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VOLUME CLXX NUMBER TWENTY-SIX

DETROIT, JUNE 30, lQZL

GAIN live stock

Feeders’ men of Michigan
have made their an-

Day a nual trip of inspec-
Success tion to Michigan

State College to learn
the results of experiments by the
Animal Husbandry Department in the
feeding of horses, cattle, sheep, and
hogs. Having attended these “Feed-
ers’ Days” regularly since inaugurated,
.We can state with assurance that the
day is becoming more popular as well
as more practical t0‘the men who
keep animals for profit. We want to
congratulate the college men having
this work in charge.

What a. boon this work is to the
thoughtful farmer! Working alone, he
,could advance but little in definite
knowledge of efficient production. But
the opposite is true where the college
and experiment station undertakes
this work for all the producers in the
state, conducting the experiments un-
der the direction of competent men
and in surroundings which give do
pendable and satisfactory information.

Fortunately the use of such mateL
rial reacts favorably upon the feeder
himself. So in this progress with
better live stock methods, we improve
the stock, the ways of feeding and
handling, as well as the man ,who does
the work;

T the University

Form Na- 0f Illinois last
.. week the Master
‘tional Or-

. _ Farmers’ Club of
gamzatton America came into
being. Representa-
tives from the various states where
. Master Farmers have been named, met
and organized the national body, to
fjconsist of all men who have been
‘ honored with this distinction.

The object of the new organization
is to maintain the dignity of agricul-
ture and to promote it in all its
phases by cooperating with agencies
, now working, and to raise and protect
the standards for the selection of fu-
.‘ ’ tithe fMastcr Farmers.

 

The officers of the national organizat-

tion are: A. O. Echart of Illinois,
president; J. D.- Rheam of Nebraska,
vicepresident ;
ware, secretary-treasurer.
meeting will be held in Chicago dur-
ing the coming International. A com-
mittee was appointed to suggest a.
program of activities. Among the
lines of work specially stressed is the
further promotion of boys’ and girls’
work.

Dean Mumford of the College of
Agriculture of Illinois, and formerly
head of the Department of Animal
Husbandry of Michigan State College,
in addressing representatives, ex-
pressed the opinion that the Master
Farmer movement promises to be one
of the most helpful educational pro-
grams launched in some time.

T was with regret

Farm that those in the

. farm paper publica-
PublESher tion field, learned of
Die: the death from heart

disease of Mr. Edwin
Meredith, at Des Moines, Iowa.

Mr. Meredith was well known
among agricultural publishers and
farmers for he was responsible for
the success of several farm papers.
He was also prominent in national
politics, being Secretary of Agricul-
ture during President. ’Wilson’s admin-
istration and in 1924 a strong contend-
er for the democratic presidential
nomination. He was a worker for
progressive policies and the cause of.
prohibition.

Mr. Meredith’s accomplishments re-
main as silent reminders of a busy,
constructive life. The country loses
as asset when such a man dies.

HE money Loss
A due to the work
of insects in the
United States exceeds
$2,000,000.000 annu-
ally, according to
C. C. McDonnell of the Department of
Agriculture, nullifying the expended
labor of 1,000,000 men. They destroy
in their feeding from one-tenth to
one-fifth of all the crops planted. It
is also estimated that the losses due
to plant diseases are comparable with
those due to insects.

Farm

War

In the war on insect pests and
plant diseases, the farmers of the
country use about 5,000,000 pounds of
paris green, 20,000,000 to 27,000,000
pounds of lead arsenate, and 30,000,-
000 pounds of calcium arsenate. ' ‘

War is an expensive proposition,
even on insects. Here’s a war in
which there can be no peace, no
limitation of armaments, but instead,
constant fighting is a necessity. It
involves a war tax from which there

  

F. C. Bancroft, Delay
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is little notability, that
yviil ever escape.'7 '

'Chan‘ges I

ing of the State

. Board of Agriculture
‘n College promotions of inter-
Staff est to farmers were

made in the Michigan
State College staff. Prof. J. F. Cox
of the Farm Crops Department was
made Dean of Agriculture to succeed
Dean R. F. Shaw who was recently
chosen President of the College. How-
ard C. Rather was advanced to the
Professorship of Farm Crops to suc-
ceed Prof. Cox. Prof. V. R. Gardner,
head of the Horticultural Department
was chosen as the new Director of
the Experiment Station, and C. B. Hill
was made assistant. These promo-
tions have been earned by long meri-
torious work, and these men have the
confidence of the farmers of Michigan.

We bespeak full support of the prac- _

tical programs which we know they
will adopt.

N an address be

Sees fore a large group
Promisin of farm people in
3 Van Buren County

Future recently, President

Shaw of the Michigan
State College expressed his firm be-
lief in the future of agriculture in this
state. He sighted that since 1920 the
bank failures in Michigan have been
few compared with the financial grief
suffered in neighboring states. The
stability of Michigan’s agriculture, in
the opinion of President Shaw, is
founded largely on the wide range of
her agricultural interests. This prac-
tice of growing many crops enables
farmers to dispose of the bulk of their
products to nearby consumers, and to
plan farm programs that keep up the
producing capacity of the soil.

If any farmer, or group of farmers,
can be given these two factors—a
nearby market and a chance to grow
larger and larger crops—chances for

success are limited only by lack of .

industry and managing ability.

HOUSANDS upon

Vacation; thousands of tour-
ists will visit Mich~

For Farm igan this summer. A
Women very large per cent of

these same tourists
will enjoy the fresh air, fine food, and
various pleasures on Michigan farms.
All this means extra work for the
farm Woman. But, in the rush 'of
farm home work, and extra company,
the farm wife should not forget to
plan a vacation for herself and fam-
ily.
If it can be arranged so the whole
family can get away together, so much
the better, but the farm wife should

 

Another Fire

I have had the privilege of

An Interesting Comment on Our Farm Fire Campaign

Michigan Farmer of May 12th and May 19th, and have noted with
much interest the campaign which you have inaugurated looking to
a reduction of the fire waste on Michigan farms. '

The farm' press generally has given excellent cooperation in -
bringing to the attention of the American farmer the enormity of
the economic loss which he is suffering from fires, much of which
could be prevented if the property owner could be made to under-
stand his danger, the principal causes from which fires originate
and the best means of combating these hazards.

Yourarticles and the campaign you have
up, I believe, the most noteworthy .contribution‘which has been

Waste Letter

looking over the issues of the

inaugurated make

‘ the former

.- T thevlastimeet- '

‘ over my aspirations.

made by any publication to this cause. The practical value of the
score card system is readily apparent and your attack upon the
monstrous evrl of incendiarism will help to create a healthy senti‘
ment against this evil which will fill the wOuld-be incendiary with
wholesome fear. ‘ , '

I wish to express to you the hearty thanks of the Agricul-
tural Committee of the National Fire Waste Council, for your good
assrstance to our organization and .others of similar purpose in
our effort to relieve the farmers of this heavy tax upon ‘ his re-
sources. >

Sincerely yours.
(Signed) l. D. Goss,
Chairman, Agricultural. C mitten
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invitation to the rum women 91.5 the .

state to vacation at the college the

week of July 21 to 2710 joinin the.

open discussions of the Farm
Women's Institute, All efforts are
being centered upon giving those at-
tending the greatest , amount of
pleasure and enjoyment, and the most
helpful educational information avail-
able. Through the various lectures,
demonstrations, and discussion pe-
riods, those attending will. have an
opportunity to consider the problems
which are of major importance to
them: _ .i- , _

We" suggest that those who are
planning to attend, send their regis-
tration fee of $1.00 to Ralph Tenney,
.Director of Short Courses, Michigan
State College, at an early date to be
sure that reservation will be made for
them.

 

Perrpzmtzon

NCE in a. while now we get wea-

ther that makes a fellow think
maybe he’ll have a chance to sweat,
or perspire as the professor says. It
don’t make much difference what‘the
professor calls it, it’s sweat just the
same.

They say that in order to be healthy
a. fellow ought to have a good sweat
once a. day, so I kin see that we farm-
ers is goin’ to have a bunch of what
you’d call healthy days acomin’. I
kinda. feel sorry
for those fellows
in the city What’s
gotta p ay’ to
sweat ’cause, we
farmers ’vo found
out that it don’t
pay to sweat.
Sometimes , th e
more you sweat
the less you
make. '

But these swivel chair cow boys
settin’ behind mahogany desks makes
their money without sweatin’ and
spend it sweatin’. We farmers sweat
all the time, workin’ and when taxes
and. the bills come ,in. . One of the
greatest exercises to bring a. sweat is
to try to make both ends meet and
not be able to do it. '

Now, aspiration is. different than
perspiration. Aspiration is what you
want and in most cases perspiration
is what you have to do to get it. Now
the Question is, is our aspiration worth
the perspiration it will cause. If a
fellow is what you call a. conserva-
tionist, he kin nearly get his aspira-
tion with little perspiration. It’s the
way you do it. Some folkses work
their heads off and don’t get nowhere
and others work their heads, but not
off, and get along pretty well.

You noticed, maybe, that I said,
“nearly get their aspirations.” If
folkses is got real aspirations they
never quite get them. They just kinda
work toward them all the time. Those
what is, working only toward gettin’
three square meals a. day and a place
to sleep ain’t got no aspirations,
they’re workin’ fer necessity. ‘

When I was writin’ thisthing out,
- Sofie asks me “what ”I’m-3; sweatin’
about. I says I’m havin’ perspirations
She says, ,“as.
pirationll you mean asparagus. You
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} pirations isn’t something to eat and

asparagus is, and that’s what you’re
interested in.” Well, I says, “speakin’
of aspirations, I notice you like “to
chew the rag pretty well.”
I said ’cause it ain’t' no use tryin' to
argue with a. woman. I know enough
not to have that for one or .my. sis
pirations. '
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. :A Good Use For IdleMichigan Lands

Reforestation Will Make Them of Economic Value
By W C. Cribbs

HERE never was so great an

opportunity for the man who has

or can procure some of the cheap

lands of the state as at the present
time.

Everywhere we go we hear people

talking about the terrible condition of

plantings made along the highways
during the last two seasons.

One man suggested setting solid
spruce and then cutting all of the
trees and then starting all over again
after he had harvested the spruce.
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Twenty Auglaize County, Ohio, Farmers Recently Received This Record
Cooperative Shipment of 9,450 Accredited Chicks from One Hatchery

the returned lands for which taxes
are unpaid. They are wondering what
the people who remain in these sec-
tions, where they have to bear the
burden of higher taxation, are going
We must admit that the prob-
lem is serious, but a little thought
will show that there is some hope for
the manwho has imagination enough
to set trees.

One man in' Muskegon has shown
the people of this state that a very
fine return can be gotten in this gen-
erationfrom an acre of trees. .When
you talk of reforesting land, some
people say that they want to plant
a crop that they themselves can get
the returns from._ Our Muskegon
man has just sold the Christmas trees
from one acre of ground for $500. I
expect he waited for about ten years
to reap his reward.

The fruit farmer has to see his
fruit tree in fruiting condition before
he sets it or he would never set it,
likewise the man whOosets a seedling
spruce or a pine five inches high must
imagine the large tree.

‘Our lands are so cheap that, if a
person does not already own some
that is available for setting, he can
easily buy some for a few dollars per
acre and he will be able to multiply
the value of the land one hundredfold
in _a very short time.

Our plan is to set white or Norway
pine in June grass sod eight feet each
way and then set Norway spruce four
feet each way between the pine as
fillers. The spruce are to be taken
out at the ages from seven to ten
years and sold as Christmas trees.
Planting the trees at‘ these distances,
we get 2,042 spruce and 680 pines on
each acre and the cost for trees will
be about eleven dollars where white
pines are used and about thirteen
dollars where the Norway pines are
The cost of setting one acre

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would not have the ten years’ growth
on his pines which would increase the
value of his land many fold. He could
go out and buy more land at a few
dollars per acre if he Wished to con-
tinue to grow trees. The fruit grow—
er often follows this same plan with
the intersetting of peach and apple

trees so, when his peach trees are
done hearing at the age of eight or
ten years, he has a bearing apple or-
chard ready to return him something.

Ten acres of ten-year-old pine is
worth considerable more than ten
acres of vacant land, and sometime
someone will want that young forest
for the sentiment of it, thus one need
not wait until saw logs are available
before cashing in on the pines.

Much of our lands are lying in
June grass sod and are only useful for
the growing of these trees. These
lands can often be purchased for five
dollars per acre.

We are often asked how many trees
live and what growth they should
make. The spruce should be from
five to eight feet high at ten years
of age and the pine from eight to
fifteen feet at ten years. The growth
will vary with soil conditions and the
seasons. One should get from eighty
to ninety per cent of a stand if care
is taken in setting them. Mr. Thomas
Buell set 8,000 last spring on a trunk
line between Elmira and Gaylord and
after counting the dead trees this
spring he found one dead pine and
fifteen dead spruce. This record was
made in 1927 which had the dryest
summer we ever experienced in this
part of the state. On account of the
dry weather the potato crop was cut

fifty per cent in this section. ‘

There never has been so much in- '
terest shown in this phase of devel- '
opment as at the present time. The
Michigan State College furnishes most
of the spruce for the settings of
spruce and the conservation depart-
ment of the state the pines. The col-
lege is usually sold out of spruce be-
fore the first of each year, so it is
best to get your orders in early if
you do not want to be disappointed
in getting trees.

Many schools and other organiza-’
tions are setting trees after this plan
along our trunk lines. The Hersey
Banking Co. are setting 23,000 along
U. S. No. 10 between Reed City and
Evart. The Evart High School has
set 6,500 on this same trunk line be-
tween the fair grounds and the town.
The Farwell school set 27,000 last
year and are setting 3,500 this spring.

Prof. W. W. Charters, professor of
education of the University of Chi-
cago, has just set 6,700 at Glen Lake
and is planning to set 30,000 the
spring of 1929 and 60,000 the follow-
ing spring. Mr. Buell is setting 20,000
more this spring.

We hope to see in the near future
a movement by the State Highway
Dept. and the State CoinserVation
Dept. to set six rows of mixed jack

(Continued on page 818)

4 Gas Gets Lower Than Our Spirits

Thirty Men to the” Rescue and We Make Maine Soroa

T looks like a dry New Year’s Eve

I for us tonight,” grinned Jim, al-
though it was really no time for
grinning.-

As far as we could see in every
direction stretched the burning white
sands of the Sahara, the greatest
desert in the world. We were stuck
on a dune thirty-five miles from Maine
Soroa—and our water was almost
gone. We hadn’t seen a human being
‘or a water hole all day and we didn’t
know of any this side of Maine Soroa.
Thirty-five miles isn’t very far, but
we’d worked from early morning till
two o’clock in the afternoon to make
fifteen miles, so, somehow, it seemed
farther.

And now we were out of gas! One
motorcycle was entirely empty and
there was hardly enough in the other
to make town. The cattle, plodding
along behind with our extra supply,
wouldn’t catch up with us for two
days, and we didn’t have enough food
to last that long.

“Even a- bootlegger would look
good now,” said my partner. He was
looking for a place to sit, there on
that blistering dune, and was turning

.,’round and ’round like a dog about
to lie down. Those sand burrs make
one wary. But I was too tired; I
Just let ’em stick.

“Looks like 1927 didn’t getus much
.9! eel/Where.” ‘I,sr9uséd“
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By Francis Flood

A sand burr inside Jim’s
brought him back to serious med-
itation. “Let’s see. Here we are.
There’s no water, and,” he critically
surveyed the skies, “it doesn’t look
much like rain, either. So we better
move on. We know there’s nothing
behind us—so we better go ahead.
Can’t ride; hafta walk!” -

“If that last twenty five miles or
so into Maine Soroa is surfaced with
hard dirt as they told us, this sandy
trail will end in about ten miles,” I
reminded ourselves.

“We can walk that far on what
water we’ve got——maybe,” Jim said.
“Might be a road camp there. And
if there isn’t, we’ll have better walk-
ing for the next twenty-five miles
anyway.” ‘

*After fighting those roaring motor-
cycle-s and' pushing ’em through the

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sand from six o’clock in the morning
until two in the afternoon we had a
right to be tired, and we were just
as hot as we were tired. Anybody
else might have been downhearted.
And tonight was New Year’s Eve.

We started out on foot and filoundv _.

ered up the first sand dune like a
couple of mice in a flour bin. I want-
ed a drink and knew Jim did too.
But, let’s see. Ten miles at two miles
an hour—. '

“Hey! Jiml, Look! What’s that?”
A man on horse back, a native, gal-
loping like a mirage across the sands
toward us.

“Wonder if we’re seeing things?”
mourned Jim. “A painted man upon

a painted desert!” .

The cavalier charged up with a,

flourish, leaped off his horse before
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News and Views
From INGLESIDE FARM—By Stanley Powell

 

 

IRACLE’ eternal! Mystery of
the ages! “Unto us a child is
born Unto us a son is given.”
We, who were two selfish souls, have
now been reunited by the mystic
bonds of parenthood. Frail little pink
hands grip our heartstrings and draw
us toward each other and into paths
of love and self-forgetting service.
We couldn’t think of discussing or-
dinary topics in this article until we
had told you this great good news.
In fact, we have been thinking of
little else these days here at Ingle-
side. As this was our first child, you

may realize that his natal day was
one of the greatest red-letter events
of our lives.

We have sentenced the little fellow
to struggle along under
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the name
Ronald is the name
of the township
in which our old
homestead is lo
cated. The young-
ster is the fourth
generation of
I’owells to dwell
here at Ingleside.
There has been
some disagree-
ment among
friends as to our
reason for choos-
ing Herbert as
his middle name.
Some insisted that it was in honor of
Herbert Hoover, but others maintain
that it is a tribute to my senior part-
ner, Herbert E. Powell. Anyway, he
is father’s first grandchild and I
imagine “The Commissioner” is rather
proud of him.

In these days 'of hustle and bustle,
of jazz, of hectic ferment and dynamic
progress it is a little out of the or-
dinary that Ronald first greeted our
eager eyes in the same home and
the very room where his daddy was
born thirty years ago this summer.

For the first day or so I couldn’t
feel especially complimented when
friends said the babe “looked like his
father.” But now I’m getting quite
reconciled to the idea. In fact,
ald looks more human and more
precious every time I stand and gaze
down into the little bassinet.

Being the youngest member of our
family and never having lived in a
home where there were infants, you
may be sure that I am pretty “green”
and have a lot to learn. But I look
forward to the future. with hopeful-
ness and happy expectation. I have

' ”always been more or less afraid of
babies and couldn’t see anything ve1y
attractive about them in their early
stages, but Ronald has already won
for himself a very warm place in my
heart. And I am getting bold. I’ve
even carried him all alone from his
mother to the crib.
A Tribute to Motherhood
Since that awful, sleepless, fearful
night when we awaited the final de-
livery of our child, which brought re-
lief to the agony of the mother and
to the dreadful suspense of the rest
of us, I have a new appreciation of
the meaning of motherhood. My own
dear mother is more precious to me
as I contemplate her loving sacrifice
for me. I have a new reverence for
.motherhood and a new respect for
,my~ feIIOWmen, each of whom is some
mother’s child. Somehow, I can’t
:fhelprwishing that every boy and girl,
every young man and young woman,
‘ ‘pOuld realize these sacred merities
during the formative and treacherous
years of their lives. It would mean
a: deeper reverence for their own
"physical and spiritual beings and for
911119 welfare of all others as well
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recently with a splendid young man
who works in one of Michigan’s finest
automobile factories. He labors‘“on
the line,” if you know what is meant
by that, and puts on instrument
boards and lids to the luggage com—
partments. For installing the instru-
ment board he is allowed five and a
quarter minutes and then has two
and three-quarters minutes to .adjust
the lid to the luggage compartment.
There are just so many little bolts,
washers, lock washers, and nuts totbe
assembled in just the same way, hour
after hour, day after day. The “line”
moves forward relentlessly, heartless-
1y, ceaselessly. He has just eight
minutes to make these two installa-
tions.

Farm life has its discouragements
and disagreeable features, but some-
how I believe that I prefer it to work-
ing “on the line” in an automobile
factory. Certainly, there is little
monotony here and we enjoy abun-
dant opportunity to exercise our
initiative and employ our capacities
for judgment and foresight.

Agitators Not Consistent

To the old familiar quotation “con-
sistency, thou art a jewel” I would
add “and a very rare jewel, too.” I
am thinking just now of those agi-
tators who are inciting farmers to
join “The Taxpayers’ League,” an out-
fit that seems bent o-n blocking rural
progress. ,This association appears to
be destructive rather than construc-
tive and directs its efiorts against
county agents, the eradication of
bovine tuberculosis, and corn borer
control.

 

fit 35 '

But I started to refer to the con-
sistency, or rather the lack of con-
sistency, which is so frequently in
evidence. For instance, when Con:
gress was considering a. federal appro-
priation to provide funds to reimburse
farmers for their extra labor in con-
nection with the “clean-up,” the Tax-
payers’ League put up a bitter fight at
Washington: against this bill which
specified that at least ninety per cent
of the proposed appropriation would
go directly into the farmers’ pockets.
Probably the League was at least
partially responsible for the defeat of
this measure which would have been
of so much direct benefit to thou-
sands of over—burdened farmers who
are putting up a gallant fight, strug-
gling to hold back the unwelcome
European invader.

Now when injunctions againststate
and federal officials who are seeking
to enforce the clean-up are filed by
farmers who are members of the
League they almost invariably voice
protest at being forced to bear the
entire cost of the clean-up which is
intended not so much for their own
benefit as to protect the entire corn
growing industry on this continent.
That was the theory and philosophy
of the supporters of the proposed fed
‘eral appropriation.

It always seemed strange to me
that when farmers protest against
high taxes and seek to stop or cur-
tail some governmental activity that
they focus their efforts against some
of those few things which are carried
on especially for the benefit of farm—
ers. Taxes are admittedly high—woe-
fully high and farmers pay more than
their just and proper share, but that
certainly is a’poor. reason for us to
urge that the few public activities
which assist us directly should be
wiped off the slate. Let us figure how
many cents it costs us on our farms
to support each of these lines of work

“and -.then consider. w

 

structed that,

 

fits derived do no: more than offset "

this slight expense.

We have been taking advantage of
some rainy days to build a new flat
rack in which we expectto take at 151;
of pride «and satisfaction. Ourfhired
man, who is handy with tools, is 1
doing most of the work. It is fifteen - ' {3
feet long and seven and a. half feet - “
wide' and the end standards extend
about five and a half feet above the . . ‘
rack. The bed pieces are of fir, the ‘ 1
cross pieces and upright stakes on the
end—gates of oak, and the boards of
southern pine. In its construction 'We
used a surprising amount of U-bolts,
strap iron, heavy iron for the wheels
to cramp against, brace rods and or— i
dinary bolts of various lengths.

When we get this rack completed
and painted, perhaps we shall takes. 1 ‘
picture of it and send it in to the ~‘
Editor. We hope to have it so com .
barring accidents, it \7
will give long years of satisfactory
service. We have one old flat rack '
that has withstood heavy duty for
well over twenty years and will prob-
ably-haul a good many loads yet.

A GOOD USE FOR IDLE MICHIGAN
LANDS

 

(Continued from page 817)

and Norway pines on both sides of
our trunk lines on all’lands owned
by our state. This would not only
add to the beauty of our state but 1,
would reduce the cost of road main- ’ 1‘
tenance very materially. In a short
time there would not be any need of
snow fences such as we have now.
After the state owned lands were set,
the private lands along the highways
might be procured for this purpose.

Every organization and every town
in northern Michigan should have
their forestry program. The results
would be amazing.

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My Colleague in the Senate

DO not believe the West yet fully
realizes what has happened at
Kansas City—that the West has

finally arrived politically and na-
tionally, that it has been found worthy
of the highest seats of the mighty,
that the Republican East has capi-
tulated to the Republican West; that
the West has now come of age and
full stature!

For the first time in history the
dominant political party and a popu-
lous East, have selected Western
men f01 their standard bearers—
Hoovei of Iowa and California, Curtis
of Kansas—both of plesidential size.

The East has placed itself and the
country in the hands of these West-
exners—able and capable hands, none
better to be found—subject only to
the will of all the people November-
next

The East has done more, it has
conceded a strong, fiat-footed, bone-
Idryd prohibition plank, the Western
1n .

The East has definitely agreed that
agriculture shall be placed on an
equality with industry in general.

The farmers who went to the con-
vention were of important help in
bringing this about and giving the
convention its Western trend.

And with two, farm-bred Western
men at the head of thing's—one a gen-
ius at constructive administration, the
other a masterful political leader—
can we have a real doubt that a prac-
tical and workable and genuine meas-
ure of farm relief will be evolved and
put in operation?

Is it to be wondered at that we
are all a little dazed yet and that the

full significance of events is just be—-

ginning to down upon us?

Kansas is proud of a favorite son
who is a native son, born on her soil

just before Kansas was admitted to'

the Union, and cradled in adversity—
so young is the home state of Charles
Curtis, whom the ' home folks from
sheer friendliness and long custom
and long approval still call “Charley."

Curtis has served Kansas thirty-

two years in' House and Senate, alr

most half a life-time of both, an

longer.d than any 0th 1‘ 11.1311- has tsp:
relented. , .

Kansas at

Curtis is the first man West of the
Mississippi to be given the leadership
of the Senate, competently and ably
succeeding the gifted and aristocratic
Lodge of Massachusetts.

Like his running mate, Hoover, Cur-
tis is a shining example of triumphant
democracy. He was born on a West.
ern farm only in Curtis’ case it was
the farm of a pioneer settler, just out-
side .of Topeka, destined to become
the capitol city of Kansas. The youth—
ful Curtis‘trudged five miles daily to
high school, then to complete his edu-
cation became a stable helper and a
jockey, and so was able to study law
and be admitted to the bar.

A year ago last fall when we were
attending the Kansas Free Fair to-
gether, Senator Curtis told me that
day was the fiftieth anniversary of the
last race he rode as a jockey.

* d: 3!:

Curtis first entered public life as
county attorney of Shawnee County.
Prohibition was then in the present
New York stage in Kansas. But young
Curtis, showed the stuff of which he
was made and proved his courage by
immediately enforcing the state pro-
hibitory law as it never had been (an
forced in this county. He filled the
‘county jail with lawbreakers.

What a land and what a country
in which two Western farm boys,
early left orphans, are able to rise,
the one to the cabinet of the Presi-
dent of the United States, the other
to the leadership of the greatest legis-
lative bedy in the world—and then to
be named the nation’s strongest men,
and the ablest to govern the world’s,
greatest government!

' 1|! * 1!

An event at the convention was

" typical of the discipline through which

both Hoover and Curtis have conic.
Hoover had been nominated by an
overwhelmin vote' for
Lowden ha withdrawn. Former
Congressman Tincher of KanSa‘s, ad-
vanced to the front of the platform
to put Curtis in nomination for the
head of the ticket. “My candidate.”
he said. “is not 8. twitter!” _

“There was. an ,
planner 1 from ,W

 

President,”
. West is a.

1 march through the aisles" began. Other

delegations catchin% the enthusiasm
of those who know urtis best, joined
1n. ’
The Hoover demonstation
twenty-four minutes. ‘
declared the Curtis
lasted twenty-three.
even more
former.

This remarkable demonstration of
Curtis’ strength and popularity made
a marked impression on the large
number of Eastern delegates. They
discarded their hitherto fixed purpose
of giving Hoover an Eastern running
mate to balance the ticket East-and-
West, and next day drafted Curtis for
Vice- President, making the ticket a. :,
Western double- header. Novembe 3
next, Kansas, which still believes Cur 1
tie would make a great President of
the United States, will ratify the ac-'
tion of the corfvention by giviing Hoo-
ver and Curtis the biggest majority
it 1gas ever rolled up for a national
tic et.

lasted
A timekeeper
demonstration
To me it-seemed
spontaneous. than the

*ss- !

The nine years I have spent in
Washington as Senator Curtis' col-
league, and my forty years of per- ,
sonal intimate acquaintance with him, . '
dating from the young manhood of ‘
both of us, leaves me in no doubt of ,
Curtis’ sincere solicitude for the farm- 1
ing industry and those who are carry— 5
ing it on. Being farm- bred myself, I i
can say we have both come by this '
regard for the greatest industry quite r
naturally.

A lifetime of close association with ‘
Western conditions should be the 1
guarantee if any guarantee were
needed, that Senator Curtis could not
.be otherwise than a friend of a
Culture. That Kansas should send 1
again and regain to Washington cone
firms this beyond question. ,
- Aside from tdeise cousideragfls, go
great fact age 11 emerges e
at to take its 918.36 in. the
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Painting

Essentials of Mixing and Applying Pa’ints

HEN mixing paint, be sure to
mix plenty. It is better' to have
some left over than to run short,
especially if a tinted paint is being
used. None will be wasted, for the
left-over will cover a number of odd
places, such as cellar stairs, roof
valleys, or gutters, etc. Often the
bedy and trim colors can be thrown
together for such work and the mass
brought to a neutral color by adding
lampblack.
When mixing White-lead paint there
is a definite order of stirring in the
ingredients to get the best results.

‘Firstgstir in enough linSeed oil to
'soften the pigment to a workable

paste. Then. add tinting colors, if
paint is to be tinted, mixing them

Establish a buoy in the lake in any
favorable spot in the early season
but after July it is better to seek deep
water. Construct a buoy by attaching
to an eight foot pole, four inches in
diameter a piece of wire or strong
repe. On the free end of the rope or
wire fix a 75 or 100 pound weight for
an anchor. The wire or rope must
be sufficiently long to reach the bot-
tom and still some of the pole stick-
ing above the water. The owner may
attach a flag to his buoy for identifica-
tion purposes.~

Extreme care should be taken in
removing the anchor from the boat
when ready to plant the buoy. R011
to the stern of the boat and drop it
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and the Farmers Surrounding It.

thoroughly, Mix in the drier and the
remainder of, the oil required by the
formula. Add the turpentine, stirring
all the while. When this is done,
strain the whole mixture through a
fine wire screen or a piece .of cheese-
cloth and the paint is ready to apply.
Never use benzine or kerosene as
a thinner instead of turpentine. They
are inferior and injure the paint.
Use only the best liquid drier of
Dark
turpentine will

driers as well as

slightly alter shades, and this must.

be taken into consideration.

0n new wood, knots and sappy
streaks should be shellacked with
pure alcohol shellac brushed out very
thin before priming. When the lum-
ber has very many knots, less oil and
more turpentine may be used than
usual. Too much oil on the knots
causes later coats to draw and check.

Do not attempt outside painting in
extremely cold dr damp weather.
Wood on new buildings is nearly al-
ways water-soaked. Let it dry before
painting it.

A surface to be repainted should be
smoothed down. If the old paint is
in bad condition it should be scraped
or burned off. It is a waste of time
to paint over old lumpy scaling paint.

Brush paint well into the pores of
the wood. Do not allow_paint merely
to flow from the brush. Two thin

coats are better than one thick coat.

Allow plenty of time between coats
for the paint to dry. Exterior work
should be allowed to dry two or three
days before the next coat and interiOr
work at least twenty-four hours.

CATCHING WHITE FISH

 

ISHERMEN in the state, always on
the alert for some new sport in
the angling game,’ are turning their
attention to the possibility of catch-
ing white fish with the hook and line.
There are—several inland lakes in
Michigan where white fish are known
to exist; They are found in Long
Lake, AlpenaCounty; Torch and Elk
" ' ,‘iynntrfln’flounty: Mullett Lake
‘ in W' ‘Gounty:

   

 

capsized boat might probably result.

With the buoy in place, scatter
bait 25 feet in all directions from the
buoy. About a half-pint of bait
should be used daily for three or four
days before actual fishing is started.
Canned sweet corn, macaroni, rice,
tapioca, or whole sweet corn make
good bait to scatter.

Ideal bait for the hook is sucker
meat. Remove the skin from the
sticker meat (if sucker meat is not
obtainable, use the white meat of any
fish) place a piece on the hook and
lower the line so that the bait is. 18
inches from the bottom. Hold the
pole still. If a female white fiish is
caught, remove the spawn and liver.
Place a piece of the spawn on the
hook and then on the very point, at-
tach a small piece of a liver. This
combination is the very best white
fish bait for the fish will swallow the
entire portion without even stopping
to nibble. If sweet corn is used on
the hook, put on two kernels that
have been well soaked.

If lots of fish are caught, bait the
ground twice daily for there are
plenty of prospects waiting for the
food. Be careful, however, not to
overdo the feeding for sour bait. lying
around will cause the white fiish to
Spurn anything you may offer them
on your hook.

‘The white fish weight runs from 5
to 8 pounds and he is all fight. The
establishment of a buoy makes it pos-
sible for one to bait his ground and
then invite a party of friends to the
lake for a week-end of exciting fish-
ing. Michigan’s white fish lakes, it
is thought, should produce as good re-
sults as'those in New York state.

Several hundred dollars were re-
turned to farmers of Branch County
who had ordered war salvage explo-
sives after the supply was exhausted.
Five carloads of pyratol have been
used in the county, and the estimated
savings on this amount of explosive
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NEXT Wednesday, when
the youngsters all want
firecrackers and cap pistols,
the older folks of the family
should plan a real holiday.

  
  
  
    
   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
   
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
    
   
 
    

Celebrate the 4th with a-
picnic, fishing trip or an out-
ing of some kind. Take along
some of the lunch kits, camp
stoves or other picnic equip-
ment that we are now showing
in our “Farm Service” Hard-
ware Stores. With such
things you are bound to make
your outings more convenient
and of course that means
more fun.

There will be lots of days this
summer when you will have
the desire to get away, if you
have everything ready—all
the needed things to make
these outings easy to prepare
for. At a “tag” store you
will get excellent selections,
low prices and the high-
quality goods that you can
always depend upon.

Don’t forget fishing tackle.
,Stop into a “tag” store and
get new lines, hooks and other
things you need on Monday.

 
 

Your “Farm Service”
Hardware Men.

  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   

  
   

 

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paper for a number of years, 1
words.
twenty—seven years as my wife has

at Kalamazoo.

one his freedom.

that haven’t the good-
mine would have.

reasons

cry or disgrace?
Now I am asking the

a fair chance.

prosperity, A Lonely Man.

 

PH EASANTS DO DAMAGE

 

I could get the roller on it.

I calculate to drag it light and fill ou
with beans.
den notice.

also appear to thin out
grains.~—Joe N. Harris.

CORN BORER VCONTROL

 

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before the first of May.

acres of corn in every year.

 

 

 

proposition.

stubble.
I have twenty acres here that th

’Our Readers’ Corner"
Fact: and Opinion: 6y M z'c/zngan Farm Folk

HAVING been a reader of your

am taking the liberty to write a few
The hours have been most
dreary and dark to me for the past

been a. patient at the State Hospital
I feel that after one
has become uncurable after so long a
time the laws of this state should give.

-I know that at every term of court
there are dozens of divorces granted
that
So why should our
laws compel me to live a life of mis-

lawmakers
of the state to show a spark of hu-
manity by changing this law and give
me, as well as hundreds of others,
They make such laws
in other states, so why not Michigan?
——Yours for humanity, freedom, and

PIECE of corn planted was found
by the ringneck pheasants before
Rolling
it, however, did not hide the planter
marks so as to stop the pheasants
from picking it out with their bills.

Am sending game war-
Last year the pheasants-
shelled beans and ate some also. They
my other

YOUR issue of May 26th contained
comments on the corn borer work-

I am willing to try and do what
I can, but it is impossible for some
farmers to live up to the law they
have for control of the corn borer,
I am renting
340 acres and have from forty to fifty
So if
I have to pick the corn stubble after
it is planted and get the rest of the
work done, I am up against a hard
I have in about seventy-
five acres of cats and forty was corn-

“rAaMnn

inspector said he would have to re-
_ port, but this same field I went over
with a. mower last fall and plowed it
and it is a heavy clay soil and more
or less corn stubble will work up to
the top in the spring. It seems to
me that I have done all that could be
done and that it is not necessary to
have the stubble picked. In case it
should have been done, there is no
reason why they don't send the in-
spector around to look the fields over
as soon as crops are planted and not
wait until they get up. So if the
weather would not permit other work
to be done, he could probably get
that job out of the way. 7

Now, the way I look at this thing,
they should allow for their clean-up
work enough money to properly take
care of it and hire men to go and
use their stubble scratchers in the
fall and tear them to pieces as fast

were any in the stubble.
do- away with stubble picking.

to do this extra

going.——-VV. C. Banfield.

 

FROM A MAIL CARRIER

 

June 9th
which,

in the
Richardson

treasury.

to correct their mistake.

which is used to pay

”338’00b'0005l’mh isms: outst- -' . »

as silos are filled and field corn cut
as it would destroy the borer if there
That would
You
can’t let the borer have a place to
live through the winter and try to
get him before the first of May as
the most farmers do not have the
time to live up to the law as spring
is the worst time of the year for a
farmer to get his crops in and keep
his work- w. P would rather have the
state take the money they allow for
t clean-up work- to hire men to go
around and get after the borer in the
fall and thus not compel the farmer
work as he has
enough. to contend with to keep things

HAVE just been reading an article
issue by E.
being a rural
mail carrier, I do not like very well.

It seems this whole great country
has the impression that the money
paid to retired civil service employ-
ees is taken from the United States

I wish you could publish something
Congress
passed the retirement act and at the
same time included a clause with-
hdlding 31/2 per cent of our basic pay
all pensions
e and has over—reached that expense by

 

 

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interest for us. .

Sometime in the-distant future the
government may have to contribute
something but they surely have not

, yet.

I think it is a fine thing that Con-
gress passed such a. law but we are
surely paying it ourselves, so why
should the taxpayers worry?-—-F. L.
Hitchcock. ‘ '

 

An unusually large acreage of soy
beans in Eaton County is indicated
by the sale through the country
agent’s ethos of 106 cultures for the"
inoculation of soy bean seed.

 

Corn variety field tests are being
run on the farms of R. B. FahSon,
Aurelius, and G. B. Frost, Wheatfield
Township, both in Ingham Countyf

 

An experimental septic tank of 50,-
000 gallon capacity is being installed
by the Kraft Phoenix Cheese Company
of Scottville for disposing of the re-
fuse of the plant. The work is under
the direction of the Michigan State
College dairy specialists who devised
the new method.

 

 

News of the Week

Dr. Rudolph Tenerowicz, mayor of
Hamtramck, suburb of Detroit, known
for Its liquor violations and tough ele-
ment, is making a. clean-up of the
town.

“Big Bill” Thompson, mayor of Chi-
cago has been ordered to pay back to
the City $1,500,000 of “expert fees,” or
graft money. '

General Umberto Nobile, chief of
the Italia, stranded in the arctic re
gions, has been found by an airplane
which dropped food and supplies to
him and his six companions. ' '

Rising rivers caused by torrential
rams threaten serious damage in cen-
tral and eastern Missouri. -

.Will Hays, President of the Motion
Picture Producers’ association says
that 250 million people see the movies
each week.

A catholic paper in Rome, Italy, re
ferred recently to the benefits which
catholicism would receive if Gov. Al.
Smith would be elected President of
the U. S. ' .

Nine of ten cars in the world are
made in the United States, according
to the U. S. department of commerce. ‘

_ Ronald Amundsen; the tam-Gus“ arc-
tic explorer, flew in a plane in search
gf Gen. Nobile but has not been heard
rom. '

Michael Barron, a nineteen year old
boy of Detroit, was killed when his
parachute failed to open in his para—
ghutte jump from a height of 2,600
ee .

Miss Amelia Earhart, with Wilmer
Stutz and Lou Gordon'as pilots, flew
from New Foundland to Burry Port,
Wales. The trip was made in twenty-
one hours. Miss Earhart is the first
woman to fly across the ocean.

President Coolidge attend church
at a little chapel in Brule, 1s., where
services are conducted by John Tay‘
lor, Sixty-nine year old blind preacher.

The drag rope of a balloon, in
which some Detroiters were “picnic-
ing," tore down the high tensiori wires
at Howell, Mich., and left the city in
darkness.

Andrew Moe, 75 years old, was
drowned in the Black River near
Onalaska, Wis, when a twelve, pound
fish he caught pulled him in the
r1ver. ‘

The situation in Greece is serious
due to communists’ efforts to turn the
tobacco strike into a general one.

The “Jeunesses Francaises” an as
sociation of moral-minded French
people have asked the Paris police to
prevent the holding of the famous
. Students’ Ball, noted for its boldness.

. Mustapha Kemal, ruler of Turkey,
has ordered that the Turkish Mosques
be fitted With occidental pews. altars, ’
and organs instead of no fittings at:
all except prayerrugs. _ .
Dr. Eckener, G-e r m a n ”Zeppelin:
builder unannounced that h; - intends
an; fly iron; £35m riots: ‘
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How One Family Got Started

E have a wonderful garden, near

the edge of a small town but
until the past two years we had never
thought of selling garden stuff. One
day a wild west show came to town
and the youngsters wanted to attend.
The family budget would not allow
for the attendance at a show just at
that time. It was in August. The
children, enterprising as all American
children should be, looked about them.
for a way to earn some money. I
finally gave permission- to dig and
clean a dozen small bunches qf young
carrots and beets. To this they
added a few: late string beans in sacks
and a peck of yellow transparent ap-
ples from the back yard tree. A few
extra empty paper sacks were tucked
into the wagon and they set off to
sell their products. A tourist camp
at the edge of town was quite well
filled Up with travelers who were
camping for the night. (It was around
5:30 in the afternoon). They bought
the carrots and beets and also the
apples and wanted a few pounds of
new potatoes. The boy returned to
the garden and dug a sack of potar
toes, perhaps five pounds, and filled
the order.~ The beans they sold on
the way home.

For the beets, five to a bunch, they
charged five cents per bunch.

, For carrots, six to a bunch (small)
.they charged five cents.

The apples were sold a few to a
customer and brought fifty cents.

The beans sold in a bunch for
twenty-five cents and the potatoes
brought fifteen cents.

The whole netted them $1.45 and
the show tickets were but twenty-five
cents for children!

The next year we put in a much
larger garden with a greater variety
of vegetables. Egg plant, cucumbers,
young carrots, onions, tomatoes,
beans, corn (this especially), pota-
toes, sorted and cleaned well, just a
few pounds to a sack, radishes, care
must be taken to keep these fresh,
and summer squash are good tourist
vegetables. Beets are not in such a
demand but it pays to include a
bunch or two. It is surprising how
anxious most tourists are to get geod
ripe eating apples. A few well pol-
ished will sell like hot cakes. Of
course, you cannot expect to sell little
runty apples for a profit. ,

The citizens of a small towu will
always buy some garden stuff as well
as the stores.

The main thing is to handle fresh,
clean, attractive stuff. And deal fair-
ly with the tourists.

The best time to sell to tourists is
just before supper as they usually
want a well cooked and hearty sup-
per.—Mrs. F. B.

 

THE INSECT PEST AND PLANT

DISEASE ACT

 

HE nursery law of 1897 and its

amendments were repealed by the
Legislature of 1927, and a new law,
under the above name was enacted.
fThe object of the law is to prevent"
the introduction and dissemination of
insects and diseases injurious to plant
life upon nursery stock, and the en

forcement of the law is in the hands
of the state commissioner of agricul-
ture. Since failure to comply with
the requirements of the law may re-
sult in prosecution, with a heavy fine
or imprisonment, or both, if found
guilty, it is well worthwhile for per-
sons who grow or handle plants of any
kind to inform themselves regarding
the requirements of this law.

The law not only relates to the sale
of nursery stock in Michigan, but un-
der its terms it is illegal to exchange
or give away anything in the way of
nursery stock, small fruit plants,
perennials such as peonies and iris
or even rhubarb and asparagus plants
from the garden or wild shrubs or
plants from the Wo-odlots or' waste
places, unless they have received a
certificate of inspection showing them
to be free from dangerous insects and
diseases. ,

The new law also makes it unlawful
to transport any so—called Christmas
trees, evergreen boughs for decora—
tive purposes, or other wild trees,
shrubs, vines, and plants until they
have been inspected.

Under the law, fruit growers, who-
are not nurserymen are allowed- to
sell or otherwise dispose of surplus
red raspberry, blackberry, and straw—
berry plants without first securing a
license, but this does not apply to
growers of black»cap raspberry and
dewberry plants, the tips of which
are layered with the idea of propagat-
ing them since it then becomes nur-
sery stock. The same- is true of those
who grow red raspberry and black—
berry plants from root cuttings.

If any person has florists’ stock or
any other, plants that are not nursery
stock, but which he wishes to ship
into another state or country, he may
apply to the commissioner of agri-
culture for its inspection.

Failure of any one to comply with
the requirements of the law will,
upon conviction, render him subject to
a fine of not less than twenty-five,
nor more than one hundred dollars,
and imprisonment for not to exceed
three months or both such fine and
imprisonment.

Summary of Requirements

1. A license is needed for selling
trees, shrubs, and hardy plants.

2. A certificate of inspection should
be secured before digging, shipping,
selling, or growing any trees, shrubs,
or plants on the farm or in the woods.

3. It is unlawful to ship plants of
any kind by mail unless' they have a
certificate of inspection. (U. S. Law).

4. Report to the commissioner of
agriculture the arrival of any nursery
stock from foreign countries; also if
stock is received which does not
have upon it valid certificates of in-
spection even though from points in
Michigan.

5. Applications for licenses and
for inspection of stock, also for copies
of the law should be addressed to
State Department of Agriculture,
Lansing, Michigan—L. R. Taft.

 

Fourteen varieties of corn are being
used in a. variety test planted on the
farm of E. M. Mear and Son, Shelby,
Oceana County.

 

and fruits.

and address to
@913 ‘EN’ DEFI,

 

For the Gardener

THE Michigan State College has just issued a bulletin which

should be in the hands of every farmer who grows 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.

mend that each farmer have a. copy. To get one just send your name

4MICHIGAN FARMER,5

The methods rec-
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amount of properly available plant food at such time in the grow-

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vide this plant food at a cost which makes them the most econ-

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The Secret Lies in the Making

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must be exercised, first in the Selection of the ingredients so that
they will provide the greatest amount of available plant food units;
secondly, those ingredients must be of the type to furnish gradu-

ated availability of the. plant food
throughout the growing and ripening
season. In the selection of the ingre—
dients that carry the plant food ele-
ments together with the mixing and
blending of them, lies the secret of
making a quality fertilizer.

The Michigan Fertilizer Company is
directed and managed by men of long
experience in the fertilizer business.
They know how to make quality fer-
tilizers. lts new modern plant, lo
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on Michigan Central R. R., North Lan-
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want you to come to
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centrally located in the
State and our willing-
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then you be the judge
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When it is “Time To Be -Tire”, you get
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Gas Gets Lower Than Spirits

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us and clicked himself to a'full mili- and I suppose the Prince does too.

tary salute. “Yes, we are,” Jim in-
sisted.

And then that mysterious piece of
black magic began slowly to unwind
the turban coiled upon his head.
Yard after yard—and never a word.
I pinched myself—hard. Cows carry-
ing suitcases. Dry dunes and dry
canteens. Desert—what’s this? A
letter?

DEVIL or ’man, whatever he was,
the black cavalier finally pro

duced a letter, pinned to the last
fold of his turban. He tore it loose
and handed it to me.

“Messieurs Les Americains,” it was
directed. I pinched myself and read
in English:

“Maine Soroa, 30 Decembre, 1927.

“We-are anxiously expecting you
here for several days, since they
wired us from Goure. If you are in
trouble or need assistance of any
sort please send a letter by this mes-
senger and command me. \Ve hope
to welcome you soon here.

.M. Le Commandant Cercle.”

I pinched Jim and then let him
pinch me, hard. The soldier had a
canteen of water, too, and he greet-
ed us in French. The old boy seemed
as tickled as we were that he’d found
us—but I know he wasn’t.

“How many kilometers to the good
roads?” I asked him in what I be-
lieved was French.

“Las bas. Une niinuit.” He led me
to a little mound of sand and pointed.
There it was! Not a mile away. And
a village and camp beside the road.
There was a Santa Claus after all.

Jim and I drank a quart canteen
of water each. We were then able
to spit on a rock so we could toss
it into the air and see who’d stay and
guard the motorcycles. Jim lost.

I mounted the horse, and the ex-
cited old soldier trotted along be-
side me toward the camp, as proud
as if he had Mohammed himself in
tow. A van gang of jabbering na-
tives marking out the boundaries of
the new road fell respectfully aside
as we marched between their ropes.
My conductor hardly deigned to see
them. Hadn’t he been sent out to
rescue the great “Americans”—what-
ever they were—and hadn’t he found
’em, and wasn’t one of ’em riding his
own horse right now?

P through the swarm of blacks

farther down the road galloped

the “chef de travaille,” which is
French for “boss.” A dashing young
,blade he was, a tobacco-colored Sene-
galese who had seen military service
in France and spoke the language like
the soldier that he was.

He too snapped himself into a
sweeping French salute as though I
were Napoleon. Battling Siki, and
Joan of. Arc all rolled up in one pair
of shorts. I could see at once that
the whole show there was mine for
the asking. Whoever had been doing
our advance advertising had done it
Well.

“I want thirty men and beaucoup
grand cord,” I told the chef who was
clicking like a mechanical soldier on
parade. “Bring two motorcycles
here.” And then by way of explana-
tion I added, “Essence finis,” which
is as good French as “Outta gas” is

English. .
The chef dismounted, and I d1d
the same—with one black lackey

holding my stirrup and another my
bridle, just as they would have done
for the Prince of Wales. I like to
think they did this because of my
eminence and not my horsemanship~

Then the chef led me to his grass
house on a knoll overlooking the road,
and bade me rest. He must have
guessed I was tired. One of his wives
spread a mat for me in the shade of
his little grass porch, and he hurried
away to muster in my gang. This
was comfort. Another wife brought
a huge calabash of goat’s milk for me
to drink. It would be easy to go to
s eep.

AWAY off across the sands, long
trains of donkeys and of men

were trailing in from some far
cuvette, bringing dirt for the new
highway. Below me the gangs were
stamping it on the sand. The tom
toms of the paid “musicians,” as nec—
essary to every road gang as a fore-
man or a. water boy, came faintly on
that soft and sleepy breeze. I forgot
that we were a long way fro-m Maine
Soroa and not enough gasoline to get
even one motorcycle there. I forgot
that the chef had been gone nearly a
half hour. Where was he anyway?
Impatience and sleepiness were bat-

la'ted into English that is about 36
miles. , ' . . ,

Jim figured a, second. “Pop," he
said, “at the regular wage scale here
we could rent this whole army for
$1.50 a day. Only 75 cents a day for
each team of fifteen men. They can
make .six miles in an hour.‘ That’ll
be five o’clock, and then”—big heart-
ed—“we’ll give ’em the rest of the
day off. Nothin’ small about us. This
is New Year’s Eve!

“Then we’ll tie your bike on behind
mine—and we’ll make Maine Soroa
tonight after all. Old 1927 ,is weak-
ening in his last few hours—and I
believe we’ve got him licked!”

I might have pitied those bare-
footed, ragged black men as they
jogged along in the sun, dragging our
motorcycles up hill and down. But I
didn’t. They got as big a kick out of
it as we. It wasn’t any harder than
hauling dirt all day and they’re prob-
ably talking about it yet. They pulled
us seven miles. Then we paid ’em a
franc each (about a nickel) and‘they
wished us enough Pagan godspeeds
to have got us seven miles farther.

I wanted to have them pull us a few
more miles so our gasoline would be
sure to last us to town but Jim
laughed it off.

“No,” he said. “01d 1927 put up
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tling for possession, and I don’t know
which won out.

And then he came. He and Jim.

Up the road they roared like a Ben -
Hur chariot race. Jim was a length
ahead, standing on his pedals and
cracking a rope over the bare backs
of fifteen leaping, rearing blacks that
were hitched to his bike in front.
“Come on there, Black Beauty, tighten
that rope! All right, Dan Patches,
heave your hoofs!” Crack! He never
hit ’em with the rope. Everybody was
too good-natured. Just cracked it
around their ears and fiecked off a
little wool here and there. But he
kept their interest up.

Then a volley of
African curses or cheers from the
Senegalese chef—and his terrified
team of fifteen Stygian steeds plung-
ed into the lead. They were scared,
for the lash fell in his crowd where
it would do the most good. He was
out to win. He could handle the whip
and he could handle men, but he
couldn’t steer a motorcycle, especially
with one hand. A sharp turn to the
left, his chariot upset—and the race
was over. Luckily it was my motor-
cycle, the one with the empty tank,
and none of our precious gasoline was
spilled.

“We don’t need any gas, Pop, with
an outfit like this,” Jim yelled to me.
“And you don’t have to push either.”
He had two long ropes on the motor-
cycle, and one on the side car, and
five grinning panting black men on
each rope. “All you’ve got to do is
keep ’em in good humor.”

some kind of

THAT gave him an idea. “Let’s see
how much gas we’ve got any-
way.” He screwed off the gas
tank top. “A good half gallon. Enough
for thirty miles, if the road’s good.”
“Combien kilometers to Maine
So‘roa?” I asked the excited chef.
He scratched a “60” in the sand
with a nailless black toe. Trans-

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there in the sand we shouldn’t take
advantage of him now just because
we’ve got cheap and willing labor.
Let’s give the old boy a. sporting
chance.”

0 we tied my motorcycle on behind
and started out. The road was
hard but hilly. Daylight gradually

disappeared—the last daylight of the
year—and so did our gasoline.

“There’s the fort,” yelled Jim. He

screwed off the lid of the tank. “Bot-
tom’s still wet.”

The villagers swarmed out to meet

usi. The big" fort ,
And-just as Jim slows; up , -' ‘
toward the gate, thet‘last drop .sput— . '

 
   

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tered and the motor stopped. But;
there were a-thousand black hands to 9
push us through the gate. rW‘e’d ar- ;
rived. Old 1927 hid his face behind?
the horizon in the west. "
“Good evening. Welcome to Maine
Soroa!” There were the French Com-
mandant and the Adjutant, a. snappyi
pair of officers that we would have:
liked in any language. and they both :
iggge English! 'Another score against 3

And there was a beautiful Frenchi
madame—the Adjutant’s wife—invit-
ing us to dinner! It’d be ready in an
hour—and hot water for a. bath was
ready now. AnOther score.

But the old year gave me one last
kick. Here we were. VNew Year’s

—E v e—family dinner—m a (1 am e. ‘ I

thought of my own wife back home.
Hadn’t heard from her for three
months on account of the impossibil-
ity of getting mail to us after we’d
changed our plans and started inland
from the west coast. Three months
and no news of any kind. And now
it was New Year's Eve. A tinge of
homesickness nearly spoiled the day.

“By the way, I’ve a radio telegram
for you,” piped up the Commandant.
I grabbed it. A letter thatafternoon,
and now a cable! I tore it open.
New Year’s greetings from my wife!
Not much news, but a message just
the same. It had been forwarded on
to Maine Soroa. by that French oper«
ator at Zinder from where we’d wired
Christmas greetings home a week be-
fore. I almost forgave that operator
for the false road information he’d
given me when we were in Zinder.

This last miracle ran the cup over.
There was nothing left now to be de
sued—except that glorious French‘
dinner which took two hours to con-
sume——and so 1927 surrendered his
sickle and passed on.

That night at half-past twelve Jim
and I lay in two soft beds. He may
have been thinking about the sand
burrs on that hopeless dune in the
afternoon when we were in as bad a
fix as I'd ever been in—up to that
time. But I was thinking of the hot
bath and clean clothes, the big din-
ner, and the full water jug on the
table beside my bed. And then I think
I must have rolled over on the cable-
gram in the pocket of my borrowed
pajamas and thought no more at all.

“By the Way”

WHAT HE WANTED

 

Doctor: “I’ll sew that scalp wound
up for you for ten dollars.”

Patient: “Gee, doctor, I just want
plain sewing; not hemstitching or
embroidery.”

 

PROBABLY TAKEN 'IN.

 

An aged negro taken ill called a
physician of his own race. But the
doctor’s treatment did no good and
the old man grew weaker and weaker
until a. white physician was called.

“Did .the other doctor take your
temperature?” asked the new doctor.

“Ah don’t know, sah,” answered the
patient feebly, “Ah ain’t missed noth~
in’ yet exceptin’ mah watch and a
paih 0’ shoes.”

ANOTH ER SCOTCH JOKE

 

 

A Scotch dry goods merchant, think«
ing to bring himself in a little more
‘trade, inserted an advertisement
promising to every customer a coat
hanger, and a cigar lighter. You can
imagine the surprise of the customers
on opening their packages to find Only
a. nail and a match.

CAN'T BE POSSIBLE

Little Willie: “Mamma, is
going to Heaven when he dies?”

 

papa

 

Mother: “Why, son, who put such

an absurd idea into your head?”
NOT FAIR

Little Joe: “Daddy, do the teachers
get paid,”

Daddy: “Certainly, why shouldn't
they?"

Little Joe: “I don’t see why they

should for the pupils do all the work.”

A NATURAL QU ESTION

 

Wife: “That boy of ours gets more
like you every day.“

Husband'(meekly): “What’s he been
up to now?”

 

A CUTTING REMARK

 

Slow barber: “Can you remember,
sir, the exact date when the world
war started?”

Customer (fed up): “Not exactly.
but it was just before you started to
cut my hair.” -

F rank R‘. Lee!

 

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Some Interesting Literary Efforts

MY MOTHER

Like songs of. warriors bold
Which were sung in times of old,
Come back the worthy praises

Of: my mother’s heart of gold.

She never mentions hurt or pain
And, never, never will complain;
But will always try to stand it

If we can make a gain.

Just one glance into her face
Reminds me of a lovely race,
Of mothers whose love is kind and

true
And ready to make life happy for you.

“ ‘She’s somebody's mother, boys,’ he
said”

Was a line in a favorite poem I read.

So when my mother 1s old and gray,

My thought from her shall never
stray.

When beautiful mother has passed »
To the wonderful Home that God
wrought, .
She shall attract like a magnet
My virtuous needle of thought.
Lester Hewitt.

 

WHY NOT?

 

The acrobatic robin’s note.
Pours burbling from his

throat; _
The lilacs, long with silence cursed,

Are with life’s secret like to burst.
Inferiority cannot shock .

The complex of the crowmg cock.
The grass is growing greener,

The very smoke is cleaner. _
And since there’s hope in everything,
Why mayn’t we think ofEsrgmlgd?

joyous

_______._._————-——-—-

MY LOOKS

 

My hair is blonde,
My eyes are blue,
Say, I’d like to know,
Do I look like you?

I’m four foot eleven

In my stocking feet,

And I keep agetting thinner
The more I eat.

Now, listen, I’m not cross-eyed,

But I like to fool;

I’ve passed the eighth grade,

So I’m through with the country
0

school.

And my dresses I wear
Below my knee cap,

I wear a black flower
On the side of hat.

Now, listen, some people say,

“I wonder who wrote that,
see.”

I‘ll tell you now so you’ll know.

I'm Mabel Birdsall M. C.

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PIONEERS

I can’t

It was pioneer men that blazed the

paths .
Where the broad highways now lay.
It was men with strength that cleared

the woods -
-Where now are fields (of hay.

It was courageous women that crossed

the sea

And helped the men their burdens

the sick,

And cooked their humble fare.

It was pioneer souls that trudged

alo
When1g weary and faint with strife.

It was pioneer souls that passed with

hope
Along the highway of life.
It was pioneer .
This land or peace and content.
So let’s not dwell apart like stars
In a. fellowless: firmament.
. Lethe. Snyder,

 

SUCH l8 LIFE

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I "5‘5 ' to w.

 
 

share
And washed the clothes and Cared for

men that built for us
M. C. '

ever 'hear the wind go

I awoke to the unpleasant sensa-
tion of chills playing tag up and down
my spinal column. The comforter
had slipped from it, leaving it to the
mercies of the uncharitable cold air.
After a moment’s meditation, I de-
cided to make the final plunge and
see just how far the sun was ahead
of me.

Pulling up the blinds,‘not Mr. Sun,
but the works of that versatile genius,
Jack Frost, met my eyes. Those fairy
paintings combined. with a sudden
gust of wind and a handful of snow-
flakes all but baffled me.

In the neighboring farm yard, I saw
a. familiar scene—my neighbor with
a teakettle in one hand, vigorously

PAC

From Our Poets and Thinkers

forcing the pump handle up and down

with the other.

My gaze drifted to our own pump
below. Turning halfway, I glanced at
the bed, at the, pump, and back again
to the bed. My weaker nature pre—
vailed and with chattering teeth I
crept between the sheets. It’s April
all right, but that doesn’t mean sun-
shine, green grass, and roses in the
life of The Wanderer.

 

TWILIGHT

 

The sun is now going to rest,

The day has come to an end.

And now in the twilight of summer,
I sit and think of a friend.

The trials of my day are over.

No more must I suffer from pain.

And now in the on-coming twilight

Comes the voice of my mother again. 7
Elsie Mae Farmer.

 

 

@DUR LETTER BOX

 

 

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

As I have not written for quite a
while I thought I would write a few
lines. I see that Elizabeth Walt
wants me to tell the M. C.’s more
about my collections of butterflies and
moths.

I hunt for the butterflies in the open
fields where there are many kinds of
wild flowers. The butterflies like
flowers very much, so there are many
butterflies on them in the summer.
I catch the butterflies with a net that
has a long handle on it. I do not
chase them wildly but approach them
very quietly. I bring the mouth of
the net over them, and they cannot
get away. I put them in a cardboard
box that I carry with me, and then
take them home. I kill them with
alcohol, and put them on the mount-
ing board.

I do not get many moths because
they fly only at night. I hatch a few
of them out of cocoons, which I find
on bushes and trees in the winter.
I keep the cocoons until the weather
warms up in the spring and they soon
hatch out. I kill and mount the moths
the same as butterflies. After the
butterflies’ and moths’ wings have
dried and stay in place, I put them
in the collections.——Harold Snyder.

I think our nature lovers will ap-
preciate this description of your meth-

od of getting butterflies and moths.

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

Boo, it’s cold here. I believe we
will have to have a sleigh ride party
for the Fourth of July if it keeps on
like this.

If 'it wasn’t for the Michigan Farm-
er, it would be dead here. The first
thing when I spy the Michigan Farm-
er I grab for Our Page as I believe
everybody does because it’s very in-
teresting to girls and boys and even
grOWn-ups enjoy reading it.

Gee, it’s nice to have so many cou-
sins and a nice uncle like Uncle
Frank, don’t you think so, cousins?
I’ll ring off for this time. Love to
Encle Frank and cousins—Rose Mary

ee.

Certainly we have not suffered with
the heat so far. I am glad the M. F.
helps to liven things up a bit. Please
do not use flattery. You know noth-
ing about me, so you should say noth-
ing about, me.

 

Dear Uncle Frank and M. C.’s:

I have thought of a new kind of a
contest we might have if it were ap-
proved of. It is to take words or a
combination of words, transpose the
first letter or letters of these words
and make sense with the results. For
example, I saw afibutterfly) (flutter

by).

Don’t pet the (bay mare), she (may
bare) her teeth.

It is surprising how many words
can be changed this way. Another
one is: A (half formed wish), not a
(half warmed fish).

Saw White Amaranth’s letter and
liked it very much. I think that when
we receive a Golden Circle pin that
we should feel that we have accom-
plished something just a little bit
above the average writing. I have not
obtained one yet, but would be proud
of one it‘ I had one.

Peggy sure has some family for
teasing. But, Uncle Frank, how did
you overcome your fear for girls?—
Elsie Mae Farmer, Bancroft, Mich.

You give a unique contest sugges-
tion. Perhaps it is a little hard but
I may try it. Yes, the G. C. is a dis-
tinctive honor. Regarding girls, I kept
running away from them in fear but
they kept running after me until I got

tired and had to quit???

 

Hi Everybody:

Golly, when I saw my letter in the
M. F. I almost fell through myself
(to quote Mr. Van Duine). I was sur-
prised though, no mistake ’cause I
wrote that letter so long ago I
thought it had been served up to “Old
Man Waste Basket” for dessert.

Say, Uncle, I reckon I got my real
old southern temper up ’tother day.

 

  

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

   

 
  
 
  

 

 

 

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It was so pleasant that I thought'we’d»
have real purty weather fo’ a spell
when “lickety split”—of all the snow
yoah evah saw and freezin’ cold.
Then I was “plumb niad”——no kiddin’
either. Here I thought fo’ shore we’d
have some warm weather and then
for it to get cold as ice; wouldn’t that
cook you?

I read Helen Kish’s letter in the
M. F. and, my, how I laughed. You
see Helen and I are “regular pals.’.’
She’s some little letter writer all
right.

.Well, Uncle, I reckon it’s about
tlme for me to stop. Sometime when
I “hit the trail” back to “my sunny
south,” I’ll stop and see you, only
you must not laugh at my southern
accent. Miss Southerner.

This is another W. B. did not get.
Don't fail to come and see me on your
way south. I won’t laugh because I
have southern friends. In fact, I
think the southern accent is cute.

FIRE CONTEST WINNERS

 

 

UDGING from the response to this

contest, there are plenty of farm

boys and girls who have had
thrilling and often disasterous fire ex-
periences. It was rather difficult to
pick the winners but finally we de-
mded on the following:

Fountain Pens

Florence Bloodworth, R. 3, Box 76
St. Clair, Michigan. ’

Dorothy Westbrook, R. 7, Ionia.

Dictionaries

Doris Abrahamson, R. 4, Big Rapids.

Josephine De ‘rroot, R. 1, Box 100,
Central Lake, Mich.

Kathryn Fletcher, Fairview, Mich.

_ Clutch Pencils

Eva Gurd, R. 2, Lansing, Mich.

Florence Hollister, R. 6, Goldwater.

John V. State. R. 2, Jenison, Mich.

Harold Buter, R. 4, Zeeland. Mich.

Franklin Willard, Luther, Mich.

ABBREVIATJON CONTEST

 

ERE is one that was suggested by

an_M. C. from Carleton. I think

It is a good test of your knowl-
edge of abbreviations. Ten abbrevia-
tionsare given below. Number your
defimtions the same as the abbrevia-
thllS. Don’t forget to put your name
and address in the upper left hand
corner of your paper and M. C. after
your name if you are a Merry
Lit-cler. Ten prizes will be given, two
fine fountain pens, three handy dic-
t10nar1es and five clutch pencils. Send
yo.ur_contest paper to Uncle Frank
Mlchlgan Farmer, Detroit, Mich., he:
tore July 6th, as the contest closes

then. All not M. C.’s who answer the
contest correctly will get Merry Circle
buttons and cards.

1——I11. 6—etc.

2—Colo. 7—Conn.

3—1. e. 8~Jan.

4—Ga. 9—Fahr.

5—M. A. 10—Ky.

FROM THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITALJN

 

I received your letter and invitation
to write again. All the children are
delighted to think that spring is com~
ing and they thoroughly enjoy every
nice warm day. You see they are
out-of-doors all the time except while
they are in school. ,
_They_ all enjoy the radio too; some
times 1n the evening after the chil-
dren must be in bed, the radio is
turned on and they all lie still and»
listen until finally they fall asleep.‘

_I cannot quit admiring the patience
With which these children endure
their casts and braces. A plaster
par1s cast from the waist line to the
ankles must be anything but com-
fortable, yet these same children
smg, laugh, and play, many times
more happily than healthy children.

The work certainly is very inter— -

esting and instructive in many ways.
Of course, it has its ups and downs '
and hard knocks just the same as any
other work. ' 3 .
Anthony is well and happy and“,
sends 1118 best regards to the other“\
Merry Circlers and to you, Uhéle
Frank—Lilly Esch, Ear-M. C. t 2“
Lilly is a G. C. who is now a.” V
at the’ Children’s Hospital at
. ingten.‘

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Ladies’ Library Put Atlas in the Atlas

Sixty Years of Good Reading Has Had Marked Influences

IXTY years of “good reading and
S mental improvement” is a record
of which any community should
be.proud and one which has left the
markings of culture and appreciation
of the better things of this life. This
is the record of the Atlas Ladies’
Library Association, organized in the
village of Davisonville now known as
Atlas, Genesee County, back in 1868.
Previous to this time, statistics
from the state library show five
ladies’ libraries had been established
in Michigan. These were all in larger
towns or cities. One in Three Rivers
was established in 1817; one in Flint
in 1851; one in Kalamazoo in 1853;
one in Corunna in 1863; and one in
Owosso in 1867. But so far as can be
determined, all of these libraries have
ceased to exist or have been organ-
ized under different names. The Atlas
Ladies’ Library claims the distinction
of being the oldest ladies’ library in
Michigan which was organized as a
ladieS’ library and has continued to

 

HAVE always felt that the

best security for civilization is
the dwelling, and that upon prop-
erly appointed and becoming
dwellings depends more than any—
thing else the improvement of
mankind. Such dwellings are the
nursery of all domestic virtues,
and without a becoming home the
exercise of those virtues is im-
possible.”——Beaconsfield.

 

 

 

operate as such without a lapse up
to the present time.

The permanent influence that this '

library has had in the community was
expressed in the hundred or more old
friends and residents who came back
on June 14 to join in the celebration
of» the sixtieth anniversary of the
founding of the library.

It was in the summer of 1857 that
a. group of ladies in the community,
impressed with the desirability of se-
curing good reading for their own
families and for the families of their
neighbors, conceived the idea of unit-
ing to establish a library. Permis-
sion for holding the first meeting to
organize had to be obtained from the
Justice of the Peace. The first re-
cords show that there were more than
thirty charter members of the asso—
ciation who paid fifty cents admis-
sion fee and ten cents per month as
long as they were members.

The association has
member now living, Mrs. Imogene
Mason Donlan, of Flint. She was able
to attend the anniversary and join in
the celebration. A mammoth three
“story” birthday cake, glowing with
sixty candles, was presented to her in
behalf of the association.

Back in those pioneer days of the
‘library, books were rare possessions
and no book was added to the library
without having been approved by a
It was by means of
suppers, sugar socials, and

festivals that the library
A report of the

one charter

gained its support.
first annual meeting showed that
$226.49 had been raised during the
Year, and the second annual report
showed $248.40 raised from this
source.

Gradually the library began to ac-

  

quire furniture. The walnut bookcase
with glass doors that is in the present
library room was made by a cabinet
maker for $30.00. There is also a
record of the making of a rag carpet,
each member donating one pound of
rags, sewed, and ready to be woven.

 

 

Mrs. Is the

Imogene Mason Donlan
Only Living Charter Member

In 1878, the idea of a permanent
library building began to be agitated.
The sum of $25.00 was deposited in
the bank as a nucleus of a building
fund. Oyster suppers, strawberry
festivals, girls’ sewing clubs, bees, and
subscriptions boosted this sum, and
in 1882, the debt on the new building
was discharged in full. A portion of
the building has always been rented
as a source of revenue to maintain
the library.

The splendid success of the sixtieth
anniversary celebration of, the found-

;ing of the library was an indication
_of why the library has been able to

function independently all these years
while so many others have failed. The
earnest cooperation on the part of all
members under the direction of
Misses Belle Jordan and Mary Wilson
made the event one to be long re-
membered. It is to be hoped that
the coming generation will appreciate
what has been established and will
not allow the library to lapse or
change from its original purpose——
“good reading and mental improve-
ment.”

SUN SUITS AID HEALTHY
CHILDREN

 

P-TO—DATE mothers are making
sun suits for their children this
summer and finding them both healthy
and practical. These suits, the latest
in play outfits, are designed to take
advantage of recent scientific studies
on the beneficial effects of sunlight.
Unless the sunlight reaches the
child’s skin directly, these helpful ef-
fects are not wholly
Through the sleeveless, open-mesh
waists of the suits, ultra-violet rays
from sunlight can penetrate and en-
able the child to use calcium and
phosphorus from his food more efl‘i-
ciently and grow better bones and
teeth. -If the child has a tendency
toward rickets, the violet rays from
sunshine will help prevent or cure it.
Almost any well—fitting romper pat-

obtained. .

 

tern can be modified for use in maky

/ing sun suits. If the child has not
been accustomed to playing in the
direct sun, it is best to begin with
short periods at a time and expose
only a small portion of the body at
first. Gradually both the time and
the amount exposed may be increasé’d.
When a coat of tan has been ac-
quired, smaller children may play
dressed simply in trunks or blooiri-
ers. '

Because all the common textile
fibers stop most of the ultra-violet
rays, it is best to choose loosely-
woven fabrics for sun suits so that
rays can.reach the body through the
large spaces between the yarns. Mar-
quisette or net are both good mate-
rials for the waist. The material for
the lower parts may be of gingham,
or other simple cotton material.

BAKE SOMETHING DIFFERENT
ONCE IN A WHILE

 

Chocolate Raisin Cake
% cup butber 2% cups flour ,
4 eggs 4 taps. baking powder
1 cup milk 1,4 tsp. salt
2 squares chocolate 1% tsps. cinnamon
1% cups sugar 1 cup raisins

Cream butter and sugar, add beaten
yolks, and melted chocolate. Sift dry
ingredients and add with raisins and
milk to the first mixture. Fold in
beaten egg whites. Bake in two
loaves in pans lined with buttered
paper.

Walnut Drop Cookies

1 cup sugar 1-3 cup sour milk
‘4 cup butter IA tsp. soda.
:6 tsp

1 egg . salt
2‘4 cups flour tsp. vanilla.

1 cup broken nuts

Cream butter and sugar and beat in
egg. Add nuts and flavoring and the
sifted dry ingredients. Add sour milk
and beat until thoroughly blended.
Drop from a spoon onto cookie sheet
and bake in a hot oven for fifteen
minutes. '

‘Turn Left-Over Fruit Into Appetizers

tired of eating “plain sauce” is

no reason why canned. foods need
to be omitted from the bill of fare.
There is any number of attractive
desserts and garnishes to be made
from such fruits to “tide over” until
the fresh berry and homegrown
fruits are plentiful.

Cherry sauce may be boiled down
with an equal quantity of sugar until
very thick and served on individual
strawberry shortcakes. Each serving
may be topped with whipped cream.
Peaches or strawberries, from which
a large part of the liquid has been
drained, may be used also for short-
cake. The left—over syrup may be
used with or without nuts as a gar-
nish for ice cream.

Canned peaches have a wide vari-
ety of uses. An unusual sundae may
be made by placing one-half peach in
each sherbet glass, covering it with
ice cream, and serving it with peach
‘syrup. Another use is to place one-
half a peach with the out part down
on a. round of stale cake. The peach
may then be bordered 'with whipped
cream and sprinkled with cocoanut.

Used\ As Garnishes

Jam may be used as a foundation
upon which the frosting of the cake
is spread or it may be used between
the layers of a cake or In place of
the jelly in a jelly roll. '

An easy dessert may be made by
serving squares of plain cake spread
with raspberry Jam and then piled

JUST because the family has grown

with whipped cream and broken nuts.

An egg omelet for supper may be
garnished by adding a layer of jelly
before folding it. Muffins are espe—
cially tempting when served with jelly.
Cubes of jelly may be used as a gar-
nish for cold meats or puddings.
Left—over syrups may be used in fruit
cocktails or as partial sweetening for
punch or lemonade.

These two have proven company
favorites at our house.

Peach Para
Arrange six halves with the out side
up in as many dessert glasses. Mix
one-quarter cup of chopped prunes
with one-quarter cup of chopped nuts
and add enough of the peach syrup

 

 

 

 

   
        
 
 
        
       
 
          
   
    
 
   
  
    
  

 

 

   
  
    
  
  

Eighteen Rounds at Oh; ’V
cm of Raul win. new

to make .a soft paste. Fill the cavi-
ties in the peaches with this mixture,
place another half of peach on top
and serve with whipped cream.

Pear Fritters

11,4 cups flour egg
2 tsp. baking powder £34 cup milk
1,4. tsp. salt

Mix the above ingredients into a
batter. Drain the juice from one quart
of canned pears. Dip each half of
pear into the batter. Fry in deep fat
and serve with the syrup that has
been drained from the pears—Mrs.
M. C.

 

SOON TO WEAR CORNSTALKS

 

MILL for the utilization of corn-

stalks has been installed at Dans-
ville, Illinois, and is the first of'a
series to be erected in the corn belt.
Rayon will be a part of the output of
the mill. It has been pointed .out that
when the manufacture of rayon from
cornstalks has been commercially per-
fected, cornstalks will prove to be a.
better source of cellulose than wood
pulp

 

WHEN HANGING PICTURES

 

F you want to know where in the
wall you can drive a. .nail to hang
a picture, examine the baseboard be-
low, and drive your nails in the well.
right above the? we 1% , '
board:

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
   


 

 

 

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- SaulsEarlY Life “

   

' ow, Wes/y mane—By N. .4. M60”!

AUL’S trainin > went way back
S into, the 01d estament. No man
can get away. from his boyhood.
He may want‘ to, and he ray
even try to forget some of it.. t
get away from t, he cannot. It is
the most completely a part of him of
any of life's experiences. He may say
with Thomas H
“I remember,

' house where I was born, .

The little window where the light

came streavivniitililg t11.111 at miirn. song
- Or he may. . e popu ar .
sing “Happy days gone by." What-
‘ever’his- attitude now, his boyhood is
apart-of him. Speakingof Nathaniel
Hawthorne, ,a distinguished writer
says that one reason for his melan-
choly was probably his extremely un—
happy boyhood, from the shadows of
fully emerged.
bmrhood may have been
was. He never
complained of it,‘
and he always
spoke with pride
of his race. The

Old Testament
had been poured
into him. He
knew large por-
' tions of it by
heart. It was the
way the Jews had
of keeping their
, race strong and
vigorous, and- of
keeping it as a distinct race, which
continues to this day. Said the old
law, “These words, which I. command»
thee this day, shall be upon thy
heart, and thou shalt teach them dili-
gently unto thy children." And they
did exactly that. -

Not longago I saw what this kind
of teaching does, when appliedin our
day. A hundred years ago, a' com-
munity of farmers settled in New
York, with common religious and cul-
tural ideals. They built a little Bap-
tist chilrch and then an academy.
Several of the families seem to have
been of superior stuff, people who had
an ideal and who proceeded to. work
and- wait for it. The young folks at-
tended the academy and the church,
and were otherwise influenced by the
sincere Christian attitude of a number
of the men in the community. The
results have been astonishing. Out
of that farming section, man after
man has gone out to be a: leading
figure in his profession. The- list in-
cludes a governor or two; a United
States senator, an‘ architect of na-
tional reputation, a great evangelist,
a philanthropist whose benefactioms
touch many cities, more than one edu-
cator, and scores of lesser known
people who have Meet and- enriched
the communities where they lived.
Youth of the community have attend-
ed sixty different colleges and uni-
versities. The line of influence of this
farming section extends to several
cities in Europe.

“Thou shalt teach them- diligently
to thy children.” That is what this
New York community did. It pays.
It does the business. It was one of
the great influences of Saul’s life.

If we would get an idea 0‘ the

strictness of the law, as taught to
Jewish youth, we ought to read the
book of Daniel. The three young men
refused to eat of the royal food which
was provided them. All the wine they
wanted! And all the best meat, and
fine pastry. “No,” said they, “Give us
beans and plenty of cold water.” That
was the old law, at its best. Saul
had been brought up on that.
i. Then, too, he was a Pharisee. That
was an honor much coveted. That
was one of the classes of the aristoc-
racy. The Pharisees were hlghly
patriotic,and they were noted for
their zeal in, keeping the law. Saul
says that in" the keeping of the law
he was-blameless! He. did every-
“thing.' observed everything. Every
feast was observed, every ordinance
received its due. Nothing “common
or unclean” Was eaten.

Added to this was the fact that
Saul. was a'Roman citizen. When
you and. I. are in some other country
we are not ashamed to be known as
Americans. We glory in, the fact.
Saul was that way, whenever he spoke
, It. protected him
more than. once from rough handling,
and even ,trom death' The famous
guinea roads ”Stud eligerywhere, and
passengers, . e ,wwene’every-
hm $73M”! ,Mlen “was very

.. i‘his’i’chsnce fmflmmfl
, mam 0R

I’ remember the

Saul’s ,
happy. and probably

  

liel was much more liberal in his
views than most of the teachers of the.
time. He said that the poor Gentiles
should have the same rights in glean-
ing fields after harvest as poor He-
brews. He taughtalso that the Jews
should greet Gentiles with the custom-
ary “Peace be with you,” as if they
were Jews. When Peter and the
others were arrested, Gamaliel coun-
selled his fellow judges to go slow in
prosecuting them, lest they be found
to be fighting against God. He made
a deep impression on the future
Christian missionary, although the
future missionary was far from being
one now.

Strange as it may seem, Saul
seemed to accept the stricter teach-
ings of his sect, rather than the
liberal teachings of Gamaliel. In some
way the influences on the side of nar-
rowness and zealous bigotry were
stronger than the influences on the
side of toleration and brotherhood.
Such was the making of the
greatest of the apostles. No one

‘can tell what possibilities a youth

has. That is why dealing with young
people is so intriguing. You are deal-
ing with live bundles of possibilities.
Tcfifhing in Sunday School is worth-
w e.

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR
JULY 1, 1928 .

SUBJECT:——Influences Shaping Saul’s
Early Life. Deut. 6:4-9; Phil. 3:4-6;
Acts 22:3, 27, 28.

 

 

 

RURAL HEALTH
By Dr. C. H. Lerrigv

 

 

 

 

NEEDS CAREFUL EXAMINATION

 

' I have a daughter 24 who has brown
blotches all over her face. Seems to
be well and has tried everything that
anyone has told her to do, but does
not seem to help. Will you please
let me know what to do? I am a
Michigan Farmer subscriber.—L. A. E.

These brown blotches usually indi-
cate ill health and often show a poor
condition of the blood. Such a pa-
tient should have at leastone careful,
thorough physical examination with
especial reference to the quality of
the blood. The patches are best re-
moved as Nature makes her changes
in the skin of one who builds up in
health. ,There are local applications
but they entail the use of a drug suf-
ficiently strong to destroy the upper
skin, such as Bichloride or Mercury,
one part to 200 water. However, this
may do serious damage if used incau-
tiously and I advise leaving such ap-
plications to the care of the doctor.

FARMER’S WIFE IS OVER-
WEIGHT

 

I am a farmer’s wife, 36 years of
age, 62 inches tall, weigh 170 pounds,
and the mother of five children. I am
bothered with my legs and ankles
swelling. Nearly all goes down at
night. Always eat good food, mostly
of potatoes, vegetables and fruit,
white bread; pork, eggs, and fish for
meat; eat lots of potatoes. Generally
have spells once or twice a year that
lose all my ambition and just feel so
greéi Gand drowsy and dead.-—'—Mrs.

I do not think this is a trouble due
to an error in diet. I think it more
likely due to a heart lesion, disturb-
ance of blood pressure, or kidney in-
sufficiency. Since you are a young
woman, only 36, and have a family to
raise, it is extremely important that
you have an accurate diagnosis imme-
diately, so that the trouble can be
corrected. You should go to the very
best doctor in the country for careful
examination on all these points:

You are very much overweight, 40
pounds. I suspect that potatoes should
be cut out of your diet: entirely. Just
getting your weight jnearer ‘normal
migbtfde you-slot of good. . '

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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY

Change Copy or Cancellations must reach us
Twelve Days before date of publication.

CATTLE
FOREST HILLS GUERNSEYS

For sale: Heifer calf, yearling heifer, young bulls
and herd sire. dam’s I'Oi'ili'd 034 lbs. butter-fat. in
EE, sire’s dam‘s record 952 lbs. in. AA. All carry
the blood of World (3 h a m p to n produvm's.
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t under six years of age. Must carry record
gusatmleast 350 pounds butter-fat. Write JOHN
BOER, Jenison, Mich.

ERNSEYS Have this young bulls 3 to
cu 10 mos. old. Sire Dam
A. R. 905.80 fat. Foundation cows and heifers.
WHITE OAK GUERNSEY FARM. Niles, Mich. R.
5, Dr. J. F. shallenberger. (Near Pokagon)

 

of sttractiie Guernsey bull
I Have a "unlbel' calves for sale at reasonable

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

 

GUERNSEY either sex. whose sires' dams

have official records of 15.-
109.10 milk. 778.80 fat. 19,460.50 milk, 909.05 fat.
7. V. HICKS, Battle Creek. Mch., R l.

FOR SALE Three Registered Guernsey bulls,

and 9 months old. Excep-
tional breeding. 'Reasonably priced. c. L. Bennett,
708 Kai. Nat’l. Bank Bldg.. Kalamazoo. Mich.

 

 

FOR practically pure-bred GUERNSEY or HOL-
STEIN calves. from heavy. rich milkors.
write EDOEWOOD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewater. Wis.

Dairy Heater Calves. ractlc
Guernsey sure b... 32.00 m... I’w. 3"...
C. O. D. Write L. Terwilllser. Wauwstosa. Wis.

 

 

 

 

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SERVICEABLE AGE
Registered Holstein

. Bull Calves at prices the owner ofa small herd
§ .can afford to pay.

Grandsons of K. P. O P

_. , Bred cows and heifers are available for founda.‘
lion stock.

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Northville, Michigan
Reference: Northvillc State Savings Bank

HOLSTEINS FOR SALE
We odor for sal mo. old bull, sired by a

who (no 500 lbs. fat in 10 mos.

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LOSSES CAUSED BY POOR
PASTURES

 

HE dairy farmers of this country

lose millions of dollars each year
during the months of July and Aug-
ust. This loss is occasioned by the
lack of sufficient feed. Plainly stated,
our cows are starved out of millions
of dollars of production during the hot
weather period when the pastures are
short and dry, the heat great, and the
flies fierce. To bridge over this un-
favorable period is a most important
item. Pastures should be supple-
mented by hay or silage, or both, for
that matter.

Some years ago I had an oppor-
tunity to test out the value of silage
and hay with pasture and was sur-
prised to find that the cattle would
out good rations of both, even during
the month of June when the pasture
was at its best. I also was surprised
to find that the cost of producing milk
was greatly lowered by this system
of feeding; and having charge of the
Experiment Station herd, I was able
to get accurate data. The season
was unusually warm, but with gener-
ous spring rains we had good grass
in May and June, though the latter
part of June the grass began to fade.

During Ju1y and AugUSt the cow’s
average ration was ten pounds of sil-
age and five pounds of hay with what
pasture they could obtain during the
day and night. A small grain ration
was also fed. This was given in two
feedings, at the time of milking. Com-
paring this year with another year
when the cows received only pasture
and a. grain ration, we found that the
production was considerably larger
where” silage and hay were fed, and
it was also produced at much lower
cost, and with a saving of grain.

The experiments that have been
conducted at our various experiment
stations, plainly point out the fact
that to produce milk with economy,
so far as the feeding is concerned, it
is necessary to make the widest and
best use of forage. It also has been
clearly shown that the large produc-
ers are the most economical produc-
ers, and that liberal rations give the
greatest profit. It is not economical
to half-starve a cow or to deprive her
of her necessary food for both main-
tenance and production.

Our Dairy Herd Improvement Asso—
ciations are doing much to correct
poor feeding methods and they are
also obtaining valuable data showing
that only by good feeding can profits
be made. To allow dairy cows to
shrink during the summer and early
fall season means that they will be
unprofitable winter producers. On
most farms the cheapest forage can
be produced in the form of silage
made from corn or cane, and cow-
keepers have found that it is profit-
able to have a supply of this succu-
lent food for both winter and summer
feeding—A. L. Haecker. ‘

 

GOOD CATTLE IN DEMAND

 

THERE seems to be a lively inter-

est in our kind of dairy cattle.
We have had several inquiries for
young bulls. A man was here a few
days ago and almost insisted on buy-
ing one of our cows at a. price higher
than we ever previously received. But
because of this cow's pedigree, indi—
viduaiity, and performance, we finally
decided to keep her despite the tempt-
ing offer. We tried to divert his at-
tention to some likely pure-bred year-
ling heifers that wo would scll,,but
failed to interest him. Since martinis
another breeder has told us that he

., s, .y.

is coming over to look at these heif-
ers. We hope that he doesn’t come
too soon as they were among the
bunch that we dehorned and so aren’t
in the best condition to display to ad-
vantage just at present.

Too Much “Scotch”

I shipped a pretty fair Milking
Shorthorn cow this week because she
had too much Scotch in her. No,
ladies, I do not refer to anything to
drink. I mean that she evidenced a.
little-too much of the beef tendencies
which must be guarded against in
developing a. top-notch herd of Milk-
ing Shorthorns. The beef Shorthorns
are frequently referred to as “Scotch”
as that canny tribe emphasized the
beef characteristics in developing this
popular breed.

The cow in question might have
paid for her feed for some weeks yet,
but she somehow didn’t fit in With
the rest of the herd and I thought
they would look better without her.
She will bring a good figure as she
weighed 1,460 pounds at the lonia
stockyards.—-—S. P.

 

GUERNSEY BREEDERS MEET

 

THE June meeting of the state
association of Guernsey cattle

breeders was held at Green Vale,
Eastmanville, Ottawa County, the

'country home of Mr. Noyse Avery of

Grand Rapids.
more suitable
been chosen.

With a herd of 122 registered
Guernseys containing some of the best
blood of the breed, with the equip-
ment necessary for the production of
certified milk and the practical illus—
tration. of its production at the even-
ing milking, with a. 400-acre farm
operated on a. plan for the mainten-
ance of the herd, where could a farm-
er Guernsey breeder find a. more in-
teresting place for a meeting? There
too the rare blending of the home and
the dairy buildings with the land-
scape, with Grand river as a back-
ground, quickens ones’ esthetic sense.
The entire arrangement of grounds as
well as the type and quality of the
buildings, shows not only taste for the
beautiful but for the practical as well.

The host entertained the breeders
at luncheon and showed a fine spirit
of neighborly good Will. He invited
nearly the entire community, includ-
ing the business men of Coopersville
and their wives. Twelve people sat
down to a. wonderful repast in the new
tool house that might well pass for a.
banquet hall.

President John Endicott of Detroit,
in his remarks at the close of the
feast, complimented the Guernsey
breeders on their fine spirit of co-
operation and faith in the great
Guernsey breed of dairy cattle. This
spirit has served to popularize the
breed, and its advancement will con-
tinue to be rapid. He emphasized the
fact that the breed is worthy of their
continued faith and cooperation. Mr.
Endicott introduced the speaker of
the day, E. F. Westover, a. representa-
tive of the national Guernsey associa-
tion, who placed great emphasis on
quality and color of Guernsey milk.
That golden color should be kept con-
tinually before the public. Golden
Guernsey Milk should be the slogan
of every breeder. If this breed char-
acteristic is properly kept before the
consuming public, there will be a. sale
for every pound of Guernsey milk at
advanced prices.

An interesting educational feature

For many reasons a,
place could not have

of the meeting was a. judging contest ,

for the breeders and their wives, each
group judged independently, and the
winner in each group was awarded a.
prize of a. silver cream pitcher. Mr.
Roy Cuff, of Parma, won the award in
the men’s section, and Mrs. Geo.
Loomis, of Jackson, in the women’s
section. -

Abigail, one of the Jersey cows in
the herd of John T. Carpenter of
Shelbourne, Massachusetts, establish-
ed a new world's record for Jerseys.

by producing 23,677 pounds of _ hi.

and 1,197.51'Vpoundl. 0th!
385 are .

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CATTLE

AUGTION SALE

JUNE 30, l928, One O’clock
28 Reg. Holsteins 28

Your pick from a choice heifer calf to a
33.90 lb. bull, dam also World Record for
production in 305 day class for 3 lactation
periods before 5 years of age.

3 sires to be sold.

1 Reg. Poland China Sow with 8 pigs. 1
Chester White and 10 pigs.

One year’s time at 7% interest.

Henry J. Carpenter
R. 1, Wayne, Mich.

Hereford (lows and Steers

Few bunches Hereford cows showing good breeding.
Some bum-hes heavy springers and calves by side.
Some bunches backward springers. Also few 3 yr.
old heifers with call. Also Angus cows.‘
T. B. tested. Also short yearlmgs, yearlings, and
2 yr. old feeding steers. The above are all sorted
even in size, age and quality. Will sell your shows
from any bunch. Some bunches shorthorns.

VA" 8. BALDWIN, Eldon. Iowa

' ' ‘ Shorthorn bulls, calves and'year-
Mllkmg Strain ling‘s. Clay breeding. priced row
sonable. ins. Puterbaugh &. Sons. R. I, Snover. Mich.

noes
Duroc Spring Pigs

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Also nice boars and bred gilts. .
Lakefield arms, Clarkston, Mich.
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0' I'C,S' gig. fitinsasnricli’s pig: 33¢. akin.

OTTO SCHULZE. Nashville.

LARGE TYPE P. 0.

Fall pigs all sold. nothing for sale at. present .in
hogs. Have a few registered Black Top ‘Deisme
yearling rams, good ones. for sale. W. E. LIV-
INGSTON. Pam... Mlell.

For Sale--Reg. O. l. C. April 8: May Pigs

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Barred, White. Buff Rocks Single and Bose Como
It I. R.eds Black Minerals 110. White. Brown,
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tons 140. Light B inns 16c. Light Mixed 7c.

Grade AA. . P.r dChicks 50 per Chick Extra.

If less than 100- we add 50c. Yextra.
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25 e hicks two cents more per chick
Silver lake Egg Farm, Box M, Silver Lake, Indiana

ens and males now half price.
White Leghorm l'I‘housamds of,” eighmeek— —old
pullets.A1so baby chicks and eggs. spnes
greed foundation stock. egg bred 28 years Winners
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CARE OF HALF-GROWN DUCKS

WELL remember when I was a

Pyoung boy how our young duck—
lings would be apparently healthy and
then all at once would want to sit and
sleep, with eyes stuck together. As
there were two of us brothers, we
usually kept our ducks separated and
in pens, but each followed his particu-
lar system of management.

One year, my brother’s ducklings
were feathering out and he was very
proud of his flock. However, they
started to Sit and sleep and would not

eat is the ,danger sign. The interest-
ing thing about the sickness was that

'my flock was healthy and did not

show any signs of the sickness. This
fact started us to wondering what the
trouble was due to.

After some time we discovered
that the drinking vessels used in my
brother’s flock were not deep enough
to permit the ducks to get their beaks
in far enough. Ducks must have the
holes in the nostrils washed cleanly
or they will take colds which will
eventually run into pneumonia. An-
other factor, which I was considering
in raising‘my ducklings, was provid-
ing dry, clean roosting quarters. Ex-
perience proves that ducks take their
colds through their feet and legs. If
these are kept warm, one does not
need to worry about the ducks be-
coming chilled.—-H. Q. H.

POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE
FOR TURKEYS

I am having my first experience in
turkey raising and would like to know
if it is necessary to give the poults
the same drl'nk constantly without any
change, in order to be suCCessful with
them. We have been giving them
water with potassium permanganate
in and two of the poults were poisoned
I fed them a little milk and
they came out all right. Would it be
all right to give them some cows’
milk separate from clear water or
would it be best to simply continue
the solution alone? If so, how long
should we continue it ?—Mrs. F. R.

I would give the young turkeys both
milk and water to drink but would

potassium permanganate, especially if
they do not drink it readily. Some-
times the‘ turkeys .- may dislike the
water containing the disinfectant and
refuse to drink it, especially after
rains when small puddles are avail-
able in depressions on the ,ground.

At such times they may drink water
contanr'nated with droppings carrying
the germs of blackhead. It is almost
impossible to keep turkeys from
drinking water from the ground after
a. rain and they are the most apt to
drink such water if they dislike the
supply in the regular fountains. I
presume that the potassium perman-
ganate is used in the water as a dis-
infectant to prevent the spread of
colds and blackhead. It is only a
mild disinfectant and while it often
prevents the spread of colds it is
hardly strong enough to prevent
blackhead if the turkeys have access
to contaminated feed or rain water.
It is most useful when the poultry
are confined and have access to no
other supply.

POULTRY SHORT COURSE

HE fourth annual poultry Short

course will be held at. Michigan
State College, from July 9th to 13th
inclusive. It is especially arranged to
study those phases of poultry raising
which the farm poultry raiser should
know. The, course is open to all over
eighteen years of age. Write R. W.
Tenny, Director of Short Courses at
East Lansing if you wish further in-

 

eat. The fact that a. duck will not'

not give them the water containing

.. intention. The course will end with i ..
to master; at the memefmm' PM

 

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Egg prices are steadily ad1ancing. Market poultry is fast increasing in price.

EGH/ Right now is your opportunity to make good money raising Brummer- FredricksOn

L /DS quality chicks at the low prices given below. Choose your breed and write or

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BL, “'0 also have a. good selection of 8 10D and 12-week- old pallets in the breeds
listed below Write for our low prices.

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Barred Rocks—4!. I. Reds ............................................. 3 6.33 3 [9,33 $52.53 figgg

Broilers. all heavios. $9.00 nor too: 500 Ior s42. 50. Mixed Broilers. $8.00 per IN: 500 for $37.50

Will Ship C. O. D. 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed.

Pay your postman when you get your chicks. Just. write or wire your We have large
:19.th mine}: week and can fill large orders promptly. Write for free catalog ”that describes our

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

POULTRy

FARM

Hollywood and Tancred Strains and English
Type S. C. White Leghorns

Also Brown Leghorns, Ancones and Barred Rocks

All chicks from large type Production Bred Birds. All Michigan Accredited. Every
hi1d in our breeding flecks has been individually banded All inspected: by an author-
ized inspector. FREE CATAIOG tells how we hatch. breed cull, inspect. and raise
our stock. Tells what we feed and how to be successful. Full instructions on the Core of Ruby

 

     
 

    
 

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REDUCED 50 I00 500 I. 000
B. C. Wh. Log. (Eng. Typo) ................ $4.50 3 0.00 $37.50 $70. 00
PRICES S. C. Wh. Leg. (Hollywood or Tnncred Matted). 5.50 I0.00 47.50
Br Legliorns & Anconas ..................... 5.00 9.00 42.50 80. 00
_Shippecl C. 0. Barred Rocks .1; 11. 1. Rods .................. 5.50 10.00 47. 5o 90.00
you wish. Mixed chicks for Broilers .................... 3.50 6.00 30.00 60.00

Get Our Attractive Prices on 8-10 Week Old Pullets
R. 1, Box 207, _

TOWNLINE POULTRY FARM, ZEELAND, MICHIGAN

 

 
    
 

 

GET YOUR CHICKS

from the farm tint produced GRAND SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS stM
Baby Chick Show. East Lansing, Mich. May 9th and 10th.1928.
Hatched. We ship C. O. D.. it you wish. _

SPECIAL JUNE PRICES

50 I00 1. c
s. C. White Le orns ................ $5. 00 s 9.00 $41.00 $79.00 at 3'" ”8'00““ prim
Barred Rocks 51 R c. Reds ...... 5.75 11.00 51 no 99.00 0" and 3 WM old
w. Rocks Wh. Wynn. Bun- 01—911.. 0.25 12.00 51:00 09 CW I-

00
Broilers all Imam-,6 $0 00 1(10;$41.00, 500: I. M1xcd $7. 50. 100; add 251100 25 and 50 orders. Ordm‘
met from this ad at those p1111»~. or send for beautiful poultry gui do
LAKEVIEW POULTRY FARM. M. I. Kole. Owner Box 6- A. Holland. Mich.

 

BABY CHICKS at Reduced Summer Prices
roe JULY DELIVERY

From a reliable breeder from some of Michigan's best producing flocks of pure— —bred. large
bodied birds. free from disease. that lay large white eggs—when prices are high 11.tl live and let

live prices. Per 25 50

Tom Barron Hollywood Admin 3. 0. White Leuhorm .......... 32.50 84.25 38'. 00 838.00
Sheppard Strain s. c. neonas ................................ 2.50 4.25 8.00 35.0)
Broiler or Mixed ChicksA ....................................... 2.00 3. 75 7. 00 34. 00
Order direct from this ad. save time. Send 1 cont. per chick, balance 10 days before shipment

or we will ship bsl. 0‘. 0.h D. We Befguflthm 100% live delivery Write for pm

Post. paid.
111leth Reformat Zeeland State Bank.
RELIA LE POULTRY mgFARM 31. HATCHERY. Zeeland. Mich.. R. No. I. Box 42
MICHIGAN

Paul DeGroot. Mar.
DUNDEE Accasmmp CHICKS
STOCK ALL BLOODTESTED FOR WHITE DIARRHEA FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
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100 500 1. 000

B. I‘. Rocks (Pedigree Mating 200 to 256) .................................... $12.00 355,00 8115 03
B. P. Rooks (Selected Grade) ................................................. 10.00 45.00

S. C. White Leglioms (Tamred & Hollywood Malmg 230 to 291) ............... 10. 00 45.00 00.00
S. C. White Leghorns (Dundee English Mating Pedigree 200 to 230) ........... 9.0 40.00 89.00

Order direct from this ad or write for catalog. 100% live delivery guaranteed. OBuy bloodtosted and

Michigan Accredited stock this season and be pleased.
DUNDEE HATCHERY 81 POULTRY FARMS —- DUNDEE, MICHIGAN

PULLETS NOW
READY

We have thousands of 8 10.12. and 14 week old
pullets for June and July del'ncry. We specialize
on White Loghoms only. Hansen's Strain. Pullets
that will develop in a. large type laying strain We
also have some quality breeding hens that. we lime g
“ used for breeders on our poultry farm which we :
g are offering at a reasonable price Write for prices :
to VILLAGE VIEW POULTRY FARM. Zeeland.
Mich..R . 3. Harry Ter Haar. Owner.

CHICKS From Record of Performance Male Matings

Selected Chicks at reduced prices. Can ship at once. White. Barred. Buff Rocks. Reds. Black Min-
orcas 120.\Vl1'1te or Sil1er Wynndotti's, Butt Omingtons 14c. Large Brahmas 10c. White, Brown
Leghnms. Ancon nos Heavy Mixed 9c. Light Mixed 70. CHICKS FROM RECORD OF PERFORM-
ANCE PEDIGREED MALE MATINGS. 11p to 310 egg ret'.ords E1e1y Iema e In these matings is mated to
an OFFICIAL TRAPNEST PEDIGREED MALE. Bored White Rm ks Single or Rose Comb Rods White
W1'..nndott<s. Black Minorcas, Buff 01111111110111; 17c. White. Brown Ioghorns. Anconns 14c. 5c per
(hick with order Balance 0. 0. D. If less than 100 01'ch add 400 extra. Last hatch July 25.
I! you order breeding cockerels now out of R. O. l’. M1113 matings 200 to 310 egg records you will get
best select1on.Stnto breed wanted Free catalog tells all.

BECKMANN HATCHERY, Phone 76761, Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

   

 

 

 

'SUMMER PRICES ON PURE BRED BABY CHICKS

Prepaid Prices for 25 50 100 200 500 1000
Large Type White Leghome . . . . .' $2.25 $4.00 $7.50 $14.75 $36.00 8 70.00
Black Minorcu. White and Barred '
10.00 19.50 48.00

Rocks. Single and Rose Comb Redo . . . . l 2.50 5.00
White and Si]. Wyendots, Buff Orpinztone .
S. S. Hembu‘rga. 10c. Assorted Light. 7c., Light end heavy, 8c. .. Henvy y, 9c.
Live Delivery Guaranteed. Order from this ad or send for Cntelog end Price List.
THE LANTZ HATCHERY BOX D TIFFIN. OHIO

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS.

Monday, June 25
heat

Detroit—No. 2 red at $1.75; No. 2
white $1.75; No. 2 mixed at $1.75.

Chicago—July $1.37; September
$1.387/8; December $1.42.

Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red at $1.74
@$1.75.

Corn.
Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1.10; No. 3
yellow $1.09; No. 4 yellow 1.07.
Chicago—July $1.01; eptember
97c; December 84140.
Oats.
Detroit—No. 2 Michigan 770; No. 3
white 74c; heavy oats 2c premium.
Chicago—July old 545/80; new 550;
September, new 45%c; December
4714c.
Rye.
Detro'it-—No. 2 $1.40.
Chicago — July $1.19%c; September
$11634; December $1.171/4.
Toledo—N0. 2 $1.40.
Beans.

New York—Pea domestic at $9.75@
$10.50; red kidneys $8.25@9.00 to the
wholesalers.

Chicago—~Spot Navy beans, Mich-
igan choice, hand-picked in sacks
$10.40; dark red kidneys $9.60.

Barley.

Detroit—Malting $1.06; Feeding

$1.01.

Seeds.

Detroit domestic seed—Cash clo-
ver $17.50; October $18.35; December
$18.30; cash alsike $15.50; August and
October $16.25; timothy at $2.30; De-
cember $2.80.

Hay.

Detroit—No. 1 timothy at $14.50@
$15.50; standard $13.00@14.00; No. 2
timothy $11.00@12.00; No. 1 light
clover, mixed $14.00(ui15.00; No. 1 clo-
ver $12.50@14.00; wheat and oat
straw $11.50@12.50; rye straw $13.50
@$14.50; alfalfa hay No. 2 to choice
at Chicago $20.00@30.00.

Feeds.

Detroit—Winter wheat bran at $47;
spring wheat bran at $40; standard
middlings at $46; fancy middlings at
$50; cracked corn at $44; coarse corn
meal $42; chop $44 per ton in carlots.
Poultry feeds with grit $54.00; With-
out grit $58.00 per ton.

L. , WHEAT.

Wheat prices averaged lower during
the last week, showing an extreme
less of 36 cents from the high point
at the end of April on the July deliv-
ery at Chicago. A better undertone
appears to be developing, however.
Prices are getting down near the
average level at which the bulk of
the 1927 crop was sold, whereas the
wheat crop to be harvested in various
countries during the summer and fall
promise to be less than last year.

The domestic crop outlook has been
improved by recent rains over both
spring and winter wheat belts, al-
though the rains have been too per—
sistent recently in parts of the south—
west where harvest is getting under
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of the total yield of wheat is likely to
exceed recent indications. Canada’s
crop is making favorable progress.

RYE.

While weather has been a little
more favorable for the domestic rye
crop, its condition nemains low. Po-
lish rye crop reports are interpreted
to mean a yield of 138 to 150 million
bushels compared with 224 million
last year. The June 1 condition in
Germany was only 83 per cent of the
ten-year average.

CORN

Corn prices have been weak re-
cently, largely because of speculative
liquidation induced by the favorable
outlook for the new crop. The cash
situation appears rather healthy. Re-
ceipts have been moderate, demand
from deficit sections and from indus-
tries has been rather active and sub-
stantial reductions have been made in
the visible supply which now totals
about 20 million bushels. If the re-
cent rate of shrinkage were main—
tained for another month, the possi~
bility of commercial scarcity would
arise. While the favorable outlook
for the new crop may lead to larger
offerings from the country, the in—
crease probably would be moderate
since stocks on farms are quite
small. The movement of new crop

oats and barley may divert demand
from corn to some extent, but sup-
plies of the former will be light for
another month or, six weeks“

The corn crop outlook is generally
favorable, although weather has not
been as warm as needed and some
sections are now experiencing too

much rain.
OATS.

Recent rains have been favorable
for oats. New cats from Texas are
already being offered at a sharp dis-
count below northern markets. Prices
have been weak in sympathy with

corn.
FEEDS

Wheat feeds have held fairly steady
following the advances of a week ago
although demand is quiet with pas-
tures steadily improving. Buying is
limited largely to prompt shipment
feeds with buyers disposed to Wait
for new crop bran which is already
available at southwestern markets for

later needs.
SEEDS.

i
Although growing conditions for
seed crops are improving, dealers are
reluctant to boo-k orders for future
delivery until something more definite
is known about probable yields. New
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Monday,

DETROIT

Cattle.

Receipts 1049. Market steady.
Fair to good yearlings,

dry-fed ............... $11.25@14.00
Fair to good heavy steers

dry-fed ............... 11.25@13.75
H a n d y weight butcher

steers ................ 11.00@12.50
Fair to goo-d heifers . . 10.00@11.50
Common light butchers.. 8.00@10.50
Common butchers cows.. 7.00@ 8.50
Best cows .............. 9.00@ 9.50
Good butcher cows ...... 7.50@ 8.50
Cutters ................. 6.00@ 6.25
Canners ................ 5.00@ 5.75
Light butchers bulls ..... 9.75@10.25
Bologna bulls ........... 8.25@ 9.00
Stock bulls ‘ ............. 7.00@ 8.00
Feeders ................ 8.75@11.75
Stockers ................ 8.00@10.00
Milkers and springers . . .75.00@140.00

Calves.

Receipts 910. Market 500 higher.
Best .................... $16.00@16.50
Others .................. 5.00@15.50

Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts 225. Market steady to 500

higher.

Bulk good lambs . . . . . . . .$18.00@20.00
Best lambs ..... . ....... 15.50@16.00
Light lambs ...... . ..... 9.00@10.75
Yearlings ............... 9.00@12.50
Fair ............ 12.00@14.50
Clipped lambs . . . . . ..... 14.00@15.00
Fair to good sheep ...... 6.50@ 7.00
Buck lambs ............. 7.50@12.25
Culls and common ..... . 2.00@ 4.50

Hogs.
Receipts 1,655. Market generally

25c higher.

Pigs .................... $ 9.75
Mixed and yorkers ...... 11.25
Lights . . . ............... 10.25
Roughs ................. 9.00
Yorkers ......... . ...... 11.25
Stags ................... 7.00
Extreme heavies ........ 9.50@10.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL
' Bull Calf Tag No. 7ll—Born August 31, 1927.

His seven nearest dams average 32.42 lbs. butter in seven days.

.His sire is Prince Echo Rauwerd sire of 20 daughters with records from 20 to
31.22 lbs. in seven days as immature cows.

His dam is a 28.76 lb. daughter of Echo Sylvia King Model and a 30.58 lb.
daughter of Traverse Prince Inks Lad.

Write for a Pedigree.
“Michigan State liar-d9”

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CHICAGO.

Hogs.

Receipts 50,000. Market slow, most-
ly 10@20c higher than Saturday's
average, around steady with Satur-
day; big packers inactive, bidding
steady top $11.10 paid freely for.
choice 190-270-lb weight; bulk better
grade l80-320-lb average $10.85@11.05;
good 150-170~lb average $10.00@10.85;
largely strictly choice'kind at outside
weights up to $10.95; medium 140-160-
lb average $8.75@9.75;0 pigs largely
$8.00@9.00; choice strong weights
$9.50 and better; packing sows steady
10c higher; bulk $9.40@9.75; light
sows‘ on butcher order up to $9.90. .

Cattle.

Receipts 18,000. Market fat steers
and yearlings steady to strong, stots
higher on choice offerings; $13.75 paid
for yearlings and heavies, some con-
fidentially held higher on largely steer
and yearling run; fat cows slow,
steady; bulls steady to strong; veal-
ers unchanged; weighty sausage bulls
$9.35; cows $8.50@9.00 predominating
in run; popular price for light vealers
$12.50@13.00; shippers and small kill-
ers $13.00@14.00, mostly $13.50

Sheep and Lambs.

~Receipts 12,000 Market fat lambs
active, strong 15c. higher, sorting and
fleeces considered; bulk natives $16.25
((716.50; throwouts 250 higher $12.00@
12.50 mostly; strong weights up to
$13.00; top 3 deck Idaho-s to butchers
$17.50; balance range lambs crop to
packers sorted less than 12% $17.00;
sheep steady; top fat ewes 130-ewes
130-lb down $6.00@6.75; heavies $4.00
@550; selling steady to weak; $12.75
@1325 on better grades.

BUFFALO.

Hoes. *
Receipts 8,000. Holdover 487; mar-
ket mostly 20@30c higher; weights

'above 170-lb largely $11.50, few 220-

260-lb $11.55@11.60;- pigs largely
$10.00; big 140-150-lb $10.50; packing
sows $8.75@9.50. '

Cattle.

Receipts 2,100. Market active, steady
to strong, cows weak; tops $14.85,
1,200-1,300~lb steers, several loads in-
cluding yearlin s $13.75; medium to
good grades 5.75@14.00; yearling
heifers, $14.40@14.50; grass kind
g11.40@11.65; medium to good cows
8.25@10.35' all cutters $5.00@$7.50;
medium bul‘ls $8.25@9.59. '

"Calves. , . .
Receipts 1,100. Market Steady; good
vealers $16.00; culls and common'
$§.gg@13.00; few medium , $135061),

  
 
        
 

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country buy as points

in

fore the middle of August, but many
dealers have fair supplies of old crop
seed to supply the demand for sum-
mer and fall planting. This demand
is expected to absord supplies at
profitable prices. The timothy crop is
still below normal in spite of the more
favorable weather-recently and prices
generally are steady.

EGGS.

The egg market remained fairly
steady at unchanged prices during the
past week. Receipts are declining
more rapidly from week to week and
average quality has fallen off as a re—
sult‘of higher temperatures .over the
country._ The range in values based
on quality is widening, so that a

igher premium is being paid for
fresh gathered infertile eggs grading
as fancy. Eggs are still being stored,
but if the movement of stock into
warehouses at the four markets is
indicative of the entire country, the
shortage under a year ago has been
increased further since June 1. If the
summer egg production is on a larger
scale than a year ago, as many in
the trade seem to expect, the supply
of eggs available for storage later in
the season will exceed 1927, and some
of the shortage could be made up by
the end of the summer.

Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts, 281/5011
29c; ordlnary firsts, 27@28c; dirties,

2634c; checks, 251/2c. Live poultry,
hens, 23c; broilers, 380; springers,
37c; roosters, 1654c; ducks, 200;

geese, 14c; turkeys, 200.
Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and
graded, 28%@30; dirts‘ and checks,
25%@27c. Live poultry, broilers, 40
@42c; heavy hens, 26c; light hens,
17c; roosters, 15c; ducks, 25@28c.

BUTTER.

Believers in lower prices for butter
have not had much success so far in
getting values down to what they con-
sider a safe new-season basis. Rains
and warmer weather are helping pas-
ture conditions generally, and butter
production is increasing, but supplies
at leading distributing markets are
still below the corresponding weeks of
1927. Cool weather has helped to
maintain consumption, and although
speculative interest in the market is

quiet, some butter is being stored by .

dealers who want June butter. vThe
shortage in. reserve stocks as com-
pared with a year ago is constantly
growing, however. The lack of any
big surplus from the current produc~
tion hasnbeen a steadying factor in
the market, and until production is
maintained on a more liberal scale,
values are likely to be well sustained
around the present level.

Prices on 92 score creamery were:
Chicago, 431/1c; New York, 441,50; De-
troit 41@421/2c per pound for 88@90

score.
POTATOES.

Both old and new potatoes have
suffered further reductions in prices
in the past week as the market failed
to absorb the constantly increasing
supplies. Southern states are ship—
ping heavily although potatoes at
present quotations probably do not
pay production costs. The first carlot
from the Kaw Valley arrived at Kan-
sas City last week and this section
will be shipping actively by the first
of July. Unless. growers in these
second-early states regulate their ship-
ments as the Carolina and Virginia
producers are now doing, and keep all
culls out of the market, values during
the next month or two, when the bulk
of the crop from these states is sold,
will have to be marked further down
on the price scale.

WOOL

W'ool trade has been rather slow in
the last two weeks. Weather through-
out the spring ,has been rather un—
favorable for goods trade, previous
buying has fiilled mills’ immediate
needs, and larger arrivals from the
new clip at eastern mill centers are

an assurance of ample nearby sup-
plies,- if goods trade should broaden.

Prices at Boston are steadyto firm
with . and 1,4 blood territory wool
quote at $51to $1.10, scoured basis.
Slightly easie measure, reported at

   

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‘21. reunion camp will be held: at the

, ’ Senator Norman B. Horton farm , I

on Saturday and Sunday, July 21 and
22. . lt{Mll-befor any {and all who
have ‘taken One or more of the annual
tours since they started. ‘
Members who live in the New Eng
land states, New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Illinois, and Wisconsin, can-
_ a." two-day camp.
["But there will *be quite a number
from OhiQ'Indiana, and elsewhere, as
well' as from the southern peninsula
of Michigan. _ ,
[It will [also be a. Michigan F‘armer
reunion, and the editors are ’cooperata
ing with me. Plan to drive to the
Horton farm on Saturday, July 21.
Come early and take part in the Sat-

urday, evening camp fire. ~

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-,- Sunday {will be a big day, with a
.program- in the forenoon, afternoon,
.and: eyeni '. , The-Sunday afternoon
program In ll. be on highway safety
and several prominent organizations
will take part. The city of Adrian
will cooperate in the forenoon and
afternoon, ‘ and the Lenawee County
farm organization will take part. The
Federal Council of Churches of Amer-
ica will send a representative, and
Chas. M. Upham, Business Director of
.the American Road Builders' Asso‘
.-ciation, will come from Washington,

D. 0.

His planned to start on Monday
morning, July 23, with a few cars and
tour members, for Yellowstone Park
and Salt Lake City, and on to Seattle,
and- down the Pacific coast to San
:Francisco and return. This Will be
the third tour west, and the last one
for a while.——J.~ H. Brown.

 

FEEDERS MORE PLENTIFUL
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prices :of stockers and feeders

have weakened. Improvement

. “ in pastures 'as a result of recent rains
may give demand another spurt, but

"it is likely to be rather slack for the
next few weeks after which the early
buyers for fall feeding operations will
begin to show up. Prices are likely
to lose additional ground until this
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LAMB. PRICES RALLY
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" AFTER a $3 break due to an un-
usual concentration of supplies in
' the first half of June, receipts
of lambs were curtailed about 50 .per
cent “in the last few days and prices
have scored a small rally. Arrivals
1' for two weeks were probably the larg-
'est on ,recOrd for the corresponding
‘ period. Idaho and’ Washington lambs
piled up along with southeasterns.
i The market may hold at this general
level for, another month, but the prin-
' cipal‘trend is down. . The question is
how soon lower prices will arrive. In
jthe last two years, the market has
declined $4 to $5 from the early June
high point to the late summer or fall

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RABBITS. Flemish Giants. light gray. Write your
wants. A. Yagoman, Kinda. Michigan.

 

MATTRESSES 5.;

MATTRESSES made any size, low factory prices.
Catalog tree. Peoria Bedding Company. Peoria. 111. .

 

   
   
    

PLANTS AND BULBS

 

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN CABBAGE and Cauli-
flower Plants. Chemically treated_Danld1 Bed.
Safe arrlial guaranteed. Prompt shipment.
Acre. Jersey Wakefield. Copenhagen. Glow. Earl?
Fla-t Dutch. Ballhead. Red. Savoy. Postpaid. 200.
I15c: 500. $1.25; 1.000, $2.25. Express Collect. 5,000.
$7.50. Cauliflower. postpaid, 50. 400: 200. $1.00:
500. $2.25. Manuel Beet and Red Beet same price as
Cabbage. Part B. Melllngeir. North Linn. Ohio.

        
      
  
  

  

            
   
  
    
   
  
   
    
  
 

 

SPECIAL FOR JUNE—~20 Million Fine Cabbm
Plants, all varieties. 300. 75c; 500. $1: 1,000. $1.15
Drepald. Expressed $1 thousand; 5,000. $4.50: 10.-
000. 88.50: 50.000. $37.50. Toms-to plants same
price. Potato and pepper 500. $1.75: 1,000. $3 Dn-
psid. Expressed $2.50 thousand: 10.000, $20 cash. ‘
Prompt shipments. good delivm-y guaranteed. or money '
cheerfully refunded. Old Dominion Plant Company.

Franklin. Va.

50 MILLION VEGETABLE PLANTS. Csbbm:
Copenhagen. Wakefields. Ballhead, Flat Dutch. em.
$1.50 Thmxsand:10,000, $10. Tomato Plants. six
varieties. $2 thousand: 10.000. $15. Sweet Potato
and Pepper plants. $3 thousand: 10.000, $25.
Prompt shipments. well packed. good delivery guar-
antcod. Shipping capsx‘ity half million daily. J. P.
Council Company. Franklin, Va.

 

 

 

PLANTS. 5 ACRES. June. July delivery. Cabbage.
(lolicnliagen. F‘latdutch. Ballhcad. Prepaid. 200. 650:
500. $1.25: 1000 $2.00. Express. 5000. $7.50. Cauli-
flower (Snowball) prepaid. 100. 00c: 500. $2.25:
1000. $3.75. Moss packed. Critically assorted.
Guaranteed. W. J. Myers. R. 2. Masslllon. Ohio.

 

SWEET POTATO PLANTS—Nancy
Rico; Southern Queen: Red. Ycllow Biustem Jer-
39v: 250 plants $1.00: 500. $1.00; 1,000. $3.50:
DOstpaid. Robert Bennett, Grandview. Indiana. '

Hall: Porto

 

100 ACRES CABBAGE.
Special 31 per thousand.
Franklin. Va.

Onion and Tomato Plants.
Farmers Supply Company.

FOR SALE—Five acres ginseng to close estate.
Arthur Adamy. Administrator. Reed City. Michigan.

 

 

DILIGENT CHICKS DID IT

and will do it for you.
Summer chicks grow quickly. cost less and eat less. We have a. hatch every
Monday during July. Send us your order now and have the satisfaction or
growing a nioobatch of July chicks. Prompt shipment and live delivery as-
sured. We have yet some Barred Beck and. Rhode Island lied Pullets over
14 weeks old. They go for $1.00 each.

Postpaid prices on. Chicks 50 100 200 500
S. G. White Leghorns .................. $4.25 3 8.00 $15.50 $37.50
Barred Plymouth Rock: ................. 5.25 .I0.00 I950 47.50
S._ C. RhodeJIIand Reds ............... 5.25, I0.00 I9.50 47.50
Mixed Chicks (All heavys) .............. 4.75 9.00 17.50 42.50
Mixed Chicks (Light) ................. 3.75 7.00 I3.50 32.50

DILIGEINT HATCHERY AND POULTRY FARM
Harm J. Knoll, Owner, R. R. No. 4 HOLLAND, MICHIGAN

 

 

Yearling Hens $1.25 Each

We have a special lot of only 500 White Leghorns and 300 Anconas that are all
strictly yearling hens that we will Sal! at the above low price. These hens are
laying heavily now and will continue.
Send your order at once.

SILVER WARD, HATCHERY, Box 29, Zeeland, Michigan

Stock is the famous Silver Ward quality.

 

NEW C. 0. D.

MIGIIIGAII
AGGBEMTED

I00 00 LOW Send $1.00 down and

Wh. Leghorns. Eng. Type ............. s 8.50 $40.00 $75.00 W0 Will thin 0- 0. D.

um. Leghorn. sues. slated ........... 70.00 47.50 90.00 '9' “‘9 Wam- l00%

Barred flocks .................... ”.0 "'9 delivery guaran-
.. 0 52.50 “10.00

s. c. Mottled Anconas ............... 8.50 4 “a” 7"! ”m” 0"

0-00 75-00 these Michigan Accre.

SPECIAL SALE OF MIXED CHICKS $7.00 PER I00 dited Chicks this year.

HOLLAND HATGHERY & POULTRY FARM. Van Appledorn Bros,

PRICES

R. 7-0, Holland, Mlch-

 

 
      
  
  
  
    
 
   
  
   
  
   
  
    
    
  
   

SEEDS

SCIENI‘E AND PRACTICE
American Banner wheat.
Robust beans best for
Owosso. Mich.

 

demonstra to Improved
Wolvori no oats. Improved
Michigan. Cook.

TOBACCO

SUMMER SPECIAL: Guaranteed chewing or smok-
ing. five pounds. $1.00: ton. $1.75; 54) cigars. $1.75.
l‘ipc free, pay when m-eivml. Farmers' Tobacco
Association, Went l’aducnli, Ky.

 

 

GUARANTEED HOAII‘ISI’UN TOBACCO-~0hewing, 5
pounds, $1.25; 10. $2. Smoking. 10. $1.50. Pipe
It'rcc! l’ay postman. United Farmers, Budwell.
lxcmucky.

 

 

IIOMESI’UN TOBACCO:
Smoking 5 lbs. $1.00.
Farmers Union, A5.

(“hr-Wing 5 lbs. $1.25.
Pay when involved. Pipe free.
l’aducali. Ky.

TOBACCO: AGED: Smoking 10 pounds 3135‘ cliew~
mg $1.75; ci'gai‘s 50 $1.05; {twist 24 32.40. ' K'eu
Farmers, l’ryorsburg. Kentucky. tucky,

 

PO ULTRY

8 VARIETIES Record of Performance Male M t‘
grief-gin: cockerelgapullcts. and chicks. Free gamma:
ig enry er dls'ounts. Beckm -

Box 57. Grand Rapids. mm M Hume“

WHI'I'I‘AICER'S REDS. BOTH COMES. R. 0 P

grapnesifhi. Michigan Corflfit‘d. Cocks. hens cock:
cs. 1) ets. Write for resale . I r .

Box 9. Lawrence. Mich. L g ntcrlakes Farm.

 

WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS from State A
dited flock {or Junk] d" ' ccre~
R. 1. Holland. Mich. My ”me” E lmou' Jr"

 

PU]. I. I'ITS——R0i‘lis.

Ralf. I '
wk. 90¢. ‘ “‘homg‘fichw' 80"“ 10

Ed. Iiroodsma. Zeeland, Mi

BABY CHICKS

 

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This classified advertising departma'it
8mm advertisements bring
sdvctisms miscelllséieiedms articles for sale or exchange.
csss rates. or in display columns t -'

w 9 notes wolrd. each insertion. a commemal “mm
0mm vs inserts ons cents s word. Countss a each ‘ '
“why” or illustrations admitted. word abbreviation. wins!

an“ “stnwgdyVI-fisinn has s ”punts [department and is not accepted as damned. Minimum.

is established for the convenience of Michi farm
best results under classified headings. Try it for want $03 and 6;;

Poultry advertising will be run in this (It

on orders for less than {our insertions: for tour or mm
' or number. No
Remittances must accompany order.

 

 

 

 

   
 
    
     
    
   
     
  

BABY CHICKS AND I’ULLETS.

Ilm’ls “:qu quality chicks 70
1tit-(s, iode Island Reds. S. C. White Le

snippet c. o. D. Live delivery guaranteed $1331

gidodsdectiBnn 840-112 weeks old bullets in obese
c s. rummcr— ‘redrickson ’

23. Holland. Michigan. 1mm” Fm' Bu

Mr.
Brummw-Fredrick-
each and up. Barred

GET OUR REASONABLE PRICES o '-

2 and 3 week old chicks—pullets in!1 gib’logm

breeds: Barred. & White Rocks. White Leghorn:

llcds. White Wyandorms & Buff Orpingitons Write

tor our beautiful poultry guide. Lakevievw. Poultry ‘
harm. R. 8, Box 20, Holland. Michigan. '

 

 

 

 

 

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._ t .‘r— ~ Plants. With 0 m- BABY (.HII.KS of 3,11 stand rd ‘
.. H‘I . fan‘s: gmuuw $1128 outh batteries. In good condition.‘ Guarani; “aim. 331‘“le culled for laying. maersl Tait?" film: ..
«Booklet 3.0s .33. 3:42 , 1‘50 211.1”riiififif._.llibfi Tindoll. 710 Miller Street. Ann t'ébusziliflefiz‘mfigby fihicliwlirlces. 10c to 14¢. ennui ..
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bnek. 01.1030 moncimerdmaw as“. 3392 303173312310 8‘40 FOR SALE-Bufl'alo Pitts, twin cyliner 14 horse
MINERAL sensor (:0. «a fourth immanent. no 32........ m sis: pow... 2'0 in. am. engine. Always housed Fine hoox'zom’w" mm 9° “”- 3° We'd"- Um
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. ....... . . A 2191 ‘ 31‘ breeds. Write.
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The newly-invented tractor-truck which combines the remarkable
tricks of a tractor, going over obstacles, through water, or on _
muddy or sandy ground, with a speed of thirty miles an hour. 5%

 

 

a bird’s-eye view of Brisbane, Australia, one of‘ the destinations of
the “Southern Cross,”_ which left California with two Americans
and two Australians. ‘ ,

  

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Prof. Bordler of on’s University in Paris has Amelia Earhart, girl Lindy," as
invented a mac me which he claims will cure a graduate of a Philadelphia
1 a cold in ten minutes. Prep School in 1918.

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This novel billboard in London attempts to “sell’{ the idea of ‘
peace to the public in the same attractive manner in which

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Here they are, beauties of 1927 Rev. Robert Crawford' of Oregon is a qualified air pilot. He flies Rev. John Taylor is blind pastor
and 1928! How do you think to the numerous small communities to deliver his» sermons, and of church the C‘oolidges Will
they compare? 1n some cases drops printed messages from the clouds. ., - attend on their vacation.

 
    
  
 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Lee Schoenhair and Harry Tucker wilI attempt
to break flying record of 26 hours and 50‘
minutes between San Diego and New York.

  

 

 

 

other articles are advertised.

 

 

"Up in arms”—
clings to the

threshold of their new home.

(Jourdan: by 17mm C mm. New mi ~ .,

   

but this. is marriage, not war.
ancient custom of carrying his» bride across

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