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New Ideas On Quack Crass





Chemicals May Come to Farmers Aid, Experts Think

By C; R. Megee, Crops Dept. , M. S. C.





very frequently discussed as one

visits among Michigan farmers.

Many different methods of control are





QUACK grass control is a subject





suggested. Some of these methods‘

are good and occasionally, field- is

veness of





shown to prove the eflec





Sodium chlorate is also effective in

the control of bind weed, thistles, and

other weeds.



It is too early to state just what

strength will prove the most efficient.

Good results have been secured by

dissolving one pound of sodium chlor~





 





 





 





 





While This Wheeled Harrow Has Many Purposes, it was Designed to Pull

Quack Grass Roots from the Soil When They Can Be Raked and Burned





the treatment. Frequently, however,

the quack is quite indifferent to the

treatment and in some cases has ac-

tually been ‘stimulated to a greater

growth.



The various methods of quack grass





control may be roughly classified un- ,





der three heads—namely, chemical

treatments, plowing and cultivation,

and smothering. There is no one best

Large

areas are usually handled differently

than small areas. A combination of

treatments may sometimes be advis-

able. Spraying with sodium chlorate

is giving some very interesting results

in a series of preliminary tests now

'in progress here at the college.

Recent Tests With Chemicals Have

Been Effective



For a number of years much inter-

est has been shown in chemical

treatments, but the use of chemicals

has never become very popular due

to the extremely poisonous nature of

the chemicals used and the injurious

influence upon the productivity of the

soil. Those interested in quack grass

control with chemicals have been try

ing to secure a chemical that wag

not poisonous, would not leave the

land unproductive for a long period of

years, and would control the quack.





In our preliminary tests, sodium

chlorate shows promise of fulfilling

the abOve requirements. A more de-

tailed experiment is now being

launched to determine” the number of

applications necessary under varying

conditions, the most economical

strength to use, and the best time of

application. ‘ ' '



In some of our preliminary tests,

one application has been ninety per

cent effective. There will likely be a

further reduction in the number of

live plants since some of themiappear

to be getting weaker as the treat-

ment has time to become mere effec-

tive. The action of sodium chlorate

up n the plant. is slow and a period of





,th should lapse ‘

S9] ,.





ate crystals in one gallon of water.

This solution may be applied. with a

knapsack sprayer, thoroughly spray—

ing the grass leaves and stems, but

not the ground. When applied on an

acre basis, about one hundred gallons

per acre is required. In one test we

secured a very satisfactory applica—

tion with a power potato sprayer.

The Wholesale price of sodium chlor—

ate is about eight cents per pound.



It is quite likely that the combina-

tion of a sodium chlorate treatment

and plowing at the right time would

be very effective. A' fifteen acre tract

of land just recently acquired by the

college and at present a complete

quack grass sod has been laid out to

determine the effectiveness of these

various methods of control. Mr. Ralph

Hudson, Who is cooperating in this

new project, has been quite success-

ful in controlling large areas of quack

grass by proper plowing, cultivation,

and rotation. Mr. Hudson’s method

has been to plow deep in the fall, then

shallow in the spring. The seed bed

was then thoroughly prepared for





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corn. Oats and alfalfa follow the

corn. The alfalfa is left for four or

five years and while the quack grass

was not entirely eradicated it did not}





 





Tell Us How You Did it





FEW farmers have been



successful in eradicating

quack grass from fields Where

it had become thoroughly estab-

lished. The Michigan Farmer

would like to tell readers how

these men have succeeded. Just

tell us in an ordinary letter how

you did it, and for all such let-

vters that we can use, a check

for a dollar will be sent. Ad-

dress your letter to Crops

Editor, Michigan Farmer, 1632

Lafayette Boulevard, Detroit,

Michigan.





 





 





 





interfere with the successful produc-

tion of crops.





Burning Up Farm Wealth





. ’One Tax That Should be Reduced





T is not inconsistent with the facts

I to say that the rural fire waste in



the United States constitutes a

national crime demanding the serious

attention of every person and institu-

tion so placed as to be in any degree

influential in reducing the terrible

life and property losses now suffered

each year.



Accepted authorities are pretty well

agreed that the annual farm property

loss due to fire is not less than 150

million dollars. In naming this .stag—

gering figure we have the support of

various private and semi-private

sources of information, and we also

have the authority. of the federal

government itself, one of whose de-

partments names 150 millio'ns of dol~

«lars as a conservative amount.





The same authorities agree substan-

tially as to the life toll-exacted in

these costly fires, the number being

not less than 3,500 a year, to say

nothing of the thousands of injuries

sustained.



Surely such stupendous destruction

of life and wealth deserves to be

classed as a national crime, especial-

ly in view of the fact that a large per-

centage of the loss total is clue to

criminal carelessness and further in

view of the fact that the crime of

arson is the cause of a considerable

portion.



It is to the advantage of every sub

scriber to have fire losses reduced for

the simple reason that these fire

losses hurt every subscriber whether

he has a fire or not, and for the other

simple reason that no premium paid,

however, large, however complete the





 





coverage, can entirely reimburse the, ,





By Albert L. Gale _





fire losses, farmers are going to bene—

fit to a far greater degree than any-

one else, because the ultimate losers

are the property owners themselves,

including insured and uninsured. Do

not forget that the insurance com-

panies pay losses with money col-

lected from those who lose and those

who do not. And the greater the

losses, the more the companies must

collect from all. So we see that fire

is a waste under any conceivable cir-

cumstance, and‘ he who helps to re-

duce that waste is performing a real

public service.

Fire Prevention



More has been said in recent

months about rural fire prevention

than about rural fire protection, al—

though it must be admitted that pre-

paration for fighting fires that start





 





 

 

 





 





 

 





The Whole Countryside Turned Out to Witnm the Trial of the Serial: M.

m Imam at rumour, Mich.

if lulu with man Dramatic Effect.





in spite of precautions and careful—

ness is as important as trying to

keep fires from starting at all.



But, obviously, fire prevention is

the first thing to be considered, for

the reason that so large a number of

the fires reported need never to have

occurred if the occupants of the

property had exercised due care.



Under this heading, carelessness

embraces many an oversight; such, as »

failure to have building equipped with

lightning rods, or failure to see that-vL

rods are properly installed; failure to

construct chimneys and fines proper-

ly, or failure to keep them in good re<

pair; failure to exercise precaution

when storing hay, damp hay being

thecause of many a spontaneous

combustion fire; failure to prevent



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VOLUME CLXXI NUMBER 51X





DETROIT. AUGUST 11, 1928





E had an idea





More Faith We}, on the

. level prairies where

'n the soil is uniform in

MlChlgan fertility, mass pro-





«duction was followed

by everybody. We confess that we

expected to find a high percentage of

six 01' more horse teams, tractors

that operated four and more plows,

combines galore—in fact, everything

pertaining to the growing of crops

organized on a. large scale.



A few were so organized. But we

feel confident that there could be

found quite as many right here in

Michigan who were operating on a

similarly large scale. In a recent

trip, which included most of the Red

River Valley, We saw more potato

bugs poisoned with hand outfits, more

single horse cultivating, and propor-

tionately fewer tractors, fewer hay»

loaders, fewer side delivery rakes,

than is found‘ here in our own state.



As a result of this trip, we are more

confident of the success of agriculture

in Michigan. In a country where

everything suggests monotonyfithe

land being so level that when you

have seen one mile you have seen all,

the number of crops few and farm

work but little changed—in such a.

country, we wonder if the average

person develops. as he does where

problems are multiplied by reason of

varying soils, a. multitude of crops, a.

diversity of stock, and a cosmopoli-

tan population?



it may be doing good people in

other places an injustice; but we can-

not help arriving at the conclusion

that the results from following agri-

culture in a. state like. Michigan has

. more satisfying compensation than it

has to the average man on the monot-

onous prairies. -



The longing of the prairie people

for a change, is shown by the unusual

interest taken in the horticultural

station located in a little rolling

country in southern Manitoba. The

uhrubbery, and trees, and fruit grow-

ing on the station grounds furnish an

“oasis in the desert monotony of the





     





   





prairie life. How they seem to drink

in the beauty Of this place. In a

few places real efforts are being made

to overcome the drag of every-day-

likeness by setting cut flowers, trees,

and shrubbery: But it would seem

that too many of the farmers al-

lowed themselves to come under the

spell of this undisturbed scenery in

their early years and have never

emerged therefrom. Their simple

homes and small barns, located far

apart, scarcely break the line where

soil and sky meet.



The dream of doing great things

agriculturally on the broad miles of

the open prairie, may have\an appeal

to a few, but we still have faith that

we can gain a higher degree of sat-





isfaction on fewer acres here in

Michigan.



- E have just re-



A Real viewed the last



issue of “Farm Fire



Farm Prevention,” 3. publi‘



Issue cation devoted to the





important matter of

developing a fire conscience in the

minds of those living in rural dis-

tricts. One can only be amazed at





the multitude of fatal accidents re-.





sulting from farm fires. Women and

children seem to be the most frequent

victims of the. fire demon. This may

seem natural when it is understood

that the homes of farmers constitute

by far the great majority of the build-

ings burned on farms.



The sad part is that a large per-

centage of these fatal fires is the re—

sult of carelessness. With reason-

able precautions three-fourths of the

lives lost could have been saved.

It is time that this matter of preven-

tion of fires on farms be taken seri-

ously by farmers, and that individuals

and communities should take careful

inventory as to the reduction of fire

hazards, and also make preparation

for fighting fires.





ECAUSE it is



The Start .well to make

public recognition of



Of CIUb the birth of any

Work great and influencial





movement, we are

glad to let our readers know of the

beginning of boys’ and girls’ club

work.



Thirty years ago Will B. Otwell, of

Illinois, offered free seed corn to

every boy and girl who promised to

compete in corn production. It was

his third attempt to get the local

farmers institute interested in the de-

velopment of the farm youth. Five

hundred responded to this offer, and

the success of the venture brought

about the realization of youthful in-

terest in things agricultural and the

start of the clubs as we now know

them. ‘



There are now 44,188 clubs in the

United States with a total member-

ship of 619,712. These clubs have be-

come one of the greatest agricultural

influences in the world and the re-

sults they attained have brought

international recognition.



Because*there is no youth move-

ment in the world comparable to it,

club work is the best guarantee that

farmers will continue to progress in-

stead of slinking back into peasantry

as some alarmists try to make us be-

lieve.





AVING just come





An Ever in from an in-

spection of the gar— ’



Present den after a. short



‘ Enemy time away from





. home, we find an

abundance of healthy weeds gaining

a foothold and using moisture and

plant food for which the garden crcps

have need.



Weeds are persistent growers. You

must everlastingly keep after them.

If one relents for a. few days, the

crops suflel' while the weeds thrive.

We often wonder why home of the





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vitality of these plant pests could not'





be bred into our useful plants.



But the- weed” problem is one that

should be reckoned with in the farm-

er’s program of work. His plans

ought to provide for the destroying

of these out-of-place plants at the

earliest possible moment after they

have started to,grow; They are not

only killed easier at that time, but

more plant food and moisture are

then reserved for the growing crop.



Our state college is {doing some

good work along this line. The ar-

ticle on another page indicates that

there is promiseyof help in ridding

fields of quack grass by means of

chemicals. From an economical

point of view we believe that there

is justification for the further exten-

sion of research work in the mat-

ter of weed control" with respect to

our many types of farming.





HERE are sev-



The oral reasons for

Count the county at g e n t

y being 0 n e of the

Agent most discussa'ble sub-





- jects among farmers.

One is that he costs something, either

through private contributions or

through taxes. ’



Another reason is that it is human

to find fault with. one whose business

is to tell folks how to do things. It

is easy for one master to control

many servants but it is a real prob-

lem for one servant to please many

masters. That is what the county

agent has to do, and it takes a. real

diplomatic and capable fellow to do

it. Even he, in some cases, has had

insurmountable prejudices and influ‘

ences to work against.



Is it any wonder, then, that some

counties decided that they could get

along without the county agent ser-

vice? The real wonder is that with

all the intricacies and complexities of

county agent work that some have so

proven their value to the hundreds of

farmers they serve that they retained-

their positions for years.



There is no doubt that the sound-

ness and value of the countwagent

movement, is proven by the fact that

the most progressive and well-devel-

oped farming counties have county

agents. The recent action of several

Michigan counties, which treviously

had county agent service, in again re-

suming it, is another real indication

of its value.



We believe that time has demon—

strated that the county agent is a.

real need in these days of rapid pro-

gress in agricultural development,

and, for this reason, we are glad to

see opposition dwindling.





E are approach-





'The ing the time

P I. . I when politics will be

O the.“ the chief considera-

Campalgns tion of the nation-for





the coming presiden-

tial campaign will be a complex one

due to the many factors involved.

This campaign is unusual in an-

other respect. Modern invention will

play an important part. The radio

will give the nation a. real chance to

hear directly from those who are run-

ning for the country’s most important





offices. The opening of the campaigns

will be wh e n t h e presidential

nominees m a k e their acceptance

speeches. These will be broadcasted





by the National Broadcasting Com-

pany and associated stations.



Herbert Hoover will make his ac‘

ceptance speech over a. nation-wide

radio hook-up at nine P. M. Eastern

Daylight Time, August 11th. Gov. Al.

Smith will probably be heard by the

radio audience at seven P. M. Eastern

Daylight Time on August twenty—

seoond. 7



The individual, in his duty as a.

citizen, should give thought and con-

sideration to all the issues involved





so that he may intelligently vote, for .

what he thinks will be of the greatest -_





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benefit to “the L whole 'c c u n t r7





This is a; real Opportunity, it‘seoms,

for every" citizen to get first hain'din-

fox'fnation which should help him to

decide as to how he‘should use his

ballot next November.





_ NEWS it em

New Agri. from Washing-

caltural . ton states that





George Rommel, of

the U. S. Department

of Agriculture, b e-

lieves that there is untold wealth in

the utilization of ccrnstalks for the

manufacture of synthetic lumber. The





Possibilities





product has been perfected so that ‘





it has all of the advantages of 'na-

tural» wood and none'of its disadvan~

tages. But the problem is to find an

efficient means of collecting the

stalks in sufficient quantities to make

the manufacture economical. "



Should this problem be solved, this

use of cornstalks may become a sub-

stantial source of income for corn

growers. It may also become a fac

tor in borer control through such

thorough use of the stalks, especially

if the borer should become serious in

the corn belt.



This is just a hint of what progress

we may expect in farming through the

introduction of uses for farm products

now unknown., It is also an indica-

tion that those who think we have

reached the‘ end of agricultural pos~

sibilities are all wrong.





Imtmtzwty

Y had a good one last. week be-

cause it had so much of truth in

it. How unwittingly and unawaredly

do some folks tell the truth.



Women do‘ have more .initiative

than men because the circumstances

under which they have ‘lived for ages

have made it necessary for them to

develop it. .



Hy said that the men of old took

the women by the hair and dragged

her to his cave. That was initiative,

I’ll- admit, but

very crude. How-

over, his initia‘

tive quit there.

He immediately

took to a. life of

ease and showed

his consideration

'of his women by

letting them do

the work. Even

the old Indian, who had an honorable

moral code, devoted most of his mar-

ried life to such pleasure as smok-

ing, fishing, hinting, bossing, and do—

ing nothing. Occasionally, to break

the monotony 'of existence, he would

go over and scalp some of his distant

neighbors. This didn’t do himself or

his neighbor any good.





Initiative comes from doing neces—

sary, useful things. And it has been

a matter of history that woman have

always had to do those necessary

things, for they were the oppressed.

The oppressed, by the ingenuity they

have developed through hardship, of-

ten bring about their cwn freedom

and progress while the oppressors be

come overcome from the exeessesof

their own case and indulgence.



It seems that during the past few

generations the world has been throw-

ing off its shackles in most all-phases

of life. This has brought a freedom

to women which is so noticeable

today. Moralists have become shock-

ed and laborers are becoming alarmed

at women taking their jobs, but all

women is doing is to use to good ad-

vantage in freedom the things she

learned in bondage.





 





It seems-that we are reverting to old ,





customs again. That is, man is get-

ting the custom, in the cities at least.

of going 'golfing while the woman [5

tending the home 'and the office. So

woman is continuing to develop her

initiative-and mumbled

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{paratively short time;-





Camels Versus Motorcycles

With “Fifty-Fifty Honors” For Both-





By Francis Hood





HE French government in Equa-

torial Africa had agreed to sup-

ply us with gasoline at Mao. All

At Big-

Rig, sixty-five miles away, we had

hardly three gallons left, scarcely half

enough for all that heavy pulling in

low gear. And yet I was just a little

glad of it. I hate to admit it here

because my partner Jim will probably





were two reasons why I thought I was

fortunate: I knew motorcycles and I

didn’t know camels.



"You can ride slowly along with me

and the caravan,” I told Jim, “so

you’ll not need to carry anything on

your bike but a couple of canteens of

water.

be right there to help you out.”



“If we could teach a camel to work





 





 





 





 





One Motorcycle Rode the Camel frOm Rig-Rig to Mao





read this, but I was pleased just the

same.





“It’ll take a week to send a camel

to Mao after gasoline,” I reminded

Jim. “Instead of doing that we can

load my machine on the back of a

camel and I’ll bump along on another

in the caravan with the rest of our

baggage. There’ll be just about

enough gas to get one machine to

Mac. You’re a better rider than I, so

I’ll sacrifice in your favor the honor

of being the first man to cross the

continent of Africa on a motorcycle.”





I think I almost managed to get a

few tears into my eyes as I suggested

this heroic sacrifice I was willing to

make in order to save time and “for

the sake of the expedition.” But

secretly I thought how lucky I’d be

to get a ride on a. camel instead of

fighting that roaring, skidding motor-

cycle for four more days. There





in harness,” said Jim, “I’d take one

along to pull me up the dimes and

over the bad places. It’d save gaso-

line.”



“And your temper,” I added. “But

a camel is made to carry loads and

not to pull in harness. You might as

well try to rig him up with a power

take-off or a belt pulley as a work

harness. He’s not built that way.”

I’ve since seen draft camels drawing

farm wagons in the Nile Valley.

hitched singly and in teams, and in

India I’ve seen these great awkward

beasts of the desert working beside

the long-horned, sweatless water buf-

falo, pulling freight vans in the

crowded city streets. But nobody in

that part of Africa knew anything

about rigging a camel to pull.



“Plenty of horses here,” Jim sug—

gested.



“And not a.man er beast in this



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Farmersi’ Day Big Success





HE largest attendance in the his-



tory of Farmers’ Day at Michigan



State College showed that this

event is still worth while and. that it

meets the response of the farm folks

over the state. It was a great day

and the program and demonstrations

were carried out according to sche-

dule. “ ’



The big feature of the day was the

grain harvesting contest and the com-

bine demonstration. Nine old timers

entered the cradling contest with

vim. The chief difficulty was their

inability to find a modern cradle that

suited their fancy. 'But fitting their

implements as best they could, they

proceded as valient knights to win

in this unusual contest. One of the

contestants was 86 years old and had

cradled in this Same section of Mich-

igan 60 years ago.



While the crowds .watched“ with the

keenest interest the work of the old

cradlers, their wonder grew as the

modern combine started up and com-

pleted the field of wheat in a com-

Here was a

great contrast between the methods

used a half century ago and the way

that promises to be, used tomorrow.

The combine not only cut- the grain





. but thrashed it, put the grain in bags,

. «and left the “straw in windronvs ready-

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There are still problems connected

with the use of this advanced equip—

ment here in Michigan. The uneven

ripening of grain and proper storing

are chief among these; but even these

promise to be readily handled. The

grain growers of Michigan are al-

ready studying the advantages that

will accrue to them through the adop-

tion of this type of harvesting.



A feature of the afternoon program

was the address of United States

Senator Arthur Vandenburg. Four

things, he said, present themselves in

any effort to place agriculture on an

equal basis, with other industries.

These are: Price adjustment; control

of Surplus; cooperative intelligence;

and tariff effectiveness. It is futile,

he declared, to attempt to get con-

trol of agricultural surpluses 'without

gaining control of production. The

federal reserve act makes cooperation

compulsory, and does not leave .the

banks to act voluntarily. Where





cooperation had been permanently





successful, said the Senator, produc-

tion has been under control. In his

opinion, this matter will have to be

_worked out by trial and error. Some

start will have to be made and then

as features prove successful or not

the public can act accordingly.



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Picture taken in June 1928 of the J. B. Springer farm in Mayes county,

Eastern Oklahoma, showing winter wheat and oats in shock, with farm

buildings in background.





From time to time during the past several weeks we have invited the

readers of the Michigan Farmer to come to Eastein Oklahoma to secure

bargains in farm lands in an all- -year climate adapted for diversified

farming, dairying .and hog, cattle, sheep and poultry raising.



We hereby renew the invitation and suggest that this is the season of the year in

which you may verify, with your own eyes, our statements as to the advantages

we offer you here.





A wise man once said, “The proof of the, pudding is in the eating thereof,” and

it is our earnest desire and purpose to prove to you, conclusively, that we have in

that portion of Eastern Oklahoma that was formerly the Cherokee Nation a

combination of climate, soil and market conditions unsurpassed in any other

section of America.





What Paul Stritzke and, his family have dons,1 here you and your family may

do. We show here a picture of a field of soy beans on the Stritzke farm in

Rodgers county, Eastern Oklahoma, from a photograph taken July 5, 1928.

5‘ Standing in the field from left to

right are J. W. Johnson, cashier,

State Bank of Talala; Mr. Stritzke;

Lcc McLean of Farmersvillc, Illinois,

and the two youngest of the five

Stritzke boys. On that date the three

older boys were plowing land from

I which the wheat and outs had just

been removed, preparatory to plant-

, ing it to soy beans. Two profitable

, crops are thus grown in one season

. 011 tht1 same land.

. If evidence is wanted as to whether

'_- farming pays in Eastern Oklahoma

'thc experience of this genial man

i and his splendid wife and boys is

conclusive. Paul Stritzke came from

Germany in 1903. After working about five years 11s a farm hand be rented

a farm in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, which he occupied for ten years. In

1917 he purchased for $40.00 per acre the 195 acres which is now the family

home, assuming a mortgage that was 011 the land.





The buildings were shacks and what little fence there was, was dilapidated

But little of the land was then in cultivation. Today the farm is as interesting

as an agricultural exposition. Every acrc is in a high state of cultivation meadow

or pasture. All is fenced and cross fenced hog tight. A good two story electric

lighted house, two large modern barns, hog house, poultry house and all that

sort of thing.





Growing on the farm are corn, wheat, oats, cow peas, soy beans, alfalfa, blue

grass, orchard grass, red clover, and 11 native prairie meadow. The orchard con—

tains a great variety .of apples, as well as peaches, pears, plums, grapes and

berries. The trees, most of them ten years old, are strong and thrifty.





Mrs. Stritzke presides over .thc house, the wonderful flower gardcn and a vegeta-

ble garden containing a greater variety of edible plants than it seems possible

to produce 011 one plot of ground; while her flock of poultry would be the envy

of the most fastidious fancier





Under the trees several stands of bees, ignoring all union regulations, storing up

honey for market and family use.





Five fine Duroc brood sows, with 43 fifty- pound pigs, assisted by several calves

are doing their level best to keep ahead of the growth of 11 five- acre swcct clover

pasture. In the larger pastmc are dairy cows, horses and sheep





During the eleven years the Stritzke family have occupied this farm they have

not had a single failure. Corn has averaged as high as sixty bushels per acre

for the entire acreage in that crop. Wheat better than 30 bushels, and the farm

has a record of 84 bushels of oats to the acre.





The improvements thty have placed 011 this f111m could not be duplicated for

$5., 000 00. The farm is paid for and we hmc the statement from 11 trustworthy

outside source that the Stritzke bank balance is well up in iour figures.





In the experience and success of this modest, intelligent and happy real American

family, typical as they are of scores of other thrifty farm families here is found

“the proof of the pudding.”





We receive many inquirics as to social, educational and religions conditions here.

Our people are as law abiding as in any of the older sctthd s11 1tcs Ample grade

and high school facilities are provided in all parts of the several counties. There

is as much culture and education and we believe, more community spirit here.





Full provision is made for the spiritual interests of the new settler. All the lead-

ing Protestant denominations, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Christian and

others are represented. We arr.1 just now locating 11 number of Catholic families

in an established parish, where they are cordially welcomed by people of their

faith. There are members of three branches of the Mennonite church already

established here, while in one neighborhood a German Lutheran settlement is

being planned.





By advising us of your church affiliation or preference you will aid us greatly

in helping you to find a congenial location.





You can buy a farm home from the National Colonization Company for less



money and on easier terms than through any other source. We sell direct. \Ve

do not list with local agents Thus we can and do save you money and are able to

make the down payment much smaller than were we compelled to pay out com—

missions to real estate agents.





No matter how limited your resources, if yousare “011 the square” and have the

backing of a good family, do not jump to the conclusion that you cannot buy a

farm home from us at a price and on terms that will enable you to pay for it.

Notice our new address. To accommodate our customers from Kansas, Missouri,

Illinois, Nebraska, Iowa and other States to the North and East, we have estab-

lished an office at Vinita, Oklahoma, the Northern Gateway either by train or

auto into Eastern Oklahoma.





Write us at once for our new illustrated descriptive literature, which contains

map showing counties, principal cities and towns, and the highways and rail—

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ECENT terrific declines in the



market prices of wheat and po-



tatoes supply a striking illustra-

tion of the need of adequate organiza-

tions of producers. What we now

have is not a market but a market

debacle.



The situation has been made worse

by the helpless, disorganized growers

themselves, who in a panic have been

dumping their high-quality products

on the markets already submerged by

the flood.





Record market “dips” have been

the inevitable result—~just as they al-

ways will be with that given set of

conditions.





Wheat has supplied a spectacular

example of this. On Monday, July 23,

2,599 cars of wheat, containing 3%

million bushels were received on the

Kansas City market, breaking all re-

cords for receipts. The record for the

week ending that day was 6,549 car-

loads.



This is taxing the capacity of Kan-

sas City terminals beyond the limit

of reason. It has produced conges-

tion, overtime Work, waste in man-

agement, and all the other evils of

plants extended to over-capacity. And

the farmer will pay for it all.





Apparently the bill will be large.

There has been a decline in wheat

prices of more than twenty-two cents

a bushel since July 1, which amounts

to more than thirty-five million dol-

lars loss on the Kansas wheat crop

of this year. And such marketing

methods appear to make it impossible

to get the maximum value from the

high protein content of this year’s

crop—or at least that was the opin-

ion of those who attended the recent

protein conference for they decided

that—« .



“Under conditions such as exist in

the present harvest in Southwestern

Kansas, the facilities of the -local

grain trade are not adequate to per-

mit consideration of protein content

in wheat. . So long as the

present tendency prevails to rush

wheat to market that is high in mois-

ture content little can be done to se-

cure protein premiums for farmers

marketing wheat at such times.”



In other words, the producers are

not merchandising their product so

they can take advantage of their op-





portunity to obtain top prices. It is





 





apparent they never will be able to

do this until orderly marketing

twelve months in the year takes the

place of a dumping practice that has





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such a situation as this. Freight rates

also are a factor, being too high to

terminal markets.

ers again are realizing that the most

vital, practical thing they can do is

to organize to protect themselves in

the market. This they must do. Their

present course is suicidal, on- many

recent days it has cost them millions

daily.



The plight of the Kaw Valley po-

tato growers is a convincing demon-

stration of the complete helplessneSs

of producers who insist on “going it

alone,” on facing an organized world

of business wholly unorganized them-

selves.~ And it may also be said that

under controlled marketing wheat

prices this year should be good and

later will be good, if world conditions

mean anything. But neither are our

wheat raisers organized as they

should be and until they are I fear no

plan which may be devised can be

made to solve efiectivelythe problem

of the surplus. On the' practical so-

lution of the, farmer’s control of his

‘ market the very existence of agricul-



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worse. The market price Twill scarce- -

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sacks. Some potatoes have been sold

in Topeka for twenty-seven cents a.

bushel, although it costs at least

thirty cents to dig and sack the crop

-——the sacks alone costing seven cents

a bushel. Compared to the prices re«

ceived for the crop of 1927, it is esti-

mated ‘that every Kaw Valley grower

will lose an average of $3,125 on this

year’s crop. ~



That loss of the potato producers

and the loss of thirty-five million dob

lars on the Kansas Wheat crop are,

it seems to me, abnormally high

prices to pay for the advantage, if

any, of operating on the present'dis-

organized markets, where every man

can do as he pleases and the devil,

apparently, has the privilege of tak-

ing the hindmost.



Obviously, it is a situation abso-

lutely uneconomic, and foreign to the

American system of business organt

zation, where the producer is sup-

posed to have something to say about

the price at which his products shall

be sold. More than this, these price

debacles are inevitable so long as the

present system prevails, as I have

repeatedly pointed out in print and

have said in more than a thousand

addresses I have delivered in the last

few years before farmers.



The only remedy is organization.

Farmers must unite in commodity

marketing organizations that will give-

them‘ a fighting Chance to control

acreage, and to move their products

to market in an orderly way. Elli-

cient organizations of wheat and po-

tato growers could have largely pre-

vented the price declines in these

commodities this year.





Here is a real job for the produc-

ers. They must work out their own

organizations in their own way, with

their own leadership, to the end that

agriculture may take its rightful place

in the sun, where the economic re-

wards are in proportion to the effort





and ability .

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éNews of,~ the Week





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i: Berlin is alarmed over the military

moves of Poland against Lithuania.

Germany claims that Marshall Pilsud-

Ski, of Poland, is making grave ag-

gresswe moves.





, Thirty workmen were crushed

when 1.1.500 ton lock gate in the Wél-



land shIp canal crashed into a ditch



dv'hdn being hoisted. Eight of them

1e .





Over one hundred took the federal

exammatlon for aviator licenses in

Detroit last week.



Thirty—six thousand people were

routed from their homes by floods in

the .Amur river in Siberia.



The merger of the Chrysler and

Dodge motor companies was assured

last week when the required amount

of. Dodge stock was turned in. This

W111 be the third largest automobile

corporation. , - ,



Johnny Devine, Jr., nine years old,

swam a record Of fourteen miles in

the Delaware River. ‘ _ .



The National Guard at New Bed-

ford, Mass, dispersed a mob of 10,-

000 people that stormed the police

headquarters in protest against the

holding of 256 textile strike picketers.



Twenty—one convicts were hurt and

two killed in the Huston, Texas, s ate

prison when the motion picture 1m

shown the prisoners became ignited.



A high voltage wire dropping into

a creek killed Bernard Logan, 22,

when he went in swimming. His

father, attempting to pull out his

body, also was electrocuted. The ac-

cident occurred at Greenville, Ohio. '



Then General Motors Corporation

made a high record in earnings and

profits for the first” six months this

year. The profits were $161,267,974.

The British railroad empl ee‘s, in-

cludln directors and e _ pm an-



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.HIGH COST OF EDUCATION





 





 





 





MONGI the many things I have



read about ' farm relief, I have

never seen any mention «of education.

I believe that in order to be a good

farmer or farmer’s wife, a person

needs at least a high school educa-

tion. However, this is hardly pos-

sible when the cost of going to high

school is so high.



For” instance, they charge a farm;

er’s child eighty dollars tuition.

Usually ten dollars goes for books

and twenty dollars for extras. Then

he must have fifty dollars for clothes

and he must work for his beard and

transportation.



Can he make it? I don’t believe

so. Instead, he quits school and

drifts out to hard work because he

has no education to fit him for any-

thing else., The boy or girl of today,

without a twelfth grade diploma, is

about as useful as the old ox team.



It seems to me that if the state

would take a hand in this matter, it

could at least give the rural pupils

the same chance as those living in

the city. The expenses could be cut

considerably by making a teacher’s

salary reasonable. Government em-

ployees, such as mail carriers, are

paid straight salaries and often work

double the time that school teachers

do.



In one school I know of, they pay

from $100.00 to $250.00 a month for

teachers. The school employs seven

teachers but never have had over

seventeen pupils to finish school in

one class. I don’t think that there

is a teacher teaching high school in

Michigan that really earns more than

a hundred dollars month. If they

really earn that amount, then the

farmer is being underpaid. For where

can you find a farmer who can make

a hundred dollars a. month and work

only six hours a day and five days

a week? .



I know of eight young folks who

would go through high school if it

were financially possible for them but

as the cost of education is now, they



must go to work, because it is im-



possible for the farmer to earn



enough to pay for their education.



——-Subscriber.





 





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I JUST thought I would like to air

a few of my views in regard to

this European corn borer deal. The

farmers have had to fight lots of

pests before and always came through

all right. We have had potato bugs

and the hessian fiy here for a good

many years and I think they are

about as bad as they come. These





 





men that call themselves inspectors

are about the biggest pests 'we have

around here at present. '



Last year there were a number Of

farmers around here that never pick-

ed up one of their stubbles, but these

inspectors came along and accepted

their fields and they got their pay

just the same as the ones that did.

That was a good square deal, wasn’t

it? .



Why is it that in some of the town-

ships the stubble doesn’t, have to be

picked and in the townships right

across the road they have to be

picked? I suppose these inspectors

have put up some kind of a guard so

that the borers can’t cross. Let’s

hear from some more of the farmers

about this borer deal because we are

all getting riled up about it around

here—Subscriber.





 





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DON'T permit heavy weeds and stubble to intera

fere with the quality of your plowing. It is so

easy to do the job right with the new 0 ’ver No.





218 Gang.





Take this low into a heavy growth of weeds and

stubble and) see how it covers every particle of trash.

No weeds are left sticking up between the furrows

to harbor crop pests. The work is so thorou



the dreaded cut worm, the wire worm an many

other crop pests are held in check. [Farmers who

use the Oliver 18" Big Base need not worry about





the corn borer.





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With two 18” Big

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for this state of affairs. Now I wish

to say that this unfortunate wife’s

own famlly understands all the facts

and are willing that I should take

these steps. _ Now, does not the law

take all privtleges away from the law

breakers of this state and then grant

the widow or widower their freedom?

I think the same rule should be ap-

plied In a case where such cases have

been Inherited through sickness in

their own family. _Why blame me for

doing what I think is right?—-W. R.





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Last year farmers added 10.d

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' News and Views

(From INGLESIDE FARM—By Stan/2y, Powell





 





 





coupe, directly in the rear of

the Ingleside tractor which is

furnishing steady and ample power

for our Ronald Community grain

separator. We backed into the belt

for the first time July 30 and, wea-

ther permitting, will keep at it until

we have threshed the wheat, rye, bar-

ley, and oats of our members and a

few other neighbors. Of course, it‘s a

foregone conclusion that we, “lay off”

August 13-18, the week of the great

Ionia ree Fair.





Being “engineer” with a tractor-

driven threshing outfit is surely a. snap

-—when everything runs all right. A

fellow hardly gets up appetite enough

to do justice to the bountiful meals

which are provided. However, I don’t

sit on the soft cushions all the time,

by any means, even when we are all

lined up and the machinery is spin-

ning smoothly. For instance, yester-

day when we were working a little

short~handed, I pitched bundles into

the hungry maw of the steel monster

that would have confounded the

braWny flail-weilders of bygone gen-

erations.



“Wonder what sort of a load these

fellows would draw on one of the old

fashioned wagons?” queried an old-

timer who came to watch operations.

“When I was a boy we were lucky if

we had a. stick in front to hold our

lines and we never thought of having

a standard behind. Look at those

standardswas high as a man’s head!”





Well, why shouldn’t our wagons be

constructed so as to be substantial and

convenient for the loader and the

bundle pitcher, too?





Just as I was writing these words,

the slickest-loooking fiat rack on the

job (our new one wasn’t there) ap-

proached the separator and surprised

us all by capsizing when just a rod

or so from its destination. The cause

of the mishap wasn’t hard to find. A

poorly fitting burr had lost off some-

where out in the field and now the





H ERE I sit in my five year old





‘wheel had drapped off, too, allowing





the rack to tip up, dumping the

bundles and teamster overboard. “We

mechanics” pitched in and heaved the

Wrecked cargo into the self—feeder





and thus whetted our appetites for





dinner.

Cows In the Corn



Now it is afternoon. We have fin-

ished that job and are down the road

at the next farm threshing in a barn

with double floors. We have “set”

the separator on one barn floor and

the teamsters drive in on the other

and pitch across under a beam, not

the most handy arrangement for the

men on the wagons. I get ready to

write some more, but again this nar-

rative is interrupted. This time a

good neighbor who is driving one of

the teams receives the disquieting

news that his cattle are in the barley

field and he hastens off to stop'the

havoc. While he is gone, I pilot his

team and pitch off his load of beard-

ed barley.



Not many days ago the cry was

raised at Ingleside, “The cows are in

the corn.” We hastened out of the

barn and saw the Shorthorns feast-

ing to their hearts’ content on the





' succulent corn on the distant hillside.





We found that they had demolished

a fairly good gate and so we had to

spend quite a. while repairing it, af-





: ter the cattle had been chased back

into their proper pasture.





The 'ancient philosopher said,

“Those things that we need, those

things we pay for whether we have

them or not.” Howinescapable is

this truth all through life! In this

particular case we paid for. a. stronger





 





 





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vastated corn and second in a sick

cow, whose condition a few days

later caused us" to send for a veterin-

arian. She fell down on her milk,

wouldn’t eat her grain, humped up

her back and groaned at every step.

We weredoubly concerned because

we were expecting to exhibit her at

the fair.





When the “vet” arrived, he diag-

nosed her condition almost immedi-

ately as "intestinal flu” and said that

this is quite common among dairy

cattle at this season of the year when

pastures are drying'up. Probably the

over-dose of green corn started the

trouble.





Unexpected Check Was Welcome



Speaking of our. cattle reminds me

of quite a shock which I experienced

a few days ago. We have had our

young herd sire now fourteen months

and have never turned away a cattle—

breeding neighbor, but never yet had

this valuable accomodation brought us

in a cent. So imagine my surprise

when a. neighbor stopped and handed

me a check for our interest in a calf

not yet born!





This keeping a bull is no joke. Not

only is there a certain amount of dan-

ger involved, but to keep a young bull

in good condition requires about as

much feed as to support a productive

cow. Every female that is brought to

him not only interrupts the Ingleside

routine, but offers a possible source

of contagion which might cause us

hundreds of dollars of direct financial

loss and destroy the result of long

years of careful breeding. I have

pondered much on this whole situa-

tion and don’t know as I’ve reached

any very definite conclusion, except

that I wish that all who owe me for

these services would pay me tomor-

row. I’ve a couple pages of such

items in a big account book. They

seem to be what might be termed

“frozen assets.”





I certainly want to be accomodat-

ing and also am anxious to improve

the cattle in this community, but

when most of the commercial dairy

herds round about us are peppered

with contagious abortion, it makes me

feel decidedly uneasy.





Pocket Pliers Pr0ve Handy





Being out on the threshing circuit

again reminds me that it was about

a year" ago now that I started a

strange habit which I have thought of

mentioning several times in these let-

ters. When we Were threshing last

season, I noticed that" my friend who

tends the separator always had a pair

of small pliers in his pocket. He told

me that he kept up this practice all

the year around and found the pliers

were more frequently used than his

jack knife. The idea appealed to me

and I have given it about 'twelve

months trial. I imagine I’ll keep it

up as long as I’m a farmer as there

is rarely a day passes when these

little pinchers don’t come in handy

fixing some cotter key, bending some

wire, or gripping some nut.



After a late supper I came home to

fuss with the show sheep and found

the binder laid up for miner repairs.

This may be an easy job during regu-

lar working hours, but there’s a. lot

to tend to here at Ingleside before

breakfast and after supper. If the

Weather is fair tomorrow, we expect

to be threshing at this old homestead

in the afternoon; That means extra

work and anxiety getting things

ready and engaging the crew. As my

alarm goes off in six hours, guess I

had better close this letter by sim-

ply wishing you a decent measure of

mommy. road. that. and mole





 

 





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the sash this fall.





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AUGUST





VERY few vegetables can be plant-

ed during August with the assur-

ance of a crop this fall but a few may

be sown to winter oVer in the open

for an early spring harvest. There

is still time to mature radishes, in

fact, they may be planted as late as

September and have a good chance

tO‘mature. If a coldframe is avail-

able, you may enjoy radishes until

quite -severe weather comes.

variety, Icicle, planted as soon as the

extremely hot days have passed

should give a good crop during Sep-

tember and later plantings of extra





fast. growers such as Rapid Red'or

‘Sparkler should provide a suCcession

as long as the weather permits.





Try Chinese Cabbage



Spinach and Chinese cabbage may

be planted any time during the first

half of the month. Frost may get the

late plantings of Chinese cabbage but

the spinach should give a harvest

fall. As you probably know,

spinach is strictly a cool weather

crop‘but “most gardeners grow it only

as an early spring crop. It does well

during the cool fall days and helps

to prolong the salad season. The

same may be said of Chinese cab-

bage.



Not as many gardeners grow kale

as should. It will grow and produce

all summer long but is at its

after frost has touched it. Seed sown

during the first part of August will

not give the large plants that earlier

planted seed produces but the quality

will be_ all the better for it. The

variety, Dwarf Siberian, a particular-

ly hardy sort, should winter over

outdoors in most parts of the state

and give an extra early crop of greens

next spring. In my own case, I have'

found it perfectly hardy when planted

in September if a place is selected

where snow will give. it protection

throughout the winter. I presume it

would come through in good shape

under a mulch of cornstalks or other

heavy material that would hold the

snow without smothering the plants.



Use a Coldframe

If a coldframe is a part of your





garden equipment, you are n o t

getting full benefit of the garden,

if you do not plant h e a d let-





tuce this month for maturing under

Plant the seed in

any convenient place where the seed

bed can be kept watered until the

plants are going nicely and they are

large enough to fend for themselves.

When the plants have attained from

two to four true leaves, transplant

them to the frames about a foot apart

where they are to mature. If very

hot weather continues, it will be well

to put a burlap-covered or lath shade

over the frame to keep the plants

as cool as possible. The question of

soil moisture should be kept con-

stantly in mind in growing head let-

tuce as a severe setback from a lack

of moisture may spoil the entire crop.

It is not a difficult task to grow head

lettuce if moisture and temperature

conditions are not too far off. It may

be harvested until near Thanksgiving

by the proper manipulation of planting

and growing operations in. conjunc-



tion with the coldframe.



Humusfor the Garden Soil



Where large quantities of coarse

animal manures are not available, it

is quite often a problem to keep up

the humus in the garden soil. On all

soils that are deficient in humus, it

is a good plan to plant rye just as

fast as a. crop of vegetables is har-

vested. It will make quite a grthh

before the garden is plowed in the

spring and the-garden schedule may

be'so arranged that part of the rye

will make full growth before it is

I have found a good

humus-adding combination to be cow

horn turnips planted in the sweet

~ I lit cultivation, followed





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These two pictures show the prac-





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the McCormick-Deering

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for that crop and the Whole thing

plowed down the following spring. Of

course, the turnips will freeze during

winter but they add quite a little fer—

tility to the soil when plowed under.





Lengthen -the Season





The home gardener is missing a

lot of fun as well as profit when he

overlooks the coldframe. Through its

use, the gardening season may be

lengthened two or three months and,

by proper manipulation of coldframes

in connection with a hotbed, garden





‘space may be practically doubled. A





permanent frame is best made not

concrete but a heavy plank frame will

last for years and a temporary one

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ent frame, dig a pit one foot deep,

six feet wide and as long as desired

and fill in with prepared soil. A good

mixture for this purpose is equal por-

tions of garden soil, compost and

well-rotted manure. The frame may

extend to the bottom of the pit or it

may rest on the surface just as the

operator desires. The back of the

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inches above the surface of the soil

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ILL there be thin spots in your wheat fields at harvest

time? There need not be if you avoid lumpy fertilizer.





Lumpy fertilizer is bumpy fertilizer. It is like asmall boy—it

hops, skips and jumps too much in the distributor to be a

really effective worker. It puts too much plant food in one

spot and not enough in another. A thoroughly blended and

cured even sized particle fertilizer which doesn't unmix in

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In putting up a wood stave silo in

a barn, the staves being one-piece

untreated fir, should the tongue and

grooves be coated with white lead, or

creosote, 'or asphalt paint before put-

ting them together; or should they be

put together without any filler? Is

is necessary to paint the silo inside

with asphalt paint to get an airtight

joint?—~H. H. '



Usually it is not necessary to put

anything in the joints to make an air-

tight joh, if the staves are new and

in good shape and the silo is jarred

occasionally while the hoops are be-

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he used, partly because» it gets so

hard and unyielding when dry and

partly because of danger from lead

poisoning. There would be no objec-

tion to using asphalt or tar paint in

the joints, or even ordinary roofing

cement, as these would make a. tight-

er joint, help to preserve the wood,

and to some extent lessen the swel—

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OIL TRACES IN WATER





 





What is the cause of a thin coat of

oil in well water? Have also noticed

it on creeks, apparently trickling out

of the side of the bank and being

more noticeable after rains—W. W.





The thin film of oil which often

shows on creeks and ponds is not a

very definite indication of free oil in

paying quantities. Many plants and

seeds contain oil in small quantities,

as do small insects, slugs, fishes,

grasshoppers, and so on. So that

swamps, bogs, and other cases of de-

caying plants contain noticeable

traces of oil and water which drains

off these often shows quite a notice-

able film of oil. Coal beds, which

have been formed from decaying

‘plants, also contain much oil and

water from them also shows such

films.



Most of these films come from such

sources and mean nothing as to the

location of free oil in paying quan-

tites. However, if the heavy oil it-

sélf can be seen oozing out of cracks

in the ground, it might be worth while

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blown off the foundation and was

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and then straightened it up by using

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fence stretcher between the. two

chains. To straighten it I fastened

one of the chains to the upper corner

that leans out and another to the di‘

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fence stretcher between them.





I‘Was able to pull the wall back into

In fact, care must be taken

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the stretcher is very powerful. A

cable could be used just as well, pro-

vided a chain is used next to the

stretcher, as the stretcher gets its

pull by climbing the links in the

chain.



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Camels Versus MotOrcyCIes





(Continued from page 111)





whole country that ever saw a har-

ness,” I reminded him. “The horses

of the desert are as free as their

men; they don’t know what work is.

Might as well try to teach a flapper

to wear a house dress or that black

loafer there to work in leather

gloves.”





Then the sergeant in command of

the French tort at Rig-Rig, the cocky

little Corsican, took matters into his

own hands in his own way. He sum-

moned his giant black Booboo and

barked out a broadside of commands

that should have produced a brigade

of horse artillery. By the time he

had preened his feathers down again

a half-dozen horses commandeered

from the stables of the post were

brought up for our inspection along

with enough rope to rig a Wild West

show. The mighty Booboo himself

had fetched three nicely tanned ante-

lope skins.



We made a breaststrap single har-

ness out of the skins and rope and





‘hitched up horse after horse to Jim’s





motorcycle and side car until we

finally found one that would pull the

machine right up the face of the tre—

mentions dune from the oasis to the

gates of the fort. The motorcycle it-

self was no more of a curiosity to the

excited villagers than the sight of a

horse in harness. Another rehearsal

in the afternoon and then we were

ready to start.



The next morning our trans-Afric

motorcycle expedition must have cut

a pretty figure lying there in the

sandy courtyard of the Rig-Rig fort.





Jim had removed his side car body.





and his machine was simply a three-

wheelcd skeleton trailing on a short,

grass rope behind a horse. The

other motorcycle, side car and all,

was completely dismantled and piled

with the rest of our baggage to be

loaded onto the backs of six brown

camels that came grumbling through

the big fort gates.





I HAVEN’T got used to camels yet

“men after jolting along on the

hump of one of the hard riding brutes

for three long days. And that morn-

ing I paid particular attention to the

big, sad creature that was to carry

me. His master, the cameleer, was

simply one of those gable-browed

atoms of the Dark Continent with a

rag about his loins and a bandage

about the same size on one black toe.

He trailed a light grass cord which

was tightened at the other end

around the lower jaw of what struck

me at the time as being the most ut-

terly ungainly of all God’s creatures,

and I mentioned the fact to Jim.



“I suppose it would be heresy to

argue that God didn’t make the

camel,” I reasoned, “but it seems like

blasphemy to accuse Him of turning

out a thing like that. It looks more





like a cartoon than a creation. It’s

a zoological dud.”



“But he’s not even a good cartoon,”

objected Jim. “He’s more like some

kind of a big animated toy like those

string-jointed goofus birds and wood-

en donkeys and elephants that we

used to play with at home.

an animated jumping jack. He’s put

together the same way and he’s just

as wobbly and awkward in all his

joints and fittings.”



“No, Jim, he’s a part of the Crea-

tion,” I insisted. “But he was prob-

ably put up in the spare parts de-

partment. I’ve got it all figured out.

When the morning and the evening

were the fifth day of the Creation

and the beasts of the field were all

finished there were probably a lot of

good spare stomachs and some neck

remnants and *extra joints left’ over.

The wise Creator didn’t want to use

these things next dayin making man

——and I’m mighty glad of it—and so

He just soldered them up and wired

’em together and then piled all the





"'7 THE MICHIGAN FARMER





A sort of





many different directions. at the same

time as he shambled toward us, ankle

deep in Africa. Like a huge egg on

stilts his body ibulged up from his

lean greyhound flanks to the hairy

hump on top and sagged symmetri-

cally'down to his hairless paunch be-

low. His neck, sticking out from the

big end of the egg, looked-for all the

world like a long, brown, rolled-up

rug, held up at each end and sagging

in the middle. And then, fastened in

some way to the upper end of this

rolled rug was the camel’s sad, sad

face.





1G, tremendously big, mystic eyes



contemplated Jim and me and the

rest of the mundane world below

with a calm malevolence that cannot

be misread. A camel’s eyes have all

the quiet and‘ peace of a contented

cow and yet there also burns the

meditative look of a poet. Of course,

a poetical cow is impossible, but then

you would swear a camel is impos-

sible also.



The only redeeming feature of a

camel from an architectural stand-

point is its feet. These great padded

hoofs, splaying out in the sand like

a flat balloon tire make a very effi-





 





 





 





 





 





rest of the zoological oddments on

top for a hump and called the thing a

camel. And the natural place to re-

lease such a living junk heap would

be here in the desert, which is only

a geological miscarriage itself.”





UT Jim still clings to his own



theory just as he usually does in

spite of the soundness- of my own.

I think he’s still looking for a con-

cealed button to push or the end of a

string to pull to make the camel fold

up or crow or do some other me-

chanical trick.



“They’re too awkward and ungainly

to be true," he says. “I’d like to take

one of ’em apart some time just to

see if I couldn’t assemble him again

the same way.” He did that to both

our motorcycles before we’d had

them ’a week.



“You’d probably leave out a stem-

ach or two somewhere. Remember,

you’re a mechanic; you’re no plumb-

er,” I warned him.



“Well, anyway, I should be

ashamed if I did put him back to-

gether as he is now,” Jim said with

professional pride, “and ashamed of

my job too.” He shook his head at

the ugly beast. “Now if I were as-

sembling a camel—”



“You’ll probably have a .chance

pretty soon. The old boy here looks

as though he’s likely to come apart

almost any minute. Might as well get

your pliers and blowtorch ready.”





All eight joints in the camel’s two

hind legs seemed to wobble in as





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cient set of wide-surfaced sandshoes.

These feet and the camel’s battery of

stomachs for the storage of water

make him the good ship of the desert

that he is.





How long can a camel go without

water? All our information differed,

and I lived in this land of camels for

months. We watered ours at the end

of our three day trip and they

seemed glad to drink, but an English

Captain in East Africa told me of one

Sudanese who watered his camels

“on the month.” The other officers

present insisted this was exceptional

and if true at all would be only dur-

ing the cooler months when there

would be a certain amount of dew on

the grass. Furthermore, they assured

me, this was the same man who

watered his horses “on the week” and

his beef herds every three days.



If a camel is accustomed to drink

every day or two he will require it

because he will take only as much





- water as he thinks he’ll need, but a





drink every week or ten days is quite

sufficient for a regularly working

camel. We found many cameleers

who water their beasts every two

weeks as a matter of regular sche—

dule.



Incidentally, watering a camel

after a two weeks’ drouth is a long

process proportionate to the length of

thirst. No self-respecting camel will

wait two weeks for a drink and then

be satisfied with one long mighty

draught. Instead he will soak up a

few feet of neck and one stomach or



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two and then wander aWay” to" graze '1

'or settle on his knees and philoso-





phically grumble away for, hours, a

sneer upon his bigu‘soft lips and his

sad eyes half-closed in a complete

boredom. When all things are. settled

in his mind and stomach he’ll hitch

himself up onto his legs and wobble

back for a few more gallons of water.

The process will continue for a day

or two sometimes before he’s ready

for another two weeks’ drouth.

These strange big beasts are al-

most as indifferent about their food

as water. At the end of a long day’s

trek through the heat and sand the

camel is quite content to imitate

grazing, upon the few mocking bits

of green bush that may yet remain





‘in the neighborhood of the oasis





basin. Or he will stretch his long

neck to nibble from the branches of

a prickly tree a few mouthfuls of

long and brittle thorns that would

seem to shred his big soft lips to rib-

bons. Then this pariah among beasts,

the hideous and malevolent ruminant,

will sag down upon his calloused

knees and chew away for hours,

grumbling and drooling, and getting

what satisfaction he can from switch-

ing past nourishment from one stom<

ach to another.



Most of the caravan camels are

males. The females are quartered





‘ away in great herds where grass and





water will keep them best and there

they raise their young, gangling little

camels that are all.legs and neck and

hump. These awkward, shapeless big





‘ babies warping along behind their

mothers in a desert pasture land look.





like an animated cartoon comedy.

The little camels are funny, a sort of





burlesque on prehistoric mammals ‘





they seem to be, and one can laugh——

in fact one can’t help it—as they jerk

themselves about. But their grace-

less, shapeless mothers, the clowns of

the animal kingdom, are almost too

much of a tragedy for mirth. It

seems almost like laughing at a.

hunchbacked, crippled man.



'My three days of racking about

somewhere on the hump of one of

these hideous creatures Will be de-





‘ scribed next week.





 





BURNING UP FARM WEALTH





 





(Continued from page 109)



the children from playing with

matches; failure to enforce rules

against smoking in barns; failure to

properly handle gasoline, lanterns

lamps, and other materials and uten

sils which, when carelessly hand) i.

easily cause fire.



The matter of location: of

buildings is most important.

it not as important that a gre - of

buildings be so'placed as to If rent

the spread of fire from one 1' an-

other as it is that the same buildings

be properly planned and erected?

The farmer’s risk is double that of

the city man, for the reason that his

business establishment and his home



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NEW order of things had come.

A The men who were carrying the



gospel message were taking it



to all alike, Jew and Gentile,

educated and uneducated. And the

Spirit of Christ was having the same

results in one kind of person as in

another. When a man received the

word of life he became a new kind

of man. This was (and is) the gen-

ius of the Christian message;





But some good folk were not

pleased with this condition of affairs.

They could not be weaned away from

the old order. They said, “Christian-

ity may be all right, but on top of

that it is absolutely necessary to have

the old rites observed, as taught in

the Old Testament. Nothing is valid

without that, and no one can be saved

with it.” It is easy. to see that if this

had been carried out the Christian

message would have passed 'out of

existence. Hence the conference

about this at Jerusalem. The familiar

arguments were presented, and were

listened to respectfully.





Then Peter arose to make some re

marks. He reminded his hearers of

his extraordinary and beautiful ex-

perience of the dream of the animals

that were let down from heaven; of

his going to Caesarea to the house

of Cornelius, and how that man and

his family had all received the gift

of salvation, and the Holy Spirit

(Acts X). Those present had heard

all this, but they needed to hear it

again. When he had finished, James

said a few sensible words, and a few

simple rules were laid doWn for the

new Christian converts to follow. It

was nothing like the stiff regulations

of the old order. The liberty of the

Christian was preserved.



The world was tired of strict rules

by which men were to be saved. The

liberty which Christ taught and which

he exemplified in his life was the

thing that the souls of men cried out

for. But it was very new and strange,

and often there were abuses of it.

Later, Paul wrote some words about

Christian liberty that are as good for

us today as they were then. In mod-

ern phrase they run like this: “Let

not him who eats certain food look





down upon him who abstains from it, ‘





nor him who abstains from it find

fault with him who eats it, for God

has received both of them. Who are

you that you should find fault with

the servant of another? Whether he

stands or falls is a matter which con-

cerns his own Master. One man es-

teems one day more highly than an-

other; another esteems all days alike.

Let everyone be thoroughly persuad-

ed in his own mind . . . For the

Kingdom of God does not consist of.

eating and drinking, but of right con-

duct, peace and joy, through the Holy

Spirit. Where the Spirit of the'Lord

is, freedom is enjoyed”. (Romans

1413-6, II Cor. 3:17.)





This whole question of Christian

liberty is one that is receiving much

attention today. We seem to be liv-

ing in a day as new as the day of

the early Christians. Practices which

our fathers considered essential we

do not regard as so vital, and matters

on we older ones are pretty fully

agreed are not counted as important

by our children. For that reason many

believe that the younger generation is

fast going the way of all wickedness.

Whatever else we do we ought at

least to be slow to judge and try to

get their point of view.



Take the question of the use of

Sunday. We do not observe it as

many of us were brought up to ob—

serve it. Sunday would seem dull and

gray if we did. Many go to church

in the morning and play golf Sunday

afternoon. And I fear that many

others do not take pains to attend

church in the morning. Others go on

long automobile rides which take the

entire day. Is this, an improvement

on the old way of regarding the sab-

bath?a Was the old way too strict?

Is the present attitude too lax? On

one fact I believe we ought all to

agree, namely, that Sunday is indis-

pensable if religion is to continue.

A day for rest and worship is essen-

tial. No Sunday, no church. No

church, no Bible. No Bible, no re-

ligious. instruction. No religious in-

struction, and paganism follows. And

the incoming of paganism will spell

the outgoing of democracy, free

Schools, free speech, and all the rest

of it. At least I believe something

of that sort would be the order of

events. "



. This is a. question pressing for so-

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for worship, which will lead the peo-

ple to want to use Sunday for reli-

gious purposes. People with no rev-

erence for the Divine /will make

pagan uses of Sunday, as they al-

ways ‘have. The real question is the

use to which Christians put it.



And it is always well to remind our-

selves that liberty’ is found in obe~

dience. Obeying the laws of flight,

the bird has freedom in the air. Obey-

ing the laws of eating, exercise, and

sleep, the athlete wins the prize.

Obeying the law of love, one finds

friends and peace of soul. Liberty is

not license. It does not consist in

defying every law and every prin-

ciple. And yet just what Christian

liberty is, can be learned only by

thought, prayer, and practice.



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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

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SUBJECTz—The Council in Jerusa-

lem. Acts 15:1—35 and Gal. 521-15.

GOLDEN TEXTz—John 8:36.





Rural Health





FEAR OF SECOND SUMMER





 





 





 





 





What do you think of the state-

ment that babies are most apt to die

in the second summer? What can I

do to protect my baby?—Michigan

Mother.



If you are a sensible mother taking

good care of your baby and avoiding

fads you need have no special reason

to fear the second summer. It is not

true that it is a more deadly seas0n

than the first. The baby has reached

the age when he can get hold of

things for himself, some of them

harmful things, which, of course,

makes some difference; but, more

often, if there is trouble it is because

the mother becomes indiscreet and

feeds the child with indigestible

foods. Watch the food; watch the tem-

perature: keep the baby clean and

comfortable, and you need have no

fear of the dreaded “second summer.”





ODOR FROM SEPTIC TANK





 





My septic tank has a bad odor. The

waste does not form the right kind

of sludge. What can be the matter?

—R. D.





While properly constructed septic

tanks do very good work they are sel-

dom odorless, at least I never exam-

ined any such. It occurs to me that

you may be making the mistake of

flushing so much water into your

tank that the bacteria don’t have time

or opportunity to make a properly

ripe sludge. Waste from baths and

kitchen sinks should not be discharg-

ed into the septic tank. The kitchen

sink waste always interferes serious-

ly with the septicization by reason of

its contents, and the bath water apt

to do so, because it is excessive.





 





CLEFT PALATE





 





. We are writing you in regard to our

infant son born with a cleft palate.

He is fifteen weeks - old now. lHis

gums and lips are perfect. What in-

formation can you .give us in regard

to what age he shodld have an opera—

tion done to close his palate? Some

surgeons suggested to wait until he

1s around a year old, others say the

sooner the better. He is gaining and

domg well.—'—M. F. S.



Cleft palate should be operated at

as early an age as possible. The suc~

cess of the operation depends upon

getting a good bony framework and

this is done better early than late.

Very. good results are obtained but

you must not expect the whole thing

to be done at once. The surgeon has

to do the operatiOn in several stages.

It may take four or five operations to

get satisfactory results.





 





’ TH~E MICHIGAN FARMER





Christian Liberty





Our Weekly Sermon---By N. A. McCune





 





 





 





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money as it really is? The looks of your build-

ings—house, barns, hog and poultry houses and

other small buildings—are always a determining

factor in the apparent value of your place. Well

painted buildings, with neat, well fenced yards

are always worth more than weather beaten and

dilapidated looking ones. Even the small, un-

pretentious house, well painted, with a touch of ,

bright color here and there, is always attractive it

to the passerby. You and your family will enjoy

living in it more, too. But there is more value

to paint than just looks, for it prevents rot and

decay and the censequent costly replacements.





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,critically. Does it look prosperous and well _ i

kept? If not, come to one of our “Farm .

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If Carefully Selected to Accompany Right Meat Dish





HERE’S a bit of zest and spice

lacking to the menus that omit

pickles in some form. But one

should be just as particular in select-

ing the right kind of pickles or. relish

to serve with certain kinds of meat

as in the selection of the right kind





of dessert to top a well—planned meal.



The wise housewife will carefully

plan her pickle budget early in order

to insure a variety that will meet

her demands throughout the year.

The popularity of the barbecue and

toasted sandwiches for picnics and





Electricity Transforms Farm

By Margaret Hartnack





Part of the Women Who Saw How Electricity Transformed the Farms





WOULDN’T think of doing with-



out electricity any- more than I



would think of starting for Eur-

ope in a rowboat.” That is the im-

pression that Mrs. John Noxon, of

Mason, gave a group of about 150

women enrolled for the Farm

Women’s Institute at Michigan State

College, who visited their farm dur-

ing the afternoon of July 23rd.





The trip over the socalled electri-

cal test line was conducted by Pro—

fessor H. H. Musselman, Professor H.

F. Gallagher, and Mr. O. E. Robey, of

the college and by other men from

the agricultural-engineering and re—

search departments. Fo'r experimental

purposes the college is using as a

field laboratory the transmission line

between Mason and Dansville in Ing-

ham County.





Mrs. Noxon proved that she was a

firm believer in modern methods

when she demonstrated her vacuum

cleaner, which she claimed just

whizzed the dirt and grit away and

proved most handy in cleaning

, drapes, bedding, etc. Then too she

was most proud of her electric wash-

ing machine, which she spoke of as

eliminating that back—breaking rub-

,bing and that arm—aching wringing.

Mr. Noxon was not reluctant in add-

ing to the remarks of Mrs. Noxon by

boasting of the fact that it also does

away with “Blue Monday.” Besides a‘

range and other appliances, their

home and four other buildings have

electric service for lighting.





The next place visited was that of

the family of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis

This same farm about a

year ago was for sale because of

Scarcity of labor and discouragements

one way and another with farm life.

‘ But now, since the installation of

electric‘ service, it is doubtful whe—

ther they would be willing to move.

Mr. Haynes showed pictures “before

and after” the remodeling of their

‘home, which was built over somewhat

at the time of wiring Literally speak-

ing, it apparently had been trans-

formed from a house to a home——

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within being immediately visualized

to visitors.



Besides a deep well automatic pres-

sure water system for house and barn

service, Mr. Haynes also operates a.

milking machine, feed grinder, and

other motors, as well as complete

bath facilities and steam heating

plant. In fact he admitted “that elec-

tricity has cut his chores in two and

has gone a long way toward solving

the hired man problem. The elec-

tricity I use must pay for itself, and

it has done more than that so far for

it has given us a marginal profit.



Mrs. Roy Rae was most' fascinated

with the results obtained with her

electric range and admitted that her

kitchen was actually livable during

the sultry days in comparison with

those days when she used the wood

range. She also made the statement

that she believed, no more in doing

the work that motors and labor—saving

devices can do for a mere few cents.



The next stop was at the home of

Mr. and Mrs. Ami Terrill. Here our

hostess told us that ironing day form-

erly drove smiles away—that is when

she used the sad irons. Now she re-

alizes fully why they called them

“sad-irons,” and instead now terms

her electric iron the “glad-iron.” Con-

siderable mention was made of their

successful experimentation with the

electric incubator and brooder.



The trip ended at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Carmen, where six

buildings were equipped with electric

service, an automatic pressure water

system furnishing water to the house

and barn. Besides Mr. Carmen uses

an electric milking machine, grain

grinder, grain elevator, and fills his

silo with the service of a. 5 H. P.

motor. . ~



Just preceding our departure one of





the children remarked to one of the ~





ladies:



“I know where the ’lectricity comes

from that lights our house.”



“Where does it come from?” quer-

ied the visitor.



“From the wall, ” replied the young—





ster, “when mother wants a light she





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Sunday night lunches demand many

different kinds of relishes. Perhaps

the most favored of these are:



. Pepper Hash





12 green peppers 2 tbs.



12 medium onions 2



12 red peppers (or

green)





Chop peppers and onions. Cover

with boiling water and let stand five

minutes. Drain. Boil vinegar and

sugar five minutes. Add onions and

peppers and boil five minutes more.

Can in sterilized jars.



Cucumber Relish



12 green tomatoes 2 qts. vi car



12 cucumbcis 4 ozs. m ard seed.



12 onions 1 tsp. tumeric



1 large cabbage 1% cups sugar



1 head celery 1



1 red pepper 1



‘34 cup salt,



Chop tomatoes, onions, cabbage,

celery, and pepper together fine. Peel

and slice cucumbers and add the 974

cup of salt and let stand over night

and drain. Cook the vinegar, 'mustard

seed, tumeric, sugar, and cornstarch.

Add to vegetables and cook all to-

gether for a few minutes. Can in

sterilized jars.



Beet Relish

. chopped beets 2 cups sugar

. chopped cabbage Salt. and pepper





cup horseradish 1 tsp. cinnamon

pt. vinegar





Boil ten minutes and seal at once.





salt

cups sugar

1 qt. vinegar





tsp. mustard

cup cornstarch





Chunk Pickles (Sweet)



Seven pounds medium-sized cucum-

hers soaked three days in salt brine.

Then soak for three days, changing

the water each day. Drain, wipe dry,

and cut in chunks. Boil, slowly with

a few grape leaves and two table-

spoons of powdered alum for about 'a

half hour; after which, drain again.

Make a syrup of the following and

pour over pickles after they have

been drained: .



3 lbs. brown sugar 1 oz. whole allspice



3 pints vinegar 1 oz. celery seed



1 oz. cinnamon buds



Next morning pour off the syrup

and heat again. After putting it back

on the pickles, they are ready to can.



Baked Sweet Pickles





7 lbs. fruit 1 pt. vinegar

5 lbs. sugar 1 box stick cinnamon





Peel fruit, stick from two to four

whole cloves in each fruit, according

to its size. Break sticks of cinnamon

in small pieces and place in bottom

of pickle crock. Fill jar with fruit.

Heat vinegar and sugar together,

enough to dissolve sugar, pour over

fruit. Cover crock with pie tin and

bake in oven from 1% to 2 hours, ac-

cording to size of fruit. When done,

cover with an old plate and set away

in a dry, cool place for use:





.Four Homemakers Honored





and living habits of'the family, 200;





ARM women took their places be—

Fside their. husbands as recognized

master craftsmen when at Mich-

igan State College July 23 four rural





women were recognized at this state’s





first Master Farm Homemakers.





They were: Mrs. Mabel Weller

Rockford, Mrs. Mary E. Irish

Coopersville, Mrs. Fred E. Morse

Jasper and Mrs. Charles Gruner

Goldwater.





The Master Farm Homemaker pro-

ject, which parallels the Master

Farmer study in many respects, is

sponsored by The Farmer’s Wife, na-

tional farm women’s magazine, with

the cooperation of the home econ-

omics extension services of the vari-

ous state colleges. The movement will

reach twenty states this year, scat-

tered from Vermont to Texas and

from South Carolina to North Dakota.





Any farm woman in Michigan was

eligible for the honor when nominated

by five neighbors. Then the nominee

filled out a very detailed “worksheet,”

or questionnaire, containing over 500

questions grouped under these five

headings: physical adequacy of the

home in relation to income, 100

points; management of time, energy,

and income, 250 points; health record





of

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of

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development, and

250; and com-

A judging com-





recreation, social

family relationships,

munity work, 200.

mittee named by Mrs. Louise H.

Campbell, State Leader of Home

Demonstration Agents, made the final

selection.



Miss Bess M. Rowe, in conferring

the honor, pointed out that this is the

first time the Michigan farm woman’s

job has been-recognized as a profes-

sion. _



“In honoring these four women we

are also honoring the thousands of '

other Michigan farm women, whom

they represent,” she said. “Further

than that, we are recognizing the con-

tribution which farm women have

made throughout the ages. They have

built families, communities, and na-

tions. Their homes have been the

fortresses of our finest family tradi-

tions, and in recent years the last

strongholds of the old fashion Amer-

ican home.”



The four Michigan women live on

farms varying from 79 to 240 acres.

They have two to five children. All

four of the women have not only been

successful mothers and wives but

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From Garden to Storage Shelf





By Mary





ENEROUS gardens and abun-

G dantly filled storage closets are

intimate friends. Especially is

this true in, homes where canning is

an enjoyable task. The practice of

this art—the storage of vegetables in

cans—has improved so wonderfully

during the last decade, there is no

reason why everyone cannot achieve

excellent results in home canning.

Imagination has no place in can-

ning. At least, guesswork needs to

be eliminated. I always do a little

dreaming" While dropping choice vege-

tables in‘ jars, conjuring up how

happy folks will be to partake of

them next 'winter' when snowflakes

fill the air. That kind of imagining

does no harm. On the contrary it

‘makes the work agreeable to me.



A few jars filled everyday will

make quite a showing by the time

Indian summer arrives with its haze

and painted leaves. I have found

avoiding intensive sieges of canning

is the best way to keep the task

from becoming monotonous and

dreaded.



Corn, like string beans and peas,

will have the desired taste if it is

gathered just before it is canned.

Since it expands during the process,

the jars are never filled quite full.

I allow from one—half to one inch of

space for this expansion. Among my

favorite summer canning recipes are

the following:



Succotash ,



Use tender green sweet corn and

green lima beans, three cups of the

kernels to one cup of beans. Prepare

each vegetable for canning and mix

just before filling the jars. Pour a

weak brine into the cans and add a

pinch of salt to every can. Process

according to your canning chart.



Carrot Marmalade



Wash and scrape the carrots, put

through a food chopper, using the

medium blade. Steam until tender.

Wash and peel two oranges. Run the

peeling from one orange through the

chopper and cut the other in strips:

Add a little waterpto the peel and

cook until tender. Add four cups

sugar to‘the hot carrots (which

should measure five cups) and let it

melt, then stir in one cup water, the

juice of three lemons and the orange

pulp and peel. Cook until the syrup

is ‘thick and the fruit clear. -Sea1 at

once.



Yellow Tomato Preserves



Peel the tomatoes" and cut the stem

end out. Remove as many of the

seeds as possible, for they give a

bitter flavor. Measure the tomatoes

and for every cupful use an equal

amount of sugar. Place the sugar on

the stove and add enough water to

dissolve it; boil until the syrup thick-

ens. Drop in the tomatoes and if a

lemon flavor is liked, add a few

slices. To every pint of tomatoes,

add a small stick of ginger, if desired.

Cook until fruit is clear and tender.





Red Tomato Preserves

Use the same recipe .as for: preserv-

ing yellow tomatoes only omit the

ginger. Save the seeds and juice for

making chili sauce.





FARM WOMEN CONSIDER FAMILY

RELATIONSHIPS





 





AMILY relationships in their vari-



ous aspects were. discussed by the

speakers on the concluding day of the

third Annual Farm «Women’s Week

at Michigan State College. The four

year study which is being made on

Grosse Ile under the supervision of

MerrillsPalmer school was explained

by Miss Aurelia Potts. The growth

of normal children is being studied

with ,reterenae to racial characteris-





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an ideal environment and because

the children rate above the average,

the results of the study will be of

great importance.





Much of the data which is now

available is from studies of children

in institutions. Miss Potts suggested

that mothers might make valuable con-

tributions to the knowledge of child

development through keeping exact

records of the child, its pro-natal and

natal history and its progress at vari-

ous ages.





“How to Develop the Responsibil-

ity ofChildren in the Home,” was

discussed by ”Mrs. Floyd Barden of

Allegan County. Her many practical

suggestions with regard to the train-

ing of children were greatly appre-

ciated. The fact that even a young

child learns to appreciate the home

by contributing his services in tasks

suited to his age and development

should be considered. Giving a child

a task which he can accomplish suc-

cessfully and commending him for it

makes it an achievement worth re-

membering. Boys as well as girls can

learn to keep their clothes pressed

and their rooms in order. Children

can also be taught the principles of

financial responsibility, and the value

of judicious purchasing, through

handling money, and through being

paid for tasks which they perform.

The development of the social side of

the child’s being, his moral and reli-

gious training, all are the responsi-

bility of the parent, who must devel-

op in the child, by precept and

example, the desirable qualities to

make him a good member of society.

Mrs. Walter Hayes of Oakland County

discussed the methods of making the

home the center of interest to boys

and girls.





A demonstration dinner was served

to the guests at the Woman’s Building

under the direction of Miss Elizabeth

Bemis who explained some of the fun-

damental principles that apply to the

preparation of community meals. The

Colonial Trio furnished delightful

music during the dinner hour at

which D‘ean Jean Krueger was host-

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HERE’S a bit of zest and spice

lacking to the menus that omit

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ing the right kind of pickles or. relish

to serve with certain kinds of meat

as in the selection of the right kind





of dessert to top a well-planned meal.



The wise housewife will carefully

plan her pickle budget early in order

to insure a variety that will meet

her demands throughout the year.

The popularity of the barbecue and

toasted sandwiches for picnics and





Electricity Transforms Farm

By Margaret Hartnaclz '





 





 





Part of the Women Who Saw How Electricity Transformed the Farms





WOULDN’T think of doing with-

I out electricity any more than I



would think of starting for Eur-

ope in a rowboat.” That is the im-

pression that Mrs. John Noxon, of

Mason, gave a group of about 150

women enrolled for the Farm

Women’s Institute at Michigan State

College, who visited their farm dur-





ing the afternoon of July 23rd.





The trip over the secalled electri-

cal test line was conducted by Pro-

fessor H. H. Musselman, Professor H.

F. Gallagher, and Mr. O. E. Robey, of

the college and by other men from

the agricultural-engineering and re-

search departments. Fo‘r experimental

purposes the college is using as a

field laboratory the transmission line

between Mason and Dansville in Ing-

ham County.



Mrs. Noxdn proved that she was a

firm believer in modern methods

when she demonstrated her vacuum





cleaner, which she claimed jUSt

whizzed the dirt and grit away and

proved most handy in cleaning

drapes, bedding, etc. Then too she





I was most proud of her electric wash-





ing machine, which she spoke of as

eliminating that back—breaking rub-





,bing and that arm—aching wringing.





Mr. Noxon was not reluctant in add-

ing to the remarks of Mrs. Noxon by

boasting of the fact that it also does

away with “Blue Monday.” Besides a‘

range and other appliances, their

home and four other buildings have

electric service for lighting.





The next place visited was that of

the family of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis

This same farm about a

year ago was for sale because of

‘ scarcity of labor and discouragements

‘one way and another with farm life.





1 .But? now, since the installation of





electric“ service, it is doubtful whe-

ther they would be willing to move.

Mr. Haynes showed pictures “before

"and after” the L‘ remodeling of their

’home, which was built over somewhat

at the time of wiring. Literally speak-





Jug, it apparently had been trans-

.formed from a house to a home——





cosine“.





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within being immediately visualized

to visitors.



Besides a deep well automatic pres-

sure water system for house and barn

service, Mr. Haynes also operates a

milking machine, feed grinder, and

other motors, as well as complete

bath facilities and steam heating

plant. In fact he admitted “that elec-

tricity has cut his chores in two and

has gone a long way toward solving

the hired man problem. The elec-

tricity I use must pay for itself, and

it has done more than that so far for

it has given us a marginal profit;



Mrs. Roy Rae was most'fascinated

with the results obtained with her

electric range and admitted that her

kitchen was actually livable during

the sultry days in comparison with

those days when she used the wood

range. She also made the statement

that she believed, no more in doing

the work that motors and labor-saving

devices can do for a mere few cents.



The next stop was at the home of

Mr. and Mrs. Ami Terrill. Here our

hostess told us that ironing day form-

erly drove smiles away—that is when

she used the sad irons. Now she re-

alizes fully why they called them

“sad-irons,” and instead now terms

her electric iron the “glad-iron.” Con-

siderable mention was made of their

successful experimentation with the

electric incubator and brooder.



The trip ended at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Carmen, where six

buildings were equipped with electric

service, an automatic pressure water

system furnishing water to the house

and barn. Besides Mr. Carmen uses

an electric milking machine, grain

grinder,. grain elevator, and fills his

silo with the service of a 5 H. P.

motor. , ~ *-



»Ju'st preceding our departure one of





the children remarked to one of the ~





ladies:



“I know where the ’lectricity comes

from that lights our house.” '



“Where does it come from?" quer-

ied the visitor. .



“From the wall,” replied the youn'g-





ster, “when mother wants a light she





Just unbuttons‘ it."





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Piquant Pickles That Prove Popular





If Carefully Selected to Accompany Right Meat Dish





Sunday night lunches demand many

different kinds of relishes. Perhaps

the most favored of these are:



. Pepper Hash





12 green peppers 2 tbs. salt



12 medium onions 2 cups sugar



12 red peppers (or 1 qt. vinegar

green)





Chop peppers and onions. Cover

with boiling water and let stand five

minutes. Drain. Boil vinegar and

sugar five minutes. Add onions and

peppers and boil five minutes more.

Can in sterilized jars.





Cucumber Relish





12 green tomatoes 2 qts. vi par

12 cucumbers 4 ozs. m ard seed

12 onions 1 tsp. turmeric





1 large cabbage 1% cups sugar

1 head celery 1 tsp. mustard

1 red pepper 1 cup cornstarch

‘34 cup salt,





Chop tomatoes, onions, cabbage,

celery, and pepper together fine. Peel

and slice cucumbers and add the %

cup of salt and let stand over night

and drain. Cook the vinegar, -mustard

seed, tumeiic, sugar, and cornstarch.

Add to vegetables and cook all to—

gether for a few minutes. Can in

sterilized jars. ,

Beet Relish

. chopped beets 2 cups sugar

qts. chopped cabbage Salt 8.an pepper





2

1 cup horseradish 1 tsp. cinnamon

1 pt. vinegar





Boil ten minutes and seal at once.





Chunk Pickles (Sweet)



Seven pounds medium-sized cucum-

bers soaked three days in salt brine.

Then soak for three days, changing

the water each day. Drain, wipe dry,

and cut in chunks. Boil slowly with

a. few grape leaves and two table-

spoons of powdered alum for about 'a.

half hour; after. which, drain again.

Make a syrup of the following and

pour over pickles after they have

been drained: .



3 lbs. brown sugar 1 04.. whole auspice



3 pints vinegar 1 oz. celery seed



1 oz. cinnamon buds



Next morning pour off the syrup

and heat again. After putting it back

on the pickles, they are ready to can.



Baked Sweet Pickles





7 lbs. fruit 1 pt. vinegar

5 lbs. sugar 1 box stick cinnamon





Peel fruit, stick from two to four

whole cloves in each fruit, according

to its size. Break sticks of cinnamon

in small pieces and place in bottom

of pickle crock. Fill jar with fruit.

Heat vinegar and sugar together,

enough to dissolve sugar, pour over

fruit. Cover crock with pie tin and

bake in oven from 1% to, 2 hours, ac-

cording to size of fruit. When done,

cover with an old plate and set» away

in a dry, cool place for use.‘





.17 our Homemakers Honored





side their husbands as recognized



master craftsmen when at Mich-

igan State College July 23 four rural

women were recognized at this state’s

first Master Farm Homemakers.





They were: Mrs. Mabel Weller of

Rockford, Mrs. Mary E. Irish of

Coopersville, Mrs. Fred E. Morse of

Jasper and Mrs. Charles Gruner of

Goldwater.





The Master Farm Homemaker pro-

ject, which parallels the Master

Farmer study in many respects, is

sponsored by The Farmer’s Wife, na-

tional farm women’s magazine, with

the cooperation of the home econ-

omics extension services of the vari-

ous state colleges. The movement will

reach twenty states this year, scat-

tered from Vermont to Texas and

from South Carolina to North Dakota.



Any farm woman in Michigan was

eligible for the honor when nominated

by five neighbors. Then the nominee

filled out a very detailed “worksheet,”

or questionnaire, containing over 500

questions grouped under these five

headings: nhysical adequacy of the

home in relation to income, 100

points; management of time, energy,

and income, 250 points; health record





FARM women took their places he





and living habits of' the family, 200;

recreation, social development, and

family relationships, 250; and com-

munity work, 200. A judging com-

mittee named by Mrs. Louise H.

Campbell, State Leader of Home

Demonstration Agents, made the final

selection. -



Miss Bess M. Rowe, in conferring

the honor, pointed out that this is the

first time the Michigan farm woman’s

job has been-recognized as a. profes-

sion. ‘



“In honoring these four women we





are also honoring the thousands of '





other Michigan farm women, whom

they represent,” she said. “Further

than that, we are recognizing the con-

tribution which farm women have

made throughout the ages. They have

built families, communities, and na-

tions. Their homes have been the

fortresses of our finest family tradi-

tions, and in recent years the last

strongholds of the old fashion Amer-

ipan home.” '



The four Michigan women live on

farms varying from 79 to 240 acres.

They have two to five children. All

four of the women have not only been

successful mothers and Wives but

good neighbors and active citizens as

well. 5.





 





 





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ENEROUS gardens and abun-

dantly filled storage closets are

intimate friends. Especially is

this true in. homes where canning is

an enjoyable task.

this art—the storage of vegetables in

cans—~has improved so wonderfully

during the last decade, there is no

reason why everyone cannot achieve

excellent results in home canning.

Imagination has no place in can-

ning. At least, guesswork needs to

be eliminated. I always do a little

dreaming while dropping choice vege-

tables in' jars, ”conjuring up how

happy' folks will be to partake 'of

them next 'Winter‘ when snowflakes

fill the air. That kind of imagining

'does no harm. On the contrary it

'makes the work agreeable to me.





A few jars filled everyday will

make quite a showing by the time

Indian summer arrives with its haze

and painted leaves. I have found

avoiding intensive sieges of canning

is the best way to keep the task

from becoming monotonous and

dreaded. ,



Corn, like string beans and peas“,

will have the desired taste if it is

gathered just before it is canned.

Since it expands during the process,

the jars are never filled quite full.

I allow from one-half to one inch of

space for this expansion. Among my

favorite summer canning recipes are

the following:



Succotash , .



Use tender green sweet corn and

green lima beans, three cups of the

kernels to one cup of beans. Prepare

each vegetable for canning and mix

just before filling the jars. Pour a

weak brine into the cans and add a

pinch of salt to every can. Process

according to your canning chart.



Carrot Marmalade



Wash and scrape the carrots, put

through a food chopper, using the

medium blade. Steam until tender.

Wash and peel two oranges. Run the

peeling from one orange through the

chopper and cut the other in strips:

Add a little water‘to the peel and

cook until tender. Add four cups

sugar to‘the hot carrots (which

should measure five cups) and let it

melt, then stir in one cup water, the

juice of three lemons and the orange

pulp and peel. Cook until the syrup

is ~thick and the fruit clear. ‘Seal at

once.



Yellow TOmato Preserves



Peel the tomatoes and cut the stem

end out. Remove as many of the

seeds as possible, for they give a

bitter flavor. Measure the tomatoes

and for every cupful use an equal

amount of sugar. Place the sugar on

the stove and add enough water to

dissolve it; boil until the syrup thick-

ens. Drop in the tomatoes and if a

lemon flavor is liked, add a few

slices. To every pint of tomatoes,

add a small stick of ginger, if desired.

Cook until fruit is clear and tender.



Red Tomato Preserves



Use the same recipe .as for: preserv-

ing yellow tomatoes only omit the

ginger. Save the seeds and juice for

making chili sauce.





FARM WOMEN CONSIDER FAMILY

RELATIONSHlPS





 





AMILY relationships in their vari-

ous aspects were. discussed by the

speakers on the concluding day of the





, third Annual Farm «Women’s Week





at Michigan State College. . The four

year study which is being made on

Grosse Ile under the supervision of

Merrill-Palmer school was explained

by Miss Aurelia Potts. The growth

of normal children is being studied





withmeferenee to racial characteris-





tics, ‘tood )iablt's. and environmental





 





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an ideal _ environment and 'because

the children rate above the average,

the results of the study will be of

great importance.





Much of the data which is now

available is from studies of children

in institutions. Miss Potts suggested

that mothers might make valuable con-

tributions to the knowledge of child

development through keeping exact

records of the child, its pro—natal and

natal history and its progress at vari-

ous ages.





“How to Develop the Responsibil-

ity of-Children in the Home,” was

discussed by "Mrs. Floyd Barden of

Allegan County. Her many praétical

suggestions with regard to the train-

ing of children were greatly appre-

ciated. The fact that even a young

child learns to appreciate the home

by contributing his services in tasks

suited to his age and development

should be considered. Giving a child

a task which he can accomplish suc-

cessfully and commending him for it

makes it an achievement worth re-

membering. Boys as well as girls can

learn to keep their clothes pressed

and their rooms in order. Children

can also be taught the principles of

financial responsibility, and the value

of judicious purchasing, through

handling money, and through being

paid for tasks which they perform.

The development of the social side of

the child’s being, his moral and reli-

gious training, all are the responsi-

bility of the parent, who must devel-

op in the child, by precept and

example, the desirable qualities to

make him a good member of society.

Mrs. Walter Hayes of Oakland County

discussed the methods of making the

home the center of interest to boys

and girls.





A demonstration dinner was served

to the guests at the Woman’s Building

under the direction of Miss Elizabeth

Bemis who explained some of the fun-

damental principles that apply to the

preparation of community meals. The

Colonial Trio furnished delightful

music during the dinner hour at

which Dean Jean Krueger was host-

ess.’—Muriel Dundas.





 





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Froggies’ Orchestra

Down by the old wet marshes,

Down by the stagnant brook,

Where the long cool evening shadows

Creep leisurely down the nook.





Down by the fair water-lily,



The leader is tuning his lyre,



The grave frog bandmen are swelling

Like hypocrites feeling silly.





Hark to that shrill sweet music!

The grandfather frog begins.



One joins; now another, and another,

Now, the grand orchestra sings!





So through the long summer evenings

You’ll surely be entertained,

Just sit very still and listen,

And music shall surely reign!

——Ina A. Palo.





 





Getting Acquainted





Dear Uncle Frank and Cousins, too,

I’m not a Merry Circler now,





 





 





Lyle Moody and Beauty, His bong-

Eared Pet





But hope to be one soon.

I’ve tried one of your contests,





. But there seems to be no room.





So I’m making up this poem so true

And sending it with love to you.

Hoping it will find a place



In Mr. W. B., so he’ll get a stomach

' ache. Vieno Lescelius.





 





The Merry Circle





When the club first started,

It numbered only one.



Then like an arrow it darted,

And now we’re having fun.





We've had all kinds of contests,

And some of them were hard, .

From jumbled Words to read and Win,



For which we won a card.





We always strive to do good work,

And the crippled children say .

That they are glad that none shirk,



For we’re helping them today.





So send in all your pennies,_

Or your nickel, or your dime,

To help make others happyw.

You’ll reap the reward in time.

—Somebody.





 





Mildred’s Beau





Mildred and her beau one day



Went riding in his coupe.



Her beau was fat, name was Frank

And he was somewhat of a crank.





It was too bad he wasn’t smarter

Because he couldn’t work the starter.

She showed him how, the little dear,

And 9190 how to shift the gear.





‘ Away they went —— b u t something





broke; .

«’Twasjust a measly little spoke. .





‘ 1 He fixed it with a piece of wire.





Then something popped—it was a

tire- ‘





,2"'I"was'mended soon. but 1193“: kerflop,





They? struck a. branch and smashed





. o .

“Diana: tide," cried Mildred, “that was





‘ ' too much.”





Then something happened to the

_ clutch. .





 





And next, poor Frank, unlucky dub



Julstbgrazed a rock and smashed a

u .



They crossed a brook, but missed the





or

And sank down to the running board.





"Oh, Frank,” cried Mildred with a

squeaL



I think we’re going to lose a Wheel.



They climbed the hill and when ’twas

seen



The tank contained no gasoline.





They coasted downward to the lake

But Frankie couldn’t work the brake,

And' struck a tree a moment later

That almost smashed the radiator.





So both climbed out, and poor old

Frank



Bought gasoline and filled the tank.



They journeyed home with Frankie

pushin’ ._



While Mildred sobbed upon a cushion.



She’d not forgive, she vowed with

scorn



’Till angels blew their horn.



So poor Frankie hopes were doomed

to blight



For Mildred married Willie Knight.



~Mildred Martin.





 





County Vice Versa City





Some think that farmin’s lots of fun.

Just let ’em try it out;



But when you talk of farmin’

Oh, please leave me out.





Last fall we had a fine old time.

Jack Frost bit off our com.

Next came the fire demon,

And all the woods were shorn.





Maybe it’s fun a farmin’;

You dudes give it a whirl.



It’ll take the press out of your pants,

And your hair will shake its curl,





You’ll get up at four first mornin’

And work ’till ten that night,

Then you’ll be ready to sell the farm.

Just see if I’m noth'ight.

——Dorqthy Kellogg.





 





" The Bible

The Bible is a guide



To that heavenly home above.

It teaches us to abide



By rules of brotherly love.





The Bible tells of a straight way

In which to journey and do right,

Where‘iin, we learn the danger of each

33’

And are encouraged to go on to-

ward heaven’s light.





The Bible teaches us how to live .

And be to others kind and good;

It tells us how to freely give

And yet be blessed with warmth

and food.





So let each of us walk in the Bible





way

Whigh will lead us up to God’s city

air,

Where joy and peace will be found

each day,

Blessing the faithful who travel

there. Irline Irving.





 





 





 





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Dear Uncle Frank and Cousins:



I have had my M. C. pin for about

a year and I have never written to

thank you for it, so I think it’s

about time, don’t you? Lots of my

girl friends have pins and we all

think they’re wonderful. ‘



I was just thirteen years old and I

am in the eighth grade, but I was

suddenly taken ill about a month ago,

and I couldn’t finish the term. I felt

very bad because I have to take my

grade over again. I am quite lone—

some and I wish some of you M. C’s

would write to me.



Night before last a little girl

burned to death and her sister was

burned quite badly too. It happened

about three miles from. our house.

My father always says if our house

gets on fire, for us kids to run out,

then turn around and clap our hands

to think we got out all right, and let

the furniture and house burn to

ashes. He says he don’t care if they

(I mean the furniture and house)

burn as long as we kids are safe.



I certainly envy Zola Amos for hav—

ing such a.- splendid pony, don’t you?

I love horses, and I wish any of you





that are good in drawing, would

draw one.



Well I better ring off and give

someone else a chance. Best wishes

to all—Leone Pearson, Reeman,





Michigan.



It’s too bad illness kept you from

graduating. But such things do hap-

pen in life. Your father showed real

parent feeling for his children when

he said what he did.





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Dear Uncle: -

, I am writing to thank you for the

membership card and pin. 1 think.

the law you have set for us is one

which we all should be glad to obey.

When I first received my pin, I wore

it to school and there was only one

who told me that she also belonged

to the Merry Circle. .

The questions that come up for dis-





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do is travel and since .I have“ never

had the opportunity to do So, I learn

of other countries through books. I

sincerely believe that a book is one’s

truest and dearest friend and the only

one on which one‘can entirely rely.

-—Louise Harriger. ,





Books are good friends because you

can shut them up when you want to.

But do not rely too much on books

for they are made by humans and

therefore are not faultless. One needs

to select his books as carefully as his

friends. Am' glad you like the M. 0.

rules.





 





 





Dear Uncle Franki



'Here comes another member of the-

M. C. I have just been an old grand-

daddy sitting back and looking on,

but I still am interested in Our Page

just the same. ‘



The boys and-girls are alwaysdis-

cussing drinking, knickers, powder,

paint, etc. Why not let people do

and wear what they want to as long

as it is worn in the right place? Of

course, I don’t mean people should

drink and paint but they are only

ruining themselves. But still a man

that is drunk may harm someone

else.———Nellie Evans.



Can’t be you’re a granddaddy with

your name being Nellie. I heartily

agree that things should be worn in

the right place. I don’t think it right

to wear a shirt where the trousers

ought to be or vice versa. Do you?

I think you are mistaken regarding

habits. When one ruins himself by

bad habits, he affects others through

his contact with them.





 





Dear Uncle and Cousins:



The letters in last week’s «issue

stirred me so that I just had to

loosen up and make a few comments.

The thrills of gardening as told by





 





 





 





cussion on this page are interesting C. P. Bailey, 12, Passed the Seventh





and the way they are handled by the

members of Our Page would make

anyone sit up and take notice. I

know I did.



One thing I have always wanted to





 





M C. Fourteen Peints





I am sending in my “M. C. Fourteen Points,” an outline of the impor-





tant points of the clubl





If it is' accepted ,as a standard for the Circle





by the members, I would gladly write again explaining in detail the fol-





lowing outline.





1. Citizenship

1. patriotism





2. fidelity



3. courage

2. Loyalty



1. to country



2. to self



3. to fellowmen

3. Purity



1. of ideals





2. of character

3 of conscience





4. Aim



1. definite



2. lofty



3. ambitious

5. Truthfulness



1. of spirit



2. of mind

‘ «3. of devotion

6. Charity





1. give freely (M. C. Fund)

2. give frequently

3. give generously



7. Nature >





- 2. persevere

3. just



8. Obedience

1. to laws of country

2. to club ideals





9. Observation

1. moral

2. of nature

3. of government





10. Mentality

1. capability (mental)

2.. activity( mental)

11. Spirituality .

1. activity

2. devotion

12. Organization

. 1. educational

2. democratic

3. unbiased

13. Cooperation

1. team work

14. Membership

1. qualifications

2. confidence

3. trusts

wZola. M. Marsh,





 





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Grade with Honofls





June Nelson, G. 0., were very, very



interesting and so true. I especially



liked the quotation: ‘



“Hedwho plants a seed beneath the

so



And waits to see it push away the

clod



Believes in God.”





Dagmar Thomsen’s crosSword puz-

zle sounds interesting, does it not?

Henry Freier, ~Jr., spoke about the

glad game. I too have played it for

several years. It surely helps a. per-

son travel life’s pathway more easi-

ly. I Wonder Henry, did you ever

read “Pollyanna” by E. Porter? ‘Any—

way, it’s a good book, isn’t it? ‘



I have just. completed my Junior

year in high school and am now en-

joying a vacation on‘ our good old

farm where nature displays itself in

full glory. .



May I wish you all to be inspired

by the wonderful works of God

wrought through “Mother Nature dur-

ing this summer and throughout years

to come—An ‘Interested Cousin,

Josephine D. G.





I like nature appreciators like you

for they have wholesome outlooks

upon life. The glad game puts hap-

piness in life. ’ ,. '





 





 

 





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ti
the discussions of habits, dancing, and

religion. This is my first letter, and

I‘ hope- W. B. is taking a noon-day

nap when it arrivesas it will prob:

ably be my last one for I shall be

eighteen in August and will be for-

gotten. However, I will always read

Our Page as long as we have the

paper. .



Smoking and drinking are habits

one‘should not get into if one can

help it. Powder, rouge, and short

dresses are just fashions and will pass

as other fashions have. A lady can

be a lady in short dresses as well

as long if- she wants to be a lady at

all, and the same with the boys.—

« ’ Jeftie Croff.



‘ Why say, “if one can help it,” when

one can if he will use his will power?

I agree on the’lady subject. There

have been "some awful vamps in long

dresses. Do you refer to boys being





ladies ?





Dear Uncle Frank:



How many. of the M. C.fs have auto—

graph bodks? I think it would be

nice to have a scramble and all who

took part send autograph leaves to

be written on. A letter could. be

written also. What does the Circle

think about it? .



I also think it would be nice to send

in original autographs or have a con-

test for original autographs. This

would give M. OKs new ideas for

autographs—Mary Crandell.



What do the M. C.’s think about

autograph scrambles or contests?





Let’s have some ideas on the matter.





 





 





 





 





coNTEST WINNERS





 





T must be that this contest is the

most “inunderstandablist” of all,

or I do not know how to explain



it. We have used this type of con-

test many times, still a great many

contestants have the wrong idea.

Please look at the “best” list below

and notice that one letter is added

each time but only the same letters

used before are also used. The prize

winners are: ‘ 4

Fountain Pens

Dagmar Bykkon‘en, L. B. 105, DOI—

lar Bay, Michigan. *

:’ ' Carrie Mae Schrock, R. 2, Utica.

i Olutch' Pencils

I Eva Cuddeback, R. 2, Box 47, Cad-

. illac, Michigan. _

’ Martha Kueffner, R. 4, Saginaw E.

,_ s. Michigan. .

3’ Marie Kueffner, R. 4, Saginaw E. S.

5 Dictionaries

.' Ella C. Engelhard, Sebewaing.

’ ‘ Carson Nelson, Filion, Michigan.

1?“ Syma Vaataja, R. 1, Box 39-A,

‘ Chassell, Michigan.

William Ewing, Jr., R. 1, Marquette.

Anna Toth, R.





Best Solution

1 W, we, wet, wert, threw, wreath,

. Wreathe, wreathes, watershed, water-r

sheds.





CORRESPON DENCE SCRAMBLE





 





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VERY little while I get letters re-

questing others to write. That

shows there is a rather universal



desire to correspond with someone.

However, I cannot use these requests

in our Letter Box as I would be flood-

ed with them if I did. The‘scrambles

are for the purpose of helping this

correspondence desire.



Just write a nice letter to “Dear

Friend,” “Dear M C.,” or whatever

form you wish. Then address an en-

velope to Uncle Frank, Michigan

3 Farmer, Detroit, Michigan. Also, ad-

dress an envelope to yourself and put

l a stamp on it. Enclose this envelope

to yourself and your letter in the en-

velope to Uncle Frank, and mail.

i Your letter will be put in another

, person’s envelope and still some other

person’s letter in yours and sent out

If you are above thirteen years of

age, put. theietter A on the envelope

addressed to me. The letter will 'be

scrambled August 20th.





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BURNING UP FARM WEALTH





 





. (Continued from page 118)

, are in one place. A bad fire may de-

.{ stroy both Within an. hour. The city

man seldom faces such a hazard. The

~ . location of buildings with due con-

sideration for prevailing winds, water

supply, and other conditions, is a

modern science. ‘

Fire Protection

_ By this term, as againstfire pre.

vention, we mean preparation for

. ' fighting fires that do get started. The

most extreme care and precaution

will not always prevent fire. When

it becomes. impossible to prevent a

‘ blaze, then. What 18 the chief re-

comment? .18 11; not adequate pre-





 





   





 





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pa’ration for protecting lives ,. and

property in the form ,of modern fire-

fighting methods?



Under the heading of first—aid

equipment fall those extinguishers,

large and small, and other apparatus

kept on the farm, by means of which

the farmer may immediately attack a

threatening fire. Every farm home

should have such extinguishers in

convenient places. Every barn should

be so equipped. Then there are small

outfits of apparatus which thousands

of farmers can easily afford to have——

apparatus which they cannot afford

to be without.



Having fortified himself for fighting

fire as an individual or as a family,

the farmer cannot afford to stop

there. The extinguisher and the

small apparatus will stop many a

fire, but no property owner can af-

ford to take chances. While the

owner of the property is at wérk ex-

tinguishing the blaze if he can, he

should be in position to know that a

telephone call, will start toward his

place an organized fire department

from some nearby community.



So we have the double fire protec-

tion idea for the modern' farmer;

first-aid equipment for the home and

the other buildings on the place, and

membership in a rural fire depart-

ment stationed in and operated from

a village, town, or city sufliciently

near to insure a reasonably quick run

to the scene of the fire.



I now come to a subject which has

been more or less soft-pedaled by

many in authority, but which is now

being approached and handled with-

out gloves. And why not? No hon-

est reader is going to take offense

at what may be said about the incen-

diarist, and many a guilty man may

be apprehended and brought to the

bar of justice if we give the readers

of farm papers constant reminders

of their duty in dealing with that

arch—foe to society, the man who

burns his own property for dishonest

gain, or the property of another for

revenge. ’



It is no doubt true that many an

incendiarist might have been run

down if his neighbors had “told what

they knew” or suspected about him.

There needs to be an awakened pub-

lic conscience in this matter. The

property owner whose moral sense is

so stunted as not to realize what a

crime arson really is must be aroused

to its dastardly significance. The

criminal who does fully understand

must be frightened, if possible. And

the honest man must be shown that

he owes it to his family, his com-

munity, and himself to give to the

authorities any information which

may result in punishing the guilty.



A' shocking number of farm fires

owe their origin to the crimes of ar-

son and incendiarism. Insurance

rates might be lowered if this partic-

ular "cause of fire were substantially

reduced. Insurance rates might be

lowered if farm fire prevention and

fire protection were of vital concern

to every farmer. And such rates will be

lowered, without doubt, whenever the

educational work now in progress and

in prospect results in such a reduc-

tion of farm fire losses as to justify

such action.



But the mere price of insurance is

not the big~question, from the farm~

er’s side of the case or from the pub-

lic side. Fire is wanton waste. There

is no way of paying for it in full.

Payment of an insurance policy can-

not reimburse the loser' for the loss

of his time, the loss of things of much

sentimental but little intrinsic value,

or the loss of labor and raw wealth

which went into the property de-

stroyed. And surely no insurance ad-

justment ever paid for the real loss

sustained when a. human life was

snufifed out.



Therefore, it is bigger than any

materialistic phase which the subject

may assume. This is a. matter of

sentiment, of economic substance that





 





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0 my mind, there is no better way



for a farmer to determine who-

ther any or what fertilizers will pay

him than to put out some test plots

on his own farm. Because, after‘ all,

how to feed different classes of plants

is just as much of a study and a

science as how to feed animals.



A lot of people like to believe that

there is an exact soil science but

there isn’t. No man has ever yet

lived who could advise the farmer





mula to use on a given field for a





positively as to what fertilizer for-e





pounds, it should alwaysbe'jwith the





same analyses. For‘in‘stance, say you ’

are using a. 2-16-8 for alfalfa. ’Set the

drill at 100 pounds for one round,'

then set it 'for 20.0 pounds - for One

round, 300, 400, 500, etc. ‘Most peo—

ple do not use enough plant food and

such a test as this would give an ac-

curate idea of how high they could

profitably go. . -

Another good test is one of plant

foods. On many soils, nitrogen is





.fast becoming a very important ele-





ment of fertilizer; the same is true

of potash. If one were testing for-

nitrogen on potatoes, he might use

first a-3-12-4 and then a 6-12-4 com-

paring the yields. If he Were testing

whether his potato fertilizer needed

more potash, he could test a 3-12-4-

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Such Fertilizer Demonstrations as





certain crop. To be sure, there are

some general principles that apply

but the details of these must be

worked out by the owner himself, if

they are ever worked out and the

strange thing about it is that when

you think you just about have the

thing nailed down, something new

turns up. Everything is changing.





There are a great many pitfalls to

putting out fertilizer tests so they

will really indicate something. I have

found out something by experience

and there is little use of two men

making the same mistake.



The one biggest job is getting the

fertilizers into the soil where they

should be. It is rather commonly

agreed that the place for fertilizer is

under the seed and as close as pos-

sible and yet avoid injury. Phosphate

seems to stimulate early root devel-

opment and the sooner the plant can

get a shot of. phosphate, the faster it

will extend its roo‘ system.





One time I thought to make a fer-

tilizer test on potatoes. .1 furrowed

out the rows, dropped the potatoes,

raked in a little soil, then strewed

the plant food down the row. My po-

tatoes seemed to be pretty tardy

about coming up and they didn’t grow

as I thought they should. Since then

I have found that the proper method

is to string the fertilizer along in the

bottom of the furrow, rake in two or

three inches of soil, then plant the

potatoes.



‘The roots of plants are tough, they

can stand fairly concentrated doses

of plant food but the shoots of plants

are tender, some are more tender

than others, but all of them are too

tender to stand a very great concen-

tration of fertilizers. More than this,

the shoots must be stiff in order to

force their way through the soil. So

by all means, getIthe fertilizer under

the seed, not on top of it.



Fully ninety-five per cent of those

who put out random fertilizer tests,

compare pounds rather than plant

food. Using two hundred pounds of

20 per cent superphosphate compared

with 200 pounds of 2-16-8‘ is no com-

parison at all. It is like comparing

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This Convince the Most Skeptic





outyielded the former, it would indi—

cate that 4 per cent of potash was

not enough. . -



Farm machinery mfinements have

not kept up with high analysis ferti—

lizers and it is quite impossible to

evenly distribute small amounts of

plant food. This has led some to

broadcast their fertilizer and depend

upon harrowing to get it into the

soil. I have searched the records from

start to finish and I cannot find a

scintilla of evidence that will war~

rant a farmer in broadcasting ferti-

lizer for any crop which is not sown

broadcast. Even with onions that

grow pretty close together, row fer-

tilization practically always gives

more onions for the money—if the

fertilizer can be kept from damaging

the stand. That is the fly in the row

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potato growers. These farmers for

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ciation, and naturally are interested

in the methods employed by these

growers. The Keystoners will arrive

at Alba at 6:00 A. M., August 2‘1,'.in

no less than ten Pullmans. They ,

will spend two full days inspecting

fields in Antrim and adjoining coun-

ties, being entertained at Alba, Che»

boygan, Mackinac Island, and at

Otsego Lake. The Michigan Central}

Railroad and the Northeast Michigan

Development Bureau are cooperating

with the Potato Producers in making

pleasant the stay Of the visitors.





The cultipacker is a. most important

implement in getting land ready for

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Alfalfa should be a permanent crop

on every Michigan farm. There is no

other crop t t will return as high an _

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PRACTICAL POULTRY HINTS





 





HE protection of colony house



perches from red mites is impor-

tantin raising good pullets. Every

year a large number of our pul-

lets roost in the high apple trees

when they become about four months

old. It is not possible to paint such

perches. to prevent red mites, so last





year.I inspected quite a number of’





limbs in a search for mites. None

were found and it seems probable

that the sun, rain, and wind are not

conducive to mite development. If

the trees were covered with rough

bark where the birds roosted, that





would furnish some protection to

mites.

The fact that poultry will not





usually roost on a mite infested perch

if they can find another place may

help to keep mites out of fruit tree

perches. A constant changing of the

perch from night to night would make

the meals irregular for the mites and

they require a steady supply of blood

in order to do their best work at cut-

;ting down poultry profits.





The pullets that roost in high fruit

'trees seem to develop firm meaty

‘bodies and they keep as free as the

wild birds from summer colds which

are a menace in crowded colony

houses. It seems as if these open air

roosting places must be all right

judging from the quality of the stock

that use them. Some poultrymen are

using summer roosting places that

are merely open cages on the range

as a means of giving the pullets

some protection from thieves and the

birds seem to. do better than in the

colony houses.





A Culling Hint

Considerable useful culling can be

'done in the farm flock by taking a

, pail of scratch grain, a chicken crook,

‘and a poultry crate out by the hen

house. Watch the hens walk around

land snag any birds with bright yel-

low legs, beef type heads, clean new

‘feathers, or shrivelled combs. Han-

dle each bird caught and note the

weight, width of the pin bones and

type of head. 'During August it is

easy to do a fair job of culling if the

hens are properly fed for summer egg

production.



Drop the cull hens in the crate and

market them. This gives more perch

room, nest space, and hopper space

for the balance of the flock. It cuts

down feed bills and increases the

summer income. There are many

farm flocks in which a few crates of

hens can be spared during August

without cutting down the egg produc-

tion to any extent.



Culling has a direct relation to the

method of feeding. A flock should be

fed all summer for egg production in

order to' make culling an easy and

satisfactory job in August. This

means the use of the wet mash at

noon, freedom from mites and lice,

plenty of drinking water and laying

mash at all times, and enough scratch

grain to keep up the bodily weight of

the 'hen‘s. Good hens can be made

into cull hens by a summer of neg-

lect and it is hard to cull a flock of

culls and find many birds worth keep—

ing.



A neighbor recently missed her

chicks over a period of several weeks

but could not find the cause.





.ten pups and the ground all around,

the nest-was covered with feathers

and parts of chickens.

often been seen running around the

farmibut had been marked as. a harm-

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chicken profits have been sadly

Watch dogs are very use-

ful to poultrymen but many dogs

need watching and stray dogsare a

great menace to poultry as well as

sheep.—~R. G. Kirby.





 





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I thought I would write to you for

advice. I had my chickens examined





- by a veterinary; he found tape worms.





I would like to know if they could be

treated successfully or if I should dis—

pose of the whole flock. If so, ‘how

long should I wait before getting

more? I have lost about half of my

chickens. If they can be successfully

treated what would ypu recommend?

I have ducks and geese also. Will

they get tape worms? Would you

advise disposing of them? They don’t

seem to be affected—H. D.



It is not necessary to dispose of the

flock if worms are found, but if your

veterinarian found many worms and

the flock is badly infested, I think it

would payvto use individual treatment

rather than depend on placing two

per cent of tobacco dust in the mash.



The iodine vermicide treatment for

worms is proving very successful and

you can obtain literature describing

this method by addressing the veteri—





nary Division, Michigan State College, .





East Lansing, Mich., or from Merck

& Co., Rahway, New Jersey.



If the ducks and geese are growing

and in vigorous condition and no

worms are noted in the droppings,

they are probably in good condition

as far as intestinal parasites are con-

cerned and will not need attention.





DUCKLlNGS WITH SORE EYES





 





We have ducks four weeks old and

have had splendid luck with them un-

til lately. Now they seem weak in

their legs. We have been very careful

to keep the coop clean and their

water dish clean. They have free

We feed oatmeal wet with

water. Another woman told us to

feed this and that they did not care

for sour milk. I gave them some.

Did it harm them? They seem real

fond of it. Please .tell us how to

feed and if there is any cure for this

trouble. They seem well in every

way except for this and digging at

their eyes—Mrs. ’I‘. C. G.



Feeding sour milk in the mash for

ducklings would not harm them but

if they drink sour milk from shallow

dishes, the milk is apt to stick to the

eyes and cause irritation which would

make them dig at their eyes. Ducks

should receive their water in dishes

deep enough so they can wash out

their eyes while drinking. If they

have access to milk to drink, they

should also have a deep dish of water

in which they can wash their eyes.





The lameness and leg weakness in

ducklings is often caused by a lack

of mineral and animal matter in their

ration. Try feeding a mash composed

of 3 parts bran, 1 part cornmeal, and

1 part middlings to which is added

10% green feed, 5% meat scrap, and

a sprinkling of about 3% sand. The

type of mash for ducklings is often

described as’ a little wetter than a

crumbly mash but should not be

sloppy or sticky. Indigestion caused

by overfeeding or stale feed some-

times causes leg weakness.





Sore eyes in ducklings may be

caused by colds as well as sticky

feed. Washing the eyes with warm

water and a mild boric acid solution

or witch hazel will help to stop the

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I AM sending you diagram and de-

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ing cattle and other live stock, which

I have used for four years and like

very much. It keeps the salt clean

at all times and there is no waste.

The one I am using holds about 50

pounds of salt. If the salt cakes or

gets hard so it won’t self feed, all

that is needed is to punch it down

from the top with a stick. It can be

nailed to a couple of posts in the

pasture or along the side of the barn

or shed, at a'height which the stock

can reach into conveniently. I do not

like the block salt, as there seems to

be little sharp hard places in it

which cut 'the live stock’s tongues

when they lick it.



The dimensions for the different

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AMBS are often considered the



main source of income from the

farm flock, but they are frequently

undervalued and little attention given

from the time of birth until they are

sold. If they have done well and

made fair gains the seller is satisfied,

if not he may not be greatly disap-

pointed because he still has his wool

money which is considered, by many,

as clear profit. When lambs are thus

thought of as the main income from

the flock and the shepherd is inter-

ested in making the maximum profit,

it is evident that extra care and

thought must be given to them if

greater returns are to be received.





Presuming that the lambs have

been dropped fairly early; that they

have had sufficient feed when suck-

ling; that they have been properly

docked and the male lambs castrated

at a young age, the owner often





' draws a sigh of relief when the lambs





are turned out to pasture with their

mothers. Many times that sigh is

premature and unwarranted. There

are many things yet to be done be-

fore those lambs go to market with

an expectation of reasonable profit.





When lambs are dropped in the

early spring, they will, of course, go

to pasture with ewes. It is needless

to suggest that the pasture should be

of good quality. If a June grass pas-

ture is used, it is well to wait until

it has developed a good growth be-

fore turning the sheep and lambs on

it. This kind of pasture does well

enough for early suminer grazing, but

should not be used during late sum-

mer and fall for lambs,





 





its tendency to dry up as hot weather

lapproaches. Consequentl’y‘it is imj

lporta'nt, if the lambs are to continue

[their development that they have ac-

cess to some pasture such as alfalfa

or one of the clovers, during the hot

dry weather.





I Unfortunately good pasture alone is

not sufl‘icient for the development pf

the best lambs. To secure the prop-

er growth and gains, it is usually

necessary to supplement the pasture

with awgrain: ration. A mixture, ‘of

“grain similar to the following‘may be

used» with success: shelled corn (6

parts), oats (2 parts), pea sized lin-

seed meal (1 part).

is: barley. (3 parts). oats (3' parts).

linseed meal (1 part).

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‘ Summer Care of Lambs

By Blair Woodman





plan to feed sparingly at first and

increase as the lambs become used

to it. Such feed on good pasture

should produce desirable lambs for

market.



To produce the best results, the

lambs should be fed in a creep from

which the ewes are excluded. That

makes :it certain that the lambs will

get the full benefit from all the feed.

It is also advisable to feed the lambs

at certain definite times daily. The

lambs soon learn to look for the grain

at definite times and little trouble is

encountered in getting them to come

into the creep.



When the lambs have reached the

age of four orfive months, they should

be weaned and separated from the

ewes. It is very important that wean—

ing occur at the proper time as fre-

quently the pasture becomes short,

the ewes start to dry up, and both

lambs and ewes suffer as a. result.

When the lambs are weaned, it is al—

ways best to put them on a pasture

which has not been grazed by sheep

previously that year. This greatly

removes the danger of worm infest.

tation. Immediately after weaning, the

lambs should be fed a limited grain

ration. Later it may be increased

until the lambs are getting all they

will clean up. The grain rations

mentio‘ned above to be fed before

weaning are suitable for lambs after

separation from the ewes. 'As has

been intimated, it will be fed in larger

quantities at this time. ,



Pasture should not be grazed con-

tinuously by lambs. At least two lots

should be provided as continuous

pasturing is inductive to the devel-

opment of stomach worms and other

parasites. Thousands of lambs be-

come infested with parasites yearly

due in 'the main to the continued use

of the “same pasture. To do well,

lambs should be changed from pas-

ture to pasture at least every two or

three weeks throughout the summer.



Extreme heat“ is also bad for sheep

andvespecially the growing lamb. It

is important therefore that the lambs

should be well supplied‘With suitable.

shade. While trees of course supply





mature] shade, in the absence of the'm





it is, possible to build good substi— ’

tubes. Old sheds may be utilized ,or

temporary ,. sheds constructed of. poles

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-00ntrary to ”a prevalent opinion,

sheep; do need water. They need

large supplies of it fresh and cool.

Essentially the sheep is little differ-

ent from our other animals and it is

unreasonable to suppose that it can

do without water (and still develop

properly. A well, spring, or creek

should be in or near to every field

in which lambs are running. ,





trolled by frequent change of pasture,

pastures located partially at least on

high ground, plenty of water, and

shade. Such measures are preventa-

tive'and results are much better than

cures after insects or diseases start

ravaging the lamb.





The extra care and feed given to a

flock of lambs should result in strong,

healthy individuals making rapid and

economical gains, showing a good pro-

fit to the farmer for his extra thought

and labor.





ONE COW PRODUCES MORE THAN

TWO





ELLING two cows and buying one



in return which produced more

than twice as much as the two that

were sold was ,the experience of a

St. Joe County dairyman as the re-

sult of his year in the testing asso-

ciation. Paul Noecker reports this

incident in his association summary.

He also reports an instance when

$1.25 a day was being lost through a

poor separator.





Balancing the grain ration during

the year was found to be practical by

eighteen of the twenty-four dairymen

in this organization. Grain was fed

according to milk production during

the pasture season also and fifteen of

the dairymen found that this was a

good practice.





The pure-bred and grade Jersey

herd owned by Frank Lahrke was the

high butter-fat producing herd in the

organization. This nine cow herd

averaged 452 pounds butter-fat and

9,191 pounds milk. One herd produced

only 199 'pounds butter-fat per cow

'per year and the return for feed e'x-

pended was only thirty-six cents to

the dollar expended. 110w production

forestalls large returns for feed dol-

lars expended in dairy cows.





 





SECURE PURE-BRED BULL’

. CALVES





W0 Mesick farmers, Ernest Bel-



ville of Antioch Township and

Ernest Crissman of Wexford Town-

ship, last‘ week made arrangements

to secure two purebred Holstein bull

calves from the Traverse City State

Hospital under the three year loan

plan.



The dam of the calf secured by

Crissman has a. seven day A. R. re-

cor-d of 27.48 pounds of butter as a

five year old. The Belville calf’s dam

produced twenty—one pounds of butter

in a seven day A. R. test as a junior

three year old.





Both calves are sired by the Senior

herd sire at the. Hospital. Prince

Echo Rauwerd whose dam produced

thirty-four pounds of butter in an

official A. R. test of seven days as a

Junior three year old. One of his

daughters produced 1,020 pounds of

butter as a Junior three year old in

an official A. R. test.





The addition of these calves to

Wexford County herds raises the

dairy barometer considerable. Dur-

ing the past year several high quality

Holstein bulls have been placed in

Wexford County.





 





Are your cockerels using up valu-

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crowding your pullets? Get rid of

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Sweet milk and sour milk are





about equally valuable as chick feed,

but one of them should be fed ex-

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LOCKSHORE FARM

GUERNSEYS





Yearling show bull, bull calves of excellent

type, also bred and open heifers at reason-

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dress communications to

L. Stranahan, Supt., Creesey, Michigan





FOREST HILLS GUERNSEYS





Herd. sire for sale. first piize winner. 4 years old.

dum's record 634 lbs fat in EE, she’s dam 952 lbs.

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Must be under six years of age. Must carry record

of at least 350 pounds butter-tat. Write JOHN

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STEEiRS 81 HEIFEIIS





Few bunches nicely marked. dark reds. beef type.

(luhorncd. Herc-foul steers. Calves. Short. le's.

Yri's, and 2 yr old. Some Shorthorn bunches.

Also a. few bunches light weight Hereford heifers

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noes

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Registered in purchaser‘s name.

Also service boars and bred gills.

Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.

O I C! S Last fall service boars and bred.



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Pnze-Wmnmg ling sow due to furrow Supt. 2nd.

Large March pigs either sex. Six'cd by Junior (Sham-

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Fair. 1927. Newman‘s Stock Farm. Mzirlette. Mich.





 





 





LARGE TYPE P. C.





Fall pigs all sold. nothing for sale at present in

hogs. Have a few registered Black Top Delaine

yearling rams, good ones. for sale. W. E. LIV-

INGSTON. Parma. Mleh.





 





GUERNSEYS either sex. whose sires' dams

have official records of 15.-

109.10 milk. 778.80 fat. 19,460.50 milk. 909.05 fat.

. V. HICKS, Battle Creek. Mich“ I.





 





FOR practically pure-bred GUERNSEY or HOL-

TEIN calves. from heavy. rich milkers.

write EDOEWOOD DAIRY FARMS, Whitewater. Wis.





SERVICEABLE AGE

Registered Holstein





Bull Calves at prices the owner of a small herd

can afford to pay. Grandsons of K. 0 P.

Bred cows and heifers are available for founda—

tion stock.





RED ROSE FARMS DAIRY

Northville, Michigan





Reference: Northvillc State Savings Bank





Ten registered Holstein. cows.

FOR SALE Seven have A.R.O. records aver~

aging over 20 lbs. butter in 7 days. Due this fall‘.’

HARRY COVERT. Leslie, Mich.





FOR, SALE Good young reclaimed .Holstein





. cows and - heifers of high class

breeding, some coming f rush in August, by good

sum. ROB’T. H. KRAUSE. Oak Grove. Mich.





For Sale--Registered Herefords

Accredited Herd. 5 fine yearling bulls out. of the

Fairfax sire Sheet Anchor w11n91000. Also. anything

in femaha stock. you Write for descrip-

tions. L. WHITNEY n\lVA'I'KInNS. Manchester. Mich.





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Poland China. bred gilts. also

Large Type weanling pigs. 1‘111-1-(1 rear

sonable. JAMES G. TAYLOR. Bclding. Mich.





' several extra good 0. I. C.

I Am Offerlng boars. ready for service

Fred aW. Kennedy 81. Sons, Chelsea, ‘ Mich.. R. I.





 





 





 





 





O. l. C. PIGS For Sale iggegwcrtk

MANN. Dansville, Mich.



SHEEP

S H E E P Coarse wool. _ blmk fare





ewes with big. husky lambs



by side. and a. few loads of fine wool ones with



lszlf bloog lambsm PriceLlrlght and ready to ship.

me an see em NCOLN &.



North Lewishurg. Ohio. BRADLEY'





 





For Shropshire Ramso wm“ mgr 53$,"

DAN BOOHER. Evert. Mich.. R. 4. '

RY a Michigan Farmer

Classified Liner. It'will



help you dispose of your



real estate or some ‘ miscel- ’

laneous article. It will help;

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS.

~ Monday, August 6





Wheat

- Detroit—No. 2 red old at $1.40; No.

21izgite old $1.40; No. 2 mixed old at





Chicago—September $115174; De-

cember $1.20%; March, $1.23%.



Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red new at

“39556214095.





Corn

Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1.11; No. 3

yellow $1.09; No. 4 yellow $1.07.

Chicago—September 93%c; Decem-

ber 75%c; March 770.

Oats

Detroit—No. 2 Michigan old 71%0;

No. 3 white 680.

Chicago—September, new 38%0;

September, old 37%0; December

41%c; March 42%c. .

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Detroit—No. 2 $1.12.



Chicago—September 991,40; Decem-

ber $10114; March $1.03%.



Toledo—No. 2 $1.14.



Beans



New York— Pea domestic $10.25@

$10.75; red kidneys $8.25@8.75 to the

wholesalers.



Chicago—Spot Navy beans, Mich‘

igan choice, hand-picked in sacks

$10.50; dark red kidneys $9100.





Barley.

3Detroit———Malting $1.90; Feeding

0.





Seeds.



Detroit domestic seed—Cash clo-

ver $17.25; October $18.15; December

$18.00; cash alsike $16.25; October

:éngm timothy at $2.30; December





Hay.



Detroit—~No. 1 timothy at $16.00@

$17.00; standard $14.50@15.50; No. 2

timothy $1.2.50@13.50; No. 1 light

clover, mixed $15.00@16.00; No. 1 clo-

ver $13.00@14.00; Wheat and cat

straw $11.00@12.00; rye straw $13.00

@$14.00; alfalfa hay No. 2 to choice

at Chicago $25.00@28.00.



Feeds.



Detroit—Winter wheat bran at $36;

spring wheat bran at $39; standard

middlings at $41; fancy middlings at

$47; cracked corn at $48; coarse corn

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

Poultry feeds with grit $52.00; with-

out grit $53.00 per ton.



WHE .



Failure of price upturns to hold

continues to feature the wheat mar-

ket, with crop news and merchandis-

ing developments the chief price-mak-

ing factors. Weather conditions have



been in the main exceptionally favor-



able both for harvesting and growing

crops. Cool weather has prevailed

practically over the entire spring

wheat belt on both sides of the inter-

national line and no serious rust dam—

age has occurred in any section.

Potential factors contributing to

supply and demand are the chief

price—making motives in the future

market and while so far, develop-

ments have steadily favored a lower

range of values, the period of crop

.news will soon be over. Continued

bearish crop advices will gradually

become ineffective in further depres-

sing'prices and it seems probable that

demand for cash wheat will broaden

and stabilize the market at the pres-

ent level, which is certainly more in-

viting to fill future needs than for a





long time.

RYE.



The rye market has been weak in

sympathy with the decline in wheat

prices. The crop outlook has im-

proved somewhat during the; last

month and the average of two un-

official estimates as of August 1 in-

dicates a production of 43 million

bushels as compared with 58,572,000

bushels last year. Export demand

continues slow with foreign buyers

awaiting the final outcome of the





crop.

CORN _

The pronounced weakness in wheat

had no depressing influence on corn

prices which remained at a high level

.' after the July delivery expired at

, practically the highest price of the

The movement of old corn

from the country continues relatively

light and the visable Supply is now





down to 11,135,000 bushels against





31,658,000 bushels last year.



The. new crop is making excellent

‘ progress in practically all sections

and the ‘next government report is

quite certain to show a considerable

increase in the prospective production

over the July estimate. The average

of the unofficial forecasts as of Aug-





rtive to shippers and s





ust 1 indicates 3,004,000,000 bushels

compared with the July 1 average of

2,990,000,000 bushels and 2,774,000,000

bushels harvested last year.



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Private forecasts on the cats crop

have averaged 1,433,000,000 bushels

against 1,195,000,000 bushels harvest-

ed in 1927. Prices declined sharply

with general liquidation of July hold-

ings the chief weakening influence.

The new crop is moving slowly but

cash demand is holding off in antici-

pation of heavier receipts.



Demand for recleaned and sacked

alfalfa seed is picking .up although

most farmers are still busy with the

harvesting of grains and hay and not

paying much attention to fall needs

for seed. Dealers generally expect a

good increase in the fall acreage

which would mean an active trade

during the next month or two. Clo-

ver seed prices are held firm by the

prospects of a short crop although

trade shows the usual in-between—sea-

son dullness. Stands of sweet clover

have shown some improvement re-





cently and a fair sized production of

seeds is possible.

H





With the harvesting of hay in cen-

tral and southern states delayed by

rainy weather receipts of hay at the

principal markets have been moder-

ate in the past week. Buyers gen-

erally are supplying only current

needs, but the relatively light offer-

ings have prevented any accumula-

tion of supplies and prices remain

firm. Shipping demand for timothy

hay from southeastern sections is





small due to the excellent .pasturage

available, although offerings of local

hay are not large. Wet weather has

caused some damage to the quality of

the crop and good quality hay is not

plentiful. Much of the second crop

of alfalfa hay has been secured in

Missouri, southern Kansas, and south-

ward. Yields, in the main, are satis-

factory, but» quality of the hay is poor

due toheavy growth of weeds and

damage by rain.





The market on fine fresh eggs ad-

vanced to the highest point of the

season last week. Dealers are slow

to follow the advance, fearing that

consumptive demand will be affected

adversely by the higher prices. Re-

ceipts are declining from week to

week, but the supply of fancy stock,

while small, is probably not much

under normal for this season of the

year.

still exceed withdra’wals in spite of

the apparent scarcity of fresh stock.

A year ago, the season of distribution

of storage eggs was already under

way.



The number of chickens being

raised on farms in 1928 is about 10

per cent less than in 1927,. according

to returns received by the Depart-

ment of Agriculture cavering approxi-

mately 22,000 flocks, and representing





all states.

fresh firsts, 29617





Chicago—13g gs :

300; ordinary firsts, 27@281,éc; dirties

23@25%c. Live,





23@.261A;c; checks,



poultry: Hens, 24c; broilers, 30c;



springers, 30c; roosters, 17c;. ducks,



17c; geese, 160; turkeys, 20c.

Detroit—Eggs: Fresh candled, and





 





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Monday, July 30





DETROIT

Cattle





August 6, 1928 _



Receipts 924. M arke t opening



strong. .



Fair to good yearlings

dry-fed



Fair to good heavy steers

dry-fed



Handy weight butcher

steers \



Fair to good heifers .....



Common light butchers. .



Common butcher cows..



Best cows



Good butcher cows



Cutters



Canners



Light butcher bulls



Bologna bulls



Stock bulls .............



Feeders 8.00@10.75



Stockers 8.00@ 9.75



Milkers and springers .|.75.00@130.00





Calves

Market steady, 500





. .$18.00(¢D18.50

8.00@15.50





Sheep and Lambs

Receipts 575. Market 25c higher.



Best lambs . . . .$15.00@15.25

Light to common 10.00@11.25

Fair 12.00@13.75

Fair to good sheep ...... 6.00@ 7.25

Culls and common ..... . 2.00@ 4.00



Hogs

Receipts 495. Market on mixed 150



higher; others steady.

Pigs . 11.50

Mixed and yorkers ...... 12.00

Lights 11.50

Roughs 9.75

I O I I 0 8:00





Stags . ‘

Extreme heavies . . . . . . . . 10.00@11.00





CHICAGO.





Hogs

Receipts 31,000. Market fairly ac-

mall packers,

mostly 15@25c higher than Satur-

day’s average; big packers inactive;

top $11.75 paid for choice 180-225-111.

weights; good 170-240-lb. average

$11.40@11.65; 2 5 0—3 0 0-1 b. .$11.10@‘

11.45; market active on‘ heavier





$14.00@16.00

13.50@15.75





11.00@12.75

10.75@11.75

8.25@ 9.50

7.00@ 7.50

9.00@10.00

7.50@ 8.00

6.25@ 6.75

5.25@ 6.00

9.00@10.00

8.00@ 9.00

7.00@ 8.25





Receipts 562.

higher.

Best

Others





IQCOIOUIOODIIOII.





oeoooceonooosI-o





butchers; bulk good grades 140-160-lb-





weight $10.75@11.25; choice 150-160-

lb. scarce up to $11.50; medium

grades 140-160—lb. weight $9.75@10.50;

pigs mostly $9.50@10.60; most pack-

ing sows --$9.85@10.25; few pigs on





butcher order up to $10.40.

Cattle



Receipts 12,000. Market mostly kill-

ing classes 15@25c higher; stots up

more on in-between grades; steers

and yearlings steady, fairly active;

heavy steers in best demand, but all

representative weights moving best;

heavies $16.55; yearlings $16.50; high-

ly finished yearlings active;

grade steers, all weights, $16@16.50;

most

weighty” sausage bulls up to $9.50 and

better; bulk with weight $9.00@9.40;

vealers $16.00@-17.00 on big .packers’

accounts; outsiders up to $17.50.



Sheep and Lambs .



Receipts 14,000. Market fat lambs

active, strong 250 higher; good wes-

terners $15.25@15.50; several strings

$15.50, asking around $15.65; for best

$14.50@15.25; $15.00 best price; on

medium scattering downward $14.25

and below; good around 100-lb. Wash-

ington yearlings $11.00; mixed 124-lb.

yearlings to 400-1b. Washington weth-

ers $9.75; fat ewes 35@50c higher;

top range ewes $7.75; mast desirable

natives around $7.00; demand for

good to choice range feeding lambs

agrong, 250 higher on $13.25@$14.00



Sis.





BUFFALO.

Hogs .



Receipts 4,300. Hold over 500; mar-

ket active, steady;stots 5@10c high-

er; few decks choice 190-lb. weight

$12.35; bulk good 170-240-1b. $12.10@

$12.25;" BOO-lb. butchers $11.75@12.00;

strong weight pigs and lights $11.75@

$12.25; packing gowts $9.60@10.15.



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le

Receipts 2,300. Market’ dry fed

steers and yearlings active, steady;

medium and grassy ofierings slow,

uneven, mostly steady; choiCe year-

lings $13.35@16.75; 1,060—1b. average

$16.75; good yearlings and medium

weight steers $1.2.25@15.75; grassers

$12.50@14.25; medium bulls $8.50@

$9.25; good cows $9.75@10.25; all cu;-



ters $5.00@7.00. .

Calves





Receipts 1,000. Market active 50c





higher; good $17.50@18.50; culls-and





common $11.00@12.50.

Shes and Lambs ‘



Receipts 2,6 0. Market on lambs

active, fully 25c higher, quality and

sorts considered; good to choice

15.50; throwouts $12.00@12.50; year-

ings and ewes firm; yearlings $9.00

3801330; fat ewes-$6.00@7.5 ;‘ culls





Additions of storage stocks.-.





_ European butter markets





better

.grass fat cows $7.75@10.00;.





4 ;

hm'g as





graded, 30@32c; dirties and checks,

26@28c. Live poultry: broilers, 3%;

heavy hens, 27c ;light hens, 19c;

roosters, 17c; ducks, 22c.



U ER.



Butter prices are still moving over

a. narrow range and it is. probable

that the low point~for the season has

been passed. " The ‘margin over a

year ago. has increased .since May

when prices of 92 score creamery

butter at Chicago averaged 43.4 cents

per pound compared with 41.5 a; year

ago, in June, 43.0 cents against 40.4

cents, and in July, 43.6 against 39.9

in July, 1927. Consumption of butter

is on a satisfactory scale in spite of

the fact that prices are the highest

for this season since‘ 1920'. This is

one of the main factors in keeping

prices firm. Pastures and feed con-

ditions are excellent all over the but-

ter producing section but production

is showmg the usual seasonal decline.

The shortage in storage butter has

been increased during the past month

and there is little chance that any of

it will be made up during August.

also are

strong,_ prices at Copenhagen in July

averaging the highest for that month

Since 1925.



Prices on 92 score creamery were:

Chicago, 440; New York, 45c; Boston,

460; Detroit, 42175-44c for 88-90 score.





. POTATOES.



'As many farmers have stopped dig-

ging potatoes and others are storing

them because of low prices, there has

been a. little impmvement in the mar-

ket. Kansas and Missouri Irish Cob-

blers, U. S. No. 1, bring 80 cents to

$1 per 100 pounds, sacked, in the Chi-

cago carlot market although prices to

growers have dropped as low at 35 to

45 cents. Consumers are buying po—

tatoes" at bargain rates, some retailers

selling five pounds for 9 cents. Each

week digging is delayed adds to the

yield,and there is little reason to ex-

pect any substantial improvement. in

price so long as markets are as plen-

tifully supplied as at present.





. APPLES.



Supplies of early apples are liberal.

The movement of off‘grades is slow,

but good quality apples sell easily.

IllinOis Transparents are selling

around $1.75 to $2.00 a bushel for best

quality at Chicago and Illinois Duch~

ess apples bring $1.50 to $1.75 a





bushel.

, WOOL



Domestic wools have experienced

an expansion in movement the past

few days after a month of unusual

inactivity. Prices are reported firm

in half-blood but unsettled in fine me-

dium fleece wools. Half-blood 58’s

and 60’s are readily saleable at 50

cents in the grease at: Boston and

Ohio 64’s and finer delaines have sold

at 48 to 49 cents.





GRAND RAPIDS

Potatoes, 80c@$1.00 bu;

$1.00@1.10 bu; spinach, $1.00@1.50

bu; cabbage, 65c bu; wax beans $1.00

@125 bu; turnips, 75c bu; radishes,

$1.00 bu; tomatoes, $1.00@1.25 7-1b.

basket; ~ cauliflowers, $1.00@1.75 flat;

carrots 12%c bch; beets, 15@200

bch; celery, 10@50c doz; sweet corn,

25@40c doz.” ears; apples, $1.00@2.00

bu; peaches, $1.00@2.00 bu; red rasp—

berries, $3@3.75 case; black raspber-

ries, $2.50@3.00 case; dewberries,

$1.75@2.0Q 16-qt. case; huc‘kleberries,

$4.00@4.50 case; everbearing straw-

berries, $4.00 case; currants, $1.5M“

$2.00 case; gooseberries, $1.50@1.75





onions,





:case; sour cherries, $1.75@2.00 case;

wheat, $1.31 bu; rye, $1.00 bu;'pork,





12@16c 1b; beef, 8@21c lb; veal, 18

@220 lb; lamb, 23@25c lb; mutton,

10@15c lb; chickens, 18@28c lb; hens

16@24c lb; eggs, 30@32c doz; but-ter-

fat, 48c lb.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Apples, $1.50@2.50 bu; wax beans

$1.25@1.-75 bu; green beans $1.00@

$1.75 bu; beets $1.25 bu; cabbage 50@

75c bu; green corn $1.00@1.50 sack of

5 doz; celery, local, 25@600 doz bchs;

cucumbers $1.75@2.50 bu; eggs,

wholesale, white, 38c doz; brown 38c

doz; retail, 45c doz; lettuce, head, No.

1, 75c@$1.25 bu; leaf 750@$1.25 bu;

green "onions 40@50c doz; green peas

$2.00@3.00 bu; new potatoes $1.00@)

$1.25 bu: poultry—hens, wholesale 26

@28c lb; retail 35c lb; broilers,

wholesale, aleghorns, 30c- lb; rocks, 38



ducks 22@.2 c lb; retail-,i45c;

‘ 'd broil rs-_45060





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S loadings of western range as.

well as native lambs continue to

attain volume, prices; work to—

ward lower levels. Prices are still

75 cents to $1 higher than last year,

but when co ideration is given to

the appreciat n in pelt. values in





comparison with a year ago the price

differential is less pronounced. Lower

grade lambs are highest in compari-

son with last year, and as buyers are





enabled to enforce price readjust—





ments, these inbetween and lower

grade lambs are showing most price

loss. The bulk of the rangers arriv-





ing to date have been of Idaho, Wash-





ington, and Oregon origin and initial





'eusmmen’ts of Montanas have ar-

Wrived. Lamb. .menin native states

, have been advised by market agencies

,ltl'o retain native lambs until fat and

“as pastures have been exceptionally





good the movement from native ter-





' rito‘ry has been very light to date.





Feeder‘lam'bs are in broad demand





"at $13.50 to 814 but relatively few





living in feeder flesh.

Contracting on the range is at a





standstill. lambs have been offered at





$11.50 in Montana for fall delivery but

few have been sold. The demand for

breeding ewes has experienced a set-

back due. to an oversupply at Louis-

'ville, Kentucky, the principal point of

distribution.





HOLSTEIN FIELD DAY





 





 





RIDAY, August 24th. is the date



. ed; for the sixth annual summer

f lkgdz-‘together of Michigan Holstein

o s. .



Our host will be Joseph H. Brewer,





.“owner of Blythefield Farm, which is





located on U. S. 131 just across the

Grand River Bridge, about nine miles

north of Grand Rapids, or six miles

south of Rockford. Those driving on

M-44 should turn south about two

miles from the junction of that road

with 131.



The program includes lunch at

noon furnished by Mr. Brewer; demon-

strations on the herd by J. E. Bur-





- nett, Director of the Bureau of Ani-





mal Husbandry for the State of Mich-

igan, and a varied program of sports

and contests open to everyone.



The usual plan of only one speaker





will be adhered to. The Superinten-

dent of Advanced Registry for the





Holstein-Friesian Association of

America—our own H. W. Norton, Jr.,

—will talk on the new Holstein herd

test“ “The Holstein-Friesian Regis-





ry.



A headliner in the Blythefield herd

is “Florence,” the cow that recently

completed a yearly record of 1,279





_.pounds of butter, .well over 1,000





pounds of butter-fat'. She is the third

Michigan bred cow ever to make suc

a large record. Among her stable-





mates are two others over 1,000 -

“pounds 'of- butter and several new on

(test ‘headed toward such records.

Eight cows have made seven day re- .

. cords over 30 pounds ' of butter, fonte

11 ac ,3





yielding over 40 pounds.

every mature cow in the herd has

met the Blythefield standard of 25

pounds. This herd stood fifth highest





in the U. S.' A. last year in proven





production.

The day is planned so that Hol-

stein folks can get acquainted with





one of the very best herds, can enjoy.

_, a good visit and a short program of





education and fun—J. G. Hays, Sec.

HOG OUTLOOK Is FAVORABLE





A FAVORABLE outlook for the

swine industry during the next

two years is indicated by a re-

pOrt prepared by the Bureau of Agri-

cultural Economios of the United

States Department .of Agriculture and

issued today by Herbert E. Powell,

commissioner of the Michigan State

. Department of Agriculture and Verne

H. Church, agricultural Statistician

for Michigan. Although the report

considers the United States situation,

it is applicable to the Michigan situa-

tion also, since Michigan prices and

production of hogs follow the United

States’ trend. The supply of hogs

that will be available for market dur-

ing the next twelve months is expect-

ed to be considerably less than dur-





‘ ing the past year, and the indications.





,are that both the domestic and for-

eign demand for pork products will





' show some improvement. With bet-





ter prospects for the corn crop than

prevailed a year ago and the upward

movement of a, new hog price cycle

underway, the‘ corn-hog price ratio is





expected to become more favorable.





for hog production.

Hog Supply Situation



The preponderance of available evi-

dence as to market supplies of hogs

for the four months, July to October,

,points to. a slaughter about as large

and possibly somewhat larger than

"these. four months last year.

.holdlnfl on. July _1 this year





   

   





 





 





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were considerably above average.

With the June, 1928, pig survey show-

ing a decrease in the spring pig crop

of 4,000,000 head for the United





States and 3,000,000 head in the Corn ,





Belt, market supplies from November

1, 1928, to May 31, 1929 will be re-





duced. The com-hog price ratio will





be favorable to bog feeding after

October if an average or above aver-

age corn crop is harvested this fall

which now seems likely. This will

grobably mean more pigs finished out

11 new corn than usual in the terri-

tory east of the Mississippi where

corn is now “scarce, and consequent-

ly receipts in November. and Decem-

ber may show a greater reduction





than the reduced size of the pig crop





would indicate, with heavier receipts

after January 1, 1929. The June, 1928,

pig survey indicated that the fall pig

crop this year will be from 3 to 9

per cent reduced in the Corn Belt:

and if this reduction actually occurs.

the summer marketings in 1929 will

be less than this year.

Demand to Be Improved

, The domestic demand situation dur-

ing the course of the next 18 months

is likely to be better than during the

1927-1928 season. The first half of

1928 apparently marked the end of

the decline in general business activ-

ity which occurred during 1927. It is

to be observed that in the past the

periods of high hog prices have coin-

cided with periods of industrial pros-

perity. Some improvement in the

foreign demand for American hog pro-

ducts during the next twelve months

is in prospect, but hog production

in Europe is likely to continue on a

higher level during the next decade

than during the ..past ten years.

Price Outlook



The downward swing in hog prices

which got under way in the midsum-

mer 00,1926 apparently ended early

in 1928, thus marking the completion

of a typical four year hog price cycle.

With a rise in prices in July it is

probable that the usual seasonal ad-

vance in September will not occur or

will be small. Supplies of hogs and

of storage products for the next four

months indicate that the peak of

prices for this fall will probably be

reached by the middle of August, and

that prices will continue at about that.

level until the usual winter decline

begins.



Prices this winter will likely be

higher than those of last winter, but

it hardly seems likely that they W111

reach the average of the winter of

1926-1927. Seasonal decline this year

will probably be less than last year,

so that December prices will be con-

siderably higher than the low point

of the winter of 1927-1928. If the in-

dications of the June, 1928, pig survey

are carried out, the resulting slaugh-





THE MICHIGAN ,F AR M ER *





ter of the crop year 1928—1929 should

mean prices in 1929 considerably

above the average prevailing during

flags; of 1927 and the first half of



In looking ahead hog producers

should plan to stabilize production at

a. reasonably profitable level and not

continue the planning of production

on the basis of the past year’s prices

of hogs or corn. Hog production

should increase slowly as the demand

increases rather than having over-

production and ruinously low prices.





 





CROPS“ MADE RAPID PROGRESS





ROPS generally have made rapid

progress during the past month,

with haying in full swing and



wheat harvest moving northward,

says the United States Department of

Agriculture in its monthly report on

the agricultural situation.



Growth has been furthered by the

frequent rains throughout the eastern

part of the country, although they

have interfered somewhat with the

haying and wheat harvest, says the

department. The July estimates of

acreage indicated some increase in

the total crop area over last year but

the composite condition of the prin-

cipal crops on July 1 was not quite up

to average.



Spring wheat is headed and fairly

well filled except where it has been

hurt by drought as in sections of

South Dakota and southwestern Min-

nesota. The July reports indicated a

total spring wheat crop about aver-

age but much smaller than last year.



Wheat harvest is slowly moving up

into the North, having been delayed

by bad weather. In the Great Plains

territory, winter Wheat is threshing

out to better yields than expected in

many sections, though some of the

grain is reported as rather high in

moisture content and low in protein

content. Stands. were thin in central

and eastern sections, some areas re-

porting there would not be enough

graiin threshed to furnish this fall’s

see .



Corn is tasselled out and silking in

most of the Corn Belt. Present pros-

pects for the crop are much more-

favorable than they were a year ago,

says the department. Should an

average corn crop or one above aver-

age be harvested, its effect on the hog

situation would probably be to make

the corn-hog price ratio favorable to

feeding after October, with subse-

quent late movement of the spring

pig crop. Whether such price ratio

may also stimulate increased pig pro-

duction next spring will be a matter

for producers to decide. The pros-

pect is favorable for hog raisers if

production is not again overdone.





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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KIIARKOV SEED WHEAT—Guaranteed to Increase

chld~l£xtm \Vimor Hardy. Finest quality. Prices

very low. Rcclcancd, treated with Copper Carl) and

sacked. Samples Free. Also have Men Rye.

Hardy Alfalfa $8.00 bushel. Best Northwestern

$12.90. State Scnlvd Certified Grimm $18.00 bu.

Timothy $2.20. Write for samples and circular

matter. Frank Sinn, Box 31. Clarinda. Iowa.





 





 





REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED ROSEN RYE for

sale. ready for fall delivery. Guaranteed first qual-

ity seed grown under isolated conditions. A Blue

Ribbon winner at the International Grain Show.

five years out of seven. Write for prices. Geo. C.

& L. G. Hutzler. South Manitou, Mich.





 





SCIENCE AND PRACTICE demonstrate Improved

American Banner wheat, Wolverine oats. Improved

Robust beans best for Michigan. Choice Certified

American Banner Seed Wheat. Prices. sample. in-

formation on rcqucsf. A. B. Cook. Owosso, Mich.





MATTRESSES





 





MATTRESSES made any size, low factory prices.

Catalog free. Peoria Bedding Company, Peoria, Ill.





TOBACCO





SUMMER SPECIAL: Guaranteed chewing or smok-

ing, five pounds, $1.00; ten. $1.75: 50 cigars. $1.75.

lxpe .froe, pay when rcccimd. Farmers’ Tobacco

Association. West I’aducah, Ky.





 





 





GUARANTEED HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chewing. 5

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

Frcctl IPay postman. United Farmers. Bardwell.

\on ucty.





HOMESI‘UN TOBACCO—Guaranteed. Chewin

lbs. $1.00; 10. $1.75. Smoking 5 lbs. 750.. 10 SL255.

lay when received. Farmers Union, Mayfleld, Ky.





 





 





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This classified advertising department is established for the convenience of Michigan fume“.

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings. Try it for want ads and for

advertising miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange. Poultry advertising will be run in this do.





comment at classified rates, or in display columns at commercial rates.

cad: insertion. on orders for less than four ixisu'cionn: for four or mud





display typo or illustrations admitted. Emittancco must accompany order.

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MISCELLANEOUS





WHY BLAME THE BULL when your cow does not

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

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

$2.90 for five cows. postpaid. Woodstock Farm. Ren-

ton, Route 2. Box 490, Washington.





 





FOR SALE—Used Delco Light Plants. with or with—

out batteries. In good condition. Guarantee with

each plant.‘ B. Tindall. 716 Miner Street. Ann

Arbor. Michigan.





STROUTS FARM CATALOG— 200 to 1.00

needed. A Money-making fann. summer home or

tourist place can be yours on payment. of only a.

few hundred dollars. Strouts catalog, nearly 100

big illus. pages. has many such bargains. pg.

30 are 185 acres in noted farming county, est 3,000

cords valuable wood. sugar grove. apple orchard.

other fruits, good 7—room house. basement barn. sar-

age. etc: broad heavy-cropping fields, handy mar—

kets & advantages: full price only $3,050 with

household furnishings. 14 cattle. horses, poultry.

machinery, hay. grain, potatoes. cabbage, vegetables.

corn. etc. thrown in: good terms arranged. Write

at once for free copy. Six-out Agency. 1105—BC

yKresge Bldg. Detroit, Michigan.





 





YOUR OPPORTUNITY. 45 acre improved farm near

Beaverion. good house. poultry house. flowing well.

beautiful river. ideal for berry or poultry farm.

$1.000 cash U. G. Reynolds. Sells Farms. Glad-

win. Mich.





FOB SALE—120 acres for $8,000. Good building‘S.

gravel road, Edison lights. 25 acre oak timber. run-

ning water. Owner, Floyd Love, Howell. Mich.





FOR IMMEDIATE SALE, 80 acres good land, 60

cleared, 1,320 feet frontage on fine lake. small base-

ment barn. good well. Price $2.500. Owner. F.

Umphrey. Evart, Mich.



________.______—-——-—--——





WANTED FARMS





WANTED—To hear from owner of land for sale

for fun delivery. 0. Hawley, Baldwin. Wis.





 





ONE NEW CENTAUR TRACTOR (slightly used as

a demonstrator. M. E. Hath. New Hugged Mich.





EGGS WANTED





EGGS—4V9 want Fancy White and Brown Eggs

direct from actual producers and dealers. Write

us for market prices. We promise prompt returns

and all our market.‘ allords. Tags for such shit»

ment. also booklet on ”How to Na Most. For Your

Eggs and Poultry," free on request. Merciless:

Bank of America, 250 Broadway. New York. U. L.

Malena. Inc.. 172 Duane St.. New York City.





 





 





WANTED SELECTED WHITE EGGS NEW LAID.

We also handle Poultry and Dressai Calves. Write

for shipping tags and market information. J. E.

White & Co.. 955 Fulton Market. Chicano. Illinois.





 





 





REAL ESTATE -





CORN HARVESTER





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

only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free

catalog showing pictures of harvester. ' Process Com-

pany. Selina. Kans.





 





 





PET AND LIVE STOCK





 





MAKE MONEY FROM MUSKRAT FUR. nun

Muskrats in dry land pens or hutches. Get facts.

602 Conrad's Ranch. Denver. Colorado.





 





SCOTCH POLLIES. a few choice pups. Clovwled

Farms. Tlffin. Ohio.





PLANTS AND sums





 





POULTRY





WHITE LEGHORNS hens and males now half ri



. . c.

Thousan of eight-week—old pullets. Also I,balgr

chicks and eggs. Trapnested. pedigreed foundation

stock. egg hrcd 28 years. Winners at 20 egg con-

tests. Latalog and special price bulletin free. I ship

C. O. I). and guarantee satisfaction George B

Forms. 934 Union. Grand Rapids. Mich. '





 





WHI'ITAKER'S REDS, BOTH COM'BS R



zilrrglgnesto]!!!.t Miglligan‘ Certified. Cocks; hens OcoclI;

. Du es. rite for catalo . ' I



Box 9. Lawrence. Mich. g Interlakes Farm.





 





VVHI'I'E LEGHORN PULLE'I‘S 10 week 85

looted yearling hens, state accredit s C. 8-6.

II. Knoll. .lr., Holland. Mich. R. fd' 950 can





BARRED ROCK PULLE’I‘S, April first. batch

elch. Freed Fausnaugh, Chosaning. Mich. ' 900





BABY CHICKS A»





SPECIAL CHICK OFFER——2 week old Barr

Rocks. White Rocks, Rods. ‘Whito Wyandottee. Biff?i

Onilngwns 320007—100. 3 Week old 524.00-100.

Heavy Mixed 2 weeks $18.00——100. 3 weeks $22.00-—~

100. Order at once and from this ad. Immediate

delivery. 100% live delivery guaranteed by express.

llfiaklevunv Poultry Farm. R. 8, Box 20. Holland

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LOOK! (‘hicks until September. Reds. Whit

Barred Rocks. Black Minorcas 12c. Buil' misfit?

Silver or White Wyandottes 13%0. White. Brown or

Buff Leghoms. Heavy Mixed 10c. Order Breeding

kaerels from R. O. P. MALE MATINGS. Lawrence

Hatchery. Grand Rapids. Michigan.





HELP WANTED





WAN TED—Two dry hand milkers sin



_ . , gle. stead



{321.1 good wages. include references. age. and “my

s oxpenrmco in first letter. '



Oscoda. Michigan. Serradeha Farm.





 





WANTED—MILK ROUTE SALESMAN Mu -

tween 25 and 35 years of age and married. goymhbe

3:11.30 3211:? availed? workF and good future. Give

Flint. Mich. D ca on. roman Dairy Company.





WANTED MARRIED MAN on firm 1" ' ‘ .

and general farm work. Slate wagcs angrfulnlnnpfig

tlculars. E. J. IIurd, Gagetown. Mich.





 





AGENTS WANTED





A RELIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY wants

some reliable runners in all parts of Michigan to act

as part time agents. Godd compensation, lowest rates.

first class policms. We help you get started. Box

155. Michigan Farmer. -





 





 





BIG MONEY MAKER: No capital. or experience

necessary. Part or full time. Man or woman with

car. Write for full information. Standard Poultry

Journal. Dept. M, Pleasant Hill. Mo.





 





HAY BUYERS: Can use few more good men In

territory not now covered. Write for our proved-e,

tion, Hui-y D. Gem Company. Jackson. Elohim:





 





FOB SALE—105 sole tom. um

. Flor deluded





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HE Mobiloil Engineers started

their field research work in 1905.

‘: It has continued without interruption.



Last year the Mobiloil Engineers

conferred repeatedly with the 847.

American manufacturers of cars,

trucks, tractors and other automo-

tive units.



They studied blue-prints of every

Car built. A



They were consulted frequently by

engineers in automotive plants on

important matters affecting engine

design.



The engineering, field and labora-

tory work of the Mobiloil Engineers

is unique. And it makes for unique

quality and economy in Mobiloil.





Savings that count up





Very likely some one of your neigh-

bors has cut his oil consumption from

15% to 50% through the use of

Mobiloil. He will probably tell you





that he has to pay fewer repair bills

and has less trouble with carbon

and over—heating.



Mobiloil has made itself the most

asked-for oil on farms today because

it saves money. ' Its slightly higher

price is more than offset by many

definite operating economies.





How to buy





For a season’s supply we recommend

the 55—gallon and 3o—gallon drums

with convenient faucet. On these

your Mobiloil dealer will give you a

substantial discount. I A



Other Mobiloil containers are: 10—

gallon steel drum with faucet, 5—gal—

lon cans in easy tipping rack and

I-gallon and I-'quart cans.



Your dealer will show you the com?

plete Mobiloil Chart which recom-

mends the correct grade of Mobiloil

for your car, tractor and truck. You

are always sure with





The World’s Quality Oil.





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Oil facts for farmers . _





lubricating data





 





Make this chart your guide





If your automotive equipment is not

listed below see complete Mobiloil

Chart at your dealer’s. It recommends

the correct grades for all cars, trucks





and tractors, etc.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Cadillac ........... BBArc. BBArc. BBArc. A Arc.

CbandlerSpecialSix. A Are. A A .......

" (other modeLr) A Arc. A An: A Arc. A Are

Chevrolet .......... A An. A Are. A Are. A Arc.

Chrlysler4cyl....... A Are. A Are. A Arc. A Arc.

lmperialSO BBArc. A A A A

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DiamonT ........ AAAAAAAA

Dodge Bros......... A Are. A Are. A Arc. A Arc.

Durant..........s. A Arc......... A Arc. A‘Are.

Esau ............. A Are. A Are. A Are. A Arc.

Federal 86, 336, F6,

UB6 ....... Are. A Are. A Arc.Arc.Are.

" X2,T6W T6B A A A Arc......... A A

- (other models)“ A A A A A A Arc.Arc.

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Hudson ........... ,A Are. A Are. A Arc. A Arc.

Hu mobile........:". A Are. A Arc. A Arc. A Arc.

Inlana611,6lll. . A Are. A Arc

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International 33, 43,

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Nash....- ..... ..... A Are. A Are. A Arc. _A Are.

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

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

‘erl’an ..... ‘ ..... . A Are. A Are. A Arc.

Packar ........... A Are. A Are. A Arc. A Arc.

Paige .............. . . 'A Are. A Arc.Arc.Arc.

Pontiac ............ A Arc. A Are. A Arc.........

Reo (all modelr) ..... A Are. A Are. A Arc. A Arc.

Republic 11X, 19, 20, ~

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Service ............. A 'A A A A A-

Star...‘ ............ A Are. 5 Are. A Are. A Are.

Stewart 9,21,21X.. A Are. A Are. A Arc.Arc.A’rc.

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

Vehe .............. A Are. A Are. A Are. A Arc.

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Allis Chalmers 12-20.

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Case 2240,2545 ' ' "

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Caterpillar Combine - -~

Harvester” ....... BB A

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Cletrac ........... BB A B A BB A BB/A

EB ............... A B A B A B A

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HanParr ......... B A B A B=A BA.

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