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Z MONG the most popular


recreational places in this

state are the lakes of Oak-

land County which are within

easy driving distance of Detroit.

The most prominent of these is

Orchard Lake which is ﬁve


_. miles from Pontiac and very


close to Pine and Sylvan lakes.

If one wants to be where the

summer crowds are over a

week-end, go to these lakes.


Way up in the northwestern

part of the state and nearly at

the northern tip of the Leelanau

Peninsula is Northport, located

on Grand Traverse Bay. North

port is a ﬁne town in a pictur-

esque country where one can get

full beneﬁts from cool lake

breezes on a hot day. A trip

around the Leelanau Peninsula

on M-22 is worthwhile. If you

take it you may see the sea

gulls on the Northport pier, as

shown here.


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both sections.

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to enforce. the corn borer County with the exception of Rich- 0r

clean-up regulations throughout the


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two sections. In the one, regulatory with the exception of Groveland, ministrator of corn borer control

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to do clean-up work voluntarily. Quar— exception of Greenleaf, Evergreen, and included in the quarantined area of

antine No. 210 relative to the move- Lamotte townships, are also included the state, farmers will be urged to

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ers With their problems.

While the State Department of Agri-

culture regrets that it has not the

funds to carry on enforced clean-up

in the whole area and that Congress


has not appropriated the money to


reimburse farms for their extra labor

performed, it believes that a repeti-

tion of the splendid cooperation given

by farmers to control work throughout

the aréa last spring will result in hold-

ing the pest in check in the state.


4!


News of, the Week


Edward G. Knapp, an Ypsilanti


,aviator, and two passengers were


found dead by cOw boys in their plane

¥reckage on a ranch near Kent,

eras


A census by the Christian Herald


shows that the churches of this coun-

try gained 573, 000 in membership.


The Illinois primary election

showed a defeat for the Small-

Thompson political forces which have

gained considerable notoriety due to

crime conditions in Chicago. ,


Henry Ford and wife are enjoying

a sight seeing trip in England. He

made a twenty~nine word speech at

a recent banquet in London, a long

one for him.


Plans are being made for an air‘

line between America and E'ur0pe,

with eight seadromés on islands inter-

vening.


Arthur Vandenberg. recently ap-

pointed as successor to the late Sen—

ator Ferris has been laced on the

senate commerce comm ttee. Such an


.important appointment for a new


member is unusual.


Otto Kemerich, of Hamburg, Ger-

many, swam forty-six continuous

hours, breaking the American girl’s

recent record by fourteen hours. He

Even tired out his pet California sea


on.


Commander Byrd’s airmen have se-

lected a Ford tri motor plane for use

on the Byrd South Pole air expedi-

ion.


- Col. Lindbergh took .up thirty- six

California girls in his new plane at

Santa Barbara, California, and he

seemed to enjoy it.


The Prince of Wales recently took

his twenty-eighth fall from a horse in

a hunt race in Derbyshire, England.


Ossip Gabrilowitsch, conductor of

the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, was

given an ovation at this farewell ap-

pearance before a.year’s leave of ab-

sence.


Richard Dix, the famous movie star,

has been operated on for appendicitis.


General Coxy, famous for his

Coxy’s army of 1894 suggested to

Congress that it issue $10, 000, 000,000

25- -year non-interest bearing bonds to

raise money for public improvements

and thus help relieve the non-employ-

ment situation.


Four million are facing starvation

in China on account of a three years’

drouth. The roads in Shantung pro-

vince are littered with dead and tree

bark is being used for food.


The Dominion of Canada is willing

to go ahead with the Great Lakes-St.

Lawrence waterway, according to re-

ports from Washington.


Announcement has been made of an

airplane sight seeing caravan this

summer in which 200 tourists will


make a forty-two-days’ tour, stopping ,


at thirty-two cities.


A record attendance prevailed at the

seven large theaters in Detroit where

Good Friday services were held.

Numerous churches also had large

crowds.


Mercedes Gleitz, a London typist

swam the straits of Gibraltar in her

fourth attempt. it took her twelve

hours and ﬁfty minutes.


The Fascistic movement in Italy

has put a taboo on handshaking be-

cause it is unhygenic and excessive

for Fascists.


Hungarian engineers are planning

a suspension bridge across the mouth

of the Bosphorus, thus linking Eur-

opean and Asiatic Turkey.


Seventy airplanes are on exhibit at

the All-American aircraft‘ show held in

Detroit this week.


The U.. 8. Senate passed the 1928

model 'of the McNary Haugen hill on

April 12th.


Terrorists placed a bomb on m of

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14.]. Roger: Jr. 15 Not Stamped 5y Stumpy

By Frank A. Wilken


peared at the Michigan State


Horticultural meetings. It was

the face of one who might be “some-

body.” It was learned that the indi-

vidual was A. J. Rogers, Jr., a gradu-

ate of the Wisconsin University and

an instructor in horticulture there.

He had bought a lot of wild land near

Beulah and was going to make a

cherry orchard out of it.


It‘seemed odd that a Wisconsin col-

lege man should come over here to

try to grow cherries on some of our

wild land. Undoubtedly, many thought

the venture was as wild as the land

he had. But Mr. Rogers had his feet

on the ground, a fact for which there

is plenty of proof. Fourteen years

later this stranger became President

of the State Horticultural Society and


ABOUT 1910 a strange face ap-


in 1926 he wrote a bulletin for the'


Michigan State College on orchard

management, with special reference to”

cherry production, that is one of the


' country’s outstanding pieces of litera-


ture on the subject. It is needless to

say that he has made his venture pay

but it is well to note that his achieve-

ment has come during America’s

greatest agricultural depression.


His bulletin gives a detailed history

It shows

clearly that Mr. Rogers was well

grounded in those essentials that are

needed to make any proposition a suc-

cess. 'He kept a set of records which

are rarely equalled in farm enter-

prises. So he knows the absolute cOst

of his operations and just what has

paid him a proﬁt‘ and what has not.

He has even determined just how far

apart it, is advisable to set cherry

trees to make the best proﬁt.


The Rogers’ farm consists of 230

acres on the north side of Crystal

Lake. It gets full advantage of pro-


tection against frosts from both

Crystal Lake and Lake Michigan. The

farm is so rolling that some of it is

waste. About 135 acres are in culti-

vation of which 115 are in orchard.

There are also ﬁfteen acres in per-


ﬁgures 0n the cost of bringing an or-

chard to hearing or nine years of

age. He ﬁgures the cost of the land


at one hundred dollars per acre; in-

terest on land and trees, $171.81; in-

terest


and maintenance $96.93;


A FruitAGrowers’ Meeting at the Rogers’ Home


manent pasture and eighty acres in

woodlot and waste land.


The farm is primarily devoted to

fruit, no other farm operations being

carried on’except directly incident to

the development of the orchard. The

orchard operations have been gradually

enlarged, starting with ﬁve acres in

1909 and with a total of 115 in 1925.

The orchard consist of about ﬁfty-ﬁve

acres of apples, twenty acres of

peaches, a small acreage of pears and

about forty-ﬁve acres of cherries. The

increase in orchard acreage has been

gradual, a few acres being added each

year.


It is interesting to note Mr. Rogers’


labor and supplies $344.16; super-

vision, $177. 77; taxes and insurance,

$16.74; making a total of $907.41 per

acre for the nine year orchard. From

this is deducted income from inter-

crops or fruit produced during the

nine years of $203.1S; making the net

cost per acre $704.23.


Mr. Rogers says, “My cherries dur—

ing the past ﬁve years have been very

proﬁtable. The proﬁts from these and

other fruits have been absorbed by

young plantings, mostly of cherries.

In other words, the orchard value to—

day exceeds the value ﬁve years ago

by a very great margin.”


Mr. Rogers is a ﬁrm believer in


thorough spraying. in years when di-

sease is prevalent he uses extra

sprays and thus has saved his trees

from the ravages of leaf spot and

other troubles. He also is a consis-

tant user of fertilizer. sulphate of

ammonia, or nitrate of“ soda. even on

this comparatively Virgin soil. When

trees are making abundant growth he

does not fertilize. Young trees get

one-third pound of nitrogenous fer-

tilizer annually, while large, mature

trees get about twelve pounds each.


The chief‘object on this farm is to

keep the trees healthy and free from

insects and disease»: so that they will

bear abundant crops of‘ good fruit.

Since fruit is the chief source of in-

come from this enterprise, all efforts

are made toward getting large crOps.

\Vith favorable frost protection the

orchards bear consistently as they

are in good condition.


It is needless to say any more about

the production of the crops on this

farm. If one wishes to go into detail,

Mr. Rogers’ bulletin entitled “Studies

in Orchard Management. with Special

Reference to Cherry Production” will

give it to him. It is called Special

Bulletin No. 166 and n: .y be obtained

by writing to the Director 0:" the Agri-

cultural Experiment Station. East Lan-

sing, Michigan. This bulletin will be

especially interesting to those who are

seeking information on fhe costs of

the various orchard operations such as

spraying, fertilizing. and Others. It is

a real study of the business phase of

farming.


Two men are hired for the Whole

year, and during this growing season

three to ﬁve more by the month.

These take care of all the work until '

harvest time. Then. when cherries

are ripe, the Rogers’ farm is a bee


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Will Feast on Michigan Beans


Mexican Bea/72 Beet/6 Has T416672 0:0 [113 Aléode 1'72 Mz'céz'gmz


HE Mexican bean beetle is now

perched on the fence anticipat-

ing many appetizing meals from

Michigan’s 'prize bean patches, which

have been one of the main sources of

those delicious golden brown naked

beans, of which we are all so very

fond. It has been a long journey up

from the southland, but these unwel—

come emigrants have come swiftly

and in large numbers and have taken

up their abode, extending their domain

northward and eastward at the rate of

one hundred and ﬁfty miles a year.

The beetle now inhabits an area

which included: southeastern Mich-

igan, southwestern New York, a part

of Ontario, abOut one-half of Pennsyl-

vania, parts of Maryland, North and

South Carolina, Virginia, northern

Georgia, eastern Mississippi, Alabama.

Kentucky, and. Ohio, according to in-


formation Obtained in an interview


.z.‘w~i,th Neale F. Howard, United States

Entomologist in Charge of Mexican

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By Jay S. Boyer


formerly located at Birmingham, Ala-

bama, but was moved northward as

the area of infestation increased.


“The 'beetle has made its appear-

ance in three counties of southeastern

Michigan,” states Mr. Howard, “but

it is not expected to do any real dam-

age for the next two. years, and it is

hoped that the climatic conditions of

Michigan are such as to make the

spread of the pest rather slow.”


At present the insect is not well

known in northern Ohio or even as

far south as Columbus, but the south-

ern two-ﬁfths of the state are well in-

fested. Perhaps the area’of greatest

infestation being in the neighborhood

of Athens and along the Ohio River.


The Mexican bean beetle is the‘


most serious enemy of beans in those

parts of the United State which it in-

fests. The United States Department

ﬁncultur Bulletin N9. 1407 deg


its entire life cycle on the bean plant

. a


wing cover, and nearly hemispherical


in shape. The full grown larvae is

about one-third inch long, orange

colored, and has been described as


fuzzy because of its covering of long

branched spines. \


The insect has long been present in

western United States but was ﬁrst

found in the east near Birmingham,

Alabama, in 1920, from which point it

has continued to spread throughout

the above mentioned area. It has been

more or less periodic in its outbreaks,

generally doing considerable damage

about the second year after it has

made its appearance.


The beetle feeds on plants of all

kinds of table beans, cowpeas, soy

beans, and beggar weed. The prin-

ciple injury is done to .the foliage, but

in cases of heavy infestation the green

pods are also destroyed. It spends


ea damage by devcurlng its


and companies, and; ,_


the leaves which necessitates that con-

trol measures be directed to the 1m:

der surface of the plant.


In attempting to destroy the pest

with insecticides, it was found that

the bean plant was injured by some

arsenicals. Lead arsenate was found

to injure the plant, but magnesium ar-

senate does not and so is therefore

recommended by the Bureau of E‘nto—

mology. Calcium arsenate alone was

found to be injurious, but when used

with lime was found to be quite ef-

fective. A great amount of work has

been done by entomologists on the

ﬂuosilicates which are compounds of

ﬂuorine. Sodium ﬁuosilicate is often

injurious to the foliage and is net»?-

recommended although it is still'

being worked on. Extract of Pyra-'

thrum and extract of Derris both of.

which are plant poisons, non-toxic; to

human beings, have been used with

a limited degree of success. Many:

other methods df control have @130

been advocated by various misﬁt '
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VOLUME CLXX NUMBER SIXTEEN


DETROIT, APRIL 21, 1928


HIS is not the


season of the

year to talk about

hunters. But to ac-

complish some things

in season it often is

necessary to keep them on the mind

constantly. We have just learned of

an unique method of identifying hunt-

crs. In Pennsylvania when a person

secures a hunter’s license he is given

a number which the law requires to

be sewed on the back of his hunting

jacket so that it will be displayed at

all times when hunting.


This plan, which has evidently

been copied from the automobile

license, would supply a ready means

of identifying a hunter and procuring

his address. If he obeys the laws and

respects property when hunting, he

Would havc no objection to the re-

quirement. On the other hand, if he

failed to act the part of a sportsman,

then society could justly demand

means of. ready identiﬁcation.


Would such a plan as this prove a

worthwhile addition to the hunting

laws of Michigan? We would be

pleased to have the reaction of read-

ers on such a suggestion.


An

Added


Protection


FTER all, the


boys and girls

on our farms are the

best crop .we grow.

If we have the right

angle on life, our best

thoughts should be of the needs and

proper environment for this crop. It

is not strange, therefore, that after

thinking of, trains for promoting the

culture of alfalfa, improving the dairy

.hei'd, urging the use of purebred

' sires, encouraging the use of better

seed in the growing of our potato

crop, and for stimulating beet grow—

' era-to raise a higher tonnage of beets

per aere—‘it is not strange, we say,

that ﬁnally the idea. works itself into,


For

, the Boys

and Girls


‘..'mr,'mlnds of running a train in the


”tombs of. the boys and girls;

r the part three weeks a. boys‘

Slut-homo .


TH E M 1C 'HI—“G‘A up is an


tion for borer obntrol on Itheljegulur , ‘1


progressive leaders of the Upper Pen-

insula. Because of the special inter-

est taken by Cloverland people in the

coming generatiou, it is not surpris-

ing that a large percentage of the win-

ners in state-wide contests goes to the

lads and lasses from north of the

Straits. All of which suggests the

idea that it pays to give thoughtful

attention to the boys and girls. Their

lives grow stronger and richer under

the combined care of the parents and

the community.


We wish to congratulate the folks

of Cloverland on this new method of

attracting the attention of both par-

ents and communities to their most

valuable crop.


URAL districts in


the states which

have cooperated un-

der the maternity and

infancy act during

the entire period of

its operation, and which have been

in the birth registration area since

1917, record materially lower average

infant and maternal death rates, ac-

cording to the agency administering

the act. . '


We are proud, too, that Michigan is

one of the eight states whose average

maternal mortality rate in rural dis-

tricts was ten per cent lower during

the period 1922-1926 as compared with

the period 1917-1921, exclusive of 1918'

when rates were high on account of

inﬂuenza.


The appropriations for this work

expire next June. When the maternal

and infancy act was being discussed

some six years ago, it met with con-

siderable criticism in Congress. All

believed that something should be

done to save the mothers and children

in our country, but a number of Con-

gressmen did not approve of the

methods of handling the appropria-

tions. Public health movements do

not progress rapidly, but this average

decrease of ten per cent in the mater-

nal mortality rate would indicate that

appropriations in at least eight of the

states accomplished their purpose, and

that the states are justiﬁed in their

plea for further appropriations to

carry forward this worthy cause.


Michigan ’3

Records


Decrease


HE farmers’ inter-


est in the corn

borer situation was

shown when the Agri-

cultural committee of

the House of Repre-

sentatives had a $10,000,000 appropria-

tion under consideration. More actual

farmers showed up in Washington

than for any other legislative propo-

sal considered this year. These farm‘

crs were from the states now affected,

Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. Their

reason for attending was to impress

upon the committee that there should

be considerable change of the manage—

ment of control work.


Corn

Borer

Legislation


The thought was to railroad this

$10,000,000 appropriation through for

this spring’s use, but the farmers im-

pressed the committee that it would


come too late for effective use‘ as,


many acres were already planted with

other crops.


Other things impressed upon the

committee were that the inspection

work should be done by mature men,

not boys, and that the farmer should

get more of the appropriation which

would be possible if the work was

carried on in a sane and economical

way.


The Purnell bill, as reported out by


the committee, carries a $7,000,000~


appropriation which will be avolloble

July ﬁrst, in time for effective work.

This bill provides that ninety per cent

of this money go to the farmer for his

extra work in clean-up, nine per cent

for overhead and one percent for new

machinery. The appropriation for

machinery in the

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,ceiving wide-spread attention.


Old bill was. too


m


l


agricultural appmpriation bill, besides

the appropriations available from the


states, so that the work will continue _


and proparations will be made for a.

real effective campaign next fall. and

spring.


Regardless of all , the faults in the

campaign last season, the methods

used helped In checking the borer.

With last year’s experience as a basis,


the future control work ought to be.


more effective, more economical and

more just in the distribution of the

appropriations.


RIME is. self-


limiting, al-

though. those who

scan the headlines of

the news papers may

think otherwise. But

crime, like any other destructive

human activity, has its limitations be-

cause the common decency in hu-

manity arises and brings a halt to

those things which degrade human

beings.


As long as humanity retains its im-

perfections, there will be crime, but

lately, as an aftermath of the war, we

have hadmore than a normal amount

of it. But already it is reaching its

limitations because it has attracted

undue public attention. ’


Special drives on crime in the large

cities are becoming eﬂfectivex Politi-

cal reverses for those who are for'the

“open town” are in evidence, and the

government 15 getting itself adjusted

to do effective work in stopping viola-


Lirnitations

of


Crime


tions of federal drug and liquor laws. -


These violations have increased be-

cause in such great readjustments as

we have recently gone through, many

resort to evil practices. These times

truly have been a test for the multi-

tudes.


The crime situation in the rural sec-

tions is of recent development, due to

the greater convenience of getting into

the country. Also. the big criminals

have “things” organized in the city,

so the petty criminal must seek new

ﬁelds. The days when one can leave

their doors unlocked and things stand

around are gone even in the country.

But the rural crime situation is re-

Rural

organization, farm papers, _news-

papers, local, country, and state ofﬁ-

cers are giving it attention, so that

criminals will have a mere difﬁcult

time of it to work their “trade."


We venture to say that a reaction

has set in and that crime will be on

the decrease during the next several

years.


ORESTRY ' week


begins next Mon-

day. This should be

a week of growing

importance to Amer-

ica, particularly to

rural America. The people on the

farms use forest products to a greater

extent than do other classes. They.

also can produce these products to.

advantage, and do this largely'withs

out restricting their other farm opera-

tions. For these reasons, next week

should be of peculiar signiﬁcance to

all farm folks. .


The object of the week is to direct

attention to the growing of trees.

Tree planting should he, therefore,

the main feature to be observed. How-

ever, at farmers’ gatherings efforts

should be made to press home and

emphasizethe advantage and need of

extending forest farming.


But if the forestry’movement is to

become large, forestry must be me-

tered by individuals. It will be

through lndividnalonterprlso that the

farm woodlot can again, be restored to


Keep

Forestry

Week


‘ a. position of respect _ among farm


activities. 80 it is our opinion that


the greatest good might-

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-W’l¢ﬂ ' . iilaus :Iust memes.

ce ve f stating that


We Co- James 0. Penny,

- operate founder of the nation-

- wide chain of depart-


ment stores bearing his name, has ac-

cepted the presidency of the new co-

operative association at the citrus ln-'.


.terests of Florida. Almost coincident:


with this announcement, the railroads

serving Florida. Informed the citrus

people that a request for the shipment

of mixed cars of fruits would be car-

ried to destination without penalty at

the same rate-that straight carl'oads

have been carried heretofOre. This is

one of the ‘ﬁnest services the railroads

have yet granted the growers of that

state. ‘


While it often is difﬁcult to secure

the cooperation of railroads 0r busi-

ness concerns with farmers’ institu-

tions which lack a sound business

basis, or are in the hands of inex—

perienced men, the opposite is true,

when these farmer associations are

well Organized and manned by men

with business experience. Conﬁdence

and responsibility are two factors of-

great importance when we do business

cooperatively, in whatever. state we

may be operating.


MM

W ELL, spring is sprung and work

is begun. And I’ll be hung if I

kin see it’s any fun.


, Spring is when the birds is singing

and the buds are peepin’, and the frogs

are croakin’ ’cause the winter’s sleep

is broken. But the farmer is workin’

‘except those what'are shirkin'.


Spring kinda. makes moi feel poetic

like that above but it don’t make.me

turn to thoughts of work I love.


How’s that fer poetry? You didn’t

know I could do it? I didn’t either.


You kin tell it’s

g on d p o e tr-y

’cause some parts

you can’t under-

stand. All good

poetry is t hat

way. And so is

life. . '

Spring would

be a. great time

. ' ‘ . of the year if it

wasn’t for work. Ono’s thoughts could

turn to love, ﬁshin’, 'babblin’ brooks,

pussy willows, and daffodils if it


wasn’t for work, but instead he’s gotta.


think of such nice things as haulin’

manure, plowin', ﬁxin’ fences, and cul-

tivatin’ everything but good taste. So

what’s Spring to the farmer but an-

other chance to see if in about ten

months he kin get enough together to

pay some more taxes, so he kin have

the privilege to hear the robins sing

again next spring. I think we pay a.

good'price to hear them robins sing.

But—what’re we goin’ to do. The

city fellow works all day, every day, if

he’s got work, and he ain‘t got nothin’

when ”he’s through and he don’t hear

the robins sing besides. Sb, .I’d' "rather

work for nothing in the country and

hear the robins and sleep by the ﬁre-

side in the winter than to work fer

the same nothing ’in. the city. '

Somebody says work is a blessin’ in

disguise. Well, it must be pretty well

disguised. I ain’t recognized it as

such, yet._ I loveto be lazy but I

guess I’d get tired of that too if that

was all I’d do. So, I guess I’ve got ta

work so I kin enjoy my laziness. This

is a. funny world but I ain’t’goin’ ta.

take’chances on ﬁndin’ a. better" one.

So I guess I’ll have ta. “see how much ‘

fun I kin got out o’ mywork. But! _

kin ten yon-I'd never pick out, work: '

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MONG any group of farmersit

would probably not be diﬂ‘icult

for one to learn of many ways


‘in which any certainhpiece of work

' might be done, but probably very few

-men would believe it possible for a


farmer with no arms to carry on his

farm work, till the soil, manage his

business affairs, dig potatoes, or drive


. an automobile without the use of his


arms or any artiﬁcial device.


Nearly .twenty-four years ago,

Archie Chickering, then a lad of nine-

teen, in the employ of the Citizen’s

Telephone Company, fell across a high

tension wire. Before the power could

be shut off and a rescue effected he

was so badly burned that it was nec-

essary to amputate both arms, the

right one at the shoulder and the left

just below the elbow. It was two

weeks before he regained conscious—

ness, and came back to the world of

facts which were to him the very

depths of despair. - What could he do

with his life? What did life hold for

him, what was the use of living?

These questions milled through his

mind hour after hour. Returning

strength brought with it that strength

of character, the determination to sue-

ceed which has characterized his

career since he became a farmer.


Little by, little, he has worked out

ways and means of accomplishing the

various tasks of the farm. He plows,

drags, runs the mower and reaper,

digs potatoes with a fork, loads, and

unleadshay, cultivates his crops, and

mows his owu la'wn. Nowhere will

you ﬁnd a more immaculate lawn; his

buildings are in excellent repair, his

garden, with its white fence and the

ﬂowers along the wall, all bear evi-

dence of his meticulous care. ,


One of the ﬁrst things that Mr.

Chickering learned to do after the


accident was to sign a check. He


accomplished this by holding the pen

in his teeth. Later by practice and

perseverance he became able to do

all of his own correspondence, and his

penmanship might well make more

fortunate peOple sit up and take no-


, tice.


Two years ago he decided that his

house needed painting. Very well, it

should be painted and he would do


Archie Chickering, Himself


the work himself. His mother assisted

by tying the paint brush to his left

arm, and he carried the pail of paint

up the ladder by grasping the pail

in his teeth. In a few days the job

was ﬁnished, thoroughly, and efﬁ-

ciently.


His farm consists of sixty acres all

under cultivation, and last season he

had »tWenty acres,of beans on rented

land. It is a fact well known among


' H’mgnpgighibo‘rs that this man has his-


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. ted-ea yier than. other-farm—

” M ‘« -. now are.


Farmer succeeds Without Hands

‘ ' Only Two foot Toot He Cannot Do ‘


By C. LaDow


work of every farm, he cannot do. His

father must do the milking and har-

ness Archie's team.. Aside from these

two there is nothing to be done on a

farm that he cannot do as well as any

other man. He says the hardest work

he does is digging potatoes with a

fork, since the effort must be made

with the left forearm and throwing

the entire strain on his back. You

farmers who think you work too hard,

try digging potatoes without using

your hands and only the upper part

of your left arm.


Archie can drive any three shift

automobile. It used to be a common

sight in Belding to see an armless

man driving his car through the

streets. A few years ago he, with his

father and mother went on a pleasure

trip to Sault Ste. Marie. Since the

elder Mr. Chickering does not drive,

it was all up to Archie and he did it,

enjoying every mile of" the trip. At

Traverse City he had occasion to visit

a. garage, and it happened that it was

also the salesroom of the particular

car that the young farmer happened


to be driving at the time. The garage

man suggested that perhaps he had

better drive the car into the building,

but was soon convinced that the

owner of the machine was perfectly

capable of driving it, both in and out

of the doorway without damage to

either building or car. Convinced, the

dealer asked permission to photograph

car and driver that he might prove

what he had seen. Since trafﬁc has

become so heavy, Mr. Chickering has


given up‘driving, not so much in fear


of what he might do as of what some

other driver might do to him.


His favorite sport is ﬁshing, and

often in summer he may be seen at

some of the nearby lakes where he

usually gets his share of the ﬁsh. His

success has been a matter of deter-

mination. ,Just as at the time of the

accident he lived where most men

would have died, so in later years

where most men would have been a

burden on their relatives or travelled

about appealing to public sympathy,

he has overcome the terrible handicap

to such an extent that he is consid-

ered one of the best farmers in his

locality.


The Chickering Home Denotes the Progressiveness of its Owner


The ' Niagara Falls


it .7th a Drop of Water

By Harv Hess


ARLY one morning, a good many


years ago, a small caravan stood


just outside the entrance to a

vast estate in the land of Canaan,

impatiently awaiting the Signal to

highball. The means of locomotion

was furnished by ten camels, and

these Were busily chewing their feed

of grass which had been cut and

placed in small piles in front of each

animal, while their attendants walked

up and down, fuming and sputtering

because of the delay.


The reason for the detention was

that the leader of the outﬁt, whom,

for convenience sake, we’ll call Jeff,

was closeted with the master of the

estate receiving ﬁnal instructions be-

fore starting on his long trek across

the desert. Jeff was a man of un-

usual competency and trustworthi-

ness; a man with a head on him as

long as the Pere Marquette and pos-

sessed with all the characteristics

which endear a servant to his em-

ployer. Hence, he was to be entrust-

ed with a most delicate and extraor-


“dinary mission.


Jeff’s master had a handsome son,

unattached, named Isaac who had at-

tained the age when his parents con-

sidered it advisable for him to take

on a family, and it was up to them,

mind you, to select the maid who was


to put the moan in matrimony. Isaac


at”, here been to. bashful-El raw};


rise .' 1'.


into Mesopotamia and pick out a nice,

sweet mama for him. A queer way of

doing, I’d say.


Finally, having absorbed all the de-

tails, Jeff mounted his camel at the

head of the train and began the long,

tiresome, 450 mile hike over the sands.

Now you and I would probably nego—


tiate a little jaunt of 450 miles in not ‘


over a day and a half, but I never

rode a came] so I can’t even surmise

how long it took. I guess, though, a

camel can et a hump on itself if it

wants to. §Ve will say, for conveni-

ence, that along about 4.30 P. M. on

the tenth day they pulled up at the

outskirts of Nahor, the terminus of

their trip.


It had been a hot, dusty old ride

and they were all in need of water


both internally and 'otherwise. In

those days they didn’t have well-

drilling machines or water wheels.


Plumbing was an unknown graft.

Usually, right outside the city was the

towu pump—only it. wasn’t a pump,

just a huge well. And to this foun-

tain, each evening, came the feminine

population of the city laden with pit-

chers in which to carry the thirst cure

back to their respective homes. Quite

a job for the girls, wasn’t it? 3


Old Jeff knew his groceries when

he picked that point of vantage and

as the maidens giggled and gossiped

he scanned each face and ﬁgure in an


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Improvements


Cham ion-

for a 1 care

other than

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FARM OWNERS Operating

trucks, tractors, and other

enginevdriven farm equip-

ment will be vitally intero

ested in these new Cham-

pion improvements.


A remarkable new s‘illio

manite glaze on the hem ,

later—keeping the plug free " ‘

from carbon and oily de-

posits —thus increasing its

insulating efﬁciency.


New compression—tight

patented gasket seal which

holds absolutely gas—tight

-—thus insuring maximu

compression. '


Improved special analysis

electrodes providing a

permanently ﬁxed spark

gap which is far more efﬁc

cientunder all conditions. ,


Champion says in all sin.


cerity, that Champion

superiorities are so pro-

nounced as to warrant

immediate equipment -

with new Champions,

no matter what spark '

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young queen came ﬂoating down to

the pump with her pitcher and as soon

as Jeff saw her he ran a’temperature.

“There’ s the water-ﬁlly I’ve been look—

ing for,” says he to himself as he

edged over where she was struggling

to wise the ﬁlled jug to her fair

shoulder. He opened negotiations by

asking for a drink. Now One would

natulally think Jeff would offer to

help her carry the ﬁlled container or,

at least, get his own drink. But not

in those balmy days. Rebecca didn’t

tuin haughtily and lisp: “How do you

get that way!” She smiled her sweet-

est smile, poured Jeff his libation and

proceeded to draw “atei for his en-

the retinue including the ten camels,

while Jeff and his seivants looked on.


That was over 3,700 years ago; yet,

today, the1e me lots and lots of

faims where the women still handle

that end of the game. Peisonally, I

believe pumps were made f01 women

to wear and not to work, and I’ll bet

a good drink right now that if the fair

sex have a Hall of Fame, one of the

names up close to the top is Mr. Hy

Draulic, the guy who invented the

ram.


Up to a few years ago the only

time we ever" had running water in

the house was when it rained. Our

water problem was located a quarter

of a mile from the kitchen door—-

straight down. Thirty-two strokes it

took before you could even look at it

and, honestly, I’ve worked on the light


Proba


HE Senate will promptly pass the

new McNary-Haugen farm-relief

bill. The House will quickly fol-


1 low. But I expect another veto from


the President.


Although several of the administra-

tion’s suggestions have been incor-

porated in the present bill, it still

contains the equalization-fee provision

to which the President is opposed.


It may take another Congress and

another President to enact this law.

But, of course, there is always the pro-

verbial chance that the unexpected

may happen. If the President should

sign the bill, the Supreme Court will

doubtless be called 011 for a test of

the constitutionality of the law. This

happens with all important legislation.


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There never has been anything the

matter with the Coolidge backbone.

Whatever he does to the farm bill the

President will be sincere about it. In

this case his viewpoint, it seems to


me, is more likely to be typically

Eastern-wand the farm problem is

largely a VVestern problem. because


the actual breadbasket of the nation

is in the Middle-VVest, Northwest, and

Southwest. ,


The industrial East now frankly ad-

mits there is a farm problem, but is

afraid. It, is afraid the farm-relief bill


_ will work—-n0t that it, won’t work. It


is not. yet; ready to admit the Amer-

ican farmer to equal participation and

beneﬁt with general industry under

the American protective system.


The East is afraid with something


. ,. of 'the same sort of fear which moved


Wall Street to make a furious attack

on the soldier bonus and Secretary

'Mellon of the Treasury to predict the

country would be ruined if that legis-

lation were passed. The President ve-

toed the bonus bill. Congress passed

it over his veto, and no one seems to

have been hard hit as a consequence.

the nation, agriculture ex-


prosperous as it has in the last ﬁve


' all It ,*


The. farm organizations have clung

' £39 foo provision in the bill for the

11 there seems no. other effective


end of that pump handle till the water


came out hot. Talk about the water

works! I was it. I‘ threatenedla thou-

sand times to take up a homestead in

Lake Michigan and live on a raft.

Really, I’ve been willing more than

once to change places with some good,

prosperous ﬁsh.


There are water power concerns

that will tell you the average con-

sumption of water per person each

day is twenty-ﬁve gallons. Not when

you pump it, it isn’t. We used to get

along on almost a dribble, you might

say except, of course, on Saturday

night. Then, when I annexed a few

cattle and had to give them a gargle

once a day—sweet essence of gravy!

how I dreaded chore time. ‘I actually

became bow-legged carrying water to

them. Sometimes I think they were

crossed with water buffalo or mink

the way they loved the aqua pura,

and I remember one time, after be-

coming water-logged from so many

trips to the pump, I decided to trade

them for a ﬂock of camels, something

who don’t need a drink more than a

couple times a month.


So, I ﬁnally decided there were

easier ways of breaking your back

than over a pump. The question was,

how? Water may look serene and

placid enough but it is pretty hard,

sometimes, to make it behave. My

farm was practically waterproof. 'One

thing about it, you couldn’t drown on

it. There was, however, a spring on


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one, comer of it which I had always

consilered as being useless, unless I

happened to build my kitchen over it.

Besides, it was ﬁfty feet lower than


' the house and water‘won’t run up hill.


Won’ t it? You bet it will, as I found

out to my joy.


Of course, there has to be some?

thing behind pushing it and I’ve got.

one of the neatest little pushers you

ever saw. You’ve heard the one about

the: school teacher who asked the kid

to name the different kinds of sheep

and he replied with: “There’s white

sheep, black sheep, Mary’s little lamb,

and. a, hydraulic ram.” Well, it’s the

last—named breed I’m going to tell you

about—the kind that produces miner-

al wool.


One nice thing about a hydraulic

ram, they don’t require a. mechanical

genius to set up or run one.- If it did,

I’d probably still be on speaking

terms with my old oaken bucket. A

man doesn’t need to have any more

head than a cane to operate that kind

of a pump. All you need is a spring,

stream or pond which will ﬂow at

least a half gallon per minute and

that can be piped to a level at least

two feet lower than the supply. I’m

not going into detail as the quantity

of water required, distances and

heights of lifting—that takes an edu-

cated steam ﬁtter. I’m just going to

tell you about our own little proposi-

tion.


The ram I have is a little fellow, a.


mere lam’byou might? any,;8ut WE:


power.

and year out without stopping, no oil

or grease, just an occasional gasket.

This little runt elevates the water a.

height of ﬁfty feet and a. distance of

eleven hundred feet Some feat! The


spring is in the, side of a hill and is


six-feet higher tha'nthe ram. Twenty,

feet of inch and a. quarter pipe con-

nects the two. The pipe from the ram

to the house is three-quarters inch.

Ordinarily one-half inch would do, but

the ram manufacturers said to use

the larger pipe for a long haul like

mine in order to avaid friction. I

don’t know anything about it' but ‘it’s

a cinch there wasn’t aany friction be-

tween the ram people and our local


. plumbing fraternity. Looked like they


were partners


The eleven hundred foot ditch,

where I have my pipe hidden, looked

as long as U. S. 31 when I started.

digging and I- used up a Whole bottle

of linament before it was ﬁnished The

only time I like to use a shovel is

when I’m digging for worms. Seemed

like it required a month or two to do

it but at any rate I ﬁnally got water

up to the house. On the second ﬂoor,

in a small, back room I installed a.

hundred gallon galvanized tank and

into this, every twenty-four hours, Mr.

Ram pushes 500 gallons of pure, cold

water. As this is about 450 more than


(Continued on page 560)


IV Another Farm Vcto


consumption of wheat is about 600

million bushels, including seed for the

next crop. A wheat crop of 800 mil-

lion bushels therefore would give us

a ZOO—million—bushel surplus for ex-

port. This must be gotten rid of if

the U. S. wheat-grower is to get a fair

price for his crop in the home market

and is actually to'be protected.

Under the McNary-Haugen bill, if

the foreign price of wheat is 1ess~—

say one dollar a bushel—the surplus

is disposed of at that price abroad.

With this surplus out of the way, no

foreign wheat may enter the United

States without paying the forty-two

cents—a-bushel duty. ‘ Thereby the

home market will be preserved for the

home-grower of wheat. For this bene-

ﬁt he takes a loss of forty-two cents

a bushel on his export crop. That

would amount to a fee of about ten


cents a bushel on his GOO-million bush-

el domestic crop. .


And this is the much-discussed

equalization fee which the producer

and not the Government pays, and

which the cooperatives believe they

can collect.


In this way the grower would be

beneﬁted and recompensed by the bet-

ter price he would obtain in the home

market through this control of the

surplus, and the country as a Whole

would proﬁt by a prospering and pro

gressive agricultural industry doing

business in a modern way, instead of

suffering from a struggling and de-

clining industry.


Any other equally effective plan

Would virtually call for a subsidy

which neither the farmer nor the coun-

t1y wants.


In the new bill the fee provision is


14 Sign You’ll Ze Proud to Put 072 Your Farm


made applicable to all staple crops in-

stead of a few, but is to be invoked

only in emergency, after the'coopera-

tive. marketing plan for handling the

surplus with loans from» the Govern-

ment,’ has failed. Then the equaliza-


. tion fee may be resorted to to‘ make


the other plan work. ‘


The ﬁrst plan of relief includes

loans at low interest for ﬁnancing the

controlled marketing of crops. The

second provides for marketing agree-

ments enforcing the fee plan. Both

are intended to promote orderly mar.

keting and make farm tariff schedules

effective.


If the courts should, restrain or in-

validate the fee provision, the Fed~

eral Farm Board created by the bill

would still be free to operate under

the loan provision. '


The bill also provides for collecting

a fee on importations of an agricul-

tural food product during its market-

ing period, or on the importation of

any food commodity manufactured

from it.


The cooperative marketing plan is

the administration’s contribution to

the bill. It was incorporated as a com-

promise to meet as far as possible the

President’s objections to the «bill be


“vetoed. laSt year. ’But it still contains


the equalization. fee to -wh1~ch he ob-

jected then, a provision the farm" co-

operatives assert is necessary if the

new farm-relief bill is to-be made ef-

fective.


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Until those who" oppose the' -Mc-

Nary-Haugen bill and who prefess to

be friendly toward putting agriculture

on a parity with general industry are

able to unite on some effective con<

structive measure for dealing With the

surplus, the farm organizations will

stick to their plan and will be justiﬁed


‘ in doing so.

In any branch of legislation 9. per?


feet measure is not to be" expected the

ﬁrst time

structive laws have to be strengthened


' and improved as experience 111nm ,,

is necessary. This will, of: course, be;

the history of farmvrelief lowdown.


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,and‘his assistants in trying out many

of these recommendations, some of

which have been found to be satis~

factory»


This insect is quite free from para-

sites and natural enemies in the

United States, but in Mexico a small

Tachinid ﬂyparasite, about the size of

an ordinary house ﬂy, destroys the

larvae of the beetle. Attempts to in-

troduce this parasite into the United

States were not successful. Mr. How-

ard hopes that the parasite may be

studied in its native environment in

Mexico so that future attempts to in-

troduce it into the infested area may

meet with more success. ,


Research on the control of the

I beetle presents rather a difﬁcult prob—

I lem for it must include methods suit-

, able for the home garden and truck

. l farm as well as for the larger acre-

‘ g) age producing dry beans for the baked


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bean and canning industry.


,The menace of the bean beetle

comes close home to a large part of

l the population because of the fact


that beans are served in such a vari-


l ety of ways as to constitute rather a


large part of the average American

( diet. The probable value of the

threatened crop is estimated, by Mr.


5; Howard, at around seventy million

\ dollars when all garden plots not in—


Mexican Bean Beetle At Work


consideration. The economic impor-

tance of this pest is therefore great.


The beetle attacks green beans,

soup beans, lima beans, but doesn’t

seriously affect soy beans or cow peas

although they may be injured if grown

in the vicinity of other beans heavily

infested. It has a host which is a

native plant over North America in

beggar weed (Meibomia) sometimes

called beggar lice and beggar tick in

different localities. In the north this

plant grows in waste places and wood-

lands. The destruction of this weed

by burning in addition to the plowing

under of the bean plants as soon as


cluded in the census are taken into .


the crop is harvested will aid mate-

rially in combatting this crop enemy.

The spread of the bean beetle since

it has reached eastern United States

has reminded some of our elders of

the spread of the potato beetle ﬁfty

or sixty yearslago. The situation now

however is differentfor practical in-

sect control has reached an advanced

stage, whereas in comparison then

entomolgy was unknown and only the

crudest methods were employed in

combatting the potato beetle. It is

the opinion of Mr. Howard and other

.prominent entomologists that th e

science of insect control is only in its

infancy, even though present methods

are rather efﬁcient in comparison with

methods used a few years ago. Mate-

rials and equipment for application

are well distributed and effective

means of distributing information can

place knowledge before the grower in

shert time. . ’ ' ,,

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SPORT MODELS $1195 to $1525


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The enteimination of ﬁns Insect 15 out va York, Mm“ 28th, 1928.


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miles from the point where they were 9%? \f

liberated, and others at a distance‘of ’

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seen in its distribution record which

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hundred miles during the four years

1921-1924. The spread has been a

little less to the east than to the

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other things, it is

costly to have to re-

move litter from the

barn with a wheel-

b a rro w. A N e y

Litter Carrier not

only saves the physi-

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the time in half.

Easy lift, worm gear operates in

oil-n0 ratchets. Simple and

positive to operate. Built for

rough usage.

In fact, a Ney Litter Carrier 1s

just what you would expect from


a ﬁrm that has spent

SOyearsmakinglabor

saving farm equip-

ment. You always

get a dollar’s worth


Clean the Barn g0!“ Ney Dairy Barn

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Ney Haying Tools


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dealer is a good

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’ ANOTHER FOUR-WHEEL TRAILER


gram of a four-wheel trailer I made

some time ago and have found very

satisfactory. I had the ﬁrst four-

wheeled one around here and had

nothing to go by when I made it, yet

so far I have not seen any that has

it beat. ' i


For the hind axle I used the axle

from an old platform buggy. Had the

blacksmith turn down the ,axle stubs

so the regular automobile cones ﬁt,

and Ford front wheels are used on

these stubs. The front axle is the

regular Ford front axle and spindles

and wheels. The pole is made from

iron about ﬁve-sixteenths by one and

a half inches. It is fastened to the


I AM sending description and dia-:


sowing the desired amount of grain.

Errors may be caused by the kind and

purity of the grain and frequently by


worn parts in 'old drills. Short pieces

of stem also cause inaccurate sow-

ing. Consequently, seed grain should

always be recleaned to remove the

short pieces of straw and weed stems

as well as the weed seeds and small

grains.


Calibrating the grain drill is a sim-

ple matter and requires but .a few

minutes. In doing this calibrating, it

is ﬁrst necessary to determine the

number of times the wheel revolves

while one acre is being sown. This

'can be determined by dividing the

area—43,560 square feet—by the area

which is sowed by the drill during. one

revolution of the wheel. For example,


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[front axle by a U-bolt or clevis. To

this I bolted on another iron which

extends over the axle back to the

cross piece or rod which holds the

spindle arms rigid. In the end of. this,

I made an opening one-half by one inch,

so it could slide up and down on a

pin in the cross red. It is im-

portant to have iron fastened to

the tongue with at least two seven-six-

teenths-inch bolts with double nuts

and to make connections at this joint

snug ﬁtting, as they are subject to

considerable stress and \wear.


The box I made forty-four by eighty-

four inches and ten inches high. I

made the ﬁrst bottom of hard pine

ﬂooring; and when that wore and

rattled out, I replaced it with six-inch

oak boards planed smooth. ‘ The crate

or rack I'made of two by three-inch

material at the corner and four one

by four-inch strips for sides and ends.

Rear end was made removable. _


With this trailer I can haul on good

roads anything from a can of cream

to thirty bushels of wheat, a small pig

or 1,200 pounds of hogs. A cow or

a bull not over 1,500 pouunds can

easily be loaded and transported one

mile or 200 miles with this more

easily and cheaply than any other way

I know of. The two-wheel trailer may

have its place and use; but for all

around use, give me the four-wheeler

every time—R. Sonstegard.


gHECKING GRAIN DRILL AS To

AMOUNT sown


I am not certain as to the amount


‘ of grain my drill sows and would like


directions for checking the accuracy

of the guantityN indicator. The dia-

meter ‘0 Hmy drill wheel is 11 feet 6

inches. —H .-


Scales or Agauges used on grain

drills cannot always be depended up«

on, for tests have shown that in


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a drill with twelve seed tubes that are

seven inches apart will sow a.,strip

seven feet wide. Then if the circum-

ference of the wheel is twelve and a.

half feet, the area which is sown by

the drill during each revolution of the

wheel can be determined by multiply~

ing seven feet by twelve and a half

feet. This gives eighty-seven and a

half feet. Dividing the area of one

acre—443,560 square feet—by eighty-

seven and a half square feet shows

that it takes 497.8 revolutions of the

wheel ’to sow an acre. With this ﬁg-

ure determined, one or both Wheels

of the drill Should be raised so that

they can be turned by hand. With

the, box full'of grain, the'drlll should

be set at a certain rate and the wheel

given a suﬂ‘lcient‘number of‘revolu«

tions to sow one-quarter or one-half

an acre. The grain that is sown

should be caught and weighed and

checked against the setting of the

drill: This will show the error,’ if

there is one,’and adjustments can be

made accordingly.


The subscriber evidentlymeans that

the circumference or distance around

his Wheel is 11 feet six inches; but as

he does not give the' width sown, we

cannot work out his problem. How-

ever, with the, information given

above, he should have no trouble.


In case the quantity register isoﬂi

as to the amount of any grain sown

per acre, a convenient way of making

a correct register is to slip a sheet

of tin or aluminum under the register

and tack it fast. then mark the dif-

ferent amounts by pricking holes with

an awl or sharpened nail in line with

the tip of the pointer. Another way


would he to fasten on a sheet of

heavy never by means of thin 81118,.

smoothing it down Waltz. Then

make the tests and mark the was! ‘ ~» '

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, PREFERS RADIO TO OTHER

COMFORTS


HEN we ﬁrst began to hear


about radios, I could not make

up my mind what kind or type of

radio to buy. I' felt sure there would

be many improvements made on them

even in a year or two. In this respect

I was right. The radio we now own

is far better than the one we thought

of buying several years ago.


There is perhaps no better way for

a beginner to acquire a working

knowledge of radios than through

practical experience. It cannot be

said positively that one type of battery

is easier on radio tubes than another,

but it has been my experience that

the small dry-cell tubes give as good

results as the storage battery type

if given the care all tubes should

have.


Most radio owners get more or less

static some of the time. I have al-

ways thought that the type of re-

ceivers was largely responsible for

this. We get very little static on our

set. *


It, is my opinion that the world is

a better place to live in because of

the radio. Most every one loves good

music and few had an opportunity to

hear it before this new invention.

Somehow, it seems to chase dull cares

away and make our burdens seem

lighter.


I feel lost if, for ever a short while,

our radio is not in working order. I

would rather give up any other con-

venience or comfort that I have in my

home than be without a radio—Mrs.

O. B. 1-1., Saginaw County.


NEWS FROM THE AIR


When excited voices in a New York

studio broadcast a “Great Moment in

History,” the battle between the Mer-

rimac and the Monitor, which was a

revolutionary point in the construc-

tion of naval vessels, an old man with

hands cupped to his ears sat in \Vash-

ington, straining to hear every word

coming from the loud speaker. This

man of more than four score years

was Dr. Tindall, an eye witness of

the epoch-making event.


Milton Cross, credited by critics

with being the best announcer of clas-

sical music, admits he is happiest

when presiding over the destinies of

the Children’s Hour on Sunday.


More than 7,000,000 radio receiving

sets are owned in the United States,

according to the latest estimate.


It was while confined to his bed

with a long illness that Harry Breuer,

of Roxy’s Gang, learned to play the

xylophone. -


An automatic broadcast receiver, it

is reported, has been invented by

Harry Marvin, of New York. It has

been approved for both battleships

and ﬁghting planes. .


In commenting upon the inﬂuence

Of community music, Mme. Schumann-

Heink said, “Let us all come together

and Sing—not jazz, but the great musi-

cal compositions and we will see a

proportionate decrease in anarchy,

lawlessness, hip ﬂasks, and degrading

tendencies now noticeable.”


LOUD SPEAKER ON TWO_ TUBE

- ser


Could I operate a loud speaker on

my two tube radio? Could I get a

station about sixty miles away very

good? I use dry cells for A batteries.

-—— B


Ordinarily a two tube set will not

give sufﬁcient volume to operate a

loud speaker. HoweVer, if you live

within sixty ‘miles of a powerful

broadcast station, it is probable that


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RADIO HOWLS


I have some trouble with my radio.

When I turn on the volume too far it

howls terribly. What can I do to

remedy this?

volume. Lhave a ﬁve tube set with

two forty-ﬁve volt batteries—R. R. J.


In answering your question I as-

sume that the howl which you refer

to has just recently developed. If

this is the case, I would suggest that

you examine your tubes by changing

them from one socket to the other

and, if necessary, to replace some

with new tubes. Note if this change

makes a difference.


Also examine your “B” battery, and

your “C” battery if your set uses one.

A voltmeter test is suﬂ‘icient. Per-

haps the loudspeaker may be too

close to the set. It is difﬁcult to

diagnose your receiving set troubles

without having more information con—

cerning the set. It is probable, how-

,ever, that a checking up of your tubes

and batteries will correct your difﬁ-

culty.—E. C. Sauve.


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PH EASANT DEFENSE


I WOULD like to say a word in de-

fense of the pheasant. I have heard

so much about their destructive hab-

its, and as for myself I cannot see

in Our farm is a long eighty, the

back part is in the swamp, and we

have had our troubles with hunters,

for our farm is an ideal hunting

ground. One day I went out to the

garden, for some tomatoes for dinner,

while I was picking them there was

a whirring sound, I looked up and

counted sixteen pheasants flying out

of my garden, and search as I might,

I could not find where they had been,

and I had sweet corn in the garden,

ready for use. I think if they pull

down the corn, they must be after the

corn borer. I always had chickens

roaming over the ﬁelds, and never

found one molested by pheasants: I

used to throw food where they came

in the garden. They are such beauties

and have such a cheery call, I feel

like doing'all I can to save them. If

we had more birds, we would have

fewer insect pests—E. P. C.

____._,_._._.——


THE GAS REFUND


I HAVE read Mr. Powell’s interest-

ing letter, in a current issue, and

I am anxious to continue his para-

graph, relative to the red tape at-.

tached' to a gasoline refund.


The dealer furnishes us a voucher

for the gas we declare we want for

purposes other than to propel motor


sults. Try one. .


: ICHIGAN FARMER

-. Classiﬁed Liners get re-


vehicles on the roads or streets, but

that is not enough. We are compelled

to take the dealer’s voucher to a no-

tary public, and again swear our hon-

esty. When a notary public renders


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receipts for the refund, on the back of

the application for it, or along time

before we get it, and in fact before

we have any reasonable assurance

that we will ever get it, and with that

receipt, goes all the evidence that we

ever had.


I cannot understand why a dealer’s

word is notjust as good as that of

a notary public? Certainly one has

no better chance to know whether or

not the gas is actually used in a trac-


tor or engine, than the other, and it,


is just as reasonable to suppose that

if a purchaser would be dishonest in

the one case, he would be so in the

other.


I have entered claim for the gas

refund a few times, and got it within


about thirty days, but I did not call


it a refund in the true sense of the

word, because first I was compelled

to go to a notary, and swear my hon-

esty, which took my time, and for

which I was not compensated, next I

receipt‘ed for the refund, before I had

actually made application for, it. To

my thinking, it is a plain case of in-

voluntary servitude.——O. A. Ritter.


CLOVERLAND SNOW AND ROADS


SEE by your news of the week


that we have a lot of snow here-—

six to ten feet only on state roads.

Now to make it right you should

know the facts about it. We have

been timbering for the last ten years

and we have had many worse years.

It was the state road commissioners’

fault for they plowed the roads to the

ground and it kept drifting full all

the time and they kept piling it up.

That’s why only township and country

roads were the only good roads we

had this winter. ‘ .


When the state road Was opened

it was so narrow that it wasn’t safe

to travel on. Farmers couldn’t turn

in at their own gates without shovel-

ing snow and climbing a bank of from

three to ten feet. VVe‘had about three

feet on the ﬁelds. We had about a

foot or more of snow ﬁve years ago

and could use the roads but this year

the plowing raised hob. with them.

Now when the break-up comes, the

water goes down the state road“ as the

ditches are ﬁlled full of snow.

go with a load of hay or grain to

town and the wind blows before you

get home, the road is blocked up and

if the sun shines for a few days the

road is bare and the gravel shows up

and in the spring you will have to

haul one-half loads on wagons.


Why not put a heavy roller on a

tractor and pack the snow? It costs

less and gives roads that couldn’t

dm'ft full and a man could tell When

he was at his own gate without climb-

ing the banks of snow they have now.

—George E. Kemp.


REPLY TO “TAXPAYE R”


IN your March 31st issue, I read with

some amusement but much interest

the article by a “Taxpayer” in rela-

tion to taxes. May I take up a little

space in reply to my brother tax-

payer? He starts out on the rural

mail carriers. Would like to have him

’tell us all how much he pays toward

their salary. This is a. fair question

and thousands of farmers all are! our

fair land_will be interested ‘in his

answer, Perhaps he does not know

that all federal ' em‘ployees’ salaries


.‘are paid out of the internal revenue


such as the m watchmen, narcotics,


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hours; I do not believe there is a est-

rier in Michigan who dees that. True,

there may bea few who can go out

and make their trip in two hours,

but that.is,not all he has to.do. He

must report at the Post Ofﬁce at a.

given time, route his. mail in orderly

fashion, and, after he returns, must

take care of the money orders ' he

picks up, registered letters, insured

packages, and very likely have to

“lick” on a. lot of stamps for some

careless taxpayers. In addition to

that he must keep his vehicle in- good

repair and ready to go. in all sea.-

sons. If our brother taxpayer lives in

Michigan he surely knows what a.

snap it has been this past Winter for

the “mail man." _ ~ /


Let me further add to cheer him

up, that the Post Office department is

consolidating rural routes just as fast

as vacancies occur and wherever

Conditions will permit. Thirty years

ago we all did things that would he

absurd now and While we all agree to

a certain point that taxes are high

and we all see, or think we do, where

they could be saved or lowered, how

many of us want to go back thirty

years? I would like to inform the

“Taxpayer” that thirty million people

or nearly one-third of our entire popu-

lation gets their mail on rural routes

and if he wants to know how many

are sick of it and want the route

taken up, let him go out with a peti-

tion and see how many names of rural

patrons he can get on it in a week.


My advice to any taxpayer. who

feels as badly as your letter seems to

indicate is to “get in step.” First, get

acquainted with your mail carrier,

your treasurer, and your representa-

tives, and Congressmen and senators

and you might get to like them.—Ben

R. Garden, Vice—President, Michigan

Rural Letter Carriers’ Association,

Boyne City, Mich.


NOT SUCH GOOD LUCK


M writing you in regard to the


Horton Trespass law. Of what

good is it to the farmer if the officers

that are supposed to enforce it, refuse

to do so when called on to do so? I

read Mr. A. B. Cook’s article in your

last issue and must say he had better

luck than I did. I went to a Justice

of the Peace the fore part of the win~

ter and asked for warrants for hunter

trespassers and he refused to issue

them. He said he would call up the

prosecutor and talk with him. The

prosecutor teld him that the law only

applied to farms ** adjoining public

parks and state game reserves. Now

is that right? If it is, I would like to

know as I do not feel like lying down

yet, is there any way to force action?

VV'hat is the best way in your judg-

ment to go about it?—J. M. Goodacre.


The Horton Trespass law applies to

all farms and private lands. Those

havmg trouble getting the oﬂicers to

act under the law, should notify the

Michlgan Farmer, giving the name

of 'the ofﬁcers. '


GOVERNMENT RECLAMATION

. PROJECTS 1


- HEARTILY endorse your views on


reclamation as we were through

~ several western states,1ast year—-

California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, and

others. If the government doesn’t

stop such work, I can imagine where

we middle-western farmers Will have

to go. We’ll lose our farms, as'many

are now. We crossed a dam just being

ﬁnished at Bear Lake Canyon,_ Utah,

that s 118 feet deep- with pipe line

eighteen feet through. I asked the

centimeter who built it and the answer

was. the. tedeml government. whey

make us help, pay for them and: then

compete against us with their large

yields. Is it any wonder that there

are, so many; abandoned «tan-ms here? ’


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TRESPASS


A telephone company is putting a

cable line between two towns and is

running it over farms. They want to

set poles in my ﬁelds between 60 and

80 rods. I own this farm and do not

believe there is a law whereby any

company can set poles or trespass on

my farm without my consent. Please

advise.~E. H. P. g -


We are not aware of any law which

authorizes a telephone company to set

their lines or poles on or over private


. property without the consent of the


owner. In granting such a consent

the. price should be based upon an

equivalent of selling the land covered

by the line—Rood.


QUALIFICATIONS FOR SCHOOL

DIRECTOR


Does a man have to be a real estate

owner to hold the ofﬁce of school


. director?—P. A. I.


A person does not have to be a real

estate owner to hold the ofﬁce of

school directorl One qualiﬁcation nec-

essary for holding school ofﬁce is that

the person own property which is as-

sessed for school taxes in the district

and that the name of the person must

appear on the assessment rolls. As-

sessment for personal property quali-

ﬁes in the same way as would the as-

sessment for real estate—G. N. Ot-

.Well.


MORTGAGE OUTLAW


How long does it take a real estate

mortgage to outlaw when there hasn’t

been any interest or principal paid or

asked for?-—l. H. H.


A right of action on the mortgage

debt would outlaw in six years from

the time the debt is due or from the

time the last payment of principal or

interest was made. Action to fore~

Close the mortgage would be barred

in 15 years from the time the debt

was due or the last payment of inter-

est was made—Rood.


CAPTURING HONEY BEES


W'ould like information regarding

the capture of honey bees which are

between the siding and plaster in the

house we live in.——A. Reader.


If you decided to get the honey

only without saving the bees alive,

then the best thing to do is to fumi-

gate the bees with sulphur fumes, car-

bon bisulphide, later removing enough

siding to get at the honey. Bee in-

spectors do a lot of this work in the

fall. If it is decided to save the bees,

it is a different matter entirely. In

that case, the procedure should start

about the middle of June. Directions

are given in full with an illustration

in the bulletin,“Transferring Bees,”

which is issued by the Michigan State

College—«R. H. Kelty.


CUTTING HAIR


Can a man cut hair at his home

and charge for same if he does not

have a license to barber? 'If he does

have to have a license, to Whom

should I write to put in a complaint

to the effect that he cuts hair without

a license?—~S. H. 'M.


Public Acts 1899 No. 212, being

Compiled Laws 1915, Sections 6828-

6849, as amended by Public Acts 1917

No. 178 and. Public Acts 1921 No. 127

makes it unlawful for any person to

follow the occupation of a barber un-


1— less he has ﬁrst obtained a Certiﬁcate


of registration as provided by these

statutes. A board of examiners is

provided for to be appointed by the

governor. , Further information on the

subject can be obtained by addressing

a letter to the Board of Examiners of


,Barbers, Lansing, Michigan—Rood.


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hive for activity. One to two hundred

extra'pickers and packers are hired

at that time. A great many of these

come each year and many of them are

city people. They drive to the Rogers’

farm in their cars from Chicago and

other places and are furnished com~

fortable tents. Arrangements are also

made for 9. grocery Wagon to come to

the farm from Beulah to take orders.

Whole, families spend their annual

vacations in this way. .It gives them

a real.outing which is proﬁtable as

well as wholesome. The pickers are

paid by the pound and some are efﬁ-

cient enough to make good wages.

The campers have gotten to know

each other and-have ﬁne social times

around’the camp ﬁres.


The animal equipment on this farm

consists of two mules and two dairy

cows, but it is well equipped with ma-

chinery, including a tractor, four

gasoline engines, t'h ree electric

motors,‘ an automobile, two trucks,

and the usual orchard equipment

found on a modern fruit farm.


- Here is an indication of the busi-

ness-like way in which this farm is

run. Last spring, Mr. Rogers bought

a large speed truck to use for hauling

his fruit to Chicago, about 160 miles

away. He found that it’not only was

cheaper to haul his fruit but that it

got to the market in better condition

and at a better time than by any other

means of transportation. During the

cherry season he would start his

truck at noon for Chicagowith two

men and they would get to the early

market and return to Beulah to take

aload of cherries from Beulah to Tra-

verse City which was hauled on con-

tract for another man. The truck

would get back in time to take an-

other load to Chicago the.following

noon. So every other noon the start

to Chicago was" made. The men had

a hammock arrangement on the truck

which they used for sleeping purposes

when returning empty. In ‘one season

that truck run up an unusual mileage

and paid Well for itself.


The Rogers are thoroughly public-

spirited folks and good mixers so«

cially. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are

graduates of the University of Wis-

consin and are interested broadly in

public events as well as being in-

tensely interested in their orchard

project. They have three children:

Curtis, fourteen years old, high school

student, a calf club member and a boy

scout; Addie, twelve years old and an

enthusiastic girl scout, and Dorothy,

nine years old.


Mr. Rogers has been very active in

public work. He is ex-president of

the Michigan State Horticultural So-

ciety and Benzie Farmers’ Coopera-

tive Association; former director of

Michigan State Farm Bureau; and

director of the Frankfort Rotary Club.

He teaches Sunday School in the win-

ter, has been county supervisor and

a. school trustee. .


The Rogers’ home, although it may

seem to be in the wilderness, is mod-

ern in every respect. The house has

four bedrooms and a spacious living

and dining room. The basement is full

length and the house is equipped with

a. furnace, running water, bathroom,

electric lights, refrigerator, power

washing machine, vacuum cleaner,

ironer, and . other modern conveni-

ences. The home, is well supplied

with music and good literature.»


The family takes vacations when

time permits but plenty of recreation

is available at'homewi’th boating, ﬁsh-

ing, and swimming at Crystal ”Lake.

In the severe winter months, the


Rogers live in Beulah in ’_order to”

make it convenient for the . children


tagotoechool. .

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adaptibility to trait-growing because


of his apprenticeship with Paul Rose.


one time Michigan’s most famous

peach and ,melon grower. His judg-


_ment in this matter has been so well


justiﬁed that it was. with little dim-

culty that be qualiﬁed for a Master:

Farmer in the class of 1927.


It seems that all successful farmers

give attention to three major things:;

the relation between costs of prov

duction and proﬁts: the maintenance

of the soil fertility for that is their-

production department; and the eﬁi-

cient use of their labor and equip-

ment. In all these, Mr. Rogers has

been an outstanding example. .,


If you want to see a. real-fruit farm‘

that has been hewn out of the rough

by the one who is now making a suc-

cess of it, visit Thrushwood Orchard

when near Beulah.


THE NIAGARA FALLS.


(Continued from page 554)

'we need, the balance goes out the

Overﬂow, is then piped to the barn-

yard where we use it to water the

stock and the~ milk. ,


Our kitchen sink was formerly any

old place in the back yard where you

could heave the water. Now, it’s

nailed to the wall. The biggest con-

venience is the bathroom. They say

that cleanliness is next to godliness.

Up around cur place. it was almost

next to impossible. We used to per-

form our ablution in a galvanized

wash tub with a corrugated bottom

and 'my shins still retain ridges where

I’d kneel dewn to take the dirt cure.

‘I used to wondechow a. six footer,


, unless he was a contortionist, could


jacknife himself into one of those

tubs. But with a regular bathtub all

you have to do is wait till Saturday

Comes, and join the ﬁsh family.


The sewage disposal is a. septic

tank. Now that’s all I’m going to tell

you about that. I don't know how,

when, why, or where they function;'

and mine was built from speciﬁcations

furnished by the college.


Just a couple. words about the sad

part ofthestory. In this water sys-

tem proposition *it‘ doesn’t take long

for a feliow’s hard-earned jack to go

A. W. O. L. ‘Pipe was. the biggest

item of expense for me. Eleven hun-

dred~feet at eight cents per foot was

eighty-eight dollars right off the bat.

The ram was seventeen dollars—

about the same as a 'good, grade

Shrop; galvanized tank. septic tank,

sewer pipe, connections, etc, amount-

ed to thirty-one dollars. I combed

every plumbing shop in the county for

bathroom equipment with the result


that I got the whole works for thirty— ‘


ﬁve dollars. In shipping or in hand-

ling, a bathtub or a toilet may get a.

tiny piece of enamel chipped off which

spoils it for sale as a new one. A;

little dob of white enamel will ﬁx it.

absolutely as good as new, and these

can be purchased for, half price. All

told, our water system 'from ram to

septic tank, including all ﬁxtures in‘

the kitchen and bathroom only added

$180 to the mortgage, exclusive ”of

labor. I don’t ﬁgure my time worth

anything. ' ‘


And now, folks, before you get to!

thinking I’m all wet, I’ll turn the


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S soon as all danger of severe


freezing is past, the mulch should

be removed from the hardy border.

If leaves or strawy manure were used,

they may be incorporated with the

soil to furnish nourishment for the

plants. Many of the best hardy bor-

der plants are so easily raised from

seed there is really no reason why

we all cannot enjoy them; plants

enough for the entire border would

cost too much for many of us but a

few packets of seed, costing just a

triﬂe, will furnish enough plants to

change any yard from a desert to a

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to start plants for the perennial bor—

der. Sow the seeds in ﬂats or cold-

frame where moisture conditions can

be easily controlled and the young


"of the old stand-by.


all of; our Michigan wild ﬂowers can

be successfully grown around the

home premises if their likes and dis-

likes are taken into consideration. Be-

fore attempting to move any wild

plant, study its home conditions and

make its new home as nearly like the

old as possible. Especially must the

question of soil acidity be followed

closely. All of the plants named in

the foregoing notes will grow readily

in common garden soil.—C. W. Wood.


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I WAS born and grew to manhood


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standard dish. Our present-day

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over this plebian food, yet it is true‘


that we still enjoy an occasional meal


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seedlings protected from sudden, de-

structive storms, transplant to a nurs-


ery row when they have attained two.


true leaves and place in their per-

manent home in September or early

the following spring.


Michigan ﬂower lovers are missing

much of the joy of gardening if they

are not using our native wild plants

in their operations. Our ﬂora is so

wide and varied it would be impos-

sible to name all of the wild plants

suitable for our home gardens but the

following are suggested for a start in

that direction. The Bloodroot may be

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care is taken that the roots do not be-

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when planted in clumps in a half-

shaded position. The Butterﬂy Weed

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do not transplant readily after they

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succeeding April, May, and June it

will greet you with its scarlet and

yellow ﬂowers. If you have a moist,

partially shaded place on the home

grounds, you may well enjoy Jack-in-

the—Pulpit. It is a charming plant

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and although it does not always trans—

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from seed. Dutchman’s Breeches and

Squirrel Corn are so easily trans-

planted that any one who desires may

have them growing in their yard. Dur-

ing April and May they will add grace

to any ﬂower garden but as the foli-

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hair or similar growing ferns so their

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__ unsightly place in the garden.


Th}; modest,,start in wild gardening


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We used to grow the old hard-head-

ing varieties of cabbage, and they still

ﬁnd a place in our gardens to be

grown for the poultry, also for late

keeping, and for use the following

spring.


For the regular “old-fashioned din-

ner,” we have found something far

ahead of the hard-headed cabbages—

the sorts our English cousins have

facetiously named “cow cabbages”—

in the curled Savoy cabbages. Any

one who has tasted the delicate ﬂavor

and tested his teeth upon the texture

of these green heads will never want

the other kind, when the Savoys are

available. .


Somehow the impression seems to

have gone abroad that the curled

green cabbages are difﬁcult to raise.

I used to hold the same idea, then I

tried a small patch; now I grow noth~

ing else except for late ‘keeping. The

Savoys are available from late sum—

mer until well along towards ‘spring.

Perfection Drumhead will keep almost

as long as any kind except the Danish

Ballhead.


For the best success with Savoy

cabbages, choose a place in the garden

where nothing of the cabbage or tur-

nip tribe was grown the year before.

Set the plants in the rows« one foot

apart. The plants may be purchased

or grown from seeds. If the latter,

a seed-bed should be prepared about

three weeks before the plants are de-

sired to be set out. For fall and win-

ter use, the plants will need to be set

some time in July.


In order to grow‘ quality cabbage, it

is necessary that the ground he kept

free from weeds. Clean cultivation

right up to the last of the season is

what produces nice heads. This means

keeping up cultivation until October.

The heads

stored, roots and all, in a cool cellar.

Do this before the frosts become too

severe. A certain amount of frost is

beneﬁcial to all of the cabbage tribe.


In order to keep the green cabbage

worm from doing mischief, the heads

should be dusted with insect powder

or may be sprayed with arsenate. If

the latter is done, the outside leaves

should be not be given to live stock,


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ThrOugh its adhesive properties,

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From INGLESIDE F ARM—By Stanley Powell


RUFF old King Winter has


seemed very loathe to surrender


his sovereignty to his more mild

successor. However, it appears that

at last spring has asserted his domin-

ion and new life is pulsing every-

where around us. This re-birth of

activity is not conﬁned alone to. the

vegetative world. Even we human

beings are manifesting that we, too,

are responding to the magic summons

of this dynamic season. Well does

the poet sing: —


“For thou, 0 Spring, canst renovate

All that High God did ﬁrst create.”


In a way it seems to me that spring

is an examination time which shows

us' whether or

not we have

made geod use of

the supposedly

more leisurely

months of winter.

If everything is

in good shape to

start the pressing

work of the new

crop season, then

we may have the

satisfac t i o n of

feeling that we

have made good

use of the winter time.


Here at Ingleside things might be

a lot better and they might be a

great deal worse. In general we feel

that we are pretty well set for the

new season, but of course we can

think of plenty of things that we had

hoped and expected to accomplish be-

fore spring which are still on the wait-


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ing list. But probably that is a whole-

some condition. Certainly we "would

be deserving of pity if we ever caught

up with our plans. A person who has

reached the limit of his vision and

who schemes for no more conquests

must indeed be miserable.


In addition to the new tractor, we

have purchased a large size culti-

packer, which about completes the list

of farm machinery needed for this

season. We have over-hauled our


‘ manure spreader and double disc and


have had a four-section spring tooth

barrow put in shape by the black-

smith. All the teeth were sharpened,

new'shoes applied, and other minor

repairs made.

New Hired.Man Looks Good


I am glad to report that the new

hired man is getting away to a good

start. Although he comes to Ingle-


side from a few years of factory life,‘


he seems to remember his previous

farm experience and has a. natural

gift for handling horses and other live

stock.


We are trying to keep him and his

family happy and contented by mak-

ing things pleasant for them. Rather

extensive repairs are being made to

the tenant house. Two or three

cracked window panes have been re-

placed and other windows re-puttied.

Some new shades have been pur-

chased, the plaster repaired, three

rooms papered, and the ﬂoor borders

and woodwork painted in several

rooms. ,


We weighed our horses this morn-

ing, partly to learn their condition for

starting the heavy spring work which

lies ahead and partly to settle some

friendly differences of opinion which

had arisen between the ‘ hired man

and myself regarding thevweights of

the various horses. We found that

none of them had lost weight during

the past two months, but the greatest

gain for the period was less than

forty pounds. We feel that they' are

in splendid condition to give a good

account of themselves. One gelding

seems to have a little kidney trouble

and yesterday I purchased some pow:

dered Juniper berries and. Buchu

leaves which were mixed together

equal parts by weight. I have also

provided myself with a mixture of

equal parts of saltpetre and cream of

tartar. A tablespoon of this will be

given three times daily to any horse

which shows signs of unnatural pant-

ing or becoming over-heated.


Lambing Season About Over


The lambing season is about over

here at Ingleside and I am rather

glad it is. There is a good deal of

work and strain connected with caring

for the ewes and little lambs. Any

careful shepherd will lose several

hours’ sleep and take a great many

extra steps during the lambing sea-

son, even though he has but a small

ﬂock.


For instancehlast Friday evening

after working here at the desk until

9:30, I thought I would take my usual

bedtime trip to the sheep barn and


, then get a decent night’s rest for a


change. However, when I reached

the sheep barn I found developments


"which seemed to require my atten-


tion and to make a long story‘short

it was seven minutes to one o’clock

A. M. when I ﬁnally "came into the

house and retired. ~


One of the ewes that I helped to

lamb that night was the mother of

our best ram lamb last, season. He

was a single lamb and we took a

great deal of satisfaction in exhibit-


in: him at the various fairs through!


i ' mug” “rill triplets am "to:


say. they were all of good size and

well formed and are getting along

nicely. However, it is safe to predict

that none of them will be in the show

ring this season.

tremendous difference.


'This afternoon I visited a farm

Where there were several brood sows

having young litters of about the same

age. There’ was one litter of only

one pig and believe me it 'certainly

was a dandy!

few months he would take the blue

ribbon for his class at a fair. But

would he be any better for breeding

purposes than another pig from the


same stock that had been raised under


average conditions? » I dare say that

he might not be worth as much!


Authorities Seem to Differ

Some of the letters which I have

been; receiving lately ,have made it

necessary for me to consult various

beaks in Order to furnish authorita4

tive replies.


Last week a sheep breeder wrete

asking a number of questions about

how to correct various conditions, in

his ﬂock which were troubling him.

In preparing to reply to this inquiry

I consulted several books on sheep

management. In doing so I was inter-

ested to note how widely authorities

differed. For instance, take the mat

ter of castrating lambs. In a recent

article I mentioned that we liked to

do this when the lambs are fro-m one

to two weeks old. However, I dis-

covered that one of the best authori-

ties on the subject in ‘the United

States recommended that three days

is the proper age, While another de-

clared that it was an open question

as to the proper age and that any time

up to three or four months of age

might prove satisfactory. So authori«

ties differ and probably the best way

is to take one who is reasonably de-

pendable and stick to him as one’s

guide


We don’t want to crow too soon, but

we have had a very successful sea.-

son with our lambs. Thus far we have

lost no ewes and. only two lambs—

one Rambouillet and one Shropshire.

As far as we know both were born

dead. Anyway, they were dead when

found very soon after birth. None of

the other lambs have fallen by the

wayside. From the pure- bred Shrop-

shire ewes of our own breeding we


have had a little better than ’a 2001 '


per cent lamb crop thus far, that is,

an average of more than two lambs

per ewe. Someone has said. that “Luck

is care.” There is a good deal of

truth .in that statement when it comes

to success with breeding ewes.


I almost forgot to mention that our

little bunch of October lambs brought

twenty-two cents per pound, live

weight, on the Easter market in De—

tioit. They were marketed coopera-

tively, both locally and at the termin-

al market.


Last Friday, I had an invitation to

be the guest of a' Lansing Rotarian

at a rather unique meeting which the

Rotary Club of the Capital City was

holding. Each member was supposed

to bring a. real “dirt farmer”—-what-

ever that means I should have en-

joyed attending, but felt that I had

too much to do here at Ingleside, so

declined the henor.


Anyway, I hope that the meeting

was a success and that there were.

enough leisurely “dirt farmers" to go

around, so that each member could


have one as his guest and companion.


tion, such as the Rotary Club.


The city businessmen might learn

much about the real “farm problem”

from some practical farmers and I am

certain that any farmer could loam

proﬁtable lessons from a well-man-

aged city noouday luncheon Organizas


of these lesson are _


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“Yo-ho-ho and sixty thousand bottles of rum!” The U. S. Coast

Guards captured this three-masted schooner up the Hudson

River with its cargo of rye hidden among bundles of Iaths.


The king of Afghanistan sets

new distance

monarchs riding in sub-s.


Miss Java of 1928, the queen


No more backache for gardners. .

combination fork and spade with a tilting

handle, makes work easier.


Dutch East Indies.


In Tia Juana, Mexico, 'Crystal Pennant, an eight thousand dollar

horse, won the Coffroth handicap which carried a purse of

$92,700, the richest race in the world.


This mother polar bear in the

Washington Park Zoo allows

no one to come near her cub.


New “vault oxyﬁer” supplies

oxygen to employees acci-

dentally locked in a vault.


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John Ryan, New York hotel

porter, receives fortune from

uncle he never saw.


When a naval plane crashed in Quincy, Mass,

of native beauties in the it left the engine in the' garret of a house

and the rest in the backyard.


Huge Ford tri-motored transport built in Detroit for Byrd’s South

Pole expedition will undergo cold weather and snow tests in


Canada before Antarctic trip.


Only honeymooners can rent

this real love-nest perched

in an oak in Hellam, Pa.


)—


Lady Swaythling,

two of England’s largest for-

tunes, is a devoted mother. L
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belie-16


-’ U P sprang Bob Barton as the ap-


plause rang “out and standing


upon the platform pointed the


bell of his cornet out over the

crowd. A vagrant breeze whipped

the ﬂag above his head until it bil-

Iowed in benediction over the gather-

ing. Out rolled the mighty hymn of a.

nation and surrounding hills caught

the 'words and tossed them back.

Bareheaded, under the friendly trees,

they sang as only true patriots can

sing, and many an eye was wet. Even

the little ones who had played about

the ground sensed that waving ﬂag

and vibrant song were one and in-

separable. »


The address delivered by President

James left strong impress. Eyen the

debonnair Carson seemed less in—

clined to “make eyes” at the pretty

girls and to pay more attention to the

real purpose of the club gathering.

In fact, it had not taken him long to

discover that girls of the camp were

on hand for work and for wholesome

fun, the boys with their jokes and

teasing having exactly the status of

brothers. Expecting compliments be

cause of his aquatic feats, young Car<

son had sought out Katie O’Neal, to be

received with friendly greeting but no

evidence of desire for his company.

“How about a little stroll or a row on

the lake?” Carson had queried. There

had been a demure smile on Katie’s

lips as she made evasive replies, then

as Carson pressed her for an answer

she told him bluntly, “I’m not run«

ning around with any boy; none of

the girls are.” Furious, the town lad

had redoubled his efforts to break into

the big game. Indifferent to the work

of the club and to farming itself, Car-

son yet could not help but absorb

some of the spirit which dominated all

others. In his heart was kindled a

spark of pride in the work he was' at-

tempting, a feeling that after all per-

haps his father’s love for the farm

was not the. foolish obsession it

seemed. Hal‘s father had promised to

attend the Brown-Harmon game and

the son yearned with a ﬁerce longing

that he might have opportunity to

wipe out the affront he felt had been

put upon him.


The great day was at hand. Par-

tisans of the Brown and Harmon

teams had ﬂocked to the grounds

until it seemed as if acres of ground

had sprouted a human crop. Off in

one group the Dane members cheered

impartially, ﬁrst for Brown and then

for Harmon. The air was tense with

expectancy as Tucker and Burton

called their respective teams about

them and gave ﬁnal instructions. Lov-

,ing each other as brothers, forgetting

the sting of defeat as soon as adminis-

tered, these young men were out to

battle for victory to the last ounce

of strength and their boy pals shared

with them that feeling. In the group

around Ross Burton was not only the

team and substitutes but John O’Neal

and the fathers of several players.

Burton had been in earnest confer-

ence with Ted Baldwin and Vance

Horton, the pitcher. Now he held up

his hand and spoke in a low tone;


“Fellows and dads,” announced the

coach, “this is going to be the hardest

game we ewr played. We want to

put our full strength in the ﬁeld and

ﬁght to the, last ditch. Now I’ve an

important announcement to make.

Tucker and I have’agreed to sit to‘

gether on the sidelines and let the

teams ﬁght it out. We’ll start ’em

and that’s all. Thereafter it will be

unto the teams and their captains.”

There was a gasp of dismay from the

boys, the drawn face of Ted Baldwin

showed plainly his burden of respon-

sibility. “We’ll start the regular

team,” Burton concluded. “If any

changes are made it will be by Bald-

Win."


The Brown team ran out on the ﬁeld

and cheers boomed as the ball ﬂashed

into play. “Why isn’t my boy in

there ‘3" demanded Merchant Carson as


Actz'vz'tzk’: of A! Acrei—S/z'm


1


he approached the agent coach. W‘lth

face dark as a thunder cloud young

Carson was slumped down ‘upon the

grass. His chance was gone. Never

would Ted Baldwin choose him over

his friend. In bitterness the substi-

tute rose and prepared to leave when

a sentence from the address of Presi-

dent James ﬂashed, reminding him of


loyalty. Down he slumped again

while Burton answered his irate

father.


“We used Hal in the beginning," the

coach explained, “but Barton devel-

oped into a better man. He is cool

under ﬁre, While a brilliant performer

like Hal is likely to be temperamental.

Barton won the place in a fair test.”


“That’s all right with me,” an-

nounced the older man gruffy. “All I


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diagnosed, “painful but not n'ecessari-.


We’ll put you in a car and

He’ll ﬁx you


ly seriohs.

take you to a doctor.

up in a jiffy.”


“Not on your life! If I can’t play

I’m going to stay right here untilvthe

game is won.” There was determina-

tion in the voice which made Nurse

Lee appeal to Ted’s anxious parents.

“Will it be just as well to have the

doctor here?” inquired Mr. Baldwin,

moved by the appeal in Ted’s eyes.

“It can be done," said the nurse re-

luctantly and the suffering captain let

out a yell of victory while friends

cheered his courage. .


“Tough luck, old man,” condoled

Tucker as he patted Burton’s shoul-

der. “Losing your captain and short-

stop gives us a big edge. Of course,


wanted to know was that ,IHal got a

square deal.”


“I’lay ball!” cried the umpire. Hor-

ton burned the ball over the plate and

the umpire’s “Strike one!” set Browu

County’s contingent to cheering like

mad. Side by side in the neutral ter-

ritory of Dane County while Agent

Arnold, their co-worker, good naturedly

chaffed them, Burton and Tucker sat

down to watch the ﬁght. ,


Fight it was.’ Not the low-score,

brilliantly pitched game which both

teams often had encountered but ap-

parent from the beginning a slugging

match with each group batting with

a savagery which, neither pitcher

could check. Horton’s speed seemed

“pie" for Harmon batters; Brown

crashed the curved offerings of Swan-

son for Harmon all over the ﬁeld.

When three innings had passed the

score stood at, ﬁve all and each cheer-

ing group was horse-throated fro-m

yelling. Only brilliant ﬁelding had

held down the score from far ~greater

proportions. . '


“VVe’ll get ’em yet, Vance,” ex-

horted Ted Baldwin, “don’t throw

your arm off. Just hold ’em after we

get ahead.” For the ﬁrst time Har—

man failed to score, and Brown came

in determined to forge to the front.

it was Baldwin who smashed a single

and raced to second as the next bat-

ter was thrown out. Another out on

a long fly, while Ted held his base.

Up came Bob Barton grimly deter-

mined to duplicate the three~base hit

which had scored two runs before.

Again he heard John O’Neal’s “Yea,

Barton! Yea, Barton!” and the an-

swering thunder of sound. Crash!

As he rounded ﬁrst base Bob saw his

pal streaking past third base, gather

speed and set sail for home as the

ball was relayed to cut off the run.


“Slide!” howled the coach at third.

Into the plate went Ted in a cloud

of dust. as the ball smacked into the

ca’tcher’s mitt and the umpire cried

“Safe!” One second, Bob saw with

dismay that his captain did not rise.

Burton sprang to his feet and ran

over to pick up a sobbing lad. It was

not the pain which caused tears to

course down Ted’s grimy cheeks but

the sure knowledge that for days he

would not play again. ‘


Time was called while the camp’s

trained nurse, who has proved invalu-

able during the week, made an exam-

ination. “A fractured ankle,” she


you’ll take hold and run the team.”


“Not on your life!” replied Ross

Burton. “My boys are men enough to

run their own game. Name your sub-

stitute, Ted. Whom will you have act

as captain now that you are out?”


“Put in Shannon at short,” prampt-

ly answered the captain while his lips

twitched with pain. “With your ap-

proval I want Bob Barton to take

charge of the team. The, boys, like

him and you know how he ﬁghts when

he’s leading the bunch.” Burton

nodded in'approval. The game went

on. Swanson struck out the next bat—

ter. In came Bob to be told of his

new responsibility and Hal Carson

muttered complaint to another sub-

stitute, who promptly threatened to

punch his head. Brown County was

one run ahead, but that slender mar-

gin soon was wiped out. As Ted

Baldwin sat propped against a tree,

teeth clenched in pain, the nervous

Shannon threw wildly past ﬁrst base

and let in two runs.


Acting Captain Barton ran over to

comfort the stricken lad. “Never

mind, Shanny,.old boy,” he assured,

“we’ll get ’em back. Buck up, Vance!

\Ve’re all .back of you.” Vance

tightened and struck out two men.


“Horton is just beginning to pitch,”

conﬁded Burton to his friend. “Watch

his smoke from now on.” Tucker

smiled. Harmon County was ahead,

and their coach knew that his cap-

tain was holding his trump card.

When Brown came to bat again a

stocky farm lad was on the hill. In-

stead of the sweeping curves of a

right-hand pitcher which they had

slaughtered, Brown batters swung at

a tantalizing slow ball which ﬂoated

up from Hailey’s left hand. “Smooth,”

said Burton admiringly. “Smooth.

My- hat’s off to you, old boy. This lad

hasn’t much, but it may be enough;

But watch Barton ﬁght now that we’re

behind.”


It did seem that what Hailey had

was enough. Fielding superbly behind

him his mates held Brown in check

while Bob Barton raged up and down

the coaching lin‘es and in the ﬁeld per-

formed prodigies of valor. Leaping

high for wildly thrown balls, cutting

off a threatened run at the plate

through \the lightning throw of a

hunted ball, again and again he heard

the hoarse bellow of John O’Neal

calling his name while his friends ac-

claimed. But at bat he was as weak


Say: T lzat He Hm Been T ryz'ng to Get Up Nerve to Wear if


death

f delivery-Hailby was his master.


and still. @363er é

. and Bah knewin

until he could have time to solve the

ton had, found himself and was pitch-

ing the most, brilliant. game of his ear-

eer, but that fatal run held by Har-


7 mon buiked like a mountain cf'des-


pair. - »


Came the eighth inning and with:

twoput Murphy for Brown scratched

a hit. .As with new hope Brown

County followers shrieked his name,


Bob seized his bat, to stop short in a.-


mome-nt of indecision. More than-

ever before in his life he desired to

wm. But above personal feeling was

thought of his team, of Ted Baldwin,

of Burton his friend, of Brown

County. . To him had been entrusted

leadership, to do with the team as he


willed. Stridi'ng over to the group of ,

substitutes he thrust his bat into Hal'


Carson’s hand. “Go. up there and bat

for me. Hal," Bob said. “You are

better against left-handers than I am.

Bring in this run.”


Half dazed, Carson accepted the bat

and strode up to the plate while Ted

Baldwin halted a half-uttered protest:

and Coach Burton rose to his feet.

“Carson batting for. Barton,” calied

the umpire. Then as his friends

sensed what Bob had done a cheer

went up, but it was "Yea, Carson!

Yea, Carson!” that rang on the air.

Feet planted ﬁrmly, keen eyes measu ‘

ing the pitcher, Carson waited until

the call was two balls, one strike.

Another pitch and “ball three.”


“That’s waitin’ ’em out, old man,”

yelled Bob from the sidelines and in

some way the bitterness that had

been in Hal Carson’s heart disappear-

ed. “Only takes one to hit it,” again

came the assuring voice. Up came

the ball, this time straight for the

heart of the plate. With all the power

of his (body behind it 'Carson swung.

Behind him a pandemonium of sound,

before the ﬂeet Murphy scudding

around base lines likea frightened

deer. As he ﬂashed past second base,

Carson heard high and shrill above

the clamor the ﬁghting call of old

Squire Jones which once before had

spurred his rival on to victory. But

now the challenge.was thrown out to

him. “On!” shrieked Bob Barton

while Ted Baldwin, injury forgotten,

yelled in a. frenzy of excitement.

Murphy had scored. Carson rounded

third base and as Bob raced beside

him the Harmon shortstop shot the

ball home. “Slide!” With the head-,

long plunge which had'stamped his

aquatic feats, Carson dove for the

plate a scant second before the catch-

er fell on him, one-spiked shoe gash-

ing the runner’s outstretched hand.


“Safe!” cried the umpire and all

Brown County swarmed down in de-

lirious congratulation of the plucky

feat. Unnoticed now, Bob Barton

stood, waiting for the clamor to sub-

.side. “A great play,” congratulated

Agent Tucker, “and a great player.”

There was an inscrutable smile on

-Ross' Burton’s ‘face as

edged the compliment. “Yes, he’s a

great player,” Burton said. But he

was looking at a lad who now was

examining. the injured hand of his

erstwhile enemy.


“Not deep, Hal,” announced the act-

ing captain; “you’ll play ﬁrst and run

the team. I’m out ”and none of the

other boys have had experience.”


arson nodded his head; play was re-

sumed. The short-lived rally was an.

end, for Carroll rolled to the pitcher

and was thrown out. 7


“‘Hold ’em, Vance,” implored Carson

as he took his place at ﬁrst While

again BroWn County cheered his

name. Horton, smiling and conﬁdent,

played with the Harmon batters.

Strive as they might, they could not

get‘a ball beyond the inﬁeld. The

game ended seven to six with Bill

Tucker clasping his friend’s hand and

extending hearty congratulations. Bur<


(Continued to page 569)


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_ (Continued from page 56.4)

ton hurried over to where his team,

a laughing, sweat-grimed group was

being told go‘od-naturedly by their late

opponents, “We’ll ﬁx you plenty next

year.”


As the boys went over in a body to


.condole with Captain Baldwin and re-


ceive his expressions of comradely ap-

preciation Hal Carson drew Bob Bar-

ton aside while Coach Burton shame-


lessly cocked an ear to hear the con-


versation. “That was mighty decent

of ’,you Barton,” began Carson hesi-

tatingly, “and I want you to know that

I appreciate it.“ Not many fellows

would have done what you did.”


“That’s all right,” replied Bob

heartily, “it was all for old Brown

County. That left-handed guy had my

number and I had a hunch you could

hit him. You did; it’s all right; You

won the game.”


Carson ﬂushed a deep red. “No,”

said he slowly, “you won the game,

Bob. With you out there cheering me

on I just had to hit. I’m sorry, old

man, for some of the things I’ve said

and done. _ We’ll ﬁght together for

old Brown County.”


Bam! Two powerful ﬁsts thudded

against the back of each surprisod lad

and" the grinning face of ‘Ross Bur-

ton looked down on them. “Fine,”

said Burton “ﬁne! The war is over,

the victory won. I’ll tell the world

it was some ﬁght.” With an enigma

tic smile,.Burton grasped each boy by

the hand. "‘There were about four

separate and distinct ﬁghts here to-

day,” he added, “and each one of ’em

won by a citizen of Biown County.

I'm mighty proud of you’


Almost as happy as if he’d been

able to help ﬁght the thing through,

Ted Baldwin showered his team with

words of praise while the boys as-

sured him that his pluck and never-

say- -die spirit had been a tremendous

factor in putting over the ﬁnal punch.

Bob’s opportune switch of players was

hailed as a masterpiece of strategy,

Horton’s back was sore from the

poundings of enthusiastic mates.

There was glory enough for all and

Brown County members, abandoning

camp with regret, went home chant-

ing their songs of victory. Before the

crowd dispersed, Squire Jones had ap-

proached his young friend and thrust

out a withered hand. “BY gad, sah,"

the old man announced, “I thought


’you were playing a coward’s part


when you made that change. But it

was ﬁne strategy, sah. Worthy of

General Lee, sah, and it takes a brave

man to abandon his opportunity for

victory. That was a veiy splendid

thing, sah.” Keen though faded eyes

had marked the battle which had

gone on in Bob’s heart. Another ndtch

had been cut in the tree of esteem

which Squire Jones was nurturing.


. In the heart of battle Bob had


-marked the ﬂushed face of Katie

. O’Neal as she joined in the cheering,


had caught a glimpse of her as with

others she had rushed down to con-

gratulate Hal Carson. But as they

were leaving the camp ground Katie

had called to Bob and had spoken

warm.words of commendation. “You

were magniﬁcentBob,” she said. “The

ﬁght you put into the game with Ted

out won for us. But the biggest


thing Of all was when you took your-'


self out and put Hal in. We are all


‘ proud of you”


It Was a great world! The sun.

never had seemed to shine so brightly,

the birds to sing so sweetly, the joy-

cup of life to brim so iuIl. As the

ﬂivver rolled along, the Barton family

fell silent, reﬂecting upon the memor-

able achievements of the week. Sud-

denly Father Barton let out a hearty

laugh. “Some wise guy,” he said,

“had a. long story in the papers this

week about the ‘isolation and drab-

ness of farm life.’ It’s evident he

never visited a 4-H Club camp.”


CHAPTER XV

Junior Farmers’ Week


ACK home from the camp Bob

B again

work of the farm. The contest


. pigs were ﬂourishing, the corn

was promising full reward for labor.

But now it was possible to do some

extra Work in fencing and the young

farm manager called in Uncle Lem

Peters “Dad’s at work rewriting his

new overture,” Bob explained, “and I

want you to help me get out a few

ts. Tde hadﬁres ed to do so,


1: as you know aid up”


It was with dubious head-shakings

that the old man; accepted the offer

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panied th and for’four days Bob

{histled an sang as he sweat and


hopped gradually penetrating deep-

er into the thicket near the bluff At

ﬁrst Jock, obeyin the command of

his master, kept c ose to the working

men, but in time Bob’s vigilance re-

laxed and the dog began to roam. It

was the ﬁfth day of their labor when

toward evening Jo’ck’s challenge gave

evidence that something was afoot.

With axe poised, Bob stopped short

and old Lém Peters let out a squawk

of fear. Above the growls of the dog

rose a challenge more hoarse, more

fearsome, and even as Bob started on

the run Jock’s growl changed to a.

howl of pain. “God Amighty!” quaV<

ered the old man, “it’s the hant bar.”


- Into the thicket dashed Jock’s mas-

ter, calling the dog’s name. As he

ran Bob ducked low, mindful of the

bullet which had sped by that day of

early spring. Before he had gone

far, Jock, in response to the call, came

running back, hair abristle, eyes blaz-

ing. Blood dripped from a furrowed

gash along his side. As he knelt to

examine the wound old Lem came cau-

tiously forward.


“ ’Tis the mark of a bar!” he exclaim-

ed. “Many the dog I’ve seed with it

on him. But if it warn ’t a ghosty bar

we’d hear him crashin- off through the

brush. Thar aint no sound. He’ s dis-

appeared" It was true. Again

silence hovered over the woods and

Bob seemed to feel the presence of an

unseen enemy. What should he do?

1! Father and Mother Barton were to

hear of these uncanny happenings it

would ruin their peace of mind and

happiness.


- “Well, Uncle Lem." Bob ﬁnally re-

markeil’,m “it seems cowardly. but here-

after! to stay away from.

We. are mm ”st making,

. toys: or whoever it is

1:1 _ doesn't want us arms 11 .


“Amen,” said the old hunte1. “I

aint ﬁghtin’ no Speerits. But,” he

added hopefully, “ef I had a silver


bullet I might bet ’im.” Bob smiled

at the ancient superstition. But what

was it all about? Why should a bear

range the thickets of a quiet farm

many miles from the habitat of his

species? What was the real mystery

of the farm which had driven other

tenants away before the fruit of their

labors could be harvested? Bob car-

ried the story and his troubles to the

crippled Ted, a sympathetic listener.


“We’ll get him yet, old son,” Ted

consoled. “Wait until I have two good

legs again. But say, have you heard

the latest? Here’s your chance for

another trip.”


Rapidly Ted sketched a plan pre-

sented by one of the great railway

companies which Bob, during his busy

days, had overlooked. Junior Farm-

ers’ Week to be observed by 4-H Club

workers and members at the state

agricultural college soon was at hand.

Elimination contests had been held

and delegates selected duiing the

busy days when Bob could not ﬁnd

time to compete. But new President

Baird of the company had offered to

send two boys living in each county

traversed by the road, awards to be

made on the merits of essays written

on “What Agriculture Means to Amer-

ica.”


(Continued next week)


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we never get any farther.


Dec. 1. Crossed the Niger River,

in equatorial west Aflica, over the

railroad bridge at Jebba and plunged


0N our trans- African motorcycle


Have R-etz'nue ofSérvantr

' By Francis Flood ‘-


Caiﬁpi‘ng in” a Jungle "Park? ‘


or


native village, and after we’d unrolled'.

our bedding on the ﬂoor of the little

mud rest house there, the chief, a

brother of the Emir of Katsina, in-

vited us to his compound for a. moon-


light musical revenue and native dan-r


sant.


I can mention that Jim and I sat

beside the old chief on the grass mats

there in the soft tropical starlight,

with our backs to a great baobab tree,

at the head of an open circle. I can

mention also that Jim played his ban-

jo and sang American jazz and even

danced a modiﬁed Cha11eston in that

dusty, dusky arena, while I chimed in

with my shining slip Whistle whenever

the other noises were sufﬁciently loud.

But it would do no good for me to'

desmibe the ungainly, unrythmic, and

purely sensual dances staged by those

excited savages, for the editor would

censor my report Jim used to play

a saxaphone in»a. New York night club,

but he admitted that even the New

York night club entertainers in their

fervid search for depravity have much.


into “the bush” on the other side. We


managed to splash through dozens of


biidgeless streams and wriggle along


one 11 av or another until we reached


a little glass- roofed, mud lest- house


if? a native Village near the Kaduna

11 e1.


Dec. 2. The Kaduna River, a quar-

te1 of a mile wide, no telling how

deep—and n0 bridge! The trail

ended at' a p1e01p1tous sand bank that

plumped almost straight down to a

little canoe landing place below. Two

evil looking, black Mohammedan pil-

grims,111th long knives sheathed onto

theii upper anus and little teapots on

their heads eiouched in a canoe wait-

ing to be poled across, and a half-

dozen assorted Africans, with all man-

net oi height oddlnents, on their

heads, fiom fly-blown meat to cotton

blankets, were splashing out of an-

othe1 canoe 11 hich had just nosed into

the bank A herd of great-horned

cattle on trek from the edge of the

Sahala to southern

swimming across in ﬁle a. quarter of

a mile below, making for a sandbar

in the middle of the st1eam. The

herdsmen followed in a canoe, trailing

theii saddled horses swimming along

behind.


Jim found a battered old black

boatman with an oversize canoe,

twenty feet long and-nearly wide

enough to hold the motorcycles and

side cars insidewbut not quite! We

laid two short planks across the crack-

ing gunwales of the warped and awk-

ward craft, and then we thought it

over. Not a very good idea to pile

such a heavy load so high up on the

top of a single old canoe. It would

probably upset. Better have the load

lower down, inside the boat—but no

chance.


Not a native in the crowd could

speak a word of English, but twenty

or thirty of those clumsy, cheerful

blacks laid hold and heaved our

moto1cycles down to the water’s edge,

piled them atop the creaking, leaking

old canoe, and we poled off into the


We made it, too. We didn’t quite

tip completely over, and we reached

the other side intact. That evening

we made the ancient walled city of

Bida, and were laid up for two days

repahing two broken springs under

my side car.


, current.


EC. 5. we drove 57 miles, before

noon, to the ﬁrst White man, the

District Ofﬁcer at Zungeru. A

good time to arrive, too, for he and

his wife invited us to lunch It was

more than a hundred miles to the

next white man. (Later on, when. we

reached the real interior, we were

doing well to ﬁnd a white man once

1 1 .1

u 9. even 11g We 0 u,

9.1111111: <11 aria


. cluttered.


out o: t bush

.1111


. forty-four miles.


Nigeria were .


ﬁrst to the local Emir, 1Who received


forty-six assorted 1 116 110

black “in as dig! Thum


African Main Strength and Awkwardness Put the Motorcycles in the Canoe


to learn from the African bush dan-

seuse.


Dec. 6 and 7 were our two hardest

days—up to that time. We were right

on the heels of “the rains” and as

much out of season on that “dry sea-

son” road as Santa Claus or an oy-

ster on the Fourth of July All the

bridges and much of the mad as well

had gone out duling the wet season

and as yet no reconstruction had been

done at all.


After two days of tumbling down

washed 0 u t embankments, rushing

through streams of water, and scaling

the bank on the other side or lifting

out heav1ly loaded motorcycles and

side cars across dry, rocky rivers and

hewing out our own made through

stumps and bioken logs, we ﬁnally

arrived at Birnin Gwari and found an

English road builder whose map

showed f01ty— six bridges in the last

We had found none.

But we’d found that many places

where bridges should have been, and

we’d crossed ’em all—at the expense

of a broken rear axle, another side

car spring, a bundle carrier support-

ing rod, six spokes, and.even the rear

horizontal member of the'main frame.


All these breaks were ‘ more the

result of overloading than of the

rough roads, for on the motorcycle


The Emir of Birnin .Gwari Had‘ 46'

Wives and 134 Children


that suffered the most we were carry-

ing 150 pounds of gasoline on the

bundle carrier behind the driver and

at least another 200 pounds of dead

weight baggage in the side cars. Drop-

ping about from rock to rock and

rushing steep, stump-strewn trails

with such a heavy load was asking

too much of our little one-cylinder

ﬁve horse power machines.


T Birnin Gwari— we found an old

chap who could speak a few

words of English. He directed us


us in his vast mud palace amid his .


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1 has-had" a normal home life.”


. think it is.

lem for "the- lawyers as .for the


~ Ell-HST, in all probability, was

the. support of His mother and

brothers and sisters for a num-


ber of years. Just when Joseph died

we do not know. But it is quite cer-

tain that the Master. Carpenter had

others dependent on Him. His rela-


t—tions.with His mother were intimate

and beautiful, At the last, He re-


minds His old friend_John that she

iS'Standing there, and John takes her

to‘hisown home. He does not always

6bey her, behests, however: After He

begun his ministry, and the people

were following Him from town to


, ' . town, no doubt

the neighbors got

to gossiping, say-

ing that He was

out of His head,

and so on. One

day, Mary and

some of Jesus’

brothers and sis-

ters came to take

» Him home.

Standing on the edge of the ’crowd,

they sent word to Him. But He does

not go. He says that anyone who is

a sincere follower of God is His

mother, brother, sister. He could

see farther than His family could. He

took the large View. When their

wishes clashed with His own convic.

tions, He followed His convictions. He


_ said that His followers would have to


do the same.


But that does not mean that He

undervalued the family. He gave the

family its greatest impetus. He did

mere for women and for children than

any religious teacher or statesman

has ever done. Woman was not val-

ued'very highly. Any Jew could send

his Wifeﬂoﬁ, with scant ceremony, and

could take another. The formula was

something like this: “I, Benjamin,

have put away, dismissed, and ex-

pelled thee, Rebecca, who heretofore

wast'niy wife. But now I have dis-

missed thee, so that thou art free, and

in thy‘own power, to marry whoso-

ever shall'please thee and let no man

hinder thee. And let this be to thee

'a bill of rejection from me according

to the law of Moses and Israel.” But

Jesus,__repudiated this, and made

woman as important in the marriage

relatiou as the man. He also gave

childhood a new standing. Boy babies

had always been highly regarded ii;

all lands. But in some countries, the

birth 'of a daughter was of doubtful

honor,.'and female babies were often

left by the public highway in Greece

and other countries, to be carried

home by the passerby, or to die of

neglect. Jesus made no distinction,

when he blest children, between the

sexes. From his time the family be-

gan to take on a higher meaning.


In the United States, the family is

having a hard time of it, just at pre-

sent. We have the world’s record in

divorces, averaging about one divorce

to a little over six marriages. The

ramiﬁcations of this are past count-

ing. ov‘er and over, when a boy is

Caught beginning a career of crime,


,he is 2found to be the child of a home


broken by:-d-ivorce. Some statements

made by judges of juvenile courts, and

‘by‘sociologists, are startling. Says

one,‘ .‘fPra'c‘tically- no child .is ever

.brought: before the juvenile court who

Again,

ff'l‘he‘ ”prpbl’em of ,crime in American

gatioiety'gisﬂ‘bigger‘ than the lawyers

It is not so much a prob-


churches, for the: ﬁrst place to attack


"the problem isin the home life.”

Not long ago a-man made a 'study


nearly; one hundred of « the most


4.2


~ The ems—am Family *


'Our‘WeekIy &mm—By N.» A. M cC’mze


mam WWW saw-19m .


support the. church. Many of them

are workers in the church. One

example is a family of ten children, all

now grown. It is a healthy family,

and in thirty-three years a doctor has

been called but ﬁve times; The chil-

dren of this splendid family all ex-

pect to be farmers. One son and one

daughter are already setting up farm

homes of their own. The church has

played a large part in the history of

this family. A well-organized com-

munity church stands on one corner

of the farm, and is the center of all

sorts of helpful activities. The minis-

ter is the hub of the social and reli-

gious life of the neighborhood. The

nearest town is thirty‘ miles away.

The factors which have made this

family as it is can be applied to every

family in America, at least to some

extent. 1, It is a healthy family.

that seems to be out of reach, some-

times, but we can all work at being

healthy, and as we work at it, we will

come nearer to it. 2. It is a religious

family. That is within the reach of

all of us. 3. The father and mother

like their work, and their home. The

children have not been reared in an

atmosphere of whining and fault-ﬁnd-

ing about having to work so hard, etc.

This ought to be taken to heart by

millions.


SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

APRIL 22


SUBJECT: ———The Christian family.

Mark 1011-16.

GOLDEN TEXT :——E.phesians 6: 2.


CAMPING IN A JUNGLE PARK


(Continued from page 570)


of bananas and thirty men to push us

through a river near the edge of town

and up the steep bank on the other

Side. And there was the English rest

house where—just at noon time 'too~—

we found our English road engineer

and his wife and an unforgettably

good cook!


Three hours later we started again

and,.there on the bank of the ﬁrst

bridgeless river two miles from town,

were four of the Emir’s men, waiting

to push us across. If we had stopped

all night with the English engineer,

as he invited us tordo, those black

boys would have patiently sat there

titll ililiorning and with no idea of pay

a a .


The next day we reached Zaria and

put. up at the railroad rest house

while our various breaks were being

mended by the railroad shops. There

are no hotels in Nigeria, except the

famous Bonanza in Lagos. ‘ The colon-

ial institution of “rest houses” takes

their place.


Somewhere on the outskirts of near-

ly every native village along the prin—

cipal routes is the rest house com-

pound. In the center is the rambling

mud rest house itself with thick walls


and high, thatched roof. Scattered

about in the compound " are the

stables, the kitchen, and the little


round silo-like huts for the coterie of

native servants that‘always accom-

panies every white man inNigeria—

except the American motorcyclists.

The0whole thing is simply a. jungle

tour1st park.


In Zaria, for instance, at the rail

road rest house, we not only had a

partly furnished three-room apartment

in a cement block house, with electric

lights and glass windows but we were

given the exclusive ownership of a

capable man Friday, who was our own

black slave during our three days

there. He washed and. ironed our

clothes, he carried distilled water for

us from the railroad station, he went

to market and bought'our food, and

cooked our meals in his little brick

kitchen in the rear. He ran' our er-

rands and acted as our interpreter.

He stood guard by the door when we

went out to dine with friends. He

seWed our buttons on and he polished

our shoes. He was our slave and

when we left the rest house we dashed

him about a shilling a dayand he was

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Clothes Instead of Calories


By ﬂpp/ymg Ruler of GoadI Dress, Jam Foo/s Her Friend's


S the tardy member of the club

A came hastily into the room, we

gasped in chorus, “W'hy, Jane.

you’ve lost at least twenty pounds,

you look marvelous!

you been on a diet and what is it?”

Jane turned her plump self around

several times before our envious eyes.

“Now get the whole effect girls,” she

said, “then I’ll tell you my secret, for

I haven’t lost one pound. I’m a snare

and a delusion, I’m just fooling your

eyes. I’ve spent two weeks selecting

these clothes to make me look slen-

der. Reducing this way is safe and

real fun too. Oh, yes, I paid good

money for expert advice but, girls,

the rules are simple.


“The ﬁrst rule is to know your good

and bad points. Most of us have an

‘inferiority complex’ and know well

every one of our bad points. But do

you know your good ones? Everyone


Women in Jackson County Have Gon-

sidered Both Clothes and Calories


has some, it may be a good natured

smile, or snappy black eyes, or beauti-

fully kept, hands, or a ﬁne, erect car-

riage. You can list as many good

points as bad. This designer I con-

sulted says, ‘Know your defects in

order to lead the eye away from them

and emphasize the good ones.’


“So we began at my head. Most

big healthy people have nice hair and

Rule 1 is ‘Be well groomed—always

keep hair dressed as beautifully and

becomingly as possible.’ That bol-

sters my dignity and dignity is one

of our assets to emphasize. I had my

hair cut shorter at the sides so that

my face no longer seems round, also

this V-line at the back slenderizes my

neck. You see I’ve given up those

bangs. I’d wear a French twist if

my hair was long.


“Then when I chose this hat, I

passed by the fashionable brimless

turbans, and picked one with a crown

slightly slanting and the brim wide

enough to narrow my round face. A

good rule when buying hats is ‘don’t

buy a hat until you’ve seen yourself

in a full length mirror.’ Too many

of us short stout folks have broad


shoulders, and brims that seem alright


when you’re seated, makes you look


‘ dumpy when you stand.


.7'


“You know I’ve always insisted on

long Vnnecklines but do you notice


he


eck and is1 quite high in

dew


How long have'


By Irene


F01 tunately, for us, fashion this year

favors untrimmed neck lines, and this

long chain of small ﬂat beads helps

to relieve a too plain effect.


"‘I have a deep narrow U-shaped line

on another dress and several with a

surplice line that closes much nearer

centerfront than side.”


“But, Jane, you look positively

youthful,” remarked one of her stout

friends. “I get so discouraged trying

to ﬁnd attractive smart clothes that

do not. look the age of our own grand-

mothers.”


“VVell, again, quoting my designer,

‘No digniﬁed up-to~date woman wants

to look like an over-grown sixteen-

year-old, but don’t ever make" yourself

look one year older than you are’,”

continued Jane. “We studied my pro~

portions, for Rule 2 is a ‘correctly

proportioned and well-ﬁtted garment

will give an appearance of straight-

ness and coveted slenderness,’ and

that’s where I’m tricking your eyes.

I’m practicing optical illusion and by

using this principle in dress any

women can be made to look older or

younger, shorter or taller, stouter or

slenderer than she actually is.


“Since my shoulders are broad and

my bust large in proportion to my

hips, the expert suggested lengthen-

ing my waist, giving it quite a close

ﬁt under the arms and straightening

it below the bust. These tiny tucks

give a slight softening fullness on the

shoulders."A woman with the oppo-

site proportions, narrow shoulders

and small bust with large hips, allows

more fullness on the shoulders and

slightly blouses her waists to make

the ﬁgure look more nearly normal.


“But look how cleverly this panel

is placed from the shoulder to the

hem. It makes unbroken vertical

lines and I look tall and thinner be-


A. Taylor


cause no other lines interfere with the

straight line effect. I was tempted to

buy those dresses with smart-looking,

radiating grpups of tucks at the waist

line, but don’t fall for them. I looked

bulgy and ten pounds heavier in them.


“ ‘Break the broad expanse of the

back with vertical lines,’ was the ad-

vice of the expert, so I’ve chosen

dresses that have groups of tucks at

the center back or full length effects

with tucks or narrow inserts.


“These sleeves are long and un-

trimmed, easy ﬁtting, and are sewed

into a foundation slip. My dress

hangs easier and straighter because

of it and you’ll notice it is slightly

longer than I’ve been wearing because

though my ankles are slender, my

calves are not.


“The rule for dress materials too is

simple. Soft lusterless fabrics that

have enough body to fall in straight

lines but never stiff ones, are for the

stout woman. Crepes are her favor-

ites in both wool and silk.


“In this season of prints, be careful

to choose small designs that do not

stand out from the background. Dark

colors, the expert says, are slenderiz-

ing. She advises neutral tones, soft

grays, dull blues and greens, and

creamy white rather than blue white

for summer.


“Even my; shoes and hose are

chosen for slenderness. I shall al-

ways wear sheer dark hose with my

dark dresses and these long vamp

shoes come in dress or street style.


.No more very high French heels ex.-

cept for evening dress. I don’t bal-

ance well on them and a graceful

poise is one of my precious good

points.‘


“It took time to 'pick and chose a


becoming coat and hat and have all '


my dresses just right in color to be

6


Sunday Dinner on the Farm


BOUT this time of year when

A the weather man ﬁnally gets


settled down to his spring sche-

dule, the side roads again become

passable although perhaps a bit rough

in the low spots, and Mother Nature

daubs here and there a bit of .verdant

green on the hillsides, there is bound

to be unexpected company drop in for

Sunday dinner on the farm. At: least,

it behooves us to be prepared.


Here is a menu that can be pre-

pared to a large extent in advance,

even on Saturday, and it will save much

of the last minute rush of serving:


Corn Chowder

Meat Loaf with Horseradish Sauce

Baked Potatoes Buttered Turnips

Carrot Cress Salad Graham Bread

Apple Pudding Coffee


Corn Chowder


3 the, lmtivr 1 In. milk


I H). mint-ed onion 2 eggs, beaten

2 thu. Salt, pepper


2 mu».


ﬂour

rum


Cook the onions in the fat slowly

mr three minutes. Add ﬂour, corn,

milk, seasonings, and cook for ﬁfteen

minutes. Add beaten egg and cook

for one minute longer."


Meat Loaf


beef. 1 can


1 cup meat stack

1 tsp. onion juice

8111.1 pewe;


1% pounds

11; pound pork ,


1 8 pound salt pork


'14 cup bread crumbs .

1,1; «up warm milk _


Rut


crumbs with milk, add stock, eggs,

and seasonings and shape into a roll.

Cover with slices of salt pork Add

one half cup warm water to the bak-

ing pan and bake for two hours. If

two ha1d boiled eggs are placed in

the centei of the loaf, the result is

very pleasing when the loaf is sliced.

Horseradish Sauce '

4 teaspoons grated 4 teaspoons powdered

horseradish cracker crumbs

2 teaspoons vinegar 3% teaspoon mustard

lé cup milk Salt, Pepper

1 teaspoon sugar

Mix all ingredients together and

heat in double boiler for ﬁve minutes.

Serve with the loaf.

Carrot Cress Salad

"tanulattd gelatin 1 teaspoon salt

1/‘1 ('UD told wate1 1A.. (tip sugar

.j’é (up weak vinegar 1 cup diced.


3 tbs. lemon juice carrot

2 cups boiling water 1 cup baby peas


Moisten gelatin with cold water,

add boiling water, sugar, seasoning,

and other liquids. When cool, add

vegetables and pour into molds. When

set, turn each mold into a. nest of

water cress and serve.


Apple Pudding


3 tbs. butter

1% cups milk

6 apples cut in eighths


2 tbs.


cooked


3 cups flour

6 teaspoons baking

der


aimspoon salt


Mix ﬁrst ﬁve ingredients as for bis-

cuits. Place apples on dough, sprinkle

with sugar and. cinnamon.

around. apples and steam . it .


Ron dough . ..


harmonious, but . I’m enthusiastic

about reducing by the right selection

of garments, and it’s heaps "more com-

fortable not to count every calorie.


IT TEASES LAGGING‘ APPETITES


F all the different vegetable dish-


es that I concoct, friend husband

likes pea roast with carrot sauce the

best.


First I drain a can of peas and force

them through a sieve. To two cups

of this puree, I add one and onehalf

cups of soft bread crumbs, two table-

spoons chopped nuts, the same

amount of sugar, two eggs, one quar-

ter cup butter, one and one-half cups

milk and season to suit‘taste. Mix


well and bake in a buttered baking

dish for forty minutes.

To make the sauce, I c001: carrots


The Tailored Ensemble Is Favored

for Spring. 'In This Girlish'Suit the


Coat and Skirt Are of’Twee’d Mix-.


ture While the, Blouse Is of Metallic

Kashmir.


‘


until tender and force through a sieve.

Make a white sauce of one-quarter cup

butter, two tablespoons ﬂour, two cups

milk, and seasonings. To this amount,

add two cups of carrot pulp, pour over

the pea loaf, and serve hot.—.—Mrs. ,

H. o. ’ ' '


Oatmeal cookies, dried fruits,

such as prunes, ﬁgs, 0dates, and rais-

ins contain iron and are good sweets

for children of four and ﬁve


INFANT MORTALITY DECREASES


URING 1918 to 1925 inclusive the

infant death rate decreased four

and ﬁve per cent a year. This encour-

aging fact is somewhat offset by the

evidence that the mortality of infants


,on the ﬁrst day of life has not de-


creased at all, and that of infants

under one month of age has decreased

only one and eight— tenths per cent

per year. The general decrease has

depended upon sanitary and economic

conditions in the home, and especially

upon the mother’ s better knowledge_

of infant care and feeding, which has

undoubtedly resulted from the effec-

tive campaigns conducted by the pub-

lic- health movement. However, there

has been a sharp increase of more

than ﬁve per cent a year during the

past ten years in ”the death


_4-. ,. ._«’.... _
at


. have two or more hats.


NTED WALLs NIAKE ATTRAC-

' TIVE FINISIH


THAT painted walls are probably

the most attractive background for

the rural home is a suggestion to the

housewife fer her spring. cleaning pro-

gram, and it is encouraging that suc-

cessful results may be obtained with-

out the services of a professional

painter.


New plastered walls should stand

at least two months before painting

and some recommend a year. Cracks

and holes on old walls may be ﬁlled

with mortar made of two-thirds plas-

ter 'of Paris and onethird whiting.

This should be sized after it has dried

thoroughly. ‘


To prevent spots .yvhich sometimes

appear, walls should be washed with

zinc ' sulfate crystals dissolved in

warm water in proportion of three

pounds of crystals to one gallon of

water. This neutralizes any excess

alkali which may be present. When

thoroughly dry, the walls should be

sized to make a good foundation for

painting, a good varnish size being

recommended. Varnish size is not

only durable but will expand and con-

tract with the walls. A little lamp

black mixed with the size will make

it easy to see that no spots are missed

when brushing it on.


‘ SWAT A FLY A DAY!


1TH the ﬁrst warm days of


spring, you will notice a few nice

fat ﬂies buzzing around. These are

the Adanls and Eves of the 1928 ﬂy

race.


A single female ﬂy can be the

means of producing two million ﬂies

in a single season. She lays about

one hundred twenty eggs at a time,

and it takes only eight to twelve days

for these eggs to develop into full-

grown ﬂies and they in turn multiply.

By the end of the season, the descend-

ents of one female ﬂy, if placed in a.

straight line would form a procession

ﬁve miles long.


Can you imagine an army of ﬂies


‘like that crawling over old backyard


garbage, manure heaps, and the in-

habitants of the stock barn, then com-

ing into our homes, walking over our

tables, wiping their feet on the edges


of our cups and sticking their dirty

noses into the baby’ s milk?


If you swat a spring ﬂy you have:

done yourself and humanity a real‘


favor, is the advice of health special-

ists, for one swat in the springtime

may save a thousand swats in the


' summer.


For Our Little Folks


STATE SECRETS


The folks from here, with friends or

. foes,

Boast of the tallest corn that grows!

They sing that song at each conven-

tion,

And so monopolize attention


The pieces of this puzzle when cor-

rectly put together, make a map of

the state which this verse. describes.

The star indicates the capitol. When

you have solved the secret of which

state this is, write me all you can

about the state and its capitol—Aunt

Martha.


Make Your Own Spring Bonnet.


111:...”

2"" FREE


GEORGETTE


ASHION has decreed for the spring and summerseasons that our hats

must “belong” to our frocks and be an inseparable part of our ensemble~

For some this is a rather eitpensive decree for it means that we must


But if you crochet, all you need is a. few hours of


spare time and a spool or two of Visca braid and one of these chic, close-


ﬂtting hats can be yours with very little strain on your purse.


can have one to match each dress._


In fact you


The Visca. braid comes in black, white, diadem, tiger lily, liberty, and


. gentian blue, monkey skin, marron glace, batchelor button, Castilian red,


gall, pistache, and palmetto. Most models require two spools of braid a1-


"WE SHIP C. O. D.


You need not pay for Holland Hatchery Chicks until they arrvie.

Just send 1111 $1. 00 down and we will ship C. O. D. for the balance.

Holland Hatchery Chicks prove their worth by actual test right in ‘ " '

the hands of our customers. Fred 8. Donald of Oxford, Michigan, writes: “1171': make:

the 16!}: conjecutirve year I have ordered chick; from you and newer retrieved a cum lat.’ '°

You too can have this kind of satisfaction if you will get some of Holland Hatchet,

Michigan Accredited Chicks. See These Low Prices


Prices effective May lat ")0 500 l.

Wh Leghorns (Eng. type) ........................... . ........ ............. .Sl000 $47.50 590%

Wh. Leghorns (Special Hated) .............................................. 2.00 57.50 “0.00

s. c. Mottled Anconas .................................................. . . i0. 00 47.50 90.00

Barred Rook: ............................................................. 4.00 65.00 [20.00


Mixed Chicks $7. 50 per mo

01' course, we guarantee 100% live delimry and will stand squarely behind every shipment. You will

ﬁnd the chicks pure-bred and exactly as represented. Every chick is Michigan Accredited and comes to

you under the label of the Michigan State Poultry Improvement. Association. Buy Holland Hatch”

Michigan Accredited Chicks this year. Our free catalog tells all about them.

. .

Holland, MIcII.


Holland Hatchery & Poultry Farm v... Angie... 11....


WOLVERINE S. C. WHITE LEGHonN

BLOOD SAEEO ARRIVAL BABY CHICKS


WILL GUARANTEED MICHIGAN ACCREDITED


FOR WINTER EGG PRODUCERS


i " Get our Large Leghoms, the birds with. large combs

that produce the Large Chalk White Eggs


SEND FOR OUR 1928.CATALOG


Tells all about our chicks and breeding stor-k. Egg Bred Since l9l0.

For 18 years we have specialized in the production of S. (‘.. White Leg-

horns and breed no other variety. All our time thought, arid energy in

selecting and mating has been devoted to our Leghorns. You are aSsured

of very desirable Stork. We can deliver chicks to most points in from

eight to ten hours.


Pullota. We are now booking orders for 8.10 12 Week old Pullets for

delivery in May and June. Order yours NOW!


"10% LIVE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED


WOLVERINE HATCHERY AND FARMS


H. P. WIERSMA, Owner and Breeder. Dent. 3. Iceland, Mich.


”A110 SELECT CnchS


Have you seen the new low prices on our famous Silver Ward Chicks.

Write today and get our money saving values on this strain of proven

dependability. Sim-r Ward (‘.hicks are Michigan Accredited which

means that. every breeder has been leg handed and selected by approved


inspectors. Every chick is pure bred of well bred ancestry. They will

make heavy layers.

YOU CAN GET THEM C. O. D.

You can now keep your money until your chicks arriw.

Just send :1 small duzosit and we will ship your chicks

( O. D. You pay the buiame to your postman. Silver Ward Get

is an old hatchery long retognized as one of U111 leadrrs. Michigan

Atti‘cdltld Slher Ward (‘hit'ks are (hicks bud from foundations of such our

blood lines as Barron and Tam-red Leghorns. Sheppard. Ant'UllHS, etc. They

are line chicks, moderately prired Try some this ytar.Tl1o catalog is free. FREE

’ I

SILVER WARD llATGllEllY, Box 29, Zeeland, MIchlgan Cataloz

Chris Plasman


Robert Pool -


For 18 Years we have culled our ﬂocks-

for egg production and quaIIty.


There are reasons why we have thousands of satisﬁed customers. and that we have


n1.vcr been able to supply all the demand for our chicks in the past 18 years.


Every bird in our breeding ﬂocks handed and record kept. Fine Illustrated Catalog

free. Liberal Discount on Quality Orders.


. Chicks Sent C. O. D. If You Wish. Get Our Plan


‘ Combination. 01?ch on chicks, broodcr stoves, and brooder houses. Twelve varieties.


Pullets for sale. Valuable Book on. Chicks and Poultry free with eadi order of $10 or more.


HUBER’S RELIABLE HATCHERY, EAST HIGH STREET, FOSTORIA, OHIO


Chicks C. O. D. Send Only $1.00


AND PAY POSTMAN THE BALANCE. Special pen mated and extra high .


bred chicks at slightly higher prices. Write for catalog or send order


with $1.00 25 50 100 500 1.000


SC. Wh. Br. & Buff I.cghor,ns S.(‘.M.1Anc.$3.25 $0.50 $12.00 $57.50 $110

L‘. It. .


Bd. &“Il. [Itk‘lix S. L. (6R.

Rods, S. ('. B Mimmas .. .......... 3.75 7.25 14.00 07.50 130


VVIllte Wyandolles & Buil' Orpingtons . 4.25 8.00 15.00 72.50 140


Jersey Blk. Giants ................. . 5.50 10.50 20.00 97.00 190


Assorted Odds & Ends Mixtd (inc .. 3.00 5.00 9.50 47.50 95

sorted Heavy Mixed Chirks ............. 3.50 0.25 11.50 57.50


Ass

WOLF HATCHING 81. BREEDING COMPANY


Trapnested Matings add 3c; Blue Ribbon Pens add 4c Each.


100% Live Delivery guaranteed and Postage paid on 25 50 loo 5m

White, Brown and Buff Leghorns ........................ $350 $0. 50 $12.00 $58.00

Brd.. Wh. & Bl‘. Rooks, Minorcas. Anconas, Wh. Wyan—

dottes. and Reds .................................... 4.00 7.50 14.00 08.00

Silver Wyandottes and Orpingtons ....................... 4.75 8.50 10.00 78.00

Mixed all heavy Broilers. No Gulls ..................... 3.25 5.50 11.00 53.00

BABION’S FRUIT AND POULTRY FARMS Lock Box 354-0 Flint. Michigan


DUNDEE $8153.03.) CHICKS


STOCK ALL BLOOD-TIES TED FOR WHITE DIARRHEA FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

You can save money by ordering Dundee Pure-Bred, Mich. Accredited and

Blood Tested Chicks. We hatch B. P. Rocks, R. I'. Reds, and S. C. White

Leghorns Write for 1928 Catalog giving all details of our matings and full

directions on how to raise baby chicks for greater proﬁts. .We guarantee

100% live delivery y.


DUNDEE HATCHERY & POULTRY FARMS -—


Propaid Price- for 26 so 100 200 500

him 14 gbqrns. thk Mmorcu . . . . . . $3.50 $6.50 812.00 023.50 857.50

bite. Bogned and BuffR


' and Ron. Comb R


. . . . 3.75 7.35 14.00 27.511 01.50 180,00


we.“


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DUNDEE, MICHIGAN V


- w PURE BRED BABY CHICKS w _, ”'

100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Send for Free Catalog and Price Lil!


. 1000

1110.00 _, .
White Leghorns .........

Brown Leghorns .......

Barred Rocks

F011 delivery before May

from this ad toda1.Sa\'e

\\ rite for free catalog.


Michigan Accredited Chicks 1:...-


From Iarge, heavy. carefully selected free range birds. Good winter Ileyers.

Per 00 200 5 Pa‘ "10


KNOLL’S HATGHERY &. POULTRY FARM,


00200 500

.. .$ 8.50 $113. 50 $40 Assam-d Heavy ............. 9. 00 18 .00

. . 8 50 Ill 50 40 Assorted Heavy & Light. .... 8.00

. 10 50 21. 00 50 Assorted Light .............. 7.00 13. 00


ﬁrst—«hicks 11111

time and money.


R. F. D. 8. Box M. F..


Bargain Prices

May Delivery


$2. 00 per 100 higher than prices quoted above. Order

100‘” live postpaid delivery. Write for pullet bargains.


HOLLAND, HIGH.


> 100


Bancd. Whitc and Buff

Silver Lancd W1'.andottcs Buff Orpimztons.

Buff Leghorns. Ant-onas. 11%12 Light.

BrOilers. 11c. Light mixed 9c. Grade

«hick extra. If less than 100 ordered

this adv.

“'E GUARANTEE THESE CHIt‘KS T0


1101-113. Beds.


0


Tel. 72525


GHIGKS 0N HAND


Can ship at once at reduced prlcee


Bl. )Iinorcas 13%c. White

\Vhite,

Brahmas


150.

"AA "


GHANII RAPIDS, HIGH.


chicks

add 50c extra.

in with order and get. 4 FREE chicks with every 100.

SATISFYI


Free Catalog or Chicks from R. O. P. Male Matings


LAWRENCE HATGHEIIY


Brown

18c. Heavy

5c per


Send


Semi for


f


WHY


' March and April


100 .............. $11

500 ............... $50

1000 ............... $95


order.


CITY LIMITS HATCHERY,


Pay high prices for small Leghorns.


Buy just ordinary Leghorns—


May June

100 .............. $ 10 100 ............... s 9

500 ....... . ...... $45 500 .......... .....$40

1000 ............... $85 1000 ............... $75


HOLLAND, MlCH..


When you can buy Chicks from our large English Type S. C. White Leghorns—

those cold climate egg producers for these low prices.


Place your order now and be assured of dehver) when you want it. Any deposit books your

100% live and satisfactory delivery guaranteed. Circular Free.


P. REZELMAN. PROP.


DILIGENT CHICKS DID IT»-


and will do it for you.

At Diligent we are alwms aiming to see how MUCH we can give. for a dollar,


instead of how l..£.l'l"l‘ll


thousands of DILIGIG \‘T I’ullcts. Thc1 go for $85 00 per hundred. We:

have some Ioldus 11-1 for the asking. get one and let us get bettei'

acquainted. 0111- new prices for Chicks are as follows:

50 I00 200


Single (‘omb White Leghoms .............. $4. 75 $ 9.00 $17.50 $42. 50

Barred Plymouth Rocks .................. 0. 25 12.00 23.50 57.50

S. 1‘. lihodc Island Ruis ................ t. 25 12.00 23.50 57.50

Mixed tAll htaHS) ...................... 5.25 10.00 19.50 47.50


DILIGENT HATCHERY AND POULTRY FARM


Harm J. Knoll, R. R. No. 4


HOLLAND, MICHIGAN


WSSEd

Michigan State Poultry Improvement assJOciation.2


the ofﬁcial


Saving Bank. Order from this ad. 5 50

(English Type) 3. 0. White Leghorm ....... 33. 25 36.00

S. c. Brown Leghorn! (Heavy Type) ........ 3. 25 6.00

Barred Rocks ( Lay1 119 Type) ............... 4.00 7.50

S. 0. Red: ................................. 4.00 7.50

Light Mixed ............................... 2.50 4. 00

Heavy Mixed .............................. 3. 25 6. 00


10% down books your order—100% live delivery prepaid. Get our free catalog. 1

special mated grades. Write for it. It is time to order your pellets now.

HUNDERMAN BROTHERS, R. R. 3, Box 50 - - -


Our Chicks are Hatched from Free Farm Range Breeders

E1ery chick is Michigan Accredited. which means it is from breeders that have

inspection of poultry specialists under the supervision of

Refer you to State (‘ommercial


mo 00 Lo

SILOO $52.00 “00.00

LOO 52.00 I00.00

I4. (I) 67.50 I30.00

I4. 00 967.50 I30.00

7.00

II .00


It tells all about our

Get our latest. prices.


ZEELAND, MICH


S. (‘.


“' ri te


RELIABLE HATCH ERY.


$101k.


\Vlil'l‘l‘. LLGIIOR.\S B. D. liO('KS R. 1.


today for prices.


GET OUR LOW PRIC'ES


Before you order vour chicks write us for our new prices. Reliable chicks develop

into those helm wintcn 1111ch that make big profits.

Dure- bred carefulh sic-levied


REDS


We guarantee 100% 1110 delivery and know you will be. satisﬁed.

learned to dcpcaid on Reliable chicks because they iia1e lived up to their name.


92 East seventeenth St.


E1cry chick is hatched from

We can furnish the following breeds:


A S S ORTED


Customers have


Holland, Mich


RR0\VHCA

A pOULTRyo

ARM


Ducklings.

100%


TRADE


Barred and Wh. Rooks S. (‘.

VVh.W1andottcs and Buﬁ’ Oi'pingtons

Mixed hernias for broilers $10 00. odds an ends $8.00 per hundred.

Special mated and trapnested S. C. W11. Leghorn and Br.

per hundred more.


live delivery postpaid and satisfaction guaranteed.

purebred hemy laying strains.

large quantities.


10% down. balance L'.


ARROWHEAD POULTRY FAR M


MARK OF QUALITY CHICKS


S. 1‘. Wh. and Br. Leghoms ....................................... 1.0 00 per hundred

and R. C. R. l. [Reds Bl Minorces. .312 00 per hundred


813. 00 per hundred

and Wh. Pekin


Recks $2.00


Chicks are from vigorous

0. D. Write for prices on


Hatcheries at Montroee. Birch Run and Lancer, Mlchlgen


'2... ' MALE

~ ‘~ «muss


0urPure Blue


This year we introduce to you our Record of peﬂormance pediu'ee male matings up

to 316 egg records direct from British Columbia and Ontario Canada, including

220 to 313 cm; records.

Every bird standard culled. Get. FREE circulu ol’

chicks. hatching eggs. and brooders before buying elsewhere.


Beckman Hatchery, Box 57,- Grand Rapids, Mich.


bloodtested.

Winners of many prizes.


trapnested pedigree White Leghorn matings,


—SELECTED CHICKS

——BIG EARLY ORDER

—DISCOUNTS——15 VARIETIES


Chicks 90 up.


Pay one do

FREE 1928

PM


11111- down mam

CATALOGtelis


Rod:

BIG DéSCOUN'l.‘ NOW!


thebelence

thestory and

quality, term-111 from

O'Fl'lll.


0. D on arrival. We guarantee

mum momma methods”


QUALITY BREEDING COUNTS IN EGG PRODUCTION


FAIRVIEW Pure Bred Chicks and Pullete are Michigan Accredited Big Type Ladiorns,

Originated from the Barron Strain. Ofﬁcial Records 269 to 291 eggs.


8. C. Wnlte Leohorm R. l. White and Barred Boole


Mﬂtlsfwﬂon.


”who {or emu,


INCREASING MASH CONSUMPTION


IN some ﬂocks the egg production

during the winter is rather low be-

cause the birds will not eat sufﬁcient

quantities of dry mash. If they are

given just a little too much grain it

satisﬁes their appetites and the mash

consumption will be very low.


Some of the commercial laying

mashes of very good quality are so

ﬁnely ground that they are like ﬂour.

The hens will not consume quantities


;of such mash without a lot of water


to wash it down. It is even harder


3than swallowing dry breakfast food


without. milk or cream.


One good way to increase mash con-

sumption is to keep one, or two

earthen crooks in each section of a

laying house and keep the crooks ﬁlled

with mash. Occasionally go through

the houses and pour fresh water over

the mash in the crooks. It is not nec-

essary to spend time in mixing the

mash. Just pour a liberal quantity of

water over the mash. It will rapidly

soak up the water and hens which

have had no interest in dry mash will

rapidly assemble around the crooks

and eat the moist food.


Of course, it is not necessary to

feed wet mash continually to a ﬂock

that are laying ﬁfty per cent or more.

But it is an easy way to stimulate

mash consumption when the hens are

only eating it in small quantities and

production is not at the level which

should be expected. .


It pays to keep the water fountains

near the dry mash hoppers and al-


At‘tcr 111111 ﬁrst we have ready for shipment several I


,3 part. tt»


ways keep the water supply in the

same place so the hens can readily

locate it. An easy access to plenty


,of lresh, clean water helps to stimu-

50011ate the consumption of dry mash.—

R


FEEDING DUCKLINGS


As I am thinking of raising ducks

this summer, what could I use in their

giound feed to take the place of skim

milk? Would you use some kind of

meat scrap? Skim milk is good for

them, but as we sell our milk we

wouldn’t have it to use. ——J. W.


The use of ﬁve per cent meat scrap

in the mash will help in producing a.

rapid growth and you can omit milk

from the ration and mix with water.

The mash should not be too sloppy

but a little wetter than a. crumbly

mash. A good ﬁrst feed for ducklings

consists of equal parts by measure of

bread crumbs and rolled oats to which

is added hbout three per cent sharp

sand. This is usually given from


_ three to ﬁve times per day until the


third day when they are given equal

parts of bran, corn meal, bread

crumbs, and rolled oats. After the

ﬁrst week the mash containing the

meat scrap is used. It consists of

‘1. 1 part corn meal, and 1

part 1011 grade wheat ﬂour to which

is added about 10 per cent green feed,

5 per cent meat scrap, and 3 per cent

sand. There are many good feeds for

duckings and experienced raisers of

ducks often develop individual meth-

ods depending on their available mate-

rials.


LOCATING THE INCUBATOR


I have a small incubator, but have

never run one before. Some say up-

stairs is the best place for it, others

say the cellar. I think e cellar is

the best place, but how at out ventila-

tion? I saw some place how pipes'

could be put out through the windows

or into the chimney. It’s a chimney

from the basement. Would that inter-

fere with the range stove upstairs if

the hole in the chimney down stairs

was open?——Mrs. C. P.


locbte‘ the incubating "


I think the cellar will be the b "t

‘plaoej


easier to maintain a uniform tem-

perature. The air from the outside is

constantly passing through the ma.

chine and it is diﬂicult to keep the

machine at the right temperature if

there are great variations in the

room. With several children in.-

the family it is difﬁcult to avoid all

running and banging of doors and.

heavy jars and vibrations are injuri-

ous to hatching eggs. If you have

only a. small machine and a. large cel-

lar, you may be able to change the

air enough by" occasionally opening

the upstairs door. Some incubator

operators place a pipe through the cel-

lar windows and others open a. small

crack-in the window when the weath-

er is favorable outside and it will not

make too much change in the cellar

temperature. If any openings are

made into the chimney, it would be

best to consult a builder or mason

who could do it properly without caus-

ing a ﬁre risk or reducing the efﬁ-

ciency of the chimney for the stoves

upstairs.


MASH CONSUMPTION NECESSARY


I have 70 chickens and they are not.

giving me enough eggs, only 12 and

16 a day. Here is what I feed them.

In the morning, they get cooked pota-

toes mashed up with one gallon of

bran and middlings, also two big ruta—

bagas cut in halves, also skim milk

and some apples. At noon they get

6 lbs. barley, a good gallon pail iull.

At three o’clock they get a one gallon

pail of scratch feed-5 lbs. They also

have egg mash, all they can eat all

day long. Also oyster shell, water,

and skim milk—all they want. I also

mix in with their potatoes, bran, and

middlings, in the morning, one gallon

pail of clover seed that falls out of the

hay when I feed my stock. —C. J.


I think that your method of feeding

cooked potatoes mixed with bran and

middlings in the morning probably re-

duces the consumption of the commer-

cial laying mash during the day and

keeps down egg production. The bal-

anced laying mash contains the meat

scrap and dried milk products which

tend to increase egg production. It."

the hens ﬁll up on cooked mash the

ﬁrst thing in the morning and the-

cooked mash does not contain meat

scrap, they are apt to neglect the feed

that contains the egg—making mate-

rials.


Possibly your hens are slightly off-

feed from overfeeding and some of

them may be overfat. I think yougcan

increase production by feeding only

the commercial mash and a little

green feed during the day plus the

grain ration at night. At this season

of the year, egg production is apt] to

increase rapidly, especially if the win-

ter 1ecord has been low. When the

hens are on range and gather bugs

"and worms, that also increases their

supply of_meat food and stimulates

egg production.


The capacity and appetite of a hen

is only about so great and when the

hen consumes a large quantity of

boiled and raw vegetables, there is

less room for the necessary egg mash.


BETTER CHICKS IN KENT

COUNTY


LOSSES from baby chicks will be

out down in Kent county this


year. A local leader school in grow-


ing better chicks has been started in 4'


cooperation with the poultry depart.

ment at State College.


Eleven communities with fourteen

local leaders .are taking the wOrk. They

report that 135 attended their ﬁrst

class. Two demonstrations of build-

ing brooder houses Were held in


Maren and attended by ‘etgirtyfave’ '


been! .86


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With MICHIGAN

Hatchery CHICKS


All Michigan

. Accredited


800 S. C. White


_ Leghorn Trap-


nerted on Our Own

Farm


Finest Egg Strains. Largest Type Barred Rocks

Years of breeding for higher egg production has

placed Michigan Poultry Farm Stock on a high

standard of quality.


Among 500 White Leghorns trapnested on our

own. farm. a large part averaged 24 to 30 eggs

monthly during the past winter.


Our.- Sheppard's. Anconas, and llolterman's

3 Strain Barred liocks are also of very best quality.

Ordet- SAFELY, and CONFIDENTLY. direct

from this ad. We guarantee 100% Live Delivery.


Pay only $1 Down. Balance 12.0.1).


Trapnested P u r e Hanson

Strain S. C. White 100 500- 1.000

Leghorns .......... . ...... $18.00 $72.50


Barron and Tapered -

$110


Fndn S. C. W. Leghorns... 12.00 57.50


- Sheppard's Str. Anconas. 12. 00 57.50 110

*Barred Ply. Rocks 14.00 07.50 130

Broilers. Mixed ............ 8.25 40.00 78

‘ Seconds. (No cripples) 7.00 35.00 70


Michigan Hatchery & Poultry Farm,


, FARM 81. HATGHERY.


IIIILLSIDE HITCHEBI. HOLLAND, MIBH., 0.3


"8. 1w. Leghorn Baby chicks


_s. HABKEMA sous.


aDeath loss stopped in few. hours, and


Box 2, Holland, Mich.


Baby Chicks


From Egg Bred Northern Grown

Laying Stock


Culled for years for higher 638 pro-

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One a: Patient,


IMAGINE you’ll be surprised to


hear from me from here. Yes, in-


deed, I’m a victim of T. B. I’ve

been sick since June but have just

been here at Howell since February

8th. There is another one of the

cousins here—Miss Clara McDonald.

She came six days before I did but

hasn’t much trouble andexpects to go

home in May. I wish I was that

lucky. I’m getting along nicely here.

I was in the Children’s Ward nearly

six weeks but haven’t done well since

I came up here to the Adults’ Cottage


Madeline Marguerite Rowe Is Ready

for Some Place to Go


and now have hopes of going back to

my pals in the Children’s Ward. This

is a pretty place. From my bed I can

see several rolling hills with the grass

just turning green, the trees budding.

The birds have returned and every-

thing is so springlike. Even the mo-

squitos are returning. One of the

girls here was bitten by one the other

‘, evening and we saw several others.

In the Children’s W'ard, there are

thirty-three children. They all enjoy

,the radio immensely. It was out of

order for a while but is ﬁxed now.

The radio surely is a comfort when

you are lying on your bed with noth-

ing to do but listen to the pretty

music.


The main building here is pretty.

It is brick. I know it must be beauti-

ful here in the good old summer time

and am glad I can be 'here to enjoy

the beauty. I surely love Nature. I

long to get out and take a walk around

the grounds but must wait until I’m

in a higher class. The days are so

slow up here and sometimes it’s

pretty lonesome. Please, won’t some

of the cousins write to Clara and me?

We would appreciate it so much. I

shall try to answer all letters. If I

don’t get them all answered while

here, I’ll surely answer all when I get

home as I’ll be able to write more


then. I haven’t seen a M. F. since I

" came. I guess I’ll have to subscribe

l for it. Uncle Frank, what are the


rates for One year or six months? I

surely miss it.


I spend some of my time painting.

I have sold a few cards and am going

‘ to paint a picture soon nine by twelve

inches for Clara.


Well, Uncle and cousins, I have

taken enough of your time so must

ring off.


Remember, cousins, please write to

us two girls. Our address is: M. S. S.

Bldg. 8, Howell, Mich. Your niece and

cousin, Anna Hoyt, G. C. & M. C.


_ .. The. advance of spring on Washing-

(' ' ton carries with it the twittering spar-

VWs. the ‘robin's ohirruping, the

a «bolas. the are: swim” chair.


catching skirts of 0

air!- are"


ThrecG. C’s. in Hospitals


T wo a: Name:


tering. It is delightful just to have a

brief walk through the park in early

morning hours to hear the hum of

trafﬁc, the Whir of planes, the rumble

of heavier cars, and catch the spirit

of a beautiful city awakening from a

winter’s nap!


What better melody to hum on such

a day than that of a “Perfect Day?”

What greater thought to think than

this we sing:

“For memory has painted this perfect


day


In colors that never fade,


And we ﬁnd at the end of a perfect

day


The soul of a friend we’ve made.”


I am for special reasons this time

covering my name, although they who

know me well may guess who signs

her letter with this saying:


“A Ford full of love and a kiss in‘

every rattle” to you all.


And sign myself what I wish to be,

“Le Bonne Amie.”


This Golden Circler is a nurse in a

hospital in Washington, D. C


Perhaps you will have forgotten me

but my address used to be Mio, Mich-

igan. Last year about this time you

asked me to write to the Michigan

Farmer but the duties of a senior in

high school got the better of all my

good resolutions to write.


This evening was the ﬁrst I had

seen a “Farmer” since I was home in

September although it comes here


every week. It made me feel so good

to read the juniors’ page I simply had

to write. One of our boys here,

Anthony Gomerick, once wrote and

asked you if you knew me but he had

my name misspelled so I don't im-

agine I was recognized.


When I gave that dime to help buy

the radio for here, I had no idea that

I’d ever hear it, but many times we

open the door of the children’s din-

ing room and listen to the music. The

children enjoy it so much. -


I imagine that by this time you are


wondering what I’m d'oinghere. My

business is nursing at present. I’m

working nights. There are about


seventy-ﬁve patients on my ﬂoor. They

are from the ages of ﬁve to ﬁfteen

and all are able to be up. A few can

walk unaided; a great many are walk-

ing with crutches, and the rest are

in wheel chairs. They are all happy

and are enjoying themselves despite


the sad stories they can tell of their


past.


Only. this morning one of the largest

girls informed me that she had just

had her twelfth Operation, but she has

no self pity and is always 'bright and

smiling.


I think often if all the Merry

Circlers were able to spend a day

here it would help them all to appre-

ciate the good things they possess as

health, home, loving parents to nurse

them through their illnesses, etc. I

know it has certainly taught me to ap-

preciate especially my home and

health. So much from an ex-Golden

Circler.—Lilly Esch, Children’s Hos-

pital, Farmington, Michigan.


Dear Uncle Frank:


Most of the letters I have read on

Our Page are very interesting. The

ones concerning nature contain some

facts which, I am sure, are of great

interest. I am interested in nature,

as probably everyone is, and consider

it an entirely satisfactory subject to

study. In studying nature, if we

should go back several thousand

years, we would see that everything

including a man was on a lower plane

than it is now. How do we account

for the fact that we are so much

more highly developed than formerly?

As far as I can see, the answer would

be evolution, and evolution is merely

the changin of simple life to a com-

plex throug the natural change of

environment. There are many who

will disagree with me, I know, but

don’t you think that it is a very

simple explanation of evolution? Dar-

win did not teach that man descend-

ed from monkeys. He taught the na-

tural survival of the ﬁttest and his

theory was parallel with the Bible.

Many people did not believe this.

Sometimes people are very slow in ad—

mitting that they recognize the truth

when they see it.——Gertrude Thorne.

R. 2, Dewitt, Michigan.


As an evolutionist you certainly

step right on the subject. We will

undoubtedly have some replies to your

letter.


Dear Uncle Frank:


I believe that modern youth needs

a real shaking up—~something that will

bring us all to our senses. Lest you

think me an old granddad, let me

state that I’m just a kid—gonna. be

seventeen in a couple of days. I want

to say a few things to “Sammy.”


I certainly do rebel against some

of the criticism of modern youth. But

morally, we aren’t up to the standard

of our grandparents. To begin with,

what is petting? And what does pet-

ting usually lead to?


I agree with you that the short

skirts are healthier than the dirt-

ur grandmothers.


but f‘samniy." don’t

“1118


'But 'oh, the class :


on thikpthat'

all: skim“ ”a; , '


too short? Skirts six inches above

the knees is a bit too short, espe-

cially if little is beneath the dress.

While I don’t believe in long ﬂuffy

skirts, I'do believe that they should

be long ,enough to cover the girl’s

knees.


Is it lifting our standards if we,

boys as well as girls, 14, 15, and 16

years of age smoke and drink? The

other day, I saw a girl about ﬁfteen,

on a public dance ﬂoor, so drunk that

she couldn’t stand alone and to make

matters still more disgraceful, her

skirts were so short that little was

protected. A niCe spectacle she would

have been ﬁfty years ago—today she’s

just got a couple more “sweethearts.”


“Sammy,” you say “their clear

minds and bright ideas.” Bah! It

should be foolish, big headed, inde-

pendent ideas! If you want my opin-

ion,'it is that such as “Boots” and

Everett Fiﬁeld that made a nation.—

Billy.


There is a frankness and freedom

nowadays that alarms many, but I

don’t. think modern youth is worse

than ”that of the past. There have

been good and bad ones in all ages.

What do others think?


Dear Uncle Frank:


I’m one of the Freshman I’d like you

to know


Of Lawton High, and we sure can go;


We’re running a race with the Sopho-

more crew,


In whose best in spelling, we can beat

them too. ~


We go to all of the basketball games,


And make just oodles of noise;


It makes the old folks ‘snappy and

cross, .


But we know we’re helping the boys.-


AWe have our party once a month,


No matter what the weather;


And it seems the time just .ﬂies on

wings .- , 2'


When our crowd all gets together. ‘-


ten A-JM‘


"Pia aig‘er ‘ o


Nor solve for X, Y, z. ’


Oh, now there goes the second bell!

And I must hurry so

For if I’m late to Latin class

Back to my seat I’ll go.

——f‘Chickie”


A poetic school letter which indi-

cates that basketball, etc., are enjoy-

able parts of school work.


Dear Uncle and Cousins:


I just couldn’t leave good? old Mich-


igan before writing to “Our Page.” So

Jean, Allison is in Chicago

hash” at the Stoney Island Cafe?

Well, I’ll be in Chicago sometime this

,month. So just watch and see if I’m

not going to round her up! I’m sure

I’ll be able to enjoy a few minutes

with her. .


Just think, cousins, I will not enjoy

the winter sports in Michigan. I

agree with Lulene Todd that northern

Michigan is a beautiful place.


Virginia Booth! Don’t tell us you

are a quitter, I’m sure you’re not.

Now, be a sport and show the cousins

that you, too, can be a M. C.


I’ll close giving my best wishes for

success to all cousins and Uncle

Frank.——Black Bird. '


I hope‘ you enjoyed a visit~with

Jean, but didn’t you miss the winter

sports? I like your quitter comments.


T0 UNCLE FRANK AND HIS BE-

LOVED WASTE BASKET


There’s a lot of speculation

About our Uncle Frank;

I think- he is the geezer

That gave my Ford a crank.


Your beloved Waste Basket


Must, be an awful casket


To swallow all the mail.


It’s funny and amusing


And never much abusing


To a letter from a sweet female.

Dorothy A. Drews, M. C.


COMING OF THE SPRING

FLOWERS


“I hear a voice,” Spring Beauty

Said: “I feel an April tear.


I think I’ll creep up through the

Ground, and see if spring is here.


“The world is beautiful,” she said;

“The sunshine and the rain.


No other ﬂowers are up yet. I think

I’ll go back again.”


“I’m coming,” said Hepatica,

Wrapped in her furry hood.


Half hidden by the autumn leaves

The little ﬂower stood.


“Anemone! ‘Anemonel”


They both began to call; ,

“Where is our sweet Anemone,


So slender and so tall?” >

“We come,” the fair windﬂower re-


p ied, ~

And soon through all the wood


Mabel Burns, Friend and Lambs


A crowd of pale Anemones


With smiling faces stood.


Hidden beneath the melting snow,


The sweet Arbutus la‘y.’


All fragrant with‘ the breath of spring,


The fairest ﬂower of May.»


But oh! the springtime Violets


One everywhere could see. t '


The banks and all the. meadows '


Were blue as they could"‘be'. 3


“slinging
' A 1, mortise CONTEeT


1 f .. .e ., ‘


AY thirteenth is Mother’s Day at

' Which time all of us are sup-


posed to show in someway our

respect for our mothers. In Febru-

ary': we’had a father contest which

proved very good. Now we should

have. one for mother. So, please, in

about two hundred words br less tell

us what mother ‘means to you.


Please put your name in the upper

left hand corner of your paper and

M. C. after your name if you have a

Merry Circle button and card.


Ten prizes will be given, two ﬁne

fountain pens, three dictionaries, and

ﬁve good clutch pencils, The contest

closes April mm and some of the win-

ning papers will appear in our May

12th issue. . .


Send your papersto Uncle Frank,

Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.


MIXED WORD WINNERS


., HIS contest was'a real success if

' We consider numbers, for it near-


ly came up to our former record

of 1,455 replies. But quite a few

were careless and did not put the s’s


on some of the words although they‘


were included in the “mixture.”

Others spelled “uncle” “unkle” which,

of course was wrong. Merry Circle

buttons and membership cards will

be sent to all who had correct papers

and are. not now members. From the

pile of correct papers the following

were picked as winners.

Fountain Pens


Saima Anjala, R. 2, Box 49, Chassell.


E. V. Keranen, R. F. D. No. 8 A,

Bruce, Crossing, Michigan.


Dictionaries


Evelyn E. Maltritz, R. 3, Howard

City, Mich.


Sipri Impola, Box 567, Crystal Falls.


Lucile Halvorsen, R. 4, Dowagiac..

, Clutch Pencils

' Elizabeth DeYoung, Dorr, Michigan.


Fern Carter, Attica, Michigan.


Vanda Isles, Brown City, Michigan.


Dorothy- Bricker, R. 6, Yale, Mich.


Merece Nichols, St. Johns, Mich.


Correct Words


’ Merry Circle, letter box, winners,

Uncle Frank, fountain pens, Our Page,

read or dear,~ home-comers, Michigan

Farmer, contest.


BOY KILLED FLYING KITE


WE have _

warning against boys ﬂylng

kite s around electric power

lines, because of the danger from the

kites .Coming in contact with the high

voltage Wires. On March 20, a 9-year-

old boy, Gale Dilly, living near Sioux

City, Iowa, was fatally shocked when

a kite he was ﬂying struck a'33,000—

volt transmission line. Kale was us-

ing a ﬁne Copper wire string on his

kite and this made an excellent con-

ductor. It should be kept in mind,

however, that even a common cord is

dangerous under such conditions, es-


several times given


pecially if the cord is damp.


Boys should keep in mind not only

this danger to themselves,

danger of serious damage to the trans-

mission line when the kite, especially

if of wire frame, falls across these

high voltage wires and causes a short


, circuit which may burn. up at part of


the system and, cut off power from a

whole city. ‘Also the danger to peo-

ple perhaps miles away if the high

voltage is crossed on to telephone or

electric light‘wires.—I. W. Dickerson.


A MOONLIGHT SCENE


Mountain pines are silhouetted

Against the moonlit sky;

A slight breeze watts

Its spicy fragrance by;

A rushing torrent roars

' From many feet below,

Leaping, dashing, rushing,’

It shallever go-

- Lethe. M. Snyder, M. C.


JUST A‘ BUD


“.I‘ "am a‘bu‘d on the Merry Circle tree


growing, ' ‘


Many Tervo, her-wind is blowing.


Grow. up small‘bud asthe rest,


Tlien yOu will be a Golden Circler

est.”


“Lilly, Lilly count me ﬁrst, _ .

Then I will-into a blossom burst,

Then children will say, -‘Isn’t that

blossom cute,’ , .

‘Oh, don't pick it for it will grow to

be fruit." . '


By Woodfairy.

‘- . . LATIN '


Latin is beckoning . -


. “Ferns-to come and study,

'xthst'it’isgcalling ’

37 the slacks I?!


a . ,.t


g» X' .,

.3. "‘ .


4


but the


the clock. “obi.


or say “It'may snow today.”


It has some wonderful phrases,


Like “Terra ﬁrma,”

apple sass,”


But I’m always glad when we get up


And the teacher says we may pass.


I like to make a person laugh,

Latin does too, I guess;


But if you don’t pay attention

You are liable not to pass.


Latin is a funny study.

Though not a very jolly tune,

Oh, say, won’t we be happy

When the calendarsays, “It’s June.”

By Lucile E. Jones.


Rural Health


BODY SORES


Can you tell me the cause of fes-

tering sores breaking out most any~

where on the body? This spring

there seems .to be several in our neig-

borhood having them. One little girl

in our school has them. Are they con-

tagious? Are they caused by bad

ancestral blood? Will a wash dry

them up or should blood medicine be

taken?——Mrs. T. S.


This condition is probably Impetigo

Contagiosa, a skin disease often pre-

valent. It is contagious as its name

indicates. It is not due to bad blood

any more than is measles. It may be

treated by mild antiseptic application

but strong antiseptics irritate. Its

course' is about two weeks.


BARBER’S ITCH


I have a case of barber’s itch and

a friend tells me to treat it with

bichloride of mercury. Do you think

that will cure it?~—M. .


I have known barber’s itch to yield

to bichloride of mercury when all

other treatments failed. But it is too

dangerous for any experimenting with

home treatment. Put yourself in the

doctor’s hands.


TEETH SLOW IN COMING


My baby is 14 months old and has

not a single tooth. She seems healthy.

Ought she to have medicine.——L. B. S.


No. Delayed dentition is not un-

usual and is no cause for alarm in'

a vigorous: healthy child. Her teeth

will come in good time.


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HIGHLAND POULTRYLFARM, HOLLAND, MICHIGAN


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Barred, BIZ, Wh. Rocks. R. l. Reds. Blk. Minorcas ..... 5.25 9.50 45.00 90.00

BL, Wh. 0rp's.. “’11. at S. L. Wyandotti's. Wh. Minorcas . . 5.75 10.50 50.00 95.00

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First $50.00


H. COLLINS, of Eau Claire,

. Michigan, R. 2, has found that

it pays to belong to the Mich-

igan Farmer Protective Service. On

March 19th, he discovered the loss of

twelve hay rake teeth and thirty-four

spike tooth drag teeth. He immediately

called on his neighbor, Deputy Sheriff

Alfred Schilling, a resident of Berrien

County who receives his mail on R.

7, Dowagiac. Mr. Collins explained

his losses and advised Deputy Sheriff

Schilling of his suspisions in regard

to the stolen property, and suggested

that they go immediately to the home

of the party under suspicion for the

purpose of locating the stolen prop-

erty.


Deputy Sheriff Schilling, who has

an enviable record for shrewd deal-

ings with the light-ﬁngered gentry,

took the case in hand and accom-

panied Mr. Collins on a quiet survey

of property joining that of Mr..Col-

lins. On this tour, close scrutiny was

made of farm machinery and careful

questioning of neighbors permitted

Deputy Sheriff Schilling to put two

and two together. The result of their

ﬁndings brought them to the premises

of Edward Stockman, whose farm

joins that of Mr. Collins. After look-

ing over the machinery about his barn-

yard, they discovered that recent re-

pairs had been made to hay rake and

closer examination proved to Mr.

Collins that the newly added hay rake

teeth were those he had recently lost.

Likewise the clips used to fasten the

newly supplied teeth were exact dupli-

cates of those used on his rake from


which the teeth had been pilfered.

Further investigation made at. the

home of Mr. Stockman brought. to


light the spike toothed drag teeth that

had been stolen. They were identi—

ﬁed by Mr. Collins in their new sur-

roundings, as Mr. Stockman had evi-

dently borrowed them to repair his

drag, which was found with broken

teeth in a. tool shed.


Mr. Stockman was not at home at

the time of this discovery, therefore

Deputy Sheriff Schilling whispered

wise counsel in the ear of Mr. Collins,

prevailing on him to procure a war-

rant for the arrest of Stockman. It

was necessary for the Deputy to use

much persuasion to induce Mr. Collins

to take his trouble to the proper

authorities. But at last he was made

to see that he was serving his own

interest and that of society at large

by bringing to an accounting a neigh-

bor, who had seen ﬁt to borrow prop-

erty without permission.


Added Evidence

It is barely possible that Mr. Collins


M ic/zzgan Farmer Protective Service Aid: in Petty T ﬁeﬁ‘ Care


Reward Paid w


would have been harder to convince

in the matter of swearing out a. war-

rant against his neighbor, Stockman,


had he not accidently discovered a.


walking plow that had once been in-

cluded in his inventory of farm tools.

It seemed this plow had left his premi-

ses without his permission about a.

year before. While in deep thought,

Collins accidently placed his hand on

the plow and his sense of ownership

was awakened by the familiar feel‘of

the handle of the plow. He imme-

diately called Deputy Sheriff Schil-

ling’s attention to the fact that this

plow had been his property and

proved it by certain markings which

were veriﬁed by Deputy Sheriff Schil-

ling. Ownership of the plow having

been proved by Mr. Collins, he was

then satisﬁed that it was best to give

Mr. Stockman an opportunity to think

things over in Berrien County’s big

stone hotel in St. Joseph.


After the warrant had been served

and Stockman had been arraigned,

Sheriff Fred E. Bryant, who has an

uncanny way of making people talk

even though they’re not in their sleep,

discovered that Stockman had been

hooked up with other losses in Pipe

Stone Township. Among these was

the loss of gasoline from the premises

of another near neighbor who, it ap-

peared, had not seen ﬁt to report his

case to the proper authorities, but had

rather felt'it his duty to shake the

fear of the Lord instead of the Law

into Stockman, but it would appear

that this form of punishment had not

produced the desired results in bring-

ing to the attention of Mr. Stockman

that it was better to make arrange-

ments for property he desired to ac-

quire beforehand rather than after.


“’hen Stockman was arraigned be-

fore Judge \Vm. H. Anderson of Ber~

rien County, he was given careful trial

and much pressure was brought to

bear by near relatives of the defend-

ant, asking for leniency, but Judge

Anderson decided that the evidence

furnished was of sufﬁcient weight that

Stockman should have time enough to

think of the error of his ways. Judge

Anderson is to be congratulated for

passing a. penal sentence that will no

doubt prove to Stockman that petty

larceny is not a proﬁtable means of

livelihood.


Payment of Reward


The ﬁfty dollars reward in the

Stockman case, after careful investi-

gation, was divided between Deputy

Sheriff Alfred Schilling and Mr. Col-

lins equally.


The payment of this reward bears


(Continued on page 580)


E. A. Shearer,


1632 Lafayette Blvd, Detroit.


Dear M 1‘. Shearer:


Name . .


Manager, Michigan Farmer Protective Service,


Enclosed ﬁnd twenty-ﬁve cents for which enroll me as amember

of the Michigan Farmer Protective Service and send me the weath~

er-proof, steel Protective Service Sign, the Registered Tag and

Key Chain with proper registration in your Detroit ofﬁces, a signed

Membership Certiﬁcate, and a \Varning Sign carrying the announce-

ment of awards for capturing thieves and trespassers.

closing the stencil of my address from the Michigan Farmer

showing that I am a boni ﬁda subscriber to that publication. '


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For the troublesome hurts of udder or

tears, Bag Balm is the quick, sure answer.

It is clean, pleasant to use, and quickly

heals sore teats, chaps, cuts. inflammation

or injuries of anysort to these important

milking organs. For caked bag,.bunches.

cow-pox or any stoppage in the delicate


tissues, the penetrating ag Balm applica—

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builds new tissues quickly.


Used by hundreds of thousands of

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sores, and household healing. Try it. Big

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if hard to obtain locally. Booklet, “Dairy

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prices.—


' . HOUSANDS of fat animals die

, "every year between the farm and

the packing house. Millions of


X‘spOunds of meat goto 'the tanks and

. other millions of pounds are sold at


lower grade because of bruises and

injuries received in shipping. The

producer is. always the heavy loser.

The other person to suffer is the con-

sumer.


The reduction of these losses is the:

purposenof the Michigan Live Stock


Less Prevention Association. The an-

nual'meeting was held in Detroit last

week. Many interesting addresses

were given.» Much data on the size

of the loss and methods of reducing

this waste were presented. From ”the

farmers’ point of view the address of

W. E. J. Edwards of Michigan State

College has some verypractical sug-

gestions; to hog feeders. He spoke as

follows:

Give a Light Feed Before Shipping

'The practice of giving hogs a heavy

ﬁll of sloppy feeds just before ship-

ment is very foolish and entails a

heavy loss, as they then shrink heavi-

ly and. weigh less at their destination


t Stock Losses


Producers Heavier! Suﬁrerr


of many bone fractures during ship-

ment resulting in severe losses in

transit to market.


Recent developments have shown

that posterior paralysis has‘in many

cases. been caused by a lack of min:

erals in the ration, or to the inability

to assimulate minerals due to a de-

ﬁciency of certain other food factors,

called vitamins in the ration. Post-

mortem examinations of these cases

often disclose a crushed or fractured

vertebrae in the lumbar region. A

combination of the proper minerals

and vitamin D, or exposure to direct

sunlight prevents this difﬁculty.


There are many mineral mixtures

on the market, but the feeder can

make his own mixture to very good

advantage. The minerals in which

swine rations are likely to be deﬁcient

are calcium, phosphorus, sodium,

chlorine, and iodine. All of these ele-

ments, except iodine, are supplied by

bone meal, limestone, and common

salt. A mineral mixture that has

given good results with hogs is com-

posed of forty-five pounds feeding bone

meal, twenty—ﬁve ' pounds pulverized


2 " Mair) Wine.


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than had they been given a reason«

able amount of dry feed and water be-

fore being loaded. Even though the

hogs were hauled but a short distance

and weighed at' a local point, the

shrinkage reacts upon the price and

the producer in general is the loser.

A heavy ﬁll cramps the heart and

lungs so that these organs cannot

function properly and the loss in

cripples and dead hogs is liable to be

heavy, especially during hot weather.


Until recent years the quality of

protein fed received little attention.

If there was enOugh to balance the


carbohydrates, this was thought to ful- -


til~ the protein needs. This is not

sufﬁcient however. Protein is com-

posed of a large number of amino

acids, certain ones of which must be

present to give satisfactory gains.

Common grains are somewhat deﬁ-

cient 'in Several of these essential

amino acids. Animal products such'

as dairy lay-products and tankage sup-

ply all of these‘necessary parts and

can be fed to good advantage, espe-


’ ciaily if pasture is not available. Even


when fed on pasture these animal pro-

teins will give remunerative returns

if they can be had at reasonable


.4 .. “Hogs Need' Minerals

Tings; require minerals toa greater


. extent than do any other class of farm

‘ animals. ‘ This is because their ration

laconﬂneh to common grains,‘which

' are low in minerals, to a”iarger extent


ariathe‘ﬁtions of other animals.

set Mount minerals


limestone, and thirty pounds common

salt. This may be fed through a self-

feeder, or it may be mixed with the

feed, using one pound of the mineral

mixture with 100 pounds of feed.

iodine Prevents Goiter


.In many sections of Michigan and

other states where there is practical-

ly no iodine in the drinking water,

serious losses have resulted from the

farrowing of weak hairless pigs. Many

are farrowed dead; the others lack

vitality, have no ambition to nurse and

soon die. Many of_these pigs show

a goitrous condition. This trouble is

caused by there being insuﬂ‘icient iO'.

dine in the sow’s feed. ‘


Feed iodine and prevent this trouble.

There is some difference of opinion as:

to the proper amount to give. Cer-i

tain authorities recommend as much

as two grains of potassium‘iodide or:

sodium iodide per day, other as little.

as one-half grain daily. Iodine is a

strong drug and there is danger in

feeding in excess. One grain of either

potassium iodide or sodium iodide fed

daily per sow during the period of

gestation will do no‘injury and is, no

doubt, sufﬁcient ,to’ prevent this loss

of pigs. A handy way to feed iodine

is to mix one ounce of potassium io-

dide or sodium iodide in one gallon

of water; and give each sow nehalf

tablespoonful of the solution each day.

This will give each sow approximately

one, grain of, the iodide daily. It

should be mixed with the water before

the feed is put in thereby insuring an

equal distribution. ' . '


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until grass is 6 to 8 inches

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cannot take the place of a good

winter grain ration —— for soft,

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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY


CATTLE


Chana'e Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Twelve Days before date of publication.


Forest Hills Guernseys


FOR SALE—Heifer. 15 months old. four bull calves

from 7 to 18 months old (all carry the blood of

World Champions) and a. herd sire. 4 years old,

dam‘s record 634 lbs. butter-fat in EE, siro’s dam's

record 952 lbs. butter-fat. in AA. M. HOMPE, R. 5.

Grand Rapids, Mich.


Wallinwood Guernseys

Bans of BHOOKMEAQ’S SECRET KINGfor sole.

r. w. WALLIN, JENISON, MIC".


of attractive Guernsey bull

I "3V0 a Humbert-elves for sale at reasonable

prices. FRANK E. ROBSON, Box 5G-A, R. F. D.

No. 3. Ann Arbor. Michlgan.


GUERNSEYS either sex. whose sires‘ dams

have official records of 15.-

10910 milk. 778. 80 fat 19.46050 milk, 909. 05 fat.

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


FORS practically purs— —bred GUERNSEY or HOL-

ETIN calves, from heavy rich milks".

write EDGEWOOD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewater.WlI.


Dairy Heifer Calves. practically

Guernsey pure bred $25.00 each. We IND

C. 0. D. Writs L‘. Tmilliger. Wauwatosa. Wis.


SERVICEABLE AGE

Registered Holstein


Bull Calves at prices the owner of a small herd

can afford to pay. Grandsons of K. P. O. P.

Bred cows and heifers are available for foundav

tion stock.


RED ROSE FARMS DAIRY

Northville, Michigan


Reference: Nortbville State Savings Bank


H‘ h C1888 Registered Holstein cows and

lg heifers that show breeding and

production. priced very reasonable. Some fresh,

others to freshen soon. Yearlings and heifer calves

for 0111ng club work. from $50 00 to $1100. 00 each.

some herd sires priced to B. B.

BEAVEY, Akron. Mich.


Hereford cows and Steers


Few bunches Hereford cows showing good breeding.

Sane bunches heavy swingers and calves by side.

Souls bunches backward swingers. Also few 3 yr.

old heifers with calf. Also Angus cows. All are

£811.11. EWlmhon yearlinzs. yearlings. and

yr 0 rs

. mm also. no and quality. Will

my bunch. some mobunolm


sell. , your; choice

run.


The above are all sorted '


proﬁts for the farmer.


Write for literature


XHOLSTEINS

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The great size of

Holsteins means more salvage

value, larger calves for veal and

greater production of fat and milk.

These combined factors spell


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THE ROMANCE OF THE BOY AND

THE PIG


ALONG with the general improve


ment. which has made itself evi-

‘dent in farm methods for the last ﬁfty

years, has come a corresponding bet-

terment in the quality of the farm

animals. Tractors, gang plows, and

numerous other machines are usurp-

ing the place of the old-fashioned

single bottom horse-drawn implement.

So it is with the modern stock, devel-

opment by selection, and bettering by

importation of pedigreed animals has

made radical changes in the appear-

ances and marketable quality.


One of the methods nationally being

advocated and approved to develop

the interest in higher grade stock is

the “T011 Litter Club.” This club

was originated to interest the farmer

in the advantage of short fattening

periods for hogs. The litter of— pigs

is given 180 days to be fattened, and

that group which attained the high-

est record of weight is accredited the

champion litter in that district. The

advantage of this practice can readily

be seen; each farmer seeking to ob-

tain this honor will endeavor to better


Pure-Bred Sires Aid in Producing Ton

Litters


highest possible point of perfection.


The honor of producing one of

Michigan’s best litters of pigs this

year was won by Laban Williams, a

Smith-Hughes student, attending

Eaton Rapids High School. He pur-

chased a gilt from S. V. Phillips and

Son in February, 1926, for the sum of

forty-ﬁve dollars and joined the Mich-

igan Ton Litter Club in 1927. In order

that there will be no misrepresenta-

tion among the competitors each pig

must be marked within three days

after birth and a card containing sta-

tistics relating to them given the

County Agent.


This particular litter consisted of

ten pigs and from the time they would

eat from a trough until three months

of age were fed middlings and milk

in the form of a. slop mixture. From

three months to ﬁve they were fed

oats and barley in a feeder with

plenty of skim milk to drink at will.

The last month they were fed one-

third wheat and two-thirds barley in

the feeder with milk fed in a trough.


In the six months time given to

fatten the pigs, Mr. Williams care-

fully developed his entry of ten pigs.

At the close of the contest they tipped

the scales at 2,443 pounds, an aver-

age of more than 244 pounds each.

Results such as these are the marks

which other farmers and stockmen are

endeavoring to achieve. The shorter

the fattening period, the larger the

proﬁt. We all recognize the patience

and labor Laban spent in winning this

contest and congratulate him on his

feat. If all stock growers had records

such as his, an organization known as

a Ton Litter Club would net be need-

ed, but one known as a “T011 and a

Half Litter Club” would be more ap-

propriate.


Truly a better outlook for agricul-

ture is ahead when Michigan’s high

school boys can enter the ﬁelds of

competition with their elders and

carry on: the honors, and we must


the l: :1 11.0115an


his hogs until he has reached the-


. over 1,250 pounds milk.


.b'


Chas.‘ B. Parks. '


FIGURES ONﬂ‘FEBRUARY. TESTING


O J. BECKER, member of the Ing-


ham-Lansing D. H. I. A., owner

of a. herd of seven grade Holsteins

and Guernseys and the most retested

herd in Michigan, is credited with the

high herd in D. H. I. A.’s for February.


. This excellent herd of grade Holsteins


and Guernseys, well cared for and

managed by a. painstaking dairyman,

averaged 1, 277 pounds milk and 56. 24

pounds fat.


The yearly report for this same

association credits this herd owner

for the high herd in the association.

This indicates that Mr. Becker pos-

sesses not alone a herd able to gain

high honors in his association b’ut also

in the state. Leslie Wilcox is the

tester in the Ingham- -Lansing D. H.

I. A. '


The second high herd for the state

was also retested and is 'owned by

Otto Sorenson of the Montcalm-Tru-

fant D. H. I. A., Edward Mortimore,

tester. This herd of nine pure-bred

Holsteins averaged 1,304 pounds milk

and 50.52 pounds fat.


Seventy-three Michigan associations

reported out of the ninety-seven oper-

ating in February. Livingston County,

stronghold of Michigan Holstein

breeders, is credited with "the high

association. average for the state. This

organization averaged 31.17 pounds

butter- fat with 299 cows under test,

thirty four of them dry.


High cow is owned by the Detroit

Creamery in the Macomb- Detrin

Creamery D. H. LA. This cow under

oﬂicial test is credited with 2,538‘

pounds milk and 126.9 IpOunds butter-

fat.


Uhproﬁtable cows to the number of

211 were culled during the month and

eighteen sires are known to have been

purchased’ by Michigan dairymen,

members in testing associations. Nine

hundred and two cows produced more

than ﬁfty pounds fat and 1,403 cows


KENT FARMERS KEEPING BOOKS

HIRTY Kent County farmers are


‘ keeping books this year in 'co-

operation with the farm management

department at State College‘.‘ E. B.

Hill, in charge of that department,

was in Kent County earlylast month

meeting a. group of farmers in regards

this work. Mr. Hill explained the


books to be used and what was ex— .


pected of the men keeping them. Each

cooperator will be visited this sum-

mer. The, books will be collected a.

year hence. An average of them will

be made and comparisons made be-

tween the retu1ns from the different

farms. Much interest is being shown

in the work. ——K< V.


FIRST $50 REWARD PAID


(Continued from page 578)

out the policy of the Michigan- Farm-

er Property Protective Service, which

is, that a person does not have to be

a member of the Protective Service to

collect the reward, as Deputy Sheriff

Schilling did not become a member

until after the writer’s visit of .inves-

tigation. However, Mr. Collins has

his property posted with Michigan

Farmer Protective Service signs and

Trespass warning signs, which con-

tinue to give voice to the fact that

the Michigan Farmer has a. personal

interest in the protection of his prop-

erty and will serve to invite the co-

operation of his neighbors and the

traveling public, to assist him in his

attempt to retain that .property. If

you have not already secured your

signs and membership,,1'certiﬂcate’, use

the coupon provided herewith.


fostering cf better farm products-J I
‘ inyour yard

' ' A bed or two of bright-

colored ﬂowers, a few

vines and a hedge of

roses or other bushes

will add immeasurable

1 beauty and actual value

I, to your farm home.


‘ Get Your

« ‘ GARDEN TOOLS

Ready!‘

Come to one of our

“Farm Service” Hard-

ware Stores (look for the

“tag” in the window)

and get the few simple

gardentools and the

seeds to ﬁx 'up- your ‘

yard. It will be fun in-

stead of work if you get

"~ the right tools, 'and

when you buy the ‘ ‘Farm

, Service” kind you get

dependable ones that

will last ,for many sea-

sons, at the lowest pes-

sible cost.


Remember we are interested in

your farm and offer this sugges-

tionhbecause we know it will bring

you real satisfaction.


' deﬁciency


FAT ' STOCK Losses


(Continued from page 579)

by the chemist or any other scientist.

Yet it is known that they are present

in certain feeds by the results obtain-

ed in feeding experiments. For many

years there was no explanation forth-

coming for the superior feeding value

of yellow corn as compared with white

corn. This mystery has recently been

cleared up by the discovery that yel-

lowr»c'orn contains vitamin A, which

promotes growth. Where there is a

deﬁciency of this ~vitamin, growth

soon stops, the animal shows signs of

ill health, and is an easy prey to di-

seases of many kinds, especially lung

infections. In advanced stages of this

serious soreness of the

eyes often results. In addition to yel-

low corn, green pasture crops, well

cured alfalfa hay, and cod liver oil

are rich in this essential accessory

food factor. This is one of the vita-

mins that is most likely to be de-

ﬁcient in ordinary swine rations.


Vinamin B is necessary for all

animals. When absent, growth is pre-

vented, the appetite soon fails and a

nervous trouble develops. However,

there should be no scarcity of this

vitamin in ordinary rations as all

common grains, green vegetation, and

'well cured legume hays contain suf—

ﬁcient. Yeast is very rich in this

vitamin.


A Cure for Rickets


Another of the important food fac-

tors required by farm animals, espe-

cially hogs, is vitamin D. A deﬁ-

ciency causes rickets. This disease is

very common in pigs when they do

not get much direct sunlight and

when vitamin D is not present in suf-

ﬁcient quantity in the'ration. Hogs

of all ages not getting sufﬁcient of

this substance, or direct sunlight, are

unable to properly utilize the minerals

in the ration for n01mal bone develop-

ment. Their bones show malforma-

tions, the joints enlarge and serious

lameness results. This is particularly

noticeable in growing fall pigs. This

deﬁciency also causes paralysis in

larger hogs and breeding animals as

was mentioned in the discussion of

minerals. Vitamin D is not known

to be present in common feeds to any

appreciable extent, although alfalfa

hay contains small quantities. Pigs

should,‘therefore, be fed alfalfa hay

and exposed to as muCh direct sun-

light as is practicable.’ Sunlight

through ordinary glass is not sufﬁ-

cient, as the effective rays (ultra vio—

let) are thereby ﬁltered out. Cod liver

oil is very rich in vitamin D. Where

rickets develop from ten to ﬁfteen

cublic centimeters of cod liver oil fed

per pig daily is usually effective in

curing the trouble.


Perhaps a Vitamin E


Vitamin E is the last member to

be added to this mysterious family.

This vitamin has -to do with repro-

duction. Without it, according to re-

cent investigations, reproductive pow-

ers are lost. It is is supposed to have

been found in vegetable oils, wheat

germs, and animal fats. There is

some difference of opinion regarding

the existence of this vitamin, al-

though the evidence in its favor

seems quite clear. Some investigat-

ors wonder if the results reported are


‘not due to certain of the other vita-


mins. If its presence is shown be-

yond a doubt, it is hoped that it will

be found in a greater variety of feeds

than those mentioned above.


In planning swine rations it should

be remembered that the quality of


‘ , protein is essential, minerals are nec-


essary, and vitamins should not be

Overlooked.


tical corrective of grain rations for.

hogs: _ Pasture furnishes most’ of the

essential vitamins,

are available in the soil, the cost of


Pasture has great value as a prac- ‘


some minerals ,


Still Greater


IFTY years ago the dairy industry

was undeveloped and relatively un-

important. Today the dairy indus-


try' 13 the largest and most vital industry

in the world. It has more far-reaching

effect upon the health and prosperity of

this country than any other industry.


Fifty years ago Dr. De Laval invented

the ﬁrst practical centrifugal cream sepa-

rator, and dairy authorities everywhere

now say that the cream separator has

done more than any other factor to make

modern dairying possible.


First in the beginning, De Laval Sepa-

rators have kept the lead ever since, not

only in numbers' in use but in continued

improvement of design and construction.


Now the new 1928 “Golden Series”

Separators, commemorating the 50th

De Laval Anniversary, mark another step


[000.000 COW’S NOW'MIIKED WITH


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MILKERS


De Laval Points the Way to


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forward They are the most complete,

efﬁcient and beautiful cream separators

ever made. They must prove a source

of pride as well as proﬁt to every owner.


The De Laval Milker


The rapid increase in the use of De

Laval Milkers is now causing as great a

change in dairying as De Laval Separa-

tors did years ago. There are already

thousands m use, milking more than one

million cows the world over with ex-

tremely satisfactory results.


Because of their gentle yet stimulating

and uniform action De Laval Milkers

milk with better results than can be ob-

tained inany other way. They enable

one man to milk two to three times as

many cows as can be done by hand, and

produce cleaner milk. Sold for cash or

on self—paying terms.


See your De Laval dealer or write

nearest ofﬁce below for full information

as to either separators or milkers.


The De Laval Separator Company


NEW YORK 600CHICAGO

165 Broadway 600Jackson Blvd.

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DETROIT BEEF COMPANY


Oldest and most reliable commission house

in Detroit. Write for new shippers’ guide,

shipping tags and quotations.


'Detroit Beef Company,

1903 Adelaide St. Detroit, Mich.


c


rownSwiss for sale. ms 10 and

IIBgISIel'OlI 11 yrs. old due in Feb. 2 bred

heifers. Also bulls of serviceable an. A. A.

FELDKAMP. Manchester. Mich.


milking strain. Bull. ready for

quality and prices right.

.Wectbrook. Croswoll. Mich.


l‘EG.e Shorthorns.

also 2 calvEes.

T. 3. tested. .Elmer


F03 SALE Milking SIIbeIIorh Bulls


mole use. WASTA HUBER. ﬂladwlﬂ.


9111313061102, _, _,".I°wcred.gand


DUROCS


Boars and gins registered in purchaser‘s name.


Lakeﬁeld Farm, Clarkston, Mich.


six

' old.

F. 0.

Mich.


for sale: registered,

eight w e e k s


$10.00 each.


Millersburg,


Duroc Jersey Pi 3..


Either sex. They are andies.

B. Millcisburg. Dewey Hartley,

Write for


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Originators and most extensive breeders.

THE L. B. SILVER 00., Box 196, Salem. Ohio,


O I. C's. good gilts to furrow in April

' last fall pigs and this spring pigs.

SCHULZE 81. SONS. Nashville, Mich.


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


best of breeding Shipped on approval. FRED VI.


KENNEDY 8. SONS. R. I. Chelsea. Mich.


o. I. 9 fall boars and winter pigs, Brown Swiss

c b11lls.IL0 H. PETERSON &. SON.


lonia. Michigan" FLM 2. “Swiss View Farm."


0 I Registeied Seriivo boars. Gilts bred.

I I for August furrow. and March pigs.


GLENWOOD FARM, Zeeland, Mich.


May.

OTTO .


Large Type Poland Chinas


Fall pigs ready to ship, sirmi by my two great herd

boars. L's. Big Wonder. by Sievw’s Smooth Wonder


and Big Stratton by The Redeemer, and from

best sows. Priced reasonable. W. E. LIVINGSTON.

Parma, Mich.


Big Type Poland Chinas

Size plus quality and bred that way. (‘hoi1e slits

bred to Redeemer's Son or The Robber-'8 Son for

April {arrow (hoice fall pigs. either sex. We 81.) e<

(ialize in herd foundation stock. WESLEY HILE.


Ionia, Mich.

Poland China, bredigilts. also

Large Type weanling piss. Priced rea-

sonable. JAMES . TAYLOR. Balding. Mich.

SHEEP


A few loads of ﬁne wool and half blood ewes. bred '

for April and May lambs. LINCOLN 81. BRADLEY.

North Lewisburu. Ohio. ,


HORSES


For Sale Rising Three-Year-Old


BELGIAN STALLION


Prince de Rubis. Sorrel in color. weight 1.900. sired

by Rubls. Full brother to Manltta de Rubis 10750.

Grand Champion Mare at 1927 International He is

also a half brother to the famous Pervenche 9030.


Dam of Prince de Rubia no by Midimn

State College. JAMES LYNCH. Coral. Michigan.

VDnﬂr


2 Mists-Nd Belgian '

For sale Stawl‘lions Name Theodore Reg.


No. 14284. color bay foaled Feb. 24, 1925. wt. 2.000 5

lbs. Bred by §\. W. Blue. I Indiana.


Casey Reg. No. 1436:, color man. Foa

28.1925 wt. 1.700 lbs. Bred by Ewen W ‘

New P111111. [11de nrlcoswrltoﬁE. Will’s


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GRAIN QUOTATIONS.

Mondayanﬁtprailt 16, 1928


he .


Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.92; No. 2

white $1.91; No. 2 mixed at $1.91.


Chicago—~May $1.563/i3; July $1.56;

September $1.531/g.


Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.911/_,

@$1.921/2.


‘ C


orn.

Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1.11; No. 3

yellow $1.09; No. 4 yellow $1.08.

Chicago—May $1.015/g; July $1.05;

September $1.051 .


ats.

Detroit—No. 2 Michigan 69%; No.

3 white 680; heavy oats 2c premium.

Chicago—May 6117430; July, old,

537/8; new 541/20; September, new,

48%c.

Rye.

Detroit—~No. 2, $1.40.

Chicago—May $1.305/8; July $12614;

September $11914.

Toledo—$1.38.


Beans.


Detroit :— Immediate a n d prompt

shipment $9.40 f. o. b. shipping points.


New York—Pea domestic at $9.756D

$10.25; red kidneys $8.50@9.50 to the

wholesalers.


Chicago.——Spot navy beans, Michigan

choice, hand-picked, in sacks at $8.65

@$8.70; dark red kidneys $10.00.


Barley.


Detroit—Malting $1.01; Feeding 97c.


Seeds.


Detroit domestic seed—Cash clo-

ver $16.75; October $17.25; cash a1-

sike $15.45; timothy at $2.10; May

$2.15; December $2.25.


Hay.


Detroit—No. 1 timothy at $12.00@

$13.00; standard $11.00@12.00; No. 2

timothy $9.00@10.00; No. 1 light

clover, mixed $12@13; No. 1 clover

$10.50@11.50; wheat and oat straw

$10.00@11.00; rye straw $11.00@12.00

alfalfa hay, alfalfa No. 2 to choice at

Chicago $15.00@25.00.


Feeds.


Detroit—W'inter wheat bran at $43;

spring wheat bran at $42; standard

middling at $42; fancy middling at

$46; cracked corn at $45; coarse corn

meal $43; chop $41 per ton in carlots.

Poultry feeds with grit $50.00; With-

out grit $55.00 per ton.


WHEAT.


The ofﬁcial report on the growing

condition of winter wheatwas con-

siderably worse than the private esti-

mates and caused a further advance

in wheat prices to a new high pomt

for the season. From the low point

early in February, the Chicago May

delivery has advanced over 26 cents

a bushel.


The government reported the April

' condition of winter wheat at 66.8 per

cent of normal compared with 84.5 a

year ago and a. ten-year average of

81.9. Only the reports showing 68.7

per cent on April 1, 1925, and 63.4


CHICKS


in 1917 are lower than this year’s re-

turns. No pfﬁcial estimate of abandon-

ment of acreage will be made for a

month yet, but the condition report

indirectly points to a loss of about 22

per cent which is in line with the pri-

vate estimates. The government’s re-

port is constnued to indicate a. crop of

about 510 million bushels of winter

wheat compared with 552 million bush-

els harvested in 1927 and a ﬁve-year

average of 556 million bushels.


RYE.


The government estimate on the

growing condition of the rye crop as

of April 1 was 79.3 per cent of nor-

mal compared with 86.4 a-year pre-

vious and a ten-year average of 85.8.

Prices have been strong along with

wheat. Germany keeps in the mar-

ket for rye as her native stocks are

scanty and the new crop outlook is


unfavorable.

CORN


Corn prices have continued the side-

wise move started several weeks ago.

The visible supply has started to de-

crease, but demand is less urgent than

in midwinter, owing to the passing of

the heavy feeding season and ap-

proach of pastures. The Paciﬁc Coast

is buying less freely owing to the

nearness of barley harvest and the

fact that new crop alfalfa hay is avail-

able. Terminal elevators have turned

from buyers to sellers as they wish


to reduce their stocks. Export de-

mand continues narrow. Corn prices

abroad are about 40 per cent higher

than at this time a year ago and 35

per cent over two years ago, hence the

tendency to use other feeds until the

new crop from-Argentina is available.


OATS.


Receipts of'oats have been rather

large recently while demand has been

moderate, so that prices have not

shown as much strength as the small

supplies of old oats might suggest.

Much of the abandoned wheat acre—

age may go into oats and barley, giv-


ing a prospect of a large new~ crop,‘


but this fact is partly offset by the

severe injury to winter oats in the

southern states. In the ten southern

states as a group, the April 1 condi-

tion was 70.4 compared with an aver-

age of 78.2 on the corresponding date

from 1924 to 1927.


SEEDS.


Weather during the past few weeks

has not been favorable for the clover

crop and reports of serious loss of

acreage in Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana

continue to come in. Trade in grass

seeds is about over in the southwest.

Alfalfa seed sales are still active as

planting can be done all through April

and into May. Old stands are reported

to be in good condition. Sales of

timothy seed have dwindled and trade

is about over for the season. There


‘ five Stock Market Servica


Monday, April 16, 1928 ‘2


DETROIT


Cattle.


Receipts 1,025. Market light bulls

and good cows 250 higher; other

cattle steady.


Fair to good yearlings


dry-fed ............... $10.50@13.00

Fair to good heavy steers


dry-fed ............... 10.75@13.00

H a n d y weight butcher


steers ................ 10.50@12.25

Fair to good heifers . . . 9.50@11.25

Common light butchers. . 8.25@10.25

Common butcher cows . . 6.50@ 8.00

Best cows ........... . . . 9.00@10.25

Good butcher cows . . . . . 7.50@ 9.00

Cutters . ....... 6.00@ 6.75

Canners ....... ‘. . . . . . . . . 5.25@ 5.75

Light butcher bulls . . . . . . 9.00@10.00

Bologna bulls 7.75@ 8.75

Stock bulls 7.00@ 8.50

Feeders ...... . . . . . . . . . . 9.00@10.75

Stockers ............ . . . . 7.00@10.50

Milkers and springers . . .75.00@135.00


Calves.


Market steady.

.................... $15.50@16.50

Bulk ................. . ........ 16.00

Others 7.50@15.00


Sheep and Lambs.


Receipts 2,162. Market 25c lower.

Bulk good lambs ........ $16.75@17.00

Best lambs ............. 15.00@15.50


Receipts 875.

Best


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S. C. White Leghorn: I00 500 , l,000 Hogs.

(Red Star Mating) ........‘$|5.00 $72.00 $40.00 .

S. C. White Leghorn: ........ l3.00 62.00 l20.00 Recelpts 2,033, Market 50@75c

B. P. Rocks (Selected) ...... l5.00 72.00 ”0.00 higher.

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Stags ................. . . 6.00


Extreme heavies ..... '. . . 8.00@ 9.00

CHICAGO.


Hogs

Receipts 30,000. Market fairly ac-

tive, mostly to shippers and small

packers, 15@25c higher than Satur-

day’s average; top $9.60, pigs freely

for choice 190-230-lb. average; bulk,

better grade 180-240—lb. average $8.40@

$9.60; 250-310-lb. weight $9.00@9.45;

bulk better grade 150-170-1b. $9.00@

$9.50; 140—lb. average dOWn to $8.25;

gigs mostly 250 higher; bulk $7.00@

8.00; choice strong weights $8.25;

bulk packing sows $8.00@8.25;

smooth sows to shippers $8.35 and bet-


er.


” Cattle

Receipts 18,000. Market mostly

steer and yearling run, better grades

predominating, little done, largely 250

lower; some bids off more; she stock

Weak 25c lower; bulls steady; vealers

unchanged; best fat steers, early,

$14.50; bulk promised to sell at $13.75

down to $12.00; light heifers up to

$13.75; heavy bulls $9.15; light veal-

ers $11.50@12.50; small killers and

shipper kind up to $14.50 and better.


Sheep and Lambs


Receipts 21,000. Market better

grades fat lambs, steady to 15c lower;

trade to packers slow; bulk good to

choice on handy and medium weight

lambs $17.25@17360, best held higher;

good to choice 76-89-1b. clipped lambs

$15.00@15.507 demand for native

springers narrow; groups of spring

lambs range from $18.00 down as

compared to $20.00@23.00 per hundred

last week; sheep, feeding and shear-


ings lambs scarce, about steady.

BUFFALO.

Hogs

Receipts 10,100. Hold over 244;


market on trading active, mostly 35@

500 higher; tops $10.25; desirable 170-

260-lb. average $10.15@10.25; 250-lb.

and up $9.50@10.15; 140450-119. weight

$8.75@10.15: good pigs around $8.00;

packing sows $7.75@8.00.

Cattle


Receipts 2,125. Market on steers

and'butcher yearlings 25@500 lower;

weighty steers slow at decline; cows

and bulls strong to 250 higher; best

yearlings, weight 865-lb, $14.00; bulk

steers and 'yearlings $11.75@13.50;

€505.62 cows $7.50@8.50; bulls $7.5m


Calves

Receipts 2,700. Market on 09d and

choice $1.00 lower, $15.50; t rowouts

d, mostly $8.00@12.00. . ; .

Sheep and Lambs ‘

0. Marketgstead

‘76: best sh , r»


Receipts 5

_ lambs -1


180»

9‘9, . .


will be some carryover, but most of.

this will consist of seed which was ac-

cumulated at low prices.


FEEDS.


The feed market has stiffened again

and prices have adVanced from the

low pomt of a week ago. Higher

prices for wheat and increased demand

as a result of the colder weather in

the north we‘re reﬂected in the strong-

er bran and middlings market. No

stocks of feed have been accumulated

by dealers, and all kinds of substitutes

for milk feed which mixers can use

continue at relatively high prices, so

that demand for the latter is expected

to be maintained.


EGGS.


Receipts of eggs at the important

distributing markets continue to in-

crease from week to week in spite of

rapid changes in temperatures which

usually affect production adversely.

Production is increasing in the north-

ern states and shipments are coming

forward freely from the entire central

western egg belt. The seasonal peak

of supplies may be reached in the next

two or three weeks. Country costs

remain relatively high and dealers

continue to store part of their receipts

to prevent selling at a. loss: A good

demand is reported from eastern egg

breakers. The market seems to be

well entrenched at the present level

and the idea of lower prices this

month is being generally abandoned

by dealers. Storage holding on April

1 totalled 1,082,000 cases or 786,000

cases less than on the corresponding

date a year ago. ,


Chicago—Eggs: fresh ﬁrsts, 26%@

27c; extras, 34@35c; ordinary ﬁrsts,

24%@26c; dirties, 24%c; checks,

24%c. Live poultry: Hens, 27c; broil-

ers, 46@48c; capons, 36@38c; roost-

ers, 17c; ducks, 300; geese, 16c; tur-

keys, 30c.


Detroit—Eggs: Fresh receipts, best

quality, 27@28c; dirts and checks, 24

@25c. Live poultry; Heavy springers,

25@260; light springers, 3_1c; broilers,

50601550; heavy hens, 28c; light and

medium hens, 26@290; roosters, 18@

19c; ducks, 27@32c.


BUTTER.


An abundance of fancy butter, '

which makes up an unusually large

percentage of current receipts, plus a

cautious trading policy on the part of

dealers pushed the market a little

lower last week. Interest has picked

up at the lower level, however, con-

sumption may improve, and the mar-

ket. is beginning to stiffen at this level.

Receipts at the four leading markets

were actually 10 per cent smaller

than the preceding week, but buying

was on a hand-to-mouth basis so that

supplies were more than ample. At

this time of year, just prior to the

opening of a new season, dealers are

naturally cautious and any sign of.

accumulation of stocks gives alarm.

Production reports begin to indicate

a deﬁnite increase in output. .


Prices on 92 score creamery were:

Chicago, 430; New York, 44%c; De-

troit 421/2@431,éc.


POTATOES.


Shipments of potatoes have fallen

off as farmers are busy with work in

the ﬁelds and present prices do not

seem attractive to many growers who

still hold some stock. Much poor stock

is arriving at markets probably as a

result of the recent high prices which

encouraged dealers to load inferior po-

tatoes. Northern round whites, U. S.

No. 1, are higher, selling at $1.90 to

$2.10 per 100 pounds, sacked, in the

Chicago carlot market. .


Total supplies of merchantable pota-

toes available for shipment in the 19

important states on April 1 were esti~

mated at around 27,000 cars. This is

below the ﬁve-year average, and with

the new crop generally late, many

dealers expect prices to work gradu-

ally higher.


‘ GRAND RAPIDS.


Potatoes, $1.25@1.35 bu; onions,

$1.25@1.40 bu; parsnips, carrots,

beets, turnips, rutabagas and cabbage’

{75c bu; apples, $1.50@5.00 bu; rad-

ishes, 75c doz bchs; leaf lettuce, 6@

8c lb; green onions, 10c bunch of 36

onions; wheat, $1.67 bu; rye, $1Mbu;

corn $1.00 bu; oats, 65d bu; (buck-

wheat, $1965 cwt; beans, $8.80- ,cwt;

pork, Ilcilbz’heef, 6@17c 11}; v 1“ 12


ring-«$0


lb; lamb- «s

we ““5
. . case count -"--Winter grains are in.

line shape. lizarmers will plant about

theilsame acreage .of crops as usual.

They have 'failed to realize on their

hogs as corn and hog prices are much

out: of line—F. G. »


Ionia County—Wheat has come

throhgh the winter. in ﬁne shape.

More fertilizer than usual‘ 1s being

purchased. A normal acreage of

spring' crops will be sown 1f the

weather is favorable. Dairybusiness

is about normal. Cows bringing a.

good price, selling at $60@200. Pota-

toes $1.25, wheat $1.55, oats 600, beans

$9.25, cream 48c, maple syrup $2.50

per gallon—J. W.

psehoolpraft County—Potatoes

sellingat $1.00, eggs 30@33c,


are

live


- Stock is coming through the winter in


‘ SEVEN ‘ACRE POULTRY FARM": good


excellent shape. From' six to eight


. inches ' of ‘snow’


.. 5- 3.

. fell on the seventh

“and eighth of April. The farmers

have, not get started ﬁeld; work-e—F. G.


Kent County—Winter wheat suf—

fered some in this locality. In other

nearby sections it looks good. " Fruit

seems to have come through the win-

ter from fair to good condition, ex.-~

cept hogs; live stock has served the

farmers fairly well this year.———C. B.


Mackinac County—The average de-

voted‘to crops will be' normal. Farm-

ers are increasing the use of fertilis-

ers. Fruit trees‘are in good condi-

tion. The dairy business is expanding.

Farmers are buying freely of baby

chicks. Milk brings 120 per quart,

butter 500, eggs 350, potatoes $1.50.—

A. C.


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- ACRE LAKEVIEW IJ‘ARM‘bMoney-makcr. .stock.

3315, crops. ,You should see picture oi this at:

Il‘active place: you'll know its the home for .you,

near village. short‘ walk school. markets at door, 100

acres tilled. level strong loan. bal..spr1‘ngl-watered

pasture &' woodland: all kinds choice irult. good

9—roonl house, lights. furnace, delightful location.

A-l hip-roof cemented—basement barn. garage, hog

I: poultry houses. Age forces sale, only $3.600 coni-

plete with horses, 0 cowa & young stock. sheep. p011 -

try. implements. food, crops. wood: ’ part cash.

Picture & details pg. 42 spring catalog. Copy free.

Strout Agency. 1105-130 Kresge Bldg.. Detroit. Mich.


THE SA JOAQUIN VALLEY of California

lyrical fat-mint: is a paying business. feeding millions

of people in towns and cities.‘ Alfalfa combined with

dairying. hogs. and poultry. yields a good Income. A

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

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Newcomers welcome. The Santa Fe Railway has no

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get rightlocstion. Write for illustrated‘Ssn 10311ng

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free for six'months. C. L. Sesgraves. General Colon-

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80 ACRES WITH DAIRY &. TOOLS—Income starts

at once. Prespei'ous taming section, 60 acres ex-

cellent soil for beam. potatoes. corn. hey: ball

stream watered pasture; walk to school. store & river,

good G—room house. dandy 60 ft. barn. garage, hen

house. granary. Unable handle longer, only $4,400

& 3 good horses. 0 fine cows. sow. 30 sheep, 50

hens. harnesses. machinery. vehicles. hay. com

fodder, potatoes. etc. included: past cash. John H.

Strong. Strout Agency, Rasmussen Bldg. Green-

ville. Mich. »


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terms on balance. Land prices are going up. , Buy

now at our low prices. Write to Federal Land

Bank. St. Paul. Minn. Dept. 33.


OME T0 EASTERN OKLAHOMA. We have baI'o

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FOR SALE-+Several good farms in this county and


not far from oil district. Now is the time to buy.

Write A. 'Miller. 1373 Pine St... Muskegon. Mich.


FOR SALE—90 acres well equipped Guernsey dairy

farm. barnsand cottage. hot water heat. lights and

bath. Address Box 146, Michigan Farmer. Detroit.


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- r ' :wss'rsp FARMS


iWANfi'ED—To hesi- mm clones of 1m for sale.

0. Hewley. Bald‘mn. Wis. ’


WANTED—Extracted honey and maple syrup ton


lots. Paul Milnarich. Box 39. Miller Road. Trenton.

Mich.


FARM MACHINERY

FOIL SALE—American riding cultivator. $8.00: 50


spike tooth barrow $7.00; walking cultivator $3.50:

set. double harness $12.00; Paris green duster $3.00;

corn crib $10.00. Edmond Poupard. 1011' Yorkshire.

Grosse Pointe. Mich.


GARDEN TRACTOR. nearly new, cheap. Austin W.


Downing. Mondon. Mich.


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PEONIES. Cleveland Red. $1.10 postpaid. Hg values

in standard peonies and iris for spring planting.

W. E. West & Son. R. 1. East Lansing. Michigan.


STRAWBERRY PLANTS.‘ Dunlap 1,000 $3.50: Big

Jim 1,000 $4.00;Premicr 1,000 $5.50. Fred Stanley,

Bangor. Mich.


GRAPE PLANTS. guaranteed to grow.

Son. Paw Paw. Mich.


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SEEDS


CERTIFIED IMPROVED ROBUST SEED BEANS.

choice in every respect. One to nine bushels. eight

dollars 1111.. ten or over. seven scventy-ﬂve. Bags free

and freight. prepaid Michigan on orders received be-

fore May. Acceptance of your check insurcs delivery

by May 15th. No checks cashed before May. A. B.

Cook, Owosso, Mir-h.


CLOVER—«$18 per bu. Home grown double reckoned.

Guaranteed to comply state seed law. Sweet clove.

scariﬂed. $3.90. Hardy northwestern alfalfa. $9.90

per bu. State certified Grimm at lowest prices. New

timothy. $1.90 per bu. Sacks included. Write for

samples and circular matter. Frank Stun. Box 457.

Clarinda. Iowa. ,


BUY YOUR GRIlifM ALFALFA direct from the

Intl'oducer: Lyman’s Genuine Grimm hears 3 to 4

crops yearly. Lender and higher in feeding value

than other varieties. All seed scariﬂed necessitating

less per acre. Also ask about our No. 2 Grimm.

A. B. Lyman. lntroduccr. Excelsior. Minn


SEED CORN, 8 row large type Yankee corn. nothing

better for early hogging off. Also choice selected

Pride of the North Yellow Dent. These seeds give a

very high germination test. We furnish them at

$3.00 per bushel. either shelled or ears, F. 0. B.

Mendon. Mich. A. E. Beebe 6: Sons.


EVERY HOG RAISER should grow artichokes. 'Hiey

will furnish 00 days of the highest quality of early

spring feed for hogs before clover is ready. Seed


Farm. Production medal winners. Eggs postpsid.

46 $3. 100 $5.50. 500 $25.00. Floyd Robertson.

Lexington. Indiana. , . ‘

EGGS. CHIX. DUCKIJNGS. GOSLINGS. All

varieties chickens. ducks. geese. turkeys. bantams.

guineas. Arthur Jarvis. Waveland. Indiana.


MICHIGAN ACCREDITED PULLETS. three months

old. Barred Rocks. $1.25 and $1.00 each. Dan

McAvoy. Laingsburg. Mich. '


BUFF‘ WYANDO’I'I‘E HATCHING EGGS, $1.50 on

setting. J. G. Lang's. It. 1. Box 3. Inkstm'. molt.


S. C. WHITE LEGHORN EGGS. 100 $5.00, Dostpdtl.

F. W. Spencer. Shepherd. Mich.


WHITE PEKIN DUCK EGGS $1.50 per setting. post.

paid. Gerald Diamond. Mason. Mich.


IMPERIAL WHITE PEKIN DUCK EGGS. $1.50 DC

11. Postpaid. Chas. Stutz. Samnac. Mich.


BABY CHICKS


“EGG-BRED" chicks pay proﬁts. Strength, vitality.

and heavy-laying. Safe deliiery guaranteul. 81nd.

Comb White and Brown Leghorns. Single and Bose


BARRED ROCK CHICKS and Hatching Em.

Record at Michigan International Egg Laying Con.

test: winners heavy breeds 1927. Highest Band


pen from Michigan past three years and to

date in present contest. F. E. Fogle. Okemos. Mi -'

lgan.


CHICKS. We have had eighteen years' experience In

hatching chicks of standard varieties. We Demons":

inspect and cull our ﬂocks which are good producers.

healthy. and pure—bred. Write for prices. Special.


SCIENCE AND PRACTICE demonstrate Improved

American Banner wheat. Wolverine oats. Improved

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

Owosso. Mich.


STATE SWEEPSTAKES SEED CORN. Wilks’ Gold-

on Dent and Polar Dent. Field. selected. fire dried.

tested. shelled and graded to fit your planter. Ger-

mination 95 to 98%. John C. Wilk. St. Louis. Mich.


For Sale. Northern

Germination; Big

M. C. Guild, Bear


GOLDEN GLOW SEED CORN

Grown: Fire. Dried: Strong

Yielder. $5.00 per Bushel.

Lake. Michigan.


SEED CORN. germination 97%. Certiﬁed Clements


White (‘up $6.00 per bu. Un‘certiiled M. A. C.

Yellow Dent $5.00 per bu. Geislel' Bros, Water‘-

vliet. Mich.


REGISTERED and certified Golden Glow seed corn.

germination 97%. Inspected by Michigan Crop Im-

provement Association. Write for circular. P. A.

Smith. Mulliken. Mich.


GRAFTING WAX


CAN FURNISH EITHER A HAND 0R BRUSH

wax. Made after Michigan State College formula.


Immediate delivery. Prices as follows: One p0 .

45c: ﬁve pounds, $2.10; ten pounds. $4.00. Postage

extra. Special prices H.


in larger quantities. M.

Hunt a Son. Lansing. Mich. Box 525.


PET AND LIVE STOCK


RABBITS—Make Big Profits with Chinchilla Rabbits.

Real money makers. Write for facts. 89: Conrad's

Ranch. Denver. Colorado.


PEAFOWL. Pheasants. Bantams.

Canaries. Eggs. Stock.

Bettendorf. la.


Pigeons. Giunees.

Free Circular. John Kass.


MAKE MONEY FROM MUSKRAT FUR. Raise

Muskrats in dry land pens or hutchw. Get facts.

092 Conrad's Ranch, Denver. Colorado.


FOR SALE. Coon. o'possum. skunk hounds at 36

price on any fair terms. Dal-ace Scott. Box 132. Cal-


houn. Ga.


PIGEONS: TWENTY VARIETIES. List free. Len-


way Lofts. Station M, Port Huron. Mich.

MATTRESSES


MATTRESSE’S made any size, low factory prices.

Catalos free. Peoria Bedding Company. Peoria. Ill.


REIDS YELLOW DENT:

Disease tor-ted ﬁve years;

Gemlillations 0740060.


i'l‘ce. DcVVall 809d (‘0.


Krug; DoWalls 100 Day.

Slick pickcd: Rack dried.

Guaranteed $3.50. Folder

Growrrx. Gibson City, 111.


FOR

germination 97%.

Bellaire. Mich.


SALE—Certified Golden

Price $0.00.


Glow Seed Com.

Rolland Lessard.


YELLOW DENT SEED CORN. Germination high

3;: guaranteed every way. .Write us before buying.


W. Needham. Saline. Mich.

FOR. SALE—Marquis Early Wheat in new grain

bags. $2.00 per bu. Members Wisconsin Experiment


Association. Theo. Lehmann. Watcrtown. Wis.


WANTED—300 bu. Rural Russett seed potatoes. first

quality only. but second size preferred Address J. O.

Beachler. R. 7, Medina. Ohio.


REID‘S YELLOW DENT SEED CORN. held selected.

high germination. Sample on request. Chas. Towns-

end. Dowagiac. Mich.


VFOR SALE—Clements White Cap and Michigan Yel-

low Dent S Corn $4.00. Write John Mitchell.

Holloway, Mich.


REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED Polar Dent and

Gilbert’s Yellow Dent Seed Corn. Ernest Gilbert.

Weldron. Mich.


90 DAY YELLOW DENT ﬁeld selected. rack dried.

germination high. disease free, shelled. tipped and

sacked. $4.00 per bu. Chas. Gruber. Palmyra. Mich.


PLANTS AND BULBS


TIFTON’S RELIABLE PLANTS. Frostproof Cab-

bage. Early Jersey and Charleston Wakefield. Flat

Dutch. Su ession. Danish Bailhesd. Copenhagen

Market on Golden Acre. Tomato Plants: Bonnie

Best, Greater Baltimore. Livingston Globe, John Bear

and Ear-liens. Bermuda. and Prize Taker Onion


REGISTERED and Certified Golden

Corn. Germination 90%.

rence Crozier, Charlotte,


Glow Seed

Write for prices. Law-

Mii-ll.. it. 9.


FOR SALE~ltegistercd and Certified l’ickct Yellow

Dent Seed (.‘om. Germination 08.5%. Arthur

Schiller. Unionrillc. Mich.


only $8.00 per buShel. in quantities at less price discount on five hundred and one thousand lots.

1". 0. B. Mention. Mich. Sons. Shepard Poultry Farm 5: Hatchery. Litchfleld. Mich.

REGISTERED ($7.00 per Bu.) ‘and Certiﬁed ($0.00 BABY CHICKS Michigan Accredited Barred Rocks.

per Bu.) Polar Yellow Dent and Jews“ Yellow It. I. Reds. White Leghorns. shipped C. 0. D.

Flint. 50 lbs. shelled and graded. Butts of Polar Immediate delivery of pure—bred chicks from heavy

Yellow Dent for ensilsge $3.60 per bu. Arthur W. laying foundations. 1313 free catalog give. new

Jewett. Jr.. Mason. Michigan. prices. Brummer-Fredrickson Poultry Farm, Box 28.


Holland. Mich.


BUY YOUR MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS

from an established breeder. Twenty-ﬁve years breed—


ing, seven years trapnesting. now under Michigan

R. 0. P. Noted as proﬁt producers. try Strick's

Chicks this year. Circular free. Write Striok'.

Poultry Farm. R. 4. Hudsomille. Michigan.


BABY CHICKS of all standard varieties. Flock,

carefully culled for laying. seicral years. by M. 8.

C. students. Baby chick prices, 10c to Me; two

weeks old chicks 100. Clinton County Hatchery. Max-

well and K983. Prop's., St. Johns. Mich.


WHI'i'I‘AKER'S REDS, BOTH COMES. Grade A.

R. 0. P. Trapnestcd. Grade B. Michigan. Certified.

Michigan‘s greatest color and egg strain. Chicks and

eggs. Catalog free. Interlakes Farm. Box 9. Law-

rence. Michigan.


MYERS PURE-BRED CHICKS. 100% live delivery.

postage prepaid. Four leading breeds. White Leg-

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

Flooks bred for egg production. Send for descriptive

circular. Myers Hatchery. Mt. Pleasant. Mich.


EXTRA LARGE TYI’E Eng. W.

from our ﬂock of free range hens.

sold. Now booking for May

at. $10 pcr 100:

Model Poultry


ch. (‘hix, direct

All April chicks

delivery. A-I chicks

$05 per 1.000. Scml for circular.

Farm. Zi-«innd. ll. 4. Michigan.


BABY CHICKS AND EGGS Superior Ringlet Barred


Rocks. Rose Comb Reds. Tailored and English White

Leghorns. Catalogue. Wyndhsm‘s Ideal Poultry

Yards. Tlifin. Ohio.


LOOK] 100.000 chicks 9c up. 20 varieties. Using


many 200 to 312 egg record bred ROP coekersls.

Send for free catalog giving his ear order dis-

counts. Lawrencs Hatchery. Grand apids. Mich.


BABY CHICKS—Quality breedings, plus guaranteed

satisfaction at reasonable prices, our standard. Free


catalog. Windmill Polnte Hatchery. Alter Road.

Detroit.

S. C. W. ENGLISH CHICKS. May delivery. $8.50


per 100. disrount on orders of 500.

Iivu delivery guaranteed.

Holland. Mich.


Satisfaction ”and

Henry Waterway. R. 6.


CHICKS. genuine English White Leghorns. overlsy-

lng combs and non~setters. Barred Rocks 203-138

records. See display ad. Hillside Hatchery. Hol-

land, Michigan.


BABY CHICKS—Rocks. Reds. and Leghorns.

weekbeginning Feb. 13. All stool: bloodtested

Michigan Accredited. Pierce Hatchery. Jerome.


nus! omens $0.00 .per 100.

vigorous chicks, no cripples.

Holland. Michigan.


Each

and

Mich.


Seconds. strand

Robt. Christopher. B. I.


TURKEYS


DAY OLD TURKEYS—Something new but good.


cabbage - plants,


$1.00 1,000: Bermuda onion

tomato $1.00;


$1. 00;

Collard $1.00: Ruby


King pepper


$2.00; Porto Rico potato $1.75. Good plants carefully

packed. Prompt shipment. Quitman Plant 00..

animal. Ge.


United Farmers. Mayﬂeld. Ky.


HOMESPUN TOBACCO: Chewing 5 lbs. $1.25. Smok-

ing 5 lbs. $1. Pay when received. Pipe free.

Farmers Union. A5. Psduoah. Ky.


MISCBBEANEOUS’


HOOSIER' FAIRM _NEC'ESSITIES——Sllos.

or Wood. on Wood Brooder &


Glazed Tile .i'or an

wanted. Hoosier Bldg. Tile

MAR, Albany; "Indiana.


J THE 11313111

mus . 1


Glazed Tile

11 116111313: goal '

pemanent ll ‘ 5'8

a Silo 00., Dept.


grifﬁn? CAgaBkAGE 8sing) Ogion Plants. Ber-

ze er. . ousand. Promt

shipment of very ﬁne plants. Guarantee Plant 0:.

'1" he 6" H . ' '

FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS.

Tomato Plants, '81. 1.000. Onions.

and Potato leta. :2. 1.000.

Thomasville a. '


$1. 1,000.

$1.25. Pepper

Clark Plant


.8 f NO mom. a. o. n. 'rmt rm cu)-

ﬂjand‘ Onion Plants; All varieties. Prompt dup-

mglt. all we: 1.000. 81.00. SW’Pll'nt Cos


12 ”some mmus’rsc: assorted gladlo .

12;. soot canine ~ ' ,

m . his? post. p 311 John new.” a: Wmmﬁm


.m erase.

»,ddllhttnrlyordsrdisoounts. mum.

Grand ds. .


TOBACCO: Kentucky Sweetlcaf.

Sm‘oking 10 pounds $1.40.

received. Kentucky


Mellow. Aged.

Chewing $1.75. Pay when

Farmers. Pryorsburg. Kentucky.


POULTRY

BARRED ROCKS—Light line only.

hibition Quality.

dollars. fifteen.

-Micix.

OVABMS‘M otPelfonnanee Mal um.

M8 cosh chicks o c.


Trapnested. eu-

Heavy egg production. Eggs. two

B. H. White. B. 10. Battle Clot.


‘m sees EARRING m 38.00» m! hun-

dred; Imperial Ring!» and Aristoora strain. Rom

Martin. Woodland. Mich. t

" ‘ t 1‘; :AND


wm'l'l’i won oasis; 'm ,


Raise in broodor house or by chi 'kcn h E ‘

Plants. Ruby King And Bull .Noso Pepper Plants. FOR SAWS“ Vetch. about 10 l?" “m “‘3' raised as Milk ‘1 »r ‘ . ( » ”1' mm

Postpaid; 250. $1.00: 500. 31.50; 1.000. $2.50. 102- ‘12 1"” hum- D“ 13°01”?- M‘mlsmﬁ- wcmﬁw- Mammoth Brcfnzeensiind “Villiﬁe 2311;:ng 3001:2213

all?” (eggwgtuuhmmpatiolﬂgg. Care “:54 gum“. r01: 5 lSpecial prices on more than fifty poulis. .Egg-s for"

.. Iran a ve in go c on. i .‘ALIil—Cert‘iiled White Rural l'otat0cs. F. latching. Pine (‘reck Turk Itoolt, ‘.

Tlfton Plant 00.. Tlfton. Ga. Shumway, Buckley. Mich. Holland. Michigan. 0y 8 L F' D' No.1,

MY FROST PROOF Cabbage Plants will make headed ‘VHI'I'I? H01 LAND TURK ﬁn

111111111113: xtailor“: twill? bertorenyolur l_10me grown pm. TOBACCO Ducks. pure—bled healthy SHEER zggmvgolgte.ul;m

mp pmens a esdm val-ates. - 'l

bald 500. 31.50: 1.000. 82.75. Exp‘ress $2.00. 1,000. SPEl‘lAL OFFER: Guaranteed ('howimi 01' summit: illi‘r‘ehépe for "My" “a“ Wh'mmb' 13"“ Gnu"

Special prices on large quantum), 1'0me and W ﬁle lbs” $1.05; E31111 $2.00. Cigars. 50.1‘ $1.75; Pay

per plants same prices. First class "plants. roots W“?".“’C°i"‘i‘- '1 m“ “a?” "1““ “I'll” A5" WIII'I‘E Ho. , . c «

wrapped in moss. P. D. Fulwood. Tifton. Ga. SWMIOE- “est l’aduwh- I‘l‘m‘l‘l‘l“ Paid. SaferLclékfiuigunglil;igniléggs' (soc eéﬁlbrgeos;

Hul'tfori. M' ‘l. ' J ’


mosvvénnnmns. 1,000 Dunlaps. $3.00; Gibsons GUAg‘NsTIEfBD 5,05%”? aonsooco—cu ggmng 5 t “I


. : oopcr. Premier $5.00; 100 Mastodons $2.00; 9°“ '- - i - - m0 '1‘- - > - 9° TURI'E E . med ' 4

Champions $1.00. Raspberries. blackberries. grape— ‘1’“! PI! I’D-"Dm- United F‘meﬂ- Bamweu' ciai this. 03116:? 31m incihl°tlyp”.mm'bn’°°w‘ 13.11%;

vines. wholesale. 35 varieties. ClOVerleaf Nursery. heatucky. Ohio. ry ’

Three Oaks, Mich.


LEAF TOBACCO.~ Good Sweet Chewing. 5 lbs. 1


COPENHAGEN. Wakeﬁeld. Flat Dutch, frostprooi‘ $1.25; 1"- 32-0“ 3mm“ 5 “1" 90¢: 10' “-50- AGENTS WANTED


CAN you sell house paint at $1.98 per allon an

barn paint at $1.30? Lowest prices in8 America?

Best all competition. dealers and mail order houses

Money back guarantee to every customer. Experi-

ence unnecessary. no deniering or collecting. Just

talk to property owners about these low prices. $50

to $100 weekly easily made Check mailed you cad:

$11135; \i’ihf-ite "1 onceFfor Free Sales Outfit. with

c normat on. arm & Ho ‘

Desk 84. Kansas City. Mo. me Pam (10..


TEACHERS e STUDENTS. Travel. 'Lesm & Eam

this vacation. Expenses and $350 guaranteed for 90

days. Write immediately for full informstio Edu-


gal? Assooiatlon. Francis Palms Bldg. n.Detmiiz.


Hanoi-mum introdneel’onltly


STRAIGHTSALABY: 00 . . -

or "New

suns. «.mstnousm. .


HELP WANTED


WANTED—mic nom-

"as: and u yssn’et’


s. 0. BROWN Leononlvs. Purdue Demonstration.


Comb Reds. Barred Rooks. Queen Hatchery. Zeo-

lsnd. Michigan. Heavy and light mixed chicks 8o "

and up.


‘1‘
(No. 1)


182 manufacturers of automobiles and motor

trucks approve the Mobiloil Chart.


3 1 farm tractor manufacturers recommend

Mobiloil.


30 stock engine manufacturers recommend

Mobiloil.


43 ”stationary and farm lighting engine manu-

facturers recommend Mobiloil.


29 ﬁre apparatus and rail car manufacturers

recommend Mobiloil.


HUNDREDS of other manufacturers of automo-

tive units approve Mobiloil.


How Mobiloil cuts expense


Mobiloil economy is so certain that these manufacturers

readily recommend Mobiloil for use in their engines.


This point is important. Mobiloil cuts cost of operat-

ing farm tractors, trucks and cars in many ways.


The ﬁrst thing most new Mobiloil users nOtice is a sub-

Stantial reduction in oil consumption, ranging from 15%

to 50%. Many farmers say this saving more than makes

up for Mobiloil's slightly higher price per gallon.


In addition Mobiloil gives you the utmost protection

against costly repairs and breakdowns. And just one

extra repair job may easily run into more money than

your whole year's supply of Mobiloil.


How. to buy


Most farmers buy a season’s supply of oil at one time. We

recommend the 55-gallon or 3o—gallon steel drums. Any

nearby Mobiloil dealer will give you a mbrtontz'al dis-

count when you buy in quantity.


Other Mobiloil containers arez—Io-gallon steel drums

with self-contained faucet, s-gallon cans packed in easy-

tipping rack. Also I—gallon and I-quart cans.


‘Your dealer has the complete Mobiloil Chart. It will

tell you the correct grade of Mobiloil’for your traCtor,

your truck and your car.


I Oil facts for farmers


W


V \


YOUR guide—if your car is not listed below see any

Mobiloil dealer for complete Chart. It recommends

_the correct grades for all cars, trucks and tractors. And

remember that . . . .

609 automotive manufacturers

approve It!

The grades of Gargoyle Mobiloil, indicated below, are

Mobiloil "E," Mo iloil Arctic ("Arc"), Mobiloil “A,"

Mobiloil "BB,” and Mobiloil “B."


Followwintcr recommendations when temperatures from

32°F to o’F prevail. Below zero use Gargoyle Mobiloil

Arctic (except Ford Cars, use Gargoyle Mobiloil "5"). '


1927 1926 1925 1924

oAssmGlt 9 a v :3 o a ‘


c... s 2 .a g s .3


c2 3 t3 3 u) E :3 3

Buick. . . . . . . . .- . .. A Arc A Are. A Are. A Arc.

Cadillac .......... BB Arc. BB Art. A Are. A Arc.

ChandlerSp.6..... A A ....- ....

“ oihrr mods. . A Are. A Are. A Are. A Arc.

Chevrolet ........ Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc. ‘Arc. Arc. Are. Arc

Chrysler 60, 70, 80 ' A A A A A A A A

" other niods. A Are. A Arc. A Arc. . . . . . . . .

Dodge Bro; 4-cyl. A - Arc. A Are. A Arc. A Arc.

Essex ............ .A Are. A Are. A Are. A Arc.

Ford ............. E- E E E E E - E

Franklin.. ”4.. BB BB BB BB. BB BB BB BB

udson. . . , ...... Are A Are. A Arc. A Arc.

Hupmobile ....... A Arc A Are. A Are. A Arc.

ewett ........... . . . . A Are. A Are. .A Arc.

axwell ......... e. . . ... . .. . .~ 'A Arc. A Arc

ash ............ A Arc A Are. A Arc. Arc. 'Arc.

Oakland ......... A Arc A Are. A Arc. A Ate.

Oldsmobile ....... A Arc. A Are. A Are. ,A Arc.

Overland ........ . A Arc. A Arc. A Are. A Arc.


Packard 6 ........ A Arc. A Are. A Arc. A A

" ........ A Arc. A Are. A Arc. A ‘Arc.

Paige ............ A Arc. A Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc" Arc.

e0 ............. A Are. A Arc. A Are. A Arc.

Star. .' ......... A Are ‘A Arc. A Arc. Arc. Arc.

Studebaker ....... A Are. A Are. A Are. A Arc.

Velie. . . . . . A Are. A Are. A Arc. A Arc.

~Wﬂlys-Knight 4 . . . . 8 Are. B Arch 8 Are.

' " A Arc. A Arc. A Arc. . . . . . . . .


1


Mobloiil


Tile W orId’s Quality Oil


‘. VAC _ IL C O M P ANY New, York, Chicago, Tbilao’elﬂ'ia,’ 7305mm ’Buﬂalo, Omar}, ' St. i £01113,

. HUM o ' Timburgb, (lowland, Cincinnati, Winoeapolil, Kama: Cit], ‘Dallao'

= athgbtanche‘s and distributing warehouses throughout the country ' L ' "


Only one oil has recommendations like these


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