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News of the Week

Over 100,000 were driven out of
their homes by earthquakes in Bul-
garia, chiefly in the Phillippopolis dis-
trict. Over two score are reported
dead.

Forest fires in New York, New Jer-
sey, and Pennsylvania have become
serious and have driven many people
from their homes. ‘

The Ford rubber plantation in the
state of Para Brazil, is over-run with
laborers who believe that Ford will
make it a regular Eldorado.

Thus far the lives of 21 marines
have been lost in the Nicaragua cam-
paign, and $1,600,000 has been spent.

Dale Brown, a second class seaman
on the U. S. S. Concord, pleaded guilty
of hiding girls away on a U. S. naval
vessel. Several other similar cases
have since been reported.

l Twin sisters who eloped and were
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Johnson and Elizabeth ’Reigle Mul-.

cahy, of New York.

The state board of agriculture voted
to extend PreSIdent Butterfield’s leave
of absence two months longer Without
Me approval, and also dropped Dean
John Phelan and J. D. Willard from
the Michigan State College’s pay r511,

Col. Charles Lindbergh was in De-
tr01t last week to attend the All-
American aviation show. ,'

Chauncey M. Depew’s Will' ov'
that one million dollars be givefidfig
the Yale University. /

Bulgaria was thoroughly frightened
by severe earthquakes last Week.
Damage was reported at Plovdiv.

The three aviators who landed on
Greenly Island in the Straits of Belle,
Isle on their trip from Ireland to
New York will resume their journey

when the damaged plane, the Bremen,»

will be repaired. The fliers are

Baron Huenefeld, Capt. Koehl, and .
Major Fitzmaurice.
C o m In a n d e r Umberto Nobile

stopped at Stolp, Prussia, with his
giant Italian dirigible on his way to
attempt‘a flight over the north pole.

Ellsworth M. Statler, well known
owner of the Statler hotels, died in
New York of pneumonia last week.
He started as bell boy and became the
owner of more hotels than any other
man.

Secretary Kellogg has invited the
British, German, Italian, and Japanese
governments to join the United States
and France in the consideration of an
agreement to end war by the pacific
settlement of international differences.

A Ford plane from Dearborn, piloted
by Balchen and Bennett, pilots for
Byrd on his north pole trip, will go
to Greenly Island to help and relieve
the German transatlantic fliers.

FIGHT P. O. SERVICE CHARGE

 

THE organized farmers are fighting

strongly for the elimination of the
two cents service charge on parcels
post shipments. There is also a de-
mand for the creation of a director
of parcels post. It is felt that the par-
cels post system has developed to such
an extent that it shotfld have in
charge of its operations an official
who thoroughly understands and will
give his sole attention to its func-
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WANT TARIFF ADJUSTMENT

 

ORE than 61,000,000 bunches of

bananas valued at $34,269,000,
79,796,000 pounds of cheese valued at
$24,500,000, and 105,796,000 pounds of
canned vegetables, valued at $6,267,-
000, were imported into the United
States in 1927, according to the De-
partment of Commerce. All these
commodities come into direct compe-
tition with our domestic products.

Imports of bananas replace millions
of dollars worth of apples and other
fruits that could be grown in Amer-
ican orchards if it were not for this
competition.

The cheese imports are greater than
the cheese production of any state in
the union except Wisconsin.

There is an insistent demand on the
part of farmers, judging from the ap-
peals being made to the United States
Tariff Commission, for increases in
tariff duties on such products as
cheese and canned vegetables, which
can be readily protected by the tariff,
and that such commodities as bananas
which are not grown in this country
but enter into direct competition with
American farm products, be taken
from the free list and put on the duti-
able' list at rates of duties which will
protect domestic farm products. The
apple growers evidently have good
grounds for their demand for a tariif
on bananas.

Considerable sentiment is develop-
ing in opposition to the Wyant bill
which provides for the establishment
of a Department of Public Works and
Domain which would supplant the In-
terior Department, and take over the
Bureau of Public Roads from the De-
partment of Agriculture. The «farm
organizations are asking that them
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'g PROMISED to write about agricul-
E I ture in Nigeria and so here goes,
in spite of the fact that farming in
west Africa is like the fishing indus-
» try in Nebraska or gold mining in
e Iowa. There are few natural advan-
tages except the climate and many
drawbacks. In some respects it is like
the brewing business in America, for
little of it can be seen by the casual
observer passing through, but back in
the bush and out of sight a tremen-
dous output is produced and con-

sumed. .

An American farmer would laugh
at first sight of one of these straggling
struggling little “farms” hacked out

1’ of the African bush and worked en-
tirely by hand with only the crudest
of tools. And yet these little farms
support a. population much denser
than our own and furnish an almost
unlimited amount of export besides.
The populat1on averages about fifty
persons to the square mile in Nigeria,
and in some places it runs as high as
.500 persons to the square mile, and
yet these unscientific and unequipped
farmers produce all the food for their
own vast population and some for us
besides.

“Shifting cultivation” is the scien-
tific name for the way farming is done
in Nigeria. This simply means that a
little patch of grdund is farmed'until
the soil is worn out and then it is
abandoned completely and left to

INCE the variety Polar Yellow

Dent (frost resistant corn) has

taken its place among the other
leading corn varieties for southern
and central Michigan, much has been
. claimed for it.
-‘ Growing corn in Michigan is a pecu-
liar proposition because the time be-
tween spring and fall is short and the
nights are generally cool for this
originally tropical plant. The seed
containing a high per cent of starch
often do not yield high because starch
formation will not progress rapidly at
low temperatures or the yield is cut
down by the use of much smaller vari-
eties of corn plants. The conversion
of sugar into starch takes place in‘
the leaves, therefore, if you reduce the
, number and size of the leaves, you re-
. 3 duce the manufacturing capacity of
the plants. ' ‘

The solution then to the above prob-
lem is to find corn plants capable of
"making growth and developing a long-
er amount of fully developed mature
seed at the lower temperature. Two
' . years ago spring frosts cut the plants

 

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The work with Polar Yellow Dent
was started by Professor Duncan at
the Michigan Station in the fall of
1920 One hundred ears were selected
tram a well-adapted variety. Twelve
. RM from each ear were planted

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MICHIGEAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM PRESS

No Farm Surplus in Nigeria _ =

Cora Growers Seem Happy lVoréz'ag For Seven Cents a Day

‘By Francis Flood

grow back to jungle while its pre-
vious tiller carves himself another
“farm” with his axe and machete out
of the bush nearby. He need not buy
the land for it is all owned by the
village to which he is attached and is
never sold. He simply sends his
wives and children out to make a new
farm, and presto! There it is.

There is such heavy rainfall during
a few months of the year and so little
during the dry season that the quick,
rank growth of vegetation, the wash-

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ing away of the surface, and the sub—
sequent leaching of the soil by the hot
tropical sun, depletes its fertility en—
tirely in three to five years and the
nomadic farther must shift onto an—
other place. The tsetse fly makes it
impossible in most of Nigeria to have
live stock and so the African bush
farmer has neither the power nor the
fertiliZer which we in America could
not possibly do without.

While Jim and I were on,
motorcycle trip across Africa

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But Few Nigerians Have Adopted This Modern Method of Plowing

Can PlantThis Corn Early.

Spring Frosts Do Not Damage Polar Yellow Dem

By A. W. chctt, Jr.

curred. The corn was about six inches
high at this time. Record was taken
October 31 of the plants which stood
up after they thawed out. April 5th,
1921, the same number of kernels
were again taken from the same ears
and planted in the field. Cold rainy
weather followed all through' April
and May; frost occurred May 10th.
Records were again made of the

plants most resistant to frost and
when compared with the previous
record, plants from exactly the same
ears showed the most resistance. The
plants which withstood the April and
May frosts were allowed to grow dur-
ing the season of 1921.

Crosses were made by hand be-
tween plants .from different ears to
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madelittle hunting trips after deer
and partridges in the bush, and there
we found the “farms.” Stumbling out
of a mass of jungle so grown up with
grass and bush that one could hardly
struggle through, we would suddenly
step out into a little clearing of two _
or three acres—and possibly find a .'
deer or flock of partridges besides.
But we always found a few rows of
yams, which in Africa are certainly a.
good apology for our own Irish potato.
A few rows of corn, some beans, sev-
eral varieties of greens, and perhaps
some cocoa or oil palm trees usually
completed the farm. A hundred yards
of primeval bush, or perhaps a half a,
mile, and another little farm and all
about was the bush, the African in-
terior bush, than which there is noth-
ing “bushier.” The farmers all live
in the villages dotting the country-
side and come out to the farms—or
send their wives and children—to do
what work is necessary, from their
little grass huts in town. ,
Diminutive and crude as they are,
these farms represent hours and hours
of labor and vigilant attention. Corn
ground, for instance, after it has been.
hewn out of the bush, must be
"plowed” entirely by hand by means of
a. back-breaking, heavy, iron hoe. Then
the ground is ridged and furrowed in
the same laborious manner until it
looks much like our own listed corn
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ising of these crosses. These were

planted in 1922 and one cross which

was the most vigorous was used as a

starter for what we now call Polar 5

Yellow Dent. ’
In 1923 no frost occurred to damage i

the plants after planting. In 1924 a
plat was planted April 24. Germina-
tion started on May 4. Frosts oc-'

curred May 3, 4, 5, 22, 23, and 26th,
which the plants withstood.

In the spring of 1925 one acre was
planted. April 17 frosts occurred at
intervals, until May 18th it reached
four below freezing. On May 26 the
temperature again dropped below
freezing and the corn was about six '
inches high. The vigorous plants did i
not lose their green color when they .
thawed out, and it was from them that
an increase plat of two and one—half
acres was planted in 1926.

I have grown this variety during the
season 1926 and 1927. It grows like
any other corn except May frosts do
not kill or retard its growth like other
varieties. It will freeze in the fall like
any other variety. '

Polar Yellow Dent is neither an
early nor late variety. For southern
and central Michigan I find it well
adapted for the length of our growing
season. It will do well on most’any', ,_
type of soil where other dent varieties ,_ j .9
produce good yields. I would not idv’ '
vise planting same on sand hills .

very poor soils unless

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VOLUME CLXX NUMBER SEVENTEEN

DETROIT, APRIL 28, 1928

 

HERE are in the

Extension United S t a t c s
A 'd about 2,800 counties

1 in which agriculture
Extended is carried on as a

leading activity. Of
these about three—fourths have county
agents, the others being unaided by
the federal and state agricultural ex-
tension service. To overcome the
handicap of farmers, homemakers,
and young people without extension
help, Congress has just passed the
Capper»Ketcham bill, for the further
development of extension work in agri-
culture, home economics, and boys’
and girls’ club work.

This bill, which now goes to the
president for his signature, provides
funds for reaching in a most helpful
way the farmers and farm families of
every agricultural county of the na-
tion; furnishes the means of enrol-
ling annually over a million and a
half boys and girls in club work; and
further makes it possible for three
million rural boys and girls between
the ages of ten and eighteen years
who have not had the privileges of
an adequate education, to prepare
themselves to meet the difficult prob-
lems of modern life.

In addition, this measure, sponsored
in the United States Senate by Arthur
Capper, Senator from Kansas, and in
the House by John C. Ketcham, Rep-
resentative from Michigan, furnishes
the means of introducing conveniences
in farm homes, developing genuine
cooperation, improving the efficiency
-of farming, developing high-quality
products, and bringing about proper
adjustment between production of and
demand for farm products.

In decades to come we feel that
this measure will be listed with a. few
other outstanding pieces of national
legislation as an important mile
, stone in the upward march of Amer-
ican agriculture and rural life. It
deals largely and fundamentally with
the greatest element in farming, the
human element. A quarter of a cen-
tury hence we can better judge the
part it will have played in developing

 

a. greater America, by making pos-
sible a better and more satisfying
rural life.

ARELESSNESS

Become and deliberate
F woods burning are
ofesb responsible for a
Minded large increase in for-
est fires, according

to Secretary of Agriculture Jardine.
He points out that 374 fires to date
this year in the national forests of
the East and South as against 228 for
the same period last year, indicates
the need for increasing educational
work and stronger law enforcement
as’ fire protection measures. All but
five of these 374 forest fires were man-
caused.

Facts like these make it worth
while to have American Forest Week,
which is being observed this week,
says the secretary, for the purpose of
stirring up our people to the appalling
economic waste entailed by our failure
to utilize and protect forest land that
is not taken over by fields or pas-
tures. He thinks that the farmers as
well as the commercial timberland
owners need to become forest-minded.

HE recent ten-

The dency to w a r d

. larger farms in our

83‘“ 5'7"“! .better_ farming dis-
Farm tricts has been ob-

s e r V e (1. Statistics
also substantiate this. Good farmers
take over the farms of their less suc-
cessful neighbors, or perhaps rent the
land of men who have retired. The
object is to secure a larger acreage on
which to produce crops and keep live
stock.

This is a profitable change. The
majority of these farmers who secure
additional land will farm the whole
area. without any extra help, horses,
or machinery. This gives greater effi-
ciency. Production cost per unit of
product will be reduced, and profits
increased to that extent.

These economies are real. The cost
of plowing an acre with six horses or
with a good tractor is less than with
two horses. A combine will harvest
and thresh a field of grain for scarce-
ly half what its cost to cut in the
usual manner. Two and four row cul-
tivators reduce the expense of inter-
cultivation to a minimum. But this
equipment demands large fields and
enough acreage to keep it working for
a reasonable number of days in the
year. It is, therefore, this urge to re-
duce the expense of crop production
that leads farmers to seek larger
farms.

The results in general farming areas
would seem to point to the best size
as ranging from two hundred to three
hundred acres. The average size of
Michigan farms could be doubled to
advantage. But too large farms have
disadvantages. Then management be-

’ r a E M to at c A a. j Ea? ME

comes more difficult; equipment has.

a

to be duplicated; the fields reach, too
far from the center of-operatiOns-

There is evidence of satisfaction on
farms well balanced as to size. A
survey' of 126 such farms having over
two hundred acres showed but eight
per cent of the sons leaving for other
employment, as compared to forty-
six per cent on farms of less than
thirty acres. Where boys see profits
and enjoy What these profits provide,
they stick.

ARMERS appre-

Thanks ciate the recent
decision of the

to the United State Supreme
Court Court on the flexible

‘- provision of the 1922

tariff act. In this decision, the Court

said that the flexible provision is con-
stitutional, which means that all the
advances and other changes made by
the President to aid agriculture are
constitutional. In other words, the
Supreme Court has said that it is
legal for the Chief Executive to raise
or lower tariffs to equalize the cost of
production between this and competing
countries. This may mean much to
the future of our agriculture.

The decision is regarded as one of
the most important rendered in many
years. It clears the way for Congress
to delegate the power to fix tariff
duties to other departments of gov-
ernment. Further, Congress can
enact legislation for 'the promotion
and the protection of domestic indus-
tries. The decision also opens up the
way for legislation removing the fifty
per cent limitation of the flexible tar-
iff provision, and for the development
of a. tariff program that more nearly
meets the changing needs of the
American people.

N its fifth birth-

Child day, May first,
H I]! the Child Health
ea t movement can be
Day scored as a blue rib-

bon child, vigorous,
sound, and with growth and achieve-
ments to its credit that have com-
manded national attention. During
this period the American Child Health
Association has developed a working
program based on the Child’s Bill of
Rights as framed by Herbert Hoover.
These rights hinge upon seven clearly
defined points: Prepardness for par-
enthood, wholesome environment,
sound nutrition, physical examination,
training in health habits and knowl-
edge, mental and emotional sound-
ness, and spiritual encouragement.

This special health day has served
as an opportunity to bring the public
health nursing service to the atten-
tion of the community and to secure
financial support for it, to make war
against communicable disease, to
spread health education in all schools,

Last Call For Master Farmer Nominations
NOMINATIONS for the 1928 class of Michigan Master Farmers will

close May 12.

So if you have been thinking of nominating the

best farmer in your county for Master Farmer honors; do it promptly.

We are anxious to get the names in early so that our inspection trips
may be arranged as soon as side roads are in shape to travel.

The score card for determining the standings of the nominees is the

same as that published a year ago.
fect scoring, divided as follows:

For the operation of his farm
For business methods employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
For appearance and upkeep of farm . .
For provisions made for family . . . . . . . . . . . .
For community and citizenship activities . . . . . . .140

It allows a. thousand points for per-

............:...290 points
.........90 ”
....300 ”

No farmer will be accorded Master Farmer honors unless he is first
nominated by some friend, such as a neighbor, the county agent, banker,
merchant, teacher, or any other person interested in securing honor and
recognition for the men who successfully till the soil and unstintingly per-
form their duties‘ as neighbors and citizens. ‘ . '

There is assurance from the list of nominees already received that
a group of ten worthy men of high ability as farmers, neighbors, and citi-
zens will be selected to the 1928 class of Michigan Master Farmers. But

. we do not wish any who should be counted in this list to be overlooked.
Send nominations to the Editor, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, giving the name
and address of the person nominated, and the direction and distance he

lives from his postotfice address.

 

labor , Income.

   

and to establish hot. lumen programs .7

in rural schools.

No one person is more important in
this forward march toward a. nation
of healthy children than the public
health nurse. She is the link betvveen'
the school and the home, the communo
ity and the home. In most cases she
has the responsibility of getting over
into practice the principles of the new
gospel of health teaching and of
breaking down old prejudices.

If we are to approach the perfec-
tion toward which people have always
striven, the fullest cooperation of par-
ents with the' school nurse and the
health program of the school is nec-
essary. If Michigan is to hold a place
in the forward ranks of healthy chil-
dren, there are still many communi-
ties in the state where this child
health movement awaits a. healthy
boost from the parents.

Spring C/emzmg

HIS spring cleaning is got to be

a. human habit—that is, some do

it and others just go through the mo-

tions. Just why the cleaning is got

to be done in spring, I don’t know.

If the house gets too full of stuff or

dirt, you can stay outside in spring,

but if it’s fall, somehow you kinda.

gotta crowd yourself in fer over the
winter.

There sure is gotta be cleaning

sometime so a. fellow kin find a. place

to live. If we

 

and fix up a new
nest every year,
we wouldn’t need
no cleaning op-
erations. But we
stay from year to
year in the same
place, except in
the cities where,
if you don’t pay rent, you’ve gotta.
move. And there is some people what
is gotta move once in a while ’cause
it ain’t healthy to live with all the
dirt they’ve accumulated.

Spring cleaning is sure a time to
get rid of a lot of stufi. A lotta.
memories are turned into ashes and
reminiscences are carried out to the
junk heap. Even after a while the
wedding bouquet and the last pieces
of the wedding dress are done away
with. I guess that’s done when they
don’t think they’ll ever need them
again, or something like that.

But old dolls, and jack knives, and
marbles, and etc., sure do bring back
days that used to be. And grandma’s
chair up in the attic that ain’t been
used fer years and ain’t usable but
is kept fer memory’s sake, will be
going some day, too.

It seems to me that remembering
your ancestors ain’t going to be a
hobby fer the next generation like it
is fer, us. There is so much in the
present that one nowadays ain’t got
time or room for remembrances of
the past. And nowadays things ain’t
made so they’ll last long enough to
be remembered. So, I guess there
ain’t many young folkses that’ll know
or care who or what their grandfolks
were. Of course, there’s a craze on
just now fer antique furniture but
that kinda furniture kin be made so
easy in the factories nowadays.

 

 

 

 

But, genuine old furniture and etc.
kin be seen in museums, etc., if
folkses want to look at them and
laugh at how old-fashioned the old
timers was. But, with us folkses when
we get old and useless, they don’t put
us in museums, they bury us to get
us out of their sight, and they don’t
wait for spring housecleaning either.

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AROUND POWER LINES

 

ITE time- is danger time for chil-
dren and electric power and light
companies. It is’extremely dangerous
to use the small wires for strings,
since enough high tension power
might jump down such a wire to
knock a .person down or even cause
death, and even a cord string gives
a severe shock if it is damp and the
ground is wet.
There is also grave danger that

tight against the pressure which must
be met.
concrete tank would have to be made

so heavy and the difficulties of secure
1y anchoring the manhole ring and

For higher pressure, however, the

keeping it airtight and of keeping the
pipe connections airtight, all make the
concrete pressure tank rather imprac-
tical. For pressures ordinarily used
in farm water supply systems the steel
pressure tank will be found the most
satisfactory and far cheaper in the
long run. We should be glad to hear

 

 

 

 

 

This Home-Made Outfit Was Designed to Cut Corn Stubbles Down to‘ the
Ground and Is Useful in Fighting the Corn Borer

from any of our readers who have put

 

damage or death might be caused to
other people through the crossing of
a high tension wire with a telephone
or electric light wire. ESpecial care
should be taken, where there is any
possibility of touching electric wires,
not to fly the type of kites having
metal frames now being widely sold.
One of these falling across a set of
high tension wires might do thousands
of dollars damage as well as endanger
the lives of many people.

Children should not be discouraged
from flying kites, as it is great sport
and quite instructive; but they should
be taught very emphatically to fly
them in open places where there is no
danger of coming in contact with elec-
tric wires.

 

IS A CEMENT PRESSURE TANK
PRACTICABLE?

 

Can a pressure water tank be made
of concrete and built underground?
If this would be practicable, I plan on
building one by the barn to hold a
water supply for my drinking cups.
Such a tank would be better than a
supply tank in the hay mow, as: it
would keep the water warmer in win-
ter and cooler in summer. Any sug-
gestions will be appreciated.

It is entirely possible to build a
pressure water' tank out of cement,

_ though in general it will not be found
as practicable as a steel tank. \Vhere
a large amount of water is desired at

.a small pressure of not over ten-

pounds per square inch and the tank

. can be built underground, the pres-

sure tank might be built more cheaply
.out of cement than of any other mate-
rial. Such a tank should be made of
a mixture of one bag cement, “two
cubic feet of sand, three cubic feet
of coarse'pebbles or broken stone, and
just enough water to make a jelly-
,like concrete. The walls should be at
,least eight inches thick and well re-
inforced both vertically and horizon-
tally, shouldlbe tapered to an inch at
top-and finished off with a. heavy
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TREE SPROUTS BOTH ER

 

Please advise me as to how to get
rid of poplar tree sprouts. They are
coming up in our yard and in the field.
The trees were just chopped down.
R. M.

The poplar tree is one of our most
prolific sprouters and is very objec-
tionable from that standpoint. It has
been found by experiments conducted
at the State College that the best re-
sult in killing these sprouts is ob-
tained by complete girdling of the
trunks by gashes, plus the application
of arsenic poison. For trees which
have just been cut down, it would be
advisable to take an axe and make
several deep gashes entirely around
the stump. These gashes should be
made so that they are capable of bold—
ing a liquid.

Next, prepare a poison solution as
follows: one pound of arsenic and one
pounds of washing soda to four gal-
lons of water. The soda should be dis-
solved in the water and then the ar-
senic previously made into a thin
paste, should be stirred in. Boil the
solution for thirty minutes until the
arsenic is completely dissolved. When
only a small amount ol.‘ poison is nec-
essary, caustic soda, instead of wash—
ing soda, can be used at the rate of
one-half pound of caustic soda to one
pound of arsenic. Caustic soda is
more expensive than washing soda,
but dissolves the arsenic more readily.
After the poison has been prepared,
_procure an old tea pot or sprinkling
can and pour the solution into the
frilled portion of the stump until it
will hold no more. ‘

Great care should be taken in the
use of this poison. Animals should
not be allowed to graze near the vi-
cinity of these stumps. The only
other method of getting rid of these
sprouts is to keep cutting them off as

 

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Years of Service
Model T Fords

Expenditure of few dollars may
enable you to get thousands of miles
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THE Model T Ford is still a great car. It led the motor 3
industry for twenty years and it is used today by more ~
people than any other automobile. More than eight
million Model T Fords are in active service in city, town
and country, and many of them can be driven for two,
three and five years and even longer at very small
up-keep expense. ‘

The cost of Model T parts and of necessary labor is
unusually low because of established Ford policies. V

New fenders, for instance, cost from $3.50 to $5
each, with a labor charge of $1 to $2.50. Tuning up
the motor and replacing commutator case, brush and .
vibrator points costs only $1, with a small charge for
material. Brake shoes can be installed and emergency
brakes equalized for a labor charge of only $1.25. A
labor charge of $4 to $5 will cover the overhauling of
the front axle, rebushing springs and spring porches,
and straightening, aligning and adjusting wheels.

The labor charge for overhauling the average rear
axle runs from $5.75 to $7. Grinding valves and clean-i '
ing carbon can be done for $3 to $4.

A set of four new pistons costs only $7. For a labor
charge of $20 to $25 you can have your motor and
transmission completely overhauled. Parts are extra.

All of these prices are approximate, of course, because
the cost of materials needed will depend on the condi-
tion of each car. They show, however, the low cost of
putting the Model T Ford in shape for thousands of
miles of additional service. .5

See the nearest Ford dealer, therefore, and have him
estimate on the cost of re-conditioning your Model T
Ford. He will tell you, in advance, exactly how mug};
the complete job will cost.

 

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' Extracts from Senator Capper’s Speeefl in Me Senate, (aged/10,1928, Urgiflg

a Broad and Permanem Agricultural Policy

At almost the same hour that the
President’s opposition to the new
McNary-Haugen bill was made
known in Washington, Senator Cap-
per took the floor in the Senate to
urge the passage of the bill, giving
reasons why he was unreservedly
for it.-—Editor’s Note.

R. PRESIDENT, any plan for

relief of agriculture must take

care of crop surpluses. That
is one of the big problems confronting
the agricultural industry of America
today.

The new McNary-Haugen bill now
before us, undertakes among other
things to stabilize the prices of farm
products by removing the surplus from
the domestic market. If there is a
loss incurred in the operation. each
producer of the losing product is as-
sessed his share of the “fece” to make.
up the loss. It is not a charge against
the Government.

I am of opinion that surplus-
control legislation without the equali-
zation fee principle would be ineffec-
tive. The equalization fee is the most
practical plan suggested for meeting
the costs of the much—needed control
of crop surpluses. In the light of the
mass of testimony submitted to the
Senate committee on agriculture by
economists and other competent au-
thorities. I say that we are abundantly
justified in giving this plan a trial.

To deny the farmers the McNary-
Haugen bill with the equalization fee
is to deny them the benefits of the
protective tariff system. The nub of
the matter is there must be some sort
of a stabilized market.

Mr. President,
mend that part of this bill which cre~
sites a Federal Farm Board to aid in
the orderly marketing of agricultural
commodities. It. will pay this Govern-
ment and its people to definitely or-
ganize agriculture as industry is or-
ganized and as labor is organized. The
farmer himself will probably do this
in time but it will pay the lovernment
to help him. And that is why I feel
the Federal Government might well
assume the leadership in cooperation
marketing to the extent that it. would
become the. instrument of organization
as well as the sponsor. The fostering
of large scale cooperative effort as
proposed in this bill would be a good
investment; for the Government. Farm-
ers would have the confidence in a
Government‘formed cooperative enter-
prise that they lack in a privately or
group-owned cooperative enterprise.
Once established, the Government
would be in a position to withdraw it-
self and turn the proposition over to
the farmer members.

The Governmental machinery set up
in this bill will be of great assistance
to the farmers’ cooperative movement.
Cooperative marketing of farm pro~
ducts appeals to me as being one of
the best ways in which the problem of
the high cost of distribution of food-
stuffs may be solved. The fact that
the consumer pays often more than
twice as much as the producer re-
ceives for his foodstuffs, due to the
costliness of distribution, seems un-
just. Certainly it some of the selling
machinery between the consumer and
the producer could be eliminated. the
two could divide the savings to the
advantage of both. If the farmers
can organize into great cooperatives
which could control food products and
feed them into the market, they would
be in position to maintain a fair do-

‘ mestic price, because they would have

control of the surplus. And were

they in position to process much of
this food they certainly could reduce
the costs of distribution, by virtue of

 
  

their control.
Mr. President, our cities are now

I particularly com-,

feeling the pinch that was bound to
come as a result of the depression in
agriculture. There was decided lack
of optimism in the report of the Na~
tional Industrial Conference board
following its careful survey of agri-
culture. And the business men’s com-
mission on agriculture of the United
States Chamber of Commerce recom-
mended rather general tariff reforms
in the interest of the farmer—a re-
markable demonstration of unselfish-
ness on the part of well-protected busi-
ness.

When such a business group admits
that agriculture’s difficulties “are trace-
able to the undue advantages that
other groups have secured for them-
selves” through tariff laws, etc., can

there be any further doubt of it?

Mr. President, it is nothing new for
industries to be in need of legisla-
tion. Every industry from manufac-
turing to railroads, from labor to
bankers, has been so helped and is
being helped all the time to their bene-
fit and the nation’s welfare in most
cases. The chief trouble of the farm-
er has been the disparity in the prices
paid for farm products and the prices
which the farmer pays for his necessi-
ties. This disparity, in my opinion,
is caused in part by certain privileges
and favors obtained by other groups
which place the farmer at a disad-
vantage.

After a prolnged and gradually
losing struggle, the agriculture indus-

 

 

News and Views
From INGLESIDE FARM—By Stanley Powell

 

 

hogs Monday, but somehow there

didn’t seem to be any great mea-
sure of satisfaction connected with
the transaction. Although I couldn’t
produce any definite figures on which
to base my fears, I have a sneaking
suspicion that this bunch of porkers
haven’t fattened the Ingleside ex-
chequer. Anyhow, they cleaned out
the corncrib, devoured two barrels of
semi—solid buttermilk, enjoyed a good
many hundred
pounds of ground
feeds from the
self-feeder and
drank all the
skim milk we had

I MARKETED a truck load of fat

 

to spare.
My pessimistic
attitude toward

the possible pro-
fits from feeding
high priced grain
to produce cheap
pork was tinged
with a deeper
shade of blue when I happened to
notice in the February issue of the
Quarterly Bulletin of the Agricultural
Experiment Station at M. S. C. some
figures showing the results of hog
feeding tests conducted at the College.

The purpose of these experiments
was to compare the results secured
by using various protein supplements
with corn for fattening hogs. I was
not so much interested in the com-
parative gains made by the various
pens as I was in the figures which
showed the feed cost for one hundred
pounds of gain. Each of these
bunches of pigs enjoyed a model pen
with access to an outside lot and were
provided with an automatic waterer
and a mineral ‘mixture composed of
steamed bone meal forty-five pounds,
pulverized limestone twenty pounds,
and common salt thirty pounds. Each
of the rations used in the experiment
was a good one and more scientifically
balanced than most of us would feed.
Yet with all of these favorable cir-
cumstances, the feed cost~ for one
hundred pounds of gain was not less
than $8.58 for the most efficient and
economical pen and ranged from that
to $9.57 for the pen which showed the
most costly gain.

Times Sadly Out of Joint

To many of us it; seems rather
puzzling that while grains are so high,
pork should be so cheap. Was it not
Shakespeare who once remarked
something to the effect that “The
times are out of joint?"

During most of the winter and
spring it has not been possible for the

 

 

 

   

farmer located in central Michigan to
net eight dollars per' hundred for his
hogs at the local shipping point. If
it cost him a minimum of $8.58 to
produce this hundred weight of pork,
it is apparent that the farmer is
throwing away part of his home
grown feed. Of course, most of us
do not keep close track of how much
corn and other home grown feeds we
are using or what we could get for
these grains on the open market.

There are many other costs of hog-

raising besides that of feed. We must
think of such overhead expenses as
taxes, insurance, and interest on in-
vestment and not forget to reckon in
our labor of feeding, cleaning the
pens, hauling to market, etc.

Yet after relieving my system of
all these discouraging figures, I should
go on to say that I haven’t by any
means lost faith in hog raising. Only
last week I traded a young grade
heifer for a cow and a little of pigs.
Despite the ups and downs of the mar-
ket and temporary inequalities, the
fact remains that the hog is the most
efficient converter of grain, especially
corn, into meat that the ingenuity of
mankind has yet developed. In the
long run there should be money in
hogs. A losing business cannot go on
permanently. Usually when any class
of live stock is a‘drug on the mar-
ket, it is a pretty good time to go
into the business. If we stock up at
rock—bottom prices, we are ready to
pocket a profit when things begin to
boom. ‘

If any of the readers of this page
are superstitious, they probably didn’t
start any enterprise on Friday the
thirteenth of April. However, we
tempted fate by choosing this date to
dock another batch of lambs and to
dehorn fourteen cattle, including our
valuable young pure-bred milking
Shorthorn herd sire. We corded all
except some of the youngest cattle
and as soon after dehorning as pos-
sible turned them out. Blood clots
much more readily out in the fresh
air and breeze. Another suggestion
which we might make regarding de-
horning is that when the strings are
cut it is best not to pull them off, but
merely to let them hang and even-
tually drop off. If they are pulled‘ofi
forcibly, it is likely to tear the scab
and start bleeding afresh.

I am afraid our bull will not look
quite as good in the show ring as he
would with his horns. But what is

a ribbon and a few extra. dollars com-

pared to the risk of possible mut
tion and death? ,
(Continqu on; page 592)

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try finds that if it is to go forward it'
must participate in the American pr0<
tective system on an equality with
other industries. Things can never be
right in this country when the farm-
er’s purchasing power is below par.

In its appeal recently broadcast to
editors of newspapers and magazines
to support the pending farm legisla-
tion in Congress as all-important to
business, industry, and finance, the
Illinois Bankers’ association said:

“The lack of real purchasing power
of the farmer’s dollar is not alone due
to natural influences but has been
caused to a large extent by an artifi-
cial stimulation of other products
brought about by prior federal legisla-
tion. Therefore some balance in 1egis«
lation is‘ required.”

Mr. President, that puts the case in
few words. There is a farm problem
and that problem is to bring the agri~
cultural industry up to the level of
other industries, as the measure be»
fore us seeks to do. Until this is done
we shall have a serious economic con~
dition on our hands.

~I am convinced the passage of the
McNary-Haugen bill will do more to
relieve agricultural distress than any
other measure now before Congress.
but it is a mistake to assume that this
measure or any other single measure
can at once restore permanent pros-
perity to agriculture. I believe that a.
comprehensive national policy or pro~
gram that will deal with all the fac-
tors causing agricultural distress is a
necessity at this time.

There is the problem of transporta-
tion costs, for example. Industry is
the Middle West has been marooned
by the present rate structure. VVith-
out necessary rail rate readjustments
the Western farmer and the business
man, too, see little relief for the fu-
ture except the possible development.
of waterways.

Then we have the question of taxa«
tion which takes from one—fourth to
one-third or even more of the revenue
of land to pay the taxes. We have no
national policy on this question.

Our Government explores the world
for the purpose of expanding foreign
markets for our industrial products.
But are we doing all that we can to
find a world outlet at a profitable price
for those products of the farm that
make up approximately one-half of
our total exports? We need a. national
policy here.

Then we have the tariff, undoubt-
edly quite a factor contributing to the
present disparity between the prices
received and the prices paid by the
farm, but even the farmer does not
want to see the business of the nation
destroyed by a sudden tariff revolt.

I say, Mr. President, it is time for
Congress to get down to the real solu‘
tion of the farmer’s problem by draft-
ing the best brains of the nation and
putting them to building a broad and
lasting program for agriculture as a.
matter of public policy. The more
specific a national agricultural pro‘
gram can be made the more likely it
is to have salutary effect, not only on
farmers but on everyone else.

Vital to the prosperity of the na-

tion, Mr. President, is the working out.

of a national agricultural program
which will give the farmer a square
deal in production, in transportation,
and in marketing, a program .which
should embody a national policy that
would persist for generations. so that
agriculture shall prosper and bring
prosperity to all. ,

In my .iurigment this bill will he
a. big step in madman“, ‘ ‘

     

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MONG the many uses of the ro~

tary hoe, one of the most impor-
tant is that of breaking up a crust
after a hard rain. Such a crust is a
troublesome thing at any stage of the
corn crop, but is especially serious if
it occurs just about the time the corn
or beans are coming through the sur-
face, as at such a time it will turn the
tender shoot back upon itself, often
preventingits getting through.

Other important uses of the rotary
hoe are for preparing fall plowed
ground, cultivating corn and beans be-
fore they are large enough to plow,
renovating alfalfa and clover. Those
who have tried out this comparatively
new tool are quite enthusiastic as to
its value, and it promises soon to be-
come one of our most popular farm
.implements.

CEMENT FLOOR IS TOO SMOOTH

 

I put a cement floor in my cow barn
but made the mistake of finishing it
too smooth. I finished it with clear
cement on top and trowelled it down
smooth. It is so slippery that it is
hard for the cows to get on their feet
after lying down. How can I remedy
this? Could I chip or pick the top
rough or could I whitewash with a
sand and cement mixture so it would
stick and make it rough enough? I
use plenty of straw but this slips
from under the cows’ feet. Please
advise—J. H.

I would suggest that you chip or
pick the top to make the floor rough.
This would make the floor somewhat
more difficult to keep clean, but it is
necessary to have a rough surface,
and this is the easiest way you can
get it in this case.——F. E. Fogle, M.

S. C.

 

N0 FARM SURPLUS IN NIGERIA‘

 

(Continued from page 587)
ground except that the hand-made
ridges are fully twice as large as ours
and every few feet there are cross
ridges as well to prevent washing
away of the soil during the heavy
rains. To mold a field for corn after
this fashion, and then to plant it, one
hill at a time, with a stick and a ver—
satile black toe and then to cultivate
it until ripening time, and to carry to
market on the head, perhaps for miles
and miles, is a chore which Would cer-
tainly not seem to tend toward over-
production or a corn surplus.

It takes ninety-five man days of
labor per acre to grow corn in Ni-
geria, according to the figures of the
director of agriculture and a fair,aver-

 

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age return is one ton per acre at two
thirds of a cent per pound or a wage
rate of about fourteen cents per day
for the farmer. Not much, of course,
but fourteen cents per day more than
he’d have otherwise. But this esti-
mate of ninety—five man days of labor
per acre does not include delivery to
the railroad, and the crop must all be
carried, on the heads of his wives,
sometimes a hundred miles or more,
and the director estimates that the
average net per acre return is cut al-
most exactly in half, or reduced to
seven cents per day for the Nigerian
corn farmer. Perhaps he needs some
legislation, but a happier farmer one
can rarely find. He has everything
in the world that he wants.

HE cotton farmer puts 115 man

days of labor per acre into his
crop and gets an average of 350
pounds at four and one-half cents per
pound, or a wage return of thirteen
cents per day which is reduced to six
cents per day after delivery charges
are figured.

As in Amuica the grower doesn’t
get it all. Palm kernels sell» in. Liver-
pool for seventeen pounds sterling, ten
country in‘ 0gbomos-

 

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difference in repair bills, lost
time and trouble may amount
to a big sum. At our “tag”
stores you can get depend-
able lubricants, as we have
carefully selected the ones
we know will give you the
most lubricating value per
dollar and will stand up under
farm use. Come now and
see us about your summer
supply so that you will have
it on hand when you need
it. Also ask to see our line
of oil cans, measures, funnels,
grease-guns, grease cups and
other lubrication necessities.
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Keep Off the Sucker List

By E. A. Shearer

Manager, Protective Service

AVE you ever wondered where
H all of your open envelope mail

and circulars come from? How
many times have you picked up a
form letter bearing your name and
address and, from a standpoint of
curiosity, read it to find that someone
was trying to sell you the National
Capitol Building, the Brooklyn Bridge,
or the Goddess of Liberty? If the
before-mentioned was not included in
their offers, something as impossible
to obtain was offered for one dollar
down and one dollar a week for the
rest of your life.

The question is, where did these
concerns get your name and address,
and how does it come that your mail
box is cluttered with these get-rich-
quick schemes. The answer is sim-
ply this—sometime in the past you or
someone signed your name in answer-
ing an advertisement out of curiosity.
It may have been a puzzle or a cross-
word answer test, or it may be that
you wanted to satisfy yourself as to
the offer of some mining or oil pro-
moter. Since then your name and ad
dress has been going the rounds. One
gyp artist has been passing it on to
the next so you have continued to
receive the never ending stream of
personal offers from book concerns,
free lot swindlers, real estate promot-
ers, high dividend stock salesmen, and
the endless number of other parasites
on good business.

They are all the same variety. They
pretend to want to give you some-
thing absolutely free. It is not to be
supposed that these advertisements
are really answered with any degree
of seriousness by the individual at
the time. But the carefully prepared,
persistent follow-ups keep coming
along until ofttimes confidence is de-
velOped in the recipient and he is led
to nibble. But even though the let-
ters are entirely ignored, you are not
through, for your name is passed on
until finally it has been in the hands
of every sucker chaser in the country.

Understand, these boys are organ-
ized. Each has his own “sucker list”
running into the thousands, and the
letter you receive from one is friend-
ly, having the desire to serve and
save, sticking out all over it. You
might think you were hearing from a
long lost friend, so interested is he in
your financial welfare. If you are
led to think that such is the case, you
had better stop and sleep over it be-
fore sending any hard earned money.»

Here is another thing about which
people who work hard for their money
should know. In recent years the
authorities have supervised more
closely the stock exchanges. In doing
this they have made business unpro-
fitable for the bucket shops. So these
pretended brokers who made their
livelihood from the uninformed, have
found anotherrmethod of carrying on
their work. It is a publication known
as the “tipster” sheet. Here unlisted
securities are. exploited. The preten-
tion is that the “Editor,” 3. man well-
informed on matters of investments,
stands ready to give unbiased infor-
mation on the trend of the market on
both listed and unlisted securities. He
is visualized to the reader as a dis-
interested, zealous personality who
gives to those untutored in the ways
of the stock market reliable, valuable,
inside dope and advice.

Those who become readers of this

 

sheet are marked as “suckers.” Some
day, after being notified by telephone
of a “sure thing" tip, a high. pressure
salesman who poses as the “Editor”
of this sheet, appears and usually puts
over what he attempts. Of course,
the “investor” loses all he puts in

the venture. He has ’no recourse and
there is too little evidence to prove

fraud, so the government cannot-be

interested.

There is but one lesson to take
from this. We are all more or less
“sucker” timber. However strong of
character or well balanced of mind
we may be, there are moments of
weakness when a slicker can get us.
So we must cooperate to fight these
leaches of society. This is one rea-
son why the Michigan Farmer Protec-
tive Service was brought into being.
Its major object is to help its mem-
bers to avoid the pitfalls laid by these
crooks who seek day and night by
every unfair means to get your money
and mine. Be assured that the Mich‘
igan Farmer Protective Service will
direct the searchlight of publicity
upon their heathenish ways.

 

Our Readers’ Corner
Factr and ,Opz'm'om 5y Mic/”gun Farm' Fol/é

 

 

A MAIL CARRIER SPEAKS

 

EING a R. F. D. carrier, this is a

reply to “Taxpayer” regarding the
R. F. D. service. I have yet to see
my first carrier make his twentyeight
to forty-five mile route in two hours,
good roads or bad. We go, rain or
shine, snow or blow, and if every box
is not served every day, it is because
we haven’t wings—-as yet, and some of
these roads require a mare with wings.
I have walked my route, driven every
known vehicle, rode horse-back, day
after day, out one-half the army of
mail carriers for the Postal Depart-
ment is, fast as it can, consolidating
and the people are not satisfied.

Why a pension! Taxpayers, “we
pay our own pensions.” A per cent is
deducted from our salary, and is put
into the retirement fund. As each car-
rier reaches the age of sixty-five, he
can retire and if he has carried thirty
years receives the maximum ten hun-
dred dollars per year. The Postal De-
partment advocates this fund so we
can pension ourselves. It will never
cost you a. cent, taxpayers.

I agree that there are too many
roads built to accomodate the tourist.
If the by roads and cross roads, the
farm people and carriers must travel,
were fixed up, it would speed up the
mail and enable farmers to get their
produce to market. 'If only farmers
would keep their mail boxes shoveled
out and a supply of stamps on hand.
build a suitable box to hold packages,
and remember that the mailman has
to please the people, the post-master,
and the entire Postal Department, the
world would be a much pleasanter
place for one mailman—Carrier.

CORN BORER CONTROL

 

N a recent issue of the Michigan

Farmer there was an article writ-
ten upon the corn borer bill. It has
amiably presented two views and
states that if some Moses will work
out an efficient means of checking up
on work done in the control of this
pest and of getting the money to the
farmers who do their bit for protec-
tion of the country against the men-
ace, that person would have full ap-
probation of both groups. What do
you suggest?

I should like to ask What per cent
of corn borer infestation constitutes
a menace? If this is a national prob
lem to protect the world’s food, why
ask the farmers to do the biggest por-
tion of this protection for practically
nothing? I feel that the farmer should
be paid by the day, same as our sal-
aried job holders,
hours per day, plus expenses such as
meals, traveling expenses, tips, etc.

The farmers could quit raising corn.
but as this pest seems to live in so

' many plants that would hardly be

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work the same '

wise. What we need is a permanent
protection. What material benefit can
the farmers get by a $10,000,000 ap-
propriation without a clean-up? What
constitutes a clean-up? It is not al-
ways possible for this to be accom-
plished without the aid of someone.
The old people, for instance, who have
saved all their lives to have some

thing for declining years, cannot. They _

cannot hire to get out anywhere near
clear. Then a force does it at fifty-two
and one—half cents per hour which in
many cases deals a great hardship to
the old. This should not be permitted
even by laws. It should be taken care
of by a national or state fund.

The American farmer cannot main-
tain the dignity of an American citi-
zen unless he is accorded the same
rights and privileges that other busi.
nesses are. He cannot sustain the
role of citizenship and be the ward of
a patronizing peasantry at the same
time. He cannot bear the burdens of
unjust, unrighteous and foolish legis-
lation and continue on a par with
those who do not and will not, and
realizing this, he is leaving the farm.
God said no man can serve two mas-
ters at the same time. The Depart-
ment of Agriculture was founded for
research work. We welcome their
findings but we resent supervision.

In this same issue Mr. Stanley
Powell has a very good thought, to my
idea, on country road building. He
speaks of a four cent gas tax to use
for~this purpose. I believe the gas
tax is the nearest right of any tax I
know of in maintaining the roads. Let
those who ride pay. Now this will be
all 0. K. if they don’t get the tax
running to salaried job holders instead
of the roads. Let the good work go
on. We sure need some roads in the
country for the farmers as well as
tourists—Mrs. Pearl Watkins.

NEWS AND VIEWS

 

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Several weeks ago we removed the
light ring which we placed in this
bull’s nose when he was a calf and
substituted it Witha very heavy ring
of cannon metal, which is said to be
far superior to brass for this purpose.
On the new ring we placed a little
over a foot of light but strong chain,
having an iron ring about two inches
in diameter in the free end. This
simplifies catching the bull in box
stall or barnyard and might prove a.
great convenience or even a veritable
lifesaver in an emergency.

This young bull has thus far dis-
played a very pleasant, courteous, and
respectful disposition, but we are bear-
ing in mind the old adage that it is
the gentle hull that usually does the
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" CHANGING WILL

. g I had my will made several years
' 2 ago. I now want to change two items
,to correspond with the changes that
have turned up. Can I just cross off
.1 those two items and write what I wish
‘ to without having the will resigned?
-Would this be lawful ?——A. Reader.

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GETTING GOOD' PUTTY

This generation is having trouble ‘
getting good putty for glazing their I H E
window glass into the sash. Our

7’ painters claim that what theyuse is
r the best that can be had, but it lasts

only two to four years. Am I mis-
taken, or was there a putty used 40 to
60 years ago that would last inde~ H [S I ER Fl El DS
finitely? As a boy I remember putty

that had been on the glass for many

.. years would have to be cut off with
. a knife and then with difficulty. How
f was such material made?——J. B. A RE ll 0 H T E D '
" A more durable putty can be.made .
by mixing about 10 per cent of white
lead or 20 per cent of zinc white with
( the ordinary commercial putty and
, ' this sort of putty is often used for
greenhouse work. I suspect much of
the old time putty had a considerable
proportion of white lead, and that this
3’ accounted for its long life. Ordinary
l paint dealers carry only the commer-
"cial putty, made of whiting and lin-
seed oil; but I think some of the spe-
cial paint houses in the large cities
may carry the white lead putty; but
painters usually make it up when nec-
essary.

Much of the trouble from putty be-
coming brittle and having a short life
comes from the way it is applied. The

, putty should be used as soft as it can
; be conveniently handled, and should
‘ never be applied to dry wood. The
3' wood should first be given at least one C

. coat of oil or of thin paint to partially E l I
fill the wood and prevent it from draw- H s R F I E I D
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Anyone doing glazing work of any c I G A R E 1- T E s
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WEET corn is the mainstay of
many home gardens and often is
the main reason for their existence,
for it pays the highest dividends.
Sweet corn loses fifty per cent of its
sugar and hence its flavor and tender-
ness in twenty-four hours after it is
picked. This. is a mighty good reason
for having it close at hand. Among
the best varieties are Early White
Cob Corey, Golden Bantam, Early Sun-
shine, Golden Giant, Country Gentle-
men, Evergreen, and Whipple’s Yel-
low.

For the same reason, peas come
next to corn in importance. Thomas
Laxton and Gradus are the best vari-
eties for quality, Alaska is the earli-
est. The dwarf kinds such as Ameri-
can Wonder, Knos Excelsior, Little
Marvel, and Laxtonian give more peas

-t0 the pod, and are more tender. Tele-

phone, Stratagem, and Alderman are
late, big-bodied peas.

Among the beans, Stringless Green
Pod which is round, early and tender
and Bountiful are to be recommended.
Most good beans have curved pods.

Lima beans are very desirable for
ihe‘home garden, but their long grow-
ing season and unfavorable affects of
cold, wet ground and bad weather
make them difficult in New York state
to raise. The better ones for central
New York are the Burpee bush, the
Fordhook bush, and the Henderson
bush. Of the pole beans, Scotia, Ken-
tucky Wonder, Leviathan, Challenger,
and Green Shell are good.

SOME CELERY HINTS

 

Will you please give me some infor-
mation 0n growing the main crop of
celery? How should I start the plants
in the spring, also what kind of fer-
tilizer is best?———A. M.

The seed for a late crop of celery
should be sown in seed bed in the
open ground early in May. Soaking
the seed before planting has a ten-
dency to hasten germination, and is
practiced by many growers. A com-
mon method is to moisten the seed in
a pan, and put it in a warm place
where it is kept for several days. Care
must be taken to prevent the seeds
from drying out before sowing as this
would injure their vitality. It is not
necessary to do this, however, as the
seed may be sown in seed bed, either
in rows, or broadcast. The seed
should be pressed into the soil rather
than covered with earth, and,should
be covered with burlap until germin-
ation starts. This will prevent dry-
ing out.

The plants are set in the field in
rows which are from 3 to 5 feet apart,
depending on the method of blanch-
ing which is used. Four feet is very
much used by the average grower.
The plants are spaced 4 to 6 inches
apart in the row. With good, strong
seed one should secure enough plants
for an acre from an ounce or two of
seed. If the plants are spaced 4 feet
by 4 inches, it will take 32,670 plants
to plant one acre.

Before taking up the plants for seed-
ing in the field the plant bed should
be thoroughly soaked with water. This
will make some soil adhere to the

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As a fertilizer, a mixture analyzing
0-8-24 is recommended for muck soil,
and may be purchased ready mixed,
or may be made at home by taking
equal parts of sixteen per cent acid
phosphate and fifty per cent muriate
of potash and mixing thoroughly. A.
top dressing of nitrate of soda along
the row will hasten the growth of the
plants. '

During the early part of the season
it is well to use boards far blanching,

[but for the late crop one may use the

earth.

There is a number of diseases to
which celery is subject, Probably
the worst one is the late blight, or
septoria blight. This may be largely
controlled by,~ the use of a Bordeaux
mixture spray of the formula 5-5—50.
The plants may be sprayed once in.
the seed bed, and afterwards in the
field‘at intervals of two weeks. The
spray nozzle should be capable of pro-
ducing a very fine mist-like spray
which will completely cover the plant
with protective poison—G. E. Starr.-

GROWING PEANUTS

 

What kind of peanuts are the best
to grow here and what kind of: soil
will they do best on?——H. P.

The peanut requires a long season
without frost, with abundant sunshine
and a high temperature. For this
reason the cultivation of the peanut
for commercial purposes is confined
to certain areas in the southern states.
With a favorable season and a suit-
able soil, the peanut may be matured
in Michigan, but, in general, climatic
conditions are not favorable for pro
duction on a commercial scale. When
grown, a small early maturing variety
such as the Spanish should be select
ed. The soil best suited to the peanut
is one of a light sandy loam nature.
You can secure a free bulletin on pea-
nut culture by writing to the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Division
of Publications, Washington, D. C.~«
R. E. L.

FERTILIZERS FOR CUCUMBERS

 

What kind of fertilizer would you
recommend for cucumbers? Is stable
manure all right?—A. J.

In growing a crop of cucumbers,
stable manure is very effective for fer-
tilizing, but it is not essential where
humus has been added by plowing
under a green manure crop. There
should be considerable humus in the
soil from the alfalfa which was
plowed down a year ago, and with
this you could use a commercial fer-
tilizer to advantage. It has been
found that phosphate brings a bigger
response in the crop than nitrogen or
potash. Although, sufficient amounts
of these elements should be present
in the soil?

On fairly productive soil 500 pounds
of a complete fertilizer, analyzing
4-8-6 should produce good results. But
on poorer soil one might use up to
1,000 pounds of this mixture to ad-
vantage. On very rich soil, 400 to
500 pounds of acid phosphate with a
little nitrate of soda to give the plants
a start should produce good results.
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THE Michigan State College has just issued a. bulletin which
should be in the hands of every farmer who grows vegetables
and fruits. .It gives short and explicit directions for the control
of all fruit and vegetable insects and diseases. The methods rec-
ommended are simple, easy to apply, and economical. This is en-
tirely different from the regular spray calendar. We highly mcom-
mend that each farmer have a copy. To get one just send your name

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California, makes the largest high school band in America mark
time, as their drum major.

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clerk and your favorite brand of cigarettes comes out, as a. voice
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Chauncey Depew, age 94.

The giant bridge in Tokio, Japan, which spans the Sumida Ri .
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The greatest fishing fleet in the world. These schooners have
sailed the seas for thirty or forty years and are all ready for the
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said 'Ted mischievously. “She’s

been selected to represent our

community garment-making club.
All the other community clubs are
sending a representative and from all
of them will be selected a girl to
represent Brown County at the state
fair style show. She rooted for you
to Win a ball game; go down to Card-
well U. and help her win.” Thanking
Ted for the advice and information,
Bob Barton went thoughtfully home.
What did agriculture mean to Amer-
ica? Long Bob pondered that night
before he took up his pen and began
to write.

As he wrote there came more firmly
to be fixed in Bob Barton’s mind the
truth of his assertions. Agriculture
meant life itself to America. Not only
commercial life, for without it there
would be no railways, no ships to carry
food abroad, no cities filled with teem-
ing life. But, spiritual life. had its
foundation in the faith of those who
lived in the open country. The essay
was not long. Its closing paragraph
was. what gripped the heart of Presi-

Y OUR little sister,Katie is‘going,”

dent Baird, once a farm boy, for when .

the essay came to him from those in
charge of awards marked as a win—
ner from Brown (‘ounty the words
were underscored. “Agriculture is

vital to America,” Bob Barton had
written, “because around the family
altar of Christian farm homes like

ours are sown the seeds of faith and
hope. There prayers ascend not only
for the immediate family but for the
leaders of a great nation that. they
may faithfully discharge their duties.
So to us as to our fathers is be-
queathed a heritage of faith which
has left impress upon those who once
farm-reared are called to direct the
destinies of the, America we love so
Well. Upon the farms of America we
may pause for reflection. And reflec-
tion ever must remind us of our de—
pendence upon One who sends the rain
and sunshine that food may be had.”

“There is a basic truth in what: that
lad sets down,” said President Baird
emphatically. “ln quiet farm homes
the simple faith of our forefathers is
kept alive. Thank God that it is so.”
Then turning to his secretary the ex-

ecutive announced, “Here is a boy
with keen brain and more mature

mind than most lads of his age. This
company has need for such in its em-
ploy. Make a note, North, of the name
and address."
Busy Bob larton, about his farm
tasks. highly elated to receive notice
that soon he should accompany his
fellows to (‘aidwell t'. with all ex—
penses paid, knew nothing of the im-
pression made by his simple story or
that one day it might be the means
of his being required to decide on
what his vocation in life should be.
The farm work had progressed fam-
ously, Father Barton had proved a
trustworthy caretaker for Lady Mary
and her now rotnnd family. Added
information of \‘alue could be gained
during the four days’ fellowship with
country agents, club leaders and mem-
bers. So off to Cardwell went Bob,
his traveling companion none other
than Vic Slade. Brown County’s sec-
ond winner in the essay contest.
Junior Farmers’ \Veek, an outgrowth
of Farmers’ \Veek, where thousands
gather annually for short—course lec-
tures and attendance at state meet-
ings having to do with agriculture,
brought together the cream of 4-H
Club membership. Clean~cut manly
boys, alert, modishly dressed farm
girls, bronzed farm agents and al-
most equally brown-skinned young
women who made up the group of
home demonstration agents thronged
the little city. From every section of
the state also had come the local club
leaders, each filled with pride in the
achievements of proteges. As State
Leader Morton and his assistant, Miss
Cowan, marshalled their forces for
the first assembly, Victor Slade voiced

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the thoughts that were in Bob’s mind.

“I’m mighty proud to be one of this
crowd,” remarked Slade as they filed
into the building. “Looks to me as if
these are the sort of folks who do
things.”

“Right you are,” echoed Ross Bur~
ton, who had joined them. “But when
you go to the International,” he ad-
ded, “you’ll find that the club work—
ers and members from about forty-
seven other states are just about as

keen a lot. Not that any of ’em can
quite equal our folks in Brown
County,” he concluded, winking at

Harmon’s agent, who had just come
up. “We win in everything—includ-
ing ball games.”

What Tucker might have answered
was lost in the clamor of a lusty-
lunged contingent shouting the glories
of their particular county. - Soon the
boys and girls were singing stirring
songs, club yells were being shouted
in unison, competing teams were put-
ting on demonstrations. The club
leaders seemed tireless in» their efforts
to instruct and entertain. Each day

hibited and the excellent work done.

“Remember this is only the ground-
work for the biggest thing of all,”
said Miss Cowan after the crowd had
cheered the names of winners in
Adair, Anderson, and Allen counties.
“One of the girls named here tonight
will be selected as state champion to
go as our representative when'all the
state winners meet 4-H Club week dur-
ing the International. At our state
fair judges more competent, perhaps,
but I am sure no more interested nor
unbiased than I am, will make this
selection. So now we are through
with the ‘A’s’ and come to the busy
‘B’s.’ From Brown County ” Miss
Cowan paused to flash a smile at her
friend, Miss Edwards. “From Brown
County, Katie O’Neal.”

Up rose the small contingent from
Pleasant Ridge to shatter the air with
a yell of victory, while defeated con-
testants joined generously in the ap‘
plause. As Katie O’Neal, cheeks crim-
soned with excitement, blonde curls
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saw a repetition of strenuous activity
with a program so varied that no
member in attendance tired.

It was the first time. in his life that
Bob Barton had seen grouped to-
gether the fine young men and young
women who had been trained for lives
of service and usefulness by a great
university. Different in type and per-
sonality there yet was upon them the
stamp of an undefinable something
which marks those college bred. With-
in the breast of Bob Barton there
grew a desire that some time he, too,
might have opportunity for such train-
ing and such contact. But he brushed
the thought aside. What hope that
the son of a renter who never yet had
owned a home could go to College?
But joying in the present Bob entered
into the spirit of song and play, ap-
plied himself diligently to the judg-
ing tests, listened intently to the lee—
tures given by college experts. Brown
County had won its share of prizes
offered and now as a climax of the
busy days, county representatives for
the style show at the state fair were
to be named. Rose Cowan had been
busy as judge, decision had been
made, in the great hall where half a
thousand attendants during the big
week sat down as guests of the Uni-

versity at table, names of winners-
were to be called.
During the four days Bob had

scarcely had opportunity for a word
with Katie O’Neal. With its varied
program of appeal to those interested
in work of the farm or of the home
there had been contact only during
mass-meetings. Keen competition had
developed, with a half-dozen girls from
Brown County representing their
community garmentmaking clubs, and
Katie was flushed and nervous as she
waited for the verdict. “You’ll win,
Kate,” Bob had assured her as they
sat at table and the partisans of other
entrants chided them good-naturedly.
All eyes were upon Miss Cowan as
she began to call the roll of counties,
prefacing her remarks by compliment-
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self-fashioned frock, the room rang
with warm applause. “There goes the
state winner,” announced Ross Bur-
ton and there was conviction in his
voice.

“When did you qualify as judge of
a style show ?” inquired Miss Edwards,
but her voice showed pride and happi-
ness.

“1 know class,” replied the county
agent with a meaning loo-k which
made his partner drop her eyes, “and
I know who is going to help Kate win.
VVon’t she win at the state fair, Bob?”

“l”ll say so,” replied, Bob Barton,
and there was honest admiration in
his voice. “Kate’s the prettiest girl
in Brown County.” The hearty laugh
from his table mates which greeted
this naive declaration on Bob’s part
caused him to murmur, “present com-
pany excepted” and subside. But
when Katie, eyes like stars, came
back to receive warm congratulations
Bob’s hand reached out and, gripping
the small warm hand of his neighbor
for a moment, held it fast. No words
were needed to convey his sense of
pride, and it was characteristic of
Bob’s thoughtfulness that when he
left the roOm late that night a long-
distance call conveyed the message
to Kate’s parents.

“Kate won, you say?” John O’Neal,
roused from sleep, held the receiver.
“Hurrah for Pleasant Ridge! Mother!
Hey, mother!” Bob chuckled as he
hung up and paid the bill. Nor dld
Katie know until she returned home
what had inspired the telegram of
congratulation which reached her be-
fore she left Cardwell. All members
of the Pleasant Ridge garment-mak-
ing club were on hand to greet their
leader when she returned. Out of
such seemingly unimportant victories
comes inspiration for more notable
achievement. Katie, modest in her
triumph, but determined, if possible,
to fulfill Bob’s prediction, even while
she received congratulations, was busy
with brain and fingers planning the
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flounded when told the news was to
knock 'emcold” in state-wide compe-
tition. In a. far different sphere'Bob
Barton had to win recognition if he,
too, was to beef the select body
chosen to represent Brown County at
the state exposition. All now de-
pended upon Stonewall Jackson, grunt-
ing 1n lazy contentment ‘in the lot
where he reigned supreme. ,

Busy as only a county agent who is
untiringly on the job can be, Ross
Burton_yet had found time for fre-
quent Visits to the Barton home. E'ver
a welcome visitor, his suggestions,
never direct advice, came more and
more to be the law of the farm. Out
of this had come more than substan-
tial hopes for a profitable year. More
and more often Squire Jones had
found it convenient to visit his ten-
ants, ever a welcome visitor, for now
that the crust of selfishness had been
penetrated a lonely old man craved
companionship. Three times during
the summer months the old Squire had
accompanied Burton, listened to his
suggestions with nodded approval,
then sanctioned expenditures for im-
provement of the farm. “It’s for my
own good,” he had remarked brusque-
1y one day when Father Barton ven-
tured a protest, “I’m not expecting
you to pay for this,” the old man had
continued. “but I hope you-all do so
well here that you stay on.”

To Burton, too, the old Squire had
made; frank confession. “I always
thought you book farmers had high-
falutin’ notions, sah,” he had said one
day. “I find, sah, it is just that you-
all use your brain young on the things
it took me years to learn.”

Bob, an interested listener, heard
Burton’s reply. “You’ve exactly hit;
the nail on the head, Squire,” the
young agent had replied. “College
training is merely profiting by the
hard experiences of other men. Farm-
reared, I learned things in school
which it would have'taken me years
to learn at home. It would be a great.
thing,” he had added slyly, “if Bob
could even take the short course, in
agriculture. Help him win with his
pigs, Squire, and that may be brought.
about.” '

80 youth and age joined forces to
produce a winning club entry. Pas-
sersby became accustomed to the
sight of a stooped old man and a stal-
wart lad in earnest converse as they
worked about the swine lots. Again
the old Squire was living over the
days when he bred champions, was
calling back the memories of feeding
methods and of care and grooming
which had won in national competi—
tion. As the time approached for the
county showing of pig club porkers
which would determine whose entries
would represent Brown County‘in the
state fair show, it was difficult to de-
cide just who was “in the pig club”
on the Jones farm. No longer was his
farm work a task to Bob Barton. It
held compelling, interest and above all
bulked the possibility of winning an
award which would again enable him
to accompany the chosen few who
journey to the state fair city. Often
during those busy days as show time
approached Bob found himself think—
ing of those drab days of the year be-
fore when his mind centered on the
problem of earning enough from the
farm to pay rent and help buy food
and clothing for the family.

The 4-H Club work had become a
magic carpet, transporting its rider
to other places of interest, to the mak-
ing of firm friendships, to the weav-
ing of dreams which some day might.
come true. How foolish those who ig-
nored its possibilities. _

As their friendship progressed until
now it seemed as if the old Squire.
ever had been a member of the fam-
ily, Bob found himself confidmg de‘
sires and ambitions to a sympathet1c
listener. The farm owner had come
to spend a week at his old home be-
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at the country seat when decision was
to be-made as to whom should repre«

_sent each breed ‘section of the club

and compete for cash and honors at
the statefair. The trip to Cardwell
had rekindled Bob Barton’s desire to
complete high schooling, the contact
with keen-witted Agent Burton and his
college friends had aroused a vague
longing that he, too, might some day
enter the great university. Bob found
himself, living over again those few
days of Junior Farmers’ Week.

“Of course, it’s impossible,” Bob
said one day as he put a final shine
upon Stonewall Jackson’s satiny coat,
“but I am beginning to realize what
an education means. If we do as well
this year, Squire, as it looks as if we
may, me for high school and voca-
tional agriculture; that is, providing
you let us stay on.”

There had been real affection in the
old man’s eyes as he patted the lad’s
shoulder. “Who knows?” Squire
Jones replied. “Son, you-all are the
first quality folks who’ve rented from
me. You can stay here just as many
years as we get along. And these
trips you are workin’ for are an edu-
cation.» First, let’s see that you go to
the state fair.”

“I’m glad that you want us to con-
tinue,” said Bob gratefully. This is
a bully community to live in. We’ll
try hard to please you, Squire. But
there still is one thing that worries
me.” Hesitantly Bob again brought up
the mysterious happenings that had
driven other tenants from the farm,
but he had barely begun to touch on
the more recent happenings when a
testy, “Stuff and nonsense, son!”
brought him up short.

“Don’t let your imagination run
away with you,” the old man com-
manded. “Boys are always imaginin'
things. Don’t you reckon that if any-
one had wanted to run you off they’d
have been about it before now? It
was just those worthless tenants
fightin’ each other. Thought they’d
beat the old Squire! But they didn’t
«—I got the best of both of ’em.” t
the unpleasant memory the old man
cackled his shrill laugh. Bob fell
silent and despite his growing affec-
tion for the strange old man the
thought obtruded that perhaps after
all there was something in the com-
munity gossip which held Jones him-
self responsible that he ght gain
by tenant loss. Dismi sing this
thought as unworthy Bob again tell
busily to work, nor did he resume the
subject. Nevertheless, phantom or
reality,‘over the Jones farm brooded
the sombre spectre of a menacing un-
known danger. Would the mystery
be solved? (Continueg next week)

 

Little Mary ran to her aunt and
said, “Oh, auntie, something iS‘run-
ning across the bathroom floor w1th-
out legs.” _

“Good gracious, child, what is it?”

Mary: “Water, auntie.”

 

First Farmer: “How did. your oats
come out?”

Second Farmer: “Oh, just fine._ I
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Money!

Our Weekly Sermon—~33) N. A. MtCune

REMEMBER seeing a motto in an

I office which read like this: “.To
make the Winter pass quickly, Sign

a note in the fall.” From experi-
ence I can testify that the prescrip-
tion will work. Money makes or
breaks, right along. We say, money
isn’t everything, but it is, pretty near—
ly. Money’ is minted life. It is experi-
ence and skill, done up in neat form,
for transportation and for spending.
Money represents what the brains and
energy and skill of man have done.
Used for noble purposes,. it achieves
noble ends. When master, instead of
servant, it drives men to wildest ex-
cess. A few years ago a girl in her
teens, who had
free access to the
paternal check
book, did every-
thing she could
think of to have
a good time. She
married a busted
Belgian count
who was a brute.
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that poor Erma tried to be happy but
didn’t know how. Not over a month
ago, a man in Ohio who had been
worth a million or two lost it all
through foolish investments. Hewent
home and gave his wife and two sons
what he said was cough medicine,
took some himself, and all four died.
Such instances could, of course, be
multiplied indefinitely. Everyb o d y
reads about them. Money does not
produce happy results unless it is
used aright.

Turning to the New Testament, we
find more space given to the use of
money, wealth, or one’s earning capa-
city, than to descriptions of Heaven,
in the teachings of Jesus. Parables
on the subject are, the Talents, the
Two Debtors, the Rich Fool, the Wise
Steward, the Unjust Steward, the Rich
Man and Lazarus, Unprofitable Serv-
ants, the Pounds. Evidently He
thought that the question of money
was important.

The peril of riches does not concern
most of us. Not many men are mak—
ing fortunes in farming. But the man
who can write his check in five fig-
ures, or even in six, is not the only
man Who is tempted in the abuse of
money. We have all known men in
moderate circumstances who were
close-listed, mean-minded, who never
used their resources in any generous
or enlightened way. We have known
poor folk who were as poor of soul
as they were of bank account. No one
class has all the sins. Rich men are
not the only sinners. It is a big ques-
tion confronting all of us: How do we
invest the means at our command?
He that is faithful in that which is
least is faithful also in much.

Nevertheless, riches are a peril.
They sink many a soul so deep that
it never escapes. These perils seem
to be something like this. The man
of wealth has at his command great
power.

He can decrease human suffering,
he can bring help and relief in a

thousand ways to large numbers of

people. If he fails in all of this, it is
a tragic failure, much greater than
with the man who has had no such
opportunity. The man, having power
in his hands. is tempted to use it in
non-productive, selfish ways. Hence,
the parties and orgies and gold-
trimmed cars, and the fortunes lost
in gambling. If he is inclined to be
philanthropic, he is beset by folk who
flatter him, tell him what a great man
he is, how generous, how wise, until
he begins to think they are right.
Hence, the easy road to self-righteous-
ness, and the entire absence of self-
denial, for his gifts cost him no in-
convenience. They are merely out of
his surplus. And the sum of it is,
as Jesus said, that. it is well-nigh im-
possible for a rich man to get into the
kingdom of God. He has lived on a
false plane. Unless he has been ex-
ceptional, he is not as good a man as
he thinks he is. .

But now let us glance at the other
side. There are good rich men. It
looks as though they are increasing.
Some men of very large wealth are
working out plans whereby their em-
ployees are sharers in the prosperity
of the man they work for. One man,
back in 1921, reorganized his com-
pany so that any employe can become
a member of the plant council, em-
ployer and men sitting down together
to vote on problems connected with
the business. The result is that the
company makes more money than it
ever has in the past, all employes are
certain of permanent employment, and
the wages are larger than ever before.
It is a genuine brotherhood, the entire
business of' the company being decided
by employer and employes together.
This is what one rich man has done.
Others are giving away their wealth
where they believe it will do most
service for humanity. Hospitals are
being endowed for the study of cancer
and other mortal enemies of the hu-
man body. An interesting case is
that of a man who failed in business
and was a hundred thousand dollars
in debt. He resolved, if he got back
on his financial feet, to follow the
biblical system of stewardship. He
not only began to practice giving one-
tenth, but more. He borrowed money
to pay one pledge he had made before
he failed. He entered a new line of
business and prospered. Money began
to flow in. But it flowed out almost
as fast, for he kept his vow to share
his wealth with others, wherever it
was most needed. He has become one
of the best beloved men of the west,
and his giving has‘ enriched thousands
of lives. His money has not kept him
out of the kingdom. The same gen-
eral principles can be applied to those
of lesser wealth. It depends on what
we do with what we have.

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR
APRIL 29th

 

SUBJECTh—T’he Peril, of, Riches. '
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Which Seed Will Produce
the Most Potatoes?

Compare the results of the new
Instantaneous Dip—DIPDUS’I‘~—with
“two-hour soak”
Above is a photograph two weeks worrying about your
taken on the farm of A. Schlecht-
weg, Freehold, N. J.

the old-fashioned
treatment.

While vines are still green, 25
consecutive DIPDUST
sive sublimate treated hills were
dug. Dipdust hills had 23 sound and
only 2 decayed seed pieces. Corro- bury, N. J.
sive sublimate hills had only 4 sound
and 21 decayed seed pieces.

DIPDUST is much more effective
than the old-fashioned ways of treat-
Besides, you can
treat your seed potatoes as fast as
you can scoop them up.
them in Dipdust solution and out
again and your seed is all ready to
plant. One man can easily treat from
200 to 400 bushels of potatoes per

ing seed potatoes.

day.

There is not the slightest danger
of injuring the sprouts or even cut
seed. DIPDUST controls surface-
borne diseases, such as Rhizoctonia,
scab and black-leg, and protects out
surfaces from seed

isms in the soil.

acre.

LS'eed ‘treated with DIPDUST)
23 Sound —2 Decayed

rotting organ-
It insures sturdy
profitable plants that will increase
your yield from 15 to 25 bushels per

 

GUARANTEE

Plant a few acres of
DIPDUST treated
seed in alternate rows
with untreated seed.
If, at digging time,
you are not satisfied,
return the empty
DIPDUST can to us
and we will refund
price paid.

 

 

 

Tho Bayer Company, Inc., Agricultural Dept, I 17 Hudson Street. Now YorhN._Y.

% DI PDUST

4 ounces - 50 cents

 
  
   

   

 
   
    
 
   
 
   
   
  
 
   
  
 
  
  
    
   
  
 
  
   
       
  
 
   
   
    
   
   
  
 
    
 
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
   
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
   
 
   
 
   
  
   
   
 
 

Same seed treated with
corrosive sublimate
4 Sound—21 Decayed

 

After one trial of DIPDUST you
will never again waste time with a.
“twohour soak" treatment or spend

stand.

Read These Results of

Actual Field Tests:
FRED BRUNNER. JR..

and corro-

Cran-
“The DIPDUST pota-
toes came up very even with very
few misses. whereas the undipped
potatoes came up very uneven, and
with many a miss . As many
as 3 diseased plants (black-leg)
were found to a single row, whereas
the DIPDUST seed showed only 15
plants in a whole l4—acre patch of
Prince Edward Island seed potatoes.
The difference was so apparent at all
times that dealers and growers
visited the farm very frequently.”

Just dip

HARRY O. DICKE'Y, Elk River,
Minn. “It was easy to see the dif-
ference between the treated and un-
treated parts of the field during the
growing season (Early Ohio seed
potato-es). The DIPDUST treated
plants came up better and appeared
healthier and sturdier than the un-
treated plants. At digging time, I
compared the yields and found that
the DIPDUST treated rows ran 165
bushels while the untreated rows
gave me only 140 bushels per acre.”

One pound treats 1.5 to 20 lam/tel: of seed potatoes.
Treat your Corn and Vegetable Seeds too

You can now also disinfect your seed corn and
vegetable seeds with DIPDUST and increase your
yield by preventing many of the diseases which
cause poor germination, weak, spindly plants, and
poor quality crop. Simply use as a dust treatment.
It is easily and quickly applied and costs but a. few
cents per acre. One pound of DIPDUST will treat
six bushels of seed corn, or from six to eight bushels
of vegetable seed.

 

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SEED CORN

Clement’s White Cap Yellow Dent. Picketts Yellow
Dent and Michigan Yellow Dent (a very early dent),
Certified Worthy Oats. and Sweet Clover Seed.

\Vhy take a chance on common seed when our
scientific method of drying and preparing our com
insures germination and vigor?

and Sample.

PAUL 0. CLEMENT, BRITIUN, MICH.. DEPT. B

Member of the Crop Improvement Association

 
  
 
 
 
   
 
    
       
     
 

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Seeds—Berry Plants—Ornaments“
3-4 ft. Apple, 250: 341.. Peach. 150 each post-
paid. Guaranteed stock. Farm. Flower and
Garden Seed. We have 600,000 Fruit Tron.
Evergreens. Shade Trees. etc. in fact.
‘ \ our 1927 Catalog has everything
for Garden. Farm and Lawn.
ALLEN’S NURSERY
SEED HOUS

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Two Sizer—22-40 and 25-50

The tractor with the answer. Strong substantial
frame. Heavy Duty Footie Transmission. The
harder the tractor pulls the closer it hugs the
ground due to BDBUlfll draw but hltoh. The
purchase price of H Baker is not on W5
only on investment. Moderately prlmd. w
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BLANKETS—and Colonial Coverlets. Send
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products that will give satisfaction both in possession
and the seivice they render. We sell direct. Write
for catalog and samples. WEST UNITY WOOLEN
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Eat an Egg a Day

For 7726}? are Ric/2 272 Materials T/zm‘ Build and Maintain Healthy Bodies

N egg 3. day is one of the rules

suggested by health specialists

for a, well-balanced diet. Eggs
rank high in the group‘ of tissue-build-
ing foods because they are excellent
sources of protein and iron and fairly
good sources of calcium and phos-
phorus—all materials that are needed
for building and maintaining healthy
bodies. One of the best ways of sup-
plying approximatcly ten per cent of
the protein and ten per cent of the
iron we need, is to eat an egg 3. day.
Eggs are also valuable because the
vitamins they contain, aid the body to
resist such infections as colds.

The family may tire of the inevit-
able poached, fried, or hard boiled
method of serving eggs but they will
not hesitate to eat their egg a day in:

Egg A La King

{I hard-cooked eggs. SIIK'Cd 3 tbs. minced red pepper

5 tbs. butter 1 tsp. onion juice
1.5 tsp. salt 1 cup milk
3 tbs. minI‘I-d green 1 egg yolk, beaten

pepper 1 tb. flour

If fresh peppers are used, cook
slowly in half of butter but do not
brown. Make a white sauce of rest

of butter. milk, and flour and add beat—
Add the peppers and
eggs and serve hot on crisp

ScaHoped Eggs

1 (-up cream sauce
‘2 cups cold boihd ham ‘2 rupu bread crumbs
chopped fine ‘2 tablespoons milk

Cut eggs into slices, cover bottom
of greased baking dish with one-third
of the crumbs, then add in layers eggs,

1ham, cream sauce, crumbs, being sure

to save bread crumbs to cover top.
Add milk and bake in a moderate
oven.

Egg Timbales

4 eggs Salt. and pepper
1 cup milk Union juice

Beat the eggs until light and mix
with the milk. Season with salt, pep-
per, and onion juice. Pour into indi-
vidual greased molds and bake in a‘
moderate oven until firm. Serve with
tomato sauce.

Peas and Eggs

Drain two cups of freshly cooked
peas and add sufficient flour to coat.
Put them in a double boiler with a.
tablespoon of butter and a. small onion
that has been grated. Add a, cup of
water, one-half teaspoon salt and one
teaspoon sugar. Cook ten minutes.
Then add four well beaten eggs and
stir until they thicken, they should be
creamy.

Eggs In Cases
Line deep muffin tins with a paste

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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By Mrs. L. H. Funk

made of any left-over chopped cooked
meat, bread crumbs, milk, and beaten
egg. Drop a raw egg in the center
of each. Cover with the same mixture
and place in a slow oven until the eggs
are firm. Serve hot on nicely browued
toast.
Stuffed Eggs

Remove shell from as many hard
codked eggs as are needed. Cut in
halves and remove the yolks. Mash
the yolks and blend with an equal
bulk of well cooked and seasoned
meat or seasoned grated cheese.
)Ioisten with melted butter or salad

 

Furnishing Farm Homes

F a. room is on the north side
of the house or is poorly light-

ed, the soft light colors ,with a
faint suggestion of yellow in them
is suitable. If, a room has a
southern exposure, and is well
lighted, the light and soft colors
which have a. faint suggestion of
blue 01' green are good.” These
are but two of the principles of
decorating or furnishng a farm
home as described in our latest
service bulletin “Michigan Ap-
proved Farm Homes.”

Before you select your paper
and paint, or any new pieces of
furniture for your spring house
cleaning, we advise that you send
ten cents in'stamps or coin for a
copy of this bulletin to the Home
Editor, Michigan Farmer, Detroit.

 

 

 

dressing. Form into balls and fill the

cavity of the eggs with it.

MOTHER AS MANAGER IN HOME
PARTNERSHIP

 

OUSEI—IOLD duties, I have found

can be arranged so that each
member of the family takes part and
profits by doing them. Mother’s job
is that of a. teacher and executive, not
that of a chore-boy. I measure the
success of homemakers by their abil-
ity to arrange so that the whole fam-
ily takes part happily in running the
home. Each child should like his job
and taking cage of his clothes, toys,
and tools should be a habit instead of
a task.

Although I take the part of general
manager, the rest of the family act
as an advisory council in our business
of living happily on a farm.—»—Mrs.
F. R. '

 

When making drop cakes or cook-
ies, dip your mixing spoon in milk and
the batter will drop off easily and not
stick to the spoon.

 

GAY BATHROOM IN VOGUE
0 longer satisfied with its con-
ventional white or cream, the

bathroom asks this spring to .be
brightened up with the rest of the
house. Perhaps this change may be
due to the delightful colors that the
new paints make available but at least
it is altogether pleasing.

Many stores are selling bright cur-
tains of waterproof, figured cretonne
or other colored material which
against a white wall, make a pleasant
room, especially If the curtains and

rug are in Mrmonlzmfl 9919“ "Th?
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frames and bathroom shelves may fol-
low this lead in color.

MAKES RAZOR BLADE SAFE ‘FOR
RIPPINc

 

HE latest addition to my sewing

basket equipment was made from
a. safety razor blade that is safe to
use without cutting my fingers. The
double edged blade was mounted on
a thre’einch handle by means of two
small screws and burrs and I find it
very handy for cutting threads and
ripping.

When one blade becomes dull, an-
other can be mounted easily. A card-
board sheath protects the edges when
not in use—Mrs. E. 0. S.

Woman’s ambition nowadays is to
keep her hair light and her age dark.

REVAMPING KITCH EN CHAIRS

 

I have some kitchen chairs which
I would like to lacquer. The seats
are of real leather and the backs
have imitation leather. Would lacquer
work all right on this leather oris
there any coloring that can oe bought
to color the back and seat the same
colors? One is dark‘and one is light
now. , If so, where could I obtain it
and how shall I apply it?—Mrs. S. L.

I would not advise using lacquer on
the leather of these chairs. Lacquer
is used for wood and metal only, and
would crack and wear off quickly. on
leather.

If the leather is in good condition,
it would be more advisable to leave
the leather as it is and paint the,
chairs an atgactive color to harmon-
ize with it. I have never heard of
anything that will satisfactorily
change the color of leather without
having it affected by the heat or
wear quickly. If the condition of
the leather is poor, you might cover
this with fancy cretonne in harmon-
izing colors.

WORN-OUT RUGS

 

IF you have any worn-out faded
brussels rugs instead of discarding
them, turn them over and give the
wrong side a coat of paint, using a.
darker color for the border. They
make good porch rugs, attractive and
easily cleaned—Mrs. C. H. F.

 

 

 

 

 

“Use It—Nature Renews It" W s the
Slagan Which Won Mrs. Man Burt
$1, 000 In a Nation-wide Slogan can-

test for wood. Mes; Eur; Is" a Farm-

  

 
   
       

 

 

 

 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 

 

 

 

     
 
 
 

      

CLEAN CLOTHES HAVE FEW
" ‘ MOTHS - .

 

LEANING clothes or blankets be-

fore they are stored is one of the
best ways to prevent damage to them
by moths.- Moths prefer the soiled
spots in a garment, particularly those
containing grease, so before putting
the winter woolens away, it is wise
to see that they are clean.

If the garment can be washed this
is the best preventive. If not, the
spots may be removed with any good
cleansing agent. Carbon tetrachloride
is useful because it is non-explosive
and does not alter the color of the
fabric. Garments which are badly
soiled should be washed in gasoline.

Airing and sunning are also good
moth preventives. A dry sunny morn-
ing should be chosen and the gar-
ments hung on the line spread out as
much as possible for the sun and air
to. reach them. They should be
brought in before the air gets damp
in the afternoon and should be per-
fectly dry before putting away. Other-

CHICKS

WITH A FUTURE

All Chicks are not bred to lay. neither are all horses
bred to race. Our ‘husky vigorous chicks have a
laying future because all parent stock is Michigan
Accredited, blood tested and state inspected. Don’t
delay. Order NOW from prices below. $1 books
your order. Balance 5 days before shipment.

PRICE LIST FEBRUARY TO MAY 21. 1028

 

S. C. White Leghorn; too 500 I.000

(Red Star Mating) ........ SI5.00 $72.00 $I40.00
S. C. White Leghorn: ........ 13.00 62.00 l20.00
B. P. Rocks (Selected) ...... l5.00 72.00 I40.00

We specialize in Barred Plymouth Rocks and S. C.
White Lozliorns ONLY. Get a beautifully illustrated
11:0 page Poultry Mai"‘-.a.l with your order. Write
tor colored “[tnlogufl ‘

Richardson Hatchery, Box A, Dundee, Mich.

 

 

 

Live Delive Postage Prepaid
100% ry I00 500
W'h. & Br. Leghorns ...... $5.25 $ 9.50 $45.00
Buff & Bl. Legliorns ....... 5.25 0.50 45.00
Anconas ................... 5.50 10.50 50.00
Barred Rocks ............. 6.00 11.50 55.00
“'11. & Buff Rocks ........ 6.00 11.50 55.00
S. C. & R. C. Reds ...... 6.00 11.50 55.00
S. C. Bl. Minorcas ....... 6.00 11.50 55.00
“’h. & S. L. Wyandottes .. 7.00 13.00 02.50
Butl' Orpingtons ........... 7.00 13.00 62.50
All alisuluieiy first class purebred stOck from
culled. flocks. Prompt shipments.
JAMES A. KREJCI
9507 Meeoh Ave. Cleveland, Ohio.

 

 

iBaby Chicks

$6.00 per 100 '

Good White Leghorn Baby Chicks below cost
price. Also light mixed at $5.00 per 100. Order
direct from this ad. and do not delay. 100% live
delivery guaranteed at your door.

MAPLE GROVE POULTRY FARM
R. No. 4 Zeehnd, Michigan

 

Want to Make Some Money
With Your Chickens This Year?
Are you tired .of trying to raise tin—healthy,
non-accredited baby chicks—chicks from non-
bloodtcsted stock? Our reputation for suc-
cessful hatching is state-wide. "A little
above the average quality" is our slogan.

Write for our catalog today.
A Surprise Price List Soon. Get Yours.

TIIE GARLETON HATOHERY, Carleton. Mich.

1305 QUALITY CASS A CHICKS

From healthy heavy layers of large eggs,
8 C. English White Leglioms. Brown
. Leghorns, Anconas. R. I. Reds, Rocks.
and Assorted chicks at reasonable prices.
No money down. Pay full amount 10
days before chicks are shipped or C. 0.
.D. Special dim-cunts. 100% live de-
livery postpaid. Catalogue free.
80 HA CHERY R. 2 Zeeland, Mich.

SEND NO MONEY illil’CHICIIS

We shipC. 0. D. and guarantee 100 1:! cent live delivery. Wh. and
Br. Leghorns, 10c; Bufl’ Leghorns, (1., Bufi and Wh. Rocks. An-
conu, 8, 0. Beds, Bufi’ 0 r., 12c; BI. Min., R. C. Reds,130; Wh.
and Bufl’ Minorcas, 16c, ixed 90; Heavy Mixed llc. Orders for
60 chicks one cent more, 25 chicks two cents more per chick.
Whit:- Pekin Ducklings 20c.

Silver Lake Egg Farm, Box M, Silver Lake, Indiana

‘ hens and males new half price.
Wh‘te Leghorns Thousands of eight-week-old
pullets. Also baby chicks and eggs. Trapnested, pedi~
greed foundation stock. egg bred 28 years. Winners
at 20 egg contests. Catalog and special price bulletin
tree. I ship 0. 0. . and guarantee satisfaction.
George B. Ferris. 934 Union. Grand Rapids, Mioh.

 
    
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 

5. c. Whlte Enolilh type
811. Rookl l1 8

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wise, mildew may develop in the dark
storage box or closet.

Beating, shaking, or brushing gar-
ments will help loosen any moth eggs
which may have been deposited in
them. Careful attention should be
given to seams, folds, plaits, and the
inside of pockets for moths put their
eggs in protected places. Furs should
be brushed the wrong way and the
hide examined for the eggs which
show as tiny white specks.

HOMESPUN HOUSECLEANING
HINTS

HIS is a good time to go over

your house and your personal pos-
sessions and sort out the junk. Either
sell or give it away or burn it up.
Too much horded junk soon clutters
up a house. Remember, it’s not what
we have but what we enjoy that
makes us happy,

Oiling a stove is far better than
blacking it. Linseed oil with a little
turpentine makes a good solution.
Use it sparingly and rub in thorough-
ly. Old newspaper will serve as a.
polisher.

 

 

HIS one-piece frock with raglan

sleeves and dainty smocking or
shirring forming a yoke effect
gives ample freedom for romping and
playing. Fashioned of printed sateen,
dimity, washable crepe de chine, Eng-
lish print, or blocked gingham, it
would become any little miss.

Pattern No. 3264 can be had in
sizes 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12, years and re-
quires but one and three-quarters
yards of forty-inch material with one-
quarter yard contrasting for the Peter
Pan collar and cuffs for the eight
year Size. ,

For this pattem send thirteen cents
in stamps or coin to the Pattern De-
partment, Michigan Farmer, Detroit.
When sending your order, enclose an
extra thirteen cents for a. copy of
our Spring and Summer Fashion
Catalog.

 

 

 

Leohorm Heavy tyne....
_ . c. R. I. Rodl ......
. . Mlxod Chlok-I $7.00 nor I110:
aqua ' p . tfid. Our 1' catalog tells all about our spec! l a

' 'Io __ tine-to .55" your Palm: now. Get our later; ‘3??qu slightly We]. we“

 

DERMAN CHICKS
New Low Prices 0. O. D.

Our pure bred chicks from Michigan Accredited k

1213311?liloweii)1 diapwusual. We will ship C am can now be brought at.
B as con Cod liver oil during the past. winter. ' '
now from this ad. lief” State Commercial Savings Bankgrder your Chic“ right.

PRICES APRIL 30 THRU MAY I4 25 50V I00 500 Low

0. D. on receipt of a 10% deposit. All

&. Brown

covenants-Io

  

..... $3.00 $5.25 “0.00 $47.50 3 90.00
3.7 6.75 I3.00 62.50 I20.00
Heavy mixed ”0.00 nor too

 

T HEmIC at: GAN *5 FARM E R“

 

hy don’t my Hens l  

let/1101c PEARLGRIT

We have had this question
asked time after time. The an-
swer is simple: “Hens don’t need
any more than they eat.”

THE PROOF IS HERE

Maryland Experiment Station in comparing
Lime Stone with Oyster Shell found: “The Limestone pen consumed
43% less material but laid 20% more eggs."

"Limestone can be safely used as the sole source of Calcium for growing chicks
and laying hens."

Kentucky Experiment Station found that Limestone Grit produced by far the
most eggs and the hens ate much less of the grit. thus making a gain both ways.

PEARL GRIT is Carefully Selected limestone. It is clean and health-

f 111. It is pure limestone. high in Ca1c1um. It furnishes the
necessar grinding action in the gizzard. also insures ample suppl of Calcium for
bone an e g shel structure. Asmall amount ofit will do as muc ood as larger

i
amounts 0 grit from less effective materials. “Less grit to buy an more eggs to I,
sell" is borne out in actual practice when‘you use PEARL GRIT. i

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Made in three sizes: For Chicks. Growing Birds and Laying Hens.
THE OHIO MARBLE COMPANY
PIQUA, ' OHIO
We Have Dealers Everywhere. Ask Your Dealer

 

 

 

 

 

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HIGHLAND L EGHORNS

Order your Leghorn Chicks now right \HIRILAN‘LIRI‘ULULU

from this ad. at these low prices. You can
.gct them C. O. D. Highland chhorns are Production chhorns
having bloodlines of Tapered, Hollywood and Barron Strains.
‘ ‘- Evcry breeder carefully selected for size, type and egg produc-
tions. Muted to males of 200—300 egg pedigreed ancestry.

Order at These Low Prices -

 

 

 
  

     
 
 
 

C. O. D.
Prices Effective May let
50 100 300 500 1000
$5.00 $9.00 $26.25 $42.50 $80.00

Just send $1.00 and we will ship your Chicks C.O.D. Yoda-an pay the balance when they
arrive. Of course we guarantee 100% live delivery. Our new free catalog is ready.
Write for it today.

HIGHLAND POULTRY FARM, R. 9, Box 0, HOLLAND, MICHIGAN

BABY GHIGKS AT WHOLESALE PRICES l

From 3 provetu breeds. Bred 31 years for higher egg production. Direct from the term to your
door. From some of Michigan’s best producing flecks. Why look for cheap break neck prices
when you can get something better at a ti'iflc higher price. From a. Reliable Breeder of pure
bred, Iai~ge~bodied birds with big combs, free from disease. that lay large white eggs when prices
are high. Price: tor April untIl May I6 deliveries:
EXTRA SPECIAL-"Deduct $1.00 for every 100 chicks. except broilers, ordered at these
prices. If you haven't our Special Discount Coupon. attach this ad. to your order.
25 50 I00 500 I000

 

 

Tom Barron Strain S. C. White Leghorns ............. . ........ $3.75 $7.50 SI4.00 $67.50 “35.00
Tom Barron (Hollywood Strain) S. C. White Leghorns .......... 3.50 7.00 l3.00 62.00 I20.00
Reliable and Ream Strain S. C. White Leghorns .............. 3.25 6.50 l2.00 58.00 “2.00
Sneppherd Strain S. C. Anconas. Special Mating .............. 3.50 7.00 I3.00 62.00 I20.00
Shoppherd Strain S. C. Anconas, Utility Mating ............... 3.25 6.50 12.00 58.00 “2.00
Rose Comb White Wyandottes. Evergreen strain ................ 4.75 9.00 I7.00 80.00 ......
Broilers or Mixed Chicks .................................... 2.75 4.75 9.00 45.00 87.50

.A special discount of 5% on all orders received 30 days or more in advance. 1 cent per
chick with order. balance 10 days beforelchicks are to be shipped. 100% live dcliiery guaranteed.
Postpaid. Write for our 1028 catalog, it's free and instructive. Reference Zceland State Bank.

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J Pure Barron Strain adapted for heavy egg production.

Our catalog shows iwiigrces of our pen imported direct from Eng-
land. The males in this pcn wcre out of a 208 can; lien thafl layed eggs weighing
30 ounces to the. dozen and were sired by a 301 egg male. The females’ records
range from 25:) to 271. Many males direct from this pen now head our matings.

F k f M REDUCED PRICES 0 A (:rade

or woe o ay 2| ...................... 810.0 per 00 .
Our AA Grade It Io

For week of May 28 ...................... 9.00 per I00 per chick higher

Month of June ............................ 8.00 per I00
You can order (lircx-t I'mni this ad. We will ship 0. 0. D. on receipt of small
deposit. 100% live deliicry guaranteed. All stock Michigan Accredited.

PIONEER POULTRY FARM R. R. I0, Box 10 Holland, Michigan

WOLF SELECTED CHICKS

CHICKS C. O. D send only $1.00 and pay postman the ba'ance.

Special pen mated and extra high bicd chicks at slightly higher prices.
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S. C. M. Anconas ........... $2.50 $ 4.50 S 9.00 $25.50 $4l.00 S 80.00
Bd. a Win. Rocks, 3. c. &
R. C.‘R. I. Reds .......... 3.00 5.75 11.00 32.00 52.00 100.00
s. c. B. Minorm ............ 3.25 0.25 12.00 35.00 57.00 113.00
wn. Wy’dots s. Bf. Orpingtons.. 6.00 11.00 20.00 59.00 95.00 190.00 W‘
Jersey Blk. Giants- ............ 2.75 4.50 8.00 24.00 38.00 75.00 "lei" “fill?! or ”I"!
Odds 8. Ends Mixed Chicks... 3.00 5.50 10.00 30.00 49.00 97.00 M amountvnth order
Assorted Heavy Mixed Chicks .................. .. and “"9 postage.
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MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS
BARGAIN PRICES FOR MAY DELIVERY

From large, heavy, carefully selected free range birds. Good winter layers.

. Per I00 200 500 Per NO 200
White Leghorns ............... $ 8.50 $16.50 $40 Assorted Heavy ................ 9.00 18.00
Brown Leghorns. Anconas ..... 8.50 16.50 40 Assorted Heavy & Light ...... 8.00
Barred Rocks. S. C. It. I. Reds 10.50 21.00 50 Assorted Light ................ 7.00 13.00

For delivery before May first—chicks are $2.00 per 100 higher than prices quoted above. Order from
this ad toda-y. Sale time and money. 100% live postpaid delivery. Write for tree catalog.

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From large. heavy, carefully selected free range birds. Good winter layers,
Per '0 200 500 Per I00

200 500
White Leghorns ............. $ 8.50 $10.50 $40 Assorted Heavy .............. 9.00 18.00
Brown Leghorns .............. 8.50 10.50 40 Assorted Heavy & Light ....... 8.00
Barred Rocks ................ 10.50 21.00 50 Assorted Light ............... 7.00 13.00

For! delivdry before May ll‘rStk-«dlll‘ks are $2.00 per 100 higher than prices quoted above. Order
from this ad today. Save time and money. 100% live postpaid delivery. Write for pullet bargains.

Write for free catalog. '
KNOLL’S HATOHERY a. POULTRY FARM, R. F. D. 8, Box M. F., HOLLAND, MIGH-

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STRONGER CHICKS - QUICKER RESULTS - BIGGER PROFITS

You never saw more vinorous or stronger chicks. They act the right start. Taken from the
incubators and placcd immcdiatclv in storage breeders. right in the same building and in the
same temperature; no set. back; brooded under scientific methods; fed right; 24-hour-a-day
attention. .
Every chick coincs from Michigan Accredited high production_flocks. They grow rapidly into
big egg and meat producers. ITnder our methods they are given the right start in life and
when you get them they are past the neat danger line. .
We can furnish vigorous day old chicks or older ones of any age in the followmg breeds.
I‘ell us the breed you like and the number you want and we'll give you our. prices.

Barred Rocks White Wyandottes Buff Orpimztons

Rhode Island Reds White R0cks White Lekhoms
Don't delay your reservations—1c per chick books your order. Write TODAY for catalot

ll and special price list. .

- v ‘ - LAKEWEW POULTRY FARM, Box é—A Holland, Michigan
- M. J. ROLE. Hop. Member International Baby Chick Association
Founda tron

forJ‘ut'cess with Poultry-#Lakcview Business Breeds
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Hollywood and Tan cred Strains and English
Type, S. C. White Leghorns

Also Brown Leghorns, Anconas and Barred Plymouth Rocks
Now at Lowest Prices cvcr quoted on Town Line Chicks. There is a limit to the
price at which good chicks can be produced. We‘liave reduced our prices to that
I limit. Don't buy until you not our latert summer prices. . ,
All chicks from large type Production Bred Birds. All Michigan Accredited. Every bird in our breeding
flocks has been individually banded. All inspected by an authorized inspector.

FREE CATALOG tclls how We hatch. breed. cull. inspect, and raise our stack. Tells what to‘fecd
and how to be successful. Full instructions on the Care of Baby Chicks. A genuine Poultry Guide.
Write for it.

TOWNLINE POULTRY FARM. :

Can ship at once at reduced prices .
Barred, “'hite and Buff Rocks, Reds. Bl. )linorcas 13%c. “'hitc
Silver Laced Wyandottcs. Buff Orpingtons, 15c. White, Brown.
Buff Leghorns. Anconas. llVgc. Light. Brahmas 18c. Heavy
Broilers. 11c. Light mixed 9c. Grade "AA” chicks 5c per
(hick extra. 1! less than 100 ordered add 50c extra. Send
this adv. in with order and get. 4 FREE chicks with every 100.

wr: GUARANTEE THESE (trucks TO syrrsrvx Send for
Free Catalog ol Chicks from R. O. P. Male Mating:

LAWRENCE HATGHEBY Tel. 72525 GRAND RAPIDS, MIG“.

     
  
 

 
      

 

   

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DILIGENT CHICKS DID IT

and will do it for you.

At Diligent we are always aiming to see how MUCH we can give for a dollar
instead of how Ll’l'l‘lJ-I. After May first We have ready for shipment. several
thousands of DILlGl-lN'l‘ I'ullcts. They no for $85.00 per hundred. We
have some Folders in for the asking. pct one. and let us get better
acquainted. Our ncw prices for Chicks are assofollmvs:

IOO 200 500
Single (‘Omb \Vliite Leghorns .............. $4.75 3 9.00 $17.50 $42.50
Barred. Plymouth Rocks .................. 0.25 12.00 23.50 57.50
S. 4'. Rhode Island Kids ................ 0.25 12.00 23.50 57.50
Mixed (All liea\)‘s) ............. - ........ 5.25 10.00 19.50 47.50

DILIGENT HATCHERV AND POULTRY FARM
Harm J. Knoll, R. R. No. 4 HOLLAND, MICHIGAN

TRADE MARK OF QUALITY CHICKS

 

.. C. Wh. nd Br. Leghorns ............................... . ........ $10.00 per hundred
Earned andaWh. Rocks. S. ('. and R. (‘.. R. l. Reds. Bl. Mmorcas..$12.00 per hundred
Wh. Wyandottes and Buff Orpinmons .............................. $13.00 per hundred

Mixed heavies for broilers $10.00; odds an ends $8.00 per hundred, and “’11. l’ekin
Ducklings. Special matul and trapnested S. C. Wh. Leghorn and Br. Rocks $2.00
per hundred more. . .

100% live delivery postpaid and <atisfaction guaranteed.
purebred heavy laying strains. 10% down. balance (.‘.

large quantities.
ARROWHEAD POULTRY FARM
Hatcheries at Monti-one, Birch Run and Lancer, Michigan

—SELECTED CHlCKS
Our Pure Blood 4...
—DlSCOUNTS—15 VARIETll-IS
This year we introduce to you our Record of performance pedigree male matings up
to 316 egg records direct from British Columbia and Ontario, Canada. includina
bloodtested. trcpneated pedigree White Leghom matings, 220 to 313 egg records.

Winners of many prizes. Every bird standard culled. Get FREE circular of
chicks. hatching eggs, and brooders before buying elsewhere. Chicks 90 up.

Beckman Hatchery, Box 57, Grand Rapids, Mich.
QUALITY. BREEDING COUNTS lN EGG PRODUCTION

FAIRVIEW Pure Bred Chicks and Pallets are Michigan Accredited. Biz Type Manama,

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

5. G. White Leghorn: R. I. Rods Whlto and Barred nooks
BIG DISCOUNT NOW!

Pay one dollar down and the balance C. 0. D. on arrival. We guarantee “detection.

FREE 1928 CATALOG tells the story and gives approved mothodl by which our breed-

ing produces high quality chicks from rich on bred blood linen. Write for Catalog

and our Live and Let. Live Prices.
Box M. ZEELAND. MlCl-l.

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SPRING CULLING
_.___ type that. are first on the roost at
ULLING is not usually a spring night and last to come down in the
job but prices for fat hens are .morning. Some of them may be old
good in the spring and if there are and fat especiallyflif they are beef
any culls in the flock the money they type specimens of some of the heavy
bring is much more useful. A little breeds. Some of them maybe lack-
culling can often be done by observa- ing in vigor and the most likely can-
tion. Open the trap—door of a hen didates for disease to attack.
house section on a. pleasant spring The most thorough method is to
day. Watch the hens that pass handle each bird at night with the
through in a lively manner. When the aid of a spotlight to locate the birds.
bulk of the flock is outside close the Give each bird a careful physical in-
trap-door and inspect the remaining spection. Sometimes a. ruptured ovi-
birds. duct will cause a mass of egg making
All that are not on the nests or at (Continued on page 601)

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Common Poultry Diseases
VIII—Lice and Mites

HERE are at least seven different kinds of lice that attack chickens,

besides others which are found on turkeys, ducks, and guinea fowls.

The different kinds are usually confined to different parts of the body,
thus they are usually referred to as head lice, tail lice, body lice, wing
lice, etc. ' ‘

Lice are different from mites as they are not blood sucking insects but
live on the dead parts of the skin and feathers. However, they cause con-
siderable irritation and pull down the resistance of the birds so that they
are more susceptible to other diseases.

Under normal conditions hens will keep themselves quite free from lice
by dusting, but the modern poultry man does not rely on the hens’ natural
dusting proclivities, especially as conditions around the modern poultry
plant often do not give the hens the dusting opportunities they should have.

There are several methods of lice control. A very popular one is to
dust each bird separately with sodium fluorid. The commercial sodium
fluorid may be bought at most any drug store and may be applied by the
“pinch method” or with a duster.

By the pinch method, a pinch or what can be picked up between two
fingers is applied to the head, another to the neck, two on the back, one
on the breast, one below the vent, one on the tail, one on each thigh, and
one on the underside of each wing. If the bird is held over a large, shallow
pan, the surplus dust may be saved and used again.

If the dust is applied with a common tin salt or peppershaker, it may
be reduced by using four parts of road dust or flour to one part of the
sodium fluorid. This method requires the services of a. second person to
hold and turn the fowl. One thorough treatment a year should be effective.
However, two treatments are often given.

Sometimes the birds are dipped, especially when large numbers are to
be handled. The dip is prepared with one ounce of the sodium fluorid to each
gallon of water. The bird should be held by the wings and plunged into
a tub full of the solution, leaving the head out, and ruffling the feathers
with the hand to allow the solution to get to the skin. This method should
be used on warm days only and only on strong birds. It is rather hard
to do and probably less preferred than other methods of lice control.

Another remedy quite frequently used is blue ointment or mercurial
ointment. These ointments may be had from druggists and should be mixed
with one—half petroleum jelly. Take a piece about the size of a pea and
rub it in thoroughly around the vent and also under each wing. These
ointments are poisonous and therefore should be rubbed in well so that
the birds cannot pick it off. One or two treatments 3. year will be effective.

. Mites

While there are many kinds of mites attacking chickens, the most com-
mon known is the red mite or chicken mite. This mite is quite dormant in.
cold weather but multiplies rapidly during the summer. As it is a blood
sucker, it depletes the vitality of the chickens very quickly.

The mites stay in the crevices of the roosts, nests, and other hiding
places and crawl on the birds at night or in the dark. The most effective
way to control this pest is to make the roosts, nests, etc., uninhabitable to it.
Spraying these poultry house fixtures with cresote sprays, oil sprays, or
carbolineum will give results. The carbolineum is primarily a wood'preser-
vative, but is very effective in mite control. One thorough application a
year is all that is necessary. \Vhen it is applied, the birds should be kept off
of it at least a. half day or until dry as it stains their feathers and is caustic
to the feet. When applying, be careful not to let it splash on the face or
in the eyes as it is very painful and is a very splashy liquid.

Crank case oil is used by many, as is also crude, petroleum. The- latter
should be diluted with one part of kerosene to four parts of the petroleum.

Kerosene, kerosene emulsion, carbolic acid, and coal tar dips give results
but should be used at intervals of about two weeks. .

Depluming Mites—Chickens are often attacked by this insect which
causes irritation at the base of the feathers. This weakens the feathers
and causes them to break and often causes the habit of feather pulling.
Around the stumps of the broken feathers, one will find crusts and scales.

The affected parts should be treated with an ointment consisting of
one part of flowers of sulphur to four parts of petroleum jelly or lard, or
one part of carbolic acid to fifty parts of petroleum jelly may be used. A
convenient liquid preparation may be made from one ounce of Peruvian
balsam and three ounces of alcohol. Either of these preparations may be
used and applied at least twice at intervals of one week or ten days.

Scaly Leg—This is the work of a species of mite which causes a ruffled
or scaly condition of the legs. It is easily recognized by the enlargement of
the feet and legs and their rough appearance. The trouble is usually caused
by contact with infected birds. It spreads slowly and many individuals
escape it entirely, although exposed to it. .

The treatment is to first smear the roosts with wood preserver or crude
petroleum to prevent the further spread of the trouble. The infected birds
should have their feet and legs washed with soap and warm water, removing
all the loose scales. Then apply either of the olntments recommended for,
depluming mites. The treatment should beyrepeated in three‘ or}, , ' '1

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Remarkable Experience of Mrs.
C. M. Bradshaw in Prevent-
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The following letter will no doubt be
of utmost interest to poultry raisers
who have had serious losses from
White Diarrhea. We will let Mrs.
Bradshaw tell of her experience in
her own words:

“Dear Sir: I see reports of so many
losing their little chicks with White
Diarrhea, so thought I would tell my
experience. I used to lose a great many
from’ this cause, ied many remedies
and was about discouraged. As a last
resort I sent to the Walker Remedy
Co., Dept. 517, Waterloo, Iowa, for
their Walko White Diarrhea Remedy.
I used two 50c packages, raiSed 300
White Wyandottes and never lost one
or had one sick after giving the medi-
cine and my chickens are larger and
healthier than ever before. I have found
this "company thoroughly reliable and al-
ways get the remedy by return mail.”—
Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw, Beaconsfield,
Iowa.

 

Ca use of White Diarrhea

White Diarrhea is caused by micro-
scopic organisms which multiply with
great rapidity in the intestines of
diseased birds and enormous numbers
are discharged with the droppings.
Readers are warned to beware of
White Diarrhea. Don’t wait until it
kills half your chicks. Take the “stitch
in time that [saves nine.” Remember,
there is scarcely a hatch without some
infected chicks. Don’t let these few
infect your entire flock. Prevent it.
Give Walko in all drinking water for
the first two weeks and you won’t lose
one chick where you lost hundreds be-
fore. These letters prove it:

Never Lost a Single Chick

Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek,
Ind., writes: “I have lost my share of
chicks from White Diarrhea. Finally
I sent for two packages of Walko. I
raised over 500 chicks and I never lost
I single chick from White Diarrhea. Walko
not only prevents White Diarrhea, but it gives
the chicks strength and vigor; they develop
quicker and feather earlier.",

 

Never Lost One After First Dose

Mrs. Ethel ”Rhoades, Shenandoah,
Iowa, writes: “My first incubator
chicks, when but a few days old, began
to die by the dozens with White Diar-
rhea. I tried different remedies and
was about discouraged with the chick-
en business. Finally, I sent to the
Walker Remedy Co., Waterloo, Iowa,
for a box of their Walko White Diar-
rhea Remedy. It’s just the only thing
for this terrible disease. We raised
700 thrifty, healthy chicks and never
lost a single chick after the first dose.”

 

You Run No Risk

We will send Walko White Diar-
rhea Remedy entirely at our risk—«-
postage prepaid—so you can see for
‘yourself what a wonder-working rem-
edy it is for White Diarrhea in baby
chicks. So you can prove—as thou-
sands have proven—that it will stop
your losses and double, treble, even
quadruple your profits. Send 50c for
package of Walko (or $1.00 for extra
large box)—give it in all drinking
water and watch results. You’ll find
you won’t lose one chick where you
lost dozens before. It’s a positive fact.
You run no risk. We guarantee to
refund your money promptly if you
don’t find it the greatest little chick
saver you ever used. The Pioneer
National Bank, the oldest and strong-
est bank in Waterloo, Iowa, stands
back of our guarantee.

WALKER REMEDY CO.. Dept. 517.
Waterloo, Iowa.

Send me the [ 53c re uhr size (or [ ] 81
economicalllrge ) pac ge of Walko White
Diarrhea Remedy to try at your risk. Send it
on your positive guarantee to promptly nifund

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enclosing 50c (or 31.00). P. 0. money order.
check or currency aucep le.)

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IT frequently happens that, for one
reason or another, one desires
some additional brooding space or
Those already
in the brooder house may be so old
that it is impracticable to place the
newcomers with them. In such cases,
the tireless brooder will come in op-
portunely, and it will be found to meet
the requirements very nicely. Best of
all, these little brooders can be madel
at a very small expenditure of time
and money by anyone who can use
a hammer and saw. _

Last spring, I ordered twenty-five
baby chicks of 250 to 300-egg blood.
They were purchased chiefly so that
I could raise my own cockerels to
mate with my flock the following
spring. Naturally, I was desirous of
getting them through the brooding
period with as low a loss as possible.

My brooder house was already occu-
pied by older chicks, so other ar-
rangements were necessary to brood
the younger lot. They were very suc-
cessfully brooded in a homemade fire-
less brooder.

Here is how the brooder was made:
ordinary lumber, boxing material in
this case, was used to make two
frames, eighteen inches square and
four and a half inches high. One of
these frames, to be used as the upper,
was covered with the same material.
In each of two sides of the upper,
two holes of five-eighth inch diameter
were bored for ventilation. In the
lower frame, an opening about three
inches square was cut to allow the
chicks to go in and out.

A frame of four narrow strips was
then made, just large enough to fit
snugly inside of the lower frame. A
piece of burlap was cut plenty large
so that it sagged in the middle after
being tacked to the'frame of strips.
Small nails nailed on the inside of
the lower frame held up the burlap-
covered frame, letting it down far
enough so that the sagging burlap
would come into contact with the
chicks’ backs. The upper frame was
then set on top of the lower frame,
and the brooder was complete.

This little brooder was set in a.
fenced-in corner of the porch on the
south side of the house. The floor of
the fenced-in space and under the
brooder was covered with chaff and
cut straw. It was very easy to keep
the brooding quarters clean. At night,
a. stone, just large enough to keep the
chicks from getting out, was placed
in front of the opening of the brooder.
On nights that were colder than usual,
a folded piece of muslin was placed
on the burlap frame.

Only three chicks of this lot‘ died
before they were placed in larger
quarters, and their death could not
possibly have been attributed to the
brooding method. This home—made
brooder kept the chicks sufficiently
warm, there was ventilation without
drafts, and there was no crowding.—~
Will 0. Muilenburg. '

 

HATCHING DUCK EGGS

 

.Will you please let me know what
kind of heat to have to hatch duck
eggs in _an 1ncubator and must I have
any moisture or sprinkle the eggs
with water?—~J. Z.

In hatching duck eggs with an in—
cubator, it is best to follow the in-
struction book with your particular
make of machine as the rules may
vary slightly in regard to moisture.
The temperature should be about 102
degrees for the first week and close
to 103 degrees for the remainder of
the hatch. During the last ten days
it is the usual custom to sprinkle the
eggs each day. The water should be
slightly warm to avoid chilling them.

 

SPRING OULLING .

 

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like a tumor. Such a bird may ap-
pear healthy on the range though
worthless as a. layer.

Some hens may have developed
scaly legs although they are now lay-
ing and profitable to keep. But treat-
ing the legs with kerosene oil or com-
mercial coal tar disinfectant may
clean up the parasites and improve
the appearance of such birds so they
will look all right to market along in

17- 601' ..
June when their production may drop.

—-R. G. Kirby.

 

Send two‘ cent stamp for Michigan
Farmer Chick Bulletin, giving many .
practical suggestions on c-hick raising,
to the Poultry Dept, Michigan Farm-
er, Detroit, Mich. '

Cleanliness is one of the chief fac-
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MAY-HATCHED chicks have
the handicap of a late start. But
watch them grow on AMCO
STARTING AND GROWING
MASH!

Ask your Amco Agent for the
price of AMCO STARTING AND
GROWING MASH. Then check
the price against the formula,
and you will realize that in this
mash you are getting full feeding
We print the formula of this mash value for your dollar. ‘
above so you may know exactly
what it contains. Note the un-
usually large amount of milk
used; this explains to a large de—
gree the sturdy rapid growth of
Amco-fed chicks. They get more
out of this mash.

Remember you can feed AMCO
STARTING AND GROWING
MASH from the first feeding (at
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Just send us $1.00 down and we will ship C. O. D. for the balance.
Holland Hatchery Chicks prove their worth by actual test right in T s. .- -
the hands of our customers. Fred S. Donald of Oxford, Michigan, writes: “117i: make:
the 16th (onrecutirue year I haw: ordered (bid: from you and never received a bum lot. "
You too can have this kind of satisfaction if you will get some of Holland Hatchery
Michigan Accredited Chicks. See These Low Prices

   

Prices effective May lat I00 500 [.000

Wh Leghorn; (Eng. tyne) .................................................. $0.90 $47.50 3 90.00

Wh. Leghorn; (Special Mated) ............................................... l2.00 57.50 “0.00

8. c. Mottled Anconas .................................................... l0.00 47.50 90.00

Barred Rocks ............................................................. ”.00 65.00 l20.00
Mixed Chicks $7.50 per loo

0! course. we guarantee 100% live delivery and will stand Squarcly behind every shipment. You will

find the chicks pure-bred and exactly as roprosvmted. Every chick is Michigan Accredited and comes to
you under the label of the Michigan State Poultry Improvement. Association. Buy Holland Hatchery
Michigan Accredited Chicks this year. Our free catalog tells all about them.
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Holland, Mich.

Holland Hatchery & Poultry Farm

WOLVERINE S.C.WHITE LEGHonN
'°°’° BABY CHICKS

BLOOD SAFE ARRIVAL
WILL GUARANTEED MICHIGAN ACCREDITED

Van Appledorn Bros.
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FOR WINTER EGG PRODUCERS

Get our Large Leghorns, the birds with large combs
that produce the Large Chalk White Eggs

SEND FOR OUR 1928 CATALOG

Tells all about our chicks and breeding Stork. Ego Bred Since l9l0.
For 18 years we have specialized in the production of S. C. White Leg-
horns. and breed no other variety. All our time. thought. and energy in
selecting and mating has been devoted to our Leghorns. You are assured
of very desirable stock. We can deliver chicks to most. points in from
eight. to ion hours.

Pullets. We are now booking orders for 8. 10. 12 week old Pulleta for
delivery in May and June. Order yours NOW!

l00% LIVE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED

WOLVERINE HATCHERY AND FARMS

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

 

  
 
 
  

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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. Silver Ward Chicks are Michigan Accredited which
means that every breeder has been log handed and selected by approved
inspectors. Every chick is pure bred of well bred ancestry. They Will
make heavy layers.

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You can now keep your money until your chicks arrive.
Just send a small deposit. and We will ship your chicks
t". O. D. You pay the balance to your postman. Silver Ward Get
is an old hatchery long recognized as one of the leaders. Michigan
Accreditui Silver Ward (‘hicks are chit-ks bred from foundations of such Our
blood lines as Barron and Tancred Logborns. Sheppard. Anconas, etc. They FREE
' are fine chicks. moderately priced. Try some this year. The catalog is free.
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SILVER WARD HATGHEBY, Box 29, Iceland, Michigan Can-108

 

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WORLD’S RECORD BLOOD LINES
Foreman’s Official Champion Layers are again setting
the pace for Michigan Breeders in many State Laying
Contests. Twelve important contest winnings in 1927
by Foreman bred and selected stock. Breeder of
Champion Layers and Contest Winners since 1918.

The only breeder in America using blood lines of
World’s recognized greatest Leghorn (351 eggs) and
Barred Rock (326 eggs) hens. Write for Free Educa-
tional Catalog, the last word in successful poultry farm
management.

FOREMAN POULTRY FARM, Box 323-C, Lowell, Michigan
«4 Prof. E. C. Foreman, Owner and Manager

 

 

CHICKS At Reduced Prices. Strong, Sturdy, Pure Bred Chicks for Immediate Delivery

50 100 500 1.000
S. C. \Vhiie chhorns ......................................... $5.00 $ 9.00 $42.50 3 80.00
S. L‘. Brown chliorns & S. 1'. ‘. i233 gig?) 133.23
Barred 1100le and II. I. .Iu'dh 7:00 33.00 70:00

 

Mixed Chicks i'or Broilers ...................... _. ............... ’
MAY Delivery. lv‘ l‘vr (‘liick Less Than Above Prices
JUNE Deliun‘y. 2c l’er (‘hick Less Than Above Prices ' '
Shipped Postpaid to your door. 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Order direct from this ad. “6
have no Catalog or Circular.
Box M,

Black River Poultry Farm,

 

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

' 100% Live Delivery guaranteed and Postage paid on 25 50 NO 500
\‘Vhite. Brown and Buff Leghoms ........................ $3.50 $6.50 $12.00 $58.00 “D
13111.. Wh. & Bf. Rocks. Minorcas. Anvonas. \Vh. 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 (‘uiis ..................... 3.25 5.50 11.00 53.00

Flint. Michigan

 

 

BABION'S FRUIT AND POULTRY FARMS Lock Box 354-c
MICHIGAN

{DUNDEE Amman "CHICKS

STOCK ALL BLOOD-TESTED FOR WHITE DIARRHEA FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
You can save money by ordering Dundee Pure—Bred, Mich. Accredited and
Blood-Tested Chicks. We batch B. P. Rocks, R. 1. Beds, 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. «

DUNDEE HATCHERY & POULTRY FARMS — DUNDEE, MICHIGAN

,w PURE BRED BABY CHICKS QUALITY

' 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Sand for Free Catalog and Price List
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C. C’s. Answer Mrs. A. B. C.

Some Good T Izoug/ztr 072 Pareizt- C/zz'ld Relations/22p

SCARCELY know what to write
which will interest all of you, but
of one thing I am certain and that
is that I am very much interested
in Mrs. A. B. C.’s letter sometime ago.

Mrs. A. B. 0., would you please give
us younger folks a. chance? We at
least want elbow room in your affec-
tion. I am almost sure you don’t love
the children which God gave you as
you should. How could they act so
ungrateful to you if you had treated
them square? You say you treat them
too good; well, here is what I have
to say to you: “He that knoweth to do
good and doeth it not, to him it is

 

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Prize Drawing by Mabel Toben

sin.” If you know that what you are
doing for them harms them, and still
you continue to lavish something that
will mar their future, then aren’t you
to blame?

This isn’t what I meant to write at
all, but when I started, one thing led
to another. We have discussed young
folks so much, still I have more; to
say. Many, many “bad” ones are dis-
gusted with themselves yet haven’t
nerve enough to say so. I thought
that I’d be kicked clear out of the
gang if I’d straighten up, but I finally
was led to see that “the gang” isn’t
all that counts. 1 cast their sinful life
from me and I still have many friends
to be sure, not all the same ones I
did have but I wouldn’t want them,
either.

The devil can easily have wicked
people if he can make them be afraid
to say “no” when they should. He can
keep them with-out any trouble if they
are afraid to say so, if they think
something is wrong.

Hope to hear what some of the rest
of you think about this—Phantom.

 

This is Golden Circle month. I am
sending a letter in answer to that of
Mrs. A. B. C. to be included with the
G. C.’s Jubilee.

My dear lady (Mrs. A. B. C.) some-
body hurt you just a little, maybe
your eldest son or one of your daugh-
ters. Anyway, you were a bit peeved
when you wrote that interesting but
just a teeny bit rude letter. “The
younger generation is not going to
dogs!” No matter how many ex-
perienced parents say yea, I say nay
and I mean it!

Maybe they do keep later hours
than you did at your age, but in your
day there were no radio programs tak-
ing up the later hours as they do now.
Show houses didn’t run so late as they
are obliged to do now and if you are
older than I’m guessing, there were
none when you were seventeen. The
styles nowadays just keep your nerves
ajumping I suppose, Yea, some are
just too daring, I agree.

I think the young people of today
actually are foolish but it’s the elder
folks who are really to blame. They
hate to grow old and every increase
in wrinkles means that more paint
and powder Is needed; short skirts
and high heels are adopted to make
them look more’ girlish.

I wish every woman could ow old
gracefully and charmingly wi , ut use
of such cosmetics as the are want to,
use. True beauty is list 9.21:1,
meet ma (no came. so ‘

groomed hair, gleaming white teeth,
and a pretty manicure. I don’t put
powder right out but it should be used
sparingly.

I know a lovely old lady who never '

used even talcum powder when she
was a girl. Her only toilet was ice
cold water, a good brisk rub of the
face towel, soft water to wash her
long and beautiful glossy black hair.
That lady is my mother. Now at the
age of most fifty she has ruddy
cheeks, only a very few wrinkles, a
few gray hairs, but, oh, she is beau-
tiful. Her features through the wear
and care of all these years. are molded
sweet and noble indeed.

If my mother rouged and powdered,
had her face lifted, wore dresses de-
Signed for youth, in fact, tried to be
what she is not, I would not have as
much respect for her, but as she is,
Im proud of her. She is the most
wonderful mother to me. Her hair
isn’t bobbed but that doesn’t make her
old fashioned to me.
ankle long and not skimpy, for she
detests sleeveless gowns and low cut
neckline dresses. In fact, mother is
the sweetest, kindest, noblest, and
most respectful lady you could meet.

Mrs. A. B. 0., did you eve t to
go with your daughters and sighs r(irrice
in a. while? I would if I were you.
You, should meet your children’s
friends and be a companion to them at
parties, but don’t spoil it by scolding
about how they act and speak. I’m
sure you too did things your parents
couldn’t understand. Be sweet to the
girls’ boy friends and the boys’ girl
friends and you’ll find the atmos-
phere about home loads pleasanter.

Muelc, too, dear lady, keeps the
children home more. I wonder how
many of your girls and boys play a.
musmal instrument? Aren’t they in-
terested in dramatics, etc? I’m a.
member_of several clubs like the
Merry Circle and they keep me home
a lot.—Nervey, G. C."

 

I was very much surprised when I
received my Golden Circle pin, but I
do love surprises—pleasant ones.

I had_ totally given up hopes of
ever being a Golden Circler, seeing
that a few months hence will find me
another unhappy ex-M. C. I do’wish
I could linger yet for two years longer.

For the past four years that I’ve
been an M. C. no other boys’ and girls’
page has been of more interest to me
than “Our Page.” Although my activi-
ties haven’t been very numerous, I
have been a very interested reader.
The .many interesting discussions
espemally by White. Amaranth and
Guilford R-othfuss——they might be glad
‘t‘? know that I am one of their many

ans.”

The letters written by the parents,
espeCialiy by the mothers, have great-

 

Prize Drawing by Marella Weishu'hu

ly been to my interest. I want to
sympathize with Mrs. A. B. C. There
are many children that purposely
break‘their mother’s heart by doing.
as her children are;doing. Although

have no mother, I don’t see Why I
wouldn’t want to tell her where I’ve
been and where I was going if she
were here to guide' me.

Uncle Frank, I want to thank you
a thousand times for the. G. ,0. pin.
The prizes I’verecel ‘thr '
contests are ,

 

   

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Safeguard Your
Poultry Profits
With MICHIGAN
Hatchery CHICKS

All Michigan '
Accredited

500 s. 0. White
Leghorn Trap-
nested 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 600 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 Holterman’s
Strain Barred Rocks are also of very best. quality.
()rdcr SAFEIX. and CONFIDENTLY. direct
from this ad. We guarantee 100% Live Delivery.

Pay 0th $1 Down. Balance c.,o. D.

Trapnested Pure Hanson
Strain S. C. White
Leghorns ................. $18.00
Barron and. Tnncl‘ed
Fndn S. C. W. Leghorns... 12.00 57.50 $110
Sheppard's Str. Anconas.... 12.00 57.50 110

 

500 1,000
$72.50

Barred Pg. Rocks ......... 14.00 07.50 130
Broilers, fixed ............ 8.25 40.00 78
Seconds. (N0 cripples) . . . . 7.00 35.00 70

Michigan Hatchery & Poultry Farm,
‘ Box 2, Holland, Mich.

 

 

 

 

  

  

  
   
 
   
   
   

 

 

Baby Chicks

From Egg Bred Northern Grown
Laying Stock

(.‘rrlled for years for higher egg Dro-
dur-tion. Let our new 1928 Catalog
tell you ALL THE FACTS about. our
White Leghorns. Barred Rocks. White
Itocks. White Wyandottes. and R. I.
Ictlh‘.

Scnd for copy at once. Many orders
now being booked for spring delivery.
We guarantee your satisfaction, and
100% Live Delivery of your Chicks.

Mammoth White Pekin Ducklings
A large. desirable breed for either market or show.
Some customers report splendid winnings. Early
maturing, quick growing. Write for our low prices.
GILT-EDGE POULTRY RANCH -

Zeeland. Michigan

 

Box ll

BABY CHICKS

White and Brown Leghorns, Barred,
White and Buff Rocks. R. I. Reds, Buff
Orpingtons, White Wyandottes, Black
Minorcas.

TYRONE POULTRY FARM
FENTON, - - MICHIGAN

BE SURE

T6 get our free Catalogue
and prices on DEAN QUAL-
lTY CHICKS. White Leg-
horns. Barred and White

 

 

liar-ks. R. I Reds. White
Wyandottes. A11 Michigan
Accredited. Some Certified.

Established 1911MBetter this
year than ever. DEAN EGG
FARM 8. HATCHERY, Box 8, Birmingham. Mich.

HILLSIDE I'IA'IIIHEIIY

Chicks. Genuine Tom Barren English White Leg-
horns.. large type. overlaying combs. with egg laying
qualities. Non-setters Barred Books from M. S. C.
stock. 1028 flocks. headed with coekerel whose dams
hare official trapnested records 203-233 M. S. C.
egg—laying contest. Free circular explaining our 1928
special. surprising you. low price.

HILLSIDE SHAICHERI. HOLLAND, MIOH., ll. 3

S. 0. W. Leghorn Baby chicks

Buy Mich.. Accredited Baby Chicks from Michigan's
largest poultry farm. We buy no eggs to put in
our incubators but produce them on our own farm
from selected hens mated with 50% 200 to 336 egg
Tam-red males. pedigreed. All breeders have been
bloodtested for BACILLARY \VHITE DIARRHEA
for the past 4 years which insures you chicks prac-
tically free from this dread disease. No better chicks
at any price. Only one grade.

5. HARKEMA SONS. R. 1. Holland, Mich.

 

 

 

 

    

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_ F0 Whi-teDiarrh

Death loss stopped in few hours, and
sick chicks full of pep.

Simply drop an Avicol tablet in the
drinking water, and watch the dying
chicks revive and begin to thrive. Mrs. E.
E. Franks. Ramsdell. Tern, writes: “I was
losing 10 to 15 chicks a day before the
Avicol came. I haven't lost one since.”

Used in time. it prevents the Whole trouble
at trifling coet- A mild, safe intestinal antl-
eeptlc that controls all. bowel diseases in
chicks. Entirely dlfi'gtent from anything you

Honeybee): If not satisfied. Send
or 01. for. large

   

FAREWELL TO THE MERRY
" CIRCLE

 

For over four years I’ve been

A Merry Circle member,

The time I got my card and pin
I always will remember.

The contest that I answered
Was a Read-and-Win

And I was quite surprised
To get a pretty pin.

Then after I was a. member

I wanted to Win a. prize,
So contests I did answer
’Til I had another surprise.

Then I answered more contests
’Til six prizes I had,

And now I’m nearly eighteen
And it’s almost too bad.

But let me tell you, cousins,

Our Page has surely grown,
In these four short years that I
The M. C. Page have known.

The boys and girls at first did write
With pencil or with pen,

And told about their favorite pet,
Even if it was a hen.

The letters then were put in print,
For nearly any lad or lass,

But not so today, I’m here to say
It takes the Wiser class.

The Merry Circle Fund has come,
The Christmas Chest has too,
And there are many other things,
Even contests that are new.

But Uncle Frank has not yet change
He’s still the same kind man.

But W. B. still thinks he’s starved
And gobbles up all he can.

This is a poor poem ’tis true
But this is what I’ll call
My Farewell and Best Wishes
To Uncle Frank and cousins all.
By Virdie M. Baer, M. C.
Remus, Mich, R. 3.

SUMMER CONTEST

 

EVEN though it is still cold, it is
good to plan on what one is going

to do this summer. So at this
time I believe a contest on “What I
Plan for This Summer” is appropriate.
Tell us in about 200 words what you
are going to do to make the best use
of the summer vacation. Don’t forget
your names and addresses in the up-
per left hand corner of your paper,
and M. C. after your name it' you now
have a Merry Circle button and card.
Ten prizes will be given: two fine
fountain pens, three dictionaries, and
five clutch pencils. Send your con—
test papers to Uncle Frank, Michigan
Farmer, Detroit, Mich, before May
4th as the contest closes then.

CONTEST WINNERS

HERE were more incorrect papers

in this contest than correct ones.

It seems that question number six

was the great stumbling block. Also

some did not give the page numbers

as requested. From the correct pa-

pers the following were picked as
Winners: ‘
Fountain Pens

Eino Wertanen, Wainola, Mich.
Eddie Laurila, Winters, Mich.
Dictionaries
Berneita Bell, Union City, Mich.
Belle Stroup, R. 4, Lapeer, Mich
Marion Kelly, R. 3, Box 88, Ubly.
Clutch Pencils

William T. Quinlan, Carsonville.

Mable Hill, Trenary, Mich.

Marion Pratt, R. 2, Byron, Mich.

Franklin Willard, Luther, Mich.

Stanley Laney, Crystal Falls, Mich.
The Correct Answers

1.—Forty per cent.———11-525.-
2.-—Peat moss—54228.
3.—South Eaton Dairy Herd Im-
provement Association—5444.0.
4.——Edward Carrington.——542-28
5.—1919.—7-521.
6.-——Sixty-nine per cent—5519.
7.—-Six to eight pounds—53824.
8.—$500 per year.———3-517.

  
    
     
    
    
  

 

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For MAY-JUNE Delivery

CHICK Send For circular and Prices

H ollywood White chhorns

All Stock Michigan Accredited

Large Size Production Type, Egg Bred Leghorns. Known Layers and Profit Makers.
Producing Largo WHITE Eggs~Pro|itic WINTER Layers.

Eggs from our (,‘ontest l’ullcts during January this year. averaged 25 ounces to the dozen. Local
Customer reports over $3.00 per bird prom, with host grade of eggs at the loeal. producers. assoera-
tion. which has a memlx-rship of about 400 farmers.

 

PURE HOLLYWOOD and HOLLYWOOD MATED LEGHORNS
at Prices That are Right!

Barred Rocks and Anconas

Two very popular breeds. All Michigan Amrcdited from choicest. broods
ing stook. Order at once for May and June delivery. Our supply of
three chicks is limited.

REMEMBER. We guarantee live delivery and pay the postage. Will
ship C. 0. D. Write for catalog which explains all our StOt‘II in detail.

Wyngarden Farms 8: Hatchery
Zeeland, Box M Michigan‘

 

 

 

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READ THIS AD If you are interested in a large type Leghorn—one that
’ has the extra size and correct“ body type to give you

production during our severely cold Michigan winters. We specialize in but one breed

TOM BARRON Strain S. C.
Beautifully illustrated Catalog FREE.

 

       

 

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75% or OUR SALES EACH mRARE T0 011) CUSTOMERS

Hanson Tancred English

[mint-inbor. that Royal Leghmns are Contest winning.r llcghomswand that you get in our chicks ex-
actly the same bloodlines that have produced these winners. Our demand from old customers was never
so great as it has been this your.

SPECIAL PRICES FOR JUNE lst, 7th

50 100 500 1000
A Mating $5.50 $11.00 $55.00 $105.00
B Mating 4.50 9.00 45.00 85.00
Broiler Chicks 6C each. For May 22nd ShipTceaneradcthiflf. per chick. 500 lots

' Order din-ct from this ad at the above prices. We guarantee 100% II\'(' delivery and We know you
Will be pleased. Circular fully describing sent ‘t'ree. Itet‘erence.—-Zceland State, Commercial & Savings
Bank. ROYAL HATCHERY & FARMS. S. P. Wlersma, Prop" R. 2 Box M ZEELAND. MlCl-I.

 

 

 

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B CKS o .
F395 C peela ummer I‘ICCS
GH/Ds ling prices are steadily adrancing. Market poultry is fast increasing in price.
RE Right now is your opportunity to make good money raising Brummer-Fredrickson
[, / quality chicks at the low prices given below. ("hoose your breed and write or
' wire your order. We will ship (3. 0. D. All chicks are Michigan Accredited...

 

PRICES EFFECTIVE MAY 15th

50 too 500 l.000
S. c. White Leghorn: ................................................ $5.00 $ 9.00 $42.50 8 80.00
Barred Rocks—R. I. d l 250 l02.50

Re ............................................. 6.00 l. 5 .
Broilers. all heavies, $9.050 per I00; 500 for $42.50. Mixed Broilers, $8.00 Der too; 500 for $37.50
Will Ship C. O. D. 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed.

Pay your postman when you get your chicks. Just. write or wire your order. We have large
hatches each week and can fill large orders promptly. Write! for free catalog that describes our
special matings.

Brummer & Fredrickson Poultry Farm, Box 20, Holland, Michigan

 

 

CHICK PRICES REDUCED

All Breeders, Michigan Accredited, Blood-Tested for 4 Years
PRICES FOR MAY

100 500 1,000

Barred Plymouth Rocks, “AA”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13.00 $60.00 $120.00
Barred Plymouth Rocks, “A”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00 55.00 110.00
S. C. White Leghorns, “AA”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.00 50.00 100.00
S. C. White Leghorns, “A”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 45.00 90.00
Barred Plymouth Rocks, “ A”, (Canadian R. O. P. Matings)

(202 to 252 eggs) ....... 15.00 . 70.00 140.00
S. C. White Leghorns, “AAA”, (Eng. & Tancred Matings)

(218 to 300 eggs)'......... 13.00 60.00 120.00

100% live delivery guaranteed byprepaid mail. Any deposit books
your order, send it today. JUNE PRICE—One cent per chick less.‘

Siler Hatchery, Box A, Dundee, Mich.

 

 

 

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Forest Hills Guernseys

FOR SALEWIIeifel‘. 15 months old, four bull calves
from 7 to 18 months old (all carry the blood of
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young sire now ready and a. good one. W. W.

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G’lernsey pure bred $26.00 each. We ship
4.. O. D. Writs L. Terwilliger. Wouwatoso. Wis.

 

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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 founda-
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18' heifers that show breeding and.
product ion, priced very rm sonsble. Some fresh.

Yearlings and heifer calves
$50.00 to $100.00 each.
priced to sell. 3. 8.

others to freshen soon.
for calf i-lub work, from
Some good herd sire-s
REAVEY, Akron. Mlch.

FOR SALE A good record Reg. Holstein
hull, born June 30. 1926. sued.
by a 30 ll). hull, and from a. 4% dam that made
160.01 butter in (10 days on two milkings. _A very
tyny bull. WHITNEY BROS. Onondaga. Mich.

Registered Jersey Bull

Sire Oxford Malesty‘s Shylock. a. proven sire with
‘daughters producing over 500 lbs. fat, C. T. A. Dam:
Royal Lass' Susan produced 442.2 lbs. fat at 3 yrs.
of age 0. T. A. This bull is very typy. solid color.
18 months of age. J. L. Carter. Lake Odessa. Midi.

 

 

 

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W’HEN CATTLE ARE HIGH AND
HOGS LOW

URING these past several years

when the supply of cattle Was
plentiful and the prices low, the stock-
man raising and‘ feeding steers
learned that the easiest and cheapest
method of feeding steers was the most
desirable to follow since prices did
not justify as much care in the selec-
tion and preparation of rations as had
the prices paid several years earlier.
The hog market has been so much
better than the cattle market during
most of the past several years that
pork production has been considerably

 

A Good Corn Crop Spells Success to the Live Stock Man.

lot receiving shelled corn. Along
with this decreased feed consumption,
however, went an increased daily and
total gain of nearly ten per cent over
that made by the steers receiving
Whole alfalfaand shelled corn. Fur-
ther, the lot receiving the ground and
mixed feed seemed to have taken on
a. better finish than those receiving
whole alfalfa and shelled corn as they
were valued on the South St. Paul
market at fifteen cents a hundred
more than the steers receiving whole
alfalfa. and shelled corn.

The market for steers is good at the
present time. It is difficult to say how
long this market will remain so good.

To Grow Such

a Crop Requires Good Seed. The Ten Ears Above, Grown by J. C. Wilk of
St. Louis, Were Awarded High Honors at the 1928 Michigan Corn Show.

more profitable than the production of
beef

Today this condition is reversed.
Hogs seem to be plentiful and the
market for them is the lowest it has
been for a. number of years. While
pork and beef production go hand in
hand on most farms, at the present
time it is much more to the advantage
of the live stock feeder to produce
gains on his steers than gains on his
hogs. The rather common practice
of feeding shelled corn to steers is
of questionable value today. Steers
pass a great deal of this corn through
their digestive system without obtain-
ing any feed value from it. As has
always been the case, the hogs fol-
lowing beef cattle get this corn but
corn utilized by fifteen or eighteen dol-
lar steers will be much more profit-
able than that consumed by eight dol-
lar hogs.

To illustrate this condition, an ex-
periment carried on at the Minnesota,
Agricultural Experiment Station last
year is of considerable interest. A
comparison was made of whole alfalfa
hay and shelled corn fed to one lot
of steers and ground alfalfa and
ground-corn fed to a similar lot. The
ground alfalfa and ground corn was
fed mixed together While whole alfa1~
fa. and shelled corn were fed separ-
ately. These steers were fed for 180
days at the end of which time a. com-
parison was made between these dif-
ferent; methods of feeding. It was
found that the hogs following the
steers receiving shelled corn made
considerably more gains than those
fellowing the steers receiving ground
corn. -If hog prices were high and
those of steers low, this would be
greatly to the feeder’s advantage.
When these prices are reversed, how-
ever, corn fed to steers should be
fed in such a way that the steers can
make the best use of it.

The steers receiving ground alfalfa.
mixed with ground shelled corn con-
sumed someWhat less hay than-the lot

 

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_ of steers to furnish such feeds and

prepare them in such a. way as to pro—
duce the fastest and most economical
gains on these steers. The pork pro-
duced along with these steers is of
considerably less importance this year
than is usually the case. The wise
feeder will take advantage of means
which will enable him to get his steers
with a good finish, on the market
while the prices are high—L. H. Fair-
child.

 

wms WHEN FEEDING ON PRO-
DUCTION BASIS

AYLORD CROUSE, tester in the

South Wexford County Dairy
Herd Improvement Association, re-
ports that six herds in the organiza-
tion averaged above 300 pounds but-
ter—fat production for the testing year
just ended. The leading herd is
owned by George Rock of Cadillac
with six pure-bred Holsteins that
averaged 1,138.6 pounds milk and 388
pounds butter-fat. The other high
herds of this association are owned
by the following dairymen: William
Nienhuis, Cadillac; John Bosscher,
Lucas; Harry Finstrom, Cadillac; S.
J. Shine, Cadillac; E. F. Brehm, Tus-
tin.

All the members in this organiza-
tion except one are using pure-bred
sires. Mr. Harry Finstrom of Cadillac,
owner of eleven grade Guernseys
shows that feeding to production pays
good dividends. More than a thou-
sand dollars return over feed cost
wasrealized for the eleven cows in
this herd due to the fact that grain
was given each cow aeoording to her
butter-fat production.

 

Twelve of the members fed grain.

' during the pasture season and eight-

een of the members fed a. balanced ra-
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representative plan.

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DEPARTMENT T-4
Detroit - -

Hereford cows and Steers

Few bunches Hereford cows showing good breeding.
Some bunihes heavy springer-s and calves by side
Some bunches backward springers. Also few 3 yr.
old heifers with 0.an Also Angus cows. All are
T. B. tested. Also short yearlings. yearlings. and
2 yr. old feeding steers. The above are all sorted
even in size. age and quality. Will sell your chowe
from any bunch. Some bunches shorthorns.

Will 8. BALDWIN, Eldon. Iowa
HEREFORD BULL

Profitable Investment
Ra' our hi need feeders instead of buying
the);e yH111 lE'i-‘veilfial good young bulls ready for
servu '101‘ 521...! now. Glad to show you our cattle

Harwooa'umrora Farms, 10.1., Mich. 1.1. 7118 r. 4.
' ' Bulls and females for
MIIkIng Shorthorns 5m ,1, ages, 50m.
extra fine bred heifers. Best Clay breeding. IRVIN

DOAN 81 SONS. Dre-well, Mich.
Brown Swiss for sale. cows 10 and

Michigan

BEHIND CONTAGIOUS ABORTION
CONTROL

 

HREE county breed associations,

Holstein, Jersey, and Guernsey,
held their annual meetings in Kent
County the past month. At each of
these meetings, Dr. E. T. Hallman, of
the veterinary department at State
College talked on the subject of “Con-
tagious Abortion.” He discussed the
characteristics of the disease and con-
trol methods. A plan was outlined
for the building of herds free from
abortion or an accredited herd. All
of the above breed associations en-
dorsed the plan and went on record
in favor of starting the work as soon
as suitable supervision can be pro-
vided for.——V.

NO FARM SURPLUS IN NIGERIA

 

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vice, a great improvement over the
hand “plow” of the natives.

Every farmer has his chickens—
scrawny little birds that lay eggs just
like themselves. Jim and I bought
fourteen eggs one night for our supper
and had to throw twelve of them
away. We would probably have
thrown away the other two also if we
hadn’t been so hungry that we ate
them without examination. After
those two, we weren’t quite so hun-
gry for eggs for two reasons.

HE cattle, in the few districts

where cattle may be kept, are a
monstrous. big-horned, sad eyed breed
with a distinct hump and flapping
dewlap, looking very much like pic-
tures I have seen of the sacred cows
of India. The hump, of course, is
logical, for the cattle are really na-
tive of the northern provinces and the
edge of the desert where it is some-
times necessary to live for a time off

 

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BOEISIOI'OII 11 yrs. old due in Feb. 2 bred
heifers. Also bulls of serviceable age. A. A.
FELDKAMP. Manchelter, Mich.

Hill SALE Milking Shorthorn Bulls

scrvireable age. WASTA HUBER. Gladwin. Mich.

Shorthorn Bull For Sale 3‘39 113. m°¥”,‘f',,’8“$;
Ithaca, Mich., 4 mi. south Ithaca. .M-27.

Have 400 acres fenced.
COWS wanted clover timothy pasture,
watered. Want 20 to 30 milch cows. . F.
FEATHER. Barton City. Alcona 00.. Mich.

HOGS

DUROCS

Boars and gilts registered in purchaser's name

Lakefield Farm, Clarkston, Mich:

FOR SALE—Duroc Gllts of type and quality bred
to High Orion No. 265227. Also a, few spring
boa1s at right prices. Shipped C. 0. D. on cp-
proval. W. E. BARTLEY. Alma, Mich.

for sale: registered. six
Duroc Jersey Pl 5.. a... we... .1.
Either sex. They are audios. $10.00 each. F. 0.
B. Millersburg. Dewey Hartley. Millersburg, Mich.

O. I c. HOGS on time $531581:

Originators and most extensive breeders.
THE L. B. SILVER 00., Box I96, Salem, Ohio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0 I. C’s. good gilts to farrow in April and May.
' last fall pigs and this spring pigs. OTTO
SCHULZE 81. SONS. Nashville, Mich.

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

best of breeding. Shipped on approval. FRED w.
KENNEDY & SONS. R. I. Chelsea. Mich.

 

 

o I 0 Registered Seriice boars. Gilts bred
I a I for August farrow. and March pigs.
GLENWOOD FARM, Zeeland, Mich.

C III} STER W III T11 S. One Sept. and one Oct.
boar. Also good Sept gilt. Will sell cheap.
NEWMAN’S STOCK FARM. Mariette, Mich.

Large Type Poland Chinas

Fall pigs reads to ship. sired by my two great herd
boars. L’s. Big Wonder. by Siever's Smooth Wonder
and Big Stratton by The Redeemer. and from my
best sows. Priced reasonable. W. E. LIVINGSTON,
Parma. Mich. ‘

Type Poland Chmas

SizBe plgus qua ity and bred that way. Choice gilts
to R'edeemers Son 01‘ The Robber's %von. sfor

Choice fall pigs. eithcrs

ciallze in herd foundation stock. WESSLEYW HIBLE.

 

 

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Ionic, Mich.
Poland China bred gilts. also
Large TD weanling pigs. Priced rea-
sonable. JAME G. eTAYLOI‘I, Balding, Mich.
'SHEEP
A few loads of fine wool andh blewood bred

LINCOLN 81. BRADLEY.

 

stallion.
mom. .2:

their hump when the grass is bad or
the water scarce, or both. Monstrous
horns these cattle have, and massive
and gaunt of frame as they are, they
do not look like domestic animals at
all but almost like some huge sacred
buffalo immune from human slaugh-
ter.

Hundreds of miles these great
hara down toward the coast, march-
ing, maiching, sweltering in the heat
and dust, just as our own lange cattle
did in the days of the Texas Trail.
Great herds we met every day, some
.times only a few, sometimes hundreds
—and many a herd we stampeded into
the bush with our roaring motor-
cycles, some I am sure never to be

rounded up with the herd again.

Palm oil and cocoa are the two most
important export crops and the ones
to Which the white man probably
gives the most attention. Crude in-
deed are the methods of extracting
and preparing for shipment the huge
quantities of palm kernels, palm oil,
and raw cocoa, and the British gov-
ernment is doing all that can be done
to prevent the waste that takes place
in the native processing. Just as the
cotton is ginned by hand so does the
naked savage climb the towering oil
palm trees, throw down the pulpy
mass from which palm oil is extract-
ed, also by hand process. Inside this
pulp is the hard shell of a nut and in-
side that the kernel containing the
palm kernel oil. And all this break-
ing of the nut, pressing, and cooking,
and drying, is done by hand with a
great loss of oil as well as time. From
this oil is made margerine and glycer-
ine for soap.

What the future of this farming in
Africa will be no one can say except
to point out that the people are con-
tent and happy and are doing almost
exactly as they did a hundred years
ago—and you may draw your own
conclusions.

More about our motorcycle trip
across Africa will be described next

 

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Complete Dispersal ;

RED ROSE GUERNSEYS

Property of F. B. Ainger, Jr., Detroit
NORTHVILLE, MICHIGAN ( At the Fair Grounds)
Friday, May 18, 1928 12:30 p. m. Eastern Standard Time

so HEAD REGISTERED GUERNSEYS so 7

Including

Heifer Calves, Serviceable and- Younger Bulls.
A PROVEN SIRE INCLUDED.

In the herd are 3 full sisters and a full brother of Norman’s Missaukee Red
Rose 89724 A. R. who holds one \Vorld’s Record with 900.7 lbs. butter-fat
(Class C) and second high two year old of the breed in Class GG with a.
record of 760.7 lbs. butter-fat. i
There are also 2 full sisters and the dam of Missaukee Blue Bell Jane i
174479 A. R. who holds the present World’s Record for a two year old of ‘
the breed with 824.3 lbs. butter-fat (Class G), and several half sisters (out ;.
of the same dan1).f
58 animals in this sale 2119 diiectly ielated to the only bull of any Dairy
bieed whose daughteis hold thiee (3) WOII’d s lecmds simultaneously. Many
of the cows have A R. Reco1ds. This is your oppmtunity to buy the blood "1
which has produced World Record Cows.
Herd under State and Federal Supervision -
(Never a reactor on the farm) .
Satisfactory Hotel accomodations at the Mayflower Hotel, Plymouth.
For further information and catalogs, address
MICHIGAN

GUERNSEY BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION, Sale Manager
Box 1018 - - - - - EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN

 

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(Sixth) SALE (State)

REGISTERED HOLSTEINS

on TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1928
at MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS.
Mondaywfi‘pr‘ai: 23', 1928

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Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.97; No. 2
white $1.96; No. 2 mixed atl$1.96.
Chicago—May $1.543/8; July $1.55%;
September $1.51 1,5.
Toledo—“meat, No. 2 red at $2.04
@$2.05.

Corn.
Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1.15; No. 3
yellow $1.12; No. 4 yellow $1.09.
Chicago—May $1.09%; July $1.09%;
September $1.09%.
Oats.
Detroit——No. 2 Michigan 720; No. 3
white 701/20; heavy oats 2c premium.

Chicago—May 61%0; July, old,
53%; new 541/20; September, new,
47%c.

Rye.

Detroit—No. 2, $1.40.

Chicago—~May $1.30%,; July $1.26;
September $1.17.

Toledo—$1.40.

Beans.

Detroit—Immediate and prompt
shipment $9.90 f. o. b. shipping points.

New York—Pea domestic at $9.75@
$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 $1.05; Feeding $1.
Seeds.
Detroit domestic seed—Cash clo-
ver $16.75; October $17.50; cash al-
sike $15.20; timothy at $2.10; May

$2.15; December $2.40.
H

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Detroit—No. l timothy at $120061)
$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. 1 at Chicago
$26.00@28.00.
Feeds.
Detroit~Winter wheat bran at $44:
spring wheat bran at $43; standard
middling at $43; fancy middling at
$47; cracked corn at $46; coarse corn
meal $44; chop $41 per ton in carlots.
Poultry feeds with grit $52.00; with-
out grit $57.00 per ton.

WHEAT.

Confirmation of severe damage to
the winter wheat crop stimulated a.
big wave of speculative buying in the
last week which carried prices to a
new high point for the season with
a sharp setback at the close of the
week. The May delivery at Chicago
has gained over 30 cents since the
February low point. \Vinnipeg and
Liverpool prices lagged behind on this
rise. Merchandising conditions were
rather colorless.

Besides the official report showing
the poorest growing condition on April
1 on record with two exceptions, and
pointing indirectly to enough abandon-
ment to bring the acreage remaining
for harvest down to the same size as
last year, the crop seems to have

 

 

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deteriorated rather than

since April 1.

While the buying responsible for the
present burst of strength is largely
speculative, there is no indication as
yet that the move is exhausted. Nor
does the extent of the advance seem
to have o-verdiscounted the amount of
damage to the crop. The market is
a weather affair, however. A turn to
generally favorable weather would re-
sult in weakness, while further un-

improved

favorable climatic conditions will
bring additional advances.
RYE.

Rye prices have advanced to a new
high point for the crop year as a re-
sult of the unfavorable report on the
condition of the new crop, light com—
mercial stocks, some export demand
and in sympathy with the strength in
wheat priCes. The visible supply has
continued to increase but with the
opening of lake navigation, clearances
for export probably will increase

sharply.
CORN

After moving in a generally side-
wise direction for a month, corn prices
strengthened in the last few days and
advanced to a new high point for the
season. The rise was partly due to
speculative demand which appeared
first in wheat and then spread to
other grains. Merchandising conditions
were favorable for a firm market,
however. The visible supply has de—
creased in each of the last four weeks,
primary receipts have declined sharp-
ly in the last few days, and commer-
cial demand has been well maintained.

OATS.

Oats prices have advanced to a new
high point for the esason. Besides
the influence of rising prices for other
grains, the small visible supply and
light receipts have caused a strong
cash situation. High grade oats are
selling in Chicago at the highest
prices since 1920. In addition, crop

news has been unfavorable as the re-
cent freezing weather has done dam-
age in parts of the middle west.

SEEDS.

Early April freezes took a heavy toll
of spring sown stands of red clover
which will mean that considerable re-
seeding will have to be done. Prices
are holding mostly steady, as dealers
believe the demand during the next
few weeks will be sufficient to reduce
much of the surplus stock. Alfalfa
seed crops likewise were given a set-
back by the cold weather. Fear of a
late spring and unfavorable crop de
velopment has increased the demand
for cane, millet, and Sudan seeds in
some markets. Retail prices of white
clover, sorgo, orchard grass and Ken-
tucky bluegrass seeds averaged higher
on April 1 than a month earlier, but
other seeds such as red and Sweet
clover, alsike, timothy, and soybeans,
declined during the month.

FEEDS.

Demand for feedstuffs has continued
to improve although prices are firmly
held. Production of bran and mid-
dlings is moderate and mills are main-
taining spot prices for delivery later
in the month. A good demand for
standard middlings and the heavier
wheatfeeds from the cotton belt is re-
ported by southwestern mills.

Chicago—Bran, $36.50; standard
middlings, $36.50; hominy feed,
$38.50; gluten feed, $38.70; old process
oil meal, 34%, $53; tankage, 60%, $65.

HAY.

Moderate offerings of hay are the
principal sustaining factor in the
steady market although demand has
been more active during the past
week. Relatively high prices for other
feedstuffs tended to stimulate the de-
mand for good quality hay which is
in light supply. Some advance in
fancy grades of hay during the next
few weeks
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[five Stock Market Service]

Monday, April 23-, 1928

CHICAGO.

Hogs

Receipts 59,000. Market fairly ac-
tive, steady 10c lower than Saturday’s
average; big packers inactive; top
$10.40 paid for 190-220-lb. weight; bulk
better grade 180-230-1b. $10.15@10.35;
good and choice 240-280-1b. weight
$9.85@10.10; big weight butchers
down to $9.50 for 250-1b. average; bulk
good and choice 150-170-lb. weight
$9.75@10.25; good to choice kind
$10.35; packing sows 1003150 lower;
bulk $8.25@8.75.

Cattle

Receipts 21,000. Market larger since
early in January; light and medium
weight steers predominating; better
grades scaling 1,100 lbs. .down, others
weak; weighty bullocks steady 25c
lower; light natives fairly active; she
stock weak 25c lower; bulls fully
steady; vealers 50@75c lower; best
weighty steers $13.35; yearlings
$14.50; packers and feeders scarce,
largely $12.00, bidding $10.00@10.50 on
light vealers, only selected lots sell-
ing above $13.50.

Sheep and Lambs

Receipts 12,000. Market fed lambs
active 15@25c higher; bulk good to
choice clip $15.60@16.25. best held
higher: wools $17.50@17.80, asking
better on choice kind, no loads of
wools below $17.50; only few cllpped
$13.25; sheep scarce, strong 15c high-

er; few packages of feeding and
shearing lambs scarce.
DETROIT
Cattle.

Receipts 975. Market steady.
Fair to good yearlings

dry-fed ............... $10.50@13.00
Fair to good heavy steers .

dry-fed ............... 10.75@13.00
Handy weight butcher

steers ................ 10.50@12.25
Fair to good heifers 9.50@11.50
Common light butchers.. 8.25@10.25
Common butcher cows . 7.00@ 8.00
Best cows .............. 9.00@10.25

7.50@ 9.00
6.00 6.75
5.25 5.75
9.00@10.50
7.75@ 9.00

Good butcher cows .....
Cutters .................
Canners
Light butcher bulls .....

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Stock bulls . . . . . . . . ..... 7.00@ 8.50

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

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

Milkers and springers . . .75.00@135.00
Calves.

Receipts 942. Market $1.00 lower.
Best ................... $14.50@15.00
Bulk .......... . . ....... 16.00
Others ................. 700631250

Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts 595. Market steady.

Bulk good lambs ........ $16.75@17.00
Best lambs ............. 15.25@15.50
Fair lambs ............. 12.00@13.50
Light lambs ............ 9.00@11.00
Yearlings ............... 12.00@13.25
Clipped lambs .......... 14.00@15.00
Fair to good sheep ...... 7.50@ 8.75
Buck lambs ............. 7.50@12.25
Culls and common ...... 3.00@ 5.75

Hogs.
Receipts 2,007. Market active.
Pigs .................... $ 7.75
Mixed hogs .............

Lights .................. 8.50
Roughs ................. 7.75
Good yorkers ........... 10.50
Stags ................... 6.00
Extreme heavies ........ 8 50@ 9 00

BUFFALO.

Hogs
Receipts 8,500. Hold over 534; 10
@150 lower; 130-lb. down strong 500
higher; bulk 170-225-lb. $10.75((D10.85_;
255-280-lb. $10.65; 140-150-lb. $10.250r
$10.50; packing sows $8.00@8.50.
Cattle '
Receipts 2,400. Market weighty
steers 15@25c lower, others steady;
good steers $13.00@13.75; bulk of me-
dium steers and yearlings $11.75@
$13.00; heifers $13.50; medium to good
cows $7.75@9.50; all cutters $5.00@
$6.75; bulk $7.50@9.50.

Calves . '

Receipts 1,500. Market 15c higher;
best $15.00; culls and common $8.00
@$11.50. ,

Sheep and Lambs

Receipts 6,000. Market 15@250 high-
er; good to choice clipped lambs $16;
$335335it7'°?@17i78560‘5§°%°“ “It"
. . 8W .1 ;. my
weights $13.00, . . -. :..

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Top grades of very leafy alfalfa hay
are scarce and bring a. substantial
premium over ordinary hay. Pastures
in the middlewest have made little
progress recently as a result of the
cooler weather but probably will green
up rapidly under a few days of spring

sunshine.
EGGS.

Receipts of eggs arriving at the
large distributing markets last week
were about 5 per cent smaller than in
the preceding two weeks, largely a re-
sult of the irregular weather which
curtailed the lay temporarily and in-
terfered with deliveries. Production
is approaching the flush period, how-
ever, so_that supplies are expected to
gain rapidly again during the next few
weeks. While there is still some hesi-

tancy to store eggs at present prices

which are more than 3 cents a dozen
higher than a year ago, the move-
ment into storage continues to absorb
the surplus from day to day. The
firmly maintained values reflect the
almost general belief that the peak of
production will be reached early this
year and that summer egg Collections
will fall off as they did a year ago.
It is probable that prices have seen
the low point for the season.

Chicago—Eggs: fresh firsts, 26%@
27140; extras, 34@35c; ordinary firsts,
24%@260; dirties, 24340; checks,
24%c. Live poultry: Hens 271/30;
broilers, 46@48c; capons, 36@38c;
roosters, 161/20; ducks, 30c; geese,
16c; turkeys, 30c.

Detroit—~E’ggs: Fresh candled and
graded, 261/2@271/éc; dirties and
Checks, 23%(93250. Live poultry:
Heavy springers. 31c; light springers,

25c; broilers, 50@530; heavy hens,
280; light hens, 260; roosters, 18@
190; ducks, 3007320.
BUTTER.
Butter values have been steadier

during the past .week although the
market still has the nervous, un-
settled undertone which is typical just
prior to the opening of the new sea-
son. Reports of production indicate a.
definite increase in the output which
is small as yet. Pastures have not
made much progress so far, but should
green up rapidly at the first warm
weather. Dealers trade strictly on a.
hand—to-mouth basis, but consumptive
demand is sufficient to keep supplies
fairly well cleaned up, so that there
is little accumulation of stock, and if
the season should continue backward,
delaying the spring increase in pro-
duction, a strong market might result
before prices settle to the new season
basis. Storage butter has ceased to
be any market factor of importance
as stocks are being- steadily reduced.

Prices on 92 scare creamery were:
Chicago, 45c; New York, 4614c; De-
troit, 43@44c per lb.

POTATOES.

Potato markets are stiffening fol-
lowing nearly a month of weakness.
Good white potatoes are scarce at
Chicago where Wisconsin stock is
quoted on the same level with western
Russets for the first time this year.
Distributing markets are still bur.
dened with much poor quality stock
which is selling for little more than
enough to cover freight and demur-
rage charges. Last season, potato
prices advanced sharply during late
April and early ‘May and some dealers
anticipate a similar rise this spring as
stocks of old potatoes are .rapidly
dwindling and the new crop IS later
than usual. Northern round whites,
U. S. No. 1, are quoted at $1.85 to
$2.10 per 100 pounds, sacked 1n the
Chicago carlot market. Off grades are
quoted at a substantial discount.

APPLES.

Consumptive demand for apples has
been helped by the colder weather
and the recent downward tendency
has been halted. Stocks of apples re-
maining in storage on April 1 were
23 per cent smaller than on the same
date a year ago and 19 per cent below
the average of the past five years.

GRAND RAPIDS.

Potatoes, $1.’25‘@1.30 bu: onions,
$1.25@1.35 bu; green onions, 8c bch.
of 36 onions; parsnips, $1 bu; apples,
$1.50@3.50 bu; wheat, $1.76 bu; rye,

1.05 bu; barley,. $1 bu; buckwheat,

1.65 cwt; beans, $9.25 cwt; pork, 10

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Kalamazoo County—Wheat has fail-
ed some during the past two weeks.
About the average acreage of spring
crops will be sown. Eggs are selling
well. Wheat brings $1.70, corn $1.00,
oats 65c.—L. H. , -

Sanilac County—Wheat and new
seeding look good. Normal acreage of
spring crops 'will be sown. More com-
mercial fertilizer will be used than
ever before. Milk brings $2.07 at
farm, "butter-fat 500, eggs 24c, wheat
$1.55, oats 600, beans $9.00, potatoes
$1.00.—L. M.

Allegan County—Wheat heaved con-
siderably. Acreage of spring planting
will be about normal. Practically no
seeding done to date. Butter-fat brings
460, eggs 25c, Wheat $1.26.—A. O.

Gladwin County——Cold wet weather
has delayed farming. Winter grains
have been damaged some. Milk
brings $2.10 per cwt., butter-fat 500,
eggs 23c, beans $8.50, potatoes $1.00.

Antrim County—Crop acreage will
be about normal here, except that
more certified potatoes will be grown
than heretofore. Stock is looking
better than usual. A bumper fruit
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St. Joseph County—Farmers are
plowing. The average acreage of
crops will be about the same as last
year. Pastures have grown but little
so far. The cold backward spring is
delaying farm work. Winter wheat
looks fair and rye good. Some early
potatoes have been planted. Butter-
fat brings 43c, eggs 23c, wheat $1.70,
oats 850, corn $1.00.—O. B.

 

 

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us. We will help you find them. Send for
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PEchERou socisvv or AMERICA
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WHY BLAME THE BULL when your cow does not.
breed? Use Cow Catch 1 hour before service. Re-
sults Or your money back; 85 cents for one cow.
$2.90 for five cows, postpaid. Woodstoek Farm.
Benton. Route 2, Box 490. Washington.

 

FARM MACHINERY

 

FOR SALE—New perfection two row potato planter.
You drive—the machine furrows, drops and covers.
99% accurate. Bought new last season for $200.
Sold our farm and will sacrifice. Pay for it plant-
ing for your neighbor! Manufactured by an old
reliable company. J. W. Saliard, D. U. R. Block.
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PET AND LIVE STOCK

 

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SEND NO MONEY. C. 0. D. Frost Proof Cab-
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EARLY CABBAGE PLANTS 100 40c; 500 $1.25:
1,000 $2.25 postpaid. By express 1,000 $1.00; 5,000
$3.75. W. L. Beardin, Tifton, Ga.

C. O. D. FROST PROOF Cabbage and Onion Plants.
Quick shipments. All varieties. 500. 650: 1.000. 81.00.
Farmers Plant Co.. Tlfton. Ga.

 

 

100 ACRES CABBAGE. Onion and Tomato Plants.
Special $1 per thousand. Farmers Supply Company,
Franklin, Va.

GRAPE PLANTS. guaranteed to grow.
Son. Paw Paw. Mich.

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SEEDS

 

CLOVER—$18 per bu. Home grown double reclesnsd.
Guaranteed to comply state seed law. Sweet. clove.
scarified, $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 Sins. Box 457.
Clarinda. Iowa.

 

BUY YOUR GRIMM ALFALFA direct from the
Introducer: Lynian’s Genuine Grimm bears 4
crops yearly. Leader and higher in feeding value
than other varieties. All seed scarifiod necessitating
less per acre. Also ask about our No. 2 Grimm.
A. B. Lyman. Introducer. Excelsior, Minn.

   

 
 
 

S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS. Purdue Demonstration
Farm. Production medal winners. Eggs postpaid.
45 $3. 100 $5.50. 500 $25.00. Floyd Robertson.
Lexington. Indiana.

 

EGGS. CHIX. DUCKLINGS. 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 W
setting. J. G. Lange. R. 1. Box 3. Inkster. Mich.

FOR SALE—Mallard Ducks. trios $5.00, drakes
$2.00. Max Ilodgdon. Birmingham, Mich.

WHITE PEKIN DUCK EGGS $1.50 per setting. post-
paid. Gerald Diamond. Mason; Mich.

BABY CHICKS

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now loading Illinois Egg-Laying Contest. Illinois
Hatchery, Metropolis. Illinois.

 

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
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REGISTERED ($7.00 per Bu.) and Certified ($6.00
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Jewett. Jr.. Mason. Michigan.

SCIENCE AND PRACTICE demonstrate Improved
American Banner wheat. Wolverine oats. Improved
Robust beans best for Michigan. D. C
Owosso. Mich.

 

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White Cap $6.00 per bu. Unccrtified M. A.
Yellow Dent $5.00 per bu. Geisler Bros..
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germination 97%.
provement Association. Write for circular.
Smith. Mulliken, Mich

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Disease tested five years; Sack picked: Rack dried.
Germinations 97—100%. Guaranteed $3.50.
free. DcWall Seed Co, Growers. Gibson City. Ill.

 

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FOR SALE—Certified Golden
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Bellaim. Mich.

 

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c .

 

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Hermann. Norwood. Minn.

 

RABBITS—Make Big Profits with Chinchilla Rabbits.
Real money makers. Write for facts. 891 Conrad’s
Ranch. Denver. Colorado.

 

LARGE ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR of America’s
greatest rat dogs. 10c. Crusader Kennels. Stafford.
ansas.

 

MAKE MONEY FROM MUSKRAT FUR. Raise
Muskrats in dry land pens or hutches. Get facts.
(392 Conrad's Ranch. Denver. Colorado.

PIGEONS: TWENTY VARIETIES. List free. Len-
way Lofts, Station M. Port Huron. Mich.
MATTRESSES

MATTRESSES mada‘ any size. low factory prices.
Catalog free. Peoria Bedding Company. Peoria. 111.

 

 

 

PLANTS AND BULBS

 

TIFTON'S RELIABLE PLANTS. Frostproof Cab-
bage. Early Jersey and Charleston Wakefield. Flat
Dutch. Succession, Danish Bullhead. Copenhagen
Market and Golden Acre. Tomato Plants: Bonnie
Best, Greater Baltimore. Livingston Globe, John Bear
and Ear-Hana. Bermuda (1 Prize Taker Onion
Plants. Ruby King and ull Nose Pepper Plants.
Postpaid. 250, $1.00: 500. $1.50: 1.000. 82.50. Ex-
press Collect $1.50 per 1,000. Care us in pack-
ing. We guarantee to arrive in good condition.
Tifton Plant Co.. Tifton. Ga.

 

PLANTS. TWELVE BEST VARIETIES.
Onion. 100. 15c; 500, 70c; 1,000. $1.25.
Lettuce. 100. 25c: 500, $1.00: 1,000. $1.75.
Sweet Potato. 100, 30c: 500. $1.25; 1,000,
Smallest order shipped $1.00. Prompt. shipment.
Good condition arrival guaranteed. Catalogue,
wholesale prices, valuable information free. Progress
Plant Co.. Asliburn. Georgia.

Cabbage.
Tomato.
Pepper.
$2. 25.

 

MY FROST PROOF Cabbage Plants will make headed
cabbage three weeks before your home grown plants.
I make prompt shipments all leading varieties. Poet-
pa'.d_500. $1.50: 1.000. $2.75. Express $2.00. 1.000.
Special prices on large quantities. Tomato and pop-
per plants same prices. First class plants. roots
wrapped in moss. P. D. Fulwood. 'l‘ii'ton. Ga.

 

COPENHAGEN, Wakefield, Flat Dutch. frostproot'
cabbage plants. $1.00 1,000: Bermuda onion $1.00:
tomato 31.00:, Collard $1.00: Ruby King pepper
$2.00: Porto Rico potato $1.75. Good plants (mmfully
packed. Prompt shipment. Quitman Plant Co..
Quitman. Ga.

FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS all varieties.
Tomato plants. Prize Taker and Bermuda Onion
plants. Cabbage and Onions $1.00 thousand, Tomato
plants $2.00 thousand. Plants are stocky. Coleman
Plant Farms. ‘Tifton. Ga.

 

S‘I‘RAWBERRIES. 1,000 Dunlaps. $3.00: Gibsons
$4.00: .Coopcr. Premier $5.00: 100 Mastodons $2.00:
Champions $1.00. Raspberries. blackberries, grape-
vines. wholesale. 35 varieties. Cloverleaf Nursery.
Three Oaks, Mich.

 

FRbeirnDOF CABBAGE and Onion Plants. Ber-
muda. and Prize Taker. $1.00 thousand. Prompt
'in‘iipTymentmcf new line plants. Guarantee Plant Co..
v . .

   

 

FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS.‘ 81. 1.000.
Tomato Menu. 01. 1.000. 01110118. $1.15. Pep
Potato .Plsnts. 33: 1.000. 01181 ' m (g

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YELLOW DENT SEED CORN. Germination high
and guaranteed every way. Write us before buying.
W. Needham. Saline. Mich.

 

FOR SALE—Clements White Cap and Michigan Yel-
low Dent Seed Corn $4.00. Write John Mitchell.
Holloway. Mich.

 

REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED Polar Dent and
Gilbert’s Yellow Dent Seed Corn. Ernest Gilbert.
Waldron. Mich.

REGISTERED and Certified Golden Glow Seed

 

Corn. Germination 96%. Write for prices. Law-
rence Crozicr. Charlotte. Mich. 9.
SWEET CLOVER SEED, whine blossom, cleaned.

scarifled. $0.00
anteed 95%.

bushel. Purity. germination guar-
Monroe Bros.. Esscxville, Mich.

 

FOR SALE—Registered and Certified Picket. Yellow
Dent Sccd Corn. Germination 98.5%. Arthur
Schafcr. Unionville. Mich.

REGISTERED and Certified Pickett. Yellow Dent
Com. butts and tips graded out, germination 97%.
Fairgrovo Associated Seed Growers, Fairgrove, Mich.

 

SWEET CLOVER, white blossom. Michigan Grown,
99% pure. $5.00 per bu.. bags free with 2% bu.
or more. D. J. Monroe. Elkton, Michigan.

$3.00 per bushe1.Aeit.her shelled or cars. F. 0. Br

Certified Clements

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Water-

REGISTERED and certified Golden Glow seed corn. ()_
Inspected by Michigan Crop) II:-

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BARRED ROCK CHICKS and Hatching Eggs.
Record at Michigan International Egg Laying Con-
test: winners heavy breeds 1927. Highmt arred
Rook pets from Michigan past three years and to
date in present contest. F. E. Fogle. Okemos, Mich-
18m.

CHICKS. We have had eighteen years' experience in
hatching chicks of standard varieties. We personally
inspect and cull our flocks which are good producers.
healthy, and pure-bred. Write for prices. Special
discount on five hundred and one thousand lots.
Shepard Poultry Farm d: Hatchery. Litchfield. Mich.

BABY CHICKS Michigan Accredited Barred Rocks.
R. I. Reds. White ghoms. shipped C. 0. D.
Immediate delivery of pure-bred chicks from heavy
laying foundations. Big free catalog gives new
prices. Brummer-Fredrlckson Poultry Farm. Box 18.
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 Strick'l
Poultry Farm. R. 4. Hudsonville. Michigan.

 

BABY CHICKS of all standard varieties. Flock!
carefully culled for laying, several years, by M. 3.
students. Baby chick prices. 10c to 14c; two
weeks old chicks 100. Clinton County Hatchery, Max-
woll and Kces. Prop's.. St. Johns. Mich.

 

WHI'I'I‘AKER’S REDS. BOTH COMBS. Grade A.
R. O. P. Trapnested. Grade B. Michigan. Certified.
Michigan's greatest color and egg strain. Chicks and
eggs. Catalog free. Intel-lakes Farm. Box 9. Law-
rence. Michigan.

 

EXTRA LARGE TYPE Eng. W. Leg. Chix. direct
from our flor-k of free range hens. All April chicks
sold. Now booking for May dcliven'. A-l chicks
at $10 per 100: $05 per 1,000. Send for circular.
Modcl Poultry Farm. Zceland. R. 4. Michigan.

 

S. C. BROWN (332 egg) and White Leghorns. trap-
nestcd. pedigreed Chicks, cggs. half price. 100 $5.50.

 

lions $1.00. Catalog. Harlan Fulton. Gallipolis.
Ohio.

BABY CHICKS—Rocks. Reds. Leghorns. all from
Michigan Accredited. bloodtcsted stack. Get our

prices also on 8-10-12 weeks
breeds.

_ old bullets of above
Pierce Hatchery. Jerome. Mich.

BABY CHICKS AND EGGS Superior Ringlet Barred
Rooks, Rose Comb Reds. Tailored and English White
Leghoms. Catalogue. Wyndham’s Ideal Poultry
Yards. Timn. Ohio.

 

LOOK! 100,000 chicks 9c up. 10 varieties. Using
many 100 to 311 on record bred BOP cooker-ell.
Send for free catalog giving big early order dis-
counts. Lawrence Hatchery. Grand Rapids. Mich.

BA‘BY CHICKS—Quality breedings. plus guaranteed
satisfaction at reasonable prices. our standard. Free
3%? Windmill Points Hatchery, Alter Road.
e l.

 

 

S. C. W.'ENGLISH CHICKS. May deliverY. $8.50
per 100._discount on orders of 500. Satisfaction and
live delivery guaranteed. Henry Waterwalh R. 6.
Holland. Mich.

 

FOR SALEmManchestcr Soy Beans, test 99% ger-
mination. $2.25 per bu. delivered. Lester Slow.
Constantine. Mich.

 

FOR SALE—Certified White Rural Potatoes. F.
Shumway, Buckley. Mich.

 

CERTIFIED
dollars bushel on cars.

IMPROVED ROBUST BEANS. nine
A. Ii. Cook. Owosso. Mich.

 

FOR SALE—Certified White Rural Seed Potatoes.
Jas. Lynch. Coral. Michigan.

 

SEED BEANS FOR SALE, early l’ctoskoy.
Graham, Rosebush. Mich.

F loyd

 

TOBACCO

SPECIAL OFFER: Guaranteed chewing or smoking

five lbs. $1.25; ton. $2.00. Cigars. 50, $1.75: Pay
when received. Gillette Razor Free. Farmers AS—
sociation. West l’aducah, Kcntucky.

CHICKS. genuine English White Leghorns. overlay-
ing combs and non-setters. Barred Rocks 103-133
records. . See display ad. Hillside Hatchery. Hol-
land. Michigan.

 

BABY CHICKS $6.00 per 100. Seconds, strong.
Vigorous chicks. no cripples. Rubi. Christopher» R. 4.
Holland, Michigan.

 

 

TURKEYS

DAY OLD TURKEYS-Something new but good.
Raise in brooder housc or by chicken hen. Easily
raised as chickens. Return five times the profit.
Mammoth .Bronze and White Hollands, $1.00 each.
Special prices on more than fifty poults. Eggs for
hatching. Pine Creek Turkey Roost. R. F. D. No. 4.
Holland. Michigan.

WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS and White Pakin

Ducks. pure—bred healthy stuck. Addressed stamped

fi‘vfiwe for reply. Alden Whitcomb, Byron Center.
10 .

 

GUARANTEED HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chewinl. 5
pounds, $1.15; 10. 81. Smoking. 10. $1.50. Pipe
Free! Pay postman. United Farmers. Bardwell.
Kentucky.

LEAF TOBACCO.—— Good chct Chewing, 5 lbs.
$1.25; 10. $2.00. Smoking 5 lbs. 90c; 10, $1. 0.
United Farmers. Mayfleld. Ky.

 

 

TOBACCO: Kentucky Swectlcaf. Mellow. Aged.
Smoking 10 pounds $1.40. Chewing $1.75. Pay when
received. Kentucky Farmers. l’ryorsburg. Kentucky.

 

HOMESPUN TOBACCO: Chewinfl 5 lbs. $1.25. Smok-
ing 5 lbs. $1. Pay when received. Pipe free. Farm-
ers Union. A5. l’ziducah. Ky,

 

POULTRY —

MAMMOTH W’HITE I’EKIN DUCKLINGS from
purebred matings. Carefully selected. Expertly
hatched. 100% delivery. Postpaid. Write for our
free instruction bulletin. Mid—west Duckery. Dept.
F. Springfield. Ohio.

 

 

GEESE EGGS that hatch! Fifth season as shippers
of Golden Egg Strain Mammoth Toulouse eggs.
Price 50c each. postpaid. Fertility guaranteed.
Goslings $1.25 each. Order from this ad today.
Hawthorn Hill Farm. Middloville, Michigan.

 
  

coo «is. poll‘s.
giving his early order discounts.
Box 57. Grand Rapids. Mich.
BARBED morn: RANKING EGG! 15.00 per hun-
dred. I and sums, m . 8,014.

saunas. Hatch-7.

 

 

 

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,8 YARIEI'IES Record of Performance Male Mm.
reading 1 chicks Free catalog

\\'I_IITIC HOLLAND TURKEY EGGS. 500 each DOSL-
paid. Safe delivery guaranteed. C. Galbreath.
Hartford. Mich.

 

 

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barn paint at $1.30? Lowest prices in America.
Best all competition. dealers and mail order houses.
Money back guarantee to every customer. Experi—
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talk to property owners about these low prices. $50
to $100 weekly easily made. Che-ck mailed you ends
Friday. Write at once for Free Sales Outfit. With
complete information. Farm & Home Paint Co..
Desk 84. Kansas City. Mo.

WE PAY 148.00 A \VEEK. furnish auto and ex-

pensm to introduce our Soap and washing Powder.

3.???” Company. Dept. A163. Chippewa Falls.
SC 81!].

 

WANTED—Farmer or farmer‘s son or man to travel
in country. Steady work. Good profits. McCoanon
& Company. Dept. F 26, Winona. Minn.

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