
An Independent
Farmers Weekly Owned and
Edited in Michigan

CLEMENS, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1920

 

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‘ HAVE BEE rather inter-call in
11th.; hired mu discussions“ in
the last issue of II. B. 1‘, Mrs.
Him Mam injects some variety. but,

_ to judge from the way she writes
may do not receive much wept the
$0 per month. Let her ﬁgure a lit.
tie on rent, fuel, milk' and fruit at
city prices. Probably, also, they have
a garden and keep a flock ot chick'ens
' that run loose and pick up a good deal

of their living. I have an idea they
can also keep a pig if they wish. If
all these items are added to the $50
per month, the arrangement is not so
one-sided as it would appear at first
glance. -

The hours are long, it's true, but
does Mrs. Hired Man give any thought
to the farmer they work for? Are not
his hours as long as those of the hir-
er man? The latter has nothing in-
vested in the business and whether
the place is run at a proﬁt or loss, he
gets his wages just the same. Mrs.
Hired Man says the farm is valued at
$35,000. It is likely the stock and
tools would add another $5,000, mak-
ing the investment $40,000, which
amount invested at 6 per cent would
yield an income of $2,400 annually,
without any labor but if their employ~
or works, he should also haVe the
value of his labor added to that. "The
laborer is worthy of his hire.” Toes
the farmer get 6 per cent on his in-
vestment? Does he get half that?

“A Hird Man," on the same page,
says he has worked on a farm several
years and is “just as far ahead today
as I was when I began.” Is not that

   

his fault? Would he have saved any—-'

thing if he had been living in a city
and doing factory work? The tempt-
tions to spend money are much great-
er in the city than in the county.

    
  

   
  

 

 

 

on same page. 1dr. Staten-atolls how
one of his hired men saved from $240
to $800 per year, working for from $30
to $50 pea- month.

A P‘leod Nani” asks “How Many
farmers can afford to pay their hired

men a bonus of $500 at the end of the
But. does he realis.‘ what .

year?”.
that question means? The farmer
cannot do it, which, is proof that in
these days of high prices the farmer
is not getting 9. comes deal. The man~
ufacturer sets the prico on what he
produces and he puts' it high enough
so that he not only has e. good proﬁt,
but can pay high wages, and add a
bonus. The farmer, who is the real
produces and he puts it high enough
astowhatheistoreceivenor his
products, whether it is a dozen eggs,
3. load of wheat, or a carload of live
stock. The buyer tells the farmer what
he will give and the latter can take it
or haul his stuff home again. If the
farmer does not pay from $4 to $6
for an 8-hour day, it’s not his fault.
It would bankrupt nine out of ten
farmers inside a year if they tried it.

I do not believe that the farmer
should join the labor unions and keep
up the eternal demand for shorter
hours and higher payhbut he should
organize, so that he is sure 0: a fair
return for‘ his labor and capital in-
vested—"A good living and ten per
cent" is only fair.—-Apoms Long,
Wexford (701mm.

 

“THE HIRED MAN FROM GENE-
' SEE COUNTY"

The hired man from Genesee Co.

is still alive and in the country, get-

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ting up at five a. m. to feed and milk
the musical cows. ’

Oh, the life in the country is one
long sweet dream of hard work from
5 a. 1:. until 9 p. m. at night.

So many are interested . in just
what becomes of that poor little hir-
ed man. Oh, yes, he is alive and you
can bet he’s busy. He is no quitter
you see. He said “If I can get
wages enough to live on, and save
a little I will stay in the country.”

Does he like his new job? Well
he does not believe in saying his
prayers out loud so you will have to
guess at it.

Would like to say I don’t like Mr.
Halladay’s remarks about the hired
man having cars. I left my former
place because the boss owned a se-
dan, his wife a roadster, and could
not afford to pay the hired man
enough to live on. Now is he so hard
up he’s enjoying himself in a new
$3,800 touring car.

The new boss has so many cars
he cannot use them all at once, two
touring cars, roadster and a truck.
Having no driving horse on the place
the ”hired man" from Genesee Co.
bought himself a flivver so he could
run down the boss to get orders, and
to see what he looked like once in
a while. I see H. H. Halladay claims
to be State Livestock Commissioner
of Michigan. There must be some
mistake for if Mr. Halladay lived in
Michigan he must know that the hir-
ed men must all own some kind of
a car so as they can catch up with
their bosses once in a while and talk
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Higher rates, with these labor-saving dams, however.
together the state to go forward as it

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Here is shOWn a giant workmanga piece of “machinery that digs a. hole and sets a tele-
It works on the principle of a post-hole au’gur and a

This is part of the equipment with which the Michigan State Tele-
phone Company is binding together a great state, to make it possible for
the farmer to transact business in distant town or city and to take ad-
vantage ot the best markets-for today’s farmer is a businessman. This
equipmentsaves labor, which is selling at a. premium right now, as the t
farmer best knows.

The business farmer knows something, too, about cos-ts. He knows
that his line roads cannot be built or' maintained today at what they ~
cost ﬁve years ago. His automobile, teams, groceries, clothing and farm-
ing machinery all cost more. To have them he must sell his product at
increased prices. ‘ -

The.teiep‘hone company faces the some conditions. Teaming costs
three times what it did lei-1915. The poles bought tron the farmer, the _
crossarms, the copper and iron tram Michigan’s mince. all cost more . .
and labor is higher than ever before. No labor-saving equipment will entirely enable the com«

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' their“ men, svwitchmen has

horse and the boss don"t, went, to keep
one, it is only four miles to. the near-
est town. I 8 according tour.
Halladay the hired man and his wife
should m. . V '

" Riemann is thilhired
man’s place would he and his wife
walk tour mil-es or buy a car? I
wand like him to answer this ques-
tion. Mr. Albert Yager requested
to know if the farmer who paid the
$500 bonus was in any other busi-
ness. The farmer is not, he works
three hundred acres of land with the
help of two married man.

He is a stock feeder in the winter
time. Instead of a $3,800 car he is
driving a bi: work team every day,
in case of business he drives a Ford
touring car. ,

G. P. Philips and Albert Yager's
letters are both worth reading, if
their advice was followed there
would be much less trouble for the
farmers. '

Come, on you, farmers and hired
men, get in the ring and tell your
stories, so the hired man and'f-arm-
or can deal together honestly.

Mr. Editor, why should not the
farmers furnish references as well
as the hired man? Would like to
hear your opinion. There’s no place
like the dear old farm, except in
heaven. The hired man from Gen-
esee 00., R. M., Lennon, Mich.

 

ERE we be ! All tied up again!

Somethin’ more to make the cost

of iivin’ higher an’ nothing to
do to earn the price of a hot dog
even. This time its the switchmen—
no cars comin’ or goin', every thing
dead’er’n a door nail or Gov. Low-
den's political boom in Michigan, 811'
nobody can tell Where this darn thing
is a goin’ to end. There’s no ques-
tion but what the switchmen are un-
derpaid—~their job is a
one at best an’ they’re gittin’ less
wages than a common street laborer,
considerable less, an' I don’t blame
'em for wantin’ more money, they ort
to have it; but it don't seem to me as
though it should be necessary to tie
up business all over the country—to
jeopardize the health and lives of
thousands of people—to throw other
- thousands out of work, to cut off the
already scant supply of the very ne-
cessities of life in order than a hand-
full of men, comparatively speakin’.
could and should get justice done
’em, get a livin’ wage somewhere
near what other men, engaged in
much less hazardous occupations are
a gittin'. Kinda seem like's if the
government, if we have 9. government
left, might appoint some sort of c.
board or commission whose duty it
would be to adjust labor disputes——
not to adjust 'em to suit the employ-
ers only, but to adjust 'em in a way
that would be fair to both parties.

The idea of tying up business every
month or two an' of throwing hun-
dreds of thousands of men an’ we-
men out of employment while .the
unions or the outlaws, as the present
strikers are called. an' their employ-
or: are squabblin’ over the question
of wages or of hours or any other -
sim’lar question, is gettin' darn mo-
notonous to the right thinkin' people
of this country, not only monotonous
but by gosh it's gettin' to be a ser-
ious menace to the welfare and peace
of the whole country.

When a few men can tie up com-
merce, labor, transportation an’ pre-
vent the shipments of farmers stock.
grain, potatoes or prevent any class
o! people from receiving the things
they need in order to carry on their
business. it's. time we began to set up
on' take notice of things an’ to in-
quire into things cn' to know why
this is thus. Right here in Battle
Creek the once: of the switchman
walk-out is becoming serid‘us, the
food factories have shut down—they
must have cars in order to ship their .
products as test as manufactured. ~
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HE DAIRYMEN of the Detroit area are
seriously considering the establishment of
a central distributing agency in the city of De-
troit where milk from all members may be re-

eeived, weighed, tested and sold to distribut '

ing companies or to grocery stores. At meet-
ings held during the past week in several sec-
tions of the Detroit area the subject was dis-

' cussed at length and the farmers are practical-

ly unanimous for such a proposition. Others
g1 so far as to urge the purchase of a pasteuriz-

g plant and distribute their own product
trons house to house.

‘N. P. Hull, president of the Michigan Milk
Producers’ Ass’ 11, speaking before a meeting
of the Macomb County Dairy Council last Sat
urdey, stated thet he was pleased to see the

» interest taken in this kind of proposition and

advised that the Chicago Milk Producers’
Ass’n was discussing plans for a similar move.
It was Mr. Hull’s contention, however, that
the Association should proceed cautiously in
I matter of this kind, claiming that the experi—
ences of other farmers had not fully demon-
strated the practicability of such a move. He
cited the case of the Grand Rapids farmers,
who have been distributing their own milk for
a year or more, but who have been obliged to

- pay as high as ten cents per cwt. to keep their

venture going. “The loyalty of those fellows
h a surprise to me”, said Mr. Hull, “and I
really believe they are going to win out”

. Macomb Farmers Want Central Agency.

Gideon Bryce of Romeo, president of the
Macomb County Dairy Council, stated that the
Romeo local hadheld the largest meeting in its
Whetweek andthathehedneverseene
ﬁner spirit of cooperation and a willingness
to go ahead- than was demonstrated at that
meeting. He declared that the producers of
lib section were unanimously in favor of at

. but a sensual distributing agency in Detroit,

and that they Were all willing to contribute
mob amount per cwt. of their milk as was nec-
emery to take this initial step in assuming
control of the marketing of their product.
Others who advocated the central agency
was R. G. Potts, vice-president of the Michigan
ﬁtate Farm Bureau; B. E. Beach, business
agent for the Oakland County Farm Bureau,
ad Forrest Lord, editor of The Business
Farmer, the letter stating that thisxcontemplat-
.4 move was merely in accOrd with what the
Former had urged for the past three
years.‘ He stated his conviction that it was not
too big a job as some feared for the dairymen
of the "Detroit area to distribute their own

rims, and called attention to the prophecy

node by the-proponents of the State Elevator
Exchange that in two or three years the Ex-
change would be doing $100,000,000 worth of
business annually. He admitted, however, the
intricate and delicate nature of the milk dis-
tributing business, a point which was well
covered by Mr. Beach, who declared that the
tuners would have to have the best and most

Dalrymen Want Central Distributing Plant

Action of Federal Fair Price Board May F orce Producers of Detroit Area to Take

Control of Marketing Their Milk

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Is It Time for Action?

T IS said that “feels rush in where

angels fear to tread”.

In the estimation of some they are
fools who argue that farmers should
have as much control over the market-
’ ing of his milk and its price to the con-
sumer as he does over its production,
and are walking where the angels would
not tread when. they assume to take
over the intricate business of distrib-
uting their product. "

According to some people the farm-
ers of Michigan have been doing a lot
,of “feel things” lately, such as organ-
izing a potato exchange, a great selling
agency for all farm products, a wool ex-
change, an elevator exchange, etc. Many
there were who predicted failure. “The
farmer can’t do those things. It is his
business to produce”. The results an-
swer for theemselves.

Today the dairymen of the Detroit
area find themselves facing a cut in
milk price which threatens their busi-
ness. Why? Because they have put
up with, if not sanctioned, one of the
most wasteful methods of distributing
a product on the face of the earth,—
the Detroit milk distributing system.
For three years the Business Farmer
and others have discussed the inade-
quacy of the present system and urged

181mmducelts to establish their own ii

hating plant. The answer has '1
been, “theg time is not ripe”. Perhaps
they were right. But are they right
today? -- Are not the milk pmducers
big enough and their leaders able
enough to solve this problem now and
for all time? If the time is not ripe
NOW for them to take this business
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experienced man procurable in charge of their
distributing business. ,

“The farmers feel that they pay the cost of
distributing milk anyway”, said Mr. Beach,
“and they will not object to paying what may
be necessary in order to have their distribut-
ing business handled by competent and ex-
perienced people.”

Federal Board Precipitates Action.

The decision of the Federal Fair Price
Board to reduce the price of milk to the con-
snmer from 16 to 14 cents per quart for the
summer months has created one of the most
alarming situations that has been encountered

«h: the Detroit area since the Milk Commission
'came into existence.

This decision, it has been learned, was ren-

dered as a result of the Board’s investigations
of the profits of the distributing companies as
shown by their income-tax statement. These
profits were considerably in excess of what is
generally considered “fair” profits, in one
case amounting to 33 1-3 per cent on the in-
vestment. This distributing company in ques~
tion claimed that the major portions of these
profits were from the sale of ice cream, and it
is fair to assume that this may be the case.
However, it is quite apparent that the distri—
butors of Detroit are prospering and that they
are in a position to bear a portion of any de—
crease in price.
Producers’ Officials Get Busy

None of the officials of the Milk Producers’
Ass’n with the exception of Mr. R. G. Potts,
who is director, were present at either of the
first two hearings of the Fair Price Board. It
has been explained by Pres. Hull that the As—
sociation officers received no invitation to be
pro sent and he (ensidcxod it. below the dignity
of. H111 \ssm lotion to $111K :11l1111t '111111 111111111 it

had not b12011 i1111t1.11l l oll11w111§1 H11 actmn 01"
the Boer l. however, in 1'11111111i11g the price of
milk, the ofﬁcers met in 111111l'1gr11z11g1- with Chain
man Connolly 21,111] pl‘(‘SF‘Y!l1‘ll I’lzgfz' clainm. The
admissions made at this conference, and the

results of the conference will be of interest to
every producer.

Board Wants to be Fair

The officers of the Association submitted
to Chairman Connolly the figures showing
what it costs the dairymen of the Detroit area.
to produce milk, and asked Mr. Connolly if it
would not be proper for the board to deter-

mine what was a “fair” price and profit for

the farmer as well as for the consumer and the
distributor. It was argued that the Fair
Price Board was not in fact a “fair price
boa ” if it protected the interests of only one

party at the expense of another party who

was not in a position to defend his own inter-
ests. The force of this statement was, we
understand, admitted by Mr. Connolly, who
stated, however, that the price which the farm—
er should receive should be determined be—
tween them and the distributors. But the
producers’ representatives soon convinced Mr.
Connolly of the difficulties standing in the
way of such an agreement and urged that the
Fair Price Board determine what should be
“fair” prices and profits for both farmers and
creamery companies.

Board Does Not Object to 20 Per Cent Profit

“The Board does not object to profits of 20
per cent on the investment”, Judge Connolly

is' reported to have said, “but when dealers in '

foodstuffs make more than that it is time to
call a halt.”

The Association officers advised Mr. Con-
nolly that they were not seeking as high pro-

fits as that and if the Board would allow the .

farmers ten per cent profit they would be set—
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HE JUDICIOUS use of fertilizers
is proﬁtable yet there are a num-
» “ﬁber of factors to be considered,
. ’ namely, why are they needed, the
1 plant relations, the methods of de-
termining fertilizer needs of the
soil, the interpretation of the results
- obtained, the methods of applying
the formulae for different crops and
the effect of different fertilizers on
the soil.

Under most systems of agriculture
there is a constant stream of nitro-
gen, phosphorus ,and potassium
from the land to the city. W'here
grain is grown, for example, and sold
there is taken away about three-
fourths of the phosphorus contained
in the entire crop, and under live
stock farming about one-fourth of
the phosphorus is removed when the
animals are sold. Moreover ,there is
always more or less of nitrogen and
other elements from the soil by
leaching. Thus farming as carried
on by the majority .of American
farmers is a destructive or tearing
do’wn process, so far as mineral plant
food elements are concerned, and
the losses should be made good.
Moreover, there are many soils that
do not give up soluble plant-food rap—
idly enough, either early in the, sea-
son or throughout the growing per-
iod, to produce the desired. yields,
due either to a deﬁciency in the to-
tal plant food, or to the states in
which it exists, and, therefore, need
fertilization for best results.

Commercial fertilizers are used to
increase food production with a safe
margin of proﬁt. This may be ac-
complished either directly by the in—
creased yield of grain and other crops
to be consumed by the human race,
or by increased production of foods
for animals, which in turn are rais-
ed for human consumption. Thus in
considering the principles of soil
management the relationship of soil
productivity to farm practice and to
the welfare of the nation should not
be lost sight of. Indeed, the patriot-
ic individual 'looks upon a productive
soil not only from the margin of prof-
it he may derive from it but as a
possibility for avhigh yield of food for
the human race.

Soils may differ in their require—
ments and if the most intelligent use
is made of fertilizers the needs of
the soil must be ascertained. This
can be accomplished only by means
of ﬁeld trials. Of course, the farm-
uer cannot conduct an elaborate set
of experiments since much time, la-
bor and expense are required to
bring them to a successful conclu-
sion, yet he can and should deter—
mine the lime an-d fertilizer needs of
his farm, relying upon the Agricul-
‘tural Experiment station for inform—

Work, Goo

AST YEAR Bill ones put in a
year of good 5 'd work and
plowed his land early, disked it,
planted good seed carefully, and then
cultivated it thoroughly. The sea-
.:son was favorable for a ﬁne crop,
yet his corn, wheat and potatoes did
not harvest satisfactorily. The yield
was not nearly as good as Ed Smith’s
down the road. What was the dif-
ference? Ed Smith did not work
harder; he could not, because Bill
Jones had done all that was possible.
'When Bill questioned Ed to learn
the reason for the latter’s big yield,
‘he found that Ed had made sure
that his seed had plenty of plantfood
'to start it and to bring it through the
:season to the biggest yield possible.
. As you have probably already
. guessed Bill Jones and Ed Smith are
not the real names of two farmers,
’i‘but represent two classes of farm—
era. one which is maintaining the
Itility of the soil and securing
'11 ofitable yields by using fertilizer
, d the other depleting the plant-
"cod-i in the soil, not using any com:
., ,oia‘l plantfood and not securing
, proﬁtable yields. Which of these
classes are you in? Every crop
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Winter rye on clay loam sqil In July.

250 lbs.

of 14 per cent sold phosphate was used on

1‘10 entire ﬁeld excepting a strip the width of the drill.

ation concerning the more complex
relationships such as the time, man-
ner ,amount and kinds of material to
apply, the place in the rotation, as
well as others. For example, he
should know What element or ele-
ments in a fertilizer mixture pays for
the material by the increased crop
production. A simple set of experi-
ments conducted three or four years

should answer this question for him._

Plan of, Experiment to Determine the
Fertilizer Needs of 8. Soil

Plot No. 1; Treatment per acre, no
fertilizer; plot number 2; treatment
per acre, 50 lbs. nitrate of soda, 200
lbs. acid phosphate; plot number 3;
treatment, 200 lbs. acid phosphate
and 80 lbs. potash; plot number 4;
treatment; 50 lbs. nitrate of soda
200 lbs. acid phosphate and 80 lbs.
potash. 1

If one desires to compare the crop
producing power of acid phosphate
with a mixed fertilizer three plots
will suffice, one receiving acid phos-
phate at the rate of 200 lbs. per acre,
one receiving as much mixedfertil-
izer as can be purchased for the same
amount of money invested in acid
phosphate and one no treatment. It
is advisable to lime the entire field
if it is needed.

The needs of a soil for lime and
the value of reinforcing stable ma-
nure with phosphorus could be de-
termined by treating one plot with
manure, another with manure and
acid phosphate, another with ma—
nure, phosphate and lime and still

another with manure and lime. Of
course, the same quantity of a giv—
en substance should be added when—
ever used. Where the soils are very
variable, as in much of Michigan,
for example the plots should consist
of about one-fourth or one—half
acres and run lengthwise of the ﬁeld
Moreover, the treatment of the area
to be.utilized for experimental treat-
ment purposes should have been the
same for a few years previous. It
would be of little value to lay out the
plots on a ﬁeld, a portion of which
had recently received manure, lime
or other substances, or had produc-
ed a meadow or was poorly drained.
Moreover, they should all be manag—
ed the same with the exception of
the fertilizer and other treatments
being studied. That-is to say, they
should be tilled, seeded, and harvest—
ed as near the same date as possible.

One should not be misled by the
general appearanCe of the crop dur-
ing one or more stages of its de—
velopment in the interpretation of
the results obtained from the dif-
ferent treatments. It may be cited,
for example, that an early stimula-
tion of the vegetative or top growth
of grain crops may not necessarily
mean a greater production of grain,
the most important portion of the
crop. It is usually desirabl9 to weigh
or measure accurately th‘e’yields ob-
tained from different plots.

When the use of fertilizers is con-
templated the nature of the soil
which is to receive it should be con-

By 1A. E. LINDQUIST

legume included in the rotation, and
cover crops should be plowed under,
but in addition, even on soil which
is consideredrrich, commercial plan-
food properly applied will pay a neat

proﬁt above its cost and will help
maintain fertility.

Ammonia, phosphoric acid and“
potash are the three plantfoods

which are likely to be present in‘in-
sufﬁcient quantities, and which are
necessary in producing large crops.
The supply of ammonia may be pret-
ty well maintained by applying ma-
nure, by including legumes in the
rotation and in plowing under green
manure crops, but it is usually prof-
itable to include 2 per cent ammonia
in a commercial fertilizer in order to

provide the young plant roots with-

this important plantfood in the form
available early in the spring, before
the ammonia and manure has been
made available by the soil bacteria,
for the bacteria do not begin their
work until the soil warms up and in

stopped growing because it
ammonia: ‘

Most soils are deﬁcient ‘
phoric acid in the form avails

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.iyiel'ds.
'_ are high. Everything should be done
.at the start of the season to assure
’ that all .the high priced operation on
-“éifp ,nsive land will bring this biggest
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plantfood which is the limiting fact-
or in producing the maximum growth
of the plant and thus the largest
yield per acre. Phosphoric acid pro-
duces vigorous root growth early in
the season andilater hastens matur-
ity. Fertilizers for all crops should
contain about 10 or 12 per cent of
phosphoric acid.

Potash is especially lacking in the
heavy peat and muck soils; and light
sandy soils too are usually deficient
in this plantfood. Potash favors
starch formation, aids in making
heavy grains and stiffens the stems
of grasses preventing lodging.

No matter how much cultivation is
given, if the seed is not of good

. quality, high yields of good produce

are not possible; likewise if the soil
has not sufficient plantfood in avail-

able form, no matter how good the

s‘eed is, it cannot produce proﬁtable
Land, labor and machinery

 

such poor condition of

sidered If the soil is very deficient
in vegetable matter, it is well recog-
nized that the net returns on the in.»
Vestment in ‘fertilizers will be less

than 11 11 is well supplied. with" 11¢
due to its favorable action With re- ~'_

spect to the activities of beneﬁcial
micro-organisms, the Water detaining
capacity, and the decrease in the
amount of leaching downward of
certain of the plant food elements,
scil tilth, and consequently better
root development of the crops grown;
as well as its assistance in releasing
potential plant-food. In soil 'build-
ing by means of green manure and,
catch crops the use of fertilizers may
result in the production of greater
amounts of humus forming material,
and, therefore, be desirable an eco-
nomical when judiciously used.

Since many plants are sensitive in
regard to the acid or. sour condition
of the soil, the maximum returns
from fertilizers are not to be deriv—
ed until such conditions are correct-
ed by the addition of some form of
lime. ,

In a measure the responsiveness of
a soil to a given applicationfof fer-
tilizer depends upon the texture of
the soil to which it is applied. Sandy
soils are generally recognized ’as
being very responsive to applications
of soluble fertilizers and manures
the ﬁrst year of application, but less
later on. The ﬁne textured or so-
called “heavy soils,” are influenced
to a somewhat less degree the ﬁrst
season, but, on the other hand, a giv—
en application endures longer on
them than when applied to sandy
soils. In addition, the variations of
the soils in a given ﬁeld should be
considered, and “poor spots" should
receive special treatments in order
112- bringr about more uniformity of
the produc ion of the ﬁeld.

Unquestionably there are soils in
tilth 'that
proper water. movements and root
development of plants cannot take
place upon which an application—of
commercial fertilizer is a losing
proposition until such conditions are
rectiﬁed in some manner.

Since the maximum returns are to
be derived from fertilizers, when as.
many conditions as possible are fav-
orable for plant growth, the plant re-
lations, that is, the seed, adaption,
feeding ‘power, disease resistance,
and sensitiveness to variations in
climate are to be reckoned with also.

It is well recognized that maximum
crop production depends to a great
extent upon the per cent of germin—
ation as well as upon the strength of
the germination of the seed. If the
.per cent of germination is high, a
more uniform stand results. A vig-

(continued on page 19)

Cultivation and Plenty of Plantfood Will Increase Yield

to supply. Following are some rec-
ommendations which may help you
decide what fertilizer will be most
proﬁtable for you to use:

(Figures refer to percentages of
ammonia, available phosphoric acid
and water- soluble potash in the or-
der given.)

‘ With 2 per cent ammonia, a muck
soil fertilizer, 2-8-8,‘ 2-10-6; for grain
and staple crops, 2- 10— 4, 2- 12- 2.

With 6 per cent ammonia, 5- 7- 2,
spring top dressing grain. ~ ,

With 3 per cent ammonia, vege-
table and truck crops grown under
ﬁeld conditions, 3 10- 6, 3--10 4, 3-10-
2

With 7 per cent ammonia, 7—8-5,
earliest truck crop potato fertilizer.
With 4 per cent ammonia, vege-
table and market garden fertilizers,
4- 10- 6, 4- 10- 4, 4- 10- 2; northern po-

tato fertilizers, 4- 8- 6, 4- 8- 4.

Ammonium Pliesphate Analysis

For soils Where potash is anot need-
ea, or on crops which do not respond

6-8-‘0, 7-8—0.

to the nine of potash, 2-1290; 3-1290 ”-

   

      
     
 

   

    
   
     
     
   
  
  
 
   
  
    
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
 
   
 
  

 

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. HE} PEA growers or Michigan
"have”caught the spirit of co-op-
*eration and are seeking a state-
wide,:.or-ganiz_ation with locals in the
various counties where peas are
grown-commercially. Michigan is a
great pea state,» taking rank among

the-three or four leaders in the union, ‘ i
but the growers are entirely at the .,

mercyof the companies who make
the contracts, _.being obliged to take
what is offered or else grow no
pe‘as.‘

Mr. Guy W.‘ R. Curtiss, president
or the Kent City. Pea Growers’ Ass'n,
believes/the growers should organize
and is ready to take a leading step to
bring about such an organization if
there is any promise of assistance
from the other growers of the state.
The suggestion has been made that
the pea growers association . could
aﬂlliate with the beet growers asso-
ciation as both grow crops on con-
tract, and therefore have many mu—
tual problems.

Up until the last year or two pea
growers received from two to.three
cents per pound, depending upon the
locality and the canning company
with whom they did business. More
recentlythis price has been held at
three cents per pound with some com-
panies oﬂering three and a quarter
to four cents.

Roach & Company of Grand Rap-
ids, are one of the largest contract
purchasers ofvpeas in Michigan and
show a disposition to play fair with
the farmers. At a meeting held at
Croswell several weeks ago, they

, tendered the farmers a big dinner

and explained their contract for the
ensuing year. They did not offer,
however, What the farmers thought
they were entitled to receive, claim-
ing that three and a quarter cents
per pound was all they could afford
to pay. ‘

The following information con-
cerning the pea situation was given
to us by Mr. Cu-rtiss of Kent City:

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The Pea Growers’ Opportunity

. EA GROWERS who desire to form a state-wide organization
shouldnmnmunmtemeumhes ~to,lthe.Business Farmer, Mt.
Clemens, or ‘Mr. Guy 'W. R. Curtiss, of Kent City. No matter
Whether you‘have signed contracts or not for 1920, the time is ripe
for an organization, and if such is to be effected, it should not be
, Why not organize an association now
which can spend the time between nowand the next season inves-
tigating contract prices in other states, cost of operation, etc., so
that you may be ready next spring to confer with the canning
companies and have the facts to back up your claims—Editor.

 

 

 

W. R. Roach & Company, general
ofﬁces, Grand Rapids, Michigan, are
paying the following prices, that is,
they are contracting acreage at these
prices:
Kent City, Edmore, Scottville and
Croswell where peas are grown.)
They will pay 3 1-4 cents per pound
for prime green peas delivered at the
plant; they are going to charge the
growers $3 per bushel for the seed.
In some instances they have prom-
ised to haul the peas to the plant for
the farmer. At Kent City they have
about ﬁfty per cent of their usual pea
acreage contracted. Croswell has
1,000 acres contracted for and could
hadle more. But the farmers there
are liable to cancel their contracts
it seems. Scdttville is in about the
same position as Kent City. The
farmers at all these plants are de-
manding' four cents per pound.

“The Manistee Canning Company,
Manistee, Michigan, are going to pay
3 1-4 cents. This plant is now under
the process of erection. '

“The Sears and Nichols Canning
Company, Chillicothe, Ohio, with a
plant at Pentwater, Michigan, paid
three cents per pound last year and
may pay a little more the coming

. , RebeccaWins the Prize

By E. DAVIS RICHARDS

, ONSTERNATION reigned su-
‘ preme at Pine Tree, when Re-

becca; won the prize. But then
Pine Tree and all its inhabitants of the
country erund about were judging
Becky Sharp by the rest of the lazy
Sharps who had Lived in the same
tumbled down” fashion for generations.
To be suree Henry Sharp Rebecca's
father, had married very much above
his station, and perhaps Rebecca in-
herited some of the excellent qualities

‘Of her gentle mother, who like a hot

house flower thrives in a foreign place
only a short time, then withers slowly
as if unable to stand the rigors of the
unusual surroundings. Indeed Mrs.
Sharp lived only five years after her
marriage to laZy Henry Sharp, and left
two tiny mites of children, Rebecca
aged three and John, a boy of two.
That was ten years ago, and Pine Tree
had just awakened to the fact that at
last a Sharp had really done some-
thing worth while. ' r
When the county agent of HendersOn
county 'had announced the conditions
governing the con-test in the boys’ and
girls” clubs Rebecca's heart had al-o
most stopped beating. Twelve dollars ,
necessary to buy a registered pig, how
could she ever make so much money?
But make it she must, for the coveted
trip to the State University had been

thesubject of her thoughts for weeks.

She decided to take her father into
her plan and see if he could not sug-
gst some way in which. she might get
the magnificent sum of twelve dollars
to ' buy the [precious little Berkshire
which she felt sure would. indirectly be

the cause of a” great improvement in

thalwhole Sharp family. She there-

”tore startled her father one evening

   

mine. 2 ~
”y‘mad tell how I can make

- Wan'tisleerjanyiatﬁntghts it I, didn’t .
, Eh 1633 tJ’fWhile

money, Dad, just think what it would
mean to get to go to the State Univer—
sity for a whole week. Why, I think
I would be willing to live here for the
rest of my life if I could just get to go
there for ever such a little while.
Didn’t mother go to school there for
a year once?.”

“Yes, I guess you are just like her,
too; she was‘always wanting better
things than she had. Better forget, it,
kid, you can’tever make twelve dol-
lars, and if you did you wouldn’t know
how to raise a. pig anyway.” And with
that encouragement her father left
the room? A few minutes later Re—
becca conﬁded to the eager young face
peering out at her from the old crack-
ed mirror— .

“Rebecca Sharp, you ought to be
mighty glad to be like your mother,
always wanting better things than you
have, and Rebecca, you are going to
the same school that she went to, if
you have to break your neck to do it.”
She then crawled under the worn cov-
ers of her bed to dream for the fiftieth
time of just missing the train which
was to carry the prize winners to the
big school in a distant city.

For the next few months the neigh-
borhood of Pine Tree was constantly
besieged by a small girl with such a
pleading. “Please won’t you buy some
wild grapes?" or “Please Mrs. Smith,
mayn’t I take care of the baby?" or
“Please Mrs. Johns, won’t you let me
come every morning and dust and
scrub your porch; you know I want to
make some money, because I belong
to the Girl’s Club." ~
, Thug- were not many who could turn
the lit e._ appealing eyes away, for as
Mrs. Johns,_ the ‘wife of the grocer,
said; “I never, had any use for any of
ther’lazy Sharp’bunch; but [believe
Becky 8 different. and" anyway, I

 
   
  
  

 
   
 

 
 

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season. They charged the grower
$2.50 per bushel for the seed last
year.

“The Fame Canning Company, In—
dianapolis, Indiana, with three plants
in Wisconsin (one at Cumberland)
are paying three cents per pound for
prime peas and charging the grower
$3 per bushel for the seed.

“The Fremont Canning Company,
Fremont, Michigan, pay on a sliding
scale which makes them average
about 3 1-4 cents per pound on all
grades. They charged the grower
either $4.50 or $5 per bushel for the
seed. ~-

“Nathan Simpson,'Kee1er, Mich.,
near Hartford pays $75 per ton and
furnishes the seed, which would be
the equivalent of about $90 per ton
at least. However he grows most of
the peas on his own farms.

“It is understood that S. M. Carp,
Hartford, Michigan, has been paying
4 1-2 cents per pound. Mr. Carp
would not say that he was or that
he was not. He just evaded the
question by stating that he was in-
formed by one of the largest Wiscon—
sin packers that they would pay three
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_ , _, I; , . , fate rganlzatlon
n Prices Offered to Growers Caus ~ v,
“ ' . Need ofState Association

es Dissatisfaction and Shows

“The writer thus far has been 1111- §

able to ﬁnd any company in Wiscon-

sin which is paying more than three

cents per pound for peas.
paying “less.
to 4c on a graded scale. Apparently
the average yields in Wisconsin are
larger than in Michigan.
climate seems to be

adapted to the growing of peas."

“I don’t think that it will be pos-
sible for us to do much this year in
a local way, however, we must keep
the interest up and arouse the grow-
ers all over the state to realize the
need of a state organization of the
growers of contract crops. We want
to get a state Organization as soon
as possible, and then try to arouse
the Wisconsin growers to organize.
New York growers have already or-
ganized. Wisconsin packs about half
the peas in the United States so nat—
urally they will influence the market
more or less.

“New York canners have been pay-
ing from 2 to about 40 per pound.
New York growers have not been
making any money to speak of in
growing peas for the canners. Wis—
consin growers are evidently making
money. It appears that Michigan
growers are not making anything un~
der the existing prices,”

The MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER ap-
proves of the efforts of the pea grow—
ers to organize, and we hope the
movement will be successful. Farm-
ers can no longer protect their inter—
ests through individual dealing. The
potato growers, the grain growers,
the live stock raisers and the beet
growers have all recognized this, and
each of these various branches of ag-
riculture here in Michigan are now
represented by an
which speaks for them.

Some are

The pea

growers should without further de-
lay cement themeselves into an or—ﬂ
ganization for the purpose of study- '
ing and solving their production
marketing problems.

and

At last the great day came

ing at which she had been expressing
her opinion about the “lazy Sharps”,
her nearest neighbor was heard to re-
mark, “Well, I guess the poor mother-
less mite is doing her part, too. Do
you know I was just telling Sam today
that I had never known “the Johns’
porch to get as many scrubbings as it
has since Becky Sharp has been going
there, and as to the inside of the house
it is spotless, while Mrs. Johns was
doing the cleaning herself, I could
write my name all over the center ta-
ble." That opinion was evidently ac~
quised in by those present, as shown
by the decided nodding of their heads.

There were dark days of discourage~
ment before enough money was made
to get the coveted pig; then, too, after
the little black fellow was finally de—

livered to her, Rebeecca was afraid he

would eat too much or else too little,
for her father’s statement. “You
wouldn’t know how to raise a pig any~

way" kept coming back to torment

her, Her anxiety for the welfare of

her prcious pig prevented her from

noticing a change, which seemed to be
coming , over her' father. Others,

-. hawetvery spoke of it , and solicitous

one were . made, ”such. as, “I’m

 

 

him-
Sam, is the

afraid Henry Sharp will hurt
self working,” or, “Gee,

mil‘lenium coming? I hear Lazy

Sharp is working in the Red Hill

coal mine.” But fortunately the un-'
kind things said behind our backs,
very seldom are repeated to our faces
and so the Sharp household went on
entirely ignorant of the surprise they
were causing in the neighbor-hood of
Pine Tree. .

At last the great day came, as all
long expected days must. Even the
Berkshire knew something unusual
was in the air, for did «not every bit
of his three hundred pounds
tingle from the contact of that awful
brush which Rebecca had weilded so
skilfully. Then, too, he knew there,»

 

Was not a bit of dust from the tip of?”

his turned up, nose to the- little twist-
ed stump of a tail, for she had ﬂnish~-‘
ed, by putting on something that.
made him slick and shiny. Rebecca.
was so excited that she scarcely no
ticed her father or brother, hay
having eyes only for that preolﬁus
bit of pig flesh, on whichsheielt all
the future of herself and family ’
But, arniving at Pine Tree He
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V’ [ "ﬂamers, the

AILING by honorable means to
make any headway against the
organized strength of the beet
. manufacturers have
turned to falsehoods and misrepre—
ssuit-slalom in'the hopes of undermin-
ing the farmers’ faith in their chos-
n leaders. It has been repeatedly
stated that the leaders are agitators
and are prompted by selﬁsh motives.
What these motives'may be has not
yet been explained, however. The
statement has persisted in some sec-
tions that Manager 0. E. Acke-rman
has deserted the growers and sign-
ed up a contract on the old basis.
Naturally these statements set a
good many farmers to thinking, but
if they think long enough they will
clearly see that thestatements are
but a part of a studied propaganda
on the part ofthe manufacturers to
destroy the organization. Manager
Ackerman has NOT signed a new

, contract, nor has he in any way de-.

creased his efforts in behalf of the
growers. He has been on the job
every minute since he was elected to
handle the organization work, and
has been obliged to neglect his own
business affairs in order to devote
undivided attention to the growers’
campaign . Today Mr. Ackerman
stands as conﬁdent as ever of thd ul-
timate success of the movement, and
31118 vgill be found ﬁghting to the last
to

But he is not alone by any means.
The loyalty and determination of the
beet growers as the planting season
approaches is a revelation of the new
spirit of cooperation among the
farmers, and there is no evidence of
weakening on their part. On the
contrary there is multiplied evidence
that the growers will not recede a
single step from their position even
though the alternative may be the
planting of some other crop.

At Ithaca last week only twenty
out of ﬁve hundred beet growers
present had not returned their con-
tract, and those twenty signiﬁed their
intention of returning their con-
tracts at once. At Ashley a few
farmers had accepted contracts as a
result of the story of the ﬁeld men
that the organized movement was
failing and that the leaders had gone
back on the growers. As soon as
theylearned the true facts these men

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The “Sfﬁhe” the Last Resort 1“ ’
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bad repute Just at the present time. It is the word “ax-11:0 ” The

railwayewitchmenofshe
is paralyzed, and both ﬁnancial and physical entering is in pm
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nanmnpummkemwymwum thew-

withtbeissuestolvedmﬂieswimhmen'ssiriko Brit therein avast
diﬁ'erence between. the two, a difference which make the one wholly
indefensible and the other wholly justiﬁable.

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Modehmfaibd.tobeinghwoparﬂestoaconmect,whethnverlﬂer..

written. to a mutually satisfactory understanding. and when courts of
arbitration have failed to settle the differences, the; the “strike“ may
bew‘andexcusable. Thesugarbeetgmwere havetrdedfor
four months to secure a conference with the manufacturers for the
purpose of orbits-sung their differmces. Their advances have been
spurned by the manufacturers, Who have even "refused to meet wiih‘the
representatives of the growers. Hence the grovvem have “M"to
the extent of quitting the production of sugar boots and using the land
forothermpe. Ifthereisashortagoofsugarasaresultodﬂnsaeﬂon
the public will put the blame where it properly belongs, upon the should-
ers of the manufacturers.

The case of the switchmen is different, if we understand the situ-
ationcorrectly. Manyoftherailroodscbimthattheyhadnomuma-
ﬂonthatash‘ikewas brewing. Atleastno suggestion was madeonthe
part of the switchmen that. a. conference he held with the employers.
They simpb muck without warning, giving the employers no oppor-
tunitywhatevcrmlistenandadjust theg'rievancesminapeacefulway
The Motion between the farmers’ strike and the switchmen's strike

country are on a share. Transportation"

 

 

should be kept clearly in mind—Editor.

 

 

 

 

cancelled their contracts. In the of-
ﬁce of one of the sugar companies
is the contract of a single beet grow-
er pinned to the wall as if to show
all beholders that the growers have
deserted their cause They haven’ t
pnough wall space in the ofﬁces of
any sugar company in Michigan to
show all the contracts that have
been returned and which, providing
the manufacturers do not meet the
growers’ demands, will represent
thousands of acres of beet land turn-
ed over to some other crop.

Don't Accept Seed

It is claimed that the ﬁeld agents
who are distributing the beat seed
are asking farmers to transfer it
from the company’s bags to their
own. In years past the companies
have always left their own bags. The
reason for this request is apparent.
A contract assumes an exchange of
something of value.
of value which passes between the

The only thing .

manufacturer and the grower is the
beet seed, and the manufacturer un-
doubtedly holds that when a farmer
“accepts" his seed, he virtually binds
himself to the contract, If a ﬁeld
agent leaves a bag of seed at a form
it is not the fault of the farmer, but
if the farmer transfers the seed to his
own bags, then he is a party tip—Fe
“.acceptance "

Western Growers Strengthen Their
Position

We are in receipt of a letter from
Mr. Albert Dakan of the Intermoun-
tian Farmers’ Ass’n of Colorado, en-
closing copy of contract in which the
farmers have entered with the West-
ern Slope and other sugar compan-
ies. The contract is much more fav-
orable than that under which both
the western and Michigan growers
raised beets last year, but the price
oﬁered is slightly less than the price
which the Michigan farmers are ask-

leg for this year's crop. Mr. Dakan
comments upon the contract as fol-
lows‘ ‘

“This is the contract agreed upon

recognised the . _
mitten this am The (but What-
on Sugar Company will meet the
farmere' committee soon and take up
the 1921 contract. The farther: the-

cided not to waitawn until plan-‘5- ,
ing season, but to have it Worked out,

early so they could cut out beets and

plan for other cross it the company

is not ascend to give a square deal. "
Contract Speciﬁes Couferenc'e

There are at least three paragraph.
in the western contract which will

be of particular interest to the Mich- '

igan growers. They read as follows:

“That the ﬁrst party (the grower)
shall have the privilege of selecting
at his own expense. 8. man of reliable
character satisfactory to second per-
ty, to check the total and weights of
the beets grown under this contract
at the receiving station where such
beets may be delivered, and the party
of the second part will meet with
representatives of the Beet Growers'
Association for the purpose of agree-
ing upon weighmasters and taremen
for all receiving stations, and also
agree that all weigh stations after
being opened up for the season will
be open for receiving beets from
seven 9.. m until ﬁve thirty p. 111.
each working day, and that compan I
employees will remain on duty untl
all wagons are weighed back; also
all scales at receiving station shall
be inspected during receiving cam-
paign, by a competent party.

"To permit growers to pile beets
on the ground at all stations after
October 15th, providing there are no
cars in which to load boots on hand
and there is no chance of securing
same within three hours.

“Party of the second part (the em-
gar Co.) agrees that before making
a. boot contract for the season of 1921,
they will meet with the reprem
tives of the Beet Growers, ' am”
tion, to discuss and endeavor, to
draft a contract satisfactory to both
parties concerned."

 

 

" the soil for the crop. . _
~,‘l’fhicl‘l is the best time", the groWer waits until after his 0011133”; 15 nun.» - “T39
#1 I ,III .

“Negotiate With Growers,” Advis’es “Facts About Sugar”

THE FOLLOWING article occupied the entire editorial page
of the March 27th issue of “Facts about Sugar”, which is
published weekly by the “Domestic Sugar Producers, Inc’ , and
is “devoted to American sugar production”. The editorial might
well have been based upon the controversy which is now at its

height here 1n Michigan between beet growers and sugar manufac- .

turers. It is an open indictment of the “stiff-necked attitude on
the part of company officials who have refused to meet with
representatives of their growers” It is a virtual endorsement of
the claims .of the" Michigan beet growers to recognition. No grow-
er could have presented a better argument for negotiation between
himself and the manufacturer than is here presented by the man-
ufacturers’ own publication. We submit it Without further com-
ment to the sugar beet brewers and particularly to those who may
think that the growers’ demands for a conference are unreasonable:

Beet Industry’s Big Problem

gree of efﬁciency there is one phase of its operations in which
improvement is urgently needed. That is in the relationship
between the sugar companies and the growers of boots.

“It is natural and perhaps inevitable that differences of, opinion
shoulddevelop as to the prices and methods of payment for the crop.
Between the minimum ﬁgure below which the farmer ﬁnds it more
proﬁtable to cultivate other crops and the maximum above which the
companies ﬁnd it less unproﬁtable to close their factories than to ~op-
erate them there is a margin which must cover the proﬁts of both
parties. The proper division of this margin may be a subject of negoa
elation and compromise but such negotiations can and should be carried
on in a businesslike way.

“This is not a counsel of perfection. It is a thoroughly practical
proposal for the reason that it will operate to the advantage Of beth
the growers and the companies The method of adjuStment by public
controversy is expensive to both sides. The struggle to obtain ﬁfty
cents or a dollar a- ten more frequently delays the work of preparing‘
Instead of plowing his beet fields in the fall,

“WHILE THE beet sugar industry is conducted with a high de-

1y settled. which is frequently so far along lathe spring that he 18 lots '_

   

 

in getting in his crop, is behindhand in his work throughout the season
and obtains a ﬁnal yield of immature beets which nets him less than
would a full crop of higher sugar content at the lower rate. The com-
pany is unableto place its orders for bags. fuel and other supplies until
its ofﬁcers can form an approximate idea of the volume of boots to be
handled and its operations are handicapped in consequence. Abandon-
edmreagamferioryieldsandalowqualityodbeetsresulﬂngfrom
delays and lack of co-operetion leave both grower and manufactln'cr
dissatisﬁed.

“Our observation hagbeen that a large part of the trouble between
beet growers and sugar companies has been caused by outsiders who
have stirred up ill feeling among the former from motives not at all

slated to a sincere consideration for their welfare. To ascertain de-
gree it has been encouraged by a still-necked attitude on the part of
company ofﬁcials who have refused to discuss prices with represent-p
tives of their growers but have insisted on conﬁning their business re-
lations to individual farmers. Since uniform prices necessarily pre-
vail in the territory of every company we can see no good reason why
group conferences should meet with objection provided the groups are
really representative. To demand that the companies shall submit to
the dictation of outside individuals who have nothing at stake either
in the growing of beets or the manufacture of sugar is altogether un-
reasonable.

“Misunderstandings arise from lack of frankness on both sides.
Growers are misled by unfounded reports of enormous proﬁts earned
by sugar companies and company ofﬁcials do not take the trouble to

' correct these statements. Farmers put forward exaggerated ﬁgures as

to the cost of making their crop and insist that these shall be the basis
of price agreements. The heat of a contest over prices'is not a. time
when frank statements of fact are likely to be offered or accepted. In
July and August, when there is a lull in the activities of the growers
and companies alike, is a far better time to get together for a full and
friendly discussion of problems and conditions. That is the time when
growers and company oﬂeials should begin to lay plans for the follow-

ing season. We hope that midsummer of the present your will see .a

beginning of such conferences.

"The problem of the relationship between growers 3‘de companies

isonethathasbeensidesteppedormqtbyunseﬂ

entanglements too long. The future welfare and progress l“yof thevbeet' “ .
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. near. 01am COOPERATIVE ASS'N

THE. Fe

' stock Shipping Assn,

postage.
. straw, $65.44;

0 BRECKENRIDGE 00-013.

‘ purposes.

Justza; few words to readers of M
‘ Organization is the only key
to success for" the farmer. e have

been shipping our live“ stock torojnly
- as few years and day by day we add
"new members to our list of shippers

of livestock. I can not see how some

farmers still hang to the old style of

selling to the local buyer and give
him the best of the deal. Here we
are feeding the stock from 6 months
to lyears and whenrwe get the stock

' in shape- to sell, up comes a telephone
.‘He talks .

call from thelocal buyer.
one minute with you and you ‘sell,
and in this minute. he makes more
clean cash than yon-do in the three
are feeding. Why not handle the
ness and of our business and get

all that belongs to you.

Bea! City Live Stock Shipping As-
sociation as given by Wm. Bleise,
manager of the association. Res-
pectfully yoursH—A P. D. Isabella Oo.
l‘inpncial report of Beal City Live-
Weideman,
Mich, Jan. 27, 1919 to Jan. 31,
1920. Total' amount received, $63,-
440.42; total amount paid for stock,
$02,641.24; balance for home ex-
pense, $799.18. Paid out for man-
ager, $266.60; paid telephone and
$3.83; paid lumber and
paid to insurance
fund, $417.20; paid to insurance ex-
cess, $17.62; paid to joining fees,
$18.00; paid to Michigan Livestock
Exchange, $7.00; paid for hardware,
$3.49; total, $799.18. Insurance
fund, Jan. 31, 1920. Total received
from insurance fees and excess,
$482.62; total paid out for loss,
$426.68; balance on hand, $55.94.
Wm. Bleise, Manager.

 

our readers appreciate these little
items of news about farmers' oo-opera-
tive associations. Let us have more of
them.——Editor. '

BUYS
-WHEELER ELEVATOR

A deal was recently made by which
the Breckenridge Farmers’ Elevator
purchased and is now operating the
Wheeler Elevator. Stock in the
Breckenridge elevator was worth 50
per cent or more advance on its or-
iginal cost and together with prof-
its it was decided to declare a 100
per cent. dividend. The original
stock” was nominally $25,000 - but
only $15,000 had been sold. This
stock dividend made $30,000 stock,
an increase to_$75,000 was authoriz-
ed and of this $42,000 has already
been disposed of. This institution
is in a very prosperous state and all
the stockholders are pleased with
conditions. It is expected that Walt-
er Swope will be the new manager.
He is an experienced man and will
be a very successful manager of this
elevator.

DEVELOPMENT 01“ U. P. CATTLE
INDUSTRY ,

The following report of the growth
of the livestock industry in the upper
peninsula was recently made by John
A. Doelle, secretary-manager of the

.Upper Peninsula Development Bu-

roan:

“The past three years have brought
to upper Michigan some hundred or'
more new settlers, representing about
twenty-ﬁve new ranches devoted to
the grazing of approximately 41,000-
head of sheep and 6,000 of cattle.
The Cloverland Cattle Company, Man-
iatique, and the Blaney Land and
cattle Company, near Blaney, are

- the two largest of the: livestock’op-
.. eratione, and these two propositions .
are looked upon to test out the cut-

over areas 0f Cloverland for gracing
They are both well organ-
ized and well smeared and the results

{achieved by- both should stand as a
. criterion for what others may ex-
. a

  

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- .means,

I herewith ’
' send you the ﬁnancial report of the

the material. = We do not feel, by any
that Clovei‘land has ever
gboen fully tested out for sheep and
.cattle'. We know that most of our
new settlp'rs are making good, and
are satisﬁed. We know, too, that a
few have left us and gone back to
the West.

"Though we know positively that
only in one case has there been any
complain about the land itself, the
general conception is that all of those
who left were dissatisﬁed—and, since
we are exploiting this comparatively
new country, the criticism has come
thick and fast. The Bureau has had
to ﬁght most of it—and it is prov-
ing a big job. Influential western
interests have allied against us in
defense ofwth'eir own properties- and
reputation. We know that Clover-
land can and will make good—but
constantly we are met by this de-
structive opposition ’which is taxing
the Bureau to capacity to ﬁght off. ”

 

MERRITI‘ OO-OPSERATIVE -ASSv’N
ORGANIZED

A co-operative marketing associa-
tion with a membership of over 60
frittrtmers has been organized at Mer-
r .
am part of Missaukee Co. and cent-
rally-located in as good a stock rais-
ing and grain gro‘Wlng locality as
Michigan affords. This” country is
still" in the making with plenty of
out over and partially cleared lands
for enterprising, progressive
ers who. wish to make a home. They
will market stock of all kinds—beef,
dairy cattle, sheep and hogs as well
as wool, cream, poultry, eggs, grain,
hay and potatoes.

The ofﬁcers of the Merritt Co-oper-
ative Marketing Association are
Frank B. Shaw, president; H. H.
Hamilton, secretary and J. T. Hoard,
treasurer. .

 

WHO GOT PROFITS 0N APPLES

“Godfrey 0. Sons, commissionmer-
chants, cleaned up. $90,000 on ap-
ples last winter, which they bought
for $4 and $5 a barrel from the farm-
er, and then sold to the retailer for
$11 and $12," declared Mayor Hoan
of Milwaukee during a speech de-
livered in Milwaukee on Friday
evening. ‘

“But why did the farmer sell his

apples at $4 and $5 a barrel?” you,

naturally ask, for the simple reason
that he was not organized to market
them himself. He must either take

that" or let them rot, so he took what

he could get. " The commission mer-

. chant was prepared to buy them in

a time of plenty, at harvest, and then
placed them in storage until Mr.

Merritt is situated in the east--

farm- ,

 

   

Consumerpwas ready to shell out the
mazuma for them. ' He charged all
he could get and since Mr. Consum-
er was getting big wages and had
plenty of money he charged a plenty
for fear the money might otherwise
burn a hole in Mr. C.’s pocket. But
why blame the other fellow for tak-
ing the money when the producer
and consumer are too indifferent to
get busy and help themselves? Mr.
Farmer doesn' t want the money, it
gives him a headache to take care
of it and Mr. Consumer doesn’t want
it because he fears that it is “the
root of all evil.”

 

AWAKENING IN N. E. MICHIGAN

Any one who has paid attention to
Northeastern Michigan during the
past quarter century and who has
watched its rather slow development
since its first big asset, the pine for-
ests, were swept away by the demand
for number and who sees the spirit
which the various communities are
going at a new development cannot
but help to give notice to the awak-
ened energy which has come to these
communities.

Boards of commerce, farm bureaus,
farmers’ co-operative societies are
springing up all over the district and
are taking an active part in making
their individual communities better
places for homes and far better plac-
es in which to liVe and enjoy life than
in the crowded industrial cities, where
people often occupy beds in relays and
where the rent of a single room is fre-
quently more than that of a comfort-
able house in a smaill community, and
where the profiteer fixes his price for
necessities according to the wages
paid by the factomies.

Good roads are being constructed
in every county and are helping, not
only to make life more comfortable
for those who live near them, but are
attracting hundreds of outsiders every
year, especially during the summer
season when the lakes and streams,
the trout, bass and pike fishing, lure
the city—weary men and women to
the great ,out-oi-doors.

Northeastern Michigan, with its
fertile fields, its streams and its
lakes and even with its stretches of
jack pine plains, is a wonderful coun~
try, one that is better to come to than
it is to go away ﬂrom, and the people
who are already a part of it will do
well, not only to stay here, but to help
spread its fame throughout the land
by telling of the good things which it
offers and by continuing the splendid
spirit of cooperation and helpfulness
which has been aroused ’among them

"during the past few years.

My, Experience in Draining Quicksand

EN YEARJS ago I moved from

central Ind. to Newaygo county,

‘Mich., and bought a farm. After
framing it a year I found' that tile
drainage was needed on much of it.
As there was no tile mill available I
concluded to buy a hand cement tile
machine. We operated it in the base‘-"
ment of the house in winter months,
putting in all of our winter outputthe

ffollowing spring. They are all hold-1..

ing up good except the swamp land,
just begun decaying. Will say in re-
gard to the cement tile-they will .not
stand up in any acid soil as the acid
eats upthe limeand they decay. Soil
that has sufﬁcient lime, .they become
iirmerwbut will say that I like them
very much where I have to go through.
a bad piece of quicksand as the ends
are straight and lay Closer together.
EiVe years ago we bought 1.09 acres

0n the banks of the. Muskegon river, .

125 feet above river bed- with many of
the old river channels running across
it and very wet and spi’ingy. We were

~ not in need of any outlet but some
- method to tilerdrdin it, as the man we
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whole thing would tumble in on us.
We managed to get about four rods
and abandoned it until fall; then com-
pleted it by putting one rod or two in
each day, letting the water drain out
of the quicksand.

If anyone does not know the nature
of quicksand, just pour a few shot in
a vial of water and hold it up and look
at it. Quicksand. is round of any size
and will run with water, turning your
the on end. Many swamps and slews
could be drained in Michigan by put-
ting your tile in, in the fall, when
"there is no water, by going below the
quicksand or draining the water off by
degrees.
other sand when the water is drained
off from it. I have improved many
quicksand swamps and bogs in the
past 10 years. All are giving perfect
Gravel or cinders are the
top soil, in fact anything that will
screen the water out of the sand pack-

.1118 any of the three tightly around the
.tile.
.ilaggy bogs when I would sink out of

I have hauled gravel to these
sight digging my ditch ahead of me
and laying a single tile at a time,
pouring gravel on it. and pack it under
. it am it became perfectly

   

,.Hersman bill

.Quicksand is as solid as any.

. tip to the am is expcetpd-q‘. _
"recs 0)!!st report for M'
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A SUCCESSFUL SALE

One of the most successful sales
of the season and the ﬁrst private sale
to be held under the management of
the Michigan Holstein Frieisian As-
sociation occurred at Lansing on
April lst when Dwight G. Rapp dis-
persed his splendid herd of thirty
head of Holsteins for a total of $9,-
775, or an average of $325 per head.
The top price of $800 was paid by
James B. Jones of Detroit, Mich.,
for the splendid show cow and pro-
ducer, Rosa Belle Nudine 2nd. The
junior sire sold for $700 and a 25-
1b. four year old, Elmhurst Elsie Pon-
tiac Clotho brought $600. The heav—
iest buyer was E. F. Leland of Fort
Wayne, Ind., who purchased eight
head of the best for a total of $3,100.
The fact that everything was abso-
lutely guaranteed and sold on a 60
day guarantee against tuberculosis
with retest privilege gave the buyer
every protection and bidding was
lively throughout.

FARM BUREAU BACKS COLLECT-
IVE BARGAININ G

Receiving word that the Capper-
legalizing collective
bargaining by farmers was being held
up in committee, Sec’y Bingham,
of the Michigan State Farm Bureau,
recently dispatched a.letter, a copy of
which follows, to each Michigan con-
gressman and senator:

“Michigan farmers are anxious for
action on the Capper-Hersman col—
lective bargaining legislation now be-
fore Congress and it is the request
of the Michigan State Farm Bureau,
representing 37,548 Michigan farm-
ers, that you endeavor to haVe this
measure reported out Of committee at
an early date and urge its passage.

“Collective buying and selling of
products Innst be done by farmers if
they are to obtain full value of their
products. Their natural isolated
conditions make individual sale and
purchase of commodities costly and
unsatisfactory in a. variety or ways,
hence the vital need of the farmers,
not only of Michigan but of the en-
tire country, for legislation such as
the Cappcr-Hersman bill is intended
to be.”

POTATO MARKETS REMAIN FIRM

There was a limited to moderate
movement of. white varieties at
Michigan and Minnesota shipping
points. Demand and wire inquiry
were fairly active. Prices ranged
10c higher than last week at $5.70
to $6.10 sacked per 100 pounds f. o.
b. shipping points. Middle western
consuming markets also were ﬁrm,
advancing 15c to $.65 to $6.15. St.
Louis and Kansas City were again
higher than the other markets at
$6.15 to $6.50. New York round
whites N0. 1 gained about 30c reach-
ing $5.55 to $6.15 with moderate de-
mand. In New York bulk round
whites No. 1 ranged $5.70 to $5.85
per 100 pounds. Maine Greenmoun-
tains were again unchanged in New
York at $5.55 to $5.85. Shipments
the past week were lighter than the
previous week by about 350 cars and
nearly 1,000 less than during this
period last season 2,563 cars were
shipped compared with 2,914 last
week and 3,408 the same week last
year. Virginia Norfolk section plant-
ing is still in progress but the ground
is wet from heavy rains. Seed stock
is still slow in arriving. Florida—
After the early damage to the Hast-
ings section from water and frost a
comparatively small crop was ex:-
pected but from the present appear-

‘ance of the vines, the crop will be

much larger than seemed possible-
three weeks ago. A few potatoes
will move from the section during
April. The bulk of the crop will
move, bewever, after May 10 with -
the movement running over into.
early June. Wit the season later
than usual, seen to yield, ﬁgures.
can not be determined at present.

    

The crop however, is in excellent con-J

dition at present and a yield at lpest

  

    
  
   
   
  
   
 
 

    


 

  
 

 
 
  
  
   
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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, one. mil-ell. thggj . N.- '
, ﬁo. 2 Had 2:72. :8.
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No. 2 some .. 2.10 .2102
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Made looms 10771029) I. -¥. 5
pun. 2 Red ...... sales 3 2.50 . gm 1
" 1%.!"th .. . 233 2.47 ‘Jljl
two. 2 mmd .... 2.38 22.27 :2.se 3
The DetrOit wheat price is the

highest today or the season the mar-
‘ket advancing ten cents per bushel
since-Jest week. 'There is active de-
mand Itor this grain, «a considerable
amount or Which is now going over»
seas. The milling demand was good
.prior .to £118 rail .strike, 'but 'the shut-
ding oi! .01 electric .power may “les-
sen this demand temporarily. 'Re—
posts .trom the fall wheat acreage
continue to be of a discouraging na-
ture, the abandoned acreage exceed-
ing the- average by a large margin,
and many of the ﬁelds now in bear—
ing being infested with the Hessian
fly. In the face of such conditions
no one would assume to say to what
heights Wheat may go before the
1921 crop 'fs' harvested.

 

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Corn was strong with other grains
at the close so! last week but on 11c-
l'connt so! the d-iﬁiculty of dealers 'r'te
get their cars switched which forced
them (to pay demurrage charges, buy-

ing has dropped mt 'considerably and

there is an easier tone to the mar--
‘ket. .As soon :as the rail congestion
in like local yards ‘ie oelieved and
dealers can snake :good roe their males
activity is expected to -be resumed at
least until such time ‘as the suspend-
ed transportation 101 the roonntry gets
into motion again land supplies lin-
omen.

who bears Who have been so con-
spicuous in the corn market for
months past seem to have lost cour—
saemndftheremm who dare
with on lower prices. Opinion is
practically unanimous that this mar-
bet mu tend upward until athe mew
crop is harvested.

 

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Oats have reached $1.18 'per bush-
e’l 'on' the Detroit market, and gain:
strength every day. ‘Thds crop is
woefully short and a good many who
had hopes ’of large supplies back in

the farmers' hands have at 'last come

to realize this fact. {Oats have ‘been
in moderately good demand for ex-
port on the season. It was expected
that the out states would ‘increase
their acreage materially this spring
but early forecasts of ‘the acreage do
not bear out that explication. The
backward spring from which a‘ll'see-

tions or file country are sadism: mes ,

delayed seeding and dormers she get-
unsasy. 'Wh‘i‘le *it is yet too early
moire a prediction ~on “the “1‘9” m
acreage it ’is not believed that it «an
be unuch more than normed. use
would be an unusual situation for as
a generafl rude farmers plant dream
or a crop following 2 season of sour-
city and high prices. *Oa'ts «111m we
sate crop "tor Michigan this your.

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MTROIT~Strike causing mm markdul.1PoWes led~ .
'Corn slumps $01170an advance. Beans higher. Wheat
in active demand and higher. Oats slump 20 after the advance. '
Hay in demand. 'Iuive stoekéin demand but supply is mall. ,
GlﬂGAGfO‘Maikets very uncertain. ﬂats advance its. Gum :

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Weekly Trade and Hal-ha Review

EEEE ENTIRE commercial situation of the More half ref the
country .is at the mercy of the Te‘b‘e'l strikers, and ‘no one can say

what the 1outcome will be.

The strike .has forced thousands of dndus—'

tried plants to close their doors, throwing hundreds of thousands of

work-mean out of employment.

Freight is at a standstill “and ‘the ',passen-

gar service edemorallzed. Perishable food ‘in transit 111.118 been left to rot

and rcitiee were short of supplies.

The effect of the strike 51s seen in nearly all indm’mial :and common

cial activities of the country and even if settled at once the loss occasion»

ed will run mto millions and will still further upset the ﬁnancial

‘ halance.1’.refiteers and speculators anee taking advantage of the «short

age of supplies to boost prices and unheard ’of prices are «being paid
this week dor some commodities “in most of the cities of the strike region.

“Practically all grain, with the exception of corn, vegetables and dairy
products have advanced as a result of the strike. The farmer will re-

ceive little beneﬁt of this increase, however, as the .
and furnish no basis on which to make contracts

nioes are abnormal
‘future supplies.

The advance has scarcely been felt at local buying points, as the ele-

, waters and produce buyers natulﬂly 106k for a reduction from the high

crest of who “strike" prices when the movement again becomes normal
and supplies Increase. As a matter of fact the dimer will undoubtedly
sniffer eventually sfrom ”the strike. The high price tam-tails conslunption
and it takes some time to recover from this effect even after normal

conditions again pmail.

The strike hm quest all predictions on ”the market. Except for ilk
disturbance the min markets would undoubtedly have advanced in a
normal way, ‘but it is almost certain that there will be some drop from
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of 160, the second in ten days,
and the smallness 10! 25cm is help-
ing to sustain the muted , ‘Demsnil
is as quiet as ever, but domestic .sap-
plies are gradually diminishing and
there must come a change in this
market before long. We had hoped
by this time to have more encourag-
ing news for our ”bean growers, but
the “news" has not yet lbro‘ke. “Very

row farmers 1m selling ‘beans at
present prices. feeling t'haf‘t “they
would preier to carry their crop ever
for another season it necessary retir-
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Inadequate supplies adieu-on: de-
mand is keeping the boy who: in
2 arm condition. The biomass of
the spring will retard the three
and Yorce many farmers to boy
for several weeks later than usual.
A his factor-in the sutured this
market will ”be the our supply and
transportation. We do not look for
any material declines in this market,
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light. This line. feels: the smart of:
them more than any other. asvtho
gooﬁ have so. fun to; com over: the
railroads; 'Butter receipts; are? quite
liberal and lower prices: are: quoted;
Chicago. quotes lower: butter prices
owing to shipments: going. to that
market instead- ~of: elsewhere. It is.
Detroit is getting
button that would go to New York

Apple's—Western boxes, $4.50 @
5: Baldwin, $3 @ 3.5 0; Greening,
$3.25 @ 3.5 0‘; Steel’s Red, $3.50 @ 4L
per" bu.

Calves ('dressed)*——Fancy, 25'@ 2613
No. 2; 20 @ 2% per ub.

Ohionsm—Indiana, $6. 5 0 @ 7‘ per 1‘00
pound sack.

Dressed hogs—Best, 2'0 @ 21c;
heavy, Is @ 19¢ per lb.

Live.» poultry—Spring chickens, _,
best, 40@ 42.0; leghorns, 4‘0 @ 42c;

hens, 45-@48c; small hens: 412@45c;
roosters, 24~@250; geese, 1 3'0‘@ 350‘
ducks, 40@45c;. turkeys, 4"4‘@‘45d
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LIVESTOCK IN BETTED POSITION:
The strike has raised the most hav—

oc in the livestock trade, and because ’

of the necessity of feeding on route,
rail shipments have all but ceased in-
some of the mid-west sections. This
immediately makes for a tighter and
higher prices for the stuff that was
fortunate enough to reach the liVe-
s-tock yards. Farmers who are in a
position: to truck or drive their cat;-
tie to the Detroit yards will profit

‘[from the present situation We have
~—»-/ heard a number of farmers state that

they. were going to truck their cattle
though to. Detroit this week. The
strike is also" a temporary beneﬁt to
the farmer who: sells to his local”
butcher. who as a 'rule purchases it
large share of his meat in dressed
form; from the packers and who wfﬂ‘
be obliged to depend upon the their
supply until. f‘rei’ght‘ is. 9.2th moving;

 

LIVE 8100]: MARKETS
MWattle:
1113911110“)?th 501: higher; Wt
814. '15; other beef steers and she-v
stock about 25c higher; bulk. stews,
$131.5i)@113. 50; best W steers,
$14. 25 butcher cows, lmerly $8.“
@101canners‘ around $5; bulls are
steady to lower, demand marrow; veal
calves-,1 $1 to- $12 lower; bulk to pack-
ers, $12@12,.5~0;. no trade in stocks-
ers and feeders. Hogs: Market un—
evenly higher; bulk 25 to 5101: high;-
er, heavy weight gaining. most; top,
$152255; bulk, 814.410@15.25;. closed
strong; pigs, 251 to 50c higher; light
pigs largely $12.50@18. Sheep:
Market mostly steady; oﬂerings are
largely shorn lambs at $.15@17€.25;
on. load» $17.50; no good. wooled
lambs offered; good wooIed ewes, at
$1.41.

EAST“ BUFFALO—Dunning &
Stevens report:~ Cattle, strong. Hogs:
strong; heavy, $17©17Jm yoakors,
$18.@18. 25.; Dies, $17 25®17150.
Sheep: steady, stool lambs. $22.50;
clipped $1 9©20; yearlinss. $18.50
@19.60;wethor§,$.l:6@17; ewes.
$14@14.5-0.Ga1ves, $7@Ia.. ,

 

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Farming for'fur promises "to be-

, come :2 Mather occupation. Mm

shank farms are now in operation
andhxhrmsaswell.m13a
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the Dominion, with an area or only
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(about
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iii agreement that prices hadreached‘
theinm Wand thetan: chang-

es would; be. dbmwardt. 'l'.‘hirty~ dam.
age: fem vuiuolr ovum higher, but.

with; theiprophetss stilli quoting: script.- .

use, statistics, and pmcedent'. to. prove:
that the. crest! had been: reached. But

-the “false prophets” of. the Bible'had

nothing on the potato prophets of
1920'. The potato market is still
soaring and no man knows to what
heights it may go.

It is inevitable. that some farmers

should have been deceived. by the

reports and predictions: that have
been made and been a little hast-y in
disposing. of their holdings. Tim
Bosmuss FARMEB advised its readers
to hold their potatoes until late in
December when it recommended. that
a portion of them be sold. The price
at that time was good: in comparison
with the. prices of? the previous two:
years, and we. feared that. prices
might repede as they. had so frequent-
ly done in. previous years- following
the holiday season. Fortunately,
this did not happen, but we contin-
ued to advise our readers who had
their stock stored in readily available
places, to keep feeding their supplies
to the market gradually, believing
that this practice would if followed

consistently bring to the majority of

growers the largest possible returns
for their crop. Hundreds of farm-
ers who stored' their potatoes in pits
last fall and were unable to reach
them until spring found their stock
frosted and even the high prices in—
sufﬁcient to compensate them for the

loss sustained by reason of their
hod-ing them over. Others who stor—
ed- their potatoes in. this- manner

without any damage to. the spuds
have» proﬁted by- so doing.

Some farmers have taken: excep-
tion: to the; advice given- by Tm: Bos-
mEss Possum: claiming that by fol-
lowing it they lost money, investi—
gation: shows that the majority of».

than did’ not follbw this. to:
bed;
. their potatoes 1m war-album sold: 11-11
m holdings last December- when ’

the letter. A md may

we adrised them to soil‘a part. They
thought they would go us: one better;
concluding that if it“ was our 11mg,-
ment that"; it. was good business to. sell
apant of‘the crop, it W831 better bus-
iness: to sell all, which was, of course,
not; the? case:. We are frank to ad-
mit' that: farmers who: followed our
advice to the letter and fed their po-
tatoes to the market gradually have
not' received as much money from
their crop as those whd‘ ignored this
advice and held all their spuds till
this spring, Yet at no time since
January lst has the price been so
low as to cause the farmer who sold‘
an actual loss. This fact is inescap-
able: That had all the farmers of the
country withheld their potatoes from
the market last winter waiting for
the higher prices of spring, the con-
sumer Would have gene without po-
tatoes, and warm weather would have
seen hundreds of carloads dumped

onto the market to meet a. decreased
whmh

demand. and consumption,
Would have resulted in low prices
and losses to the farmer. It must

be apparent to everyone that some
farmers must lose or sell at a low
price in order that other farmers
may secure the top price. Not all
can 'get the highest price of the sea-
son. For price is subject to many
influences aside from. supply and de-
mand, such as wez‘1thc1, movement,
condition of supplies, prices Of other
foods, etc.

Some time 'when all the farmers
of the country are organized the po~
tato growers will recognize the ab—
solute necessity of selling portions of
theii crop at stated seasons of the
year. All that is necessary for them
to do to prove to their own satisfac-
tion the wisdom of such a course is
to refer back to former years, and
ﬁgure out in dollars 3 "its the
practice that would have brought
them in the greatest amount of mon-
ev

Bairymen Want a Central Distributiné Plant

commas from page 3)

like a- faiv “consider to Judge Con-
My and. we understand that he has

taken the matter under advisement

and will take some action to oiﬁcial»
1y determine what the: farmers: should
vaccine for their milk. during." the per»
ted in? which their. fair prices to- the
consumer may be: in force. Addition»
:1: hearings are being, held upon the
matter as we go to press.

Would Dairymen Strike?

It has been rumored that the dairy-
men might strike if the price ﬁxed
by the Fair Price Board““vvas too low
to pay them cost» of production. While
there is not, of course, any law
which prevents an individual from
refusing to produce milk or. anything
else- the Lever law through which
the F'air Price Board gets its legal
authority, expressly forbids two or
more persons to conspire for the pur-
pose of limiting production of. food-
stuffs and under this law which will
remain in effect until the treaty of
peace with Germany is signed, it
would: clearly be illegal for the mem-
bers of the Milk Producers‘ Ass'n to
agree. among themselves to reduce
production and” sale. of their: product.
It is not believed however, that such
an eventuality as this is 1111-er to oc-
cur. Present negotiations are likely
to result in a continued fair price to
the farmer which will enable him to

carry on his business without loss or

curtailment.

The development in the Detroit
area is. particularly untortunate at
this time because of the surplus of
dairy products. Farmers who have
sold. mill; to condensation banal:

1 ‘ foilbapinahatslackomd die-

In. the dais: dist: -

  

Chicago farmers are receiving but
3250 per cwt. for. their milk, and
their Association. held a big meeting
down there last week to determine
what should be done;

It goes without saying that the
dairy industry cannot stand the loss
which now seems inevitable without
serious damage. Farmers will cer-
tainly'be. obliged to reduce their herds
and cut down. production. Then in.
time the vast surplus of condensed
milk may be consumed and conden-
saries will again be in the market.
But by that time the dairy herds
will have been depleted, and we shall
have another period of shortage and
high prices, to be followed in due
season by surplus and low prices.

Would Advertise Product

The only means that. has been sug-
gested for getting rid of the milk
surplus without loss to the produc—
er, is to advertise the product, and
create, a greater demand from the
people oil the cities. Manufacturers
and producers of nearly all other
cemmodi-tiesspend enormous sum in
advertising their product, and with
good. results. The. Michigan Milk

Producors' Ass’n has an. advertising.

fund but it is not large enough. to
secure appreciable results. Under a.
plan which we are not at presen’t at
liberty to disclose the State Associa-
tion hopes to inaugurate, with the
approval of the members, an inten-
sive advertising. campaign, to cost at
mist $40,000 one—half‘ of which will

borne by the producers and the
other half by the distributors. At
such matings as this proposition
has been discussed, the majOrity of
the producers have favored it, and
it is our conviction that the plan
mentioned. it. backed by sufﬁcient

,amouot of money, will increase the

demand consumption. of dairy

 

' How. lhng‘ this. condition was eonw .

titres: must be left to conjeetnne J...

D“. Hallltlanpresidfent of‘thesNati-nne '

31. Wool". Warehouse Company at; Chis
ca’go, himself an extensiive wool":
grower, who: says:

“Supply of. grease wool, here and;
abroad’, while ample: for prosert‘
needs is meeting. an extraordinary
demand. so that growers need feel,
no concern about maintenance of?
prices. Manufacturing equipment in;
this country and abroad is working
to full capacity, weavers in the Unit~
ed States consuming about (-30 mil—

lion pounds of wool monthly. The
buying power of the public appears
ample and well distributed. which

coupled with the temperamental dis-
position of the American people to
buy beyond actual needs when means
are plentiful, supplies the require-

- ments of a strong wool market.

“An unusual situation is presented.
in the wide range of prices between
the different grades of wool, which;
is without precedent and is the di--
rect result of an insistent consump—
tive demand for ﬁne fabrics. This
hasrimpaired the market for medium:
and coarse wools». It is a conditiom
not likely to continue, however;
probability being that attractive and?
serviceable fabrics resulting from the
blending of coarse and ﬁne wools;
will in due time appeal to the sen-
timent and common sense of the buy-
ing public, resulting in readjustment
of prices favorable to medium and
coarse grades.”

UNCLE HERE SPINACH SAYS
(Continued from, page 4)
receivin’ loss than they are entitled
to and two railroad 00111111111183 un-
willin’ to pay a fair wage to men in
dangerous occupations will be the
means of throwing thousands of men
an’ women out of employment, will
prevent the shipment of the necessi-
ties of life into the city, will help the
farmers from d‘i‘sposin’ of their farm
products, will shut off the supply of
raw material from hundreds of the
factories an’ stagnate business en.—

tirely for nobody knows. how long.

Whatisatrue of Battle Creek is true
of hundreds of‘ other cities aa’ com-
munities an’ yet there is no law to
reach such matters—the government
through congress am’ president Wiln
son or who ever it is that’s responsi—
ble for the laws of this free democ-
racy have been so. busy jangllng
over the League of Nations an’ what
we shall do for European countries
that, by gash they've forgot that we
have a country of our own to look
after an’ everything seems to be run-
ning loose and wild don’t seem to be
no head to anything an’ kinda looks
like we would all go to the devil an’
nothin’ being done to stop us.

Seems to me there might be
some sort of commission appointed
who would have absolute authority
to settle all disputes between labor—
ers and employers an’ if either party
refused to abide by their decision
jest lock ’em up until they come to
their senses. Sure it is, if there is
not some-thin’ done purty soon there
is goin’ to. be a jamboree right here
in free America. that will. make the
little squabbles over in Europe, that
country that our president loves so
wellylook like a summer picnic.

When men. are out of work 811'
money runs law an' expenses more
high an’ hunger stares ’em inthe face
an’ their family are gettin’ destttuto
than look outl. Darn rash thoughts
gets into a fel’i’er‘s system at such a
time an’ strange things happen an’
who will the blame rest oa——not on
Europe nor on the hungry and. do;
titute, but, seems to me the govern-

ment down at Washington will have V

a. with” serious subject m thought.
What do you think? Cordially yours
—U?N.'CLE Roam.

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deeper into the
Cordilleras to ov-
ertake the rest
of their party
ahead, and while
the oil ﬁelds of Juchitan continued
still
farther on, in the heart of the Cor-
dilleras, were preparing other events-
destined to bring together all pur-
suers and all pursued—Francis and
Henry and Leoncia and their partY;
,the peon; the party of the hacienda-
dos; and the gendarmes of the Jets
and, along with them Alvarez Torres,
eager to win for himself not only the
promised reward of Thomas Regan
but the possession of Leoncia Solano.

In a cave sat a man and a woman.
Pretty the latter 'was, and young, 8.
mestiza, or half—caste woman. By
the light of a cheap kerosene-lamp
she read aloud from a calf bound
tome which was a Spanish transla-
tion of Blackstone. Both were bare-
footed and bare—armed, clad in hood-
ed gabardines of sack—cloth. Her
hood lay back 'on her shoulders, ex-

 

of hair. But the old man’s hood was
cowled about his head after the fash-
ion of a monk. The face, lofty and
ascetic, beaked with power, was pure
Spanish. Don Quixote might have
worn precisely a similar face. But
there was a. difference. The eyes of
this old man were closed in the per-

he behold a windmill at which to tilt.

He sat, while the pretty mestiza
read to him, listening and brooding,
for all the world in the pose of Rod-
in’s “Thinker.” Nor was he a dream-
er, nor a tilter of windmills, like
Don Quixote. Despite his blindness,
that ever veiled the apparent face of
the world in invisibility, he was a
man of action, and his soul was any-

ingly beneath the show of things to
the heart and the soul of the world
and reading its inmost sins and ra-
pacities and noblenesses and virtues.

He lifted his hand and put a pause
in the reading, while he thought
aloud from the context of the read-
ing.

“The law of man,” he said with
slow cerfitude, “is today a game of
wits. Not equity, but wit, is the
game of law today. The law in its
inception was good; but the way of
the law, the practice of it, has led
men off into false pursuits. They have
mistaken the way for the goal, the
means for the end.» Yet is law law,
and necessary, and good. Only, law,
in its practice today, has gone as-
tray. Judges and lawyers engage in
competitions and affrays of wit and
learning, quite forgetting the plain-
tiffs and defendants, before them and
paying them, who are seeking equity
and justice and not wit and learn-
ing.

“Yet is old Blackstone right. Un-
der it all, at the bottom of it all, at
the beginning of the building of the
ediﬁce of the law, is the quest, the
earnest and sincere quest of right-
eous men, for justice and equity. But
what is it that the Preacher said?
“They made themselves many inven-
tions.’ And the law, good in its be-
ginning, has been invented out of all
its intent, so that it serves neither
litigants nor injured ones, but mere-
ly, the iatted judges and the lean
and hungry lawyers who. achieve
names and paunches if they prove
themselves cleverer than their op-
ponents and than the judges who
render decision."

He paused, still posed as Rodin's
“Thinker,” and meditated, while the
mestlza wOman waited. his custom-
ary signal to resume the reading. At
last, as out a profound of thought in
which universes had been Weighed in
the balance, he spoke: ,

“But we have law here in the Cor-
dilleras of Panama, that is just and
right and all .of equity. ‘We work
for no man and serve not even pann-

'ches. Sack-cloth and not broadcloth

conduces to the equity of judicial de-
cision. Read on, Mercedes. Black-
stone is always right it always right-
ly read—which is What is called a
paradox, and is what modern law or?»
dlnarlly is, a paradox.

  

     

 

  

 

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visitor from the Barﬂbean Isl-lids who knows of
a treasure buried by a. pirate ancestor of Fran-
cis,’ to lure young Francis away. The lure works
and Francis starts out alone. He lands on an
Island whither he has been beckoned by a girl on
the shore. The girl mistakes Francis for a lover
with whom she has quarreled. Francis explores
another Island where he meets a young man who

gives his name as. Henry Morgan and proves 10110.3

a relative of Francis.’ He Is also hunting for
the treasure. They form a partnership; Francis
learns that Henry Is the lover of the girl he met
and that her name is L'eoncla Soleno. Francis
returns to the ﬁrst Island where he I: captured
by Torres and the Jets Politico of San Antonio.
They proclaim him to be Henry, whom they wish
to hang for a murder he did not commit. They
are about to hang him when Henry appears.
They release Francis and- throw Henry Into prison.-
The Solenos and Francis release Henry and they
that Francis has chartered.
They are pursued by Torres and the dots with
his soldiers. They land on an island where they
procure horses and start through the hills with
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wrongs are cleverly committed by
clever men in his name. "’

Ten minutes later, the blind think-
er raised his head, snii’fed the air,
and gestured the girl to pause. Tak-
ing her one from him, she, too, sniff-
ed:

“Perhaps it is the lamp, 0 Just
One,” she suggested.

“It is burning oil,” he said. “But
it .is not the lamp. It is from far
away. Also, have I heard shooting in
the canyomns ”

“I heard nothing ” she began.

“Daughter, you who see have not
the need to hear that I have. There
have been many shots ﬁred in the
canyons. Order my children to in-
vestigate and make report.”

BoWing reverently to the old man
who could not see but who, by' keen-
trained hearing and conscious timing
of her every muscular action, knew
that she had bowed, the young wo-
man lifted the curtain of blankets
and passed out into the day. At
either side the cave—mouth sat a man
of the peon class. Each was armed
with rifle and machete, while through
their girdles were thrust naked-
bladed knives. At the girl's order,
both arose and bowed, not to her,
but to the command and the invisible
source of command. One of them
tapped with a back of his machete
against the stone upon which he had
been sitting, then laid his ear to the
stone' and listened. In truth, the
stone was but the out-jut of a vein
of metalliferous ore that extended
across and through the heart of the
mountain. And beyond, on the op,—
posite slope, in an eyrie command-
ing the magniﬂcient panorama of the
descending slopes of the Cordilleras,
sat another peon, Who ﬁrst listened
with his ear pressed to similar metal-
liferous quartz, and next tapped re—
sponse with his machete. After that,
he stepped half a dozen paces to a
tall trees, half dead, reached into the
hollow heart of it, and pulled on the

 

rope within as a man might pull who\./\

was ringing a steeple hell.

But no sound was evoked. In-

stead a lefty branch, ﬁfty feet above.

his head, sticking out from the main
trunkxlike a semaphore arm, moved
up and down like the semaphore arm
it was. Two miles away, on a moun-
tain crest, the branch of a similar
semaphore tree replied. Still be-
yond that, and farther down the
slopes, the flashing of a hand-mirror
in the sun heliographed the relaying
of the blind man’s message from the
cave. And all that portion of
Cordilleras became v-oluble with cod-
ed speech of vibrating ore-veins,

sun-flashings, and waving tree-
branches. 1 '
While Enrico ,Solano, .slenderly

erect on his home as an Indian youth
and conveyed on either side by his
sons, Alesandro and Ricardo, hang-
ing to his ‘saddle trappings, made the
best of the time afforded them by

‘Francis’ rear guard battle with the

  

gendarmes, Leoncia, on her me __I;,

one or the Other as
c ..

the '

Henry Morgan.

eager for th e

companionship of its mate ahead, re- . ,
fused to obey the rein, .‘Cllt up and f

pranced, and then deliberately set.

tied into a: balk. ‘Dianmunting and “’
throwing the reins on'the- ground in .

the Panamanian method of tether-
ing a saddle horse, Leoncia trick the
back trail on foot. So rapidly did
she follow Henry, that she was al-
most treading on his heels when- he
encountered Francis and the peon.
The next moment, both Henry and
Francis were chiding her for her con—
duct; but in both their voices was
the inVoluntary tenderness of. love,

which pleased neither to hear the

other uttering.
Their hearts more active than
their heads, they were caught in to-
tal surprises by the party of hacien-
dados that dashed out upon them
with covering rifles from the sur-
rounding jungle. Despite the fact
that they captured the runaway
peon, whom they proceeded to
kick and cuff, all would have been
well with Leoncia and the two Mor-
gans had the owner or’the peon, the
old-time friend of the Solano tarm—
-ily, been present. ,‘But an attack of
the malarial fever, which was his due
every third day, had stretched him
out in a chill near the burning oil-
ﬁeld.
Nevertheless,
blows they reduced the

though by their
peon to

weepings and pleadings on his knees,

the haciendados were courteously
gentle to Leoncia and quite decent
to Francis and Henry, even though
they tied the hands of the latter two
behind them in preparation for the
march up the ravine slope to where
the horses had been left. But upon
the peon, with Latin-American cruel-

ty, they continued to reiterate their

rage.

Yet were they destined to arrive
nowhere, by themselves, with their
captives. , Shouts of joy heralded the
debouchment upon the scene of the
Jefe’s gendarmes and of the Jets and
Alvarez Torres. Ar-ose at once the
rapid-ﬁre, staccato, bastard-Latin or
all men of both parties'of pursuers,
trying to explain and demanding ex-
planation at one and the same time.
And while the farrago of all talking
simultaneously and of no one win-
ning anywhere in understanding,
made anarchy of speech, Torres with
a nod to Francis and a sneer of tri-
umph to Henry, ranged before Leon—
cia and b‘owed low to her in true and
deep hldalgo courtesy and respect.

“Listen 1"he said, low voiced, as

she rebuffed him with an arm move-
ment of repulsion. “Do not misun-
derstand me. Do not mistake me. I
am here to save you, and, no matter
what may happen, to protect you.
You are the lady of my dreams. I
will die for you-—yes, and gladly,
though far more gladly, would I live
for you.’
“I do not understand, " she replied
curtly. “I do not see life or death
in the issue. We have done no wrong.
I have done no wrong, nor has my
father. Nor has Francis Morgan,
nor has Henry Morgan. Therefore,
sir, the matter is not a question of
life or death.”

Henry and Francis, shouldering-
close to Leoncia, on either side, lis~
tened and caught through the hub-
ble-bubble of many voices the con—
versation. of Leoncia and Torres.

“It is a question absolute of cer-

tain death by‘ execution for Henry ‘

Morgan,” Torres persisted. "Proven
beyond doubt is his conviction for
the murder of. Alfaro V'Solano, who.
was your own full-blood uncle and
your father's own full-blood broth-
er. There is no chance to save
But Francis Mor-
gan can I save in all surety, ii—
“If?” Leoncia queried, with almost
the snap of jaws of a she~leopard.

 

    
   

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these two men with injustice. " .

'forward and fell

"J uchitan.

with a kick of his own. Back and
forth like a shuttlecock between the

battl'edores, Torres was kicked from ‘

one man; to «the other, until the gen-
darmes seized the two Grin-gos and
,began to beat them in. their helpless-
ness. Torres not only urged the gen-
darmes on, but himself drew a knife,
and, a red tragedy might have hap-
pened with offended Latin—American
bl-ood up and raging, had not a score
or more of armed men silently ap-
peared and silently taken charge of
the situation. Some of the mysteri-
ous newcomers were clad in cotton
singlets and trousers and others
Were in cowled gabardines of sack?
cloth. .

The gendames and haciendados re-
coiled in fear, crossing themselves,
muttering prayers and ejaculating:
“The Blind Brigand. "’ “The Cruel
,Just One. "’ “They are his people i”
“We are lost. ”

But the much-beaten peon sprang
on his bleeding
knees before a stern-faced man who
appeared to be the leader of the
Blind Brigand’s men. From the
mouth of the peon poured forth a
stream ofloud lamentation and out-
cry» for justice. "

‘” 'You know that justice to which
you appeal?" the leader spoke gut-
‘turally. '

“Yes, the Cruel Justice," the peon
replied. “I know what it means to
appeal‘to the Cruel Justice, yet do I

appeal, for I seek justice and my
cause is just.”

“I, too, demand the Cruel Jus-
tice !” Leoncia cried with flashing

eyes, although she added in an un-
dertone to Francis and Henry:
“Whatever the Cruel ‘Justice is.”

. “It will have to go some to be un-
fairer than the justice we can expect
from Torres and the Jefe,” Henry
zeplied in similar undertones, then
stepped forward boldly before the
cowled leader and said loudly: “And
[demand the Cruel Justice."

The leader nodded.

“Me, too,” Francis murmured low
and then made l‘oud demand.

The gendarmes did not seem to
count in the matter, while the ba-
ciendados signiﬁed their willingness
to abide by whatever justice the
Blind Brigand might mete out to
them. Only the Jefe objected.

“Maybe you don’t know who I
am,” he blustered. "I am Mariano
Vercara e Hijos, of long illustrious
name and long and honorable career.
I am Jefe Politico of San Antonio,
the highest friend of the governor,
and high in the conﬁdence of the
government of the Republic of Pan—
ama. I am the law. There is but
one law and one justice, which is of
Panama and not in the Cordilleras.
I protest against this mountain‘ law
you Call the Cruel Justice. I shall
send an army against your Blind
Brigand, and the buzzards will peck
his bones in SanJu-an.”

“Remember,” Torres sarcastically
warned the irate Jefe, “that this is
not San Antonio, but the bush of
Also, you have no army. ”

“Have these two men been unjust
to any one who has appealed to the
Cruel'Justlce?” the leader asked

. “Yes, ” asserted the peon. -..“Thsy.y
My hand is bloody. My my,

 

to the Cruel justice, and. I charge

The leaderdnodded andﬁto his

Y :1 dog. '” Henry snarie'?
ed- at him, struggling with his tied
hands behind his back in an effort.

side “
: er‘ crests "beyond.

 

"‘I have a vague

memory that som‘eivhere around \a
million years ago I used to live in a,
- quiet little old burg called New York,

    

where we foolishly thought we were
the-wildest and wickedest that ever
cracked at a golf ball, electrocuted

an Inspector of Police, battled with

Tammany, or bid four nullos with
ﬁve sure tricks in one’s own hand. "

.. ‘ 'IHuh, ”i ' Henry vouchsafed, half;
an hour later,; as the trail, from a

lesser crest, afforded a view or high-
' “Huh ! and hell’s
-These gunny-sack chaps are
not animals of savages. Look, Fran-
cis! They are semaphoring! See
that‘near tree there, and that big one
across the canyon. Watch the branch-
es wave. "

bells !

Blindfold for a number of miles
at the last, the prisoners, still blind-
folded, were led into the cave where
the Cruel Justice reigned. When the

bandages were removed, they found

thmselves in a vast and lofty cavern,
lighted by many torches, and, con-
fronting them, a blind and white-
haired man in sackcloth, seated on a
rock hewn throne, with, beneath him,
her shoulder at his knees, a pretty
meetiza woman.

The blind man spoke, and in his

grinned to Leon:

   

Jere could summon heart of courage
to protest against Cordilleras law.

“There is a wOman present," con-‘

tinued the Blind Brigand. “Let her
speak ﬁrst. All mortal men and we-
men are- guilty of semething or else
are charged by their fellows with
some guilt.”

Henry and Francis were for with-
straining her, but with an equal smile

toxthgem—she-ja'ddressed the ,CruelJust _

"One inele’ar'aln'd ringingtones: _

“ '-“I’have’only aided the man Lam
engaged to. marry to escape from
death for a‘ murder he did not com-
mit.”

“You hate spoken,” said the Blind
Brigand. “Come forward to me.”

Piloted by sackcloth men, while
the two Morgans Who loved her were
restless and perturbed, she was
made to kneel at the blind man’s
knees. The mestiza girl placed his
hand on Leoncia’s head. For a full
and solemn minute silence obtained
while the steady ﬁngers of the Blind
One rested about her forehead and
registered the pulse-beats of her
temples. Then he moved his hand
and leaned back to decision.

“Arise, Senorita,” be pronounced.
“Your heart is clean of evil. You go
free—Who else appeals to the Cruel
Justice?”

it'll heldlback, and not even the '

p .

man and I are-of thesame name, and,
distantly, of the same blood.”
He,"too, knelt, and felt the soft

' ﬁnger lobes play delicately over his

brows and temples and come to rest

' ﬁnally on the pulse of his wrist.

“It is not all clear to me," said~

the Blind One. “You are not at
rest nor at peace with your soul._
There is trouble within you that vex—
es you.’

Suddenly the peon stepped forth
and spoke unbidden, his voice evok-
ing a thrill as of the shock of blas-
phemy from the sackcloth men.

L‘Oh, Just One, let this man go,”
said the peon passionately. “Twice
was I weak and betrayed him to his
enemy this day, and twice this day
has he protected me from my enemy
and saved me."

And the peon, once again on his
knees, but this time at the knees of
justice, thrilled and shivered with
superstitious awe, as he felt wander
over him the light but ﬁrm ﬁnger—
touches of the strangest judge man
ever knelt before. Bruises and lec-
eration were swiftly explored even
to the shoulders and down the back.

“The other man goes free," the
Cruel Just One, announced. “Yet is
there trouble and unrest withinrhim.

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johnson and the League of Nations.

JOHNSON’ S success in Michigan is being
pointed out as a repudiation of the League
of Nations idea. We do not look upon it as
such at all Johnson’ 8 attitude toward a
League of Nations has not been generally un-
derstood, and thousands voted for the Califor-
nian who in their hearts believe in an inter-
national peace t11bunal and supposed that
Johnson fav01ed the idea although opposed
to the league covenant is its present form.

Johnson won in Michigan on his personality.
As the running mate of Roosevelt in 1912 he
polled a tremendous vote, far greater in fact
than he polled in the primary election. His
pugnacious countenance, his record as a scrap—
per, his condemnation of special privilege and
the corrupting influence of money in politics,
and his former association with Roosevelt ,-—~a:l‘l
had a powerful influence on the popular imag-

, ination which found expression at the polls

Johnson’ s success in Michigan was fortu-
nate in several respects. In only one respect
We can mention was it unfortunate. Of all
the candidates in the field Johnson depended
the least upon organization and political palsy-
ering. While all his leading opponents spent
thousands of dollars to line up the party ma-
chines and to advertise their promises, Johnson
went over the heads of the local organizations
straight to the people and won by pure pore
sonality. His success restores our faith in the
good sense of the people and their sbﬂity to
think and act for themselves without the chm-
tion of the local political machines. In that
respect Johnson’s success was fortunate.

But all the advantages that democracy might
have gained in the triumph of mdwen’dent 'ac-
ﬁlon over organized dictation may he more than
offset by the blow to the League of Nations
idea which the
deliver Greater than all the nation’ 5 domes-
tic problems combined is the question of Amer-
ica ’s future place in the affairs of the world.
Within a League of Nations we can at least
partially observe what is going on about us in
the diplomatic affairs of our neighbors. Out-
side of the League we have the entire world
against us, jealous of our prosperity, distrust-
ful of our “democracy” , injured at heart be-
cause we cannot trust it, and therefore ready
upon any pretext to organize a coalition
against us. Gnutside of the League of Nations,
with all the other powers on the inside, the
United States must equip and maintain a
standing army and navy of sufficient strength
to 1“ hip the world.

' The Imogene of Natiom ism will Map
larger and larger as the conventions and doc
ticn approach, and if the people have their way
about it the commute who giyes the best om-
ise of securing for the United States a safe and
dignified position in the international peace
tmbuna1,will be the next President. Ass ideal
way of scunding out til-e senﬁmont of ﬁre peo-
pic on the League of Nations issue would be by
' referendum vote which would 'bind the next

   

   

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opposedto local option. ﬁat was an the excel-
iﬁcation the candidate had to have. He could
be the most depraved individual of the com-
munity, and yet there mas always those dew
who went to the polls and'vaoted for ‘him if they
wo‘ted for nothing else. ”These voters aren‘t on
dead yet by any means, and in the aggregate
they represent quite a considerable My of peo-
ple. They have shown their hand in every
election of recent years where the “wet and dry
issue have been in evidence, and they showed
their hand in last Monday ’11 election when they
put all other considerations of 'their1'coun1try‘is
welfare behind them and voted for Edwards.

'It is no surprise that Edwards received 13.,-
1000 votes. The surprise is that he didn’t 're-
ceive twice as many. If the Edwards votes
shows anything at all it shows that the'vpeople
of Michigan have reafﬁrmed their faith in pro-
hibition and given Mr. Edwards notice to make
a graceful exit from the political field.

brew

Agricultural Editors Organize.

HE FARM paper editors Who have been

talking about the admntages ofcrganfrza-
tion have acted upon their own advice and last
week at Chicago the American Agricultural
Editors’ Association “came into being. It is not
the primary purpose of this association to se-'~
cure benefits for the editors who are its mem-
bers, but to help them be of greater service to
the dormers who read their publications.

This may be accomplished in many ways.
For one thing the association will endeavor to
establish more sympathetic and helpful rela-
tions between the Department of Agriculture
and 1&1'e dimers. For another it will seek to
formulate some general agricultural policies to
which all members can subscribe and help to
promote. Rural credits, the rural church and
school, better marketing and similar matters
relating to the welfare of the farmer and his
family will receive the united attention of the
organized editors.

Themsmsaonmpcorsalsohtskeanmser-

in logislative affairs touching agriculture.

, the past the farm apers have frequently
acted in tacit concord no effort has been
made to marshal their opinions into an omn-
‘ized influence. Hence the force of their ef-
forts has largeqy Ebeen lost. In the future the
farm paper editions will speck in Gongress
through their association and‘should be able to
exert a large and beneficial influence.

 

(ﬂooding the Issac.

HE SUPPGRTERS of Mr. Dickinson ’s

candidacy for Governor have a great deal
to say about the courageous manner inwhich
‘he attacked the Newberry expenditures just
prior to the primary election, but they are con-
spicuously silent about his change of front a
few weeks later when in a resourcefully peni-
tent mood he published an open letter urging all
good Republicans to stand by Mr. Newberr-y at
the electionf ,

For be it from us to cast any reflections upon
the record of Lieutenant IGovernor Dickinson.
That he ’hes‘been a bold, mm and helpful
Champdonjof prohibition we are glad to own.
That he has served the people well and faith-
fully as the several offices With which they have .

’ honored 11511 is a fact which cannot be disputed

Give‘toldr. Dickinson alltbethotishis
due, and his qualifications Will even then fall
.far- slim-t of those eased by the farmers’
candidate,m1o D. $151161

m- Cmpbell has been an outstanding figure
in Michigan politics to: many “ears, and has

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M, adhmoadmwhdoﬁemeof
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his figure. It shows in his deeds. ﬁe as not

   

enlyahrm,botoioadardfarmrsuddur— .‘
mg the put ﬁve mmhaspeﬁormad a ser,.

vice for milk producers and others W in
farm Memes, the mlue of which cannot be
eétima-ted.

Mr Campbell is makin
«campaign. He has spr no distasteful stor-
ies about his , nor scattered any in-
.nnendos that they are enotwhatthey seem to be.
As the choice of ﬁbre state’s three largest farm
organizations, he has a right to claim that he is
“the farmers’ candidate "’, and «to solicit the
support of the farmers 8835116111.

There are at least three important reasons
why the farmers should vote for Milo Camp-
13511. "The first is that he is the biggest man in
the field today for the job. The second is that
his chances for successamong the present con-
tenders :are excellent. The third is that the
farmers would have a man in the Governor’s
chair who has lived with them and worked for
them and know their every problem. Is it
necessary to say more“!

Strikes.

WE CONCEDE the right of the laboring

man to organize and strike if necessary
in order to secure fair treatment from his em-
ployer. But we concede to no man the right to
strike to enforce unreasonable demands and
vent his spite upon the public. The man who
believes in the doctrine that his organized
might makes it always right for him to strike
regardless of the merits of his (case or me wel-
fare of the public is 1a nuisance and should be
dealt with by law. ’The switchmen who have
gone on a strike in many of the leading rail-
road centers of the country belong to this type
and are outﬁtted “to no sympathy or considera-
tion from the public. They are not only strik-
ing at a time when the welfare of the country
depends upon the maximum of production and
transportation, but they are striking in defi-
ance of the orders of their own union chiefs.
Gov. Allen of Kansas has, as usual, taken a for-
Ward step to force 1&rese men to lay their claims
before a court of arbitration and go back to
work pending the deCision, and every true
American citizen will back his and all other
efforts to bring can send to unjustifiable and un-
authorized mikes.

Mr. Fordnsy Failing.

HERE WAS a time when Congressman

Fordney Was one of the most influential
members of Congress. As chairman of the
House Ways and Means committee his influ-
ence Was both sought and feared. {Industries
that desired a protective tariff had but to enlist ,
the support cf Mr. Fordney and their bill was
invariably repented out of his-committee. But,
oh, “how the mighty have fallen”.’ In the last
six months a half dozen or more special tariff
bills {haye safely passed his committee and the
House, but Mr. Fordvney cannot muster enough
votes in his owncemmittee to pass the farmers’

bean tariff bill, a measure which ought to com- '

mand every ounce of his influence. Ought it!
to be necessary to sumst to the thousands of
bean growers who bye 111 Mr. Fordney’ s terri-
tory that next fall would be an excellent time
to resell their representative in Congress, and
put a better man in his place?

 

In the March issue of the Michigan Patron,
“Jim” Hehne calls W ‘H. Wallace“Mich.igan’ 3
Gary”, ands's emetic to account for the auto
cratie attitude assumed toward the fashions by ’
a man who 111 11111116 'bo’o‘rdn‘f the" farmers’ col-
lege. It’ s the dollans, Jim. Mr. Wallace has
many exam qualmes, Joust m quali—
ties cannot be m to his! ‘
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This has been a leng and lonesome,

also cold winter. There was not much
. recreation in this part of the woods,
.on‘l ,togooutsidean‘dfreegeand come
' ins

‘de and thaw out which caused
much sickness. It was the flu, flu,
ﬂu. and nearly everyone had it, in-
cluding ml! and; family, and it it
had not been for some neighbors who

"didn’t have it there would possibly

have been more who would have crass-
ed theriver.

Now I see different letters about
an and whiskey. Some people say
imagination is very nearly the whole
sure for sickness. If you get a doctor
and he gives you some medicine and
you imagine the medicine and the doc-
tor are all right you will get well

quicker, etc. Well, now I didn't mean .

to say that the doctor isn't all right
and that his medicine isn't all right,
far if it were not for the doctors, St.
Peter would be a good deal busier than
he is. Now if you lived outta the
country about six miles and farther
and the snow was piled four and hive

, feet deep and there was a blizzard

for two or three days and it was im-
possible for you to get a doctor out to

Ice you when you are coming down ,

with the flu—I don’t mean to say when

are near death, understand, but

coming down with it-—when those
chills start to play tag and hide and
seek up your spine, and when you
have to eat raw onions and drink gin-
ger tea and black pepper tea, and you
feed your children the same dose, and
when they see you coming with an-
other dose they will back up and shake
their heads, and say "no,"——now if you
had quart of good pure whisky and
you fixed up a good warm drink and
went to,bed and covered up and began
to sweet for an hour or so, I wonder
if it would help or not? Well, I
imagine it would, at least until the
roads broke and you could get a doc-
tor. There are some doctors who
might be paid for saying that whiskey
is no good. You know that isn’t the
experience of us farmers. I haVe seen
doctors give whiskey to a day old baby

for colic, and he didn't do it to make.

him cry harder. ’

I would like to see our government
provide some way next December, Jan-
uary and February 80 that a man with
e family could get a quart and a single
man over twenty-One get one pint in
the same way as we get our sugar with

cards.-J. 8., Oneway, Mich.

 

*Your plan, John, would serve no better
purpose than to give every male inhabit-
ant a chance to have a. little jag. Instead

of decreasing flu mortality it'would very
' ly increase it, for the vital statistics

show that the rate of mortality in flu
and pneumonia cases are much greater
among the users of alcoholic stimulants
than among total abstainers, Let a man
who has frequently indulged in alcoholic
drinks con-tractifneumonia and in the ma-
jority of cases is all up with him. The
records of the health authorities of the
United States government and the various
states prove that whisky is neither a. pre—
Ventive nor a. cure for these cases. indi-
vidual experiences to the contrary not—
Mthstanding. Therefore, why should thO
government permit the use of whiskey?
I know about your northern Michigan
Nizzards, John. I've traveled in the teeth
them more than once. I've wallowed
Enough snow-«banks three and four feet
“with the thermometer ten below, and
ve had my share of cough and colds and
chills and sneezes. My parents had six
(mildren and raised them all, and not to
my knowledge have any of them ever
tasted whiskey. either in a pure or adul-
gr‘ated form. There were a good many
es when we couldn't get a doctor for
days, and I shall not forget the hot ginger

.tea. the calomel, and the hot foot-baths

which my mother prepared for us and
which always did the business until the
doctor came.

The fact of the matter is. John. that

ople who have become accustomed to

e use of whiskey both as a beverage
and a. medicine, think they cannot get
along without it, but the people who have
neVer had it in their house. have had jusr
is good success it not better ith other
stimulants and sweat produ and

Wouldn't'use whiskey if it was as free and

plentiful as the air.——Ed_itor.

seem men non Lanes

»~ Editors M. R F.——Your editorial
"ﬂying. the County Agent” was excel-

 

' but. We've got to pay our way. These
for. critical times“ Appeals to patrio-
- gem and the Witch of war have

to 1311!“va of teeny-
iﬂzfeni Tbut, the ; ”movies '

  

 

sponsor. FLU '

titude toward labor. This attitude is
what“ drove our labor n-ocnthe term. I
Want labor to come back well paid and
with shorter hours. We cannot laythe
hgh cost of living to high wages. The
labring mm, never has or never will

get more than is coming to’him. 'We-

cannot say that the labor shortage is
due to short hours. 0! what commod«
ity are we short m to make it
profitable for labor to Moe it?

Everything should be left to thelaw
Of supply and dear“ until every-
thing is governed. The laborer has
only his labor to sell. Int him strike
it he does so peacefully.

Blame for much sunning was laid
at the door of the striking coal min-
er. Mine owners and railroads were
more to blame than he. Farmers, like
myself, who could lave out wood were
as much so. If all the pruent labor-
ers should die there wouldn’t be a lab-
or shortage. More of us would go to
work although not quite so hard or
for such long hours or so little pay:—
gtanley Warner, Barry County.

You are in error to assume that we are
unfriendly to labor. We ve conceded
the right of labor to necessaryto
secure fair treatment. all other

the
with reason deny to others. If you will

read or re-read our tel entitled.
“Remtion” in the March issue, you
will learn where We stand respect to

labor.-—Editer.

011'! IS HOME or “sun VALUE"

There seems to be a prejudice
against the “site value? tn among
farmers that is hard to understand.
The home of the “site velues”is in
the cities and towns. There is scarce-
ly any "site values” in agricultural
land. It may be that the prejudice
arose because the earlier advocates of
this form of taxation called it a
"land value” tax and the farmer fail-

ing to distinguish between “land vain

us” and “improvement value" jumped
to the conclusion that-he would get
the worst of it. It me. he that this
prejudice was fostered certain de-
signing city dwellers and politicians
who have always missed no opportun-
ity to exploit the tamer through his
prejudices. We know verywell t'hAt
he has always paid more than his just
share or! taxes. The farmers’ values
are improvement values. If all the
farm land in VanBuren county had
been stripped of its original timber
last year, it would cost as much to
remove all the stumps, drain the
swamps and build the roads within
two years as thesland exclusive of
buildings is worth. Therefore there
is little if any “site value" in the
farm land of Van Buren county as a
whole. The fact is, we farmers have
so very little “site value" that we are
compelled to tax our ixnzprovements
and personal property to maintain
our schools, roads, and township gov-
ernment. Why, then. should we ob-

 

Jeot to I “site value" tax which is 10-

wed in the cities and which we and
our fathers and grandfathers have
been creating for four or ﬁve gener-
ations. The amount of revenue sucha
tax would produce would depend up-
on the amount 0: “unearned incre-
ment" taken but it seems only fair
that a portion should be taken. Those
who argue that all of this value
which is produced by society as a
whole should be taken by taxation are
not practical reformers because of the
diﬂlculties of determining the amount
of this vein and the effects of taxa-
tion upon it. However, it is certainly
time that we make an effort to ap-
propriate 0. part of the "unearned in-
crement” or “site value" of land for
the use of its creators (who are the
whole people) by means of a special
"site value" tax. Here is an inex-
haustiblesource, from which the rev-
enue-s of government can be drawn for
all time, .if it is brought into force in-
telligently and gradually—John 0.
Stupor-d.

Glad to have your views on this im-
ggtant subject, Mr. Stafford, Possibly
reason for the prejudice among the
farmers against site value taxation is
that they do not understand it. We
may all have our theories and opinions,
but what counts with me taxpayer are
facts which will show a comparison be-
tween agricultural taxes under the two
systems—Editor.

 

WAITING FOR FARM BUREAU

I have been a Democrat since ’76,
but like Dave Harem’s horse will
stand without tying. Have never been
locked to a party slate and had the
key thrown away. Shall vote for
Campbell for governor and Hoover
for president. We need a few like
Governor Allen, of Kansas, to show
the mob What American laws can do.

I admire Gov. Sleeper as a man
and he is a. warm personal friend of
mine, but as a governor as far as
the farmers and taxes are concerned
he has been a ﬁzzle. We do not want
any more Ivories, Forresters or Mer-
riemans in our state legislature eith-
er. If the last four years have been
a business administration give us a
farmer’s legislature and governor
now for a change.

We have tried the schoolmaster
and the banker and a lawyer, elevat-
or, legislature. They have done us
up to a ﬁnish. Now give us some-
thing else that is used to hard
knocks. Send along your Farm Bur—
eau in to Sanilac county. We read it
up here and are waiting for it.—H.
W. B., Sanilac County.

Truly this is an age of evolution. Two
letters on the same mail, the above is
one of them)——one from a emoorat, the
other from a Republican, both declar-
ing themselves free in the future from
partisan ties and ready to vote for the
"best man" no matter on what ticket
a candidate—<Editor.

 

 

 

 

THE NON-FARMEB AND THE
BOOM IN FARM mums

HE RECENT unprecedented

boom in farm lands. in which

men in no way identified with
farming have taken a conspicuous if
not an initiating and leading part,
will] not tend to allay hostilities mis-
c'hevous for ties farmer. The land
gambler, working strictly in the in-
terests of number one, has talked
grandly of doubling, tripling and.
quad'rupling values. To the fanfare

of trumpets. the crashing of cymbals ‘

and the tintinnuabulation of bells, the
slick promoters 01' the land game have
kept up a running patter about garden
spots of he world, heaVy yields, soar-

‘ ing prices, money in the bank, and all

those things to be found in the bright

lexicon of bunk and badderdash? To

the land gambler the boom has meant

some easy money, which will have to

be worked out. Of the soil .‘by? the mu

:.who cultivates it.
,lana speculator it has meant an en-
hancement in the value. of his hold-

‘ings, which must be reﬂected in the
-‘reuts no charges for-their use. To the
dormer it» may. mean more ”11598:, en.-
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To the leisurely.

   

there, and banknipboy somewhere else.
To the consuming public it has meant
only a scramble to get in on a good
thing, and that the farmer is guilty of
profiteering, as charged in the inditc-
merit.

Town and city owners of farm
lands, held for speculation, cannot be
insensible of the danger to themselves
in exploiting the original sources of
supply. It cannot 'be difficult for them
to visualize a position, becoming more
and more uncomfortable and, possi-
bly, eventually untenable. The most
natural and most probable action on
the part of any person menaced is to
seek asylum with those who may be
strong enough to protect them. It is
for members of the farmers' organizer.
tioms to determine what their attitude
toward such refugees of social warfare
shall be. They need not decide wheth-
er the iand speculators and the land
gamblers are threatened with a. worse
punishment than they deserve, but on-
ly whether they can afford to jeopar-
dize their own position. which is not
so seriously assailed, by. giving aid and
comfort to men whose position is bit-

. terly' criticise” ' and whose footing is
xineeeur crimes Homestead. , ,

   

 

   

I have been a reader of your M,
B. F. since its ﬁrst issue-and think
you are issuing a very good postcard)!
course, I could not expect any more
tel man to edit a paper that would
exactly suit me or anyone else. rm:
see no two of us mortals think a;-
actly the same on every qua-gen.
Now, for instance, you were deter-
mined that the railroads were better
under government ownership. 1
cannot agree with you there, but if
I am entitled to my beuief so are _;
you. I never could see when the ‘
government made a great success in: ‘
anything pertaining to the railroads
or the wire service either.

Might say I am one of thousands
who tried to please the government
by going into hog raising on a large
scale. This all to my sorrow. I-
lost heavily last year and expect to '
all but quit the game this year. Hogs
are now very numerous here now and
many cows are being sold. Many of
the big cattle feeders here lost mon- ..
ey this winter. Help is not to b.“ ”
had. Old and young are going to
Jackson or Lansing to help make
autos and also get rich. ~‘i

Remember me to Uncle Rube—4
L. W. 111., North Adams, Mich. '

     

   
  
  
  
   
    
    

 
  

  

 
 
       
   

  

  

  

    

  

    
    
     
   
   
 
   
 
   
    
  
     
  
  
  
 
   
   
  
 
 
  
  
   
 
  
  
   
    
   
  
    
    
 
  
  
     
  
  
   
  
   
     
   
  
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
 
    
 

 

We couldn’t make much of a paper out
of M. B. F., if We tried to please
body all the time. The best we our
is to weigh carefully both sides of e 3
question and take the course w
seems to us the wiser. Most of the farm
papers are opposed to government con-
trol or ownership of railroads. Most '01
the advertisers in farm papers an op-

d to it. It would be easy,

ore, for us to take the same stand.
our study of the railroad situation con-
vinces us that the interests of the
ple were best served during the war
government operation. In fact
conceded by the rail heads th
Hence, we assume that the interests
the public would be best served in time
of peace by the same—Editor.

THANKS M. B. F. FOR FAIRNESS

I wish to express my sincere thanks M"
to you for your kindness and fair-
ness in publishing my letter on the
defense of Socialism, in your April
3rd issue of M. B. F., “just as I .g‘
wrote it." I am aware of the fact "'5.
that organized capital has throttlod
the daily press and all popular liter-
ature in this country and is plotting
to suppress and abolish all literature
not of their class. This means the
abolition of free speech and a free
press in this country. I am also
aware of the fact that the editors of
some of the daily papers actually
mutilate and destroy the real mean-
ing of a letter written for the bone-
ﬁt of the poor man and laborer. The
meaning of many letters is thus
changed to the opposite and so bad-
ly distorted as to be scarcely recog-
nizable by the writer. Who do the
editors do this? I answer, "Because
they are in sympathy with organiz-
ed capital, and against organized la-
bor including the farmer.” Organ—
ized capital has no more respect for (
farmers than it has for labor unions
and the farmers will soon ﬁnd this
out to their own sorrow. Organis-
ed capital stands against the farmer. :1;
and I an happy to know that M. B.
F. does not lean on organized capital
for its ﬁnancial support. My sympa-
thy goes to the editor in his eﬂbrt to
maintain freedom of speech and a
free press. Wishing you abundant-
sucoess and prosperity—A. G. 0mm-
b’y, Mich.

No man deserves thanks for do
what is his manifest duty. While
would probably not agree with you- that
capital is in ~organized opposition W
laboring men and farmers or that it-
subsidized the press to make its oppo
tlon more effective. I do recognise that
hundreds, of newspapers exclude the
truth from their colmnns for fee: of
agonizing its patrons. Una 7.
capital has 5 read misleadinm a.
organized la or and its ui .
mug it he mist cut

rs ve spree on.
and pictured it as a cream-trey
ruthless and heartless? Are the la,
ed “capitalist" papers and more;
trary and one-sided than the
union labor or socialism. Not»
loyers of capital are deadly on
ﬁber. And we rejoice to Ice ‘
labor union heads believe . ?
trueiiion of capital. We be! eye

  
 

  
   
   
  
    
 
 
    
   
   
 
 

  
 

 

 
   
    

   

 
  
 

   
   
   
 
 
   
 

 

 
 
   
  

 

   
      

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IGHT now is the time to ‘think of

the planting of shrubbery if you

. are to start it this spring. Nur-
eerymen are displaying shrubs and
airmail trees for re- planting, and even
:1 small expenditure will be enough to
,make a showing and each year you
can add a few shrubs or vines.

The Spirae and Japan Quince are
both lovely shrubs for early bloom-
' ing and the foliage is pretty all the
year around. Personally I think
there is nothing prettier than the
beautiful trumpet shaped, rose color~
ed weigela and they can be planted
right with the spirea with good ef-
fect for they are about the same size.

A friend just purchased a new bun-
galow on the outskirts of the city and
.will motor in each day. She took
me out to see it when it was ﬁrst
completed, and it was ce1ta1nlv pret-
ty, but somehow it looked so bare——
so new—nothing homelike about it.
Later in the summer I visited her to
ﬁnd that shrubs had hidden the
foundation, the lawn was all sodded,
young maples had been planted
.across the front of the lot and she
had even laid plans for the transfer
ring of quite a large sized maple tree
for the back yard this spring. The
other day I visited her again and she
showed me a pretty little bird house
which will be put up in the tree
which has already been planted while
the ground was frozen. And she is
planning on erecting a lattice gate
over the back fence and having it
covered with Dorothy Perkins, while
.a wistaria vine will be planted this
spring over the back porch. Even
the garage will be pa1tially hidden
by the French lilacs in purple and
white.

And mind you, this is not a city
residence. It is in the suburbs and
they have a small plot of ground
where they have their own garden
and raise a few chickens. But my
friends has caught the idea of the
"Home Beautiful.” The house is
the picture——the frame is the garden
and grounds. And she has not only
added to the beauty of her home but
had added materially to its value.
She tells me that real estate dealers
and home seekers are continually
stopping and asking her if it is for
sale.

There must be a nurseryman not
far from your home, but if not, just
write to the Farm Home Department,
tell us how much you can spend for
shrubs this spring—what you would
like, etc., and let us help you out.

OUR READERS OWN COLUMN
EAR MISS LADD: I am going to
D take advantage of your Personal
Service Shopping Bureau. I
have been looking for bolts of cotton
satinwsometimes called Nusatin and
don’t seem to be able to ﬁnd any in
our stores except in ready made gar—
ments. Do they carry it in stock in
the Detroit stores and how much is
it per yard?———Mrs. X. Y. Z.

Dear reader: It seems that almost
every material of late has two or
three different names. I ﬁnd no
store here that has what they call
“Nusatin" but one of the leading
stores informs me that they think
you refer to what they carry and call
Venetian Cloth, which is a cotton
satin—«washable and used principally
for the wash skirts. They carry it
in white only and the 32 inch sells
' at $1. 25 and $1 50 per yard, the dif~
'i’crence in price being due to a differ~
ence in weight and then there is one
‘i'which measures 36inches and retails
.111 $2.00 per yard. No difference in
{pi-ice is made when it is bought by
the yard. I also found what is called
‘ . "two season satin” which is cotton
‘ ck'but, is not guaranteed to wash.
‘is’ comes in nearly 2811 colors and
retails at $2. 00 per ”yard. Our.Shop-
,p 1g Bureau will be glad to get
‘ pies and prices if you will give
iniormattOn—that is the colors
einterested in and what use

as re the material'for. In ask—

      

(A D enactment ﬁx the Women

Edited by MABEL CLARE LADD

 

Treese and shrubs beautify the home grounds, but more beautiful than these are the children

at play in the yard, for they typify the true home life.

The above picture is that of the farm

home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pulver, of Williamsburg, one of our contest pictures.

 

 

.ing questions of this department, al-
ways be as explicit as possible as it
helps us in shopping for you.

Dear Miss Ladd: Can you advise-

me whether it will be possible for me
.to get separate glass bottle for my
silver table castor and where I could
procure the same, also the cost. I
would like to secure enough for two
.casters,‘each containing a salt and
pepper shake, a vinegar bottle, oil
bottle and mustard jar. Also could
your purchase for me a ball of rose
crochet cotton——

an old rose, a wee pink and a regular
rose. '

Editor Woman's Department, M.
B. F.: Will you please tell me What
will take beef blood out of an in-
grain carpet: We soaked it in salt
water and then washed it but the
stain still remains—Mrs. R. K.

Dear Mrs. K.: 'How I wish you had
inquired before attempting to get the
stain out at all. The proper treat-
ment is to soak any cloth article
stained with blood in cold water over
night, being sure
that the water

 

size 70 and what

 

would be the
cost?—-—’\Irs. E.

 

 

WEEKLY CHEER

Cheer-ruinous is what greases the

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H- C- axles of the world; some people go With warm water
Dear Mrs. C.: through life creaking. and ivory soap
In the ﬁrst place "Anonymous wash it thorough-
you dhid noit give ly, trubbing thg
me t e sze o ’ spo we , an
the bottles you wished for the cast- you will always ﬁnd this effect-

ers. However in this instance it will
not be necessary for I have made in-
quiry'of all the larger wholesalers as
well as the retailers and they all ad-
vise me that becaupe of the various
styles and sizes, it is impossible for
them to carry a stock of extra bot—
tles except in a very few cases where
they carry bottles to fit casters

which they sell in large quantities‘to .

hotels, restaurants, etc. Therefore
unless your casters were of late make
and standard size and design, I
would not be able to help you' out in
this matter.

Yes, I can purchase rose crochet
cotton, No. 70 for you at 350 per ball.
If you desire me to buy this, send me
a sample of. the rose color you would
like it to be like as nearly as possible
as there are many shades of rose——

ual. Salt sets color every time and
I doubt if you can get the stain out
after you have applied it. You know
they always soak new calicoes and
ginghams in salt water before wash-
ing them in order to set the color,
and it has acted the same way with
the blood stain of course. However
you might try the cold water and then
with a brush’ and ,hot soapy water,
perhaps with persistent effort and a
lot of elbow grease you may be able
to do something with it.

My dear Miss Ladd: Will you
please give me the names of several
movie magazines and their prices.—
Mrs. T. G.

Dear Madam: The two best known
movie magazines- are the “Motion
Picture Classic,” the subscription

 

 

Cast behind thee‘grief and sadness,
That would linger In your mind,
For the world is full of gladnese—
Only seek, and you shall find,
'Ye whose eyes behold the beauty
Wrought by nature's willing hand,
Tread the path of earnest duty,
As your conscience would command.

Love ll law. insistence pleasure—
As we give shall we receive;
Freely let us always measure,
And in noble dc‘ede believe,
While he mortale we are living,
Let us old a struggling frlﬂnd
And to him when you are giving
Also to the Lord you lend.

Clad tn robes of sweet emotion, '. '
'Mld the wreck .of ebbing tune, _ '
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As We Give '

. Be not then content with seeing
» Live to old and comfort others,

Dwell our deeds of loye sublime. " . V

Each fair and priceless treasure,
In our memories to live,

Bringing that: of love and pleasure,
Never slow their hopes .to give.

Time and life are onward ﬂeeting,
Opportunity shell wane;

Lives whose lots erce hopeless pain.

In on!“ e purpoee pure;
To encourage weary. brothers
And their; fainting hopes nesure.

When the shades of death descending
. Call us from our daily strife.
Each fond hope and purpose ending

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price of which is $2 60 per yeah-ant!
“Photo Play,"’ at $2 per year.

 

Mrs. C. W.: Yes, we can secure for

you. a pattern for child’s entails.

. Send 15c for the pattern and give size»

of the child. You did not give us
this information. Perhaps you want-
ed the pattern for the child for whom
youordered the other patterns, but.
as you did not state, and that child
is only two, we hardly judge it might.
be the same. Patterns you know,
cannot be exchanged so we dislike

to buy without deﬁnite instructions-

as to size,, etc.

Dear Miss Ladd: Will you please
tell me through the paper how much
one of those wire dish drainers are
with a place for spoons, knives and
forks in the center.—-—Mrs. A. A. 0.

Dear Mrs. C.: The baskets which
you desire are $2.50 each, to which
you would need to add 6c parcel post"
charges and it would be better to
also add insurance charge as an art-
icle of that nature might become
bent in the mail unless it were insur-

ed. The baskets With just the com--

partments for plates, cups and sauc-
ers are $1.75 and are more used as
the silver scratches so easily that
most persons do not care to dry it
this way.

The Farm Home Department: If
you have not already too many meth-
ods of keeping ham, in answer to Al-
vina, I think ours is worth printing.
—Mrs. 0.

Dear Mrs. 0.: We are all anxious
to learn. Your way sounds practical
and I gladly print it as it is sure to
help some one. Make- amixture of
sugar and salt, twice asvmuch sugar
as salt (or molasses’may be used)
and 1 tablespoon salt petre to 1 pt.
sugar. Rub this on the ham every
third day for nine days—making
three times in all. Then smoke the
hams. After they are smoked, re-
move the skins, slice and pack in
crooks. I use a wooden potato mash-
er to press the slices firmly‘ down.
Fill in all the cracks and crevices
with bits of fat and melted grease.
One can usually try out' enough

grease from‘the rhines to ﬁll in the‘
space and cover the ham, but if not

pour melted lard over the top-—
enough to thoroughly cover the meat.
When you use the ham, always melt
the fat and recover the unused por-
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Dear Miss Ladd: How shall 1 ad-
dress the chemist of-the Food' and
Drug.Department——Mrs. H. M. .

Dear Mrs. M.: Address your letter"
to Michigan Food and Drug Depart-
ment, 802 University Avenue, Ann
Arbor, Michigan.

 

MUSICAL TERMS
0 MANY calls are received for
new games to be used for social
affairs that we propose from time
to time to publish good guessing
games. They sharpen the wits and
furnish pleasant pastime.
Part of a ﬁsh—Scales.
What a tight shoe does—Presto.
A ﬁne dandy—A swell.
Something to keep the cattle in
pasture—Bars. .
What a pair of shears should lie——
Sharp.
To open a door with—Key
Short letters—Notes. '
Wh‘at tired people like—A rest.
What a weather vane does—e—Turn.
Three sisters of the same age—
Triplets.
What can a pocket do—Hold.
A vegetable—A beet (beat. )
Month of the year—March.
A black; stick substance—Pitch
What a tape line helps to do—
Measure. '
Something to wearF—A tie; 1 ‘
Mean and lows—Base these.) "
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”the sun, you shall always think like

‘man- of the tierra' caliente?" the blind

‘wit‘h bowed head,
.(amasement of all, the Blind Brigand
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the involuntary glance of knowledge
the man and woman threw. at each
other and the immediate embarrass—
ment: of averted eyes, hescould have
unerringly diagnosed Francis’ troub-
le. The meetiza' girl saw, and with
a leap at her heart scented a love at-
fair. Likewise had Henry seen and

unconsciously scowled.

The Just One spoke:
~‘ “An affair of heart undoubtedly,”
he dismissed the matter. “The eter-
nal vexation of woman in the heart
of man. - Nevertheless, this man
stands free. Twice, in one day,.has
he succored the man who twice be-
trayed him. Nor has the trouble
within him augh't to do with the aid
he rendered the man said to be sent-
enced ‘to death undeserved. Remains

.to question this last man; also to‘

settle for this beaten creature before
me who twice'this day has proved
weak out of selﬁshness, and who has
just now proved bravely strong out
of unselﬁshness for another.”

He leaned forward and played his
ﬁngers searchingly over the face and
brows of the.peon.-

“Are you afraid to die?" he asked
suddenly.

"Great and Holy One, I am sore
afraid to die,” was the peon ’5 reply.

“Then say that you have lied about
this man, say that his twice succor-
ing' of you was a lie, and you shall
live?” ‘

Under the Blind One's ﬁngers the
peon cringed and wilted.

“Think well " came the solemn
warning. ‘ “Death is not good. To
be forever unmoving as the sled and
rock isnot good; Say that you have
lied and life is yours. Speak !”

'But, although his voice shook
from the exquisiteness of his fear, the
peon rose to the full-spiritual stature'
of a man.)

“Twice this day did I betray him,
Holy One. But my name is not
Peter. Not thrice in this day will I
betray him. I am sore afraid, but'I
cannot betray him thrice."

The blind judge leaned back and

his face beamed and glowed as if

transﬁgured.
“_Well spoken,” he said. “You.
have the makings of a man. _I now
From

lay my sentence upon you:
now on through all your days under

a.man, act like a man, be a man.
Better to die a man any. time, than
live a beast forever in time. The
Ecclesiast was wrong. A dead lion
is always better than a live dog. Go
free, regenerate son, go free.’

But, as the peon, at a signal from
the mestiza, started to rise, . the
blind judge stopped him.

“In the beginning, 0 man who but
this day has been born man, what
was the cause of all your troubles?"

“My heart was weak and hungry,
O Holy One, for a mixed- breed wo-
man of the tierra caliente. I my-
self am mountain born. For her I
put myself in debt to the haciendado
for the sum of two hundred pesos.
She fled with the money and another
man. ' I remained the slave» of the
haciendado, who is not a bad man,
but who, at ﬁrst and always, is 3. ha-
ciendado. I have toi,led been beat-
en, and have suffered for live long
years, and my debt is now become

two. hundred and ﬁfty pesos, and yet ~

I possess naught but these rags and
a body weak from insufﬁcient food.”
" “Was she wonderful?—-this wo-

judge queried softly.

“I was made for her, Holy One. I
do not think now that she was wond-
erful. But she was wonderful then.
The fever of her burned .my heart
and brain and made a task-slave of _

me, though she fled in the: night and '

I knew her neyer again. ” ,
The peon waited, on his knees,
while, to the

   
 

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, birth us: we love them; they birth
our sons to 1679 their daughters and
\. to call their .
and this has efIWays been and shall
continue always to be until the end

daughters wonderful;

of man's time and man’s loving on
earth " -.

A profound of silence fell within
t'hecavern; while; the Cruel Just One
meditated for a space. ‘ At the last,
with a touch dared of familiarity, the
pretty mestiza touched him and rous—
ed him to remembrance of the peon
still crouching at his feet.

“I pronounce judgment, " he spoke.

“You have received many bl-.ows ‘
Each blow on your body is, quittance,

in full of the entire debt to the ha-
cien‘dado. ‘Go free.. But remain in
the mountains, and next time love

a mountain woman, since woman you '

must have, and ”since woman is inevi-
table and eternal in the affairs of
men. Go free. You are half Maya?”
“I am half Maya, ” the peon mur-
mured. “My father is a Maya.”

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fore cannot be judged. And after all
he is but a haeiendado. . His fellow
haciendados, too, go free. "

Henry stepped forward:

“I am the-man,” he'staté’d' boldly,
“sentenced to the death undeserved
for thekilling of a man I did not kill.
He was the blood uncle of the girl I
love, whom I shall marry, if there
be- true justice here in this cave of
the Cordilleras.” ,.

But the Jefe interrupted.

‘fBefore a score of witnesses he

threatened to his face to kill the
. man. Within the hour we found him

bending over the man’s dead body

‘that was yet warm and limber wit-h

departing life.”

“He speaks true,” .Henry afﬁrmed.
“T did threaten the man, both of us
heady from strong drink and hot
I was so found, bending over
his dead warm body. Yet did I not
kill him. Nor do I know, nor can I
guess, the coward hand in the dark
that knifed out his life thrOugh the

_ back from behind."

“‘Kneel both of you, that I may in-

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place fer the Cordilleras-born‘; The“ ‘

. vhaeiendado is -
' ' not present, and there ' still longer, unable to attain decision

 
  
   
  

Long he interrogated with his sen-
sitive questioning fingers.- Long, an

his ﬁngers played over the faces and
pulses of the two men.

“Is there a wdman?”
Henry Morgan pointedly.

“A woman wonderful.
her. "

“It is good to be so vexed, fer 1:
man unvexed by woman is only half
a man,” the blind judge vouchsafed-
He addressed the Jefe. “No womanv
vexes you, yet are you troubled. But '-
this , man”—-indicating Henry—“I
cannot tell if all his vexation be due
to woman. Perhaps, in part, it may
be due to you, or to what some
prompting of evil may make him
mediate against you. Stand up, both
men of you. I cannot judge between
you. Yet is there the test infallible, ‘
the test of the Snake and the Bird..-
Infallible it is, as God is infallible,
for by such ways does God still main-
tain truth in the affairs of men. As
well does Blackstone mention just
such methods of determining the
truth' by trial and ordeal.”

(Continued next week)

   
  
   
 

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Tests That Preved Hudson
Also Speak for Essex

And Essex Holds World’s
50-Hour Endurance Record

standards that you have known, but by the
m‘rreh more exacting requirements of the
large costly cars.

Built by. the same makers, Hudson’s un—
equalled records also speak for Essex.
foretold performance never expected of a

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Measure it by the highest

light car.
The prophecies now are facts.

An Essex stock chassis set the world’s 50-
hour endurance mark of 3037 miles. That is
officially certified by the American Automo-
bile Association. And Essex holds the world
mark of 1061 road miles in 24 hours. A stock
touring car did that.

Local road, speedway and hill climbing
records in every section of the country a1e
held by Essex. Scores of abusive tests have

proved the (endurance that 30,000 owners find-

in the daily service of their Essex cars.

Judge EsSex Quality
By the Hudson Standard

But it is not only in the performance that
Essex shows the same stamp of quality as
Hudson. Its beauty of line, its luxury of
appointment are the work of years of leader-

, ship in coach design.

See the careand completeness, even in the
smallest details.

”den of well-contained reserve power, are
qualities comparable to the finest of high-
priced cars, yet you gain all of the advantages
of the light weight type, more important to-
day than ever.

Judge the Essex, not by the lightweight

Its riding comfort, its .
smooth, quiet running ease, with the sugges- -

standard of performance and fine quality,
rather than by its moderate price.

You, too, will find the appeal that has won
30,000.

In the HudsOn’s unmatched records this
important fact is clear—N0 ability is sacri-
ficed in one direction to gain supremncy in
another.

Hudson Records Prove
Its All-Round Mastery

Hudson is the fleetest. Its stock car speed

records have never been equalled. On the

speedway its racing cars won more points
than any other team ever gained.

But its speed means no forfeit of other
qualities. For in official tests, the Super-Six
has also out-performed all other types, in
cndurance,’ hill-climbing and acceleration.
In every motor performance it has establish-
ed leadership by unanswerable proofs.

Only a supreme advantage, that others
cannot use, could account for such all-round
dominance. Hudsou has it in the Super-Six
motor. It minimizes vibration to within
10 per cent of vanishing—«nearer the ideal
than any type we know.

In the same size motor the exclusive Super-
Six principle added 72 per cent to power, and
80 per cent to efficiency. Endurance is
practically doubled. _

HudsOn Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan.

(sous—Lira)

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CHILDREN: Again this
week I am more than pleased to
. ‘ publish four drawing submitted
{by our children which have won
prizes. The names of the prize win-'
hers are below the pictures, except
one where I do not ﬁnd the name and
address appeared on the-picture. Re-
member, even though your write a
letter when you. send in an original
drawing, be sure that your correct

' . name andaddress and your age ap-

pear on the bottom or back of the

- . ' (actual drawing.

One of our little prize winners,
Hazel Ball, writes us that she is go-
ing to study art. 01! course that will
place her in the professional class.
We are sure that she will make a
success of her work and Wish her all
manner of success, bu tas ours is a
contest for amateurs, we will no
' longer be able to award her prizes
for that wouldnt be fair to those who
never received any instruction and
are competing. '

An inquiry comes from one of our
correspondents as to how they shall
submit their drawings. or course if
you have regular drawing paper and
drawing ink, that is the best thing to
use; Many haven’t it though and no
way of getting it, so we accept draw-
ings in lead pencil but none are ac-
cepted in colors as they cannot be
reproduced. Now let’s get busy lit-
tle folks and see who will be next.

No drawing are accepted which are

aced. Some have been submitted

ut of course we hurl to discard those.

I have found such a splendid little
poem this week that I hope you Will
all enjoy. It is supposed to be for
,little boys, but I think it is just as
good for little girls as for little boys.
,Aifectionately yours, LADDIE.

TRY TO BE THE FELLOW THAT
YOUR MOTHER THINKS YOU
ARE

While walking down a crowded city
street the other day,

I heard a little urchin to a comrade
turn and say: ,

“Say, Jimmie, don’t yer know, I’d be
as happy as a clam, ’

,If I only was de teller dat me mad
der t’inks I am.”

“She t’inks I a ma wonder, and knows
her little lad

,Would never mix wit’ nottin‘ dat
was ugly, mean or bad.

I often sit and t'ink how nice ’twould
be—-—gee whiz,

If a teller was de teller dat his mud-
der t’inks he is.”

. Bo, folks, be yours a life of toll or

, undiluted joy,

You still can learn a lesson from the
small, unlettered boy;

Don’t try to be an earthly saint, with
eyes ﬁxed on a star—— ,

Just try to be the fellow that your
mother thinks you are.

—-Noodles Faaan.

OURHBOYS AND onus

Dear Laddie—I am a boy thirteen
ears old and in the seventh grade, For
I have some cats and a Shetland
pony. I drive the porn to and from
school. I like all my 8 miles at school
ex’cept arithmetic. I live on a farm of
120 acres. We have 14 cows, four calves
, and three geese. We have n milking ma-
chine and it takes about half an hour *0
milk 12 cows. We have 50 chickens. 0
get two geese eggs and 20 hens em We
let our incubator about three weeks
and we had 55 little chickens out of 1 ’
eggs, We ‘ set it a ain this morning
with 82 home eggs an
My father takes the M. B. F. and
likes it very well. I like to make out
Walter Wellman's puzzles. I an send-
' the name of the fifth animal which I
eve to be antelope. You asked us if
we. liked a. complete or continueed story.
{like a complete story best. Hopin to
> ‘ my letter in print I will close—L oyd
’ eve, R. F, D. 4, Lansing, Mich.

Dear Laddie—I am sending one copy
«one of my drawings to see if I cant
n a prize. If this one will not win I
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not said much about myself, so I guess I
will let you know who I am. I am about
six foot five inches high and am quite
fleshy, blue eyes, light brown hair and a. car.
fair complexion.
I always read the boys and girls letters

and like

m ira, Mich.

one brother. We ‘
We are building a n w brick bungalow.
We have taken the M, B. F. for the past
year and eenjoy" it very much.
of the girls would write me I would glad-
ly answer them—Your little friend, Eth-
el Wehmeyer, Bentley, Mich. R. 1. ‘

My Plans for the Summer
When school is out I am planning to go and girls—(Robert E.
to Detroit for a cou is of weeks, Wh e
I am there I am
uncle and aunt.

Dear Laddie—d am a girl 11 years old
and in the 4th and 5th grades. My teach-
er‘s name is Miss Gladys Lutz and I like
her very well.

the boys and girl’s letters, I have one
sister and no brothers. We live on an
80-acre farm. My father has a Buick
We have seven cows and two pigs,
and about 30 chickens. We get from one
egg to six a day. I wish some of the
boy would write to me. My brother
takes the M. B. F. and we like it very
much. My teacher's name is Mr. Gamble,
———Vernie Peterson, Rodney, Mich., R. 2.

Dear Laddie—Thiis is the first time I
have written to you. I live on a farm of
120 acres. I have a big dog and he is
a great pet. We have 20 little new baby
pigs. They are all white. Our chick-
ens are all white too. They are leghorns.
We get more than six dozen eggs 9. day
I go to school every day. I’m in the 6th
grade. I would like to see my letter in
print. My apa takes the M. B. F. and
I enjoy rea ing the letters from the boys
Brudges, Bailey,

I weigh about 140 lbs.
them fine—Sarah Kobel, El-

 

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Mich.
o g to stay with my

want to o to Belle Dear Diddle—This is the first time I

Isle and see all the things of terest for have written ‘to you. I “‘76 on an 80
children and have all the fun there is to acre farm and have seven little pigs and
have. I want to to he ark some the mother ig is dead. I have two little
day and see all the different ‘ n . e have a piano and phone-
I would like to go through the Ford ao- graplu— West Branch,

tory. When I get back home I am going
to help in the
lost time—Haze

Dear Laddie—I a boy nine years
old and in the ”com! guide. , to
school when I was 7 years old. We have
m horses and one calf and papa gave

0 me.
am glad spring is here.‘ I like to re“

Bennett.
Midh., R. . D. 8, Box 64.

Dear Indus—4 em a girl 11 years of
age. M father owns a farm of 240
acres. 0 take- the Business Farmer
and like it very much. I have a brother
is years old. I have one little dog,
named seen. We have 24 head of cat-
r has a cow too. I tie. I he to read the b and girls’
letters—Winifred Roberts. ewberry.

den and make up for
Gore, Clio, R. 3.

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Dear Laddie—Iam 13
am in the 6th grade. I
talk to school. My teacher's me h
Miss Irena B - 1 read“
the boys and girls letters. d rather
have a. complete story each week than a
continued. one. My father has men tab
ing the M... B. F. for many years. I have
five brothers and one sister, her name is
Agnes. SShe is five months old. At
my letter is getting long I will close, ho
ing to see it in print.—Esther Wirthp
Johns, Mich .

Dear Laddie—I have been reading the
children’s page and am very interested.
in it. so I thought I would write! I
a girl ten years old and am in the
grade. I like the puzzle‘corner and
to study them out. I go to the dist:
No. 7 school. I like the stories and
very interested in them, My teao'
name is Mrs. Martain Monzo., I like her
real well. I like the continued storiee
best—Your friend, Minnie Monzo, Oar-
sonville, Mich., R 3 . . ~

Dear Laddie—Jl‘his is the ﬁrst ﬁlmeIE

 

have written to you. I am a

years old and in the 5th grade atsc

I have three sisters and two broth
We live on‘ a 40~acre farm. For pets
have a dog. There are 11 pupilsinour
school. Our teacher is M Fuller. 3%
-is a good teacher and I l e to go
school. I like to read the letters inﬂie
M, B. F.—Howard Huff, Gladwin, Mich.

Dear' Laddle—I am 10 years old and in
the 5th grade. My parents have takﬂ
the M. B. F. {or a long time and we
think it a ﬁne paper. I do because it
the Children’s Hour in it. I. like tor
the boys’ and girls’ letters. I have one
brother. My teacher is Miss Kate Cre-
ore. I will close hoping to see my letter
in print—nah M. Miller, Dimondale,

Dear Laddie—This is the first time I
have written to you. Step over,‘ please,
and let me join your merry circle. I live
on an loo-acre farm. We have ﬁve head
of horses, 30 head of cattle, etc. I am 15
years old May 13th next. lesh some of
the boys and girls would write to me for
I would answer. Your new niece—Edna
Cruickshank, Alger, Mich.

 

Dear Laddie—I am a girl 13 years old
and attend the Warren school. I am in
the 6th grade. My teacher is Miss Eve-
lyn Kenyon. I like her very much. I
have two sisters and one brother. Their
names are Irene. Dorothy and Arthur,
Dorothy is the baby. We have two here-
es and five cows. We live on a 40-acre
farm.—Edna Boehm, Auburn, Mich.

-—“""_—§

Dear 1211;6de is the first time I
have written to you. I live on an 180-
acre farm. I have six sisters and ﬁve
brothers; three of‘ my "brothers were in
the war. I made out the farm (mt-out
puzzle and got pig for the answer. I
wig! chaseri bythadd7i€1ﬁg that I am 11 years
0 an n e grade—Helen Mon-
geon, Brimley. Mich.

Dear Laddies—‘This is the first time I
have written" to' on. My father takes
the M. B. P. an like. it very much. I

M. B. F. that you V5!“
prizes if you solve the. puzsles by a1.
ter Wellman. I found that by cutting and:
putting the puzzles together it formed a
pig. He was scared very much—Vernon
Sandel. Boyne City, Mich,

D Laddi
ear e—I am a. girl 11 ears
and in the. 7th grade. My tegcher 01“.!
Mists nIfﬁmetlla, 11k like her. I have one-
e e we. to school. I h
Ergtlierisn andF two sisters. ave “I
w s. or pets I have ado namp'
ed Nick and two cats, Jack and Digger.—
Marguerite Donnellon, Tyre, Mich.

Dear Laddie—This is the il
have written to you. I writ 352311.}.I
ears of age and will be 11 in June. 3
ve one brothe‘ and one sister. Their
names are, Howard, who is 12 and Him
goafet, t4 ygare old.£ I will close as I In
n o raw 3 cturea—Fl
er, 15. Johns, Micg. orence “b-

fore. M mother died last year, pr
leaving our children and twins born
#pril the ﬁrst. We call hem our li »
Agril Fools," I have a. pmother

an two step-brothers who are twins. I
am 10 years old and in the 5th grade.—
Mary Yeeke, Galien, Mich. '

Dear Laddiet—This is n time
have written to-you. M‘ymfzthgtown :
(43$?ch farm. We gave two ewe I

. or a pa ave a ea Tabb
have a. sister, Herbetta andt’ a bye)?!
brother. Clark. I h to see my letter
in print,—~Alme use, Dexter, mob.

.. -———‘ ’
Dear Laddie-—-I am a 7 years d.
iv‘°1.*3.‘°h°°‘t"“m:."’ “ ’“ 5’3‘
e on an . e tam My
takes the M. B. F. I. has a sister;
She is our years
eeheel.-—-Lloyd Teller, Gage-

—-‘-—-—.
Dear Leddi'e—a have written to your
A O
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who ,' - e

was interested In' I would

My mum-aka their 3. 1r. maiﬁ".

lave” mgnch'l I have ghrse brothers. e
on m - ' am.-—~Rhea I“.

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and it was Bf 391’! also initial. 0 are

  

“11mm rate, not as mad: as

ought to be. The roads are

most all over the country for this time or
,. April is eom’ingin mra'ther cool. We

» pres Wheat meadow
vs come out or the winter alooking goods,
buttthmgagoed mlanWWould-helpa

am some the around and start
ﬁgure growing. The farmers are press-

Mgwhathayg me had to spar-strum

er ”lees {hand measles
other aimless around have are about
done. Some of the farmers are x stuns
ready for the spring work, silchas clean-
lag“ the manure and m: s1!!!"
wound-A. B. Paces offorad san-

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moggtsee 46: over seed.
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cal—n“!
WTEW. (the dormers are
cutting wood. attending auction sales of
which there is a mmhsr around here.
Some are hauling and selling potatoes,
there is buying at all the buying stations
lots of. cars being loaded here and also
being ddpped at prices the highest for
years. One of our old as hbor
residents died a few days ago. oath-
Cr tried to warm
sold and we have been having it very cold
and dormy, also terrihiehea heavy winds. al-
most a cyclone. Trees were blown down
and other damage. Not much building
mg done here. Some buying at sales
:- is 18 and 26 cents a pound here.
etesene all getting cheaper, 81 cents a
nllon Pitty on the poor oil man to lose
mmy for their customers that way.—
H. R. A. Prices offered at Bear Lake:
Put-hoes, $5 cwt; white beans, $5.25
m; rye, $1.60 wheat, 32.10; butter.

dressed,
e tokens, 2-5; hides, 18.

samWAssm—h severe seem: took
place in this part or the county Sunday
at about noon that lasted far into the
night with a high, north wind, not extreme-
ly. cold, but Very disagreeable. Seine oats
i: ve been sewn on full plowed and.
at very little plowing has been one as
at this snrln 8» Farmers having sugar
ushes report very short but satisfactory
run of sap. Wheat generally cam thru

. the winter in good condition. Glover
. seeding has not stood the winter Well-ID.

M. Prices 5offered at Corunna:
”Wheat. 32 43@2.54 ; corn on ea:- '51. 50;
cats, 9'2, rye. $1.55: mum; ltimothy,

23; No. 1 light mixed. 385:170 straw,
8; wheat-oat straw, $12 beans, (C HP)
5375 cwt: potatoes, :2 73 onions, :5. so;
cabbage! ; h,ens 28, ' swingers, 33; ducks;
1%; geese, $8; butter 58; tat,‘
eggsho38; shelep,o&10@11:lamba $13.50@
033 12 beef steers, prime,
115; beet $Claws, $7@7 75: veal calves,
best, $15@16; wool, dull; apples, $103..

MASON—Quite a little plowin was
done during the last 013M Marsh. al‘Jolder
weather with frequent snow ﬂurries have
retarded the work. High prices com-
bined with myorable Weather and roads
brought the reserve stock of potatoes.
The county agent proposition lost out by
a. majority or 61 votes at the April elec-
ties It is new up to the farmers oi! the
county to either buy out the Gleaner in-
terest in the Seottsville Warehouse and
elevator and continue doing business as
the Mason County Co-operathe Associa-

tion or combine with the Gleaners. Both
are ~wood. Either can be made a 100 nrﬁr
cent success iteyerybo‘dyboosts.

Prices offered at

wheat t-‘oat straw :10 ‘; potatoes,
5.30 hens, 30@3Z;(31butter,ﬂ butter-if at,
4- eggs, 36:3dressedbee! $11014;veai
calves, $18@2‘o

A.-‘[.I..1‘:lGAN—dial-marstaperingt
oat ground. Weather-m
present. We here new a very severe
storm About four inches or snow
tellw in the last twenty-four hours. Pre-
vious to this, the soil was in: into
. condition for working. otatoes in
this section have all been sold. Wheat in
this section came throughﬂie unwinter in
fine shape Roads were in very bad
shape, but areF in fairly good condition at
present—W.

.40; mos 3130:0818,
g“ dermis. “ “is." affairs?

Scottsvme: Wheat. ‘
{3535:‘7 rye, $1.70; hay. No. ‘1 oliﬂt mixed,

 

 

B. 75 S‘owt $8 5 ;
i, 3 “535m 50; hsm s, ‘31:.2 I501;l beer cows,
$7; veal calves, $1 .

 

M mm"”“m’"lh‘“m"“"m m ”h’l‘l'
rain: to plow a pa. e
Weather is unsettled. some rain wand wind.
The soil is in good condition to plow.
Some hay is bein sold now. Some silos
are being!) Gonna demon was done
by the storm not last Sunday night, mov-
ing some barns than their foundations.
There was an awful in Adams
county, Ind, the writer's home town Rel-
atives, friends and neighbors‘ buildings
laid flat—J. M. Prices offered at
Hemlock: 113mm,“: buttertat, 34;

eggs, as.

 

GRAND TRAVERSE—Farmers are
not doing much these days: very cold and
disagreeable Weather. Auction sales still
in progress. A sad accident occurred in
this vicinity today. A hired man was
hurt badl ‘by a bull No doctors were

hospital and on about two miles on the
read he died. Another prominent man, a
farmer, had three fingers ﬁt or! Bhis left
hand while buzzing Wood Pri-
ces offered at WilliammburgL: BW’he
$2. 36; corn. :1 50; rye, $1. 60; hay, No.
timothy, :41; potatoes $3 25 bu; butter,
50‘. butterfat, 72; eggs, 8?

 

VAN BURENmFamu-s have been
busy at their grapes, some trimming
posting, tig’htenin he“, wires, drawing out
brush and tying. Mural: has a new
tractor to try out on his vineyard Busi—
ness was stopped by Sunday's blizzard,
not much been doing this week. Tues-
day night thermometer got down to ten
degrees above, affecting the cherry bud s,
Eanly Richmond especially. Paw Paw
community is about to form a. oo-opera-
tive association for benefit of its farmers
There is a fine prospect tfor fruit this year
up to the present. V. G.

 

MONROE (iW)-—-We are having some ‘

cold bad weather at present. The weath-
er man must have March and April mixed
up to:- we had fine weather in March.
Some of the farmers sowed their oats,
barley and spring wheat in March. The
tumors are now hauling manure and do-
ing odd Jobs on ammt of the cold weath-
er. Wheat tend new seedings are looking
fair at this writing Prices offered at
Petersbnrg: 0a” 97; hey No 1 time-
thy, us; No_ i “gilt mixed 822; hens,
28: ducks, 30; turkeys. 30: dairy butter,
55: butterfat 68:16:28,“?3 hogs, :14;
has: steers, 16: beef : veal calves,

Rebecca Wins the Prize

(Gantinued from page 6)

Sharp caused more than one comment
on his unusually clean and well
groomed appearance. Mr. Johns, the
groceryma’n, Was the first to remark,
"Well what in the world has come
over Henry Sharp? Just look at him,
shaved and as spick and span as if he
had just stepped out of a bandbox.
He seems to hem lost that sloppy
droop to his shoulders, even.”

“He sure lhas," replied Sam. “I
bet there is a woman in it "some-
where. I’Ve always noticed when a
widower begins to spruce up there is
a mospemlve wile No. 2‘ some place
near by." '

’ "Success to her. She has done a

. good work so. far," replied Mr. Johns,

mentally reviewing the fast that at
that very moment 8am owed him a
large bill for groceries, while Henry
Sharp had been doing a strictly cash
business ever since he had been work-
ing in the mine.

All mm was new centered in the
various eateries. The lads. was talk—
ing about conﬁrmation, quality and
conditions; he had also examined the
hooks of such boy and girl, while they
were almost heelds themsdlvu with

* alternate hop and fear.

”Rebeca: telt anrunususl kindness in

“lather‘ W;theam
has a W I e

 

o! m ltilde-
Mm the ﬁnest

=_. othiewhodiedm ,mm,

the happening or the remainder of the
day, but to the shiny black Berkshire
that evening after he had been safely
placed in his old pen she confided,
"You nice old piggy, you won the
prize all right, and you made Daddy
clean up and go to work, and you are
going to send me to the University,
to a really school, cause you know
Daddy said it was, because I worked
so hard to make money to get you.
That made him feel ashamed of. him-
self for not giving mother any of the
better things she wanted so badly, and
that is the reason he is putting twen-
ty dollars in the bank every month tar
msotbstwhenlgotoldendughl'll
be going to the school that my mother
went to;" and in her whey of excite-
ment Rebecca gave the black Berk-
shire entirely too much feed for one
three hundred pound seiner. but he,
the gourmand that he was, stunted
contentedly in his heel: Mill man-
nor.

Sam whispereed to the groceryman
the next time he was in the store, “I
was right, wasn't I Johns? You re-
memberItoidydnthmmawoman
somewhere, because Henry Sharp was
so changed. but I new thought it
was his fourteen year old daughter. ”

\s be tied up m m trio
pounds 01 sugar Mr. 3m replied,
"Bhoisspiucky youngster, ail ofright,
but ‘I believe its the moi

 

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Bushel of
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growing corn. It less-11y smile
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(1) Are co 6 co e halte'
e we cure. £02?va in home er? sul on!
gay be mixed and how much should be

edst a time?

What is and for flees ondogs? .v

It; What wll llIlteep beeps; horses tall from

seeding off and the hair from coming
outf—E. 0., Aloone. County.

(1) Copperas end. Copper Sulphate
are by no means desirable drugs to be
givan, for worms in horses; they are
used as a tonic in convalescence; and
to reduce enlarged glands. These
drugs can safely be mixed, but should
be given either in the form of a ball
or in a mneilaginous solution, the dose
is one drachm each twice daily. The
following will be found the most sat-
isfactory treatment for the common
round worm found in the intestines
of horses. Tartar emetic, given in
two drachm doses twice daily in the
feed for four to six days, or one half
ounce dissolved in warm water is giv-
en on an empty stomach, followed in
four to six hours by. one pint of
raw oil.

(2) To rid a dog of flees. first
bathe animal thoroughly with warm
water to which add one tablespoonful
baking soda; this will soften the nits
which, by the way, will be found on
the ends of the hair. ,Then for each
quart of warm soft water, add one
ounce of Creolln and bathe'thorough-
1y; washing the head and ears. first;
dry with flannel cloths and repeat in
three days if necessary.

(3) If a horses tail is scaly and
the hair. comes out,
treatment will. be found very benefi-
cial: Give one ounce Fowler's solu-
tion of Arsenic twice daily for two
weeks. Externally use the following
lotion: Zinc Sulphate and, Sugar of
Lead equal parts one ounce; add soft
water to make one quart and apply,
rubbing well in morning and night.—
W. A. Emu, veterinary editor.

 

 

IMPROVEMENT OF ROAD

About forty rods from where I live
there Is a. short steep sand hill that a
person can hardly get over with an emp-

wagon. Last year the man that
t reshed in our neighborhood would not
attempt to go over it and I had to haul
my grain about a. mile before I could get
it threshed. I have told the road com-
missioners to fix the road four or five
times and they always tell me that they
did not have money to fix it with. —A
Reader, Osceola County.

The highways are under the con-
trol of the highway commissioner.
If he has no money to improve the
road there is no way to compel him.
The manner and amount of such
improvements are very largely in the
discretion of the highway commis-
sioner.—W. E. Brown, legal editor.

PETITION FOR BUILDING ROAD
Last spring my neighbor and myself
well as all the farmer men of our
wn, signed a. petition for to grade and
ave] 3 3- 4 miles of road to comply with
Se state requirements so to draw the re-
ward. Now we signers were to give
varying sums which amounted to $1, 960.
This petition was read twice at the town-
ship meeting last April, voted on and ac-
cepted by the voters of our townshi
But the township board refused to buiﬁi
same and not. In said petition it‘

 

V tated that said, road was to be finished

1919. Of course we did not have to
pay the $1, 960, but wanted the road and
were ready and willing to do our part.—
F. A. H.. Tuscola County.

Your letter does not specify what
statute the petition we filed under.

A I am unable to determine without an

examination of the law under which
the petitioners attempted to proceed.
Under ordinary conditions I would
expect that the town board had au-
thority to exercise their discretion in
the matter of any petition ..—W E.
Brown, legal editor.

MNORS IN GAMBLING HOUSE

I would like to ask the question if any
one has the right to allow school chil-
dren to go into any public place where
the shake dice for pennies ——A Sub -
scr ber, Gratiot county .

The following is a part of the sta-
tute, see. 7223, governing the mat-'
ter referred to: “No .minor child un-
der seventeen years of age, nor any
minor who is a student in any pub-
lic. private or parochial school in
the state of Michigan, shall be per-
mitted to remain in any saloon " ' ‘

 

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other unlawful game; or in any room
or hell used or occupied for gaming.
pool selling or betting in any men-
nor whatever; or in: any moment. hall
in which any cigars 0r tobacco ere
sold or kept for sale, where any such
games are played. Any proprietor.
keeper or manager of any such place
who shall permit any such- minor
child or minor student to remain in
any such place, and any person» who
shall encourage or induce “in any
way such minor child or‘minor stu-
dent to enter such place or to remain
therein shall be deemed guilt of e
misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine
of not less than 325 nor more than
$50 or by imprisonment in the coun-
ty jail not less than ten days nor
more than 30 days, or both such line
and imprisonment in the discretion
of the court—W. E. Brown, legal
editor.

FILING CLAIM FOR LOSS
On Jan. 2nd I shipped by Mia

Central R. R. 10,048 lbs. of sweet corn
The Landreth Seed 00., Port Hu
Mich. When I shipped the corn it was
good condition, dry and cool. I be
several neighbors who will make a
davlt to this effect. The shipment w
delayed in transit and I have recs
0. letter from the seed company in w
they inform me that the corn, came
them in poor condition, wet and was
fit for seed and the have offered to
it for me for 850.0 per ton. The price
which I was to receive was 7 centspe p?"

9.

pound and as I have carried out In?“

of the contract it does not seem air

me that I should stand the loss on thi
which amounts to considerable. Can
file claim with the railroad corn y wi
any expectation of receiving e differ-
ence in price between what I was to
ceive and what the seed company off
me? Would you advise me to illow 2
seed complany to sell the corn or not?
hold cam le of the com showing the con-
dition w on shipped. How would yo
advise me to (proceed? This shlpmen
was on the roe. over six weeks—C.
Branch County.

 

If your, arrangements with the
Seed Company required you to deliv-

billiards, pool, cards, dice. or All!

 
       
    
   
  
  
 

 
  
   
  
  
 

  
  
 
   
   

    
      
  
      
  
    
    
    
  
   
  
     
   
  
    
   
    
   
   
  
  
      
      
   
   
    
 
    
  
  
   
  
  
  
   
    
  
   
      
    
  
   
  
    

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or the corn at their station in good,

order,,1t would be best for you to

file claim‘with the R. R. It is, how-
ever, a matter that involves so many
difﬁculties to comply with all of the
requirements that it will be qui
necessary for you to consult l
counsel to assist you in the details
of proving a claim either against the
Seed Company or against the R.R.—4-
W. E. Brown, legal editor.

ADOPTING A CHILD

you were to take a child without
adopt ng it when it was a. baby, and keep
it until it was 16 years old, could you
adopt it without the consent of ltagu
dian if It was the wish of the child”
the people that had the child? W0
the guardian of It still be the guard
or would the adopted parents be its le
guardians over all its property from t:
former parents or other property that i
should inherit from some other relative,
or would the guardian still hold until the
child was 21 years. old, and if not where
would you go to have the legal papers
made out and what would be the legal
charges? If the guardian would not gin?
lép Einguardianshin what could be do:

 

Cl l'nton County

The law requires-the consentof
theparents, or parent. If no parent
then the guardian. If the child is
sixteen and desires the, adoption to
~tak-eplace and the guardian refuses
consent the Judge of Probate would
be justiﬁed in removing the guardi-
an and appointing another upon the
suggestion of the child. Such guar-
dian can then consent. The guardi-
an appointed by the court might be
continued as guardian of the prop-
erty but not of the person. Or the
Judge of Probate might dischargo
the guardian entirely as the best in»-
terests of the child would require—d
W. E. Brown, legal editor.

FOUR OR SEVEN INCH GRAIN

DRILL ,
Which is the best, a grain drill thst‘

 

‘ sovvs four Inches or one than: sows so

inches apart. that is puts the grain
the ground .4 0r 7 merge apart.’—R.
' L. Isabella County. . "

Experiments seem to show thst
there is no particular ad amaze in
drilling small grains _
four inches apart.
drilling, however. has been used

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- age in the soil.

. , . -- heavy- plant
liens slowly growing seedling.
Sena crops are better adapted be
We masses of soils ma others.
It may be cited, for ammo, since
sandy soils tend to be drouthy, the
crops that possess ﬁle more deeply
meta-sting root systems are more
sseee sofa‘hy grown on thorn-.01 the
m hand, since the heavy soils
m to m ”1!!“th and are

, lesssubﬁect to Growth, the shallow
and more fibrous rooted crops are
successful. Again, different varie-
ties or «on may be higher raiders
than others when grown on the
same soil; Some varieties. or strains
readily succumb to plant diseases.
while others are very resistant. In-
asmuch as the rotation of crops is
essential for ideal conditions for
Blast growth it should certainly be
practiced whether or not fertilizers
are need.

Wears forced to conclude that the
greatest not returns are to be obtain-
ed from the "use of fertilizers when
all conditions are as near ideal as
possible for plant growth.

Since fertilisers are applied to
soils because of deﬁciency of plant
teed, or of slow availability of one
or more elements that are present
the amount to apply will be govern-
ed by a number of conditions.

.When one applies a relatively
small amount of a mixed fertilizer
and the early growth of the crop is
stimulated, and later on obtains its
food primarily from the soil. it must
be looked upon as a process of stim-
ulation. Let us suppose, for example,
one applies 300 lbs. per acre of a 2-
8-2 fertilizer to wheat, which means
an application of 4 lbs. ammonia, 16
lbs. of phosphoric acid, and 4 lbs.
of potash, and the yield of the
wheat is 30, bushels per acre, then
more nitrogen and potash are re-
moved from the soil than are added
in the fertilizer mixture. This un-
doubtedly means, unless one is sup-
plying nitrogen to the soil by means
ocf legumes or stable manure, he is
rapidly approaching nitrogen short-
However, since most
upland soils are well supplied with
potential potassium- there is less
tendency for a shortage in't'his sub-
stance.

In practice many apply a suﬂicient
amount of fertilizer to the soil to
supply the crop with the various ele—
ments and ignore the plant food pres-
ent in the soil‘. This system of fer-
tilizing is generally practiced when
the soils are devoted to large cash
crops where quality and earliness
are chief considerations, as in the
production of market, garden and
green house crops.

The aw of diminishing returns
must he considered in soil manage-
ment. it is well recognised that
small applications of manure or com-
mercial fertiliser results in a greater
percentage increase of yields than do
larger ones. Owing to this condition

 

~ IQ:- was I
the value of the crop ﬁnally becomes

iess than the cost at the maze:-
treatment. nm were to uply a

mixed fertiliser.“ thorwaof. 1M,

an, 400., 800, 1.590 and 2.0% lbs.
to the acre reel-Mina he would and
that the’tertiiiaor'wouid cease to be
proﬁtable for most m when the
application exceeded m pounds per
acre. If large cosh crops'ssch as
potatoes, hosts and cabbage were be-
ing grown the maximum proﬁts
would be obtained from somewhat
larger animations.

The ‘mothod of ”plying fertilis-
m depends upon the amount added
and the native of the root systems
of the crops fertilised. Whore hrs.
applications are made broadcasting
and dragging in well before seem
are followed, inasmuch as the rosi-
dse is uniformly distributed in the
soil for the crops that follow. For
applications smaller than 400 lbs.
per acres (unless mixed and disori—
bnted with some substance, like saw-
dust, dry earth, or muck) the grain
drill with fertilizer attachment is
generally employed and desirable.
Where small amounts are used chief-
ly for the stimulation of early
growth, the mixture should ‘be ap-
plied in the hill. Some potato and
best growers apply portions of the
fertilizer in the hill and the remaind-
er along the rows later on. Thorough
incorporation in the soil mass. is
looked upon as being essential for
best returns, unless top dressings of
meadows and pastures are made.

There are possibilities in altering
our methods of applying fertilizers.
As a general rule potash is applied to
the upland soils for the beneﬁt of
the crop that is grown the year it is
applied. In other wordsthe amount
added is so small that little, if any,
remains in the soil for those that
follow. Moreover, nitrogen is util-
ized in the same manner, if added
in larger amounts than k needed by
the crop it will be washed out before
the next season. On the other hand
phosphorus is and should be used in
much larger amounts and, as shown
in another article, does not leach out
of the soil to any appreciable extent.
The nitrogen and potash could be
placed in the row or near it when
cultivated crops are grown. and the
phosphate distributed throughout the
soil mass. Such an arrangement
should result in the most eﬂicient
use of the fertilizer constituents.
This would apply where one purchas-
es the unmixed goods.

If one is using small amounts of
mixed fertilisers mainly for crop
stimulation, and the residues ignon
ed, they may be applied to any crop,
but if large amount: are being used
and the surplus amounts of phos-
phorus and potash are- to be utilis—
ed by succeeding crops, the mixture
should be applied to the heavy cash
crops in the rotation and the crops
that follow make use of the residues.

£80169 and Nonsense %

Checked His Pants, 'Doo

A young fellow, who was off on
a jaunt out west, fell into hard luck
and had to pawn one of his suits.
Just before starting for home he
managed to get it out again. When
he reached home his mother, while
unpacking his trunk, came across
the coat with the pawnbroker’s tag
on it.

“John,” she inquired, “what is this
tag on your coat?”

John, not wishing to have his
mother know of his temporary em-
barrassment said:

“Oh. I was at a dance and check-
ed my coat."

Soon she came across the trousers
with the same kind of a tag on them.

“J she " she demanded, "what kind
of a dance was that?"

Hello, Moses

few days of his sojourn. was an arist-
no :30 much wins on he donat-

  

“Who goes there?" he challenged.
“Major Moses,” replied the ofﬁcer.
The rookie scented a new joke.

“Glad to meet you. Moses, old top,”

he said cheerfully. “Advance and

give the Ten Commandments.”

Mysterious Disappearance

“What became of that young man
who was paying so much attention
to you?”

“I don’t know. I let him walk to
the grocery store one afternoon with
me, and after he saw how much we
had to pay for things to eat, he just
guilt. coming to see me. ”

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which should he of late cat’s
count of the accuracy with Which
the nutrients fed could be calculat-

- _ed,,.were obtained during the past

year on seven Holstein-Friesian cows
at the Beltsville (Md ‘) experiment
farm of the Dairy Division, United
States Department of Agriculture.
These cows, which are a part otthe

foundation herd used in line breed!

ing andinbreeding project in charge

of R. R-.'Graves, have. now complet- _
ed .their ﬁrst semi-efﬁcia-l yearly “test '5

as heifers, and in accordance with
the plan of the breeding work. they
will be tested later on as mature
cows.

The cows are fed in such manner -

as to show their producing capacity,
though no attempt was made to
force them to extremes. The ani-
mals were not run on pasture, and
did not receive any green feed dur-
ing their lactation period. Conse-
quently full and accurate records of
all nutrients consumed are available.
All of these cows were milked three
times a day throughout the year’s
work. All test animals are handled
under as uniform conditions as pos-
sible,
next generation, when made under
the same conditions, may be compar-
able. The names and herdnumbers
of the animals that completed their
records are:

No. 228. Gerben Queen Segis
Cornucopia, 294761.

No. 227. Beauty Korndyke Ger-
ben, 288919. .

No. 229. Mercedes Laura Ollie,
307236.

No. 230. Watson Segis Pontiac

Homestead, 3 1 6 9 6 9.

‘of Hazelwood Korndyke ,

in order that the records of‘the ‘

2 .. . ,
Cows 228 and 227 are daughters

98063. ,Cows 229’, 230 an‘d‘23'1 are
daughters of Piebe Laura Ollie
Homestead King, 110474. No.~214
is‘ a daughter of Johan Woodcrest
Lad'llth, 103987, and was bred'at
Beltsville. No. 225 is a daughter of
King Segis Pontiac Count, 93909.
All the animals in this list, with
the exception of No. 214 were ship-
ped from Minneapolis on March 22,
1918, arriving at Beltsville on April
1. With the exception of No. 229,
there was no time for any special ﬁt-
ting, and in fact all were 'in ordinary

condition at time of calving. No.
228 freshened April 4; No. 231
freshened April 10; Nos. 230 and
227 freshened April 18; No. 225
freshened April 29; and No. 229

freshened May 28. .. The following
table gives a summary of the produc—
tion and feed consumption, also the
age of the animals at the time the
test was started.

" Composition of Grain Ration

The. grain mixture that was fed to
these cows was made up of the fol-
lowing- feeds, by weight:

Corn, meal .. . . . ..... . . 2 parts
Gluten feed . .......... 2 parts
Wheat bran . ........... 2 parts
Oats .......... _ ........... 3 parts
Dried brewers’ grains . . . .2 parts
Cottonseed meal ......... 2 parts
Linseed oil meal .......... 3 parts

Molasses was fed at the rate of
0.6 pound per day after December 1,
1918. The dried beet pulp was fed
after being scaked in water. It
should be borne in mind that‘these

Gerben, 2' »
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ed per 1,000 pounds or milk

and per 100 pounds of solids pro-'
(11141611

There was very little difference in
the size ofcows 231 and 214, yet
No. 214 produced 1,178 pounds more
milk and 48 pounds more fat than
did No. 23R and consumed slightly

less digestible nutrients per 1, 000
' pounds milk and per 100 pounds fat

produced.
Troubles Suffered by Cows "

All the cOws shipped from Minna-—
apolis suffered severely from heat
during their ﬁrst summer at Belts-
ville, Md. No. 228 was troubled
some with foot rot, and was: also new
ed in a water experiment from Nov-
ember __5 to March 28. No. 227 was
troubled for Some six weeks follow-
ing her freshening by an obstruction
in one teat. No. 231 was off feed at
two_ different times as a result of
bloating from alfalfa hay. No. 229
was very sick in December of her test
from compaction followed by a slight

. case of pneumonia, and lost consid-

erable weight during her illness.

A1 of these animals made consid-
erable gains in weight during their
tests. Undoubtedly apart of the
surplus digestible nutrients consum-
ed over the amounts required for
production and maintenance were us—
ed for this growth and gain in their
weight. The surplus of digestible
protein consumed was much greater
than the surplus (if total digestible
nutrients. Men who feed cattle for
large production have long thought
that the narrower ration acted as a.
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No. 231. Lone Star Pontiac Segis, cows were not fed from the viewj the standpoint of economy the care-
2nd, 323757. point of economy of production, but rower ration is no more costly than
No. 214. Lady Colantha Walker, rather to ascertain their producing a wider ration, at present prices of
365573. capacity. feeds. '
summsnv or FEED AND PRODUCTION RECORDS FOR on: Yunnan seven HOLsrsm cows-l
Feed Consumed ' ii 1...; ‘17 ﬁg
‘ a - S"... 3. I: ﬂ
Number Age test ~ 6 m ’° ”Bag 333 23.43 d“
3. 3...... Ii 3 a 3 . 2‘5. 230 33-4 27333 -383
E3 .- 43 s 32 «:2; 3 33 €35 9333 31,33 223$ 232%
E d an. 0 mm <3: 2 0‘5; 7.22 Dan-IS and Och-«3 [-1qu
230 12 yrs, 1 mo., 21 dag." 20,3521 3.29 671. 05 6,468! 21.03:“ 4,462 146 8,902 1:4.2I 502.9 1,525.01 422.5 10.2331
229 2 yrs, 6 mos., 20 (1115. 20,063.7 3.11 625.9 5,581 2,251 4,336 182 3,106 1:4.3: 477.5 1,532.6! 396.4 9,573.9
22s 12 years. 7 months 15,0011 3.24 486,133 5.5431 1,692 4,344 132 9,394 1:42; 621.1 1,917.0I 517.6 9,316.7
227 2m.. 811103.. 16 due. 17,7530 3.49 619.37 5,603 1,912 4,340 1431 3,322 1:4.2| 539.4 1,547.0 435.0 9,576.03
225 43,111., 2mos.. 12 das. 21,4553 3.16 679.99 6,613 2410' 4,466 159 8,315 1:4.2l 490.8 1,549.4 427.1 10.5291
231 2 years, 26 days 16,670.? 2.96 493.33 5,399 1,781 4.374 136 3,333 1:42: 546.3! 1,828.9 479.9 9,108.3
214 , 2 months 17,9437 3.06 546.35 5,991 1,880l 4,336 182| 8.758 1:4.2: 543.9 1,777.2 460.9 9,703.0
L 'gthC t fK"gStokb F d'gS'l'é
HAVE BEEN looking up this silo around him and take a survey of his that puts the milk in the pail. The

business of late, and I have made

up my mind that Bill Spivins will
have a silo next year right up along-
side of his red dairy barn. I am
giving you the conclusion of some
two or three years of investigation,
and you can put it down that I am
going to do just what I say.

For several years I have milked
a few cows, fed out a few steers,
and practiced what you might call
general farming. My wife and I
have gotten along very nicely and
have gotten ahead. Occasionally we
keep a few accounts so we know
something of what
departments of our
business are paying.
I must confess, how-
ever, that my wife
deserves the credit
for telling me about
the good work of
the cows and chick-
ens. For some rear
son it is hard for a
man to- keep track
of these small some
which come in every
few days but which
at the end of the ~
year show a surr
prising totaL I .told '
her that Ihad notic-
ed recently -that our
best farmers .were
inclined to erect 2“
monuments , 30111 e-
where among their
buildings. and these
monuments certain-
ly reflected some«
thing. The round
high towers give a
splendid opportunity ..
for .a man to kick .

   

  

property; more than that, these fel-
lows who have the observation towers
seem to have very big cream checks,
and when they ship out a load of cat-
tle there is .asort of shine and full-
ness to them which makes them top
the market. I noticed that when they
had those cold stormy spells, the
men who owned the silos seemed to
be perfectly content, and I am sure
their cattle were. This chopping
corn out of shocks when it is cover—
ed with snow and ice is not the kind
of job which keeps the boys on the
farm, and it's not the kind of feed

  

other day when I hauled in a load of
corn stalks that had been weathered
for some six months, and looked like
hazelbrush well cured my wife re-
marked that she would prepare some
of the cabbage which ha'd'been left
in our garden for my dinner. I ob-

, served the cabbages as I came in, and

really thought that she had summed
up the situation correctly. When I
found some geod old sauer kraut and
spare ribs on my plate I couldn't
help but think of those good cows
and their brothers smiling over their
mess of silage.

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other day and found
that our cows were
producing about one

hundred and ﬁfty
pounds of butterfat
a year, and this I

know is above the
state average; but

I found that Henry

Jones’cows had av-

‘ eraged over three
hundred pounds of
butterfat. for the
year, .and this meant
that he received
Ibout six times more
out of his cows
than I did out or
mine, for it costs ..

about so much to. '

J’keep A cow 9. year
and of course there
18.110 difference in '

the cost of n‘dlking

3 , whether a cow 8173!

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‘Iu val-0.11 conflicting dates we wm WlH'IOUI-
cost, list the date of any live stock sale :1"
Michigan. If you are considering a sale a -
vise us at once and we will claim the “I?
0" you. Address, Live Stock Editor, M -
F., Mt. Clemens. ___.

May 10 Herefords. Newton County Here—
ford Breeders’ Ass'.n Kentland. Ind.

May 11. Rlrfolsli'einsA \lVast lli1chigan Breed-
rs', Grand anus. 1'01
.' June 8, Hoateins. McPherson Farms 00. ,
and Cheney Stock Farm Howell, Mich.

CATTLE

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN

1111 111111 11101111ch

Your problem is more MILK, more BUTTER,
more PROFIT, per cow

A son of Maplecrest Application Pontiac——
182552—from our heavy-yearly—milking-good- ~but-
tar-record dam will solve it. »

pecl rest Application Pontiac' 3
I51 3 lbs. butter in 7 days: 134y4.3 lbs.
234 1 lbs. milk in 365da

e is one of the greatest longy sdistance sires.
His daughters and sons will prove it.

W rite us for pedigree and prices on his sons.

Prices right and not too high for the average
dell! farmer.

Pedigrees and prices on application.

R. Bruce McPherson. Howell, Mich.

 

 

   

dam made
butter

 

 

FOR SALE
THOROUGHBRED
ROLSTEIII OOWS

combining blood of Traverse City and

Maple Crest stock granddaughters of

Friend Hengerveld De Kol Butter Boy.
Prices $300 and up

WILLIAMS 0. WHITACRE

D. No. 4 Allegan. Mich.

R. F.

 

 

 

 

OLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS GOOD

males from their herd. We are well pleased with

ves froKm our Junior Herd Sire “King Pon-

% Lunde Kern lie . II of
a.

who
ldauhter of Pon-
ﬂee “Durand: De Kol 2nd;om Afew bull calves for
'1'. W. Spragne, R. .Bsttle Creek, h.
For Sale: Rdeglstered Hoistelns. 1 young cows, A.
bre (1031 lb. bull. Herd on State Fed-
eral accredited list. Wm. Grilﬁn, Howell, Mich.

EGISTERED HOLSTEINS FOR SALE. FOUR
bull calves sired by a son of King Segis Cham-
pion Mabel. He is a double grandson of King
Begin De K01 Korndyke. Dams are heavy producing
méig cows Prices reasonable, breeding consid-

O. A P. DeHOOP, Iceland. Mlch., R 4

 

 

willoo trfo 18.

 

Write today I)

IIIIIIIIIIIIII

 

Better still, write out what
You aim change size of ad. or copy as often as you wish.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

 

(State
’PSI

OFFER

of choice
dams and
tis Vale.
butter in

est 33.93,

Harcuvurna

Yearlings and younger,

nearest dams,

SHORTHORN

 

 

silonruonus

5 bulls, 4 to 8 mos.
Dams good milkers, the farmers’
ers’ prices.

F. M.

and Federal Tested)
LANTI, MICH.

old, all roans, pail fed.

PIGGOTT & SON, Fowler,

kind, at farm-

Mich.

 

ere Association announce their is
for distribution.

Shorthorns 1iste.Addrcs
.,.L. Thorpe, 8811., Milo,

S YOUIIO SIRES

out
advanced registry
Kin-g Korndyke Ar-
Own dam 34.16.1115.
7 days; average 2
37.61, 6 near-

Place a pure bred milking Sho

lng qualities.

are for sale.

reasonable prices.
ROY

THE BARRY COUNTY SHORTHORN BREED-
Scotch. Scotch Pop and Milking

MILKIRO SHORTHORII BULL OALVES

your herd and improve their milking and flesh-
Have disposed of all females that
Have a few nice bull calves left at

S. FINCH, Fife Lake,

11 catalog ready

Mich.

rthorn bull in

Mich.

 

20 nearest, 27.83.
» HAT DO YOU WANT? I

 

 

 

“M‘s

BUL

new is your cha

 

Mich.
years old about 1 -2 white and straight as n

ROY F. FICKIES. Ohesanlng, Mlch.

all ages. Sbme females.

Tr ADVERTISED SOLD To President Central Michigan

F. W. Alexander, Vassar.

SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls
C. W.

Association, McBrides, Michigan.

represent 41

Crum.
Shorthom

 

Now offer a bull two

SHORTRORII

I1 offer bulls 4 mo. to 16 mos.

 

line (sired by MAPLE CREST KORNDYKE cow 1 heifer calf.
HENGE RVELD and from FLINT ULTRA O. M. YORIK, Mlllington, Mich.
22mg: .1 gahzz pound :guohter of FLINT

. u cal-res per cent- same SCOTCH SHORTHORN BULL
blood as KING FLINT. I! you want a dl- FOR SALE ﬁnes ready for service
root descendant of BUTTER ROY ROSINA JOHN LESSITER‘S SONS', Ciarkston. Mich.

nce.

Phone, Pontiac 711B-F-3 or Orion Exchange

 

Price 8200.

FOR SALE

 

 

3 Young Registered shorthorn Bulls
CLARENCE WYANT. Berrlen Center. Mich.,

R1

 

 

‘ PERHAPS

we have the bull you want.
oral supervision headed by a 36

of the Pontiacs.
and terms

a few good heifers
the I'ontiacs son

Woodcrest Dora 35 89.

Three dandy fellows of serviceable
age and several good young calves.

lb
Bull calves at your own price

HE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED-

 

bred to Peldcra DeKoe King of
of King of the Pontiacs and

ers' Association have stock for sale, both milk
and beef breeding.
Our herd under Fed—. Write the secretary,
son of King FRANK BAILEY, Hartford, Mich.
ONLY, A FEW LEFT
Will .1... sell SHORTHORIIS AT 0.1, pm...
Wm. J. BELL, Rose City, Mich.

 

 

wri(3:11 at Hillcreat Farm, Ortonville, M1ch., or Two sco‘rc" TOPPED BU’LLS
John P. Hehl, 181 Oriswold SI... Detroit, Mich. 53531392fogmf§rgg§nsi§§§mg§ agglm‘l‘xge DALE
(I WlteLL HOLD A COMBINATION SAdLE d' B" "“43“" °"'°"' "W‘-
irii‘hit w summon" foresawssss
' ' ‘ rlze-winning Scotch

son, on .Inckson— Springport state road.
VERNON CLOUGH, R2, Parma. Mich.

 

Bull. Master Model
head of herd

57614

in many states at
of 50 good type Shorthorns.
E. M. PARKHURST. Reed City, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

HERE’S A BULL GOOD ENOUGH TO HEAD
A REGISTERED HERD .

A grandson of the $50,000 bull. Illa (111111 a
20 lb. jr. 4 year old. Next In a A. 0. cow.
Come and see his dam and his sisters and his ﬁne
heifer calves. This bull is coming: yrs. old. 90
per cent white You will not he disappoinied if
on come to see him. Pedigree on request. 1‘ rice
350. Herd free from abortion.

. E. BRO
Ireoder 0! Reg. Stock Only.

MUSOLFF BROS.’ l-lOLSTEINJf

We are now booking orders for
£01m: bulls from King Pieter Segis
ons 170506. All from A. R. dams
wth credible records. We test annu-
ally for tuberculosis. Write for prio-
es and further information.
Musloﬂ Bros., South Lyons. Michlgnn

REGISTERED Hoisrrms

TWO BEAUTIFUL HEIFER CALVES. Four-
Mths white, perfect individuals. Strong Pontiac
Korndyke De Kol breeding. One born March 15,
the other March 25. 8110 for the two.

EIGHT MONTHS OLD BULL. Exceptionally
Inc‘pedigree. A splendid buy at $100.,

MORLEY E. OSBORNE
Sun Haven Farm

Bulls From an Accredited ”Hard.

HILL CREST FARMS, Munson, Mich.‘
Here for sale their Senior Herd Bir
ETHINGHURST JOHANNA OBMSBY DIMP‘LE
rn Nov. 25 1915. He Is a- perfect individual,
a show bull. gentle and right in every Way, 2-3
white. a proven sire of high breeding qualities
as shovrnf by his get in our herd. Priced right.
ad for bull circular, photos and pedigrees.
EDWARD B. BENSON a SONS~
Manson, Mich.

TWO BULL OALYES

Registered Holstein-Edema. Area by $9.87 lb'.‘
[bull and from heavy producing youngud cows. These
more very nice andwiilbep ced'eh‘eplf

so

RARRv r. Tunes. Emil. Riou._l'_

Breedsvllle. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BULL GALF LAST ADVERTIfSED 1 sgLD,
but have one more or so e. ice- '
lir marked“ stra1iglht ba'ctl;l 13:6. akilne indivicllauaél. FOR SALE {Egg}, ”8:331“, 83:33:31, (12%| calf
gegrow1yeoww1 emamgoa re ’ " ‘

bull. Would do someone a lot of good. Dam has W S. HUBER' Giadwln, Mich.

a £7 lb rsecord, a large cow aﬁid a grleiatDmKilli

pro ucer no a son of Friend engerve e o

Butter Boy, one of the great bulls "EREFORDS

JAMES HOPSON, JR.

Owcsso - - Michigan 120 HEREFORD STEERS. ALSO
know of 10 or 15 loads fancy quality
Shorthorn and Angus steers 5 to 1000 lb;

Four Choice Bull Calves

Dams have records from 20 lb t

Blreda by our 32

WLAKE SIDE DAIRY.

Owners anxious to sell.
commission. C. F Ball.
26 lbs.

s. 0
lb. son of the $50,000 bull.

 

Bnooxsrou

Calves for sale,
CLOTHILDE No.

A grandson of Colantha Johanna Lad, one oi the
greatest living sires and of a 31.4
of Sir Korndyke Manor De K01.

est dams average 2

BROOKSTOII FARMS

H.‘ WIDDIOOMB,

Lake Odessa. Mich.
FAB" REGISTERED
HOLSTEIN BULL

sired by MARYLAND BELLE

20 this year's calves for sale, 10
heifers
JOHN MaoGREOOR.

Will help buy 500
Fairﬂeld. low;

Hardy Northern Bred Hereford:

BERNARD FAIRFAX 824819 HEAD OF HERD

Harrlsvllle. Mich.

bulls and 10

 

154 358, born Dec. 14,1914.

4 lb. daughter

s two near-
5.89 lbs. butter in seven days. .
We still have eight good bulls a

era for sale. Come and see th 1n.
Prop. 819 Rapids. Mich. e

 

OUR HERD SIRE
MODEL KIIIO SEOIS OLISTA

His sire a 30 lb.

Alban De Kol.
His dam, Glista
Her darn, Glista

His three nearest dams average over 33 lbs. any age. Come and look them over
and his forty six nearest tested relatives average ..EARL C. McCARTY, Bad Axe. Michigan. .
over 80 lbs. butter in seven days. We after one
of his sons ready {or service. ,
GRAND RIVER srocK FARMS ANGUS

O. O. Twist. Mar.

Tony B. Fox, Prop.
Marion. Mich.
son of Lakeside King Begin

Fenella. 82. 87 lb.
Ernestine, 35. 96 lb.

Bob Fairfax 495027 at head of
tered stock

REGISTERED HERE FORD CATTLE

KING REPEATER HEADS OUR HERD ‘

MARION STOCK FARM

MEADOW BROOK HEREFOROS

either sex, polled or horned, mostly

nd some heif-

herd Regis—

 

 

Eaten Raplds. Mich.

 

 

 

A 1111111 BRED OALF

The Dam of this Calf has just made 12.77

lbs. of butter from
yearling.

tested.

Dam is both a granddaughter of 2King .of the
Pontiacs and eWoodcrest DeKol Lad 26 A. R. O.

Daughters Sire of
the

IHerd under state and federal inspection.
Address all correspondence to

JO
819 Atkinson Ave.. Detroit, Mich.

She is from a 16. 05 2 year old that
treshens in April as a 6 year year old and will be

$50. 000 dollar bull.
EY STOCK

804.8 lbs. of milk as a senior of farming, a 9“ 103d Of grade

I7 farming.
Car lot shipments assembled at

Calf is a 21 lb. grandson of FARM for prompt shipment.

Price only $ 1 00 :00.

FARM, YPSILANTI. MIcH.’ STOOKGFE EDING

O. B. SMITH. Addison.

The Most Proﬁtable Kind

from LENAWEE COUNTY’S heaviest milk pro-
ducers to include a pure bred ANGUS hull of the
most extreme beef type for combination beef and

Methods explained in SMITH’S PROFII‘ABLE
400 pages illustrated.

dairy heifers

GLENlVOOD

Mich.

 

HN BAILEY ’PURE BRED

BARTLETT

 

ANGUS CATTLE AND O.I.C.

ABERDEEN-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, Swinde are ri hted‘nd ‘darie priaed Ildmtted. Corre-
NICE STRAIGHT LIGHT COLORED BULL "m “5° 3° °1 ‘“ “'9“ °" '
““1151 ”£23 mam“), 18L Skid bay mm Hem: ARL BARTLETT. Lawton. Mich.
[GIVE W tWO neares ama avers. O '
266. lb be. 41mm and 735. 45 lbs. 1111111 in 7 1.}. GUERNSEYS
gain” daughter of a son of Pontiac De ‘ 7'
Nillanderz 35. 43 lbs. butter ‘snd 750 lbs. milk In on SALE: GUERNSEY BULL, GRANDSON
days Write for prices and extended pedigree of Gov. of‘the Cherie from A. R. o. dam. 10
' mos. old. Also other bulls from 2 to 7 mos. old.
:. L. C. KETZLER . J Write for particula1s. ,
. Flint. Mich. ’ _ , '1 C. A. HENNESEY. Watervllot, Mich.
I. fl: BALL. «J.,.. Cattle” and Sheep
FELIX WIT! .. . Horses and Swine

 

“9% do: :of Thin woe
g care 0 this paper, Their service is {rosy to you. They wl
to. y work exclusively

   

copy or changes must be received one week before date

Also some choice cows.

 
 

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C TORY

(SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES under this heading 5:6 honeét2 bt'l’ede" of live stock and poultry will be sent on request.
or mes.
Auction Sales adVertised hmoo at special low rates: ask for them.

  
 
 
 
 

   

you have to offer, let us putlt in I

  
  

   

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GUERNSEYS

 
 
 

 

     

WEI ARE OFFERING FOR:
as is some splendid bull calvel
2:1: 016A R. dams with records up to 500 lbs.
M 111' herd sire, a. grandson of Dolly Dimple!
AEYRKlng of Langwater, and whose dam has In
121 . record of 548 lbs. fat at 2 1- 2 years in
a o for sale or exchange. Write for particulars
and prices to

MORGAN enos., R No 1. Aileaan. Mich-

 
   
      
  
  
  
    
   
 
   
    
   
   
  
   
      
    
   
 
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
   
    
    
 
    
    
   
   
   
 
   
    
   
    
  
   
   
 
   
  
  
  
   
   
    
    
      
       
     
   
  
   
  
  
    
  

REGISTERED GUERNSEYS
Away with the Scrub Bull.
Breeding better Guernseys.
Bull calves that will Improve your herd.
J. M. WILLIAMS
North Adams. Mich.

 

JERSEYS

Highland Farm-Jerseys

011'01521111113 of serviceable age, of R. 0. VI
Sire and l);1m',s with high production records.
Also bull (alfs. Write for printed list of price!
and dcmriptlon.

HIGHLAND FARM, Shelby, Mlch.. R 2.

 

 

For Sale—Jersey bull calves. Oxiord and Ma-
jesty breelinr. Dams are heavy producers.
L. CARTER, R4. Lake Odessa, Mich.

A Few Registered Jersey
cows for sale. llor'il ni tncnty three to choose
from. Also bulls rmuh 1.11 sorvim.

C. & A. H. DONALDSON. Fenton, Mich.

 

BROTVN SWISS

—_VAL VERDE FARR/Th BROWN SWISS
Registered calves for sa.e-—-both sex.
DWIN GRISWOLD, R1, Beiialre, Mich.

FOR SALE

HAVE ANOTHER PURE BRED

BROWN SWISS BULL OALF

that was bmn lcl1.4, 1:1: 0. Will give purchas-
er registration and transfer.

FR OET. Clare. Mich.. R 8
Breeder of Brown Swiss Cattle

AYSHIRES

FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE
bulls and bull calves, heifers and heifer calves.

 

 

 

 

FINDLAY BROS.. R 5. Vassar, Mich.

SWINE

POLAND CHINA

A TODON
«‘1‘.
Sire was champion of the world, his Dam’e . g.
sire was grand champion at Iowa State Fair. Get
a grand champion while the getting is good. Book-
ing orders now. Bred gilts are all sold, but have
10 choice fall pigs sired by a Grandson of Dish-
er's Giant, 3 boars and 7 sows. \Vill sell open
or bred for Sept. furrow, to BIG BOB.
C. E. GARNANT, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

IG TYPE POLAND CHINA BRED GILTS ALL
sold out. A few fall pigs either sex at reason-
able price Registered in buyers name. Shed

by Big Bone 4th and Big Long Bob.
MOSE BROS., St. Charles, Mich.
BIG TYP POLAND CHINAS. CLOSING OUT
our hours and bred gllts at a bar-
gain. Gilta with quality and size bred to a large
growthy herd boar for March 11nd April furrow.
L W. BARNES 8. SON, Byron, Mich.
BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS
WITH QUALITY
Have for sale M's ORANG‘E. a ﬁne yearling

boar out of Us BIG OHANGL
J. E. MYGRANTS. St. Johns. Mlch.
land Chinas.

WALNUT ALLEY ..... .1.

My 1920 crops will be sired by Giant Clansman
No. 324731, sired by Giant Clansman and Art's
Progress No. 377

A. D. GRHGDRY, lonia, Mich.

TH ANNUAL P. C. BRED 80W SALE,
March 13. 1920. For particulars write
w. J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta. Mich.

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BIG TYPE PO-

 

 

IO TYPE P. C. BRED GILTS AND FALL
yearlings including prize winners. Out of
1,100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from Iowa’s
greatest herds.
E J. MATHEWSON. Burr Oak, Mich.

I. T P '0 AM OFFERING SPRING-
boars. summer and fall pigs.
F. T. HART. St. Louis, Mich.

 

 

Am Offering Large Type Poland China Sovu.

bred to F's Orange at reasonable pirces. Alla
fall pigs. Write or call.
CLYDE FISHER, R3, St. Louis. Mich.

 

T. P. 0. ALL SOLD OUT. EXCEPT 80MB.
fall gilts. Thanking my one
JOHN D. WILEY, Schoolcrait. Mich.

 

       
    

OARS ALSO SOWS ANYTHING
you want. Poland Chinas of the big elt type»
We have bred them big for more than 530.5:
over 100 head on and. Also registered etch-
erona, Holsteins and aOxfords. Everything sold It
a reasonable pr ce, and a aqua deal.
JOHN C. BUTLER. Portland. Mlch.

AND PIGS.

 
  
  

 

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vervell~known eiperts will visit all live-stock sales of
and 111nm, as the exclusive Field Men of The Michigan

11...... men or; sandman their lines 111 Michigan
119111 at in Voila, making bids and purchases.
II also help you

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I

To Kill Lice, Mites, Fleas,

‘ and Sheep Ticks.

f To Help Heal Cuts, Scratches and
Common Skin Troubles.

USE IT IN ALL BUILDINGS

To Kill Disease Germs and Thus
Prevent Contagious Animal Diseases.

wt "to use EFFICIENT. ECONOMICAL

    
    
    
     
 
    
    
   
   
   

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We will send you a booklet on the
treatment of mange, eczema or pitch
mange. arthritis, sore mouth, etc.

~ We will send you a booklet on how
' to build a hog wallow, which will keep
hogs clean and healthy.

We will send you a booklet on how
to keep your hogs free from insect para-
sites and disease.

Write for them to
Animal Industry Department of

PARKE, DAVIS & CO.

DETROIT. MlCH.

   
   
  
   
   
   
 
    
  
  
   

   
   

 

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, ’ ' mini) AND 440340983 cores
count of ‘the accuracy "with’ which
the'nntrients fed could be calculat-
ed,.were obtained during the past
year on seven Holstein-Friesian cows

States Department of Agriculture.
These cows, which are a part of the
foundation herd used in line breed-
ing andinbreeding project in charge
of R. Rz'Graves, have, now complet-

will be. tested later on as mature
cows.

as to show their producing capacity,
though no attempt was made to
force, them to extremes. The ani-
mals were not run on pasture, and
did not receive any green feed dur-
ing their lactation period. Conse-
quently full and accurate records of
all nutrients consumed are available.
All of these cows were milked three
times a day throughout the year’s
work. All test animals are handled
under as uniform conditions as pos-

next generation, when made under
the same conditions, may be compar-
able. The names and herdnumbers
of the animals that completed their
records are:

No. 228. Gerben Queen Segis
Cornucopia, 294761.

No. 227. Beauty Korndyke Ger-
ben, 288919.

No. 229. Mercedes Laura Ollie,
307236.

No. 230. Watson Segis Pontiac
Homestead, 316969. .

No. 231. Lone Star Pontiac Segis,
2nd, 323757.

No. 214. Lady Colantha Walker,

 

which should befcfintijerest oats -

at the Beltsville (Md.') experiment
farm of thelDairy Division, United

ed their ﬁrst semi-'omcial yearlyte'st 7"
as heifers, and in accordance with 7
the plan of the breeding work. they .

The cows are fed in such manner -

sible, in order that the records of'the ’

  

225...:
90.38.. .

  

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3‘54.”

0" "-28‘ ad #227 a; “ " ““e ’7 .
ows 2 a g ' .«ed 2911‘ 1.000. pounds of milk-predate»

ht
‘ of Hazelwoed Korndyke _. ‘Ge‘rben,.
98063. Cows 229‘, 23031102310110
daughters of Piebe Laura Ollie
Homestead King, 110474. NIL-4.214

is a daughter of Johan Woodcrest'

Lad 11th, 103987, and was'bred at
Beltsville. No. 225 is a daughter of
King Segis Pontiac Count, 93909.

All the animals in this list, with
.the‘exception of No. 214 weregnhipf
ped tram Minneapolis on March 22,
1918, arriving at Beltsville on April
1. With the exception of No. 229,
there was no time for any special ﬁt-
ting, and in fact all were in ordinary
condition at time of calving. No.
228 freshened April 4; No. 231
freshened April 10; Nos. 230 and
227 freshened April 18; No. 225
freshened April 29; and No. 229
freshened May 28., The following
table gives a summary of the produc-
tion and feed consumption, also the
age of the animals at the time the
test was started.

‘ Composition of Grain Ration

The. grain mixture that was fed to
these cows was made up of the fol-
lowing feeds, by weight:

Corn meal . . . . . ...... _. . . 2 parts
Gluten feed ...... . ....... 2 parts
Wheat bran . . ........... 2 parts
Oats .......... , ........... 3 parts
Dried brewers’ grains ..... 2 parts
Cottonseed meal ......... '2 parts
Linseed oil meal .. . .' ...... 3 parts

Molasses was fed at the rate of
0.6 pound per day after December 1,
1918. The dried beet pulp was fed
after. being scaked in water. It
should be borne in mind that'these
cows were not fed' from the view-
point of economy of production, but
rather to ascertain their producing

  

  

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«ediper loo-pends ‘of fat produced:

and-[per 100_.pounds of solids prov I

'd-uj‘ced.’ , ... . v.
~ ‘ Therewas very little difference in
the size ofcows 231 and 214, yet
. No. 214. produced 1,173 pounds more
milk and 48 pounds more fat than
wdid No. 2311— and consumedslightly
less digestible; nutrients per 1,009
pounds milk and per 100' pounds-fat
produced. . ' .
Troubles Suﬂered by Cows

All the cows shipped from Minne—
apolis suffered severely from heat
during their first summer at Belts-—
ville, Md. No. 228 was troubled
some with foot rot, and was also us—
ed in a water experiment from Nov-
ember 5 to March 28. No. 227 was
troubled for some six weeks follow-
ing her freshening by an obstruction
in one teat. No. 231 was off feed at
~two_different times as. a result of
bloating from alfalfa hay. No. 229
was very sick in December of her test
from compaction followed by a slight

, case of pneumonia, and lost consid—
erable Weight during her illness,

A1 of these animals made consid—
erable gains in weight during their
tests. Undoubtedly apart of the
surplus digestible nutrients consum-
ed over the amounts required for
production and maintenance were us—
ed for this growth and gain in their
weight. The surplus of digestible
protein consumed was much greater
than the surplus of total digestible
nutrients. Men who feed cattle for
large production have long thought
that the narrower ration acted as a
stimulus to greater production. From
the standpoint of economy the net}-
rower ration is no more costly than
a wider ration, at present prices of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

365573. capacity. feeds.
SUMMARY OF FEED AND PRODUCTION necoRns FOR ONE vsnnjon seven HOLBTEIN cows-l
Food Consumed 5 . n.3,; k. f3
. Q's dd 3. a gg
. O Q '
Number Age test . '5 ° 25a ”‘3 ‘ "3.8:: ‘8
Herd started § § .3 g a 353:, gag €85 ’é’gag “£83
:3 - as i 3% s; a g; gee sass st: eggs gas:
Eu. :2 :23 o no <2: :1 on. 2.53 maria cute mess 9858.
230 I2 yrs, 1 mo., 21 due. 20,3521 3.29 071.505 6.468, 21.033 4,402 140 8,902 1:4.2I 502.8 1,525.0I 422.5 10,233.1
229 2 yrs, 0 mos, 20 das. 20,0037 3.11 625.9 5,581 2.251 4.330 182 3,190 1:4.3I 477.5 1,532.0: 396.4 9,578.9
228 I2 years, 7 months . 15,0011 3.24 488,133 5,543 1,692 4,344 132 9,394 1:4.21 021.1 1,917.01 517.0 9,310.7
227 2 yrs., 8 11103., 16 due. 17,7530 3.49 019.37 5,803 1,912 4.340 143 8,822 1:42! 539.4 1,547.0I 435.0 9,570.03
225 4 yrs., 2 11108., 12 data. 21,4553 3.10 079.99 0,013 2,410l 4,400 159 8,315 1:4.2 490.8I 1,548.4 427.1 10.5291
231 2 years, 20 days 10.0707 2.98 498.33 5.399 1,781 4,374 130 8,333 124.2] 546.3! 1,828.9 479.9 9,108.8
214 2 years, 2 months 17,843.7 3.00 540.85 5,991 1,886I 4,330 182| 8,758 1:4.2 543.9 1,777.2 460.9 9,703.0

 

HAVE BEEN looking up this silo

 

 

   
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  

 

 

 

an e . cw Butterﬁ 3:. No. 2%.

to n material and wank-man-
, Made also in four-larger Inc! all sold on
1030 Days’ FREE TRIAL
ad on a plan wherebty they earn thelr
own cost and more by who they save. Postal
gs Free Catalog Folder. Buy from the
mufuturer and We money. (9]
Ilbauslrnovor Co 2200 Mar-lull sI. Chime

Lightrunning,eas c caning, I.
close skimming. du Io. - .
NEW BUTTERFLY 3
”pretty: are mnmd n life-time . .7
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For best results on your Poul-
try, Veal, Hogs, etc., ship to

CULOTTA & JULL
' ’ DETROIT

. Not connected with any other
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business of late, and I have made
up my mind that Bill Spivins will
have a silo next year right up along—
side of his red dairy barn. I am
giving you the conclusion of some
two or three years of investigation,
and you can put it down that I am
going to do just what I say.

For several years I have milked

 

    

a few cows, fed out a few steers,
and practiced what you might call
general farming. My wife and I
have gotten along very nicely and
have gotten ahead. Occasionally we
keep a few accounts so we know
something of what
departments of our
business are paying.
I must confess, how-
ever, that my wife
deserves the credit
for telling me about
the good work of
the cows and chick-
ens. For some rea-
son it is hard for a
man to keep track
of these small sums
which come in every
'few days but which;
at the end of the
year show a sur-
prising totaL I told
her that I had notic-
ed recentlyuthat our
best farmers .were
inclined to erect
monuments , eom e—
where among their
buildings, and these
monuments certain—
ly reflected some-
thing. The round
high towers give a
splendid opportunity

 

for .a man to; look .

 

around him and take a survey of his
property; more than that, these fel-
lows who have the observation towers
seem .to have very big cream checks,
and when they ship out a load of cat—
tle there is .asort of shineand full-
ness to them Awhich makes them top
the market. I noticed that when they
had those cold stormy spells, the
men who owned the silos seemed to
be perfectly content, and I am sure
their cattle were. This chopping
corn out of’shocks when it is cover-
ed with snow and ice is not the kind
of job which keeps the boys on the
farm, and it's not the kind of feed

    

 

Lowering the Cost of Keeping Stock by Feeding Silage

that puts the milk in the pail. The
other day when I hauled in a load, of
corn stalks that had been weathered
for some six months, and' looked like
hazel 'brush well cured my wife re-
marked that she would prepare some
of the cabbage which had been left
in our garden for my dinner. I ob-
served the cabbages as I came in, and
really thought that she had summed
up the situation correctly. When I
found some good old sauer kraut and
spare ribs on ,my plate I couldn’t
help but think of those good cows
and their brothers smiling over their
mess of silage.

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other day and found
that our cows were
producing about one
hundred and fifty
pounds of butterfat
a year, and this I
know is above the
state average; but
I found that Henry
Jones' cows had av-
'eraged over three
hundred. pounds of
butterfat for the
year, and this meant
that he received
Ibout six times more
out of his cum
than I did out (if
mine, for it costs ,.
.about so. much “to. '

and of course there

is no difference in

-. the cost of 'milkins

. whethera cow 31a
to " ’

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and tell you What It will cost for 13.
Auotwn Sales adVertised here at special low rotate: ask for them.

times.

 

(SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES under this heading to honest2 breeders of live stock and poultry will be sent on request.
26 You can “(ragga telize 31 ad. or copy as often as you wish.
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Better still.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

 

 

 

 
 

 

     

  

”to .011 conflicting dates we wm Without
cost, £157; 1the date of any live stock sale U:
Michigan. If you are considering a sale a
vise us at once and we will claim the dogs
for you. ' Address, Live Stock Editor, M. .
F., Mt. Clemens.

Ma 10, Hergfords KN‘eﬂwtdin Oounty Here~
0rd reeders’ ss’n on an
' May 1 . Holsteins. West Michigan Breed-
."iiun

d It pills, M ch.
(inter, HoYIte teins. McPherson Farms 00.,
and Cheney Stock Farm, Howell, Mich.

 

 

 

HOLSTEIN—FRIESIAN

Mil 111111 11110111131511

Your problem is more MILK, more BUTTER,
non PROFI 'l‘, per cow.

A son of Maplecrest Application Pontiac-—
152B52—from our heavy- -yearly-milldng- -good-but-
“'3?ch 33m Xi “113011716 “I P nti c' a dam made

pecr pp ca on o 11
I5 1 3 lbs. butter in 7 days: 1344. 3 lbs. butter
aad2 3421.2 lbs. milk in 365 da-ys
H2e is one of the greatest long distance sires.

His daughters and sons will prove it.

Write us for pedigree and prices on his sons.

Prices right and not too high for the average
dairy farmer

,Pedigreesr and prices on application.

B. Bruce McPherson. Howell, Mich.

 

 

' FOR SALE
THOROUGHBRED
HOLSTEIII OOWS

combining blood of Traverse

Maple Crest stock. granddaughters

Friend Hengcrveld De Kol Butter Boy.
Prlc ces $3 00 and up

WILLIAMS 0. WHITACRE

F. D. No. 4 Allegan, Mich.

City and
of

 

 

 

 

OLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS GOOD
mules from their herd. We are 51111.1 pleased with

calves from our kJunior e 'g‘nKi Pon-
the Lunde Ko e8 "- be Is a son of
kcs" roll: a ds hter of Pon-

'Kin
I.‘:.Ciothlld: De uKol 2nd. A
'1‘. W. Spruce. R. 2. Battle Creek

 

;or Sale: Registered Holsteins, 1 young cows, A.
. O. bred to 31 lb. bull. Herd on State‘Fed-
oral accredited list. Wm. Grifﬁn, Howell, Mich.

EGISTERED HOLSTEINS FOR SALE. FOUR
bull calves sired by a son of King Segls Cham-
pion Mabel. He is a double grandson of King
Begin De K01 Korndyke. Dams are heavy producing
youéig cows. Prices reasonable. breeding consid-
Il'e .
G. A P. DeHOOP, Iceland, Mich.. R 4
HERE'S A BULL GOOD ENOUGH TO HEAD
A REGISTERED HE
0Al bgrandson of the $50. 000 bull.
..jr 4 year old. Ndaext 3A. It. 0. cow.
0rule and see his dam and his sisters and his fine
heifer calves. This bull in coming 2 yrs. old. 90
per cent white. You will not be disappoinied if
on come to see . Pedigree on request. Price
350. Herd free rom abortion.

. . RO
Breeder of Reg. Stock Only.

MUSOLFF BROS.’ HOLSTElNi

We are now booking orders for
£01m: bulle from KingA Pieter Seals

 

Ills dam is

Breedsvllie. Mich.

 

one 170506. All fromA R. dame
wth credible records. We test annu-
ally for tuberculosis. Write for prio-
es and further information.
Musloﬂ Bros., South Lyons, Michigan

REGISTERED HOLSTEIIS

TWO BEAUTIFUL HEIFER CALVES. Four-
ﬂfths white. perfect individuals. Strong Pontiac
Korndyke Do Kol breeding. One born March 15,
the other March 25. $110 for the two.

EIGHT MONTHS OLD BULL. Exceptionally
he‘pedigree. A splendid buy at 8100..

MORLEY E. OSBORNE
Sun Haven Farm

Bulls From an Accredited Herd.

HILL CREST FARMS Munssorn. Mich.‘
Hers for sale their Senior erds
ES GHURST JOHANNA ORMSrBY DIMPLE

r11 Nov. 25,1915. He is a perfect individual
a show bull, gentle and right in 'every way, 2- 3
white, a proven sire of high breeding qualities

as hcwn by his get in our herd. Priced r1 ht.
Bend for bull circular, photos and pe reed

EDWARD B. BENSON a. SONS
Munson. Mich.

TWO BULL O'ALVES

 

 

 

 

 

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Registered Holsteindi‘riesian, sired by 89.87 lb.»

hull and from heavy p ucing youngoo “Th
res are very nice and will be priced chow if

”I 50011. .
HARRY T. TUBES. Elwgll. Mlohh "

BABY BULLS

tbGrow ‘,“your own next hair! “1%; We be
, hmtltul you tars—d [than v
lug-housed rugge to wax-1Tb”: are one 5!

or sine.‘ qsleﬁéd w

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"Aron HERO

(State and Federal Tested)
, YPSILANTI, MICH.

OFFERS YOUNG SIRES

Yearlings and younger, out
of choice advanced registry
dams and King Korndyke Ar-
tis Vale. Own dam 34.10le.
butter in 7 days; average 2
nearest dams, 37.61, 6 near-
est 33.93, 20 nearest, 27.83.

 

 

 

LAST ADVERTISED SOLD TO
Mr F. Alexander, Vassar.

Mich. Now offer a bull two
years old about 1 2 white 3an straight ”K a
line (sired by MAPLE CREST KORNDY
HENGERVELD and from FLINT ULTRA
NUDINE .1 28 .22 pound daughter of FLINT
PRINCE. Bull carries 75 per cent' some
blood as KING FLINT. If you want a di-
rect descendant of BUTTER BOY ROSINA
now is your chance.

Price $200.
ROY F. FICKIES. Ohmnlnl. Mlch.

 

 

 

 

‘ PERHAPS

we have the bull you want. Our herd under Fed-
eral supervision headed by a 36 lb. son of King
of the Pontiacs. Bull calves at your own price
and terms. Three dandy fellows of serviceable
age and seven] good young calves. Will also sell
a few good heifers bred to Peldora DeKoe King of
the Pentium son of King of the Pcntiacs and
Woodcrest Dora 35 ..89
1Call at Hillcrest Farm, Ortonville, Mich,
Mich.

wrte
John P. Hehi, 181 Griswold St.,

01'

Detroit,

 

I WILL HOLD A COMBINATION SALE
of registered and grade Holstelns, registered and
grade Angus, horses and Poland China Hogs, on
April 7th, at my farm. 11 miles N. W. of Jack-
son, on Jackson Springport state road. ‘

VERNON CLOUGH. R2. Parme. Mth-

BULL GALF LAST ADVERTISED scan,
but have one more for sale. Nice-
ly marked, straight back line, a ﬁne individual,
1”“ BPOWthy fellow with the making of a large
bull Would do someone a lot of good. Dam has
a 27 lb. record, a large cow and a great milk
producer. Sire a son of Friend Hengerveld DeKol
Butter BOY. one of the great bulls.
JA MES :OPSON. JR.

 

Owesso -

Four Choice Bull Calves

Dams have records from 20 lbs. to 26 lbs.
Siiﬁd° by our 32 1b. son of the $50, 000 bull.

LAKE SIDE DAIRY. lec Odessa. Mich.

BROOKSTOII FARM "E“ 3 T E R E D

AHOLSTEIN BULL

Calves for sale, 1sired by MA LAND BELLE
CLOTHILDE No. 4,358 bornR Dec. 14, 14.
A grandson of Coialntha Johanna Lad, one of the
greatest living sires and of a 31.44 lb. daughter
of Sir Korndyke Manor De K01. His two near—
est dams average 25.89 lbs. butter in seven days.

BROOKSTOII FARMS

H.»WIDDICOMB. Prop. Big Rapids.

Michigan

 

Mich.

 

MODELOUFNHERD SIRE

His sire a 30 lb. son of Lakeside King Begin
Alban De K01.

His dam. Glista Fenella. 82.871

Her dam, Glista Ernestine, 35 96 lb.

His three nearest dams average over 33 lbs.
and his forty six nearest tested relatives average
over 30 lbs. butter in seven days. We oﬂer one
of his sons ready for service.

GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS
O. G. Twin. Mgr. . Eaton Rapids. Mich.

A 1110er BRED our

The Dam of this Calf has just made 12.77
lbs. of butter from 804.6 lbs. of milk as a senior
yearling. Shela from a 16. 05 2 year old that
{rezhens in April as a 6 year year old and will be
es ed

Dam is both a granddaughter of King of the
Pontiacs and :Woodcrest DeKol La‘d 26 A. 0.

 

Daughters Site of Calf is a 21 lb. grandson of
the $50, 000 dollar bull. Price only $100100.
BAZL LEV STO FARM. YPSILANTI. MIOH.'

Herd under state and federal inspection.
Address all correspondence to
JOHN BAILEY
819 Atkinson Ave.. Detroit. Mich.

 

A

.gerveld Lad. whose two nearest dams average

211166 nlba butter and 735. 45 lbs. milk in 7 days.

24 lb. daughter of a son of Pontiac De

Nilmlander 85.43 lbs. butter and 750 lbs. milk in
dill

s. , Write for prices and extended pedigree

.C. KETZLER
I'lilint. Mich.

NICE STRAIGHT LIGHT COLORED BULL.
calf born February 1st. Sired by Flint Hem.

SHORTHORN
SRORTHORIS

5 bulls, 4 to 8 mos. old, all roans, pail led.
Dams good milkers, the farmers' kind, at farm-

ers’ prices.
F. M. PIGGOTT J: SON. Fowler. Mich.

THE BARRY COUNTY SHORTHORN BREED-
ers Association announce their fall catalog ready
for distribution. Scotch, Scotch Pop and Mlllnng
Shorthorns listed. Address

.,L. Thorpe, Sec.. Milo. Mich.

MILKIHO SHORTHORII BULL OALVES

Place a pure bred milking Sliorthorn bull in
your herd and improve their milking and flesh—
lng qualities. ave disposed of all females that
are for sale. Have a few nice bull calves left at

reasonable prices.
ROY FINCH. Fife Lake, Mich.

S.
HATDO YOU WANT? I represent 41
SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls
all ages. S'ome females. C. W. Crum,
President Central Michigan Shorthorn
Association, McBrides. Michigan.

SHORTRORR

 

 

I1 offer bulls 4 me. to 16 mos.

 

cow 1 heifer calf.
0. M. YORIK. Mllllngton. Mich.
FOB SAL SCOTCH SHORTHORN BULL
(calves ready for service.
JOHN LESSITER’S SONS’, Clarkston, Mich.

Phone, Pontiac 1115-F-3 or Orion Exchange

FOR SALE

3 Young Registered Shorthorn
CLARENCE WYANT. Berrien Center.

HE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED-
ers’ Association have stock for sale, both milk
and beef breeding.
W rite the secretary
FRANK BAILyEV.

SHORTHORNS

Wm. J.

 

Bulls

Mlch.. R1

 

Hartford, Mich.

 

ONLY A FEW LEFT
AT OLD PRICE.

BELL, Rose City, Mich.

dTWO SOOTOH TOPPED BULLS

for service sired by SULTAN’S DALE
33131292 from heavy milking dams. Write
M. B. HALLSTED. Orion, Mich.

3110311101111

prize-winning Scotch

null Master Model 57614 in many states at

head of herd of 50 good type Shorthorns.
E. M. PARKHURST, Reed City, Michigan.

FOR SALE

 

 

FOR SALE“ AT REA.

 

Clay Bred Shorthornr bull call
from a licavv producing dam.

HUBER. Gladwln, Mich.

 

 

HEREFORDS

120 HEREFORD STEERS. ALSO
know of 10 or 15 load: fancy quality
Shorthorn and Angus steers 5 to 1000 lha
Owners anxious to sell. Will help buy 500
commission. C. 1" Ball. Fairﬁeld Iowa.

Hardy Northern Bred Hereford:

BERNARD FAIRFAX 624819 HEAD OF HERD
h 120 this year's calves for sale, 10 bulls and 10
e are.

JOHN MaoGREGOR. Harrlsville. Mich.

REGISTERED HEREFORD CATTLE

KING REPEATER HEADS OUR HERD
We still have eight good bulls and some heif-
ers for sale. Come and see them.
MARION STOCK FARM
Tony B. Fox, Prop.
Marion. Mich.

MEADOW BROOK HEREFORDS

Bob Fairfax 495027 at head of l1erri.Regis-
tered stock either sex, polled or horned, mostly
any age. Come and look them over.

.EARL C. McCARTY. Bad Axe.

ANGUS

The Most Proﬁtable Kind

01' farming. a car load of gra ade dairv heifers
from LENA\VEE COUNTY’S heaviest 111111; pro~
ducers to include a pure bred ANGUS hull of the
most extreme beef type for combination beef and
dairy taming.

Car lot shipments assembled at GLENWOOD
ARM for prompt shlpm

Methods explained in SMITH’S PROFII‘ABLE

STOCK FEEDING 400 pages illustrated.
GEO. B. SMITH. Addison. Mich.

BARTLETT

 

 

 

 

Michigan. .

 

 

 

 

 

’PURE BRED ABERDEEN.
ANGUS CATTLE AND OHIO.
Swine are ri ht and are priced right. 00 one-
spondence so cited and inspection invite

GA RL BARTLETT. Lawton. Mich.

 

 

 

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GUERNSEYS
OR SALE: GUERNSEY BULL, GRANDSON
of Gov. of'the ~Chene from A. R. 0. dam, 10
meg. olfd. Alsto ogier bulls from 2 to 7 mos. old.
to r at 1011 IS _
Wr 0.0 .pHENNESEY. Wetervliet, Mich.

 

 

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.wellrknown experts will visit all live- stock sales of
Indiana, as the exclusive Field Men of The Michigan

.. ‘ peteﬁl: men a Itah‘ding‘in their lines in Michigan

a?“ ’ .- this weekly at tiny s'ale. making bids and purchases.

.1313? .sle’rviee is free to you.
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WEI ARE OFFERING FOI-
sa 3 some splendid bull calve-~
gilt? M614. R. dams with records up to 500 lbs.
M ur herd sire, a grandson of Dolly Diniplel
ayRKing of Langwater, and whose dam ha! Ill
“.80 foreggrg (o; 54?1 lbs. fat at 2 1- 2 years I‘
and prices to exc ange. Write for particular!
MORGAN BROS.. R No 1. Alieoan. Mich.

GUERNSEY;

REGISTERED GUERNSEYS
Away with the Scrub Bull.
Breeding better Guernseys.
Bull calves that will improve your herd.
J. M. WILLIAMS
North Adams. Mich.

 

JERSEYS

Highland F arm-Jerseys

Oli'cgi's: Bulls of se1viceable age, of 11.0.31-
Sire and l)-1n1',s with high production records.
Also bull culfs. Write for printed list of price!
and description.

HIGHLAND FARM, Shelby, Mich" R 2.

 

 

or Sale—Jersey bull calves. Oxford and Ma-
Jesty breeding. Dams are heavy producers.
J. L. CARTER, R4, Lake Odessa, Mlch.

A Few Registered Jersey
cows for sale. llnril nl' twentylhrce to choose
from. Also bulls ready for sorvicc

. 8‘ A. H. DONALDSON. Fenton, Mich.

 

BROIVN SWISS

VAL VERDE FARM BROWN SWISS
Registered calves for saEe—both sex.
EDWIN GRISWOLD. R1, Beiiaire, Mich.

FOR SALE

I HAVE ANOTHER PURE BRED

BROWN SWISS IULL OALF

that was born Feb. 4. 1920. Will give purchas-
er registration 111111 transfer.
ANK POET. Clare. Mlch.. R 6
Breeder of Brown Swiss Cattle

AYSHIRES

 

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE
calves.

bulls and bull calves heifers 11ml heifer
Also some choice co\vs..

FINDLAY BROS... R 5, Vassar, Mich

SWINE

POLAND CIHNA

BIG BOB MASTODON

Sire was champion of the world, his Dam's
sire was grand champion at Iowa State Fair. Get
a grand champion while the getting is good. Book-
ing orders now. Bred gllts are all sold, but have
10 choice fall pigs sired by a Grandson of Dish-

er’s Giant. 3 boars and 7 sows. Will sell open
BOB.
Mich.

or bred for Sept. farrow. to BIG
C. E. GARNANT, Eaton Rapids,
IG TYPE POLAND CHINA BRED GILTS ALL
sold out A few fall pigs either sex at reason-
able price. Registered in buyer's bname. Sired
by Big Bone 4th and Big Long Bob
MOSE BROS.. St. Charles. Mich.
BIG TYP POLAND CHINAS. CLOSING OUT
our boars and bred gills at a bar-
gain. Gilts with quality and size bred to a large
growthy herd hour for March and April furrow.
W. BARNES a. SON, Byron, Mich.
BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS
WITH QUALITY
Have for sale M's ORANGE, a fine yearling

boar out of L’s BIG ORANGE.
J. E. MYGRANTS. St. Johns. Mich.
land Chinas.

WALNUT. ALLEY .1.

My 1020 crops will be sired by Giant Clansman
No. 324731 sired by Giant Clansman and Art'-
Progress No. 37 704

A. I). GREGORY, Ionia, Mich.

TH ANNUAL P. C. BRED 80W SALE.
March 13. 1920. For particulars write
J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta. Mich.

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IG TYPE P. C. BRED GILTS AND FALL
yearlings including prize winners. Out of
1,100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from Iowa’s
greatest herds.
E. J. MATHEWSON. Burr Oak. Mich.

L T P AM OFFERING SPRING
boars. summer and tall pigs.
F. '1‘. HART. St. Louis, Mich.

 

 

Am Offering Large Type Poland China Bows.)
bred to F's Orange alt reasonable pirces.
fall pigs. Write or
R8, St. Mloh.

CLYDE FISHER.
T. P. C. ALL SOLD OUT. EXCEPT SOME.
fall gilts. Thanking my one
JOHN D. WILEY. Schoolcrsft. Mich.

OARS ALSO SOWS AND PIGS. ANYTHING

you want. Poland Chinas of the bill It!”
We have bred them big for Amore than 5 I
over 100 head on hand. registered .
erons, Holsteins and Oxfordeiﬁo Everything sold“ at

a reasonable pr cc, and a so redea 1.
JOHN C. BUTLER. Portland. Mich.

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WONDERLAND HERD

LAROB TYPE P.
Afew choice bred Elite for sale.0 'Also fell tilts
lure. some Very good prospects obeof excellent
{reading}; Gilts bred to ORPHAN’S SUPERIOR
e by 10 ORPHAN'B

MU%L by BIG BONmE
RPHAN by G RNPHA
BEAUTESA CHOICE by ORAI‘?GE BUD, by BIG
Free livery to visitors.
Wm. J. CLARKE

Eaton Rapids. Mich-

 

L s P FbOUR CHOICE SPRING AND FALL
boars left. A few exlra nice zilts
left bred for April furrow. M
lch.

O. SWARTZ. Schoolcraft.

 

T. P. C. SOWS ALL SOLD. ORDERS
booked for boar pigs at weaning time from

Mich. champion herd. Visitors always welcome.
E. R. LEONARD. R 3, St. Louis, Mich.

FOR SALE

Large Type P. C. Hogs

Have 11 few spring bosrs and spring gilts, also
esrlinz sows. Bred to such boars as Clensmsn’s
maze 2nd, King's Giant, and Smooth Wonder.
They ere three real boars. Free livery to visitors.

W. B. RAMSDELL. Hanover. Mich.

DUROC

DURGG JERSEY

BBED SOWS- SERVICE BOARS

Booking orders for weanling spring pics

$25 EITHER SEX

We deliver the boys before you

IRA BLAN Pottervllle.
PEACH HILL FARM Duroc sows and glits sired
by l’rowl l’rintipnl liomeo ( heny King Brook-
Wator (‘11i1l Stomp 7th 111111 lininh out 11f (IulIlH
by Limited lininh and the T'1i1111ip-1i l\. Brod t0
Peach llill (1111111 King .1111l ll; i:1 l1 4‘11111'1 L‘ol.
NWOOD BROS. Ronieo. Mich.

 

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BERSOLE’S BIG TYPE DUROCS. BOARS
all sold. A few bred gilts for April and May
furrow. .Aiso open silty. linoking orders for
Spring pigs. “'11 solicit inspection.
ALBERT EBERSOLE
Plymouth, Mich.. R. F. D. No. 3

 

FEW BRED DUROC GILTS. BRED TO A

A

son of Principal 6th. 'l‘l11s11gilts are long-
bodied with good hams and shoulders and will
weigh 250 lbs. Bred to furrow in April. l’edl-

zree on request. Price cruted $100 such.
BROWN. Breedsvllle. Mich.
nuances 0F BREEDING SIZE AND
QUALITY.
c. L. POWER. Jerome. Mich.
uroe sows and out: bred to “laws Klng 32949
who has sired more prize winning pine st the

state feirs In the lent 2 years then eny other Dn-
r'oe boerd. Newton Bernhsrt, St. Johns, Mich.

 

 

 

Dances ONE OILT. WEIGHT 215 1113..
$75.00. One tilt. 810 lbs” 8100;
bred to Orion boar for first of Hey furrow.
These are extra load (tits, IIIo Sept. Pine. 44
piss fsrroved from four rows.

H. a. KESSLER. Oeuooolls, Mich.

DIIII‘OII JERSE water Cherry King or

Panama Special. $20 at weaning.
E. E. CALKINO. Ann Arbor

Dunne BOARS. GILTS AND BROOD WW8

of all ages. Sows bred or open. New-
ton 5 Blank. l-Iill (‘rest Farms Perrington, Mich.
1 .11m 4 miles straight south of Middleton.

DUROC BOARS FROM PRIZE

IVINNING STOCK
ready for service. Geo. B Smith. Addi-
son. Mich. .

 

GRANDSONO 0F BROOK-

 

 

 

ﬁiEADOWVIEl‘V FARM REG. DUROC JERSEY
.111s.b‘,1)1'ing pi s for sale.
. E. MORRIS. Farmlngton. Mlch.

DUNN} BHED GILTS did individuals. Bred

for April f111'r'.o\\ \‘.1’1111]l like to have you see them

ON FIRE RY LAWN FARM. Shepherd. Mlch.
Duane JEHSE BRED SOWS AND GILTS
April and May ferrow.

sired or bred to my 1 00 00 lb. h rd b
11.08 SCHUELLER Weldrenan. olullch.

II‘IIBOG JERSEY FALL BOARS

sired by Orion
Cherry ()King 001. 2nd” ﬁrst and boat at Detroit
in 11)] are growthy and the ﬁrm tape
priced to sell.

W. C. TAYLOR. Milan. Mich.

Choice breeding. splen-

APLE LAWN FARM REG. DUROO JERIEY

 

 

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and t1151(1): mtOr‘der' your spring now. Petra
VERN N. Towius. no. Eaton Ma. Web.
m NILE R‘EC. 01.155001 eIL'rs ONE!) TO
ermw d
em typo. weighing 260 Mia’si‘rgd Cob‘y’rgmfsn:
gr manure: and I’rofeseor Top u-r A ONE"? Let American will"
rookwater Panama Special. Price $165 1113100? mm Association send an e dandy booklet
All full page. both sex. 'wI list bye ”rad to COMFORT '-
. us: me A son mom-1.11141». TdYLER 3201,, 10 Woodland ."u Def-Pom W-
E OFFER A Few WELL-REED BELEOT- RE .
, ll fleece. Represent-
35a ringsonMHmntE-n '°" “111 l “moon. “Ezra?" 3mm “1°“ 12: 15 mm
Mo ‘AUOHTON. erasures. u. Louie. lion. last sewn-'1“ ‘“ ”m 0‘ m’ m’

 

 

Bulls.
the lane
°" bl. P eight Bob lbs.
service condition

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UROO JIROEYB. ON! T If
by Orion Cherry Kins
D-AVIOO

BEBKSHIBES
EGIB‘I’EREO BERKSHIRE! FOR

‘ isfsctlon guaranteed. Taking orders f

1 2-year 01
F 8.

boars and spring pigs
[arrow Apr 26tl
RUSSELL BROS”

PR RIMEVAL FARM, 05800,

wants. W.

FOR SALE

Bred or open.
1 few fall pus.

the most

No aged stock.

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’ CHESTER WHITES

stock at reasonable prices.
‘ for May furrow. F. \V.A1exender

sale at prices that will interest
sex. \Vrite today.
R

not let ,,
A. 1.. Rasmumme. 1111.11,, j 1

61th-
ROOI, Ashley. Mich.

10 pigs for $40 a. piece. .while they Inst. 83.9-
JOHN YOUNG. Breckenridge. Mich.

Registered Berkshires

Place orders for bred gilts for June Isl-row. Also

Merrill.

LARGE ENGLISH RECORDED BERKSHIREO.‘
Bred sills and spring pigs for sale.

GREGORY FARM BERKSHIRES FOR
profit. Choice stock for sale Write your
S. Corsa. White Hall.

REGISTERED BERKSHIREB 0F
fashionable

Gilts and young boars.
Prices.

100. 1
EIIOKORY GROVE FARM. Pontiac. Mlch., R8

CHESTER WHITES

Spring Pigs In Pllrs or
trios from Ad mature
Also a few bred Gilts

EGISTERED CHESTER WHITE PIGS FOR

OOW~ OHIO
for May ferrow

SALE. AUO.
or spring piss.

d Iow due to
Mich-

Mich.

Ill.

breeding.
Also I
S 5 0 to

Vassar, Mich.

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8 BRED YORKSHIRE GI

ALPH COSENB. Leverlno, Mlch.
YORKSHIRE

LTS. DUE APR. 1.

 

 

s rin fnrrowing.

fgr Jaime 11nd July farrowing that

plicml right. Spring boar pigs at

weeks old Satisfaction guaranteed.
GUST

“11111311111123 . raw 1.....

do lines.
b100,, 1m w. SNYDER.

. TWO FALL

orders for
weeks old
“ 8 w. A. usrwooo.

0. I. O.

Iprins

C. br11l stock. $50 each.

FUN? RI gLACK it SON. R7. Lanslng. Mich.
HARIPSIIIRES
HAMPSHERES

Am all sold out 1111 sows and giltsb bred for

”we 11 few sows and slits bred

THOMAS. New Lothrop, Mich.

and fall boar pigs from new\

St. Johns. Mich" R 4
BOAR PIGS LEFT.

Chmnlnl. Mich.

are good and
$15 ea at 8
Call or write

GILTS LEFT

BOOKINB
pigs. $15.00 4

 

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Oboe " c '0 05:0 whither

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OLOVERLEAF FARM R1 1

VALLEY HERD OF 0.
blood of the notod

SAOINAW
Perfection 5th.

taine the
master and
Feb. and Mar.

ed free. John Foster!

ibson.

0 fall! bills]: in end not
111‘ DI
pig? J.ngA RKER‘ SON. Belmont.

0in
Ms furrow.
pings any proving otherwise to
or refund purchase price in full.
tober boar pigs ready
right priced to sell.
double treatment. E.

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taken st once.

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Herd cholera
O. Burgess R3.

ld right evehrjy way,
0 Will sh) 'p C. O. D.

2 extra the Service
sex or pairs.
Monroe.

champions Bullock
Booking orders for

gus. either sex. no skin

1 m m: for «Milne mm!- I!“
0 I G 8 (mom . Ar: bookins ordterﬁ “’1' n'

for spring service that en

ONE EXTRA CHOICE BOAR 8 M08.
350 buys him if

Mich.
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g.
R2.

MIOII- u R 1

C. GILTS WEIGHING 200 to 215 LBO. ‘ '
breeding flesh bred for March April

Guaranteed safe in dam.
your

and
I will re-‘
satisfaction .
eve s. few

immuned by
Mason. Mich.

for your tip-

 

provMouths v. DORMAN. Snover. Mich.
I. O. SWINE—MY HERD CONTAINS THE
blood lines of the mo5tln5t15iv hergmGE-sn furnish
"liv In 8 e
you stock at OReDEN. DOI'I'. Mich" R 8.

 

 

MUD-WAY-AUSH- KA FARM

oﬂers a few more 0.1.0. bred zines. Ibo hotsh-
inr eggs from "le Dome.’ White W15:-
dottes end “Perks" Barred Roch et ‘12 per
White Runner ducks $2 per 11 end m Chib-
em Geese st 4 each All“ rm

DIKE 0. MILLII. Om, men.

 

  

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BELAﬁIAN " '
PERCHERON'

DRAFT STALUONS]
With Size and Quality

_MR. FARMER: Now is‘ the time to
raise draft, horses. I put out stallions-
on a breeding plan. If your locality
needs 9. good draft stallion, let me hear

from you.

rush e» 375115113

Omkem-ldh. Mich.

 

 

 

 

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“The crocodile wrench you sent me for getting my neighbor to sub-
scribe for M. B. F. is a whole tool box in yowr hand!"

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I .1teel and scientiﬁcally tempered. Every wrench is guaranteed
against breakage. It is 8 1-2 inches long and weighs ten ounces.
Teeth and "dies are case-hardened in bone black, makinw them hard and.
keen. Requires no adjustment, never slips and is always ready for use.

DIES ALONE WOULD COST $1.50

and would be worth more than that to every farmer, as they would
often save valuable time besides a trip to town for repairs.

51x HANDY FARM r0015 IN ONE.

A pipe wrench, a nut wrench, a screw driver and three dies for
cleaning up and re-threading rusted and battered threads, also for cut-
ting threads on blank bolts.

The ideal tool to carry on a. binder, reaper or mower.

Will Work in closer quarters than any other wrench.

Light, strong. compact and easily carried in the my pocket.

Dies will ﬁt all bolts used on standard farm machinery.

7H0“! TO GET YOUR CROCODILE!
Clip out this ad and mail it to us with the names ‘of two new sub-
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of butter this a pretty small we, and
it greasy. te’ueewh'ene' this ‘ ‘ ' ‘ ‘
be, increased ten times by'elightly
increasing her-production. This cost
or hay and feed as well as or pnature
is so high that it'seems that aateuow
hesgets lot of money to throw away
it he leaves half of his corn crop each

year to be spoiled by the weatherandv

storm. ‘ '

‘I have noticed that all the Experi-
ment stations use silos. They also
have all proven that they are practi-
cal and will low-er the. cost of keep-
ing stock. I have~neticed that our
best farmers and breeders use the
silo to the limit, not only for winter
but also for summer feeding; and
that reminds me that when a fellow
can get a proﬁt on two hundred dol-
lars an acre land used as pasture, he
will have to get better cows than
~mine, and they will certainly have to
be crackerjacks. , I claim it can’t be
done especially in one of our average
seasons. I have observed that when
corn grows best, blue grass withers
and dies; and if some of this good
rich pasture land could be put into
corn and that put in the silo, a whole
lot more feed and proﬁt could be ob-
tained from the acre.

Siage is used not only for dairy
cows but for all kinds of young stock,
and for fattening cattle, sheep, hors-
es, and chickens; in fact, about ev-
erything on the lam: will eat it but
the hired girl. Sam Jones' claim he
prefers it to dill pickles.

There is another thing that I no-
tice about this silo business. Every
once in"a while, in fact it is pretty
near twice in a while, some durn
thing goes wrong with the crop. We
have a hot wind that cuts down the
yield, or it gets so blamed dry it
does not fill, or we have a hall which
just about strips it to pieces, or a
patch gets drowned out and we have
to put in a late crop' which gets

‘ ate.

‘you can put me in the silo class. I

   
 
 

commission. The renew with the silo
"is always preparedJo save whatmr

he grows and then to turn it into a
hit?! priced product that can be men-
ketedferoasheecreamorbeet. ' I
ﬁgure that down in this country with
the average corn crop at least one
half is in the stalk and leaves. This
is the average,” taking one season
with another. If .a fellow can tell me
that he can aﬂord to grow this crop
and throw half of it away, I Certain-’
1y can say to him that he is fortun-
II he can save the whole crap
I ﬁgure he can be sure of a proﬁt.

Yes, I have made up my mind, and

will have my watch tower right up
above the barn as soon as I can get
it there. When the neighbors go by
they will remark that Spivins is pros-
pering; they always ﬁgured that
he was a pretty smart fellow and
sooner or later would show evidence
of it; nothing can keep a good fol--
low down, and it will be only a few
years before he will be buying up
some of these surrounding farms
The county agent has been calling
on him lately, and they claim he has
been ﬁguring on going into pure bred
stock. - .

Yes, dear reader, Bill Spivins has
got silo wise. He is going to run“
his farm so as to make the most of
it at the same time build up the place
so that when he gets through he'
can sell it for the top price; or it he‘
has a. boy who wants to go on with
it, he will leave him the richest farm
in the neighborhood. The silo is
just as essential as the cow; for un-
less you can feed a cow well and with
profit, you’re better off without her.
The silo will feed a cow with proﬁt,
and that it enough. What’s the use
of trying to prove things after they
are already proven. Yours truly.—
Bill 8mm.

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or longer.
reef and cum

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Commandant. 0mm. Michigan. '

 
    

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c at so cents per ~IIno'.‘.p.op issue. special.
c It in. we will out»

all. WTE’. gliding: Business Partner,

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Poultry. Chicks and eggs
delivered at your door prepaid.

Standard Heavy and Laying
Breeds

You will be interested in
the Extra Quality White Leg-
horns inspected and certiﬁed
. as Hech Pnducen by the
. ‘ Poultry tension Specials! of
the Agricultural College.

Live and healthy Chicks and satisfactory halal:
from can guaranteed.

Sand for new Catalog with illustrations: it
will help ou raise or Chicks. Also it ex-
plain the omestoad . arms plan of co-operaticn.

STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION
Desk 2, Kalamazoo, Michigan

ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS

Two great breeds for proﬁt. Write today for
free catalogue of hatching our, baby chicks and
breeding stock.

CYCLE HATOHER COMPANY. 1‘8 Phiio BldI.
imira. N. Y.

GOOKERELS, BRAKES. ANOONAB, BUFP
barred, Columbian. Silver Penciled and White
Plymouth Rocks: ,Rouen drakes, price, 38 each.

SHERIDAN POULTRY YDS.. RS. Bhoridln. MIMI

‘ FOR SALE mammoru sneeze TURKEVI.

ducks, either sex, Old ducks
weigh 10 pounds.
CHASE STOCK FARM, Mariette, Mich.

PLYMOUTH ROCKS

PURE BRED BARRED ROCK COCKERELB
from ﬁne layers. Satisfaction guaranteed.
ROBERT BOWMAN, JR.. Pigeon, Mlch., R1

B‘BBED BocK from strong husky breeders.

W. C. OOFFMAN, Benton Harbor, R 8, Mich.

Johﬂzlc’hsdalg dBealztlful Barred Rocks are Hen
a e , co yers, grow quick. 30 eggs.
$3.60: 50, £5 postpaid; cockerels, 84 to $6. Cir-
culars, photos. John Northon, Clare, Mich.

$4 each at once.

 

EGGS FOR HATOHIIO

URI BRED BARRED ROCKS. GOOD LAY-
ere. That narrow, straight snap barring.
Score cards on bone and pullete top£4 points.
Am an old timer in the business. Eggs for hatch-
ing, $2.50 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed.

A. D. STECKLE. Freeport, Mloh.. Box 110

LEGHORN

 

Bessie Calamity Countess.

HENGERVELD.

PLE.

bred stock-at a reasonable price.
All
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" ‘ COMPLETE

DISPERSAL SALE

--lt-—.-

Clio, Mich, April 24th, 1920

at 12:30 p. m.

The entire herd of Andrew J. Littlefield, consisting of 55 head
of purebred Registered Holsteins and 5 head consigned by Harry
D. Gage of Clio. l '

TWO THIRTY POUND BULLS

ADMIRAL RAG APPLE—A two year old son of Rag Apple
Korndyke 8th and the 32.45 lb. four year old, Uniform Shadeland.
. BURTONDALE LIEUWKJE KORNDYKE, a 'five year old
son of Sir Lieuwkje Korndyke Kate DeKol and the 30.67 lb. cow

There will be ten daughters and twenty grand-daughters of
the 1,200 lb. yearly record bull, MAPLE CREST KORNDYKE

There will be twenty daughters. of the 30 lb. bull BURTON-
DALE LIEUWKJE KORNDYKE.

There will be thisty females in calf to ADMIRAL RAG AP- ‘

' About a dozen of. those cows have records ranging from 14 and
151138. at two years to 27 lbs. at maturity.
.1 The red are undeveloped young cows of fine individuality and
rich bleeding—inst what you want for. foundation stock. '
- You cannot afford to miss-this sale if

animals willbe tam-testedby a m approved m. -
Clio is lien miles north of Flint on the Pore Marquette R. 3.,

and the Michigan Electrlo Railway, and is on'the Dixie Highway.
Catalog: by E. M. Business. all will

you are looking for well

bemoiledonreqmt.

 
  

 

s C. White Leghorn Hatching Eggs, $2 for set-
tlng, $5 for 50; 89 for 100. Day old chicks,
310 per 50. 818 per 100. E. Altenbem, Allegan.

0. BUFF LEGHORNS, BABY OHIOKB, EGG.

for hatching. Hens, Oockercla. Farm rain d.
Good laying strain. c
J. W. WEBSTER. Beth. Mich.

 

RAIOWSKE'B B. 0. WHITE LEOHORNB
. Stock and our for sale. Circular free.
LEO ORABOWBKE. "will, Mich" R 4

WYAISDOTTE
Your a Breeder or Silver Laced and White

3” Wyandottel. Fine lot of you stock at $3, 84
and $5 ea. Clarence Browning, R , Portland. Mich

BABY CHICKS

cIIIcIIs AIIII Eats '51:." wear-.22";
Plymouth Rocks. Superior color. Proliﬁc layers.
Prepaid by parcel post and sale delivery guar-

 

 

 

' CHAS. H.

CHlCKS—CHICKS

“WED. SAFELY EVER¥WR£RE BY

8. 0. 'White Leghorne and S. 0. Matt! n
sonar: the great egg machines. strong, turd:

ch, guaranteed to satisfy Order now fl"
lay tand June delivery. Eleventh season. Gat-
alog rec.
HOLLAND HATCHERY. R7. Holland, Mlch.

BABY wwx horns—NOT show stock BU i‘

kilns ltock. Their records in the world's hymn:
contest show they are the 180 to 300 egg-a-ye-‘r-
layers. You can call them the 200-egr—a-ygzu‘
birds. Baby Chicks only $16 per 100 from t Us
great laying strain. Enclose 15 per cent of the
amount and state the date shipment is desired
LEGLAIR WHELAN, Tipton, Mich.
50,000 for 1920, Barred

BABY cnlcxs Rocks. Exhibition uiu‘l‘l‘iy.

Booking orders now at 20¢ each. .
Beechmen! Poultry Farm. Crendail, Ind” Box 16

LAN‘GSHAN

BLACK LANGSHANS OF QUALITY

l Brod for type and color since 1912. 'Started
from pen headed by Black Bob. First prize cock
at International show at Buffalo, Jan. .1912. Eggs
$8.50 per setting of )5. Winter laying strain.

DR. CHAS. W. SIMPSON, Webborviilo, Mloh.

 

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HATGHIN‘ G EGGS

F0“ SAL HATCHINO EGGS FROM A

heavy laying strain of s. O. R. 1.
Beds. Pen No. 1 headed by a Owen Farms yearl‘
ing cock and mated to a superb bunch of pullete.
Pens Nos. 2 and 3 headed by two wonderful cock-
crcle and mated to equally good ullets, also a
utility flock that is high class. at our prices
on your wants for the coming season. Satisfac-
tion ran .

wig. HEIMB a SON, Devllon, Mich.

 

 

08E COMB BROWN LEOHORN EGGS FOR
sale. One ﬁfty per fifteen eggs. _
Flemish Giant rabbits that are giants. Quality
guaranteed.
E. HIMEBAUGH. Goldwater, Mich.

 

ROM COOK'S BEST: 8. C. BUFF, WHITE
and black Orplngton eggs. 84 per 15; $7 for 80
GRABOWSKE BR08., R 4, Merrill, Mich.

 

. O. Anocna Eggs for Hatching from heavy lay-
ing strain at 81.75 per 15. Fertility guaran-
teed. Cockerels $2.50 each. .
EMIL JOHNSON. Reed City, Mich., R 1
. Wyandctte Eggs. Flshel Strain, $1.50 per
15; $7.00 per 100. postpaid.

CHAS. A. BEATTY. MilfordLMlch.

BARBED BocKs State contest winning strain

.. dim“ pﬂptmi "$.33"

headed by pedigro macs. re re pa ge

rocks. Eggs $2.50 per 15, Postpaid, 80 per 45.
N. AYERS a SON, Giver-wood, Mich.

 

 

WHITE WYANDOTTES: EOOB FOR HATCH-
ing from selected layers,

82 per 15, prepaid.
Pens. $16 to $2 .
FRANK DeLONO, R3, Three Rivera, Mich.

 

0. BR. Leghorn eggs. $1.50 per setting. Pekin .
duck, 81.50 for 8. Chinese loose 40¢ each.
MR8. CLAUDIA BETTS. Hllirdale, Mich.

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EGGS mill 35?.50Asetting. '

MR8. THOS. FOSTER. Oauopollr, Mich, n1

 

 

 

 

nod Rook Eggs for Early Hatching. My Breed-
Blerl are, selected for good markings, vi or and
very heavy laying. $2 per 15. 310 per 1 0.
WRIGHT, Ypsilanti, Mich, Box 108

 

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antccd. Illustrated catalog free. Red e for hatching. stock mmnleed- $2
INTERLAKES FARM. 30‘ 4‘ Luvnn“. Mich. for 15. 35:11.1 Buechc, B 1, Alpuﬂ. Mich.
Mose. Loghorm. MIMI-cu, Spanish, Heudane, A'rcumo E608 FROM 8. O. R. I. REDS.
Campinas, Reds, Roch, Orpingtonc. Brahmas, Prices 16, $1.50; 50, $4; 100, 87.
Wyandottes. Tyrone Poultry Farm. Fenton, Mich. MR8. J. A. KELLIE, Mayboe, Mich.
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[Time—Time!

.Time is the essence of everything to the Country

Business Man.

Theelementofnmesoiemmwwt
theagmnltumgthestoekrm, thequortruck.

farmer timxt’rstothewbanbimnemm

Inseedtrme haymgorhawestumethelossofa
day may mean the loss of a large part of the season—
and much, if not all, the net proﬁt on the year’s work.

For weather and growing crops will not wait.

Nor will the markets—either local or national.

. ‘iWhen a broken farm irnplethent necessitates taking

the team off urgent work for Several hours to get
the repairs or replacements, it often means loss of
many times their value—less acreage in Crops-or
grain lost through over-ripening.

That s when the pneumatic -tired Reo “Speed-
Wagon" proves its worth and quickly pays for 1tself.

It leaves 'to the horses or the tractor the ﬁeld work
while it does all the road running.

This Reo “Speed-Wagon" markets at twenty miles
an‘hour instead of four.

Eighty per cent of the time now wasted between farm
and town can be made available for increased proﬁts.

And——the Reo will do another day’ 3 work after the
horses are in the barn.

Successful farmers no longer consider getting along
without a motor truck—it makes successful farmers.

There Is .a Reo Dealer in your Vicinity.
If You Don't Happen to Know Him
Write the Factory for [Hue tra fedCa tan‘

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