARBED ROCK COCIKERELS. Start the new sea-

son right with one of our well-developed exhibition

anally cockerels with dark. even. narrow boning.

$5 each. 2 for $9. 3 for $12. Ingleside Farm. H. E.





 





 





COMPLETE JOB PRINTING PLANT—only $275.00.





 





 





WANTED





WANTED—Comb Honey in luau dummies. Joseph

Mllnarich. 34 East Charlotte. Eocrso. Mich.





 





 





 





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mm. Powell a: Son. lama. Mich.

QUILT PIECES. Lovely m Moms. 3 lbs.

$1.08. Mrs. George Morgan. Vicksburg. Mich. .





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Breeding cooker-sis. pullers. and chicks. Free catalog

giving big early order discounts. Beckman Betcha.

Box 57. Grand Rapids. Mich.





s. c. snows AND warm tmnomve. 332 on.

catalog. Earle-n Fulton. Gallipolis. Ohio.





STOCK. EGGS. CKIX. All varloflu chlokais. ducks.

geese; turkeys. sinuous. bontnms. Arthur Jarvis.

Wavelsnd. Indiana.





POCKEREIS. Hotter-man strain of Boned Plymouth

Rocks. straps. healthy birds. $0. two “I $7. Mrs.

.Gleu Arnold. Saransc. Mich.

MALLARD DUCKS. trio :5. all!“ $2.. ll. 2.

Hodzdom Birmingham Mich.





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BARRED ROCK CHICKS and Hatching Ens.

Record at Michigan International Egg Laying Con-

test: winners hoary breeds 1927. Highest Burst!

Rook pen from Michigan past three years and to

date in present contest. F. E. Foglc. Okemos. Midl-

1mm.

ACCREDITED “'HIT'E LEGHORN CHICKS. HOW-

wcod strain. Contest pullers now average 25



eggs per dozen.‘ 1920 contest pen averaged 239 eggs

each. Customer's profit $3.00 per bird. Also An—

conas. Rocks. Catalogue. Wyngarden Humbery. Bat:

14. Zoe-land. Mich.





 





 





MICE. CERTIFIED S. C. W. Leghorn Chicks. Why

not make an additional income this year with em

Winter-Lay Strain Leghorns. All Approved R. 0. P.

males. Our new catalog will tell you all cbmt than.

Gibbs Winter-Lay Hatchery. Bronson. Mich” Bun B. .





 





BARRED ROCK CHICKS—Incubators now minim. -

Order chicks curly. Card’s chicks are better chicks.

Chicks. eggs. and breeding stook. Flock under State ,

and Federal supervision. Leo. V. Cull. 11111341310.

Mlch.. Phone Cambrla. 4109.





 





BABY CHICKS~From our extra. large type Eng. W.

Leg. Heavy producers. Get our circular Mme

ordering elsewhere. Prices low. only $107.50 per

1.000. A-l chicks. Model Poultry Farm. hols-1L

R. 4. Michigan.





 





BROILER CHICKS—Why have empty breeder hm?

Accredited and

Incubator now running. Pinecroft

Poultry Form. B. 6. Owosso. Mich. Write for cir-





 





VIGOROUS BABY CHICKS. Flecks culled for

vitality. type. and egg production. Ban-ed. White.

Buff Rooks. Reds. $14: Wyandottes. Bufl Omingtons.

$15; White Leghorns. $12.50. Waterville Hatchery.

Waterville. Ohio.





 





BE’l‘l‘EB BABY CHICKS from State Fair winners,

production clnss. Eighty per cent of our chicks go

to old customers. Eleven breeds. Booking orders.

{ffihlg prices. Write. Litchflcld Hatchery. thchfleld.

. lc .





 





MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS. Barred Rocks.



B. I. Red‘s. Strong. husky chicks. Bred-004w



stains. Special February-March prices $14.00 per



100. Order now. - Rowe's Accredited Hatchew. ,

Essexville, Mich. '





 





OUR BABY CHICKS will make you money: our

free booklet. will tell how to raise them suwessfully.

A postal will brim your copy. Hollywood Lechoms.

Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds. Chapman Poultry

Farm, Box 265. Plalnwoll. Mulligan.





 





RILEY’S CHICKS—Produced from salmted pure

med-today and exhibition flocks of healthy. carefully

culled breeders. Reasonable prices. Folder flee.

White chhoms. Barred Rocks. White Wyandottes.

Sunnybrook Poultry Farm. Hillsdale. Mich.





BABY CHICKS of all standard varieties. Mocks



carefulb' culled for laying. several years. by M. S.



C. poultry men. Write for prices. Clinton County



gotfihery, Maxwell and Kees. Prop‘s.. St. Johns.

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MYERS I’URE-BRED CHICKS. 100% live delivery.

postage prepaid. Four loading breeds. White Leg-

horns, White Wyandottes. Barred Rocks. R. I. Reds.

F‘looks bred for egg production. Send for descriptive

circular. Myers Hatchery, Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





S. C. W. ENGLISH LEGHORN CHICKS. March.

delivery $11.00 per 100. Discount on orders of 500

or more. Satisfaction and live delivery cu '

Henry Waterway. Holland, Mich. R. 0.





MONEY IN QUALITY CHICKS. Poultry experts

and satisfied customers back our profit making chicks.

Illustntedx catalog free. Get the facts. Windmill.

Polnte Hatchery. 1318 Alter Boa . Detroit.





BABY CHICKS AND EGGS Superior Ringlet Barred

Rocks. Rose Comb Reds. Tapered and English White

Leghorns. Catalogue. Wyndham’s Ideal Poultry

Yards. Tlfiin. Ohio.





 





LOOK! 100.000 chicks 90 up. 20 varieties. Using

many 200 to 312 on record bred ROI’ coeku'els.

Send for free catalog giving his early order dis—





counts. Lawrence Hatchery. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS and eggs for hatching from bred to

£113; hBud Leghorns. Hillcrest Poultry Form. Bath.

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BABY CHICKS—Rocks, Reds. and Leghorn: Blob

week. beginning Feb. 13. All shock bloodtested .111

Michigan Accredited. Home Hatchery. Jerome. Mich.





TURKEYS





 





 





WHITE HOLLAND runners an}; White Pekin

Ducks. pure-bred heal-thy stock, Addressed stomped

M'ch .. for reply. Alden WhIDcOmb. Byrot CW.



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EDGEme GIANT BRONZE—Longs hardy Northern

turkeys. Sire winner at Intornntional. son of 1,26

All—American grand champion. Mrs. Edgar Cue.

Benzonis. Mich. .





 





 





Ibra-

lcoed pairs and tries. reasonable prices. Boston

Ohio Poultry Form. Betllsville. Ohio.





PURE-BRED NARRAGANSETI‘ mm not

many ldt. Ernest Clement. Ionic. Mich.





BRONZE TURKEYS and White Guinea Mrs. M.

B. Noble. Saline. Mich.





 





 





AGENTS WANTED

NEW HOUSEHOLD DEVICE washes—dries

swoops. cleans . scrubs. mops. Colts loss than

brooms. Over half profit. Homer's. 173 '11:“ fit...

Fail-Md. Iowa. ‘ ‘

WAm—me turner-sh arm have!

in many. Steady work. Good my Moan-

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boil mired. 1.. good weal null '

chance. for cdvcnc'elhent. Write for tux-flier porno-

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