< .__.__.._..__...4. c g S . 4'Y-‘l “v.24 ..., 1- m um. ‘ yew, mango-«mu ’ -;fl"v £4)» «Mr-“H ‘ Vol. CLXXI No. DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1928 Whole No. 4826 . 0 W“ a new buying guide to fertilizers ‘ ~ I — ._.—- as important as guaranteed 'anaIYSiS e \ GUARANTEED analysis—what does it guarantee? It guarantees the quantity of plant food in the fertilizer bag. It does not guarantee the quality of the fertilizer. Here is a new buying guide to quality in fertilizer—a new standard for judging value, as important as guaranteed analysis. Now on every bag of Swift’s Red Steer Ferti- lizer you will find a Certificate of Quality. It tells you that Red Steer is DOUBLE MIXED and TRIPLE TESTED. That means best materials, rigidly tested for quality; even, uni- form mixing; excellent mechanical condition. ‘ Value by a new standard For Swift 8: Company, co—operating with your State Experiment Station to give you the ' analysis best suited to your soil, goes a step further in making Red Steer right. That is part of the well-known Swift policy—to make every Swift product the best product of its kind. That all requires great care. To give you the best materials, to mix them as they should be mixed, demands extensive equipment and the supervision of a staff of experts. What this certificate means In the Certificate of Quality, Swift 8! Company now certifies that Red Steer Fertilizers have gone through two complete mixings—DOUBLE MIXED—to make sure that each plant gets a balanced ration. ; » ' Furthermore, Swift & Company certifies that - Red Steer Fertilizers have passed at least three rigid tests in fully equipped laboratories. The first test is madeon raw materials, before they are accepted for use. The second is made dur- ing the process of mixing and curing. Then, To get top wheat prices Did it ever occur to you that you can} ‘ definitely help control the price you" get for wheat? : - Premium prices are paid for higher. H before the fertilizer is sacked, comes the final . test. TRIPLE TESTED! ‘ , s ‘ grades..And all! gradesgate‘fias’ed arr ,. ‘ - ,_ . — quality. By using the right fertilizer , Look for thzs tag certztvmg Ask your A. s. A. (Authorized Swift Agent) youéetbet.ter9ue1i‘yrvheet-.. ; -. " “Double Mixed, Triple Tested ” for Red Steer. Make sure that every bag figxig°gjfgzysgz carries this certification tag. It assures you . Swift’s high anal- quality in fertilizers. ysis fertilizers. , / Your A. S.A. can Double mixed, triple tested—a plus value in fertilizers! On every bag of Red Steer Fertilizer ‘ you’ll find the certification tag shown above. . . gIt says Best Materials, DOUBLE MIXED, SWlft & Comgany ‘ fizfiu§°¥££§ j _ VTRIPLE TESTED. ' ’ Fertilizer Works p , .i‘fl'éf-sfi Red Steer amend, Ind. Cleveland, 0. St. Louis..Mo; BM, in a“ m V him‘QHe can help - RfDSTEfF', SHANE) you =meke. mare ‘ {2M 'ffigtsuzans ”5‘" 10- est rum [Swift’s Red ”Steer Fertilizers ii x m... _ “IT PAYS TO USE THEM” , ; , , g and Mr. Young D'EVOTED " TO MICHIGAN VOLUME CLXXI __ fiéwEEKLY PUBLIS” A Practical Journal for the Rural Family MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM PRESS QUALITY RELIABILITY SERVICE NUMBER VII : A Crop Failure Brought Success Because of a Poor Apple Crop a Good Jelly Business is Started By Robert H. Powers N August 11, 1924, on the Chi- O cage-Detroit highway between Paw Paw and Kalamazoo there appeared at a farm a modest little sign which read—GRAPE JELLY FOR SALE. The words were timidly scratched on a grape basket cover. Five minutes after the sign was put up, a car from Oklahoma stopped and its occupants bought the entire supply of twelve quarts' The incident opened the eyes of Mrs. lone W. Easter and her busi- ness associate, Mr. Edward D. Young, to the possibilities of marketing homemade jellies at. the roadside. Within two years the idea had devel- oped so well that during their busi- ness anniversary month, Mrs. Easter sold 7,000 jars of jellies and jams. Mrs. Easter, who was at one time complaint adjuster at the Chicago Tribune, decided to come to Michigan when her husband brought a box of fresh strawberries and six eggs from a farm near Paw Paw,‘which he had inspected with the intention .of buying. She was not interested in the size of the farm, its cost, its location from town, but the fresh eggs and the box of strawberries won her over at a glance. “Let’s take it!” she said and her career as a farm owner began. However, the change from adjusting Tribune complaints to diagnosing the ills of a 65-acre farm laid out to grapes and tree fruit was more of an undertaking than Mrs. Easter had figured on. Expenses were high; the priCe of farm products low. In 1924, when Mrs. Easter received a check for $60 in payment of 1,000 bushels. of apples, 'she realized that some other way of making money on the farm must be introduced. Mr. Young, a public service statis- tician in Chicago, with some friends, visited Mrs. Easter when the famous- ly low check came in for the equally famous 1,000 bushels of apples. “Why not sell some of that grape jelly you have in the cellar?” Mr. Young suggested, at the same time offering to make a sign. Mrs. Easter, who is a wonderfully sweet—natured woman, thought Mr. 'Young’s remark a passing brain 'throb, but let him do as he liked. 'That explains the hastily-m made ‘GRAPE JELLY FOR SALE sign and the resulting sell-out five minutes later. Mr. Young soon afterwards gave up his position in Chicago and took charge of the business end of the new enterprise. ‘ Today, Mrs. Easter and Mr. Young havenearly 500 regular customers, email jellies and jams to every state in the union, supply the tables of ex- cLusive clubs such as the Illinois Athletic Club, also the Sherman Hotel. and the private Pullman cars with their jellies known the country over , as Dixie Farm Jellies. 1...The name “Dixie Farm Jellies” was the ,. Dixie Highway, . Jellies Furnish a Good All Mr. Young carry on their distinctive business. Throughout the entire year, day and night, an immaculately scrubbed white enamel table stands at the highway stacked high with jars of jams and jellies. It is a colorful display that greets the tourist, for Mrs. Easter makes jellies whose beauty is exceeded only by their won- Around Income on Dixie Farm derful taste. Since she makes 20 dif- ferent varieties each of which has a characteristic col-or of its own, the gleam before the sunlight or the elec- tric searchlight, makes the jellies sparkle as the familiar drug store bowls used to shine. Looks alone attract the customer the first time as nine out of ten pur- chasers will first comment on the wonderful transparent color of the Dixie Farm Jellies. Mr. Young, who is more concerned with the shipping and mechanical part of the business, volunteered the secret of the fine tex- ture of the jellies. Mint jelly, which is a beautiful light green and which is one of the best sellers of all varie- ties, is strained two and three times through cheese cloth and through a fine felt cloth. It is in the careful straining of the jellies, according to Mr. Young, in which the high degree of transparentness lies. In making her jellies and jams, Mrs. Easter takes great care to main tain the home-kitchen processes and to keep commercialized methods from entering because of the great in- creased demand for her jellies and jams. She uses two five gallon alum- inum kettles to boil the juices over her oil stove and each of the hun- dreds of jars of jellies and jams are filled from a small aluminum pitcher. Mrs. Easter makes her jams while strawberries, cherries, peaches, etc., are in season, but her jellies she (Continued on page 151) A , Farm Problem Neglect of Home Side of» F arming Causes Suffering HAT would you do with a situ- R1» ati-on similar to that which exists on Our neighbor’s farm? The man is a real thrifty farmer, takes. part in all the modern farm movements, keeps his farm in good shape, but refuses to do anything for the home. The house is a five room, one- -story affair which was built about fifteen years ago. There are six chil- dren in the family, the oldest being in high school and a hired man is boarded besides. The man has never put more than two hundred dollars in the house, in furniture and equipment. The wife does not have sheets and pillow cases enough for a change and the hand towels are gift towels given her for birthday and Christmas 'by friends. She was given a little money by her father when she was married with which she bought some furni— ture. Now the grate is burnt out of the stove and the husband says he cannot afford to get a new one. The furniture is in bad shape, the rocker being with-out arms and the seat out of another chair but he refuses to get new or have the old 'repaired. He never gives her any money and often when she sells chickens he uses the money for taxes,‘ insurance, or other purposes. 'She . has perhaps about fifteen to twenty dollars a year that she might call her own. The clothes they wear are made-over from clothes given them by the neigbors and it takes some making-over to_ keep themselves and clothed. She ‘washes, six children irons, bakes, scrubs in haying if necessary. Still she has to cook over a hot kitchen stove be- cause he says he cannot buy an oil stove. HoWever he can build a fine new milk cooling house right where it interferes with her outlook from the kitchen even though she begged him not to put it there. She has had one new coat in the fifteen years of married life, and it cost only ten dollars. During the past four years she has had to get along with three new dresses for everyday and best wear. The woman has had a high school education and was a teacher. She was a woman of refinement but now is haggard, and in bad health. Her teeth are causing her considerable trouble and the doctor says that she cannot hope to get well until she has f What Would You Do? HE proper division of farm family finances is a frequent. cause of unpleasantness, sometimes of suffering as indi- cated in the “problem” given on . this page. The solution of such problems may be complex as it im’mlves the relation, or under- standing, between husband and wife. Such conditions are hin- drances to the development of a fine type of rural life There- fore, we would like the opinions and suggestions of our readers on how to rectify such unsatis factory farm home conditions. Please send your opinions to the Problem Editor, Miehi an Farmer, Detroit Michigan. 9 East letters will» be , in our} ' husband to realize her condition. ' . 5 cause her husband ass to. her teeth out, but the husband says , that he has not money enough to have it done. However, a few days later he can go down town and buy some new farm equipment. The farm has been very well equipped with farm machinery, the barn has been cemented, and the cow stables equipped with modern swing- ing stanchions. His equipment in- cludes a tractor, thresher, two two- horse cultivators, and three or four single ones, grain drill and many other tools found on a modernly equipped farm. He has twelve head. of fine grade Guernsey cattle and a pure-bred sire, six hourses, and a hun—" dred chickens. He is a perfectly fine fellow in his relations with others, is perfectly ‘ willing to help others, takes active part in all modern farm movements ‘ such as the farm bureau and co-ops, taking the necessary financial inter- est in them. He romps with his chil- dren, his animals are well' fed, and he is not abusive to his wife. 71113 word is good wherever he is known, and although he has some notes standing out, he can get more money. The mortgage on the place has not been paid but the interest has been paid promptly. ’ Folks talk about women’s rights but this none. 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HOME. ~Aid in the solution or all kinds of home problems all points. from a VOLUME CLXXI NUMBER SEVEN DETROIT. AUGUST 18, 1928 TATISTICS have The a reputation for dryness, but hidden Need for in the mass of ap- Statistics parently uninterest— ing figures have been discovered facts upon which has been founded a great deal of our modern progress. Back in the days of mystery and dark ages, facts and figures were rare. Things were done in accordance with supelstitions and hunches, but now we ask why, when, where, and how, and, in most cases, Statistics have given us the answers. The growing and marketing of farm crops have been helped by informa- tion gained from statistics. But we are still in the primary grades of sta- tistical matter, for in this question- ing age, there are many problems for which we have no accurate answer. Michigan, because of its diversifica- tion, is interested in a wide range of farm statistical matter and is, there- fore, interested in improved methods of obtaining statistics. We are im- portant fruit producers, still we have available no official quantitative esti- mates of the cherry crop, nor the small fruit crops. Nor have we means of determining the change in acreage of the various kinds of fruit. We need more accurate information as to the status of the truck garden- ' ing industry, especially of the more important Michigan crops such as = celery, cabbage, and onions. There is I .3150 need for better information on butter and egg production, and their relation to Michigan agriculture. . 'HOW much better could we plan "our crops if we knew definitely the 3‘relation of weather factors to crop for weather certainly affects ,_ ntrols crop acreage and the rela- tion of economic conditions to prices _.aiso would help to take considerable ,of the gamble out of farming. ” N Not only should figures be gathered, ': but time should be devoted by ex- L: parts in research Work to interpret and prosperity in the future will, to a great extent, be based on more in- formation accurately interpreted. OT many years Average ago the produc- tion of 300 pounds of over 300 butter-fat from one Pounds cow in a year was a . matter for congratu- lation. This past year the 13,581 cows in eighty-two of the state’s cow testing associations averaged 316 pounds per cow. This is a new rec- ord for the Michigan dairy herd im— provement associations. Here is an interesting matter brought out by examining the reports of the cow testers. In grading these cows according to production, it is observed that for each additional fifty pounds of butter-fat produced, a cow increases the returns over feed costs by $23.53. The additional feed cost for the production of each extra fifty pounds of butter-fat amounts to about ten dollars. From the reports we learn another thing: Cows' produce the greatest net profit when fed to capacity. Haifa ration is expensive and. wasteful. A full ration keeps the cow and turns a maximum portion of the feed into milk. Further, cows producing more than 300 pounds return a proportion- ately larger-profit than do cows giv- ing less than that amount. Any farmer who has a notion to build up a dairy herd, will improve his herd with much difficulty unless he has the guidance of the scales and the Babcock tester. With their aid, he can proceed with confidence. The cow testers are today one of the greatest factors in the improvement of Michigan's dairy, herds. HE greatest need Much of Michigan soils Lime is lime, according to John Sims, soils spe- ' Needed cialist of Michigan State College. This authority states that seventy-five per cent of the lands of4Michigan need lime in order to grow legumes suc~ cessfully. In 1927 more 'land was limed in Michigan than in any single year pre- vious. Yet it would require ninety years to complete the liming of land needing this chemical at the rate we are now going. Farmers apparently must think of this work in a much larger way than they now do. Liming should be looked upon as an investment, says Mr. Sims. In the Cass County demonstrations, it was found that 100 acres of the land under observation produced $600 worth of salable crops. Another hun- dred acres of the same type of land that received lime yielded $1,300 worth of produce, and a third hun- dred acres treated to both lime and commercial fertilizers gave crops valued at $1,700. Sour land offers a farmer oppor— tunity to make a gilt edged invest- ment, as the above figures suggest. This is especially true where legumes are grown. A good time to cover a portion of the farm is right now. A little Soiltex from the Sons Depart- ment of the Michigan State College will aid in determining whether soil needs lime or nbt. Any intelligent farmer can follow directions in mak- ing the test. N August 11th. The 1 title, W. .K. ‘Kelr ogg arm, near All: Kellogg gusta. was formally Farm dedicated to the pro-' grass of .Michigan, agriculture. This five hundred ere. known to the farming public the prac- tical value of these new things, and perhaps to show convincingly older aild more established practices fun- damental in successful farming; The putting of this fine, well- equipped, typical Michigan farm in the control of the Michigan state ex- perimentors, gives them a wonderful help in furthering the practical, con- structive work they have been doing. This action of Mr. Kellogg is just another indication that successful business men realize the relation of agricultural progress to general wel- fare. In connection with this we may also bring to mind the personal and financial interest Mr. R. E. O-lds has taken in the progress of the Michigan State College. Perhaps, aside from the desire to do practical good, these men have acted with a bit of sentiment. They may have recalled their own boyhood days on the farm when the methods were crude because knowledge was limited. Perhaps, also they have re— ' alized the important parts research and experimentation have played in their own Commercial successes. We believe that as many farmers as possible should help to make this farm of real value to Michigan agri-. culture by visiting it, and' taking home and applying the valuable facts demonstrated there. AN‘ investigation The by the U. S. De- R I F. partment of Agricul- ura "3 ture shows that there Loss are lost 3,500 lives and $150,000,000 worth of property destroyed annual— ly by fires on farms in this country. Lightning kills about one-sixth of this number and damages 3. minimum of $20,000,000 worth of'prop-erty each year. Other fire causes are due very largely to carelessness. This appalling annual loss can greatly be cut down by the use of care and local means of fire protec- tion; Lightning, the only uncontrol- able factor, can be safeguarded against by the use of properly in- stalled lightning rods.‘ The govern- ment’s investigation shows that cor- rectly installed and maintained rods will afford nearly one hundred per cent protection. Fire is one of man’s most useful ' or Percherons. Farm terest-ed in . wheat, corn, and 130‘ _ Prices tattoos are disappoint; ngher ea in the turn of prices for these com- modities, the fact remains that the index price of farm products, as de- termined by the United States De< partmen-t of Agriculture, is up to 145- or fifteen points above the index of July, _ 1927. The chief advances are for meat" animals and podit‘ry "pro‘ ducts, and in the south for cotton and. its by~‘produéts. Home Meat WAS readin’ the Other day. Yes, I‘ do that sometimes. But this time I was readin’ about horse meat and it made me haw haw. It says that the French butchers association is tryin’ to get folkses to eat horses, instead of drivin’ them. It. says horse meat is as wholesome as a ox and as delicate as a. lamb. Well, new maybe that’s so. I can’t. say it ain’t ’cause I ain’t never ate , horSe and knew it. But maybe if these Frenchmen get this thing ageing, (we'll be orderin’ a nice Belgian tenders loin steak. 01 if we don’t like Be1« glans We k i n have Clydesdale Maybe Percherons would be‘ 0. K. fer Friday? cause it sounds kinda fishy. ' V And then maybe these road side stands’ll have “hot horses" instead of hot doys, or maybe “hot ponies.” The horse is kinda. been losin’ out on ac: count of the auto but you kin never tell how he might be comin" back; maybe dressed in tights like a sau« sage. I don’t know if horse-tail soup’d be as good as the OX-tail ‘kind, but it seems like a horses neck stew would be kinda intoxicatin’. Maybe eatin’ too much horse’d give $118 the horse laugh. But why should it any more’n eatin’ . cow’d make us moo, or eatin’ 'pig’d make us grunt? I don’t know but maybe that’s why some folkses grunt so much. Maybe’ this is goin’ ta be a goOd way fer the horse to come. back as farm has been Sift??? ; 0.359.? ”We . » , a. useful citizen, speciallyvas a horse and buggy is kinda in the way now- a-days on the roads whereas a few years ago a automobile was one of them two— cylindered instruments of destruction, comin’ down the-road. It was considerable disturbance to the peace of life. Now.they’re six, eight, and, twelve cylindered and noiseless and fast. They make you step fast and look. There's. no.peace on the roads no more, but. often lots agents when kept under control, but becomes one of the most destructive forces known when it goes wild. The awakening of public conscience to these facts, will save untold farm wealth, both in property and in the saving made on lower insurance rates. Fire is the one thing which, of neces- sity, must be kept in its proper place. N a recent talk, Making DIX V- R- Gardner, of pieces. The days of wrappinf. the r . - - of M. S. 01. GXDI‘essed. ,lines around the whip socket and-let— ,lefflcultles a thought in CODDBC- .tin’ the horse find the way .home so Assets tion With cherry lygu kin make upflfilecp, ”you-.{zlost' growing which we can apply in a broad way to most all walks of life. Dr. Gardner said that the losses through shot hole fungus and low winter temperatures Were not discouraging to the good grow- ers; in fact, such difficulties were favorable to the progressive and effi— cient man. ~ The problems of farming and fruit— they. grooving are what make good farm‘- ing and fruit growing necessary In the days of virgin soils, anyone could , farm, but new there are dimcilltles courtin’ Mary Jane, you kin only read about in story books now. But anyhow, I guess we’ll let the French try this horse meat first and on us. Maybe, some .of them French girls eatin’ horse meat and dressed in one of them pony Coats, would make some little ponies, You’d have to look at their ‘to overcome ahd it takes understand- ing to do that. If all of us would study and come our natural banal costs, more W anesthetic ‘ then maybe they'll‘have the horse laf , wouldn’t ' teeth to see how old they are. but if i they got etdfhj teeth yours outa luck , - .. Don’t forget to order we honor ~: . . steak if you' re a fast eater; 1111;; ex- mag-(1.1.. . . 'TOWING a. motorcycle on a camel is no easy job, either for the camel or the cameleer. And af- ter our evil-spirited beast had heaved the bike off his hump and over his head into the’sand We decided it was ,none too good for the motorcycle either. A camel’s' disposition is as bad as his looks and both are exceeded only by his breath. I think his surplus of stomachs was given him instead of lungs and he breathes through his en- tire battery of stomachs, each one of which smells like ten thousand con- stipated sewers. And his natural dis- position is to heave a long sigh from the most putrid depths of his mani- fold whenever a person is standing within gassing distance of his face. If only “four out of five” of his stom- achs have halitosis then the fifth must have long since rotted away and been breathed out into the faces of his cameleers. And if we could ever get loaded up I was to ride one of these foul breathed beasts for three or four days, from Rig-Rig to the big French fort at Mao in Equatorial , Africa. Our black supercargo tugged at the rope cinched about the camel’s lower jaw and said “shoof, shoof,” with each more violent jerk. The awkward beasts’s knees finally sagged beneath him, he trembled, groaned, and then wilted to the ground, his legs folding up like a carpenter’s two-foot rule, each joint bending in a different di- rection. There he crouched, grumb- ling and mumbling on his calloused knees in the sand, while the camel- eers grumbled and mumbled among themselves about how to load him up with our complicated assortment of machinery. Nothing goes directly on top of the camel’s back. The round peaked hump prevents that. Instead, a little wood- en saddle is balanced there and partly secured, fore and aft, by ropes under his neck and tail. And suspended from either side of this sketchy wood- Handling Wet G rain Practical Methods of Drying HE heavy harvest rains in some sections and the rapidly increas- ing use of the combine for har- vesting grain, due to its marked re- duction in the labor cost of harvest— ing and threshing, have brought sharply to the front the need of some practical method of drying and con- ditioning grain. Under normal operating conditiOns with the grain left standing _from ' eight to twelve days longer than for binder harvesting, the moisture con‘ tent is usually low enough so that the grain may be stored safely; but if the weather is misty and damp, and the combined grain contains green weed life I: 6 Mari/Edam. ‘, 20 my \cept me. 'Purdue University, en frame must hang the camel’s bur- den, bauncing against his sides and maintained there almost entirely by balance and by’ Allah, both of which fail sometimes. A handlebar or the point of a fender or the starter pedal would gouge into the camel’s ribs and his chronic grumbling would'heighten into the most 'piteous cries and groans. If he were not such an'in- veterate cryer of Wolf one would feel that the poor beast wasin'the most The Sultan’s Lieutenant in a Chain Mail Costume horrible throes of the agony of death or that all his stomachs were aching at once. A can of water on one side and a couple of spare tires on the other, this way and that, to add a pound here and subtract two there, and they finally struck a sufliciently accurate balance so that the load wouldn’t fall off too often, and all our caravan was loaded at last, ex- The biggest camel of the lot was (Continued on page 146) seed or broken stems, the moisture content is likely to be high enough to cause heating. Experiments made by several of the agricultural colleges indicate that it is entirely practicable to dry hay in the stack and grain in a bin by blow- ing through it heated air by means of a power driven blower. The cost of power and heat is quite small, but the equipment is as yet rather too expensive unless it can be operated as a neighborhood or cooperative af- fair. Bulletins and other information on this subject can be secured from Lafayette, Ind., (Continued on page 149) W/l're screen Dyer 70p _.ri=rs MicrtfeAN FARMER Rough Sailing on Slup chese rt Camel Proves Worse than a Stiff-Legged Riding Horse By Francis I'load ‘ tats 11?. Charles William Stores In 0. NEW YORK CITY By Mail from The Charles . i William Stores, Inc., New g York City and Save Time, ? Money and Energy. Shop in Comfort in Your Own Home: Our specified Ii. delivery charg. it“ es on Style ‘i‘ Merchandise enable you to buy from us without in— creased cost regardless of distance. 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It started with one of those be- ifore-harvest “drives” which have so Etch demoralized the milling indus- try as well as the farmer’s market. obbing farmers is the grain gam- bler's specialty. He believes in re ,lieving farmers of their cash before uthey get it. In fact, if it were not lfor the big grain gamblers, there lmight be much les’s need of a farm— relief program. The ogre-ish wave of short selling in thewheat market, that has driven the price of this grain down more than fifty cents a bushel in the last ninety days, supplies a convincing i1- lustration of the way grain gambling ‘affects the_price of the farmers‘s pro- ducts. The futures market has been hammered by the consistent power- ful pressure of men “who know what they want.” Nothing but selling can cause a futures market to decline, and this is done by two classes only— speculators and “hedgers.” A sale in the futures market is made either by a gambler who is selling short or closing out a purchase previously made, or else it is a legitimate hedg- ing transaction. A sale in the futures market cannot be made by any other class of trader. It follows logically that every de— cline in the futures market is caused by speculators or by hedgers, and at times, of course, by their combined operations. * * * I doubt if there is much objection on the part of producers to ordinary hedging transactions, as in many cases these are of real value to the local elevators that buy the farmer's grain. But the disastrous truth is 1 that selling by gamblers is greatly ‘ in excess of the selling for legitimate hedging accounts. It has been esti~ mated that more than ninety per cent of the selling in the wheat futures market is purely speculative. When we get that far in the consideration of the decline, the problem begins to take a more definite form. Inasmuch .as selling, and nothing but selling, forces a decline, and inasmuch, also. as ninety per cent of the selling is done by gamblers selling short to ‘ force a decline, it follows logically that speculative selling is the domin- ant factor in forcing a decline in the Wheat market. The market’s two great abuses are short selling and ex- cessive speculation. Let us consider, for a moment, What occurred in that connection on the Chicago market when this “bear raid” started in May. In the first three days alone, 011 that market, the futures transactions were 97,400,000, 90,300,000, and 93,700,000 bushels re- spectively, or almost twice as much wheat as the entire crop grown this year in this country’s premier wheat state. 1 This hammering was continued, un- gtil, on July 23 when July wheat closed gffit}:§1.18%——about where it remained through the remainder of the month .. as compared to $1.701/2 April 30. “fall; was a decline of fifty-two cents Naturally the gamblers took advan- .. "of all the technical conditions in 3&3 market,' especially the ancient _' of “touching off” stop—loss ,_ s placed behind their operations wriithe optimistic chaps who were 'wing for an advance And they 1111:1119 full use, too, of bearish propa- 3. Finally, there was a thorough king out” of the last of the w- day after day, the situation was as graphically and tersely put by the Wall ' Street Journal. In commenting on one day’s operations in the grain pit, that au- thority said, “General selling pres- sure met demoralized buying power.” In other words, there was no actual market. _ I am wondering if there is anyone left who will have the hardihood to pull that time-worn shibboleth about the wheat market responding solely to the “law of supply and demand ” That explanation had whiskers on it before the present generation of gamblers was born, and it seems to me the whiskers have become con- siderably elongated by the market. operations of 1928. When a market- rigger can artificially increase the supply of wheat 10,000,000 bushels over night, what’s the use of prat~ tling about a law of supply and de- mand? Consequently, * * * Next to farmers, the millers are in- terested in curbing undue speculation in wheat. At their annual convention in Chicago in May, the Millers? Na- tional Federation adopted this reso- lution: Whereas, Recent vast expansion of trading in wheat futures, with result- ing frequent wide fluctuations in price upon which transactions in actual wheat and its products are based, in- dicates a renewal of professional speculation similar to that of 1924- 25, theret'ore, be it Resolved, That the fullest knowl-_ edge of daily trading operations and the status of the future trading mar- kets being essential to the proper conduct of hedging, we again request the U. S. Department of Agriculture to publish daily, in segregated form, for each grain and active future, the Gram Gamblers“Relleve”the Farmer volume of trading and the open con- tracts in all contract markets. The fact is that the wheat market is in the hands of gamblers who are “playing horse” with it most of the time, as they “shake out” the “longs” going down and the “shorts” going up. And inasmuch as the big oppor- tunity for a bear raid Comes in times of large crops and while the grain is .for the greater part still in the hands of the producers, farmers are plllaged by these operations. II: It 1|: It is time that. gamblers should be eliminated from the market, and fu- tures operations be limited strictly to. legitimate hedging transactions. And this is exactly what I hope to do in a. bill I now have before Congress, 83575. It declares that unbridled “short” selling and “long” buying are against the public interest, and en- deavors to restrict such practices to the ordinary commercial needs of the hedgers. I hope to get favorable action on this bill when Congress meets in De cember, and I am sure I shall be able to do this if there is enough of a demand for it. The wheat exchange should and must be market places in principle and in fact, for both farmer and buyer. They cannot continue to be a. den for “bears” and a shed for “bulls,” where they lie in wait for the lambs from the fold. The profes- sional grain speculator must go. He has no valid, nor logical place in the economic structure of the nation. He and his tribe are parasites solely, preying on the world’s most useful man—‘the producer. Our Slogan—{‘Lz’fi and Property Protection. ” BEWARE OF FAKERS AND SCHEME MEN AT FAIRS EVEN though people know that a man cannot be beat at his own game there seems to be that dare- devil feeling in the human family that if we take a chance, luck might sit for once at our right hand. Car- nivals and fairs are generally infested by crooks carrying with them games that are within the law, but the law they are within, is the law of aver- ages and the averages are always on the side of the operator. It is a fore- gone conclusion that these games are so run, as to pay the operator at least eighty per cent profit. To successfully operate games of chance, henchmen or stallers are em- ployed by the operator of the game, to play with his money. These are the people who walk off ~ with the dolls, blankets, and what not, and when the crowd moves on, thesesame winners are seen to go behind the place of business and leave their prize to return again and win an- other. 4 When you see the fellow next to you winwa prize, don’t take” it for granted that you ‘Canfdo likewise. For even if the operator hasn’t a hench- man era staller playing for him,.the public only ' has twenty chances against the operatbr's hundred; . ' If the public would stop to’ think that the operators of these games of chance are there to make themselves rich instead of the visiting public} by these takers. .\ who had bought at above there would be fewer “killings" mag; disability One only needs to stand and watch the progress of one of these games for a short time, in order to be con~ vinced that their games are not on the level, for the operator who fol- lows the game of chance racket for a living, has contrivances that keep the game under the operator’s control so that he is able to know what his earnings are at the end of each play. INVESTIGATE ACCIDENT INSUR- ANCE BEFORE YOU BUY AVING been asked by a member of the Protective Service to in- vestigate a certain accident policy issued by a mid-western company, we felt the result of our findings might be of interest to our readers. The policy in question offers protection against loss of time, limb, sight, or hearing but not loss of life from acci- dental causes, with a clause that" the insured must be prevented by acci- dent from performing all usual duties ”pertaining to his or her usual occu- pation, for at least fifteen days before application for payment of indemnity on pelicy wouldbe honored. , Nowhere in this policy could we find where the first fifteen days would feature in indemnity payment should. the policy 1101113: he abie to claim disability for more than men WG-- . For. inhuman! accidents? injuries prevented the insured eat; being at; the active discharge of duties for: _ ' only able to. ”purchasing, sir protection. It is hot 1'" to a . local insurance man to look over the policy you. contemplate purchasing, or. if time permits, forward same to the” ’ Protective Service Department, Mich- igan Farmer, and we will be glad to ,give you our interpretation cf clauses in question. CLUES WANTED ~' ' EON C. WHEELER of Evart, Michigan, writes that sometime around July 20th thieveshvisited his farm property and stOle valuable carpenter tools from his ’ tool chest. The farm from which the property 'was stolen is operated» in connectidn \ with Whispering Pines Resort and, does not have an occupant. The theft was promptly. reported to the Osceola County law enforcement agency and Mr. Brooks, Sheriff cf Osceola.“ County, will appreciate any clues that may be given him. The Michigan Farmer is interested in bringing to justice the thief or thieves in this case. , News of the Week C. W. Bennett, of the botany de- partment at Michigan State College and one of the foremost plant path~ ologists in the country will resign to accept a similar position with the 01110 experiment station at Wooster, Ohio. The Westinghouse Electric Com< pany in Pittsburgh have successfully sent motion pictures through the air in their laboratory tests. The engagement of Gene Tunney, retired heavyweight prize fight cham~ p1on, to Miss Josephine Lauder, a Greenwich, Conn, heiress, has been announced. Thus, the once shipping clerk has attained both social and financial success. The first cable of the new inter- national bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Canada, was put across August 8th. Italian submarine F-14 was rammed by a destroyer, Giuseppe Missori, and sunk in the Adriatic. 'At least i1 score of men were in the submar- ne. . A severe storm across central- Florida has caused untold damage to. the citrus fruit industry there, es— pecially in the Indian River district. The American Federation of Labor at its recent meeting has failed to: officially favor any presidential Can-a didate. The Canadian steamer, Huronic,‘ went aground on the rocks on the north shore of Lake Superior. The passengers and crew are safe. The signing of the United States- Chinese tariif treaty has opened a. way f01 China to achieve universal tarifi automy. ‘ Fred Stone, the noted comedian and dancer, was severely injured when at— tempting to make a solo flight in his own plane. Both legs were broken but he expects to dance again. Brigadier-General H. M. LOld, di- rector of the U. S. budget, has sub‘ mitted to President Coolidge the bud« get for 1930. His estimates call for $3, 700, 000, 000. Jack Dempsey has agreed to fight the winner of the elimination fights for heavyweight championship left; vacant by Tunney’s resignation.‘ The Polish flyers, Majors Idsikow- ski and Kubala, were rescued by a German steamer sixty miles off Cape Finisterre, Portugal. They were swimming when) they were rescued. They expect to try the trip to New York again. Mounted police in Paris jailed 1,000 reds and communists because they re- fused to obey police orders. The Polish frontier guards have been ordered not to fire a shot and to avoid all clashes with Lithuanians on the border. The Lithuanian: are massing on the border. . * Three prominent odious of M36 Brothers hone reflig‘ngd due to the w with t steer - om. _ N“ _ .1 “.m. .-.._...._._.....u ,.?'i ,J!‘ V O O 6 6 O O O QIYEE DAYS Twenty-one big-time vaudeville acts, the Inost com- plete fireworks spectacle ever staged at any state fair, horse shows, cattle shows, contests, new and unusual Midway attractions, races, exhibits of all that is newest and best in commerce, industry, agriculture, and domestic arts—these are but some of the many features that will attract hundreds of thousands of spectators to the Michigan State Fair in Detroit, September 2 to 8. Contests of many kinds, entertainment and education for every man and woman, old or young. New and improved facilities for taking care of the crowds, new shows and novelties, new and bigger exhibits—and the same low price of 25¢, children under 10 FREE. Save a day and two nights for this 1928 Fair. It will take that long to see this mammoth spectacle in its entirety. The world’s most famous military band under the personal direction of John Philip Sousa who celebrates his 50th year as a conductor in 1928. Special Sousa concerts Sunday, September 2nd, and every day of the fair. Here’s your Opportunity“ to see and hear Sousa for 25¢. ,MICHIGAN‘, (“3 [AI . @3170] « saw 12%“ x 0'96 9.910 ‘SEvEN slants 9 t O 9 O O goooooo‘o O O L“ l the Wheat was Winter-killed.” results to thousands of farmers. assuring healthy, vigorous growth. of our Agency Plan Darlings Better Fertilizer ”This picture shows how much Darling’s Better Fertilizer does for wheat. The poor strip is Where I forgot to turn the fertilizer distributor on when planting one round. 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Now'a the time for acclooJVrne for Roof- ' N f " 13:5” iii'fgdio‘rdlrhigffigk. °' ‘ w on M o. co. z.‘ * K. IDBItEROT Blur-LE" .- fl?” WWO , “By the Way” A Hair Raising Problem Boss: “Where have you been?” Late Clerk: “Getting my hair cut." Boss: “How dare you get your hair cut on my time?” Clerk: “Because it grows on your time, doesn’t it?" Sad Case An absent-minded professor was walking down the street one day with one foot in the gutter and the other on the pavement. A friend, meeting now for the last ten minutes I've been limping.” Smell the Smoke Flapper’s friend: salesman yell ‘Fire,’ when you passed by?” Flapper: If Not, Why Not? ware store.” see why. It done got iron in it.” Some Speed A negro was trying to saddle a. a mule. Sam?” asked a bystander. times kicks where Ir‘jus" been." A Family Trait worker, but talks too much.’ “Why did that “I’m an old flame of his.” Colored customer in a hardware store: “I’d like two pounds of spin- ach, please, sir." Clerk: “Spinach? Why, my good man, we don’t sell spinach in a‘hard- Colored customer: “Well, Ah don’t “Does that mule ever kick you, "No, euh,” said:- Sam, “but he same- A schoolmaster wrote this" brief criticism on a boy’s report: "‘A good Accordingly to rule by~the scholar’s father, it bore besides the signature tax expert, in Wow the .tollowin .. retort, ,“You,",§hould ,7 W beer-bl» welder” -» » . Mic, . . News andV-l‘ows : From INGLESIDE FARM—By Stanley“ Power. OME week ago we asked for ex- pressions as to what subjects we should treat in these letters. In response, T. Norman Hurd, a student at M. S. 0., East Lansing, writes: "I have thoroughly enjoyed your News and Views each week in the Michigan Farmer and have often been tempted to congratulate you upon your interesting letters, but' when I read your page last week I decided I would write. _ “When it comes to choosing a sub- ject each week I realize that the list is not unlimited. Your past topics have .been unusually interesting, es- pecially those concerning ‘I—Iaying Etx- periences,’ ‘Observance of the Sab— bath,’ ‘Lambing Time,’ and ‘Arrival of a. Junior Member of the Partner- ship.’ “Newspapers and magazines cover the important farm issues and latest ' scientific devel- opments pertain- ing to agricul- ture, but no one deals with the actual living on the farm, as you do. After all, really living is the most impor— tant issue and I greatly enjoy your accounts of the ups and . downs which as- sail you in striving to attain such an ideal on a farm where life is always best.” ‘ With this young friend pleading for letters of an intimate,personal nature and other readers urging a discussion of heavy political and economic themes in these articles, it will be obviously impossible to please every- body all the time. School Taxes Studied A letter from my friend R.‘Wayne Newton, Tax Research Specialist at M. S. 0., contains the following para- graph: ‘ “I have been busy for the last several months trying to develop a formula to distribute aid to schools on a basis which will insure every district of enough money to meet the minimum state requirements without requiring a levy in excess of some uniform rate to be established for the whole state. Any district desiring to go farther in the matter of educa« tion, of course, would be able to do him, said: so at its own expense. The proposal “Good afternoon. professor, and will probably be one which will gua‘r- how are you.” ‘ / “I was very well, I thought, but antee the sum of $1,000.00 to every school district having thirty pupils or less, and a proportional sum for greater enrollments, with extra con- sideration for high school attendance. The proposition, as it probably will able similarity to the New York school law, which guarantees to graded school districts a. definite sum per teacher, without the necessity of levying a. tax in excess of $1.50 per thousand.” I must confess that some of this is a trifle vague to me, but I am cheered that so able 3. man is earnestly striv- ing to find some means whereby we can at last attain an equitable and decent degree of f‘equality of educa- tional Opportunity,” which is some- thing which Michigan farm. boys and girls do ' not have now except in theory. .' Many districts have exhorbi— taut school tax rates, but' because of low valuations, sparce (populations, girls. More power jtoltr. “Newton the ' still. ,tirvlties to an unwilling halt. finally work out, will bear consider—"~ etc, are not able to provide average * school tactiltles for their “Kjboyr Tend; which is so vital and yet so perplex¥ ing and baffling. ‘ ‘ . \ Weather is “All ’Wet” Just at this sitting'We are feeling rather discouraged as we have been so anxious to rush the work and. get it out of “the way before the'season' of fall fairs and‘the Weather Man has hampered our operations with voluminous rains. so spgced, as to bring threshing operations to a stand- You may remember that in my last letter _I mentioned expecting to thresh the next‘dayQW'ell, we haven’t threshed a bundle at Ihglesldensince then and have our fifty acres of wheat and barley steaming and sweating, in the shocks and most of our cats, which are badly lodged, are still to cut at this writing (August 8). ' I This morning Some men came along wanting work and I hired four, of them to reset the Wheat. turning'the bundles inside out and setting them over at one side of the old shocks. This seemed necessary as the hurri- cane winds and torrential rains had beaten down the orginal shocks pretty badly and some of the bundles were beginning" to sprout on the inner sides, that‘is toward the center of the shock. ' While investigating the condition of the wheat this morning, I 'saw something that interested me greatly. Under a shock I‘discovered an Told mother field mouse ’and a. bunch of little mice, each about an inch in length. The usual "phase of the situ ation was that when the 01d mouse started to run, the wholek'litter of little ones grabbed onto her tail and dragged along like a bunch of grapes. I’ve had hard work to convince my wife that this is the truth, but I saw it with my own eyes. ‘ ‘ Profited From Captive Mice Speaking .of these field' mice re- minds me thatzat acertain stage of my boyhood I used to capture such mice and bring them to the house and keep them in a cage for pets. Then mother would pay me so many cents each to allow them to be killed. Thus I derived both sport and funds out. of the venture. , .' This afternoon we tried to cut cats, but hadn’t gone far on the second round before an inconsiderate and’un- needed cloudburst . brought such ‘ac- After that I went and trimmed Shropshire sheep for the fairs, which is, if any- one should ask you,. more tiresome than harvesting. We read that in- days ,of 'old' a favorite form of torture was to 'place a victim upon a rack and pull his limbs so that they; were stretched in every joint. I can appreciate a little bit What exquisite agony this must have caused for I’ve been. helping halter-break same of our Milking Shorthorn heifers for exhibition pur- poses.” . ' In the twenty-fifth verse of the first chapter of Genesis we ‘read that-00d created the cattle and other beasts of the earth and then in the following verse the narrative relates, “And God said, Let us make man in our image. after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the. fish of the searand over the birds of the heavens; and over the, cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” ‘ We have , learned in. ’ the school "of hard-knocks that it'is‘a "very tedious Tabla-«41:»; ' . . '. .- v V... 2-. W‘”“ N WWW " ‘w‘—*~ ’3‘ _. . “MM ...., p . News from the Air ‘gi a; .,., it: s‘ a Community Set Serves Eighteen ‘Families in Camp Employees of an oil company located at a drilling camp in north- western Wyoming have evolved a community radio receiving system. The old camp ground purchased an expensive radio set, installing it at a central point on the lease. Then a telephone circuit from the receiving set to every one of the eighteen homes in the camp was set up. Loud speakers or head sets in the homes Complete the arrangement. The men in the camp take turns as “operator” at the “central receiving station.” Schumann—Heinlds Discovery Mary Hopple, whose contralto voice is heard in the Philco hour, was dis- covered in Lebanon, Pa., by Madam Schumann-Heink. Encouraged by the great artist, Miss Hopple moved to New York to study. She worked as a clerk during the day, studying music at night. This year she made her operatic debut. She is 22 years old. Broadcasts Game From Flagpole The first ball game to be broadcast from Chicago was the work of Sen Kaney, veteran announcer. Kaney’s assignment took him and his micro- phone to Cubs Park, where no com- fortable quarters in the press box, no specially constructed announcer’s booth, awaited him. Kaney stood on the grandstand roof, holding the mic- rophone in one hand, clinging to a flagpole with the other, and while the wind whipped about and the flagpole rocked, he described the game. Radio a Guide to Voters With political feeling running high, one of the most popular broadcasts on the air is the Tuesday evening "Voter’s Service,” jointly. sponsored by the National League of Women Voters and the National Broadcasting Company. Each week at 7:00 o’clock (Eastern Daylight Saving Time) sev- eral political authorities representing both national parties address the audience. ' Opera to Be Broadcast Again Productions of the Chicago Civic Opera are to be broadcast once each week during the 1928-29 season' over a network of stations associated with the National Broadcasting Company. The first of these programs will be heard Wednesday evening, October 31, between 9:00 and 10:00 o’clock, Central Standard Time. An hour of the opera will be broadcast at the same time every Wednesday evening thereafter until January 23rd, 1929, giving music-lovers throughout the nation an opportunity to listen to the voices of many world-famed artists coming direct from the stage of the Chicago Auditorium. ADVISES TO STAY ON THE FARM I F my advice were sought,” declared n Hon. James Davis, Secretary of labor at‘the National 4-H Camp for boys and girls, “I would advise every boy and girl born on a. well developed farm to stay thereon unless he or she felt to a marked degree that his . vocation lay distifictly elsewhere. There can be as much happiness on the farm in these 20th century years as exists within our cities. “Even our city dwellers are begin- ning to cast longing. glances at the great open spaces and are manifesting a desire to 'get beyond the dust and heat of our urban street. 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After 10,000 miles of service, spark plugs deteriorate, no HOW To BALANCE BATTERY READINGS 'The other day I took my battery to a service station to have it charged, but the man in charge said the bat- tery would only come up to 1.200 gra- vity. Would this be caused by weak acid? When the acid in a battery is weak, how is it mixed to bring it up to strength? Would putting 1.300 acid in in place of water bring it up to gravity, or is there a. better way? Anfi' sDuggestions will be appreciated. When a battery fails to come up to normal gravity after thorough charg- ing, the trouble may be due to sev- eral causes, and it would take a care- ful checkup and test by an experi- enced battery man to determine just what the cause might be. More of- ten, especially in old or neglected batteries, low gravity is due to the poor condition of plates; and usually the only time that additional acid is needed is when the battery has been tipped over and part spilled, or the cells filled so full of water that they run over when the battery becomes warmed up. The safest things is never to add electrolyte except on the advice of a competent battery man after a thorough test. The usual method of balancing the electrolyte in a battery that needs new acid is to giVe the battery a long slow test for two hours after any cell shows any increase in density or voltage. Then remove part of the electrolyte from the low reading cells and replace it with an equal amount of 1.300 fresh acid. Then charge again for two hours after any cell shows any increase in density or voltage. Repeat this until all the cells show about 1.280, or whatever the fully charged gravity should be. If some cell gets too high a reading, take out a little electrolyte and replace with distilled water. The prolonged slow charge can do the battery no harm and usually will benefit it.———I. W. Dickerson. CEMENT CURBING FOR WELL Would like your advice about the use of cement or cement blocks for , matter how well made they are. ,The spark is weakened. Com- bustion is only partially com- plete. Unburned gas is wasted through the exhaust. Power is lost. Engine performance is seriously impaired. Even though Champions last longer than other plugs, a new set assures more complete burn- ing of the gas. Engine efficiency is restored. Power, speed and all-around performance are im- proved to an amazing degree. The saving in gas and oil,and the freedom from repair expense, 1 are so immediately obvious that the regular change of spark ' pugs at. least once a year be- ‘_ ecOnomically sound and ,, eminently practical. ahjucniiMPmN SPARK pwe co. V j ,; TOLEDO, omo ‘Iwiringor curbing a well, where the water is to be_used for drinking and household use. Does cement make the water {hard or‘ objectionable in any way?— Either reinforced concrete or ce- ment blocks makes very satisfactory curbing for a surface well, as it is clean, easily handled, and lasts inde- finitely. A reinforced solid concrete wall is the best, at least for the first 12 or 15 feet, since it prevents any danger of surface” water leaking through. If concrete blocks, bricks, rock, and so on are used, they should be laid carefully in cement mortar and then plastered 0n the outside with cement plaster to make a water tight wall. Occasionally a concrete wall or ce- ment plaster for a cistern makes the water rather hard for the first filling or two, but I have never known of any trouble of this kind from a. con- crete wall in a well.—~I. W. Dickerson. DOES TRACTOR NEED TWO HEADLIG‘HTS? Please advise me as to how I can put two headlights on my 16-30 trac- Any suggestions will be appre- tor. elated—«G. B. which can be put on top of the. trac of the second headlight. c, I can easily see the need of one light in front to show where, the. tractor is going. and one portable, light tor and turned backwards to show the work, but do not see the need It simply adds to the expense, complicates the piping and MM down.“ the. battery or gas tank that much faster. Probably the simplest and most , satisfactory tractor lights are those~ burning acetylene gas,- which can be carried in small tanks ,of the type. ' formerly used for automobiles and trucks. One large firm is now mak- ing these especially for tractOr use ., and a number of tractor manufactur- ers are putting these on as optional equipment, usually , using one. head- light and one portable trouble and rear work light. The gas tank when emptied can be exchanged for a filled ., one at a small charge, and one filling will probably last all year at the rate at which most farmers do night trac- tor work. In fact, it is likely that for most tractors, all that is actually needed is a good gasoline lantern with a reflector, and perhaps a good flashlight for trouble inspection. Many farmers are getting satisfac- . tory tractor lighting service out of an old 6~volt generator taken from an old automobile and using the two head- lights, one for the front and one on top so it can be turned in any de- sired direction or lifted off and used as a. trouble lamp. Some method of driving the generator must be de- vised, each tractor being a problem in itself and usually having places JUDGES Mr. D. H. Horton. Head of the Poultry Husbandry of the New York State Insti— tute of Applied Agriculture. Mr. Clyde Ingram. Poultry Specialist. The where the power can be taken off. In C m Ex v0 Work,“ am sure M some places a split pulley of the Iouisiana. ' proper size can be clamped on to the pump or fan drive shaft;‘ in other cases a belt running over or under the fan belt; then again a belt run- ning on the' belt pulley; and so on. A battery is usually not needed if a good flashlight is also carried, since extensive repair work is not usually attempted at night; and a battery complicates the system and adds to the Cost of operation. Usually double contact bulbs and sockets are used, with a double cord to each lamp, taking one wire off from the live ter- minal of the generator and connect- ing the other wire to the grounded side. Where a second lamp is used, it is wired in parallel with the first, one wire from the second lamp com- ing, off from the generator terminal, and the other grounded to the same place as the first'lamp. To prevent burning out the gen- erator when the lamps are not ‘in use, a switch can be used to short circuit the generator. Perhaps a better way is to have the belt arranged to slip off when the lights are not need-ed, as it causes a lot of wear and tear on the generator all day long for the short time it may be needed at night. Mrs. L. P. Bendier, President. The Greater Orleans Poultry Association. ‘ GRAND Pen: $250.06 Mildred Boughn. 5227‘ Greenwood Street. Nebraska. SECOND PRIZE $50.00 Dorothy Moore, Marion, Ky. THIRD PRIZE $25.00 Vernon Nichols. Princeton. Mo. NEXT TEN SW.” PRIZES (Each name to receive $0.00) Rosana Flint. Mount Airy, Ga. Pauline. M. Cm.'1’arkersburg. W. Va. Everett B. Johnson. Framingham. Mass. Pedro Bern/berry, Wardville. Okla. ' Gar-win M. Conley. Nebraska City. Nebr. Theo. R. Lorenz. Hitchcock. Okla. . Esther McWilliams. De Kalb, Miss. Julian Wiley, Green nd. l’aul Barman. San Gabriel. Calif. Mary Hockaday. Guthrie. Okla. THE NEXT TWENTY LETTERS RECEIVED. 85.00 Lloyd Studer. Roanoke. Ill. . Lorraine Scehusen. Center Junction. Iowa. Joseph Braidic. McKee: Bock. Pa. Solon s. Bloom. Baltimore. .Md. Hortense Granaman, Danville. Iowa. Grace Miller, Collins, Iowa. Esther Kramer. Oxford. Ohio. Earle Miller. Eaton Rapids. Mich. Ruby Kit-pg. Ozark. Ark. . Lemolne urtin. Andrews. Ind.- Ivy Anderson. Northport. Wash.» W. N. Brand. Camden. Miss. . Verlan Braithwaite. Huntsmlle. Utah.) Lillian Emerson. Harrodsbury. Ky. C. W. Johnson. Newbmyport. Mass. 'l‘horalf Thompson. Pleasant Lake. N. D; Lincoln. Elotha Campbell. Saline, Mo. Martha. Frances Johnson, Memphis. Tenn. Wilburn Smith. Vinton. _ The Gulf Crushing Company congratulates the winners for their letters and wishes to tell every b9? and girl who wrote us we received some very 11.163 letters and it was a, h job for the judges to tell ,' just who should get th prize. . . «21‘ 3mm .— Purc Crushed Oystcr Shell for Poultgy ~ Clean, Colorless—99.6% ' DIGESTIBLE in 8 hourswover 948%% Calcium Carbonate. 1 ' Gulf Crushing Company, [no.- New Oreanls,‘ U. A ' ooan- nan SEPTIC TANKS BECOMING MORE ' POPULAR T least ten or a dozen septic tanks will be installed in We):- ford County within the next few months was indicated at the septic tank demonstrations. Nearly fifty people inspected the tanks While being built. ‘ '_ The septic tank is a modern farm,l sewage disposal system. The Mich-l igan tank has been under observa« tion for about ten years and has been found to be very satisfactory in oper- ation. ' The Michigan tank installation con— f sists of a. setting chamber, .a storage * chamber, a siphon, and a filter bed. In the first chamber bacteria working ‘ without light or air break the organic ' _ matter into a solution of mineral salts. :The second-"chamber accinnus 3 ' ' .lat'es thefliquid so the siphon cans F??? - dischargefit into-tire filter bedrin'Suf- '- 3 , partially fill an or the tour the}; ficient quantities so as to ‘flood and drain, tile making “the m: m .. .. built. mm.“ were for {reamin- Artbur Lea. Alters. Lebannon. Ind. 1 Va. . is w. “(-mw - “MM. m... 1;" ,, .3 . \y ' rapid development. 'trained on a trellis or stakes, start law are about threesixteenths of an GARDEN » NOTES W0 of the omost beautiful flowers in the garden are the squash flow- er and the hollyhock. Yet we would never think of 5calling a florist or stopping at a farm to obtain a dozen squash flowers for a sick friend. And . yet they would belas beautiful and cheerful golden yellow as any flower that is grown. -A‘ row of bright colored hollyhocks 'along the garden fence increases the pleasure of work- ing in the garden. These brilliant flowers root deep and seem to obtain enough moisture to bloom in spite of the dryeSt weather. Our Chinese cabbage has been a fine salad ’plant in spite of the dry weather. They obtained a fine spring start in fertile soil and made a good growth before the drought. They should be thinned early so that the plants will have plenty of room for Market gardeners sometimes con- trol cutworms with a poison bran bait made of 5 lbs. bran, 1 pint of‘ cheap molasses, 4‘ ounces of Paris Green, and 1 lemon mixed with 7 pints of water. A small bit of the mash is placed‘ on the ground aganist the stems of plants that are apt to be taken by the cutworms. The worms will often prefer the sweetened bait to the plants and this may help to clean out a lot of the pests. Be care- ful not to use the bait where it may be eaten by poultry or stock—R. K. IT PAYS TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE TOMATO PLANTS IF you want your tomato plants to furnish you with their daily quota of fruit, give the plants some thought and care. Where they are to be tying them early and be careful to use soft strings and to make the ties fairly loose. When the first fruit commences to ripen, feed the plants about once a week with liquid man- ure. A good time to apply this is after a watering or after a rain, as it must never be applied when the soil is dry. Cut out all unnecessary growth such as the little green shoots or branches that form at the end of the bunch of fruit, new shoots growing freely from the base of the plants, and side shoots or laterals pushing from the axils of the leaves and sap- ping the strength from the plant.— 0. H. F. A MIXED GARDEN HIS year I set out a new straw- berry patch, and, for fear I would neglect hoeing them as I have done in other years, I planted early peas, radishes, lettuce, and spinach between the rows. I find it a very good plan, as I notice the weeds, when gathering the lettuce and other green things for the family table. , I also mixed ‘my flowers and vege- tables, sowing a row of poppies next to my carrots, with French 'marigolds on the other side. Sweet peas at the farther side, with zinnias and cab- bages in front of them. I’m sure I shall enjoy my garden when the flowers begin to bloom—E. P. C. PLUM LEAVES 'AFFECTED What causes the bright colored » swelling on the enclosed plum leaves? What is the remedy ?-——M. These projections, whicll3 are hol- |neuannmnsamu undoubtedly a gall produced by ’a Cecidomyid fly. There is no doubt a fly which lays eggs on the leaves of the plum, which produces the larvae that induces the growth of these slen- der tack-like processes. .To judge from other species of Cecidomyids, I would not expect it to be of a very serious nature. I am sorry not to be able to give you the exact name of the creature, but this "could not be obtained with- out breeding out the adult and the adult could not be bred out in a num- ber of weeks and by that time un- doubtedly the matter would have lost interest to the sender.—-—R. H. Pettit. Much care needs to be exercised in choosing the variety of wheat to grow. 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It has the famous Superibr Double Run Force Feed System — a system that measures and deposits an exact amount of seed with unfailing precision. And it’s equipped with one of the most positive methods of seed regulation ever developed. When you set the lever for a certain number of bushels per acre that’s the amount you will sow. As C. A. Bowman puts it: “You can always feel satisfied it’s doing exactly what you have set it to do. I have been farming for many years and I consider the Superior Drill one of the best imple- ments I ever saw.” Light draft and long life In practically all of the thousands of letters we get from enthusiastic users, farmers tell us how surprisingly easy they find the Superior to pull. A New York farmer voices the opinion of all when he says: “It is the lightest draft drill I have ever used.” This light draft is due to five things, correct design, proper distribution of Weight, Hyatt roller bearings, Alemite lubrication and pitch-and-gather wheels —features that contribute to longer life as well as easier operation. Let the Superior dealer show you Call on the Superior dealer in your neighborhood. Let him explain the many exclusive features of the new Superior Drill. Talk to farmers in your neighbor- hood who arc now using it. Find out for yourself the kind of work it does in’your type ofsoil. And then do what good judg- ment will tell you to do. Use the Superior in planting your crops this year. In the meantime, write for a copy of the free book offered below. Mail the coupon today. THE AMERICAN SEEDING MACHINE COMPANY, INC. 623 Monroe St. ~ ~ Springfield, Ohio eeee MAIL COUPON FOR THIS VALUABLE BOOK ON DRILLING. MORE PROFITABLE CROPS If interested in profitable .seeding methods, by all means read “Drilling for Dollars.” It will be sent free upon receipt of name ‘ and, address. Sign and mail the coupon now. r-----'-------‘ The American Seeding Machine C¢'% _ 623 Monroe Street SP1" “My Pl d e. free I cage.- rfn“ . inc??? 146—12 ’ reserved for me. He “shoofed” to his knees in the sand and his hump was still somewhere above my waist. In between the high arched front and back rails of the wooden thing they called a saddle I piled all our bed- ding. To the front rail I tied a can- vas haversack and stuffed it with my camera, a couple of chocolate bars in a tin, a box of raisins and a huge bag of dates, and a cOuple of canteens of water. Slung along the side was a . high-powered rifle, partly to inspire ' an increased respect from our five black cameleers and also to be handy in case I should wish to shoot an ostrich or a gazelle. I climbed aboard. The camel ground his teeth and moaned aloud from sheer force of habit. My hostler loosed the hobbles from about the camel’s knees and told him to stand up. The world dipped before me as the rear part of my huge saddle lurched upward and shuddered a mo- ment like an earthquake about to hap- pen. And just as I recovered myself from taking a header into the sand or looping the loop in the camel’s neck, the whole quaking mass shot backward, and confused me again. Almost at the same time the front end bolted up, and the hind end. completely reversing its previous rise, settled away from me sickeningly. Vaguely I reasoned that my camel was mounting to his feet, and I must hang on a few minutes longer until he would get himself all unfolded. It was still his move. Eventually, there I sat, high and mighty, on the camel’s back, thankful for once that the sands of the Sahara are soft. The four other camels with our bag- gage, motorcycle, and two side cars fell into line, a black cameleer lead- ing each with a rope. And bringing up the rear, trailing along on the end of -a grass rope hitched to a horse in~ a breaststrap harness made from an antelope hide, was Jim and his threéwheeled motorcycle skeleton, side car body gone. The grinning giant Booboo himself, bare toes near— ‘ly dragging in the sand, was astride the bewildered horse and coaching ,him to pull. Thus did our trans- Africa motorcycle expedition file out through the big gates of the Rig-Rig fort. At the top of the first hill, Jim cut loose from Booboo and his horsekand put-patted down the sandy caravan trail ahead of us. If he should get stuck later on, all he had to do was wait until 'we came along with the horse to pull him out. By that time I had already discov- ered why the camel is called the ship of the desert for I was getting as sea- sick as I’ve ever been on any tossing ship on the ocean. It’s no wonder, I thought, that the camel’s stomach is so strong; it must be in order to hold its own through all that heaving and Rough Sailing on Ship ofDese rt’ (Continued from page 139) ‘ rocking. It’s no wonder also, I rea- soned, that the poor beast is so racked and 'warped and misshapen as he is; nothing could‘keep its shape through such a violent jerking as that terrific gait produces. The wonder is that he can hang together at all. I was sure ‘that‘ I’d come apart some- where very soon. The sickening mo- tion had already turned my stomach wrong side out and I was thankful I had but one. If the gait of a camel were a steady, dependable jolting, even like that of a stiff-legged saddle horse on a trot, or a riding cultivator crossing checked corn the first time, or any other liver-building shaking that can be analyzed and understood it would- village rest hedge, ‘s‘imfpiy La -_iati'e' . round gras‘s hut with a low door like an Esquimo’s igloo. And inside this hollow hay stack he already had two ' .plump chickens killed and a, big cala- bash of milk that wasn’t too sour to drink;"and—-I could hardly believe my eyes—a half dozen red tomatoes from the oasis garden. ‘ Life was worth living again and we went down to see the village garden. It was strictly a community proposi~ tion, pure socialism. The villagers, or rather the village wives, had cleared a few acres in the lowes part of the oasis basin and there ha dug four open wells, about fifteen or twenty feet deep. A pole sweep and a goat-skin bucket on the end of a rope was the town pump; Near one well a mud tank had been built for watering the goats and camels and horses and cows. The rest. of the water was for irrigation and it was all drawn up and carried in buckets to be poured upon the fields by hand. The garden consisted of a few water- melon vines, tomatoes, some date palms, and several varieties of greens or chard. The rest was all in wheat. But even at the end of my three days of riding this zoo- logical earthquake I had no idea at any given moment from which direc- tion the next jolt would come, nor just where the last one would ulti- mately leave me, if at all. n’t be so had. A camel is like an animated me- chanical exercising horse with every cam out of time and every bearing loose. I can’t describe the motion be- cause I was never able to figure it but myself. I simply have a haunting memory of some of the simpler move ments as follows: My entire saddle would rise, ambitiously as the prow of a ship on an ocean wave, but the front end would soar more rapidly than the rear, reach its climax soon- er, and shudder to an instant’s stop while that rear elevation persisted, surely and sickeningly. Then, presto! that whole rear end, which had been so slow and steady on the rise, would settle with one paling lurch and, bringing up on dead center at the bot- tom of its sink, the whole would bolt forward with a jerk that would snap my head back behind my cars. This major movement—forward and up, stop, sink, and jerk, and then repeat in two counts—was supported by a repertoire or variations and compli- cated minors that nothing but the philosophical villainy of this pariah among beasts could achieve. He used his entire bag of tricks on me. And I was the victim of this desert rack, a Mazeppa on a. camel, for three long days. The first day we made eighteen miles and at dusk we reached a little village. It was built of mud and grass, but it looked like paradise to me. Jim was waiting for us in the flc'ti‘vz'tz'm~ of 14/ Acre:—“ T flank: / Come Again, ” Say; Slim F nature has been unkind to these black folk in stationing them there in the edge of the desert where everything is hot and white and only man is black, she has made up for it nicely by limiting their desires ac- cordingly. They probably come much nearer to having all they want than do we with our high speed machines for manufacturing happiness. For several months of the year the grass in the broad valleys around will maintain their flocks. The wells and the women with the hoe take up the burden. when the valley grass is gone. Every year a few beef cattle are ready for market. Great herds are built up in that vast hinterland of Africa to make the long, long trek down to the coast for sale and slaughter. It may be a 2,000 mile . Mum . "gm '4 0. “march with the cattle- wfl come back and bring a few rants-of . cotton cloth, some matches... salt;_.to: bacco, pots and pans, and occasion- ' ' 7 ally a mirror and sane beads for the women with the hoe at home. after all, they are women. . We found no more villages until the third day at noon, and late that evemng we reached our destination, the largest of all 'the French forts. so far, the big station at Mao. Again the soldiers and the civilians stain- peded out to meet us and again the Commandant made us welcome and comfortable at the post. Here were thirty gallons of gasoline for .us—at $3.60.per gallon——and a‘ half-hearted promise of better going ahead. THE next day the young native Sultan of the adjoining village of 6,000 souls and half a dozen' other villages as well called to present his compliments and a huge sheepskin full of dates, fully thirty pounds of concentrated nourishment and sweet~ ‘ ness. And he oflered to stage a grand parade and jambouree the next day if we would stay. We would. And it, exceeded in pomp and dash and show of wealth all the other celebra- Pons that had been held for us so ar. The Sultan himself was a young desert Croesus whose wealth in hun- dreds of camels and horses,' th‘ou- sands of cattle, and dozens of wives and children, really knew no limits of measurement at all. He was mounted on a magnificent roan which he handled like the Bedouin Chieftain that he was. His saddle blanket was a tapestry worked in gold, and his saddle itself carried pounds of solid silver delicately smithed and, studded with precious stones. ‘His chief lieu- tenant wore a complete suit of genu— ine chain mail that would have been as priceless to any modern collector as to that proud scion of the Sahara's aristocracy. Genuine chain mail it was, probably stripped from some Crusader, some devout follower of the Lion Hearted Richard. It had moved westward through the centur- ies along with the browner faces, the sharper features and the fiercer blood of those eastern Arabs and stood now with these same decendants rooted fast in the black heart of Africa. There is history in those arid plains if some scholar can ever ferret out. the truth. See you next week. Dreams and Deeds Our Weekly Sermon-"By N. A. McCune OW much importance do you at— H tach to dreams? Dreams were accounted of great significance- in olden times. The Bible con- tains many references to them. It was in a dream—or vision—that Paul got his impression that he should cross over into Europe, in response to the cry of the Man of Macedonia. Dreams are receiving much attention these days, at the hands of students of psychology. One school explains dreams by saying that they express wishes that we have been unable to satisfy, and have sought to banish from our minds. But these wishes refuse to be forgotten, and they re: appear in symbolic form in our dreams by saying that they express might have worked with Paul some- thing like this: He had long hoped that he might carry the gospel mes- sage into Europe, even to Rome it- self. But, this appearing to be impos- sible, he had put the thought away as impracticable, and as apparently con- trary to the mind of God. But the desire cannot be wholly silenced, and one night‘he dreams that he sees a man calling to him, to come over and help. We are told that he straight- way responded by embarking for the opposite shore, which looks as though he had been thinking about it. He felt that the dream was God’s way of telling him to go ahead. Perhaps we have slighted the pos- sibilities of dreams. Maybe God does, or would, if we would let Him, talk to us through that medium. I here give one or two quotations from the daily journal of John Wesley. Wesley, the founder of what later became the Methodist Church, was a man of intense activity and deep re- ligious consecration. Of the effect'of dreams on personal character, he says, “What I have to say touching visions or dreams, is this: I know several persons in whom this great change was wrought in a dream, or during a strong representation to the eye of their mind, of Christ either on the cross or in glory. fact; please. This is the let any judge of it as~ they And that such a change was Frank R. Lee: THEM cwv FELLE‘RS oven on MR.Nr.—MCOMER'S GOLF‘ ooumE sum: GAVE ME ALtFT WDAY‘. How VAs Tum: SUM? ‘7». \ 11' _ , ONE OF' THEM Loa'r H16 BALLOVER m cm HAY HELD" .. AND THEY ALL CAME OVER AN PITCHED ALQAD OF {MY BEFORE THEY For ~ .... 1“ . ,. v.4 *‘w.. ~_._ ...“...Nn... .-.... r I then 'Wrought appears, not from their ' Shedding tears only, but] from the "Whole tenor of their life, till then in many ways wicked; from that time holy, just, and good.” _ many instances of how dreams pic- tured symbolically events that had taken place, although the dreamer did not know-it until afterward. For in- stance, a young woman was about to be married. Her lover had gone to Ireland, and was about to return and take her for his bride. While asleep she dreamed she saw him bend over her as if to embrace her, the left side of his head with a hideous gash in it, and streaming with blood. She awoke screaming, and brought the whole' family to her bedside. It was some time- before she could be calmed. Some days later a letter came, saying that the young man was up in the tower of the cathedral, watching the bells swing, as they were being rung. Suddenly one of them, which was upside down,. turn- ing again, struck him on the Slde of the head, killing- him- instantly. He was struck on the same side of the head as his bride-to-be had seen in her dream. This whole matter of dreams is being studied with much intensity and in time it may be pos- sible to put‘the subject, to religious uses, as was done in olden times, and with greater accuracy. Saint Paul’s readiness to follow his vision is worth noting. He lost .no time in packing his valise and- buying a ticket for his destination. He was waiting and was ready. Delayed obe- dience often spoils results in religion, as in other things. He who hesitates is lost. That our hero had been divinely guided was apparent. He had scarce- ly gotten started with his prayer meeting in Philippi, when a woman of strong character attended, and be- came converte’d. She was a business woman, and evidently successful and respected. She had' the tiny church Our Readers’ Corner Facts and Opinions by Michigan Farm Folk ON CORN BORER CONTROL ORN borer season is here again and now is the time to think, act, and- perform if our labor is to be worth more than the cost in re- sults. This is not a corn county, but with careful preparation of ground, selected seed, and avoiding the “cold bottom” frosty land, 100 baskets of flint corn can be grown per acre three years out of five, and a nice crop of fodder on any land naturally well drained every year. . The corn borer was at work last year but damage was slight. On three acres of corn cut by hand we found twenty—five borers. In looking over the freshly cut stubble left by a corn‘binder we found evidence of about the same per cent on a neigh- bor’s field. The pith of the stubble is colored dark if the borer has let in the air; and by slashing with a corn knife the worm may be found; sometimes in the crown of root—but very seldom. Being in an off—and-on corn section for forty-five years we have seen many implements for working corn and it’s surprising the dependence still placed in hand methods where small areas are planted, for the rea- son the large expensive machinery could never be made to pay. On the average, no small farmer ever invests the second time in large machines, lister, binder, or shredder. Many. farmers of a mechanical turn of mind think no great difficulty would have to be overcome to 'as- semble a machine for either large or small fields that would, at one opera- tion cut the stalk close to root, roll fiat, snap off the ear and tie the flat- tened stalks into bundles, or shred and elevate into a wagon box. Such a machine would leave the de- partment of agriculture where it is - generally found, a little to the rear , of successful practice. Whatever plan is ultimately adopted, it must be made. He relates - the Lord ’15 as a. thousand V it tgg‘t‘flnd years as one,’ yfi-Fmfi and; ms cmne to her house for its meetings, and she entertained Paul while he was in"?the city. pared. in advance, for him and his message. That is the way the Divine Spirit operates. When one is lead of the Spirit, he is pretty certain to find that that leadership has prepared the way. But that does not mean that all dif- ficulties have been smoothed away. The opposite, rather. It is more than likely that the person following this leadership will find himself in diffi- culty sooner or later. Religious faith is not a lightning rod that one can put up with which to keep off trouble. Many people think it is, and complain loudly the moment they suffer loss or hindrance. No, religion, if it is alive, may actually get us into dif- ficulty sometimes. Of course, that does not mean that we are to charge it up to religion if we have no horse sense, and get ourselves into trouble. Religious faith has never been a sub- stitute for sense and never will be. If a‘ man is a fool, his religion will not save him from embarrassing situ- ations. But on the other hand when we do our duty ever so carefully, we may find that we have gotten into tight places, rather than escaped them. So Paul, when he healed the slave- girl, and thus did a humane deed, found the whole town on his neck. Superstition and race hate and the love of money and all the rest of it got mixed up, and Paul and his com- panion were treated to a Roman beat- ing and were thrust into prison. But out of this came a victory that was worth all their trouble and pain. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR AUGUST 19 SUBJECTz—Paul Takes the Gospel to Europe. Acts 15:36 to 16:15. GOLDEN TEXTz—Acts 16:9. too many departments overlapping~~ too many ofl‘icials. Every effort should be made to encourage coop- eration without bureau regulation. 'Try and reduce the number of officials by first consolidating road districts, townships, counties. Elect fewer'leg- islators, fewer congressmen, stop ly- ing, stealing, and voluntarily pay as we go and pay what we owe. He was a sage who said: “There is a vast difference between rendering a service for a consideration and mere- . ° I ‘ I \ ~ I if, i I"! ’ i 1y making a JOb for someone.”——E. R. yafiivwata'iaiiffiidfli " _ u ‘ .~ ”$11507 .’ . L dofor you.on low speedor ; if; h -1 :_.s.__..~,,.--;rl\\‘ ,1 I. ' hi h speed—small power ’ 3 7 ‘ - __ . ' /\‘\. ’ ~: . or or power. Write ion '7 v. i ;:' Fr- 5;“; ‘Ag ’71).- 2g ~c.‘_~ ‘ REGARDING EVOLUTION l the talostoday- r ,1 fine, ‘m v-g' ‘,:\- ,3 .\"’:~‘"‘7“ e THE discussion of evolution by the boys and girls on “Our Page” has been very interesting to me, and I would like to advance, In your Read— ers’ Columns, some ideas which may not have been'mentioned before. _It is many years since I read Dar— Win’s “Origin of Species” and “The Descent of Man.” My impression was that Darwin did not try to prove that man sprang from the monkey, but that he evolved from a lower type of animal form. He used the orang—outang as an il- lustration because that type of animal more nearly resembles the present type of man in physical construction, intelligence, manner of walking, etc. He also compared that species of animal to the lowest form of human life then existing on the face of the earthuand to the fossils found of primitive man. If anyone is inter- ested in the subject he will find that in remote parts of Australia, Africa, and As1a there are tribes so far re- moved from our present condition of ClVlll_Za.t10n that it is difficult to draw the line between them- and the brute. Evolution is growth, a gradual im- provement from a similar type. For example, they speak of the evolution of the automobile, etc. The civilized man lives where he has had a chance to develop under conditions favorable to human life, yet he has to exert himself to sustain his life and hold his possessions. The scripture says that the earth was without form and void. Our as- tronomers say that the earth was once, undoubtedly, a molten mass. We are wont to think of man as created perfect at the time of creation. But the scripture says that “a day with u-"M::i céfi‘iig AN .. F A R‘ii/i Ed R‘ .. The soil was pre-' Study Blizzard insiiaige Cutter ’to figure ulley speed. 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Harry Lyon and James Warner” awators, are being initiated into a Breakfast Club. v water and fire rescues. Fireman William Adams, of California, is test- ting out a new oxygen helmet to be used in Jose de Leon Toral, artist and “intellectual” killed Mexican president-elect Obregon. This lotus flower is from (the largest bed in the United States, located in Echo Park, Los Angeles. on account of weather conditions. Lieutenant Paris landed at Horta in the Azores in the seaplane “Frigate” on an intended trip to New York which was given up \ LW. B. Acker, chief clerk of the Department of Interior is adminis- trating the oath of office to Roy 0. West who succeeds Dr. Hubert Work as Secretary of Interior. Work is to the right. :vu . l M'; j r A .model of a new airport under construction at Los Angeles to be ready for the National Air Races and September 8 to 16. ._...~..‘ The steamship “Ile‘de France” is the first passenger ship eguipped with a plane catapult. Beaplanes will leave‘thet ship in mi ocean and reach. New York 36 hours ahead of mas. N a «'37 ‘- Aeronautical Exposition, V. ‘m ‘ 7- V (3th by Undefined l: Undmmod. New York *Ofi- up , HA’SJTHE‘ Dacron" LEFT THE > ' SMALL‘ TOWN? ', ,“T the Annual Meeting of the ' American- Medical Association held at Minneapolis last June > there ‘was received from the National Grange a memorial to the House of ' Delegates of the American Medical Association with reference to the , growingcshortage of country doctors. The National Grange speaks for 800,- ‘ 000 members and their families. (It made its petition in the hope of such "reforms in medical education as will serve to replenish the dwindling sup-~ ply of country doctors and avert a general breakdown in rural medical service.” I did much rural practice for seven- teen years,~ so I know something of its hardships and compensations. In my earlier years roads were so poor that I drove a horse in preference to a car and in very bad weather drove a team. I am sure that the steady spread of good roads really means better medical service for the coun- try family, thought it also means few- er doctors in the small towns. In the old days, the town of 1,000 people had two or three doctors. They held un- disputed sway in a territory running six to ten miles north, south, east, and west, perhaps covering a hundred square miles. Many such a town has only one doctor now living within its borders or perhaps none. That may be due to the fact that within twenty miles there is a city. This city may have fifty to sixty doctors, every one of them now in touch with that hun- dred square mile radius because con- nected ‘ by hard-surfaced roads. In such a. case the farmer living in that territory is really better off than be- fore. All that he needs ,do is to make opportunity to get on such terms with some special doctor in the city (someone who meets his ideas of a good doctor) that he can get him when called. A run of twenty-fiveor thirty miles is now a matter of little importance. (in the other hand, this is the very ‘thing that may have emptied the small town» of its doctors. «They have gone to the city. They can reach their old patients just as well from the city on telephone call, and be there quick encugh for anything but the worst emergencies. People who live in neighborhoods served by good roads are not silfl’ering from a short- age of doctors. But there are other sides to this shortage of country doc- tors, and these I Will discuss in a later issue. IS SHORT OF BREATH I‘should like to know what causes me to be so short of breath.—»M. K. There are many things that might cause this. It is always best'to take it seriously enough to have a. careful examination. It may be due to some trifling matter but on the other hand it may indicate some disturbance of heart, lungs, or blood pressure. [CHILD IS ,OVERWEIGHT .What would be a“suitable diet for an overweight child of eight years? I Should likegto know what to include in or .omit. from the diet that Wauld keep, the weight '.d0WIl without in- griéig V310 development of the body.—' Starchei and-sugars are the chief ‘ things‘to remove in'such a case. Cut acut‘fiii candyf'an‘d limit the amount if?” used in cerepgg. , I'Potatoe be trend mrln ' ~ 4: 8 V811 seeme- Cream and butter may be allowed iii moderation. Green vegetables and fresh fruits will take the place of these things to great advantage. Re- member that when a child is much overweight, it is well to examine the thyroid gland. PERSPIRING EXTREMITIES What causes the hands and feet to perspire? My daughter 19 years old has cold, clammy hands and feet so much of the time and they perspire at times quite profusely.—=Mrs. H. People have natural differences as to this, some being born with a tend- ency to easy sweating. When a young girl is concerned it is often a symp- tom of undernourishment and unbal- anced nervous system and blood sup- ply. I would insist on extra sleep, extra nourishment, sleep in fresh air, and especial attention to warm cloth- ing, without overdressing. Shoes should be large enough for easy cir- culation and there should nowhere be any restriction of blood supply. HANDLING WET- GRAIN (Continued from page 139) and from other agricultural colleges. Where granaries are provided with stationary elevators, many farmers are finding that sufficient drying can be secured by elevating the grain and letting it run down through drying flues in which a large number of de- flecting screens have been built, caus- ing the grain to flow back andforth in a thin sheet. If hot air from a stove or furnace passes up this fine, the drying effect will be much greater. Investigations carried on by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., in cooperation with the North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, N. D., indicate that practically all problems of damp grain can be solved right in the farm gran- ary by the installation of simple and inexpensive ventilating flues. These can easily be made by any farmer and can be used over and over year after year. The general construction of these flues is shown in the accom- panying diagram. The fines are placed across the granary horizontally spaced about 24 inches apart and at levels 20 inches apart from top to bottom of the bin. They are 4 inches high and 6 inches wide, the sides being made of 1 by 4 inch boards, these being held apart by 1 by 2-inch cleats every 12 inches. The tops of the fines are covered with 16 by 16- mesh Wire screening, the under side being left open. Each forms an air- way or tunnel entirely through the bin, the open ends being covered by screening to keep grain from working out. In some cases ‘the open ends are protected by an, overhanging metal shield as shown to keep out rain, While the better practice seems feafiosARMER: WA! MADE WITH AMco 32% IUDDLEMENI DAIDV j ' (in Pennsylvania) 15—3749 3_ , 1TH good cows, good handling, and good feed, H. A. Snyder of Loyal- meade Farm, Mon- toursville, Pa., has set a new high mark for Cow Testing Associa- tions in his state. His herd of fourteen pure- bred “and grade Hols— teins averaged 526.4 ‘ pounds of butter fat for the year just ended e—the record produCu tion; and made an ‘average of 14,283 pounds of milk As he had home- grown corn and oats, he mixed them as long as they lasted with AMCO 32 % SUPPLEc MENT DAIRY, making a grain Part of Mr. Snyder’s recordvbreaking herd. V11. 1 “tie- .. With your new E‘vob grains,- mix AMCO.32% SUPPLEMENT DAIRY— 200 lbs. of grain to 100 lbs. of this Amco Supple- ment—for a 20 percent protein mixture. For a straight dairy feed, use AMCO 20% DAIRY or AMCO 18% DAIRY on pasture. ‘4 AMCO 12% FITTING RATION with AMCO 32 96 SUPPLEMENT DAIRY. Grain was fed nearly , every day of the year i 4 (including the pasture season) at the rate of 1 pound of grain to 31/2 pounds of milk. The herd avera e is the more remar able- considering the fact! that six of the four— teen were first-calf' heifers. The high cow/ in the herd, a 5-year-- old registered Hols- of fat. ration of 18 to 20 percent protein. Thus, while utilizing fully the rain-growing capacity of his farm, fie depended on this supplement to make his ration palatable and highly digestible; and to get the cream of the proteins and the three When the corn and cats were gone, he mixed necessary minerals. FEED MIXING SERV'CE . AMERICAN MllllNG COMPANY EXECUTIVE OFFICES: PEORIA, ILL. Plants at: Peoria,.lll.; Omaha, Neb.; Owensboro', ”Ky. “- i ’ Alfalfa Plants at: Powell, Garland, and Worland, Wyow ril taining 729.3 pounds offat. Eleven cows made more than 400 pounds For every dollar Mr. Snyder charged to feed (grain, roughage. and silage). he got back $2.57 for milk. His total feed cost per cow averaged $172.86 for the year. and his return per cow was $444.90, a net return over feed cost of $272.04 per cow. tein, made 17,677 pounds of milk. cone to be to provide doors over the ends which can be closed in rainy or damp S“ I" ”Bur‘BWMiMSH weathergor after the grain has be- come thoroughly dry. Careful observation over several seasons’ use indicate that this method of ventilation will prevent serious heating even with very damp grain, and that this same equipment can be used with several kinds of grain and‘ will last for a ”number of years. They cut down the storage capacity but very little and hence can ~be left in place even .when not needed, or can be lifted out and stored when de- sired. More complete informatipn.‘ “i W.” as Full W eight, Galvanized-— for economy and lasting service I And Apollo-Keystone Copper Mei ' ' RUST-RESISTING deuod J - W Roofing Prodjr ‘ Why build to burn? For best protection f VHImmiimmmmnh. idiIiimnsmwmllll. APOLLOJCEYSTONR Copper Seed Gunilla: m , about; mm u", ask: 3m: 1m, M11403 / . no] In: WSW "autumn,” is ‘ Keep Looking Your Best By Giving Careful Attention to the Personal Things That Count. By Irene Taylor, Clothing Specialist, M. S. C. RE you too busy being a good mother and homemaker to stop occasionally to ask yourself if you are also "easy to look at?” Michigan farm women enrolled in clothing courses under the direction of the Home Economics Extension Division of the Michigan State Col— lege did study the problem of the well dressed woman this year with gratifying results. The woman who takes pride in her personal appearance, and who spends time each day in trying to keep her good looks is no longer considered vain or giddy. The older woman of- ten realizes, to her deep regret, that she has let her family outgrow her, and has allowed them to lose pride in her appearance and well being. Many a housewife who is carelessly dressed and poorly groomed while she Mrs. Daisy Lowe, Wearing the Cos- tume She Made After Carefully Studying Points of Good Grooming. works at her daily tasks does not re- alize the extent of her influence or she would dress differently. She is the one who sets the standards for her children when they have homes of their own unless they are fortunate enough to come in contact with high- er standards before that time. The effects of her poor standards also reach beyond her own home to those of her neighbors, for where one housewife is lax in her standards of personal appearance, it is easy for others to be less thoughtful. Pressure of work, discouragement due to family reverses, failure of a woman to see herself as others see her, lack of appreciative associates to encourage her, and indifference to‘ generally accepted good taste are some of the reasons for neglecting to make the most of one’s charms. Im- portant as these causes for neglect may be, surprising results may be ob- tained through the better manage- ment of one’s time coupled with an (2rdent desire to look one’ s best. " ,opping occasionally to measure _‘to the accepted standard helps one ,1 its .2 realize wherein one has fallen ,‘ishort' of the mark. Some of the char- ’ acteizistics of the well dressed woman are: ‘1. Healthy in body and erect in posture. 2. Well groomed, her person and clothes are clean, neat, and in repair, ', she wears garments correctly. XS. Garments well fitted, they stay ”position on the body, freedom for easy movement is provided. 4. Garments up-to-date but not conspicuous b e c a u s e of extreme fashion. 5. Suitably dressed to occasion, location, and income. 6. Becomingly dressed in line, color, and texture suited to her per- sonality, build, and coloring. 7. Interestingly and harmoniously costumed, making a unit of design whose center of interest is the wearer. During the course, each woman was asked to work out a complete cos- tume for herself, using old or new garments but emphasing her ownin- dividuality. This costume was worn and scored by her neighbors. The confidence gained by this study and analysis of oneself is expressed by one of the women who said, “I never realized it was such a job, this making a charm- ing person of oneself. All your little personal private investments, whe- ther it is a matter of brushing your hair or cleaning your face or smiling, or holding your temper, every single thing you do, or think, or wish, helps to build up or tear down the person you want to be. But it is worth a lot of hard work. in terms of your own happiness and in terms of all the world that has to look at you.” HINTS WORTH TAKING Read the advertisements for de- vices which will help you with the household chores that you dislike the most. Chicken fat is particularly goOd for making cakes that have a decided flavor such as chocolate, spice, or caramel cakes. Before scraping new potatoes, let them stand in hot water for a minute. They will scrape much more easily. Canning hint: All preserves should be cooked rapidly. PICKLE‘TROUBLES MAY BE AVOIDED F your pickles last year were un- successful, if some of them shriv- eled, or become soft or hollow, there is a reason for it. Learn the reason before plckling season this year and avoid making the same mistake. Shriveled and tough- pickles are usually the result of too much salt or sugar, or of vinegar that is too strong. Even if a strong sweet or sour pickle is desired, this shriveling may be prevented by using a weak solution of the pickling mixture for a few days and then increasing the strength of the solution. This will give a crisp yet tender pickle. A brine that is too weak may re- sult in soft pickles because it does not prevent the growth of the organ- isms which cause spoilage. A solu- tion of one pound of salt to five quarts of water is necessary to keep the pickles in good condition. Some- times pickles do not keep because they are put into the solution with- out drying. The extra water dilutes the solution too much. Too weak brine may become cloudy; but in making dill pickles, a cloudy brine is part of the curing process. Hollow pickles are usually the re- Fruit Juices Quench Thirst STABLISHING a home beverage fountain in summer is one way of saving some of the family’s spending money and providing all members of the household with wholesome, nour- ishing drinks. Cool drinks from fruit juices are satisfying thirst quenchers and not only stimulate the appetite by their tart flavor but contain valu- able minerals and vitamins as well. In many cases where the boys and girls are constantly asking for money to buy soft drinks and pop, material for excellent home-made beverages is going to waste in the kitchen. Most all fruit juices, alone or in .combina- tion, may be used for summer drinks. Rhubarb, with grows so plentifully in many gardens, makes a delicious and easily prepared drink but is rare- ly used. Simply wash the stalks, boil in water, and strain. Sweeten the juice with sugar or syrup. Green apples quartered but not peeled, cooked, and prepared in the same way also make a popular beverage. Color may be given to these drinks by add~ ing cherry, plum, or berry juice. These combinatibns are also tasty: H uzaza strawberry juice 1 cup current juice or 3 cups sugar Juice of 8 lemons Juice of 4‘ oranges Juice of 2 grapefruit. 1 at. older 35 can grated pineapple 1 qt. carbonated water 1 pt. ramberry or 1 (it. water Make a syrup by boiling the water and sugar for ten minutes. Add fruit juices and pineapple. Cool and ice and when ready to serve add carbon- ated water. Summer-Time 2 (its. red raspberries leaves 3 cups sugar 3 ms. cold water Juice of 6 lemons 1 qt. carbonated water 1 bunch fresh mint Sprinkle raspberries with sugar and let stand an hour. Press out juice, add lemon juice, crushed mint leaves and cold water. Let stand half hour. Add carbonated water and ice. Boston Punch 1 qt. boiling water Juice 3 lemons 3 tbs. tea 1 cup sugar 14 bunch fresh mint 2 sliced oranges 1 qt. cider 1 small bottle Marsa- Juice 2 oranges chino cherries Pour boiling water on tea and fresh mint. Let stand ten minutes. Strain, cool, and add cider, orange, and lemon juice, and sugar. Ice and when ready to serve, add sliced oranges and cherries. Orange N09 2 cups orange juice 2-3 cup sugar 1 LB cups ice water 1 1-3 cups chilled milk Dissolve sugar in orange juice and chill. When ready to serve pour orange juice slowly into milk diluted with water. , Shake vigorously in a Mason fruit jar. Serve ice cold. If a supply of home-made fruit drinks is kept'in bottles on ice, the children will acquire the habit of sav- ., ing their pennies by going to their = own fountain. sult of using fruits or vegetables which were gathered too long before being put in the pickling solution. For best results, they should be pickled immediately after gathering. Dutch Pickles 1 gal. cucumbers, sliced '0 1 scant cup salt 8 good sized onions. Let cucumbers and onions stand over night in salt. In the morning, rinse good and drain. Then add the following syrup: 1% qts vinegar 1_ s.tsp black mustard. 2 cups sugar 1 tsp. celery seed 1 8th. tumeric 1 tsp. white mustard 5 tbs. flour seed Stir_ flour, sugar, tumeric together and mix to a-paste with water. Stir this mixture into boiling vinegar and spices. Let boil until thick. Add cu- cumbers and onions and six 'large This Strikingly Simple Fall Costume ls of a Mixture of Red Wool and Rayon. sweet peppers sliced or chopped fine. Let this simmer about two hours. Watermelon Pickles In one gallon of water, to which half a teaspoon of powdered alum has been added, boil four pounds of melon rind for forty minutes, keeping the top covered with green peaCh leaves to make a rich green. Take out the rind, empty the kettle, put in a gal- lon of water and several pieces 01'; Drop in the rind: and ginger root. boil thirty minutes. Take Out and dry again and make a syrup of a gal- lon of water, five pounds sugar, spices to suit taste, a few pieces of stick cinnamon, some cloves, sliced lemon, and ginger. Boil an hour or until clear, then add a half pin-t of cider vinegar nad boil twenty min~ utes longer. Seal in sterilized jars. This recipe is particularly easy to make because iii needs so little at— tention. It can be used for peaches, pears, or apples. Bean Pickles pared mustard 1 large cup brown . mm in cover beans Cut beans into inch lengths and boil until almost tender in boiling salted water. Drain. Cut up the Onions and boil in boiling salted water. Drain. Rub the mustard to a. thin ‘ i a little cold wet ' paste with". , did no cooking. . roadside markets. UGUST days and threshers com- ing! Temperatures in the kitchh on just about the same in or Out ‘ oi! the oven. Long, full days, but not long enough to get all the work of the farm home done. But, threshers, cocking, canning.,.cleaning to the con- ; trary notwithstanding, groups of farm women in Washtenaw, Ottawa, and Chippewa Counties took a few days 03 this month and went to camp. There, they neither toiled or span, but did just a bit- of handicraft a3" recreation. The;r took theirown bed- ding, slept in tents or shacks. In a few cases they helped with the dishes, but they didn't plan their own meals, and that blessed joy of not knowing what was for dinner until they came to the table, some of them knew for the first time in years. The women in Washtenaw County ‘chose Camp Newkirk on the ‘Huron River as the location of their fifth annual camp. Nearly one hundred wetnen of the county availed them- selves of a few days of rest, recrea- tion, and inspiration at this beauty spot. Miss Mildred Gardner, clothing spe- cialist of Michigan State College this last year, acted as camp counselor. During the week, she taught the women how to make colorful felt cor- sages. From Miss Elizabeth Thomp- son, they learned many unusual ways of adopting and serving some of the - new foods now on the market. Professor Alex Laurie, of M. S. C., discussed the farm flower garden and what to grow in it to get the most blossoms and enjoyment for the least amount of work. He also showed the Crop Failure Brought Success (Continued from page 137) makes as they are needed. In her cellar she has a stock of 300 gal- lons of various fruit juices for instant uSe, stored in 5 gallon pasteurized bottles. In this way, Mrs. Easter makes jellies the year around as they are needed. In the course of a. year, Mrs. Easter and Mr. Young ship nearly 300 boxes ‘of jellies all mail orders from customers to their friends. Christmas hexes are most numerous, while birth- day and anniversary boxes are also of great number. The green mint jelly is a popular gift which is much in demand on St. Patrick’s Day and on Thanksgiving. In their four years of... business, .Mrs. Easter and Mr. Young have. never lost a customer, have done no mail or magazine ad- vertising, but have increased their business many fold through their su- perior jams and jellies, the attractive roadside display, and through friends of their many satisfied customers. In._ 1927 considerable competition was offered Dixie \Farmdellies by a. brand of factory manufactured jelly which was introduced at the various This year, their business. is: better than ever before sincerpeople are more careful to look at .. the label and to enquire whether the product they buy is home-made or merelytactory jelly which they can buy at their home gracery store; Seventy-five per cent of the fruit used for. her jams and jellies is raised on the farm, thereby enabling Mrs. , Easter, to get the best and the fresh- est “fruit for her meritorious product. Mrs. Easte‘r’s jelly and jam making have won her recognition at numer- ops canning exhibitions, some of them of state and nation-wide importance. . The result of one of her exhibitions brought her a telegraphic inquiry Wat owner who controls They. r-crisped draws out insects. omen Enjoy Camp~ women how to combine and arrange their flowers in artistic bouquets. But perhaps the best of all was the stunt night when the women put on their own clever, impromptu program. All the way “from crossing the rail- road track” to the pantomine of the “bachelor seeking a wife” the guests were highly entertained. The third annual camp for farm women in Ottawa County was held under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Morley, county home demonstration agent. The delightful location of the camp at the home of Mrs. Frank Beaubein afforded much pleasure to those attending. The last word in dress accessories, . felt flowers, and embroidered purses were taught by Miss Irene Taylor, clothing specialist. A launch trip with a visit to the Hopkins’ estate on Spring Lake with vesper services in the rose garden, was one of the plea.- sant features of the camp. The camp program included games, recreation, and music appreciation given by Mrs. Morley. The proximity ' to Lake Michigan made it possible for the campers to enjoy several swims in the “big lake.” The camp in Chippewa County held a few weeks’ earlier, was equally well attended and enjoyed. But what of the threshers, the ber— ries, and the rush of work back home? Big sister or the neighbors managed the threshers somehow, and, as for the rest of the work, it waited until- these mothers'returned with the ' renewed en ergy and inspiration gained at the camps for their jobs as better homemakers.——I. L. a month! With her modest equip- ment, Mrs. Easter could not, of course, meet such a. demand. “One never knows by the make of car how much a customer will buy,” said Mrs. Easter, beginning to re- count a few of her experiences in roadside selling. “More than once a family in a broken-down old Ford has bought a couple dozen jars of jellies, while an eight-cylinder car with chauffeur, fancy paint job, and three spare tires, brings a sale of a tiny two ounce jar of jelly.” Frequently jokers and jelly sam- plers stop but Mrs. Easter, with her keen wit and pleasing personality, easily masters what might be annoy- ing situations. Cleanliness of stand, prompt service, courtesy, and plea— santness supplement the wonderfully flavored Dixie Farm Jellies and keep this unique roadside enterprise grow- ing with surprising regularity. During the early part of the sum- mer, Mrs. Easter and Mr. Young have opened up shop number two at Stur— gis through which town a good share of Chicago-Detroit traffic now passes. COTTAGE PUDDING WITH BERRIES 1 . 1_ semi” :ugarlm is tstpp baking powder ’15 cup lfiegguns flour 1 cup raspberries Cream butter and sugar and add beaten egg. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with the milk. Add one cup of drained raspberries or other berries. Mix well and bake in a shallow ,pan in a hot oven. Serve with hot foamy vanilla sauce. Clean dusty felt hats by rubbing briskly with a. dry sponge, or bread. Vinegar and lemon added to the water in which salad greens are being H before it bites quito before it bites. Kill the mosquito Avoid the painful torment. Pre- vent the danger of dread disease. Spray FLY-TOX. Kill the mos- sprayer loaded with FLY-TOX. Spray the sleeping rooms, on the screens, behind the curtains, in closets, where mosquitoes hide. 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Size 8 requixes 17/8 yards of 36~inch mate1ia1 with 5g yard of 36- inch con- trasting. ,GIA.----;-$‘.--.....Q_- No. signed in sizes 16,18 years, 36, 38, 40, 3383~Perfect Comfort. De—‘I and 42 inches bust measure. Size 36 requires 3 yards of 40- inch material '. with 1% yards of 31- inch ribbon and-1 “ %, yard binding. -; No. 2996—— Individual Coat Dress. 1 Designed in sizes 16,18 years, 36, =‘ 40, 42, 44, and 46 inches bust mean. ‘ Size 36 requires 3% yards of 40 material with % yard of 18 inch trasting. The price of each pattern in Send an extra 130 with your, ~ . , Saved From W. B. Some Interesting M. C. Letters Dear Uncle Frank and M. C. Cousins: _ What has become of our M. C. quilting party? Nothing is ever said of it anymore. I have only received three blocks so far, I would like them to be 12 x 12, white muslin, favorite design, worked in either blue or red, name and address. I heard a discussion the other day on “which man is the greater, Lind- bergh or the builder of the plane?” As for Lindbergh, we see his name daily in the paper. As for the builder, , his name is never mentioned. I think Chester Arehart Was President of the Hastings High School Ag. Club they both have the same honor, for the plane had to be constructed. It was built strong and durable, and, of course, someone had to be the p110t to guide the plane. I was reading Albert Faber’s let- ter. Well, I have been a member of the church for three years and fur- thermore he isn’t the only one to be proud of it, for I always have been. From an M. C.——Patty. The girls ought to be thinking about quilting parties again pretty soon, and I hope there will be a real interest in it this fall. Lindbergh de signed the plane he piloted, so he is due credit for that too. Dear Uncle Frank: . I truly believe you are kind hearted, Wherefore, I want to be pardoned for ignoring my membership card so long. You see, school work keeps me quite busy at times, and as a rule, I don’t let anything interfere with my lessons. Do I hear you say, “that’s a. very good reason, I’ll pardon the culprit at once. ‘7” I really don’t see why everyone keeps talking about smoking and drinking all of the time. Now don’t look so horrified I don’ t like it either. I think it’s all right to discuss it some, but too much doesn’t get one anywhere. I base my idea on the fact that most people have a certain degree of pride, despise being a “tin angel” for anyone, and, because a reputation goes first, believe they ‘ must partly live up to it. example, a class in school. If they are told how stupid they are, the teacher’s harping soon' discourages 'them, for their reputation has gone . also,‘and they soon become worse than ever. My idea of drinking and smoking .is to give some worth while fact ’ , against it and then keep still about it. instead of finding so many faults and“:- remedies for our friends, I sug- ’t we begin with ourselves. W'hen is feeling particularly good and -. ,‘ Imus, so much above others, just , go out—.of-doors in among the trees, ‘~ ‘ IioWers, and birds, and, if one looks, _ he will soon find how little and of no account he is. Lecture’ s ended for this time. —-Princess Helen. You express some good thoughts which contain elements of truth. A Himmler than thou” attitude acCom— writes nothing but attains ill-will for ,from beginning to end. Take, for ’ the one who has it. indicates you have higher things. Your pen name aspirations for You are pardoned. Dear Uncle Frank. It certainly has been a long time since I have written. In fact, Ihave moved twice since. I live 'in town now. I miss country life at times, but I have very nice times here, es— pecially during the school year. Now, what do you think, Uncle Frank, I’ll be a Junior next year! It seems but a short time ago when everyone was saying “here comes a Freshy. ” Can you remember that time in your life, Uncle Frank? You felt kinda disgusted, didn’t you? Don’t try to make us believe you didn’t care. We know better. I still read the Michigan Farmer Every time I get the paper I look at “Our Page” first. There is something very strik- ing about that page I wonder what it can be? College life must be great. I don’t wonder that Guilford doesn’t write very often, Uncle Frank. I have al< ways enjoyed his letters, also Her- bert Estes’ and Helen Piper’s. They seem to have the knack of writing. Us poor lambs get kinda lost trying to write anything. I guess I’ll try to take the old saying for my motto—— “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Here’s signing off with best wishes. —Your niece, Beatrice West. I’m glad you have been regular in reading. the M. C. page even if you have not been so in writing to it. We have had some fine letters and I sup- pose soon some other outstanding writer will show up. I hope, however, Guilford and the others will continue to write “semi-occasionally” at least. Yes, I remember my “freshy” days. . Dear Uncle Frank: Are the words “gee,” and “gosh” just slang or are they swearing words? Is eighteen as old as people are al~ lowed to stay in the M. C., or G. C. ring? June Nelson seems to like to plant things. I like to plant flowers but not a garden of vegetables. Last week’ I had to help weed the garden, hoe the grape vines and pick strawberries. Well, I have broadcasted enough for this time. I am now signing off from station—A-d-r—a Dalzell. Perhaps the two words you men- tioned are mild ways of expressing the same sentiment swearing would. They are, of course, preferable. Yes, eighteen is the age limit. Dear Uncle Frank: I am quite ashamed of myself, as you probably are, for having been so inactive in the M. I have been in the tenth grade and have been pretty busy but now that vacation is here I may be able to drop in on the M. C.’s now and then. We live on an eighty acre farm, have five cows, four horses, and seventeen sheep. So I will have plenty of farm work with which to help my parents in return for the sacri- fices they have gone through for me. I see that the old topics of smok- ing, evolution, and the usage of pow- der and rouge have come to the fore again. I would like to say a word. In my estimation, smoking is a dirty, wasteful, profitless habit, and drink- ing is still worse. As for rouge and powder, they are artificial and cannot take the place of the pure, red, rudy color that a walk in the open brings and shows a girl’s true beauty. In‘ the beginning, God made man in his own image. The thing that distin- An M C. in Holland Mary Helen Fish Writes Promised Letter JUST got through reading the June 30th “Our Page.” My mother sends the “page” to me every week and I read it the first minute I can. I noticed that Rose Mary Lee said that it was cold “over there.” I wish I could send her some of the terrific heat we have been having. In France, Italy, Switzerland, and Ger- many the heat has been awful, but now, at last, in the very nicest coun- try of all we are having cool wea—. ther. That country is Holland. I have an idea that Clinton Van Duine would be interested in Holland. I know I am as that is the country that Mary Helen lye “Europelng” my father’s folks came from. been looking forward with great'curi- osity to the windmills, wooden shoes, and queer costumes of the. Dutch, I have people. I am not disappointed in the least. I now have a pair of wooden shoes, which I got in Volendam. I can really wear them, and they are just like the Dutchmen themselves wear. My sister got a doll dressed in the native costume, and a lace cap. I wish you could see us when we’re all dressedvup! We have seen dozens of windmills and pair after pair' of wooden shoes. They have ditches instead of fences to separate their fields and the cattle won’t jump across. I never saw so many cows before. in all my life. Our guide told us that in Holland there was one cow for every three persons. As the poplation is 7,000,000, there must be about 2,333,333 COWS in Hol- land alone. . And the bicycles! In Amsterdam, where we are staying, there are 300,- 000 bicycles, and I may easily say that there are at least five times as many bicycles than there are cars in this city. . Tonight we leave by boat for Eng- land and reach there about 6 A. M. I saw in one of “Our Pages” that there was going to be a correspondence scramble and thought I would like to write in it. I happened to look to see when it endedand'saw that it" was all ‘over with! Perhaps someday you will get a let— ter from me saying that.I am a nurse like Lilly Esch. [I hope you do, as I want to be one. ‘ Well, Uncle Frank and cousins, I wish you were all with'lme to enjoy. the lovely sights but as long as you. can’t be, I'll do my .best about telling you in letters. ‘ Mm HM H- guishes a man from a beast is thav‘ man has a soul. In this case I can- not see how man is any branch of the monkey family. Concerning smoking, tests made on students show that non-smokers make the better records. So it is among manual laborers—Maurice Harlow. I like young folks who feel their obligations toward their parents as you do. You are right in being hard on bad habits and favorable to na- Does This Picture of Florence and Ella Hewitt Make You Warm or Cold? tural beauty. Natural beauty needs health, and it seems some folks are too lazy to be healthy. Hello Uncle Frank and the M. C.’s. This is the first letter I have written to you, Uncle, and I hope you will enjoy it. I have read “Our Page” many times and enjoyed the letters that some of the M. C.’ s have written. . In taking up the matter of smok- ing, I will add a few lines to it. Uncle, do you smoke? Why do some of the boys smoke—for thein appe- tite, pleasure, taste, or is it a habit? I do not smoke and will try not to get the habit of smoking. It is time to fetch the cows in, so I will close. ——Frank Sabo. I do not smoke because the habit never appealed to me. I think smok- ing is disagreeable to most smokers until they have smoked long enough to allow the habit to get ahold of them. Then, of course, the appetite is formed and smoking becomes almost a necessity. I am glad you will try to keep from the habit. Hello Unky and M-see’:s Say, I want to thank you for the fine clutch pencil that I received in the add-a-letter contest recently. Say, I almost stuck my head through the Michigan Farmer when I saw my name as a winner. I thought I was the bumest M. C. at solving contests, but I wasn’t at that. ' Uncle Frank, have you an electric fan on yOur desk? If you haven’t, you better tell me and I’ll get you one, cause. Some time yOu might get kinda cuCkoo from this hot weather and put the wrong ones in as win- ners. You knew that I’m kinda afraid of that. " Well, I_ must put my four wheel brakes on beforel get over the limit. I hope the Waste Basket has had his tonsils just out. ——'—Your Net, John VlOch, M. Am glad you like the clutch pencil. I have no fan on my desk but there is one in the. office. I am not aware that'the heat has affeCted me, al- though my replies may seem like it_ sometimes. I wonder if the M’s see? ‘ Dear Uncle Frank: I eniby ed Bob’s comments on _ friendshipy and do think they are , worth discussin One noted writer once said, “chogse for your inti mate ~ friends on! . 113$” spin-ire to all—- ,' , subject. One is truly judged by the »- friends he keeps. Let’s have more .on friendship. . READ AND WIN IT'S a 10ng time since we have had one of our old time Read and Win contests which have always been interesting, helpful, and popular. I believe mat during this vacation time it is well to occasionally make dili- gent search for information in order to keep in practice. For this reason we have this contest. P ease answer as briefly as possible the Questions below. Number“ the an- swers the same as the questions and givethe .page numberupon which you: found the information. Please do not forget to put your name and address in the upper left hand corner of the paper, and M. after your name if you are a Merry Circler. Ten prize winners will be picked from the pile or correct papers. The first two will receive fountain pens; the next three, dictionaries; and the next five clutch pencils. All having correct papers, who are not M. C.’s, will receive M. C. cards and. pins. The contest closes August 31st. Send your papers to Uncle Frank, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich. _ 1. What gland may be affected if a child is overweight? HOW TO TELL IF A HEN IS LAYING THE comb, wattles, and ear lobes of a hen, enlarge or contract de- pending on the condition of laying. If these parts are large and smooth, ’or’hard and waxy, the bird is laying. If the combvis limp, the bird is either coming into or going out of lay, or laying but little. When the comb is shrunken and rough, the bird is not laying. The whole abdomen of a laying hen is enlarged so that the pelvic bones are widespread and the keel or b'r'eastbone is forced down, away from the pelvic bones, so as to give large capacity. By placing the fingers flat between the pelvic bones,- the width‘ chart can be determined. If the ends of- the bones are 'soft and pliable and the width of two or three ordinary fingers (varying with the size of the hen) can be placed between them, the hen is, in all probability, laying at: the time of examination. If the bones are close together and the points hard, the hen is not laying. The flock should be culled during the summer to avoid feeding the hens after they have ' ceased laying. Ac- curatewculling is only possible in a well fed flock, kept free from lice and mites throughout” the summer months. When a bird stops laying in the sum- mer, she usually starts molting. The later a hen lays in the summer the greater will be he1 production, so that; the high producer is the late layer and hence the late molter, pro- vided she receives-‘a balanced ration. The early molter is not the early winter layer. The high layer usually retains her primary wing feathers un- til.” September or October.—-—P. H. Gooding, Purdue University. LATE cmcKs THROUGH AUGUST 0 not be disappointed in your late hatched chicks. Sounds easy, does it not? But really a lot of the heart aches which come from . chicks hatched from eggs purchased ' after breeders have reduced the ~ rot their pea matings come he; or grow careless for . 11x. Friendship i: indeed an important lint trying ' my th _ - can! 3. anWhat kind of intimate friend-s should one choose? . What did 10, 000 Michigan cows average in butter-fat? . What valuable chemical is sea weed rich in? 6. How should preserves be cooked? 7. What did Hon. James Davis say about happiness on farm as compared to city? PHOTO CONTEST W'INN ERS W E received a real nice response to our photo contest. Many of 1 the pictures submitted will be used some time during the year. How- ever, some were not clear enough to reproduce in our columns and will, therefore, have to be returned. The prize winners were picked on what would make the best and most inter- esting pictures in our columns. They are as follows: ' Fountain Pens: Henry Verbensky, Bannister, R. 1. Clark Churchill, . Dictionaries -Inez Larson, Whittemore, R. 2. Mary Walroth, Doster, Mich. Garth Jay Bogart, Summit City. Clutch Pencils Verna Camp, R. 1, McBrides, Mich. Mary Brablc, R. 5, Ithaca, N. Y. Bernice Olson, R. 2, LeRoy, 0-0 0'. F. Nelson. Peggy Allen, Portland, Michigan. John Vloch, Carleton, Mich. $5 are blamed for foisting inferior qual- ity upon a purchaser when they are not at all'at fault. I have bought eggs after May 10th of several of them, and' am fully convinced that the re- sults have been just what I have made them. In most instances they have been highly satisfactory. So much for that. How can we make them satisfactory? - By keep- ing things clean, by providing clean quarters, range, feeding utensils, and fighting lice and other parasites. We brood these late hatches from top matings with hens and we keep the hen free from vermin. One of the best plans where a good lawn is available, is to use a movable coop without a floor. These are moved onto fresh ground each day. They are large enough so the hen remains with the chicks until she naturally “weans” them. After that we place perches across the coop and, if too crowded, the chicks are divided and placed in two or more of these coops. A light runway is-attached to each coop. When the weather is unfavor- coop. When the weather is unfavor- over the top to protect the birds from the weather. This is also a good stunt where there is no natural shade. The chicks will spend a lot of time laying under this shade during the hot day of August and will benefit greatly in feathering. Lack of shade for these late hatched chicks is one of the handi- caps of growing them. On the other hand, when properly handled, late hatches mature into some of the most beautiful plumaged birds we have ever handled. Plenty of good, rich feed is essential and the birds should be. kept at all times in the best of flesh. Pro-vision must be made for a plentiful supply of clean water and, as the menace from lice and mites is greatest in hot weather, the fight against these pests must be continual. By using the movable and bottomless coops the. handicaps of vermin are greatly lessened. Where the chicks are being brood- ed artificially, the same steps are necessary to promote the growth of the chicks as with the hen hatches. One of the greatest sources of losses rhovo swarmed, is overcrowd- Mlle. Defo rd, Michigan. ‘ very, very! difficult to Chicks need plenty of ventilation dur- ing August and I would much rather have them roosting in trees than in an overcrowded, poorly ventilated, ill smelling house. ~ These late hatched chicks will prove very valuable as show birds and breeders if they are hustled along. We have some two hundred of them new hatched from the pens of one pf the best breeders in the country which certainly show prom- ise of developing into profitable birds. A few years ago we bought about twenty-five chicks in August which had been badly handled and the- owner was disappointed in them. By giving these birds good care, they developed wonderfully and in Decem- ber a pen picked from them won a gold medal for us in a show where competition was plenty keen. Criticising breeders because they have failed to furnish the quality ex~ pected is decidedly and obviously un- fair unless an earnest effort has been made to develop the chicks. There is nothing especially difficult about it. A heavy bi1‘d——one of the Rocks, Reds, VVyandottes, Orpingtons, or others—will mature normally in six to seven months. This puts the late May and early June hatches in bloom for the winter shows if they are prop- erly handled. Too often we see these hatches runty and out of condition when winter catches them. That is very unnecessary. But it is necessary to keep them growing. Etemal vigi- lance is the price that must be paid to make these birds piofitable f01 the layingpen next spring or for the show room this winter.——VV. C. Smith. CURING ROUP We put a lot of ai1slaked lime in our coops and the chickens seemed to get a cold right afterward. Then a few got a lump below one eye and they don’t seem to go away. We cut some open and they looked like them was 11115 in them but just blood came out. One opened just below the eye and some cheesy stuff came out. They seem well now only the lumps stay. Can you tell me what to do fo1 them?—-M1sr. D. N. 11‘. The lump of thick leathe1y mattei just below the eye is probably due to roup. When hens in that condition are laying and appear otherwise heal— thy, there is a good chance of curing them with surgery and disinfectants. Lance‘the lump as you have done and remove the thick matter. Then. in— ject commercial roup cure or iodine into the wound either with a inedi- cine dropper or the small syringe of- ten included with roup cures. Place a bit of absorbent cotton in the wound so that it will heal from the inside. Otherwise the outside may close over, leaving a small piece of the dried matter in the wound. Whether curing roup pays or not de— pends on the condition of the bird and the value of the caretaker’s time. When the poultrymzm has a large overcome. ’ flower“?! of First Cost It doesn’t mean a thing. Divide the cost of, your roof by the years you get in wearing serv- ice. Then you get the real cost. That’s what cfctually counts. MULE-HIDE Roofing and Shingles are made of the most carefully selected materials. Only the best grade all rag felt! Im- ported Mexica‘n Asphalt. That’s why they last for years and years. That’s why MULE-HIDB is always cheapest in the end. 15k your lumber dealer. The Lehon Company 44th St. to 45th St. on Oakley Avenue CHICAGO ILLINOIS MULE-HuTE ROOVFS WOT/VA ‘HICK SELL your poultry, baby chicks, hatching eggs ”and real estate through a Mich- igan Farmer classified adver- tisement. k1 ‘ . . .. _1§: // ‘ x The lost word In a permanent silo. Write for 1’! be illustrated Iitc1nturtn 'leIIs how we 1 1141111— feature and erect for you under best ku )uw‘u processes. Special Terms if You Order Now! ; MICHIGAN 811.0 (30., Kalamazbo, Michigan '1111 111"," CHICKS OR BREED- ING STOCK White, Barred. or Buff Rocks. Black White or Silver Wyundolt/es. Buff Orpingtons 13%c. White. Brown or Buff Leghorns, Heavy Mixed 101,50, Less than 100 lots add 400. Order brooding Cookw- cls from ll. 0. 1’. MALE MATINGS 200 to 316 638 records. Beckmann Hatchery,Grand Rapids,Mich. PULLETS---PULLETS Purebred. largo, healthy, thrifty millets. _ CLOVERDALE HATCHERY. Zeeland. MIcII. M inorcas 12c. ° ° Tested big Buy Fa1rv1ew mum 60,. greed rocker-1115. liens primal low. FAIRVI'EW HATCHERY. Box W, type Leghorn; and up, pedi- (‘nttllmz free. Zeeland. Mich. flock and possibly one sick bird, it hardly. pays to risk the health of the remaining birds by keeping a. half- Class “A” PuIIets week. We have from 2 to 3, 000 lulllots ready to 151le each 308 HATCHERY, 7.1.“ Ni, Mich“ R. 2 M. sick bird and returning it to the flock. MEETING ENDS POULTRY TOUR THE summer tour of the Michigan poultry men which will start at Lansing at noon, August 28, travel through the Holland and Zeeland sec- tion, and Visit the Kellogg farm at Battle Creek, will end at the Larro Research Farm near Redford, where the Michigan State Poultry Associa- tion will hold its annual field day on August 31st The Larro farm does some of the finest practical poultry research work in the Country which will be dis- cussed by Professors A. F. Rolf and _ Carl Schroeder, of the research de- partment The Larro Milling Company will provide refreshments. 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In the NEW Melotte you NOW have a. greater convenienee' ell-round. satisfac- tion than was ever known before. Don’t Pay for 4 Months Yes, you need not pay one cent for 4 Months after you receive the NEW Melotte. Special Low ce RIGHT NOW! 30 Days’ FREE Trial. Write today .for FREE Book and Special Offer. The MELO‘I’TE SEPARATOII, 11- 3- Babson. U. B. Mar 2445 Prince Street. Berkeley, Gui.~ - 2843 West l9th- Street. Dept. c-3i0. Chicago. Ill. not quicki— see and USE Here, 2,911 cows aver- It is of the utmost importance that you deliver your milk and cream in the best market- able condition. To keep your cream sweet and clean, it is absolutely necessary that you have good equipment. If you buy the right kind, it will last you for many years, making an investment that will return big profits for you. When you need cream separators, milk cans, strainers, pails, setter cans, cooling tanks, and such dairy equipment, come first to one of our “Farm Service” Hardware Stores. Our personal, first-hand ex- perience with your neighbors using our goods, has given us an exact knowledge of what will best serve your purpose. We can always supply your needs at real savings. If you are a dairy farmer you will find that our “tag” stores can be an important factor in your saving and making more money. Remember you are always welcome to make comparisons at our stores. Your “Farm Service” Hardware Men. these seasons. freshening cows tested 3.9%. aged 323 pounds butter-fat and 8,097 pounds milk. The‘spring and summer freshening cows produced consider- ably less butter-fat, namely 303 and 302 respectively. flow was also lessened and the least number of cows freshened in The matter of test, a point of great interest to all dairymen at all times, seemed to vary only a little. spring freshening cows tested an average of 4% while the summer The milk The fall, winter, and DON’T KEEP TOO MANY LAMBS F we will just keep our heads and use our brains to weed out the poor lambs and unprofitable breeding ewes, we in the sheep and lamb busi- ness are going to go right along do- ing a good business,” said Bruce Bil- lings the other day. Guess Bruce is right. The eight per cent increase in the 1928 lamb crop was practically all in the wes- tern states. But the high prices being asked for feeder cattle is turning the attention of feeders to lambs, and the increase may largely be absorbed by this diversion of cattle men. Then too a better demand for lamb seems probable for the last half of this year and the first part of 1929. The lower prices prevailing these past months have attracted consumer attention, and the high tendency of prices in competing meats would tend further to change the meat eating habits of the American people to favor young mutton. For this period also the purchasing power of consum- ers promises to be better than for the twelve months just past. “The relatively high prices of live lambs this year as compared with car- cass prices may be largely attributed to the increase in wool and pelt values,” according to the federal bur- eau of agricultural economics. “The present relationship dbetween price ' and the quantity of lamb moving into consumption indicates that the higher general price level of all commodi- ties may be a contributing factor in supporting the present level of prices of dressed lamb.” Summarizing the wool situation, the bureau says that “the world demand for wool in 1929 seems likely to con- tinue as good or better than in 1928. Increased business activity, general growth of population, a. continuation of the economic recovery of European countries, and increasing industriali- zation of the Orient will tend to strengthen the demand for wool. Ac- cording to the latest reports, stocks of wool in the important surplus pro ducing countries are but slightly larger than at the corresponding date last year. While the world’s supply of wool during the next twelve months, therefore, seems likely to be somewhat larger than last year, the total supply will probably be little larger than the supply available for the 1926-27 season.” Sheep producers are cautioned against undue expansion. The "in- crease in lamb slaughter has been largely offset by the upward trend in the consumer demand for lamb with * .‘, .. . the result that prices have been com- paratively steady for several years, hence the domestic market: can ab- sorb some increase in lamb produc- tion each year at least in line with the normal increase in population. “Slaughter during the past few years has been restricted or held down due to the tendency to expand flock numbers and when this tendency ceases it is to be expected that the equivalent of the yearly increase in flock numbers during the past few years will go to increase supplies of sheep and lambs for slaughter.” PRODUCE IODIZED MILK T the Ohio Station it was found that where no iodine was fed to dairy cows, no trace of the chemical could be detected in the milk. But all tests made of milk from cows re- ceiving two grains of calcium iodine or potassium iodine per day, or two ounces of seaweed rich in iodine, showed an appreciable amount' of- iodine in the milk. It has not yet been determined whether there may be advantages to humans» in consum- ing iodized milk or not. However, the animals when fed the above abounts of this element did not show any ill effects. ICORN ALONE IS NOT A GOOD HOG RATION ENERALLY, corn alone will not prove a satisfactory feed for full- feeding pigs even when they are on a legume or rape pasture, according to J. W. Wuichet, animal husbandry specialist of the extension service of the Ohio State University. Corn and tankage or corn and a. mixture of two parts tankage and one part oil meal will produce more rapid gains and less feed will be required to produce 100 pounds of gain than when corn alone or corn and mid- dlings aroused. If the pigs are on bluegrass pas- ture or have no forage at all, Wuichet recommends corn supplemented by a mixture of 50 pounds of tankage, 25 pounds of oil meal, and 25 pounds of alfalfa'meal or ground alfalfa. If skimmilk is available in suffi- cient quantities it may be substituted for part of the recommended protein supplement. In general, cornyhominy, or born and barley fed at the- rate of 20 pounds to one; pound of protein supplements, will prove to be the most practical combination of full..- feedins pigs on’- pasture when M rate an economy ongoing” ~ sidered. . , ' - . i. This Trade Mark and the The cafe, reliable liniment. counter-irritant or blister for VETERINARY and HUMAN treat- ment. Used and well known for over 50 years. ACCEPT N0 SUBSTITUTE. SCHNABEL MEDICINE CORE, Sole Dietributon 40 East 34th Street, New York \ . «3 HOLSTEINS . Everywhere! \ ‘ ‘ . Holeteine prea dominate in thirty states and comprise nearly 50 per cent of all dairy cattle in the U. S. Wide dis: tribution makes selection can wide demand assures a, tea y market. Write for imam. , .OLSIJEINWFARJESIIN coon-non .d 230 East Ohio Street Chicago. Illinois ‘\ . Before on buy Farm or Poultry Fence, Ber Wire BteelPoete, Gates, Roofing, Paints, urnncee or Cream .Q‘. Separators. Get my new 1928 Cut Prion Bargain Book . fieethedollm youenvetbie nelson " to y Fir???” c " a?!“ my free lZO-me 1' .f' ma'anb'iim FENCE a. WIRE co. Dept. 2801. Cleveland, Ohio ., u z w 1' o I ' s Heaven. Douala. condition- ' -.,-\ Compound 9"- Ofml- Most for cost. , Two cana satisfactory for Heaven or money back. $1.25 per can. Deniers or by mail. ‘I‘ho Newton Remedy Oo- ‘l’olede. 0M0. =14. N: f .. ‘" ~ -. for bones. conic. hone ' BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY CATTLE Cancellations must reach us before date of publication. Change Copy or Twelve Days LOCKSHORE . FARM GUERNSEYS Yearling show bull, bull calves of excellent type, also- bred and open heifers at reason- able prices. R. F. LOCKE, Owner. Ad- dress communications to L. Strnnahan, Supt, Creeeey, Michigan ,. ' 3 GUERNSEYS EVE??? til?“ $13.“ Detail A. R. 965.80 fat. Foundation cows and. heifers. WHITEOAK GUERNSEY FARM, Niles. Mich. R. 5,‘ or. .I. F. Shaiienberuer, (Near Pokenon) GUERNSEYS either sex. whose sires' dune . - have ofliciol records of 15.- 109.10 milk. 778.80 fat. 19,480.50 milk. 909.05 fat. 1'. V. HICKS. Battle Creek. mm. a. I. FOR m'acuc-ny pun-ma; eusauezv or HOL- BTEIN celven. from heavy. rich en. write 'EDIEWOOD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewater. Vlle. FOR SALE its“ anagram Cheap. ' JOHN‘EBELVS‘. Hem. Rich... R.“ 2. SERVICEABLE AGE ‘ ' .‘Rieg’istgred Holstein Bull Calvee at prices the were new herd Q can if d! , . - carer's: ed “9‘” IF'WI a. milk producing feed $19013 the first order and is the most eflicient way of utilizing a large proportion of the corn crop. Many farmers,- however, have found'that the power and horse'and man 'labor re- quired make silo filling rather an ex- pensive operation, ,eSpecially since it comes at a time when farm help is ' scarce. and high priced. The standard method now is to cut the Corn and bind it into bundles with a Corn binder, pick the bundles up by hand, load them on a flat rack with a man on the rack to take the bundles and rick them, then haul the load to the silage cutter, unload them into the cutter by hand, and then tramp the cut silage into the silo. Often h-aaxle, bolts through the aide holding the wheels at the prOpe'r place ' Another big labor saver is a bun- dle elevator on the ‘corn binder, to elevate the 'bundles On to'the rack as the wagonsiare driven along with the ,' binder. This saves much labor even with the high racks, as the load can be half put on without picking bun? dies off the ground; but with the low“ racks, the load can be put on com- pletely from the elevator. corn binders at reasonable prices. About the only objections to them are the slightly increased draft and the tendency of the top to sway on rough ground, but with proper support this - latter is not’serious. Even better as a labor saver is to pull both corn binder and low down ./0 Fr.———-—-— {/4 ?6 '~ lair 4009 A Short Underslung Silage Wagon the binder must start a day or so ahead of the wagons, and if a rain comes before the bundles are picked up, much sand and dirt may be wash- ed on to them, making a poorer qual- ity of silage and dulling the cutter knives very quickly. How can this method be improved upon? Low Racks Help One big improvement is to replace the usual high rack with low-down ones, which can easily be made 'at home from material on almost any farm. The short underslung rack is most commonly used and is made from an ordinary wagon gear and two poles or 4 by 6 timbers about 18 ~ feet long, with cross boards and end pieces arranged as shown. The main timbers are. suspended below the wagon axles and the floor is only about 12 to 15 inches from the ground. One man can load this easily and quickly, thus saving one man. It is but little if any harder to pitch from these racks to the cutter than from the higher ones. If the distance to haul is greater, the second type may be preferred. This is little more difficult to build but holds considerably more. The rear wheels are old mower wheels, and the axle may. be the mower axle or a piece of gas pipe Of the proper size. The main support is a 4 by 6 about 20 feet long, with 2 by 12’s about 16 feet long along the sides. All three of these are clamped to the iron wagon rack with a tractor. This gives a steady motion for the whole out- fit, enables the man on the rack to load easily, and allows the teams to spend their time hauling to and from the cutter. Under most conditions it will not be necessary to keep a man on the corn binder. It is very important if lost time is to be avoided that the corn binder be put in good shape and properly ad- justed, that a tractor of suflicient power be used, and that the silage cutter be in good repair with an extra set of knives so a sharpened set is on hand all the time. Is Tramvping Silage Necessary One of the hardest and most dis- agreeable parts of silo filling is tramping the silage as it is put into the silo, and now many farmers are filling their silos with scarcely any tramping, thus saving several dollars in the cost. Some have a boy or man inside the silo to level off the silage, while others do away entirely with anyone inside the silo, removing all but two or three sections of distri- butor pipe and allowing the silage to fall and distribute itself. Very satis- factory results are obtained by both methods, the silage being as good in quality and as free from mold as by the time—honored method of three trampers. For the last few years, no tramping has been done in any of the silos on the Wisconsin Experiment (Continued on page 157) From‘ hick ls fi'om/l .4011! PM! Anya/2 Fmo/ fixer/5‘ 9’0me (defied-red fear/Vfiwbfl/dflxé flow, 00 ”Mr. 2: l2 - mg 111111—111 —Illlll 2315.)]; #41619! ‘ lull—ll“ —.Illil 2M ’x/' Sirqo 50/??? fis/em’a’ lull-“l _llll]I Elevators. of this type can be-had with most. 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