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in that scenic part of
th e state, the Grand
Traverse region. This lake
is on U. S. 31, just a short
distance from Grand Tra-
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a visit, or even a stay, for
it combines the water
sports with many nice
trails through a pictur-
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evidence that the past year’s strides in the
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of the ease with which it leaps from 5 to
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deep-upholstered, full adult-size bodies, to
comprehend how completely the Plymouth
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ommune with Nature and Be Happy

A Good Vacation Spot for Farmers
By Clarice La Dow

our country have the standards

of comfort been higher, working
days shorter or holidays more com-
mon than they are today. The ques-
tion of what to do with spare time is
answered to a great degree by our
fiftydodd state parks. All of them
have recreation values, and many
natural beauty spots are preserved as
evidence of a great heritage, and dedi-
cated to the recreation of the nation.

Lake frontages in their native con-
dition, undisturbed sand dunes, areas
of primeval forests—all natural re—
sources which have been so rapidly
dissipated that the remaining areas
may be considered heirlooms of na-
ture.

Michigan history had its beginning
in the northern part of the state
where even today a pitiful remnant of
Ottawas and Chippewas roam the
wilds in search of wild fruit, fish and
game. The Indians had no written
language in the olden days, no books
or manuscripts. Their interesting
folk lore of hunting stories, songs, leg-
ends and stories of the daring ex-
ploits‘ of their great warriors and
chiefs were told around the lodge
fires by the story tellers of the tribes
and so passed on from generation to
generation _

Away to the north in Leelanau
County is located the D. H. Day State
Camp. It is beautifully situated be—
tween Glen Lake and Sleeping Bear
Bay. The park consists of thirty-two

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Farm people enjoying Newaygo Dairy Show. Such outings make a good
substitute for longer vacations

acres of woods in the most romantic
part of Michigan. Indians are living
within a few rods of the camp and
while Glen Haven with its store, can-
nery and steamboat dock are only a
quarter ofamile away, one may strike
into the woods in any direction and
be well convinced that civilization is
miles distant. For miles along the
shore the dunes stretch on and on as
far as the eye can reach. Not far
from the camp is the wooded dune
known locally as “The Bear.”

Many years ago, so the Indians say,
the wild animals of the forest were
possessed of souls. Once upon a time
a mother bear with her two cubs was
compelled to desert the shores of Wis—
consin and take to the waters of Lake
Michigan to escape the forest fire
then raging in the wilderness. The

heat was so intense that she decided
not to return, but. struck. out boldly
for the Michigan shore. When nearly
across, the poor little cubs became ex-
hausted and sank from sight. The
mother swam about. the spot for hours
until at last she became so weary that
she climed the bluff and lay down to
rest.

Far out in the lake two beautiful
islands gradually rose to the surface.
Spirit Islands, now known as North
and South Ma-nitou, are supposed to
be the dwelling place of the souls of
the poor little cubs and here they
must remain until the end of time,
when they will enter the Indian’s
heaven as guardians of the people
who loved them. On the shore the
spirit of the mother remains where
her tired body sought rest, and on

stormy nights when the winds how],
and the waters roar, the Indians say
that the mother moans and cries in
anxiety for her loved ones.

At the camp is a commodious shel-
ter house with a great stone fireplace,
inviting easy chairs, immense porches,
and the bay only a few rods away.
From the observation tower one sees
“The Bear,” and off in the distance
the two islands are in full view on a
clear day. Wild flowers beautiful and
some of them rare are blooming on.
every hand and many birds which we
never see in lower Michigan are com-
mon residents in the woods of the
park.

The coast guard station is situated
in an isolated spot not far from the
state camp, where the sand drifts
about the buildings sometimes nearly
to the eaves. The people in charge
have little to see besides the restless
waters of the lake, and the ever shift-
ing sands of the dunes. The trail
back to camp winds over the dune
and through a wood of scattered
cedar and juniper, with here and there
an Indian home, a miserable little
shack apparently deserted, for seldom
do these dwellers of the woods meet
the white intruder, for such they ap-
parently consider us. An Indian dog
may venture forth and air his opinion
of the passing tourist, but all in all
this camp is a most ideal place for
complete quiet and rest, and for leg
ends and folk lore Sleeping Bear is a
word to conjure with.

Detours are Numerous In Africa

As are Deer, Antelopes, Gazelles, and Even Lions
By Francis Flood

HAT in the blazing sands is
”L all that racket?” growled Jim

the morning after the miracle
of our New Year’s Eve dash into
Maine Soroa, French West Africa.
Anything that will awaken my sleepy-
headed partner—«especially on New
Year’s morning-sis entitled to at-
tention and I got up to see. Jim
rolled over on his other ear and went
to sleep again.

I peeked out through one of the
firing niches in the thick mud walls
of our bedroom. There, just inside
the gates of the fort, stood our

motorcycles, battered old “Rough”
and “Tumble,” under a military
guard. A black corporal and four

clicking franc-tireurs, all uniformed
in the same bare feet and short car—
bines, marched their post, proud as so

many paladins guarding the beard of '

Allah. .

And there were the worshippers, the
curibus crowds who had come to see,
actually to gaze upon the supernatural
“tuff tufts” that had carried the white
"Marykins” to Maine Soroa. The en-
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front gates in the outer wall of the
fort.

A sentry posted at our door appar—
ently had heard Jim’s feeble show of
interest and concluded that the dis-
tinguished visitors were about to be
up. He sped ’away through the sand.
Two or three minutes later a black

garcon silently drew aside the mat
hanging down over our doorway and
pattered in with a tray of tea and hot
milk and fresh buttered toast. I got
Jim up with that. We dressed and
went out to see what it was all about.

The bristling little French com-
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reach Maine Soroa. before file '
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the inviolable ceremony in French
territory whenever meeting anyone
for the first time each day.

S this a hangover from their cele—
bration last night?” ventured

Jinn. “New Year’s must be a big
holiday here.”

“These people don’t even know it’s
New Years,” laughed the Command-
ant “That is all on your account.
This whole corner of Africa has
turned out to welcome you. The only
difference between Lindbergh’s recep-
tion in France and yours here in
French West Africa is that there are
more people in France.”

The celebration continued there be
fore the gates of that French fort for
two days and the greater part of the
two nights that we were there wait-
ing for our oxen to arrive with the
gasoline and other baggage. One rich

young Emir with a company of gray- _ 1

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DETROIT. JULY 7, 1928

N a recent address

A Prevent- one of America’s
. prominent nutrition-
Ive or i s t s declared t h at
Crime waywardncss in child-

ren, which often
leads to crime in later years, has
been traced to the abnormal de—
velopment and iinprOper functioning
of certain glands. Scientists have
found that the development of these
glands affect the balance between
recklessness and self—control. These
men further contend that a diet con-
taining a liberal portion of milk is‘
best adapted to keep these glands
normal. A census of children bears
out the contention of these men.
Here is a. responsibility for all
parents, and particularly those living
on farms. ,In the first place milk
should be produced under sanitary
conditions. Many farm boys refuse
to drink milk because they are too
sensitive to the dirty stables where
this super-food is produced. Then an
effort on the part of the mother to
prepare milk in attractive ways to
tempt the children to consume ad-
ditional quantities, may be the means
of crowning her life with joy and
happiness instead of sorrow and dis-
grace.

T a recent meet-

Better ing of one of
Business the leading d a. i r y
, cattle breeders asso~
Methods ciations, the score.
tary reported t h a. t

the members of the organization had
paid over $30,000 in penalties for con-
ducting their business with the asso-
ciation in a slipshod manner. These
penalties were for delay in recording
cattle and in issuing transfer papers
following sales.

' If this same situation prevails in
the other breed associations, and
complaints reaching this office would
lead us to believe the condition is
general, then a considerable amount
of money is paid over as a result
of this slack method of doing busi-
DOES.

   
   

THE MICHIGAN" FARMER

But the payment of these penal-
ties is a small part of the loss result-
ing from these delays. The big loss
to the breeding fraternity is the dis—
favor it plants in the public mind.
Good live stock is too necessary to
successful farming to have the free
movement of pure-bred stock bur-
dened with such unbusiness-like prac-
tices. It is time that breed associa-
tions should take strong steps to
further discourage their members
from putting off these important
items of business.

FEW days ago
An one child was
Avoidable killed and four others
were knocked to the
Tragedy floor when lightning
struck the farm home
of Warren Moore. The house was not
protected with lightning rods. This
sad affair reminds us that when con-
sidering the protection of the home
with lightning rods, fire prevention
should not be the only reason for in-
stalling them. Insurance against the
loss of human life from these terrible
shocks out of the heavens, should be
the compelling reason for not allow-
ing the home to remain unprotected
from lightning.

HERE was 21

Saw heavy loss in al-
More falfa acreage through-
out the nmthern

'Alfalfa states this past win-
ter and spring. A

recent survey would indicate that perm

haps fifteen per cent of the area de-
voted to this crop was prematurely
killed by extreme weather conditions.
The loss of red clover acreage was
correspondingly as large.

It is our opinion that farmers
should not allow this experience to
turn them against this splendid for-
age crop. Without doubt, it is the
greatest hay producing plant that we
have yet discovered. Until something
more valuable is found, farmers keep-
ing live stock should see to it that lib-
eral portions of their farms are de-
voted to the production of alfalfa hay.

To some extent sweet clover is
being substituted for alfalfa as a.
pasture crop and for soil renovation,
but in providing a supply of high pro-
tein hay for the farm animals, no
other crop quite comes up to alfalfa.

HIS has been

The ' called a commer-

. cial age but it is
Btu Board commercial only to
Ban the extent that, it

o ff 9 rs advantfigcs

and comforts to the people. As soon
as a commercial proposition becomes
obnoxious, it loses strength and soon
becomes extinct, as all commercial
ventures have to rely upon public
patronage for their existence.

One of the aspects of our commer-
cial development has been advertiS<
ing. Advertising has opened vistas of
comfort, created new appetites,
formed new ideals. It has been a
great help in the advancement of the
wonder age we are living in.

One of the phases of advertising is
the bill board, big and sometimes
artistic, and so gotten up that one
who runs may read. They have even
been made interesting, for one of the
necessities of good advertising is
that it be interesting. But—the
people do not drive the highways: of‘
the country to read interesting and
artistic advertising literature. The-y
travel the trails to see God’s handi-
‘work, not man’s. They do not want
the highways turned into “buyways.”

Therefore, this attempt to offer
counter attractions for the beauty of
mother earth has not met with ap-
proval and, therefore, many states
have made regulations regarding the
use of bill boards. These regulations
are not only of aesthetic benefit, but
they are safety factors. There should

be nothing in these days of high
speed to obstruct a full view at cor-
ners and other danger places.
Kansas has recently joined the
ranks of those states which put a
ban on bill boards. We are glad that
Michigan has already placed some
restrictions on bill boards for Mich-
igan’s beauty is one of her greatest
assets and, we want to preserve and
increase it so that people will want

to visit and enjoy these fair pen-
insulas.

E continue to

Your Name get many let‘

ters from subscrib-

and ers who fail to give

Address their names and ad-

dresses. Naturally

we cannot give serious consideration

to such correspondence. Last year

we received over 40,000 letters in the
editorial rooms. Those asking for
information were answered person-
ally. Only a few of those containing
information of a general character
were answered through the columns
of the Michigan Farmer.

We are here to render every pos-

sible service to our subscribers. But
when a communication comes in
without name or address we are

helpless to make reply. Usually the
name of the inquirer is omitted when
answering through our columns
especially when a. request is made to
that effect. From this it will be plain
that the reader cannot expect service
if we have no way whereby we can
get a reply to him. We have made
this request many times before. We
trust readers will observe it.

HIPPEWA

Timothy County for many
years was one of big

or timothy hay produc-
Alfalfa ing counties of the

country. Season after
season farms there turned off thou~
sands of tons of high quality timothy.
But in later years the yields have
been growing less, and the decreas-
ing demand from the lumber camps
and mining towns and from the south
and east has kept prices down, thus
reducing the farm incomes.

But once more the farmers of this
section are taking hope. Gradually
timothy is being abandoned for al-
falfa. Instead of raising feed for
horses, Chippewa farmers are trying
to produce balanced rations for dairy
cows. This new program is reviving
their income and improving their
acres.

To a lesser degree this same trans-
formation has taken, or is taking,
place throughout the lake states.
Farmers are feeding fewer horses
and more cows. They find legume
hay necessary to keep down the cost
of producing milk. So they grow the
best legume for this purpose, which
is alfalfa. This change is reflected in
our chief hay market where alfalfa
hay, which not many years ago was
not even quoted, now commands pre-
mium prices.

AST week an en-

Good campment of
boys and girls was

Work held at Washington,
Rewarded an annual event for

which 620,000 boys

and girls strive to attend. At this
encampment the two outstanding boys
in 4-H club work and the two fore-
most girls go as delegates for their
respective states. _
This is a fitting reward for those
who have worked and accomplished.
This trip provides a. joyous experi-
ence as well as a liberal education.
The young people have plenty of en-
tertainment, hear talks by people
prominent in national life, and get
acquainted with the headquarters of
the nation. They learn how laws are
made, and how the machinery of the
government is handled. They also

 
  
 

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JULY 7. 1928

take trips to various points of his-
torical and scientific interest.

We are glad that Mr. R. A. Turner,
former State Club’ leader of Michigan,
takes an active part in the manage-
ment of this encampment. we are
also glad that Congress recently
passed the Capper—Ketchum bill which
will make possible 4-H club work to
a greater number of rural boys and
girls, for there is nothing equal to it
for constructive recreation and edu-
cation o-f the country boys and girls.
It is without doubt one of the great-
est movements for young people in
the world.

 

Roses

HERE’S something about a. rose

that makes it differunt from most
flowers. It is one of the nicest look-
ing flowers there is and also one of
the nicest smelling. That sorta makes
the rose the queen of flowers. And
besides, it comes in June when the
brides are bridein’ and the grooms
are groomin', and the moo-n is
amoonin’.

I don’t just know but sometimes I
think nature made June such a nice
time to help brides and grooms along
and she was wise
to use roses to
help make it so.
Old nature is
wise, she gets us;
to do most any
thing she wants.
She wants more
human bein’s so
she puts affec~
tion in the heart
of man and woman. And they get.
smitten on each other and think
they’re doin’ the whole thing them—
selves, when really nature is work—
in’ the whole machinery.

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Bugs is bugs and flowers is flowers
and human beings is human beings,
but nature is makin’ them all dance
to the tune she plays. She wants
new flowers to take the place of the
worn out ones; she wants new bugs
to take the place of the ones that
died and new humans to take the
place of those that are ready fer the
junk heap. so she’s just got things
fixed so she kin have them.

Now, I suppose you wonder what
roses is got to do with all this. Well.
nature gives us a lesson in many
things and roses is one of them. The
rose with all its beauty and fragrance
is got its hurts too. You’ll get stuck
if you pluck a rose. So it seems to
me a rose teaches that for every
pleasure we get, we have a payment
in pain to make, and that is one of
the greatest lessons of life.

We get love which is so beautiful
and enjoyable, but with it comes re
sponsibility. We get children and
the pleasure from them, but walkin’
the floor at two P. M. ain’t no fun.
We pay to see a show, but all “free”
pleasures we pay for also. There
ain’tnothing free, even roses have
their sting. It’s pay, pay, pay, someL
times it seems like that is all there
is to life. _,

But—the more we kin enjoy the
beauties and pleasures of life, the
more we get out of life. The more
pleasure and enjoyment we kin get,
the more we get for what we pay?
Some ’of Us don’t got out of life what.
we put in it because, fer inst, there’s .
lots of people what don’t like rosesg
but theyget stuck by the thorns the ,
same as those what get heaps of;
pleasure from roses. There’s a. ser-
mon in roses if you Will think of;-
roses and life. 5

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JULY 711928

OMING as it, did between the
dates of the two national con-
ventions of the major political
parties, it was feared that there might
be difficulties in handling the. Michi-
gan Master Farmers at their second
annual picnic held at the delightful
homes of Farley Brothers, south of
Albion. But deep-seated political
convictions or prejudices made no pro-
longed appearance on the surface, so
the Master Farmer folks devoting their
time in carrying out an absorbing
desire to become better acquainted
and to enjoy the fine hospitality of
their hosts.
The weather man cooperated, which
made it possible to serve the hot pic-
nic dinner on the lawn to the hungry

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guests.
in this important phase of the picnic.
They came from as far as the upper
peninsula, and from every corner of
lower Michigan.

SinCe the Michigan Master Farmers
have sponsored the “Approved Farm
Home Program” and have also shown
themselves specially interested in soil
problems, they instinctively turned
their attention to these subjects while
on the Farley farms. Both homes
here have been approved, and the
Work done by these brothers in de-
veloping productive soils has been
outstanding.

While the young folks were busy.
with their games, the women took ad-
vantage of the invitation to inspect
the homes.
of careful planning in a new home
and what can be done in remodeling
an old one. Much comment was also
made of the plantings and the ar-
rangement of the playgrounds.

A tour of the farm demonstrated to
the visitors the all-around agricul-
tural ability of the Farleys. The
stand and color of the field crops,
brought forth the remark several
times that “These men are real
farmer‘s.” \Vide interest was shown
in the muskrat enterprise undertaken
some time ago on a swampy portion
of the farm difficult to drain. Much
time was also spent in a study of or-
chard work, particularly with refer—

_ ence to the feeding of the trees.

The newly selected dean of agricul-
ture of the Michigan State College,
Joseph F. Cox and family were pres-
ent. In a talk following the dinner,
Dean Cox stated that he looked upon
the Master Farmers as his outside
extension staff. The college has con-
ducted demonstrations and taken
senior students to make practical ob—
servations on nearly all of the farms
owned by Master Farmers.

Men from the different sections of
the state were called upon by Presi—
dent Oviatt to report on agricultural
conditions. This developed the gen-
eral fact that of the staple crops,
wheat and hay are the least promis-
ing, and some varieties of apples are
not setting well. Otherwise the crgp
outlook is encouraging.

A report was also made on activi-
ties of epecial interest to present and
13:3 Master. Farmers.

  

Master Farmers’ Picnic

nois in which the 383 men now hon~
o‘red in twenty-one states automatic-
ally become members, gives wider
scope to this movement. A, beauti-
ftilly printed roster containing inform-
ation on all the men now awarded
Master Farmer honors, has just been
issued by the publishers of STANDARD
FARM PAPERS. This roster is not for
general distribution. Progress was re-
ported on the selection of the 1928
class of Master Farmers for Michigan.

An effort was made to learn the
champion barnyard golf twirler
among the Michigan grd‘up, but the
adoption of-the six-inch rule made

scoring so difficult that the referee,

found time only to run off the pre-
liminaries. One could see that these

 

 

Master Farmer Families Met at Urbana to Aid in Forming a National
Organization

In all eighty-six participated-

Here they saw the results ,

' County.
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men did not devote all their time to
throwing horseshoes. Despite this in—
ability all who attended will long re»
member the second annual picnic of
the Michigan Master Farmers, and the
fine hospitality of the Farleys.

 

LARGE CHERRY PACK

 

THE Wolverine Packing Co. at Lud-

ington will pack about 2,000,000
pounds of cherries this year for Pel-
lar Bros, pie makers of Chicago and
Cleveland.

 

A field trial of the amounts, kinds,
and methods of application of fertiliz—
ers for celery is "being run on the.
farm of Bert Coates, at Comstock
which is in Kalamazoo County.

 

Six hundred bushels of certified
seed potato-es have been planted by
eighty Saginaw County farmers. The
seed was obtained for them by the
county agricultural agent, A. 13. Love.

 

Four septic tanks were built, as
demonstrations in Washtenaw County
by specialists from the agricultural
engineering department of Michigan
State College.

An increased use of highsgrade fer-
tilizers and a total increase of more
than 22 per cent in the amount of
fertilizer used in Emmet County is
reported by S. J. Culver, county agri—
cultural agent. The figures were ob-
tained by checking up .the sales re
cords of agencies in the county.

Out of the twenty men who will
raise certified seed potatoes in Man-
istee County this year, fifteen are
newcomers in certified seed production
ranks.

 

A variety test for beans has been
planted on the farm of Joseph Lamie,
Chester Township, Eaton County; and
a corn variety test has been placed
on the Arthur Tubb’s farm in Eaton
Township.

 

The Claybanks Municipal Park
committee in Oceana County were
aided by 0.1. Gregg, specialist in
landscape aichitecture, in the land-
scape plantings made on a five acre

 
  

 

park site at Steney Lake in Oceana
Only. net! 9 .1;an '

      

  

 

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FOR LESS MONEY

Here is a car that in staunchncss and dc-

pendability upholds the famous Dodge
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low price.

In addition, the Standard Six possesses many
other outstanding qualities such as flexi-
bility, quick pick-up and ease of handling.
It is also the fastest performer under $1000.

Your family will take pride in its beauty, too.
, They will like its roominess and comfort.
Its smooth riding qualities will make the
last mile of a trip as enjoyable as the first.

You can pay more, but you cannot buy more
of the features that the careful buyer looks
for first in the purchase of a car.

Phone your Dodge Brothers Dealer for a
demonstration, and pick your own road. A
fifteen minute test Will convince you—and
you’ll enjoy every minute of it.

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

 

Our Slogan—-“Lifi and Pmperty Protection. ’

A LETTER OF APPRECIATION

 

NE of our Protective Service

members says, “I thank you for
helping to get an adjustment on my
phonograph. The company promptly
returned the motor and withdrew their
unjust repair charges. Your letter
got immediate action. One letter
from you did more good than the
dozen I had written them.”—James
Dunham.

THE ENGLISH SPARROW AS A
FIRE MENACE

 

BIG nest tucked into a conveni-

ent place in a corner of the
house, a nest that the sparrows had
built out of what looked like a bushel
of straw and trash, furnished a con-
venient place for a flame to start
when a spark fell into it and another
country house was reduced to ashes,
for few country communities are
equipped with fire fighting apparatus.
This wholly preventable fire im-
poverished a family in debt, as the
insurance had run out and for the
sake of economy it had not been re-
newed. '

Of all birds the sparrow builds the
worst looking, and the best fire trap
of the feathered race. Feathers,
straw and string powder dry make an
ideal place to start a blaze that is
soon beyond control. Every farm
should .be equipped with a ladder
reaching the caves of the house so
that the first attempt of the noisy
little birds can be frustrated. By per-
sistently destroying the eggs of the
sparrow, the nuisance of the little
pests might be overcome, as well as
to get rid of one danger to the farm
from fire—H. Richmond.

BEWARE OF ANTIQUE BUYERS
“.371? have been asked to aid in

V" locating a hand woven antique
coverlet with a date and the name of
‘ Elba Flumfelt” woven in one corner.
This coverlet is the property of Mrs,
L. H. Bates, Romeo, Michigan. It ap-
pears the coverlet in question was
turned over to a party who gave his
name as Mr. Collins, and represented
himself as being engaged in a two-fold
business of enlarging pictures and
buying antiques.

It seems this party represented that
his name was James Collins when
interviewing Mrs. Bates, yet intro-
duced himself as Mr. C. B. AuRison
when intervimving her friends. To
instill confidence, the gentleman left
the impression that he was desirous
of renting store space that he might
engage in a permanent photograph
business in Romeo.

However, the gentleman has not
been seen since coming into posses-
sion of the coverlet, although it ap-
pears that a letter was mailed by him
to the owner of the coverlet stating
that he had a prospective buyer at
$100.00 and inquired if this was a
satisfactory price and if he should
release the property for this amount.
Nothing more has been heard from
him and the rightful owner of the
described property is willing to re-
ward anyone who can furnish infor-
mation that will result in the return
of the coverlet, and has further ex-
, pressed a desire of being advised of
the whereabouts of this antique
dealer.

Pondering over this incidence, one
cannot help but feel that it is a
, timely warning to people who may
‘ have antiques for sale. It would seem

 

   

  

  

 

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a better way to get the money first,
before allowing the goods to be re-
moved. In fact, it seems like poor
business to sell property of any kind
through strangers on a commission
plan.

 

COOPERATIVE Fl RE-FIGHTING

 

N eflective method of cooperative

firefighting in rural communities
has recently been adopted in many
sections of the country that will go
far toward reducing the tremendous
fire waste on farms, amounting to ap-
proximately $150,000,000 annually.

In a number of instances, the farm-
ers of a community have voluntarily
subscribed the money for the purchase
of motorized equipment, which is kept
at the fire department headquarters
of the town or village most conveni-
ently located for all those to be
served. Such equipment not only
fights the fires in the village, but for
an adequate stipulation paid by the
victim of the fire, it is hurried in a
few minutes’ drive to any point with-
in several miles of the village and
subdues a fire, saving many times the
little it has cost the owner of the
property in the way of paying his
proportion of the original purchase
price of the apparatus and the charge
made for the service of the men who
operated it in extinguishing the fire.

In other cases, the purchase of
motorized fire-lighting apparatus is
sponsored by the centralized or con

solidated schools and their school dis-
trict areas. The general plan of the
school district fire-fighting apparatus
is through a popular subscription,
where all the residents of the district
own the apparatus, it being housed
upon the school building premises, the
janitor of the school building being
an efficient mechanic, as well as fur-
nace fireman. At a call for help on
the telephone installed in the build-
ing, he, with other helpers standing
in readiness to be picked up when an
emergency arises soon have the ap-
paratus several miles in any direction,
and the fire is soon extinguished.

Another system adopted in certain
sections of the country and one that
is working out entirely satisfactory to
all concerned is what is known as the
“community plan," located at a home
in the center of the farm community.
This plan is unique, inasmuch as the

farmer who does not have the ready‘

cash when subscribing for the fund
for the purchase of the apparatus may
donate a calf or pig, a few bushels
of grain, or any other farm product.’
When all such contributions have
been. received, a “rummage sale” is
advertised and all the produce so
donated is turned into cash, the pro-
ceeds going to the fund for the pur-
chase of fire-fighting equipment.

The general type of outfit so far has
been of the chemical and pumping
engine, which has been so improved
that it will run for some time from
an average cistern or farm well. In
nearly all cases, the building and con-
tents are saved before the water sup-
ply is exhausted from these available
sources. Firefighting apparatus for
use in rural communities is now being
built with a view of greater efficiency
by designers and builders of such
equipment, and it is believed that only
a few years will elapse until all com-
munities will be adequately protected
by this method from serious fire loss.

 

  

THE HANDY
ANS CORNER”

 

 

MAKING SILO WALLS TIGHT’

 

HE silo filling season will soon be

upon us again and it is not too
soon to go over the silos and see that
they are in proper shape to take care
of the silage properly. The founda-
tions should be pointed up, stave
silos straightened and hoops tights
ened, and all walls made tight
against passage of air and water.

In experiments at Iowa State Col-
lege, a number of treatments were
tried by dividing a silo that has been
giving trouble, into five sections. The
materials used were cement wash, a
waterproof solution of soap and alum,
asphalt paint, and cement plaster.
The fifth section was untreated. In
another silo a number of commercial
water proofing materials, most of
which had an asphalt base, were
tried out.

The experiments have shown that
a cement wash and asphalt paint
when properly applied are satisfac-
tory and economical. To apply a ce-
ment wash successfully, the walls
must be clean and damp, and the ce-
ment wash carefully brushed onto the
surface.

Another material much used for
coating silo walls is paraffin, applied
either hot or as a thin paint using
gasoline as a vehicle. The walls
should be clean, dry, and warm for
satisfactory application of asphalt or
paraffin coatings.

DOES YOUR SPARK PLUG FIT
YOUR ENGINE?

 

ANY automobile and tractOr
owners seem to think that fit-
ting the spark plug to the engine
means only getting the size and

 

thread so it will screw in and make
a gas-tight fit. This is not all, how-
ever, but the proper fit also means
getting the proper length of plug to
get the spark where it will fire the
charge properly, so the plug will not
overheat nor short circuit, and so on.

When a plug is too short it does
not bring the firing points far enough
into the combustion chamber. Good
ignition under this condition is im-
possible. The motor is bound to be
sluggish and inefficient.

A plug that is too long extends too
far into the firing chamber. This
will cause the lower end of the plug
to become overheated, resulting in
igniting the fuel too early.

The correct length of plug fits so
that the bottom of the spark plug
shell is just flush with the inside
wall of the cylinder head and the
spark gap extends beyond into the
combustion chamber.

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ATTIC TANK GIVES TROUBLE

 

For about twelve years. we have
been using a galvanized tank in the
attic for hard water for toilet and
house purposes, but it rusts through
about every three or four year. Now
the tinner advises me to put in a cop-
per tank tinned on the mslde. Please
advise me whether this is the best
thing to do, as I do not want any dan-
ger ‘of poisoning—T. V.

This illustrates very forcibly the
point I have made many times through
these columns that the attic tank is
not a satisfactory system of water
storage, with its freezing in winter,
getting lukewarm in summer, very
small, pressure, dead mice and rats
and crickets and so on, damage to
ceilings and decorations and rugs
from condensation and leakage. Nor
is it as cheap over a term of twelve

     

 

‘ . JULY 7,1928-
or fifteen years as Would be a good}
basement pressure tank, 1

I do not believe there would be any
danger from poisoning with the cop-
per tank tinned on" the inside, but you
will find a good tank of this kind'
rather expensive. The thing for you
to do is to discard the attic tank en-
tirely and put a pressure tank in the
basement. You can use the same
pump and the same fixtures that you
already have and shorten up your
house piping somewhat. It will cost:
you no more, counting in the repair
bills, than your three galvanized tanks
have and probably no more than your
proposed heavy copper tank would.
You will get away from freezing and
warm and tasteless water, the water
will always be clean, and you will
have pressure enough to sprinkle the a
lawn, use a hose on the car chassis,
flush the floors and porches, and even
to fight fire to some extent. Why
fool any longer with the old attic
system?—-I. W. D.

News of the Week;

Bay _City, Flint, and Pontiac Willi,
lose air mail service because theyr
lfiaI/de not provrded suitable landingr’
e s. ‘

The minority stockholders of thef
Dodge Brothers, Inc., are fighting the ‘
merger with the Chrysler Corporation
because they claim the exchange of;
stock will cause them a loss. 5

General Nobile and motor chief of‘
the ill-fated Italia, Natale Ceccioni, :
have been rescued from the ice block
on which they have been nearly
three weeks, by Lundberg, a Swedish
airmen. Both Nobile and Ceccioni had
their legs broken when the Italia. was
wrecked.

Miss Amelia Earhart, with Wilmer
Stultz and Louis Gordon companion
fliers across the Atlantic, are meeting
enthusiastic receptions in England.

Four of General Nobile’s comrades
are still stranded on the ice. Lund«,
berg’s plane which was rescuing the
party was wrecked when it landed the 9
third time. 3

Edward Claude, of Sherburn, Minn,
swallowed his false teeth while eating
and died as a result. 5

Joaquin Pacheco and Fritz Bieler,,
flew from Windsor, Ont, to Tampico.
Mexico, without stopping, having thus
made the first full flight across the
United States. They landed June 24th.

Mary Pickford the famous motion
picture star, has had her hair bobbed
in New .York immediately upon re-
turning from Europe. Her famous
curls are being made into a wig for.
use if necessary.

Ronald Amundsen, who went in a.
plane in search of Gen. Nobile is still
missing in the arctic wilds. There
were three in his party.

The crew of the Bremen, Baron Von‘
Huennefeld, Capt. Kohl, and Capt...
Fitzmaurice will visit former Emperor
William at his exiled residence at
Doorn, Holland.

Ellen Syrjanen, Alger County;
Mary Richmond,- Saginaw County;
Emil Kober, Ottawa County; and Ray‘-
mond Girbach, Washtenaw County are
representing Michigan at the Four-H
encampment at Washington.

Marshall Pilsudski, premier of P0-
land, has resigned because of ill
health. He will be made minister of

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.war and will take a three months’

vacation. .
The annual air circus and relia<
bility tour started at the Ford Air‘
port Saturday, June 30th. The relic:
bility tour will cover 6,300 miles.

Rev. Prof. B. K. Kuiper, teaching
theological history in the Calvin.
Theological College, Holland, Mich,
was dismissed because he attended a.
motion picture show when on proba-
tion.

Hoover plans to resign as secre-
tary of commerce, to devote himself
to his candidacy for president. ,

Robert Mantell, the noted Shake—
sperian actor, died at Atlantic H1gh«
lands, N. J., at the age of 74, on June
27th.

Thomas I. Ilgenfritz, of I. E. Ilgena
fritz Nursery 00., of Monroe, Mich,
died at Monroe at 62 years of age.

Tomato growers recently appeared
Before the United States Tariff Com—
mission to show that a duty on toma—
toes coming from Mexico would (be .a
real aid to the industry in this
country. “ ' ‘ ' '
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Horticulture

 

 

PRUNING TOMATOES EARLY

HAVE discovered that by pruning
tomato plants and training them to
stakes the fruit is increased in size
and the season of \ripening comes
earlier. The increased size perhaps
is caused by the pruning. The

 

strength that would otherwise go into 5_
new shoots and large leaves goes to i

the fruit. The pruning should start
early before the plants are set out,
or as soon as the shoots start to
form in the axils of the leaves along
the stem of the plant. If this is kept
up the plant will naturally have only
one stem. The ripening of all the
fruit can be aided materially by
pinching off the terminal bud when
eight or nine large clusters of toma-
toes have formed, but if green fruit
for pickling is desired then this bud
must be left and the ripening toma-
toes be picked off when cold weather
sets in and be ripened in the house.
Tomatoes that are to be pruned
should be planted closer than toma-
toes le’ft to form bUShes. I plant mine
two feet apart each way and mulch
them heavy when they start to set.
fruit. No watering will then be nec—
essary—C. H. F.

STRAWBERRY FOLIAdE POOR

 

I enclose everbearing Progressive
strawberry leaves. I set the plants
out this spring. Of late the leaves
are turning brown around the edges.
I wonder if it is some disease. We
are now using spray for the leaf
roller, three pounds of arsenate of
lead to fifty gallons of water. There
are small berries on the plants.
Would they be safe to eat. in two
weeks? I will have to spray again
September 1st. Will it hurt the ripe
berries for food?—Mrs. W C.

The leaves sent do not show any
specific fungous disease. The change
of color at the edges of the leaves is
to be expected with the first leaves
of plants shortly after they are set
out. Decision as to [whether the plant

is established can best be made by-

noting whether new leaves have
pushed out from the center. The sea-
son has been such as to encourage the
development of a rather shallow root
system and with a few dry days these
shallow roots dry out and the leaves
suffer from lack of water.

The question of the possibility of
danger from using berries that have
been Sprayed with the ordinary

 

 

against the road.
Compare the tread

 

Goodrich Silvertowns Deserve
the Dependability of Goodrich
. Inner Tubes

 

amounts of arsenate of lead has long
been settled by conclusive tests
which show that not enough arsenate
remains on the fruit to make it unfit
for food—G. H. Coons.

EVERGREENS NEED INSPECTION

 

I would like to establish an ever-
green wild tree company. Will I have
to get a license and have the trees
inspected? If so, who will I have to
apply to for same?—F. L. P.

Under the laws of the State of
Michigan such a nursery would have
to be licensed. The trees will also
have to be inspected sometime before
they are ready to be shipped in the
spring. This work is in charge of the
State Department of Agriculture, Divi—
sion of Orchard and Nursery Inspec-
tion, State Building, Lansing.’ Full
information can be obtained by writ—
ing to the above address—R. F. K.

 

ROSE MILDEW

 

The enclosed leaves are from my
monthly rose bush. They all turn
white like a mold. Is there any rem-
edy for this? Please advise—B. B. B.

The leaves of roses show that the
plants are infected with mildew—a.
fungous disease which becomes preva-
lent during cloudy weather and cool
nights.

'It may be controlled readily by
dusting with ’bowdered sulphur upon
all days Thtsun is necessary to

_ minim,» that the

  

fumes may act upon the parasite. By
keeping a little sulphur on the foliage
during the season, mildew may be pre-
vented entirely.——Alex Laurie.

IRRIGATION HELPS GARDEN

 

VERY year we carefully planned

our garden and tended it.well,
but when the drought hit it produc-
tion was stopped. Rains seemed to
bring our early garden very well.
However those vegetables that re-
quired good growing conditions
through the dryer summer months
did not have enough moisture to pro-
mote growth.

Our garden occupied a space 80 by
160 feet. We decided to cut the size
of the garden to about half its original
size. The garden was then moved to
a new location near the horse water—
ing tank, and irrigated by letting the
water out of the tank. We decided to
siphon the water out of the tank.
The new garden was marked off on
the south side of the tank where the
ground sloped gently away. The plot
was plowed early, but no special
preparation was given the ground.

The early vegetables were ready for
use long before vegetables planted at
the same time in unirrigated gardens,
and the quality was better. We were
using tomatoes severalweekq ‘, ‘

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under pressure

with the tread on the right.

Note, above, how the grooves can
close up—easily, smoothly, without
harmful tread distortion.

“ Then glance at the edges of the
tread—the shoulders—and see how

Silverto

When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention
The Michigan Farmer

By this easy test

You can see why Silvertowns
are making new mileage records!

ABOVE is a Goodrich Silvertown
”in action.” Beneath the plate
glass is the tread just as it would look
in that‘fleeting instant when it rushes

those heavy safety blocks come
against the road with full, firm contact.

Perhaps this does not seem so im-
portant. But remember, what you see
here happens close to 300 times a min-
ute when you drive 30 miles an hour.

That is why the balloon tread, to be
successful, must have a flexible center.
It is the reason Goodrich Silvertowns
have proved ,so remarkably free from
uneven, choppy tread wear. They give
your car comfort, safety, silent trac-

o o drich

tion and smart appearance,
combined with true economy.

THE B. F. GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY
Est. 1870 . Akron, 0. ~ Pacific Goodrich Rubber
Co., Los Angeles, Cal. ~ 121 Canada: Canadian-
Goodrich Rubber Company, Kitchener, Ontario.

 

 

   

 

  

  

  

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With the Boggs Roller Picking Table, all sides ofthe potatoes or onions can be
Plenty of space for two or more men to work
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‘THE MICHIGAN FARMER

 

 

 

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Its Easier to Load

—Easier to Unload

f THE New John Deere Manure Spreader
IS easier to load—easier on you—he-

cause it’s low down.

It’s easier to unload

——easier on the horses—because it’s lighter

draft.

These qualities are the result of two

L exclusive John Deere features——

Beater-on-the-Axle and
Box-Roll Turn

This construction gives the
New John Deere a combina-
tion of lower box and higher
drive wheels—the things you
want in the spreader you buy.
Its lower box means easier
loading; its higher drive wheels,
lighter draft.

Mounting the beater on the
axle means simpler construc-
tion—fewer parts and lighter
draft. And the beater is lower
down—-delivers the manure

closer to the ground; lessens
drifting caused by the wind.

Farmers have always known
John Deere Spreaders for
their longer life and consis-
tently good service. The New
John Deere is built strongly
and durably of the best ma—
terials. You will get years of
satisfactory service—you will
take pride in owning a New
John Deere.

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News and .Views ..
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AIN, like wealth, can be a curse

or a. blessing, depending on

whether or not it comes with
moderation. As I write this weekly
letter the territory around Ingleside
is drenched, gullied, and flooded with
some of the most voluminous and
persistent rains that have fallen here
in many a season.

For the past several weeks it has
rained from three to six days out of
every seven. This has seriously in-
terferred with haying, cultivating,
and other seasonable field operations.
All kinds of weeds have a wonderful
start. Many cornfields look like mea-
dows.

While I haven’t any comprehensive
information relative to weather con-
ditions throughout the state, I under-
stand that the Thumb has had more
rain than was desired, while in the
region around Detroit and in that
over in southwestern Michigan, the
season has been drier.

Although our main jobs have been
seriously delayed, we have found
plenty to do to keep out of mischief.
For instance, we have hauled con-
siderable manure and this forenoon
we utilized the drizzling hours by
tagging all our ewes and lambs. This
is hardly the pleasantest kind of work
that might be imagined, but it is
rather necessary if the flock is to
look attractive and if danger from
maggots is to be avoided.

There are three more operations to

which I wish to .subject this flock
during the next few days. I want to
trim their feet, dose them for stom-

ach worms and then dip them. The
sheep might survive if all these de-
tails were neglected, but ‘from past
experience we know that all of them
must be observed if the best results
are to be secured.

A Notable Shepherd

These references to sheep remind
me that we were pleasantly surprised
a few days ago by an unexpected visit
from Mr. Robert Groves, who for
more than two decades was shepherd,
stockman, and gene1al 1e1iance man
here at Ingleside. Few know as much
about the care and fitting of sheep
as he and few we better feede1s of
other kinds of stock. Whether or

not I learned anything from growing

up with him some may question, but
I certainly had an exceptional op-
portunity.

Somehow, I rarely thought of Rob
as hired help. To me he seemed
more like one of the firm, or maybe
I should say, like one of our family.
His interest in all our affairs was
genuine and we knew that he would
give everything the same care and
attention whether father or I were
around or not.

Rob was one of the most courteous
and diplomatic men that I have ever
known. If he Wanted to bring a. cer-
tain thing about, he didn’t blurt it
out all at once, so as to get us ex~
cited or resentful, but bided his time
and then led up to it in such a. way
that we were mom than glad to fall
in with his ideas.

.My mind goes back many, many
years to one tragic night when, as a
littlelad, I was kicked nearly into

eternity by one -of father’s pair of

fast driving horses. When I regained
consciousness after the accident and
looked up into the circle of strained,
anxious faces ‘and inquired, “What
hit me?” there was one face that for
tenderness and loving concern im-
pressed itself on my memory in a
little different way than all the rest.
That face was Rob’s.

I hope that when little Ronald
Herbe1t is old enough to be azound
outdoors, we may be blessed with

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wholesome as was he with whom I
associated so many, many hours dur-
ing the formative and impressionable
years of my life.

I am happy to report that Rob’s
virtues have at last been partially
rewarded. 'He'now has a position as
the Oakland County
estate of a Detroit millionaire. He is
unlimited as to feed and help and is
not encumbered with routine farm
tasks. I rejoice at his well-deserved
good fortune, although we miss him
here. '

Discouraging Competition

But it makes it pretty tough for
ordinary farmers like we are here at
Ingleside to take our sheep and other

stock to the .fairs and buck up
against the pampered pets of pro
fessional ' shepherds and herdsmen

who has unlimited help, feed, and
financial backing. Yet that is ‘just the
sort of competition that we meet
every time that we go out on the fair
circuit.

Anything that I may do toward
getting our stock ready for the fairs
will be “after hours” and in odd mo«
ments snatched when possible be-
tween the more pressing farm tasks.
My leisure for conditioning stock for
exhibition will be extremely limited
if I take care of our haying and har-
vest and run our tractor all over the
neighborhood on our community grain
separator.

Even more exasperating than com«
peting against millionaires, is exhib-
iting against agricultural colleges,
with their corps of shepherds, herds‘
men, and understudies. It is rather
discouraging to a struggling farmer
to be crowded out of the prize money
by a tax-supported institution which
doesn't have to pay expenses out of
operating income. I am glad to note
that at several fairs, these college-
owned flocks and herds can compete
against those of similar institutions,
but are not allowed to be exhibited
in the same classes with the animals
of private citizens.

Ou1 ba1ley has made a splendid
growth and looks very encouraging
except for the fact that the terrific
rains and winds which we have been
having have lodged some of the rank-
est spots. Possibly it may straighten
up enough so that there may not be
much loss.

Searching for a Sire

A few days ago Mr. Lyman Per-
kins of Chesaning drove into our yard
in Search of a young bull of good
Milking Shorthorn breeding. We were
glad to show him our herd although
we didn’t have any bulls of service
able age for sale. We then spent
the remainder of the afternoon rid-
ing with Mr. Perkins and his wife
and daughter in an attempt to locate
an animal that would satisfy their
desires. Those of us who breed
Milking Shorthorns in this territory

Vmay be competitors in the show ring,

but that is no reason why we should-
n’t give each other a. friendly lift
when the opportunity presents itself.

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When he returned he was all en-:
thusiasm about some fields of grain-:

and hay he had seen. He said, “We’ve
been up to the farm of a Master
Farmer, Sam Langdon, near Hubbard-
ston. He’s got the plettiest piece of

some splendid grain.
over
spick and span. We couldn’t find a
thistle four inches tall that he hadn’t
cut off or spudded out. Even if we
can’t make any such showing our-
selves, it's encouraging once in a.
while to go and see what someone
else is dolpg. ” '

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WAS a delegate to the National
Republican Convention. I voted
every time to give the nomination
for President to my colleague,
Senator Curtis. I am now for Hoover
and Curtis, for I believe agriculture
has much more to gain by supporting
the Republican nominees than by vot-
ing any other way this year. In my
, opinion the fight for farm relief is
virtually won. Like Grant I prefer to
“fight it out on this line if it takes
all summer”—-and winter, too. VVest-
ern Republicans will do well to re-
member they now liave something
more than an even break in party
councils. .

In choosing Hoover I am convmced
the convention picked the. best
equipped American for the presidency.
I know of no other one man who
actually knows so much about the
United States and its needs. .

I am also satisfied that Hoover, if
elected, will carry on the Coolidge
economy program, and I consider that
vital to every American home.

I have on other occasions spoken
highly of Secretary Hoover. That is
not difficult when you know him, or
see what he does. It is true, of
course, that Mr. Hoover has long been
opposed by some of the farm group,
but it is my belief they have mis-
judged him. I have been. in close
touch with Mr. Hoover during all of
the 9 years I have spent in Vt'ashing‘
ton and have come to‘ know him well.
He is as well informed in regard to
the agricultural situation.as he is
about everything else, and it is not an
unsympathetic understanding thathe
has of farmers’ troubles. My opinion
is that as President Mr. Hoover Will
do his level best to put agriculture
on an equal footing with general busi—
ness and industry, and that is alevel-
best which has never failed usyet.

We ought to know by this time
what the Hoover level—best is. It is
my conviction he will work out 'a na-
tional agricultural policy that Will be
of genuine assistance to the farmers
of the West. His nomination is to
that extent their good: fortune.

It is unfortunate. that many farm-
ers have come to regard Mr. Hoover
as not friendly to agriculture. This
feeling I think is based largely ‘on the
prevalent belief that Hoover “fixed
farm prices during the war. This be—
lief is amply disproved by the records.

The persistent misstatement. that
Hoover determined prices .or had any-
thing to do with fixing prices, has re-
peatedly been contradicted by all the
surviving farmer members of the Fair
Price Commission over their signa-
tures. These farmer members are
Charles S. Barrett, president of the
Farmers’ Union; 1.. J. Tabor, master
of the National Grange; E. D. Funk,
then president of the Corn Growers’
Association, and \V. J. Shorthill of
Nebraska, secretary of the Farmers’
Cooperative Elevators Association.

at: * >9:

As Director General of Relief in
Europe at the close of the war, Mr.
Hoover found a need as well as a
market for $880,730,405 worth of sup-
,plies from the United States, from
. November 11, 1918, to August 31, 1919.
f This was of timely support to our
'markets. To feed the hungry and up-

ihold our Government’s moral obliga-

; tion to our food producers, was
,‘Hoover’s dual program after peace
; came. When the pork Situation

.' reached a crisis in January, 1919, Mr.
:Hoover cabled the Grain Corporation
,to buy fifty million pounds of pork,
.and to purchase additional quantities
'if necessary to support the market
; and prevent a disastrous collapse.
Hoover’s fight to maintain markets

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

‘ Hoover and the Farmers

and uphold prices for our farm prod-
ucts during the months following the
armistice, is one of the most interest-
ing chapters in the economic history
of the war, as told by the records at
Washington. Hoover had to over-
come the stubborn after-peace block-
ade of the allied governments, and
combat powerful influences working
against him at home.
a:

Hoover’s efforts to maintain farm
prices in the crucial year 1919 met
organized
interests

resistance of
that raised the

with the
powerful

slump that autumn which brought hog
prices down to £512: in*December.

Herbert Hoover was born of Quaker
parents on an Iowa farm in 1874.
There his boyhood was spent. A man
so reared may hardly be accused of a
lack of sympathy with agriculture.
Many of his addresses and writings
of recent years show how clearly he
understands the present situation of
the agricultural industry. In an ad-
dress before the American Dairy Asso-
ciation in October, 1924, he urged and
outlined the proposed Federal Market-

 

 

liigh-cost-of-living cry. The New York
Produce Exchange passed a resolu-
tion declaring that except for this
stabilization, the price of pork would
fall forty per cent or more. The. Chi-
cago Board 'of Trade, and political
leaders and members of the \Vilson
cabinet, joined in the cry.

On February 17, 1919, Secretary of
Commerce Redficld wrote to the Food
Administration strongly condemning
the attitude of maintaining stabilized
priccs on any commodity, oven wheat.

Hoover replied to these objections
by cable, saying if the cabinet wished
to take this i'i‘sponsibility, it should
provide for making this loss good to
fifteen million producers or “there
would ensue a most disastrous finan-
cial collapse.”

Under strong pressure price control
was removed March 6, the Food Ad-
ministration obtaining a temporary
delay to prevent a collapse of prices.
Then the pressure brought upon the
Allies under the leadership of Mr.
Hoover led to the lifting of the block-
ade and the opening of the enemy
markets.

But had control been continued as
Mr. Hoover urged, there probably
would not have been the disastrous

ing Board which is now a feature of
the. farm-relief measure twice passed
by Congress.

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Fragments I have selected from
Hoover's addresses, delivered at vari-
ous times since 192-1, show how nearly
parallel some of Hoover’s ideas have
run with the present plan and argu-
ment for farm relief. Take these
paragraphs for instance:

“The American farmer will never
be upon a stable basis so long as he
is competing with imported foodstuffs
likewise/produced under lower stand-
ards of" living in the import market.”

“The prices of. all or most export-
able farm products are made abroad,
largely at Liverpool, which is the
European price-fixing market. The
American farmer must pay the cost of
transportation, and the cost makes
the local price, not for the exported
surplus, BUT FOR THE WHOLE
PRODUCT.”

Speaking to the President’s Agri-
cultural Committee in 1925, Secretary
Hoover said:

“Government assistance can be ren-
dered to cooperative marketing and
should be rendered in a far more forc-

IULY 7, i958

ible and constructive way than hither-
o .’ . . . by stimulating organiza—
tion itself and not by regulation.”

There is nothing in these extracts
to show a lack of sympathy with nor
a lack of understanding for the de-
pressed agricultagural - industry.

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Hoover‘s record since 1914 is the ‘
mastery of one great emergency after ‘

another. The outstanding genius of

the man whose administrative skill,

and organizing ability kept thousands
of men, women and children from
starving to death in war~mad Europe,
and whose work for the rehabilitation
of the Mississippi flood refugees and
for flood control has earned him the
esteem of the Southland, should give
us strong hope that with his help we
shall find a way to put the farm in—
dustry on a permanent foundation of
prosperity and progress. I have great.
confidence in such an outcome.

Curiously enough big business and
high finance, as represented by Wall
Street, feel no more certain of Mr.
Hoover than some of our farmers ap-
pear to. It is Hoover’s view that big
business is here to serve the people.
He knows what is going on, he can-
not be deceived in any particular. And
his integrity is so supreme that in all
the millions he has handled during
and since the war, the question never
once has been raised concerning his
disposal of a cent.

a: *

Hoover is a man of action. He likes
to do things. He will do things. At
the age of 54 he offei‘s such con--
structive service to his country as
President, as few presidents in our
history have brought with them to
the White House. There are few per-
sons in this wide world who have to
ask “who is Hoover?” '

With .Hoover for President and
Curtis for vice president, I cannot
imagine a more complete or better
balanced ticket, or one with greater
prestige behind it. They are two men
of great ability, with unsullied repu-
tations for honesty, yet with the prac-
tical experience in life and business
which enables them to recognize a
rascal when they see one.

With Hoover and Curtis at the head
of the Government, our farmers need
have no fear their interests will not
be as paramount as their situation de-
mands and that a practical and effec-
tive relief plan will not be worked

0 ut an d
p u t into
effect.

Detours Are Numerous in Africa.

flock of goats or case of tea or some—
thing like that‘ to every distin-
guished visitor who calls on him,” in-
formed the Commandant. “What’ll
you tell him if he offers you a
couple of spare wives, good stout ones,
you know, who could help push your
bikes over the dunes?”

“l’ll have to refuse him just as I’ve
always refused such proposals,” an.
swored modest Jim.

The third day our cattle arrived.
They had been on the road four days
and it. would take another three days
for them to return. And the total bill
for the two oxen and two men for the
seven days was 20 francs, or about
one good American dollar.

“That’s a more economical proposr
tion than the Emir’s free wives, as far
as baggage transport is concerned,”
reasoned Jim. “And more satisfac-
tory too,” he added, lest he be mis-
understood.

That afternoon we loaded our gas-
oline and spare motorcycle parts,
canned foo d and everything we

(Continued from page 3)

wouldn’t need for the next four days
onto three fast camels and started
them off. They were bound for
N’Guigmi, 165 miles eastward, on the
north shore of Lake Chad. Then we
crammed ourselves with one last big
meal at the fort, bade the two
Frenchmen and the adjutant’s wife
goodbye and started out ourselves.
incidentally, the Madame there was
the last white woman we were to see
for 1,500 miles or over two months.
Most of the few Frenchmen we met
had their wives, but none of them
Were white.

“There, are two or three chances
to go wrong on the last sixty miles
into N’Guigmi,” warned the accommo-
dating Commandant. “I‘il wire the
Captain at N’Guigmi and he’ll send a
horseman out to meet you at Toumour
and guide you along.” He would have
sent a detachment of cavalry to con-
voy us all the way if he’d thought
they could keep up with us. He did
send a lithe black runner along with
us for the first twenty miles out of

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Maine Soroa. Where the going was
good we carried him, where it was bad
he walked, and where it was very ba
he pushed. '

The first day we reached Boudoum,
twenty miles closer to the Red Sea.
Only 2,652 miles more to go! From
Boudoum practically all the way to
Lake Chad we followed in the general
direction of a river valley and, while
there was plenty of sand, it was not
the barren desert that We had so much
of the time.

About noon of the second day our
trail divided in so many places we
were hopelessly lost. There was a
vast, flat swamp on one side and a
tangle of bush on the other. Some—
where, a hundred miles or so to the
east, lay N’Guigmi, and we knew the
names of a half-dozen villages along
the route. There were scores of paths
winding about through the trees and
wet lowlands, but no single trail that
looked as though it could be trusted.
We held a council of war and eventu-

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JULY 7. 195.3

“ THE MICHIGAN. FARMER‘T "

Personal Influence
Our W eat/y Sermon—By N. A. Mchme

ND the. witnesses laid down
A their garments at the feet of
a young man whose name was
,Saul.” Saul did not know,
that day, how much influence young
Stephen would have on him. But
somehow, when it was all over, and
the days had passed, the picture of
that dying young man, forgivmg his
enemies at the last, could not be ob-
literated from his mind. No doubt
that was one reason why he so turi-
ously persecuted the Christians. He
had to be doing something every min-
ute, and the more violent the better,
to ease a guilty mind. Perhaps an
accusing finger pointed at him every
quiet moment, that shook him to the
center. ' Macbeth cried, as Banqugs

ghost appeared,
“Thou canst not,
I did it! Never
shake thy gory

”

locks at me
The unconscious
influence of one
faithful soul 011
another is greater
than we can im-
agine. The most
talked-of general
in China at pres-
ent is General
Feng. Feng was a rough youth who
took part in the Boxer Uprising of
1900. He did his part in setting fire
to mission compounds, perhaps in
killing missionaries. It was the
steady, quiet, fearless attitude of
some women missionaries, about to
meet death, that struck young Feng
to the heart. These women had some-
thing that he did not have. He
sought it and found it, entered the
army, and when he became a general
began to develop his soldiers as
Christian soldiers. Every man was
invited to become a Christian, and
hundreds did. Whole regiments daily
devoted themselves at certain hours,
to the study of the Bible.

When a man or a woman is doing a
piece of work faithfully no one knows
what influence that life has. It is not
the pointed, direct word that always
has t 9 most influence on us. It is
rather the unconscious word. the in-
direct inflfuence, that penetrates most
deeply. Henry Martyn, a brilliant
student in Cambridge University, Eng-
land, read the diary of David Brain-
erd, missionary to the Indians in
Massachusetts, and resolved that he,
too would devote his life to missionary
work. He kept his resolve, even unto
death.

Said Henry Dmmmond: “Men are
all mosaics of other men. There was

 

a savor of David about Jonathan, and,

and a savor of Jonathan about David.
Jean Valjean in Hugo’s masterpiece,
is Bis‘hdp Bienvc-nu risen from the
dead. Metempsychosis is a fact.
George Eliot’s message to the world
was that men and women make men
and women.” -

What was it that impelled these
men to stone to death a sincere
youth? They had heard his defense,
and it was an able and eloquent de«
Tense. He knew the law and the his—
tory of his people, no doubt better
than many of them did. They had no
criticism to offer, as long as he con-
tinued the recital of the history of the
nation, and the deeds of its brave
fathers. The moment he departed
from the familiar, and especially when
he accused his listeners of resisting
the voice of God, they were infuriated.
They were so conservative that they
were fanatical. Religion, to them,
was to do exactly as they did, and
those who varied in the slightest de-
gree from that were in the outer
darkness. “This generation, which
knoweth not the law, is accursed.”

This intensity of belief, that my
church is the only right one, or at
least by far the best, with the purest
doctrine, et cetera, has produced a
dreary crop in these dear old United
States of ours. Everywhere, every-
'where, little churches at the corners
of the streets, and the corners in the
country, that were built where they
were not needed, many of them, be-
cause the fathers believed that their
particular church was much better
than any other. Today the folly of
all this is apparent. There is, and
never was, any “best” church. The
best church is the one with the most
sincere and loving members, who have
the spirit of their great Leader. And
these little churches all over the land
are being closed. Some have been
closed for years, and have been used
to store hay or tools in, or have been
transformed into township balls. The
fathers believed that one should argue
for his church, fight for it, if need be.

.This is not surprising. for they lived

in times when feeling ran high, and

. mplotook their religion seriously.

But it is not necessary to hate
other churches, or to shun other
church members, in order to take
one’s religion seriously. Among the
last words Christ spoke, before his
death, were these: “A, new command—
ment I give unto you, that ye love one
another.” That is religion with the
unmistakable mark of genuineness on
it. The best church, the best denom-
ination, is the one that loves the most.

When John Wesley, one of the
greatest of the world’s leaders in reli-
gion, was confronted by persons who

 

disliked him intensely because they
did not agree with him, he wrote
these words: “Though we cannot
think alike, need it prevent our
union in affection? Though we can-
not think alike, may we not- love
alike? May we not be of one heart,
though we may not be of one opinion?
Without doubt we may. Herein all
the children of God may unite, not
withstanding smaller differences.”
Saul got just that. spirit, later in life.

 

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR
JULY 8

 

SUBJE:CT:——:“Stephen’s Influence on
Saul. Acts 7:54 to 8:3; 22:3; 4, 19,

2t).
GOLDEN TEXT—Rev. 2:10.

Detours Numerous in Africa

(Continued from page 10)

ally drove back to a'little mud village
whose population we had frightened
into the bush” a mile or so before.

OT a soul among them could

speak French. We knew only one

word of their language and that
was “Heinya” meaning “Is this the
road to—?” We could only point along
the swvmal trails and say “Heinya
N'}uigmi?” “Heinya Toumour?"
“Heinya N’Gubuulerai‘?” Then when
they became the most excited and
pointed to a certain trail we assumed
it was the right road.

At this village, however, we se—
lected the man who seemed the most
active and intelligent among the lot
and motioned to him to run along
ahead and lead us to the next village.
W'ithout even stopping to change his
loin cloth or tell any of his wives
goodbye the old boy took off his san—
dals and startid out. He refused to
ride at first, but after we rushed him
along one good stiff gallop for a few
miles his fear gradually left him and
he’d perch on my side car and direct
us through the bush as though he
almost enjoyed it.

We left all trails and Simply dodged
here and there among the trees and
bush, now and then coming out onto
a wide, hard plain where we could
spin along and give our old guide a
thrill. I don’t know how he kept his
bearings but every once in a while
we’d come to a village and thus our
mutual confidence grew.

Finally, after about thirty miles of
this sort, of thing, our guide made
some palaver with a. bald, cadaverous
chief in a little village and persuaded
him to take the seat in my side car.
Then he motioned to us that he was
going home but the substitute would
carry on for us. Jim gave our original

[guide three francs (about 15 cents)

and a half dozen rivals crowded for-
ward clamoring for the chance to
guide us the next thirty miles. It
would take him all next, day to walk
home, but apparently our wage scale
was plenty high.

LL day we traveled through a

paradise of game. Actually thou-

sands of deer, antelope, and
gazelle, with an occasional barte-
beeste here and there, gazed all about
those plains or scampered away to
peer at us from a distant dune, one
foot in the air, one ear cocked into
the breeze. Many of them were so
close we could have shot them with
our revolvers if we had not. packed
those weapons with our baggage
which our camels were carrying a day
or two behind us.

Great; gaunt wild hogs, tusked and
fleet, charged away from us, snorting
into the bush. Immense blue water
birds standing nearly as tall as a man
would leap into the air like a slow
motion picture and float lazily away.
But the most picturesque. of all were.
the occasional flocks of awkward
ostriches sometimes as many as
twenty in a bunch. Their long necks
craning about made them look like a
spring Jack-in-the box on stilts.

And then we saw a lion! Jim was
riding ahead, pounding along in low
gear, and I was fifty yards behind.
Out of the bush on the left, a hun-
dred yards ahead, sprang the great
brown cat, and with a sidling look
at the two “tuff tufts” leaped into the
blish on the other side and was out of
sight. We had hardly a decent look at
him——in fact, not enough but that Jim
still has his moments of believing it
may have been only a hyena, espe-
cxally since we learned later that
liyenas are very plentiful in that par-
ticular section. But I still like to be-
lieve it was a lion—and am rather
glad it came no closer to us so that
I can still enjoy my belief honestly.
Jim says he is also glad it came no
closer—~t‘or even a hymn. can be dan-
gerous. ' ..

 

We made ninety miles that day, a
mileage that we were not to duplicate
again for more than a month, and
landed at dark with our third guide
of the day in the little village of
Toumour. No horseman from N'Guig—
mi was there. In the morning our
erstwhile guide pointed confidently
down a doubtful path through the
bush, salaamed us mightily for our
three francs of pay, and left us on our
own. We thought we had about fifty
miles to go.

HE path developed into a terrible

combination. The sand in the

caravan trail itself was too deep
for our motorcycles to negotiate. And
the bush and small trees were too
thick for us to travel beside the
road. We compromised, circling about
in the brush, dodging under low
hanging branches, scratching our legs
on thorny bushes, bouncing over
fallen limbs, snagging on an occa-
sional old grass grown stump, and
sometimes plunging blindly into a
.thicket which eventually closed up
like a jungle wall and forced us to
stop and push our way out backwards
to try it in some other place. And
when all else failed there was always
the possibility of venturing out into
the road itself and pushing our way
through the sand, one motorcycle at
a time.

We deflated our tires to get the
maximum of traction—and slipped a
rear tire and pulled out a valve stem!
And all our spares were with the cam-
els a couple of days behind. But Jim
stuck it back in place and we strug-
gled on.

According to the speedometer we
were still 10 miles from N’Guigmi—
and barely able to make any progress
at all. we were walking beside the
bikes and pushing in that maddening
hot sand nearly every foot of the way.
And the valve stem popped out again.
Again Jim fixed it. We inched along
another mile or so and—voila! the
great, white battlements of N'Guigmi
fort on the top of a hill a couple of
miles away!

The bush thinned down, we left the

sandy road and struck off across lots
for the gates of the fort itself, and
the village at its feet.
. A sentry apparently gave the warn-
ing for the walls of the great fort
became black with people, hundreds
swarmed out of the village to meet
us and hundreds more lined up on
either side of the road before the
gate. Two French officers ran down
to greet the dirty, sweaty American
tramps, and then pointed to the flag
pole above the fort.

There flew the Stars and Stripes,
Old Glory itself, just above the Tri-
color oi' France! Vi’e learned next day
that a native tailor, a prisoner, had
worked all night to make the flag and
have it ready for our arrival. And it

.waved there above that great desert

fortress for the three days and nights
that we were. there. And when we
left the Commandant presented the
crudely-fashioned flag to us with his
compliments, and we promised to send
him a real sure—enough proper Ameri-
can flag in its place.

W'e were welcome. in N’Guigmi, the
gateway to the Great Desert north of
Lake Chad.

The story of our ~elephant hunt on
the shores of Chad will be told next
week. ,

 

INVESTIGATING

 

Henry was out in his boat fishing.
In leaning over the edge of the boat
to retrieve his hat, he fell into the
water. Just then his wife appeared
on_shore. “Did you fall in?” she in-
quired in surprise.

“Oh, no," repvu Henry. “I Just
went into. use wblc» fish it was that
9.94 ‘Atr'ommefl'. ,

 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

as!

Do you know that a swarm of
flies around the barns will cost
you a tremendous amount of
money this summer? Accu-
rate statistics show that the
production of dairy cows will
drop from five to twenty per
cent with the coming of fly
time; this, right at the season
when production should be
most abundant. There is no
need for having great swarms
of flies. Take care to remove
their breeding places and kill
all those that appear with a
powerful, but harmless, fly
spray dope. At our “Farm
Service” Hardware Stores
you can get sprayers just
suited for this purpose, and,
of course, we have tested and
proven brands of fly dope.

Keep them out of your house,
for they are not only trouble-
some but they carry disease
and make your place unsight-
ly. Good window screens are
essential. Be sure that yours
are all fly—tight. Let us help
you increase your profits and
your comfort, by helping you
get rid of the flies.

Your "Farm Service”
Hardware Men.

 

  
 
 
  

  

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Farm Women Invited to Vacation
at College to Get Your Share of Good Things Offered

evening programs,

play given at the end of the week.
The program for the week opens on

Saturday with supper at six followed

Register Early

VACATION for mother every
year” might well be the slogan
in Michigan farm homes today.
Surely no one is more deserving of
an opportunity for recreation and in-
Spiration than the busy homemaker.
Large numbers of people come into
the state yearly for holidays. Many
of these find their pleasures in these
same farm homes. It seems only fair
that mother, who so often plays the
part of hostess, should have an occa-
sional opportunity to be the guest.
Farm women of Michigan are mak-
ing elaborate preparations prior to at—
tending the third annual Farm
Women’s Week at Michigan State
College from July 21 to 27. That this
is a favored form of recreation is
shown by the increase in enrollments
from year to year.
All efforts are centered upon giving
those attending the greatest amount
of pleasure and enjoyment, the most

 

 

 

 

 

This attractive green and white
striped flannel blazer blazes its way
back into style for summer sport
wear.

 

 

helpful educational information avail-
able. Through the various lectures,
demonstrations and discussion periods,
women have an opportunity to con-
sider the problems which are of major
importance to them.

The facilities afforded by the col-
lege are such that guests are assured
of the maximum amount of comfort.
The W'oman’s Building, with adequate
accomodations, is reserved for the
week. The cost for the week for
board and room will be $1.00 per day.

One woman, who has attended for
two years, has persuaded her neighbor
to come with her this year. She has,
also, persuaded her to put off visiting
her cousin in Lansing because, as she
says, “You’ll miss half the fun if you
don’t stay with the rest in the dormi—
tory.”

Because the plan adopted in the
former conferences has proven so
satisfactory, it will be followed again
this year. Lectures and demonstra-
tions will be preceded by an hour of
devotions and inspiration at the Peo-
ple’s Church. The afternoon pro-
grams include an open forum in which

. all are invited to participate. The
social hour, following dinner, will give
an opportunity for becoming ac-
quainted with new friends and renew-
ing old friendships.

Dramatics, their organization and
directions will be emphasized in the

culminating in a

by a reception. On Sunday, a pro—
gram of special interest will be fol-
lowed by a supper in the wild flower
garden. Mrs. Thomas Gunson will act
as hostess.

Farm and Farm Home Power will
be the theme for Monday’s program.
There will be visits to the Dansville-
Mason communities to observe the
operation of such plants.

Mrs. Louise Huston, one of the most
scientific of laundresses will demon-
strate modern laundry methods on
Tuesday. Mrs. H. H. Halladay will be
hostess at an afternoon tea.

The. League of Women Voters will
have charge of the program for Wed-
nesday. Family Relationships, with
address by Dr. Eben Mumford, Dr.
H. C. Coffman, Mrs. Frankhauser,
State Librarian, will be the topic for
Thursday’s program.

The annual Farmers’ Day will occur
on Friday, July 27th. Many features
of unusual interest are being planned
for that occasion.

It is suggested that those who plan
to attend the Farm \Vomen’s Week,
send in their registration fee of $1.00
to Ralph Tenney, director of short
courses, Michigan State College, at an
early date to secure reservation. In
the event that it is impossible to at—
tend, this will be refunded upon ap~
plication up to July Nth—Muriel
Dundas.

AROUND OUR HOUSE

 

HY not have an out-of—door liv-
ing room for your house this
summer? Imagination and a little ex-
pense can convert the porch into a
most livable living room for all day
use, where one can sit to shell peas
and hull berries in the morning sun-
shine, or read, sew, or serve tea in
the afternoon. It will also prove a
delightful place for family meals.
Color gives the porch its air of
welcome. Color may suggest. sun-
shine by warm lines or shadow by
cool ones. The color scheme should
depend on the color of the house and
on its setting. Vivid modern coloring
may be balanced by plenty of green
shrubbery and lawn close by. A
wooden floor stained or oiled a dark
brown makes a pleasant background
for the rug. Colored rag and hooked
rugs or grass rugs are very appro—
priate. Soft brown, sienna, and warm

greys are some of the best: colors for
a porch because they blend easily
with the surrounding green of the
lawn.

Wicker, reedfand wood—painted or
stained—are all used successfully in
porch furniture ‘today. Enamel or
lacquer finishes will withstand all
weather except theheaviest rain. The
furniture may be gayly painted or dull
with the note of color brought in by
the curtains or upholstery.

Well-placed awnings add to the com-
fort of the porch because they tem-
per the bright light. They also make
a small porch look more spacious. If
their colors harmonize with the rug
and porch furniture they add greatly
to the decorative effect.

“THE MORE THE MERRIER”
MENUS

 

HIS is the season of weddings,

family reunions, farewell parties,
church suppers, and club teas—func-
tions that demand catering on a large
scale. The preparation and serving of
large quantity menus will be facili-
tated if menus are planned that can
be prepared “on location,” consisting
of plain foods that require a minimum
technique, and which can be provided
for amply and served easily.

Specific points 'that will assist in
the actual preparation of the foods
are:

One pound of tea will serve 100
cups of tea.

One pound of coffee will serve 40
cups of coffee.

.One quart of cream will serve 35 to
40 persons with cream for coffee.

One bushel of well—filled green peas
will yield 8 quarts when shelled; 50
generous portions.

Twenty pounds of old potatoes or
13 pounds cf new potatoes with 4
quarts of sauce, will serve 50 portions
of creamed potatoes.

Ten pounds of large potatoes yield
3 pounds of chips or 50 portions.

Three to four gallons of punch yield
100 servings.

Three gallons of ice cream yield 100
servings.

COLORFUL KITCHEN KEEPS UP
SPIRITS

 

I’VE just had my first surprise party

right in my kitchen, or rather, I
am having it every day and am
anxious to tell other readers about it.
First, my surprise party came out of

 

 

 

 

 

Three new models of smart summer mlllinery.
trimmed with black ribbon and a buckle.
clever side fold. Right, an unusual toque of whit

folded In petal effect.

 

Left,
Center a blonde ballbuntal wlth
d velvet and black satin

a natural balibuntal,

a can of lettuce green lacquer. It
was surprising to me to see. Just how
much territory one small can of
lacquer would cover, and also, to re-
alize the joy and satisfaction of hav-
ing gleaming handles that matched on
all of my kitchen accessories. My
bread box, cake box, dust cloth con-
tainer, dust pan, and kitchen stool
are resplendent in the same color.

It took just one small can to do it
all and with the addition of a green
enamel teakettle and one or two other
pieces of colored enamelware, it is
now a real thrill for me to work in
my kitchen.

I, also, carried out the same color
scheme for my windows. From dull
green novelty oilcloth, I cut a val ten
inches deep and edged it with black.
On it I stenciled a design in orange,
yellow, and black. This val protects
the top of the ecru voile Curtains and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

can be cleaned by wiping with a damp
cloth. A square of the same oilcloth
covers the breakfast table and saves
much washing—Mrs. M. C.

 

 

Household Service

 

 

How TO MAKE A ROSE JAR

 

Please tell me how to make a rose
jar from rose petals—Miss E. C.

Gather the petals on a dry day when
there is no. dew on them and place in
a glass jar that has a tight fitting
cover. Arrange the petals in thin
layers, covering each with a thin
layer of salt. If one wishes, a hand-
ful of lavender flowers or rosemary
leaves may be added. Add three
ounces of pulverized bay salt, one
ounce each of nutmeg, cinnamon, and
cloves. Keep the jar covered except
when the perfume is wanted in the
room.

CAN YOU HELP?

 

I would like to know how to make
beads from rose petals.——-—Mrs. ,E. H. R.

 

When I bake apple pie, the juice
from the apples always drips into the
oven. During the whole time my
kitchen is filled with smoke from the
burning juice and it is exasperating to
have to clean the oven every time
after baking. What can I do to pre-
vent the juice from running out?—
Mrs. J. C.

It you have any suggestions for these
troubled reads I, send " new
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BE VERY CAREFUL OF SUMMER
FOOD FOR THE BABY

 

UR “life expectancy” is fifteen
years greater than that of the
people who lived fifty years ago.
One reason is that we do not let the
babies die in their first and second
summers as used to be the case. When
I began to practice medicine in 1900,
iwe young dectors were told that we
f might expect one baby in every five to
.die befOre it ever reached its first
ibirthday. Twelve years later it was
. only one in every ten. Now it is still
better. The great explanation is that
, we feed babies with greater care and
insist on their milk being cool and
3 clean. Babies used to die of sum-
, mer complaint because their milk was
infected by standing for hours in a
warm room, and often in a dirty con-
tainer.

Some time ago I read of a plan for
a simple milk refrigerator that can be
made by anyone. I think the article
was in a little booklet published by
the firm of Johnson & Johnson, New
Brunswick, New Jersey. It is espe-
cially good for homes where but a
small amount of ice is available and
economy must be considered. If you
cannot have ice for anything else. be
sure to have it to keep the baby’s
milk cool.

Get a wooden box at a grocery
store, such as a soap box, 15 inches in
depth. uy a covered earthenware
crock, tall enough to hold a quart
bottle of milk. Also get a piece of
oilcloth or linoleum about a foot wide
and three feet long. Sew the ends
together to make a cylinder which will
fit loosely around the crock. Place
the crock inside“ the oilcloth cylinder
and stand them in the center of the
3' box. Now pack sawdust or excelsior
beneath and all about them to khep
the, heat from getting in. Complete

i the refrigerator by nailing a Sunday

. paper or two other newspapers to the

1 inside cover of the box. It is now
‘ ready for use.

In the morning as soon as you re-

, ceive the milk, place the bottle in the

3": crock, crack a small piece of ice and

place it about the milk bottle. Place

t i" the cover on the crock and the lid

’ on the wooden box. No matter how

hot the day has been, you will find

some unmelted ice in the crock the
next morning.

 

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TREATING THROAT TROUBLES

 

I have been bothered with throat
trouble. There is a tendency to clear
my throat very often, oftener than I
think necessary. Sometimes it is hard
for me to- speak above a whisper. I
am teaching school and it makes it
very disagreeable when one has to do
e‘ quite a bit of talking. I am perfect—
1y healthy and have always been with
this exception. I have been told it is
due to nervousness. Could you ad-
,v; _ vise me what to do for 1t?—T. ’M.

There are several things suggested
by these symptoms. One is the pos-
sibility of goiter, which under certain
conditions may disturb the voice, a1~
though it does not often cause clear-
ing of the throat. Catarrh of the naso-
pharynx is another possibility. It.may
be purely a nervous condition, but I
think you- should secure a. thorough
physical examination.

 

HAS MANY BOILS

 

 
 
   
    
  
 

I’m having a lot of trouble with
boils; not one boil but crops of them
How can I2 clear them up so they
wOn’t come back7—H. J.

When crops of boils come it is
well. to remember that two things are

_ to be considered: 1. Infection from
. -.external.. agents; - 2. Lack , of resis-

     

tance to the infection. I knew a man
who had repeated boils on scalp and
neck until he threw away an old cap.
It is well to search for the point of
infection. Resistance is built up by
rest, careful and nourishing diet, and
sometimes by vaccination with an
autogenous vaccine. I think that in
some cases medicines are decidedly
helpful. but there is no one medicine.
Each case must be handled on its own
merits.

KIDNEY TROUBLES

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My daughter is troubled with her
kidneys being too active and I am
troubled with inactivity of the kid-
neys. Will you suggest a simple
remedy for both cases?——O. R. D.

There are no simple remedies that
will so easily set one person right in
one direction and another in the other.
The only way to handle such cases
is to have each person carefully
examined, find the faulty condition,
and start habits of living that will
bring correction. There is no simple
way to health, once it is disturbed.
Nothing short of thorough work will
do. Perhaps both of you should begin
by making sure as to the quality of
your drinking water and seeing that
you drink it in proper quantity. This
will depend somewhat upon age and
Size.

 

 

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drouth, .

Up here, because it says it’s “South,”

He’d find they’ve now and then a
blizzard,

That’s cold enough to freeze a giz-
zard!

The pieces of this puzzle when cor-
rectly put together, make a map of
the state which this verse describes.
The star indicates the capitol. When
you have solved the secret of which
state this is, write me all you can
about the state and it's capitol.——Aunt
Martha.

 

 

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Some Experiences of Contest Winners

AM going to give my experience
which I have had, about a farm
fire. Well do I remember the day.
It was raining “pitchiorks” as we
children used to say when rain came
dowu in torrents. We have. no such
lightning and thundering here as
. where I come from. When the days
were hot, we had rains, and with
them came lightning and thunder
bolts.

Well do I remember the time, it had
been raining for two days. We had
been having lightning so much that
we could see to walk without a light
in the dark. It was just as if there
had been a flash light with some mis-

 

   

  

 

 

Velma Hammond and brother out for
a stroll

 

chievous child holding it. and flashing
it off and on quickly. It did this for
one whole night and day. Ilut i must
notiorget to relate the account of the
fire, for that is really my main sub—
ject-

It was about noon—day and the
owners of the barn and the neighbors
Were all sitting comfortably in their
houses, for nothing could be done in
the fields or gardens. We children
always liked to watch it rain, as do
most all children. A small boy, per—
haps ten years old disobeying his
mother’s command, as children will
sometimes do, ran out onto the ver-
anda. A loud burst of thunder and a
crash! It seemed as though the
whole. house would be rent to pieces
by the sudden bolt. The boy badly
frightened made ready to 11m into the
house. But. wondering where the
crash had been, he turned his eyes to-
ward their big barn. What he saw
made his heart. sink, but he still had
voice enough to scream “fire! fire!
Oh mamma, mamma,” then the poor
child could say no more. But. that
was enough to call attention. The
mother was quick to the rescue.
Lightning had struck the barn and
torn down one corner, but worst of
‘ all it had set fire to the barn. Now

we had learned that lightning fire
could not be put, out. The mother was
dreadfully frightened, for there would
not be any of the neighbors out; it
was raining so.

My sisters and brothers and I were
out, for it. had ceased raining so hard.
We had heard several crashings and
was looking to see if we could spy a
tree that might have fallen victim to
the mighty hands of lightning. We
found no trees. But looking to the
north of us we could see great clouds
of smoke rolling peacefully from be-
hind some trees into the sky. The
clouds were angry it seemed, for

‘ forthwith gushed a mighty torrent of
heavy rain. We ran out into the
meadow that we might get a better
view of the situation. We soon
learned that it was Mrs. A’s barn on

_ fire. I say Mrs. A. for she was a
Widow. All were anxious to help her.
At once a great company of farm men
gathered. It seemed as though the
heavy rains had tried to stop the rag-
ing fire, but to no avail. The fire
burned on as quickly as ever. The
men knew that the only way to save
anything was to remove from'the barn

u may things as, possible. This they

 

, and wonderful

did at once. But a few things could
be moved. Horses we know are very
hard to be taken from a burning build-
ing. They simply lose their sense of
acting it seems. The fire was burning
fiercely so we knew that the live stock
could easily hear the crackling of the
flames and smell the smoke as the
mighty fire burned higher and higher.

The men tied wet clothes over the
horses’ eyes and petted them and was
ever so gently but it was useless.
The animals would only fret and
neigh. The barn was very, very large
and was loaded with heavy hay. The
rafters and beams which were holding
up the floor which the hay was on,
soon burned and down came the
heavy hay with a mighty crash,
down on the weak backs of those
horses and cattle.

One young man was trying to lead
aspirited horse from the barn barely
escaped that awful death which the
animals were to receive later on.

The hay was burning and smother-
ing the stock, and oh, the dreadful
sounds which came from those dying
beasts. Wild neighing and shrieking,
then moans that would almost rend
any heart. that cared for those great
spirited beasts which
were so helpful to all mankind.

The implements were crushed be—
neath that awful load. One could tell
that death was at hand. Such a
dreadful shrieking, then all was still.
God had been so good as to give those
horses and cattle a death which
stopped their aches and pains forever.
But those sounds were still ringing
in many men’s, women’s, boy’s, and
girls’ ears for many weeks. I haven’t
forgotten the sounds till this day and
it has been nearly three years ago.
That barn burned two whole weeks.
The rain had stopped it from burning
fast but that wild raging unchecked
fire was determined to ruin the poor
widow’s things it seemed. PeOple
could see a glaring fire when they
passed that. place although the fire
had stopped burning long ago. The
memories were still clear upon their
minds and will be for many years.—~
Florence Bloodworth.

 

our own buildings... It was the
worst fire I had ever seen. It.
was March 24, 1925 in the after-
noon, about two o’clock. There was at

THE fire I witnessed was that of

 

‘ward our other buildings.

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very strong northwest wind. I was
not yet eight years old. Mother and
I had headaches so we were lying
down. My youngest brother was not
yet two so he was taking his nap.

Suddenly, we heard an alarming
cry from my cousins across the drive
way and almost immediately our door
was opened. It was my aunt that had
come to tell us our barn was on fire.
My, 1 was frightened! Our telephone
line was out of order so we could not
notify central. Father was in the
field and my uncle had gone to town.
Mother ran out to the barn to see if
she could let our cattle out, but as
she could not, she came right back.
By that time flames were coming to-
It was not
many minutes before every building
was on fire. By this time father had
seen the fire and had run the horses
all the way from the field—perhaps
about a hundred and twenty rods.

At one time it looked as though our
house could be saved. so after father
had opened all the barn doors that he
could get at, be rushed to our house
and began to put out little patches of
fire on our roof but it was of no use.
He had to give up. But when he
started to come through a window and
downstairs, the flames and smoke
were so bad he had to jump off of the
porch roof. He was just in time be-
cause the roof soon collapsed. He
was burned about the neck.

Some of our near neighbors could
not come to help because their build-
ings were in danger. But s e ar-
rived in time to get a few things out
of the house. 1 carried my little
brother down to grandmother’s in the
meantime. My cousins and my oldest
brother had gone to neighbors.

After all possible had been done we
found that out of thirty-nine registered
Red Polled cattle, we had sixteen
head left—~some dropping dead a few
feet from the barn. One had to be
shot immediately and five out of the
fifteen had to be slaughtered at the
prison-one which was our herd bull
that had won three trophies at. our
state fair. and a cow that was Junior
and Grand Champion of our state
fair. My, but it was pitiful sight, to
see those poor cattle. That left us
only eleven.

The. cause of the fire is unknown,
but it left sixteen people without
homes. Eyery building, ten in all,
were burned within fifty-five minutes,
also twenty-eight head of cattle, two
horses, a few hens, 1,700 bushels
grain, twenty-five tons hay, two large
strawstacks, and all the farm imple-
ments, besides, a tractor and a car.—
Dorothy Westbrook. ‘

 

 

 

OUR LETTER BOX

 

 

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

I received my pin and card and I
want to thank you very much for
them. I enjoy the letters that appear
on Our Page very much and even
mother enjoys them. The other night;
she read the letters to me and when
she read the one by George W.
Nichols and came to where he said
he did not use tobacco or alcohol,
she said, “Good for him,” and I say
so to. It’s too bad our boys can’t
all say that. We. need more like that,
don’t you think?

Again thanking you for my card and
pin, I am Pearl Faist, Reed City.

I say “amen” to what your mother
said. Any boy, or girl for that mat-
ter, who refrains from acquiring
detrimental habits shows self respect
and will power.

 

Dear Uncle Frank: '

I agree with you in what you said
to Marion Weeks. What if Darwin’s
”Origin of Species” is biased in favor
of evolution? 1 have read parts of
it and found them interesting. Peo—
ple need to be broadminded enough to
read both sides of a question before
forming any opinion at all. If any-
one’s ideas can change your personal
opinion, it should be changed, even
though it is more comfortable to
never change one’s mind. I, for one,
beheye
shows signs of the growth of one’s
mind. Certainly, it proved that the
person has been thinking about, and
thought is always worthwhile. A per-
son at sixteen or twenty-six finds it

that altering one’s opinion

impossible to think about the same
subject. in the same way he thought
of it at six. Therefore, he is not re-
sponsible for what he said about the
subject at that age. 1 hope Marion
will decide differently about reading
Darwin’s book. It is worth reading
if one will do it with an unbiased
mind. However, all this does not
mean that I believe in Darwin’s opin-
ions—Alfreda Sting.

I like your comments on the open
mind. It is the open mind that has
made progreSS possible in all activi-
ties of life.

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

I wish that every boy and girl in
the world could have at; least a high
school education as it is needed in
this world of ours.

I am corresponding
India, a real Indian,
years. He has made.
in education and has made the best
of his few advantages. He writes in
a very well written hand and wrote
me a long and interesting letter. His
parents are absolutely illiterate and
his grandfather was a notorious head
hunter. The boy started learning
English in 1923 and could put many
of “we Americans” to shame with all
of the advantage that we have. But
if you want to learn more about for-
eign countries write to Youth Section,
Fell-oWship of Reconciliation, 386
Bible House, Astor Place, New York,
N. Y. They will give you some‘names
and address of boys and girls from,

with a boy in
age seventeen
much progress

 

nearly any country that you askjithon}; ,

 
 

 

to. Just tell them your age and the
country that you would like to cor-
respond with and whether you wish
to correspond with boys or girls. I
think it would be very nice if a great
many of the Merry Circlers would be-
come correspondents of foreign boys
and girls. It would give them a. new
attitude toward America. and a more
Christian idea of the young people of
America.

I am fifteen years young and in my
third year in high school. When I
finish my high school education, I
wish to become a trained nurse for I
feel that the country needs more
nurses. Who knows, I may go to
some foreign country and become a
missionary or a nurse. I would like
very much to do this—Just a friend-
ly M. C., Bernice Michel.

Your foreign correspondence is in-
teresting, and I am sure many M. C.’s
would like to have similar experiences
and will write to the address you
have given.

———-n

Dear Unc and All:
I just had to write an answer to‘

 

 

 

 

 

How does this winter picture of Rose
Rush look to you at this time

 

Clinton Van (What is his name?
Anyway, gee, I’m forgetful today). I
don’t agree with him at all. Maybe
Harold Coles, Rex Ellis, or White
Amaranth are favorites on Our Page;
that doesn’t mean that they’re better
than the rest of the boys and girls.
Does it? To me, I think that one
M. C. equals another. I make a mo-
tion that Uncle Frank be President,
Vice-President, Secreatry, and Trea~
surer. For who» can take care of Our
Page better than he? Who’ll second
the motion?

Say, Unc, when are we ever going
to have our Merry Circle Fund again?
I suppose you know me. I used to
contribute every two or three weeks.
Clieslt wishes from a cousin—Mystery

1r .

I agree thatall in the Merry Circle
are equal and have equal chances but
some work harder and more often and
therefore succeed in becoming known
better. I decline the offices mentioned
as I have enough to do without carry:
ing titles around too.

REVERSE ENGLISH CONTEST

 

ERE is a new thought that may

make a good contest. There are

quite a few words that can be
made into other words. For instance,
the letters in top may be. made into
pot; made can be changed into dame;
tar into rat, etc. See how many
words you can change in that way,
but be sure to always use the- same
letters in the changed word as in the
other. It makes no difference how
long the words are, as long as they
can be changed into other words.

We will give ten prizes, two .foun-
tain pens, three clutch pencils and
five dictionaries. Also, all who send
in good lists will be made Merry Cir-
clers if they are not now members.
Please sign your name in the upper
left hand corner of your paper and
put M. C. after your name if you are
a ’1leer Olivier}:l ; _ - '
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Poultry Department

CLEAN EGGS SELL BEST

 

ID you ever go into a grocery
D store and see eveiy article in

the store in a clean basket 01'
packed in a clean container with the
exception of fresh eggs? All other
lines of marketable goods we1e at-
tractive and putting their best side
fo1ward. In a laige basket filled with
fresh eggs, you have seen thirty to
fifty per cent of the eggs badly soiled
with droppings. That method of mar-
keting surely does not help to stimu-
late the consumption of iresh eggs
and improve prices.

The egg when laid is in a sanitary
package. The trouble is caused by
the dirt on the package and not due
to an unclean condition of the con-
tents. In a large measure the poultry-
man can control the appearance of
the eggs. Every few days it pays to
go over the nests with a measure of
straw litter and add litter to any nests
that are becoming bar .. Watch the
centers of the nests where the bare
boards may show and cause broken
eggs. Be sure that the hens do not
roost on the sides of the nests at
night and remove broody hens the
first night they a1e located.

O‘ne of my 1egular duties just afte1
sundown is to make the rounds 01
every section of eve1y house. Any
nest'roostingb birds are removed and
broody hens are crated before the
habit has become firmly established.
It helps in keeping the nests clean
and in producing clean eggs.

A daily cleaning of the dropping
boards helps in producing clean eggs.
If the nests me on the walls beside
the dropping boards and the boards
are dirty, it is almost impossible to
produce clean eggs. A strip of wide
meshed wire under the roosts will
keep the hens away from the drop-
pings.

VVhen the floor litter becomes damp
it increases the per cent of soiled
eggs. liens that scratch .in clean dry
litter usually have clean feet and \it'
they step in some dirt it is soon ab-
sorbed by the clean, straw.

“Zhen 111arketing eggs, clean eggs
are better than dirty eggs even if they
have to be washed to make them
clean. Some eggs are soiled, espe-
cially during the spring months, even
under the best pOssible conditions in
the poultry houses. llatching eggs
should not be washed and eggs for
storage will probably keep better if
they are not; washed. It is said that
skilled buyers in the large market
centers can easily tell when eggs have
been washed.

But when the fresh eggs from the
farm are sold to private customers
or to grocery stores where they are
placed on display for immediate con-
sumption, 1 think it pays to clean all
eggs that need cleaning. A11 egg with
only a small spot or smear can be
sponged with one cloth and dried
with another and it comes out a per-
fectly clean egg with only a small part
of the natural bloom removed.

Eggs that are badly smeared with
dirt 01' caked,with parts of a broken
egg can be soaked in cool water until
the 'dirt can be removed and the egg
dried with a soft absorbent cloth.
Hard bits of dirt can be scraped with
a knife and the spot touched with a
moist cloth. It always pays to moisten
the egg as little as possible and thus
retain a large part of the natural sur-
face. Washing eggs may not be a
good thing for their keeping qualities
but where they are soon used, it does
not injure their quality. It is better
than the baskets of dirty eggs some-
times placed on display. GrOCers do
not like to ,handle dirty eggs'and
consumers do not like to buy them
Essa must 05 a very popular and
u’MuI 1111111115 0! food or they never

91y wash

  

liter tum '

   

some spring eggs are marketed.
“More clean eggs per basket” may be
just as important as, “More eggs pert
hen" when it comes to determining:
poultry profits from the farm flock.
Beef is very high at present and it is
a good time for poultry owners to let
consumers know that clean fresh eggs
are. a bargain at present prices and
worth more than they cost—R. G. K.

DISINFECTING INCUBATOR

Could baby chicks contract white
diarrhea from being hatched in an
incubator that had not been fumi-
gated? The tray had been well
cleaned. but a trace of some of the
droppings could be seen on the walls
of incubator.

plated? Should incubator be run the
22nd day? Will it be necessary for us
to disinfect our brooder house before
we put in another bunch of chickens?
Will this germ live in the air? Is
soda water good for them?—~Mrs. M.

Baby chicks might easily contract
white diarrhea from an incubator that
had not been disinfected after pro-
ducing chicks infected with white
diarrhea. As a safety measure, poul-
trymen usually spray the inside of
every incubator as often as used with
commercial disinfectant and thorough-
the trays. After washing
the trays, it helps to place them in
bright sunlight for a few hours. If
droppings stick to the walls of the ma—
chines, they can be removed with a
putty knife. All fuzz and dust can
be removed with a short handled
brush.

The general rule is not to take
chicks from a machine until the hatch
is completed even if the machine is
run until the 22nd day.

machine may chill the chicks that are:
just hatching and slow up others that‘

are about to emerge.
After using :1
chicks, it should be thoroughly clean-

ed and sprayed before another'brood.
the house."

of chicks is placed in
Soda water is not usually recommend-
ed for broouer house spraying and
hot lye solution 01' commercial disin-
fectants will give better results. The
germs of white diarrhea are usually
spread when feed is

with infected droppings.
starting mash as well as the scratch

grain in hoppers helps to keep the.
Dirty drinking water is:

feed clean.
a common sourCe of in fection which
can be largely p1evented by
sanitary iountains and having the
poultry range as well drained as pos-
sible.

You will find a commercial dried
buttermilk starting mash 01' the 1'01u
mula in the Michigan Farmer Chick
Bulletin better than oatmeal for start-
ing chicks.

POSSIBLY RANGE

 

PARALYSIS.

Pm having trouble with my hens
in an entiiely new way for me They
look all 1',ight have a good appetite,
red comb, feathers glossy, and don’t
have ltce At first tin y stagger a bit,
then seem to want to sit down to eat.
Then they act as though they were
climbing a hill and couldn’t keep bal-
anced. Toward the end they can’t
keep balanced. They sit back 011 the
pelvic bones, then finally go back un-
til their feet are in the air and
trembling. The only way they can
eat is to hold them up '

The staggering and leg weakness
and final inability to use the legs may
be due to range paralysis and some
poultrymen consider this a sort of
hold—over trouble from coccidiosis.
Perform a postmortem on the hens
that die and note the condition of the
internal organs. This may give some
clue to the trouble.

Keeping the hens on clean soil and
keeping them free from worms may
help in reducing losses from range
paralysis and leg 'weakness. ‘ If you
have a large and valuable flock and
have frequent losses, it might pay to
have a veterinarian inspect the birds.
You might write to the Veterinary
Division, Michigan State Collagogm

          

THE 'MICHIGANV FARMER

Should chicks be taken
from incubator before hatch is cone

Opening the '

brooder house forl

contaminated ;
Giving the,’

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PRICES EFFECTIVE NOW

. MO 500 I. 000
S. C. White Leghorn: . .. ............................................ $5.00 $ 9.00 $42. 50 $ 80. 00
Barred Rocks—R. I. Reds ............................................. 6. 00 ”.00 52. 50 I02.50

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Hollywood and Tancred Strains a1: Eriglish
Type S. C. White Leghorns

Also Brown Leghorns, Anconas and Barred Rocks
All chicks from large type Production Brn’i Birds. All Michigan Ar‘fl‘l‘tlllfll. Every
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REDUCED - 50 I00 500 I.000
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PRICES S. (f. Vl'h. Lug. (Hollywood or Tanvred Matedl. 5.50 I0.00 47.50 90.00
Br Leghorn-s .\ An 'zonls ..................... 5.00 9.00 42.50 80.00

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FOR JULY DELIVERY

From a reliable breeder from some of Michigan's best producing 001 ks of pure- bred. largo
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live prices. Per 25 50 I00 500

 

 

Tom Barron Hollywood strain 8. C. White Leghorn: .......... $2.50 $4.25 88.00 338.00
Sheppard Strain S. C. Anconas ................................ 2.50 4.25 8.00 38.00
Broiler or Mixed Chicks ........................................ 2.00 3.75 7.00 34.00

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RELIABLE POULTRY FARM &. HATCHER Zeeland. Mich.. R. No. I. Box 42
Paul DeGroot, Mgr.

PULLETS NOW
READY

We have thousands of R, 10, 12. and 1-1 week old
pulluts for June and July deliu'ry. We spcz'iulizo
on White Lughoms only, Hansen's Strain. l’ullets
that will develop in :1 large- typo laying strain. We
also have some quality breeding hens that We haw
used for breeders on our poultry I'arm Wllll'll we
are offering at a reasonable lll'll't‘. Write for prim-s
to VILLAGE VIEW POULTRY FARM. Zeeland,
Mich., R. 3, Harry Tor Haar, Owner. ‘

 

 

 

 

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Prepaid Prices for 25 50 100 200 500 1000
Large Type White Leghorns . . . . . $2. 25 $4. 00 $7. 50 $14. 75 $36. 00 $ 70. 00
Black Minorcas. White and Barred
Rocks, Single and Rose Comb Reds . . . . 3 2.50 5.00 10.00 19.50 48.00 95.00
White and Sil. Wyandots. Buff Orpingtons .
S S. amhurgs. 10c. Assorted Light. 7c., Light and heavy, 8a., Heavy. 9c.
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CORN vs BARLEY FOR CALVES
AND HOGS

 

HAT a field of corn will fatten
many more calves or pigs than

the same field planted to barley

is well brought out when you con-
sider the experimental results of the
Michigan State College in feeding
corn versus barley along with the
average yield per acre of these crops.
The actual feeds consumed . by
calves in experimental tests compar-
ing barley with corn at the Michigan
State College last year and this year
were averaged together. From these

feed required to fatten fifty calves
from 350 pounds to 750 pounds by
feeding either ground barley or
shelled corn with silage and alfalfa
hay. A few oats were used in start-
ing the calves on feed. The acreage
necessary to grow the feeds for either
ration was estimated by dividing thb
total amount of each feed required by
the last ten year average yield of
these crops in Michigan, with the ex-
ception of alfalfa, which was esti-
mated at two tons per acre, and silage
estimated at eight tons per acre.

The following table brings out the

figures an estimate was made 'of the

grain. Twenty acres of corn produced
as much gains as 39.4 acres of barley.
In order to feed the same number of
pigs as on corn one must nearly
double his acreage of grain if he must
depend on barley. The extra gains
on the corn per acre far out weigh
the small extra cost of supplements.

While all of these tests proved bar-
ley to be a good substitute for corn
and an efficient grain 'for fattening
calves or pigs, the live stock man will
do well to study corn‘ borer control
methods and stay by his good old re-
liable corn crop for fattening cattle
and pigs—V. A. Freeman.

 

NEWAYGO DAIRYM EN PICNIC

 

HE dairy farmers of Newago

County are holding their annual
picnic at the park at Fremont, July
12. The affair is in charge of County
Agent Stinson and sponsored by the
three dairy breed associations and the
local chamber of commerce. Awards
have been provided for the different;
classes of pure-bred dairy cattle. A
feature of the snappy program will be.
the mock trial of Mr. Scrub Bull, who
on the above date will have to answer
for all the high crimes with which he

 

 

Barley (ground) .
Oats ..........

comparison: has been charged by respectable
Feeds and Acres Required to Finish Fifty Calves.
Barley Fed Lot Corn Fed Lot

Pounds feed Acreage Pounds feed Acreage
70,000 58 6

 

 

ley from 20.5 acres more land than
the corn fed lot required to grow their
corn. Even though they ate .3 of an
acre less silage and .7 of an acre less
of alfalfa, the barley fed lot required
19.5 acres more land to grow their
total feed than did the corn—feds, an
increase of 28.5% more crop land.

This would mean that a farm mar2
keting the feed from 140 acres
through fattening calves on a corn
ration would have to devote an addi-
tional forty acres to the production
of cattle feed if the same number
were to be fed on barley for grain.

Similar feeding experiments with
hogs gives an interesting comparison.
Feeds required to finish eighty fifty-
pound pigs 10 a weight of 200 pounds
producing 12,000 pounds of gain on
pasture were determined from figures
of three years’ experimental work
comparing ground barley and shelled
corn. The acreage required was es-
timated as in the previous table with
results as follows:

 

11,200 1026 11,200 . 10.6
Shelled corn 71,400 38.1
Corn silage 111,400 7 117,000 7.3
Alfalfa hay . . . . . ...... . . . . . . 46,800 11.7 49,800 12.4
Total Acres ......... 87.9 68.4

The barley fed lot required the bar— dairymen. A barbecue will aid in

keeping the visitors in good cheer.
Enthusiasm and interest in this event
is running high among the farmers of
that section.

Two more purebred Holstein heif-
ers have been placed in Mecosta
County through the efforts of the
county agricultural agent, E. E.
Twing.

 

 

Enrollments in the ton litter con-
test and the pig crop contest by grow—
ers of hogs in Kalamzoo County have
been kept low by unusual losses in
spring litters.

 

A member of a. dairy herd improve-
ment association in Eaton County re-
cently sold a Guernsey cow which had
a good production record for the neat
price of $525.

The Oceana Cgounty fair board has
apportioned the sum of $448 as pre—
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Barley (ground) 47,043
$he111§ed co@1)‘n$3; .7.5.
an a e .
peg cwt. ....... . 1,868
Linseed meal @
$2.75 per cwt. 1,868
Minerals @ $1.50
' per cwt. ....... 113

Total Cost of Supplements

Feeds and Acres Required to Grow and Fatten Eighty Pigs.

Barley Fed Lot
Pounds feed Acggalge Cost

Corn Fed Lot
Pounds feed Acreage Cost

37,428 20
$70.05 2,930 $109.88
51.37 2,930 80.58
1.69 _ 85 1.28
$123.11 $191.74

 

 

The corn required more protein
supplement which cost $68.65 more
than the supplement fed with the bar-
ley, an increase of nearly 56% in cash
outlay‘for feed not produced on most
farms where skim milk is not avail-
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ALFALFA AND RAPE PASTURE
FOR PIGS.

HE following suinmary of work

at Michigan State College with
alfalfa and rape for hog pasture was
issued by the Animal Husbandry de—
partment of that institutions

1. The cost of gains was slightly
lower in the lot full fed shelled corn,
tankage, linseed meal and minerals
than in the lot fed a limited ration of
the same feeds. The full-fed lot was
finished eighteen days earlier thereby
placing them on a higher market.

2. Alfalfa pasture required some-
what less concentrates for 100 pounds
of gain, but produced slightly slower
gains than did rape pasture when
shelled corn, tankage, linseed meal
and minerals were fed in each case.
There was but little difference in the
value of alfalfa and rape pastures
either in daily gains, or feed require-
ments when the concentrates fed con-
sisted of ground barley, ground oats
and minerals. Alfalfa has certain
advantages in that it may be pastured
earlier in the spring than rape, and
does not require rcsecding each year
as in the case of the latter.

3. Shelled corn, tankago, linseed
meal and minerals made larger daily
gains and required considerably less
feed for 100 pounds of gain than did
ground barley, ground oats and min-

erals when fed on either alfalfa or
rape pasture.

4. Shelled corn, tankage, linseed
meal and minerals produced more

rapid gains and required considerably
less feed for 100 pounds of gain than
did ground barley, tankage, linseed
meal and minerals when these rations
were fed on rape pasture.

5. Ground barley, tankage, linseed
meal and minerals produced practi-
cally the same daily gains as did
ground barley, ground oats and min-
erals when each ration was fed on
rape pasture. The feed requirements
for 100 pounds of gain was consider-
ably lcss with the ground barley and
protein supplements.

Charging tankage at $3.50, linseed
meal at $2.75 and ground barley and
ground cats at $1.75 per cwt., the feed
cost for 100 pounds gain was practi-

cally the same with both rations.
Charging barley and oats at $1.50 per
cwt. the feed cost was somewhat

lower where no supplement was used.
W'ith barley and oats at $2.00 per
cwt. the feed cost for 100 pounds of
gain was $0.18 lower with ground
barley and protein supplements than
with ground barley and ground oats.

6. This was the fourth year fifteen
pigs had been full-fed in alfalfa plot 1,
and that fifteen pigs had been fed a
limited ration in alfalfa plot 2. The
longevity of the alfalfa stand was af-
fected somewhat by the two systems
of feeding. Plot 2 had somewhat less
alfalfa in the spring, and consider-1
ably lcss in the fall. than had plot 1.,
However the stand was not good
enough in either plot to justify keep-
ing another year. The summer of
1927 was very dry here.

 

Emmet County shepherds will have
an opportunity to purchase pure-bred
rams which will be brought into the
county by truck next fall. Last year
a truck load of rams which were
ordered by farmers in northeastern
Michigan were delivered in the same
manner. The Animals are selected by
animal husbandry specialists attached
to the Michigan State College staff.

 

Domestic consumption of hog pro-
ducts continues broad. Exports, es-
pecially of lard, are rather disap-
pointing at present, but improved
foreign inquiry is expected to show up
toward fall. Another liberal increase
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Registered Guernsey ' bulls.

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RED ROSE FARMS DAIRY
Northville, Michigan

Reference: Northvillc State Savings Bank

FOR SALE 2 Holstein cows coming 3. fresh

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CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM,
Silver Creek. Allegan County, Michigan

Hereford (lows and Steers

Few bunchca Hereford cows showing good breeding.
Some hunches hoary springers and calves by side.
Some hunt-hos backward springers.
old heifers with calf. Also Angus cows. All are
T. B. testcd. Also short yearlings. yearlings. and
2 yr. old fueding sin-rs, The above are all sortcd
even in arm. age and quality. Vl’ill sell your choice
from any bunch. Some bunt-hes shorthorns.

“ll 8. BALDWIN, Eldon. Iowa

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TUESDAY, JULY 10.

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side. 20 steers and heifers. 5 young bulls. All
'1'. B. tested. Delivery truck on ground. One year
tlnm, TURNBULL BROS., Auctioneers. Frank
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Registered in purchaser‘s name. Pairs not related.
Also service boars and bred gills.

Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.
° _ ‘ ' Chester W'hite Swine. One year~
Pnze Winning ling sow due to far-row Sept. 2nd.
Largo March pigs either sex. sired by Junior Cham—
pion & Grand Champion hours of Michigan sum
Fair. 1027. Newman's Stock Farm. Mariette, Mich.
O. LC’S. Last fall service boars and lined

gills. this spring pigs not skin.
OTTO SCHULZE. Nashville. Michigan.

LARGE TYPE P. C.

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old. Dam now on test
pounds of milk and 174.27
152 davs. FRANK E.
Michigan. Route 3. Box 56-A.

llave fine young hulls

GUERNSEYS 10 mos. old. Sire
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WHITE OAK GUERNSEY FARM. Niles. Mich. R.
5. Dr. J. F. Shallenberger, (Near Pokagon)

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have official records of 15.-
109.10 milk. 778.80 fat. 19,400.50 milk. 909.05 fat.

V. HICKS. Battle Creek. Mich.. 1.

good advantage this inwstmcnt will make you
profit in one year.

DON E. DeVOSS,

BUY A SHEEP"

A Delnine Ewe With Choice Lamb

by its side. for a, short time only. while they last. for
the remarkably low price of $25. Please send check
or monuv order. Will express anywhere, safe delivery

miarantced. The Delaine is the lmrdfi‘st. hcariest;
shearing and longest livwl of all breeds. If handlcdto
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Bull CalfiiTag No. 712—Born September 3, 1927.

A son of Traverse Echo Ivy Segis who made 767 lbs. butter in 305
days as a 4-year-old and is a daughter of Echo Sylvia King Model who
yearly records ‘up to 1,129 'lbs. butter and

Bess Burke 32nd, a son of Marathon Bess Burke

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS.
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Detroit—N0. 2 red at $1.75; No. 2
White $1.75; No. 2 mixed at $1.75.
Chicago——July $1.36%; September
$139143; December $1. 427/3
Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 ied at $1.75
@3176. .

Corn.

Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1.13; No. 3
yellow $1.12; No. 4 yellow $1.10.

Chicago—July $1.051,-{g; September
$1.01; December 857/30.

Oats.

Detroit—No. 2 Michigan 771/50; No
3.white 741,420; heavy oats 2c pre-
mium.

Chicago—July old 54%; new 54%c;

September, new 45340; December
47140.

Rye.
Detroit—No. 2 $1.40.
Chicago—July $1.19; September

$1.161/z; December $1.17%.
Toledo—No. 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.

y.
$1.06;

Barle
Detroit —— Malting 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—N0. 1 timothy at $15.00@
$16.00; standard $13.50@14.50; No. 2
timothy $11.500Il250; No. 1 light
clover, mixed $14.00@l5.00; No. 1 clo—
ver $13.00@14.00; wheat and cat
straw $11.00@12.00; rye straw $13.00
@$1,4.00; alfalfa hay No. 2 to choice
at Chicago $15.00@25.00.

Feeds.

Detroit—Winter wheat barn at $39;
spring wheat bran at $38; standard
middlings at $45; fancy middlings at
$49; cracked corn at $44; coarse corn
meal $42; chop $44 per ton in carlots.
Poultry feeds with grit $53.00; with-
out grit $57.00 per ton.

WHEAT.

Delayed harvest and moderate dam-
age to winter wheat in the southwest
where a large area is ripe, and im-
provement in the crop outlook in
North America and Europe were con-
flicting forces in the wheat market
during the last week. Prices backed
and filled without much net change

In spite of moderate improvement
in the world crop o-,utlook present
indications are for smaller production
in the northern hemisphere than in
1927, with but little change in the
amount of carryover. There are
still many uncertainties in the new
crop prospect, so that present
indications may be radically modified
by later events. Hot dry weather or
extensive rust damage over the do-
mestic spring wheat belt and Canada
are the principal critical points.

CORN

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last week under the influence of an
active cash demand, moderate re-
ceipts, and decreasing market stocks.
Excessive rains and cool weather took
the edge off the bearish new crop
piospect. Cash prices are likely to
stay rather firm for another month
or six weeks. After that time, a ten-
dency to work lower would not be
surprising if the new crop continues
promising.

The new crop still has bumper pos-
sibilities, although the need for
warmth and sunshine became rather
acute in the last week. Cultivation
has been delayed and a turn to hot,
dry weather would cause some baking
of soils. The critical period of
growth is just being reached and the
market will be strongly influenced by
crop developments. The Argentine
crop is estimated at 306 million
bushels, or 4.7 per cent less than last

year.
RYE.

Rye prices have been moving side-
wise. Export demand has been rather
slow and offerings,.although small,
have been adequate. The underlying
situation is quite strong but it is
largely accounted for already in the
small discount in prices under wheat.

FEEDS.

The feed market is dull with buy-
ers interested solely in taking care
of their current needs. Prices for
wheat feeds have declined a little
from a week ago, standard middlings
losing a little more ground than bran.
Pastures are abundant and the irregu-
larity in feed grain prices helped to
weaken the by-product market.

OATS.

have continued firm
owing to small market stocks and
light receipts. Choice grades have
been extremely scarce while demand

Oats prices

has been active. Rains and cool
weather have favored the new crop
and prospects are considerably better
than a month ago. Harvest is moving
northward, but new oats will not be
plentiful till close to the end of July.
Prices are likely to work considerably
lower as this movement gets under

way. -
SEEDS.

Dry weather and normal warmth
and sunshine are badly needed in
most sections to bring any marked
improvement in seed crops. The
prospects of high prices for other
grass seeds is expected to induce
farmers to save a large timothy seed
crop. Prices to growers undoubtedly
will be more attractive this year than
last. Little clover seed is being sold
for future delivery as the uncertain-
ties as to the final yield keep dealers
out of the market. Present prices for
the new crop futures on the Toledo
market indicate that everyone is ex-
pecting a sh01t crop and high prices.

HAY.

Cutting of the first stand of red and
sweet clover hay in Kansas and Ne-
braska has been delayed by rains but
is expected to be well under way by
next week. Hay yields are expected
to be .moderate. Conditions generally
are favorable for the second growth
of alfalfa hay in the southwest except
in some lowland fields, and the yield
will exceed the first crop. Much out-
of-condition hay is arriving at distri-
buting markets as the result of rainy
cold weather, which can be sold only
at a sharp discount. Good quality hay
also has been marked lower as de
mand generally is quiet. Local sup—
plies of new hay in southern con-
suming areas are supplying more and
more of the local trade, so that ship-
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DETROIT

Cattle.
Receipts 140. Market active on
everything but grassy cows.
Fair to good yearlings,

dry-fed ............... $11.50@14.25
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@ 9.75
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. 25m 9. 50
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 390. Market continued
strong with prices slightly higher.
Best ................... $16.50@17.00
Fair to good ........... 13.00@15.00
Culls and common ...... 8.50@12.00
Thin Grassers .......... 6.00@ 9.00

Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts 250. Market demand good.

Best lambs ............. 15.75@16.00
Light to common ....... 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 825. Market steady with
prices slightly declining on the lower
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New York, June 26221 1928.

The Board of Directors have dulared a quarterly
dividend of sixty (601-) cmts 11 share on the Com-
mon Stock of this Company payable August 16th.
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Pigs ................... $ , 9.25
Mixed and yorkers ...... 11.00
Lights .............. . . . .. 10.00
Roughs ............ . . . . . 8.75
Yorkers ............. . . . 11.25
Stags ........... 7.00
Extreme heavles . . . . . . .. 9.60@ 10.50
CHICAGO.

Hogs
Receipts 16,000. Market active, all
active buying mostly strong 10c high
er than Thursday's average; ght
lights and pigs unevenly 100260

  

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higher; top $10.80 paid for choice 200-
250-lb. average; bulk. good and
choice 180—340-1b. $10.50@10.75; few
medium grades down to $10.00; bulk
of good and choice 150-170—1b. aver-
age $10.00@10.50; medium 140-160—lb.
weight $8.75@9.75; bulk 140-lb. aver-
age $9.75; pigs largely $8.00@9.00;
choice strong weights up to $9.50;
bulk packing sows $9.25@9.45; smooth
offerings $9.65.

Cattle

Receipts 2,500. Market better grades
and yearlings very scarce; killing
quality moderately medium to good,
all grades selling with very narrow
prices; bulk yearlings and medium
weights $15.00, largely $14.00@15.00;
market on grain fed culls steady;
bulls $10.00; vealers steady to strong;
most sausage bulls $8.75@9.25; low
cutters $6.@25 6.;75 cows $8@10.50;
small killers $15. 50@16 00.

Sheep and Lambs

Receipts 8,000. Market fairly ac-
tive on liveweight sheep; cutters
unevenly higher; other offerings un-
changed; bulk native lambs $15. 75(0)
$16. 25, popular price mostly $16. 00;
throwouts $11 00@12 00 mostly $11.50
@$12.00; rangers, less desirable, four
double decked strong, good, around

76—lb. Oregons $16.00; long decked
culls $16.00; fat ewes 130-lb. down
$6.25@7.00; cutters $4.50@6.75, most-

ly; others $12.50@13.25; market on
feeding lambs around $12.75@13.00.

BUFFALO.
Hogs
Receipts 2,500. Hold over 796; mar-

ket steady; bulk 170-280-lb. average
$11.25@11.30; few pigs $9.75; light
lights $10.00@10.50; sows

packing

mostly $8.75@9.00. »
Cat ttle

Receipts 200. Market steady; most

cutters and cutter cows $5. 00607. 50;

medium bid $9. 25 9.;50 good steers

gn‘dSSyearlings $1 .50@14.50; choice

Calves
Receipts 700. Market steady; good
to choice kind $16.00; culls and com-
mon $8. 50@13. 00.
Sheep and Lambs
Receipts 1,.300 Market slow 25

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EGGS.

Egg production, as measured by re-
ceipts at the four leading markets, is
declining rapidly and the market is
gradually stiffening in response to the
reduced supplies. Prices continue to
maintain a margin of-fully 6 cents a
dozen over the corresponding period
a year ago. This may narrow during
July, however, as in 1927, prices of
eggs began to strengthen late in June
and in July averaged 1.5 cents a
dozen higher than in the preceding
month. This year, values during the
next month are more apt to remain
steady or ease off a bit. The high
prices have not reduced the consump-
tive demand for eggs as more eggs
were distributed into consumptive
channels at the four markets during
June than a year ago.

Chicago—Eggs: fresh firsts, 28@
281/2c; extras, 36@37c; ordinary
firsts, 26%«F27c; dirties, 261/20;
checks, 25c. Live poultry: Hens, 24c;
broilers, 290; springers, 33c; roost-
ers, 161/2c; ducks, 20c; geese, 14c;
turkeys, 20c.

Detroit—Eggs: Fresh receipts, best
quality, 28@300; dirts and checks,

25@27c. Live poultry. broilers, 35(1)
420; heavy hens, 27c, light hens, 180,
roosters, 16c; ducks, 20@28c.

BUTTER.

Although the peak of the heavy
milk flow is believed to be past in
most sections, recent rains and cool
weather have improved pastures
greatly, and dealers expect dairy pro-
duction to remain fairly constant for
another month. Receipts of butter at
the leading distributing markets in
June were about 10 per cent less than
in June, 1927. Statistically, the mar-
ket position is ,still strong. The
shortage in storage stocks which on
June 1 amounted to nearly 10 mil-
‘lion p‘ounds, has been increased fur-
ther during June and with production
continuing to lag behind-last season,
it is not likely that the shortage
under a year ago can be made up.

Prices are holding remarkably
steady in spite of the efforts of those
who believe values are too high.

Prices on 92 score creamery were:
Chicago, 431/20; New York, 441/60; De-
troit 41@421,éc per lb. for 88-90 score.

POTATOES.

Prices for both old and new pota-
toes have declined to discouragingly
low levels. Remaining stocks of
northern round whites, U. S. No. 1,
bring only 50 etc 60 cents per 100
pounds, sacked, at Chicago. Southern
Bliss Triumph,s U. S. No. 1, are
quoted at $1.20 to $1.30 per 100
pounds, sacked, in the same market.
Supplies are liberal with shipments
averaging 1,000 cars daily, while de‘
mand is dull. Rains in the past two
weeks have helped the potato crop
and a heavier yield than last year is
expected unless the rains continue so
long as to flood out some of the
acreage. Digging in the Kaw Valley
will be under way soon, and the car-
lot movement from this section is ex~
pected to start after the Fourth of
July holiday. Latest reports from
that istrict indicate a record produc-
tion of 6,000 to 7,000 carloads.

WOOL

Dullness rules in wool trade circles,
partly because of a weak demand for
goods and partly because liberal de-
liveries of new dip wools on con-
tracts have taken care of the nearby
needs of mills. Prices are slightly
easier, especially at Country points.
Dealers in the bright wool states have
reduced limits 2 or 3 cents, grease
basis, and 12-months’ Texas wools
have sold at 42 cents, equal to about
$1.10 to $1.12, scoured basis, compared
with $1.15 to $1.18 a. short time ago.
Dealers have sold a large fraction of
the new clip already, so that they are
not obliged to push sales, especially
since it is believed that mills will
need all the wool in sight within the
next six or eight months.

DETROIT CITY MARKET

Prices: Asparagus, fancy, 750@$2;
beets, 40@750; cabbage $1.25@1.50
bu; carrots, $1. 00@1. 20 doz. bchs;
cauliflower $1. 00@4. 00 per bu; eggs,
wholesale, white, 35c doz; brown, 35c
doz; retail, 40c doz; lettuce, head,
fancy, 75c@$2. 00 bu; le‘af 500 bu;
green 01110118. 40 '60s doz. bchsr

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STEER PRICES AVERAGE HIGH-
EST SINCE 1920

SNAPPY upturn in ,fed steer
prices in the last few days. car-
ried the average cost of killing
steers at Chicago to the highest level
in nearly eight years. Weighty steers
sold as high as $15.15 at Chicago, and
yearling heifers up to $15, while fancy
yearling steers sold at $15.50 at
Kansas City. These tops are not as
high as were seen last fall.and early
winter when average prices were
nearly as high as they are now.
Strength was most noticeable on
fed steers, bulk of which sold at $14
to $14.85 at Chicago. The proportion
of grain-feds is decreasmg, but those
arriving show evidence of longer
feeding than before. Grassy kinds
participated to some extent in the ac-
tivity. Improved pastures as a result
"of rains probably retarded the mar-
keting of grass cattle and half-fat
yearlings. Prices of she stock and
bulls recovered part of their recent
losses. Grain-fed cattle are likely to
become increasingly scarce through
the next two or three months and a
further rise in prices is probable.
Grass cattle are due to become more
abundant through the same period
and some decline in prices is to be
expected although it may be less pro
nounced than usual at that season.

NO CHEAP CATTLE AVAILABLE

AINS helped the demand for stock
and feeding cattle and restrict
ed the supply at the same time.

Prices strengthened after a little dip
late in June. Shipments to the coun-
try are keeping pace with last year.
No cheap thin cattle will be available
this year, especially if corn makes
favorable progress, although a mod-
erate setback is to be expected in
the next few weeks as arrivals o
grassers increase. '

PIG CROP REDUCED 7 PER CENT

DECREASE of about 7 per cent

in the spring pig crop of 1928

from that of 1927 for the United
States as a whole and also for the
corn belt states is shown by the June
pig survey of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. This de-
crease is equivalent to about 4,000,000
head, over 3,000,000 of the reduction
being in the corn belt.

The reports of the number of sows
bred or to be bred for farrowmg in
the fall of 1928 point to a decrease
from last year in the fall pig. crop,
assuming a similar relationship be-
tween breeding intentions and actual
i'arrowings that has prevailed in other
years. While the reports from tarm-
ers show increases of sows bred or to
be bred of 12 per cent for the United
States and 9 per cent for the corn
belt over the number of sows actually
farrowed last fall, in other years the
number of sows farrowed in the tall
'as reported in December has always
been much below breeding intentions
reported in June.

Assuming the average spread 'of
past years between June breeding in-
tentions and December farrowmgs,
the Department states that the de-
crease in fall farrowings this year
would be 15 per cent for the United
States and 9 per cent for the corn
belt. Assuming the smallest spread,
the decreases would be 7 per cent for
the United States and 3 per cent for
the corn belt. _ .

The pig crop referred to in this re-
port will constitute the market sup-
ply in the year starting next Octo-
ber. With fewer to be marketed,
higher prices than were paid in the
past year are probable: Prices Will
be helped also by curtailment of pro-
duction abroad and stronger foreign
demand.

LAMB PRICES SLIP AGAIN

FTER a week’s rally due to sharp

curtailment of receipts, lamb

prices slipped again in the last
day or two. Arrivals are certain to
be rather heavy through the next
three months, so that no permanent
recovery in prices is to be expected
through this period. The average price
at Chicago in the last half of 1927 was
about $13.75. Since current. prices
average around $16.25 and Since the
lamb crop to be marketed. probably is
larger than last year, it.1s logical to
expect some further decline in prices.

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to do for a. cow that has a leaking
teat. I. used colodion, but it does not

 

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ficulty. Have been suggesting the use
of flexible collodion, as being the
least harmful to the teat. If the end
of teat is thoroughly dried before ap-
plying, collodion usdally answers the
purpose. Rubber bands applied near
end of teat is practiced by some, but
this takes great care, since too much
tension is apt to cause injury to the
teat. A little tincture iodine, will of-
ten constrict the opening so as to les-
sen the leaking. In heavy milkers, it
iis hften advisable to milk three times
an y.

PARALYSIS: Sow is unable to
stand on hind feet. I feed her boiled
potatoes with 'chop, oats and barley
ground. She has dry bedding. ‘What
should I do? A. M.—This form of
paralysis is usually the result of im-
proper feeding during the period of
pregnancy —- not sufficient minerals.
When minerals are not fed, it be-
comes necessary for the sow to furn-
ish these by drawing them from her
own system. This, together “with
suckling a large litter, so weakens the
sow as to cause her to break down,

as you have described. Give two
tablespoonfuls cod liver oil twice
daily. Also two tablespoonfuls Of a

mixture of two parts each of steamed
bone meal and finely ground limestone
and one part common salt. While
she is paralyzed, this can be added to
the feed. At other times the sows
and pigs should have access to this at
all times. If she is constipated, give
one tablespoonful epsom once daily
until the bowels become loose. Sweet
clover chaff should make good feed.

CHRONIC COUGH: Cow seems to
be trying to blow something out of
her throat. Last fall she was bad, but
seems to be bothered now by spells.
W. T. A.—Cows with tuberculosis
show symptoms according to the loca-
tion of the disease. Others may show
no symptoms, yet react to the tuber-
culin test and on postmortem, show
extensive lesions, which on account
of their location and organs affected,
no previous symptoms—as coughing,
etc—had been noticed during life. If
your cow has not been tuberculin
tested, it would be advisable to have
this done.

PERVERTED APPETITE: We have
four cows that chew sticks. We feed
clover hay, beans, pods and some
grain. G. W. C.—This condition is
caused by a lack of minerals in their
feed. Add two pounds steamed bone
meal to each 100 pounds grain mix-
ture. Also mix this with salt—equal
parts and give a tablespoonful once
daily as you would salt. It would also
be advisable to make the grain mix-
ture one-quarter to one-third bran.

LUMP JAW: Is there any way to
cure lump jaw in cattle? A. L. W.—
If not too far advanced, lump jaw is
curable. Add two ounces potassium
iodide ‘00 pint water and give two.
tablespoonfuls three times daily. After;
using ten days, discontinue for three
days, then repeat. Continue the treat-
ment until cured. Also clip hair from
swelling and paint with tincture io-
dine twice daily. Keep the cow apart
from balance of the herd.

Milk supplies the body with neces-
sary materials in exceptionally health-
ful and economical forms.

THE MICHIGAN EARMER

ROSS'METAI. $11.0
Lifetime Satisfaction
MADEJams“arriissmtzler

vanize . 0 in a SW 111 .

Can be increased in height. Movable. Safe
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ENGLISH SHEPHERDS~If you want a pup from
real heel working stOck, priced low, write Albert
Hermann, Norwood. Minn.

 

REGISTERED SABLE AND WHITE COLLIES.
Heelers. Silvorcrest Kennels. Gladwin, Mich.

 

MAKE MONEY FROM MUSKRAT FUR. Raise
Muskrats in dry land pens or butt-hes. Get facts.
602 Conrad's Ranch. Denver. Colorado.

 

FOLLIE PUPS,
driving parents.
Mich.

pure—bred.
G.

from natural born heel
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RAT TERRIIGRS. Large illustrated circular. Satis-
faction miarantced, one year. Crusaders Kennels.
Stafford. Knns.
I’EDIGREED WHITE COLLIES. Circular free.
Ogemaw White Collie Kennel. Preacott. Mich.
RABBITS. F‘lomisli Giants. light gray. Write your
wants. A. Yascman. Klnde. Michigan.
MATTRESSES

 

MATTRESSES made any size. low factory prices.
Catalog free. Pearls Bedding Company. Pearls. 111.

 

PLANTS AND BULBS

HARDY NORTHERN GROIVN CABBAGE and. Cauli-
flower Plants. Chemically treated Danish Seed.
Safe arriml guaranteed. Prompt shipment. Golden
Acre, Jersey Wakefield. Copenhagen, Glory. Early
Flat. Dutch. Bullhead, Red, Savoy. Postpaid, 200,
050: 500. $1.25: 1.00“, $2.25. Express Collect, 5,000.
$1.50. Cauliflower, postpaid, 50. 40c: 200. $1.00:
500. $2.25. Manuel Bect and Rod Beet same price as
Cabbage. Port B. Mellinger, North Lima. Ohio.

 

 

50 MILLION VEGETABLE
Copenhagen. Wakefields,
$1.50 Thousand: 10.000,
varieties. $2 thousand:

PLANTS. Cabbage:
Bullhead, Flat Dutch. etc.
$10. Tomato Plants. Six
10,000, $15. Sweet. Potato
and Pepper plants. $3 thousand: 10.000. $25.
Prompt shipments, well packed. good delivery guar-
anteed. Shipping capacity half million daily. J. P.
Council Company. Franklin. Va.

PLANTS, 5 ACRES, June. July delivery.

Cabbage.
(.‘opcnhmznn. Flatdutch, Ballhend.

 

 

LIVE PTQULTRY
DETROIT BEEF COMPANY

Oldest and most reliable commission house
in Detroit. Write for new shippers’ guide,
shipping tags and quotations.

Detroit Beef Company,
1903 Adelaide St. Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

 

BEE HIVES

Sections,Comb Foundation,
Smokers, Etc.
I‘IH‘I'S'LIIII'UZ {or the bees. General
ngcnts for Root/s bee supplies.

Send for our I928 catalog.

Y SUPPLIES

A grade quart baskets. 200
baskets postpaid to points
within 150 miles of Lansing
7 for $2.20; 000 baskets post-

paid within same limit for
$6.35. Semi for price list
for them in lots of one or
more thousand by freight or
express. Special low rates
in lots of 10.000 to 50.000.

M. H. HUNT 8: SON, Box 525, Lansing, Mich.

 

 

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advertising miscellaneous articles for sale

Rate 9 cent: a word, each insertion. on
consecutive insertions 7 cents a. word.
display type or illustrationS'adiiiitt/ed.

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charge I0 wards.

 

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Is established for
Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings.
or exchange.
nutment at classified rates. or In display columns at commercial rates.

orders for less than four insertions:
Count as a word each abbreviation,
Remittances must accompany order.
to department and is not accepted as classified.

the convenience of Michigan fume".
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Poultry advertising will be run in this do-

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One Four One Four
time time: Words tlme times
0.90 82.80 20 ........ $2.34 $7.28
.99 3.08 21 ........ 2.43 1.66
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. 2.01 6.44 39 ........ 3.51 10.92
. 2.16 6.11 40 ........ 3.60 11.20
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Spec‘al Notice diimnlinuanu ordarr

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undad for flu Clairifitd Departmmf mutt rmrh fhi: afiu tm
day: in advana of publication daft.

MISCELLANEOUS

WIIY BLAMI') T'IIIJ BULL when your cow does not
breed? Use Cow Catch 1 hour before service. Re-
sults or your money bark; 85 cents for one cow,
$2.90 for five cows. postpaid. Woodstock Farm. Rem
ton. Route 2, Box 40C. Washington.

 

 

 

MAIL YOUR KODAK FILMS TO US. We deielon
roll. make six good high gloss prints and return
for 25c, coin or stamps. Cowic Studio, 12% 11. High
St.. Springfield. Ohio.

 

 

 

FOIL SALE-~11uflalo Pitts, twin cylinsr 14 horse}
power 20 in. drive engine. Aim 3 hound. «Finn
shone. . H. C. Bucket. Nu! 16m. , . . .

 
 
    

FOR SALl'Zm-Us'cd Dolr‘o Light Plants. with or with-

 

 

 

out buttcrics. In good condition. Guaraiiteo with
cacli plant. If. Tindall, 710 Miiicr Street. Ann
Arbor. Michigan.

REAL ESTATE
FOR S.\LI-I~»100 acre farm, stovk. tools, and crops,
extra good in cwry way. For description and price,
write L. B. Gallup. Howell, Mich, R ,

 

WANTED FARMS

 

WANTED—To hear from
O. liawlcy, Baldwin, Wis.

owner of land for sale.

 

CORN HARVESTER

 

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ltllfli MAN'S (‘orn Harvester. poor man’s
only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment.
catalog showing pictures of harvester.
puny, Salina, Kans.

price-—
Free
Process Com-

 

 

PET AND LIVE. STOCK

FREE DOG BOOK. Polk Miller's famous dog book
on diseases of dogs. Instructions on feeding. care.
and breeding with symptom chart. 48 pages. Illus-
trated. Write for free copy. Polk Miller Product:
Com. 1022 W. Broad St.. Richmond. Va.

 

 

Il‘Ull RABBITS.
so. write us for

Do you want to raise rabbits? If
full particulars and circulars. We
can start. you in this a . clean, honest. limitless
that ri Iron pro-tin and groin. .

' .0 use. Lamina. ion, Room 50
' ,3 .- '45.

    

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. ‘ . ' . ‘ ‘ . _ ., Prepaid. 200. 05c:
meb- 2700 PM» . {"100filmiW-mml‘; NE“? 500. $1.25; 1000 $2.00. nxpms, 5000, $7.50. CEIIIF
and India. l’apcr Editions. “rite loi spalmtn n q _, . _ .
_ ‘ .. ‘ ‘ . .1, , ower (.nowball) Ditllnld, 100, 00c. 500. $2.25.
pages. prices. etc, HILL Iovket Maps 1 you 1000. $3.75. Moss packed. Critically assorted.
name this paper. _ Guarantecd. W. J. Myers, R. 2. hia.s§illon. Ohio.
G. 8: C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Mass,
FOR SALE‘Fivo acrcs ginseng to close estate.
Arthur Adamy, Administrator. Reed City. Michigan.
SHIP YOUR SEEDS
PLANT I.Y.\IAN'S GIIHIRI AI.I«‘AI.I<‘A N0‘V for a.

big cash crop early limit spring.
leader and IllLIIll‘l‘ in foo-11m: \nluc
tics. All sued S":\I‘llll‘il.
A. B. Lyman, Introducci‘
sim‘. Minn.

)ciiuiiio Grimm is
than othcr vario<
“1"”‘SSIIIIIIIIL': lcss per acre.
of Grimm Alfalfa. Excei~

 

SCIENCE ANT) PRACTICE
American Banner wheat.
Robust beans best for
Owosso, Mich.

demonstrate Improved
Wol vcri no on ts. Improved
Michigan. A. B. Cook.

 

TOBACCO

SUMMER SPECIAL: Guaranteed chewing or smok~

mg. five pounds. $1.00: tcri. $1.75: 50 cigars. $1.15.
Pipo 'free, pay when iwcived. Farmers' Tobacco
Association, West l’aducah, Ky.

 

GUARANTEED HOMESI'IIN TOBACCO—«Chewing. 5
10.

pounds. 31.25; $2. Smoking, 10, $1.50. Pipe
Fl'ifl'tl lI'ziy postman. United Farmers, Bardweli.
\f‘n III‘ (5'.

 

 

IIOIII‘ISI’IW TOBACCO:
Smoking 5 lbs. $0.75.
Farmers Union. A5.

Chewing 5 lbs. $1.00.
PM when received. Pipe free.
l’zuiucali, Ky.

TORAH‘O: AGIIJI):
”IL! $1.75: cigars 50
Famwrs, I’I'VUI‘SDIU‘LZ.

Smoking 10 pounds $1.35: chew-

$l.05: twist 24 $2.40. Kentucky
Kentucky.

POULTRY
WHITE LIAIGIIOIINS. lions and males now half price.
illiousands ot ciglitwcck-old pullcts. Also baby
('Illr‘Iis and wins. ’I‘mpiimrcd. pedigreed foundation
Sttk‘n', e‘gg brcil :38 S‘l‘lllli. Whine-rs at 20 egg cou—
(tcstso (Stalin! 1and special price bulletin free. I ship
‘. .. ‘. nnc guarantcc satisfaction Georre B.
Ferris, 901 Union, Grand Rapids, Mich. 5

MA SIXIOTII
purc— brcd
Iiatchcd.
Writu for
Duckcry,

WIII'I‘I‘.‘
m a ti rigs.
100%

our

Dcpt.

I’I‘IKIN DUOKIJNGS

_ (‘arct‘ullv scIor-tcd.
(lcllvcrv pustlmid. Prices
frcc IIIxII'IIHIlt)“ bulletin.
IO. Springticld, Ohio.

from
Expertly
reduced.
Mid-wcst

\VIII'l'I‘Alx’ICII‘S REDS, IIO’I‘II COMES.
:I‘i‘iipncslchl. .‘Ill'Illqul (Ym-tit‘icd. Cocks, hens cock-
‘rc s. pu (BIS. Writc for catalog. Ii . I ‘

Box 9. Lawrence. Mich. itxrlakes harm.

R. O. P.

 

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I’UIJJ'I'I‘S Ff)” HALIC~1500 \Yt.
wreck.»- old, $1.00 each I”. 0. II.
ready to ship The .llcigs Chit
my, Ohio

Leghorn l’ullcts. 12
l’iiiiicrnv. ()lilo. NOW
1: lintchcry Co. Ponie-

I’UI.I.IJTS . lloi'lm.

Rods.
WII. UOI'. Ed.

' IN/LTIlOl'IIS,
lxi'oodsiiizi,

8 Wk.
Zcz'lonil,

800.
Mich.

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BABY CHICKS

RAIN" (‘IIII‘KS AND l’Ul.l.lCTS. III'IUIIIIICT‘FI‘LKU‘ICk<
sons famous uunlity chinks 7c each and up, Barred
Roi-ks, llhmlc Island ltcds. S. I'. VVhi'te Leghoms
Sluppcd (1.. O. I). Lin- dcllyciy miaranti'cd. Splen;
Sltliht'lul'I113I111 810-112 wccks old pullets in above
rum 5 i‘iiiiiiiicr— «‘i'cdi'ii-kso ’ ' ‘

2s. Holland. Michigan. H ”mm “mm Box

 

(il'I’l‘ ()UII REASONABLE
2 and 3 wcck old chicks~pullct
brawls: Barrcd & “'liitu
Iii'ils. ‘VIIIIU \\'\':iil(loru'>; &
for our beautiful poultry
Fill‘Ill, It. Box 21;,

PRICES on Baby Chicks.
5' in the following
Rocks. White Imghorns,
lhjitt' Ofpiiigtons. Write
gut c. .ziIit‘NlCW Poult

8. Holland. Michigan. W
l.()()l(l (‘hiclm until Scprcmbu‘ licils‘ \VI"

. . . .. it , "
ism-run Ruck.» mm.- Miiloi'c;i~; 12c. Butl’ Olrpllnmltsdlg’
Silver or White \Vyiiilriottcs lllléc. Wliitc. Brown or
(liiilll' Lilightorns,Rlloavv Mlxcd 10c, ()rilcr Breeding

(-(crcs roiii . O. I’. MALI) MATING.‘ i: ‘* '
Hatchery, Grand Rapids, Michigan. S. IIWILIUB

 

BABY CHICKS of all
carefully culled for
(‘. students.
County
Johns.

standard
laying.
Baby chick pr'u
liiitchery,
Mich.

varieties.
seieral years. by M. S.
'03. 100 to 140. Clinton
Maxwell and liens, l’rop's., St.

HELP WANTED

DRIVER SALESMA N
nent employment:
estcd.
Mich.

 

—23 to 35 years age. Perma-
good future. Write us if inter-
Bollc Isle Creamery. 3600 Forest 10.. Detroit,

WANTED—MILK ROUTE SALESMAN. Must be bo-
tween 25 and 35 years of In and married. 3200' and:
bond requuvd. Steady work and good futm Gin
particulars in application. Freeman Dairy
Flint. Mich.

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mucupied territory; Dunne
Huts Ascot. Fayette. Ohio.

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: Better to be safe than sorry
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instantly remedied.

NO matter how charming you may be
or how fond of you your friends are,
you cannot expect them to put up with
halitosis (unpleasant breath) forever. They
may be nice to you—but it is an effort.
Don’ t fool yourself that you never have
halitosis—as do so many self-assured people
who constantly offend this way.

.Read the facts in the panel below and
you will see that your chance of escape is
slight. Nor should you count on being able
to detect this ailment in yourself. Halitosis
doesn’t announce itself.

Halitosis makes
11: is inexcusable . . . . can be yaw unPOIOUIar

 

Every morning. Every night. And between

times when necessary, especially before.

meeting others. 4

Keep a bottle handy in home and ofiice
for this purpose.

Listerine ends halitosis instantly. Being
antiseptic, it strikes at its commonest cause
——fermentation 1n the oral cavity. Then,
being a powerful deodorant, it destroys
the odors themselves.

If you have any doubt of Listerine’ s
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the mouth with Listerine.

68 hairdressers state that about every
any chance of offendlng third woman, many of them from

b s stem 1 the wealthy classes, is halitoxic.
y Y at cally rinSing Who should know better than they?

   
  

on your hand. Then apply

have it. i , READ TH E FACTS V Listerine clear. Immediate-
R e c o g n i z i n g t h e se V3 had halitoszs ly every trace of onion odor

is gone. Even the strong
odor of fish yields to it.

, Lambert Pharmacal Company.
St. Louis, Mo., U. S. A.

 

 

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file safe antimony

 

HAVE YOU TRIED THE
NEW LISTERINE SHAVING CREAM?

Cools your skin while you shave and keeps it (3001 after?

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