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FEW days ago our hired man

was removing a' giant old stump

with pyrotol, the war salvage

breed of dynamite. Just after he had

exploded several sticks of this pow-

erful stuff, sending stump fragments





‘ sky-high and scattering them over a





wide area, a car appeared along the

road from the west. Our woods had

shut off a view of the explosion, but

evidently the noise had been plainly

heard. There was a grinding of

brakes, and the sole occupant, a young

lady, brought the car to an abrupt

stop.



From my seat on the tractor near-

by, I watched to see what it was all

about. Almost savagely the young miss

jumped from the

car and went

around it, glaring

with angry appre-

hension at each

tire in turn. She

seemed more be-

wildered than

gratified when

she didn’t find

any of them flat.

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out being any the

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cause of the

help chuckling lustily as I drove the

tractor on its course.



Dynamite is interesting stuff. For

considerably more than a year those

sticks had reposed silently and peace-





fully in their box in the barn. They

gave no evidence of power or useful-

ness. Then they were placed in the

right conditions. The flame from the

match worked its way slowly down

the fuse. There was little evidence

that anything was about to happen.

Then the flame reached the cap.

Boom! Pent-up power was released

with a mighty report and stump, roots,

and dirt flew sky-ward as from a v01-

cano. ’



How like stored dynamite is each

one of us! Our ordinary lives give

but scant indication of the potential

power which we possess. Often it

takes some great crisis to “set it off”

and some heavy responsibility to

bring into action our latent abilities.

The tragedy of so many lives is that

but a fraction of their energies is ever

brought into play and the main por-

tion sleeps on as unconcerned as the

explosive power reposing in stored

dynamite.



A Lesson About Barley



As you may imagine, I have been

keeping rather close watch of our

barley field Practically all of this

field except one deadvfurrow land was

plowed last fall. The land that was

spring-plowed was given more fitting

than the rest, but, it is interesting to

observe that the barley on this spring

plowed portion is neither [as tall nor

as well colored as that on the balance

of the field. To me this indicates that

under our conditions, best results may

be expected with'barley when-it is

sown on a firm, ’we‘ll-settled seed-bed.



Maving Atlantic 2,000 Miles



At our last Ionia Pomona Grange

meeting we had a fascinatingly inter-

esting address on the topic “Moving

the Atlantic Ocean 2,000 Miles In-

land.” In other words, this was a

idiscussion of the Great Lakes—St.

Lawrence \Vaterway development.

The speaker was one of the greatest

living authorities on this topic—Hon.

A. C. Carton, Director of the Bureau

of Agricultural Industry of the State

Department .of Agriculture.



Mr. Carton told us that the Great

Lakes comprise one-third of all‘the

fresh water in the world and that they

are situated in the midst of ‘the great.





 





 





est surplus food producing region any-I





Where on the globe. Separatingthese

great inland waterways from the

Atlantic are only twenty-four miles of

“bad roads” in the 4,500 miles of in-

ternational sea lane from Duluth to

Liverpool. They are what are known

as the St. Lawrence rapids.





Wheat and other products shipped

via. the Great Lakes now must break

cargo at Buffalo and go overland to

the port of New York and there be re-

loaded for the ocean voyage. The

expense of this overland transfer

across New York state is greater than

would be the entire cost of transport-

ing the commodity from Duluth to

Liverpool by the proposed Deep-

Waterway.



It is a commonly accepted economic

fact that what the farmer receives for

his surplus wheat is the price at

Liverpool minus the cost of transport—

ing it to there. Thus, since the en-

tire cost of transportation comes out

of the farmer’s pocket, any cheaper

system of shipping will increase the

farmer’s return by that amount.





But most important of all, the price

which the farmer receives for the ex-

portable surplus almost entirely sets

the price that he receives for the por-

tion that goes into domestic cans'ump-

tion. Hence, lower exporting costs

will boost the farmer’s returns from

every unit of his production. Careful

estimates by competent engineers are

that .the proposed Deep-Waterway

would cut transportation costs ten

cents per bushel.





There’s a. lot more than I would like

to write on this subject and perhaps

I shall sometime, but right now

there’s another thing that I wish to

mention in closing. I had expected

that my article about Sunday observ—

ance by farmers would stir up a lot

of trouble. Maybe it did, but if so, I

haven’t heard of it. On the contrary,

numerous expressions of approval

have been received. One from way

out in California. referred to it as “A

fine testimony to the value of Sunday

rest and worship.”





CUT WORMS





 





ERIOI S damage to vegetables,



strawberries, r aspberries, and

grape plantings in spring often results

from the work of cut worms.



For quick results in their control,

an inexpensive poison bait is reconr

mended, either to be broadcasted in

the field, or, in the case of small

fruits, to be sprinkled about the base

of each plant. The following formula

is said to provide enough material for

five acres; bran. 20 pounds; paris

green, 1 pound; cheap syrup, 2 quarts;

three lemons, and 31/2 gallons of

water. .



The bran and paris green are mixed

dry. The juice of the lemons is

squeezed into the‘ water and .the peel

and pulp chopped to fine bits and ad-

ded to the water. The syrup is then

dissolved in the water and fruit mix-

ture and the liquid stirred into the

bran thoroughly in order to dampen

it evenly.



If a smaller quantity is wanted, the

amounts of the different ingredients

may be reduced proportionately. Be-

cause cut worms are night-feeders, it

is recommended that the poison bait

be applied in the evening so that the

bait will be in a fresher condition

than if applied in the day.. After it

gets dry the cut worms will not touch

it but chickens and birds will.



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bran is used should be barred from

chickens as they win out the polsaned

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Will Damp Grain Stop the Combine.





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Can Weeds Be Handled by This Modern Harvesting Equipment?

By 'I. W. Dickerson





eties of grain that the old

idea of cutting early to secure

the plumpest kernels and the‘highest

yield is all wrong, and that the weight

of the grain‘ and the yield per acre

increases slowly for several days after





.the usual cutting stage for the binder.





It has also been very definitely proved

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to do the recleaning work himself.

Very efficient recleaners to remove

practically all dockage are now avail-

able at a cost which will be returned

in one or two seasons in the increased

price of the cleaned grain and the

value of the dockage when ground for

feed.



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Many Changes In Farming Methods

bine in





by several experiment stations that

even with some . shattering due to

grain standing a few days longer, the





grain wasted in the single operations





with the combine is very much less

than the sum of the several losses

from binding, shocking, pitching onto

wagon, hauling to thresher, pitching

to thresher, threshing, and so on. Also

that under favorable conditions that

the cost of combining is several cents

per bushel cheaper than the old

method.



But what about bad weed condi-

tions, either where the weeds are

short or where the weeds grow up

above the grain? Last summer, I saw

some barley being combined. The

barley itself was in excellent condi-

tion to combine, but many weeds were

growing up through it and the stems

and leaf ribs of these were breaking

up and coming over with the grain.

The seeds of many weeds are thresh-

ed off by the combine along with the

grain. Both these broken stems and

green seeds contain a great deal of

moisture and if not taken care of will

cause the grain to spoil. Experiments

have shown that one of the most ef-





fective ways of meeting this problem .





is to reclean the seed immediately as

it cemes frOm the combine and take





. out this foreign material.





If done within a few hours,

moisture content of the grain is not

affected by the green material and

the ‘recleaned grain is suitable for

market; but if the green material is

left in overnight, much of the mois-

ture will be , transferred to the

grain itself and its moisture con-

tent will be raised above that safe

for market or storage. Some of





the .





 





will Follow the Adoption of the Com-

the East.





the combined grain at once, it usually

can be kept from spoiling by storing

in a granary well supplied with cross

ventilators. These consists of two 2

by 6’s nailed four inches apart, with

a strip of window screen on the top

and open at the bottom. These extend

completely across the granary, open-

ing into the outside on each side and





"available, mostly in





are placed in rows two feet apart

each way, the rows preferably being

staggered. The open ends of the

ducts should be shielded to keep out

rain, and should beclosed in wet or

muggy weather. Quite complete tests

by the State Agricultural College,

Fargo, N. D., and the U. S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture, ‘Washington,

D. C., have proved the effectiveness of

this method in saving combined grain

with too high a moisture content, and

complete information can be secured

from either of the above institutions.



Grain dryers using artificial heat

for handling combined or other grain

with too high a. moisture content are

large units for

the use of elevators and large farms;

but so far none are available in small

sizes for the use of the individual

farmer. Several combine owners have

arranged home-made dryers, most of

them being of the type where the

grain is elevated and then allowed to

run down through a baffled chute,

either cold or heated air being forced

up through it as it pours from one

baffle to another. In many cases sim-

ply changing from one bin to another

with the farm elevator gives enough

aeration to prevent heating. When

pneumatic elevators are in use to

move or elevate the grain, the anra-

tion these give is very helpful in re-

ducing the moisture content. In

emergencies, silo fillers, grain clean-

ers, and so on can be used to furnish

circulating air, and if the engine ex-

haust is mixed in with the air current

its drying efficiency is much increased.

Attempts are already being made to

bring the tractor exhaust back to the





combine for drying purposes, and this

may turn out to be a. practical solu-

tion to the problem. We should be

glad to have any rcadm’s experience

in drying damp grain.



Windrowing the Grain



Still another method of. meeting

the weed and damp grain problem

with combine operations is by cutting

down and windrowing the grain, let«

ting it cure for several days, then

coming along and picking it up and

threshing with a combine.



A few farmers have practiced this

for several seasons, using two or three

binders behind a tractor, the binder

mechanism being taken off and an

eight-foot carrier being put on the

second binder and a sixteen-foot one

on the third. This puts three eight-

foot swaths into one windrow, which

an attachment in front of the com-

bine picks up and deposits on the plat~

form. Several of the combine manu-

facturers are putting out windrowing

units which cut swaths from sixteen

to twenty-four feet wide, putting it all

into one windrow.



This method, while adding one more

operation to the combining, has sev-

eral advantages which should be kept‘

in'mind by the Combine owner, espe-

cially one who plans on doing custom

work.

starting the cutting from one to two

weeks earlier than would be safe with

the regular combining method, allow-

ing the ‘grain to dry outin the wind-

row until a safe moisture content is

reached. Weedy grain can be cut

down and allowed to cure in the wind-

row until the weed seeds and stems



(Continued to page 754)





Blacksmithing Under Difficulties





Where There’s a Will There’s Way to Mend Even in the Desert





T was the morning after “le grand”

Christmas dinner in the lonely

desert fort at Goure, French Occi-



dental Africa, for that was the kind

of a dinner that usually has a morn-

ing after. Our French soldier host

and my partner Jim and I stood on

the lookout tower of the rambling,

flat-topped fort that. squatted there

on top ofla barren dune on the edge

of the Sahara Desert. There lay

Africa. '



“It’s only about eighty-nine miles to

Maine Soroa by that camel route yon-

der,” said our friend pointing to a

heart-breaking trail that struck off

across the dunes to the eastward. “But

you’ll have to go the other way—-

and that’s about 200 miles. It’s a.

good road that way.”



We knew how good a part of it

was! We had made the wrong guess

at a fork in the road forty miles back

-and_.now had to turn around and do

that same forty over again to get onto

the right road. That much of the two





hundred miles of road was certainly 3

nothing to brag about—but to have





By Francis Flood





but we were the whole week of the

Holidays, from the day after Christ-

mas to New Year’s Eve,‘ making it.

We put in long, hard days that “Holi-

day” 'week and here’s what our

speedometer showed: Monday, 49

miles; Tuesday, 41; \Vednesday, 27;

Thursday, 17; Friday, 32; and Satur-

day, 49. And we were hard at it each

day from the first red ray of dawn

until too. dark to make any headway.





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 

 





 





 





 





 





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T might have been even worse, but



we shared the job with a camel. It

was our first experience with these

sorrowful clumsy beasts of the desert

“and this one quite put us to shame.



“Let him take a couple of hundred

pounds of your baggage and the‘short

route to Maine Soroa, and you won’t

have to wait long for him there,” ad-

vised the French soldier. And that

awkward deliberate camel actually

arrived in Maine Soroa so long before

we did that the French Commandant

there finally sent out a relief expe‘

dition forty miles into the desert to

look for us.



We started bravely off from Goure

and drove the forty miles back to the

fork. From there the trail was being

made into a proper auto road.‘ Black

dirt had been carried from the occa-

sional “c‘uvettes” or basins and spread





upon the sandy caravan trail making ~

8. good, surfaced road. That is, it would,





have been good if the ham,

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DETROIT, JUNE 9, 1928





ITH the addi«



' tion of Monroe



This and Kalamazoo to the

Job Needs list of modified ac-

Completmg credited c o u h ti e s





where bovine tuber-

culosis has been cleaned up, Michigan

has fifty-three such counties. Jackson

will soon increase,the number one

more when the retesting of forty

heads is finished. Furthermore, there

are but three counties remaining in

the state where the supervisors have

failed to act on this important mat-

ter—Alcona, Bay, and Oscoda.





Inasmuch as our people will un-

doubtedly finish this clean-up work,

it is a. pity that we cannot have the

advantage of being the first big dairy

state in the union to qualify as an

accredited state. Such a distinction

would add millions of dollars to our

farming assets.



If the whole state were clean, Mich-

igan would be the Mecca of cattle

buyers from scores of states for ani-

mals free from tuberculosis, as many

buyers now come from several eastern

states to our present accredited coun-

ties. Accredited Michigan would

quickly develop the business of breed-

ing healthy animals, needed to main-

tain the herds in districts which can-

not economically develop calves into

milkers. And this position could

easily become permanent.



Here is a. great opportunity to boost

Michigan agriculture, if all the agen~

cies concerned now could definitely

work to that end.





HE past Congress





A N, "a, set a record for

z”, Fp recent sessions of

a cf . 0‘" that body. When the

Billlon doors closed on May





29, it had enacted

legislation appropriating a. total of

~34,642,293,897 for the government’s

business this coming fiscal year. In

spite of the rigid program of economy

by President Coolidge, this total ex-

ceeds the money allotments for the

present Year by $627,304,961.





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‘ College.





   





 





Here is how some of the depart-

ments fared: Agriculture got “$139,-

138,794, the larger portion of which

goes for road construction and for

regulatory work protecting the con-

suming public; the interior depart-

ment received $272,656,039; the navy,

$362,445,812; the war department,

$298,517,221; and the‘ state, justice,

commerce, and labor departments

combined were allowed $89,820,597.



Besides these appropriations, mea-

sures already signed by the President

ask $325,000,000 for flood control and

$250,000,000 for merchant marine. The

tax reduction bill amounts to $222,

495,000. The reduction of the naval

coustruction bill by $274,000,000 and

the defeat of the Boulder Dam project

and the railroad merger bill do not

occasion a lowering of flags to half-

mast.



-However, the whole situation gives

one a feeling that it takes a lot of

money to keep the government ma-

chinary operating according to pre-

sent day ideas.





T would appear





The from press reports

Farm that the' whole mid-

. _ west is in arms over

Uprising the treatment of farm





relief at the hands of

the present administration. Naturally,

many of these people are disappointed

at the outcome of their long fight.

But so for we have been unable to be-

lieve that sensible farmers dressed in

overalls for the purpose of impressing

the need for farm relief will join in

an unorganized mass movement to

the two cities where the conventions

of the leading political parties are

soon to be held. Farmers, we believe,

are better psychologists than this.

They understand too well what the

reaction from such a move might be,

and also that those behind the effort

to start an uprising seem to be more

concerned about political than econ-

omic ends.





ANY times men





Mice overlook t h e



(I value of little mat-



an ters. For example,

Elephants recently a Michigan





poultry raiser attend-

ed one of the brooder house building

demonstrations under the direction of

a poultry specialist from the State

During a discussion the spe-

cialist stated that there is no reason

for one having as many as fifty and

sixty per cent losses from death

among chicks. This poultry raiser

thought the speaker was kidding. But

later when the State College .man

visited the farm of this man he found

him trying to brood 1,350 chicks under

one hover. This explained largely

the heavy losses he had been having.

All through farming there is the most

insistent need of attention to small

matters.





IF five years ago a





The man was s e e n



. picking apple blos-



New Hort" soms from one or-

culture chard and putting the





bouquets in another,

he might have been subjected to a

sanity test. At the least, he would

have been thought peculiar. But the

results of the last few years show

that the fundamental reason for un-

profitable crops in many orchards has

been that the trees have not. had suit-

able companions for their most prolific

production. .

This is a phrase of the new horti-

culture which the hortiCultural de-





partment at Michigan State College is _.





bringing about through ‘its experi«

mental work. They have proven be-

yond doubt that the great reason that

solid blocks of single varieties on

commercial orchards have not proven

profitable is because of the lack of

proper blossom fertilization. Now bee





keepers are renting their bees to or—’





chardists for use during blossom time





 





and large tubs of blossoms of the right ‘





varieties are being put in places

where they will do the mOSt good.

Top grafting and'interplanting of suit-

able varieties are being considered.



The work of this department in the

rehabilitation of the raspberry indus-

try, its findings in more efficient

spraying methods, and its work in the

pruning and fertilization of the grape

have resulted in real economic value

to the state.



This department has probably been

more fortunate than others at the

college with reference to equipment

and finances, but it seems to be jus-

tifying all the favors shown, as it is

producing a new horticulture for

Michigan-and is gaining a national

prominence for its practical and ef-

fective work.





ITH the vetoing





President of the McNary-

N Haugen bill and the

. at upholding of this veto

-CrltIClzed by the Senate, the





question foremost in

the minds of farm leaders is what is

the next move. But these leaders in-

dicate in their comment little or no

criticism of the President. He did

what was expected and at no time did

he lead the public to believe that he

would do other than veto this mea-

sure. No «one questions his honesty

of purpose, nor his consistency in

doing what he did.





1) ITBL'IC libraries,



Lack soessentialto

f democratic education



. o . and cultural advance,

Libraries have been, in the





past, “public” only in

a restricted sense. They might have

been described more accurately as

“city-public” libraries. In the estimate

of the American Library Association,

more than forty-five million persons

in the United States are without pub-

lic library service, and of these more

than eighty-two per cent are residents

of farms or villages of less than

twenty-five hundred population.



Farm people are readers, especially

during the long winter evenings. Their

reading matter consists largely, how-

ever, of farm journals and newspapers

rather than books. Good books are

expensive and in most rural communi-

ties they are few and of a. limited

variety.





 





Attend Feeders’ Day





IVE stock feeding trials,

some of which have been

carried through three years, will

be discussed at the annual

“Feeders' Day” to be held at

Michigan State College, June 15.

Owners of all classes of live

stock will find something of

interest on the program, as the

experimental W o r k includes

lamb, hog, and beef cattle feed-

ing. Various home grown feeds

are compared in feeding value,

and methods of supplying pro-

tein supplements have been a

part of the work.



The day’s program begins at

10:00 A. M. with an inspection

of the group of dairy animals

that have been used to deter-'

mine the part that minerals play

in the ration of cattle. These

animals are in the dairy barn.



«Professor W. E. J. Edwards

will give the explanation of the

rations and feeding results ob-

tained in the experimental work

with‘hogs. Mr. Branaman will

discuss feeding beef cattle, and

Professor George A. Brown will

tell the visitors. of the results

obtained in feeding lambs.



Luncheon will be served .in

the Union Building and a gem

eral program follows. ,





 





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Progress in, farming, (efficient. ag'ri‘

culture, Increasing contact with the

world ' through? the telephone, rural

free delivery, [the ’ phonograph, the

’radio, and the automobile have awak-

ened the rural mind. Farm men and

women are insisting that their chil-

dren shall have a better chance in life

than they themselves had. If the

farmer wants his children to continue

in the farming business, he wants

them to be better equipped in educa-

tion and in modern farm methods than

To this 'end the dearth of pub-

lic libraries is a handicap which de—

serves thoughtful study.





. E are pleased

. More to learn of the

. . more general use of

Certified certified potato seed

Seed Used as indicated in the

reports coming to this



office. In Saginaw County, for in-

Stance, farmers have ordered 650

bushels this year against 280 bushels

in 1927. In somewhat the same pro-

portion do we find the increased use

of specially grown potato seed in other

counties. It all means that farmers

are taking more pains with





potato crop. By growing the same





sized crop on half the acreage, pro-





'fits would more than double.’





Expedite





LD Joe Gray, our banker, is got



for his pet word, “expedite.” Joe

ain’t had much schoolin’ but I guess

he come across this word somewhere

and he thought it sounded educated

so he hooked on to it, and he’s been

expeditin’ things ever since.



Joe is great on expeditin’ loans and

mortgage foreclosures. But Joe, bein’

one of them financial fellows, is got to

see that money

works out right

fer his business.

When you’re a.

financial man you

kinda have to be

mean sometimes,

but Joe really has

got a. soft heart

and would use it

‘ ' more, if it would-

n’t affect the safety of his invest‘

ments.



Expedite is a kinda hard soundin’



way of saying “hurry-up” or “hasten.”

But it’s a. good word to use if you

wanta sound educated. I think it’s a.

good word for farmers to consider,

and I kin tell you I know what it

means, ’cause Sofie is tryin’ to ex.

pedite me all the time.

;.i There’s lots of ways of usin’ this

expedite word. Fer inst., we kin ex«

pedite our success in farmin’ by usin’

good seed, fertilizers, etc. And I like

to expedite my farmin’ that way

’cause you get more out of the work

you do. I ain’t so fond of work that

I wanta fool away my time on seed

that grows only one blade where my

work could take care of two.



A lazy farmer kin also expedite his

dairyin’ by keepin’ one goo-d cow

where two poor ones were before. It

costs less and the work’s less in keep—

in’ one good cow instead of two poor

ones, and the good thing about it is

the one good one pays better than the

two poor ones.





 





 





 





 





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. cessful farmers was lazy ones 'who





spent lots of time figurin’ how they

could get the most out of the work

they do. Seems that the successful

ones often work less and make more

than the rest, but they do it by usin’

a lot of these silent helps like good





1 seed, etc. .





I wanta. be a successful farmer be-

cause I don’t appreciate work as much

as some folkses, and I 'am in favor

'of this new tangled idea. of greater

production with feWer hours work. I

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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN IN

JUNE





 





T is a mistake often made to plant

crops too early ’in the season that



are intended for use during winter.

Take the case of beets for example:

If they are planted in early spring,

they become overgrown and woody by

the time they are harvested but, if

planting is delayed until the roots

have just enough time to reach a fair

size, prime, early-season quality may

be enjoyed all winter. The same

thing is true of many of our vege-

tables. '



From the middle of June to the first,

of July, plant beets for winter, using

such varieties as Columbia, Detroit

Dark Red, or Blood. Early varieties

like Crosby’s Egyptian may be plant—

ed even later with a good chance of





growth, in fact, if we are to enjoy

adequate returns for «the labor so far

expended, we must keep up thorough

cultivation even though the comfort-

able shade keeps calling. This is the

time when a wheel-hoe with a number

of different cultivating attachments

will be appreciated. They are so in-

expensive and, withal, so efficient

every garden should possess one.





, Celery



Celery for fall use ‘may be trans-

planted to the garden this month but

that portion intended for winter may

just as well wait until about the mid-

dle of July. You will not have time

now to start plants from seed for the

early crop but plants for the winter

crop may be started this month. When

the plants have two or three true

leaves, transplant them to another,

frame where it is handy to keep them l





 





Good Culture and Fertilization Grew These Texas W'atermeIOns which

Averaged 75 lbs. Each





getting a harvest in most parts of





Michigan. The same may be said of

carrots.

ing kind, such as Nantes or Danver

Half Long for the early sowing and

a forcing variety like Amsterdam

Forcing if planting is delayed until

July. For average Michigan condi-

tions, it is hardly safe to delay plant-

ing of Brussels Sprouts much longer

than the middle of June. Cut out the

crowns of these plants after the

sprouts form so all strength will go

toward growing the sprouts. Parsnips

and salsify (vegetable oyster) if plant-

ed now will be of better quality than

those planted in early spring.



Other vegetables for June planting

include beans, cabbage, cauliflower,

sweet corn, cucumbers, kohl—rabi, let-

tuce, peas, potatoes, and radishes. A

word of caution about lettuce and

peas—~these two vegetables are essen-

tially cool weather crops and this fact

must be taken into consideration when

their culture is attempted in mid—

summer. The selection of the proper

varieties such as Salamander or New

York for growing in hot weather will

go a long way toward insuring suc-

cess with lettuce. If the soil is dry,

water down the row a few hours be-





-fore sowing the seed and shade the





plants until they are well started on

their jOurney. If a half-shaded place

is available, the lettuce plants may be

transplanted there to their great bene-





, fit. If your soil is a hot, sandy one,





it may be well to postpone planting

the peas until later in the season. I

have had excellent results from the





early maturing kinds-when“ planted as ,.

,late‘ as July 20. '





Sumrner Cultivation



’ Much of the problem of the suc-

cess or- failure in the vegetable gar-

den depends upon cultivation during

the hot, dry weeks of summer. If

' isturoidsvto, beponse‘rved, it





 





Use one of the large grow—_





watered. There is no garden crop

that suffers so quickly for want of

moisture as celery and, to grow the

best quality, the plants should never

be allowed to'suffer a reverse from

that source.





Celery naturally has a long tap root

with a minimum of small, fibrous,

feeding roots but gardeners soon

learned that formation of the fibrous

roots could be induced by cutting

away part of the ever-present tap root.

This is the reason why transplanted

plants are held in greater faVor than

seedlings. When transplanting the

celery, cut away about half of the tap

root and at the sanie time reduce the

foliage about half so the evaporating

surface of the leaves will more nearly

conform with the loss of roots.





When the plants are ready for the

open ground, it will be well to slight-

ly trench the ground, say about three

or four inches deep, where celery is

to be planted. This permits easy

watering and helps when the matured

plants are blanched. A very good

method [of growing celery in the

home garden, where the stalks will be

blanched by hilling earth

them, isto plant in double rows with

rows six inches apart and plants about

the same distance apart in the row.

If more than one double row is to be

planted, they should be at least three

feet apart to permit easy blanching

operations.





The celery plant is a heavy feeder

so do not be afraid of getting the soil

too rich. Well rotted,manure makes

an ideal fertilizer and, where this is

. available, should be used liberally. In



addition to the animal manures, a top



dressing ‘of nitrate of soda two or

three times during the growing period

will help toward quick, succulent

growth. . Golden Self~Blanching, Giant

Pascal, and Easy Blanching are desir-





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Please give directions for hitching

two mowers behind a light tractor.—



The general plan for doing this is

shown in the diagram which is quite

commonly used where the tractor has

an adjustable drawbar. In case of a

tractor which has a single point of

adjustment, the

hitch as shown will work satisfac-

torily. It would not do to make the

slanting part of the hitch for front

mower as a part of the stub tongue,

since this would interfere with torn—

ing. In such a case, the proper thing

is to put an adjustable drawbar on

the tractor in the shape of a II-shaped

piece of flat iron clamped at each end

around the tractor axle and coming

back nearly even with the wheel rims,

and with the middle part connected

with a stiff brace to the regular draw-

bar. A series of holes at the rear al-

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ments can be bought on the market,

or can be made by any blacksmith out

of old wagon tires or other heavy bar

iron—5D.

REMOVING DARK SPOTS FROM

FLOOR





I placed a cheap linoleum over a

white hardwood floor. The bottom got

wet and now there are large black

spots on the floor. Is there any way

of removing these spots without

spoiling the lioor?———S.



It is hard to advise what to do in

such a case without knowing just

what these spots consist of. The

chances are that they are of a gummy

nature \'.‘I‘7!:I) would be spread and

forced into the, wood if gasoline or

turpentine is used on them. I sus-

pect that sandpapering them with fine

sandpaper would be the safest way of

removing them, but it would be well

to call in some experienced floor man

to advise you. Can any of our read-

ers help out our subscriber?——I. W.

Dickerson.





ANOTHER HAY LOADING METHOD





 





OTICING your recent article on

the use of a false rack on; top of





Z’your hay rack to use when loading





hay with a hay loader, will give my

method of securing the same results

in an easier way.



I use a solid bottom rack with bas-

kets or side pieces along the sides and

in front, but open at the rear. Be-

fore starting the lcad I spread a sling

on top of the rack with the front rope

fastened to front of rack and the roar





rope hung over the rear end of rack.





One man can drive along standing at

the back of wagon and kicking and

tramping the hay from the loader

until about a half a load is gathered.

I then bring a threevquarter inch rope





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over the top of the part load and

hook it into the rear rope of the sling;

The other end of this rope is brought

through two pulleys at the front of

the rack, one at the middle and one

out at left front corner, and from

there back and given three turns

around the bottom of an iron well

pump which I have clamped to the

left rear wheel in three places.





Then by starting up the team and

holding to the loose end of the rope

around the pump base, the sling and

half load is easily rolled to the front

and fastened to a hook on the front

of rack. This leaves the rear half of

rack bare, a second sling is laid down

and the rear half of load built on

again. In unloading, the rear sling

is 'put up first, then the front. It is

necessary to put a" brace from left

front corner of rack back to rear axle





 





 





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‘ ERE is a simple but practical idea



which I have used for several

years and like very much, and which

I think will proveghelpful to a good

many of your automobile subscrib-

ers. It is simply a tool kit made from

an old inner tube to hold wrenches

and other auto tools and keep them

dry and prevent their rattling.



Take’ a discarded inner tube and

cut out a section about two feet long,

and also cut off a band about three

inches wide. Sandpaper the inside

of one end for an inch or so, smear

on some cold patch cement, and press

it together in a vise or under a weight

until the cement has hardened. Then

put the tools in at the open end,

double the end back and slip the rub-

ber band over both. This is water

tight and almost air tight, and keeps

the tools in fine shape. When the





rubber gets rotten, make up another

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ANOTH ER HOME-WORK FRAUD





 





HE Postmaster General has or-



dered the return to the sender of

return address mail that 'has been

posted to the Art Dress Company of

308 Atlantic St., Stanford, Connecti-

out. Letters that come back returned

to the sender marked with word,

“fraudulent” in rubber stamp means

that postal investigation has put the

padlock on the door of another

crooked outfit. The closing of the

above mentioned concern marks the

death of another of those home-work-

ing schemes. ‘





WATCH THE HAY MOW





 





IN our fire prevention work we wish



particularly at this time to bring

the attention of farmers to the danger

of storing damp hay in a mow.



Many times our sympathy has gone

out to the man whose barn is burned

just after he has laboriously filled it

with newly harvested hay. Frequent-

ly lightning is the cause of barns

burning at such inopportune times.



But as often the cause may be due

to spontaneous combustion. More and





more do observing men credit fires.





to this menace. Spontaneous combus-

tion is a mysterious thing, but it is

no myth. It happens. Scientists are

of one opinion on this point. They

know that fires begin from this cause.

Spontaneous combustion may result in

the destruction of a barn and all con-

tents whether or not the owner be-

lieves that fires may be started in this

fashion.





Not only do such fires originate in

hay, stored when it is damp, but also

in dry hay or straw which afterwards

becomes wet. Further, our modern

methods of haying reqhire more at-

tention from this source of fire dam-

age. By rolling heavy legume hays





together with the side delivery rake,‘





then loading with a loader, and dump-

ing in the mow in large sling loads,

we create conditions favorable to

spontaneous combustion. -.



The farmer, to a large degree, can

prevent fires from this cause. In the

first place, he should see to it that





hay is well cured before it is taken,





to the barn. The temptation is great

to start drawifig hay before it is fit.

When work crowds the farmer, his

good Judgment often yields, but those





 





who give in to this temptation in-

crease the chance of fire. The hay

will be better and safer if properly

cured in the field.



Another precaution is to have the

mow well ventilated. Cracks between

the boards on the barn help carry

away moisture. Cupolas and gable





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woman kept one of the coupons her«

self and sold the other three to so

many friends at $1.00 each, while each

of these three ladies in turn were re-

quested to obtain .three additional

customers for hosiery or lingerie.

When $10.00 reached the company,

the original purchaser was supposed

to receive a so-called $10.00 worth of

merchandise for her original invest-

ment of $1.00. ' ,





The proposition was sold to the pub‘

lic as a club idea. It was supposed

that each participant in turn would

receive $10.00 in merchandise for his

or her $1.00 investment. The scheme

started all right, but did not .work out

in practice, for the sale plan began

to fail when too many women came

into posseSsion of the coupons

marked “original purchasers.” It

soon became. difl‘icult to get customers

to start a new chain.





WILL DAMP GRAIN STOP THE

COMBINE?





 





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have lost most of their moisture con«

tent, thus allowing the grain when

combined to be stored safely. On

wet muggy 'days when the grain is

ready to combine out cannot safely

be stored, it can be cut down with

the windrower and then picked up

and combined later when the weather

has cleared. In some such cases, it

may even be necessary to turn the

windrows with a side delivery rake

before it is ready to combine.



I know that some of my readers

will be shocked at the idea of cutting

wheat and letting it lie in windrows

in damp or rainy weather, but many

farmers have proved that the plan is

not as serious as it sounds and is en—

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This illustration shows details for erecting lightning rods on a barn. When

rods with good joints are connected with points at least every 20 feet

along ridges and on all cupolas and ventilators, and well grounded, the

building is almost 100 per cent safe from lightning.





openings give added ventilation. Much

safety is also provided where air cir-

culates freely beneath the mow.





Still another precaution is to spread

salt over the hay when it is being

put in. Salt absorbs moisture; thus

reducing the water cdntent of the hay.



' From three to ten pounds should be

scattered over each ton according to

the amount of moisture the hay ap-

pears to hold. The farmer who will

follow out these three suggestions will

materially reduce the possibility of

barn fires from spontaneous combus-

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and the windrow rests on the stubble

rather than on the ground, and that

the air circulates under it to a con-

siderable extent. Even after one or two

rains, the grain will still be supported

by the stubble and it has been found

that windrowed grain could be picked

up and combined just as soon after

a rain as it is safe to thresh shocked

grain. 'And it can easily be seen how

nicely the plan will work out with

grain that‘is filled with noxious green.

weeds.



Nor is there excessive loss by shat-

tering, since observations where this

method has been practiced for several

seasons show that the loss by Wind-

rowing and combining is ‘less than:

that of the several operations under





the old methods of harvesting and .





threshing. In" any such comparison, it

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_ Hope for the radio audience is dis-

covered by the NBC. The station re-

ceived as many requests for the talk

on “Success for Young Men” given by

Charles M. Schwab as. it did for the

chewing gum offer made during the

samepweek.

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Goldman Band Concerts in Central

Park, New York and on the campus

of New York University this summer

will be broadcast on‘a broader scale

than ever, according to plans which

are nearing completion. The first

broadcast concert of the band’s elev-

enth season will be heard June 12 at

8:30 o’clock. '



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Guarded by a detail of police, three

violins and a rare cello from the

master hand of Antonius Stradivarius,





' valued at more than a quarter of a





million dollars, were recently used in

a special program over WLS.‘

a: It a:



An extensive network that will in-

clude more than seventy stations will

carry the Democratic and Republi-

can Convention broadcasts to every

section in the United States.



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Dvorak’s “Humoresque” admitted

Abraham Haitowitsch to America. He

was a blind Russian lad who played

his way across Siberia and China dur~

ing the war but at the Golden Gates

of America was halted by the immi-





 





gration officers as a blind person

likely to become a public charge.

However, when he tuned his violin,

the officers changed their mind, and

invited musical critics; newspaper

men, and members of women’s clubs

to hear him play and he received an

ovation.

* * It





“The Cop on the Corner," who





'makes his appearance during the ad-





ventures of the Gold Spot Pals broads

east through the Blue Network is a

real New York policeman. Nisk, the

hand organ man in the same pro-

gram, lives in the Bronx and makes

his living by grinding his hand or-

gen.



APP‘RECIATES RADIO WHE~N TON



SILS ARE OUT





 





 





NEVER knew how to appreciate



our radio until I had my tonsils

out. Not that my tonsils had anything

to do with my enjoyment of things

but after my operation I had to be

in bed ten days. We live in the

country five miles from any town and

not many people came to see me.

So I kept the radio tuned in and

never thought of being lonesome.





I enjoy the different kinds of music

especially the bands. We would

never know much about the music of

different countries if we didn’t have

a radio. When there is some good





dance music, my sister and I dance.

Over the radio we can also become

acquainted with some of our greatest

men although we may never see them.

——Ileta Brenot, Lenawee County.





 





 





 





DO YOU HAVE HEART DISEASE?





 





0 you have heart disease? Two

millions of the people of the

United States suffer from it.

Much of it could be prevented if only

people would not overtax the heart by

insisting on working while ill, getting

around too soon after an attack of

some disease, or putting special strain

on the heart when it is least fitted

to recuperate. Decayed teeth, dis-

eased tonsils, infected sinuses, old

abscesses of the appendix, gall-blad-

der or other organs, anything that

may set up a focus of disease in the

body can seriously affect the heart.

Don’t be satisfied to “get along” with

such troubles. Have them cleared up.

You can save your children and

yourself from heart disease by giving

the heart proper time to recuperate

after illness. You can prevent heart

disease by refusing to harbor in your





body any abscesses, ulcerations, or'





other points of infection, no matter

how inert they may seem to be.



If you have chronic heart disease,

you will serve yourself by considering

the following suggestions:



Find out what load your heart can

carry and moderate your work and

play accordingly. -



Relieve the burden upon the heart

by keeping the skin active through

daily bathing ,(not cold baths unless

safe).





Watch your diet so as to give

plenty of nourishment without taxing

your digestion. Maintain an even

weight, neither fat nor thin.



Never take any drugs or medicines

not prescribed by your doctor, no mat-

ter‘what they, may have done for “so





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Get long hours of sleep in fresh air

—never “get behind in your sleep.”

Take ten hours rather than eight and

rest a little after each meal.



Dress for the weather so as to avoid

sudden chills.



Never undertake sudden strain or





' exertion (not even for “just once”).





Live on the level. Take daily, simple

exercise but never violent.



Make a friend of some competent

doctor who will take a real interest

in you and check you up at regular

intervals.



Don’t worry. Remember that two

millions of your fellow-citizens have

heart disease and those who know





how to do it will live to comfortable

old age.





I have prepared a special letter

called “Heart Hints” for our sub-

scribers. If you want a copy, it is not

necessary to write a long letter. Sim-

ply write to Doctor C; H. Lerrigo, c-o

Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.

and ask for a copy of “Heart Hints.”

But be sure to inclose a stamped, ad-

dressed reply envelope.





 





REMEDY FOR DANDRUFF





 





I am most severe] trouble '

dandruff and itching yscalp. 1.3 $313

any reliable remedy for it? I am

susp1c10us of patent dandruff remdvers

and scalp tonics as being either in-

Jurious to the scalp or else harmless

to dandruff. Are they? Is there any

lfifigtseDremedy that is satisfactory?—





_Dandruff is much like other trou-

bles in the fact that different cases

require different remedies. Many

cases are helped by a solution ‘of

twenty grains of Resorcim to one

ounce of water. Massage the scalp





every, night' keeping it loosened up. ,





 





 





 





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News“ Fromqthe Air





 





FARMER





 





Why let the summer get the best

of you when we have so many

things in our “tag” stores that

will bring a greater measure of

summer comfort? We have

water coolers, refrigerators, ice

cream freezers and such things

for refreshing cool foods and

drinks. Keep out the flies with

our sprays and good window

screens. On the porch‘ or in the

yard you will want a hammock or

a porch swing. If you have elec-

tricity, an electric fan will bring

welcome cool breezes at a turn of

the button. Of course there is

no place where you can get as

excellent bargains or as service-

able goods as at a “tag” store.





“Farm Service” Hard-

ware Stores are a great

place to visit in the sum-

mer time for we have a

complete line of goods to

make the hot days more

comfortable, to help you

with your daily

work in the field,

barns or house,

and fun—making

supplies for rec-

reation 'days.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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you are really buying lime OXIdC (its

active chemical property). and this is whatyou. get:

For $125.00 you can buy, on an average, delivered to your station,

25 tons Solvay Pulverized Limestone containing 12 % tone of lime oxide, or

9 ton: Burnt Lime containing 7 % tons lime oxide, or

10 tons Hydrated Lime containing 7% tons lime oxide.

You obtain 66% more actual lime for {your money when

you buy Solvay Pulverized Limestone]

Spread Solvay this year—note the ' bumper crops—and

you’ll spread Solvay every year!

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THE MICHIGAN! 'FA'RME'R





JUNE-9. 1928





Our ReaderS": Corner.

Fact:- and Opinion; by M zrblgan Farm Fo/é





BORES INTO THE BORER





CAMPAIGN





 





T one time, I had six farm papers



coming, today only one. They

are stopped for the same reason. The

main object of most of the farm

papers is to get a job for some lazy

pup that can’t get up enough gump-

tion to buck the game. I mean county

agents, 4~H club men, corn borer in-

spectors, county nurses, and one hun-

dred and one more such stripes. The

press never takes a crack at one of

them, :but a great many farmers think

the corn borer clean-up the rottenest

thing that was ever put over. the

American farmer. I have heard the

statement made, and the man had

the authority to back his statement,

that the corn borer was a native of

both continents and was known to be

in Canada in my great grandfather’s

time and has been in Kentucky just

over the Ohio river since 1881. It

looks to a majority of farmers like

they were bred mostly by stubble

heaters, tractors, and kerosene, gaso-

line, cylinder oil and soft jobs at five

to six dollars per day and expenses.

If a farmer picked stubble, it was

worth twenty cents per hour; if a

Mexican did it, fifty-five cents—Harry

Kelley.





THE POSTAL PENSION

WISH to call J. F. Jennison’s at-

tention to Senate Bill No. 1727

which has for its object the increase

of pension for postal employees. As

this measure calls for a large appro-

priation, I think it quite consistant

for “Taxpayers” to again sound the

slogan to it: “Pension for everyone

or pension for no one.” When we

consider the organized effort expend-

ed on the part of the “rural folk” and

the untiring effort of their represen-

tatives in Congress since VVanna-

maker and his “four great reasons”

were given consideration, for the ex-

tension of the rural service, it ill-be‘

comes a carrier to criticise the plod-

ders in the fields along the routes

when the wages for the plow man

averages but forty-one dollars per

month. board included and no pension!



The stereotyped argument of the

carriers that the taxpayer is not per-

sonally interested is but another slam.

Does this appropriation come from

another country? The trouble is our

civil service is gradually organizing

against 17,000,000 unorganized tillers

of the soil—E. Richardson.





PHEASANTS AND SQUIRRELS





 





HAVE been reading with much in-



terest articles in your paper con-

cerning skunks, ringneck pheasants,

minks, and squirrels, and thought I

would write my experience. Several

years ago when the state first began

to send out pheasant eggs, we secured

two settings. \Vhen the birds were a

few days old we gave them to one

hen, put her in a coop near the house

and let the pheasants run around the

yard. We had a large berry patch.

also a garden near the house. The

barn and poultry yard was fenced off

from house yard by a. high poultry





>jbaCk:





fence. When the pheasants com«

mencved to bother the garden, we put

them‘jOut in the poultry yard. The

hen stayed, but the pheasants came

There were eighteen of them

and they did everything to that gar-

den that eighteen chickens would do

and then some. My wife would chase

themlout of the garden. They would

run and fly-as though scared half to

death but when ‘she would start for





{the house they would follow her back.

fin the fall they scattered and our





neighbors have been cussing ever

since; They call them Franklin’s

pheasants. They also called them un-





printable names. We killed a few this

fall and they all had corn in their

crops, some of them were chuck full.



I have thirty-five acres of timber

which contain a sugar bush of three

hundred trees. You can hardly find

a'young maple in these woods but

what haVe been gnawed by the fox

squirrels. I had the game warden

look at them and he admitted they

had done and were still doing a great

deal of damage but said he had no

right to allow me to kill them out of

open season, and at hunting time I

was too busy gathering apples to go

hunting.



My neighbors whose land joins

these woods say these squirrels took

nearly all the corn from the ten rows

next to the woods. You could see lots

of cobs and husks in the woods, some

of them seventy rods from the c0rn<

field—Lewis Franklin.





BORER AND TAXES





 





UST a few words in the columns of



your good paper of which I have

been a subscriber for twenty-five

years, and in my father’s home before.



What is the matter with our Gov«

ernment? I wonder if they realize how

they are cutting the farmer on every

hand. We farmers are working and

slaving to make ends meet. Men are

being sent out to tell the farmers to

pick cornstalks. This is all right, but

these men get high wages and, if you

have not the time, bring a crew on to

pick them, stand around and boss,

and expect the farmer to pay the bill.

\Vhy not give the poor farmer the dol-

lars to pick the fields and save money?



I don’t believe in every Tom, Dick,

and Harry coming along telling the

farmer what to do and the farmer do

the work and the man who rides get

the money. Why not help the farmer

to stick to the farm instead of trying

to kill and bury him? Give him :x

chance. He will give the square deal.

It’s the farmer that feeds them all.

Treat him right. Another thing, give

the chicken thieves a stiffer sentence.

put them in the work house or under

the lash. There would not be so much

stuff stolen. I don’t understand what

the great excitement over corn borers

is. Why not over the wild carrot?

You can drive over the country today

and see many homes simply, aban<

doned because the wild carrot is so

bad they could not raise crops. A

queer government I’ll say. Hope they

will consider things before it is too

late. We, as farmers, are willing to

do the right thing but don’t believe

in being tramped 0n.——A Subscriber.





 





, and fruits.





and address to

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.' »F or the Gardener





THE Michigan State College has just issued a bulletin which

should be in the hands of every- farmer who grdws vegetables



It gives short and explicit directions for the control

of all fruit and vegetable insects and diseases.

ommended are simple, easy to apply, and economical.

tirely different from the regular spray calendar. We highly recom-

mend that each farmer have a cepy. To get ‘one' just send your name





MICHIGAN FARM an, '





The methods rec-

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“Greatest statesman since Bis-

marck,” is tribute Germany

pald to Dr. Gustav Stresemann.





As mascot, Lieutenant Dana will

carry a baby tiger on flight

from U. S. to Bogota.





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





This queer sea monster is first

“0” type submarine Great Bri-

tain has built.





When completed, the L Z-127, 1%

times longer than the L05 An-

geles, will do ocean service.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





The remarkable intelligent collie, “Laddie.” His King Mickey

owner swears that he can really dnve a car





for a short distance.





 





   

   

 





 





European beauties bound for Galveston’s beauty pageant. In

order, left to right, they represent, Italy, Belgium, France, Eng-

land, Germany, and Spain.





 





 





 





 





The 23,000-ton battleship which the Germans scuttled during the

war, coming up bottom side first. The salvaging task has proved

a. record achievement for British engineering;





(with his mother)

is oblivious of political turm011

in Rumania.





0097de by Undefined & Underwood. it" York





Italian girls are “up in arms” over Pope’s edict

concerning sports for women and daughters of

Fascisti chiefsvkeep up military drill.





 





 





A pontoon and cabin (right) of the new ocean glider invented by

Adrien Remy, of France. The glider will have two pontoons with

a seven-hundred horse power motor in the cabin between them.





 





 





 





This new type auto, designed by a, wealthy Englishman, will elim-

inate “back seat driving," since the rear seats face the rear.

One can also enter the car at the side. ‘





 





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758-40

, , T. Was almost as one parting with a

‘ dear friend that Bob patted Stoney

goodbye. “Cost me $10 less than

‘ my offer at the fair,” remarked

Austin, “and cost you some more feed.

But my guess is that your holding on

to that pig made at least a thousand

dollars for your friends. Helped you

sell your other pigs at a good price,

too. Reckon you knew what you were

doing, son, when you turned me

down.” Bob had been actuated wholly

by a desire to do the right thing, but

again there was proof that it pays to

play the game square. Seven pigs

still remained. W'hen Bob’s note was

paid with interest he still had a sub-

stantial bank balance. \Vith a fine

corn crop assured, the probable sale

of another pig or two as breeding

stock later on, and a lusty litter of

younger piglets on hand, Bob, as Ted

Baldwin put it, was “sitting on the

top of the world.”



“With two more gilts and the ‘old

girl’ herself bringing pigs next

spring,” Vic Slade remarked as they

exchanged congratulations, “you’ll be

a real swine breeder. That’s a real

alfalfa, corn, and hog farm you’re on,

Bob. Good for a real income under

the management you can give. I’m

sure you are going to do well,”



Certainly the future looked promis-

ing. But would the beginning of an-

other tenant year find them at home

on the Jones farm. The old Squire

while warm in his congratulations

over Bob’s success had failed to make

any definite statement. His visitor of

a. few weeks before had left word

that the $16,000 offer would stand un-

til the Barton lease expired. Distant

relatives of the old man with an eye

toward future values were urging him

to sell.



“It might have been my Robert Lee

himself who fitted those pigs for the

sale ring,” announced the old Squire

as they started home after the sale.

“Yes, sah, more and more you remind

me of my own boy.”



Bob patted the old man’s knee affec-

tionately. “You deserve a lot of the

credit, Squire,” he. said. “Maybe we

can do better working together here

next year.”





“I don’t think you’all will be here

when farrowing times comes, sah,”

remarked the old man.



It was a~bolt from the blue. So the

old Squire had decided to sell and

they must move on. Nor could Bob

get any definite statement when he

pressed the old man to say whether

they were to stay or go. “In good

time, sah, in good time,” answered

the old man with the obstinacy of age.

Only the optimism of Bradley Barton

cheered Bob.



“It will all come out right,” Father

Barton assured. “The Almighty must

have had something to do with lead‘

ing us here. Say nothing to your

mother, son. Her heart is bound up

in this place.” l‘ieverthelrss-z, as time,

for their trip to the international

drew near, Bob Barton found him-

self debating ii" the time should be

taken from school. Only a few months

more and those probably his last for

study. Should he not stay at home

and grind ‘?





CHAPTER XX

A Thrilling Adventure





URING all those days there had

D been little time for neighborly



intercourse. Older than Kate



O’Neal, Bob, because of his lapse

of study, yet was in the same grade.

Although it took some manipulation

of the rules, Bob was admitted as a

student of vocational agriculture, ne~

cessitating night study and research

to acquire training that should have

been given before. The work was a

revelation, implanting in Bob’s heart

a greater desire each day that he

might make agriculture his real voca-

tion in life. A new man was in

charge of the department which had





 





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Under the 4-H"Flag‘





By John Francis Case





 





been rather neglected and again Bob

Barton found himself in contact with

a cbllege-bred friend proud of the pro-

fession of farming. It seemed that the

thing to do was to drive untiringly

and master the game so far as pos-

sible. “fith all his school interest,

however, Bob Barton did not neglect

his club work nor his job as club

president. A few days before the

Pleasant Ridge representatives were

to leave for the International, a com—

munity meeting was held. ‘

“-We’ve won a state championship,”

announced Miss Edwards, “in fact,

two of ’em. But Bob Barton, your

president, will have to wait another

year and win again to compete for

some“ judging championship. What we

of Brown County are” going to do is

to bring home the National Garment





pride in agriculture as each speaker

praised work of club members. He

thrilled anew to the cheers and songs,

and now it was the boys and“ girls of

states, not counties, who haunted ban-

ners and joined their fresh young

voices. Miss Edwards had been

named song and cheer leader for her

state. It was as an army shouting its

battle-cry that her proteges sent out

their challenge. Throughout the week

contests were being conducted and

national champions would be crowned

at the official banquet. Through it. all

ran a note of suppressed excitement.

Great as the honor which comes with

a state championship, it could not

class with the supreme award of a

royal purple ribbon in competition

with all the states. Modest but hope-

ful Katie O’Neal had put her best





 





 





 





Making Club championship with Kate

O’Neal as the style show queen. If

you think we can do it, cheer!”



Cheer they did until blushing Kate

arose to bow acknowledgment. Would

Kate O’Neal stay home if there was

opportunity to go and pull for a

friend's victory were conditions re-

versed? That was the question Bob

was asking himself. Plucky Kate,

who would never say die. Could she

win an American championship? By

George, it would take “some” competi-

tion to beat her! “Old man, I’m going

to the International.” said Bob to Ted

Baldwin. “They tell me it’s a great

educational trip.”



“Atta boy!” grinned Ted. “And right





you are. Kate’s going’ to knock ’em

cold. I feel it in my rheumatic

bones.”





Again the old Squire was custodian

of the contest litter while his junior

partner was journeying afar. Bob,

Ted, and Vic, with others of the

Brown County group of boys, were in

charge of Agent Burton. Miss E’d-

wards, with Katie, her parents, and

two other girls, Were speeding toward

the big city by motorcar. As‘they ap-

proachud the city the boys’ excite-

ment grew. A trip to the state fair

had bee-n an event. this was an epoch.

And thousands of other junior farm-

“L‘s were feeling the same wa .



in a surprising short time t.e farm

boys had accustomed themselves to

changed conditions. Resourceful and

courageous they found little difficulty

in getting around even when separ-

ated from Ilurton, an old-timer so far

as visits Were concerned. Their 4-H

badge was a magic talisman. lnquitu

ies brought smiling and courteous an-

swers. Here was a picked delegation

attending a great convention and city

dwellers recognized the fact. ‘



Again, as at the state fair, Brown

County delegates found whole-hearted

comradeship. North and South, East

and West; mingled in fellowship, a vir-

ile and wholesome group attesting the

value of club training. During the

days crowded to the full with enter-

tainment and instruction, Bob lived

in a whirl of happiness. At a banquet

tendered by a national farm organiza-

tIOn, Bob heard again the note of





Actz'w'z‘zrr of 14/ fl 6711— T /ze King of Swat





SLIM, COME OUT BEHIND

THE 9HED AND l‘LL KNOCK

You Some FIJI-:9!





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





into the final test when representa-

tives of all the states had matched

wits, dress, and training under watch-

ful, appraising eyes. Soon the ver-

dict would be made known.



With the week almost at an end,

Ted Baldwin decided he needed relax-

ation. “We ain’t been to a show this

week,” he ungrammatically declared,

“and I pine to see an acrobat break

his neck. Let’s sneak off and go to

a show.” Bob Barton, feeling his re-

sponsibility as club president, insisted

upon telling Agent Burton.



“Go ahead, boys,” said Burton, good-

naturedly. “You’ve had a busy week.

I’ve got to look after the gang or I’d

go with you myself.” ”



The boys decided to visit a vaude-

ville show and soon perched in the

balcony they were enjoying an excel-

lent program. When a comedian ap-

peared in the alleged costume of a

country “rube” the boys nudged one

another and laughed uproariously.

Nobody on the crowded city streets

could pick out a farmer from any

other group of business men. The

act closed, an electric sign flashed.

Ted grasped Bob’s arm. “Antonio,”

said the sign, “and Goliath.”





It was not the names which caused

Ted’s excitement. Etched below in

figures of light appeared facsimiles of

a man and bear. Up went the curtain

and a great beast clad in soldier trap-

pings marched on the stage. Behind

the bear came a swarthy individual and

his readily obeyed commands carried

the liquid tones of Italy. Pop-eyed

t‘ie boys watched while the shaggy

giant performed amazing feats of

.strength. “You like heem, my G0-

liath,” said the man as the audience

applauded. “Listen. And watch.”



Out from the wings of the theatre

came an attendant bearing a violin.

The showman took it and as he be—

gan to play the bear began a wild and

fantastic dance. Faster grew the

music until the panting beast seemed





near spent, then it changed to a

crooning melody and Goliath, head

nodding, sank to the floor. With





penetrating sweetness music filled the

room while the showman caressed

strings with a master’s touch. Held

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“Let’s get out of here quick?!) whis-

pered Bob to his friends. “I’ve made

a discovery.”



In the theatre lobby the boys held

exerted but whispered conversation.

“That’s dad’s violin,” declared Bob

posrtlvely. “Dad always said it had

a tone all its own. I couldn’t mis-

take it. We’ve found the missing rob-

ber. What shall we do?”





Ted and Vic were for calling Burton

and other members of their party.

“We’re only kids,” reasoned Ted, “and

no officer will listen to such a wild

story as we have to tell. It will take

a _man to impress ’em.” But Bob

Barton touched the 4-H Club emblem

which, as had been said, had proved

a magic talisman. “Here,” said Bob,

“is a guanantee of responsibility. The

time to act is now. Who knows but





that the criminal may have seen us





and when his act ends may escape.

I’m going to a policeman right now.”



It was a traffic “cop” who halted

traffic momentarily to listen with

tolerant amusement to Bob’s plea.

But when Bob touched the lapel of his

coat the man’s attitude changed in«

stantly. “Begorra,” said the police-

man, “ye wouldn’t be talkin’ foolish<





ness. A fine lot of byes yez are. ' I

was wance from the country.” A

whistle shrilled. From a nearby





building hastened two men in uniform.

Quickly Bob repeated his story, urg-

ing action.



The leader was a quick-thinking.

intelligent man. “Right you are,"

said he. “The fact that you are club

members and here as delegates rep-

resenting your state is enough for me.

I’ve heard of the big haul made in

bootlegger’s cave. No doubt this is

your man. Come on, Buck, let’s go.

We can arrest and hold him until a

warrant can be issued. Probably

when we tell him his pals have con-

fessed”——the policeman winked at the

boys—“and doublo~crossed him, he'll

make a clean breast of it.”



-W’ith the boys on their heels the,

policemen hurried to the rear en

trance of the theatre. A sharp com-

mand and they were admitted.

“Where’s the man called Tony?” in

quired the chief. “Gone,” answered

the attendant, and Bob’s heart went

down to his boots. At the moment of

success were they to fail?



Volleying questions the chief

learned that the Italian with has bear

had hurried away a few moments be

fore. Undoubtedly having seen the

boys at home, he had recognized

them and made a hurried getaway.

“Sound an alarm, Buck,” ordered the

leader, “and get more men. Boys,

we’ll go after him. He’ll take to an





alley, and he hasn’t more than five

minutes’ start. We’ll nab him yet.”

Thrilled and alert Bob, Vic, and





Ted plunged with their policeman

friends into an alley back of the

theatre. Two blocks away they were

joined by another officer. Far ahead

they heard the call of a whistle, then

the unmistakable challenge of a bear.

Breaking into a run the pursuers soon

neared what proved a scene of com-

bat. Backed against a wall the Italian

clung to a violin case. Beside him

the great bear defied not only a po-

liceman but a constantly increasing

crowd. The boys could not help but

feel a. thrill of admiration for the

bear protecting his. master.



“Brought the brute right into

traffic,” explained the officer. “Caused

a team to run away. Then when I

tried to ‘pinch’ ’im the brute stood

me off.”



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They Talked Like Farmers,

Feed Manufacturers Discuss Farm Topics





By "I. R. Waterbury





OIL fertility and fire prOtection vestigations and experiments now



were tWO major subjects of dis- being carried on.



cussion at the twentieth annual A Mutual Problem

convention of the AmeriCan Feed The trend of discussions at this





meeting emphasizes ,the fact that the

150 or more feed manufacturers rep-

resented are awake to the fact that

their prosperity is inseparably linked

with that of the farmers who produce

the raw material used in their manu—

facturing operations and the stockmen





Manufacturers Association, held at

I’Vest Baden, Indiana, the last week in

May. The writer, who was privileged

to attend this meeting, felt right at

home, as these topics are also of

major importance to farmers and are

major topics of discussion in the

Michigan Farmer at the present time.



In his annual address, Mr. W. E.

Suits, president of the association,

discussed the present status and fu-

ture prospects of commercial feeds,

bringing out a number of side, lights

of interest to farmers. Most impor-

tant of these was his comment on the

steady decrease in soil fertility noted

in the grain-producing sections of the

country, regarding which he cited

most interesting scientific data. Of

the contributing causes to this alarm-

ing decrease, soil erosion was accord-

ed first place, although he pointed out

in a most convincing manner the ex-

haustion of both fertility and humus

by constant cropping and poor man

agement of our best soil areas.



But while our farmers may be grow-

ing less grain as the years go by, they

are evidently producing a better pro-

duct, as the speaker stated that the

by-product of screenings decreased

fully 50,000 tons in the country last

year. .Aside from the fact that the





cracks and humps .and we had to

bump along in low gear all the time.



Finally, crack. One of the support—

ing rods under my luggage carrier

broke smack in two! No wonder,

with the weight of twenty gallons of

gasoline pounding down upon it, but

we had no other place td carry the

load—and not a replacement or a gar-

age within days. It looked bad for

the roving boys in Africa.





NOW my partner, Jim, like every-

one else, has a few strong points,

and a knack for nursing machinery

along and keeping the wheels turn-

ing ’1'ound is one of them. He can

do more with a monkey wrench and

a pair of pliers with perhaps a hack

saw and a soldering iron than Alad-

din did with his lamp.





farmers planted cleaner seed on less “Well, can you fix it?” I finally

foul land, Mr. Suits expressed the risked the inquiry.

opinion that the general introduction “Sure! Fix it some way, Haven’t





of the combine in the grain sections

had made for cleaner grain by the

cutting of fewer weeds if not better

cleaning of the grain.



“The Burning Question”



The address on the above subject

by Mr. Eugene Arms, manager of the

Mutual Fire Prevention Bureau .of the

Association, was most interesting in

that it revealed the thorough study

being given to fire, prevention in feed

mills and the minute details which

are given attention in the fire pre~

vention campaign being cooperative-

ly carried out by their owners. Farm-

ers everywhere could well profit by

this example, since under present con-

ditions their fire hazard is scarcely

less than that of the mill which has

always been considered as a hazard-

ous risk. '





got the slightest idea how to go about

it yet, though. Better boil up a big

pot of rice and raisins to start things

off.”



While I gathered up some wood and

started a fire, Jim carried on the fol-

lowing expurgated conversation with

himself: “Now, let’s see. If I had

three short pieces of strap iron_ just

the right length and with holes in

just the right places, I could bolt ’em

on as splints and brace the broken

part to the rest of the frame. Might

throw away that side car fender and

cut some pieces off the fender braces

with the hack saw. ——I could use

those fender bolts too—but how can

I drill holes in strap iron when I’ve

got no drill?”



“I need a forge, Pop,” he yelled.

But I was too busy skimming the little

bugs off the top of the rice water to

hear him. Besides I had no forge.

“And a bellows, and an anvil, and a

hammer! ”





Feed Control

Dr. Philip H. Smith, president of

the Association of Feed Control

officials, reviewed the course of feed

control legislation and discussed its

probable future trend. He expressed

the opinion that the proper function

of the feed control official is to check

the contents of the bag in relation to

the claims of the manufacturer whose

product it contains. In this connec-

tion, he expressed the belief that a

guaranty of certain stated standards

by reputable manufacturers is a bene-

ficial and highly desirable practice.

Mineral Feeds



A most interesting discussion of

mineral feeds in the light of recent

findings was given by Dr. G. Bohstedt,

of the Wisconsin Agricultural College.

He has made and is continuing some

very enlightening studies in the use

of mineral feeds in live stock rations.

The findings indicated are that a prop-

er balance of the minerals in the ra-

tion are quite as important as the

balance of the major nutrients with

which we are familiar. This has been

established as to lime and phosphorus,

and the studies have indicated that

it. may be true of minerals present in

smaller quantities, “ as are iron and

copper. These conclusions are too

technical for this report, ,but the read-

or may expect some most interesting

gfievolopments from the scientific ,ln-





HAT stopped him for about five



minutes. Then he emptied a five

gallon can of gasoline into our two

motorcycle tanks and cut. the top off

the empty tin with his jackknii‘e to

make a small square basin. He took

some of our precious water supply

and some black dirt from the road

surface and made a batch of thick

mud. He lined the basin with the

mud, cut a hole in the bottom, and

yelled to me, “Got a forge now.” I

kept on skimming off the bugs.



Then he took the handlebars from

one motorcycle and dismounted the

rubber grips, the gasoline and spark

levers and all the other gadgets until

he had left only the handlebar itself,

simply a piece of hollow piping about

three feet long. He stuck one curved

end of this up through the hole in

his forge and covered all the rest of

it over with dirt except the other end

which curved up an inch or two above

the ground. Then he yelled to me

again. “Got a bellows now. And

you’re it.” ,I was to lie on the ground

and blow through those handlebars,

an improvised human bellows.



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who feed the finished products which

they produce. Their apparent eager-

ness to keep informed on the latest

scientific developments in feeding

and their heavy investment in labora-

tories and practical experiment farms

for the study of feeding results are

further evidence of this fact.



The commercial feed manufactur-

ers are performing a most important

service in providing feeds well

adapted to the varying needs of farm-

ers everywhere and in making those

feeds available where needed for con-

sumption, regardless of varying pro-

duction and market conditions, which

are handicaps appreciated by every

farmer.





Blacksmithing Under Difficulties





(Continued from page 751)





Jim drove the hatchet into a log for

an anvil. A little monkey wrench

and a pair of pliers were his black-

smith’s hammer and tongs. He made

some charcoal and then cut off his

pieces of strap iron with the hack-

saw and the fun began.



There was no spreading chestnut

tree above our desert blacksmith

shop. There in the boiling noonday

sun I lay on the ground and blew into

that handlebar, puffing and sweating

like a glassblower making windshield

glass. Jim burned all the red hair

off the backs of his hands trying to

hold one of those little pieces of iron

in the hottest part of the forge. The

iron turned red, then pink, and finally

almost white—and so did I, with all

intermediate shades between. '





“All right,” Jim would yell and I’d

blow one final blast. Then I’d sit up

and grab the pliers and held the little

piece of iron on the hatchet while he

pounded away with his light monkey

wrench and punch, trying to make

holes for bolts. It was a long, long

process for each hole, and there were

two holes for each piece of iron and

three piece of iron! It took hours

there in the sun that blistering after-

noon.



UT, like everything else good or

bad it was finished at last. I

soaked my dried-out mouth and

Jim bandaged the broken luggage





carrier with our manufactured splints

and braces. Then we lashed on the





case of gasoline and started jolting.





down the road again. It might hold——

and besides we had only about two

thousand miles yet to go.‘



The next day at noon—those little

diversions seemed always to happen

in the hottest part of the day—my

rear wheel began to wobble. I

stopped and called my mechanician.



“Broken rear axle,” he diagnosed

immediately and then added a few

informal remarks about those hard,





rough roads which I have not room

“But we’ve got those

two spare axles we had made in the





here to repeat.





railroad shops in Zaria.”

He took out the broken





slipped off the roller

I handed him the spare.

job, handing

ing to make him clean his hands

afterwards on something other than his





trousers or the canvas rice bag, or





the cover of his sun helmet.





AND then Jim broke the news. The

spare axle, turned out by native

labor on a railroad lathe, was too





big! It was just enough too large so

that the cones and nuts wouldn’t

screw on.





We couldn’t even leave our luggage

and drive back for repairs, as we

could have in the case of the luggage

carrier.





to have another made.





seem in their lives.

share their millet .‘stew.





But while I was speculating on these

possibilities Jim was filing away at

the threads on the oversized axle, cut—

ting the grooves deeper and rasping

He worked away at it

grinding compound

and was finally able to screw one nut

on a. quarter of an inch or so before

the corners of his small file were

worn so smooth they would. out no





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axle,

screwed off the cones and nuts, and

bearings, and

That’s my

Jim the tools and try-





VVe didn’t have food enough

for me to wait there for the days and

days it would take for Jim to go back

I might train

in with a big family of natives who

were driving their cattle to some dis-

tant water hole and stopped to stare

at the first motorcycle they’d ever

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more. But there were nearlyVVthree

inches of thread on each end of the

axle and no more files small enough.

And then Jim had a new idea. “We

need a thread cutter.”



He pawed about in our little tin

box of bolts and screws and nuts that

had saved the expedition so many

times already and found some hard

steel nuts—four of ’em—just the size

the axle should have been. These

were automobile lock nuts. They

were castellated, or notched, on one

side to be used with cotter keys. “I

think we’ve got a thread cutter,” he

announced. “Now, we need a vice,

and you will have to be one—and be

as vicious as you can.”



He poured some oil inside the hard,

castellated nut and started to screw

it on the oversized axle, notched side

first. I held the axle with two pairs

of pliers and he turned the improvised

thread cutter with his wrench.



“Now, we’ve got two things to hope

for,” he explained to his vice as the

nut began to tighten and turn hard.

“We hope it’ll cut.” Tiny steel shav-

ings oozed out of the oil around the

axle. It was cuttin . “And we hepe

it’s cutting the axe threads faster

than the nut.”





NE thread, one revolution around,



would dull the cutting edges of



the dye. It would creak. stop, and

stick. We’d tug it loose, turn it off

and then Jim would patiently file the

little edges sharp, oil the axle, turn

it on——and cut one more small fraction

of an inch. It was a laborious process

and those natives squatted on their

heels and watched us sweat for hours

through that long, hot afternoon,

turning on and turning off, filing the,

edge, and turning on, each time a tiny.

tiny bit farther—but still crossing

Africa. We weren’t quite stopped





et.



Finally the job was done and when

Jim put the wheel back on and we

started the motors popping again, the

wizened old chief and his battery of

wives smiled their congratulations and

waved us some kind of a pagan god«

speed on our way.



I’d like to spare you this—as we’d

have liked to be spared ourselves.

But that night when we stopped to

camp, tired, and disappointed at our

scant mileage for the past two days;

Jim spied a broken “C” spring under

his side car. That looked to me to

be the worst of all. But again he

made a forge, again I was a bellows,

and with some pieces of strap iron

sawed off the. back end of a side car

luggage carrier he made another set

of splints, a sort of clamp, and

tightened it on the broken spring. We

were carrying an extra front fork

spring and this he rigged up as an

auxiliary to the weakened “C” spring

—and the patched up combination is

still going strong.



It was past midnight before we

spread our blankets in the sand that

night—but the beautiful Southern

Cross was still on our right. It meant

we were still headed east—and we

weren’t stopped yet.



Thus had passed two days of our

Christmas “Holiday week.”

no more breakdowns—but our mileage

for- the next two days was less than

for the last two days. I’ll tell you

about it next week.





 





 





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Three girls, Mary I. Lewis, Mary E.

Tehobo-ld, and Leona Kahl, of New

York, are touring the world on foot

starting with fifty dollars each. They

will pay their way by entertainments

and lectures. '



President Coolidge has accepted as

his summer “\Vhite House” Cedar

Island Lodge, on the Brule river,

twenty miles from Superior, Wis. \



The north army in China has met

further reverses perhaps because of

the strengthening of the nationalists

by Japanese troops. The north army,

however, has not yet given up Pekin.



President Calles, of Mexico, has dis-

charged his chief of staff, Gen.

Alvarez, and has had him jailed on

charges of conspiracy. -



Lou Meyer, 23 years old, of Los

Angeles, won the five hundred mile

Decoration day auto race at Indian-

apolis. His time for the five hundred

miles was a. little over five hours.



General Nobile, who made a trip to

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A Healthy Adventure For Boys and Girls to Undertake

By Felix J. Koch





 





These Two Kiddies Are Preparing for the Tourist Trade on Cheneaux

Islands





F them is brother and sister at

I your house, or if the boy lives on



one side the road and his little

girl schoolmate lives on the other

side, the two can unite at a very neat

profit in making and then selling pine—

pillows! And with mother’s coopera—

tion and direction, the adventure can

be made educational as well as econ-

omical.



Father will undoubtedly loan the

very small amount of money needed

to buy the first lot of cloth for the

pillow covers. Mother will help se-

lect a material that will withstand

wear and, at the same time, is not

too thick to let the delicate odor of

the evergreen come through. Green

cloth or brown, each suggestive of

the forest, are to be preferred.



A snip or two of the shears and sis-

ter will cut from this cloth a strip

twice the breadth of a pillow. Then,

out in the woods, she will sew it

tightly into a pillow case.



Meanwhile, the boy is about with

a basket and the garden shears, cut-

tings the ends of the boughs of the

pines. Where there aren’t pine trees,

cedar, juniper, arbour-vitae, or any of

the resinous evergreens do as well.

Only with the wee “Christmas-tree”

cedars, it is well to be sure to have

a cloth they will not pierce their way

through.



Pillows made, the two of you stuff

them, not too tight, but just so it is

soft to the head. Then, idle hours,

off with a story-book to the side of

the road; the pillows displayed about

you, a simple sign announcing

SWEET-SMELLING PINE PILLOWS

-—and the price plainly marked above

them. It won’t be so long before pas-

sing motorists will have purchased

just about all the pine-pillows you can

provide. 0n the porch, in the living

room, or in the sick room, they bring

a breath of the great out—of-doors that

is cheering on dull days. '





ECONOMIZING ON OIL-STOVE

HEAT-AND FUEL





 





UCH of the fuel bill, where oil



. or gasoline cook stoves are

used, may be saved by carefully plan-

ning and managing the cooking and

kitchen work. Here are some point-

ers I have learned from experience

Remember when boiling foods that,

after the liquid reaches the boiling





point, the food does not cook a bit

faster with the heat turned high than

if turned low, though it takes ‘con—

siderably more fuel. The temperature

never gets above 212 degrees, and

the only effect the high heat has on

the food is to boil off the water faster.



Matches are cheaper than fuel, so

do not leave a burner lighted just

because you may have need for it in

a few minutes. And don’t light the

burner until the food is ready to go

over it. Every moment the burner is

lighted when not in use is a waste of

fuel.



Heat just the amount of water you

are going to use, and do not heat it

hotter than you are going to need it.



You will save both fuel and the an-

noyance of smoking by keeping the

burners and wicks clean and free

from dirt and grease—Mrs. N. P. D.





WATCH THE ROSES IN SUMMER





 





INSECTS and mildew have spoiled



the appearance and often serious-

ly injured the rose bushes nearly

every summer recently. This can be

prevented if the roses are given a

spraying of the same poison solution

you use on potatoes at the first ap-

pearance of worms and a good dust-

ing with fine sulphur as soon as the

whitish filament that indicates mil-

dew is noticed. No time should be

lost with either, but especially the

mildew, as a few hours will see it

spread over the whole bush perhaps

neighboring bushes, and a mildewed

leaf is killed. Bordeaux mixture with

the poison spray will act as a pre-

ventative of mildew, but sulphur is

the'best cure.-—L. H. Cobb.





BERRY DESSERTS THAT PLEASE





 





ERE is “something difierent” to

make with strawberries. To the

white of an egg, add one scant cup of

sugar and cupful of fresh strawber-

ries that have been mashed. Beat for

about twenty or twenty—five minutes,





or until it is about the consistency of -





whipped cream and spread over your

cake. Or you may use for a filling

in a layer cake as well as a frosting.

This makes quite a large quantity and

is delicious.





The favorite dessert with our men

fol ks is blackraspberry butterfly.

Cream together shortening the size or





tax-en really look for the mum“.





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an egg with a cup of sugar, add one egg

and beat well. Then add alternately

three-quarters cup of milk and two

cups of flour which have been sifted

with two teaspoonfuls of baking pow-

der and a pinch of salt andbeat thor-

oughly. Mix a quart of fresh blackd

raspberries with sugar and put batter

and berries into a well greased, loaf

cake pan, alternating a spoonful of

the batter with a spoonful of the her-

ries. Bake the same as a plain cake

and serve either warm or cold with

milk or cream. Canned raspberries

may be used by draining off the

greater part of the juice—Mrs. F. H.





WHEN TO GATHER HERBS





 





HOSE who wish to gather herbs



from their gardens and woodlands

for drying should remember that the

picking ought to be done when the

aromatic flavor is at its best. This

varies with the different kinds, and

the following table may be preserved

for reference. These herbs are in a

fit state for gathering during the

months mentioned:

Basil ....... .guAu

Fennel .............. .May and June

Mint ................ .June and July

Parsley . . . . . . . . . . . . May, June, July

Sage . . . . . . . . . . . . .August, September

Tarragon ....... June, July

Thyme . . . . . . . . . ........ July, August





The herds should be gathered on a

dry day. Tie them in bunches and





hang up in a warm place, but always

away from the direct sunshine. When

the foliage iscrisp, pick off the leaves

and put them into bottles with close-

fitting covers. The dried herbs keep

their flavor much better if they are

stored away from the light as soon as

dry.——~Mrs. M. M.





When cleaning the cellar, scrub all

the closets and shelves with clear

lime water. It destroys germs and

sweetens the fixtures.





lNDlAN WOMEN FORM HOME

BUREAU





 





WENTY-FOUR homemakers 0n



the Tonawanda reservation in

New York recently formed .a home-

makers’ club and have selected as a

name for their club “Wa. Dis T'ah”

which is stated to have no definite re-

ference to dish-washing or to wash-

dish or towel, but means “useful” in

the Seneca tongue.



Under leadership, these Seneca

women are studying such homemak-

ing subjects as foods and nutrition,

textiles, and millinery.





 





The effect on health and longevity

that the newer knowledge of food has

had may be seen in the fact that from

forty years in 1880, the average ex-

pectancy of a man’s life today has





risen to fifty-eight years.





Cultivating Habit of Kindness





By Ruth L. Frankel





HE game started when Mother

overhea’rd Alice and Tommy dis~

cussing how fervently they dis-

liked Johnny Randall.

“He’s a bad boy,” Tom said. “He

comes over to play with me and

breaks my toys.” -





“Let’s chase him home next time,”

volunteered Alice.





Right here Mother stepped in.

“Why, children,” she said, “what

makes you say such unkind things?

You know Johnny is very fond of you

both and that he loves to come over.

And I’m sure you’d miss him if he

stopped coming. He is a bit rough,

but if you asked him to be more care

ful, I think he’d try to be more care-

ful. He is a brave little fellow. You

have both noticed it and told me

about it. You cry sometimes when

you hurt yourselves, but I’ve never

seen Johnny whine or cry about any-

thing. Have you? He’s always smil-

ing and always cheerful. I’m glad he

comes to play with you, and I think

it would be a fine thing, if‘ you’re

talking about him, to think of all the

nice things you can say of him and

forget the bad ones. We all have

faults, but it isn’t kind to talk of

them.” _



so it started. That was several

years ago. Whenever Tommy and

Alice talked about anyone they

thought of the nice things to say. “If

you can’t say something pleasant, "

Mother counseled, "don’t say any-

thing"





v'l‘he habit has grown. The two cm.





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of everyone and it is a long time since

they have said unfavorable things

about anybody, old or young, thought.

lessly or as a pastime. And since they

are looking for pleasant things in peo-

ple they always find them, while

everyone remarks what sweet chil-

dren they have grown to be. This

does not mean, however, that the at-

titude of critical-mindedness so nec-

essary for personal growth and right

choice of associates has been neglect-

ed. Historical and fictitious char-

acters have been discussed freely but

always with charity and an attempt to

get more than one point of view. This

helps them to see their neighbors and

friends in their; true characters and to

say about them only those things

which are worth saying.



Not long ago a new boy joined

Tommy’s class at school.



“Gee, he looks like a siss!” growled

one of the children.



“Let’s haze him a bit,” suggested

another.



“I think he looks all right,” prompt-

ly offered Tommy. “I'bet he’s just

a regular guy feeling terribly shy and





lost here, and he’s all dressed up‘





’cause they’ we just moved here and

his mother wants him to make a good

impression. Lot’s be nice to him and

see.” ‘



They followed Tommy’s advice and

found he was right. Charlie was a

"regular fellow” and scon was a far

vorlte. He was spared many unhap-





 





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JUMP THE CREEK





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, IT really is just an imaginary creek

that we jump in this game called



"Jumping the Creek,” butit is heaps



' of fun. First, two lines are marked in

the sand to show the width of the

creek. Each player then starts from





i a rt 1 int and tries to jump the o . . ,

Ge a nliohe fans in the water or Elimination of Pullman Surcharge Will Involve Loss of





   





stream.





even gets his “’9 we“ he mu“ W $40,000,000 to Railroads and Will Shift the Burden





. again. If he jumps clear of the





imaginary stream, he can go farther l Upon Those Who DO NOt Enjoy the Service





down‘the creek where it widens as

it nears the. big river and try again. ; . . .

' THE Senate Committee has reported out favorably the Robinson bill -





If ’, youiireally imagine that you are

jumping a Creek 015 Sparkling water, eliminating the Pullman surcharge. This action, while apparently a popular one, .is

h is bound to involve losses not only to the railroads, but to





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I this game is heaps Of fun and as class legislation and as Suc

i many as Want to can Play-“Aunt the traveling public who ride in the day coaches and to a number of communities that

. Mal'tha- now enjoy sleeping car service. ,

STATE SECRETS TO the Railroads, it; involves immediately a loss of $40,000,000 in

revenue annually, which will have to be made up somehow. The surcharge is the only





 





Here is a younger commonwealth, revenue that the railroads get for the hauling of the heavier equipment and the inci-

That specializes much on health; dental special service of parking this equipment at the stations and in coach yards. In

Its Canyon Grand’s so awful grand, fact, the railroads have always had to pay to the Pullman Company a certain small



charge for the mileage of each Pullman car and besides a guarantee of a certain mini—





The scenery’s worth more than the . ‘

land! mum of return covering a period of years. All of the returns for berths, etc., go to the





Pullman Company excepting the surcharge.





THE surcharge was found necessary by the United States Railroad Adminia

stration. Its continuance has been recommended by the Interstate Commerce Commis-

sion after an exhaustive study of the entire question of passenger travel returns.





THE Pullman sleeping car after all is a hotel on wheels. It provides an

unusual service. It represents a heavy investment per passenger. The berth charge

and the surcharge of 50 per cent (which latter is the only revenue the railroads derive

from this high class service) together, are not out of line with the charge for a room ‘

in a modern high class hotel.



SINCE the Pullman sleeping car passenger enjoys greater comfort than

does the passenger in the day coach, he should expect to pay for the added comfort.

The Pullman passenger is allotted two and one half times as much space as the person

riding in the day coach. The car weight per passenger of the average day coach-

assuming that it is filled—is about 6,800 pounds. The car weight per passenger of the

average Pullman sleeping car—assuming that sleeper is filled—is about 12,260 pounds.

The cost to the railroad of hauling a sleeping car passenger is, therefore, approximately

twice as much. Should not the sleeping car passenger pay for these additional priviv

leges to the passenger and the obligations devolving upon the railroads?





ANOTHER illustration: The sleeping car lines to Michigan resorts in

summer and to Florida or California resorts in the winter, are seasonal movements. The

travel is all in one direction, which means that the return movement is an empty one.





RAILROADS have only two main sources of income—passenger revenues

and freight revenues.





THE wiping out of $40,000,000 annually in passenger revenues involved

in the abolition of the surcharge on Pullman fares must inevitably do one of three things:—





1. Result in cutting dawn of passenger train service now provided by

American Railroads:

2. Restricting sleeping car service on the less prosperous lines;





3. Or, shifting the burden of the loss upon the shippers of freight. _l

ANY one of these expedients is unfair to the general public, that section





 





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; rectly put together, make a. map of who ride in the day coaches.

. the state which this verse describes. . . .

; The star indicates the capitol. When IT is a good prmcrple of busmess at all times to require the person who

' you have solved the Sheret Of which enjoys a special service to payfor that special service.

state this is, write me all you can . .

about the state and its capitol—Aunt THE Pullman surcharge requires Just that.

Martha». . . ,

The answer to the State Secret in THE abolition of the surcharge, therefore, constitutes class or sumptuary

. .. the issue of May 19 was Illinois and legislation. which is not desrrable in this day and age.

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‘3 ‘ » m? caplt‘fl IS Springfidd THE railroads do not object to governmental regulation by the proper

l. ' THINKS IT FUN TO PLAY MOUSE . tribunal—the Interstate Commerce Commisswn -— constituted to deal With the trans-

} ; , _____;fi portation industry exclusrvely.

WRITE your senator or congressman to—day protesting against this 4

to live in the country and go to uneconomic and unfair measure.





school. I want to tell you about a ,

; ' game that mother taught my two

:- l brothers and myself to play. I call it. MICHIGAN

i; l .“The Mouse” but my brothers call it ,‘ ‘

' “The Spy.”

First, one of .us is always blind—

folded, then the others open and close

doors or move a chair or some other

object in the room. If the one who is

“it” can tell where you are and what -

you are doing, you have to be “it.”





Mother lets us play this game in the 'Kdmai'w

house because we. don't make. much woo- run «out!» 11:: mo . you find that exua help you "law“!

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Kill this fellow before he mine you

your crop! Government bulletins say

Utilize as much of the corn cm as .

possiblethrough ”the silo since

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ROCK BOTTOM PRICES





Never before have you been offered a better value in

chicks than you are here. Read these low prices and

realize that here is an unusual buy. You get Michigan

accredited chicks which means every breeder is approved by

specialists under supervision of Mich. State Poul. Im. Ass’ 11. You get

100% live delivery, postpaid. You get prompt shipment. You get low prices.

And of greatest value of all, you get that famous Silver Ward Quality which

means so much in poultry profits. Will .1111} C. 0. D. it you desire. We can also offer

splendid 8-10 week old pullets at very reasonable prices, of the same high quality.





LOW CHICK PRICES-«IMMEDIATE DELIVERY-n0. O. D.





   

 

 

   





 





EXTRA SELECTED 25 50 I00 500 I000

Production Brod

C. White Leghorna: Anconas $3.00 85.5. ”0.00. $45.00 $90.00



STANDASRD HEAVY LAYING



Bis Type White Leghorn



S. C. Anconas ‘ 2.75 5.00 9.00 42.50 00.00



Selected Bred- to— Lay Barred Rocks 3. 50 6.50 I2. 00 57.50 ”0.00



Assorted Broiler Chicks. all breeds 2.I5 4.00 7.00 35.00 70.

You can order right. now from this ad and save time. Wire your order and we will ship at





once. We refer you to the Zeeland State Bank—a. Member of International ruby (hick Associa-

tion. Start now with some of these famous money— —makers. You can never- do it diaper than now.

We will send you a large free catalog that tells you the whol estory of Silver Ward ily wids.

It: will be a great help to you. SILVER WARD HATGMERYe Box 29 ZEELAND, MICHIGAN





9611.711 Lille PSXfi‘fitV

Hollywood and Tancred Strains and English

Type S. C. White Leghorns





Also Brown Leghorns, Anconas and Barred Rocks





All chicks from large type Production Bred Birds. All. Michigan Accredited. Every

bird in our biwding IIOtks has been individually banded. All inspected. by an author-

ized inspettor 11111111. CATALOG tells how we hatth breed. cull. inspect, and raise





 





 





our stock. Tells what we feed and how to be successful. 111111 instructions on the Care of Baby



Chicks. A genuine Poultry Guide. Write for it.



REDUCED 50 I00 500 LOGO

8. 1‘. ““11. Log. (linn. Type) ................ 4.50 S 8.00 $37.50 $70.00



PRICES S. 1‘. “'11. Log. (Hollywood (11' Tancred Matcd). 5.50 l0.00 47.50 90.00

Br. Lemon-us & Ann'nnns ..................... 5.00 9.00 42.50 80.00



Shipped C. O. D. immi [locks & It. i. Rods .................. 5.50 10.00 47.50 90.00



if you wish. Mixed i‘llii'lis for Broilers .................... 3. 50 6.00 30.00 60.00





Get Our Attractive Prices on 8-10 Week Old Pullets

TOWNLINE POULTRY FARM, R. 1, Box 207, ZEELAND, MICHIGAN





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Fnocl‘SSpecial Summer Prices





EHOD .. 111,111 prices are steadily advancing. Market poultry is fast increasing in price.





 





 





 





ItirJit now is your Opportunity to make good money raising Brummer- Fredrickson





lllldllly ('IllikS at the low prices given below. Choose your breed and write or

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REL \\1 also have a good solution of 8. 10. and 12'week- old pullets in the breeds

listid bilOW. Write for our low prices.





PRICES EFFECTIVE NOW





I 00 500 I.000

S. C. White Leghorn: ................................................ $5. 00 8| 9. 00 $42. 50 3 80.00

Barred Rocks—R. I. ............................................. 6.00 L00 52 I02.50





Broilers. all heavies, s9 00 per 100: 500 for s42. 50. Mixed Broilers, $8. 00 per I00': 500 for $37. 50





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Pay your postman when you get your chicks. Just write or wire your order. We have large



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Our pure bred (hicks from Michigan Aug-edited stock can now be brought at





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O O O

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chick extra. If less than 100 ordered add 500 extra. After

May 17th 2%0 per (‘hick lfis. WE GUARANTEE THESE

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stock has bicn fed Cod Illel‘ oil during the past winter. Order your chicks right.





CHICKS T0 SATISFYI Semi for

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Can shlp aim onkce at roguced prices

Barred White and I. Minorcas 1356c. White

Silver Laced Wyandottcs, Bu'Il‘ Orpingtons 151‘. White. Brown.

Butt Leghorns, Amonas. Ill/5c. Light Brahmas 18c. Heavy

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PRICES MAY 2| AND THEREAFTER 25 50 I00 500 I.000

English type S. C. White Leghorn: and Brown



Leohorns, heavy type .................... $2. 25 $4. 75 S 9.00 $42.50 $80.00

Barred Rocks and S. C. Reds ............ 3.25 6.00 “.00 50.00 95.00





Mixed Chicks $7.:00 Heavy Mixed $9.00





100% live delivery guaranteed Our free ratalog tells all about our special matings at slightly higher prices.

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STOCK ALL BLOODTESTED FOR WHITE DIARRHEA FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

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100 500 1.000

B. P. Rocks (Pedigree Mating 200 to 256) .................................... $12.00 $55.00 $110.00

B. P. Rocks (Selected Grade ) ...................................... 10.0 45.00 90.00

S. C. White Leghorns (Tailored & Hollywood Mating 230 to 291) ..... 45,00 90.00

S. C. White Leghorn (Dundee English Mating Pedigree 200 to 230) ........... 90 40.00 80.00





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What the Mailman Brought





Some Interesting M. 0. Letter:





Dear Uncle Frank:



I live on a large farm near a small

town. I always thought that city life

was just the thing. After being in a

city for some time, I' changed my

opinions. The city suits me for a

little while, but I long for the time

when I can help to make hay, pick

berries, pickles, and the like. Uncle

Frank, you would be surprised to see

me with one of my brother’s over-

alls on.



Lindbergh is mentioned as one of

the greatest men. Lindbergh is the





 





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great man he is because he conquered

his plane. \Vhile yet a. mere boy he

tried to get rid of his handicaps.



Also a word about criminals and

crime. One man said that while on

the train at the time when it was

Lincoln’s birthday he heard Hick—

man’s name mentioned a thousand

times while Lincoln’s was mentioned

three times. Crime news is most al-

ways found in large letters on the

front page while more important

things are found on the back page, as

we might say. Crime news should be

swept off from the front pages—Just

a farm lassie.





I believe you’d look cute in your

brother’s overalls. Self mastery must

come first and it is the greatest ac-

complishment. I say “amen” to your

crime news views.





 





Hello Uncle Frank.and Cousins:



First _of all I must thank our uncle

for my pen knife that I received dur-

ing the dad contest.



What do you think of this, uncle

and cousins, my father gave me a.

heifer just five weeks old? I am

planning to start in club work. I

think it’s very interesting. I am going

to raise a nice big Holstein cow if

nothing happens. i hope not. But the

best is coming yet, “The Spelling

Bee.” Last year my sister won the

but

this year I am going topepper it and

beat her. Best wishes to Uncle

Frank and the M. C’s.——J0hn Vloch.



It is fine that you are going to take

up club activities. I know you will

find it interesting and profitable. Hope

you win in the spelling contest as well





as in club work.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have a sister who belongs to the

4-H Sewing club. She enjoys it verg

much. They were ‘going to ha

hikes and such things like that but

the weather has turned out so cold.

They also helped the p001 children at

Christmas time. My sister is an M. 0.

She has been one for either two or

three years, I know not which. I do

not believe in smoking or chewing,

either for boys or girls. Ithink it’s

a. very bad habit.—-—Stella Frye. -



I think it fine for 4-H clubs to have

hikes and other pleasurable activities

as- well as the constructive endeavors,

clubs usually ,- engage in.





 





Dear Uncle:



There are many who like winter

sports better than nature. I am in

love with sports 01' all kind, but na-

ture shall always come first. Many

have blooming plants in their home

the year round butI would like the





green lawns and gardens dotted with





owers first.

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of a hill.





more prettier sight, than our big woods

make a lovely background for our

farm, then at dusk when the sun is

Just setting behind our woods, it sends

its red and cximson rays over the

dusky world; as I watch it, the rays

turn to a. daik purple.

birds calling to one another. Then,

I am left alone with the night c101.-

ing around me and the stars twinkling

down upon me. To that picture I

would give it the title “The Setting

Sun” and painter of it would be

God—Betty Jane Newell.



I want to shake your hand as a real

nature lover. I envy youi almost

daily enjoyment of the pictuies God

paints for you.





From the C. C’s.





T was a hot day in school and the

pupils were wasting their study

period. The teacher wrote this



poem on the board and told us to read

it carefully and fit ourselves in the.

poem. I thought it would be just the

poem for “Our Page.” Here it is:



If you think you are beaten, you arc;

If you think you dare not, you don’t.

If you like to win, but you think you





can ,

It’s almost a cinch that you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost,





For out of the world we find,

Success begins with a, fellow’s will;





[It’s all in the state of mind.





If you think you’re outclassed, you

are,



You’ve got to think high to rise.



You’ve got to be sure of yourself be-

fore



You can ever win a prize.





Life’s battle doesn’t always go

T01 the swift or the faster man.

But sooner or later the man who wins

Is the man who thinks he can.





I’m sure we M. C.’s must have done

what this poem says. \Ve had to

work and be sure of ourselves before

we could win prizes and also receive

our M. C. pins and our Golden Circle

pins—Tom Marshall.





WORK TO WIN





 





 





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And do your best.

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at an even temperature. When a goose

becomesbroody she is given from six-"

HOSE who raise geese know that teen to eighteen eggs. The eggs, as

after, the first two or three weeks a rule, are strongly fertile and a very

there’is practically no feed expense in high percentage of them hatch.

growing these birds. They graze on Mrs. Procunier says the ‘geeSe do

pasturage, much like cattle. Mrs. not stray far from home but stay near

Richard Procunier, a farm woman of the farm buildings, where they can

Alcona County, Michigan, goes this secure all the pasturage they desire.

method one better, however, by not They have an abundance of water at

feeding the goslings any grain from all times.

hatching to marketing time. The young geese are sometimes sold

She leaves the goslings in the nest on the Thanksgiving market, but more

for at least two days after they are often at Christmas; a better price is

hatched and then they are turned out generally realized at the latter season.

with the mother goose to shift for At that time, the geese will average

themselves. She has followed his fourteen pounds or more in weight.

method not merely for one year, but Last fall, the twenty raised were sold

for a number of years, and the per- at twenty cents per pound, and that

centage of mortality among the gos- amount was net profit.

lings is very low—not more than ten Geese kept on the Procunier farm

per cent, and most often much lower. for breeding, purposes are fed in win-

Last spring, because of very unfavor- ter, of course. From the time pas-

able weather conditions, the eggs did turage is gone in the fall until, spring

not hatch very well and only twenty- opens, they are fed a handful of grain

two goslings were hatched by the each, twice a day.

three geese held over for breeding For shelter, they have a large box,

purposes: Only two of the goslings open on the south, but unless it is

died, and they were killed through an very cold or windy, they will remain

accident. , out in the open even on winter nights.

Mrs. Procunier has the White Emb- Mrs. Pro'cunier says the more geese

den breed of geese. For breeding pur- are kept away from chickens, the bet-

poses, only stock that is two years ter, and they are not allowed to enter

old or older is used because the ' the hen house at'all.

hatchability of eggs from younger Mrs. Procunier is a busy housewife.

geese is often low and uncertain. with many duties demanding her at-

Two geese are mated to one gander. tention, so she does not have much

The geese begin laying about the time to spend in caring for the geese.

latter part of March or early in April. Nevertheless, her method yields a sat-

The eggs are gathered daily and care- isfactory net profit with a minimum

fully wrapped in flannel to keep them expenditure of labor.





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Common Poultry Diseases





XIII—Sanitary Precaution





OST poultry diseases result primarily from the contamination of the

soil, food, or water. This contamination comes principally from the

body discharges or feces of the fowls. ' i



It is an outstanding natural fact that the excrements of living thingsé

contain germs harmful to the particular type of living being the excrements

came from, but often those excrements are not harmful to other types of

living beings. For instance, hogs will follow cows without danger, and

chickens will seek food in the live stock manure pile.



But conditions where animals or birds must pick their food from ground

contaminated with their own droppings, will surely bring trouble. One can

picture what would happen in the human family if it were not for our

sanitary methods and sewerage systems in congested areas. Even common

use of the old style outhouses in cities would cause untold disease epidemics,

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It is well to paint the nests with .carbolineum or some cresol compound to

keep them free from mites. .



As dampness is one of the great. factors in germ development, every-

thing about the poultry plant ought to be kept dry except the watering

fountains. The house should have plenty of ventilation without draft and

maintain its dry condition even when closed in the winter. If frost gathers

on the walls, dampness is evident, and the ventilation or house construction

should be changed accordingly.



Please remember that a healthy hen is a happy hen, and happy hens

are the only ones that produce profits. A comfortable hen gets the most

from her food and produces the most eggs. Hens can only be comfortable

in clean and sanitary surroundings. It is well to remember that in poultry

raising especially, an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure.





 





 





water purification plants make possible the living of millions of people in

close proximity.



The farm flock, however, usually lives in congested but unsanitary con-

ditions. Its food is thrown in litter or on ground COntaminated with drop-

pings so that its food is picked up from among its excrements. The birds

constantly walk in their droppings, then in the feed and water troughs,

and thus infest their food and drink with the germ products of their own

excrements. No wonder that disease is one of the greatest problems of

poultry raising.



The first step in disease control is to thoroughly cleanse the. incubator

after each hatch. The entire incubator can be cleansed and disinfected by

boiling water or the use of disinfectants. If one uses hatchery chicks, he

should. assure himself that the chicks come from a reliable hatchery.





The brooder house needs to be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, and

.should be dry and warm when the chicks are put in. Chicks that are

droopy and sickly should be killed and'buried or burned.



The poultry plant location needs good drainage so that no pools of water

are left after rains. The runs should have a gravel surface if possible, or

new runs provided every year or so. It is advisable to turn over the soil

frequented by chickens in order to purify it—once a year at least.



In cleaning the house, the purpose in removing the refuse and litter

is not only to get this accumulation out of the house but to give the disin-

fectants a chance to act. A house is not sanitary until every possible bit

of refuse is gotten out and then the house thoroughly disinfected. The so-

called stock dips are good disinfectants to use. Carbolic acid in a five per

cent solution, or lysol in a three per cent solution, is also effective for

disinfecting purposes. A hand or knapsack sprayer is the most convenient

to use for applying disinfectants. '



Dry quick lime or chloride of lime is effective on decomposing masses





but these masses had better be cleared‘away and disposed of instead of 3:





being covered with lime. Houses ought to be cleaned and disinfected once

a week. ’



Paint the roosts each year with some undiluted cresol compounds for

the control of mites. The use of carbolineum is very lasting and effective

for this purpose. ,



As much of the spread of disease is through the food and water, the

feeding and drinking utensils should be kept clean and be so constructed

and placed that droppings cannot get into them, nor' the chickens step into

them. The drinking utensils need to be scalded every day or two.



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birds need as you can see by the Open formula. As the birds grow larger,

feed Amco Scratch Grains in increasing amounts. But keep them eating





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Special Den mated and extra high bred chicks at slightly higher prices.

S C Wh . Br. and Buff Leghorns, 25 50 too 500 l.000





   

 





s. c. M. AnconaI ................... $2.25 $4.25 3 0.00 $38.00 3 75.00

S. c. B. Minorcas, Barred & Wh. Rocks,



R. a s. c. R. I. Reds ............... 2.50 5.00 I0.00 48.00 95.00

Wh. Wyandottes. Buff Orpingtons ........ 3.00 5.00 “.00 52.00 100.00 .

Jersey Black Giants .................... 4.25 8.00 1600 75.00 MS 00 I' f I d

Assorted Heavy Mixed .................. 2.75 4.50 8.50 42.00 30.00 Vrllc or cm 98 one-I

Assorted Odds and Ends ............... 2 00 4.00 7 00 34.00 68 00 full amount will order





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White, Brown and Bufi’ lmghorns ............... . ....... $2.50 $4.50 3 8.00 $88.00 . _



rd.. \Vh. & Bf. Rocks, Minorcas, Anconas. Wh.- Wyan— ’

dottes and Reds .................................... 2.15 5.50 10.00 48.00



Silver Wyandottos and Orpingwns ................... 4.15 8.00 10.00 12.00



Mixed all heavy Broilers, No Culis ...................... 2.75 5.00 9.00 43.00





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

just send us $1.00 down and we will ship C. O. D. for the balance.

Remember that Holland Hatchery Chicks year in and year out are n. ' ;



always the same—always good. Fred S. Donald of Oxford, Michigan, writes: “tlJi: make:

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100 500 l.000'

MICHIGAN Wh. Leghorns. Eng. Type .......... s 8.50 $40.00 3 75.00

ACCREDITED wn. Loghorns. Spec. Mated ......... I0.00 47.50 90.00



S. C. Mottled Anconas .............. 8.50 40.00 75.00

CHICKS Barred Rocks ...... . ............ “.00 52.50 I00.00





SPECIAL SALE OF MIXED CHICKS $7.00 PER 100





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

find the chicks pure-bred and exactly as represmtcd. 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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included in our ('ntulotw. 100% Live Dulivcty Guaranteed.



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Varieties 25 500





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Wh., Buff. & S. C. & R. C. Br. Leghorns. Anconas ........ $2.50 $4.75 5 9.00 $42.00 $80.00

Barred _& Wh. Rocks, S. C. &. R. C. Reds ................... 3.25 6.00 . . .



Blk. Mlnorcar. YIII. do ButI‘ 0rps.. Wh. Wyandottes ........... 3.75 7.00 I3.50 62.00 l20.00



Wh. & Bufi Minorcao ._ ....................................... 4.00 8.00 I5.00 72.00 ”0.00



Assorted Light. $8.00 per I00 straight. Assorted Heavy. $9.50 per too straight.



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horn Bullets for May, .lunc & .luly delivery. Wc

specialize on \Vhitc chhIn-ns only. Pullets that. will 5

develop in a lawn type laying strain. Write for

prices. Special prices on chicks after May I5

I 500 I.000

S. C. “'hlte chhorns .......... $ 9.00 $42.50 $ 80

S. C. “White Leghorns from spe-

cial old hen matings .......... 10.00 47.50 90

. .» Barred Rooks .................. 13.00 62.50 120

Mixed Chicks .................. 0





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guaranteed. Village VIe-w Poultry Farm, Zeeland,



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BABY CHICK SPECIAL





Years of brt-cding for higher egg production has placed our stock on a high Standard of Quality. Among

500 White chhoms trapncsted on our own farm. a large part averaged 24 to 30 eggs monthly during





the past winter. Our Sheppard’s Anconas and lloltcrman's Strain Barred Rocks are also of very best

quality. Onlcr direct from this Ad. We Guarantee 100% Live Delivery.



‘ n . _ Barron and Tancred Foundation NO 200 500

P"Ba?a,',{o $6 °°_ ”IR“ 5. e. White Leghorn: ......... _ ............. s 8.00 $l6.00 $37.50

All Michigan Accredited Trapnested Pure Hanson S. C. Whlte Leghorns. I2.00 24.00 57.50



. . ' Sheppard‘s Strain Anconas ................... 8.00 I6.00 37.50



Fm" ‘09 Stm'm- Barred Plymouth Rock: ........................ l0.50 21.00 50.00





Largest Tyne Barred Rocks Mixed ....................................... 6.75 13.50 32.50

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CHICKS 'From Record of Performance Male Matings





Selected (‘hicks at, reduced Prices. Can ship at once. White. Barred. Buff Rocks. Reds, ‘Vhite. Black,

Bull Minon-as 12c. White or Silver Wyandottcs, \Vhitc. Buff, Orpingtnns, Black. White Langshans 14c.

Large Brahmas, Jersey Black Giants 100. White. Brown, Buff Leghorns, Ant-onas. heavy mixed 90.

Light Mixed 7c. CHICKS FROM RECORD OF PERFORMANCE PEDIGREED MALE MATINGS up to

310 egg rword. Every female in those matings, is mattd to an OFFICIAL TRAPNEST PEDIGREE MALE.

Barred, White Recks. Single or linsc ('omb llcds, White Wyandottes. Black Minorcas. Butt Orpingtons

17c. White. Brown Leghorns, Anconas 14c. 5(- per chick with order, balance I‘. O. D. If less than

100 ordcrcd add 40c extra. Free catalog of ll. 0. 1’ Male Matings, Breeding Stock, Pullets. 3 weeks

old chix, 2.000 on hand. June. 201.11 to July 3010 1c per chix less.





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SUMMER PRICES ON PURE BRED BABY CHICKS

Prepaid Prices for 25 50 100 200 500 1000



Large Type White Leghorn. . . . . . $2.25 $4.00 $7.50 $14.75 335.00 8 wool



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Black Minorcas. White and Barred

Rocks, Single and Rose Comb Reds . . . . g 2.50 5.00 10.00 19.50 48.00 95.

White and Si]. Wyandots. Buff Orpingtons . ,

S. S. Hamburzs, 10c. Assorted Light, 7c.. L'ght and heavy. 8c.. Heavy, 9c. -

Live Delivery Guaranteed. Order from this ad or send for Catalog and Price List.





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Sections,Comb Foundation,

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Chicks—Save $3.00 on each 100 S. C. White

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All of our chicks are highest quality. Michigan

Accredited.

HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE.

Are You Going To?

"Save Money" Price List Effective May 7th:

l’er 100 500 1.000





B. P. Rocks ............... $12.00 $57.00 $110 A grade (mart baskets. .200

S. C. Reds ................. 12.00 57.00 110 baskets Dostuaid to Domts

S. C. White Leghoms ...... 10.00 47.50 , 90 within 150 miles of Lansing

THE CARLETON HATCHERY, Carleton. Mich. for $2.20; 000 baskets postn





 





 





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Barred Rocks, flOcks headed by males whose dams

have trapncst records, 200-236 M. S. C. laying contest. .

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ESUS had four sorts of enemies.

, First, the sanhedrin, what we

would call the church folks. The

sanhedrin was. the council of

learned men who passed on all im-

portant matters connected with the

Jewish law. These gray-bearded men

had had their eyes on Jesus for a

long time. When He was brought be-

fore them they were ready to vote

Him off to death. When we read the

story of Jesus I think we all wish

that the church folk had stood by

Him. The story would not read so

hard if the soft light of religious

brotherhood shone in. But they did

not stand by Him. They joined the

general mob and condemned Him.



I have asked myself whether the re—

ligious folk of our day do not stand

in danger of likewise condemning

when they should be helping. That,

of course, happened to Joan of Arc.

She was condemned to the stake by

the good people, and the bishop read

the sentence of death. The same

thing happened to Savanarola. If only

the religious people would be a llttle

more discriminating! It would make

so much better reading for later gen-

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The Michigan Farmer Cup and the

Winning Chicks at the Recent Chuck

Show, M. S. C.





the defendant a fighting chance.



To come home to our own door

yard, here are the youth who worry

us so. Some of them are just thought-

less smart-alecs who ought to be taken

out behind the barn. Others are hon-

estly mislead. But who are the

sympathetic ones? Are they in the

church and church-school? Are our

teachers of religions trying to under-

stand these modern Apollo-s and Mona.

Lisas? Or is the most understanding

study of them being made in the pub-

lic school? Are we any better in our

treatment of them than the police

officer who arrests them.





Then, Jesus was opposed even more

violently, if anything, by the political

bosses, although it is a little hard to

discriminate between the ecclesiasti-

cal bosses here, and the political ones.

The politicians were good church

folk, and they all claimed to be one

hundred per cent patriotic and one

hundred per cent religious so it went

hard with Jesus who was accused of

being neither. Pilate, the governor,

was very nervous about the whole

thing. He admired Jesus. I think

that is at least hinted at. But he

knew that influential politicians might

not like it if he defended the Accused.

So he took the safe course. And in

that, he was quite like politicians now.

Now and then a politician sees, like

Roosevelt, that the straight, fearless

way is the only way to travel. But

most of them seem to forget it. They

are not bad people. The people who

voted against Jesus were not bad.

They went to church (it was the syna—

gogue then), they paid their taxes,

belonged to the "good dinner clubs,

and were among the best citizens.

But they were out for themselves.

Now and then a. politician is different.

You have known some, so have we

all. If they only were a bit more

numerous! Jesus’ enemies are often

those who do not realize that they are

his enemies, and that is the tragedy

of it. “He who is not with me is

against me.” .



Another group of enemies was the

mob. “Ha," you say, “Those are the

human devils that, did the dirty busi-

ness.” Hold on. Not too fast. Who

composed the mob? Who worked up

the mob? Who made the mOb into

a. mob? Did you ever study Mun-

kacsy’s “Christ before Pilate?” On

the steps sits the high priest, in the

background are other figures of the.

intelligentsia, while the main body of

the picture is taken up with the rat-

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Four Sorts of Enemies

our Weekly Sermon—_By N. A. Mchme





Mob-mindedness or herd minded-

ness, as it is sometimes called, is a

powerful, and often a sinister thing.

When the object is good, the: mob

multiples the urge toward it enor-

mously, as in community~chest cam-

lpzitKigns, in revival ‘meetings, and the

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The good side of herd-mindedness

should never be overlooked. When

Josiah had the newly-found book of

the law read to him (II Kings, XXII).





he proclaimed ’a general clean—up of '





the whole nation. Eyerybody caught,

the spirit, and a. nation-Wide moral

bath was the result. This would not

have been possible without the fact

of herd-mindedness. Last summer,

our ambassador at the Court owat..

James, Mr. Houghton, made an ad-

dress at Harvard University, in which





‘he advocated a vote by the people in





case. war with another nation threat-

ened. If the people took time to ‘go

to. the polls and vote on whether

they would go to war with "another

nation, the chances are that the ma—

jority would decide no. '



It is worthwhile asking ourselves

what the principal enemies of Jesus

are today. He still has enemies. Are.

we lined up with them or with His

allies?





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

JUNE 10





SUBJECTz—Jesus Facing His Enc—

mies. Mark 14:43 to 15:15.

GOLDEN TEXTz—Isa. 53:3.





 





 





Service Department





 





 





SCHOOL ATTENDANCE





We have a boy 15 years of age who

has tired of school. He has passed

the 8th grade and went: for a while.

in the 9th. Can they compel him to

attend school until he is 16?——C. W.





Under the compulsory education law

of Michigan every person is required

to attend school until sixteen years of

age if there is a school in the district

that maintains grades in which the

child may be enrolled. The consoli—

dated schools maintain such grades.

The only exception to the above state-

ment is that the superintendent, of

schools in city schools and commis—

sioners of schools in all other schools

may excuse a child frOm attendance at

school if the. services are essential

for its support.





AGREEMENTS IN PENCIL





We have an agreement in pencil,

and now the other party says they

don’t have to accept it as it has to

be signed in ink. Can they make us

sign over again? It was on sale of

property in Detroit. What is the law?

Can they hold us on the commission

of $300 if we back out on the agree-

ment? It is all supposed to be satis-

factory.—-—Wm. R.





No conveyance of real estate should

be made in pencil, but the law recog—

nizes no distinction between ink and

pencil writings as far as validity is

concerned. The liability for commis—

sion depends upon the terms of the

agreement to pay it. The commis-

sion is ordinarily earned when the

broker has found a buyer real, able,

and willing to buy at the terms pro-

posed by the owner.—-Rood.





 





JOINT BANK ACCOUNT





 





.A, father and son had a joint ac-

count at a bank with the understand-





ing that if one died the. survivor





owned all the account. The father

died some‘ time ago and he other

children are trying to have, e estate

prbbated to get a share of the money

which amounts to several thousands.

What can they’dot—F. T. ,

Public Acts 1909 No. 248 being Com-

piled Laws 1916 Section 8040,- pro-

vides thatjoint bank deposits payable

to either or survivor- are held by such

persons as‘jointjte'nants and payment

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CATTLE

REG. CUERNSEY BULLS





(‘hoice individuals. the best of breeding. ready for

service. Special terms if desired. _on part payment.

1. M. WILLIAMS. No. Adams. Mich.





 





of attractiie Guernsey bull

I Have a “UMMI‘mnves for sale at reasonable

prices. FRANK E. RODSON. Box 56-A, R. F. D.

No. 3. Ann Arbor, Michigan.





either sex. whOse slres' dams

have official records of .-

19.460.50 milk. I909.05 (at.





'k, 778.80 fat.

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ticelly pure-bred GUERNSEY or HOL-

FOR £1192”! calves. from heavy. rich milkers.

write EDGEWOOD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewater. Wis.





Dairy Heifer Culver. precticnlly

Guernsey pure bred $25.00 each. We ship

C. 0. D. Write L. Tarwlllizer. Wluwntoss. Wis.





E Pure Breed Guernsey bulls,

FOR SAL young and matured. All clean

stock. Lockshore Flrm. Ore-lay. Mich.



2 Well bred with good re-





“GUERNSEY” cords. Reasonable. Ridge-





wood Farms. Ralph Fuerstanau. Richmond, Mich.





SERVICEABLE AGE

Registered Holstein

f u h d

13;? 333?? {’3 ‘33?“ 35.33255: 0? i333. o."p.

Bred cows and heifers are available for founda—

, tion stock. «1.





RED ROSE FARMS DAIRY

Northville, Michigan





Reference: Northvillc State Savings Bank





k Sale of Entire Herd





18 head of registered Holstein cattle. consisting of

12 cows. 3 yearling heifers. 3_ llt‘lft‘l‘. calves, all good

ones. . W. L. RUNDEL. Saline. Mich., R. 2.





Scotch Shorthorn

Cattle Sale





At Kendallville, Ind.

June 14, 1928





. 43 lots bulls, cows, heifers, selected

from some of the finest herds of

Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Cat-

alogs on request.



ASA GLASGOW, Sec. N. E. Indiana

Shorthorn Breeders’ A’ssn, Helmer, lnd.





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register or graded cows.

heifers. calves,

3Walby.





Dual Purpose Shodhorns





Walnut Ridge Lad by Uorpoaal





DeI(LEINE, Iceland. Mioh.,

FOR SALE Milking strain Shorthom bulls.

calves and yearlings and older.





JAS. PUTERBAUGH & SON. R. I. Snover. Mich.





Ilereford cows and Steers





Few bunches Hereford cows showing good breeding.

Some bunches heavy swingers and calves by Side.

Some bunches backward snringers. Also few 3 yr.

old heifers with calf. 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. we and quality. Will sell your choice

from any bunch. Some bunches shorthorns.





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A HEREFORD BULL

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‘KINDNESS PAYS GOOD DIVIDENDS





F ever the mother instinct was



strong in an animal, it was in a

red heifer that had just dropped her

first calf in a box stall in Jim Wil-

son’s barn. Problem was, how to tie

the heifer and get the calf away.



“Maybe we could get her to pat

some grain and slip a cow tie around

her neck while she’s eating,” sug-

gested Tom, the elder son.



As a suggestion, this was all right,

but it didn’t work. The young mother

had more interest in her calf than in

feed.



“Let’s try lassoing her—I can throw

This from





Ed’s courage was not so great as





!his confidence in his ability to throw





the rope. Go inside the box stall?

Not lie—and who could. blame him?





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made three trials, all of which went

wild.



It was Tom who finally got a rope

over the heifer’s head by dangling

the rope from the hay loft. Then fol-

lowed a. struggle that ended only

when the heifer was tied to the side

of the stall.



But the problem wasn’t solved when

the heifer was tied and the calf re«

moved. The thoroughly aroused young

matron‘refused to give down her milk.

And so, the calf had to be allowed

to suck after all. The final result was

that the calf was vealed as soon as

it was old enough. Numerous at-

tempts were made to break the young

mother to milk, but they were un-

successful, and she was finally fat-

tened and sold for beef. Not an econ-

omical procedure, as any cattle man

will tell you.



The point is, all this could have

been prevented if the heifer had been

trained while still a calf, so that she

would, upon freshening, be accustomed

to being tied and handled. She had,

instead, been allowed to run with the

herd in pasture. And of all times to

put an animal under restraint, the

time following birth of the young is

about the worst.



It is not my contention that the

stockman should make pets of his ani-

mals—that extreme is almost as bad

as the one I have just described. The

happy medium is to train the animals

while still young, and be on such

terms with them that they are not dis-

turbed or frightened when the oWner

approaches.



Take the case of the young sow at

farrowing time. She is in great pain.

She is nervous and alert. When the

herdsman approaches she will, if un-

accustomed to handling, be suspicious

of his presence. If she has confidence

in her keeper, she will, on the other

hand, welcome his e’ntrance to the pen

and be grateful for his attentions to

the new born pigs. The herdsman can

also give the animal in distress what-

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is not altogether a matter of senti—

ment. It is a matter of dollars and

cents. I have found it so. The young

gilt that likes to have her back

scratched by her keeper will not lose

confidence in her keeper so quickly

as the one that dodges her owner’s

foot when he appears.~E. Kirk-

patrick.





REED TO HEAD U. S. DAIRY

DIVISION





HE United States department of

~ agriculture has selected Prof. O. E.

Reed, head of the dairy husbandry

department of the Michigan State Col-

lege, as chief of the bureau of dairy

industry of the limited States govern—

ment. Prof. Reed was selected for

this position upon the results of an

examination under the civil service

commission. He has been head of the

dairy department at Michigan State‘

since 1921 during which time he has'

made much progress in bringing about

improvement in dairying in Michigan.

He occupied similar positions at the

Kansas State College and Purdue Uni-

versity. Prof. Reed takes up his new

duties September 1st.





 





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when the first tinge of new

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son are ,short of forage caused by thea

long winter and lateness ol' the pas-j

ture, and much of this difficulty and'

loss might be prevented by a, proper

use of the silo.

farm it is possible to grow ten or

more tons of corn per acre

makes the very best kind of silage

and which can

winter, but also in late summer when

pastures fail and become dry.—-A. H.





FIGHTING BOARDER COWS IN

BARRY COUNTY





HE Barry County Dairy Herd im-



provement Association testing 253

cows during the fourth month of 1928

averaged 33.65 pounds fat per animal

tested and led all associations in this

respect in Michigan for the month.



All cows tested in Michigan, total-

ling more than 20,000, averaged 27.9

pounds butter-fat. One hundred and

sixty-six cows were found to be un-

profitable during the month.



The pure-bred and grade Holstein

herd owned by H. Plocgstra, Sl‘., mem-

ber of the Chippewa-Rudyard D. H.

I. A., was the high herd in all Mich-





igan testing associations, This herd for April and May lambs. LINCOLN 8; BRADLEY

. North Lewnburg, Ohio. '

was retested and averaged 57 pounds

butter-ht for seven cows.

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Michigan. This pure-bred Holstein,

three years old, made 111.7 pounds

butter-fat and 2,562 pounds milk un-

der offiical and retest conditions.





Experiments indicate that the aver-

age American diet is likely to be de-

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS.

Monday, June 4, 1928

Wheat.

Detroit-No. 2 red at $1.83; No. 2





white $1.83; No. 2 mixed at $1.83.

Chicago—July $1.47%; September





31.49%; December $1.5m.





Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.821/2

@$1.831/g.





Corn. .

Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1.14; No. 3

yellow $1.12; No. 4 yellow $1.10.

Chicago—July $1.05%; September

$1.045/3; December 8934c.

Oats.





Detroit—No. 2 Michigan 770; No. 3

white 750; heavy oats 20 premium.

Chicago—July old 563/80; new 570;

September, new 467/80; December,

48%c.

Rye.

Detroit—No. 2 $1.40.

Chicago—July $1. 9%; September

$1.22%; December, $12314.

Toledo—No. 2, $1.41.

Beans.





New York—Pea domestic at $9.75@

$10.50; red kidneys $8.25@9.00 to the

wholesalers.



Chicago—Spot navy beans, Michigan

choiCe, hand-picked in sacks at $10.40;

dark red kidneys $9.60.





Barley.

Detroit—Malting $1.06; Feeding

$1.01.

Seeds.





Detroit domestic seed—Cash clo-

ver $17.00; October $17.65; December

$17.75; cash alsike $15.00; timothy at

$2.25; December [$2.65.





ay.



Detroit—No. 1 timothy at $14.00@

$15.00; standard $12.50((D13.50; No. 2

timothy $10.50@11.50; No. 1 light

clover, mixed $13.50((i‘*14.50; No. 1 clo-

ver $12.00@l3.00; wheat and oat

straw $11.00@12.00; rye straw $13.00

@$14.00; alfalfa hay N0. 2 to choice

at Chicago $25.00@38.00.



Feeds.



Detroit—Winter wheat bran at $45;

spring wheat bran at $44; standard

middling at $46; fancy middling at

$49; cracked corn at $48; coarse corn

meal $46; chop $43 per ton in carlots.

Poultry feeds with grit $52.00; with-

out grit $56.00 per ton.





WHEAT.





Wheat prices have fluctuated prin-

cipally in accord with weather news

recently and probably will continue

that performance until the size of the

new crop in the northern hemisphere

is better known and until large re-

ceipts of new grain make merchandis-

ing factors more important.



Unofficial forecasts of the domestic

crop as of June 1 average 513 million

bushels of winter wheat and 254 mil-

lion bushels ot‘ spring wheat, or a

total of 767 million bushels compared

with 871 million bushels harvested

last year. Private estimates show

the Canadian acreage 8 to 10 per cent

more than last year.



Decreases in both the domestic and

world visible supplies have been sub-

stantial recently but they remain larg-

er than last year. Bradstreets’s re-

port on the world’s available supply

is 233 million bushels against 178 mil-

lion bushels a year ago.





RYE.





The small and steadily decreasing

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CORN





Corn prices averaged lower in the

past week. Receipts increased mod-

erately, partly due to the usual after-

planting movement and partly be-

cause southwestern elevators were

clearing space fo'r the new wheat crop

which will begin to move in the next

few weeks. Demand has been fairly

well maintained. While the visible

supply has decreased to 26 million

bushels against 30 million bushels a

year ago, it is [above normal for this

time of the year. Farm reserves on

June 1 were estimated unofficially at

505 million bushels against 650 million

last year and 890 million in 1926.

These light reserves may lead to

smaller summer receipts and a more

active demand than usual, however, so

that commercial stocks are not likely

to be burdensome. ~



The new crop is making favorable

progress in nearly all sections. Pres-

ent indications point to bumper pro-

duction. Private estimates show an

increase of about 6 per cent in acre





age.

OATS.





Oats prices last ground, although

less rapidly than other grains. Offer—

ings from the country are light, de-

mand is fairly active and market

stocks are becoming quite small.

Pressure from the new crop move-

ment will not develop until late July.

Unofficial estimates show an increase

in the new crop acreage and produc—

tion is forecast at 1,368,000,000 bush-

els compared with the 1927 harvest of

1,195,000,000 bushels.





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SEEDS.





,The principal period for marketing

seeds is now practically over and

trading is limited almost entirely to

sales of soybeans, cowpeas, cane mil-

let, and sudan. Prices for these seeds

have worked moderately higher since

the first of Mays The late alfalfa

demand has not been as large as was

expected but a.” heavy fall demand is

in prospect. Prices are steady.





FEEDS.





The trend toward lower prices for

wheatfeeds which set in early in May

has continued, carrying prices to the

lowest level since February. Produc~

tion is on a more generous scale and

trading remains on a hand-to-mouth

basis as pastures improve. A good

(1 emand for alfalfa meal from

southern markets has kept prices for

this feed firm. The cottonseed meal

market is still advancing, ignoring the

“new-season” weakness in other feeds.

Available stocks are very small and

only a small percentage of the mills

are still in operation.



Chicago—B r a 11, $38.00; standard

middlings, $40.50; hominy feed, $43.50;

gluten feed, $38.70; old process oil

meal, 34%, $55.50; tankage, 60%, $70.





HAY.





Much of the hay coming to market





is of poorquality so that offerings of.





top‘ grades are readily taken at firm

prices. Demand for dairy hay has

slackened as pastures are improving

rapidly in some sections, particularly

in the north central states where

rains have been general and tempera-

tures more seasonable. Pastures in

the Pacific northwest also are in good

condition and demand for hay is dull





 





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Monday, June 4, 1928





DETROIT

Cattle.



Receipts 688. Market active and

steady.

Fair to good yearlings, ‘



dry-fed ............... $11.25@14.00

Fair to good heavy steers



dry-fed ............... 11.25@13.50

H a n d y weight butcher



steers ................ 1100691275

Fair to good heifers .. . 10.00@11.75

Common light butchers.. 9.00@10.60

Common butcher cows .. 7.25@ 8.25

Best cows .............. 9.25@10.75

Good butcher cows ...... 7.75@ 9.75

Cutters ....... . ......... 6.25@ 7.00

Canners ......... . ...... 5.25@ 6.00

Light butcher bulls ..... 9.00%]:1100

Bologna bulls ..... 8.00@ 9.50

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

Feeders ................ 10.00@12.00

Stockers ................ 8.00@11.00

Milkers and springers ...75.00@150.00





Calves.





Receipts 1,250. Market 50c higher.

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

Others .................. 850631650





Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 531. Market steady to 500

higher. _

Bulk good lambs . . . . . . . .$17.000?17.50

Best lambs ....... . . . . . . 16.00@16.50

Fair to common lambs . . 12.00 14.75

Light lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.00 11.50

Yearlings ...... . . . . . . . . . 12.00@13.25





Clipped lambs . . . . . . . . . . 14.00@15.00



Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 7.00@8.50



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



Culls and common . . . . . . 2.50@ 5.50

Hogs.





Receipts 1,447. Market on mixed

hogs 50 higher; pigs and lights 250

lower; others steady.





Pigs nnnnnnnn oooooo..ooac$ 8.25

Mixed hogs............. 10.15

Lights non-ooooo-ooo-oooo 9.15

Roughs ........ . ..... . . . 8.50

Good yorkers .........., 10.10

Stags ................ . . . 6.50

Extreme heavies ....... . 8.75@ 9.25

CHICAGO.

Hogs





Receipts 58,000. Market fairly ac-

tive, steady; .10c lower than Friday’s

average; top $9.95 paid for choice

250-lb. weight; bulk better grade 180-





 





 





320-lb. $9.70@9.90; $9.65 paid for

choice around 360-”). weight; bulk





good and choice 150-170-lb. average

$9.25@9.75; medium 140-160—lb. aver-

ages $8.25@8.75; pigs strong; stots

25c higher on lower grade sows; bulk





sows $8.50@8.85; smooth sows to

shippers up to $9.00.

Cattle





Receipts 21,000. Market better grade

fed steers 25c lower; lower grades

and yearlings along with she stock

and bull's steady, bidding 500@$1.00

lower on vealers, largely steer run

better grades predominating; early

market confined to yearlings and light

steers selling largely $13.25@14.25;

best light steers $14.65; she stock

relatively scarce; most sausage bulls

$5.800¢9.00; best shippers around

$9.25; topping $12.00@13.50 on light

vealers; small killer kind $14.00@

$15.00, few $15.50. '



Sheep and Lambs



Receipts 14,000. Market fat new

crop lambs unevenly steady to 25c

lower; good native lambs $18.00@

$18.50, best held higher, $18.00@19.00

trading bases on bulk good rangers;

choice kind held around $19.25; noth-

ing done on Washingtons; throwout

native lambs $13.50@14.50; sheep

steady to weak; better grade fat ewes

120-lb. down $8.00@8.50; heavies

around $6.00@6.50.





BUF F ALO.





Hogs

Receipts 9,500. Hold over 993; mar-

ket steady 10c lower, pigs 250 off;

bulk 170-280-lb. $10.25; few 240-lb.

$10.35; 300-lb. $10.00; light pigs most-

ly $9.00; 130—150-lb. $9.25@9.75; pack-

ing sows $8.25@8.75.‘





Cattle

Receipts 1,600. Market on steers

and yearlings 25@500 higher, cows

and bulls strong to 25c higher; choice

1,200-1-,300-lb. steers $14.50.; yearlings

.$14.25; bulk steers and yearlings

$12.85@14.00; medium cows $8.006)

$9.25; all cutters $4.75@7.00; bulk me-

dium bulls $8.00@9.25. -

Calves

Receipts 1,500. Market steady;

good $17.50; medium ' $14.50@15.00;

culls and common $.9.50@14.00. .

‘ She and Lambs .

Receipts 1, 00. Market, active,

steady, fat ewes weak to lower; bulk

good to choice: lambs $18.00@20.00;





choice ewes and light lambs $21.00; _

15%





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although prices have been reduced in

some markets. Some improvement in

the southwestern alfalfa and clover

hay crops is reported, but first cut»

tings will be below normal.





EGGS.





Egg markets were somewhat less

plentifully supplied last week, but

trade was slow and prices Were off 2

cents a dozen from the high .point

early in May. High class stock is

very scarce as the general run of re-

ceipts shows the effect of less grain

and more grass feed. Trade activity

is quiet. Most of the eggs stored this

spring have cost more than storage

eggs sold for at the end of the 1927-

1928 season and dealers would wel-

come an opportunity to average down

their costs. From some sections

comes the repOrt of, only small de-

creases in production, while others





indicate that collections are full-y as





large as a. year ago and dealers be-

lieve that supplies will not fall off as

rapidly thiS'year as in June, 1927.

Chicago—Eggs: fresh firsts, 2614(0)

270; ordinary firsts, 25@260; dirties,

241/20; checks, 24c. Live poultry:

Hens, 24c; broilers, 40517410; roosters

16%6; ducks, 180; geese, 14c; tur-

keys, 25c. ,

Detroit-Eggs: Fresh candled and

graded, 27@281/zc; dirties and checks

231,4@251/.>c. Live poultry: broilers,

45@48c; heavy hens, 27c; light hens,

25c; roosters, 17c; ducks, 25@30c.





BUTTER. . .





Production of butter is finally show-

ing the increase which is normally to

be expected at this season. Receipts

at the leading markets last week were

nearly 15 per cent larger than in the

preceding week and dealers believe

that, with pasture and weather con-

ditions more favorable, butter produc-

tion. will gain rapidly from now on.

Prices have declined to the lowest

level of the season but are still a.

little higher than at the same time a.

year ago. The lower values have





stimulated business to some extent,





but dealers are still inclined to buy

only for immediate needs until prices

give evidence of stabilizing on a new

season level. Buyers are very criti-

cal o-f quality. Little buying on specu-

lative account has been done as prices

still seem high and quality generally

is not satisfactory for storing al-

though some full grass butter has

been received. Support from this de-

mand will be a factor before long,

however. ‘



Prices on 92 score creamery were:

Chicago, 4234c; New York, 43%c; De-

troit, 42@43c per 88-90 score. ‘





POTATOES.





New potatoes are rapidly replacing

old stock in market favor and prices

for the latter have declined further.

Shipments are falling off, especially

from Washington and north central

states, although Idaho and Maine are

still shipping actively. A year ago,

Idaho had finished shipping. Northern

round whites, U. S No. 1, are quoted

at $1 to $1.20 and Alabama, Texas,

and Louisiana Bliss Triumphs, U. S.

No. 1, at $2 to $2.25 per 100 pounds,

sacked, in the Chicago carlot_market.



New potatoes will be plentlful dur-

ing June. North Carolina, Georgia,

Virginia, and Maryland will be ship-

ping and the movement from Alabama,

Texas, and Louisiana will still be

under way. Commercial acreage of

potatoes in eight second-early states

is now estimated at 118,530 acres com-

pared with 108,540 last year. Heav1-

est gains are indicatedfor Arkansas,

Oklahoma, Maryland, and New Jersey.





BEANS.

In 3 ite of a light/demand, the bean 9

market) remains firm at $9.95 to $10

per 100 pounds, sacked, f. o. b..M1ch-

igan shipping points. Planting is

progressing slowly with rains and

cool weather general over the state.

Dealers and farmers who still have

beans on hand are not anxious to sell

except at full listed prices.





GRAND RAPIDS.





(Potatoes, 65@750 bu; spinach, 25@

50c .bu; lettuce $1.25@1.50 bu; .rhu-

barb, 40@600 bu; radishes, 250 'doz.





‘bchs; green onions, 10@15c bch; as-





paragus, $1125@1.40 doz. bchsrwheat,

$1.68 bu; rye, $1 bu; beans, $9.20;cwt;





rk, 11 13011); b "'8 1861b; Maul. '

p0 Qt); hug-975543.?“ “Humili-





 

 

 





     

 

 

 





 





 

 

   





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4,39
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JUNE .9." 1028} I. '





SHORT SUPPLIES TURN. STEER .

MARKET. UPWA‘RD ‘





C ATTLE feeders put the market on

short rations. following the sharp

' . break in prices a week ago which

carried. weighty steers downward as

much as 75 cents to $1 to a new low

point for the season. Supply abridg-

ment affected medium weights and

yearlings as well, causing the steer

market to rally 25 to 75 cents in a.

hurry. The light heifer market has

strengthened along with steers, but

receipts of cows and bulls have been

above tradedemand at the prevailing

price level. Veal calves are now hav-

ing a minor setback after an advance

of $3 to $4 from the April low spot.





FEEDER STOCK SCARCE





STOCKER and feeder cattle remain

extremely scarce and the scanty

receipts of common beef steers





‘cause packers to compete actively for

' all-on the 'border line.





Cattle feeders-

appear to be taking as many as price

conditions warrant, however. Ship-

ments from 12 markets into seven

leading feeding states in the three

weeks ending May ‘18 totalled 90,000,

head against 79,000 in the same period





‘last year and 75,000 head two years





ago. Whether the percentage going

into feedlots to be finished for the late

summer and fall market rather than





'an grass is larger than last year is





conjectural, but there are symptoms

that supplies of fat cattle this fall





‘will be enough to prevent the sensa-





tionally high prices of last year from

being fully duplicated.





 





HOG RECEIPTS ARE MODERATE





ECEIPTS of hogs have increased

since early in May in line with

the usual seasonal trend, but the

extent of the increase has been mod-

erate. Arrivals for the last five weeks

have been persistently lighter than in

the corresponding weeks of 1927.

weights also have been

lighter. Prices have shown no special

trend for the'last two weeks, as al-

ternating spells of strength and weak-

ness have resulted in little or no net

change. The peak of the late spring

movement probably will be reached

in two or three weeks after which a

stronger market is in prospect.

Weather conditions have favored

pork consumption much of the time

this spring and domestic demand has

been active. Foreign markets for hogs

and hog products have strengthened

recently. Native receipts have con-

tinued rather burdensome, but they

are expected to abate before long.

For the first time in several years,

exports of bacon from Denmark in the

last month or two dropped below_the

corresponding period of the prev10us

year.





 





FAT LAMBS ARE SCARCE





HE effect of the unfavorable pas-



ture season was evident in unusu-



ally light receipts of fat lambs in-

the last ten days. California supplies

dropped off sharply and arrivals from

the corn belt and the southeast failed

.to expand rapidly enough to take their

place. The. first Idaho lambs arrived

at Chicago where they realized $19,

the highest paid for the initial ship-

ment in several years. Some shorn

lambs are still coming, the Chicago

top advancing to $17 in the last few

days, or within 25 cents of the sea-

son’s peak. Receipts probably will

increase and prices work lower dur-

ing June.





COUNTY CROP REPORTS





Calhoun County—Wheat is improv-

ing at this date, May 28, but cannot

be more than half of the crop. Cats

and barley are looking fine. Farmers

are planting corn. Usual acreage of

spring crops will go in. Pastures are

now g00d.. Butter-fat brings 440; eggs

~25c; wheat $1.70; veal calves $14.00.

~F. S



Ionia County—Quite a number of

wheat fields have been plowed up and

seeded to other crops. On this date,

May 28, oats are looking fine, an in-

creased acreage of corn and beans

will be planted. Hay will be a light

crop. Pastures are improving. Beans

bring $9.00; wheat $1.80; eggs 260;

cream 45c; wool 480. Less than the

usual number of cattle are on pas-

ture—J. W.



Saint Clair County—Spring grains

are late. The barley acreage shows

. considerable increase while corn acre-

age is less on account of borer. Wea-

ther conditions will determine acreage

of beans. Very little is .being mar-

keted at this date, May 28. Milk pro-

ducts and poultry industry are in-

creasing—J. S.



, Saint 'Jourh County-wFruit will be

' gl‘entililnagyt looks promising at this

to. .758. “When :aodgryewiil be





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light spring work is well along. Corn

is about'all planted. More corn and

oats than usual have gone 'in. Milk

brings $2.10 per cwt; butter-fat 470;

eggs 250; wool 45@50c. The first

cutting of alfalfa will be short—H. S.





Newaygo County—Pastures are now

coming good, May 28. Field work is

somewhat backward. The, acreage of

beans and potatoes will be about'n'or-

mal. Crpws are working overtime on

the corn. There should be a bounty

on them. Butter—fat brings 48c; eggs

260. Poultry and dairying are the two

branches of farming that are develop-

ing. A few farmers are moving back

on farms this spring—S. A.



Berrien County—In this section,

wheat is looking fair and oats excel—

lent. Corn is about all in, and some

cultivated. Pastures and meadows are

short. Fruit prospects are fine, at this

date, May 29. Butter-fat brings 47c;

eggs 25c.——C. C.



Missaukee County—Wheat and rye

area'poor while cats are small but have

a good color. This is May 29 and most

fruit trees are in bloom. Farm work

is about a week late. The majority

of farmers are now planting corn.

The usual acreage of potatoes will be

planted. Pasture is good. Cream

brings 460.——H. M. ’ -



Genesee County—To date, May 29,

farmers are behind with their spring

work. An average acreage of pota-

toes will go in while the bean acreage

will be large. Milk is bringing $2.68;

eggs 280; beans $9.40; potatoes $1.25.

Pastures were behind but are now

coming along satisfactorily—H. S.



Livingston County—Wheat is poor.

The fruit crop loo-ks extra good at

present, May 29. Corn acreage is-nor-

mal and pastures could not be better.

Alfalfa is the best crop in the com-

munity. Dairying is becoming more

popular with farmers. Butter-fat

brings 45c; wheat $1.70.——I. G.



Huron County—Many fields of

spring grain have been damaged by

excess rains. Up to this date, May





p.41"





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28, farmers have been unable to work

in some sections and as a result more

corn and beans will be planted than

‘was originally intended—A. C.



Lake County—»Grains and pasture

at this date, May 28, are not very

good. About the same acreage of

corn, beans, and potatoes will be

planted as last year. Everybody is

now. planting corn and plowing for

beans—Z. B.





HOLSTEINS SELL WELL





 





IXTY-FOUR head sold for 12,565.00,

or an average of just under $200

apiece, at the sale held May 22nd



at the State College, East Lansing,

Michigan. Thirty-four cows brought,

in round numbers, $210 per head, 13

bred heifers $175.00, 3 open heifers

$220, 8 bulls $210, 7 heifer calves $115.



One of the features was the selling



of the heifer calves consigned express-

ly for the consideration of boys in

Calf Club work. . Auctioneer Jean

Mack had a hard time keeping ahead

of the youthful bidders, so spirited

was the “action” between young Hol-

steiners from Calf Clubs in various

parts of the State!





 





PROTEST CORN BORER WORK





VER seven hundred farmers in



Monroe County gathered at May-



bee to oppose the operation of

the corn borer regulations. Petitions

were signed urging action by Gov.

Green to halt the losses and threat-

ened losses by the operation of the

regulations. A Monroe County attor—

ney seems to be back of this move-

ment against the corn borer regula-

tions and also cow testing work.





 





 





 





The Cody Pioneer Museum, which

will Open in June, in Cody, Wyoming,

will be a replica of “Buffalo Bill”

Cody’s ranch home, and will contain

a large collection- of his guns, sad-





dles, and trophies. ,





‘ 21-—7 69





SWEET POTATO PLANTS—~Nancy Hull: Porto

Rico: Southom Queen; Red. Yellow Einstein Jer-

sey: 250 plants $1.00; 500..$1.00: 1.000. $3.50:

postpaid. Robert Bennett. Grandview. Indiana.





 





TWO DOZEN GERANIUM' PLANTS. That will



give you an abundance of beautiful flOWers all



summer. pest-paid to your door for $1.25.



rlvrlillor gr mixed. Buckley Geranium 00.. Springfield.

mo .





 





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.





 





PLANTS. 5 ACRES. June, July delivery. Cabbage.

Copenhagen, Flatdutch. Ballhead. Prepaid. 200. 650:

500, $1.25: 1000 $2.00.





flower (Snowball) prepaid. 100. 00c: 500. $2.25:

1000, $3.75. Moss packed. Critically assorted .

Guaranteed. W. J. Myers. R. 2. Massillon. Ohio.





 





SPECIAL—200 cabbage. 200 tomatoes. 200 onions.

25 pepper plants. prepaid $1.25. Guaranty Plant

(‘o., l’onta, Texas.





 





100 ACRES CABBAGE.

Special $1 per thousand.

Franklin. Va.





Onion and Tomato Plants.

Farmers Supply Company.





 





SEND NO MONEY. C. O. D. Frost Proof Cabbage '

and Onion plums. All varieties. Quick shipment.

500. 65c; 1.000. $1.00. Eureka Farms. 'l‘ifton. Ga.





 





 





SEEDS





 





BUY YOUR GRIMM ALFALFA direct from the

Introducerl Lyman’s Genuine Grimm bears 3 to_

4 crops yearly. Leader and higher in feeding value

than other varieties. All seed sca-rified necessitat-

ing less per acre. B. Lyman. Introducer. Ex-

celsior. Minn. , ,





 





SCIENCE AND PRACTICE demonstrate Improved

American Banner wheat. Wolverine oats. Improved

Robust beans best for Michigan. A. 3. Cook.

Owosso. Mich.





 





CERTIFIED Improtyed Robust Beans Choice. A. B.





Cook. Ownsso. Mic .





 





FOR SAI.E——Certified White Rural Seed Potatoes.

Jas. Lyn'h. Coral. Michigan. ‘





 





 





TOBACCO





GUARANTEED IIOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chewing. 5

pounds. $1.25: 10, $2. Smoking, 10, $1.50. Pipe

Frocl I’ay pestman. United Farmers. Bardwell.

Kentucky.





 





 





IIOMESI'UN TOBACCO: Chewing 5 lbs. $1.25.

Smoking 5 lbs. $1.00. Pay when received. Pipe

free. Farmers Union, A5, Paducah, Ky.





 





LEAF TOBACCO. Good. sweet, chewing. 3 pounds

750: 5. $1.00: 10. $1.75: smoking, 3 pounds 50c:

5. 75-: 10 $1.40. United Farmers. Mayfleld. Ky.





 





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Poultry advertising will be run in this do-





a word each abbreviation. initial or number. No





 





 





One Four One Four



Wo mo times Wo time times

10 ........ $0.90 $2.80 20 ........ $2.34 $1.28

........ .99 3.05 2.43 7.56

l: ........ 1.08 8.36 25 ........ 2.51 7.84

13 ........ 1.17 9.64 z ........ 2 61 8 12

ll ........ 1.36 3.92 30 ........ 2 70 8 40

l ........ 1.35 4.10 31 ........ I 79 8 68

1 ........ I.“ 4.48 3 ........ I 85 8 96

17 ........ .53 4.76 33 ........ 2 97 9 24

........ 1.62 5.04 3........306 952

19 ........ 1.71 5.31 95 ........ 3 15 9 80

so ........ 1.80 5.50 9 ........ 3 24 lo 08

21 ........ 1.99 5.88 3 ........ 3 33 10 $6

23 ........ 1.98 6.16 35 ........ 3 42 10 64

........ 2.07 6.“ 39........ 351 10 91

94 ........ 2.16 6.72 4 ........ 3 6o 11 20

25 ........ 2.25 7.00 41 ........ 3 69 11 48





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tmdad for flu Clauifitd Dtparmunl must reach thi: Ifia fan

do}: in advana of publication dd".





MISCELLANEOUS





WHY BLAME THE BULL when your cow does not.

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

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

$2.90 for five cows. postpaid. Woodstock Farm.

Benton, Route 2. Box 49C. Washington.





 





REAL ESTATE





200 ACRES. Good gravel. clay loam soil. 100 acres

cleared, 5 room house. small barn. good well. on

State award gravel road. close to church and school.

has ~74 mile frontage on fine lake. Price $20 per

acre. One—half cash. 5 years time ‘on balance.

Write W. F. Umphrey. Evart. Mich.





 





FOR SALE—SO—acre farm. located on Ill-52, 1A mile

south Clinton; electric lights available: modern

school: 54 miles from Detroit: 42 miles from To—

ledo. Sandy loam soil. fair buildings. good water.

richest farming county in United States. Write

C. L; Silvers. Clinton. Mich.





 





INJl‘HE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY of California

general farming is a paying business. feeding millions

of people in towns and cities. Alfa a combined with

dairying. hogs. and poultry. yields a'good income. A

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

suree success. You can work outdoors all the you.

Newcomers welcome. Tile Santa Fe Railway has no

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

get right location. Write for illustrated San Joaquin

Valley folder and get. our farm paper—"The Es "

free for six months. C. L. Seam'aves. General Colon—

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

change. Chicago.





W ANTED





WANTED nxrnac'rnn HONEY. ton or earload.

State price first letter. Joseph Milnarich. 34 E.

Charlotte. Ecorse. Mich.





WANTED—Will buy poultry, eggs.

produce within 125 miles from Detroit.

J. Klsh. 3435 Edsel. Detroit. -





 





and all farm

Write to





 





CORN HARVESTER





 





RICH MAN'S Corn Harvester. poor man’s price——

only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free

catalog showing pictures of harvester. Process Com-

pany. Salina, Kans.





HOMES l'UN TOEACCO~Guamnt-emi.

lbs. $1.00; 10 $1.75.

i’ay when received.





Chewing 5

Smoking 5 lbs. 75c, 10 $1.25.

Farmers Union. Mayfleld. Ky.





 





 





POULTRY





8 VARIETIES Record of Performance Male Mailings.

Breeding (-mkcrels. pullets, and chicks. Free catalog

mvmg big early order discounts. Beckman Hatchery.

Box 57. Grand Rapids, Mich.





WIIITTAKER'S REDS. BOTH COMES.

'l‘rapnestcd. Michigan Certified.

erels. pullets. Write for ‘catalog.

Box 9. Lawrence. Mich.





 





 





. R. 0. P.

Cocks. hens. cock-

Interlakes Farm.





 





WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS from State Accre—

dited flock for June-July delivery. II. Knoll. Jr..

R. 1. Holland, Mich. '





 





IMPERIAL “'III'I‘IC PICKIN DUCK EGGS $1.50 per

11, postpaid. Chas. Stutz. Saranac. Mich.





 





 





PET AND LIVE STOCK





 





RABBITS—minke Bic Profits with Chinchilla Rabbits.

Real money makers. Write for facts. 802 Conrad's

Rum-l1. Denver. Colorado.





 





FOR SALE—German Police puppies, make wonder-

ful farm dogs. males $12. females $10. Glenn

Thompson, Howard City. Mich.





 





MAKE MONEY FROM MUSKRAT FUR. Raise

Muskrats in dry land pens or hutchw. Get facts.

1:02 Conrad's Ranch, Denver. Colorado.





 





 





 





FOR SALE. Coon. o'possum, skunk hounds at .14

price on any fair terms. Dorace Scott. BOX 132.

Calhoun, Ga.





 





FOR SALE —I’edigreed German Police and White





 





l MATTRESSES





Collie pups. $10.00 to $15.00. Homestead Kennels.

Sarunac, Mic-11.. R 4.





MATTRESSEB made any size. low factory prices.

Catalog free. Peoria Bedding Company. Peoria, Ill.





 





 





PLANTS AND BULBS





SPECIAL FOR .lUNE——20 Million Fine Cabbage

Plants, all varieties. 300. 75v: 500, $1: 1,000. $1.75

prepaid. Expressed $1 thousand; 5,000. $4.50; 10.-

000. $8.50; 50.000, $37.50. Tomato plants same

price. Potato and pepper 500. $1.75: 1,000. $3 pro-

pald. Expressed $2.50 thousand; 10.000. $20 cash.

Prompt shipments. good delivery guaranteed or money

-cheerfully refunded. Old Dominion Plant Company.

Franklin. Va.





 





 





HARDY NORTHERN GROWN CABBAGE and

(‘auliflowar Plants. Chemically treated Danish Sccd.

Sufc arrival guaranteed. Prompt shipment. Goldcn

Acre. Jersey Wakefield. Cophcnhnuen. Glory of Enk-

housen. Flat Dutch. Ballhcad. Red and Savoy. Pre-





BABY CHICKS





BABY (‘IIH‘KS AND PULLETS. Bnnnmer-Fredrick‘

son's famous quality chicks 70 each and up. Barred

Rocks. Rhode Island Reds. S. C. White Leghorns.

Shippcd C. 0. D. Live delivery guaranteed. Splen-

did selection 8-10-12 wmks 'old pullets in above

breeds. Bliimiiier-l‘redl'iclison Poultry Farm. Box

28. Holland, Michigan.





 





 





BABY CHICKS of all standard varieties.

carefully culled for laying. several years. by .

C. students. Baby chick prices. 10(- to 130: two

weeks old chicks 16c. Clinton County Hatchery. Max-

well imd Rees, I’rop's.. St. Johns. Mich.





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BABY CHICKS—Rorks. Reds. Leghorns. all from

Michigan Accredited. bloodtested stock.

prices also on 8-10-12 weeks old pullets of above

breeds. Pierce Hatchery, Jerome, Iich.





 





LOOKI 100.000 chicks 9c up. 20 varieties. Olin:

many 200 to 312 egg record bred ROP cockeull.

Send for free catalog giving big early order dil-

counts. Lawrence Hatchery. Grand Rapids. Mich.





BETTER BABY CHICKS. Extrcmely low prices for

balance of scnson. Every week. Last hatch July

10in. Ten breeds. Write. Litchfleld Hatchery.

Lin-hflcld. Mich.





CHICK PRICES REDUCED FOR MAY—White 1468..

8c; lot of 500 71/_m. Barred Rocks. 100. Hillside

Hatchery. Holland. Mich.





 





 





BABY CHICKS $5.00 nor 100. Seconds. strong.

vigorous chicks. no cripples. Robt. Christopher. R 4.

Holland. Minhigun.





 





BITFE LEGHORN CHICKS and. Eggs for hatching.

IIillcrest Poultry Farm. Bath. Mich.

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TURKEYS





GIANT BRONZE—Improve your flocks. buy baby

turks. $10.80 doz. from large goldbank hens inur-

national ribbon tom. 100% live delivery guaranteed.





 





 





 





paid. 200, 050: 500, $1.25: 1.000. $2.25. Express

collect, 5,000. $7.50. Cauliflower prepaid, 50. 40c:

200. $1.00: 500. $2.25: 1.000. $3.75. Port B. Mel—

lingcr. North Lima. Ohio.





 





MILLIONS VEGETABLE PLANTS. cabbage. Copen-

hagen. Wakefield. Flatdutch, Succession. Danish.

Bullhead 300, $1.00: 500. $1.50: 1,000, $2.50 DOSIF

paid. express $1.50 1,000. Tomato plants. Baltimore

Stone Matchless. same price. Sweet potato plants

500, $2.00: 1,000, $3.50 postpaid. Satisfaction guar—

anteed. Ideal Plant Company. Franklin. Va.





 





COPENHAGEN, Wakefield. Flat Dutch. frostproof

cabbage plants. $1.00 1,000: Bermuda onion $1.00:

tomato $1.00; collard $1.00: Ruby King Popper $2.00;





Mitchell Turkey Ranch. Hart, Mich. ‘





 





“W'IIITESEIOLLgIIID TURKEY EGGS} 500 Win inst-

pai . e eivery guaranteed. C. b th.

Hartford. Mich. G“ rob.





 





 





 





AGENTS WANTED

WANTED—C. W. Stuart & Co.. Newark. New York





 





State. (Nurseryman for 75 years) need live wire

salesmen. Part or full time. An excellent oppor-

tunity. Write for particulars.





 





WANTED—Farmer or farmer's son or man 'to travel

in country. Steady work. Good profits. McConnon





 





 





 





 





FOR SALE—Three new factory guaranteed Fordson

crawler attachments which will convert your Ford-

son into a powerful crawler tractor at a remark-

able saving in price. Belle City Manufacturing 00..

Racine. Wisconsin.





“ANDRE SPREADERB





 





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Bullhead, and Late Flat Dutch cabbage and white

Bermuda onion. Special Summer prices: 1.000. 31.00:

5.000. $4.00. Assorted as wanted. Large plants.

Quick shipment. Progress Plant. 00.. Ashbum. Ga.





TOM ATOEB.

healthy plants.

1.80: 000 5!.

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cabbage. onions. strong.

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Porto RICO DotaIO $1.75. Good lam f 86 Company. Dept. F26, Winona. Minn. .

ANTED—Good . . Max D 8 “are ““41

g Wolcott. Wagflukflzgo 38,” evaporator gagedd prompt shipment. 0111th Plant 00.. Quit-

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FARM MACHINERY PLANTS. Wakefield. Golden Acre. Copenhagen. WANTED—MILK Rom mam. unit bipo-





iwem 25 and 35 years of an and 13%.,

bondrequlrod. swam-mm‘m '

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WANTED! . Woman at .

house work. Clara. Airs Ranch. 01913. MI





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ALFALFA CONTESTA AT KEENT CITY





LFALFA is going to be grown



around Kent City in Kent County

if the businessmen in that town can

interest the farmer by means of an

alfalfa contest. That there is interest

in growing this crop is shown by the

fact that fifty farmers turned out one

night last week to hear County Agent

Vining discuss the growing of the crop

and the rules of the contest.



The businessmen have put up $120

in prize money. The contest is divid-

ed into two parts. One part is for

an acreage of over one acre and under

five acres. The other is for an acre-

age over five acres. On the smaller

acreage $25 is offered for first place,

$20 for second, and $10 for third. For

the larger acreage first prize money

will be $30, second prize $25, and.

third $15.



The seedings are to be made this

season and the judging to be made in

the summer of 1929. Twenty applica-

tions have been received for the con-

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FORTY-SIX YEARS OF BLASTING





 





ERT LETT of Sheridan, Michigan,



is a blaster of forty-six years’ ex-

perience who reports much useful

work accomplished with dynamite.

Land clearing has been the chief pur-

pose of Mr. Lett's blasting. He has

broken up many hundreds of boulders

by means of dynamite and has blown

out an even greater number of

Stumps.



One job consisted of the removal of

300 large plne stumps from a tract of

land owned by George Brown of

Sheridan where an average of five

pounds of sixty per cent dynamite was

used per stump. Another was taking

out 400 small hardwood stumps for

Harry Clawson ot‘ Trufant, Michigan.

Here an average charge of two

pounds of the same dynamite was

used.





The largest boulder Mr. Lett ever





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





blasted was twenty-four feet long,

fourteen feet across and twelve feet

thick, embedded in the earth. A





charge of 120 cartridges placed under

the center of this mass of rock broke

it up and cleaned out. the hole.



Ditching has also been among Mr.

Lett’s activities. One of his most

interesting ditching jobs was straight-

ening a creek channel to make a

waterway twenty rods long, twenty

feet wide and three feet deep. For

this sixty per cent straight dynamite

was used.





 





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RAC’I’ICAL haying and quality hay demand its roller-bearing construction, the steel frame.

speed and quality in haying machines. The controls which raise or lower the reel ends to

better and faster-working your equipment, the meet varying conditions, and other conveniences

less the worry and chance of having the crop and eificiences of operation.

ruined by poor weather conditions. _ * * *

The M cCormick-Deering Side Rake and Tedder And to work with this ideal combination is an

combines into one machine two hay operations, ideal partner,the McCormick-DeeringAdjustable

raking and tedding—and the two essentials in Windrow Hay Loader. After the hay has been

successful hay growing, speed and quality. It rolled into airy windrows the perfectly cured hay

handles raking and tedding equally and excep- is gently and quickly picked up and carried onto

tionally well. In raking it turns the hay completely the load. And best of all, the adjustable section .

over with the leaves turned inward and the stems permits delivering the hay three feet nearer the '/





outward, and forms clean-cut quick-curing wind-

rows that air-cure, not sun-dry, the hay. The side

rake places the newly cut hay on the clean

stubble, not on the unraked swath.



When tedding is called for, a shift of the lever

changes the direction in which the reel revolves,

and the side rake is converted into a tedder, the

straight teeth of which can be depended on to

do a perfect job of tedding.



The McCormick-Deering has many mechani-

cal ieatures that make the side rake and redder a

hard combination to beat. You will appreciate





rack when starting the load. This means you can

continue the. loading without trouble in windy

weather. -X- as as





The same combination of speed and quality

will be found in every McCormick-Deering Hay

Tool and you can see them all at the McCormick-

Deering dealer’s. Our full line is listed below.

Rely on McCormick-Deering experience in hay

machine development.





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These Hay Tools are sold Everywhere

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High-Lift Stackers Tools





BESIDES the Windrow Loader, with adjus-

table section, there is the McCormick-

Deering Gearless Loader to pick up hay from

the swath, saving the raking operation when

hay dries quickly and help is scarce. The

gearless loader does equally good work taking

hay from the windrow. This loader is shown

here with the best ower for haying—the

Farmal Tractor.





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WENTY communities in Kent



County took advantage of the soils

classes offered last winter by the soils

department at M. S. C. and taught by

John Sims extension specialist in

soils.

" Attendance records show some in-

teresting facts. Twenty groups start—

ed and sixteen groups finished. Two

groups gave three lessons and two

groups two lessons. Thirty-three local

lpaders enrolled, Eighteen of these

attended every class.





. The total attendance of the local

groups for the four classes was 877,

or an average attendance of: 219 re-

ceiving the work each month. The

total attendance of the local leadersl

was 112 or an average attendance of

28 local leaders attending each heath.



.A brief questionnaire is being pre—

pared to be sent to local leaders and

members of their classes. From this

it is hoped that the direct benefit of

the soils course will be found. All

leaders at their last class voted unani-

mo'usly to continue the work the com~

ing winter. '





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Washington, D. C., has a house made

of rammed earth~which dates back to

1773. The walls are so hard that the

owner recently abandoned an attempt

to tear them down. I





 





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facture and greet for you under best known

processes.





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Or phone us--asking the operator to reverse the charges.



Or wire us—all telegraph companies will send the wire collect.



The time is short and the weather waits for no one.



Please give us information on thesize desired and size of yourtractor.





NICHOLMHBPARD





InConfinuwsBudncos,Since_1848 .

286 Marshall St., Battle Creek, Mich.





129-131 Kentucky Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.





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