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SATURDAYlAUCEUS'T 4, 1923

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)h! the old swimmln'-
Locked like a bab'y-rlver that was iayi
I urgle o the worter
he the Iaugh‘of
Before wezoould “remember anything
Of the angels lookln'
But the merry days is
And, lt:s_hard to part forever wit

of

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youth

something we ono't

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round the. drift Jes
ust
but the eyes

a .

out as we left Paradis ;
beyond our controle
h the old ewlmmin’-hole.

i and deep
on.

t below
to know

Oh! the old lwl 'mln’i-hoiel In, the heprgmdg‘yes of yore.

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d me n
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adder smilin' up

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me with such tenderness
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The Old Swimmin’-Hole

By James Whitcomb Riley

 

 

Thare the bullrushes growed. and the
A and shadder fell over
it nottled the worter with amber and gold
Tel the glad lillles rocked in the ripple that rolled:
And the snake-feeder's four gauzy wings fluttered by
Like the ghost of a daisy dropped out of the sky.
Or a wounded apple-blossom in the breeze’s controle'
As it cut ocrost some orchud to’rds the old swimmm’-hole.

Oh! the old swimmln'-hole! When I last saw the place.

The scenes was all changed, like the change in my face;

The hrid e of the rallroad now crosses the spot

Where t 0 old dlvln'-log lays sunk and target.

And I stray down the banks where the trees net to be—
am will theyr shade shelter me!

And I with In my sorrow I could strip to the soul.

And dive off. in my breve like the old swimmin’ohole.

cattails so tall.
ll. aill'

0h!_the old swimml_n'-hole ,In the long, lazy days I

When th -d of ol y run-a-ways,
dusty lane.

bare printed so plane

the dent of the heel the sole

oy was lots 0 fun on hands at them! ewlmmln'-hole.

ut the lost Jon: is put! Let room- tears in sorrow

roll
lee the rain t at ust to dapp up"the old twimmln'-hole.

 

 

 

 


’ ~“IBEEI..CORIQW of the South-
 at' -:Wich_ita.v' July 116. The
 wheat growers have

. put an ‘ organisation into the ﬁeld
I that isi‘going to work for immediate
results, they declare, as well as for
methods to prevent distress to wheat
_ growers in future years. At the
cloie of the sessions it was stated
the! "vigorous carrying out of the
conference’s program would go a
long way toward putting the wheat
industry on a sound basis “before
1 snow flies this. year."
The WheatProducers Conference
. «the Southwest is composed of rep-
, resentatives from the hard wheat
'- states of Kansas, Colorado, Kissouri,
VTeaas, , Nebraska and Oklahoma.
5 These states represent 8,230,090
; acres now in wheat in excess oi the
, acreage of 1913. or eight eleventh!
of the total acreage of the United
States in excess of that of 1913.
No mention of government price
:Jixing is made in the resolutions.
, As one delegate pointed out, “The
subject of political action was not
I mentioned in the debate. The hard
‘ iwheat men know that their only sal-
' vation is by economic means." The
, features that stood out most prom-
‘ inently in the discussions were, sum-
‘ mer fallowing in the hard wheat
‘ states, reduced acreage, improved
» cultural methods on the reduced
. acreage, diversiﬁed crops and raising
of home food necessities, and recog-
' nition that the increasing world out—
put of wheat meant disappearance of
, a world market for American wheat
at a proﬁtable price.
In the order of their adoption, the
; resolutions state that present wheat
' prices make future “normal” pro-
I duction impossible. Farmers, bank-
ers and millers are called on to co-
' operate to solve the problem. Fifty
to one hundred percent increase in
< taxes and other production costs are
, cited. Use of rural credits and the
federal warehouse act are urged to
prevent dumping of the wheat crop.

Feeding to stock of low grade wheat

-» in place of dollar corn is recom-

; mended. Grading of wheat by pro-
tein content is recommended.

Speedy curtailment of acreage, di-

; versiﬁed farming, dairy and stock

raising and growing of feed crops

« for their maintenance are adopted as

basic principles. Organization of

wheat growers into co-operative units

governed by “valid, long term mar-

: keting agreements" . is declared es-

sential. The organization was made

: permanent with a board of not less

than ten directors representing the

farm organizations and the state

. board of agriculture 0f the member

states.

, Unconditional endorsement of the

‘ resolutions of the southwestern con-

‘ ference was given by ' Grovenor

‘ Dawe, executive vice-president of the

‘ Wheat Council of the United States,

who attended the conference as a
delegate.

E. E. Frizzell of Larned, Kas., was
made president of the permanent or-
ganizationrof the Wheat Producers

‘ Conference of the Southwest. L.
,, Gould oi Amarillo, Tex, is secretary.

STATE POUIII‘RY MEN LAUNCH
‘ ASSOCIA'QON

, HE Michigan Poultry Producers’
Association, an organization de-
- voted to the interests of the
‘ poultry breeders of the state, was
organized and launched upon its
career on July 13, when 150 repres-

' resentatives of the industry in the
state met at M. A. 0., and completed
. preliminary organisation steps. The
new association will plan eventually
to get into the co—operative market-
3 ing ﬁeld, it is understood. An effort
will be made to help stabilize poultr-
ry commodities. . Eventual grading
'. of eggs will be one of the deﬁnite
goals toward which the organisation

, will work.

' "ﬁtr'rnn sums roman m
moan seed from improved
tam crops varieties was sown

of acres of

' 7 on thousands Mich-
 ,farm land this year, according

.‘ , a
s: 1.

Isny of the varieties inclldpd‘in the
list of'Michigan certiﬁed‘grains have
won fame throughout“ the v. entire
country by their at nation‘-
al shows’and exhibits. « Boson Rye.
ﬁrst released from the M. A. O. "sta—
tion in 1912,- is‘ probably the best
known of these pure strains, while
Red Rock wheat, Worthy and wet-
verine oats, Robust beans, and corn
varieties are rapidly winning. a na-
tional reputation for  grow-

MAKES m MY nos-rm

. RECORD

7 take great pleasure in writ-
mg you in regard to a splendid
80-day butter record made by.
our junior 3-yeanold hotter.
lwoix Ormsby Zwelie No. 081465, by
Sir Pieterje Omsby ‘iuercedes 40th.

out of Maple Lane Zwelle Riblet.
Our great son of Sir Pieter-tie
Ormsby Mercedes is proving his pro-
potency beyond the shadow of a
doubt, and we will have a large num-
ber of his daughters to freshen this
fall and next spring, all of which
makes the future look very bright.
Charlevoix Ormsby Zwelle made
25.15 pounds of butter in 7 days
from 327.9 pounds of milk, which
lacks only about one pound‘of the
state record. Zwelle shattered the
3 0-day state butter record as follows:
103.013 pounds of butter from 1,-
842.2 pounds milk. (The former
state record was 100.566 poundsof

butter).-—Loeb Farms.

TOO MANY ACRES WHEAT BLAM-
ED FOR LOW PRICES

“ HAT’S behind the big slump
in the wheat markets?" This
is the all important question

which is beirig asked by wheat grow-

ers everywhere as they face the pros-

pect of selling their 1923 crop at

prices well below the dollar mark.

Considerable interest attacks,
therefore, to the recently announced
report of the committee of 12 econ-
omists and gtatisticians selected by
Secretary Wallace to study this and
similar problems.

In their report they declare. “The
expansion in the wheat area of the
chief exporting countries, coupled
with the decreased buying power of
Western Europe, is responsible for
the. price situation which now pre-

    
by main. A. C. experiment.statl¢n..--

Char- -

4

wheat'imore than the-prewar even-j
age, and  thatéthsre is as have
capable of.

lag power in the wink!

absorbing this tremendous surplus, '4 '

which ' in the United States alone
amounts ‘to some 14,000,000 addi—

‘T'le report concludes that only
m reductions in the wheat'"’acre-
age in all. the chief wheat exporting
present worlduwheat situation.
1'0 m A "MICHIGAN’S ,
M” W BRIT .
DEVELOPMENT of a “Michigan’s
’ Own” . sagas- bset ram—n
strain which will be better
. in the state
than those now grown, is the goal
toward which extensive experiments
startedthisyeeratll.A.C.,inco-
operation with the recently transfer.
red U. S. Department of Agriculture
beet station, is aimed.

“While most of the sugar beet
companies feel that it does not now
pay to raise our own seed here in
Michigan, because foreign seed can
be bought so cheaply, the price of
the seed would be but a comparative-
ly small matter if a variety could be
developed which would increase the
tonnage production of sugar per
acre,” explains  Down, research
assistant in charge of sugar best

work at the M. A. 0. station, in com— r

menting on the experimental pro-
gram which he and the government
men have started. “It is the aim of
our work to develop such a variety.”

GRATIO']! PIG AND CALF CLUB
PICNIC AUG. 4 ,

0Y8 and girls of Gratiot county,
who are conducting pig and

calf club projects, will have a

big picnic and school of instruction
at the Gratiot County Fair Grounds,
August 4. Mr. Novels Pearson,
state Live Stock club leader, will be
present and have charge of the pro-
gram which will include iudging in-
struction, ﬁtting and showing and.
other live stock work. Some time
will he devoted to games and forms
of recreation and each member is to

bring along eats for- the noonday

luncheon. It will be a full day pro-
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accredited'heﬂ’ﬁ,
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com . :.
Gm W in “not”

is noticed in the report for he ."

week ending'luly 24, when
groups show a decrease in produc- ‘

a .

tion.
Production

of 119,482. .
The pens have held up remark-

for the week amounted ‘3
to 3,639 eggs making a total to date

ably well however, and the contest; '

management had looked for this.
slump to take place even early this a
summer.

Some of the pens are,-

showing some moult and others con- .

siderable broodiness.

In the Barred Rock section the
standing remains the same as last
week, Brummers’ Poultry Farm, Mrs. ‘
Chilson holding ‘ﬁrst and second
place and tieing for weekly produc-3
tion. ~ '

The Wjandottes have dropped in. ,

production and no changes occur in
their standing.

In the Ancona section Beckwith's ,

pen with 48 eggs leads, followed by
Van Bree with 46 for the week.
Mr. Shaw’s pen of W. Leghorns
are continuing to keep up their good
work, ﬁnishing this week with 53
eggs for the week and 1.766 to date.

mnmrnmm'
moan '

Holland—New Masonic temple to '

be completed August 4.
iron Mountain—Work

soon on newu‘li‘ord dock.

building progressing rapidly.

to

Grandma—$12,000 to be spent 

on boulevard lighting system. a
Grand Rapids—Abattoir company.

start _

plans location on old Wallin tannery "

site. '

Manistique—New 75-11:. lookout
i111: tower to be erected in this town-
s p.

Ionia —- Contract awarded for.
Ypsilanti reed \warehouse to be erect-
ed soon. ‘ *

Houghton—-Old copper tailings
dumps to be worked over in Calumet
d: Hecla section. .

Flint—20,000 skilled employee of

Buick Motor Company torn out 17,-;

000- cars‘ monthly. , ,
Ypsilanti—Paving of Washtenaw.

avenue road and Whitman-c Lake V

road to begin soon. . 7,
Pontiac—Fisher automobile body
plant-r being crestedin this city at,
cost 01 $2,000,000. ‘ ;
Inignsburg ,-- Consumers Power
Company given franchise, substation
to be erected at Ovid.

WWills motor plant to ”

be operated as Wills Ste. Claire Mot— '
or Company, Inc., capital $15,000,-
000, production to be increased.

Manistee-—Work on local-prospec- ‘
tive oil well to continue day and
night within a short time. Paving
of 5% miles Ludington-Soottville’ to ‘
be completed September 1.-

Saginaw — Washington avenue
Presbyterian church to be enlarged
by $5,000 addition. Construction of.

Board

t Commerce‘huilding 

. . sauce an.  ,

bensedonrosdsinthisvislnity.

Detroit—330110 mg. bridge 
Detroit river to be completed 

24. Cadillac Motor Car 

ready'to start construction of 3   S

mm of memory building-.5 

nm~ Company distributing 31.060“...
000 to 30,000 employee.  . .1. a
,  ' ontrsct‘ ' let for paving
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tor. Augusj: 22. 191 at a

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   __   a , dvance Cash 011 Farmers Wheat
  Farm  UrgesWallace  Take Advantage of Recent Credit Legislation and .f -‘
. 1  ‘ _ I -  Farmers to “ﬁrehouse their Own Wheat and Other PradllC’S "

inspection and warehouse adminis-
tration. The U. S. Warehouse Act
and the corresponding state ware-
house laws should be used by the
commodity organizations and indi-
vidual farmers to the end that stor-
age of the wheat crop may be made
under grower control, either on the
farms, in the country elevators, or in’
terminal warehouses. ‘

The American Farm Bureau Fed-
eration believes that such action on
the part of the organized farmers of
the nation would demonstrate that
there is nothing in the wheat situa-
tion on the supply side of the mark- ,
et which can justify the present dis-
asterous price. Recent reports have
emphasized acreage instead of out-‘
put. Additional acres that are 'now
put into wheat are the poorer acres
and production does not increase at
a corresponding rate.

Output of wheat in the United
States has increased since prewar at
the same rate as population. World"
surpluses for the postwar years av-
erage only 7 million bushels more
than for the average of ﬁve prewar
years. This means that the other
exporting nations have only ﬁlled the

 

 

AT selling below ‘31 per
- "bushel is a national tragedy in
 . : America..lt is tragedy not only
 the farmer who grows. the wheat
. as». loss, but also to the consumer—
1,.the business manand the laborer—-
[who must ultimately depend on that
 farmer’s-f wheat ddllar for their cons
 prospel'lty and happiness. \
;, The American Farm, Bureau Fed-
 believes that tic—operative
i: “ﬁgrketing is the ultimate solution to
‘  national wheat price problem...
JWB are now at work on a national
(go-operative grain marketing policy,
being formulated upon instructions ~
tram our members. Under this plan
.' the'g'rowers'of the nation will in ef—
fect place their grain in a common
bin and will merchandise it in an
orderly way 'over the consumptive
period, instead of dumping it on an
- . already. overloaded market during
 the four months following harvest.
 ' (lo-operative marketing of wheat will
[7 v'nnquestionably" solve the price probw
" . lem to the beneﬁt of both producer
. and consumer. But except in a few
sections, the southwest and north-
west, co-operative .marketing is not

FARM BUREAU: PLAN WOULD ENABLE FARMER TO HOLD
WHEAT OFF MARKET

PLAN to withdraw 200;000,000 bushels of wheat from the

market and store it on farms is outlined by the American

, , Farm Bureau Federation in an oilicial statement signed by

‘ President 0. E. Bradfute. Under the new Intermediate Credit

Act and the amended Warehouse Act the Farm Bureau proposes

K that the grchr borrow three-fourths of the market price of his

wheat and hold ‘it for a satisfactory price. It is estimated that

. $150,000,000 of  Credit would be ample to enable the

farmer to. store 200,000,000 bushels of wheat and thereby remove
it from ‘thepresent below-a-dollar market.

The Farm Bureau plan would have the Secretary of Agriculture
designate sound farm wheat bins as government-bonded ware-
houses, and would provide for the issuance of the usual bonded
warehouse receipts against such wheat stored on the farm. The
grower could .borrow through the Intermediate Credit System with
the warehouse receipt as collateral. This would enable him to
hold his wheat until prices advanced.

The Wichita, Kansas, Intermediate Credit Bank is already ad-
vancing $100,000 a day togrowers under this plan, and the pros-
pects are f0r applications totalling a daily peak of $2,000,000.
This money is available at 5% percent. -

It is believed that the withdrawal of 200,000,000 bushels of
wheat from the market and locking it up under government seal
in farm warehouses will have an immediate and tremendous eﬂ’ect
on the price.

. The ofﬁcial statement, signed by President 0. E. Bradfute of the

l ' Credit, provided by the last

'5 r.

—1 , , Bureaus,

II. may then put his wheat in a bond- .

‘ tumor.

ready to meet the present wheat

crisis.
I USE NEW CREDIT ACT

_ Fortunately we have ready at
hand the machinery which, it per-
Vmitted to function, will enable our
tax-mots to store their wheat and
hold it for orderly distribution. We
refer to the new Intermediate Farm
ses-
sion of Congress at the insistence
of the Farm Bureau and the Farm
“Bloc, to be used in conjunction with
. theamended U. S. Warehouse Act.
‘ ,Under the ”Warehouse law the

Secretary of Agricultlure may rule if, —
' prescribed by law of the market

,1 he, sees fit that’s proper farm store-
‘. house, a wheat granary in'this case,
fxbe designated as a U. s. bonded
warehouse. The Department of Agri-
iculture, cooperating with the Col-
lleges of Agriculture and the Farm
has a representative in
(every county. He is known as the
naughty agricultural agent or farm
The coﬁnty agent or (some
lather .omcial representative of the
Department of Agriculture may
properly be delegated to the task of
 storehouses. The farm-

; .' ? ed Mn on his own farm. lock it, and

.._o

a deliver the key to the, county agent,
uh can serve as the omcial ware-
lhomman and ‘.give the farmer a

laj’ivtul bonded warehouse receipt for

 with terminal and

2m grain. These farm warehouses,
line

 have sufﬁcient capacity
’ Ito store the crop.

" ' no "BETTER snot:er

'9 . ' In" there any better security for

 bin-rowed money than wheat in the

Whip! The soundness of this partic-
.v 11hr collateral is proverbial.

“one: the Intermediate Credits
m, 18. intermediate credit banks
 on conjunction with the
{13” Federal, land Banks, at Spring-
 Baltlmore, 1111.; Colum-
' 0.;  Louisville; Ky.; New
LIA-3 St. Louis, Mo.; St.

mum; Omaha, Nolan; Wichita, .

P"""s.’l \
 Houston, Tex"; Berkeley,
 * Spokane. wash. The

 States,""'l‘reasnry is author-

 advance each of these banks

of $5,900,000 or a total of
00,900. V
in Credit Banks is authorized
to farmer-ego: proper secur-

 of the Inter-5V

American Farm Bureau Federation and detailing the storage plan

is printed herewith.

 

 

J

have back of them the wheat in
bonded bins. This provides a total
of $660,000,000 to enable the farm-
er to remove any farm surpluses as
they develop as price—breaking fact—
ors and feed them gradually into the
market. Assume 200,000,000 bush—
els of wheat was stored and ﬁnanced
on farms in this way. Suppose the
“farmer borrOWed the legal limit as

price on this bonded wheat to carry
‘ on his business. This? would require
not more than $150,000,000. The
~money is available, the law is on the
statute books, and the plan is cap-
» able of meeting the present situa:
tion. All we need’is the proper reg—
ulations from the Department of
Agriculture and the Federal Farm
Loan Board, and the prompt admin-

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annual summer Farmers’ Day. The
crowd, estimated by college oﬁicials
to number 8,000, was slightly larger
than that of last year in spite of a
steady drizzle of rain which fell
throughout the day.

0. E. Bradfute, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
‘was the principal speaker at the big
afternoon meeting held in the col-
. lege gymnazium. Hemade a strong
plea for greater organization and
co-operation among the farmers of
the nation in order that they might
play a more important part in the
solution of the problems that are
facing the country at this time. Mr.
Bradfute said that transportation
and marketing are the two greatest
problems before the farmers today,
pointing out that they pay ﬁfty—ﬁve

_ ’ per cent or the nation’s transporta-
,:  bonded-warehouse re- .
" '  capital 2

tion costs. , > >
Close loo-operation between feder-_
. all' and m‘figg‘ricultural extension

«193%,,   county farm 0rgani—_

  mam»,- Mr“ Bradfute

.1).

, the college farms.

istration of the Intermediate Credit
and Warehouse Act.

Now, therefore, the American
Farm Bureau Federation calls upon
all banks, farm organizations, co-
operative marketing associations,
and individual farmers to make full
and free use of the Intermediate
Credit Act so as to prevent the
dumping of the wheat crop and to
retain its control in the hands of
the grower himself rather than in
the hands of the~speculator.

The American Farm Bureau Fed—
eration urges the Secretary of Agri-
culture under the powers conferred
upon him by the amended Ware-
house Act to designate proper ware-
houses on farms as government—
bonded warehouses, and to set up
machinery at onceto provide proper

Six. Thousand Attend Annual Farmers’ Day
By R. C. GROESBECK
(Special to Business Farmer)

HOUSANDS of farmers from
every section of the state gath-
ered at the Michigan Agricult-

ural college, July-27, for the sixth

pointed out the closely allied aims of
all agricultural agencies and organ-
izations, and urged that any measure
which served ‘to bring about closer
business and social bonds should be
fostered. ,»

Prof. Eben Mumford followed Mr.
Bradfute on the speaking program
giving an inspiring and ferceful talk
on the important things of farm life.

A long line of pure bred livestock
owned by the college was exhibited
to the vistiors in the annual. live-
stock parade. State and national
prize winners as well as several blue
ribbon winners at the International
Livestock Exposition were shown in
the parade, which included dairy
cattle, beef cattle, horses, sheep,
hogs, and poultry.

The farmers were taken on tours
of inspection over the experimental
plats covering 150 acres, the college
orchards, the forestry nurseries, and
Special exhibits
on timely agricultural subjects were
displayed in outdoor booths. ; '

College specialists in all branches
of agriculture met with the farmers
throughout the day for individual
conferences on the MO}; and farm
problems which contronted them.

gap left by Russia. European wheat
importing countries are producing
at least 200 million bushels less than
before the war. These facts in re—
gard to domestic and world wheat
supply should be supporting factors
in the market. The only possible
explanation for falling prices must
be found in demand.

There are more people than before
the war to eat Wheat in all the im-
porting countries as well as in the
present exporting countries. In both
Europe and the United States there
has been a decline in the per capita
consumption. Europe, however, took
26 per cent of our wheat in the year
ending June 30, 1923, at an average
price to the farmer of 98 cents.
There is no reason to believe that
Europe's buying power will be sub-
stantially less in the coming year.
Consumption in the United States in-
creased 12 per cent in the ﬁscal year
just ended over the previous year.
With industrial activity and employ—
ment at a high level there is good
promise that our consumption will
continue to expand, possible equal
to prewar. Exports to the extent of
20 per cent of the crop and per capi-
ta consumption on the basis of pre-
war would equal 1923 production as
now forecasted.

PURCHASING FOR EXPORT

One major reason that demand for
wheat is not now properly sustained
is the changed method of purchasing
for export. Before the war purch-
ases for foreign account were made
in large volume at harvest and im-
mediately thereafter. Due to the
weakened ﬁnancial situation abroad
and the uncertainty concerning the
prices of foreign drafts, foreign buy-
ing is now largely on a hand to
mount basis.

This emphasizes the necessity for
American agriculture to press to a
conclusion its program of orderly
marketing over the crop year. 0rd-

erly marketing instead of dumping,

can turn the wheat crop from the
loss which now threatens into a prof—
it.

situations as now confront the wheat
growers.
production and, in providing
quate storage facilities for .orderly'
ﬁnancing and cooperatively mprkot-é.

tag can be found the key to the“

permanent solution of the 'whoat.
situation.  ’ , -

Producers themselves have the J -
major responsibility in avoiding such . .

In intelligently planning  I

 


ﬁbers-of“

“Work, as

OWN in Ontario county, Illinois;

only a few years ago the farm-

V erswere experiencing the same
thing that many other communities
- are. today—_-a lack of interest in the
r church. The early settlers built
'two churches and parsonages on
what is known as Ontario Corners,
3a Congregational church and a Bap:
tist church, and both of them drew
large crowds every Sunday for many
years-as religion was a large part of
the make-up of these early settlers.
But as the older leaders moved away
or} died and the younger generation
took their places there was a decline
in the attendance, the type of work
being done by the churches not ap-
pealing to the younger people.
Finally, it was decided that one place
of’iworship was enough for the com-

' .munity and the Baptist church was-

moved to a nearby town. Interest
continued to decline until in 1912
:regular services were discontinued
and over seven years passed before
sufﬁcient interest was taken to con-
‘tinue weekly services.

During the entire period, however,
a few members of the community
held Sunday school and occasionally
had a sermon. Each year saw a
slight increase in the interest but it
was not until 1920 that any real pro-
gressive steps were taken. One
evening in June of that year eight
farmers and their wives held a meet—
ing at the home of'one of the mem-
bers to discuss the matter of secur-
ing the services of a minister and
holding regular services again. Aft-
er a general discussion it was decid-
ed to resume activity and a commit-
tee was appointed to look over the
parsonage to see if it was inhabit-
able. The committee declared it
was not, so the old one was torn
down and work was started a short
time later on a new one.

The men and women of Ontario
had visions of greater things than
the common little country church.
They wanted to see the church. made

the, big thing in the community, not.

just aplace of worship that you vis-
ited on Sunday, and with a clear vis-
ion of the work. to be done they
started out to secure a leader who
would help them realize their vision.
Due largely to their viewpoint in this
matter they succeeded in securing
Rev. M. Guy Van Buskirk, who at
the time of the call was engaged ’in

Ccanlr‘y‘Chaw-cl;  abs to  act), -‘j   _ _  V  
'Well as  A'On‘Pla'ys, Stage Athletic-1 Contesrts?   Parties” '

 

')

YOU can take your autOmobile and drive any direction
into the country and you will see churches with windows
covered with .boards, doors locked and". nailed shut, (“and
weeds nearly waist high'in the, yard as though man. had not

entered them for years.
own community.

No doubt you have one in your 7
If you have many of you can remember .

.when a few years ago you and you family, or :maybe you ,
and your girl, attended the“ services and Sunday school.
But for some reason'intemst in the church seemed to decline

, andthere was not enougl'r money to, continue hiring a _minis-
ter so ﬁnally it was decided to close the church until there

was more interest and ﬁnancial assistance.
cases, the church is still closed.

7 And, in many,
In Illinois, in a little rural

“community known as Ontario Corners, the same thing took
place and the church remained closed for seven years.
But three years ago it was reopened and the parish has

shown a steady growth since Ithat time.

These farmers

made the church the biggest thing in their community and

now they would be lost without it.

You and your neigh-

bors can make your church of great value to your commun-

ity. Why not try it?

 

 

interdenominational religious work

in the capacity of the young people’s
superintendent for West Virginia.
Since his coming, Sept. 1, 1921, past-
or and people have met the needs of
the community in such a way that
today the church- at Ontario Corners
is again wielding a most welcome in-
ﬂuence in the community. In fact,
the inﬂuence is extending far beyond
the borders of Ontario parish.

After several months of services
the congregation felt that the old
church building should be remodel-
ed, not only to increase the seating
capacity but especially to enable the
building to more nearly serve the
needs of the community.

The church was raised, a base-
ment dug and later eQuipped wit‘n
committee rooms, kitchen and din-
ing room, which could also be used
for other purposes. The main audi-
torium was enlarged and decorated.
Some members were doubtful about
the wisdom of enlarging the audi—
torium, because, as one remarked,
“the church never has been full and
perhaps never will be.” The ﬁrst
Sunday night, in the remodeled
building,_however, found not only a
crowded house but about 50 people
were unable to get in.

" thing should be done.

The need of a new light plant was
apparent and the members of the
Women’s league agreed to purchase
this. Here again we see the vigor
with which a proposition is pushed
when all are agreed that a certain
The decision
to order a light plant was reached
late Monday afternoon; immediate-
ly the plant was ordered by wire to
be shipped by express from Ohio. On
Thursday evening of the same week
the plant was installed and the elec-
tric lights burning. . ’

A moving picture plant will be in-
stalled in the near future. The money
for, this was raised by means of a
combination. sale; the pastor saved
expenses by crying the sale himself.
It might be added in this connection
that he has performed a similar serv.
ice at a purebred sale held in the
community.

Many factors have contributed to
the splendid success of the work at
Ontario parish. The pastor, of course
deserves a full share of credit, be-
cause the gospel which he has been
preaching has reached down into the
hearts and lives of his parishioners
in sneh a way that their daily lives
are indeed fuller and richer.

A well-rounded program of work,

"as aﬁd‘fdékijgby,

a;

l'" -‘ «

'which includes the ,Lmen'iﬁllfdd V

the young peoples; and.,.-iagst, fan . L I

V'least, the boysandﬂgirls, is'also
"gontributing factor

of vital, importi-
ance. ‘  ' '2 '. ,. 
- ' Men, Have Club - I. ‘ _‘ , ‘~
. The men, for instance, have their
Men's club. Thiscl'ub, sponsors the -

movie plant «project, and ias‘t'yeari 3
conducted an intensive experimental 7 

plot on corn diseases; in co-operstion‘

with the United States department“

of agriculture, and the Knox County “
Farm Bureau. ' ~ ,, '
It is interesting to“ know that 
every. farmer, either land owner or
tenant, who is a member of the
church is also a member of the farm
bureau.‘ The Men’s club during the
past two‘ years has conducted the"
largest local corn shows in Knox
county. v ' I d
» In 1921 the pastor was a strong
contender for ﬁrst honors, and last
year succeeded in getting the blue
ribbon in a contest with about 40
other samples. Just now the Men's
club is ﬁnancing the Boys’ and Girls’
club work, especially the sow, an
litter project. , <-
The women have regular semi-'
monthly meetings of their league.
One of their number is superintend-
ent of the Sunday school, which
reaches 80 to 85 per cent “of the peo-
ple living in the community. The
Sunday School is very closely graded 
and the aim throughout is to keep
the instruction at least up to the
standard of public school instruc-
tion. Quarterly reports
with department interest\a’nd pro-
gress in the work are sent to parents.
No one who has watched the work
at Ontario Corners will question the
fact that the women have made a
distinct contribution toWard the suc-
cess of the church; as all too fre-
quently happens, a woman has been
one of the leaders in keeping up the
religious interest in the community
This woman, Mrs. J. J. ClearWater,
who is also superintendent of the
Sunday school gives her conception

of the importance of a church in a

rural community in the statement
which follows: ‘
Creed for Broad Service
“Religious workers today are '
stressing the Christian life—43.8 the
fourfold life, touching the physical,‘
mental, social and religious life 0!:
(Continued on page 19)

The Flat Back is Easily Made and Has Many Uses on the Farm

By H. H. MUSSELMAN, Prof. of Farm'Mechanics, M. A. c.

HE ﬂat rack serves so
many purposes on the
farm that it is scarce—

J

In building this rack.
use only strong timbers '
for bed pieces. Southern
pine and elm are excellent.

 

ly possible to say which it
serves best. For loading
hay, with the hay loader,

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it gives the man on the
load a sense of‘security be-
cause there are no open-
ings in the ﬂoor through
which he can slip. For

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build a load in which the
corners will not slip, pro-
vided end standards with
croSs pieces extending the
width of the rack and
spaced a few inches apart
are used. For grains or
seed which shatter in haul-
ing it will save a consider-
able percentage of the
grain. For hauling thresh-
ed-grain, it may be made
tight by using matched
lumber, or a canvass or
tarpaulin may be used to
-- ‘ cover the ﬂoor and sides.
' In; hauling coal, wood,

corn, sugarbeets, and mis-
' cellaneous loads, the loads
» are. both easily loaded and

unloaded. For much of

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this .work,’ the sidebo’ards

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are necessary and easily
t-gonvand removed. By

22 /o'- 14'

r%wE/m 24. -"x 6'

If purchased, they may be
bought in the” full two-.
inch width, or in the ‘
rough. In this form they
have considerably more
strength than when dress-4.”
ed to the standard 1%
inch thick .'

The ﬂoor should be of a
material which will stand
both wear and weather.
Southern pine is good. but
somewhat heavy. The ﬂoor
may be laid matched, with
the joints between the
boards ﬁlled with white
lead for preservation H! de-
sired. Six inch ﬂooring is
generally. used where
matched joints are desired.

The bed pieces may be
laid parallel or brought
closer together at the front
end to allow room for the
front wheels to 'make. short
turns. The ﬂoor may be;
nailed directly to the bed
pieces, which makes 102*
Simple construction. . '

Careshould be taken to
obtain ﬁrm, standard 'sup-"
ports. In loading, "both
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HONORS “T. R.” AS ROUGH RIDER.-—-lames
Earle Fraser, sculptor, at work on the bust of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, which is to be placed on a granite
pedestal in the vicinity of San Juan Hill to com-
memorate the ('olonel’s participation in the battle.
Roosevelt said he regarded the (lay he led the charge
as the greatest in his life. The monument will be
unveiled early next January.

 

IS YOIUR’S THERE?—Joseph F. Mikulac, 45,_and
a native of Croatia, who is not a mere globe-trotter.
On his various travels he carries this book with him
and it holds the signature of nearly every prominent
person in the world. The book contains 2896 pages
and weighs nearly 40 pounds. There are several
signatures to each page and it is nearly ﬁlled with
the autographs of world-famous persons.

ice” is
first
Levi Collin, famous abolitionist, and that Eliza and
her baby came to this house to hide.
escaped by crossing the ice on the Ohio River.

 

 

 

SA‘V “ELIZA \VIIO (‘ROSSED THE l(‘E"—)Irs
Meeky B. Collin, aged 83, living in Cincinnati, Ohio,
conﬁrms the fact that the “Eliza who crossed the

(‘oﬂin
with

states that when
her‘ father—in-law,

)lrs.
lived

no myth.
married she

Later Eliza

 

 

A CITY OF OIL W'ELLS.—It may not be lovely but it is productive of the
~ greatest wealth of this country. Here is a view of the Santa Fe oil ﬁelds
in Los Angeles county, California, where, the precious ﬂuid is taken out day
and night. This is one- of’the richest oil ﬁelds in California and fortunes are
made here daily.

New Jersey,

 

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SOCIETY “'EDDING MARKED BY EXTREME SIM-
PLICITY.—The" bride, groom and guest of honor, left to
right: liIr. and lilrs. \Villiam Painter BIeeker’and \Villiam
Jennings lil'yan, snapped at the wedding which took place
at the bri e’s home in Cape May, N. J. The ceremony,
attended by Bryan and other notables, was marked by
extreme simplicity. The bridal couple are popular favorites
in social circles of several cities and the groom is a Yale
stu ent. , v

N0 WONDER CLAM DIGGING IS 80 ‘POP- “
ULAR IN JAPAN.—-\V_ith pretty bare-legged
girls of this type wading in the water for the
clams, it is no wonder that clam digging is
very popular at the seaport section in Cherry
Blossom, Land. At the coast, women ﬁsher!
and clam diggers are the rule and young girls,
like this one, are to be seen every morning
ﬁshing for the claims. -. . “

    
   

 

   
 

 

 

 

FAST EXPRESS “'RECKEI).—The eraek ﬂyer on the
running between
half a mile from the latter city.
mail car plunged down a forty foot embankment into the Laekawanna River.
The engineer was perhaps fatally injured while the iireman vas slightly hurt.

 

 

Central Railroad of
Philadelphia and Scranton, I’a., was derailed
One man was killed when the engine and

   

FORMER CRO‘VN PRINCE MAY RUN. FOR
PRESIDENCY.——Ex—Crown Prince Frederick
\Villiam of Germany, who is expected to run‘
for the presidency at the coming election. It
is believed that there is nothing in thezGerman
Constitution to keep him out of the presidential
race, but an awkward situation might arise ‘
in the refusal of the Allies to permit him to '0‘.
turn to Germany. He is still in exile.

 

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f0 9'.  .‘v
her. no at my (death he
no it to oldest 8011, upon pay- -

' ' $1009.00 each to my other
,wo sons, who live in Detroit. I only
have the three sons."wlte is dead. I
have no debts. I want the oldest
son, to have old home. Will my deed

 stand in law after I am dead?——- .
g. H. I... Vicksburg, mob.

v—What you want to do is tensed
. this property to your banker in trust

for your son. but in order for each

We trust to be'valid. the deed must

prescribe some duty to be performed

' by the trustee other than merely to

 convey the land to the son.

Paa-

’; sive trusts. that is, trusts in which
' the trustee has no duty to perform
- except to merely convey the property

to‘ the beneﬁciary at the appointed

I time, are abolished in Elohim. It
1 you do not want the property 00n-

A f veyed to your son until your death.
 6 you could make a-will in which you

 

 

 

    

 

Y deal I made.

nothing to do with cutting the tini-
-: .ber””’\{

devise this farm to your oldest son.
upon condition that it should not
vest in“ until he has given to
each of the other sons $1000.00.—
Asst. Legal Editor.

mammalian"
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all wood. A hires wood cutters to
cut this wood and tells them he will
furnish lumber for a shanty. They
can build shanty and live there while

they are cutting the wood. so they ~

did. A did not ask permission to
put the shanty on B’s farm or take it
away. Now can A move or sell this
shanty?—N. F. 0.. Covert, Mich.

——A’s reservation 0! all wood gives
him an implied license to enter upon
the land and do all things reasonably
necessary in the cutting and hauling
away of the wood. It the building
of the shanty tor the workers” is a
reasonable means of doing this work.
he would have the right to erect such
a shanty, and could sell it or remove
it upon completion of the work.—
Asst. Legal Editor.

FARMERS SUGAR COMPANY
What do you knew about the

' Farmers Sugar Company. Deﬁance.
‘Ohiol—E. A., Macomb County, Mich.

-——We are organized under the cor-
poration laws of the State of Ohio.
It is strictly a farmer‘s company in
that our stockholders are‘ farmers.

"We sold $1,000,000 worth of stock

to 1200 farmers. We started build-
ing in 1921, but the panic of
that year forced us to stop building.
We would not go in debt consequent-
ly are alive and as soon as our stock-
holders are able to meet their notes
:we will go on witn the enterprise.
We soon discovered we had some-
thing else to think about besides
building. The question soon came
forcibly to our attention whether

our farmers were going to have the
opportunity to grow beets.

'i‘he op-
position to the American sugar in-
dustry is well organired. rich and
inﬂuential. 1 attended the Farm
conference in January, 1923, and it
did not take me long to realize that
if the iarmers of America, not only
in Ohio and Michigan, but all over

' the United States were to have the

opportunity to grow this important
crop they would have to tight and

V ﬁght hard—C. R. Allen. President.

HOLD “A” LIABLE
I am writing for advice about a
I sold timber to a
party and gave him two years to out

i and haul timber. and A let another

party B handle said timber which

they were to buy and haul away so

A has turned the deed over to B.
but my contract is made with A.
B hired men and teams to cut and
skid said timber and has not paid
for the help. Now what I want to
know is. do I have to pay for cutting
said timber when the contract is

'madebetweenAandmyseliandB

sends men to cut the timber. I had

   

wasiogotpaidtoritonthe
‘11. "That is, they were to do all
"  haalmg and I was to get

‘ Some

'vious stratum is under eighteen
inches in diameter.-a halt cartridge
is ordinarily sumcient to break it up ’

m; 

m. v 
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,ln

such agreement—Asst. Legalliditor.

VWOUID K01 BE ROW

Aslamasubecrlbertoyourpaper

used by an householder in connec-

tion with his business is exempt
from taxation to the value of two
hundred dollars.” Our supervisor
did not give me the two hundred
dollar exemption tor he said I was
not a householder. So I will state
the conditions and ask you if he was
richt.
haveworkedafarmandhadaamy
housekeeper. my sister. for I am
single. but the past year I have been
alone. I worked the farm the
glue having the sameamount of

over to my father’s. about 1 mile
away tor nearly all meals and stay
there ninety per out of the time
nights.

Should I have the two hundred

,‘dollar exemption or not?—- . Y.,

Kalamaaoo county. -

——-Your question is not one ot~ law,‘

but one of fact. as to whether or
not you are a householder under the
circumstances. It you take all your
meals away from home. and spend

Subsoiling and

HERE level farm land is under-
laid by an impervious stratum
of cemented gravel. clay or

pan. which in turn rests on

looee gravel or moreor less open
sand. wonderful results are obtained
by ﬁring small charges of dynamite
in the impervious stratum to break it
up so that drainage of the top soil is
established during the rainy season.
and moisture is stored in the lower
strata to be available in times of
drought. In “some parts, or the
country the farming land is, on a
large scale, like a few inches or soil
in a china dish left out of doors. It
is either too wet or too dry. Sub-
soiling corrects this condition by al—'
lowing the rain to run down into the
subsoil -instead,ot being held up by
it and mining the crops. and to form
a reserve of the moisture under the

hardpan for nourishment of the-

plant roots in dry seasons. Sub-r
soiling is one of the least spectacular
blasting operations. The method "is
somewhat as follows:

The land is laid on in ﬁfteen foot
squares and. at each intersection a
hole is bored by means of a dirt
anger halt way through the hard—

pan. cemented gravel or impervious.

stratum. In the bottom of _ each
hole is placed; half stick or: a whole
stick of 20 per cent low treeaing
ammonia dynamite primed ~with ‘a
capand apieceot fuse. It theimper-

thoroughly. It this is more 
eighteen inches thick, it may 
as much as acartridge in each hole.
Therese should  eunuch
to extend at 1 ,

be Well .tamped fwith

sand.  or clayt'towconﬂnewthe

 occlusion  mt!

‘cl‘uding our cattle.
For the past eight years I'

        

two   ,
The

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sale and sold everything we had,
We had some

ed for T. B. They tamed her and
she reacted. Now the butcher cones
backandsayswehavetogivehim
one-hall what he paid for the cow.
Now they never tested cows around
here and there was nothing said at
the sale it they were tested cows or
not. We told him it was a public

Erosion Control

ordinarily blowing up only a small
hump and not throwing any material
more than a few inches.

The best results are obtained
when subsoiling is done in the dry
season. y when the impor-
vious in clay, as dry clay
pulveriaes and shatters much better
than wet clay. Do not be too econ-
omical tn_the use elf-dynamite and
space the holes too far apart. I have
seen meadow land which had been
subsoiled on thirty-toot centers and
afterwards sown to buckwheat
where the buckwheat when mature
stood up twice as high at the points
where the shots were ﬁred as it did
halt way between. Subsoiling is of
no particular value in well drained.
loose mellow soil. ‘

In rolling countries where a heavy
rain tall results in washing away a
quantity of the top soil, making.
gullies and small ravines 'after very
heavy rain, and especially where the
crops “are sewn in terraces, great
beneﬁt has been secured by subsoil-
ing these terraces. This causes the
rain water to sink into the _soil as
into a sponge instead 0! running

oi! as it would from an inverted dish.

Not only are better crops obtained
by-supplying more moisture to the
roots in the dry seasombut the sur—
face erodes is very much, lessened
and the formation of gnllies largely
eliminated.

in similar to um described above.
but the holes should be placed about
eight feet Apart.

  

races showed

everycase fa 
m f  ,m' .017
snuggle Motto.

The method 0: blasting

Experiments made '
several years age in the‘comroi ct.
surlace erosion by . shhsolling, tor--

 

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Iaeeao many lettersin the M. B.
F. and all wanting help so I thought

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\ by _A. from
B, B's daughter got L‘s wile to sign
Does that make it any
more binding and can B snake A
sign notes to the amount of the rent? '

Now if one give a second chattel 5 v

mortgage is it any good after the

ﬁrst chattle mortgage is paid? 

will it have to be renewed before it
is good?

Can a lawyer collect fees from a  ~
_ man where everything is in his Wife’s '

name and all covered by mortgage?
If not what can he do?-——A. V.
Cor-nuns, Mich-
———The wife’s
would not be liable for the payment
of the rent, even it she signed the
contract with her husband. How-

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fifty after the rent, or any other I

debt accrues, and his title vested in
his wile. for the purpose of avoid-
ing his obligations. such. property
would be subject torrthe payment or
the debt. B could not compel A to
sign notes for the payment of’ the .

rent. A second mortgage is good: ’
- after the ﬁrst is discharged. and may .

be foreclosed ‘ against the property .
after the ﬁrst is satisﬁed.

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personal. property (I:

yer could not collect his fee for . '

services rendered the husband, out i
of the wife's personal property. 1
There are a number of things hei
might do to collecthis fee. depend~ "
mg onlthe circumstances, and if any- :;

one is trying to avoid paying a juSt l "  "

attorney’s ice, I would advise him

not to wait to ﬁnd out what the at- 1
torney can do to collect what is due 1
him.——Asst. Legal Editor. .v

errors NOT summer are LEVY 
’ Own 40 acres of land. a team 30:“;
horses. 2 cows, have a wife and iam— '

 

ily. Now can a certain company. g
come and take any 0! those things  
mentioned above such as cattle, land 

or garnishee my wages? I hold at
nbte «slant a man without any on: .

wiieareewneraofasmallplaeewub
a joint deed. no personalto menisci.
Could I sue and get-a judgement and
take away crops  the plea
-——c. A. 1).. Ennis County. Mich.“
 em .01 a husband and

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.. “t  my, ,.
 ole- ushred——thus .

on: ; a; unmeasng un.
the beaniedgers was his

ivﬁleaslngto Uncle Bush- _

.  ' 3' efi‘edrmparisonihave been ; for
* the only institution "in existence
orth" considering was the Weymouth

"Bank. pf “which he' was something be-
r  eymouth lay,  and umbrag- 1.
* "eons, men; the low foothills along the
"brow-of a‘iS'outhern valley. Three banks

porter and generalissimo-in-charge.

were in~W’eymouth-villé. TWO were hope-

ﬂees, misguided enterprises,‘ lacking the

presence and prestige of a Weymouth to

gyl'give ‘them glory. The. third was The
 “Bank, managed by the Weymouths—and

Uhole Bushrod.‘ In the old Weymouth

' ...hdanestead~—the red brick, white porti-

  c’o‘ed-mansion, the ﬁrst to your right as

T president of the. bank), V
v daughter, Mrs. Volley—called "Miss Let-

: you crossed Elder Creek, coming into

town‘dived Mr. Robert Weymouth (the
 ' his widowed

‘ ty” by every one—4nd her two children,

Nan and Guy. There, also in a cottage

' on the grounds, resided Uncle Bushrod

 portment and absorbed in business.
' ,mouthville,

.and Aunt Mandy, his wife.

Mr. William
Weymouth (the cashier of the bank)

_liv_ed in I a modern, ﬁne house on the

principal avenue.

Mr.tRobert was a large, stout man,
sixty-two years of age, with a smooth,
plump face, long iron—gray hair and ﬁery
blue eyes.‘ He was high-tempered,‘ kind,
and generous, with a youthful smile and
a formidable, stern voice that did not
aIWays mean what it sounded like. Mr.
William was a milder man, correct in d1?-
T e
Weymouths formed The Family of Wey-
and were looked up to as
was their right of heritage. .

Uncle Bushrod Was the bank's trusted
porter”, messenger, vassal and guardian.
He carried the key to the vault, just as
Mr. Robert and Mr. William did. Some-
times there was ten, ﬁfteen, or twenty
thousand dollars in sacked silver stacked
on the vault ﬂoor. It was safe with

‘— Uncle Bushrod. He was a Weymouth in

heart, honesty, and pride.

Of late Uncle Bushrod had not been
without worry. It was on account of
Marse Robert. For nearly a year Mr.
Robert had been known to indulge in too
"much drink. Not enough, understand, to
become tipsy, but the habit was getting
a hold upon him, and every one was be-
ginning tc notice it. Half a dozen times
a day he would leave the bank and step
around to the Merchants and Plants’
Hotel and take a drink. Mr. Robert’s
usual keen judgment and business capac-
ity became a little impaired. Mr. ‘Wil-
liam, a Weymouth, but not so rich in
experience, "tried to- dam the ineVitable
backﬂow of the tide, but with incomplete
success. The deposits in the Weymouth

Bank dropped from six ﬁgures to ﬁve..

‘Pas't—due paper began to accumulate,
owing to injudicious loans. No one cared
to address Mr. Robert on'the subject of
temperance. Many of his friends said
that the cause of it had been the death
of his wife some two years before.
Others hesitated on‘account of Mr. Rob-
ert’s quick temper, which was extremely
apt to resent personal interference of
such a nature. Miss Letty and the chil-
dren noticed the change and greived

. about it. Uncle Bushrod also worried,
. but he was one of those who would.

not have dared to remonstrate, although

“he and Marse Robert had been raised

almost as companions. But there was a

: heavier shock coming to Uncle Bushrod

that caused by the bank president’s
toddies and 'juleps.

Mr. Robert had a passion for ﬁshing.

which he usually indulged whenever the

f season and business permitted. One day,

when reports had been coming in relating
tothe bass and perch, he announced his
~intention of making a two or threeday's

:. visit to "the lakes. _He was going down,
. be said, to Reedy lake with Judge Arch-

, an old friend.
New, Uncle Bushrod was treasurer of

. the Sons and Daughters of‘the Burning

Bush” Every association he belonged to

He stood AA1 in colored circles. .He _
understood among them to-bellr. B
rod Weymouth. of the, Weymouth Bank.
The night following the day on- which
Mr. Robert manhood ,his intended ﬁsh-
ing-trip the old man woke up and rose
from his bed at, twelve o’clock,_declaring
he must go down to the bank and fetch

'3 made him treasurer without hesiteSE.’

_ith'e pass-«book of the Sons and Daughters,

which he had forgotten to bring home.
The bookkeeper had baisnced it for him
that day, put the cancelled checks in it.
and'snaxpped two elastic bands around it.

I “II-1e! but but one band around other pass- .

books. '

Aunt Mandy objected to the mission
at so late an hour; denouncing it as fool-
ish and unnecessary. but UncleBushrod
was not~ to be deflected from duty.

“I” done told Sister Adaline Hoskins,"

.. Sh. mud, “to come by here for an book
” mawnm’ at’sebin o'clock._‘for to

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'hung his coat. Looking about casually,

he saw that everything was as he had
left it, and was about to. start for home
when he was brought to» a standstill by

the sudden rattle of a key in the front
,door.. some one came quickly in, closed

the deer softly, and entered the counting-
-room through the door in the iron railing.
That division of the bank’s space was
connected with the back room by a nar-
row passageway, now in deep darkness.
Uncle Bushrod, firmly gripping his
hickory stick. tiptoed gently up this pas-

sage until he could see the midnight in-v

truder into. the sacred precinth of the
Weymouth Bank. One dim gas-jet burn-
ed there, but even in its nebulous light
he percieved at once that the pmwler
was the bank’s president.

Wondering, fearful, undecided what to
do, the old colored man stood motionless
in the gloomy strip of hallway, and
waited developments. I

The vault, with its big iron door, was
opposite him. Inside that was the safe,
holding the papers of value, the gold and
curren of the bank. On the ﬂoor of
the va t was, perhaps, eighteen thou-
sand dollars in silver.

The president took his key from his
pocket, opened the vault and went inside,
nearly closing the door behind him.
Uncle Bushrod saw, through¢ the narrow
In a
minute or two—it seemed an hour to the
watcher—Mr. Robert came out, bringing
with him a large hand-satchel, handling
it in a careful but hurried manner, as if
fearful that he might be observed. With
one hand he closed and locked ’the vault
door. a " ’

With the reluctant theOry forming it-
self beneath his wool. Uncle Bushrod
waited and watched, shaking in his con-
cealing shadow.

Mr. Robert set the satchel softly upon
a desk, and turned his coat collar up
about his neck and ears. He was dressed
in a rough suit of gray, as if for travel—
ing. He glanced with frowning
ness at the big ofﬁce clock above the
burning gas-jet, and then looked linger-
ingly about the bank—lingeringly and
fondly, Uncle Bushrod thought, as one
who bids farewell to dear and familiar
scenes. - _

Now he caught up his burden again
and moved promptly and softly out of
the bank by the way he had come, look.
ing the front door behind him.

For a moment or longer Uncle Bush-
rod was as stone in his tracks. Had
that midnight riﬂer of safes and vaults
been any other on earth than the man he
was, the old retainer would have rushed
upon him and struck to save the Wey-
mouth property. But now the watcher’s
soul was tortured by the poignant dread
of something Hworse than mere robbery.
He was seized by an accusing terror
that said the Weymouth name and the
Weymouth honor were about to be lost.

Marse Robert robbing the bank! What.

»else could it mean? The hour of the
night, the stealthy visit to the vault, the
satchel brought forth full and with ex-
pedition and, silence, the prowler’s rough
dress, hissolicitpus reading of the clock,
and noiseless departure—what else could
it mean?‘

And then to the turmoil of Uncle’ Bush-
rod’s thoughts came the corroborating
recollection of preceeding events—Mr.
Robert’s increasing intemperance and con-
sequent many moods of royal high spirits
and stem tempers; the casual talk he had
heard in the bank of the decrease of busi-
ness and difﬁculty in collecting loans.
What else could it mean but that Mr.
Robert -Weymouth was an absconder—
was about to ﬂy with the bank’s remain-
ing funds, leaving Mr. William, Miss

Letty, little Nan, Guy, and Uncle Bush-l

rod to bear the disgrace?

During one minute Uncle Bushrod con-
sidered thesektblngs, and then he awoke
to sudden determination and action.

"de1 Lawd!” he moaned aloud, as
he hobbled hastily toward the side door.
“Sech a come-cf! after all dese here years
of big doin's and ﬁne doin's. Scanlous
sights upon de yearth when do Wey-
mouth family done turn out robbers and
'belers! Time for Uncle Bushrod to
clean out somebody‘s chicken-coop and
eben ﬂutters up. Oh, Lawd! Marse Rob-
ert, you ain’t gwine do dat.

talkin
ﬂ'me! I’m,gwine to stop you ef I can.
'Spec you shoot Mr. - Nigger’s_ head on
you, but ‘I'm gwine stop
you cf 1 can." ' ‘ r '
/ Uncle Bushrod. aided by his hcikory
stick, impeded by his rheumatism; hur-
ried down the street tWar'd the rail-
road station, where the two mm touch-
 Weymouthvllle met. As he expected
and feared there Mr. Robert, standing
.‘in the dew of the. building, waiting
I in. »He held the satchel in

intent- 1

thing he had come to do had struck him

fully. He would have been happy could
he have turned and ﬂed from the possi-
bilities “of the famous Weymouth wrath.
But again he saw, in his fancy, the
white, reproachful face of Miss Letty,
and the distressed looks of Nan and Guy,
should he fail in his duty and they ques-

‘tion him as td his stewardship.

Braced by the thought, he approached
in a straight line, clearing his throat
and pounding with his stick so that he
might be early recognized. Thus he
might avoid the likely danger of too
suddenly surprising the sometimes hasty
Mr. Robert.

"Is that you, Bushrod?" called the
element, clear voice of the gray ghost.

“Yes, suh, Marse Robert."

"What in the devil are-you doing out
at this time of night?”

For the ﬁrst time in his life, Uncle
Bushrod told Marse Robert a falsehood.
He could not repress it. He would have
to circumlocute a little. His nerve was
not equal to a direct attack.

"I done been down, suh, to see 01'
Aunt M’ria Patterson. She taken sick
in de night, and I kyar’ed her a bottle
of M’lindy’s medercine. “Yes, Suh.”

“Humph!” said'Robert. “You better
get home out of the night air. It's damp.
You’ll hardly be worth killing tomorrow
on account of your rheumatism. Think
it’ll be a clear day, Bushrod?”

“1 ’low it will, suh, De sun sot red
las‘ night.”

Mr. Robert lit a cigar in the shadow,
and the smoke looked like his gray
ghost expanding and escaping into the
night air. Somehow, Uncle Bushrod
could barely force his reluctant tongue
to the dreadful subject. He stood, awk-
ward, shambling, with his feet upon the
gravel and fumbling with his stick. But
then, afar off—three miles away, at the
Jimtown switch~he heard the faint
whistle of the coming train, the one that
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the gloomy strip of hallway.

to regions of dishonor and shame. All
fear left him. He took off his hat and
faced the chief of the clan he served, the
great, royal, kind, lofty, terrible Wey-
mouth-he bearded him there at the brink
of the awful thing that was about to
happen.

“Marse Robert,” he began, his voice
quavering a. little with the stress of his
feelings, “you ’merrnber de day dey-all
rode de tunnament at Oak Lawn? De
day, suh dat you win in de ridin’, and
you crown Miss Lucy de queen?"

“Tournament?” said Mr. Robert, tak-
ing his cigar from his mouth. “Yes, I
remember very well the—but what the
deuce are you talking about tournaments
here at midnight for? Go ’long home,
Bushrod. i I believe you’re sleep-walking."

“Miss Lucy tech you on de shoulder,”
continued the/ old man, never needing,
“wid a. s’ord, and say: ‘I mek you a
knight, Suh Robert—rise up," pure and
fearless and widout reproach.’ Dat what
Miss Lucy 'say. Dat’s been a long time
ago, but me nor you ain’t forgot it. And
den dar’s another time we ain’t forgot——
de time when Miss Lucy lay on her las’
bed. She sent for Uncle Bushrod, and
she say: Uncle Bushrod, when I die. I
want you to take good care of Mr. Bob-
ert. Seem like’—so Miss Lucy say—'ho
listen to you mo’ dan 'to anybody else;
He apt to be mighty fractious sometimes,
and maybe he cuss you when you ,try to
‘suade him but he need somebody what,

understand hkn to be "round wid him.

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gemssImysay, widhereyesshinin’
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pure and-fearless and ‘r ,

Mr. Rob‘ert‘began to mask, a "
a tendency to ‘sbft-he
‘with aspurious anger. ‘ ‘1 I
“You—you old windbag!" hegr‘
through a cloud of swirling cigar ‘
"I believe you are crazy. I told-vyo .
go home, Bushrod. Miss Lucy saidv '
did s e? Well, we haven’t kept
scutch on very clear. Two years 
last week, wasn’t it, Bushrod when ’ ,
died? Confound it! Are you going 1:
stand there all night gabbing like‘
coffee—colored gander?” y '
The train whistled again. Now it w
at the water tank, a mile away. -
"Marse Robert,” said Uncle Bushrod;
laying his hand on the satchel that they
banked held. "For Gawd’s sake, .don"
take dis wid you. I knows what’s in it.,
I knows where you git it in de bank;
Don’ kyar’ it wid you. Dey’s big troubles
in dat walise for Miss Lucy and Miss-
Lucy’s child's chillun. Hit’s bound to,
destroy de name of Weymouth and bow.
down dem dat own it wid shame and
triberlation. Marse Robert, you can kill
dis ole nigger of you wil, but don’t take
away his er valise. If I ever crosses
over de Jordan, what I gwine to say to
Miss Lucy when she a: me: ‘Uncle
Bushrod, wharfo’ didn' you take good
care of Mr. Robert?”
Mr. Robert Weymouth threw away his.

cigar and shook free one arm with that‘

peculiar gesture that always preceded
his outbursts of irascabilitl.
rod bowed his head to the expected storm,
but 'he did not ﬂinch. If the house of
Weymouth was to fall,
with it. The banker spoke, and Uncle
Bushrod blinked with surprise. The storm
was there, but it was suppressed to the
quietness of a summer breeze.

"Bushrod," said Mr. Robert, in a lower
voice than he usually employed, “you
have overstepped all bounds. You have
presumed upon the leniency with Which‘
you have been treated to meddle unc
pardonably. So you know what
this satchel! Your long and faithful
service is some excuse, but—go home
Bushrod—not another word!” ,

But Bushrod grasped the satchel with
a firmer hand.‘ The headlight of the
train new lightening the shadow about
the station. The roar was increasing,
and folks were stirring about at the
track side. . -

“Marsc Robert, gimme dis ‘er’ valise. I
got a right, sub, to talk to you dis ‘er’
way. I slaved for you and ’tended to
you from a. child up. I went th’ough (19
war as yo’ body-servant tell we whipped
de Yankees and sent ’em back to de
No’th. I was at yo’ weddin’, and I was
n' fur away when yo’ Miss Letty was
bawn. And Miss Letty's chillun, dey
watches today for Uncle Bushrod when
he come home ever’ cvenin’. I been a
Weymouth, all ’cept in color and entitle-
ments. Both of us is old, Marse Robert.
’Tain’t goin’ to be long tell we gwine
to see Miss Lucy and and has to give an
account of our doin’s. De ole nigger
man won’t be ’spected to say much mo'
dan he done all he could by de fambly
dat owned him. But do Weymouths, dey
must sey dcy been livin’ pure and fearless
and widout reproach. Gimme dis valise.
Marse Robert—I’m gwine to hab it. I’m
gwine to take it back to the bank and
lock it up in do vault. I’m gwine to do
Miss Lucy’s biddin’. Turn ’er loose,
Marse Robert.”

The train was standing at the station.
Some men were pushing trucks along the
side. Two or three sleepy passengers.
got off and wandered away into the-
night. The conductor stepped to the
gravel, swung his lantern and called:
“Hello, Frank!” at some one invisible.
The bell clanged, the brakes hissed, the
conductor drawled: “All aboard !”

Mr. Robert released his hold on the
satchel. Uncle Bushrod hugged it 'to his
breast with both arms, as a lover clasps
his ﬁrst beloved.

“Take it back with you, Bushrod,” said
Mr. Robert, thrusting his hands into his
pockets. “And let the subject drop—J
now mind! You’ve said quite enough.
I’m going to take this train. Tell Mr.
William I will be back on Saturday.
Good night.”

The banker climbed the steps of the
moving train and disappeared in a coach.
Uncle Bushrod stood motionless, still em-
bracing the precious satchel. His eyes
were closed and his lips were moving in
thanks to the Master above for the sal-
vation of the Weymouth honor. He knew
Mr. Robert would return when he said '
he would. The Weymouths never lied.’
Nor now, thank the Lord! Could it be
said they embezzled the money in banks.

Then awake to the necessity for further:
guardianship of Weymouth trust \funds,

Uncle Bush- -

he would fall '

isin-

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the old man started for the bank withv

the redeemed satchel.’

s e o o a

Three hours from Weymouthviile,  

the gray dawn, Mr. Robert alighted from
the train at a lonely ﬂag-station. Dimly
he could see the ﬁgure of a. man waiting
on the platform and the shape of 8”
spring—wagon, team and driver. Half 8

dozen lengthy bamboo fishing-poles pro-' ‘

jected from the wagon’s rear. .. ..
“You’re here, Bob." said Judge Arch
inard, Mr. Robert’s old friend and 3cm 1-»
mate. "It's going to be a royalday 
ﬁshing. I thought you said—why, -'
you bring along the stuff?" ' 
The president of'the Weymou
took off his hat and rumpled? 
locks. ‘ ‘ " - .
"Well. Ben. to tell you the train.
is an infernally presump’ tics-‘1!!!"
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I This question man no of the
pioneer time of lease county. After

the Civil War settlers were coming
from all directions asuming they ,.
had found ‘ the promised land. A _
large portion of loss county consist-

ed of plains covered with
haekleberry brush. many or the
heme seekers could start plowing as
there was nothing in their way.
Timber ﬁelds were found  the
stream, game we? abundant and
lumbering was started at tail hust-
But this did not last long. When
the settlers darted to leave again a
Canadian settler we call ht: , Joe.
pulled states to leave. When he
struck town many a friends ask him,
“Could you not raise enough to make
a living on your new tar-m?” Joe
replied, “ I raised good corn, I rats-
ed good beans, I raised good potatoes
and last of all I raised and
left."

Many of our farmers today can
not raise a disturbance and must
leave. High taxes and interest
drive them off the farm. There will
be norellef. The only salvation is
for the farmer and laboring man to
join hands at the ballot box, the
Only lawful weaponk at our com-
mand, to meet his management, cor-
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China is always considered to be in‘

the rear in progress and civilization,
but it appears they have some very
good laws. If a Chinese is found
guilty of proﬁteering he must stand
in trout of his place of business and
ring a bell and hold a banner in one
hand which tells the crime he com-
mitted. If such a law be enacted
in our country and enforced we
could not hear oneself for all the
jingle of bells. They also have a.
banking law which seems to cover
their whole thanking system. If a
banker fails he is beheaded and it
seems to prove good.
bank failed in 400 years. How
many headless bankers could we
show up with such a law enforced.
We have too many laws and should
petition for a full session of our
legislature to repeal laws in place of

A making more.

Why is there always high re-
wards oifered ‘for bank and trait!
robbers? And at no time a single
dollar altered to bring the coal or
sugar trust or any other proliteerL
iug corporation to justice? Is it
because the safe crackers don't
steal enough? Who can give a def-
iuate answer?-—C. H., Tawasx City.
Michigan. ‘

GAS TAX UNJUBT

MOST heartily support your fear-

less policy of “bowing to the

line” even if I don't always
agree with you on all points of dis-
cussion. Your most commend-able
editorial on the Michigan state high-
way situation entitled “The Weakest
Link” in the June 9th issue is
mighty good with one exception, tak-
ing a farmer tax-payer’s view of the
subject, that is the following state-
ment: That the farmers were right
when they asked for a gasoline tax
and the Governor “Was Wrong when
he vetoed it. I have never been a
supporter either at the polls or
much of anywhere else‘ of Gov.
Groesbeck, but that does not mean
that when hedoes come across with
a policy of merit that I should not
give him due credit for the same.
I think the gasoline tax bill that

. passed both houses of the legisla-

ture was the most uuiust term of
taxation ever attempted upon the
farmers. oi this state. ,You say
that the farmers were strong for it
(or words to . that eiiect) which
seems to be a fact, but for what
it is beyond my power of

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was only twice. theta! that 1,

worth andoue matinee what
mine is. is that inﬁdel. If salt
sure-is a new brand. 'gasetusrs.
ssyishenidpeyatthatneehesme
I use way  9‘ gallon“
than he. It. that be: case let‘
ea thathsomaune

and harass-ands!“ carriage,a
total of 860. Bought for the pur-
pose of my daughter and son to drive
five miles tolhigh school ﬁve days a
week tartan months otthe year era
total at 2.000 miles. while he drives
his outﬁt an average of 10 per week
for twelve months or 620 miles. At
the gas tax ratio I should pay prac~
tically twice the tax on a $50 valu- V
ation as he would on a $400 valua-
tion or sixteen times as high a tax
rate‘ as he, for the simple reason that
my property uses the highway more
than his at the rate of 4 to 1. In
other words a 16 to 1 tax rate for a
4 to 1 service. Of course no fair
minded person of average intelli-
gence would consider anything of

-the kind as just but that is just

about what the majority of the farm-
ers of _.Michigan wanted when they
supported. the gasoline tax of two
cents per gallon. Then on top of
that every time the little" engine
pumps water, does the family wash-
ing, makes juice for light, sprays the
orchard and milks the courts; or
friend wife uses a little gasoline to
clean my Sunday brooches or the
tractor gets-cold feet in the winter
and refuses to pop with kerosene in
the tanklwhen we saw ,wood or grind
feed, we would/pay the same little
two cents per" gallon tor using the
highway. ,

But what highway? at I under-
stand it all this man y would go
only to the state reward roads. It *
that is so the township in which I
reside sure would get a whole lot.
out of the gasoline tax as there is not
a mile of state reward road within
its boundry lines, although a state
road does lie on the eastern boundry
for a distance of some live miles

awhich is very seldom used by at

least four-ﬁfths of the residents or
taxpayers of said township. A gas-
oline tax of two cents per gallon
would increase the taxes of this
farm from $25 to $30 per year as We
have a lizzie, a one—ton truck- a
tractor and two small engines which
we use as the occasion demands,
while none of them travel an aver-
age of 150 miles on state reward
road per year.

How in the name of common sense
a taxpayer can support such a meas—
ure just to make the city man pay
more taxes is absolutely beyond any
sane thinking that my brain can
master.

Take the case of R. F. D. carrier
that drives from our post ofﬁce. A
two cent gas tax last year would

_ have caused him to dig over fourteen

dollars and the roads on his route
are none too good either, and would '
not, have been beneﬁted one cents
Worth. - Is that Justice! Our mail
carriers are as good triends and
faithful ‘servnnir as we have too. I

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BLIGHT IN APPLE TREES
When the twigs “die during the
summer it is something that should
receive attention. The disease can
be stopped it it receives prompt at-
tention, otherwise ‘it may keep
spreading till it kills the tree. But
back from 6 inches to a foot beyond
the blighted portion, dipping the
knife in some disinfectant every time
it is used.’ It is galso advisable to
apply the disinfectant to the wound,
using a brush or swab. Copper. subs
phate solution'is good for the pur-'
pose. A teaspoonful to a quart of
water is strong enough. A weak
solution of carbolic acid is good, so is
formalin. Unless the knits is
treated there is danger that the dis-
ease may be transferred from an af-
fected limb to healthy bark, so do-
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‘17 dusk 'of night.

3'

“the thoughts that were ' "

H __   and   '
'rtwas_,.Wiiiﬁ“ a great desire,

he: went to; him when they dis—

d. - . -

'3 “You go on alone if there 'is time

night, Mac,” he said, knowing

‘ “ the other would understand

’ “I will make camp.”

_,"‘There ain't no one in the valley,"
"mused the old man, a little doubt--
fully at ﬁrst. “It would be safe—'-
fquite safe, Johnny."

 ‘ f‘Yes, it will be safe.”

'  "And I will stand guard while
“John is working,” said Joanne, who
 had come to them. “No one can ap-
7 preach us without being seen."

' “For another moment MacDonald

‘hesitated. Then he said: i

,‘ ' .“D'o you see that break over there
across the plain? It’s the open to a
gorge. > Johnny, it do seem onreas-
enable—it do seem as though I must
ha' been dreamin’-—when I think

"that it took us twenty hours! But the

' isno'w Was to my waist in this plain,

,- an’ it was slow work—turrible slow
‘work! I think the cavern—ain’t
ion’y a little way up that gorge.”

. “You can make it before the sun
-is quite gone." -

" “An I could hear you shout, or
your gun. ‘I could ride back in ﬁve
minutesr—an' I wouldn’t be gone an

* hour."

“There is no danger," urged Ald-
ous. u.

A deep breath came from old Don-
ald's breast.

‘-‘I guess—I’ll go, Johnny, if you
an’ Joanne don’t mind.”

He looked about him, and then he
pointed toward the face of a great
rock.

“Put the tepee up near that,” he
said. “Pile the saddles, an’ blank-
ets, an the panniers around it, so it’ll
look like a real camp, Johnny. But
it won’t be a real camp. It’ll be a
dummy. See them thick spruce an"
cedar over there? Build Joanne a
shelter of boughs in there, an’ take

:in some grub, an’ blankets, an' the
:gold. See the point, Johnny? “If

anything should happen ”

“They'd tackle the bogus camp!“
cried Aldous with elation. “It’s a
splendid idEa!" I

He set at once about unpacking
the horses, and Joanne followed
close at his side to help him. Mac-
Donald mounted his horse and rode

' at a trot in the direction of the break
in 'the mountain.

The sun had disappeared, but its
reﬂection 'was still on the peaks; and
after he had stripped and hobbled
the horses Aldous took advantage of
the last of day to scrutinize the plain
and the mountain slopes through the
,telescope. After that he found
encughdry poles with which to set
up the tepee, and about this he scat-

.tered the saddles and panniers, as
‘MacDonald had suggested. Then he

cleared a space in the' thick spruce,
and brought to it what was required

. for their hidden camp.

It was almost dark when he com-
‘pleted the spruce and cedar lean-to
for Joanne. _ He knew that to—night
they must! build no ﬁre, not even for
tea; and when they had laid out the
materials for their cold supper,
which consisted of beans, canned
beef and tongue, peach marmalade,

' bread, bannock, and pickles and

, cheese, he went with Joanne for wat-

_ at to a small creek they had crossed

' a .hundred yards away. In both

. hands, ready for instant action, he

’ carried his riﬂe. Joanne carried the

* ail.
‘ 2nd searching in that thick-growing

She walked very

' close to Aldous, and she said:

“John, I know how careful you

c and Donald have been in this jour-

. pay into the North. I know what

you have feared. Culver Rannand

V, Quade are after the gold and they

are near. But why does Donald talk
as though we are surely going to he

La tacked by them, or are surely go-

g to attackthem? I don’t under-’-

‘tand it, John. ..If you don’t care
  gold so much, as you told me
 and if we ﬁnd Jane to-morrow,
ight,,why do_.we remain to
satis'wah Quadeand Culver

W - l- 1116,, John.” ‘ e

 u

Her eyes were big and bright,

as e‘er ecé'tuuy’ 1n

thegloom, and he: was glad that she
could not see-his. ' ., , 
g“If we can get away without ﬁght-
ing, we will, -Joan’ne,”ihe' lied. And
heknew that she would have, known

that he was lying if it had not'been »

for the darkness.

, “You won’t ﬁght—over the gold?"
she asked, pressing his arm. “Will
you promise me that, John?"

I “Yes{ I— promise that.
it!” he cried, and sol-forcefully that
she gave a glad little laugh.

“Then if they‘ldon’t ﬁnd us “to-more

row, we’ll go back home?” she

trembled, and he knew that her

heart was ﬁlled with a sudden light-,
ness. “And I don’t believe they will
ﬁnd us. They won’t come beyond
that terrible place and the gold!
Why should they, John? Why should
they follow ,us—if we leave them
everything? Oh—h—h!" She shudder-
ed and whispered: “I wish we had
not brought the gold, John. I wish
we had left it behind! "

“What we have is worth thirty or
forty thousand dollars," he said re—

assuringly, as he ﬁled his pail with

water and they began to return.
"We can do a great deal of good with
with that. Endowments, for in-
stance," he laughed. »

As he spoke, they both. stopped,
and listened. Plainly they heard
the approaching thud of hoofs. Mac-
Donald had been gone nearer two
hours thanone, and believing that it
was him, Aldous gave the owl signal.
The signal ﬂoated back to them soft-
ly. Five minutes later MacDonald
rode up and dismounted. Until he
had taken the saddle off, and had
hobbled his horse, he did not speak.
Neither Joanne nor Aldous asked the
question that was in their hearts.
But even in the darkness they felt
something. , It was as if not only the
torrent rushing through the chasm,
but MacDonald’s heart as well, was
charging the air with a strange and
subdued excitement. And when
MacDonald spoke, that which they
had felt was in his voice.

“You ain't seen or heard anything,
Johnny?” ,

“Nothing. And you—-—Donald?"

In the darkness, Joanne Went to
the old man, and her hand found one
of his and clasped it tightly; and she
found that Donald MacDonald’s big
hand was trembling in a strange and
curious way, and she could/feel him
quivering.

“You found Jane?” she whispered:

“Yes, I found her, little Joanne."

She did not let go of his hand un-
til they entered the open space
which Aldous had made in the
spruce. Then she remembered
what Aldous had said to- her earlier
in the day, and cheerfully she light-
ed the two candles they had set out,
and forced Aldous down ﬁrst upon
the ground and then MacDonald, and

ND so you are an American farm
boy? This is a, distinction that
you should fully appreciate.

For the American farm boy enjoys
advantages that no other youth in all
the Wide world possesses.

His daily diet, in nine times out

of ten, is ﬁt to grace the table of a >

king. -
He breathes an atmOsphere that
develops growth of the brawniest
type and takes exercise of a variety
that produces a symmetry that an
athlete would covet. '

His schooling is of the most prac-
tical sort, for his teachers are usual-
ly true—hearted ladies and gentlemen
of simple taste and worthy ambition,
hence his mind is ﬁlled with useful
knowledge, knowledge that is im-

parted to the few rather than to the:-

many. . r

He is not taught ,thatschooling is
simply an .oppor unity to grasp a
few facts that will enable him to
meet the world with a weapon of de-
fense or agressiveness. "

Out of school,
taught to ﬁnd pleasure_ in helping
the world along.‘ When heita’kes a
horseback ride, he probably carries

a message to some neighbor. .-or-_:pos-

'Sibllr,~ a 118 Hot water, to the - may in
  (ﬂ  , cf?" {13- ” ." ~ I

 tax I

I swear .

the farm boy is .

I \-.future;‘-l—Fr0m ‘. , . 

b'esan' to help " them, to;
meat and'bannock, while all thegtime

"her heart'ww crying_.'out to'Jk'n‘ow

about the cavern—and Jane; .The
candle-glow told her a_ great deal,
for in it Donald MacDonald’s face
was. very calm, and filled/with a
great peace, despite the trembling
she had felt. Her woman’s sym-

when he ate but little ’she-did not

,urge him to eat more; and when he
rose and went silently and albne out

intoihe darkness she held 'Aldous
back; and when, still a little later,
she went into her nest for the night,

, she whispered softly to him:

{‘I know that he found Jane as he
wanted to ﬁnd her, and he is happy.
I think he has gone out there alone
——to Icry.” And fora time after
that, as ‘he sat in .the gleam, John
Aldous knew that Joanne was sob-u
bing like a little child in the spruce
and cedar shelter he had built for
her. .

CHAPTER XXVIII

F ‘MacDONAhD slept at all that

‘hight Aldous did not know it.

, The old mountaineer watched
until a little after twelve in the deep
’shadow of a rock between the tWO
camps.

“I can’t sleep,” he protested, when
Aldous urged him to take his rest.
“I might take a little stroll up the
plain, Johnny—but I can’t sleep."

The plain lay in a brilliant star-
light at this hour; they could see the
gleam of the snow peaks—the light
was almost like the glow of the,
moon.

“There’ll be plentyof sleep after
to-morrow,” added MacDonald, and
there was a ﬁnality in his voice and
words which set the other’s blood
stirring. ‘

“You think they will show up to-
morrow?"

“Yes. This is the same valley the
cabins are in, Johnny. That big
mountain‘runs out an’ splits it, an’
it curves. like a horseshoe. From
that mount’in we can see them, no
matter which way they come. They'll
go straight to the cabins. There’s a
deep little run under the slope. You
didn’t see it when we came out, but
it’ll take us within a hundred yards
of ’em. An’ at a hundred yards—"

He shrugged his shoulders suggestively
in the starlight, and there was a smile
on his face.

“It seems almost like murder,"
dered Aldous.

“But it ain’t,” replied MacDonald quick-
ly. “ It’s self defense! If we don't do it,
Johnny—if we don’t draw. on them ﬁrst,
what happened there forty years ago is
goin' to happen again—with Joanne !"

A hundred yards,” breathed Aldous,
his jaws setting hard. “And there are
ﬁve!" '

“They’ll go into the cabins,” said Mac-
Donald. “At some time there will be two

shud-

TO THE FARMER BOYm

He reads of the farmer boys that
have gone to congress ,or even be—
come presidents and he has faith in
himself and somehow or other the
world soon learns that he can be
trusted and has faith in him, for
here is a type that early learns~ re-
sponsibility.

Independence, manliness, honor
and integrity are so thoroughly and
close-ﬁtted into his nature that his
splendid physical body is a ﬁt temple
for his wonderful mind. “

He sees the corn put forth a tiny
blade in the early spring and
watches it until" it reaches a lusty
prime.

' He sees the young colt start out
on its weak, crooked legs and in a
few months .becomes a being of su-
perb (form and wonderful strength.

He'is encouraged by these lessons
and is not surprised that he grows
swiftly into successful manhood that
has been his anticipation. The

world. knows' his opportunities -.as

sheghas never known them before.

She realizes his ambitions and makes ‘
' 'of mind'fas‘;théy“«hurried’-after, J9

room for (hisachievements. ’_ u "
prs, do not, be in a'hurry_t0',leave

the ital-m. It :is ; condemn :.te.;_a3-haps .
 ussderhﬂ
 F “ “ 1

“Johnny.

fbeans and

. Donald! retumed.
«*‘b’efore he aroused
pathy told her that his heart‘was too ‘
full on this night for speech, 'and.

, For two hour-EL afterrthat Aide
alone. He  MW 616 
not sleep, and where he hadfgone
he pictured him (sitting beforedthe- '
old cabin in theista‘rlit ‘valley 
with the spirit of,Jane. v‘And durhrgj‘tﬁoﬂ
two hours he steeled himself for  Est;
time to the thing that was going" to. has;
pen when: the day came. ~ ,. ' ‘ .‘ . x "
It was nearly three o’clock whenclMac'q
It was four" o'clock ,.
’ Joanne; and it‘was
five o clock when they had eaten their
breakfast, and Mac—Donald prepared" to
leave for the mountain. with his telescope.
Aldous had observed Joanne talking" 
him ftﬁ‘ Several minutes alone, and the
had also observed that her eyes avers 
very bright, and that there was an 'nn- ;"

Haual eagerness in her manner of listen- 1 ‘

ing to _what the old man was saying. r

The signiﬁcance of this, did not occurvto,-c I
jhim when she urged him to accompany“

MacDonald. . -  *

"Two pairs of eyes are better than 
tone, John," she said, “and I cannot pol-3 '
sibly be in danger here. I can see you
all the time, and you can see mp—Jf I'
don’t run away, or hide.” And she laughs ’
ed a little 'breathlessly. "There is no'
danger, is there, Denald?" , ‘

The old hunter shook his head. ,

“There's no danger, but—you might be,
lonesome," he said. . ' ' “

Joanne put her pretty mouth close to
Aldous'. ear. I e . .

“I want to be alone for a little while. '
dear," she whispered, and there was that
mystery in her voice which kept him from
questioning her, and made him go wi
MacDonald. ‘ ‘ ”

In three-quarters of an hour they had
reached the spur of the mountain from
which MacDonald had said they could
see up the valley, arid also the break
through which they had come the pre-
ceding afternoon. The morning mists’
still hung low, but as these melted away-
under the sun mile after mile of'a marvel-
lous panorama spread out swiftly under
them, and as the distance of their vision L
grew, the deeper became the disappoint-
ment in MacDonald’s face. For half an
hour after the mists had gone he neither
spoke nor lpwered the telescope from- his
eyes. A mile away Aldous saw three
caribOu crossing\ \the valley. A little
later, on a green slope, he discerned a
moving hulk that he knew was a bear.
He did not speak until old Donald low
ered the glass. '

“I can see for eight miles up the valley.
an’ there ain't a soul in sight.’ said
MacDonald in answer to his question. “I
ﬁggered they'd be along about now‘,
Johnny." ‘ '

A dozen times Aldous had looked back
at the camp. Twice he had seen Joanne.
He looked throught the telescope. She
was nowhere in sight. A b t nervously
he returned the telescope to MacDonald.

“And I can't see Joanne,” he said.

MacDonald looked. 'For ﬁve minutes
he levelled the glass steadily at the camp.
Then he shifted it slowly westward, and
a low exclamation broke from his lips
as he lowered the glass, and looked at
Aldous. . ,

“Johnny, she’s just goin' into the gorge!
ﬁhe'was just disappeafin’ when I caught

er.”

“Going into—~the gorge!" gasped Al-
dous, jumping to his feet. Mac—y——'

MadDonald rose and stood at his side,
There was something reassuringr in the
rumlbling laugh that came from deep in
his chest. ‘ 1

“She's beat us! he chuckled. “Bless
her, she’s beat us! I didn’t gdess why
she was askin’ me all them questions. '
An' I told her, Johnny—told her just
where the cavern was up there in the'
gorge, an' how you woulcl'n t hardly miss
it if you tried. .An' she asked me how
long it would take to walk there, an‘ i.
told her half an‘ hour. An' she’s going
to the cavern, Johnny !" , '

He was telescoping his long glass as

he spoke, and while Aldous was still
staring toward the gorge In wonderment-
and a. little fear, he added:
‘ “We’d better follow. Quads an’ Rann
can’t get here inside 0' two or three hours,
an' we’ll be back before then." 'Again
he rumbled with that curious chuckling
laugh. “She beat us, Johnny, she,beat
~us .fair!_ An' she"s got splrrit, a wun-
nerful spirrit, to go up there alone!”

Aldous wanted to run, but held him-
'self down to MacDonald‘s stride. His
heart trembled apprehensively as they
hurriedly descended the mountain and cut“ j
across the plain. He could not quite
bring himself to MacDonald's point‘of
assurance regarding Quade and Mortimer
FitzHugh. The old mountaineer "was
positive that the other party was behind
.them. Aldous asked himself if it were.

not possible that Quade and FitzHu’gh ‘ I V
we‘re ahead of them, and already waiting; 

and watching for their opportunity. He “
had suggested that they might have .
swung farther to the west,’ with the plan
of descending uponkthe valley from the “
north, and MacDonald had pointed out.
how unlikely this was. In spite of this ‘
Aldous. was not in, a coﬂh'rtablezfra'm

hour‘s start ‘9

She had half ’ an
on the ,r' , th

 


' foot I ‘room. . Inside

» ubrought from the plain.

. you: t ‘3 , Itjf
,. aloft-41; 'tﬁeinorth. face of the chasm

"and in front of it‘, spreading out ,
a ﬂowing stream, was a. great spat-x

of; white sand, "like a _huge rug that
sen-spread out iin'a space cleared

 “ts chpatic litter of reek and broken
 At ﬁrst glance Aldous guessed
that; the cayern hadwnce been the exit
f a- subterranean stream. .The sand
,deagened the sound of ,their footsteps as
g they approached. At the mouth of the
cave they paused. It was perhaps forty
or fifty'feet deep, and as high as a nine-
it was quite light.

N‘Hathay to the back-.of it, upon her
«31.,1mees, and with her face turned from

them, was Joanne. ' ‘

I They were very close 111 her before she
v heard them. With a startled cry she
‘ “sprang to her feet, and Aldous‘and Mac—
'Donald saw what she, had been doing.

‘ -Over.a longvmound in the white sand

"still rose the sapling stake which onald
had planted there forty years he ore;
and about this, and scattered over the
grave, Were dozens of wild asters and
purple hyacinths which Joanne had
\ Aldous did not
speak, but he took her hand, and looked
down with her on the grave. And then
something caught his! ey’es‘amOng the
ﬂowers, and Joanne drew him a step
nearer, her eyes shining like velvet stars,
while his heart beat faster when he saw
what the object was. ‘It was a book,
open in themiddle, and it lay face down-
. ward on the grave. It was old, and it
looked as though it might have fallen
into dust at the touch of his finger.
- Joanne’s voice was low and ﬁlled with a
whispering awe.

' "It was her Bible, John !”

He turned a little, and noticed that
Donald had gone to the mouth of the
cavern, and was looking toward the
mauntain.

“It was her Bible,” he heard Joanne
repeating; and then MacDonald turned
toward them, and he saw' in his face a
look that seemed strange and out of’ place
in this home of his dead. He went to
him, and Joanne followed. '

MacDonald had turned agaim—was
listening—and holding his breath. Then
he said, still with his face toward the
mountain and the valley:

'f‘I may be mistaken, Johnny,
think I heard—a rifle-shot!”

For a fullminute they listened.

"It seemed on: there,” said MacDonald,
pointing to the south. “I guess we'd bet-
'ter get back to camp, Johnny.”

He started ahead of them, and Aldous
followed as swiftly as he could with Jo-
a‘nne.
but she asked no queStions. MacDonald
began to spring more quickly from rock
to. rock; over the level. spaces he began
to run. He reached the edge of the plain
four or ﬁve-hundred yards in advance of
them, and was scanning the valley
through his telescope when they came up,

"They’re not on this side,” he said.
“They’re comin’ up the other leg of the
.valley, Johnny. we’ve got to get to the
mountain before we can see them.”

, He closed his glass with a snap and
swung it over his shoulder. Then he
pointed toward the camp.

"Take anne down there,"
manded. “ atch the break we came
-through , an’ wait for me. [in goin' up
on the mount’in an’ take a look!”

The last words came back over his
shoulders as he started on a trbt down
the slope. Only once before had Aldous
seen MacDonald employ greater haste,
and that was on the night of the attack
on“ Joanne. He was convinced there was
no doubt in Donald’s mind about the riﬂe-
shot, and that the shot could mean but
one thing—the nearness of Mortimer Fitz-
Hugh and Quade. Why they should re—
veal their presence in that way he did
,_ not ask himself as he hurried down into
the plain with Joanne. By the time they
reached the camp old Donatd had covered
'two thirds of the distance to the moun—
tain. Aldous looked at his watch and
a curious thrill shot through him. Only
a 1:111». more than an hour had passed
slHCt: they had let: the mil-1:11am to fol-
low Joanne, and in that time it would
have been impossible for their enemies
to have covered more than a third of the
eight-mile stretch of valley which they
. had found empty of human life under the
searching scrutiny of the telescope! He
was right—and MacDonald was wrong!
The sound of the shot, if there had been
a shot, must have come from the other
direction ! i ,

‘ He wanted to shout his warning to
MacDonald, but already too great a dis-
tance. separated them. Besides, ifihc was
right, MacDonald would run into no dan-
ger-in that direction. Their menace was
'to. the north—beyond the chasm out of
which came the rumble and roar of the
stream. When Donald had disappeared
up. the slope he looked more closely at

but I

‘ , , «of?
8.’ aiwm‘e.

She was panting with excitement, '

he com- ‘

W, , _. . , 3 d
yards below, wheregth‘ey we're standing:

and a hundred yardsbeyond the tepee he
saw where it came out of a great, rent
in the mountain. He looked at Joanne.
She had, been watching him, and was
breathing quickly. »' . 

. “While Donald is taking his look from
the mountain; I’m going to investigate the
chasm,” he said. .

She followed him, a few steps behind.
The roar grew in their ears as they ad-
vanced. After a little solid rock replaced
the earth under their feet, and twenty
paces from the precipice Aldous took Jo-
anne [by the hand. They went to the
edge and looked over. Fifty feet below
them the stream was caught in the nar-
row space between the two chasm walls,
and above the rush and roar of it Al-
dous heard the startled cry that came
from Joanne“ She clutched his hand
ﬁercely. Fascinated she gazed down.
The water, speeding like a millrace, was
a lather of foam; and up through this
foam there shot the crests of great rocks,
as though huge monsters of some kind
were at play, whipping the torrent into
greater fury, and bellowing forth thunder-
ous voices. Downstream Aldousr could
see the tumult grew less, from the rent
in the mountain came the deeper, more
distant-rolling thunder that they had
heard on the other side of the range.
And then, as he looked, a sharper cry
broke from Joanne, and she dragged him
back from the ledge, and pointed toward
the tepee.

Out from among the rocks had appeared
a human ﬁgure. It was a. woman. Her
hair was streaming wildly about her,
and in the sun it was as black as a
crow’s wing. She rushed to the tepee,
opened the ﬂap, and looked in. Then
she turned, and a cry that was almost
a scream rang from her lips. In another
moment she had seen Aldous and Joanne,-
and was running toward them. They ad-
vanced to meet her. Suddenly Aldous
stopped, and with a sharp warning to
Joanne he threw his riﬂe to his shoulder,
and faced the rocks from which the
speeding ﬁgure had come. In that same
instant they both recognized her. It
was Marie, the woman who had ridden
the boar at Tcte Jaune, and with whom
Mortimer FitzHugh -had ‘bought Joe De—
Bar! ,

She staggered up to them, panting, ex-
hausted, her breath coming in gulps and
sobs. For a moment she could not speak.
Her dress was torn; her waist was ripped
so that it exposed her throat and shoulder ;
and the front of her waist and her face
were stained with blood. Her black eyes
shone like a madwoman’s. Fiercely she
fought to get her breath, and all the
time clung to Joanne, and looked at Al-
dous. She pointed toward the rocks——
the choatic upheaval that lay between
the tepee and the chasm—and words
broke gaspingly from her lips.

"They're coming l—coming!" she cried.
“They killed Joe—«murdered hint—and
they’re coming——-to kill you l” She
clutched a hand to her breast, and then
pointed with it to the mountain where
MacDonald had gone. “They saw him
go—and they sent two men to kill him;
and the rest are coming through the
rocks!” She turned sobbingly to Joanne.
“They killed Joe!” she moaned.
killed Joe, and they’re coming—for you!”

The emphasis on that ﬁnal word struck
like a. blow in the ears of John Aldous.

“Run for the spruce!” he commanded.
“Joanne, run!”

Marie had crumpled down in a moan—
ing heap at Joanne’s feet, and sat sway-
ing with her face in her hands.

“They killed him—they murdered my
Joe!” she was sobbing. ' “And it was my
fault! I trapped him! I sold him! And,
oh, my God, I loved him—I loved him!”

“Run Joanne” commanded Aldous a
second time. “Run for the spruce!"

Instead of obeying him, Joanne knelt
down beside Marie.

He wént to speak again, but there
came an interruption—a thing that was
like the cold touch of lead in his own
heart. From up on the mountain win-re
the old mountaineer had walked into the
face of death there came the sharp, split—
ting report of a riﬂe; and in that same
instant it was follewed by another and
still a third—quick, stinging, whiplike
reports—and he knew that not one of
them had come from the gun of Donald
MacDonald!

And then he saw that the rocks behind
the tepee had become suddenly alive with
men! .

(Continued in August 18th issue.)

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“The Farm Paper of Service”

' “COME ON. 100an UP!”

IN the last issue of The Business Farmer we told
the story of the plan to advertise Michigan
beans and increase the consumer demand for
this staple article of diet which should be on
the working man’s table at least once a day, and
in every home one or more days each week.

This plan fostered by New York, California.
and Michigan bean interests, proposes a fund of
ﬁfty thousand dollars to be expended in advertis-
ing beans, the same as the products of California,
oranges, prunes, raisins, etc., are advertised so
efﬁciently and with such amazing results.

On very good authority, we learn that some of
the bean jobbers in Michigan have refused to put
their name “on the dotted line," although the
amount required is only one tenth of'one cent
per hundred pounds of beans. In other words
these jobbers or elevators are going to try to get
the beneﬁt of this advertising without doing their
share toward paying for it.

The Business Farmer has advocated an adver-
tising campaign for beans a great many years. We
know that there is no product grown in our state
which will lend itself so readily to an increase
of sales from a campaign of intensive advertising
such as is now proposed.
that a practical attempt has been started with
every indication “that it will be carried
through, and for any short—sighted bean interests
in Michigan to stand out at this time is well
worthy of the attention of our bean growers.

We believe that the rank and, ﬁle of the bean
growers in our state are of sufﬁcient caliber to
recognize the value of this proposed campaign,
and that there are none among them so narrow
aslto not be willing to contribute their mite to-
ward the accomplishment of the goal. In this
they show more breadth and depth than some of

-the jobbers who have been waxing fat off the
' products which they raise, and we sincerely hope
that the business farmers of our state will stand

to a man in condemning any miserly group'of job— .

here or dealers who will not contribute their
share toward this campaign. .

We promise that we will print in our columns
a list of those who have contributed, or have not,
as the occasion may require, so that the bean
growers of Michigan can give due credit to those
who are cooperating with them in this campaign.
In the meantime we hope you will talk it .over
with the man to whom you have been selling
your beans. Perhaps he is one of those who are
holding out.

‘ WHY NOT? '

, ANY oppulent citizens of Michigan’s Metrop-
M' olis, are much wrought up over the fact
that Detroit will this year, according to
their ﬁgures, pay 40% of the state taxes, al-'
though this is really a decrease from,1922, when
Detroit paid 42% of the state tax. . ,
We have not seen the ﬁgures compiled, but we
feel safe in saying tha even though Detroit
- (which by the way inchsies Hantramck, High-
land Park, Dearborn, and pringwells) is paying
40% of the state tax, it is paying only its just
share, and has been able to shave off a margin of
what should rightly he charged to it. '
Detroit. enjoys the beneﬁts of a state which
supplies it with a large part of its raw materials.
. food products, dairy products, not to mention the
 to leadership and control its destiny- ‘ ' p
 :is'fia greatblty, auderdry  of
.mif is  is the“

V gain-due of the young men  upfstate'whbffrise

 
   
 
 

 
   

 
 

 
 

This is the ﬁrst time.

‘ the middlemen in coal to 25 cents~a ton.

it“s, brooms-ill 

   

thereon  g _ I .
brunt-.mgmmeat‘is unfair;  Q

We aﬁyemlof the remarks! the man on" I ‘

the street “thailhfeiwouidnjt mind how much his ‘

income tax was if he were‘t‘mly making .more ,

money.” It is a fact that Detroit is in the midst
of a wave of prosperity, the like of whiCh it has
never seen before, even during/war times. De-
troit is one of the most prosperous cities in the

country,.and~it ought to pay the state tax without .

batting so much as an eyelash.

TEN MILLION  FARM CREDIT
spears from 'Washingtonisay that the Farm
Credit Plan is already beginning to function,

y and the ﬁrst ten million dollars of the sixty
million dollars in debentures oftho new Inter-3
mediate Credit Bonds has been sold.

The Farm Loan Board has been asked by
agricultural leaders to loan this money on ware-
house certiﬁcates covering grain stored in the
farmers own warehuoses. The board has stated
that they are under the advisement 0f the De-
partment of Agriculture and would be guided by
their mstructlons.
~It is to be hoped, that this "Vast alsount of
money which could do so much good if used to
hold a surplus crop for orderly marketing, will
go directly to the farmers who need it. If so,
this credit legislation will be .of great value,
but if it is to be used to the advantage of the
established line cf elevators and the other old-
line warehouses, it will not directly beneﬁt the
independent farmer. and it will fall far short of
the mark which was set for it to accomplish.

The wheat growing states are facing a serio'us
condition. More serious than here in Michigan
where wheat is only one of our major crops, but
it is no less true that a part of this money should
go to farmers who diversify their crops as do
the farmers in Michigan, and would be particu—
larly acceptable in the case of beans and potatoes
in thisstate. , ‘

Our farmers will of course, be obliged to furn-
ish suitable warehouse facilities ouhtheir farms.
Their grain bins must be dry and well ventilated
to be accepted by representatives of the'board
before any money would be loaned on the pro-
ducts to be stored therein. ,

If the beneﬁts of the credit legislation, for
which so much credit has been taken, will come
directly to the farmer it will be a long step in
the right direction, but if as we have said, it is
to be scattered over the old system of marketing,
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A PLAN. 80 SIMPLE IT MIGHT WORK.

UST before sailing from New York this week

J for Europe, where he will make a complete

study of reforestation, Senator James Cou-
zens, made the following statement: ‘

“I believe that the government very properly
could control and regulate all stock exchanges
and produce exchanges throughout the country.
Of course there i a need in our civilization of
these instrumentalities, but government regula-
tion would eliminate the opportunities for gam-
bling, and therein is there evil. '

The farmer sulfers greatly from this. The
government during the war limited the profit of
The
government should limit the commission ‘of the
man handling the products of the farm.

Then we would have abolished the motive for
the self-interest that now causes the manipula-
tors of these products to depress prices before the
crops are harvested, thus gouging the farmer and
boosting prices after the crops are in, thereby
robbing the consumer."

So far as we know this is an original idea, and
it is the ﬁrst time a man in public life has-ad-
vanced the theory that the actual commission
paid to the broker in farm products should be
limited, the same as it was during the period of
the coal shortage. This idea which our new
Senator is advancing in behalf of the farmers of
Michigan and other states will not be expected
to make him any more popular with a certain
class of market speculators but we believe most
farmers will agree with him.  ’ ‘

The least that can be said about Senator
Coupons is that he is a ﬁghter who is not afraid
to express his own convictions and to stand by
themin the face of what would. appear to be an

. atteiisptiﬂ: political suicide. If, as-the Senator sug-

gests, the commission unan will be allowed 'to
add on‘ly‘a  above the net amount paid

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make preparations for winter. _ , . g.
If there is a leak in the roof jot inane“
barns or“ other buildings. now is the m '
par them. if there are odd 
is-the time to get the‘wor-k out Buns: was?
_ The job‘ that is put off .a‘dds 
owl‘cest of doing it later. .md force" 
instance, . rot away. letting 'I'tOck' into ,1, held
growing grain where the destruction can“!
the animals in one night, wmlld cost many E,
what rebut . the fence would; ' p '
Sometimes  us good to be 54W  .
doing something by a suggestion from the 
side, and this is our reason for appealing» :LtOﬂ
your better judgement to repair,  ‘
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MICHIGAN ELEVATOR EXWE ’” “ ‘ . 
E feel that the man behind the  W ‘

, Elevator Exchange should have some 
of approvalpfrom the farmers of this In” I

_ for the excellent report which‘thsy made at  '
third annual meeting. July 17th.  "

The Elevator Exchange reported   -'
ﬁnancial surplus and during the past year it has 
marketed 4450 cars of grain, hay and beans. for, :5:
107 local elevators representing 25,000  ’
.growing farmer members. ‘ .  '

This would mean to give the lie to the than  _ -..
says that cooperation among farmers ism-5 
cal and cannot be carried out successfully.  
past two years have been very trying one! 
that the ofﬁcers of this association should..weqﬁi
been able to so direct its operations and its policy . 
that they have come through/with a sub _ ‘ ‘ ‘
surplus and report a large iner'ease of bull!“
each year is certainly to their credit.

We believe that ﬂowers are often more apprec-
iated when handed to the living, and'thie may be 
a suggestion for some of you the next, time you
happen to meet the manager of your local’ ex-
change elevator. '

   
  
   
     
   
  
 
   
 
  
   
  
  
   
  
 
   
 
 
   
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
 
 
 
  
      
  
   
    
   
   
   
  
 
 
  
 
   
  
   
 
  

.17 STATES HAVE GAS TAX

OURISTS, commercial truck and transports! _
tion companies and all automobilists in 1?” ’
states are paying a. gasoline tax and are d»-

ing their share to pay for the construction an'd 1,.
maintenance of good roads. 'In these states;
farmers are being relieved of- the injustice of

keeping up the roads almost single handed for o.
travel which is.very often two-thirds commercial 7
and pleasure ’cars from the cities. The follovI— 
ing states nowhave gasoline taxes, with a mania

mum of two cents a gallon: - ‘ ’

Alabama West Virginia S. Dakota
Colorado Massachusetts Tennessee
-Connecticut New Hampshire Utah’ .
Delaware N. Dakota Vermont A ,
Indiana «Oklahoma Washington. 
Maine ‘ Oregon . ‘

Similar statutes are pending in California and 1
lllinois. A gasoline tax law was defeated in ‘ ‘~
Michigan by Governor Groesbeck’s veto after ‘4
both Houses in the Legislature had passed the : .;.
bill by an _overwhelming vote, but the  i i
say that is far from being the end of the gas 
in Michigan. '  . ~

If the highway ﬁnancing burden in Michigan *
were distributed among the 700,000 automobile. ': -
owners, in proportion to the amount which  
used their autos, as is automatically done through ' 
a gas tax, no one would feel the tax burden, and .‘
the present injustice to farmers and other goiter? 
a1 property owners would be removed. “I - 

  
   
  
  
 
 
 

 

  

Yesterday we saw a shocking picture! _ It  " "
of_a young lady, climbing rapidly over a splits ‘
rall fence, parasol in hand, her huge. red pictuna " !
hat carelessly tilted to one side in her excitement, ' 
as an ugly bull could be seen pawing menu-1th r
in the background. Herankle was exposed tin“ .
inches above her dainty slippers.~ It was copy»
righted 1898. The world sure do‘move! I   

No ﬁght is ever lost tilt is made in the 1W 
spirit. for‘lf the, ﬁght itself goes mast one,
ﬁghting has been worth while and has made
heart stronger and the spirit cleaner. r 4.. 

' Sena? bacterium,” 5‘ .V ' ' f,
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It‘is nice ,to read about in

'  but seldom happens in real

.I; ’ ‘ '18  «. '1. .
 them $7.16 for their» New Art
ring Process and material to
won and instructions for the
 1 Then a two year contract
willie signed stating that the prices
" - in payment. tor my work
 will not decline, that I am
. shown by mail any part that I
' ,_ or. understand in the instructions
Wont any thriller charge, and that
will be kept supplied with. materi—
W [i ll would greatly appreciate any
We: you might be able to
give me concerning the reliability oi
{gisv‘compamyh Respectfully.” ‘
M 0. . my dear. young .Beaverton

‘ reader, I do not know anything »

.29» p of the Nile Art Company of Ft.
> __Wayne, Indiana, but \rrom your de-
‘f‘scription of their proposition I cer-_

I V  tainly could not'advlso you to go into

 until 1 had talked or written to
 some of their satisfied students. ' ‘

_.  V' t when money is asked in ad—
iyanco for an employment'propmition
y that there is something wrong with"
you. There is usually a. good market
’ tor elabor..and any institution which
can proﬁtably employ labor is always
on the lookout for it, and good em—
ployees cost them something to se-

7Tcure, so itthis company had a prop—

osition in which they needed home
" ‘ghbor, it would be possible tor them
‘ to send out‘tboir outﬁt and instruc-

' ‘ tions and take the chance of ﬁnding

persons with sunlcie-nt talent to
“furnish them with a supply or the
V ﬁnished material which they need. If
any of our readers have had exper-
iencewith this company, I would, be
glad to hear. from them, so that we
. can advise our inquiring friend. In
. the meantime I can only advise her
ito make a thorough investigation he—
tore she sends the seven—seventy—ﬁve.

1111‘: TRADE AOCEPTANtm
. “Thanking you for information
' consenting the asbestos company. .I
wish to explain why we are interest—
ed and ask a further question. My
» [husband took an agency for them
__ from their agent. Mr. , signing

'  .a trade acceptance which when

' read it seemed to me to be nothing
"more than a negotiable note for
$272.00. They were to send on an
' expert roofer and send the literature
for advertising to the list of possible
‘purchasersrdrhich we \would send
in. All this"expense hasiallen on
my husband contrary to agreement.
Freight an liquid asbestos and all.
So fax-no experienced salesman has
arrived. Note is due in 60 days
«from Junetllltha It they do not
live up to agreement will we have to
pay this note: What is a. “trade ac—
ceptance? Gratefully yours,

!’
"",’ '_.

j ‘ TRADE—AGCEPTANCE, is to all.
«intent and purpose a note and is

considered practically the same r

in; law. My opinion is that if the
company doesnot live up to their
agreement you will not have to pay
the note. 0:: the other hand you
.will ﬁnd that they have deposited
this unto in one of your local banks.
I would suggest,,you see a local at-
torney so you may be protected in
, this matter. .

_ HEIRS WANTED!

“Heirs to estates here and
abroad can obtain valuable in-
formation by writing for tree
bulletin.~—Claim' Agencg Pa...

,  U. 8.1}. (adv.) _ -
1 _> . HE above. advertisement'was ro—
, ceived by us the other day..The
4 company sending it offered to
 to; its insertion at our regular I
give ins rate. We are inserting
the a re without charge. because
;,,;ye. want Business. Farmer readers
.1»  warned against sending money

5.,

concerns which advertise ior lost »

heirs, and makes charge for send-

{ag‘a‘listwotthese r. rsons. - . 7,

 (them;  . assorted on

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91"?

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among‘erea on this s

- lite. Usually-where an estate of this
kind is left, itgis not diillcult toloeate
the rightful heirs, «as few persons
are lost so completely to their rela-
tives that they cannot be traced by
one means or another. It is of
course. Ramble for a claim agency
like the above to secure a list of un-

" claimed estates which may, or may

not be authentic, or at any value,
»and sell these lists to gullible per-
sons at a great proﬁt to themselves.
We would gamble that the amount
they collect from this. source is
,more than " they have. ever secured
for rightful heirs. '

MAILING MUSIC

VERY few days I receive an in-
quiry regarding the American
Music Publishing Company, 16-

68 Broadway, N. Y.. and I have be:
tore me now their proposition in
which they offer to pay 10 cents each
for mailing circulars and music, that
is, it you will send then $2.00 in ad-

I receive -‘so many inquiries re-
garding this company that many of
ear readers must have had some ex—
perience with them, and I would be
glad to know what it has been, good
or bad? Please let me hear from
some of ydu who have sent them the
two dollars which they seem so aux-
ions to get. '

OUR INSURANCE POLICY
VERY day we are issuing an in—
creasing ‘number of accident
policies through our arrange—
ment with the North American Ac-
cident Insurance Company, which
makes it possible for us to furnish
any reader of The Business Farmer
with a $1,000 accident policy for 7F
cents in addition to the subscription
-price of our paper.
Two questions have been asked by
a great number of persons, which
we evidently did not answer in our
announcement. One is whether the
policy is limited in the location 0"
the accident; in other words, door
the policy protect outside of Michi
gap? The answer is, that it does
cover the insured anywhere in the
United States and would pay the
beneﬁts to the insured if he lived
or if his estate if he died.
The second question asked

i

is

‘whether the company is a mutual

company or the insured can be as-
sessed any more than the original
cost. The'answer is “No”, the com-
pany is a stock company, and the
policies are non-assessable. The 75
cents covers the full cost of all the
insurance guaranteed in the policy
for the period of one year, and may
reneWed at the end of the year at
the same price and will then give

“one hundred dollars additional in-

surance up to the ﬁfth year, -or a
total of $1500. I will be glad to
send a sample policy to any reader
who will write me, and enough
blanks to cover each member of your
family. Any one «between the ages
of 16 and 70 can be covered by this
insurance ad we will issue as many
policies as there are members of
your family providing, you are a paid
up subscriber to The Business
Farmer.

—-—-

I received my money back from
they -119 Go. and thank you
for your kind assistance .in this mat—
ter. I am sure I never could have
got a settlement with them without
your help—F. L., Gowen, Mich.

 

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“ the corn.
0. where's Polly?"

 all the misty morning
1 ' ‘vcom'nes a summer sound——
A murmur as of waters from
, trees’and ground,
The birds they sing 'upon the
‘ pigeons bill and coo, '
And over hill and hollow rings again
the loud halloo:
"Polly—Polly—The cows are in
the corn,
0, where's Polly?"

skies and

 Above the trees the honey-bees swarm
‘ by with buzz and boom,
' And in the ﬁeld and" garden a thousand
,‘ blossoms bloom,
Within the farmer’s meadow a brown-
N ‘ eyed daisy blows,
' And down at the edge of the hollow
' a red and thorny rose.
“But Polly—Pollyé—The cows are
in the corn,
0, where’s Polly?"

~ .Ho'w‘ strange at  a time of day the
mill should stop its clatter,

 The farmer's wife is listening now and

. wonders what’s the matter.
0, wild the birds are singing in the woods

, and on the hill,
While whistling up the hollow goes the

_ boy that minds the mill.

. “But Polly—Polly—The cows are

in the corn,
0, where’s Polly?"
-—Richard Watson Gilder.

TIIRESHIN G LETTER

The following letter is just full of
ideas and suggestions and although
the threshers have been in some of
our counties, some are just starting
and others are still at it. I took a
trip thru the southern part of our
state and it made me so happy to
see all the crops so plentiful and
the threshing going on. I that of
our letters and realized how busy
every one of my readers were. I
think Mrs. Jewett has sent in a nice
long newsy and practical letter:

HAVE read the Home Department
of the Business Farmer fer a
long time with great interest,
and as we are now asked to write
our experience in simplifying the
work of the threshing season, I will

suggest a few little things which I.

have found helpful.

If threshers'are known to be on
'the way, bake cookies and dough-
nuts the day before. They will
keep nicely in the cellar. Also bake
bread if possible, although if one
lives near a town the bread may be
bought. It is a little more expens-
ive but 'a considerable saving of lab-
. or. Also have a good big mess of
beans looked 'over \and ready to
cook. Then on. the day the thresh-
: are come one can put the beans over
' to cook the ﬁrst thing after break-
fast, and at the same time start a
“ Ham may
I be easier to get if one lives some
. distance from market as it will not

i spoil as easily as fresh meat. Then
clear away the kitchen work and set
both kitchen and dinning room in
order. There will then remain little
to prepare except pies and potatoes.
Even pies may be prepared the day
before if made of mince or some ma-
terial which does not soak the crust.
In. setting the table place 'a cup
and saucer and a glass by the side of
each plate, and put the plates
around so that food may be passed
I and coffee or tea, and water distrib-
ted with the fewest possible motions.
sometimes in hot weather the men
enjoy cold tea, which of course must
be started in the morning and if
this is served only glasses are. need-
ed which saves on the dishwashing.
Do not serve many, things which
\ require individual dishes, but some-
times when there is little time to
 prepare, a rice pudding” will take the
place of pie. '

Place in large pan about 1% cups
bf, rice, or.2 cups if the cups are
small. Cook in hot salted water un-
Ktil tenderd Fill the pan with milk,
‘sweeten and ﬂavor to taste, add a
cupful of raisins, stir— well and bake
-slowly 2 or 3 bears or until of the
‘~con81stency of thick cream. This is

 , and the only trouble I have
 had is in getting enough of it.

‘p‘ne‘i has been able to bake the

._ yigbefore their pies and fried cakes ‘

1 pastry {enough for. dinner and
. pg, 8

air there '

wing, the ‘

deakes ‘for‘ supper, or“

8°68 the“ “

have accomplished. .

I want to thank our
many readers who have so
generously
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one may use cookies for supper and
add a sheet of fresh gingerbread
baked during the afternoon.

If there has been no notice, a rice
pudding and a sheet of gingerbread
will make‘ a quick and satisfactory
dinner dessert. Cook enough pota-
toes at noon so that you can warm
them over for supper. .

Creamed potatoes are nice; also
have enough ready for breakfast if
you are to have the men over night.
‘The cold baked beans left from din-
ner are also acceptable for supper
and breakfast, as I have found that
the men do ’not require a great vari<
ety, or fussy food but they do want
a reasonable number of good hearty
dishes—well cooked and enough of
,it. A sour cream cake may take the
place of gingerbred—made by mix-
ing together 1 egg,.1 cup thick sour
cream, one cup sugar, 1 teaspoon
soda (level), one teaspoon ginger or
nutmeg, stir rather thick with ﬂour.
This is quick and good.

For ordinary meals cook things
in the same kettle as much as pos—
sible—for example: .a head of cab-
bage and a. piece of salt pork boiled
together is an easy dish that the
men like.

Hoping some one may ﬁnd in this
long letter some little thing that will
help, I am, Mrs. Alton L. Jewett.

SHORT CUTS FOR' TlIftESllING-
DAY
ALMOST always include baked
beaﬁs in my menus for threshers.
We ﬁnd in our neighborhood that
the men always prefer them to other
vegetables. There is no need to
stand over the stove so many hours
making fancy dishes. A well-bal-
anced wholesome meal is always rel-
ished most. Here is one of my fav-
orite dinner menus. Mashed po-
tatoes, beef loaf, baked beans, bread,
butter, coffee, cottage cheese, cold
sliced tomatoes, sliced cucumbers,
jam or jelly, apple pie.
Here is my favorite cake receipt:
1 egg, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup
sour cream, 1 teaspoon sod-a dissolv-
ed in cold water, 2 cups ﬂour. Season
with\ spices according to taste. I
use a little nutmeg. When cake is
baked and cool enough frost with
brown sugar'frosting made with 1
cup brown sugar with enough cream
to dissolve. Let boil until it will
make a soft ball when a little is
dropped in cold water. Take from
ﬁre and beat until right consistency
to spread on cake. Cake stays moist
a long time—Mrs. LeRoy Thrush.

 

 

Mothers Problems

 

 

BE POLI'I‘E TO THE CHILDREN
UIST because a child ought to shut
J the, door when he is told to, or
ought to run up stairs after a
handkerchief, or ought to do every
one of a dozen of things he is asked
to do in the course of a day, is no
excuse for the parents to neglect to
say, “Please” and “Thank yen” to
him. Nine times out of ten_the
very parents who are issuing orders
‘all day long without the polite pre-
ﬁx, “Please” or the courteous,
“Thank you,” are the ones who are
most insistent that their. children
speak politely to them! ‘
The time may have been when
children'were expected to bow to the
Will of the parents, like Slaves. be-
fore theirimasters, but that attitude
.is newlong‘er.~taken. _
adays, have rights, just as growth-

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labor and the feeling that your work is well done.

you in words how much I feel the'State'Fair has for us all. ,

. detail is Worked out to the best advantagefor us bysthe folks in charge.
I would just love to have all my readers send in to get all the
information possible and send in your work, whether it is sowing,
cooking, or raising some special produce, Remember this is your
Fair and. we all want to come down. Make it mlark and just treat”
yourself tothe vacation of one or two or more days.
much for you to take home in knowledge

$2th   

Address letters: Mrs. Annie Taylor, care The Business Farmer. Mt. clement. Michigan.

‘matches for you: '

Children. now-’

Leannot tell
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There will be so
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ups have. If courtesy demands that

u people.

children say “Please” and "Thank,

you" to their elders, it also demands
that the fathers and mothers use the
same terms to their children. '

Then, too, there is no greater
teacher than Example. If father and
mother speak politely to each other
and to the ’children, it will come
natural to the children to reply in
kind. Away from home they will
still retain those little courtesies of
speech which it has become almost
second nature for them to use. On
the other hand, the child" forced to
speak politely to parents who never
speak politely to him will quickly
forget to be gracious and courteous
when the parents ‘are out of hearing.

“Please” and "Thank you” are
but little words, yet they can matter-
ially lighten the heaviest tasks.
Even a little two-year—old will glow
warmly if thanked .for the perform-
ance of some tiny task, and the hard-
est-headed man will experience a.
tiny thrill if genuinely thanked for
some performance of duty. '

We all delight in polite children:
we take pleasure in their very pres-
ence. But politeness is not reserv-
ed for- them alone. It is right for
you to be polite for them: also it is
good example. - '

TEACH CHILDREN TO BE
CAREFUL

EACH your children early the
need bf being careful. A'cci-
dental deaths are the hardest in.

the world to bear, not so much be-
cause of the horribleness of them as
because of the needlessness of most
of them. By far the larger percent-
age of Such deaths are the result of
ignorance or carelessness. We can-
not always prevent the carelessness,
but we can prevent the ignorance.

Accident prevention should be
taught, by example at home. Are
you, yourself, careful? For the
sake of the children, learn to be, if
you are not... When you strike a
match, be careful not to strike it
near some ﬂimsy drapery or cloth-
ing, and when you are through with-
it, blew it OUT, and then throw it in
the stove or metal receptacle made
especially fer burne 5 matches.
Bright little eyes are a ways watch-
ing and unconsciously absorbing
your ways of doing things.

Occasionally let the children light
it will satisfy
their craving to handle ﬁre, and at
the same time, under your guidance,
it will accustom them to the handl-
ing of it.

If you refuse to start ﬁres with
coal oil, telling your children how
dangerous you consider such Ia
practice, they will not be tempted
sometime when you are aWay to
hurry up a slow ﬁre in this way.

Be careful with scissors; knives
and other sharp implements. Have
a. safe place to keep them and return
them to it when not in use. If
ﬁrearms are handled use every pre-
caution to avoid accidents and ex-
plain the reason for your careful-
ness.

Boys must be boys: they must
climb trees, chop wood and go in
swimming. To curb those impulses

 in leeks. but Izd'o-not  old" ,_

.act'foldin my work". out of doors '

but I’m not .oldpe‘nou h but. that;

realizethat times are pat as goo-d in. my 1;; I ;

1y among our girls and boys as their“
were 25 years ago. I am dull tho‘inmotn

being able to see why there is such a
howl about bobbed' hair for the young 

soon dried, which also applies to a, sham-

After a good swim, the hair in. 

poo, tangles are scarce, and on 

ocassions the hair that was out 'off. and
made‘ into a switch or, puffs, eta, 

be used to help out in dressing the
as pro-bob; if we were accustomed to
that style, or would make up our minds

(f) girls. And knickers is another awful
(‘3) style. Men used to wear long ﬂowery.
garments. Why did they discard them?

Is a person a criminal because he or? I .
she wants to dress for comfort?—-'.Mrs. - - ~

Lillie Smith. v

-Dear .Mrs. Taylor :-‘—What’ all thin
oontroversey about bobbed heads? Surely
bobbed hair does not contribute to iIn-v
morality. Would we want little girls
scarcely in their teens to have skirts
reaching nearly to their ankles, long-
sleeves, (as it was considered immodest
to show their elbows.) as they dressed
years ago? ‘ 7

Now with the sanitary dress reformr
why not let them Have their hair bobbed,
if they prefer it, and it is so much easier
to take care of it, besides it adds a more
youthful appearance. And who knows-
more than a mother, that one gets old
soon enough. But wait maybe they will
allow us to bob ours too.

Why can’t comfort, freedom and mod- ,

esty be combined, to make the girls hapé
pier? And surely «they feel happier if
they don't have to look dﬂcrent from
the rest. I have .three growing girls and
with their moral and spirituah welfare
in mind, have no fear, they ould be
any more indescreet in thoughg‘z'r action.
than‘ with long unsanitary lo ..{s. I do
know that since bobbing eleven year old
daughter's hair two Weeks ago, she is
able to take care of it, without any as-
sistance from me,
help it is when getting ready to go away.
I would‘not change for anything. Her
hair is very ﬁne and snarls easily and
the daily task of caring for it, wasn't
a joy by any means.

Let us hear from other mothers.

Now just a word for the Woman' De-
partment. Its the best ever, and touches

on nearly every subject of interest to ‘

the busy housewife.——Mrs. E. L. Johnson.

Suggestions For The Hom‘e.—I always

turn eagerly to the Farm‘ Home page of ~

the Business Farmer.
always one full page.
things in it. I like its atmosphere, its“
christian spirit. Of course it is selﬁsh
to be always taking from it and never
giving so I'm going to try to help it on.

There it seems is-

~ I’m enclosing some ideas I would like to

pass on and hope they will be worthy of
publication. '

0n hot days when the busy housewife
wants as little heat as possible in the
house, set a clean tub out in the sun
and ﬁll with water,..you wish to use for.
washing dishes. If set out in the morn-
ing it will be warm enough to wash
both dinner and supper dishes. It will
then take only one burner to heat the
scalding water to rinse with. In summer
when windows neeg to be washed so
often I ﬁnd it a great help to use an old
piece of gingham cloth (or any kind that
has no lint) to wash with. When win-
dows are clean I wring the cloth as dry
as possible and Wipe them off. Be sure
to change the .water often so that the

windows will not be streaked. This saves ,

the labor of wiping with a dry cloth and
polishing so long. You, would be sur--~
prised how nice the windows look when
dry. Youngsters always wear the seat
and legs of underwear and panties out
ﬁrst before the tops. To save making
buttonholes cut off lower parts well
above worn places and make new bottoms
and- attach to old uppers. The uppers
will wear as long as .both lower parts.
Mrs. LeRoy Thrush.

A Reader Expresses ,Appreciation of‘

Home Department—Truly we enjoy the '

M. B. F.‘ very much. I think the Home
Department real interesting. Where we
have the chance to discuss our ideas. -I r
like to read the letters from the sisters
in regard to our homes which I 1561' we
need so much these days, on how we bring
up our children. Of course I love‘to see
them have good times buthave it in the
right. way and in the right company. I
feel we mothers ought to be one of them

and considering the. '

So many helpful ‘

to look at the motive for the act or. 
bObbing‘ their wouldn't‘be go. my.“ 

11“.

in their plans of pleasure as well as, "

work. I do not believe in bringing

children in idleness. see that theyhave ‘

an amount of work to do, for the children

\

. can save so many steps which helps 

is to kill something vital in the boys .

make—up.‘ A.wise mother will not”

forbid, but,.with all the wisdom of -

her years she will endeavor ,to‘ teach
her children t0»...be careful—rand she
willbe 11 when erchildren arebut

"used for - are: and - max, snag-p 

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mother so much.

good bun recipe: , . , ~
one cup of ,can yeast. one scant curb:

ar, ‘on‘e-half cup of» lard, two 
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j Jena boutoxprepare it

. .  , it should »charge for
e ,_ ', Cedar Springs, ‘Michm

me “cottageoheese take one quart.

ck sour milk, two teaspodnfuls of

one-fourth teaspoon salt. Heat,

the milk in a stew pan' or double boiler; .

as n as the curd separates from the
3m *strain" the milk through a cloth.
 ego. the curd in the cloth until rather

 Put in a bowl and with a fork mix "

* o "a smooth paste / with the butter,
shit, and cream. V Cheese houl’d 'nct be
" ed' long- enough to ,make it -tough

i; should hays a‘, sniooth feeling'when ,

pin ed with the ﬁngers. I [would sug-

ft that'youimake it the day before or

. ’ ‘ the morning you take it to town

 eese ,should'be kept very moist.

- e chief reasons for buying

" - from  the cres'h‘iery is because

, A . ’ey keep their cheese so moist. It sells
for ten cents a pound. '

. Please Send Stocking Pattern.—We
-would like stocking pattern, Mrs. D.
Ma, that you mentioned in your letter
telling about the cap for large ears. All
. these practical suggestions are needed by
our“ readers. ,

_ _x_

The Runner’s Bible

(Copyright by Housman-Mimi Co.)

 Agree *with thine adversary quickly,
while then ﬁt in the way with him; _
. lost at any time the adversary deliver
thee to_ the Judge, and the Judge deliver
’ thee to the ofﬁcer, and then be cast in
prison. Verily I say unto thee, thou
shalt by no means come out thence, till
‘thou hast paid the uttermose farthing.-—
* Matt. 5:25-26.

When any difference arises between
another and yourself, if possible agree
with him at once, surrendering, if neces-
sary and at all consistent, your claims.
It is important that you do not offend
him. The value you put upon some
material condition may become a stum-
bling block in his pathway to higher
things. Show him instead, that your
faith in God tell you that man cannot
take away from“you anything which God
‘cannot give; and that peace of mind is
really the one most desirable possession
upon earth. If, on the contrary. you do
strive merely for the sake of gaining
your own point. you will pay a very dear
price, for it in the end. c .

 

 

 

 

RECIPES

 

 

, One Good Turn Deserves Another.—
As, I have got so many of my best
, recipes \from the M. B. F. it is hard to
.pick any to send you but here are some
which I have found good elsewhere.
Cup Cakes.-—Break two eggs in a cup
'ﬁnish filling cup with sweet milk. Into.
' a bowl sift one cup ﬂour, one cup» sugar,
one rounding teaspoon baking powder,
then pour contents of cup into dry mix-
ture and beat hard then add two table-
spoons lard or butter and beat well.
Apple Sauce Cake.—One cup gran-
ulated, sugar, one cup apple sauce, one-
half. teaspoon cinnamon, allspice and
cloves, one-half cup shortening, one eg,
one teaspoon soda, one-half cup nuts,
7 gone-half cup raisins, one , nd three-
 fourths cups ﬂour. Cream ; e butter,
. ad sugar and apple sauce;- mix spices.
an psoda with ﬂour. Add raisins and
.nuts which have been ﬂoured to ﬁrst
mixture. Then add dry ingredients.
.Ooﬂee Jelly.—-One pint coffee, three
‘mblespoonfuls sugar, bring to boiling
point together. Add three tablespoonst
powdered gelatine. Strain, put in molds
and serve with whipped cream.
Chocolate Cake.—Yolk of one egg, one-
fourth cake of unsweetened chocolate,
one-half cup milk, cook until thickens
over water, then cool and add one cup
sugar, one tablespoonful butter (coldi,
one-half cup milk. one small teaspoon
soda; one teaspoon vanilla, one and two-
thirds cups of ﬂour and one teaspoon
baking powder. This makes ﬁne loaf
cake for any occasion.
Hermits.——One cup sugar. two-thirds
cup lard, one cup cream not too rich,
one cup raisins. two cups ﬂour. two cups
oatmeal, 1 tablespoon salt. soda, cinna-
. mon, nutmeg, two eggs. Drop with spoon,
“ pat out with. fork. ‘
'Layer Cake.—’l‘hree eggs. beat white
. very light. butter size of large egg. beat
. yolks together, one large cup of sugar,

I ' ‘ten tablespoonfuls cold water. add beaten

"whites, two tablespoonfuls baking pow-
, Uder, ﬂour enough for medium dough. For
‘center layer add two tablespoohfuis of
“molasses, a pinch or soda, one table~
spoonful sour milk and a little ﬂour.
 Macaroni Boyd—Three cups of cooked
' ‘ oni. one bottle olives or a few
pickles cut ﬂna- three hard
lightly with salad

m.) as pam'r' a,

. , . in a. aeolian Water.
through a colanderu; To each gal-
pulp-‘add about .two pounds sugar,

~ ‘ a one-scant teaspoon ginger,- and two lem- '

one cut in small pieces, and the rind of
one lemon, boiled separately until tender,

3 also the wateer whichit is boiled. The

lemon rind should be cut in small pieces.
Stir well, and place in a common stone
crock. Bake slowly until rthick. Can
and seal while. hot being careful to have
all air bubbles out of the can.‘ '
Eggless Cookies.——One cup butter, one
cup lard, trio and one-half cups white

sugar. Crea‘m together; Add two cups ‘

buttermilk (or sour milk), two level tea-
spoons soda, and one rounding teaspoon
baking powder. Mix to a soft dough.
They mayv-be varied by the addition of
chopped raisins or nuts—Mrs. Alton .L.
JeWett. » ‘

anit Cookies.—-—Four eggs, two cups
brown sugar, scant one-half cup butter,
one cup raisins, one cup currents, one
teaspoon each of cinnamon, nutmeg, soda,
pinch of salt, three- cups ﬂour. Mix and
drop in small teaspoonfuls. Cream sugar
and butter together. Mix in dry in—
gredients, beat eggs light and stir in
last. This makes about- thirty-six med-
ium cookies.- .

Curing Salt Pork—This is a good
recipe- for curing pork’. Everyone says

- the fat is as good ’as the lean. Ten

pounds salt to each one hundred pounds
of pork, 3 pounds sugar, two ounces of
salt petre. two ounces: black pepper.
Boil all together except pepper stirring
often, skim and add pepper. Pour on meat
boiling hot. We rub each piece of pork
lightly with salt before packing in barrel
and we also smoke barrel with corn co'bs.
This adds to the ﬂavor.

For Pears, Peaches or Sweet ripples.—
Take ten pounds fruit, five pounds brown
sugar, tw_o quarts vinegar slightly weak-
ened, two tablespoons cinnamon, one

‘ tablespoon cloves. Tie in muslin, bag.

Boil vinegar and sugar with spices until
sugar is dissolved. Then put in fruit
and cook until transparent being careful
not to cook too soft. Seal in jars. '
Cucumber Relish—Twelve large green
cucumbers chopped ﬁne and drain over
night in one-half/cup salt, four large:
onions, four green peppers, one-half cup
grated horseradish, one tablespoon white

mustard seed, one teaspoon Celery seed, r

one cup sugar, cover with vinegar and
seal.——Mrs. C. T. M.

’ GRANDMOTHERS DISHES

I would like to see printed in the very
good Business Farmer some good recipes
for mothers’ and grandmothers' days so
I will begin by sending you a. few used
in our childhood days.

Farmers Rice—Heat to boiling point
one and one-half quarts of sweet‘milk
in which have been added salt, pepper,
and a small piece of butter. Have ready
one and one-half cups of ﬂour, in which
one egg has been stirred till it is in
small particles. addto milk, let boil up
once, and it is ready to eat. Can add
some sugar, which improves it.

Paps—One quart sweet milk, one table-
spoon sugar, salt and pepper to taste.
Bring to boiling.point. Have ready one
level cup ﬂour in which one cup sweet
milk has been stirred to make smooth
batter. Stir in boiling milk, boil one
minute and serve. Can be eaten with
milk and sugar or as it is.—Mrs. M. A.
K., Kalamazoo, Michigan. I

DISH FOR HOT WEATHER
I’m sending a recipe for the hot
weather days which needs no ﬁre and
We think very good:

Apple Salad—Pare as many apples as I

required and slice. Then dice in small
pieces with cutter, add enough vanilla
ari sugar to suit taste. In another bowl
make a thickening of ﬂour and cream
as for gravies. With apples, dates and
nut meats are fine. Over apples, dates
and nuts pour your thickening and stir
thoroughly. After add whipped cream if
desired. This may be served at once,
to be eaten with other vegetables. For
two I use fmm ﬁve to six apples, about
two teaspoons vanilla, one-fourth cup of

" sugar (more if sour apples are used)

snow apples preferred, 4 tablespoon ﬂour
and cream enough for thin batter. We
like your paper very much and look for—
ward to its coming. Love to all—Mrs.
P. C. K. .

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Christening Ceremonies.-—Fonnerly the
persons who called to congratulate the
happy possessor of the new boy or girl
were offered mulled wine andplum cake.
But now-adays one can have light re—
freshments for any callers. A plate of
cookies or lemonade. or cider in the fall.

A baby should have at least one god-
father and one godmother and ‘these be
chosen with care as it is considered a
great compliment to be asked to hold this
position. '

, ‘In old countries this relationship lost.
3thru..life, kindly~ help and counsel being
given to the '1 child by ;the godfather;-

eVelL to adoption in ‘many instances,

should. the went. die.

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Why is art-island “like the letter “'1'”!—
Becaunellt is in the middl d
If you threw a man out of a win ow,
I what would he be certain to fall against?
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Who whistlul the ﬁrst tune “and w
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’ Hills and Far Away.
 If a barrel weighs 10 pounds empty,
what can you ﬁll it with to make it

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“Elly are hogs like trees?——They root

____.._.__.._..._.

Dear Uncle Neda—413.wa  your
merry circle of happy boys and girls? ’I
have been a reader of the Childrens
Hour for three years, and at last I have
decided to write. My father takes 
' a

and two of my brothers are working our

- ’two farms and pasturlng cattle on an-

We have twelve acres of potatoes

' other.
this year. Uncle Ned have you ever been
to Florida? Mother and father went

there once to spend the winter. Daddy
. got dreadfully sick on account of .the
'1 change of climate. I guess Michigan
‘ beats all other states for being healthy.
. Don't you think so Uncle, Ned? There
I‘m six of us children ‘ the family,
i three boys and three girls. My oldest
‘ brother is eighteen, his name is Ralph.
': Next is Edna, she is sixteen years old,
i she is spending the summer at Bert Lake.
3 She stays with grandma. Next is myself,
i I am twelve years old and will be_thirteen
‘ the second of August. Warren is eight,
I Cor-lists ten, and Ferris eight. We have
1' twenty-seven head of cattle, six head of
,horses. some pigs and some pet pigeons.
(We have a large red barn and a ﬁve-
room bungalow. .Uncle Ned and cousms
{excuse my selﬁshness for tainnlgl .up s:
' mace, but I tried to go a in on
I232: I will write and tell you the rest
‘ sometime if Uncle Ned doesn’t mind. I
i would like to hear from some of the boys
and glrla—Ruth Kiipatrick, R. F. D. No.
1, Savoring, Michigan, in care of Nathan
‘ Kllpatrick.

~—Florida is one state where I have never
been. But from what traveling I have
done I am sure Michigan is the best
state in the Union.

 

Dear Uncle Ned:———VVas just ' reading
the Children’s Hour and thought I would
write. I am corresponding with another

'{girl who is also 16 years of age and her

'birthday is on the 15th of april as
‘ mine is. Aren’t the woods beautiful now,
‘Uncle Ned? I think they are lovely. I
1Went for a drive through the forest to-
iday and enjoyed the trip very_much. We
.have two pairs of canaries and one pair
:of mocking birds in our yard. They are
{always singing early in the morning. I
{love most kinds of birds and also there
are some I hate too. Harry. Roscoe, I
{will try and answer your riddles, tlsle
' Eleven hung, the man’s name we. ;
m egg in side of duck; 8rd, the wind;
lth. a bell; 5th, an old-fashioned ﬂat
ilron. I always watch the childrens
Flour for riddles and ask the family.
.‘I‘hat is if I get the paper ﬁrst. How

man ‘cousins like nature? As soon as
the gnaw goes off I get spring fever and
nothing will help but to get out to the
'woods with Mother Nature and her but-
terﬂies and birds—Elsie L. Mahler, R. 1,

Harbor Springs, Michigan. ‘
I too love nature and enjoy uotll ng
ﬁtter than a stroll through the woods, es-
lly when a stream flows through.

’ rite often.

Dear Uncle Ned:~——May I join your
merry circle? I have been-a silent read-
er of the M. B. F. for some time, so I
thought I would write. I will desoribe
tnyself: I am 18 years old, four feet

d eleven inches tall, dark complexioned,
l. y eyes and medium brown hair. I
‘ lve on a sixty-acre farm. We will be
.three years this coming December. We
fhave sixteen head of cattle, two horses,
3 one sheep, ﬂve pigs, two cats, one hundred
‘and ﬁfty chickens, nineteen turkeys and
'seventeen ducks. For a pet I tune a
sheep named Betty. I have ﬁve brothers
‘nnd two sisters. I must close. Your
»,neice.—-Maxilla Riggs, R. 1, Box 53, Lake
lAnn. Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned2+May I join your
i merry circle? I have been a silent reader
"of the M. B. F. for along time. I am
4 feet 10 inches tall, have light brown
hair and brown eyes. My hair is bobbed
but I am letting it grow out. I will be
14 years old on the 22nd of October.
HaveIstwin? IfIhaveIwishtbey
would write to me. 1 am in the 8th
grade at school. I live on a. 120 acre
farm in Northern Michigan. We have I
head of cattle, 4 head of horses. We
have about 10 mess of oats, they stand
4 feet tall in some places. We have
“ clover that is 3 feet tall. It is rainhig.
This season we have Wintergreen berries.
Wm’t . you come on and help me out
theta. Uncle Need? I have 6' sisters and
' 1 brothers. They are all married except

 

strike the ﬁrst nail.

e of "water," /

'in the mood for writing letters.

 

   

one.
Who guesses these riddles  .‘r'oe‘siye
a card. What must yen odd to nine
to make it six? Why isa‘momfull of
,married people like an empty room? I
belim the answer to Phyllis Gibson’s
riddle is "Yet" a a man’s name. Will

Merritt, R,
3, Harrison, Michigan. _ - ' '1
‘--I would like to help you eat those win:
tergreen berries but as you live (mite a
ways from here I am afraid I will live
to decline your invitation, but I thank

you for it. Can you eat some for me?

' Dear Uncle Ned:-—;I have written be-
fore, but I thought Uncle Ned would not
care if I wrote again. Do you Uncle
Ned? I am visiting my aunt and uncle.
for a while. I have been here
Sunday. ‘
have been driving my uncle's car. I am
going___ to drive it home tonight. Next
week I am going to have company from
Grand Rapids for a week and then my
sister ‘and I‘ are going home with them
for a week and then they are going on
a long trip. Uncle Ned, where are you
going on your vacation this summer?
The last time I wrote there was two
girls wrote to me. Their names Were:
Jane Mark and Mildred Nailure. I have
written to Jane but not to Mildred be-
cause I lost her address. Will somebody
please write and tell me her address?
I would be very pleased to receive it.
Before I close I will describe 'myseu.
I have light brown bobbed hair and have
a light complexion and blue eyes. I am
12 years old and in the 7th grade. Well
I will have to close now hoping some of
the girls and boys will write to me.
Your neice.—Ruth Nelson, R. 2, Grant
Michigan.

-—I am glad to hear from you again and
hope you will write whenever you are
I have
not decided where I will spend my vaca—
tion this year. .

Dear Uncle Nedz—I've written twice
before and saw one of my letters in print.
Althodgh I have been a silent reader for
sometime, that drawing contest that you
intend to start interests me very much
as I like to draw. I not only draw but
also paint. I give most of my pictures
away though. My teacher receives most
of them for I feel as though I owe him
very much. I always see so many in-
teresting letters printed that I feel like
writing to the writers but I’m always
too tired at night as that is about the
only time I get a chance. I haven’t
described myself and don’t care to do
so. If anybody is interested in me why
not write me. I'm waiting impatiently
for those apples to ripen. We were blue-

 close ‘ with".   riddles.

I am going home tonight. I’

       

 
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to

poison ivy, but even so I'd like to '7

Hoping now that the 

contest will soon be I. main,

 w-
A sincere friend—ﬂed“; Bucholz, Elk-/ a  -

ton. Michigan. -.

--—I had no idea that there were so 

.young artists who‘wore-membgrs ofvthe
children's How. We must have 
test soon. Inthemeautimeyouean all
sendindrawings tomeifyou wish, I
will enjoy looking at them. " _

~.Dear Uncle Ned :—May I join your
merry} circle? ' I have been a silent road-
er for some time, 'so thought It would

Write. 1,,will'describe myself: I have
light brown hair, am eleven years old
and ' in the sixth  We live two

miles from school and it is "a pleasant
walk in the summer time. I think the
answer to Gladys Harrls' riddle is a news
paper. I live on a farm of loo-acres.

For pets I have a. dog named Bud, a
cat named ng and a pony. . We have
lots of fun with the pony. Will some of
the boys and girls write to me'? I will
answer all letters. Your neice—Marion
Cox, Kinds, Michigan.

Dear Uncle Nedz—I have been a silent
reader of the M. B.' F. for a. long time.
May I join your merry circle? ~We are
having nice weather aren't We? All
kinds of ﬂowers are in bloom. .I‘like to
go ﬂowering' I think it is lots of fun.
I live on a. ISO-acre farm, about two
miles from Temple. I have about one
mile to go to school. I am between 12
and 17 years old, the one that guesses
emy age will receive a long letter from
mp. I have four brothers and two sisters.
For pets I have onecat named Tim, and
one dog. named Shep. Will close with
love to alL Your neice—Mary Schneide,
R. R. No. 1, Harrison. Michigan.

 

 

 

Dear Uncle Nedzé-s-I have been a silent
reader for several years. so I think it is
time I wrote, don’t you think so?
May I join your merry circle? Myrtle
Taylor, Watronzville. Michigan, suggested
having a drawing contest. That would
be lots of fun. I for one sure would try.
I woul like to live up by Virginia Leh-
mann, 2, East Jordan. Mich, I would
be in swimming all the time. I think
I could live in the ‘water.
ﬁsh.‘ I am not going to write much this
time. The Club song is just ﬁne.
Dorothy Postma, 7R. 1, Rudyard, Mich,
is 13 years Old. If I guess it right, don't
forget, Dorothy Postma. be sure and write
me a long letter. I would like to have
some of the boys and girls write to me.

  

 

smile RubecSDiIlach ' Sn 8'

EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
RS. Sabila Nitti Crudelle is in
the Chicago jail waitin' to be
hanged October 12. Anna.

Buzzi, another woman, is in Auburn
prison waintiu’ to ' be electrocuted
when the state gits ready to snuff
out her light. ~

Both women were found guilty

of murder in the ﬁrst degree. They
are both supposed to pay the same
penalty that a man pays for the
same crime. An’ yet from all over
the U. S. goes out protests against
the takin, ,the lives of these two
women jest because they are women.
Nobody doubts their guilt—there is
no question ’bout that—but 'canse
they are women they should not
have their lives takin’. from 'em.

’Course their victims are jest as

dead as though they had been killed
by men, an’ they’ll stay dead jest as
long, but their murderers happened
to be women. One wanted to marry
and did marry the man who helped
kill her husband. The other one
killed in a spirit of revenge. No
matter what the motive was, .these
women are murders jest the same,

and why should women share a dif-

f’rent fate than men convicted of the
same crime?

Now I've got jest-as much respect
for; women as any man could pos-
sibly have. I love ’em an' respect
'em for the womanhood an' mother-
hood that’s born into 'em. They
are the greatest mark of God's own
haud,’ but, dear friends, when they
so far forget their womanhood that
they take the life of another human

’ why should they not slicer
the same penalty 9. man suffers for
the some thing?

many >308? t9 

. her self free to
if  ' ’

     

It's gettin’ altogether too frequent f
‘ that‘s woman gunshot the life of-a

 

marry some other man or to satisfy a
spirit of revenge for some real or
fancied wrong and then trust to a
jury of welik minded or sentimental
men an' women to let 'em go free.

After a few women have been put
to death for murder—when the dear
creatures learn that they. can an' will
be convicted of such awful crime,
jest take it from me—there’ll be
less of shootin' an' poisonin’ goin’
on.

Women don’t like hangin’ any
more’n men do——nobody likes to
have it happen to ’em more'n once,
but you an’ I know how its been
in the past. A woman could shoot
a man into kingdom come an' go in-
to court an’ a jury would say "Not
guilty" 311’ they come to look on
mumeﬁn' a man as a sort of past-
time. Almost every daily paper tells
us of some men bein’ killed by some
woman.
an’ we read of it at supper, but how
many women are ever punishedfor
it?

Now I don’t believe in takin’ hu~
man life in any way. Don’t believe
the state has any more right than
the individual to-doit, but if it has

‘ the. law to do it, then I sez serVe 'em »

all alike——hang ’em all or else hang
none. It's said that Mrs. Crudelle
is a very homely woman an’ a

foreigner—too bad for her—mebbe "
if she’d been nice lookin,’ the jury, .

would have froed her—eeso much for
bad looks. Nevertheless she is a
woman an’ if women are to go free

I’m like as

I think ,

We read of it at breakfast w

for murder she should go the same/

as the good lookin’ ones. If she is
hanged, then evergnwomsn that com-
mits murder in Illinois. should hang.
also  of ks. .01: any
other consideration. ‘ Hey. folks What”.
do you think about 
Gordian: yours. ‘UNQLE  

  

Ho’-

   

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V swlnraud 13ti  s v
* that rats  rise. Also 

' of May, and believe me I certainly.w

'ceived them from another cousin. ,
hold then and'maybe some other cousin ~-

« have nine little chicks.

  

  
     

     

    

' boys  writs 
m- You
Box 101,. name. 

. . ‘ _ ‘ . ,v.

Dear Uncle Neda—Hello! my I
int I have written once 
did‘not see my‘ letter in print. ‘I 
on. the examination the I7th'and'13th

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glad when I received my diploma.

describe myself. I buyermedlum brown 0 I

 

hair, blue, eyes, and I am 14 years old.
My birthday is Auéust 6th.. Have I:

twin? If I have, please write tome and 7:”
_ We went to Flint tille-
26th of June and then over to Corona._ ‘

I will ansWer.

We drove through with “a car. I just
read in the M. B. ‘F. the letter Harry

Rescue wrote. He said the one” that .5 

could answer the most of the riddles he
put in would get a present so I thought

I would try. The ﬁrst is, 12 left hang; '

ing because there were 12 pair, and they
just took one of each pair. The answer.
to the next is Water. The next is a

wheel barrow, I think. The next ls'an '

old fashioned well. The .next is an old
fashioned‘ﬂat iron. The last one is a.

violin, I think. How many have I right, '

Harry? Well I suppose I wilf have to go
to supper. My brother went and got
some strawberries for a slum cake for
supper. I wish you and cousins were
here to have supper with me.
you all like strawberry short cake. I
will close with love and best regards,
your neice and cousin,-——Leona Green, R.“
No. 1, Prescott. Michigan. ‘
-—You bet I like strawberry short cake.
And I am sure the one you made was
very good.

Dear Uncle Ned:-—May I join your
merry circle. I have been a silent read-
er ever since my father subscribed last

fall, and as I have never seen a letter '

in the M. B. F. from out here. I thought
I would try. I have often read that
letters quite. often hit the waste paper
basket, but I hope this one escapes.
Perhaps you would like to know some-
thing about my appearance. Well, lam

15 years old, and my birthday is May \

11th. ' Have I a twin?‘ I have brovvn
hair; blue eyes and am 5 feet 5' inches
tall, and weigh 114 pounds. Well how
many of our cousins have already picked
huckleberries?» I have picked 16 quarts

and we have "forty-eight quarts of them .
canned, and my mother and sisters are ,.
Well I was just play- .

out again today.
ing "Star‘of the East" on the organ,
and remembered that Iris Arnold wanted
the wordsso I'll close with a few riddles,
and then copy the song. Write four
nines so as to equal 100. When Was
beef the highest? Well I. will close, I
am your neice.——Cora Spartans, McBaine,
Michigan, Box 48, R. 2. P. S.--The
answer to Gladys Harris’ riddle is a news
paper. ' ‘ °

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I suppose‘_'

--Thank you so much for sending th w. '

words to “Star of the East” to forward
to Iris Arnold, but she has already re-

will want

Dear Uncle Ned:-——I have started to
write two or three letters to you before,
but they all reached my waste. paper
basket before they could ﬁnd yours. I
would like to become a member of the
Children‘s Hour. I am fourteen years
old and my birthday is the eleventh of
May. Have I a twin? \ I wish some of
the boys and girls would write to me.
I live on a seventy-live acre farm. I
We have a small“
patch of strawberries. and my but they
taste good.
A man rodr over London bridge, and
yet, he walked. The one who guesses
‘this riddle will receive a letter from me.
From a would-be neice,--Olive Sanderson.
Applegate, Michigan. »

Dear Uncle Ned:,—-—I am another reader
of your paper who would like to join
your merry circle.

 

grade this year. I am very busy now
while we are getting our hay in. We "
have 14 acres of corn, 6%. acresof pota-
toes, 19 acres of oats, 6 acres of wheat,
and 4 acres of beans, so don't you think
we have something .to do?
live on the farm where you can have all

the sized milk you want; You can have. 
all t _.bree2e there is on a‘ hot deli.“ 
while in the city youv~are cooped .up in x .

a factoryali day long. In the country
you can have fun feeding .ail animal
and see how fast you can, make .th

grow. “Your nephew—Harold -Va.n Kemp.
an. Reruns. R. 1. mchigan. ‘ »  ‘
-—:You  must bosbusy

with all that term   do; 

I. hope, sea emv'
to let-as , new the

   
 

  

  
   

   
   

  
   

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I will close with a riddle. ‘

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sixty“ " smilesto‘dthe city or

r t ‘ “I  I  AI}. ,_ .
 to carry out my Savior s
 needs." The general we so

 with, this genuine Chris-4

V he wrote. out the
and handed it to

' j  ‘lut [his enemy’s hands
, he loathed how it had been done,
 down and shed tears like a
 The reasoning‘of the head
.,~f'alled, but the. legic of the heart con-
jg'neredithe “Father. of our country"
and broke downthe toe in penitent-
lal tears. --.
A, I'iLooking at our scriptural context,
; we ﬁnd St. Paul in prayer. How

‘ different from his Galatian letter”!

,- ~There, there is righteous vindictive-
r ‘»ness. ‘I-Iere is, melloWness, tender-

ness, sympathy. ‘Why? Well, he

" writes from a Roman prison, chain-

 es; and alone.

When. the deepest
sorrows and shadows of life settle
down upOn us, then we have our

 ,protonndest reasonings and revela-

tions. Longfellow, was travelling in

Prince

in... on mum. » .
Now, it is our knowledge of a

claimed “My God."

- ., g in I
I T L‘s, i I I 
 my to the

hills  mus},  the pointer to
 ‘t. ‘
 Jot splendor . and. beauty.
 are putinto'verse and placed

 they  inspiration.
than descend upon their souls

on the to bless tutors gener-

ations- The eyes of their heart are

 and there is given to
then the-guitar wisdom and rev-
elation. of God in untrue. The iii-
 “The Birth oi the
of Peace” was done in the‘

thins. what we put our soul into,
that innit-es us; even some of the
most ordinary things. James Whit-
eomb Riley had the happy acuity of
importing the imaginative, poetic
touch to the most common of things.
Some years, age William Hawley
 was reading some or Riley’s
poems to an Illinois audience. A

_typical American farmer, with his

trousers in his boots and coat on
his arm came into the well~ﬁlled hall
and took. a front seat. Smith read
Riley’s farm ballad, entitled “Clov-
er.” And the old farmer, forgetting
himself and his/ surroundings, ex:
Why? The di-
vinity of his heart was stirred. So
yours will be. Hereis the poem:‘

“Some sings of the lily, and daisy,
and rose .

And the pansies and pinks that sum-
mertime throws

In the greenpgrassy lap of the med-
der that lays

'Blinkin' up at the sky through the

sunshiny days;

  
“$113!!!! the eyes ..:
«sang

is
l , ’ 0
Sasha? ..
deter; 
to rye x
the Ir-l‘v' 
far-rm .\- f
big EL 
ateIY. the
equal the I
suﬂered ’ ,
sailings
low the‘ ‘a
The f?" in!
tough at
in a re;
a very
saucer

mun!”

.‘Only islet mouthNThomas Lynch,f
a tamer, and. his wife, Mary Lynch,
were riding. to town in their auto--
mobile, when it was struck by a
train.» Both father and mother were
killed and several children injured.
Both. Mr. and’Mrs. Lynch had North
American Accident Policies for
which they had paid only 75c each!
Their children received $1,000 in
cash from each policy or $2,000 to
keep the wolf from the_door!

 

 

 

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Reader To Be Insured! _

Mess Farmer has made is possible for every single reader
to carry'Sl,000 Accident Insurance for the triﬂing sum of 75c

per your

This is the total cost of the insurance policy here described and
it is issued by the well-known North American Accident Insurance
Company of Chicago. -

There are no other costs if you are a paid-in-advance subscriber to
The Business Farmer and you can secure a policy for every member of
the family PI'OViding one member is a subsoriber, at the same cost, 75¢
for each policy. I
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Just one requirement—4)NE MEMBER OF ICOUR FAMILY MUST
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must enclose the address label from this or any recent copy of The
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policy desired.

OLD AS WELL AS NEW SUBSCRIBERS MAY

- Europe when his young wife' died.
  after, he gave to theworld his
  .of Life” .and “The Reaper

 . and, the Flowers" In_ prison the

l. K    apostle is mystical; contem-

‘ "5 V pleura, brooding. Perhaps tear

drops are wetting his manuscript as

; .. he writes, and Vhallowing it as a.

~f~ sacred missile‘ to the churches. The

‘- inward, , self-conscious Paul, the

‘ heart of Paul, is over at Ephesus

.mylns. , . ' '
> , “I. cease not to mks mention of

-  gyou'in my prayers," says this man or '
 God. Why? But why do you' pray
for mother, YOUR mother? And
why are, her letters so welcome
though written by a . wrinkled and
. V unsteady hand“? The answer does not
.3, some from'ihe head but out of the
is. enlightenment of the heart. There
’N f is aheart intimacy with mother- in
, faith and love. So .there was be-
; tween the apostle and these Ephes-
ian saints: a quality of faith that
made. them one in sympathy and
purpose, and a “love for all the
" resists." That is, not partial and

I, selective, but a sodal love..‘

"But what is the lily and all the rest
Of the flowers, to a. man with a heart
in his breastf
That was dipped hrlmmlu’ full of the
honey and dew
0! the sweet ‘clover blossoms
boyhood knew?~

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Any or all members of a family from 16 to 70 years of age may
secure this policy, providing they live at one address, at which one
member of the family is a paid-up subscriber to The Michigan Busi-
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What the Policy Gives You». A

It is only because The Business Farmer has contracted for thousands
of these policies that we are able to offer them at this low price. It
is a genuine travel accident policy that gives you the very protection
you need. It may pay you or your family hundreds of dollars, it costs
but 750 for a whole year’s protection. Under the terms and conditions
outlined in this policy it pays for death or injury of the insured sus-
tained by the wrecking or disablement of any public or private vehicle
While riding as a free or fare paying passengeru ’

THE LOSS OF LIFE .......... ..
THE LOSS OF BOTH HANDS...
THE LOSS OF BOTH FEET. 1,000.00
THE SIGHT OF BOTH  1,000.00
THE LOSS OF ONE HAND AND ONE FOOT ...................... .. 1,000.00
THE LOSS OF ONE HAND AND SIGHT OF ONE EYE 1,000.00
THE LOSS OF ONE FOOT AND SIGHT OF ONE EYE 1,000.00
THE LOSS OF EITHER  500.00
THE LOSS OF EITHER. FOOT .............................................. .- 500.00
FOR THE LOSS OF EITHER EYE ................................................ .. 500.00
DISABILITY, 13 WEEKS OR LESS .................................. ..$10.00 Per Week
LOSS OF LIFE, BY BEING STBUCK, KONCKED DOWN OB
BUN OVER ON PUBIJC HIGH‘VAY KY VEHICLE .......... .. $250.00
“REGENCY BENEFIT 100.00

his

 

I never set eyes on a clover ﬁeld
now, .

Er tool 'round a stable, er climb in
“a mow,

But my childhood comes back just

’ as clear and as plain. '

As the smell of the clover I am snif-
iln’ again;

And I' wunder away in a barefooted
dream,

Where I tangle my toes in the blos-
soms that gleam

With the dew of the dawn of the
morning of love

Ere it wept o’er the graves I’m weep- .
in’ above.

$ 1,000.00
1 ,000.00

 

 

 

And so I 1079 clover—it seems like
- a part '
O! the .sacredest sorrows and joys
of my heart; i

- But what does Paul pray for? Not
freedom, from, the prevaMW‘mm
cation nor to have any material de-
sire muted. Knot, that they might
‘have the eyes of their heart opened.

' The sacred, writer had come by a

“spirit of, wisdom and revelation" in
the prophecies and mysteries of

 Christ and he would have others to

And wherever it blossoms, 0, there,
let me how "

And thank the good God as I’m
thanking him now;

And I pray to him‘ still' for the
strength when I die,

‘To go out in the clever and tell it"

good-bye,
And loviu'ly nestle my face in its

$10.00 a week for 13 weeks for injuries received ,while riding in “y

kind of vehicle.
$100.00 for» relief of policy holders if injured or taken sick away into

home.
$250.00 for death ofv‘pcdeetrion unred moving vehicle.

 

 

 

READ WHAT THIS POLICY GIVES YOU AND THEN
ACT! DELAY IS DANGEROUS:

i  see the “granduer and wealth of

., theirreligion.” And all this inspir-

  worh “in the knowledge

 lot, God.” The materialistic philos-

 ., ophy of Paul‘s day said “Know thy-

 mt the apostle was dealing in

‘ a. . whichsaid'xnow God."
 Without? this. life is nil: are is hell. thin“. I

‘ ham 1111 ma as the But our hearts need also to see

, . W 01 m m ' ‘ that God is in all history: markedly,‘

 r  ' ~ the great crises. Yet. some men

. read (allure in the. signs of the times.

They see in history only a long ser-

io- oi-ealamities. In the World‘War ‘

bloom
While my soul slips away On a
breath of perfume."

Now, isn't it true, that some
heartsgsre tuned to see just things,
-snd other hearts, the Creator of

ORDER AND REGISTRATION FORM
The Michigan Business Farmer, 
Insurance Department, Mt. Clemens, 

I hereby apply for at $1,000.00 TRAVEL ACCIDENT INSURANCE
POLICY oi the North American Accident Insurance Company, for
which I enclose Seventy-ﬁve cents (75c) in check, money-order or ,
registered letter. '

.....................1m .

I also enclose my addrm label from a. recent issue of The Business I
Farmer to prove that my on is paid—up for one year.

D I enclose SIXTY CENTS (000) in addition ($1.35 in all) and my old
addrm 1%r winch you are to mark my subscription paid in ad.

. vanes One .. ear.

 

 

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" stem . The 1923 Papec will take care ofthem. It saves .
a, man at the feed table, yet handles more corn than ever...

” ,The Angle-steel Link Belt gives a positive feed that'can

be depended on, even with envy corn.

The 1923

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To amid cenﬂictmg dates we will withom
cost list the date of any live stock sale in
gun. If you are considerln

Vise us at once and we will clam the date
for ou. Address. Live Stock Editor. M. B.
F.. t. Clemens -

Oct. 18—Holsteins
Livmgston ounty. Win.
Howell. Mich.

7G. P.‘ PHILLIP?

THE GOLDEN RULE AUCTIDNEER
Bellevue Michigan

Pedigreed Sales a Specialty.

wire or call for terms and dates.

a sale ad-

 

Howell Sales Company of
Grifﬁn, Sec’y.

 

Write,

 

 

HOLSTEINS

FASCINATION FARM vnssnn,
Hoisteins, registered iully
lire. Write your want.

 

. Mlcmcnu.
accredited 321,411)

 

 

HEREFORDS

HEREFORDS '

Young‘Cows with calves by side

consisting of blood from Amer-

ica's foremost herds at rices

that enable them under ‘arli-

ripe Hereford Beef Plan to pay

for themselves within a year to

18 mos. Bulls including prize

Winners at the larger shows at

7 . practical prices. Herds headed

 Straight Edge 169786. on‘ of two sons of

affection Fairfax out of a daughter of the
famous Disturber.

T. F. B. SOTHAM a. SONS

(Herefords since 1839) Saint Clair, Mich,

STEERS FOR SALE

70, Herefords 700 lbs. 88 Hereford: 550 lbs.
80 Hereford: 800 lbs. 48 Herefords 600 lbs.
huh bunch even in size, dark reds, good gram
5.11. Also know of other bunches. If in the
.rket for real. quality, well marked Hereford
wan one load or more your choice. Write
,lhﬁn'g number and weights preferred.
We! getting short.

V. BALDWIN. Eldon. Wapello 00.. Iowa

We Have Bred Hereiords Since 1860

established by Gov, H. H. Crepe. .We

a. few choice yearling bulls for sale an

era 'ces. You are invited/to visit our farm.
CRA% FARM. Swat-t1 Creek. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

GUERNSEYS

R SALE—BRYCE FARMS
bidder the Herd Bull _Rupert of Thom
No. 50133 advanced registered Guernsey’s.

nd  furnished. .
GISEO T. BRYCE, Romeo, Michigan.
roareALE—nsmsrenen GUERNSEY HEIF-
at reasonable prices. also choice bull calves of
H. w. WIGﬁN. Lansing. Mich., Box 52.

.ISSAUKEE GUERNSEYS. A NEW CROP 0F
a coming soon. No females for sale. Order
t new bull calf R. Sire and Dam.
' A. I. SMITH. Lake City." Michigan.
CDERNSEVFRegutered .Bull Calves, Cheap
in. Best of breeding for giroduction an
George Damien. North Mano ester, Indiana.

 

OFFER TO THE

 

 

Some

 

 

 

IIIrE HAVE SOME FINE YOUNG ANGUS BULLS

from Internatioml Gran Champion Stock at

ﬁasﬁnable prices. E. H. KERR G 60., Addison.
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SHORTHORNS
Maple Ridge Farm Offers For Sale

Sher-thorn cows and heifers at a bargain. Repre<
sentatives of the Oigford, Pere, Young Mary and
Venus (Ruby Pheomx). Bred for general useful-
ness and all T. B. tes An inspection of the.
herd is inVited.

J. E. TANSWELL, Mason, Michigan.

 

 

RAISE SHORTHORNS WITHOUT

Like Kelley does. . U. . Accredited H

28945. For description and price wri
C. KELLY a SON, Plymouth.

HORNS .
erd No. I

te,
lchigan.

 

 

JERSEYS

 

REG. JERSEYS, POGIS 99th OF H. F. AND
Majesty breeding. Young stock for sale. Herd
fully accredited by State and Federal Government.
Write or visn: for prices and description.
GUY C. WILBUR. BELDING. Mich.

 

 

AYRSBIRES

 

FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE
bulls and bull calves. heifers and heifer coins,
Also some choice cows.

FINDLAY BROS.. R 5. mum.

SWINE

0. I. O.

Vassar.

 

 

I. 038. 1 GILT 13 MONTHS OLD, WEIGHT\.

0.

380, due June 3rd.

and Sept.

Record free.
OTTO

10 last fall gilts due Aug.
1 last fall boar, spring pigs not akin.
Citz. hone. mile ‘weet of depot.
B. so ULZE, Nashville, Mich.

 

 

HAMPSHIRES

 

HAMPSHIRES: A FEW BRED GILTS LEFT.
Place_ your order nowfor ‘

. our Boar pig at g
bargain. Pairs not akin. 0th year.
JOHN W SNYDER. st. Johns, R. 4. Mich.

 

 

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DUROOS

 

HILL CREST DUROCS,
We Are bree
in I“outingo‘fandGRfllb N
' . 3 cars.
Flgfm'p4 miles straight

Gratlot 00.. Mich.
PEAGH HILL FARM “‘33.. with:
sex. Priced ye reasonable. Write us.

INWO D BR08.. Romeo. Mich.

PERRINTONMMICH,
sows and e h n iltl
ION SENSAT 0N.
EWTON a BLANK,
south of_ Middleton.

 

 

 

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ran SALE "i:.°..§l".§§..“'.‘.‘t.”"”
WM. COX, Williemston. Michigan.

 

 

PET STOCK ,

THOROUGHRRE W
F 0 B   COLLIE I'Ifi’I’I’IEﬂsf-rE
CHAS. KEPNER, Carson City, Michigan.

 

 

snout :
“I don’t 'read advertisements.

 

The Man? Who Talked at Random,

E at hi the window-corner of the Pullmhu’l smoking-compartment and

breathed flatly as he uttered his large opinions.
it does; and he put the quietus on n discussion with the ponderous state-

They have no etect on me at all.
miss them if they stopped printing ’em.” '

Then he glanced at his advertised watch and sought his lower berth.

ruin the tad-skeptic contort-ed himself out of his advertised pajamas
1111::‘ $3 lsmil¢‘l,1reri.lgsbd underwear, drew ‘on his advertised socks, adJnsted chem
‘wlthhhis advertised garters, got into his advertised suit, laced his advertised
shoes and added himself to the congestion In the wash-room.

m ved with an advertised mar using advertised shaving soap-
brnshort; :16! mm with an advertised toothbrhsh and advertised dental cream:
Med with advertised soap,~ond brushed hle'huir with. an advertised burgh.
sin-toned his advertised collar. on an advertised button, he mently knotth in.
advertised tie, gave his advertised suspenders a tug or two and ﬁnish
 no hove him there, this man who never read: advertisements!

 'w'orth using is advertised. Everything that Isn’t. rarely 1g. 

It grew late, as no often

I’d never

ed droning.

 

 

 5,  the advertisements" for voluefs' coke if

 

' V‘V’nog‘te'vhere t- 7 ,
‘ sent out by the depart

 5  we
N a, report to the Dairy Extension

, fDe artmen'trz M. A. C.,_‘from the
ﬂit dour cow testing associa-
tions operating in 'Michigan under
date of July 10th, 1923, manyin-
,terestin’g facts‘\are‘ to be learned.
Comparing the number of associa-
tions operating in Michigan under

date of July 10th, 1922, with those-

operating under date of July ‘10th,
1923,.there is. a growth of 300 per
cent—strain eighteen associations to
ﬁfty-four; likewise in the total
number of cows under test in these
ﬁfty-four. associations, 12,584 com-
pared to 3.690 cows indicates that
a big advance has been made for
better dairy conditions in Michigan.
For the month of June, 1923, sev-
enty-ﬁve unproﬁtable cows were
sold out of the ﬁfty-four cow testing
associations and thirteen purebred
sires were purchased by association
members. ' .

The highest monthly association
average on ten cows was made by
Lapeer County; Mr. P. F. Peabody,
cow tester. This association, with
472 cows, had a monthly average of
27.8 pounds of fat and 773 pounds
of milk. Hillsdale County and Gen-
esee No. 3, both comparatively new
associations, came in second and
third place with a ten high cow aver—
age of 67.5 and 67.2 pounds of fat
respectively. 7»

FIVE HUNDRED FARMERS GIVE
OPINIONS ()N STOCK FEEDING
RODUCING or otherwise obtain—
ing their feed economically is
the most troublesome feeding
problem of farmers who keep live-
stock. This was brought out em-
phatically through a. questionaire
sent out by the United States De—
partment of Agriculture which was
answered by nearly 500
Scattered over the entire country.
The replies showed that general
economy of rations, the cost of‘ grain,
and the cost of protin represent
about-52 per cent of the diﬂ‘iculties
in feeding. ‘

These men classed balancing of ra-
tions next in importance. ‘Other
problems, such as labor, increasing
production, difﬁculties in wintering
stock, short pastures, and variety
and palatability of feeds apparently
were thought of only in connection
with the principal difﬁculties. That
these opinions are worth considering
is borne out by the fact that all of
the men questioned were progressive
farmers and breeders and the aver-
age period of their experience was 20
years.

Adopt Balanced Ration

During the two decades these
stock raisers have been working to
get ahead, many changes have taken
place in the ways of feeding animals.
The outstanding progressive step
tak‘en has been the wide adoption of
the balanced ration. Other improve-
ments in the order given by most of
the ﬁve hundred farmers are more
liberal feeding, feeding more le-
gumes, better _water supply, provid—
ing minerals, feeding according to
production, feeding more protein,
and more regular feeding. At the
same time they list the common ,er-
rors in feeding which are responsible
‘for poor results, poor combinations
of feeds being the one most frequent—
ly mentioned, followed by underfeed-
ing as the next most eﬂective reduc-
er of proﬁts. Following these in
regular order, based on the number
of times mentioned in the answers,
come lack, of protein, lack of water,
lack of legumes, sudden changes of
feed, poor housing, parasites, lack. of
salt, waste of feed, poor equipment,
and over feeding. Practically all of
these troubles are easily prevent-
able. '

Almost all of these 600 farmers
had raised at one time Or another
scrubs, grades, and purebreds, and
almost to a man they joined in a
paean of praise Of the purebred.
Only 1 per cent of them reported
that they had failed with im roved

stock. Most replies contains _/,spe—‘
ciﬂc estimates showing the super-p

iority of well-bred over random-bred
animals, and when averaged. it was
brought out that these men consider

that put-shreds make about 40 per'
cent better returns‘ on feed used than
‘ " interesting. t6 ._ _

common stock; ‘ iilt 

farmers /

the.
age and answered by say H
dred farmers allowed that

opinion purebreds .have a 
utility value a little more‘thaa‘.

cent greater than common at?)

Many Use‘Belf-Feeders“ ‘_ .

The report prepared by timed
partment on the results 'of this 
ing investigation contains in ‘ y
more, interesting sidelights on; to 
ing ad corroborates a number; ,
tendencies that good observers mus
have suspected. “For instance, 
400'.who answered questions regard-é,”

_, ing the use of self-feeders, 41.5, per;

cent had used this metho of feed,
ing, having about three-ﬁfths yetrto.
take up this economy. At preset
the self-feeder seems to be .115, v '
mostly in hog raising districts and: 
for . poultry.
more than half the farmers report-‘ -
ing used it. The gel ral sentiment»:
seems to be that thﬁiece of equip. T'-
ment is especially suited to hogs,
and chickens, but a few farmers used
it for feeding calves and sheep.
Neary ‘allyof those who
made comment on the feeding of all-
age and practically 50 per cent of.
them use this feed. In the north:
eastern states where dairying is very
generally followed, two-thirds of the
farmers in the list have silos. Al"-

.though most of the silage is, fed to

dairy cows,‘ the list of animals to
which it is fed, according to the
questionaire, included also steers,
breeding ewes, .and brood sows. A
few men reported feeding it in lim-_
ited quantities to horses, hogs, and V,
lambs. _
It is worth while to note that more
than 22 per cent of these farmers
who answered the government ques-
tions credited farm papers as\\the‘
principal source ‘of their knowledge
of feeding problems. Other import-
ant sources mentioned were: Ex-
perience on home farm, general ob-
servation, lbulletins, and books and
records. .

. .
“F

HOISTEIN MEN PLANNING BIG
. PICNIC
HE Michigan Holstein-Friesian
Association are working to-
gether on plans for a. Grand
Round-up and Picnic of Holstein
farm of D. D. Aitken, just west of
farm of D. D_. aitken, just west of
the city of Flint, Michigan, on Sat-
urday, August 11, 1923.

Mr. Aitken was president of the
Holstein-Friesian Association 0 f
America for seven years, from June
3, 1914, to June 1, 1921, and has
dene more for the Holstein industry
than any other man, and it is pro-
posed to hold a. great meeting'in' his
honor. , _

Coming as it does as the last day
in a series of tours through twenty- 9
four Southern Michigan Holstein
counties, it is expected that this will
be the greatest gathering of Holstein
breeders "and dairymen that Mich-
igan has ever seen. A cordial invi-
tation is extended to all who are in-
terested in dairying and Holstein ,
cattle breeding to attend this great ’.
round—up. - '

The forenoon will be spent in in-‘
specting the herd, which has produc-
ed many noted animals, including a.
number of world’s record holders.
For the afternoon program, Editor
A. J. Glover, "of Hoard’s Dairymen,
will be the principal speaker and
will have ‘a real message for the
breeder and dairymen. Arrange-
ments have been made with the ex~ _
tension Service for a pair of models
of True Type Holsteins which the » 
True Type Committee has been _
working on for the past year. These
models, the work of the Japanese
sculptor Gozo Kawamura, have nev-
er been exhibited before except ‘at‘
the animal meeting of jhe Holsteina .
Friesian Association of America hgld ' .1.
at Cleveland last June, _ and thje ;
breeders will be greatly interested"1n»-"
them. It is hoped that Judge “3111'”
Moscrip, chairman of the 
Committee, may be in attendance?
explain and demonstrate v the mode

Another feature of‘ the 7er
will be a demonstration of the. 

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of the cow testing associations

. ese'e county, in which
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 oi the weather.

11 a great deal- about bone

.  and lime stone

‘ pro! deeds tor hogs and would

“  “these are the some as

,  bury. tor fertilizerl—L. Y»

 phosphate and limestone
youirssd‘sbout as minerals tor
retire“ ‘same as you buy tor
car," 16 per cent acid phos-
 ” stand ﬁnely ground agricultural
‘ e may both be used as hog miner-
' n purchasing bone meal as a min-
, I ior'animals, ’it is usually desired
alga special steamed bone meal
a: s‘ precipitated bone ﬂour, as the
 ‘ , bone meal which is often
or fertiliser quite often devel~
, ,  unpleasant odor and be—
_ , objectionable to the animals.
 A. Brown, Professor of An—
ﬁ {Husbandry M. A. C.

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gimme IN FARM common
(Continued from Page 4)

.' ‘ the individual. In a taming com-
"Inuit! where all are interested in
 same business a. church should
“co-operate with the school along ed-
national lines, with the term bureau

great opportunity to build up a sane,
#whoiesome social ante. , ‘
“Parties, plays, athletic sports and
moving pictures make life attractive
 ,, to young people. Through the church
Channels talented speakers. singers
and entertainers may be brought’be—
foreour rural audiences A musician
 a “near-by town may be secured
Arte-conduct an orchestra. This con-
 tact "with city and towu leaders bring
country and city life closer together.
 “rho churchjn a rural community is
’. of supreme, importance—combating
isolatibn,.' monotony and selﬁshness
land upholding love, friendliness,
.. ’iculture, efficiency, as well as interest
' in world ailairs." .. .
A The boys and girls who will short-
ly assume places oi leadership in the
i work of Ontario parish are new con-
"d’ncting a sow and litter project 0:
.25 entries; seven members of this
project are girls. It the present
plans carry, a two days' show and
‘ sale will be held next fall. The mem-
bers of the club borrow the money
in. a regular businesslike way from
. the Men’s club. V
, ; Directs Athletics
- g A 'Saturday afternoon play time
, qus maintained last summer; the
~'older men, the young men and the
boys of Scout age each had their
‘ baseball teams. '
“The young people’s service not
ly makes a distinct contribution
“the religious life of its individual

as.“

embers but .it contributes much to- »_

ward a wholesome social life in the
community. Practically all of the
.young‘rpeople are reached by this
_ organization, which holds‘ regular
monthly parties and special class
‘  inbetween. r ‘
* ' ‘ You may be ’snre that the pastor
 this rural church, is an exceeding-
 bnsy man. Nevertheless, he ﬁnds
time to lend a. helping hand in the
conduct of other organizations. He
is, tor instance, the representative 0:
‘_ township on the executive com-

.ttee oi the term bureau; he is\
minent in boys’ and girls’ conr'

up”
dominoes, not only in this but in. oth-
 sﬁtea - ' .
. Minister’s View of Work
Rev.~-Mr. Van Buskirk sums up his
yipy‘Ipoint' toward the work of a rural
 in the tollewihg statement: \
affThe’re are'thousands o! commun-
" there are as great, or
possibilities than there
Ontario parish. What has
"e here can beduplicated in

the center. ‘

i wlireatbu

snd'te dev " ' ' ‘iourss‘uuain'symmet-

, ’ ',    i  manhoodsnd womanhood.
-' for: the'rbaék‘et lunch ..
the “Whom pier

“There is] no. mollycoddling nor

any" timetworn , adult conception , of

youth in the program. It is a red-
blooded, square-shouldered, two-
ﬂsted conception 0; life that is set
forth. ;The lite of Jesus is put at
To iollow Him means
that one must show by word, action
and heroic endeavor that he is in

‘ earnest about living his life at its

best; Any community willing so to
see and plan and Work to make the
will of God dominent in every life
can solve its problem.”

TEE LOGIC OF THE HEART
(Continued from Page 17) '
loug-suﬂering and mercy. So, teach-
ers and heralds continue to be sent
out to reclaim the message of good-

will an brotherhood.

Now, on a close reading of our
text and context, we hear St. Paul
praying that this church might have
a heart enlightenment oi God’s rev-
elation in Christ; that is that each
one mfght know “the hope of his
calling” and his “riches in the
solo " Ire be sure, the Christian’s
calling is a life of social service; a
lite-vocationin a “grand pursuit” at
Christ. To love, to follow, to cher-
ish Christ. is to have one’s heart
wrapped up in him. And the hope
at such a calling is a deliverance
from evil and a sale refuge in the
fellowship oi our Heavenly Father.

The apostle asserts that such
spirits as these constitute God’s rich
inheritance. However unproﬁtable.
we are to be counted through his
rule of measurement which is moral.
God puts a premium on character——
not upon farms, homes, or intellect.
He is concerned about the character
and destiny of men. “Has; then
considered my servant Job? There is
none like him, perfect and upright.”
Only such as these can reciprocate
the love of God. ‘

But this is the outgrowth of the
resurrection power, writes the apes-
tle Paul. Jesus came back to beau—
tify character and work his idealism
in a sinful world. This verity has
altered the whole course of many
natures, changing night into day,

‘h into life, and earth into heav-
en. .
he inﬁdel’s lecture had closed.
He inquired whether any would con-
test his argument. An old lady in
old—fashioned bonnet and homely
apparel, in her bent and tottering
manner, made 'her way to the plat-
form. Putting down her basket and
umbrella, she said, I paid my money
to come in here tonight to hear
something better than Jesus Christ.
Now, you have cheated me out of my
money. I have been thirty years a
widow. I reared ten children and
they are respectable. I know what
poverty, and- heartaches are- But
Jesus has Sustained me all along.
Now, it you can not tell me anything
better you have cheated me out of
my money." The lecturer was-not
used to grappling with such heart
experiences and ‘he merely said to
the audience that the old woman was
so happy in her delusion he did not
wish to try to change her. This is
logic invincible. This is the testing
and proving the love of ,God and
having it shed abroad in our heart.

 THE GUARDIAN on THE

AOCOLADE
(Continued from Page 7.)
belonging in my family that broke up the
arrangement. He came down to the de~
pot and vetoed the whole proceeding.
Ho means all right, and——well. I reckon
he is right. Somehow. he had found out
what I had along—though I hid it in
the bank vault and sneaked it out at
midnight. ‘ I reckon he has noticed that
I’ve been indulging a little more than a

'gentleman should. and he laid for me

with some reaching arguments. .
“I’m going to quit drinking," Mr. Rob.
ert concluded. “I’ve come to the con-
clusion that a ma ci‘n’t keep it up and
be quite what‘th like to lie—pure and
leaﬂess and without reproaoh'——that’s
the way Bushrod quoted it."
, “Well. I'll have to admit." said . the
Judge. thoughtfully, as they climbed into
the wagon, “that the old W! argu-

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” ‘ lNG T—EST

I wish you Would tell me whether

it is the early moulters that are
winter layers” and in what month
do the best layers moult? They
are from one to two years old
or more. When and how can the
old hens best be'picked out? What
, is the best ration for the summer for
chickens out on range? What is a.
good ration—'for young chicks? Is it
best to mark the old and non-layers
with colored leg bands if only one
coop can be provided so they will be
known, when clean-up time comes?
How can hens best be gotten over
their broody stage? Half of ours
would like to set. How soon will
they start laying?—G. J. B., Grand
Rapids, Mich. ‘
—In culling according to the moult-
ing test we usually advise the seg-
regation and sale of, the slow and
early moulters. Hens that undergo
a. slow body moult in June, July, or
early August are usually inferior
producers restricting their produc-
tion to the spring and early summer
months entirely. The better type of
winter layer moults sometime sub-
sequent to September 15th and
moults very rapidly. Ordinarly the
feathers drop out at one time and
the body appears similar to a pin
cushion with the pin feathers grow-
ing in every section of the body.

Occasionally a-hen will moult and
lay at the same time. This type is
referred to as the “seasonal moult-
er.” I would really class inter-
mediate between the more intensive
produceds that moult later in the
fall and the early and undesirable,
moulters.

This. is the proper season of cull-
ing and the less productive individ-
uals usually show a course heavy
head and are inclined to deposit in-
ternal fat which can readily be de-
ltected by the thick meaty condition
of the egg sack or the abdominal
‘region. These birds usually _have
yellow legs which is ‘a distinct aid in
segregating the poor layers.

In breaking up broody hens which
are quite prevalent at this particular
season, the most satisfactory method
is to conﬁne the bird in a slat or
wire bottom coop for a period of
three days. The coop should belo-
cateddn a shaded and cool plate and
the bird fed regularly during the
three days of conﬁnement.

By breaking the hen immediately
after she has developed this matern-
al instinct they can usually be
brought back into production in
from tWelve to ﬁfteen days. If
however, the hens are neglected and
remain in the nests several days,
the ovary takes on a dormant condi-
tion and it may require ‘a month be-
fore the .hen is back into production.
-—E. C. Foreman, Professor of
Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C.

SYMPTOMS ARE GENERAL

Our chickens droop around for a
week or so, some have looseness of
the bowels, their combs get dark,
their legs are weak, they sit around,
won’t eat. Have tried a good many
remedies but still they are getting
sick and dying—L. A. 8., Newport,
Mich. .
———The symptoms which you describe
are very general and do not give us
suﬁ‘lcient information to make anac-
curate diagnosis. I am of the opin-
ion that the trouble is largely nutri-
tional. The fact that the comb
turned dark indicates a form of liver
trouble which can usually be correct:-
ed by furnishing an abundance of
green food and greater variation in
the ration. We ordinarily recom-
mend the use of Epsom Salts as the
ﬁrst treatment for fowls that are out
of condition. The Epsom Salts can
be given to the matured stock at the
rate of one pound to 100 hens and to
the younger stock at the rate of one
quarter-pound to one—half pound, de-
pending upon the age and maturity
of the chicks. If the young stock
are raised in buildings poorly venti-
lated or are overcrowded during the

tions are liable to occur, "the entire

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growth. These chicks ;_are‘very ‘
to develop colds and never-do?
serviceable or proﬁtable stools. 
large number of people negleetggr, 
foodi’during the summer months'foi'
growing chicks and this ismertsinly
the greatest necessity if the: ﬂockﬂis'
to, be retained in a healthy pandng'
ing condition-em: C. Foreman;  
sociate Professor of Poultry - H
bandry, M. A. C.~ ‘ '

CHANGING ,TIMEvg)

By 4mm 1'. BARTLETT

IT IS EASY TO FIND OUT.‘ 3
F you" don’t know, don’t guess.» V
Find out! ‘These are days in "
which it is easy to ﬁndxout.

A fruit grower ands pper receiv-J - '
ed an attractive post ard Iprice'
schedule from J. Smith &; 00. He
didn’t know J. Smith & 00. Was
the house reliable? Did it really
pay the quoted prices, or was it one
of those crooked enterprises which'
sometimes enter the produce.ﬁeld to
ﬂeece shippers? Was it prompt pay?
The grower-shipper didn’t, have to
guess in this situation. No shipper
has to guess. All he need do is call
up his bank and ask it to obtain for
him a. quick report on J. Smith & Co.
It is easy in these days to ﬁnd out.’

High school and college students
of today are skilled in.“ﬁnding out."
They have been taught how to use
the resources of good libraries. Out-
side of books, however,—and books
are mighty valuable—there . are
many sources of information which
every farmer should use as he has
need. These include:

His bank, for business informa- '
tion, dealing with credit, collections,
business outlook, etc. Each local
bank has correspondent banks
throughout the country. ' It will ob- ,‘
tain an expert impartial report on
any person in business anywhere,
and if you are a regular customer
will probably charge you nothing for,
the service. ‘ -

Your county agent, for expert ad-
vice on farming operations. When
you are interested in operations not .-
covered by the agent’s general train- ‘ .
ing and experience, get in touch with V n:
the government extension service i "3 ~‘f‘
expert. The Federal department at '
Washington has many experts, too,
glad to help you. .

If you don’t know, don’t guess;
don’t experiment: Find out! Nowa-
days it is easy to ﬁnd out.

 
     
 
  

  
   
   
  
   
  
  
 
   
   
 

 
   
    
   

 

   
 
 

     
       
         
    
   
       
      
        
      
 
 
       
     
      
   
       
   
    
    
   
   
  

VANISBJNG APPLE STICKS
VEN after the advent of auto;
mobiles—so short a time is it
since the new status of the cider
apple—was a cider apple’s longest .
journey in most localities "a couple
of miles to a mill. Cider apples were '
of negligible value—they sold by the w  ?
dumpcart-full, and most of the ,value x ’ = ‘-
was put there by the human labor in4 '
vested in collecting. Great sport
was had with
apple-sticks—lithe, pointed sticks
which with a vigorous whirl and a
quick snap would hurl an impaled
apple a great distance.

On some farms, as many cider
apples were utilized the apple stick
way as the cider press way!

Now, in most years, apple sticks
are taboo; soon, they always will be
taboo. The cider apple has achieF
ed a new status. Some parts of the
country ship them in the fall by the "
scores of carloads, to points hund-
reds of miles away. The old-time , ‘
waterpower cider mill has largely ‘
vanished. " 

In its place have come, for indi-,
vidual farmers, small home cider ' '
presses. These, and the big central ;
plants to which, for conversion into "
cider, apples are now shipped hund-
reds of miles. ‘ v ,. L

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 .. . ‘   i   d  “"dhhemm. Pnﬁmjnﬁ  estimates bythis Department indicate that for QB
 [‘1’ 4'.  krona“  -m.wh“' 56mm! ﬂ'OP 1983‘ 8'0“ beanie from: farm sales will be about 100 to V 200 ‘7
 at $1.043   cheavefage on 31:23.  million dollars more than the previous year. ' ‘ ._. I'
 r ‘65. “low a; 99 cents and now quoted around $1.01., ~ V Unfavorable wheat statistics have been “17110088! in 8- deluses almost oblit-
” PROVIDES TEN PER!  OF [NCOMR' _ crating more encouraging developmehts and carrying the price lower than

 for the lastﬁve years has made up from 9 to 12 per. cent of farm» Mm ,necewy' . .
According to present ofﬁcial forecasts, exporting countries‘ have 75 to

 crops, animal products and ,live stocli. Wheat sales by farmers
111471922 crop  amounted to 725 million dolls"; £365 of the following 100 million bushels more carry-over now than last year, but will produce 60
‘ ’4 U ' '4 million bushels less new crop. This, includes Russia. From this is ﬁgured

"a brought in more income in the 1922 crop year than wheat: Cattle, _ _
,ﬁmmion dollar” 1,08,, 900;  produet,’ 1,150; and coubn’ 1,270. a surplus over last year of 40 million bushels. Add to this Broomhall’s estimate
" L of 60 million bushelsVsmaller requirements in Europe, and the excess is only ‘,

I and nuts, vegetables and poultry each had_an income value a little more ‘
' r’ 100 million bushels, which might easily be taken care of by expanding con-

, A  much as wheat. . * . . .
\  of com "m from 35Jo 45 Pg, cent. as much a, when. on”, sumptlon in exporting countries and adding a little more to next year's carry-
 Snd rye. “Seth”. bring slightly less income than com. ‘ over. These facts do not appear to justify the extremely low price now
1 , \ , - * ‘ ' prevailing. V

 collapse of the wheat market is particularly disastrous in Kansas and
  whi'c'h produc. more than 25. per cent of the country’s cr6p, PRODUCERS AN CORRECT UNBALANCED MARKET.
 Will!!!” “I! Valuo- Wile?! 58!” comPl‘iu 50m one'fourth *0 039'“!in One major reason that demand for wheat is not now properly sustained
 all farm sales in Kansas and from 40 to 50 per cent in N°rﬂl Dakota- _ is the changed method of purchasing for export. Before the war purchases .
, V CON]. Prim are a little hen“ than a year 38"- H083 ".9 deCidedlY for foreign account were made in large volume at harvest or immediately
 ' cotton is -$h'038¢l'- C0311! mud 15 Per cent higher and 03“ 12 - thereafter. ' Due to the present ﬁnancial conditions abroad and the uncertainty
 ,cent. Dairy prices are considerably stronger and Poultry Proallcu “9 concerning prices of foreign drafts, foreign buying is now on a hand-to-mouth
 about even. basis. Gradual feeding into the market by producers will do more than any-

. , TOTAL FARM lNCOME WILL NOT BE LESS. thing else to correct the immediate unbalanced market.
A For: the country as a whole and for products in general the present . For the future nothing short of a readjustment of acreage downward
 gﬁmﬁon is not discouraging compared with last year, but for those sections seems able to insure sufﬁcient rebound in price to make wheat growing proﬁt-
'  the‘near, West and Northwest, which rely more on wheatythe outlook/ is able to the majority of American producers.

, o 7 » ‘ 6. Stock and. B d Pr'css: I 1y 6. Jones, ‘Julyi.
1. Production and Trade. ll. Foreign Trade. on I 1921?:

" ' I. Ajﬁculturs: U.- s. Production—000.000 omitted. I. Exports (000 omitted): M Eleven Months Ending  ﬁnaﬁfgiflsfgggs -‘ - 
I _ . . , ay ay___ . . . . . .. .
. I  1922  Pgrggint Commodity: 1923 1922 1923 A 1922 40 Bonds . . . . . . ............'.... 86.47
t b . 590 . '99 Grand total .............$309,669 $301,926 $3,574,342 $3,372,271 7. Business Failures: Week Ending—-
Whiter Wile!- . 11-" no“ . 245 Beef and veal, lb........ 2,283 2,44 28,0 31,520 I July 5, 1923 June 7, 1923 July 6, 1922
Pork, 1b. ............... 69,930 47,448 748,744 622,978 Bradstreets . . .............. 268 277 309
2931 Lard, lb. ............... 95,343 51,993 913,348 772,995 Dum . . .................... 241 334 306
1378' gﬁtter.  . ............ 447 1,231:  '
0856. e soc-soesseeeou , '
197203 gides god skins  ' 1 2304 3,202 . W- Pnces-
8' om. u. . .  0.91 92.146 l. Wholesale Prices of Farm Commodities:
, Meal and ﬂour, bbls.  x 98 8 743
. Sweet potatoes. bur.  - 94-3 Oats, bu.  2,686 18,473 Quotations at Chicago eﬁcelmgi“ "ﬁtedgh
Tobacco. lb. .  1 Meal and rolled H) 8023 82 840 uy , on
' massed 1b .......... .7 9.7 1 .  , . . 1923
me. lb.- - - -  . 4 Wheat. bu. .  9 9.366 194.315 Fat hogs, cwt., average . . . . . . . . . . ..s 7.20 s 7.15
my.  bﬁ.....ﬁﬂﬂﬂ 9 . Flour, bbls. .  1,089 , 14.365 Beef steers, good native, cwt., av... 9.65 10.00
c on mm  _ I . Fruits and nuts  . 1 3.433 63.487 Fat lambs, cwt., average . . . . . . . . . .. 13.25 15.35
 l ' I '°""" 1 ' Veg. Oils and f8t3.......   Fat sheep, cwt" average 
Apgl tots,l Eggnn-u . Sugar, lb.  328,053 1,634,475 woo), Ohio delaine unwashed, 1b,
PD ea. 001111. _  48:4 . . Leaf tobacco. 1b.  39.834 . 4:21.565 (Boston) . . . . . . .  . . . . . .. . .575
‘Aspor cent'ot "via-3%}: 19174921, Wool,, lb. .  9 8 923 4,401 Butter, 92 score, 0 I
Cotton. bales . . ........ 469 6,051 Cheese_ No_ 1 twins, 1b_
‘ . . Eggs, {resin ﬂrsts, d z.
' . .2. Mini!!! (Federal 3930;" Bank 0’ NWtY°;k" L In as“ 2. Imports: - Poultry, hens, lb. 
< rm mm prod“ ion as a percen o norms - G d  9 Wheat. No. 2 hard. bu. ..
.. normal momma. due allowance is made ror seasonal 32:? “3‘12... 13...}. 37923323 253;?éé‘3"“1'69§$233233: Com. No- 2 mixed- bum
on and year to your srowﬂn Pork, lb.  103 87 7 903 0293' NO- 2 “"11”, b“-
, Msy,1923 April..1923 May.1922 gutter, 11-11;...  $177 90 9,471 1113;363:1053, b 66
Anthracite coal  93 102 .4 _eese. .  ,832 , , I'ﬂ . . , , ,
Hd  \a r, No. 2 white, cwt. 1.50
Bituminous con . .  114 117 52 1 es and skins 3 13.943 7.733 .116 12 Hay, N0. 1 timothy, ton . I . ‘ _ ‘ _ _ . . N 23563-
- . v .  126 Flax, No. 1, bu. (at Minneapolis)... 2.725
Wham bu. .  1,231 17,891 Cotton, middling, lb. (New Xork)... .2465
113 Flour, bbis. , .  61 412 555 Beans. white, cwt. (f. o. b. Michigan) 5.20
1 7,749 Potatoes, new, cobblers, cwt 1.35

Fruits and urte 
 Veg. Gus, pats. . . . _ . .  5 56's“; Onions California yellows cwt . . . . . .

6 6.1 9 , . .
108 Sugar. lbs. 1,000,336 7,723,270 Apples, summer varieties. bu ..... .. .
 Leaf tobacco. 42 9 7,133 72,187 4 Hides, No. 1 native, heavy, lb . . . . .. .15
E24 Cotton, baleky _ _ . . . . H 25 15 480 36 I Sugar, ﬁne granulated, lb. (N. Y.).. .087
105 WOOL bales 327956 495343 2381147 2. U. S. Department of Labor Relative Wholesale Prices'
95 *Inculdes substitutes. Prices in year 1913 equal 100.
June, 1923 May; 1923 June, 1928‘

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’ - 'V " ,wood pulp _ . _ u , N _ , ,, , , . , . . . . . . 3. Prices of Foreign Drafts: Price of Demand Drafts All commodities (weighed average
cement, . _ . . . u . . ﬂ . n H , , , , , , 3 , Nominal Gold Value July 23, June 18, July 17. or general price level) . . . . . . . . . . 153
m ' Par of Exchange 1923 1923 1922 Farm products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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. .  ,93 England ......$4.87t01£ 5271711123459 $4.62 34.43 Food products ,

- France ........19.3ct01franc . . ... 5.990 6.195c 8.33c 010W! and 010$th 

3. Bulldln' Expenditures (Bradstreets): Germany ......23.8c tolmark . .  .0002(: .222c Fuel and “gmmg 

, , 1 (000.000 omitted, ’ Belgium ......‘.19.3c tolfranc  4.97c . . Metals and metal Droduc
Percent Italy .........19.3ct011ire  4.3750 . . Building ‘mttel‘iuls 

,. _ ’. . , 1923 Increase Spain .........19.8c tolpeseta . . ..14.31c Chemicals “Pd drugs 

. I .. 6‘ w $194 380 Austria . . ....20.3cto-1crown  .0014c . . House furnishings  --------- ~-

 er’o 1164 cit?”ou.n...u... 221 13 62:8 gemark unuzascwlcrown Hun17_5oc . 2L“) Miscellaneous . . ......... . . q

“March. 1105 cities  377 55.1 33333 1  '33.?26éflg’ctfollggggg :11: I z 3. Prices of Farm Products at the Farm Relativc_to 7073:

. :‘ quarter - r79:  ' Holland . . ....40.2c to 1 fiorin ......39.2lc . (U' Shaggfai‘; C;feaArg§1;fét:gﬂalEi%%°mws) '
Amu'“'.‘1es cm  7 ' . $2211“? 2:533:22 €37 323...":1xzi3323 : ‘ Commodim Mal-.1923 Av'r» 1923 May. 1921‘
my. 165 cm” nun-H-Hf-"N- 263 ‘ India . . ......48.7ct'01rupee ......30.800 . : comm ° ' ' 207 217 151
Juno. 153 cities  225 . Japan . . _“.._49.9cw1yen. __ ____ “48100 . 1 Corn . .  140

-—- Canada . . ....100ctoldolla.r' .... ..97.44c g3)?“ - -  140

V .‘  W f‘e OOOIOIOOOIIesssls \
‘ 4. Discount Rate of the Bank of England: Beef Cattle

81: month! o e .oouo’..uu'..$1,610
. , . July11.1923 MonthAgo Year-Ago H .. 
9m“ ' 4% . 3% “315% M 

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s. 'rrs'usoomuon (000 omitted): ' i [1] Money and Credit. '  .....  

Week Same
 imam L , 4. Relative Purchasing Power of Farm Products:
7 . July 7‘ , Gold. Currency and Bank Deposits (0001,000 omitted) . (p. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics)
freight car loading: 1923 Ago , 111131293 . Egg? 133321. em'l‘lllof quantity;l git variféls commodities l'vivhich a given amount 03
No.1 . .  854' am Pro 11 W0“ mm: 886 a D ces prevailing in 1913 is
cam and mm pm.)_ 31 Sgclllxﬁedofsmngnem 201d in thes 4023 s 3 982 3 8 7“ put equal to 100.. The ﬁgures given represent the percentage of
. . "Hun"... 25 » V Total supply of-  . . . this quantity which the same amount of farm products would
"nu-"nun." 130 Unwed States 4 706 4 668 4 8” purchase in May, 1922. Prices at the farm are used for agricul-
13 V  “31113 no.0 29 Mar.” zgrrgrllolaﬁgileucts, and wholesale prices at central markets for other
 1923 1922 1922 8'
' re .. . - 73 Total deposits in National Banks..$17,036 $17,420 $15 390, AI‘CQm' Cloths- Fuel- Mmls: 3"“de 30080
’H'erchsndlse . .  209 . ’ moditles . 7 etc. . Mtls. Furn'n
mmnoou; , ,  287 ‘ 2. Gold Movement (000 omitted): Eleven months ending Cotton . . . 133
'As percentage of wreck year ago. -—May——— —May——— abhrn . .. .. 92
" ‘ . I . 1923 ‘ 1922 1923 1922 eat  87
 7. Ell-claimant. - Exports of gold;.....$ 824 3 3,406 3 48,473 $ 25,745 Hay» - -- 76
. »  ﬁgs. 1113121;- Imports of gold...... 45,356 3,994 263,856 455,342 gggtogsn-lé - {563
' I » ' - s .
 of 5; industrial canton; amployment: 3. Federal Reserve Ratio: July 11,_ June 6, July 12, Hogs . . .. 61
Increased over previous month 111......“ 31 81 52 1923 1923 1922 Egg . . ..
_ Decreased over previous month  38 83 12 Ratlo‘ total reserves to deposits Butter . . . 75
 H on”. ' and edcral Reserve note lisbil~ “ Wool . . . . 160 16 4 134
 out o - ities . .  75.4% 75.7% 77.3% Amaze Dufchaslnz Power of a“ farm products in term of an '

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Units of 81.000.000.000 - other commodities. Same basis as above table
~  . ‘ 111119.192!“ 11331923 :une,1922 4' "' . “at”: ﬁg“- lgzys' 3:51:2-  100 December, 1921  cs 
  city’-.....‘-.....‘2l_o_   ' 4 6 m ‘ coo-sseeeeeeeeeeesss    ......'
‘ ' " _ ,,..,.,,, , - . - 9s. commercial paper.......... 5.127 5.25% 4.28 "Hununnu. _ """u-H
 bank (199“! 19 53 “37 17'" 60-90 days commercial paper........ 4.88% 5.12% 4.03% ................-.::. lo 

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. g V ‘ e I nz 5. Dlscount Rats of/Fcllorsl Reserve Banks. "unununnuu 113 December . . ununuu“

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"700...:11312504 s 8.655.443 3115164,“; 3 30,583,729 bfnks rm mmmgmgl' agggmmm 1923 1923 1922  :6 March . . 
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OULLING ACCORDING 1‘0 MOUIII-
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I wish you Would tell me whether

it is the early moulters that are
winter layerskand in what month
do the best layers moult? They
are from one to two years old
or more. When and how can the
old hens best be'picked out? What
is the best ration for the summer for
chickens out on range? What is a
good rationvfor young chicks? Is it
best to mark the old and non-layers
with colored leg bands if only one
coop can be provided so they will be
known, when clean-up time comes?
How can hens best be gotten over
their broody stage? Half of ours
would like to set. How soon will
they start laying?—G. J. B., Grand
Rapids, Mich. ‘ /
—-In culling according to the 'moult-
ing test we usually advise the seg-
regation and sale of, the slow and
early moulters. Hens that undergo
a. slow body moult in June, July, or
early August are usually inferior
producers restricting their produc-
tion to the spring and early summer
months entirely. The better type of
winter layer moults sometime sub-
sequent to September 15th and
moults very rapidly. Ordinariy the
feathers drop out at one time and
the body appears similar to a pin
cushion with the pin feathers grow-
ing in every section of the body.

Occasionally ashen will moult and
lay at the same time. This type is
referred to as the “seasonal moult-
er.” I would really class inter-
mediate between the more intensive
produceds that moult later in the
fall and the early and undesirable
moulters.

This is the proper season of cull-
ing and the less productive individ-
uals usually show a course heavy
head and are inclined to deposit in-
ternal fat which can readily be de-
tected by the thick meaty condition
of the egg sack or the abdominal
region. These birds usually have
yellow legs which is 'a. distinct aid in
segregating the poor layers.

In breaking up broody hens which
are quite prevalent at this particular
season, the most satisfactory method
is to conﬁne the bird in a. slat or
wire bottom coop for a period of
three days. The coop should belo-
cated in, a shaded and cool plabe and
the bird fed regularly during the
three days of conﬁnement.

By breaking the hen immediately
after she has developed this matern-
al instinct they can usually be
brought back into production in
from twelve to ﬁfteen days. If
however, the hens are neglected and
remain in the nests several days,
the ovary takes on a dormant condi-
tion and it may require 'a month be-
fore the hen is back into production.
-—E. C. Foreman, Professor of

Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C.

SYMPTOMS ARE GENERAL

Our chickens droop around for a
week or so, some have looseness of '
the bowels, their combs get dark,
their legs are weak, they sit around,
won’t eat. Have tried a good many
remedies but still they are getting
sick and dying—L. A. 8., Newport,
Mich.
———The symptoms which you describe
are very general and do not give us
suﬁicient information to make anae-
curate diagnosis. I am of the opin-
ion that the trouble is largely nutri-
tional. The fact that the comb
turned dark indicates a form of liver
trouble which can usually be correct.-
ed by furnishing an abundance of
green food and greater. variation in
the ration. We ordinarily recom-
mend the use of Epsom Salts as the
ﬁrst treatment for fowls that are out
of condition. The Epsom Salts can
be given to the matured stock at the
rate of one pound to 100 hens and to.
the younger stock at the rate of one
quarter-pound to one-half pound, de-
pending upon the age and maturity
of the chicks. If the young. stock
are raised in buildings poorly venti-
lated or are overcrowded duringthe
hot summer months . similar condi-
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_By JOHN T. BARTLETT

ITIS EASY TO FIND OUT‘ .
F you“ don't know, don’t guess.
Find out!
which it is easy to ﬁnd__out.

A fruit grower and s pper receiv-
ed an attractive spos ard .price
schedule from J. Smith &' 00. He
didn’t know J. Smith & 00. Was
the house reliable? Did it really
pay the quoted prices, or was it one
of those crooked enterprises which
sometimes enter the produce.ﬂeld to
ﬂeece. shippers? Was it prompt pay?
The grower-shipper didn’t. have to
guess in this situation. No shipper
has to guess. All he need do is call.
up his bank and ask it to obtain for
him a quick report on J. Smith & 00.
It is easy in these days to ﬁnd out.

High school and college students
of today are skilled in.“ﬁnding out."
They have been taught how to use
the resources of good libraries. Out-
side of books, however,—-—and books
are mighty valuable—there . are
many sources of information which
every farmer should use as he has
need. These include:

His bank, for business informa-
tion, dealing with credit, collections,
business outlook, etc. Each local
bank has correspondent. banks
throughout the country.
tain an expert impartial report on
any person in business anywhere,
and if you are a regular customer
will probably charge you nothing for
the service. ,

Your county agent, for expert ad-
vice on farming operations. When
you are interested in operations not
covered by the agent's general train-'
ing and experience. get in touch with
the government extension service
expert. The Federal department at
Washington has many'expérts, too,
glad to help you. x

If you don’t know, don’t guess;
don’t experiment: Find out! Nowa-
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VANISHING APPLE STICKS
VEN after the advent of auto;
mobiles—so short a. time is it
since the new status of the cider
apple—was a cider apple’s longest
journey in most localities “a couple
of miles to a mill. Cider apples were
of negligible value—they sold by the '"
dumpcart-full, and most of the cvalue
was put there by the human labor in-
vested in collecting. Great sport

among farm boys was had with
apple-sticks—lithe, pointed sticks
which with a vigorous whirl and a

quick snap would hurl an impaled
apple a great distance.

On some farms, as many cider.
apples were utilized the apple stick
way as the cider press way!

Now, in most years, apple sticks .
are taboo; soon, they always will be
taboo. The cider apple has achiev-‘
ed a new status. Some parts of the
country ship them in the fall by the
scores of carloads, to points hund-
reds of miles away. The old-time
waterpower cider mill has largely
vanished. ' "

In its place have come, for indi-Hfg-
small home cider} ‘
These, and the big central? 

vidual farmers,
presses.
plants to which, for conversion into"
cider, apples are now shipped build-6 ‘
reds of miles. . ' .  ‘ 
The price has gone up.
apple prices bear a” sensitive 'r

in market apples Willzhit c

75c, e. hundred, is, not»
pricesrfo'r céder apples

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. ,  concernfto agriculturil and disheartening. Preliminary «time. by obi. Department indicate thai for gs
'  cent fol-11113.2.~ Red wheat coming crop year gross .income from- farm sales will be about 100 to 200 ‘
I , . I was   .‘theaverage was’ $1.23.  million dollar. more  the previous year. _ ‘
 as ’low‘ as .99. cents and is now quoted around $1.01., Unfavorable wheat statistics have been unloosed in a deluge, almost oblit-
   TEN pm CENT OF INCOME' _ ‘ crating more encouraging developments and carrying the price lower than

Wheat for the last live years has made up from 9 to 12 per cent of farm “an” ,n°c°“”y' ~ -
' , According to present ofﬁcial forecasts, exporting countries” have 75 to
100 million bushels more carry-over now than last year, but will produce 60
million bushels less new crop. This, includes Russia. From this is ﬁgured
a surplus over last year of 40 million bushels. Add to this Broomhall’s estimate
of 60 million bushels' smaller requirements in Europe, and the excess is only I,
100 million bushels, which might easily be taken care of by expanding con-
sumption in exporting countries and adding a little more to next year’s carry-
over. These facts do not appear to justify the extremely low price now

'  crops, animal products and live stocli. Wheat sales by farmers
 1922 crop: year amounted to 725 million dollars.‘ Each of the following
 ought  more income in the 1922 crop year than wheat: Cattle,
million dollars; hogs, 900; dairy products, 1,150; and cotton, 1,270.
and nuts, vegetables and poultry each had an income value‘ a little more

 :much as wheat. ‘ .

a '- es of corn run from ,354to 45 per cent as much as wheat. Oats,
 and rye, ‘together, bring slightly less income than corn. - . .
 collapse of the» wheat market is particularly disastrous in Kansas and Preva‘lmg'
H" .  Which produce more than 25 per cent of the country’s crap, PRODUCERS CAN CORRECT UNBALANCED MARKET.
5?“ “£qu  Value- Wheat 58198 ‘mml’ri'e from, one'fouﬂh ‘10 one'third One majon reason that demand for wheat is not now properly sustained
 him “98 in K3113” and from 40 to 50 Per cent in Nm'th Dakota- . is the changed method of purchasing for export. Before the war purchases
 caulk Price. 810 a little better than 3 yea-r 380- H085 are deadadly for foreign account Were made in large volume at harvest or immediately
 '. Codi"! i‘ istronser- Com‘ 3' around 15 Per cent “She? and 0915 12- thereafter. Due to the present ﬁnancial conditions abroad and the uncertainty
'  mt- Da-il'y PricG‘ "9 conﬁdﬂ‘bly “"538” and Poultry Pram“:ts 3" concerning prices of foreign drafts, foreign buying is now on a hand-to-mouth
  about even. _ y basis. Gradual feeding into the market by producers will do more than any-
  ." TOTAL FARM INCOME WILL NOT BE LESS. thing else to correct the immediate unbalanced market.
-   the country as a whole and for products in general the present For the future nothing short of a readjustment of acreage downward
  is not - discouraging compared with last year, but for those sections seems able to insure sufﬁcient rebound in price to make wheat growing proﬁt-
 in‘ the near, West and Northwest, which rely more on wheat, 'the outlook is able to the majority of American producers.

‘ . - .. ' 6. Stock and Bond Prices: July 6.

‘ 1. Production and Irade. no Foreign Irade- 20 I d at l k s192g

' . v - ' a n u rel stoc s . .  88. 5
L. ‘Alﬁﬂllﬂlm 04 3- Pmductwn—oooiooo “med' " Emma (00° omitted" Elem“ M‘mths Ending 20 Railroad stocks .  ...... .. 77.99

. . -—— a —— —— ay—
,     Commodity: 1923 1922 1923 1922 40 Bonds . . . . . . . - ............’.... 86.47

. - , . 586 . ~99 Grand total .............$309,669 $301,926 $3,574,342 $3,372,271 7. Business Failures: Week Endan—-'
Winter wheat. bu......... 235 Beef and veal, lb........ 2,283 2,446 28, 69 31 5 - July 5, 1923 June 7, 1923 Jilly 5. 1923

9“: m -"~'-\' 821 Pork, lb. ............... 69,930 47,448 748,744 Bredstrcete . . .............. 268 277 309
bu......oguo- 2877 Lard, lb. ............... 95,343 51,993 913,348 Dune . . .................... 241 334 306
"nun-u-nnlzg“ Butter. lb. . ............ 1,053 '
‘el'ICOCOOO'..."' Cheese. lb. .ooosoosssosoo  , '  P '
, I” 1;“. .  6 gides and skins  1 2804 - “ces-
.r , . - -_-----~-------- - ‘ ' 0m. 11. -  0.91 l. Wholesale Prices of Farm Commodities:

3% $1098.  o ".2: - . Meal and ﬂour. bbls-  93 583 743 Quotations at Chicago except as noted.
V, mm. - - no". 14 Oats, bu.  . . . .  July 24, Month
‘ “i u.) . ........ . n. 9.7 1 Meal and rolled, lb....... 10,767 023 , 1923

3111x3010 lb.- - . nu"...- ' v Wheat, bu. . ............ 9,973 Fat, hogs, cwt,, average

-HI°’  todauu'unnn' I Flour. bbls. .  ' 983 . Beef steers, good native; cwt., av...

cogs“ bales nun-nu” '8 . Fruits .and nuts nun-n5 \3-261 v Fat lambs, cwt., average . . . . . . . . . ..

A l s l . . "mu..- - Veg. 0118 and fats-..u..$ 637 Fat sheep, cwt., average . . . . . .....

A3918. M11 -t;l;l-s:----"- . Sugar. lb. nun-nuns 97.342 . Wool, Ohio delaine unwashed. lb.

Pypg.  .u... 48.‘ 56 . $351 telltacco, lb. H”...- 28.3%; 392,333 “(Boston) , ,

. “chm, . ......... - ,, . . ............. . B tt , 92 ,

v 'As per cent of average of 1917-1921- Cotton, bales . .  160 4,851 Cilia-.22, Nosioriivim,
, _ r . ‘ E , frcslh ﬁrsts, doz.

2. moles (Federal Reserve Bank of Netho;k) - I I ﬂ 2. Imports: , Pgﬁtry, hens, lb. . . . . . . 

> rod“ in as a men 0 now. n 08 -  t,N.2h ,1). ooooobuooono
Ilsurezmgumgodue moan“ m made for seasonal ggzgdantgtal  373,253 5 252,817 $3,461,692 $2,347,618 Cerf!“ N00 2 mfg}, gm _

 . , veal, lb..... 1,485 2,758 31,423 24,858 ’ ' . ’ ""' """

variation and year to year growth. Pork, lb.  108 87 927 903 03‘3- NO- 2 “1% b“- 

May, 1023 April. 1923 May. 1922 Butter, lb.’  90 12,339‘ 9,471 “3"” NO- 2' b“ ---------- 

Ch ese. .7  ' Barley- bu-  -
gimme“ coil!  132 102 -‘ e m 3'11” "'48" 293°" Kaﬂr, No. 2 white, cwt. (K. c.).... 1.505
W I “8100’ . . .o-ooo...... Corn. bu. .50

3917;

Hide and skin 
117 52 5 3 5 19 7'733 126332; 120 Hey, No. 1 timothy, ton . . . . . . . . . . .. 23

oo“osossdeeee

, Oats. bu_  126 285 Flax, No. 1, bu. (at Minneapolis)...
4.; Isnufseturlns (Fedenu Reserve Bank of New York): Wheat, bu. .  1,231 17,391 Comm: middling, “3- (New WWW—-

ﬂour . u 113 no, Flour, bbls. . .  61 412 555 Beam“ Whi‘e- cm- “- 0- b~ M‘Ch‘gan’
Wheat ...... .......... Fruits and mm! “nus 7,749 63,668 Potatoes, new, cobblcrs, cwt . . . . . . ..

and» . .   0' C m 1 11 t
« v .  118 Veg. oils, fats........$ 0 . 6,159, 56,546 “1"“3 a 0"” ye. 0W5 0‘” ' - - ' H
m. '. :.................... 108 sugar' lbs- 1-000-336 7’728'270 A-pples’ summer mnetiles’ bu . I ' ' ' H
‘ WW1 ,. ‘. “Inn-“uuuun  Leaf t'obacco. 42 9 7.133 72,187 59 485 Hides. No. 1 native, heavy, lb . . . . .. . . .
. . . “24 Cotton, bales“ 0 I Sugar, ﬁne granulated, 1b. (N. Y.).. . .095
1

b.................... 25 15 4
-'8teel Ingote  05 a “(001- bales - 32.956 495-343 233.147 2. u. s. Department of Labor Relative Wholesale Prices:

. goppﬁl’n'o. s .n.‘................. 95 *Inculdes SUbSti'tUtw- Prices in year 1913 equal 100‘ ‘1
aso . . ............u-.... ... - J 9,1923 Ma ;1923 J '1 9
‘WM W11) . o nun-"nun"  3. Prices of Foreign Drafts: Price ofDemand Drafts All commodities (weighed average u“ y mm 9 ‘

Cement . .» .................... 133 Nominal Gold Value July 23, June 18, July 17, or general price level) . . . . . . . . .. 15
Immber . . ...................v.  Parof Exchange 1923 1923 1922 Farm products ..
- -  .93 England ......$4.87t01£ Stening..s4.59 $4.62 $4.43 Food products ,
' . France ........19.3c tolfranc . .  5.99c . . Cloth“ and 010?“an
5.‘ Bulldlnl Expenditures (Braden-nets): Germany ......23.8c tolmark . .  .0002c . Fuel and lighting 
(000.000 omitted) ’ ¥ellgium  tolfranc  4.97c , . getﬁlliln and Tetullsproduc
tay  .3ctollire  4.375c . . 1“ ,g ’m‘el‘la 
 , . . 1923 Increase Spain .........19.3ct01peseta . . ..14.31c 91113131631133 311% drugs  -
‘ :mry 164 aisles ...............s194 38.0 Austﬂa- - ~~~2°~3ct°1cr°wn  430140 > - £8,351,332“: “g5 125
. m 0 164 cities " u 221 13 623 genmark ......26.8ct010r0wn ......17.50c 1. 21.40 ' - .
'March. 165 cities ............... 377 55.1 33%;: : " '.'.'_'.226é§8°ct€ollg:gg ::::::%2:§§g ' ' 3. Prices of Farm Products at the Farm Relative_to I913:
. -——- Holland . I “H40_2c to lﬂoﬂn . . _ _ “39.21,: I (U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics) 7
ﬁrst quarter .................$794 I . Argentina “42 53t01peso 34156 Prices in year 1913 equal 100. p
165 cities ................. 327 ‘ . Bmzn . '_:._.32:4ct0-1mureis ' ' ' ' ' "‘10'350 ' ' Commodity: May, 1923 Apr., 1923 May, 1922 ’
y, 165 cities  263 . India I _'””_.48.7cmlmpee 33:30:80,: : : Cotton .  . . . . .. 207 217 151
In“.   uses-eeeleeeesess  . Japan . . .'-,..49‘9ctolyen_ ..I.....48'7oc ‘ e n e. 

  oooon.......$815 canada ' ' ----1000t01d01181' -.....97.44c y . l' .. . 

_" 4. Discount Rate of the Bank of England: ' ‘ - 126
Sammy ' - ' """""""$1"1° ' July 11,1923 Month Ago Year Ago _ _ 13%
4% 3% 315% v 117

s. '.Trsusnortatlon.(000 omitted): ' ' m Money and Credit. '. .  ." 

Week Same . . '
Endlnz 1, Gold. currency and Bank Deposits (000,000 omitted): ‘- Rem",5mg"31:31,“???'Agifuﬁmafrg‘gfltgriﬂcs)

/

' ’ . , July 7,
v Freight ear loading: 1923 Ago June 1, May 1. June 1, The quantity of various commodities which a given amount a!
I . "nunnunn. 854, I ks of mom gold in the 1923 1923 1922 eacth farm  vgiluldﬂpurchegf at prlces prevailing in 1913 ll
Mal . Shoe taty pu equal 0 . e gures ven represent the crcenta o of
013111 and m Prom»: 31 _ United States  4.023 3 3.982 3 3.774 this quantity which the same amount or farm prgducts vgvould

se‘seeesseeeo- 25 32 . ‘ Total supply of. éurrency in
purchase in May, 1922. Prices at the farm are used for culo
United States  gift-0:33 1):.(366289 Maggi? $133111] ozéﬁﬂucts, and wholesale prices at central markets 7:512:11»
I - s - t 8.
, 1923 1922 1922
are .. “mu”... .. 73 Total deposits ln National Banks..$l7,036 $17,420 $15,390 ggdggg‘s‘ Cloths- @521. Metals. Building Rouge
Mucous . .  287 345 ' 2. Gold Movement (000 omitted): Eleven months ending Cotton . . . 133 I . n
' ' As percentage of Week year ago. . V —-—-May—-—— ——May— gal-n . . . . . a;
i . I , 1923‘ 1922 1923 1922 6'” 
, 7‘ Eﬂnlmm- ~ Exports of gold.‘.....$ 824 3 3,406 3 48,473 3 25,745 Hay“ - -- 76
.- ‘ June. May. «Tune. Imports of gold...... 45,356 8,994 263,856 455 342 “names - - - 76
. , 1923 1923 1922 - . ' Beef cattle. 63
 of 64 industrial centers employment: 3. Federal Reserve Ratio: July 11,- June 6, July 12, Hogs . . .. 1
Increased over previous month  31 31 52 “ 1923 1928 1922 Eggs . . .
Decreased over previous month  33 83 12 Ratio‘ of total reserves to deposits Butter - - -

 . and Federal Reserve note liabil Wool - - .- 160 16 124 13
’- vBaII Dobm- itles . .  75 4% 75.7% 77.3% A'emﬁe Dutchaslng 90"" 01’ 8“ farm Products in term of on

Units or 81.000.000.000 - ‘ ' other commodities. Same basis as above table.
1;.  ‘ 1113i 1923‘ 1:”. 1923 Juno,1022 4' 'mrm “at”: “NZ?- llg‘gi Igg-  gggember. 1921  as
New. York Clty,............. .0. ‘ 20.70 $22.06 ~ 46 m '  “m- 1923 -
I , n "u . ~ os. commercial paper.......... 5.12% 5.25 4.28 ............
 haul!- deb“! -- i if”? "-3" 17-" 60-90deye commercial poper........ 4.88% 5.12% A 4.03%;   03 be 
"4!," 0"!" 83'“: A MINI??? India! 5. Discount Rate of [Federal Reserve Banks: . '- ’ 12 £33332; ' ’ """"""'° 3°

5 _ . > ' g > > L x I], Julyl’ Junel.  :::::seseeeseoesesss 1  .labzssere'eseoessgg
.1023 . 1m 1923 1922 Ba 0 of rates to th 01 '  "W7- "um-m.”
811,612,004 among: $113,104,401 3 80,586,729 13511:: on commgrcial,t:grlv:ultura1 1923 15923 1922 jiiﬁjijﬁ'jijmT” 86 3,53" ' ‘ 

m "- 2. "333“ “Mm” “1‘” I'VT'WM' “‘9” v--~4""~?‘5% 436-595 , 4=5% ........I...III.II'II May 3323113113113” ,.

so or. 13.333240
“‘4   A '1"  "h v  ‘ e ’ 4 es 0’ e". e e .
;‘,59“¢W;;9f “woultural :and,bus1ness conditions is worth Its weight in gold to any farmerl”—J. P.  . 

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DY W. W. NOTE ' '

. Sale of Army Horses
.OST of the time the demand for

 

'horses is far from large, with ‘

prices much lower than in re-
cent years, ahd inferior kinds are
hard to sell around $25 to $50.
‘Horses are so. .low priced, choice
kinds excepted, that most farmers
have ceasedbreeding any, even-for
their own' reqhirements, ﬁnding it
cheaper to buy. About 375 horses
were sold in the Chicago auctions
last week, including 300 army horses
from Camp Custer, fairly good prices
being paid. The army horses were
light weight chunks, weighing from
1200 to 1400 pounds, and were not
heavey‘emmgh to suit mbst eastern
buyers. .Most of the horses were
purchased by Michigan and Wiscon-
sin farmers, for $75 to $125, while
good heavy chunks weighing up to
1600 pounds were valued at around
$200, with a choicer kind salable at
$225 or more. '
Eat Baked Beans Weekly
The suggestion made by the Michi—
gan Business Farmer that once every
week the families of this country
enjoy a feast of good, old—fashioned
baked pork and beans is a good one;
and every Michigan family should do
its part, the farmers setting the ex-
ample. A good sized bean pot
costs very little and is handy for
the purpose. Have a good sized piece
of salt pork in the middle of the
beans, and many people like a little
sweetening. Parboil the beans ﬁrst,
and cook them all day slowly, taking
care that the water does not all
evaporate; and serve them with
Boston brown bread. Canned beans
are good in their way, but not
enough pork is used, and they are
not nearly as good as home baked
beans.
Bean Market Outlook
Michigan beans have been selling
around the $6 mark, and they are
getting scarce in some sections.
Fields of beans in Michigan are look—
ing well, and Michigan’s government
crop reporter estimates the acreage

at approximately 585,000 acres, an 7

increase of 110,000 acres over last
year.

The Bean and Pea Journal says:

“Acreage ﬁgures indicate more
beans than ever to be sold this fall
and winter. There has been fully a
,25 per cent acreage increase in Mich-
igan, and large increases in Colorado,
New Mexico, Idaho, and Montana.
California will show acreages fully
up to normal and so will New York.
So the ﬁnal yields will be larger,
provided weather conditions are what
they should be. Latest reports in-
dicate favorable weather in all pro—
ducing states. A trip around Michi-
gan shows beans looking ﬁne, the
ﬁelds seem larger than ever, and
athey’re growing beans ’way to the
south of Michigan and even north-
ern Indiana—sections which have
either never before grown beans, or
haven’t for many years. The crop
has proven such a money maker for
most bean growers that farmers in
adjacent sections have got the fever

The Wheat Outlook

Too ‘much wheat in the world for
the trade requirements and promise
of too generous harvests in this and
other countries have been the prin-
cipal weakening factors on both sides \
of the Atlantic for weeks. For the
ﬁrst time in many years, it is claimed
that France will not be obliged to
import wheat for August, as its crop
of grain is much larger than was ex-
‘pected. The recent rally in prices
.was taken advantage of by many
farmers to sell part of theirnew
'wheat, this being especially the case
in the southwest, where prices were
lowest—around 75 to 80 cents a
. bushel. At the same time thelow-
ered prices for flour served to bring
about larger buying and a rally in
Values. Statistics on wheat are not

'. favorable for better prices. The

\ \

world's crop ‘ has been estimated ' re- '
oently at 3,210,000,000 bushe18.,or
110,000,000 bushels more than. last

'.  Broomhall'hnsreduced his

estimate an import requirements to
1,592,000,000. .. bushels. _..V,_  the

,I

_.. ~,v._.:.._ .*

farming, and keen. dairy

my...” ~

m._.. ..-

Unfavorable crop    to  l' 1
ﬁrm and prices advance. Corn dull and lower-Vat  but

ﬁrm in Detroit. Oats easy.'
Detroit and down 10c.

Rye in domand.‘ Beans lifeless at
Butter and egg mm. Bel-Hes steady.
New potatoes higher. ~Pdultry quiet. leave to
Sheep trade slow. Hogslslow to. lower; . , '

dull.

 

some to prmv—Edltor.)

war~ dollar wheat looked like a good
price, but since the boosting 0f rail-
road freight rates by the govern-
ment this means very small returns
for farmers. There were late sales.
on the Chicago Board'of Trade of
July wheat at 96%, cents, comparing
with $1.11% a year ago; July oats,
at 411/2 cents, comparing with 32%

cents last year; and July rye at 63- '

14 cents, comparing with 79% cents
a year ago. 7
High Prices for Corn .

The advance in corn prices has
been in sharp contrast to the fall in
prices for wheat, and although a fall
in values is likely to result from the
large crop now growing, the chances
are that fair prices will be derived
from converting it into meats. ‘ For
a period of ,ﬁve years before the war
farm prices for Iowa corn averaged
55 54, cents a bushel. In June, 1921,
it was off to 44 cents, while recently
it was around 75 cents, while cash
sales of No. 2 yellow corn have been
made on the Chicago Board of Trade
at 90 cents. Stocks of corn are
meager in the extreme, and the new
crop will come on a market swept
clean of old corn. It is stated‘that
in southwest Iowa corn prices on the
farm are better than wheat prices,
pound for pound. This may result
in heavy feeding of wheat to live
stock unless wheat prices improve.
July corn sales on Chicago Board of
Trade at 86% cents, comparing with
64 as cents a year ago; and December
corn at 64 cents, comparing with
591,4», cents last year.

Prime Cattle sun Higher-ii-

The spread in cattle prices is wide-
ning, with lower values for the many
offerings of cattle fed on grass,
while the choicest weighty steers of-
fered on the Chicago market have
advanced from $11.60 to $11.70 per
100 pounds, the top being within 15
cents of the highest price paid since
192-2 and 20 cents higher than a
week earlier. There are not many
beef steers selling below $8, and
there has been a very good showing
of the choicer steers sold at $11 to
$11.50. Good steers have been sell-
ing at $10 and upward, with the bet-
ter class of yearlings at $10 to $11
and sales down to $6 to $7.75 for
common to fair yearlings. A year
ago $10.80 paid for the best steers;
two years ago they brought $10;
eight years ago $10.40, and twelve
years ago $7.50. So far as’choice
beef cattle are concerned, there is a
very ﬁrm undertone, and predictions
are heard that they will advance to
$12, and perhaps to $13, later on.
Butcher stock has been selling freely
at $3.75 to $8.25 for cows and at,
$4 to $9.50 for heifers, while sales
are made of canner cows at $2.50
to $3.60 and bulls at $3.50 to $7.50.
There was a good calf trade at $5
to $11.75, while stockers and feeders
were slow and lower, selling at $3.25
to $8.25, mainly at $5 to $7. Dairy
cows sold at $40 to $90. Limited
sales are made of inferior little steers
as low, as $4 to $5.50. Because of
too large receipts of grass and short
fed cattle, they are 50 cents to $1
lower than a week ago.

Hog Buyers Discriminate

Many of the hogs now moving to\
market make a'poor showing in qual-
ity; and‘numerous lots of half fed
out swine are shipped that should
be held on the farm two
longer and fed out on clover- An
ndiana Jarmer whois the owner of
wo hundred acres, says that with
good clover pasture he. believes there
is a good proﬁt in feeding hogs,

provided they are kept in a healthy _

condition. He lives in a farming
district where farmers diversify their
_ cow’s, poul-
try, a tow steam/as “as ’

. (Note: The above summarized lnforimhbn was
lot out wu act in typo. It annulus last minute

months ~

hogs" )‘  on! 

AFTlRIboIo‘ on»

Information up to within one-half hour of

and cattle. Experienced stockmen
believe 'thatlshotes should be kept
on the {arm and grown economically
providing plenty of forage and a
medium ration of grain. Well grown
shotes may be expected to pay a good
price for their board. Such ex-
Aremely large supplies of bags as
have come .on the market recently
could hardly fail to bring about de-
clines at times in prices, but on the
wholethe Chicago market hasbeen
much better for sellers than could
be expected, the local and 'shipping.
demand being very animated. The
consumption of fresh and cured hog
products is the largest ever known,
and good exports are made. Recent
sales were made of hogs at an ex-
treme range of $5.75 to $7.85, com.-
paring with $5.60 to $7.70 a week
earlier with $7.60 to $10.60 a week
ago. At this time in 1915 hogs sold
at $5.90 to $707174. Light hogs sell
highest. the best of these going 30
cents above the best heavy butchers.
Combined receipts of hogs in twenty
markets for the year to “late date
amount to 24,765,000 head, compar-
ing with 19,225,000 for the same
time in 1922. I . ~
Western Lamb~0r0p of 1923
The lamb crop saved in the west-
ern range states during the'lambing
season this year is estimated by the
Department of. Agriculture as 77 per
cent of the ewes, being based upon
reports from state representatives
of the department in all the states
whose information was derived from
special investigation and from re—
ports direct from producers. Be—
cause of lack of comparable data, no
exact comparison can he made with
last year, but inmost of these states
all conditions were more favorable
than last year. EWes entered the
winter in strong condition, winter
feed was ample, and winter weather
not severe. Weather conditions
during lambing generally were high-
ly favorable, with only a few storms
of short duration. While grass was
somewhat late in starting, ample
moisture produced abundant spring
and summer range. Losses of
lambs were small. The poorest con-
dition and the smallest lamb crop
was in Arizona, where conditions aft-
er lambing reduced considerably an
early promising crop. In Texas and
New Mexico drouth conditions of
last autumn were reﬂected in the
failure of an unusually large number
of ewes to breed, but favorable
spring conditions resulted in a large

percentage of lambs dropped being'

saved. In the inter-mountain and
Paciﬁc states conditions were gener-
ally very favorable, and the number
of lambs saved was large except in
Utah and Nevada, where local con-
ditions somewhat lowered the per—
centage as compared to the other
states in this area. In the Rocky
Mountain states the lamb crop saved
was above the average, and the
lambs have made excellent growth.

lambs Sell Much Lower

Owing largely to bad eastern
markets, Chicago lamb prices broke
last week to the lowest since Septem-
ber, 1922, being'$3.40 under the
high time of three weeks earlier.
They sold at $710 $12.85, the top
being 65 cents lower than a week
jearlier. Feeder lambs were salable
at $12 to $12.50 and breeding ewes
at $5.50 to $9.50. Sheep were very
scarce. ‘ '

. WHEAT ’
The wheat moi-ht seems to be in
a bad. way andtvd‘ealers in general are
taking-9. gloomy outlook of ‘itstu-
ture trontlw for; he next. several
months. ' 'i)ea‘lers . te’that in "look:-
“  thy

 

looks like an, early collapse,
gusting" inability ‘ to vent-anus
tram this‘coun’try. 
oral are Weak.- and a. fleeting

'couragement prevails" ai’ﬁ“

. traders. All dealers, are-Tai

see prices go higher-1t “is”

but most of vvthom as or the

that therewill be   - ,
near future and doubt, itnthﬁd . 
be any for several months” K
groin of comfort to farmers, o ’ ’
U. S. is the reports-"tron the on? W
wheat states ‘andiCanada. 
causing considerable damage an )1
the Canadian ﬁelds‘it is said   7

the increase. We doubt"  to

scare is an'a'nnua’l event, and1 assess
it continues to increase the mar."
will not pay much attention to the .
reports. Thedemand isconflned at-
most entirely to miners. .Export'i‘»
business is at a standstill. The Del-9',
troltgmarket declined a total of $6: '
last week and ﬁnished the week with 
an easy tone. Receipts are expect- 
ed to be larger-this week. ., ' .
Prices 3 ‘ ~  s
Detroit—Cash No. 1 rod, $1.02.:e-5
No. 2 white, No. 2 red and No. 2 ' L
mixed, $1.01;'No. 3, 980. ' v 
Chicago—Cash No. 1 red, 98s; No, "
2, .96§4@97%c.’ ‘ “ "
Prices” one year
Cash No. 2 red, $1.10;
and No. 2 white, $1.08.

. CORN I -
_ In spite of the trend of other
grains, corn made several advances
during the past two Weeks. July Corn
made new high levels but Septembcrf
corn is easy and lower as dealers bee *'
lieve that the present leVel of prices
is too high compared to other grains
and that there will be a decline soon. >
Local supplies are small. Rains. f;-
over the corn belt during the past "
few weeks have improved the  .4, f
considerably. ‘ 

ago—Detroit, ’
No. 2 mixed _. _' ‘

Prices _- “
Detroit—Cash No; 2 white,,486';
No. 3, 46%0; No. 4,,45c. t, ‘ ,
Chicago—~CashN‘o. 1 mixed, 891/2 ', , ,
@90c; No. 1 white, 901,50; No. 2,
88%0. ._,, -  ,,
Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Cash No. 2 yellow, 72c; No. 3, 7112:“
No. 4, 700. ‘ »

I OATS ~ 

There is" very little to report our
the oat market. This grain was :14» ‘ 
fected by the-action of wheat during; . 3
the past fortnight. However, prices '
gained slightly at Detroit during~this '.
period. The market is quiet and 2
steady. ‘ . r ‘ ~

Detroit—Cash No. *2 white. 48¢: "
.No. 3, 4695c; No. 4, 45c. - ‘ l

Chicago—Cash No. 2 white. 41% ,
3@94417éc; No. 3, 3964lﬁc; No. I.

c.

Prices one year _ago—Detrolt, _
No. 2 white, 39c; No. 8, 371:; No. 4, T
33@35c. '

‘RYE "

“There was a fair demand torryo
last week but there was not much v
business done owing to lack of offer- '
ings. The market is quiet. ‘~ ‘ 3"

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Detroit—Cash No. 2, $90.
CMcago—-Ca3h No. 2, 64%
Prices one

Cash No.2, 83c.

35a,”
yehr ’ ago—De 

The beans continue in the 88.“,
in the Michigan bean market in
prices declined during the last 'L
weeks in this state. At 
and several other points there
no changes compared ,with ’
weeks ago. - '

Detroit—C. H. P., $4.90 per' _

Chicago—C. H. P., $535963.
per cwt._ ’ y t ._

Prices one year ago—«De  ”
0. H. P.,.$8.60 per   .

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_.(.’Detr’ott_-—No. 1 timothy, $18.50@
.19]; standard, 31150018; NO. 2
“timothy, $16617; light clover mix-
1"fed,16$17.50618; No. ’1 clover, $15
-: -,_vChicago—-.No. 1 timothy, $23@
‘ 84; No. 2, $19©22z light clover mix-
, 6d,- $19922‘; No. 1 clover, $17_@19.
" New Yorke—No. 1 timothy, $21@

:;Tstandard, 312@17; N0.~ 2 tim-

' light claret mixed,

. , one year ago—Detroit,
standard timothy and light clover
«mixed, $20621; No. 2 timothy, $19
.4020; No. 1 clover, $15@16.

 . WOOL _

M7001 senses continue conﬁdent at
better- demand and ’see slow but
sure» improvement in the ‘ wool mark-
et, although there is very little wool

being offered and little changing
lands. Ineniry has increased, es-
 in the east. The market in
~"1eneral islsteady tom-m.

Quotations on midwestern or so-

ﬂlled vi‘native” wools in large lots-—
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UBING the early part oi the

7,.week of August 5 Mt: oi

7; * ,Michigan may expect Joell

I‘thuufder storms but during last half

 at week storminem will subside to a
minimum in this state.

If'l‘li‘e lack of Meat erdecisive

w  'We-look In: last an erdinary'snm—
mer' week it this time—puny of
and  thunder
 , Theverye‘erlypertetthe
weekend again at it:  will
' {Obany be the me“ «the nested

’ “om a weather standpdnt.
During middle is! at the week
a weather in Mich! is expected

1 I . V be fair with the cannon oi the

“cal heat thunder  that so
niokr’yariuat thumb; year.
:4. a“ ;0001 About a. D.

Wes wﬂ- prom show I

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this time there is really sonic
bi a-bad irost torsections ,oi.'_
7 ‘ nan-91mm It,
necessarily cause. much

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pend.  no.2” .
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mm ‘-—— $233.50 per

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iii-quart

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quart cases; 32.269250;

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..   “1, 1.92:, to Joly

- ed  in all! like period b

W9 per cent above the cor
 period for 1905-13. 
smelly heavy “Retina reﬂected
the large number at pigs Wed in
the spring a! 1922. ‘
The special government hog re-
port oi Janet indicates that in the
We: mastherewaeoneper
spring pigs saved in the
entire United States than there were
1111922; while in the corn bflt thﬁre
were 6 per cent more sprng gs
saved. Were, the report in-
dicates that the farmers have bred
student ms to increase materially
their number of fall pigs over the
very large fall pig crop of a year
ago. However, recent developments
may cause farmers to market during
July and August a considerable num-
ber of sows bred for fall little.

The corn crops of the past three
years have been unusually heavy and
the price has been very low. To
utilize the large surplus of cheap
corn, hog production has been great-
ly expanded. This increase in hog
production has now cleaned up the
unusual surplus with the result that
the stocks oi 1922 corn on terms at

present are about the pre-war aver-

age and corn prices have recomed
from their extremely low point.

In view of probable continued
heavy hog production and barring
either an unusual cholera outbreak
or a marked improvement in the
corn crop prospects during an lily
and August, a corn shortage any is-
velopby the summer of 1924.

The history of the past ﬁfty years
indicates that there is a rough gen-
eral tendency toward overproduction
and nnderproduction oi hogs In
cycles of about two year: km the
high point to the low p“ and two
years from the low to the high. From
the tall 01.1920 until the am of 1922
hog prices were high in terms at
corn. This high corn—hog ratio
stimulated heavy breeding with the

1 result that hog prices fell until now
they are 25 below their 50-year ratio .

with corn. From the spring of 1922

‘to the midsummer of 1923 the corn-

hog ratio declined from approximate-
ly 18 to 8 bushels. In spite of this
sharp decline during the past year
heavy breeding has continued with
the prospect that the unfavorable
corn-hog ratio of the past six mom

. will last into 1924.

Our export trade takes approxi-
mately 10% of our total production
of pork products. During the ﬁrst
ﬁve months of 1923 the Mn

. nations have taken a decidedly larg-

er percentage of our pork products
at a higher price than would have
seemed probable last January. Eng-
land and Germany still remain our
principal customers, with relatively
large quantities going to Belgium
and the Netherlands. Should Great
Britain keep up the rate of bacon,
ham and shoulder imports she main-

tained during the ﬁrst live months of.

1923, our experts to her during the
‘year‘would be slightly in excess of
1922. Her imports of lard, how-
ever, have decreased. There 'has
been a lessening in her demand the

‘ last few weeks that throws doubt as

to what her totals for the year will
be. Since her general import trade

===t :1

has been very‘“npetty," the‘pieeent
Wit;- my prove unimportant.
On the other hand, German to a
large degree, and Belgium, the
Minna and Cuba to a lesser de-

, greet have taken greater volume of

land than any time during the poet-
war years. Dari g‘the ﬁrst ﬁve
menthol 1923 a total of 823 mil—
lion pounds of pork products moved
out of the United stat , which is ap-
proriniately two one-hall ti es the
average of the corresponding oaths
of 1969-13, and one—tour greater
than the average of the ﬂier period.
1914-1918.

Good Domestic Deman for Park

At this time the ﬂgu s on it“!
cold storage holding of y 1 are
not available. ' On June 1, there
were in public cold storage ware-
houses and in packing establish-
ments, 906 million pounds of port as
compared to 636 million pounds
June 1, 1922 (a year notable for its
light stocks) and also as compared to
an average of 879 million pounds
for the ﬁve years 1918-1922 inclus-
ive. That there was a reasonable
reduction in these stocks by July 1
is evidenced by the fact that hold-
ings in seven principal western cities
declined from 372 to 355 million
pounds, or 4.8 per cent. Since in
spite of a 30 per cent increase in hog
marketings, the total stocks of the
country were only 3 per cent above
the last ﬁlm year average on June 1,
there seems to be nothing seriously
alarming in the pork storage situa-
than.

Lard is even more encouraging.
On: June 1 the stocks on hand were
95 million pounds, while the total on
June 1. 1922, was 124 million
pen. and the ﬁve—year average,
1918—22 inclusive, was 129 million
pounds. In tite_face of the large
m of hon as compared to the
corn crop and the probability that
this um result in thin hogs, the lard»
outlook in quite favorable.

Based out Federal inspected
slaughter for the ﬁrst ﬁve months
of 1333’ the excess of consumption
ova the same period in 1922 is ap—
parently 28 per cent. From the per
capita standpoint our population has
already eaten 5.2 pounds more than
in the same months of 1922, and if
this advantage is even reasonably
maintained we may expect the annu-
al per capita ﬁgure to approach 85

pounds.

Ms heavy consumption may be
expected without a further serious
decline in prices, since the active em—
ployment of labor has supported the
port market far beyond what might
have expected on the basis of the
heavy ‘hog production, and there is
no suggestion of a serious reduction
of employment conditions before the
last of 1922 pig crop is marketed.

While the foregoing situation in-
dicates that the last of the 1922 hog
crop will be readily absorbed by the
present market due to the favorable
industrial conditions and full em-
ployment of labor, the selling of this
year’s pig crop at a price on a level
with the crop Of 1922 is more prob-
iematical, and will depend on the
continuance of the very heavy rate
of hog production of the past year
does not seem to be warranted .to the
corn situation. —— American Farm
Bureau Federation,

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m1! PRICE PAID PRODUCER INCREASED AUGUST FIRED!

Detroit. July ill—Michigan Milk Producers Association and

, representatives of cremeriee in the Demon milk area to-day

agreedona‘nhemeedpricepddprodncmforhgustandsep-

tember, $3.80 per hundred, with, no price 561; /on surplus milk.

Previous mew” $8 PG! buds-ed and $1.04 on surplus milk.
are

«angel-tee today announcing retail prices as tellers:
M 15c; Jersey 1m. m 12c; Gleam half-

MIIc. Thisrepresentsaraiseoilc
mm“

Nd! “because of

dry pasty-ago.  cost of milkers, because of labor leaving
 lamp  the necessity of buying feed.
1 _ -  LT. Burner, of M. A. C.,.D1’V.' FQday’s former assistant,
acted.“ arhritrator. assisted by Mr. Earl. Hemenway, of the courage.

 

$.26 per standard crate; . ,
93.5003 per m; honeydew, $9.59

.4; Arkansas, 94.5905 per stand-
ard crate.

MPBEBRIES —-- Bed. $363.80
per 24-pin case, $761.25 per 24-
qnart case and $989.50 per be:

black, VIEWS per in. and “.5006

per “quart case.
APPLES—41km 92.6069 per-bu.
HONIY—Comb, 23G!“ pr lb.
CABBAGE—Home grown.
01.26 per bu.
GREEN CORN-40@500 per dOI.

POPCORN~Little Buster, 7 59. ,

80 per 1b. _

LIVE POULTRY—Broilers, fancy
rocks, 2 lbs. up, 88c; medium broil-
err, 35@36c;
horns, 25@26c; stage, 14c; h ,
25c; leghornr, 183200;

14c: geese, 12c: ducks, 25@26e;

spring ducks, 6 lbs. and up, 26@27o .

per lb.

1”!” CALVES—Best coun-
try dressed, 14 '15c per 1b.; ordin—
ary grades, 12 13c;

‘ 169114;: per in.

0

means Straw CROPS LOOKING ;
coon
.m—Cmpe looking better, have I

had twogood rains and the rye and

wheat is in the shock with some hay to *

out yet. Beans and potatoes don't‘grow
as they should for there are. too many
cold nights. Corn is fair. Big time at
Caro Farmers Picnic held July 25th.
Next big week will be Caro fair held
August 24th—Robt. B. Chambers.
MONROE—General condition of crops
good, weather ﬁne, had a bad storm a
week ago. Bay and wheat all harvested,

oats ripe, but mostly My lodgcr and ‘

will be hard to coat. Help is very scarce.
m high, some hay will not be out,
no help. Pasha-es are good, stock'look-
hag good—Geo. L Sype

macaw—412mg about ﬁnished and '

84) per cent of my. Eye is good. Sugar
been poor ht earn in doing ﬁne. Weather
is rainy—Jag. Anderson.

GIAND TRAVERSE—Have had nice .

rain, crops all look ﬁne, seems to be lots
of Int—ml. Button.
WWWe have

been a. little

'M K nil in this section but corn

and nonsense are looking good, oats are
ﬁre, hay was a short crop but

got it in it good shape—G. E. Beardsley.

s'r. cull—Wheat all out; not much
threatens, yet it is thought the yield will
be good. Lots of bay to out yet. Help
scarce. Oats will soon be ready to out.
they are turning fast. Corn is doing
ﬁne. oSugar Beets are looking good.
Beans are looking ﬁne and promise a
good yield—Isaac Justin.

WEXFORI)——Hay all cut; just a fair
crop, better hay on new seeding. Wheat
all cut, somewhat short. Oats looking
good but need rain. Grasshoppers pretty
thick. Corn looking good considering
late planting—J. H. Campbell.

BRANCH—W's are having fine weather
for harvesting and threshing. Nights a
little cool for corn to make good. Good
showers, had a good rain Friday night..
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