MICHIGAN NEWS THE NEWS FARM KEEP UP A Progressive Newspaper On News Interesting to Farmers Through the for Michigan Farm Homes Farm News A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers Vol. IX, No. 13 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR S A T U R D A Y , JULY 11, 1931. FIVE CENTS PER COPY Issued Semi-Monthly SENATORS GRASP Game Preserves May NEWS TALKS WITH WORK ON 5 BILLS GOV. BRUCKER'S Produce Farm Dollars HIGHWAY RIGHTS Farm Bureau Estimates TO SAVE FARMERS PRUNING ARM Stocking Preserve Builds Up added bit of income from this venture, the landowners are assisting in build- OF WAY BUYERS VALUE OF ITS 1930-31 LEGISLATIVE SERVICES On 5 Items to Average $125 Per Farmer in the $125 IN 5 YEARS Wild Life In Adjoining ing up wild life in a systematized man- Next Five Years He Cuts the Appropriation Territory. ner, it is claimed, because the hunting State Paid Property Owners R. W. Newton Figures Value preserves must be stocked with game Nearly 2 Millions; They and only a certain per cent of the Nearly $9,000,000 In Of Farm Bureau On File Suit. With two years of foundation work game can be killed or taken legally in 1930. Bills Farm Bureau Average Annual Savings Five Items. on which to build, Michigan agricul- a season. ture is facing possibility of realiz- This scheme of increasing the hunt- Worked On To Fanner COURTS WILL DECIDE ing considerable revenue, in the aggre- ing facilities for those who sponsor HAS THIRTY APPRAISERS 1932 MM 18M WXh > 1036 GIVES BUREAU RECORD * gate, from the leasing of farm lands the preserves is said to help build up Reduced township road repair tax....$ 8.00 $10.00 $12.60 $14.00 $16.00 If Governor Has Right To in future seasons for hunting privi- improved hunting for sportsmen on Experiences With Lake Front (McNitt-Holbeck-Smith Bill) Of Bills Supported, and of Reduce Items Rather leges to be enjoyed by shooting clubs lands not included in the preserves, And Golf Properties Reduced highway improvement tax.... 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 Those Opposed Last lhat are being set up under an act of due to the roving or migratory habits > Than Veto. the Michigan legislature of the session of the wild life. An actual check-up, Are Told. ( M c N i t t - H o l b e c k - S m i t h Bill) Session. Reduced Covert road tax 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 y of 1929. last season, it is said, showed that ^ Lansing—State finances remain- Records of the State Dep't of Con- the increase in ring neck pheasants Lansing—Close to nine million dol- (Powell Bill) Lansing—The Michigan State Farm ed in an unsettled condition during servation show that these shooting on land adjoining or surrounding one lars of state money for highway pur- Reduced Drain tax 1.00 2.50 4.00 5.50 7.00 Bureau estimates that five bills enact- the first weeks of July as State club preserves usually consist of sev- particular game preserve of this type, poses for the fiscal year ending June ( R o b e r t s o n - E s p i e Bills) ed or defeated with Farm Bureau aid Senators Joe C. Foster of East Lan- eral hundred acres or thousands of embracing several thousand acres, was 30 went for right-of-way for allocat- Prevented auto insurance rate in the recent legislature will mean sing and Arthur E. Wood of Detroit acres each. The leasing is done on angreater than on the hunting .preserve ing or widening trunkline highways. increase 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 average savings to every Michigan filed suits in the Ingham county annual basis, ordinarily netting the itself at the time the hunting season About two-thirds of this amount was (Rushton Bill) farmer of $22 in 1932 and increasing circuit court to test the constitu- land owners 15 cents an acre or more opened. paid to property owners in the out- TOTAL ON FIVE ITEMS to $48 by 1936, as the various meas- tional ripht of Governor Wilder M. for the privilege of exclusive rights $22.00 $28.50 $35.00 041*50 $48.00 ures come into full effect or a total of Michigan's new hunting preserves state areas and the remaining one- Brucker to exercise his veto power of hunting by the parties paying the were stocked with about 8,000 pheas- third to property owners in the areas $125 in five years, according to R. by REDUCING specific budget ap- leasing charge. Wayne Newton, tax and legislative ants that were released for the hunt- around industrial centers, it was propriations instead of approving or vetoing total appropriations for certain purposes. Pruned 3*53 Items Last year there were eleven of these exclusive preserves maintained in indicate. Michigan. While this is not a great ing season of 1930, the state's An effort is being made to have records learned this week at Office of the State Highway Dep't. the Farmers in the principal agricul- Appraisals Michigan Man Heads MICHIGAN FAVORED director for the Farm Bureau. Mr. Newton summarizes the annual benefits to farmers under the various In his veto message of June 18, number, it represented an increase of every shooting club that operates un- tural sections of the state are said to Governor Brucker placed an un- three over the first year of operation der this particular statute provide its be among the easiest folks to settle qualified veto upon only three under the 1929 act. The fact that the members with metal tags for identify- with when it comes to highway right- N. Y. C. Agr'l Service WITH GOOD CROP measures in the table shown in the adjoining columns. Mr. Newton said that the following specific appropriations passed by preserves so established have con- ing the game that is taken on these of-way matters because their prop- the Legislature but REDUCED the tinued from season to season points to enclosures next fall. Several of theerty titles usually are in pretty fair GROWING WEATHER bills, having strong Farm Bureau sup- port, were passed .many of them hav- Legislative totals on 350 others for possibility of a further increase in clubs tagged thefr birds last year, as shape as compared with land titles ing been drawn in part by the Farm a total saving of $1,009,031.00 in land acreage to be rented for the the birds were shot and the tagging in other parts of the state where, for Bureau. We quote his description of the fiscal year ending June 30, hunting rights this year, it is pointed aided materially in keeping account of instance, lands have been sold for de- All Crops in Fine Condition; the bills as follows: 1932 and $952,546.00 for the year out. the game, conservation authorities linquent taxes and perhaps resold at Oklahoma, Georgia Driest These Bills Enacted ending June 30, 1933. Since much of the land included in said. various times or conveyed without In 50 Years. "1. McNitt-Holbeck-Smith Act, ap- It is the contention of the Sena- the hunting preserves is marginal or Michigan farmers have shown in- much consideration given to exact propriating money out of the State tors that this reduction of specific submarginal land, the revenue derived terest in game propagation. This sea- description. highway fund for township road re- amounts constitutes an infringe- from the leasing virtually comes un- son they took 11,000 pheasant eggs to Bast Lansing.—Needed rain has ment of the Governor's veto powers der classification as a new source of set for the State Conservation divi- Before the State's engineers get into come to Michigan during the past lief, beginning in 1932. Additional as defined in Section 37 of the income for the Michigan landowner. sion. The State supervised the hatch- the details of road building, the work two weeks, following excessively hot relief will also be obtained from coun- State Constitution as follows: The smallest of these hunting pre- ing of an additional several thousand of reaching agreements with property weather, and the combination has been ty-wide taxation to replace part of the "The governor shall have power serves in operation last year was 120pheasants on the State game farm near owners comes first. The Dep't re- a happy one. This is the report from present township highway improve- to disapprove of any item or items acres in Columbia township, Jackson quires the services of a field crew of Dewey A. Seeley of the U. S. Weath- ment levies. In this way the cities will Of any bill making appropriations of Mason, in Ingham county. contribute something toward the cost money embracing distinct items; and county, and the largest preserve was about 30 appraisers and right-of-way er Bureau at East Lansing. the part or parts approved shall be Most of Michigan's pheasants are buyers whose first aim is to reach Lansing, with .59 inches of rain; of the roads they use. law; and the item or items disap- in Ogemaw county, embracing nearly raised and released in the agricultural proved shall be void, unless repassed 7,000 acres. some mutual agreement with property Grand Haven with 1.33 inches; Grand "This act will reduce the taxes of according to the rules and limitations sections of the state, where the best owners in the matter of land values for Rapids with 1.01, were all favored. Michigan farmers more than the Wis- prescribed for the passage of other Besides being able to realize an farpiing land is located. Battle Creek had none during the past consin income tax reduced the taxes bills over the executive veto." the property to be actually acquired Where They Differ for highway purposes. two weeks, but it needed little; its of farmers in that State," Mr. Newton The issue turns upon the construc- tion of the word "item," it apparent- ly being the view of the administra- Pres. O'Neal Coming ARMY WORM BACK The past year is said to have been the greatest in the history of Mich- igan road building, from the stand- total precipitation for the month of said," continuing his comment on June was 6 inches. Save for the Farm Bureau supported Acts as fol- Gladwin section and northeast coun- lows: tion that ANY SUM WHATEVER which is disapproved by thf Covpr- nor constitutes an "item". The To Two Meetings ON JOB AFTER A point of right-of-way acquis.uon. This was due, in a measure, Lo trie fact that ties, rain was sufficient for crop needs. "2: Powell Amendments to Covert Indeed, small losses,are reported from Road Law, stopping Covert Road flattening of small grains from heavy abuses and reducing farm taxes. A Senators, on the other hand argue that the word "item" refers to the AMOUNTS separately listed in the 12 YR. FURLOUGH the federal government comes in for about $2,500,000 of the expense of trunklines actually in the course of rains. "3 Roberston and Espie Amend- Corn was never better for this time ments to Drain Law, similar to Covert Chicago—Mr. E. J. Leenhouts, of year, Mr. Seeley's reports indicate. budget bill. construction or being completed by Michigan man, who has been Gen- It is waist high in the southern Act amendments; will reduce taxes. In his veto message the Governor Slight Damage Reported On the end of this summer, its is ex- ral Agricultural Agent for the New counties, and of very good color. Much "4. Espie T. B. Bill, removes T. B. said: Farms in Ingham Where plained. York Central Lines for the past five wheat is cut in these sections; oats eradication costs from the counties, "I therefore approve of all of the Pest Is Checked. l i k e Stirring Horn«ts years with jurisdiction over the and barley are beginning to ripen. placing it upon the State, reduces items of said bill not listed in the Taking land for road building along territory west of Buffalo, has been Crops are being harvested as far farm taxes. "5 Hartman Budget Bill, recom- schedule hereafter attached; but I Lansing—The first reports in a lake frontages or by shearing off an promoted, effective July first to a north as Oceana county. disapprove of all the item or items decade regarding the work of Army dge of a golf course is said to be similar position whereby his author- Michigan is favored, as compared mended and supported a reduced State of the bill listed in the following worms were sent to State College a like stirring up a nest of hornets. ity is extended over the entire sys- with other sections of the nation. Re- budget. Also urged a reduction of schedule, with the exception of the week ago by farmers in Ingham The golfers, usually an organization tem. His headquarters will be at ports received at the federal weather otals by Governor Brucker, so that amounts of said items to which they ounty. The worms were discover- of many individuals, groan terribly Rochester, N. Y. final budget is for the biennial period are reduced, which said items are d in the early stages of their de- n some instances when the route of Mr. Leenhouts was born at Zee-bureau at Washington, indicate that $11,800,000 below the recommenda- in the southeast, centering in Georgia, respectively approved at the re- vestating activities so that their the highway is shown to cut in a few land, Michigan, in 1893 and entered and in the southwest, centering in ions of Ex-Governor Green, and $2,- duced amount." ravages were checked before ex- feet on their course, but the State has the N. Y. C. service in 19 29 after Oklahoma, last month was the driest 000,000 below the figure set by the This, the Senators contend, has receiving a degree of Bachelor of tensive damage could result. adopted a general policy of turning June in 50 years. United States of- egislature. the effect of vetoing the entire ap- The army worms show up first in a deaf ear to pleas based on senti- Science at the Michigan State Col- ficials, recognizing the half century "The Farm Bureau was the only propriation since they hold that oats wnere the growing crop is rank, ment. Its adjusters proceed to reach lege. Previously he taught school record dryness for June, characteriz- organization, urban or rural, whose each specific appropriation consti- especially on cool, low lying sec- gome sort of fair agreement on land three years and served in the World ed the conditions in these sections as official legislative representative was tutes an "item" under the constitu- tions of the field. As they com- value, based on* the current market war. In 1923 he was promoted critical. Cotton growth is at a stand- a member of the Governor's advisory tion. The case is set for hearing plete the work of eating away the price. from Assistant Agricultural Agent before Judge Leland W. Carr at to Agricultural Agent at Detroit, still in Georgia. :ouncil on economy measures. oat leaves, they assemble and start "6. Stevens local budgeting and ac- Lansing later in July, and it is an- across country seeking out a corn In certain cases, the appraisers with jurisdiction over the territory ticipated that the decision will be have found, land along lake fronts in Michigan. In 19 26 he was ad- :ounting bill, will promote economy in apealed to the Supreme Court for a PRES. E. A. O'NEAL field. Since they confine their worK to "night shift" working schedules, has been lying in disuse for years vanced to General Agricultural U. P. Has Hottest And ocal taxes. final ajudication. President E. A. O'Neal American Farm Bureau is to ad- of the they are able to get in a good lick because it had little value through Agent at Chicago with jurisdiction over N. Y. C. lines west of Buffalo Coldest Points in Mich. "7. Lennon Oleo Bill, forbidding Special Session Possible before they are discovered unless lack of road facilities. The land val- sale of colored oleo and licensing deal- As the Senators have asked that dress two regional meetings of the farmer watches his oat field ue immediately takes on increased territory. His recent advancement East Lansing—One of the hot- ers in white oleo. the entire amount of the contested Michigan Farm Bureau members closely and thus prevents their value with the building of a State extends his territory and responsi- test and one of the coldest points in ?. Espie Ice Cream Bill, prevent- appropriations shall be held to be August 21 and 22. spread. highway but when the highway ab- bility to include all of the seven the state are only 30 miles apart. ing frauds and raising butter fat con- vetoed, it is certain that a final de- August 21 Mr. O'Neal is a Farm- > Plowing three furrows, about 10 sorbs the actual water frontage, the states served by the New York Cen-| In the village of Humboldt, Mar- tent of ice cream. cision in their favor will force a ers Day speaker at the Ionia Free feet apart, around the infested area remaining part of the land parcel tral Lines. J quette county, the mercury slid '9. Bills strengthening State and special session of the Legislature, Fair, on invitation of the Ionia will prevent the worms from travel- I down to 4 9 degrees below zero Feb- local bond and sinking fund control. in order to make provisions for the County Farm Bureau. Farm Bu- loses a certain part of its potential 'ruary 7 and February 11, 1899. The necessary expenses. If this condi- reau members from all counties vice. tion should arise it seems clear that within driving distance are invited a stormy session would ensue, for to attend A picnic dinner for Farm ing, according to State College ad- value and in cases of this nature con- siderable figuring sometimes follows before the property owner and the BUREAU, GRANGE coldest point would be expected in the Upper Peninsula, but who These Bills Defeated Continuing, Mr. Newton said, "The would ever look to Marquette, in following bills detrimental to agri- the Governor has been steadfast in Bureau people Is being planned to his demands for a reduction of state follow the program. It is possible ELEV. EXCHANGE state can come to terms. Old Highway Problems NOT WITH FENNER the same county, on the shores of ulture were defeated: frigid Lake Superior, for parching "1. Rushton Rating Bill, to create expenses and a cutting of state pay- that L. J. Tabor, master of the In certain parts of the state, where heat? On July 15, 1901, however, a board to fix auto insurance rates rolls. For Sound Retrenchment In his veto message the Governor National Grange, will appear on the program. August 22 the Mason County ANNUAL TUESDAY old highways are being widened, the Spokesmen For Farm Groups the official reading in that northern and stop rate cutting in Michigan was state is finding itself in a position of having to repurchase property which Dismiss Statements city was 108 degrees above zero. amended to prevent the arbitrary This makes for a range of 157 de-raising of rates on farm companies. Ag Farm Bureau will hold its annual grees of temperature between the amended the bill met defeat. Farmers said: originally was turned over to the Made. two points. "At this time when private busi- picnic at a place to be announced Co-operative Largest Handler state for highway right-of-way. were protected either way due to ness, as well as the home owner and later. It is planned to make this Dewey A. Seeley of the U. S. Farm Bureau effort. the farmer, have sought refuge in a picnic a regional affair. Mr. O'Neal Of Grain and Beans Through peaceable possession over Lansing—A denial that the Michigan Weather Bureau here explains why 2. W i l s o n Insurance Agent's a long period of years, these parts of State Farm Bureau is in anyway con- Marquette can produce some real policy of sound retrenchment it is will be the speaker. In Michigan. rights-of-way have reverted to thenected with the Home Defense League, top notch temperatures when condi- Qualification Bill, threatening the end imperative that the state govern- owners of the adjoining property of part-time sale of auto and certain ment do likewise. Our state has Henry Curtis, Potato Lansing—Eleventh annual meet- through adverse possession. Under or its head Mr. C. V. Fenner in a cam- tions are just right. "The sun rises other forms of insurance by farmers. over nine million acres of its land ing of the Michigan Elevator Ex- such a condition, however, the prop- paign for a general sales tax has been 45 minutes earlier and sets corre- 3. Miller Tax Equalization Bill returned tax delinquent. Thousands Exch. President, Dies change will be held at the Olds issued by R. Wayne Newton, Director spondingly later every day during threatening to throw State equaliza- of our people aro unable to meet the hotel, here, Tuesday, July 14. The erty owner finds that his claim of of Taxation for the Farm Bureau. the summer because of the north- tax burden upon their homes and Cadillac—Mr. Henry Curtis, 68, stockholders business meeting will possession must be backed with proof The statement followed a press dis- ern latitude," the weather expert tion into hands unfriendly to agricul- that his peaceable possession dates ture. Passed both houses, but was farms. It is idle to defend unneces- president of the Michigan Potato be held from 10 a. m. till noon. At patch claiming that the Farm Bureau pointed out. "This gives that much vetoed. Would have increased farm >r sary state expenditures by the ex-Growers Exchange and widely known 12:30 the Exchange delegates, from 1892 or earlier. and the Michigan State Grange had more opportunity for the rays of cuse that the state tax is only farmer, died suddenly in his car at stockholders, elevator managers In this particular it is often learn- agreed to support the Home Defense the sun. Furthermore, the country taxes. • ten per cent of the total property Jennings the evening of June 26. His and farmer members will be guests ed that land possession is based on League sales tax program. south and west of the city is flat "4. McBride Co-op Reporting Bill, tax levy. We cannot afford to addfarm home was 3 miles south of Lake of the Exchange at a luncheon pro- assumption instead of actual owner- and when south or west winds permitting the State Secretary of Ag- an unnecessary dollar more to theCity. "The story is wholly without founda- sweep across Minnesota and Wiscon- riculture to require any information gram at the Olds. Usually about ship title and, when it comes to a local burden. It is our duty to cut Mr. Curtis was one of the organ- 600 attend. Addresses will be given show-down with the highway depart- tion Mr. Newton said. "No representa- sin, Marquette gets the benefit of he might desire with no guarantee that our share of the cost of government izers of the Michigan Potato Growers by Lucius E. Wilson of Chicago and ment, the State can step in and as-tive of the Farm Bureau has ever so them without interference of hills. it would be treated as confidential and to a minimum and then urge every Exchange in 1918, and served as a Dr. M. S. Rice of Detroit. much as talked with Mr. Fenner, so far That makes for excessive heat." not be made available to competitors. sert its right of ownership without as I know. The Farm Bureau was not subdivision of the whole state to do director continuously. Elected presi- The Michigan Elevator Exchange dispute. In practically every in- Bay City, in the lower peninsula, Defeated in committee. likewise." dent in August, 1921, he was re-elect- of some 82 co-operative farmers' stance, however, it is claimed, the represented at the meeting reported just off Saginaw Bay, with a tem- "5. Plumbing Code. Failed to secure Catting Stale Payroll ed at every annual meeting. He was elevators organized in 1920, is the State has been reasonably liberal in to have been held in the Hotel Kerns perature of 110 on July 2, 1911, repeal of Plumbing Code, but the Leg- Numerous discharges and salary a director of the Michigan State largest handler of grain and beans effecting settlement for road right-of- at Lansing." holds the all-time state heat record. islative appropriation for its adminis- cuts are taking place in almost Farm Bureau, representing the Pota- in Michigan. Annual sales are us-way. Mr. George F. Roxburgh of Reed tration was cut in half by the Gover- everj' state department. Claims of to Exchange. Mr. Curtis was known ually in excess of $9,000,000. The City, Master of the State Grange, nor's veto. The law gives State a n t i - a d m i n istration forces that as a strong, clear-thinking and cour- Exchange has increased steadily in Forcing an issue through condem stated to the FARM NEWS that the FERTILIZER POKS IT nation procedure in the courts is said plumbing inspectors the right to in- these wholesale reductions are sure ageous leader in Michigan's co-op- volume and in value by reason of Grange has denied any connection to cripple the efficiency of the state erative potato marketing and other patronage stock dividends. Recent- to be the last resort in every instance with the Home Defense League or The oldest agricultural field ex- spect and condemn new plumbing in • government are met with the farm movements with which he waslyc the Exchange paid the regular the aim being to eliminate unneces Mr. Fenner. periments at Rothamsted, England private homes, and require the re- answer that while some curtailment affiliated. l /r on all outstanding stock. sary expense as well as to effect im are this year growing on the same moval of plumbing not installed ac- of service will necessarily follow, The Exchange is credited with mediate settlement wherever possible respective plots, by the use of the cording to the State Code. The re- the chief effect should be to cut out A joke has settled more disputes giving its 15,000 farmer members There just isn't any such thing as Because the proteins of milk are necessary fertilizers, the 89th con duced appropriation renders in unnecessary expense. and saved more situations than all the best grain and bean market an individual holding up highway con of tne best quality for growth, milk secutive crop of wheat, the 79th of tions of farmer-installed plumbing im- On July 7, the State Administra- life's logic, philosophy and econom they have ever had, and always a struction progress any more, as wai should be used in the meatless meal barley and the 75th crop of hay, on possible. (Continued on page two.) ics put together. market. (Continued on page two) as muscle-building food, the same plots of ground. (Continued on page 2.) TWO FARlf NEWS SATTKTHY, JFI-Y 11, ited dwindled into the red side of the Rise And Fall Of House ledgers to the extent of many millions of apparently hopeless indebtedness. Of Armour A Romance Hiram And The Backyard Bath HEWS "1 lost between 75 million dollars and 100 million dollars," J. Ogden Ar- mour is reported to have said a short time before his death, "but I do not By R. S. Clark Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded Armours Began in Civil War; had been established at Chicago, and mind the loss as long as I have my The simple joys we have most every day, January 1-, 1923 the same year the Kansas City branch The things that coot as neither guile nor might, Toppled After The was opened, under the firm name of health. I have been a greater power The ones we give no thanks for when we pray, iu the markets than any other man Entered as second class (natter January 12, 1923, a t the postoffice at Charlotte, Michigan, under thn Act of March .'!, 1879. World War. Plankington & Armour, with S. B. Ar- all these years, and no one has ever But take, the same as breath, as ours by right. mour in charge. taken the (bailees that I have." He Such things, it seems to me, we often fail Published the .second and fourth Saturday of each month by the The withdrawal of the Philip I). The Early !>;>ys died at the Carlton Hotel, London, in Michigan Farm \ . v s s Company, a t its publication office a t 114 Lovett Armour, the grandson of the founder When P. I). Armour embarked in 1927. To properly appreciate because St., Charlotte, Mich. of the great packing industry which the packing business, it was a pack- They come so cheap. We just serenely sail Kditorial and general offices at 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Mich- Along and take them all and never pause. igan. Postoffice box. 708. Telephone, Lansing, 21-271. has borne the family name for almost ing business and it was nothing more. B. E. UNGREN Editor and Business Manager three-quarters of a century, from all The long-horned steer was dressed executive or official connection with beef in the rough and all the rest ex- the home company at Chicago, closes cept the hide went into the river. It MUSKRAT FARMS Now bath nights Marthy always dings and dings To get me started in to take my bath. Subscription: 1 yr.-$l; 2 yrs.-?1.50; 3 yrs.-$2, in advance. the final chapter in the history of an was the genius of this great captain industrial dynasty once the most pow- of industry that paved the way for a erful in the United States. marvelous transformation, which is HAVE LIMITATIONS She gets the water out and finds my things And urges me to cleanliness by wrath. It's not that I don't hanker to be clean; With in the last few years other best described in his own words. Ad- Vol. IX SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1931 No. 13 Industry Is Not the Bonanza (My natural sin is not the dirty kind). members of the Armour family have dressing a meeting of the National But you will understand just what I mean severed their connection with the or- Live Stock Association in 1900, Mr. Early Promoters By saying I'm too rushed to be refined. ganization. The last active Armour Armour said: Pictured. Mr. Stone Invites a Showdown head of the company, J. Ogden Ar- To begin a); the beginning of the Still, when hot weather takes a holt for fair mour, the son of its founder, resign- methods pursued in the great packing And I'm the busiest—taking in the hay, Chairman Stone may have handed his grain trade ed from the presidency amid the plants of the present day you will Lansing—Chickens pay their way When all my clothes stick to me everywhere; critics a poser in giving them what they have been asking scattered wreckage of a fortune once note that after |rigid federal and state and pay well under proper manage- I find the time for one bath every day. estimated at 150 million dollars. Dy- inspection of the animals, they are ment, but muskrats at the best have for, then inviting a showdown. ing four years later, battling to recov- slaughtered. Then the horns are cut netted their keepers fair returns on Behind the quince bush, here on our back lawn, "Some of the grain men have been saying that if the er his lost prestige in the financial off close to the head and the pith is the investment only in the few in- Where I can kick my heels and splash around world, he left his widow a heritage of removed from the horn and goes to stances where the rats have been Without too much attention being drawn, Farm Board will do this and that and the other thing debts running into the millions the glue pot while the horn itself is State properly handled, according to the Is my own private night-aquatics ground. Dep't of Conservation. wheat will rise 20 cents a bushel," said Mr. Stone. which she paid out of her private dried, sorted into various grades and There Marthy fills a wash tub every day In practice, muskrats do not breed fortune, later retriving another for- is shipped to the manufacturer to be and To take the chill off setting in the sun; "In our announcement of a wheat sales policy we tune out of the realization of an oil manufactured into combs, buttons increase their numbers on the And there I wash my sweat and cares away scale suggested by some of the pro- definitely stated we would not sell in the next 1 2 months process dream in which her husband and ornaments of many kinds, and moters. Starvation or disease steps When dusk has fallen, and the chores are done. -had sunk, millions seemingly beyond the tips of the horns are made into in. more than approximately 7% of the bushelage of the recovery. mouthpieces for pipes and even the Plunging into the muskrat busi- The modest darkness closes in around 1-9-31 crop. If these fellows want to get out and tear At the peak of his reverses, which scraps utilized by florists as fertilizer. ness, with little knowledge of it, And just the stars (or maybe half a moon) began at the close of the World War. The bones are used in the manufac- has cost the Michigan public several Come out to light my backyard bathing ground their shirts and boost the market, let them demonstrate. this speculative son of a daring, but ture of knife handles, buttons and million dollars in recent years, ac- And as I wash I'm whistling a tune. There is no reason why they should not. They have always canny, king of the industrial various articles in which ivory and icording to public records. Promo- world once estimated that his losses bone are utilized. The bone scraps' tional activities have been on the The chafey places and the prickly heat Are somehow sort of soothed and mollified, Y something definite now. They have insisted that our amounted to a million dollars a day are used by the manufacturers of bi- wane the past two years. for a period of 130 days. This was cycles and screws, for case-hardening Although the craze for muskrat And those two scalded patches on my feet statement of March 23 was not definite. Now they have probably a greatly exaggerated figure. steel and for poultry food. The blood farming has subsided somewhat Feel better when they're washed and aired and dried. something definite." The rise and fall of the House of is extracted and saved and the albu- from tho high pitch of a few sea- The little breeze of evening cools me down Armour was a theme fitted to the men used for the fixing of colors in sons ago, Michigan still has several To something like a normal temperature, hand of the great French romanicist calico printing and for the finishing hundred muskrat ranches, a few of in leathers. And none of these green tubs they have in town Governor's Veto Recalls Pingree's Advice who chronicled the fortuntes and mis- which are paying their operators, it Can beat my grassy bathroom, I am sure. fortunes of the House of Cesar Birot- Fertilizers take up quantities of is said. In vetoing the Miller Equalization Bill, Governor teau. It is a story linked with the the former waste products. The white The best returns realized, accord- It's just another wholesome simple pleasure; Brucker took a courageous stand against the introduc- development of the great middle West 'hoofs are shipped to Japan to be man-ing to official records, wan from a It doesn't cost a cent. It's worth a lot —the story of a remarkable family ufactured into ornaments of many ranch near Saginaw, several seasons And I am thankful in sincerest measure tion into Michigan tax matters of the dangerous principle of brothers whose Influence permeat- kinds. Glues, gelatine, isinglass are ago, when an average of 11 rats For backyard bathing when the weather's hot. of sectional or group representation. ed the packing and provision indus- also by-products. The tallow and per acre were trapped in the second tries, railroads and banking interests, grease go into soap. Glycerine is season. Records for tho first sea- For some years there has been no end of complaining city developments and philanthropi- manufactured from the parts of the son showed an average of five rats over State equalizations; the metropolitian districts cal enterprises for a pivotal halt' cen- fat that will not saponify and the and in the third season but three tury of trade and commerce in its crude product makes both pure glyc- rats to the acre. The state finds an claim that they are being over-taxed for the benefit of the most expansive phases, and a story erine and the dynamite glycerine used average of 2.8 rats per acre per rest of the State; out-State counties return the compli- withal Napoleonic in its beginnings in explosives. The hair of the hide year where rats are not fed arti- Products Of This Farm ment. as in its ultimate catastrophes. Thrift and Industry is manufactured into felt and the pur- ficially. est fats go into oleo oil which enters This 2.8 is of somewhat discourag- ing offset of the claims of as much Guard People's Health The Miller bill would have reduced the number of The Armours were a clannish tribe into the manufacture of margarine. as 26 rats per acre per year used in 1 their bodies while t h e a characteristic, perhaps, of their Other branches of the packing in- stock selling activities by some of Calves, Horses, Rabbits A n d ° ' vaccine pro- State Tax Commissioners on the State Board of Equali- Scotch-Irish ancestry. There were industry may be briefly alluded to. the promoters. The difference is Guinea Pigs Conserve cesses are being carried on the bu- zation from three to two, at the same time adding three six Armour brothers in the first in- Canned meats—corned beef, roast said to have helped solve the qu-es- reau reports. dustrial gener;: ion. the sons of a beef, tongues, tripe, collops and many tion of "Why buy mus'krat stock?" Human Life. Pjirt the Calf Takes 1 new members to be appointed by the Governor for two sturdy New England farmer. Danforth other products, that formerly went to since the promotional activities in When a calf, a few months, old, is year terms. It was generally understood that Oakland, Armour. All the children were rear- mining camps, armies in the field, this line ihave been on the wane the Lansing.—The people of Michigan ready for the vaccination work, it is ed in habits of thrift and industry. ships at sea and foreign lands, arc past two seasons. require vaccine for about 100,000 vac- put into a quarantine stall for a given Representative Miller's home county, and possibly Simeon Rrooks Armour, the eldest of now to be found in every home." Muskrats will pyramid, to a cer- vention. cinations a month for smallpox pre- period where it undergoes a,; careful the brothers, was born in 1828, An- With these innovations in the pack- examination daily to make sure it is Wayne, would have gained a member on the Board if tain drew Watson Armour in 1829, Philip ing industry, P.hilip I). Armour had es, it is said, tout when their num- extent, when kept in enclosur- To meet this requirement, about I free from such diseases as foot and the bill had become law. Dan forth Armour in 1832, Charles Eu- much to do. 'Independent always in bers reach a certain limit, disease or forty healthy, vigorous heifer calves mouth disease, tuberculosis and others Armour, in, ls;;r>. Herman Ossian his methods jmd daring in his opera- starvation cuts in and sometimes give up their lives each year to provide before the actual vaccination'"Of its Under the circumstances it is possible that some re- Armour in 1837 and Joseph Francis tions, under P. D.'s management the wipes out nearly all the rats in a the material needed for making vac- body takes place. sentment will be expressed in the Detroit area over the Armour in 1842. Charles E. Armour business grew' to enormous propor- few weeks. cine, according to the Bureau of Bio- iSix days after the calf is given the served as a soldier in the Civil War tions. At on£ time his employees logic Products of the Michigan De- vaccine, it is returned to the operat- h veto. It is therefore of great interest to note that Gov- and died in a hospital in 1863. were numbered in the thirty thous- partment of Health. ing table to yield the material its body ernor Brucker's reasoning on this matter checks per- All of the remaining five brothers ands. Wealth poured into the coffers Work on Five Bills The Bureau Laboratory and farm is gives for smallpox serum. ' i became identified with the packing of the family from every direction. Saves Farmers $125 located just outside of Lansing, a 10 Before the calf's vaccination', its fectly with that of former Governor Pingree, one of the business, two of them, A. W. and S. In the wheat market he became a minute drive from the State capitol. | body is clipped of hair and washed (Continued from page 1) ablest Governors Wayne county has sent to Lansing. B. Armour, locating later at Kansas noted figure and the story of the The institution is said to be saving I clean. The aiiimal is kept cleaii' and. City, where they were engaged in street is replete with big deals, grain "The average annual saving to farm- the people of the state anywhere from •when taken to the operating table for Governor Brucker's message said, in part: early days in many activities aside corners, in which he wrested mil- ers from Farm Bureau activity in the $100,000 to $200,000 a year on the cost the vaccination operation, the . lower "The appointment of three more citizens would not from the packing industry and where lions from the great Chicago opera- 1931 Legislature on five items alone ot products used in the prevention of part of the body is shaved 1 VJ they died, the former in 1892 and the tors. His battle with "Joe" Leiter are estimated as more than twice the communicable diseases. It operates with a sterilizing solution? "*'The op- give expert relief. It would increase the possibility of latter in 1899. The chief of the Clan was one of the epic chapters in board annual Farm Bureau dues for the on a budget oZ about $75,000 and main- erations are carried on while the ani- Armour was the third son, Philip of trade history. It was seldom that year 1932 and more in succeeding tains a staff of about 35 employees. mal is under the influence of an anaes- sectional or group representation. The State Board of Danforth Atrmour, familiarly known "P. D." was caught napping. For years," Mr. Newton said. Free to the People thetic. After the shavmgr, tlre^skin is Equalization must be anything but representative of in the world of trade and finance in years he dominated the wheat market Mr. Newton quoted a letter to all Under State law, the people of Mich- scratched deeply from ribs groin which he was long a commanding as well as the packing trade. members of the Michigan Manufac- gan are furnished these preventive and an application of vaccine is rub- either interests in the different private businesses or geo- and ever a disturbing figure as "Phil'' As his wealth grew, his interests turers Association dated Juke 9, 1931,biologies without cost to the indi- bed in with a special instrument and graphical areas. It must be representative of the whole or "P. D." It was under his spectacu- expanded into other fields. Open- and signed by President S. W. Utley, vidual for use in preventing or count- then the calf is returned to its quar- lar leadership and manipulation that hearted and generous, he gave liber- speaks of the work of the Farm Bur- eracting such diseases as diphtheria, ters to await developments1. State without reference to locality of residence, busi- the House of Armour was founded ally to charities and founded the Ar- eau in the Legislature, as follows: imallpox, scarlet fever, typhoid Six days after its vaccination, the ness or any other attachment. Any enlargement is and its vast ramifications established. mour Institute of Technology and lib- "The rural districts receheu more "ever. Were the State Department of calf is returned to the operating table Was a '4!>Vr erally endowed the Armour Mission, from the 1931 legislature than from Health to purchase these materials on to yield the smallpox serum its body bound to increase the tendency toward factional repre- "P. D. the First" was a practical institutions evidencing his practical any other legislature in twelve years." ) contract basis, the cost would be has manufactured. sentation." dreamer who made his dreams come humanitarian ideas. At his death in LAWNS XKED CARE 'many times what it costs to operate Operations at that time include an- true—all, perhaps, except one youthful 1901 his fortune was variously esti- It is commonly believed that yche Bureau of Biologic Products, it is other "sleep" for the calf while the Practically the same question was raised in 1900, when dream that bore him westward in tht. mated at from 50 million dollars to lawns are perpetual producers and said. surgeons scrape the culture,$FQpl the 75 million dollars. The greater part there was a movement on foot to increase the number of days of '49 in search of the golden require no attention, but lawns to About 45 horses are kept on hand | abrased surface of its skin. fleece in California. At 20 he left the of it was divided among his family be beautiful must be fertilized, to supply toxoid materials. These ani- When this opreation is completed, State Tax Commissioners. Governor Pingree's parting home farm, his youthful imagination before his death. weeded and cared for much the mals are kept well groomed and well the calf is killed and undergoes a message to the Legislature, delivered January 9, 1901, fired by the tales of treasure that Keiirn of J. Otrdon Armour same as other crops. fed. In return they give up about throe complete autopsy to establish definite- carried the adventurous i\rgonauts He was succeeded as executive head gallons of blood apiece once every ly that none of the othefr diseases exist opposed the expansion, saying: westward across the Oregon trail and of the business by his son, Jonathan fourteen days for some of the state's in the animal's body such as are sup- i the unbroken prairies and deserts of Ogden Armour, who remained in con- Samuel: "Which would you rather serum making operations. posed to be detected. "I see no reason why the different interest throughout the West. Though he found no gold, trol for nearly a quarter of a century. have, a million dollars or twelve The little tubes of vaccifte, sufficient The horses suffer no ill effects from the State should have representatives upon th's very his practical eye visioned greater For a decade or so the business un- daughters?" the bleeding operation which they un- for inoculating a human body against important commission. ; If, however, your body is sources of wealth. On this journey der the new leadership continued to! Levi: "Twelve daughters." dergo every two weeks and are said smallpox are so small that it would of adventure the young Armour pass- grow and expand. The new big busi- Samuel: "Why?" to be normal about three days after require the contents of I about 200 o | to be requested to increase the tax com:iicsion, I see no ed through Kansas City—or what ness era had set in. In 1922, under Levi: "If I had a million dollars. the blood loss. them to make up one cubic centimeter, reason why the same favor should not be shown to the there then was of a Kansas City— the management of the second Ar- I'd want to have two, three, ten, a, In obtaining this .serum material, a (a cube about one-third of an inch V which was in later years to become mour, there were five Armour plants hundred million more. But if I had careful check is maintained daily to each way). They are filled by vac- smaller property owners as to the rich and powerful in- one of the great fields of his opera- south of the equator, fifteen in the twelve daughters, that would be register the temperature of the animal uum process, and sealed by heat. The tions. Cnited States ;md one in Canada. As enough." and his physical condition so that filling is done under glass in small terests. If the mining companies are to have a represen- the years progr^fsed the interests of The name of Armour for genera- his health is known definitely at all rooms where possibility of Contamin- Farm Hand: "I'm kinda expectin' tative on the commission, it is only just that the farmers tions is an oft-told tale. Romantic in J. Ogden Armour became varied and you to raise my wages next month, times. In order that there can be no ation of utensils is reduced to a mini- have a representative, also the clerks, the bookkeepers, many of its phases, his career was in some cases spectaular and highly boss." contusion of records within the horse mum while they are being! handled. one of immense practicality—the speculative. Me was interested in Farmer: "Well, I always have building, each animal is branded on the grocers, the workingmen, the stove manufacturers, story of a man who visioned things banks, street railways, light and pow-raised them every month an' I guess the hoof and his respective record card the furniture manufactures, the salt manufacturers, the sanely and wrought his visions into cy companies and was one of the I can do it next month." is carefully checked with the mark on News Has Talk With concrete wealth. In 1863 he started largest operators on the Chicago his hoof before the card is attac Ind Highway Appraisers shoe manufacturers, and so on. * * * with little capital in the commission Board of Trade. to the stall he occupies. (Continued from section 1) business at Milwaukee, with a part- Before 'he World War broke out. Piety does not mean that a man "If a man is appointed upon the Commission because Sjmilalion the Watchword ner, l<\ R. Hates. This brought him the holdings of the Armour company should make a sour face about formerly done. When an owner ap- Throughout the whole plant of I lie pears unreasonable ami teuiicious in he is a resident of the upper peninsula, or for the min- into close touch with the farmers of were rated a( L30 million dollars. But things, eration •ind refuse to enjoy in mod- what his Maker has given. that region and he made a study of the heir bad not the vision of the ;m bureau of biologies, cleanliness an I , .i the state goes right ahead ing interests, or for any other particular interest, that will sanitation are the first words. Every l i s ( ; i i m s > the agricultural situation—the culti- cestor. With the World War, whoso (arlyle. with its road building program and be the beginning of the end of the tax commission." vation and shipment of wheat and sudden termination he failed to fore- utensil and every bit of apparatus i.s takes up the matter of wetMing with y com, the breeding, handling and see, came the wreck of the Armour The tongue is, at the same time, continually undergoing sterilizing him when most convenient., sometimes The Governor Pingree logic in opposing upper penin- slaughtering of cattle, sheep and fortunes. The economic depression the best part of man and bis worst; processes to eliminate possibility of even laying the roadbed across his in which he had already a mod- that followed made severe inroads up- wit.h good government none i3 more contamination. Serum materials are sula demands thirty years ago amply reinforces Gov- land before actual settlemenf is made. est foundation from his farm life in on the Armour plants, which had useful, and without it, none is more sterilized and filtered to weed out un- Ordinarily about six motttbs ela mischievous.—Anaeiiarsis. desirable organisms and the handling ernor Brucker's denial of the metropolitian areas bid for New York. overproduced enormously, counting is done under the most painstaking bttween the time the statr begins sectional consideration today. A few years later, he formed a part- upon a continuance of the war. Stag- Impatience turns an ague into a scientific methods. bargaining for land and the time the nership with John Plankiugton in the gering debts piled up. fever, a fever to the plague, fear Guinea pigs and rabbits play a very P meat packing trade. But he soon In 1923 Ogden Armour relinquished Senators Grab Gov. 01 K MAPLE Sl'iiXR A\D SYK1T foresaw that Chicago was destined to the presidency of the firm to become into despair, anger into rage, loss big part in the workings of the bu- whatever damages may be found to > into madness, and sorrow to amaze- reau. These little creatures are used accrue, in cases where benefits from Lansing—^.Michigan maple trees be the great center of the middle chairman of the board of directors ment.—Jeremy Taylor. Brucker's Pruning Arm produce an average of 2.SO lbs of West packing industry. To Chicago, and the active control of the company in test work. Regarding the gtiinea the new road do not offset the damage. Continued from p a g e 1) sugar per tree in 1*31. It is esti- pig, one large room is divided Into passed into the hands of a group of Hoard r e d u c e d t h e m i l e a g e a l - mated that 1)1:5,000 trees were tapped therefore, he moved, and it was here "Are you a clock watcher?" ask- nesting pens where the young are Ten Years Retiuu bankers. One by one his other in- 1OWH> ate employees driving and yielded 77,000 lbs. of sugar and that the House of Armour really rose ed the employer of the candidate raised. Quite contrary to common be- on new foundations. This was in terests were sacrificed in a desperate for a job. Lime properly applied generally their own cars to t! cents per mile. 310,000 gallons of syrup. The sugar lief, these animals are not so prolific. While 'thus cut was referred to in sold at an average of 31c per lb. and 1870. The Chicago plant became the attempt to retrive his fallen fortunes. •\<>. I don't like inside work," One sow manages to raise only about lasts some ten or tvelvo Aears so some newspnp blow 1o state the syrup at $2.15 per gallon, accord- headquarters. The brothers became The Armour Grain Company went by replied 'he applicant, "I'm a six pigs a year, so that considerable that its application is an Investment executive members of the organiza- the board. His large banking hold- whistle listener." upon which there are ten or more gan State Farm Bu- ing to the Michigan Co-operative animal breeding has to be done to years of possible return. reau officials, on being questioned Crop Reporting Service here. tion. Herman O. Armour left Chica- ings were sacrificed. Even his model i that the n« w figure i^ above go to become the head of the New j farm at Lake Forest, one of the show "What kind of a fellow is maintain the supply required. the allow nts per mile York branch. Simeon B. and A. W. places of Chicago's North Shore, had Blinks?" Heifer calves only are used for tho More than 500 boys and jrirls took allowed by the Farm Bureau t. Pongee must be dry when Ironed; Armour came to Kansas City. The to be given up,. The great structure, "Well, he's one of those fellows smallpox serum work because of the part, in an annual Boys' and Girls' driving i on Farm Bu- otherwise it will spot and streak if name of Armour & Co. was adopted founded by the father, toppled to its who always grabs the stool when lesser amount of work required to Club round-up at Michigan Stato ironed when damp. in 1870, when the packing business fall, and the millions that were inher- tliere is a piano to be moved." maintain cleanliness and sanitation College a week ago. SATURDAY, JTLT 11, 1931 M I C H I G A N FARM NEWS THRFF or addresses written on them. These CORN BORER MEN Fate Made Funerals Our Hog Population Showing An Upturn 200 TO 500 WRITE came back from a mailing of about A&P Sells More Goods 30,000 cards requiring no postage This June Than Last CHECK EXTENT OF ThisWoman's Work A three per cent increase in num- DAILY FOR STATE which were sent out the first of the year to revise the mailing list and I New York Sales of The Great At- bring it up to date. The cards were ber of pigs saved this spring and a to be filled in and returned. In- lantic & Pacific- Tea Company for the '31 INFESTATION ook scissors, thread and thimble and considerable increase in number of Successful, She Recalls How went to work lining them as desired sows to farrow this fall is reported COLLEGE BULLTS. four week period ending June 27th stead of merely sending the cards, were $80,850,700. This compares with the addressees wont to the trouble $82,921,191 for the same peroicl in A Business Depression by customers. Before long I was by the federal crop reporting bu- of purchasing envelopes and two1930, and is a decrease of $2,070.4«U, Twenty Scouts in the Field; Changed Life. landling most all the funeral 'sell- reau for Michigan. This follows an Some Forget To Give Name, cent stamps to enclose the card and ng.' I would attend to finding what almost continuous decline in hog mailed them back but failed to fill or 2.5', . Moths Start Flying ort of casket was wanted, make out numbers since 1923. January 1, But Are Located Just them out. Thus, out of 30.Odd per- More goods were sold during the It was something like 25 years ago he death notices, arrange for the cor- 1931 our hog population was about The Same. About July 4. that Mrs. William Ambruster, a come- rect number of carriages and take 46 per cent below the 10-year aver- sons who mipht be receiving col- June period in 1931 than in the same ly young matron in her early 30s, are of the prices." lege literature this year, about two period a year ago, as shown in the age. East Lansing—Twelve thousand thousand of these people have their estimated tonnage figures. June Twenty scouts, who have been learned how to upholster a coffin and Fall and winter marketing in training at the expense of the feder- arrange flowers in a funeral chapel. It was not a particularly cheerful Michigan in recent years are said to Michigan farmers are included in cards on the top shelf of the bulle- sales, expressed in tons, were 454,268 al government, are now working A little later she began to get theway of earning a living. And yet he regular mailing list for State tin room. this year, compared with 392,099 iu have been in excess of increases re- Sixteen thousand of the college June 1930. This is a gain in quantity throughout Michigan to determine hang of office work and the technic here seemed something helpful about ported in the spring pig surveys College quarterly bulletins, accord- the extent of infestation of Euro- doing these things, this woman under- ng to Mrs. M. V. Bogue, bulletin biennial report were sent out t'ais of merchandise sold of 62,169 tons, pean corn borers in Michigan corn of "selling" a funeral. Not quite aker will tell you. There was a feei- conducted by the bureau. If the jlerk. c usual relationship holds again this spring; two thousand of the annual or 15.85 /c. fields. satisfied yet, she determined to know ng of honest service. Two to five hundred requests are eports and 32,000 of the quarterly Average weekly sales in June were all there was about undertaking. year, it is expected about 15% Special $20,212,675 compared with $20,730,298 While the state makes no appro- Six years after she and her husband more hogs will be sold this fall and received daily for college bulletins bulletins, it is stated. priation for combating the corn So with a set face and a preceptible built their first establishment, they winter as against the 1930-31 fall and other information. A large bulletins published this year have In L930, a decrease of $517,623. Aver- borer, the entire state is maintained tremor of soul, this young woman be- put up the newer one at the present and winter season. part of these requests are from met with heavy demand, the clerk age weekly tonnage sales were 113,667 in quarantine and scouting is done came an apprentice to her husband ddress. Her husband was too ill to armers. said; 43,000 of such publications compared with 98,025 in June 1930, once each summer to enable the and was initiated into the secrets of do much about the business for seven Since the first of the year have been distributed during the an increase of 15,542. state and federal departments of embalming dead bodies. It took a ears prior to his death and she took agriculture to keep check on thegood deal of set face to do that. But hold. She has been at the helm of degree of corn borer infestation. she carried thru. NATIONAL WOOL 128,000 college bulletins sent out and 111,000 reprints of bulletins. This spring's bulletins included 10 first half of the year. Cornstalk Paper Firm Fails he company virtually the last 22 New Cultivator Cups "Last summer's extreme heat and On the day she became Mrs. Am- rears. lack of humidity over a long period bruster she had no idea her husband Above the funeral establishment she in the corn growing season held the would ever leave the ice and coal las her living quarters, charmingly P O O L REPORTS echnicals, 11 specials, three circu- ar bulletins, two quarterly bulle- tins, an annual report and a bien- Soil Cuts Erosion Dannville, 111. — The Cornstalks Product Co., Inc., founded here sev- nial report. Thirteen thousand ex- A new farm machine, still in theeral years ago to manufacturer paper corn borer increase in check last business; or if he did that he would and elaborately appointed. When year although the area of infesta- become an undertaker. tion was found to have spread rowded for space this part of the GENERAL BUYING tension bulletins have gone out experimental stage of development, from cornstalks, under receivership since January Mia. Bogue said. lias been brought out recently in for a year, is to be sold at auction Mrs. Ambruster is now the presi-building is also used as a private County agents place many of the August 12 The plant is one of con- slightly, with the total infestation dent of the Ambruster Undertaking Prices Strengthen on First the form of a field cultivator which about equal to the summer previous, Co. of St. Louis. Her husband has funeral parlor. She laughingly ex- ollege bulletins, often taking sev- scoops holes into the ground in- siderable size. according to the state department been dead the last fifteen years, and plains she has often slept within 25 Sustained Improvement eral thousand of a particular pub- stead of shoveling furrows and thus of agriculture. feet of a body laid out in its coffin. ication for distribution in their serves to check the washing away For the first time in ten years she has successfully carried on theBut she has never lost a wink because In Months. territory; for instance, a fruit bul- of the surface soil during heavy farm population has increased in- Corn borer moths usually fly be-business, increasing it and prosper- ginning about July 4 and continuing ing. Today she is a licensed embalm- of it. letin in a fruit section, or an alfal- rains. The machine has shovels stead of decreased. for a couple of weeks. The moths er and an experienced funeral direct- "At first I seemed to be in constant Boston—For the first time in fa bulletin where an effort is being which revolve and kick the soil, deposit their eggs and the eggs will or. A staff writer of the St. Louis tears. The sight of death is always a many months there has been a gen- made to encourage the raising of much as the hay tedder kicks the THE SMITH SILO be hatching out in a short time Globe Democrat recently wrote a page ragedy, and especially when the de- eral buying of wool by manufac- this important crop. new mown hay, and is said to leave Oil Mixed Concrete Staves with a new crop of leaf and stalk story about Mrs. Am'bruster's experi- based one is eo nedful to those he turers The last week of July fully Through an international ex- about 10,000 cups or depressions to Government Specifications ! destroying worms., . CaJrefuA hand- ences. She is 58 years old and has in or she leaves behind. It tears at a 20 million pounds were bought by change service at Washington the the acre in cultivation. The first Non-Absorbent. Arid Resisting. ling of the Michigan corn crop person's heartstrings. In the early mills, and buying continued at a ollege bulletins go to about 600 machine was made in a government Made at Oxford, Mich. through methods developed since her business career handled, at a con- days I was chief mourner at all oursimilar rate early in July, accord- foreign addresses on the regular agricultural experiment station in THE SMITH SILO CO., Oxford, Mich. the corn borer first became a seri- servative estimate, some 5,000 funer- funerals. My handkerchiefs were al- ing to the National Wool Marketing mailing list. These foreigns con- Kansas. ous crop pest, have put the corn als. There is not much occasion for ways wet. But I had to stop that. It Corporation, sales agent for some sist of agricultural societies in Rus- borer in a class along with potato her to do the actual embalming any would have utterly ruined my nerves." 26 affiliated farmers wool pools. sia, institutes and associations and bugs and San Jose scale and a few more, She has a man to attend to —Capper's Magazine. With the increased movement of schools and libraries and what not Stale mutual Rodded Fire other annoying parasites, the de- partment of agriculture claims. While it may not be possible to requests it. this. But sometimes she will take over a job, especially when the client wool, prices have strengthened. in virtually Just the every nation. mailing Reporting to poolers throughout alone, requires about $60 postage of these items, Play \ Insurance Co., oj ITtich. HOME OFPICe-FLINT. MICH Safe exterminate the pest, the corn grow- Perhaps Mrs. Ambruster would not Promoting Referendum the country, the National on July 1 each time to carry packages of bul- Don't take chances. Get your protection now with the STATE MUTUAL er can secure a good crop and con- be a successful business executive to- On Lennon Oleo Bill said that while 1930 was a hard letins to the national capital. From year to open a national wool pool, Washington the individual packag- RODDED FIUE INSURANCE COMPANY. Over $94,500,000.00 at risk. 1454,731.89 net assets and resources. Paid over $4,058,647.14 in losses since trol serious spread from season to day if the fortunes of the young Am no more suitable a year could have es are mailed out to their respective our organization, June 14th, 1908. A broad and liberal policy. 3,994 new season by plowing under the corn brusters hadn't gone awry years ago Detroit—While a republican legis- been chosen from the standpoint of members last year. Write for a sample copy and for an Agent to call. stubble, by shredding the fodder or "Just after our marriage," she says lature passed the Lennon bill barring service to the producer. Wool con- destinations. H. K. FISK, SEC'Y, 702 Church St., Flint, Michigan. putting it in the silo, and cleaning "there occurred a business depression colored oleomargarine from this state, sumption was below normal, the Who Wrote I t ? up the field refuse. With these similar to what we have today. Or it and imposing a license tee on dealers National could not move all the Mrs. Bogue finds the most diffi- methods there is small possibility may have been worse. At least we and manufacturers, a democrat is pooled wool before the new clip came cult part of her task lies in such of Michigan losing its corn crop, as thought so, for the ice and coal busi trying to undo this work. on. Several times it refused to sell things as requests with no name or address included. This common farmers and agronomists feared a ness my husband had went on the at prevailing low prices, declining Charles F. Hemans, attorney, who few years ago. While corn borer scouts are check rocks. "Casting about for something to do making earlier returns. The Nation- omission sometimes makes it im- made an unsuccessful run for theto unload merely for the sake of possible to supply the information Luxury with ing the intensity of the 1931 inthat would corral an income sufficient office of state representative from the al hopes that the present improve- sought. festation, Michigan State College to keep the family larder at least first Wayne county district, Sept. 4, ment will clean up the old stocks Where the writer fails to sign his 1928, is at the head of a group of Economy Farm Crops dep't is carrying into frugally stocked, my husband got shortly as well as speed movement name or give his address the clerk J \ guest at the Morrison enjoys all the the sixth season plant breeding position as superintendent of the City manufacturers and dealers whose aim of the new pool. seeks the help of the writer's local i work for a corn borer resistan Morgue. It was here he learned the is to bring the law to a referendum. July 1 new wools were coming in- postal authorities to ascertain who Their stand is that the law is not a the person might be, but even this luxuries that only a hotel of premier standing can oiler. Yet rates are remark- type of corn, as explained in theundertaking business. June 27 Farm News. revenue producing one, primarially; to the National pool at the rate of process fails when the postmark on 1,000,000 lbs. daily, with prospects The College has crossed leading "When that position reverted to its real purpose being to discourage of exceeding the 1931 tonnage in a the envelop is not legible. In- ||ll ably low because sub-rentals pay all the ground rent; saving is passedon to guests. Michigan strains with a borer resist someone else upon election of another the sale of any commodity in which sales year that looks much better quiries have been sent back to post- ant Argentine corn and has a cross coroner, Will began to solicit funerals dairy products are not used. offices for identification of send- than 1930. The National expects to CHICAGO'X that is borer resistant; the college to handle himself. It was a precari Petitions for the placing of thesee 500 million pounds of combing ers as far away as the Atlantic is now working to improve the vi-ous existence for a while. We hung question of the law on the ballot at and clothing wood used in 1931coast states, Mrs. Bogue says. This tality and other production features cut a sign in the window of our homo the next general election, were most of which will be domestic is merely a matter of courtesy on that are commercially important. "I recall the first funeral we eve scheduled to be in circulation wools. the part of the clerk, but it happens CRRIJCN, HOTEL handled did not bring us a cent. Th throughout the state shortly. Five For the past two months, while so frequently that it might well be Corner of Madison and Clark Jireetx A Birth of a Newspaper family never paid the bill." Sh per cent of the total voters at thegrowers were selling wools for wha classed as a special service of the Foresters tell us that well-manag- laughed. "After a bit," said Mrs. Am last election for governor, or 42,545 they would bring, prices have been college bulletins section. Radio Set 2500 ROOMS, $2-50 UP ed forest plantations will reach bruster, "I managed to effect a loar namely, would be sufficient to place 10 to 15 cents per clean pound be As an instance of how careless in Every Room Every room in the Morrison Hotel is an outside pulpwood size as follows: Jack pine, and we built a regular establishment the question on the ballot, after low their true value, according to people can be about including their In the new 500 room room, with bath, circulating ice water, bed-head 25 to 35 years, White and Norway Here our business began in earnest which a simple majority of voters the National. Dealers purchasing names and address, the bulletin section, soon to be opened reading lamp and Servidor. A housekeeper is pine, 30 to 40 years, and white Coffins then did not come from th would settle the question one way orwool at low prices have promptly clerk has a convincing exhibit neat- —each guest room will stationed on each floor. spruce, 35 to 45 years. manufacturers already lined. So the other. ly filed away on a top shelf, con- be equipped with a mod- passed them to the mills for ataining about 2,000 return envelop- ern radio receiving set. World's Tallest Hotel — 46 Stories High quick turnover. Since that perioc es and postal cards with no names Farmers 9 Buying Guide Dr. Babcock, Inventor more Of Milk Test, Is Dead is over, dealers are obliged to pay for wool and it is believed that the bulk of the cheap wools 1 Rates on Application are out of the way early in the year Madison, Wis.—Dr. Stephen M The National Wool Marketing Cor Young Peoph DoBusiness You Possess Worth? Y. W. C. A. Cafeteria—^ Babcook, 87, of the University oi poration is assured of a command You can turn your time into value with South of Capitol, Townsend St. FooWisconsin, died July 3. The entire ing volume of wool to sell in a us. LANSING BUSINESS UNIVERSITY, wholesome, reasonable. Also pleasan dairy industry owes much of its ex-market which it believes is coming 130 W. Ionia, Lansing. lounge, swimming pool, recreation an pansion in the work of this scien- into a healthy condition. At Lansing. Many residence for young girls. tist who developed the Babcock The Boston Daily News Record y e a r s farr£ zation headquarters. Comfort at easy organi- test for quickly, cheaply and ac- clothing business authority, June I1. prices. N. Grand at Mich. Center of city. Monuments— curately determining the butterfat quoted manufacturers as anticipat Cafeteria, garage, Rates $1.50 to $3. monuments of the most beautiful granlt content of milk and its products. ing 'higher prices for wool present and marble. Call or write. We employ no salesmen. You save the difference The fact that Dr. Babcock refus- iy. Beekeeper's Supplies— B£fkeY£ Largest monument works in Wester ed to have his idea patented but The Michigan Co-operative Woo Send for prices. M. H. HUNT & SON,Michigan. SIMPSON GRANITE WORKS preferred to pass the benefits of hi Marketing Ass'n reports better than 510 N. Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. (2) 1358 W. Leonard, Grand Rapids. invention on to the industry he half a million pounds in the 193: served is recognized as one of thepool at the warehouse, 1927 Main St. greatest steps in the development Fort Wayne, Ind. Applications for of dairying in the world. He turned pool contracts and wool sacks ar away from a clossal fortune in thebeing received by Sec'y C. L. Brody We'll Sue You! interest of service to the farm pub-at 221 North Cedar street, Lansing lic. Wool advances continue at 14 cents -SULTANA - V The Babcock butterfat test meth- per lb. at the warehouse. As quick od was first brought out in 1890ly as wool arrives at the warehouse A threat frequently heard not long after strangers Peanut Butter a few years after the inventor join- freight collect, it is weighed, anc or even neighbors get tangled with each other in an auto- ed the staff of the Wisconsin uni- the weight sheet forwarded to the versity, where lie served continuous- sec'y at Lansing for issuance of the mobile accident, with more or less damage for someone ly from 1887. advance. In 1930 Dr. Bafocock was the first > to pay for. to be awarded the Capper gold It sounds bad and is bad if you are sued and have to hire a lawyer, fight the case, and maybe pay damages. medal and $5,000 in cash as an out- standing contributor to the develop- UPTURN INWOOL ment of agriculture. Win or lose, it's hard on your pocket book. Mr. Capper May Flop CONTINUES Hard, too, is the situation where you SHOULD sue the other fellow for damages but can't afford to risk Washington—Disappointed because Textile Trade Believes Time Made of the Finest Ingredients what it costs to do so. You pay your repair bill, etc., the Farm Board has refused to agree Is Here to Build not to market any of its immense and try to forget it. wheat storage until the price reaches Up Stocks. Delicious on Grandmother's Bread 85c per bushel, Senator Capper of Isn't it a good idea to carry an automobile insurance Kansas, leading Farm Board defend- that will stand all legal expense and fight the case for er, "may be forced to join the ranks Boston—Under date of July 3 the A Tasty Blend of Finest Quality of the critics," aeording to the Week- National Wool Marketing Corporation you and assume the loss in case you should be sued? A ly Kansas City Star. Asked if he farmer's co-operative, reports that th Spanish and Virginia Peanuts policy that will repair your car and take care of the might change his position regarding recent upturn in wool sales continues the Farm Board, Mr. Capper replied at the rate of 500 million pounds per property damage if there is any? That section elimin- "I am going to stand with the farm- year. The Ideal Spread for Sandwiches ates the necessity of your bringing suit for damages to ers." A big change has come over the mar your car. The semi-annual expense of such a policy in ket, says the National. Wool is sell 75 raS. PEED PRODUCES ing in volume. The National reports the State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company TURKEY selling its share and marking up is very reasonable. When turkeys are fed all they prices all they will stand as it goes ONE POUND JAR want to eat from hatching time, along. Some manufacturers advise about 75 pounds of feed will pro- that they can and are buying cheaper We have more than 500,000 policy holders and duce a finished bird. A partly elsewhere, so the National is turning 19 7,000 agents in 29 states in this national grown healthy turkey with a good down business on the low side of the Legal Reserve Company frame will put on a pound of meat market. The last of the 1930 clip is for every five pounds of feed it going out on an upswing in price. eats. Manufacturers are well employed a STA TE FARM MUTUAL A UTO INS. CO. PROSPECTS FOR 1931 present. A year ago spinners an( Bloomington, III. Farmers may reasonably expect topmakers were dragging along. Com- somewhat lower production costs, a mission combers begging for business possible tendency toward improve- a year ago are now engaged for months MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU ment in market demands, and aahead Apparently the textile trade State Agent, Lansing, Mich, greater degree of stability in gener- believes that wool values have been al commodity prices during 1931, the too low and that now is a good time to general agricultural outlook for reap the benefits of laying in a larger 1931 shows. inventory of goods. THE GREAT ATLANTIC* PACIFICTEA CO* MICHIfiA\ FARM SATURDAY, JULY 11. 1931 her heart out with loneliness. She her extreme fleshiness and drowsi- plight can't have a lover in peace They thanked her with the awe has been a part-time widow, an old ness are not really due to gluttony because maid so far as your father is con-or laziness. She's not well. She's her husband she never can be sure tha of children caught at naughtiness CHECK MACHINERY Carter & Daughter, Inc. cerned and she was fading into one not at all well. But I've never been really. "I guess that able to persuade her to go away." mother. She isn't bothered with won't blunder in." doesn't worry you and spared a whipping, and she left the room to rejoin Mrs. Keith. By and by her mother appeared, FOR POWER LOSS "Then one forlorn evening my ex- 'Have you thought of going away any lovers. Huh, huh! well hardly!' rather red-eyed and sniffy, but alleg- A Novel—By Rupert Hughes cellent but drowsy wife fell asleep with her?" at the card table and your father, "I suppose you mean that for a ing a bad cold as an excuse for her "Well, I—I've been very busy." compliment, but it's the dog-gone appearance. It also served as an Slipping Belts Wear Them- instead of sending me home with That sounded better than confess- est insuit a man can offer a woman excuse for keeping at a distance her, said 'You entertain Alary while ing how he had dreaded the thought selves And Pulleys; Lose I send out some delinquency notices of such a journey. Polly smiled What do you think mamma is? A from Mrs. Keith's fervent embrace, WHAT II \ s HAPPENED Polly Carter, ;i modern girl, is gradu- my mother. I—I saw you hold he human icebox, or what?" for the poor woman was all friend- Much Power. ated from college and returns home, in your arms and—and kiss her." to the members of the country woefully: ship and rapture now, quaking Don't dare to imply that you tin^ the routine of smull town Keith's jaw sagged and his whol club.' Your mother and I, mere "Looks to me as if you're going mother could possibly—" mountainoualy with it. She explain- Lack of care in handling farm pow- life, Instead she is startled to liiul her mother drifting Into an affair with body with it, but he put up the bes castaways, discards, drifted out to to be very busy indeed if you don't "And you'd better not be too sure ed that her poor dear husband had er machinery often means loss ot. Walter Keith, her father's law partner. defence he could. look at the moou, and—perhaps you get her out of town." been ordered abroad for his health, power and a slowing up of work where She is about to expose her mother bu1 may have looked at the moon. Your that she couldn't possibly." observes how her father has n "Why my dear child, I'va i "I suppose I could take her some- He looked her over as if she wer and had begged her not to desert the slipping of a power belt is to intfiy neglected his home for his vari- your mother hundreds of times, i mother looks uncommonly well by where. It will be very sad to leave a specimen of something. him in his hour of need. She had blame, the agricultural engineering de- ommlttees. Keith's wife becomes the presence of your father and m moonlight and—well—she was hor-your mother." suspicious and plans a trap for Keith wife and you. I knew her befor rified to find that her heart could "I was afraid that college cours< consented, of course, but she con-partment of Michigan State College "There won't be much left of fided to mamma the fact that she and Mrs. <'alter. Polly accidentally discovers it. you were born." still beat and she was human—if she mother if you stay. It makes it dif- and these modern notions would was really not so well herself and advises. ruin you! And they've done it." Belts not .properly adjusted and CHAPTER V Polly shruerged her shoulders an weren't she wouldn't .have suffered ferent, sort of, to learn that your "I know, I oughtn't to wash be she was going to take the cure, too, power pulleys that are not designed After a moment of paralyze skewered him with her stare: as your father has made her suffer. wife has been so ill. The poor and come back a regular sylph of terror Polly ran as fast as she c>Hil "1 know those kisses but thes "Now you come along and pro- thing! I thought she was just mean hind the ears, but you'd bette slenderness. She confessed that it properly may be the cause of the pow- change your oculist." to the back stairs, swooped dow were different. You're a great law pose to finish the work your father for meanness' sake." "Will you stop your nonsense and was going to be a regular second er waste. A slipping belt on an engine them almost without touching th yer, Mr. Keith, and I can't argu began. You are going to sentence "Nobody is that, I suppose, if the go home and let me attend to my honeymoon. Walter wa3 acting like shaft or a tractor will permit the steps, stamped on the kitchen floo with you; I'm just a young gir her to jail for life. Are you sure truth were known. Well, I'll think business?" a regular lover. In fact, everything power unit to function freely even coughed for a warning, and the you used to love and I'm pleading you're right? when the machine that is being oper- "By and by, Polly, you will marry it over. I'll talk to her about it." "You'd better go home and at was going to act regular from then ated is crowded to its limit. A corn stepped into the pantry, snatched a with you not to ruin my mother' "You'd better not put it on the tend to your business. There's a lot en. the basket of tomatoes and mur life, not to wreck my father' and before long you will discover as ground of doing her a favor," Polly of it right there that needs your at Polly supposed that in the long shredder or a silo filler may be the mured softly: home." you get acquainted with more and ventured. "She might be suspicious machine in use. The belt on this tention. Mamma and I are a couple run it was best to have everything "Let me help. I'm hungry too. He stared at her a long while an more married people—as only oth,er of any sudden anxiety about her of clients that are going to change regular, but she could see that her unit may fit properly and yet, with a The exaggerated indifference o she was afraid of him. He was fa married people know other mar- health. Can't you cook up some mother was taking it rather hard slight slipping on the pulley of the her mother and Keith convince mous for his intellectual skill i ried people—that tens of thousands trouble of your own? Haven't you our lawyer if you don't look spry." Sho was realizing that Walter motor or tractor, the shredder will Polly that they had just broke fencing with the keenest jurists. H of our most respectable homes are got a liver or something?" She went. But he could not keep Keith's motives were not exactly fall short of doing all it should do in from each other's arms, but sh was a handsome man. He had i in exactly the condition of yours. "I should say I have. I might get his mind at his desk. It was hover what he had described. a work day because its maximum gave no sign of any suspicion. He way with women, and now he tool You can't imagine now how many my doctor to prescribe Carlsbad. ing about his home, dallying with If he had been the complete lover speed is not maintained. mother set to stirring mayonnais the best method of disarming a wo people who have outlived their first He'll prescribe anything for any- crazy pictures of his wife surround- that he thought he was, he would When the slipping takes place on and Walter Keith began to saw i man; he threw himself on her romance have made these—well, re- body. Europe is a long way off, ed by a flock of handsome heroe: have asked her to go abroad with the pulley of the driven unit, the loaf of bread with violence. Th mercy and attacked her from an mi adjustments. It has always been but if it can cheat the newspapers paying court to her. He lied out of pantry was a scene of energy by th foreseen direction: the case, for thousands of years. a most important meeting of the him to save his life. But he was shredder or whatever the unit may be, of a few headlines, it will be worth hospital board that night and w.hen taking another woman. He wai fails to make use of all the power pro- time Mrs. Keith pushed open th "I'olly, I'll ask you one question "Of late years an increasing num- it." wise and sane, yet in her eyes a vided by the driving unit. Some- door. Polly caught her glare of tri When you came home didn't you ber of impatient and greedy souls Polly rose to go and he towered he went home he put on a sheepish little organ. Hadn't you better leave us him. He was exceedingly busy and bled at a compliment. with him. I'll have a few babies, only two or three pounds of arse- huge pet home. Then Polly's fath- what has she left?" ioor old souls alone. If I give your told her so frankly. When she sat "Seems to me you're looking but they don't take much time nate instead cf five pounds, serves er went back to his desk; but her "She has my father! Her hus- a other a little happiness that she down he asked .her how much money mighty pretty tonight, mamma." really, and it's better for babies not quite effectively as a means of mother was so plainly bursting with )and!" vould not otherwise have; If I she needed. When she said she For days Polly watched him try-to baby them too much. checking the work of the insect. questions that Polly kissed her a Polly gave this the more emphasis righten a few hours that she hadn't come for money, but for ing to play the role that was thrust "We baby everybody too much. hasty good-nfght and ran to her ecause of its weakness, but Keith vould otherwise spend alone, who something far more important, he upon him but ihe had never been a We're always making wet nurses of room. She was afraid that she made his eyes and his voice very tnigiht let slip words that she could entle: never recall. the wiser, or the worse for it? asked her if she couldn't wait till Romeo in his youngest days and he ourselves. It's wrong, Mamma. Let's fou don't really want to drive me after offico hours. ".Vo, I can't," she stormed. "Papa, was hopeless now. me and you start out now and get His wife began to worry about into some business of our own." RAIL BOOST FOR "Now, Polly, are you quite hon- ut of .her life and condemn her to After a night of bad dreams with st? You love your father, yet you ears and years of solitude, do you? you listen to me now, or you'll be him and she spoke to Polly about Her mother listened like a wide- her eyes open and worse ones break- on't love him half as much as I )o you?" sorry. I've been horae for a week his queer behavior. She did not eyed child, yet she sighed: ing ui) her sleep, she awoke early o, really, for I spend half my life Polly was crying softly, less from and looked things over and I think speak of a greater worry: the But I've got no talent, no ability, FARM GOODS TOO with a decision. She would go to vith .him, hours and days and hat he said than from the hunger I ought to tell you that I'm advising queerer behavior of Walter Keith. no specialty. I don't know any- Hearings on Proposed 1 5 Pet. Walter Keith and do what her fath- veeks in the closest companionship n his voice, and from her own vis-mamma to sue you for a divorce." He did not call her up. He did notthing." Freight Rate Tilt er oug.ht to have done long ago; or- nd co-operation. You would ons of her mother's dreary exist- If papa's feet had not caught un- come to see iher. "Neither does anybody else. But der him never to come near the cream if you had to do that. And nce without the tenderness of this der ihis desk he would have done a Then one afternoon he called on we can learn, can't we. We could Start July 1 5. house again. vith all due respect to you, he evoted lover. She looked up through back somersault. She straightened her. Polly stood guard on the open a shop and sell something, I.earning that her father would ould scream if he had to spend aining eyes and found his old eyes him up and rushed on: front porch so that no one should couldn't we? We could make some- FARM NEWS readers are familiar he in court the next day and that luch time with you—or with his ewy, and she sighed. "Has it ever occurred to you that interrupt what she felt was going to thing if it's only biscuits or bras- with the fact that in June all rail- Keith would be in the office, she vife. What takes him to all these "You're right. I can see it now.you are treating mother like a dog? be a scene of bitter difficulty for sieres. At worst we could take any- roads asked the Interstate Com- lied virtuously to her mother about lubs and boards and committees? r had no business to meddle with That she's the last thing on earth two sad people. thing so it's something. merce Commission for a flat 15% some Mopping she had to do and He doesn't earn a cent there. They hat I didn't understand. But your you think of? That you care more She imagined pretty accurately Papa is a noble old scout, but increase in all freight rates and went straight to her task. ost him time and money. Why ife—" for the least of your million com- what Walter Keith was saying: bis heart is no longer in his home. charges as an emergency measure Her father's old homely secretary oes he prefer them to his home? "My wife? She hasn't a suspi- mittees than you do for her heart's "Mary, my doctor has ordered me He loves us as dearly as his old to avert a breakdown of the rail- greeted her and when she asked for Because he loves them better. Isn't ion of my interest in your moth- blood?" abroad at once. Don't worry, He slippers and his smoking jacket. He roads and a national calamity. Mr. Keith motioned her to his of- "hat the only real answer? r!' "Polly, have you gone—" says I'll be all right if I take the merely wants to find us where he July 15 at Washington the I. C. fice. She tapped lightly on his "Your father is one of the finest 'Oh, but she has! she has! You "She's nothing but a chamber- cure at Aix-les-Bains or one of left us when "he wants us. C. will hear the railroads .and the door and walked in. He was so nen in the world, a great lawyer, a vondered why I came bursting the maid, a landlady. You don't even those places. I'd almost rather die "Let's make up a firm—Carter & parties supporting the railroads in deeply engrossed in a stack of Ian- reat patriot, a great 'civic worker, antry last night." pay her wages. You just pay the than leave you, but I'm sentenced Daughter, Incorporated or Limited, their request. books that he did not hear her. She ut his iheart is no longer in his 'It was rather abrupt." bills and dole out enough to keep to death if I stay." or—" August 31 those opposed may sub- studied the back of his great silver- ome, now is it, Polly? He loves 'Well, I happened to look down her alive so that she can go on suf- Polly could hear a little cry from "It will be mighty limited with mit evidence and cross-examine the ed head with awe. our mother very dearly—almost t Mrs. Keith from upstairs and I fering." •her mother, quickly stifled perhaps me," her mother whispered, "but witnesses presented at the railroad's He was still the unniea3Urab!y s dearly as he loves his old slip- aw that she was only pretending With all the poltronnery of an in her lover's arms. But she knew maybe there might be something I hearing. older giant on whose gigantic foot, ers and his old smoking jacket. o be asleep. She opened her eyes American father before a daughter how to be brave. She had had could do." June 24 the railroads in supply- l*ig as a saddle, s.he had sat while But as for what you and I would and looked about, then she started he whimpered: much practice in being brave. She " S o m e t h i n g?" cried Polly. ing additional information asked he jogged her to Banbury Cross onsider love of man for the pantry with the most fiend- "Good Lord, Polly, have you gone had seen her father and mother "There's everything. Why isn't the by the Commission stated that the when she was a two-year-old tot. ove . of lover for beloved—why for woman, ish look I ever saw on a human mad?" die, .had buried two children, and world before us as much as it is be-roads do not propose to exempt She felt suddenly how imperti- hat all died out years and years face." "I certainly have. And I'm going given to the war a son whose body fore any of the men? Come on, any commodities and are prepared nent it was of a foolish little girl go." "My God!" to bite you if you don't reform. And was a part of some bit of American mamma, let's form a partnership to make the increases proposed in like her to begin rearranging the She bowed her head in shame at "I just managed to beat her there. mamma's so beautiful and young! I soil in France. She could stand and get busy at something—anything all agricultural products as well as lives of such ancient persons. vhat .her father had disabled her That's why I pretended to have heard a very handsome man say thethings. She had lived. She could that has a future to it. Then we'll on other commodities. The Ameri- She was about to slip out and go o deny. Keith went on: been with you all the while. You other day that she was the prettiest stand things particularly well if either be happy or too busy to can Farm Bureau Federation is fil- back to her tojs, but Keith turned "My wife—if I may descend to should have seen the look on her thing in town and he was going to they were to someone else's advan- notice it if we're not. ing notice that it will oppose the in- and saw ner, rose and greeted her iscussing her—is involved in this face when she saw me. It was steal her some night when you were tage. "Let's go into business!" crease. with open arms. She went forward ery delicate case, deeply involved, poisonous. I tell you she's going away at a board meeting or a ban- Her smile was a trifle wan and "Let's!" said her mother, and the and shook hands with him gravely. ry to understand me, Polly. There to go through this town like a mad quet. Any night would do, for wet with salt from her glistening light in her eyes, though it was dim, Rainey To Supervise He complained: s no woman I have more profound elephant any day now." you're always away. You wouldn't lashes but she told Walter how glad seemed to change from the twilight "Where's tho sweet kiss I always espect for or more undying affee- Keith was white and shivering, as know it if she was stolen." she was that he was going, how im-after sunset to the twilight before Farm Bureau Stores used to get when you came home on for than my wife, but she loves badly terrified as only a brave man "Do you realize who you're talk- portant it was that he should save sunrise. from school?" ne in her way just as your father can be of a frenzed reckless woman. ing to, young woman?" himself. It was altogether her wish THE EXD Lansing—Farm Bureau Services Sho simply smiled and sat down. oves your mother in his. It is al- Keith had loved love and would "I realize perfectly, old man. I'm that he should go. has announced the appointment of He tried again: nost a pity that your father and myhave braved almost anything on talking to a blind deaf mute, a mar- It was lucky that Polly waited on Mr. B. A. Rainey as supervisor of "You've got to pay the fee in ad- rife did not marry each other. They earth for it, but suddenly he sawried man who think's he's a bache-!the front porch, for Mrs. Keith Appointed to Fair Board the Services Farm Bureau Supply vance if you've come to me for ad- re very fond of each other, but himself and his passion as they lor—a father who's forgotten his came up the walk, waddling like a Lansing—Mrs. Isbell Kinch of stores at Hart, Imlay City, Lansing, vice." either would miss the other except must appear in the eyes of his wife. children. My name's Polly, and I'mturkey overfed for Christmas. Polly Lapee.r, Mildand, Saginaw * and It waR her timidity that made her s a piece of old furniture that was He could see how the fact that his your youngest. You used to know told her that her mother was up- Grindstone City, Huron county, and Woodland. At all of these points unintentionally insolent. She meant ot in ita usual place. wife was fat and stupid and homely me quite well in my younger days." stairs sewing, and made her sit on Mr. A. J. Rogers of Beulah, Benzie complete lines of Farm Bureau to murmur but she rasped: "You may have noticed that many would only make his betrayal of Her father looked into the fierce the porch while she went to fetch county, have been appointed to the supplies are carried. The stores "I didn't come to ask advice, but ives ding to husbands who are her the more cruel and the more eyes of the younger fury and gave her. Polly could have sent Mrs. State Fair Board by Governor have bean handling facilities, grain to give it." runkards or gamblers or rascals, heinous. up as usual. Keith away by using a different lie, Brucker. elevators, potato or fruit shipping "Whew! Well, what do you ad- the wives of very prominent He knew that if she had any "I think you've gone stark staring but she felt that it was best for facilities, according to the region vise?" nd respectable men are often genius it was for hatred and ruth- crazy, but if you'll hush, I'll do everybody if mamma's ordeal were MEET AT MUNCJKK in which they are located. "1 advise you to to let my moth- J iously unhappy. Do you lessness. She was one of the dead- whatever you want me to do. What not too mercilessly prolonged. Munger—Farm Bureau members On or before September 1 Farm er alone and quit mistreating her." now why? It's because the bad liest gossips and the most merciless is it?" As &he went through the hall she in Bay county are scheduled to Buseau Services will have bean re- ' Mistreat your mother? Wh\ len come home and are helpless punishers of misbehavior in town. "Either give mamma a divorce on picked up Keith's hat and stick meet here Saturday evening, July ceiving stations in operation at Bay I have the greatest affection for nd need their wives, while the What wouldn't she do to Mrs. Car-the ground of desertion—" where he had left them and took 11, to discuss promotion of Farm City and Pinconning. It is operat- ood men don't need anybody but ter, and to him, if her suspicions "Desertion?" he roared. "W1hy, them to him where he stood very Bureau activities in Bay county. ing a bulk gasoline station and "1 know you have, and I want heir noble missions. were confirmed? I'm home every night!" close to mamma. tank wagon service out of Batavia, you to stop it." "I'm a lawyer and I know where- He was crushed with terror, and "That's the worst kind of deser- She whispered: To cut dried fruits, raisins, marsh- in Branch county, the first of a >d Lord, arou't you in the f 1 speak. There are more homes he found himself so resourceless tion. When a husband sails away Mrs. Keith is on the porch calling mallows, etc., use floured scissors. series. wrong office?" recked by the ambition and right- that Polly hazarded a suggestion. and leaves a wife flat she has heron you, mamma, and I thou&ht that When making biscuits, dough- Mr. Rainey has been with the She fumbled at her handbag and ousness of men who are a little "You couldn't send her away, freedom and she can look about. if Mr. Keith had to hurry back to nuts, cookies, etc., the softer you Farm Bureau Services nearly 10 mutt i n1 nous than by ruin or vice. could you, before she breaks loose?" But when he sticks around the the office, he could get out through can handle the dough and the less years, serving in the seed, feed and "The other night I came homo "For years, while your father has "No, I couldn't. The doctors have house all the time and simply de- the rose bushes to the alley. Of you handle it after turning it on thegeneral orders divisions, and recent- from the theatre unexpectedly and een doing noble work for the eom- been advising her for years to go to serts her—er—spiritually—why he's course if he wants to see her, he board the better results you will ly in charge of fertilizer distribu- ud you on the back porch with ninity, your mother has ben eating some cure here or abroad. You see simply a pest. A woman in such a can, but I know how busy he is." jhave. tion. SATURDAY, JTLY 11, f9*1 FARM XFWS n\r HOME AND FAMILY Ediied by MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR. PAGE Address all communications to her at Carleton, Michigan. Summer POOR PA July 13 Is School AUNT HliT These Things Make For Beauty Successful Meetings Spots in Living BY CLAUDE CALLAN IiV ROBERT QUILL^N Rooms Meeting Night POSTS FOR PROGRAMS 1. Have one big idea and build Michigan By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR around it for every number on the The shady spot in the yard can be program. At a state wide meet inn of women made into an ideal summer living July 13th is school meeting night throughout lflehigaa. That is 2. Never call a meeting unless a roll call during a hreaktaM was room if the plans are well thought the one time during the year that paat records are approved and there's a reason for it. asked for along the line.; of w hat out. new ones are advocated so far as our public schools are concerned. 3. Time everything; never con- each called a beauty spot in Michigan. The educational system of today is something that should have tinue over two hours less pre- It seemed but natural and A permanent table and some home ferred. that each should have mentioned made seats can be made out of the far more thought given it by the people in general than it is getting. 4. Have variety—music, singing, some place of attraction near her own boards usually found on every farm People are very free to denounce the Increasingly high taxes, readings, fun and business. home, for one is more familiar with Many a boy would delight In having they realize the school tax is only surpassed by the highway t:tx. 5. Make your audience comfort- home surroundings and wo all have the job of seeing what he could buih yet they are very indifferent when it comes to school meeting night. able—cool in summer, warm in a feeling that home folks and home out of them. An occasional coat of We might better ask ourselves these days, if we have n practicable winter, good iight. good air. than things aro best, paint would help in extending then school system, one that is making the very best out of the children room, comfortable seats, good or- One woman spoke of tho broken days of usefulness. under its jurisdiction; does it educate the child according to his der, everyone on program heard. rocks along the shores of Lake Huron Have meals out there, picnic style tendencies or does it put them all through a common hopper and 6. Plenty of good wholesome [ftear Port Austin in Huron county; and enjoy the breeze and the pleasant " W e l l , d o n ' t worry about It, m a - trim and mold them into a common shape? Does it aim to fit them fun. a lady from Xewberry spoke of t h e views whenever possible. There's no mar," I s a y s . "I kiinw our eon Jfan to be self-supporting if thrown on there own resources? Does it "Mary Kllen may boss lier husband 7. Appeal to t'.ie eye — show pie- many attractions in the Upper Penin- need of going miles to enjoy a picnic l as plentiful. roe county. He claimed that one of Baking Company in three Sears, placing in cold storage. many telephone calls he had to in- his gold fish had got loose and he Roebuck department Stores. The Ice box sets are useful, as one cov- "You say you cannot get along stall a second line. Notwithstanding was trying to find it. Green paid a plan has been tried successfully in ered dish can be set on top of an- with your husband. People must the opinion of 7 county humane org- fine &&&'. 'costs in justice court ofChicago and Cincinnati and will other and thus room is conserved. learn to bear and forbear. Did youanizations that new homes were not $ 17. 2r,. now be extended to Kansas City, Do not crowd dishes in the ice boxever try .heaping coals of fire on his satisfactory for pets, the court ruled Farm News Patterns (Price 15c each) Mempihis and Indianapolis. Detroit as it is best to have a good circula- head?" as stated. Widower Winterman, ad- The trouble with many open minds may be next. What will merchan- tion of air throughout the cabinet "No; I don't know as I ever did. But I've tried hot water!" ministrator of his wife's estate, took is that they are open at both ends. dising be like 50 years from now? and over the food. the pets home to live with him. Keep vegetables in covered contain- rs. Never keep in paper sacks. American women spent four times as much last year for permanent More pupils failed in mathematics Making It Harder For waves as the United States Govern- in the high schools of New York A New Service Chinese Dried Eggs ment did in building new ships. last year than in any other subject. Washington—The battle against To Farm News Readers "hinese eggs is won, which means hat the Tariff Commission and W E WILL COLLECT CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR YOU President Hoover increased the ates on dried egg products from 18 to 27 cents per pound. Dried A Good We have made arrangements with the Traffic De- partment of the Michigan State Farm Bureau for eggs were being brought into this country in increasing amounts from 'iiina and they formed a particular- Installment Buy ALL its services, as follows: y depressing competition with the American dried, powdered, cracked, The only commodity that one can buy which will 1. To file claim and collect for stock killed or in- storage and fresh eggs. steadily increase in value while installment payments Duty on hemp cordage for binder jured in rail shipments, or on right-of-way, where twine increased from 3 1-4 cents to are being made is Life Insurance. transportation companies are liable; collect over- 4 7-8 cents per 1b. > charges on freight or express bills; for loss or damage Rates on hides, leather, shoes and The man who orders $1,000 or $5,000 woith of life . leather goods provoked a heated insurance upon his life knows that the first payment in shipment; for damage by fire set by locomotives, discussion and much political log- etc.; for damage to property by gravel operations, rolling when the suhjc-el was before guarantees that much to the family in case of his death. power dams, t^tc. Nominal service charge to help Congress at the time of the writing of the tariff. The now commission Each year as partial payments arc made, the guar- carry expense made ONLY if claim is collected. and i dent decided to leave antee continues in full amount. Each year the assured's the duty on hide3 where it was 2. To advise and assist farmers in problems con- placed by the last act when it was policy grows in value as a cash reserve fund. Each year, r cerning electric power lines, oil pipe lines, transporta- tion company or other rights of way over farm prop- removed from the free list and a ten percent duty placed upon it. It his contract advantage or insurance rate becomes more also refused to advance the duties valuable from the standpoint of savings made than if he erty. To advise farmers regarding their rights in high- on eh' were to buy insurance on a year to year rate. Each year way matters, drains, etc., and assist them have correct- as the responsibilities to his growing family grow less, ed such troubes as arise therefrom. Advice given on the assured adds more to his insurance fund for his later oil and gas leases. Better have the lease inspected be- >r fore you sign it. No charge for service unless we col- KITCHEN HELPS years. lect a claim for damages, etc. Life insurance: is not only a sound investment, but Add a pinch of brown sttg&r to it is one that the family doesn't have to finish paying 3. To check your freight and express bills free. carrots or •turnips if the flavor for; it cant be shrunk by depression or any other It pays to have this done. Mistakes will happen. seems too stF financial storm. New rates make changes. Rub tho ends of your fingers State Farm Life Insurance policy plans are especially with soap before polishing the stove adapted to farmers' needs. You should know what we SPECIAL—If you have a question concerning live- or when working among plants. The soap protects your Finger nails. offer before you take a policy anywhere. We are glad stock, poultry or other farm operations, why not ask When yovi wash your hands the to explain, without obligation. the FARM NEWS? Competent authorities will give dirt and s t a i n s will be easy t o r e - M I C H I G A N FARM N E W S the answer. The service is free. move. Pattern Service, 11-13 S T E R L I N G P L A C E , B R O O K L Y N , N. Y. Rendor lard in your waterless State Farm Life Insurance Co. Enclosed find cents for pattern s/e Ii docs not and Bloomington, III. docs not neod tho watching an open Pattern Size Summer 1931 Fashion Book kettle does or even tOe oven. Name R. F. D. (or street; Michigan State Farm Bureau City State Rinse the stew pan with hot State Agent -:- Lansing, Mich. (Patterns are 15c each, fashion boojk 15c. Send silver or stamps.) 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan water bofore putting sweet milk on N O T I C E ! Be sure that you address your pattern order envelope to the to boil to prevent it sticking to the Michigan Farm News, 11-13 Sterling Place, BROOKLYN, N. Y . r bottom of the pan. SIX MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATTRDAY, JFT,Y 11, SERVICES CALLS As Rainfall Goes Up BUREAU CALLSIN Mills Collects $367.99 In Claims for Farmers Wheat Yield Drops SALES SLIPS FOR Classified Ads DEALER MEETINGS Lansing—Mr. A. P. Mills, traffic manager for the Michigan State Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following rates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or mort editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. Co-ops Throughout To Discuss Their S t a t e Fifty Inches of Rain, 10 temperature was admitted to be, with- out question, an important factor, especially at germinating and at fill- PATR. DIVIDENDS Farm Bureau, and handling collec- tion of shipping claims, rights of way matters, etc., for Michigan Bushel Yield; 30 Inches Farm News readers, reports that FARM MACHINERY Work ing time, monthly average tempera- WANTED—FARM WORK 18 to 20 Bu. tures show but little co-relation in Fertilizer, Feeds Dividends during June he collected shipping MANURE SPREADERS. LOWER WANTED—ABOUT TEN WEEKS Apply on Memberships; claims for farmers amounting to production costs—save Lansing—Farm Bureau Services, Basing estimates on a 30 year study most states, according to Mr. Church's $367.99 and started collection on time—make work farm work by able young man, 19, good' easier. We have a few NEW IDEA milker, all around hand. Worked pastj Inc., announces a state-wide series of crop and rainfall conditions, the report. Also In Cash. sfmilar claims amounting to spreaders—latest models—at special low three summers on Indiana farm. H.; of meetings for co-operative ass'n U. S. Department of agriculture re- A wet season, prior to the time of $1,569.34. prices. They won't last long and this Cross, Cross Advertising Agency, 330, is your opportunity to get a money mak- South Wells Street, Chicago. (6-27-U-2) managers and other local representa- ports that rainfall is the greatest sin- seeding wheat, "will be followed with a Lansing—An appeal to all Farm Other services to farmers includ- ing—time saving machine a t practically tives to discuss the fertilizer situa- gle determining weather factor in light yield, it has been found during Bureau members who purchased Farm ed: your price. FARM BUREAU SUPPLY WANTED—FARM WORK BY YEAR tion, Manamar and binder twine con- connection with yields of winter the 30 year period, Mr. Church claims. Bureau fertilizer during the spring Deal with Pennsylvania R. R. andSTORE, Branch of Farm Bureau Ser- vices, Inc., Woodland, Michigan. by single man, •'!); experienced dairy and tests, and feed contracts. Time and wheat. Two Years in Michigan Kent County Drain Commission for (5-23-5t-56b) bergen, farm general worker. Henry Van Tub- place of the meetings follow: Michigan, with a year of light rain- season to send in their sales slips so opening county drain through rail- sing, % .Michigan Farm News, L a n - Mich. (7-11-lt) July l*; -Traverce City, 11:00 a. m. The study of the relation of weath- fall showed a wheat yield of 23%that they may be credited with any road right of way to permit proper WELL DRILLING TOOLS city time, hall over Grand Traverse Auto er to crop yield was made by Verne bushels per acre last season, which was dividends that are paid, was issued WANTED—FARM WORK BY MONTH. Co. recently by Clark L. Broody, Secre- drainage from Ptelton, DeGiopper WELL DRILLS FOR SALE. W E Experienced in farm work. Lived on July 17—Hip- Rapids, 11 a. m. K. S. T., Church, federal agricultural statisti- only half a hushel below the high and Brandau farms, relieving a sit- have a number of drills suitable for drill- farm practically all my life. Would i>;is