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, 

The M.A.C. RECORD. 

MICHIGAN  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE . 

VOL.  16 

EAST  LA:\"StNG,  MI CBlGA);",  TllE.'iDAY.  llARCB  14,  1911. 

L! L U MNIJ 
."". 
J :lllles  ~:rtterlee:  wri tt;S  frOin  Los 
Angeles,  Calif.,  under  date  o f  F eb, 
2 7,  ,, \\'e llre spending-:I  few months 
in  Ihe  land  of  s unshine  lind  tlowers 
im(\  Wl'  :Ire  e l1jo.~ illl-( 
')ur  sojou rn 
\\'c on' :I",io l1:llI\  sec  som ~ 
g re:llh-. 
I-O\'s  from  '~J.  A.  C. 
of  Iht  01.1 
1I :\\,c  SC('II  R"odney  A bbot  from 
::;:111  G:lhriel.  l larn·  Re\'nokls  of 
I' asadcna,  and  Cla~elKc  ~imonson, 
who  has  rcmo\ed  here  from  lI ol\y, 
.\lid1.  ~nUlhern C:rliforni:1  is  h;1\" 
ill:':- .gorcal  prosp<'rit}  from  the  inliux 
"f  tou ri"b  ilml  p"rrn:lI1cllt  r t.'~idl'IlIS 
from  the  e:r"I.  \\'c l:"J>C"ct  to  rNu r n 
10  Lan;;illl!:  ('arh  11\ 
,-. 
I,,'" 
"\  hit:  fair  wa~  n:tcnth·  helt! 
ill 
the  P r()\·in,'c  nf  .\Iuro,  I".  'i., :llld  we 
ar ..  in  rl·c .. ipt  of  a  C<JIH  o f  the  .lla 
'li·me r  pn'~t'I\Iillg  ..  nl:IP  nf 
II/l/a 
the  fair :.:-rOILlld .. ami  photo;; of In:1I1~ 
pnlminenlll1ilittlr't  and hu"ille:.s mell 
Ihrough  ,\ho~e  ~jf(>rt~  the  bir W:ll< 
rtwde  pos"ihlc.  \1.'j,Jo hn 1'.  F inll.'.'. 
'73,  ":7th  Inf1.l  .~.,\ ..  di ... lrrd gOI 
ernor of  ZilmhO;'II;.!V';,  is  ;11ll1I1l):!  th .. · 
prolllincnl  trl,,'l1  of  thc  i~lalllJ.." 

.\1 a\." 

'~i· 

:lud 

I I.  L.  Chorpin 

"  ifl".  a  rcal 
e:ltl1le  Il c;tI~'r  in  fruil  1;lntl ..  of  I'orl 
\:rnd,  ()re:!.!OIl,  \\'I~  It  ",lie).:",·  \'i~ilor 
.' ,·slt'ni:I.\.  h1\\ ill).:"  l,u·II  > .. 1\c.i  10  ~l. 
I .0111".  ~I I,·h ..  1111 
the 
" .. ·cmUII  of 
til"alh  ,If  :\  brother.  1 it."  h;ld 
1101 
lOCl'lI  "II  the  e;tmplIs '  "dore:  for": l1 
}eiln-. 
\Ir.  Chapill  \\ll'o  o nl'  of  Ihe 
.\1 .. \.C. me/!  ilbt r UI\lcnl;11  in  form 
ill~  lit,'  relCIiI  I'urtl:lud  :I~,.onalioll. 

\/0, 

\\" ;I1;all\  \\' .  :'\1<1Tri";{l1l 

i ..  p rt'~i. 
dent  "f  'hl"  COlltiu"'nt;11  Tnhl  .md 
:-'a\ ill:":';  Cu.  "f  '1'011"110.  Ohit,.  IUld 
.. I~!I  Ilre~idelll of  thc  l'lrsl  \' ,uional 
lJh"ddres<;. 
I:iluku{  Br \'ltn.()hio. 
I~  :0 II  Coilill~\\ ond  . \ \ c. 'I\ ,kdo~ 

\1 1, 

\\-il! is  . \lfn·d  fn:.  i ..  hl·",1  (j f  lhe 
Dep:lrtnwnl  of  To.:;L rhcr~J Training 
Tri-:-;tllt e  Clllle;.("l',  . \IIg-OI:,.  Iud. 

'96. 
Cl:lre  E.  ~Je)e r s i~  :r  f"rmer  and 
;It  Pinl'  L:lke,  ~\ Ibl"rta_ 

TiHlchmfrrr 
Canal!:r. 

'0':. 
T .  (;.  (J hillips  i.i  landsr:,pe  :lrehi 
,tIlel  for.:~ter  ill  Dctroit  w ith 
tcc t 
husiness  oll;cc  al  7°-1  Breitnlcyer 
)1 r.  'Jh illips  is  a  member  of 
BJd_ 
Ihe  _\ulerican 5t>cicl)"  o f  L:ln(bcapc 
_\reh itecl;; 
:llld  Dctroit  Cit}'  Plan 
and  Jnrpro\clI1cnt Cornmis"iOIl, 

'0

) ,  

0

Jesse  .\1.  Churchill,  s urveyor,  is 
enJ.!ugcd  ill  irri~:lIion  wo rk  :It  Die· 
~Ir.  Churc:lil!  hllS 
trie h, 
all>O  interested  hi m Self  in 
the  real 
c ;;Iorle  busincS", 

Idaho, 

'°5· 

is  d etaile r 

R obe rt  F'.  Hell 

filler 
checke r  of  Ihe  B row n  H oisting 
.\ I achi ne r y  Co.  of  Clevebml, Ohio. 
lIis  residcnce 
is  1052-1 
Gooding  nvc. 

alldrC!ls 

RECENT  PROGRESS  IN  EURO 
PEAN  AIR  NAVIGATION. 

~Ir.  \\',  A.  Blond.:,  an  cll:.:inccr. 

J.::U ropl' 

:l  ~h!Jrl  li ll ie 

illg  expert  from  Chi~·;4~O.  ;":-:I\C 
;1 
Ic ry  interestill::  al1ll  il1~tr\1cti\e  lalk 
on  .Iirig:iblc  ha\lOOIlS  hdorc the  En 
gineerill:,:'  SOl'jcty.  Tuesday  111:.:hl. 
\\Ir.  Bl,lllCk  showed  an 
iluimatc 
kno\\Il'llgc  of  hi",  suhject,  hali n g 
\"isi1t,'d 
:1).:0 
l'SPCl';il lly  for  tile  purpo~c of  It'arl! 
iug'  the  prog-rc:os  made  in  1I1l"  ('om· 
I I.: "'poke 
mercial  IISC  of  t1iri;,:ibh: .. , 
of  his  persoll al  c:>.pcriclh':c  in  tile  ;liT 
in  tnps  of  four  houT,,',JIITal;'OI1  O,'cr 
.. pots  0  f 
li"rIll:Llll . 
The  hi"to r;L' 
~r r .  Blonck  :lC,'OIUllcd  f'IT  Ihe  en';'1 
adnmccmcnt  alOi!"  the .. c 
lilll's.  hI 
'he  pcrfell io ll  or"'thc  [,:::I",,,lil1l'  ,·ri 
g:im:  :lntl t!I';  w;ry  in  \\ hi-cll  lh .. , ver 
tlw  pruhklll. 
mans  hal e  ;Itwckell 
It  ap lfC:,rs  tlt:lt  Ihe  I>erfo.: .. tioll of the 
,lirig-ihk  IS  hein::  hrou-.;h l  ;lboUI  hy 
Iho.: 
the  [,.hor 
miliran, 
rich 
otl;"e r~,  tle\otin!.::  thcir l il1lc  10  "h,u 
secm ..  to  th"'111  to  pruduct,  '.!re:11  :L1u] 
I  alullhlc  rcsulb  for thcir eQUlit n· . 

.. oorporalion:;  uf 

t) f 
\\ hidl 

ron~i"""  o f 

tile  Zipp!iu _  which _ 

,II H!  non-rig-ill 

T he  lectun·r  ilhlSlr;oleri  his  -t;d!. 
with  \icws  of  Ihe  ,ari"u" 1_,  IWS  o f 
ll1:1ch ilH:s  in  Ili;.:-hl,  and  in  del ail. 
li e  explai lLt:t1  the  Cl)lI1p:'lrlmcnt l'OII 
!'ilnl ct ion  o f 
with  its  ri::idity cOnlpose  t he  princi 
ilcl\·<i lltages  of  this  tYJI"-.  T he 
pal 
.. hoats" 
scrni-ri:.:- id 
ti r", o f 
were  laken  ILp  in  order,  the 
till'  OIlC 
th ese,  seemin;.:-Iy,  heing' 
mO"t  gener,llIy  in  USc.  T he  n,H·i 
gation  o f  the"e  boats is.  eontr;lr.r  to 
the  g-clleral  belief.  not tlq)cndent  to 
1\  large e xtent  \11'011  th .. ·  "lift·' o f  the 
g:lS,  hUI 
is  ;u:com plisIH·d  (Iyn: un ic. 
:Illy,  the  g:l!O  b.:ing  orrly  suni .. ·icnt  to 
give  a  ce r tai n  amount of  huo " ant\·, 
The  rca"on  for  Ihe 1:lck  o f tli riii 
bles  in  America  is  hecause  the  cost 
of  h~droge ll  is  p rohibitin"  while  in 
Gernllltl)". Ihi"  g"ll S is  the  by-prolhlC"t 
o f  lIl:lny  electrol., tic  processes. 

.\Ir. Blonck traced the misfortunes 
and  successes  o f  Count  Zippilin, 
ticrmauy's 
!lat ionni  hero,  who, 
whcll  all  other  means  o f  carn·iug 
011  his  expailllcllts  f:li led ,  received 
b y  public  sub",criptiolL  the  sum  o f 
$! ,500,000. 
T  his  sho\\'s  with 
\\'h,n  energy  :Inti  hope  the  work 
has  bet'n  c uri ed  011 
in  Germany. 
l ie  to uched  upo n  the  tlcl elopmelll 
the 
the 
of 
since  Santos·Oumont 
Fr e n ch, 
the  world  by  circu lIl-
astOl1ished 

semi.rigid 

ty pe  by 

n:n·jg-ating  the  Eiffel  Tower,  _\ 
striking  eX:llnpk'  gi\·en  \\:Il;  thm  of 
the Clelll~'nt  l.brarJ  machi ne  whil,:h 
recently  itew  across  the  EIJ'rlish 
Channel,  mninl :l ining  a  speed  o f  37 
miles  per hour. 

. 

. 

In  hearinJ;  Ihis  le~o!u re  (oIle  W:lS 
i m pressed  h)  Ihe  ~re:1 1  5Tride;;  the 
experi,m.·ntcrs hal c  :, cl"ompli~hcd in 
Ih ~·  Imildirrg  nnd  housing- uf  Ihese 
tna~·hiJle.<;.  in  Ihe  pedorrn a rlt'e ..  with 
thelll,  and  h\"  Ihe  5:1fell  whil·h  has 
so  far  :1"eo Ll~paLl i cd  the· prog- r ';~i  10 
perfec t ion. 

;Ieroplarn-, 

Ihcfuhws...  of 

The  k-du rcr  "poke  hrietly  lIpon 
the 
Il l'  ~howe.1  Ihe 
Iypes-monoplalle an,)  hiplallc_hut 
he  s puke  uf  the  thn'e  dclicielll"ie~ 
\>L;Lh ,  Ir ...  bc:iL>cd .  pr.;,!,;,!~,  Ih .. 
}!eller:11 
the  ";Hl11'. 
Il:lmo:l}:  hi~h  speed.  Ia .. ·k  of  aUlO 
m:llit- ~1;lhilil.". anll  \:Ick  of de\ dop 
l1Iel1l  of  a  IIwhiplicily  of  ~''';.!"illc", 
I I..: 
Ihe 
l"pre:""ni  his  hdicf  Ih:1I 
:!cropI:U1 .. · ~\·ould lind  ill!  fidrl,  ill  u~~· 
;I,,:r  M'out  In  \\ar.  not  as  all  A;!;:rcS· 
_\~:I  re,.,ult,  Ihe  ~Ir,rt­
l!1\ ... '  cnen"·. 
fUlUre  war"  \\ ill  be 
l·~\  "f  our 
.. ·lltird\·  chan![e,L 

This 

1e:,·lure  ~:Lve  ..  \en  clear 
ide"  (,f  jU"I  wlwt  h(l"  h"'ell -;Icl'onr 
plished  in  Europe  arlll  whrre  it  aU 
'CIlIJ",  WilhotLl 
:1  <':()Ll fu~ion  of  Ih .. · 
usual  te,'hnil-:llilies . 

A.~. [I.. "\' 

ELECTRICAL  SHOW. 

The  ele~·l r k:ll  show,  held  in  EIl 
~ineerillg- Hal! 
lasl  week,  I'I';l S vb 
ited  not  only  hy  pmcti("ally all of Ihe 
colleg-e  people,  bUl  by  a  l:lr;:e  num. 
her  o f  ou r  L aJlsi n g"  friends.  T he 
va r ioLls  cxhihit;!  we re  foulld  in  the 
basemcllI  :llIlI  on  the  fi rst  a nd  sec 
ond  Hoors.  and  all  proved  of  inl e r 
est_ 

In  the  basemen t  wcre  f~HJlld  a 
(Iisplu)"  of  dyn:ILIl05,  the  ,Hllomatit: 
telephones,  ami 
the  ex· H.ay  1Il:l' 
chines.  On  the first  lloor  a  va riety 
o f  electrical  cOllvc nie l1<:es,  stich  :IS 
irons,  toasters,  fau s ,  V:lCU UIlI  c!eau  
ers,  power  washers,  sew ing  ma· 
chines,  etc.,  wcre  shown,  as  well  as 
:1  large ,Issortmen l  of  the \"llrious  in 
ca ndescent 
fixtures. 
lien:  was  shown  also  wh;lt  may  be 
done  with  :I  private  plnnt.  ~Ol 
only  WilS the  room  lighted  with  the 
electricity  Ill:HI\Iflt,ctureu  he re ,  but 
an  example of  how this  power Illa\ 
be 
the  h01l1e  W:IS  ve ry 

lamps 

tlsed 

and 

in 

nicd)'  illustrated  in  ..... ater  healer>" 
\\"ilshc rs, 
iron,.,.  d'::lners, 
clectric 
w ringe rs. (!t,·, 

The  int rinlcics  o f  wireless 

tcle· 
;.:-r:rphy  l\l're cxpl:lillcd  hy  .\Ir. Lay  
l"Ol.·k .  ami  :I  displ:l~  of electrical  top, 
eOIlln1:mdcd  Ihe  aUCllIioll  of  tho~c 
who  \  i~ilcd  !he lIl' xt  Hoor. 

As thc  e ..... hihit  I:ls letl  Ih ree  da\"s, 
J.!oi~l}! 
vi"itor"  wcre  coming-
alit! 
in  (·h :org,· 
thOse 
con5 1 :LI1tl~ .  an d 
Were  I..qJt  busy  dcmo nsTra lill;!  The 
11';(',.  10  which  elcl'lri,i !y 
1';l r i<'\L~ 
In;r~  he  puL 
the  ;'lu(h.'lLt~ 
li rc .. ' 
in  ele.·ril·:,1 
:lr· 
r:rn~ed  for  and  ra rril· tlon  Ihe  c:>.  
hibit,  and  e\ery  pt'rson  who ,isil ed 
~.,:;l,liJl;':  :_"'(  IH~k  .,~: n;I~  "I'. 
111<. 
preei:lterl  Iht"  oppo rlLllli H'  off~'rell. 

CI1~illl·o.: r in~.  who 

(' redil  is  du~' 

T he  equipmcnt 

lom')(-d  by  III(! 
C:tpital  E I':d ri c  Co . .  ~.  _\.  Ri .. e, 
\' ,l1iol1:ll 
the 
.\[a).:"nel<l  Co .. 
LUI,.ill}!  !'!:Itlll;.!  \\-orks  hoI'  .\Ir.  L. 
\[.  :\I:I\/1"nl,  ;Il['h:~d  much  I"  Ihc 
l·,hihit"aml  \\;h duly  ilppret:lall'd  by 
the  hoy~ . 

:111<1 

SACRED  CONCERT . 

Two  I'ears  a~o the  h Ol ml  in;tu"ur 
Hted  Ihe' elhiom of ;.:-i\·i,,;.:- an :l IH~U:rI, 
free,  s i1cn·d  ~'onee r t,  tn  be  g-i\ e n  the 
[OIlie r  part  uf  each  winter  (erm. 
Th is  yt'ar the  ~·O Jl n·rt  will  be  )..(i,·ell 
ill  Ihl'  a r mory  lI en  SUIIIl:i.I·  alt .. r 
IlVon,  .\larch  [ ~.)\h,  al  3  o'clol'k ,  and 
thc  p ro).:'rilm  promises  to  he  fulh- a ~ 
,inc;;. 
(·ujoY lI. ble  as 
T he  band  will  be  :1~Si"I,,'d  h,  thc 
.\\.  i\.  C.  choi r ;  '\[i,.,s  \\' ebh,  st) 
p rilno ;  Profe s~o r  1':Hlen,  h:lritOlle: 
:lnd  Professor  Killeen.  t .. ·nor. 

the  pre I ious 

The  pro~r:lm will  be  as  follo\H : 

PART  OSE. 

War llarch  o( the  PriesL9  from 

" Athalia"  ____________ .  J/e,.del#(Jh .. 
SerenaJe.  Cornet  !Solo __ ... __ ___ Golmo.1 
lb.  L.  G.  J o ,,~ so~ . 
10  Hea\'eoly  Love  Abitli ng .. 8 Qtdwldl'r 
PROP'tssoR  PATTEN . 

G lo ria  ... _. _____ 

. _______ . ___  Jf(Jzur t 

M .  A. C .  C HOI.R. 

PART  TWO. 
Trinity . ____ ._. __ .. ______ . __ ____ Tt.b<mi 
Grelt Heavenly Choir. ____ ___ .. Jo rda ll 
.MI SS  WJo:IHI . 
The LalIt.  Elope ____  ....... " _. Gotlsellafk 
Solo  _____  .. __  ..... _____ .. ____  .  ~elf'(;led 

PROP'1tSSQ 1!  KIt.LEI!:~ . 
In  theOre&t  Beyond . _._ .. ______ Brool.:lJ 
. ____  SltJJill8 
E"ening Prayer ___ _ .. 

The M.  A. C.  RECORD 

HORl'.  CLUB,  MAR . 8. 

BAND  GOES  TO  MASON. 

The  M .  A.  C.  RECORD. 

.II.~' .>UD En ...  Tu n" .. 0 .. 11 '"'' TH'"  C:OU.C ... 

TU.  n 

....  " 'C"'C."  . TAn 

..... ' o;U LT .... .  L  COLLE .. E 

SU8SCR IPT I O N 

E n t ered  ...  IeeOnd.elau  mill!  watter  .. t 

Lan.loll.  Mh: b. 

Re m l~  by  1>,0,  Money  Order.  J)raft  Or 

il.elltltered  Letter.  1.10  not &end ~l""'p" 

Addreu .. n  lulMertpllonlllnd  ad\'e-crll~tnll 
maU ... r  to IhOl  ", .\  H,  'H~C.~"'"  ~:.a'1  Lan· 
lin ••  Mkb,  Add . .....  1111  l'Onlrlbutlo".  to 
t b ...  Man,..tnll ~;dlto., 

Bu~tn""8  om~-e  ... ·Ub  LA ... ,....neo!  <t  ~.n 
BUrf'n  Prluttnc  OO~ flU.!I~ (;.-nd A'·t. !<Oo •• 
LAnAI" ••  ~1Jt:h. 

TUESDAY,  MARCH  14,  1 911. 

WASHINGTON  ASSOClATION . 

The  :-'lichiJ.!"ltn  Agricultur:11  Col 
le"c  Alumni  i\.ssoci:ltiol1,  \\' ashillg 
tO~I,  D.  Co.  helti  II  mcc~ting- Tllesd;ty 
e,·elling. :\}:"ch  7,:11  I'  reund 's  ilall. 
81S  loth  St.,  X.  \\' .  After a  shOrt 
receptiun.  ;1  h:lI1lJuel  W:IS  sen l'd  10 
:-'1 r.  Dick 
the  mClnhcrs  present. 
toastmaster, 
Crash,',  '9."  actcd  ;IS 
lO  b) 
the  10:1:;t:.  hei.rl~  fl.-spondl.-d 
Prof.  I l. Thurteil. '::il::..  on  the •.  Lure 
-of  the  \\ 'e~t;"  Mr.  W.J.  :-'Ie),er", 
,,.-.....  "Ag-rinllturnl  Tr:tining 
;.s 
7-, 
. ,   I' 
,  .  II 
IIlesug:lllOns: 
Jhsis for ~latlSllr:l 
)'Jr.  1.  II,  Ti bbit<:,  '73,  ,.  The Ylilue 
o f 3';  c\~ricultur:ll  E\lut·;ttion  in  Ihe 
Diplom:rtil' !:'en'icc,"  and  :-'Ir.  \\-m. 
Ta\"lor,  '~." Pomolog-~  as  a  Prep. 
llra'tionlor  AdllliniSlrtition:' 

It 

The  wilt\  nud  cOI1\'indllg-

reo 
m:rrks  left  11'0  doubt  in  th{'  millds  o f 
the  he:lrer~  that  an 
a~ri':liltl1nl) 
u'aillillg  has  its  IllJ\:rntagc:.. 

Officer><  e1c..ted  afe  ItS  follow~ : 
ClarellLe  ,\.  Reed. '05.  President. 
Ralph  Carr. '08,  IH  \- ic~  Pre"i_ 
\Irs.  Dayton  Gueruey.  'ns.  ~d 

de!1l. 

\'ice  Pr(!sitleut. 

H erman  S~hrei!x-r.  '0-1,  Treas· 

urer· 

Cora  Feldklllllp. ~o;. Secre:lar~. 
Executive  c.;ollunittL'C.J.  II.  Ti b· 
hib. ~7J:  :-'Ir".  C .. \.  ReN, '95, and 
L, :\1.  ~1)CnLl·r.  '(4). 

.\fter  hUiine""  aJjourllmelll,  the 
remainder of  Ihe  evening was spent 
in  playing  fi\',,:  humlre,1. 

Li",t  l)f  memllcr"  present: 
Jllmes U . Tibbit~. ';S_ 
Donald  )Ie Pherson.  ' i t. 
Wm.  A.  Taylor.  a.'! 
)frs.  Will,  A  Taylor 
Ritch ie  p , T"yl"r. 
Heury Thurtell.  ,.,d 
1-".  1"'.  Clark.  '83 
Wm.  1. llyt.'u,  '90 
:tlf1  Wm  J.  )IY"r8.· 
Dkk Cr05by,  '9S 
Mrs.  LiliAU  Wheeler  Crosby,  '93 
C1.arle!  P  Clwe.  '9~, 
Mrs. Cha.s  P,  C10"8. 
John  E.  W  TrH.CY,  '00. 
lionler  C.  tike<>ls,  '[jlJ. 
Matt A.  Crosby.  '02 
I:L  J . Schne ider,  ·Ot . 
Arthur +<\delman.  ·O~. 
Mrs.  Arthur Adelman. 
Clarence  A  Reed,  ·M. 
}Irs. K atherine )I d~au&:hto" Reed, 'O~, 
Cora L ,  Feh.lkarnp,  '00 
Ralph J.  Carr.  '0:4. 
JUr.  Ralph J,  Carr 
Win:'  J . lloo .. er! Guesta, 
LoUIS  BOO"er 
It was  learnell  with  rcgro.:l  th:lt 
Dr.  BrigKs,  pre.,illent  of the  associ· 
ation, ;lIId  )1 r.  Schreiber, chairmnn 
of the exccutive,  had  both  hcen  1111' 
CX\:N!cted!y  cnlled  :m·ay  from 
the 
c it\" 
:lucI  were  Lhcrdore  ullahlc  to 
enJo~\'  the pleasant  evening that they 
h ad  plan nell. 

f 

Mr.  O.  K,  "'hite  gave  tI 

\'cry 
interesting  talk  011  the land  frau ds 
in  northern  Michil!:m, entitled  "A 
Square  Deal  ill  Dirt."  He  said 
that  3<'ncuhure  was  once  a  dom. 
inant  feature 
in  America.  This 
was  superceded  by  ,n:llwft\ctllring, 
and  now  men  arc  returning  to  the 
soil.  T here  arc  now 
two  <'011. 
surners  to olle producer, Ihe funne rs 
arc  makin~  large  profits, there  is 
unrest  in  the  cities,  and  one  of the 
results  j",  land  bootning  in  northern 
Michigall.  North  of  Ihy  City and 
. Muskeg-on  cut o\'er 
land 
that  is  absolutely  worthless  11:15  re 
,'crted  to  the stale.  T he  soil  1:lcks 
humus  anti  the  moisture  call1lot  be 
conscrvel!.  This  hlUd 
i"  solll  to 
real  cstMe  promotcrs,  who ret..1il  it 
out to  men  with  SOlidi  capit:11. 

timbe r 

It  was,  in 

In  onc  \'car  1,112.000  acres  reo 
'-c ried  to  the state  for  non·payment 
turn, "old  as 
of  ta"e;;. 
homesteads  lIml  ,"cry  50011 
-15  per 
cent.  of  it had  a~Utin  n.~\·crtcd  to  the 
In  thesc !>llnd  barrens, there 
state, 
arc  no :.odal  :Uh:UH:lges  and  mlmy 
of the people arc  nC;lr·out!aws.  A 
Je"e!opmellt  COlllpany  in  Roseoln · 
Inon  COllnt,  ach'crtises  10  sell  land 
that  will  r:iise  more  corn  than  an\ 
other  pbce  in 
:-'Iichig-an,  Ohio  or 
Illinois  for  $1 ~  per arre. 

The  :\'ew:I_\go  Land  Co.  publish 
pil·lure:.  of  on:hards,  growing  in 
other  JocaJitie",  and  thus  mislead 
nHun  proslx'"i.·ti\-e 
fruit  bnners, 
\\'hi'te  blo" 11  ~a/1(1  is  of len sold  to 
Chicago people. :md one hard.wor~. 
ing  man  boug-ht 
tI  happy  home  111 
l liggins  L:Il..e  where  he  expcct~d 
to  raise  fruit  ami strawherries.  All 
Ihc  wheat 
township  was 
a 
threshed  n£.-ar  the  depot of a  certain 
town.  that  the  straw  stack  which 
resulted  mi~llI  adve~tise  Ihat  local· 
for  whClil. 
it)"  a.s  a  ~re:lt  rCL:"lon 
Actual 
the 
a"era~e ,ield about! I~  bu . per Itcre, 
)fr.  \Vh'itc 's  talk  was  n'ry instruc· 
Ii, e  and  was  enjoYl.-d  by  all. 

in\'estig:ttioZi  proved 

in 

k.  G.  K, 

FARM ERS'  CLUB . 

. 

• 

0 

Prof.  Rnler "ave a  \erv interest. 
ing  talk  on  EUrOpeltll  a~ricult ure. 
I Ie  told  about  I'urious  nops  r:lisell 
and  Ihe  lliff~'renl  methods employed 
in  En::land,  France.  Gt!rrn:IIlY, 
Swit.terland.lmd  Itah, 3:;  Ihn  irn· 
pres:;ed  an  Amcrk.;n 
lOuri~t  ill 
those  countries, 

Questions  were 

;lskeJ  whidl 
helped  10  bring  out  m:1I1)'  del:lils, 
both  of  the  a;;-rkultural  and  honi· 
l'ullu r;11  methods. 

THE  ROSE · MAIDEN . 

On  Friday  e\'enin::.  ::'-.larl"h 

loth, 
"The  Rose·}'laidcl1,"  ~  C,-nt:H:1  by 
FreJeric  COW;IIl,  was  delightfully 
sun;.!;  hl'  the  :-'1.  A,  C,  ~honl s. 
It 
received,  and 
was  entlHlsiasticalt., 
the  audience  were 
ill  their 
loud 
praise of  Prof.  Kil!o.:en's  abilitl'  :IS a 
conductor.  The soprano solos were 
well  adflpted  to  the  l.rric  quality  of 
,\[iss 
;\ I oon~'l>  ,-oic(:. 
Mrs.  Ru\ 
liilra),  sali:.:-
the  contral to  solo  with 
grcat feeling.  The tello r solos ~\'ere 
pleasingly  s ung  by  :-'Ir.  Ii :umltoll, 
particularly  Ihe  one  elllitied  "The 
Sleep of  £\'el1,"  and  ~-1r.  Patten's 
solo  was 
the  most  dr:uuatic  of 
the  performance,  Great  c red i t 
is  due 
:'--1  i ss 
the  accomp an is t, 
Fre)'hofcr,  whos  sense  o~  rythm 
and delicacy of touch  we re chsplareu 
to g reat ad,'antagc. 

Lasl  Tuesday  evening  the  baml, 
under  the  direction  of  Professor 
:-' l asol1  by  special 
Clark.  went  to 
C:lr  to  1'!;ive 
;I  concert  under  the 
auspices  of the  lI.l ason  Hig h  School 
vnion.  The  entertainment  was 
gi,-en  in  the  1\1:190n  Opcra  1I0use, 
:md  the lar:.:-,·  audience  present  gaye 
evidence of  their appreciation of the 
work  of  the  b:md  by  repc<ttedly  en. 
coring the  numbers of the  program, 
Professo r  King,  who  \.,.as  on  the 
program  as 
the 
special car ;md  did  not  r'C;lch  :-'IaSOIl 
until  the  progam  was  half  over, 
lIowev e r,  \\hell  he  did  arri,'C  on 
the scene,  he  l11ade  up for  109t  lime, 
:md  gave  se"eral  re>1dings,  which 
were  very  wcll  recei\·ed. 
It  is  10 
he  hoped  thai  other simil:lr  enga:.:-e. 
Ulellt.s  1ll;ly  he  arranged  for 
the 
band, as  it  not  ol1h'  a<h-enises  lhe 
college  ill 
(I  g-oO(I  W:IY,  but  nlso 
brings  addell  interest  in  Ihe  work 
10  the  mcmbers  of  the  hand. 

reauer,  missed 

HORT.  TRIP. 

Chaperoned  by  Prof.  Eu:;t:tl'e, 
:-'Ir.  Gunson. 
Prof.  1I>1l1ig-:Hl  and 
Ihe  Junior  lInd  ~enior  I lorl.  men 
dsited  vr:llld  Rapids . • \1 arch  .1  :lIHI 
-I,  Friday  night  they  :Ht£.-ndo.:ll  the 
Arcadians,:m  EU:!lish  Illllsical  COIll 
ed,'  at  I'owe:r's  Theatre. and  ~awr. 
d:l)  morllil1~  ~I:lrled  011 
tour  of 
inspectioll  of the greel1hou"t!~,  The 
tirE;!  visik,1  helong-s  to S . .I.  P erry 
who  con(hll't~  a  general  hu:.ilWSS, 
in  Grand  Rapills 
hu t 
leHUl"e.  Eu:.:-ene  D;wis,  0I1l'  of  the 
hest  grl'ellhullse  men  in  :-'lichil-:":1n 
-'Ir.  Dads  is  the 
was  ne~1 \'i"il("(l, 
o riginator  of 
the  famous  Gralld 
Ropids letlUtC, amllhe D:lvis cuellO" 
Jx,r. 

spl'eializes 

:1 

John  B,  :\'cllist,  '96,  raiscs  sweet 
pens  as  a  hobby,  and  has  sorn.;  \'er) 
nice  ho uses, 
.\Ir.  Goebel .  superin. 
tendent  of  Ihc  Grand  Rapirls  park 
s,·ste01.  went  throu:.:-h  Cn::.IOIi  :U1U 
J~lm 11:111  I':trk  with  the  men. 
\\'. 
C. Troul,  '01).  i"  the  first  asSiStlUlt 
to  :\Ir,  Goebel.  and 
lIugh  Lvnch, 
'[ 0,  is  t:lking"  charg-e  of  the  fo;cslry 
w o rk  in  the  parks. 
lIenry  Smilh 
(:ondu("1;"  One  of  the  larKest  gn·en· 
hou~ est:lblishlllents  in  the  middle 
wcst. 
li e  h:ls  been  in  Ihe  bUsim'.!.". 
since  l Si I, nnd  now  h:ls  fin.'  ;l~'res 
under  gl:hs.  C.  \\".  Garfidll.  '70. 
was  abo  \isitcd. 
is 
his  hobby:  he  is  "cry  l,!lthusi:htil; 
over the  work, :lnd  ;1  10\:\1  friend  10 
:\1.  A .  C,  The 
fello~\'s  returned 
Saturday night. :Ifter h aving- enjC'~ cd 
a  yen  l'lllert:lining  al1(l 
in'lroCli\"e 
trip. 

IlortiCllltu re 

ALFALFA  BREEDING  AT 
M .  A.  C. 

1'llO;le  who  rcad  :tn  :lr,icJe, under 
this  headillg,  published  ill  the  R~ c. 
onD,  D ccel11bcr 6th  last,  will  recol" 
nize  this  ;($  ch aplcr  two,  Olh{'rs 
mu)"  Ilc{'d  to  re:ul  chapter  line  10 
fully  underSland  the  folluwil1~, 
T he  \'~duc  of  :1]falf:1  IIi  u  hay  crop, 
the  diflic ull ...... ccd  problem  lhat  wc 
now  face. 
:lUU  nil  ontline  of  [hc 
alfalf:1  bree<ling  work  s illce  1906 
has  becn given, 

Since  writing  chapter  one 

the 
seed  from  the  Il\lr"cries  has  b{'ell 
threshed,  P):lnts 
that  had  stood 
the:  ice  sheet  February,  J9IO,  and 
nlso  we re  h igh  hay  prodlKcrS duro 
ing  Ihe sUlI1nwr,  had  been  gathered 
individually.  These were threslu'd 
separ:uely.  AS:l  result,  we  found 

one  of  these  also  p roducing  -11,2 
grams of  seed,  Eight  plants  pro 
duced  over  30  gram s  of  seed. 
Forty·two  plants  produced  over  ~o 
grams of seed .  :Hld  104  pbnts pro· 
duced  o\-er  15  grams  of  seed  in 
1910.  The  .:,.!Y'  plants  Ihat  su r . 
,'h'ed  Ihe  icc  Sheet  a\'erag-ed  a  pro 
duc tion  of  1 I.fi  g:rams  of  seed  la:.t 
ycar.  A fler  makil1~ the  individual 
selections  the  bnlallce  of  the  rows 
were  g:lIhe red 
threshed. 
This  cnabled  us  10  get  at  the  aver. 
ages  and  abo  fUrnish e(1  U:.  with 
\'aluable  small  lOIS  of s eed  to St;l rt  a 
few  fanners  along  the  line  of  the 
production  o f  alfalfa  seed  ill  .\1 ich . 
igan. 

in  and 

As  Zll{'ntioned  hefore, Ihe  IHlr!'-cr.l· 
was set  out  with  hills  in  check.row 
-::»2  h. 
[n  other words  a  plam  Ql"' 
cupies four "-qua re  f{'et.  This;"  a 
,'en'  thin  stand.  but  Ict  us  figure 
out~whal thi"  Ine:lIlS  on  Ihe  hasi"  of 
an  ae rc  ha\ illl-:"  Olle  su.:h  :1  plant  on 
e:reh  four square  feet. 
If the  pl;lllt.!. 
:n·er~gc  I  1,6  I-:"rar1lS  per  plan!.lhi" 
equals  -I.! · 3  bushels  of  "ced  per 
In  like  manner  15 
lIcre. 
~r:llll:. 
cqu:lI!';  6  bll~h<.-I  per  :1.;  ~o  Kr:lm., 
equal!. I::.  bu.  per a.:  30 gr:1Il1S  C\111,,1, 
I:!  hu .  pl'r  a.  :md  -10  Kralll!.  l'(luals 
16  bushel:.  uf  alfalfa  seed  per  :I\rl'. 
f\  few  plaut!.  like  our  hl'lter  p ro 
ducers show  the  fUlure  of till'  (1ILt lf:1 
seed  hreeding  work  in  :-'lichig:Ul.  ;] ... 
the  objecl of  tht,  work  is  10  ~de<"t 
the hcst  from  the  he"l  throul-:"huut  a 
I\umb,;r  of  r.:-ellt'rations  until  we 
h:lve  strain~ 111:1/  will  he  ullifonlll, 
high  producers  of  seed  1/:. 
\\1.'1\  :i" 
large  {IUautilie~ of  hay. 

til {' 

10;1111. 

Hut  let u~ :.ce \\hal  i~ ,he prOb:lhle 
llOW  ohlaiued 
seed 
\'alllc  of 
frum  the  Imr"l'r\',  1910,  Thi~ "'e{'11 
h:15  het!11  r:li.,cd  ;111  ~,,"d.  Ohscn :\. 
lion  in  uther  nur'-erie5  show  that  a 
suffer  soil  will  110t  produce  lJearl~ 
... eed . .  \g-:Iin,  Ihis  ".eell 
:b  much 
was  rai:.ed  wherl'  the  rOI':;  !lre  1"0 
fect  :'parl.  Ohscn a,i'"I:. \Ihcr(' the 
seell  wa.,  drilled  ill  thi(ker. on  li:..::hl 
soil  :11 "0,  "how  lowcr  pro.Juniun Clf 
I'rom  Ihi~  1\,'  "t'e 
:Ilfalfa  Sl·Cl!. 
plainly  th:H  10  r:lisc  lar;.:-e  qu:uft itie~ 
of :11f:\If:t  seed  \\e  1/111'/  h:II-('  IiKh/ 
SCI noll'  soil.  and  1II1/~(  na\c  a  thill 
sla l1(1.  COln-enielll"l'  in  kt·'·pin;.:- till" 
patch deHll  lIut!  in  h"ing"  Sllre  of lJh. 
t:lillillg"  PUrl' 
.!.eed  indi<::ltes  drilling 
the seed  in  row~  I  WI/  fet'l  "parI  (Ill 
".:md .  or  S:II1£1\ 
\\'e  mU"'1 
look  out  for' illO~·ul:lliol1 .  p('rhap~ 
linte  ami  ... ome  Slh'h  probkm ....  but 
the  reJ;ults  from  the  IIl1 r"en  sho\\ 
re:lsol1:thly  expect  a 
Ih:lt  we  .:.tH 
crop  uf  1M."  and 
llll.,hcls  Ilf 
... el,d  per  :I er~' off  uf  such  a  pialai!!:: 
in it:. !O ........ 'o!!d) ('ar, 
'1'0,)_  this shuuld 
:llso  ]If(xluce  sud,  :1  en'p  for :Ibollt 
IWO  mure  y( .. a r ....  as  :tlfalf:1  d'II'~  ""( 
kill  out 
\1  hell  it  gul,;s  10  sced,  :I" 
do\er docs  T hree  pourlll~ of  ... ecd 
is  enou:;.:-h  to  drill  ill  an  :l..:rl'  in  rows 
two feel apart. 
!:5UPPO,.,illJ;  a  farmer 
recei ves  cnou:.::h  of  our sced  tu  drill 
a  half  acn'  this  :.prill~,  ' 911. 
Il e 
Ihe  sand\"  "oil 
w ould  need  to  Ii! 
Ih: :\/a,' 
carl\"  10  SI:lrt  ,he  weeds. 
firsi  he  should  h;n·e  heell  :iblc  to 
start and  kill  the  \H'ed  sccds  in  the 
su rf:ICC  sam!.  Ahout  Ma\'  nrst  the 
alfalfa  s eNI  shuuld  be drilled  in  :It 
least  an  indl, or  safd),  under  thc 
{Iry  surface  sltnd  into  the  moiSlure, 
The patch  would  need  little :.tth:lltio/1 
then  until  thc  plants  get  up  well 
and  the  weeds  beg-in  to show  Ih{'ir 
.'\  culti\·a. 
heads above  Ihe  alfalfa. 
lion  of the  rows  should  ' hen  be  :II. 
tended  to  that  Ihey  may  go  into  tile 
fall  in  clean  eoudition. 

fUllr 

On  th e  follow ing  year  (19\~) :1 
crop of  hay  sholiid  be  cut off of  the 
piece  about the tenth  of June.  The 
lOonllnued On  ll&lI"e  t ,) 

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I'rof.  Sawyer  was  on  111(·  ~kk lj~1 

"C:\"I.!r:l\  (b:~; s  \;ISI  week. 

The  fre"hrncn  or:lloric;I!  will  be 
held  in  the  l·hapd  Frid:l~  CI'cninz 
of  this  wel:k.  Thcr~· wi!!  he  s ix  or 
more  COllte,.t alllS. 

:\Irs.  C.  L.  H~·'1\is  has  I'lIrch:lSC{1 
thc  F.  C.  Kellne.'  proJ1~·rt.\"  011 
Ih .. 
Delta.  mnl  wil!  1110'~'  l1('r"  \, ith  her 
son early  in  :\pril. 

:\1 r.  Chas.  \\".  Brown. of thc  h;IC' 
te riolo;:iclllkpartment,  "as  al  . \r· 
l11ada  b"t  week,  \ookill~  into  SUI11~· 
trollbks  tlffl·cling  the  at'al\)  :It  that 
place. 

1'h e  :\[t.  I'!cas:lnt  :\orll1al ,·a rr ied 
on  a  Farmers'  Schuol  for  o fH:'week 
:\lar. 6~ ll. in  ch:l rg c  of  Prof.:\1. -\. 
Cohb,  formt:r  :\1.  .-\.  C.  man. 
.\ 
large  nlltnht:r  of  Ihe  speaker",  wt'rt: 
from  among our own  facllltL 

The  Athletic  Carl1i\' al  prollli5es 
to  be  as  g reat  an  'Ittr:ll~tion  a",  C\'cr 
this  "pring.  Each  sucwty  and  duh 
will  be  rl'p rcscllted  in  SOllIe  f:l1lta~· 
tic  stvlt:,  and  :111  com billed  will  pro, 
duce "the  b..:-st  show  t:,'cr  offered  'It 
I' lcase  to  :It1l"lId.  T ht: 
11.  A.  C . 
date  is  April  S. 

Thc  a nllU;11  ch:tmpionship  indoor 
:llhletie 
t he 
llll.!et  will  be  held  ill 
LiL-ht  Guard  armon,  Detroit .  Fri. 
da~. :,\larch  t j.  The  mec t  i:\  ht:ld 
utidcr thc  auspicc~ of  the  Y.  :-'1.  C. 
!II.  A.  C . 
A.  athle t ic  associatiOll . 
will he  reprl·sct1ted  b_\'  t he  following" 
team:  Shot  put, Blue;  high  jump, 
L ord; 
.p:lO,)"(i  dash,  Garn~y;  low 
hurdles,  Cortri ght;  mile,  Rosen 
:tnd  R. A .  \\. arner.  The tearn  WIll 
leave  Fridayal  I:?  ;45,  and  return 
Saturd<ty  morning  at  f L :  00. 

.\Ii~"  .\r:1  (j liem,  o f  the  da,..'"  of 
'I~ .  ,-i",ited  colle).!"c  friends  rriJa~ 
:md  S;llUrda.L 

The  :->urnri;lIls  hdd:t  tU  o'dock 
in  the  ~I)ciet,  rOI"1l  ill  thc  \\' OlTIell·S 
iJuildilig-.  S;;turd,IY.  :\Jardl  t  1. 

;\Ji~s  I Ir:..:-g-ins.  of  Omaha.  Xch., 
will  "'pend  thc  ,..1l1111l1l·r  months  :11 
the home of  lll'r ;;i~to:r,  :\[ r s .  B e~!;l"~. 

)Ir:>"  CanK·r.'I) 
\\ "cdllc~dal 

,,:I'C  a  re~'l"ptiun 
:1 
:tfterl1QoJo 
011 
friet1d  o f  Iwr  d:lIl;!hter's  who is  yis· 
itilll!  her. 

for 

taking  a 

:'\lr.  (;ull~nll  is 

lIlUe!1 
is  ;;;pemlin", 
ncednl 
tw')  u r  Ihrl·C  wCl·ks  \\"ilh  frietul"  ill 
:\unh  Car"lin:l. 

\-;u.:ation.  1 h· 

Instructul'  \\'.  1[.  Parker  has  n· 
sig:ncd  hi;;  positiol1  as  i!lstruetor  ill 
,hcmislry  to  takc  effect  April 
I. 
:\Ir.  1':lrker  will  a~"Ulile  the  111;'11-
a~t'll1cl1t  of  his  f:tlher's  farm  ncar 
Flint. 

:'\Iiss 

:\Iah!e 

:\"icksOIl,  fo r  sonK 
time stenog-rapher  in  I'rof . . Ander· 
')!lice,  Iwg-:m  her  .\lllies  ill 
Son'" 
Pres.  Snyder's  otlicc 
th i;;  week. 
}' l i5S  Louise  Lal1l1strom,of  L a nsing-. 
takes  :\Iiss  Xickson's  place  in  the 
Ag-ricuhu r:11  13uilding. 

Th e  following  otlicers  ba,'c been 
elected  h\"  the  EUIlOlllian  Lill'r:lrI' 
Society,  io  hold  oniee  during  tlie 
I~resi(lent, II. E. Dell 
spl'ing term; 
lIison;  \'icc  Prcsidelll.  C.  D.  Cur· 
tiss;  Secr etary.  G .  C .  Shenic1d; 
Treasurer, Chas. S.  Lord;  Marshal, 
Guy  II. Smith;  Ellitor,:\. D . Simp 
SOn;  R egist rar,  D .  .'\. Spencer;  the 
R egistrar  to  hold  oflice  for  one 
ycar. 

LO"T.- ,\  fOlll1!:lill  pen  het\\l'en 
I{ uildill:!  and 
1~l) Ial\y 

" -l>ll1Cn's 
L:lho r aton. 

Fr:III Cl'~  Kirk. 

F.  T.  Sackritk·r,  I\ith '0\. a  pro,,· 
pcr(lIlS  dairyman  IIc:tr J ;\<:k..,OI, .  wa". 
l1l11nhe r  to  t:lke  the  011e 
:llll,)n",  the 
\\l'ek  COllr,,;e  in  dair.1  Llrming". 

The  Ft:rO!liall  StM.'iel,  ekl"l~·d ntli· 
l-crs  for  thc  "pril1~  ler;11  last  \\·,·d· 
lle,.d:I.I.  Thcy are: 
l]elen  Dod~e. 
pre",ideilt:  L:.l\lr:1  ;\lor,,;e.  I icc  pre,, 
idelt!:  !c:llll·  P .. \ ver\" .  serr,'lan  ; 
Grace'  .\1:Kk.  treaslJ~er;  Fanlll· 
Keith,  mar~hal. 

T he  Cnion  I.ilerar.\  S("·;d) g-:IIC 
a  ],allljllet  on  lhe  ncnill;!"  of  the  (,th 
in  honor  of  h:.  U.  \'an  \\':Ig"el1ell, 
winncrof second  p!a~·e in  tho,;  or:l1l1 r 
:-'[e "~ r,,.  (iutl son.  1' \  kl'.  I::dd· 
ie:l1. 
:\1.  I~.  lohns(ui  \·;tdl  re' 
\\ill,  ;lnt! 
>,pondo,;d  to  a  to""i.  :111,[  :It  t he  cluse 
of  the  fl: ed  ''\":In''  W:l';  p re",o,;ll!~·d 
with 
:1  beauti ful  silver  .;up  lIpon 
which  WltS  cl1;.:-ravo,;d  .. t·l1ioll  Liler. 
ar\'  :->o~·iel\·,'·  '·:->tate  Oratorical.  K. 
I):  \-:111  \\'"agclleu.  t9! 1.-' 

At  the n:('ent  lI1eetin;..:: of the St;1te 
B o ~rd  held  in  D e troit  thc  l·Olltr:lct 
for 
the  chemical 
thc  addition  to 
lahoratorv  was  :Iwanled  to  Geo.  F. 
~Ch'lli(lt of  Llll,il1g. 

!'!:tnS  were 

:llso  co.npletcll  for 
holding:  the  '. gradua te  school"  ill 
.\1.  A.  C .  duri~l~  t he  ";>l1I1111er  of 
191! .  T his  is  a  school  held  :It  the 
various  agricultural  colleges  amI  is 
do,;signed  especially  for  graduates of 
!::>pe:lkers  arc 
I:lnd  Kr:uH  colle);!"es. 
hrought  in  from 
l'ariou5  p:lr1S  of 
the  country  who  talk  on  topics  of 
interest.  Th is  school  was  held  at 
Ames  l:!s t  year. 

T he  fn'"h1llcn 

'I;:ain  W()ll  frolll 
the ~oph<)ll\l're~ ill  h;\:>\.;ct llall, ·j·llllr,,· 
day  nt-nill!.!:.!j  to  Ii.  The  former 
)!;lme  dill  nnt  (·inch  th,·  dlampion, 
",hip  a~ 'late,]  III~t  \I~·,·k. 

The 

l';h(·ball  enlhll ... ia'H~  \\erc 
ahlc  \0 d" lllllSi,kr;\hlc prartile w urk 
oll("i(!~· ,lu riu;!  the  )1:10.1  \\c~·k. 
.\1! 
for  pla,n·r~  was  ma(1c 
olli.;i;tl 
] ' roL .\/a,·k)i n  ha~ .1 hou t 
Saturd~1\ . 
II hieh  to  chnow  hi$. 
jO  men  fro III 
~qll:Ul. 

(":111 

'I·he  f,)lluwiug 

llall1ed  fl)re~lers 
10,,1..  the  ,·ilil  scn·il·~·  l· ... :!millaliOll 
helll  ill  I.albin!!  la"t  wel·k  \\·e,IIJ~·o;· 
,b.,·  :llld  Thur ... day. 
.\I he rt  Frulig:. 
II.  I ..  Bakn . .I.  I ' .  C:ulIphcll,  li. l l. 
C"lliJl~""od. 11.  C.  I/ilwll,  [L  1'. 
lIoldSllnrth.  D.  E.  \\' 0011,  11.  B. ' 
\\'a k .. ,  J.  II .  .\1 ,CllkheiHl .  C .  \\. 
\\".  1. 
:\lcKiht,en.  I.. 
\·all  Ilurn~·,  .lall1~.~ 
:->proat.  :\ .. il 
F.  G. 
Log·an.  :llld  1:.  S.  "-eithl ~ \· . 
\\·ilsull  i~  al..,,!)  Inki!}g:  cX:l'rninatiotls 
for  st:lte  work  in  \\ ·i",·oll~ill . 

It.  que;l!. 

.\  lcltn  from  Prof.  C.  0. :; ,11ith 
to  '.we  of  his  ~'ol1e~c  friends  stalcs 
that,  while  hl·  h"d  rather hoped  to 
l'umc  b:\ek  to  th o:  states  at  the  cud 
of  his  third  year,  he  ha~ linall\  l·Oll · 
sent cd  to  Slay  one  more  re:tr'  wi th 
th~·  people  of  5:10  P:tula.  The r c 
arc  now  ill  the school  at  I'e r:.tci<::lda. 
of  \\ hkh  I'>ro£.  Smith  is  director, 
166  Hudcnt.':,  as  :1;,!aillst  4;  Ihree 
years ago, which is certainl,'  ~r'lIif~. 
ill;;:-.  Unde r  (!:Itc  of  .1 :111.  ~9.  the 
s(hool  had  75  stlldents  in 
t he  en 
tering  class  and  "more  .:o.ning-." 
Prof. Srnith slates th a t:\ ] rs . ~mith's 
health  is  SOOl~wh:lt  better  than  il 
has  been  durin g 
la "t  few 
months. 

the 

INSTITUTE  TRAINS. 

The college, with  the  cooperntiou 
of  the  Grand  T runk,  G.  R.  and  l. 
and  P.  ~ 1.  railroads,  w il\  run  insti 
tu te  t rains  th rough  Central  i\l ichi. 
gaD  the  latter  part  of  th is  mouth 
and  the firs!  week ill Ap ril. 

The train  will  consist  of  four  ex 
press  cars  filled  with  npparatus, 
nrnples of  grain, corn  a nd  alfalfa, 
spraJing  machinery  and  supplies, 
types  of  breeds  of  poultry, dai ry 
machinery, samples of  hog cholera, 
a nd 
tubc.rculosis  and  cultures  of 
\'arious kinds.  Opportunity  w ill  he 
gi\'en  to  cJ(3minc  the  exhibits, and 
the  public  is  requested  to  bring  in 
samples  of  milk  for  tcsting  and  of 
inscct.s  and  planl diseascs  for  identi 
fi cation  and  a  remed,.  Short  ad· 
dresses upon topics refaling to  farm 
ill~.  fruit-gro w ing,  and 
poultr), 
fliislIlg  by  experts. 

intermedi:lte  points 

The  Grand  Trunk  train  on  Mar. 
20  and  21  will  run  from  Shaftsburg 
to 
and 
Goodell's.  On  Nov .  22  and  23 
from  \'ernoll  west  to  )oiunicli,  and 
April  5  from  Pavilion  to  P otier· 
,- ille. 

east 

The G.  R.  and  1.  will  run  from 
Clarion  to  R Ol"kford,  taking  three 
days  for  the  trip,  )'larch 30 to April 
I.  inclus i\'e ,  anll  from  Carlisle  to 
Sturgis Oil  April  3 :Ind  4. 

The  Perc· ),1arquette  will  run 
their train  from  GrmuJ  Rapids  011 
the  main  line  to  Petoske,', ami  also 
from  \\"hit~·  Cloud  wesl"to  \\·hite· 
hall,  and  north  from 
\Vhi tehall  to 
I I art.  This trip will  lUke  live  clays, 
5t:lrting  on  Friday,  ),!afL'h  21.  Ulld 
LOlltinuing:  )'lareh  25,  ~i. 2S  :lnd 
29· 

Fur  full  particulars  LOllcernin!{ 
these  trains,  w-::ilc  Prof.  L.  R. Taft, 
"iuperintcndclH  of  farme~'  insti· 
tutes. 

DAIRY  F ARMING . 

:'olorc thnn tift, dai nmcll attended 
thc ,'ourse-illst \\ ~ek. :l~ld  The  e:1rneS\ 
,wei  ~t...:uss iolJs  pro,·ed 
(IUe"tioIl5 
tlutt  these  mcn  were deeply  inter· 
estcll,  nnd  here  to  leurll  more o f  the 
:Hld 
~lIer  methods 
feeding  and  of  how  bc~1 to cll re  for 
their ~tock.  The \·et("T1l1ary  lectu res 
and  baltcrioloj!il'al  ~kn1On~trati ons 
were  thoroughl~  tahen  ure o f  hy 
Dr.<.  Lyman and  Giltner. 

in  breeding 

The follo\\ in!!  dail.\- program  was 

ca rriell  out: 

S :00.  Animal  Breeding.  A.  C. 

~\/Jderson. 

i:)  :5~.  Feeding  Dair.y  ClIulc.  R. 

~. Shaw. 

9 :50.  Sec.  I_Study  of  Dairy 

Co\\~.  A.  C.  Anderson. 

~ec.  :!-BlIbcOl.k  Te"'ling. 

\\'. 

R  Li\eran ~·e. 

1 ~ :_10.  Sec.  ~-S tudy  of  Dlliry 

Cows. 
SeC. 

.\. C.  Auders-on. 
I-Babcock  Testing. 

\V. 

B.  Li\ crance. 

2 :30.  Tubt-rculosis 

C.  E.  Murshall. 

(Lectures /. 

:l  :~5'  Ycterinnry  Lectures.  R. 

p,  Lymnn. 

)10nt!a\· -Analolln- ami  Ph),si. 

oloj!\'  of  the  Udller .. 

Tuesday- Physiology  of  Birth. 
\Vedllcsday-Bi rth  Disc3scs. 
Thursdar- Birth  Dh.e:IScs. 
F rid3 Y --= Emergencies. 
.j  :20.  Demonstl"3tiollS. 

\Y. Gilt, 

nc r. 

:\Iolld ny- S t udy of  ~pecimells. 
Tl1es~l:i y - Phys ical  Demostra· 

liollS. 

_ 

\ \'(Xl ncsdny- Stable  H ygie ne. 
Thu rsda}·-Disinfectiou. 
F riday-Prepara1ion  for  Tuber· 

cul in  T est. 

The  M.  A.  C.  RECORD. 

ALF ALF A  BREEDING  AT 
M.  A.  C. 

(ColltlIl UW  lroll\  pa.ge t.) 
patch  should  Ihen  be  cultivated  to 
insu re  c1enn seed 011  the second  c rop. 
The  far nler  could  reasonably  ex· 
pect four  b ushels  of  seed  per  acre, 
or  I:!O  lbs.  off  of  his  ha lf  acre. 
This  should  be  wo rth  more  than 
$15  per bushel,  beCAuse  it is  lIfichi. 
gan grown seed.  As th ree pounds of 
seed  is  enough  10  dr ill  ill  all  acre, 
w hen  planted  for  seed  p roduction, 
this  could  be  used  to  sta rt:1  4o·acre 
field  fo r  commercial  seed  produc. 
tion.  This would  be in  '9 13,  The 
first  seed crop  f rom  this  would  be 
four 
19 1+ 
bushels of seed per :!cre  but suppose 
we  only  get  th ree.  This  would  be 
I!O  bushels  at  $15,  worth  $1.800, 
'besides  a  lay c rop to  pay  for  getting 
of the  laud  into  shape, c ulth·ating, 
harvesting  and 
threshing.  The 
crop of the  following,  at  least  two 
years, should  be  jt!SI  as  good.  This 
looks  like  good  pay  10  the  raiser. 
He would  :Ilso  be  a  benefactor  to 
the state if  he  sells  this  seed  to  his 
neighbor~.  Alf:llf,~  imlu91ry  will 
be  a  sucdess ill  l\1ichigan  when  we 
can  produce  our own  seed. 

\ Ve  would 

ex pect 

About a  dozen  lots  of  seed  ha\'c 
been sent out  to  fMmers who wished 
to stan a half acre as men tioned abon! .. 
Besides  this  th('re  is  stili  quite  a 
number "Of  em-clol,es  containing  the 
seed  of  an  indi ridu:tl  alfalfa  plant 
selected  as  mel1liOIlOO 
ilbove.  A 
number  of  farmer:;  have  received 
some of tllcse  inlclIlling- to  drill  in  II 
row  from  ('at'h  lot  :Illd  later  obsern~ 
w):tich 
is  the  bes\.  This  enables 
Ijrecder",  to  find  somethinK  suited  to 
l'~lcir  own  conditions.  The  station 
is  willing  to send out  what  rl'mains 
to  those  who  care  to  co-opcrate  in 
the  work  of  bfl"t.-dillg  alfalfa  for 
)1ichigan.  There  is  onl\·  enough 
for  a  few  morc  lell.  First  come 
first  scr\·cu. 
If  \'OU  are  a  shldent 
into  H oo~n  ~ q  Ag-ricul. 
drop 
tural  Building, or  others  mal'  ad· 
drCiis  PI:mt  Breedin),:',  ),!ich:Exp. 
::::t:l. 

Two  Chinc~c hoys.  P.  h:.  Fu, of 
Kwong  Tung, and  J..:.  C.  Luke,  of 
Canton.  hnn~ arril cd  at  .\1.  A.  C. 
and  intend 
to  cnter  COllege  neltt 
lerm and  pursue  a  rt'gular  college 
course.  Th~  young  men  haxe 
spent  the  past  ~car  in  \" alparaiso, 
l'llld  also  had  cOllsillerahle  Euglish 
before coming  10  ,\merica. 

T he  SI:lle  Peace  Oral ion  Comest 
will  be  held  at  Al bion  0 11  April  7. 
A  preliminary  contest w ill  probably 
be  held ~\Ionda\ , ).1 arch  zo, to select 
)1.  A.  C.'s  representative  in  this 
contest.  Six  colleges  in  the  state 
will  be  ~present<."{\.  The  prizes of 
$75  and  50  for  first  and  second 
place!>  will  be  ~i\'en  h.'  ~lessrs.J. 
H. )'100res and  R.  E.  aids of  Llln· 
sing. 

The f:trm  mecha nics' (Iepartment 
is  in  receipt  of  a  number of  copies 
of  "Sub50iling  with  Dynamite" 
whic h  is  a  pllmphlcl  from  the  Du 
Pom  Powder  Co"  sUtting  the COil· 
ditions  govC!rnillK a contest  between 
studC!nLS  of the agri('ultural  colleges 
of  the  united  States.  The  natu re 
of the contest is  thaI  of a  rcport  on 
some crop grown on a plot of ground, 
one·half  of which  is  treated  with 
dynamite.  T he  first  prize  is  $300, 
in  a  comeSl open  to  :tgril'ultural col· 
lege  students 
a  group  of 
f rom 
tw t!l \·c stlltcs.  To  those  interested , 
o ne  of the  ll bo\'e  mentioned  copies 
of  the  rules  of  the  contest  is  a \'lIil· 
the  f:trlll  mechanics' office. 
ahle  011 

N ew  CoUeae  O o thes  for  Y oun e  L adi es. 

W ool  and  Silk  Dresses. 

Fur  Coat s.  Suits. 

~ e w Curtains  and  Rues. 

SIMONS  DRY  GOODS  CO. 

An  interesting stock. judging con· 
test  was  held  at \Vatervliet recently. 
TeD  animals were judged, and  three 
prizes  were  awarded.  T he re  were 
nine  contcstants, si:;:  of  whom  we re 
regularly e nrolled  in  the agricultural 
deptlrtme ut  of  the  high  s chool,lhe 
other  lhree 
taking  the  extension 
wo r k.  45  minutes  were allowed  for 
the work.  The papers were graded, 
and  the  p rizes  awarded  by ,V.  F. 
Raven, of  the  eltperimcnt  station. 
The contcst was  so  successful  that 
it  was  decided  to  not  only continue 
this  work ,  but  add  a  corn·judging 
COlltCSt  for  the coming season.  1'1 r. 
:;\ Iartin  hllS  charge o f  this  w o rk  in 
the  high school. 

TIlE  RJPLEr ,I:  GRA''" 
PRIXTJ.vG  CO.1IPANr 

Enp-ave ...  Pri n t e r _  Stat-lon e ... 

1-4.\"81 X O .  .J/ l GIIlG.A.' · 

~ E are npecially  well  equipped 
10  lupply  YOIl  wi th  anything 
you  may  n~d in  the  li n e  of 
CALLING  CARDS.  DANCE 
AND  SOC IETY  PROGRAMS 

~~v"",~ 1 

~~y 

Lilley 
College 
Uniforms 

The  Dlajority  of 
American  cu ll ege& 
wear  them  becall;oe 
skilled  uniform  tllil· 
ors  mak e  Lilley  L"ni. 
!>trictly 
f orms  from 
21.11·1"'001  material, 
that.  will  give  lo nger 
wear  alld  hold  their 
look 
shllpe. 
ttr  and 
belt,,-r  th a n  any ot.her 
unifor m. 

JJ'rfu!.,.,-Gn-mpldf 
Calaloa. 

TIle M. G. lIllfY rc Go. 

e OI.U M B U_.  o . 

D IR EC T O RY 

LANSI~G BUSli~ESS AND 
PROFESSIONAL  MEN. 
The  namf>1  In  tbts  Director,...  Ill!  .... ell  u 
those  of  .11  Ou r  otb.:o r  a.d'·erU-6er~.  fire  01 
r"IIAble  pnrtlU.  "" e  hope  thAt  the  fAcu lty 
.. "d  lIulleu1l  .... 1lI  take  palna  to  l*tronh,~ 
t bO!tt  " 'bo  ""tl'~:"' I.e UI. 

BARBERS. 

C O t. L  Ie  0  Y.  I:l.AltJn: It  SHOP. -
= 

IrI  BlTh 
H ou~".  AndY-I JoeIl- Ernle.  You  !fel 
th e  ben " 'orl<  here.  Try IT  lin ...  we. 

BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY . 

A  ~1.  II:MY.-'ty.llfWIl~h.An~. ~ . 

.;;;;;.: 
•  Ylne  StAtiOnefl'.  ~:n.-rav""  OAlllnl&' 
O.nb.  Younulln  I'lln ..  I'lclure •.  F .... m el. 
II  SJ)l'CIIIH)·.  Up.to-dAte 
"Iue  V ... ,,,Inl{ 
1t)'lu.  O!!,t  Ollll.-eut I ..  l.An$lnlf. 

BOOK  BINDERS. 
G Jo:o.o. BI,UIl J;.AU  cl  00.  Hookblnderl. 
IIccount  l>O()k  milkers.  paper  rulln/l. 
li b rary  and  nne  Art  bIndIng •.  lite  bOltes, 
mtlP  m OUntln ... album ...  J)OCke t  boolu  etc 
Olllzenl'  phone  N o. oiliU. 
In  Vlty  sationAi 
HAnk 8 .. Udln.· 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 

U. TOOOWORTH  511010:  STORlo:, 
VV 

116  Wft.AhllUl'lon  A\"~. N. 

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H  H. I,ARNEO.-{)hlnft..  Gla81  cll..amp,. 
CLOTHING. 
H  KOSITOHI'! K clHROf.I.~lothten. 

1(11';  W a sblnl£ton A,·e. S. 
-.=-. 

•  I\od  Furnhblnct. 

1111  W aa hlniftoD. 

A'·e. N. 

men 's F'urnIAhlnl/: Goodl.  see lid. 

E LGIN  1I I F Ff,fN.-I.MJI., • •  nd  GenUe 
L OUIS  BEOK.-Qtolhler. Genu' Yurn lsh · 

1111£1.  " au and  Oft.p •.  lit  \\'a~hlntnon 

A n. Sorth. 

DENTISTS. 
N  JI.  MOORE.  D.  D.  S.  Omce ~ 11~13 HoI· 

lIster  Bulldllli.  LAn$tnlf.  ~lIcb .  Olt!. 
U!IlS  phou~ .  AutOUlAllc VlW. 

• 

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•  In!ftoll  Ave.  S .•  l .... n.I"!f.  Mlcbllfln. 
Antomltle phone.  onlce~ :  r~d,,"ce.lWOI. 

•  Slltlon.t Blnk Bldlf.  Au~omAlle pbone 
Mol; l:Iell  pholle6J.  ~'o rmo'r .M. A,C"ludent. 

J g.  STOYF£R.  I).  O.  S.  Ornc"~Olty 
DRUGGISTS. 

R0I.!SEROS  OA PITAJ. 

(lH,·O  STORE. 
Ill)  ~o dill".  Uomf>r  1t0te.  O p POI!lte 
IJ ollleter B lock. 

DRY  GOODS. 
D ASO£R.  BROOA~'  .t  C(}.-I"",,!n/l·So 

IIry  (;ootl,  I)tore. 

I.""dlnl< 
WMhlIII«on A ... • ....... 

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ton  A ,'"nue SoUl h. 

SIM O"Hi  Ilfty  C'..oOIJf,;  00.- 1fl.4  Wuhlnj( 
ill.ECTRlCAL SUPPLIES. 
CAI'ITOL  I::I,EOTRIO  .'NGlN~:ERt~G 

I'ull  IInf  of  Et~trlcal  8UPPII" .. 
Indudlnlf  ~tud""b' _had .. ,  Ilnd  eoro.;.  e.r. 
bOn.  tAmAlum  IIn(\  mll,;«I"  nldlnt  limp!. 
1I11:: •• \lIchl/llin  A'·". 

co. -

FURNIT UR E  DEALERS. 

HOTELS • . 

\v· Jly.s  1:S  n~:THOI" I'OtOPllt the ."Ad l· 
Min  " Pl.  H 01 .. 1.  Th e  POp,utllr  plow:e  for 
stitt .. '·1~lwr"'$hop~r", ~U'.  t  1""'''111 roo"'" 
Kt>"utl1ull·lIft'.  motler,,1I"  .... t....  ~I ro .• ~U~Il· 
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IIl1rd ... ·"re . Tln.·lIrP. G .... "It~ .. ·.re. {Ju t· 
III  W .... hl"l{ton  Avt'.  S. 

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JEWELERS. 
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•  J~"'(>I(lr.  Work  ~IIIIN for  " nd  d"Il,·. 
... ~. IIHld"nce. fourth  hoU>lP  )IOul"  of TIe 
H ou.e . •  ;\"er ~ N'en Ave •.  ~;A~ll"'II.lnl{. 

MANUFACTURING  AND  HAIR. 
. 
DRESSING. 
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